Agreed. But it will continue to be slung in ever greater quantities. Why? Simple. It works.
The Donks started the mudslinging in this campaing by accusing Allen of racism and some incidents that many people think never actually happened. If we don't respond strongly to democRAT mudslinging then they will do even more of it in 2008. You can count on that--if they don't get hammered in response to very questionable accusations then we'll see even more BS from them in 2008.
And it keeps people with any level of rational thought from ever wanting to run for public office, leaving us with nothing but mediocre candidates from which to choose.
Yep it works. And sex sells.