Ok... I heard on a morning news show today that some people in Florida from one of the groups of candidates identified with the Tea Party were going to file criminal charges against people in the Republican Party, because of disparaging ads painting them [Tea party candidates] in a bad light, and telling downright lies about them... those from the Tea Party claim that these disparaging ads were put forth because of the Republicans' fear of having to deal with them as a "third party"...
"Mud-slinging" and lying about one's political opponents are campaign tactics that have been around for a long time... probably as long as political campaigns have been around... I mean, why should candidates who are running for a political office try to win on their own merits, on their own integrity, or on their own abilities as a leader and a "statesman"? Oh, wait... does such a word as "statesman" even belong in politics these days, or did it go out of fashion with our founding fathers?
Political advertisements that plant the seeds of fear and disparage and demonize opponents seem to be the normal fare of political campaigns these days... and, interestingly enough, seems to have been taken to new "lows" by the Tea Party Movement in the last two years...
So what's the matter? You can "dish it out" but can't "take it" when it comes back your way?
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