Digby's Right

I know it sounds unattractively shrill to keep pointing this out, and

there are those who do not believe that anything substantial will change in

everyday Americans' lives if Bush is elected to a second term, but I truly

believe that winning this election is more vitally important than any in my

lifetime. (My first typewriter was a manual, which after our recent crash course

in typewriter history should tell you that I've observed a few.) George W. Bush

and the modern Republican party are not business as usual. I think the country

is far more likely to survive a negative campaign from the Democrats than

endorsing what George W. Bush has been doing for the last three years and

validating the very worst beliefs about America all over the world. This is as

serious a problem as terrorism itself. We just have to win. - from Digby. if talking

about Bush's blow use wins the electiton, I'm all for it. I just

don't think it will. I just don't think it will be effective, people like

Bush. The media likes Bush. Sorry, but it's true.

Oh, and by the way, drug legalization people? Why the hell aren't you sending press releases out questioning George W. Bush's moral authroity to pursue his draconian drug war policies, especially concerning marijuana? I'm talking to you NORML, SSDP, MPP, etc. (By the way, very bad news in the legalization front this week. Check out the bottom of NORML's webpage for the grisly details.) Second, there is enough relevant information from the past 4 years to tar the hell out of Bush. Go after him substantively. We're better than that shit, and Andrew Sullivan has a very astute commenter here. All that this relentless negative campaigning based on character issues will make it impossible to attract quality candidates. George Bush was 22 for Christ's sake! Think about the consequences of your line of attack. You're only going to see the creepy student government types being able to run for office. Everybody's got something that they want to keep hidden, if they didn't, they haven't lived enough. I don't trust people who don't know how to have a little fun. I just suggest that liberals keep away from the character stuff. Don't you want the satisfaction of beating the guy on your arguments' merits and ideals?