I know what you mean. I will tell you though, I’ve seen them pull this kind of nonsense for so long it seems commonplace to me.
We had a great guy out here in California. He was a very level headed Conservative. He ran for Senator.
They found out he once had drinks at a strip joint. They blew this out into a major scandal, and it really hurt the electability of our candidate. They pulled this a short time before the election and there wasn’t time for it to sink in and be dismissed by the public.
Bruce Herschensohn