The GOP Attack Machine

Atrios talks about how the GOP demonizes the Democrats.

Then he says:

Stop. Blaming. The. Victim. You fucking morons.

By which I assume he means that we shouldn't blame the Dems when the big bad old GOP picks on them, and that we're morons if we do.

Well, I have to disagree. We're not talking about people stealing candy from a baby or a woman getting raped because she wore a short skirt.

We're talking about about supposedly sophisticated political parties and their candidates. If they can't take the heat, they shouldn't be in the business. And is John Kerry a victim? That seems like an insult to Kerry.

My thinking is the Dems have to get IN on this demonization business, or at least better at it. Kerry was pretty weak as far as I could tell in attacking Bush-- considering how many vulnerabilities Bush had and how many scandals have occurred over the past four years.

Bottom line-- if the GOP demonizes the Dems, then the Dems have to demonize the GOP.