re: #249 sagehen
oh, they’ve been doing it way longer than that. Lee Atwater started it, Karl Rove perfected it.
The treatment of Kerry’s service alone is why I think Republican talk about respecting veterans is a mile wide but an inch deep. Okay, fine take issue with what he did afterwards but he had the right to protest the war A) and the mocking of the Purple Hearts was disgusting B), you never saw Clinton mock Dole’s arm problem that he had from his WWII injuries nor did you see Obama and the Dems mock McCain either.