Saturday, September 25, 2004
Despicable Politics
I haven't posted about the South Dakota race in a while - the latest is that in a debate on Meet the Press, Thune said that Daschle's criticisms of the administration were "emboldening the enemy." A prominent leader in the South Dakota GOP said that Daschle offers "comfort" to America's enemies. This is a common theme in Republican attacks against Kerry and - one assumes - in other races. It's also despicable.
The South Dakota race remains tight - Thune was up 3 in one poll - but I'd hate to think that such attacks will benefit Thune. Daschle is a known entity in South Dakota - the notion that he's unpatriotic should be ridiculous to most voters. Still, one hopes that the notoriously soft-spoken senator is able to respond with some passion to this round of attacks.
I haven't posted about the South Dakota race in a while - the latest is that in a debate on Meet the Press, Thune said that Daschle's criticisms of the administration were "emboldening the enemy." A prominent leader in the South Dakota GOP said that Daschle offers "comfort" to America's enemies. This is a common theme in Republican attacks against Kerry and - one assumes - in other races. It's also despicable.
The South Dakota race remains tight - Thune was up 3 in one poll - but I'd hate to think that such attacks will benefit Thune. Daschle is a known entity in South Dakota - the notion that he's unpatriotic should be ridiculous to most voters. Still, one hopes that the notoriously soft-spoken senator is able to respond with some passion to this round of attacks.
