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Originally Posted by The Strangler
I think thats a double standard. The Democrats have been just as harsh against Bush, except during their convention, and have received no criticism for it. When the Republicans do the same thing, they are reamed a new a-hole for it. Its the same thing with the 527 advertisement issue.
And it should be about BOTH who did what when and what how. What a politician did in the past is the ONLY device you can use to measure what he will do in the future. Based on that evidence, Kerry has little credibility on the anti-terrorism stances he has claimed now and it is a VERY valid argument to bring up in a campaign or debate.
As for your points about Zell Miller, he believes he isn;t wishy washy at all, but that the Democratic party has abandoned HIM, and if you look at modern political history he has a point. If you look at the platform that JFK ran on, he appears much more of a moderate Republican by today's standards than a Democrat.
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I've never noticed a double standard, but it always seemed as if the republican party did a lot more fingerpointing than the democratic party. A very good example is the Clinton affair, it was blown way out of proportion, some may argue that theres no proof that it was directly from the Republicans though, but as soon as the 9/11 disaster hit, when all planes were grounded, Bush, with the US Governments money sent I think about 96 Bin Laden family members home on jets. I think that if the situations were turned, the Republicans would have made sure this was public.....just my two cents.