Why I love Factcheck.org:
A Premature Attack
Pro-Bush group’s ad faults Democrats for criticisms they haven’t yet made, about a Supreme Court nominee who hasn’t been named, to a vacancy that doesn’t yet exist.
And then the summary of the article:
Summary
A pro-Bush group fired the opening salvo – they call it “a warning shot” – in what threatens to become a multi-million dollar advertising and public relations campaign over a possible Bush appointment to the Supreme Court. The ad predicts “Democrats will attack anyone the President nominates,” saying that ” a Supreme Court nominee deserves real consideration, instead of instant attacks.”
But this ad itself is an attack that goes beyond “instant” – it was launched without waiting for Bush to name a replacement for the ailing Justice William Rehnquist, or even for Rehnquist to say publicly whether or not he will retire as he is reported to be considering. And whether or not Democrats will criticize “anyone” Bush names can’t be known for sure at this point – it may or may not turn out to be true.
To support its case, the ad cites editorial blurbs from Republican newspapers criticizing Democrats over their treatment of Supreme Court nominees in the past. But the ad fails to note that the blurbs were about the Robert Bork nomination fight that happened nearly 18 years ago.
Sigh…
So on one hand you have Democrats running the show in the Senate, despite being in the minority. They set the agenda, control the debate, vote on nothing, propose nothing, and act like winners.
On the other hand you have a stupid-assed flag-burning amendment, gay marriage, and so on, all over the lips of the small-government conservatives. Their supporters put out ads about things that haven’t happened yet and manage to muster mucho outrage over it.
Three words can describe the party that’s won (in every sense of the word) every election since 1998:
Acting
Like
Losers.