D as in Democrats, that is. The fondest lulluby of sleepy Democrats is how the big bad wolf stole the election by questioning their patriotism. Or by some other dirty trick. Our intrepid former Senator knows the tune quite well, and is now singing it for the sake of hopeful Democrats in Virginia. From Raising Kaine, a "non-affiliated" Tim Kaine for Governor Website.
Tom Daschle, the former Senate Democratic leader who Jerry Kilgore’s media advisor Scott Howell smeared last year in South Dakota, has struck back hard. Check out the letter Daschle has written on behalf of Tim Kaine (extended excerpts below), and against Howell-style gutter poltiics, at “It Stops in Virginia!” And thank you, Senator Daschle!
Well, whatever strengths Raising Kaine may have, sentence construction isn't one of them. Here are some exerpts from Daschle's melody of melancholy.
Questioning patriotism – like they did with Senator Max Cleland, who lost three limbs defending our country. These are the patterns of Republican campaigns these days. You might think it’s politics as usual, but it’s not. It’s different – they’ve made it intensely personal.
Now, the very same political operatives responsible for the attacks in South Dakota last year and Max Cleland’s loss in 2002 are “on the ground” in Virginia making personal attacks against Tim Kaine, the Democratic nominee for Governor in Virginia this November. These people are dangerous and must be stopped.
Daschle is repeating myths that are held so deeply to heart by many Democrats that they cannot imagine questioning them, or even inquiring as to what the evidence is. But in fact, they are nothing more than myths. The link above to "It stops in Virginia" contains the campaign commerical that is the sole piece of evidence against the Republicans in the campaign against Max Cleland.. But in that commerical raises no questions about Cleland's patriotism. Instead, it criticizes his voting record on the Homeland Security Act. News flash! Criticising an opponent's voting record is not dirty politics. It is exactly what a campaign is supposed to be about.
Cleland was not only a patriot but a hero, and for that reason deserves the highest honors from his country. But he was by all accounts a mediocre Senator and a Democrat in a state trending strongly Republican. The terrrible truth is that the Democrats lost Cleland and Daschle's seats the old fashioned way: they got beat fair and square.
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