On the other hand, I respect George H. Bush, Bob Dole, and others. Hell, one of the guys I have coffee with is "Mr. Republican" around here -- ex-Marine (as much as you can be that), Iwo, Okinawa, Saipan, Tinian...and a great guy. He's not against a decent health care Act and he's said, out loud and in public, that if Congress doesn't start working together they're going start looking for work.

But these smear tactics -- that's too damned low even for someone like Karl Rove to do. Well, on second thought....