A "Golden Oldie", The Secret War on Tom Daschle

[Joanne98]

Never forget.........Now that we know Tom Daschle stopped Bush from declaring war on American citizens, we can take a hard look at the traitors in the right wing media who fired their guns at this PATRIOT!
Behold, the names and the methods of "The enemy within".

http://www.prospect.org/webfeatures/2001/07/mooney-c-07-02.html

The Secret War on Tom Daschle

By Chris Mooney
Web Exclusive: 7.2.01


The producers who brought you Doggygate and the brouhaha over Al Gore's alleged claim that he invented the Internet are at work on a brand new project: the destruction of Democratic Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle.

Comments from a recent discussion thread on the right wing website FreeRepublic.com demonstrate the budding smear efforts: "Please help me flesh out various scandals that Daschle is involved in," writes one contributor. "There is something about his wife's employment I think that might be a conflict of interest. Maybe not," suggests another. (Daschle's wife, Linda, is a transportation lobbyist for the firm Baker, Donelson, Bearman & Caldwell.)


The website Spinsanity.com, which tracks and critiques political rhetoric, has been monitoring Daschle-bashing, recently noting a Washington Times article that mentions a "coordinated" attack on the senator by right-wingers. Thanks in part to Spinsanity, it's possible to trace many of the key motifs and rhetorical techniques in this spin war -- a project that reveals striking continuities across a range of different conservative media outlets.

[ROakes1019]

1. Rethinking the Daschle attack

Doesn't the anthrax letter sent to Tom Daschle make a lot more sense in light of his objection to Bush's grab for power?