McCarville’s Opinion: No Glory Here

Republican candidates for president this year have taken sleazy politics to the lowest point I can recall in 50 years of watching such things.

No one has clean hands, but the dirtiest hands today belong to Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum…and, of course, the lamestream media.

The latest indignity visited upon Lady Truth is the allegation Romney dissed the “poor.” The text of the interview shows clearly that was not his complete statement, or his intent…or where his heart is.

Surely Gingrich and Santorum, smart men, know this; yet, today, they are out with outrageous statements about Romney’s comment.

We might expect such egregious excess from the Democratic National Committee (and sure enough, it is out with a television commercial).

It is disappointing to see Gingrich, who earned considerable respect during his early years as House Speaker, degrade himself in the way he has in this campaign, slinging mud that would make Boss Tweed proud.

Santorum, a usually-circumspect politician, couldn’t resist the temptation to join in.

The two have not covered themselves in glory in recent weeks.

Pity.

 

 

 


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  1. Forrest Country, 02 February, 2012

    Sad, but even sadder is the fact so many people have morals low enough to believe such “sound bites”. In the old days (pre-Great Depression), people spoke readily of two subjects to friends and stranger alike. Those two subjects were politics and religion (specifically, the Bible) and because of this they were knowledgeable of both! My, how far we have degenerated!

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