Reply #22: There's no charge for the education

[LizW]

But, just a review: I did not say Rove was rational. There's nothing rational about attack politics. The problem I'm pointing out is that if the right-wing nut jobs babble enough about ridiculous things, the mainstream press picks it up. The Paula Jones sexual harrassment story was both legally and factually ridiculous, but it lead to the impeachment of a President, because the right-wing attackers didn't care how ridiculously partisan and irrational they looked, and they never, ever, let it go.

"I can see the 'right wing press' attacking Clark over a successful operation inKosovo when Iraq is still going on, and they supported that war. Yes, this makes perfect sense. To someone."

Yes. To Rush Limbaugh, who already did it. Last Thursday. Now Rush did not say the Kosovo operation was unsuccessful. He said it was "brutal". And he said it was conducted from "50,000 feet." He goes on to imply that the Kosovo operation was not necessary (the tried and true "Wag the Dog" meme) and that Clark is being inconsistent to now oppose the "elective" war against Iraq. Then there's also a bunch of name-calling of Clark and the nine Democratic candidates.

But you really have to read it yourself to get the full nastiness.

Of course, I know Limbaugh is a fruitcake. But the problem is, lots of voters don't. And we can't just put our noses in the air and ignore the slander that we consider beneath us. As many times as they tell the lie, we have to tell the truth.