If you can't win on policy, or accomplishments, or ... well, anything really substantive, what do you do?
Especially if your opponent is a decorated veteran, respected hero with a made-for-Hollywood biography?
Well, if you're a Republican (or Politico, but I repeat myself), you push this hit piece:
Richard Carmona draws fire from former boss
Richard Carmona, the former U.S. surgeon general now running as a Democrat in Arizona for a Senate seat, made national headlines in 2007 when he told Congress that the Bush administration had improperly interfered in public health decisions for purely political reasons.
But behind the scenes, his former boss Cristina Beato — a onetime supporter turned bitter enemy — was painting a very different picture of Carmona for House investigators, alleging that an angry Carmona twice banged on her door and yelled at her in the middle of the night after workplace disputes.
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I think this story is quite suspicious coming days after a piece published by the Daily Beast, and widely circulated, that highlighted Dr. Richard Carmona's unique experience and position while running for Arizona's open Senate seat against Washington-insider Jeff Flake.
Dr. Carmona is the perfect example of the American dream- a poor boy from a poor New York neighborhood, who overcame the odds to serve his country, get an education, and become successful in his own right. No silver spoon, instant Ivy League. A legitimate and real rebuttal to the Republican argument for deification of the "rich".
I just wanted to bring this piece to the NetRoots' attention. Mostly as a warning: Expect this. And more. Because the Republican party is willing to burn everything to the ground to seek power - not for governance, but for power.