Dirty Tricks, Patrician Style

Dick Meyer reports on the Bush family political traditions, including smears:

This old family has traditions – horseshoes, fishing, bad syntax and having the help do the dirty work in campaigns as well as the kitchen. And they are very good at getting jobs done without leaving fingerprints, without compromising their patrician image and their alleged character.

Even the audaciousness of this year’s episode is not surprising. Who would have believed that George Bush, with all the trouble over his National Guard service, could get John Kerry in hot water for his combat duty and medals in Vietnam? Well, anyone who saw what George Bush did to former POW John McCain in the 2000 primaries, which was even more outrageous.

Read the complete article at:
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/08/25/opinion/meyer/main638571.shtml