More Confessions of an SOB

Here's an excerpt from the 4-7-05 Mitchell Daily Republic about Al Neuharth, the former CEO of Gannett Corporation, which owns the Argus Leader (both Neuharth and the Argus are long-time Daschle boosters):

Neuharth also was critical of South Dakota voters. When South Dakota favored Richard Nixon in 1968 over Hubert Humphrey, and Nixon in 1972 over McGovern, Neuharth thought, “Shame on those South Dakota voters.” And “shame on those selfish special interest” out-of-state groups who misled voters and unseated Tom Daschle.

Please, Mr. Neuharth, elaborate on how the voters were "misled."  Voters were not misled when bloggers exposed the misleading nature of some of Daschle's ads (remember the COOL ad, which was false, and the terrible hunting ad, which the target audience thought was ridiculous, not to mention that Daschle received an "F" grade from the NRA). There was nothing misleading about Daschle hugging George Bush while fighting his War on Terror policies (note Daschle's "failed miserably" speech on the eve of war).  The only obvious deduction there is that it was a phony acquiescence. No one was misled by Daschle’s stance on abortion: in 1986, he told ministers it was “murder” but now he is aligned with the NARAL/Emily’s List team. In fact, if you look at Daschle’s stance in 1986, he was pro-life, anti-gun control, anti-income tax increase, and pro-balanced budget amendment. In 18 years, those issues changed.

In addition to all of that, Daschle also opposed tort reform and filibustered the Federal Marriage Amendment (H.J Res 56), which would have defined marriage as the union between a man and a woman only. Ultimately, Daschle was on two sides of too many issues.

Again, Mr. Neuharth, enlighten us on how people were misled in voting against Tom “Startling Meanness” Daschle?  Nobody has yet to identify something factually inaccurate that was said about Daschle in the last election by the Thune campaign or the Dakota blogs.  That the voters were "misled" is a Democratic myth designed to make themselves feel better.