It's like deja vu all over again...

I was totally unsurprised, I'm afraid, to see Bush handle the effort of Max Cleland to deliver a letter from nine military veterans in the US Senate with as little class and as much stupidity as possible.

Granted, it was a stunt, but Bush's stubborn snubbing of a heroic American made it a more successful one than it might have been. Did they really think that a photograph of Cleland's wheel chair being blocked by Texas state troopers was the best visual they could hope for at BC04? Are things really that desperate for Bushco?

Well, good, then.

Still, the letter's worth a read, and Seeing The Forest has the full text. There's a lot of fine words, but it does strike a note that seems strangely familiar...

Our outrage over these advertisements and tactics has nothing to do with the tax code or campaign finance reform efforts of this nation. Our pain from seeing these slanderous attacks stems from something much more fundamental, that if one veteran’s record is called into question, the service of all American veterans is questioned.

Yep. An injury to one is an injury to all.