Tuesday, October 02, 2007

The Art of the Smear

This one is “twofer”

Democrats, who fear democracy like an aulophobic fears a flute, have launched a smear campaign against Presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani and the Presidential Election Reform Act, a proposed initiative that would alter the allocation of California’s electoral votes.

As reported in the San Francisco Chronicle today, Democrats want the federal government to investigate the electoral college ballot initiative and its supporters (read the article here). The article reports that “Democratic Party activists” have filed a complaint with the Federal Elections Commission seeking a Department of Justice investigation and alleging that Giulani engaged in “money laundering” to support the ballot initiative.

The purpose of the complaint isn’t to actually ferret out any real criminal activity; according to the Democrat activists the real purpose is “to send a message to any Republicans who might consider reviving the measure.” What message; that Democrat activists will threaten you if you attempt to engage in the democratic process?

Democrats have pulled out all the stops to kill this initiative "in the cradle" and in doing so have also smeared GOP candidate Rudy Giuliani – that is what is commonly referred to as a “twofer”.

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