The Right-Wing Attack Machine

I really just wanted to end the blogging and get away from politics. Ending the blog is one thing, but getting away from politics is a lot harder than I thought. Especially given the fact that, as many people have pointed out to me, there is no balance in the blogosphere if its only conservatives left to comment on local political issues.

Not only have they been pretty solidly distributing the talking points, but they both seemed on trashing the personal life of District 1 candidate, Lyda Ness-Garcia. That is, when they aren’t dedicating their blogs to posts about me. By the way, I’m flattered guys. Both of you have made comments about promotion of my blog, while spending a great deal of time promoting it. Sorry, couldn’t let the irony go without comment.

Anyway, we have heard the right wing of the blogosphere spend a lot of time talking about Ness-Garcia’s children, alleged multiple husbands, sexuality, marriages, night-life, and even her eyebrows. That’s not an exaggeration by the way. Her damn eyebrows have been written about.

They’ve even resorted to trashing people around her, mostly through the help of people that don’t like the people around her, so it’s a nice little temporary alliance they have made to go on a personal attack. But as they say, politics makes strange bed-fellows. Which is weird because at least publically, Republicans don’t like to have men be other men’s bedfellows.

Makes them feel weird inside, like the first time they showed with other guys in gym class.

But I think what is interesting about their attacks is that it is essentially the same tactics Republicans use on a national scale, just downsized for a local election. The idea is to have an attack from all sides and be relentless about it. Doesn’t have to be true, it just needs to be repeated enough.  Hell, they don’t even have to keep their story straight.

They went from saying she was a lesbian to implying she’s a floozie in a matter of weeks.

It’s like Obama’s birth-certificate or the endless attacks on the Clintons. It’s a non-stop, steady drip of innuendo, whisper campaigns, half-truths, and a big heaping steamy side of bullshit.

They seemed so interested in taxes, but haven’t said a damn thing about what Lilly is allegedly doing with YOUR tax money, which is allegedly having staffers work on her campaign. Unlike other’s I just won’t make an unfounded claim, watch this video in which a former staffer says he was expected to do campaign work for Lilly if he wanted to keep his job.

They’ve alleged, without support or documentation, that Ness-Garcia had people volunteer for her campaign and get community service hours taken off of their probation. Again, an unfounded but repeated allegation.

They’ve alleged that one of her campaign volunteers is doing what a former staffer alleged Lilly of doing, which is conducting campaign activity on work time.

Did they offer any proof?

Of course not.

They figure that if the person works for the county, then they must be doing campaign activities on the job. (Interestingly they turn the other way when the allegation is raised against Lilly.) But did they offer any proof?

Of course not.

They never let facts get in their way. But the person, a man who has been depicted in high-heels in an attempt to humiliate him, actually exhausted his time off in order help.

The self-appointed guardians of the Constitution should remember that protecting the Constitution means protecting freedom of speech. You don’t surrender your right to exercise your Constitutional right to freedom of speech because you work for El Paso County.

But what I think is most telling about the attackers from the right-wing?

You know what they don’t talk about?

Policy.

They don’t attack her on a policy positions. I seriously doubt if they know what the policy positions are to begin with and I’ll bet only one of the really has a solid understanding of what the policy ramifications are to begin with.

It’s not a debate about ideas for them. They are emotionally invested in tearing down Ness-Garcia. They think voters care more about her eye brows and personal life than policy discussion.

For them the race isn’t about a debate on policy, it’s about seeing how much mierda they can fling.

Where is the discussion about traffic?

Parks?

Quality of life?

Budgets?

Competition for utilities?

Planning?

Development?

Business relations?

Tourism?

Employment?

Financial interests and environmental impact of a Transmountain Expansion?

No discussion about that because it doesn’t fit in to their attack plan. They are more focused on spreading filth and in most cases so far…lies.