[Enchante]

"not a single one of these political dirty tricks has ever paid off for the Left"

Not sure that's true - from what I recall of the episode just before the 2000 Presidential elections (when dirty 'Rats released a 20+ year old DUI a mere 4 days before a national election) Bush was expected to win comfortably by several points -- the 'Rats did their dirty trick with the ancient DUI, the vote ended up in a virtual dead heat, and we got the Florida recounts and all the b.s. propaganda every since...... so I'd say the scum-left was quite successful with that DUI matter, even if not nearly so successful as they had hoped.

[jwparkerjr]

Well, might call that one too close to call. I would have considered it a success for their tactics if Bush had lost. I really didn't think that 'old news is new news' trick had that much effect on the election. Win, lose or draw the Left was not going to silently into the night.