It’s the other shoe time dropping time with the final prong of the Rep. Charlie Melancon campaign emerging, possibly as part of a presumably coordinated effort with defeated Senate candidate Chet Traylor.
In his quest to take the seat held by incumbent Sen. David Vitter, the Democrat Melancon has found himself on the wrong side of most issues about which a majority of Louisianans care. Recognizing this, he has based his campaign almost entirely on attempted character assassination of the Republican Vitter, making thoughtful people wonder whether it’s worth putting such a petty, vituperative person that focuses most of his efforts attacking his opponent into such an office of great responsibility.
The unusual entrance of Republican Traylor into that party’s primary from the beginning smacked of an attempt to create a stalking horse working with Melancon against Vitter. With little organization, almost no money, and considerable political baggage himself, the only plausible explanation as to why Traylor would enter, and lose devastatingly, was as an excuse to intensify Melancon’s attack strategy against Vitter.
In particular, Traylor ran some ads thin on substance but long on personal attacks on Vitter, more extreme and explicit than previously had surfaced from the Melancon campaign or from allied Democrat organizations and affiliates. This level of venom has continued with new ads out designed to support Melancon by tearing down Vitter. Now, Melancon, who would have looked less statesman-like had he initiated these on his own in the past, can claim he’s simply repeating what other candidates already have articulated.
If Traylor was encouraged by backers of Melancon to enter the race, that was the main purpose, to provide this kind of cover for a campaign that will get nastier because that’s all Melancon has to offer. It reflects poor character on his part to permit such shenanigans to go forward, rather than conduct a campaign concentrating instead on issues of government spending, taxation, support of Democrats’ agenda, federal funding of abortion, and wasteful junkets.
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So, let's see if I get this straight. Having your phone number found multiple times in the phone listings of a madam, isn't a sign of deficient character.
Never coming clean about why that happened, most likely because full disclosure might expose you to legal sanctions, that's not a sign of deficient character.
Keeping on your staff a person who has repeated problems with the law, that's not deficient character.
Knowing that one of the major charges faced by said staffer involves violence against a woman, but you keep him in charge of women's issues on your staff, that's no indication of deficient character.
Allowing the taxpayers to pay for said staffer's trips back to Louisiana to face the court on his crimes, that's not deficient character.
But, pointing out those things is a sign of deficient character?
Why don't you just admit it, Jeff, you determine character based on your political views, not any objective standards.
Great points, Anonymous. Just a quick addition:
Jeff writes that this is the "final descent into hate-filled politics that Democrats are making." Such humorous statements don't even need commentary, but since these people are so deep in the neocon bubble, even the most simple points have to be spelled out to them letter-by-letter. Jeff: the muslim demonizing, hispanic hating, town hall attacking, race-baiting, attacking of perceived "marxists", "nazis", "socialists" and "communists" (and "kenyan anti-colonialists") is the "hate-filled politics", not some liberal's mere mention of Vitter's ethical issues.
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