Stomp on the lies before they gain traction

I've written about this before on Hagel. Dems have to attack this stuff before it becomes "common knowledge". Before Hagel it was Obama. Now its Wesley Clark and the DNC.

The WaPo’s David Broder is frequently called the “dean” of the Washington media establishment. He’s moderate to a fault, tepid in his criticism, but influential enough to help reflect and shape the conventional wisdom.

With this in mind, it was disheartening to see Broder take a cheap and unnecessary shot at the Democratic Party in his column today.

Broder was reporting on the DNC winter meeting, held over the weekend in DC, at which the party’s many announced and likely presidential candidates tried to impress the party faithful. Broder gave a rundown of how the field of aspirants did, but added this observation:

One of the losers in the weekend oratorical marathon was retired Gen. Wesley Clark, who repeatedly invoked the West Point motto of “Duty, Honor, Country,” forgetting that few in this particular audience have much experience with, or sympathy for, the military.

I expect these kinds of dishonest smears from Limbaugh, Hannity, and O’Reilly, but Broder is supposed to be credible and serious. Why take such a gratuitous shot at the entire Democratic Party? Why intentionally perpetuate a right-wing lie? Why libel a political party with an observation that’s the opposite of the truth?

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Let's kill the Hagel meme right now

This guys is not someone anyone on the left should embrace. Get over him.

This post totally stolen from Licolnite.

I’m getting tired of this, I really am. A good chunk of Nebraska seems to think that Chuck Hagel is a liberal. Maggie Seeman is the latest:

Senator Betrayer (formerly Hagel) should register as a Democrat; he is a regular liberal. The terrorists really love liberals.

During World War II, his kind was held for treason.

Maggie—and everybody else out there who thinks that Chuck Hagel is a liberal—you’re a fool. Even if we accept the extremely dubious proposition that being against a war is an inherently liberal thing to do, one issue does not a liberal make. To wit:

• Chuck Hagel is rated 0% by NARAL
• Chuck Hagel is rated 87% by the US COC
• Chuck Hagel is rated 36% by the NEA
• Chuck Hagel is rated 0% by the LCV
• Chuck Hagel is rated 100% by the Christian Coalition
• Chuck Hagel is rated 92% by CATO
• Chuck Hagel is rated A by the NRA
• Chuck Hagel is rated 12% by APHA
• Chuck Hagel is rated 0% by SANE
• Chuck Hagel is rated 8% by the AFL-CIO
• Chuck Hagel is rated 22% by the ARA
• Chuck Hagel is rated 78% by the NTU
• And last but not least, Chuck Hagel votes with President Bush 95% of the time

Senator Chuck Hagel is most certainly not a liberal.

'nough said?

No, not enough said at all. Folks, talk is easy and usually scripted for politicians. Hagel talks a good game, but check how he votes. Actions are the measuring stick and not words.

Must Read IMHO

Read what Jill at Brilliant at Breakfast has to say about Hagel.