Hypocrisy, Reprise 0
Dick Polman on the racist Republican ad in Tennessee:
But here’s the key point: Mehlman hired the person who in turn hired the person who produced the “independent†Tennessee ad. So even though Mehlman may have been officially in the dark about this specific ad, it strains credulity to believe that he didn’t know what kind of ad his “independent†ad producer would create. Especially since this ad producer would not have been hired in the first place, to act “independently†and provide Mehlman with official deniability, unless he had been sanctioned by top GOP officials.
’nuff said. But I’m not stopping without saying too much.
The issue here is not whether Ken Mehlman or any of his colleagues are bigots. Rather, the issue is that they are willing to harness bigotry to their cause. And, clearly, they are.
While wrapping themselves in virtue.
A sheet, dammit, is a sheet. Whether it comes from Target, Walmart, or Bloomingdale’s. It does not make for attractive wearing apparel.
