Posted on 09/14/2006 11:42:26 AM PDT by John Carey
Shadowy corporate figures who cut backroom deals. Stealthy terrorists who drive cabs by day. Immigrants who steal across the border by night.
Politicians are finding no shortage of boogeymen to associate with their opponents this campaign season.
And it turns out that some of the most popular targets of opportunity at this early stage in the elections are simply other politicians — those whose mere mention is enough to raise partisan hairs on the backs of loyal party members.
Sure, candidates are tying their opponents to Big Oil and Islamic fascists. And to special interests and partisan bloggers. But they're also doing their best to link their rivals with the likes of George Bush and Nancy Pelosi. And Tom DeLay and Hillary Rodham Clinton.
In many areas of the country, Democrats are the ones running ads that feature Bush, whose job approval ratings are stuck in the 30s.
" Arnold Schwarzenegger is for George W. Bush," intones an ad by Democrat Phil Angelides, who is hoping to unseat California's Republican governor. "Is he for you?"
Likewise, it is often Republican candidates who are eager to drop names like Pelosi, Clinton and Kerry in an attempt to associate their opponents with liberals and raise fears about what would happen if Democrats took control of Congress.
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What a crock. This article attempts to portray our disgust with Pelosi and Hillary as anywhere NEAR the same as the absolutely demented and irrational loathing of Bush. "See, those Republicans are demonizing our, err, the Democrats side too!"
Oh puhlease! This is nothing new. It's a strategy as old as our Republic.
Wolves meet henhouse, like I'm going to read a Yahoo/AP opinion piece on this subject.
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