Yes, the Rats are excellent at this and deserve credit for their political acumen, disgusting as their methods are. That is why they are able to project influence that is far beyond the actual support they have. They are very good at singling out and focusing on Republicans who are especially effective -- Gingrich, Limbaugh, DeLay -- and working to destroy their reputations. Republicans, on the other hand, can not even bring down such bloated targets as Ted Kennedy, Robert Byrd or Hillary Clinton. Fortunately for us, our numbers are greater than theirs, so our side can make up in quantity what it lacks in political skill.
Republicans believe in doing the right thing which is to win at the ballot box. Democrats are unable to do this so they engage in character assasination instead.
Extremely good point you make here.
Yes, the Rats are excellent at this and deserve credit for their political acumen, disgusting as their methods are. That is why they are able to project influence that is far beyond the actual support they have. They are very good at singling out and focusing on Republicans who are especially effective -- Gingrich, Limbaugh, DeLay -- and working to destroy their reputations. Republicans, on the other hand, can not even bring down such bloated targets as Ted Kennedy, Robert Byrd or Hillary Clinton. Fortunately for us, our numbers are greater than theirs, so our side can make up in quantity what it lacks in political skill.
They have the media hauling their water. I don't give the Rats credit for anything. The media hides their misdeeds, covers for them, and hails their greatness. If we had the media on our side or at least a non-bias media, the Republicans would be far superior.
I don't think what the Dems do... can be considered "political skills"....any more than a mass murderer's skills....could be considered "a work of art".
It is not so much the Democrats as it is the fact that the liberal news media conducts a 24/7 infomercial for the Democrat political agenda and create controversies out of thin air to attack Republicans with.
On CNN this morning, the talking head finished a story about Delay's connection with Abramoff with the comment that a senior Democrat had labeled the Abramoff matter as an example of the "Republican culture of corruption".
On NPR this morning, the talking heads were discussing the fact that the Abramoff scandal would affect both Democrats and Republican Congressmen so they labeled the Democrat involvement as "business as usual" for politicians.
If Clinton had been in the White House during Katrina, the Big Story would have been how Clinton conducted one of American history's largest rescue efforts to save poor black people. Since Bush was in the White House, the Big Story was how Bush hates black people because he had not rescued every last one of them 36 hours after Katrina had passed New Orleans.