What Will Happen If The Democrats Get Really Nasty?

By Lorie Byrd ~ January 11th, 2005 @ 8:21 pm

Betsy Newmark links to James Taranto’s excellent response to one of the dumbest things I have ever read. Jayson already posted a link to Jill Lawrence’s USA Today article earlier, but here is the excerpt Taranto responds to:

Imagine a Democratic presidential candidate and his allies assailing the character of the Republican nominee in ads and speeches every day for eight months.

Having trouble? That’s because Democrats generally don’t have the stomach or the discipline to do it. Often they don’t even effectively fight back when under attack themselves.

I told you it was one of the dumbest things I have ever read, but unfortunately I have heard quite a few Democrats say the exact same thing It reminds me of their response to the 2002 elections. They would have won if only they had gotten their message out. So they got their message out in 2004 and look how well that worked for them. How Taranto had the patience to even read the entire thing is beyond me, but he came up with a great response.

It seems Jill Lawrence was in Bhutan all last year when the Democrats were busy calling President Bush a liar, a moron, a coward, a military deserter, a puppet of Dick Cheney and the Jews, and another Hitler. What are they going to say if they “get the stomach” to wage character attacks–that he’s the original Hitler?

This is the sort of thing that drives conservatives crazy, but it actually illustrates why the liberal media are the Republicans’ secret weapon. The Democrats are the victim of their own con game. They put out the most outrageous spin, which reporters like Lawrence dutifully regurgitate, and then Dems believe it because, hey, the “objective” media have reported it! It’s as if Communist Party functionaries actually believed what was “reported” in the old Pravda.

Here is John Hawkins’ response to Lawrence.