http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gr5tx0lcyQc

And I have never, ever seen crap as vile as what I’ve seen this year.

I certainly haven’t seen people invade the privacy of a politician over a frickin’ policy difference, not campaign shenanigans.

So forgive me if I have a bit of outrage here, but I am outraged.

Worse, it puts the number up there, under “Tell Jon Tester you can’t afford higher taxes.” And puts the number right below it.

Putting a candidate’s home phone number in a TV ad is far, far beyond the pale.

Pale? What pale? we are surely not surprised by this are we?

Sent Tester some more money yesterday through MoveOn.

3 MORE DAYS.

LJ/Aquaria @ 155

Oh for fuck’s sake!

Josh at TPM: Swiftboaters against Jon Tester in MT put Tester’s home phone number on their TV ad smearing him!

Is this even LEGAL?

I sure hope not, but they probably checked in advance.

If I were Tester, I’d set the call forwarding to go to hmmmm? who? Then change my phone number pronto. Most of the people who need to get to him now are using the cell I would imagine.

Apparently, the Testers have a machine answering at home now. But I wouldn’t bet these jerks checked the legality. This is the guy who financed the swiftboat of Kerry. I don’t think he cares about legality.

The end of the article pretty much says it all:

Bush’s supporters may argue that it’s common to distort your opponent’s position in a campaign. But Bush’s extreme rhetoric goes far beyond what is traditionally considered acceptable. He casts aside almost all standards for honesty, logic and fairness.

As he crisscrosses the country in the days before the Nov. 7 election, Bush is showing that his determination to protect one-party control of Washington is so strong that he will let nothing stand in his way. He will say whatever he feels he must to keep the Republican majorities in the House and Senate.

What is perhaps even more unsettling is how willing and even eager so many Americans are to be misled, finding some pleasure or a sense of unity in Bush’s lies and deceptions. It is hard to imagine a democratic Republic surviving with such a debased public discourse.

Lots of Bush quotes and chanted replies from his hives of drones out in the so-called heartland….

Putting a candidate’s home phone number in a TV ad is far, far beyond the pale.