They've always done this. Then they follow it up with calling Republican ads negative and label all Republican campaigning "the politics of personal destruction".
Prager: "Reason number 82 to be a Republican."
Actually, Prager, that's your number. I'd say it was reason number seven or so. I have so much anger in me over the unreasonable nature of liberals, and the nasty, nasty tactics they use. Tactics like this one, where the assumption is that if you're "dirty" in some way--like having once gone to a strip club, or opposing a massive tax increase to pay for education against AGW--somehow makes every opinion you hold wrong.
This isn't just lying. It isn't just playing a trump card for the sake of winning the debate. It is a treacherous attempt to silence the opposition so there will never be a debate. It's support for every Sarah and Deedee who chat at the greeting hour after their liberal church's service and don't want to have to hear those diabolical conservative views expressed at their precious church.
It even works against the Republican chatting with Sarah and Deedee, who because no one wants to expose themselves as demonic, no one wants to lose these nice friends they've made at this church, and they don't want to start any arguments where surely these people will throw labels and call names, which would seriously damage their friendship.
The frustration I feel about this "shut up and get out" card is enormous, and I can only express it in getting angry. This isn't new to Barack Obama, though he is low enough to be the first president we've ever had who did his own name-calling, jeering, belittling, and tarring against the opposition. It's been going on since the first election I can remember, and as the target of sneering bullies and hateful girl bullies, I have to say I consider it cheap and mean-spirited.
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