But the Republican attack machine is already rolling. They’ve
already launched attack ads against Judd, who, so far, is an actress and
nothing more. And Karl Rove and the gang have promised to launch a sustained
campaign of negative attacks against her, a non-candidate. Rove openly admitted
they are taking the low road: “We are making fun
of her”.
And keep in mind, Ashley Judd is about
the most inoffensive person there is. She came to prominence playing Ensign
Lefler, an adorable teenager on Star Trek, made a few damsel-in-distress
movies, did some modeling, joined causes to fight AIDS and poverty, and
supported Obama’s presidential campaigns. That’s it. So…how are they going to attack
her, exactly? If she runs, this is going to backfire, big time.
This is all Team GOP has left – attack, attack, attack. They
certainly can’t run on their policies or their accomplishments. And they can’t
run McConnell on his record: even in Kentucky they know he’s the one who has
crippled the federal government. They heard him admit he was stopping up the
pipes for partisan political purposes, hoping to crash the economy and make
Obama a one-term president, which in less tolerant times would be called
treason. So for him a positive campaign is obviously not an option.
What was all that we were hearing a month ago, about the GOP
putting on a smiley face and trying to win back women, after their harsh
anti-woman policies of the last few years? I guess the smiley mask is coming
back off again.
With luck Rove will prove about as prescient about the Kentucky
Senate race as he was about the 2012 presidential race.
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