Reply #111: I will never ever forget the despicable attack ads against Max Cleland

[Zambero]

The former Georgia Senator was a decorated combat veteran who lost three limbs while serving during the Vietnam War. For this, televised Republican attack ads morphed him into Osama bin Laden. Cleland was portrayed as a terrorist sympathizer because he dared to object to certain provisions of the Patriot Act. Sadly, the libelous campaign was effective and Max was defeated in his re-election effort. Make no mistake about it, the far right saw 9/11 not as a terrible tragedy (that occured on THEIR watch, with THEIR pants down), but as a golden opportunity to be milked to the Nth degree for political gain. (Phony) patriotism -- the last refuge for scoundrels? There's no better example than the neocon Republican Party and the Karl Rove slime machine that aids and abets it.