Monday, 12 May 2008
Politics Of Personal Destruction
« Beshear Calls For Cheney To Shoot Bush | Main | Nothing To See Here, Move Along Now »Tonight during a rally for Obama, we were treated to Chandler calling Republican presidential candidate John McCain John Insane. This weekend Beshear said Cheney should shoot Bush. Last week, Patton said that Beshear should have shot Sen David Williams.
I don't know about you, but this sounds a lot like the "politics of personal destruction". These aren't comments that are disagreeing over policies. No, these are comments that are personal attacks. I assume that these quotes will be a front page story for days like it was for Republican Congressman Davis when he referred to Obama as a "boy". I assume the media will justly make calls for apologies from all three of them.
Oh wait, it is only Republicans who practice the politics of personal destruction. It is only Republicans whose comments make the front page. And it is only Republicans who apologize. If you are a Democrat you just get a pass from the media. The joys of double standards.
