The Soft Bigotry of Low Expectations
The soft bigotry of low expectations. Kevin Drum is excited at a Washington Post
The Washington Monthly: SLEAZY ADVERTISING....Michael Grunwald writes an honest piece today in the Washington Post about the wildly negative campaigning going on in the Republican camp this election cycle. He briefly suggests that "some Democrats are playing rough, too" -- and provides a couple of examples -- but immediately acknowledges that virtually all Democratic ads have focused on policies and performance. Not so on the other side:
The result has been a carnival of ugly, especially on the GOP side, where operatives are trying to counter what polls show is a hostile political environment by casting opponents as fatally flawed characters. The National Republican Campaign Committee is spending more than 90 percent of its advertising budget on negative ads, according to GOP operatives, and the rest of the party seems to be following suit.
See? It's not so hard to simply report the facts, is it?
Very sad.
