Republicans don't have to fight dirty. They don't have to go back mediaval on them, as you called it.
But Republicans DO have to combat the lies. Lies about our president, our military's mission in Iraq, and the pre-war intelligence.
Maybe you think it's smart to take it on the cheek, I think it's dumber than dumb.
We can simply make a commercial reminding viewers that Clinton had an indictment against OBL which showed that he worked with Iraq.
We can simply make a commercial or have a press conference which reminds viewers that the Democrats signed a war resolution which stated that it was known that AQ was working with Iraq.
We can simply make a commerial or hold a press conference which reminds viewers that at least 30 major Democrats made statements in 1998 that Iraq's WMD showed a clear and present danger to the country.
It is an absolute dis-service to our fine military to let the Democraps lie about their mission like this.
Not only that, it is the only weapon our enemy can hope to have in their effort to defeat us. They have no military capability to match ours so they turn to our collective will and the Democrats are aiding and abetting them, if not leading that fight.
I just saw Kitt Bond on FNC. I think the difference is most of the dems seem to talk off of the same concise message and most of the Replicans free lance. I'm not sure if Frist can do much about this, but it is a bit of a problem.
Bond has many good points but not much of a sound bite. The dems seem to know they are on TV.