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To: Sully- who wrote (2708)	5/25/2004 3:35:40 PM
From: Sully-	of 35834

Startling Meanness By Jay on Politics - Jay Reding Blog About two weeks ago, Sen. Tom Daschle decried what he called the startling meanness of American politics. <font size=4> Two weeks later, as Sen. Tim Johnson equates Republicans to the Taliban, Daschle says nothing. If that is not a case of startling meanness in American politics, then no such things exists. There is absolutely no excuse for drawing such an odious comparison. It is not only a statement that sounds foolish, but displays a startling lack of tact and common sense. What's more shocking is that this comes from Sen. Tim Johnson, who is not exactly a barking moonbat.<font size=3> He's been one of the more sensible Democrats in the Senate, and he has displayed a willingness to reach across party lines for the good of South Dakota. Hearing something like this from Daschle would be almost a non-event, but from Johnson it's more than little disturbing. I have a feeling this is seriously going to hurt Stephanie Herseth in this race. She had been leading Diedrich in the polls, but the last thing the people of South Dakota want is that kind of petty politics of mass destruction in their state. I don't believe Herseth supports such an attack, as she's a reasonable and moderate Democrat that has garnered the support of several prominent South Dakota Republicans. <font size=4>In a state that's overwhelmingly Republican, attacking Republicans and equating them with people who believed in the absolute subjugation of women is unacceptable. That kind of rhetoric demeans those who use it, and both Johnson and Herseth won because they were able to attract the votes of some of South Dakota's Republican majority.

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