Dems Must Run On Personal Attack, Can't Win On Issues

In Key Races, Democrats Look at Rivals' Personal Lives
Amid Voter Disgust Over Foley Scandal, Strategists Believe Attacks on GOP at Local Level Won't Backfire

By Jim VandeHei
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, October 13, 2006; Page A06

In the wake of the Mark Foley page scandal, Democrats are targeting the personal lives of Republicans in numerous key House races as part of a campaign to capitalize on voter disgust with the messy personal lives and alleged character defects among elected officials.

Although Democrats' internal polling shows that the Foley scandal is resonating deeply only in half a dozen races, party operatives are calculating that GOP candidates are now unusually vulnerable to personal attacks, several candidates and strategists said.

In New Jersey, Democratic candidate Linda Stender this week sent voters a two-page brochure accusing Rep. Mike Ferguson (R) of improperly preying on young women in a fashionable D.C. nightclub. Stender, who is shown by polls to be within striking distance of Ferguson, said the Foley affair "opened the door to talk about the ethical challenge of my opponent." Ferguson has denied the allegations, and a spokeswoman last night called the attacks "pathetic and desperate."

Democratic candidate Chris Carney is running an ad accusing Rep. Don Sherwood (R-Pa.) of "repeatedly choking" and "attempting to strangle" a young mistress. Foley and Sherwood share "the arrogance of power," said Carney. "They're willing to cover up these types of things to retain power."

Well, well, Jim Vandehei finally manages to get something correct, the Democrats know they cannot win on the issues confronting America, so they have to try to destroy their opponents personally. This is nothing new, the Democrats have always used nasty attack ads against their Republican opponents, it's just refreshing to see the Washington Post taking note of the trend.

The sad fact is, Democrats cannot run on the issues, because Americans are not with them on the issues. Americans do not want to live in a carbon copy of France, much less Stalinist Russia. How is that relevent? Because that is precisely the agenda of those in control of the now extreme Left-wing Democrat Party. The people now controlling the Democrat agenda, the folks at MoveOn.org, dailyKos.com, democraticunderground.com, and People for the American Way, are socialist/communists. Their campaign tactics are Stalinist. They are willing to physically and verbally attack and abuse any who disagree with their extreme agenda.

At Columbia University, Leftists stormed the stage verbally and physically assaulting "invited guests" to prevent Jim Gichrist, founder of the Minutemen, from speaking. This is not the first time the Stalinists of the Democrat Party have done this. Florida Governor Jeb Bush, attending a fund-raiser for Rick Santorum was ushered into a T-station closet by his security guard and Port Authority officers when a group of 50 or so protestors began to verbally assault and crowd around him. Interestingly, these "protestors" were not locals, but:

"made up of United Steelworkers and members of Uprise Counter Recruitment, a tour traveling through 22 cities to support anti-war efforts."

Stalinist tactics used by Democrats once more in an attempt to supress a Republican politician from freely expressing his ideas. Members of the democratunderground.com found this sort of behavior admirable and humorous

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