The problem is, I don’t know what really happened in 2000. I know that McCain accused Bush of playing dirty. I have no idea about what happened. I did take McCain at his word. McCain needs to be careful. The party is only united because of Palin. McCain has pissed people off in the past by accusing his opponents and making a big deal out of something that maybe wasn’t a big deal.
Politics is a filthy, dirty business. People way down the food chain will do things thinking they are good for the candidate. That’s a problem when the top of the campaign doesn’t know about it, and the idiot doing it doesn’t understand the implications.
Someone, somewhere made some pretty low phone calls accusing McCain of having a black baby.
I am NOT suggesting that Bush knew about those, or encouraged them. I AM saying that McCain learned from that episode and is reacting quickly, and assertively. THAT is good.