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MICKEY KAUS: ?Republicans are in a position to be mean to Democrats, and there?s suddenly a campaig?

By Glenn Reynolds

MICKEY KAUS: “Republicans are in a position to be mean to Democrats, and there’s suddenly a campaign against meanness. What a happy coincidence! But, like many seemingly clever, intuitive MSM/Dem strategies?’Let’s nominate a Vietnam war hero to run against President Bush!’?this one may prove to be a dud, or worse.”

UPDATE: Reader Jerry Davis emails: “Everything old is new again. ‘Mean-spirited’ was the catch phrase during the Clinton impeachment. Everybody who mentioned witness tampering or perjury was immediately dubbed ‘mean-spirited.’”

Full post as published by Instapundit.com on January 17, 2011 (boomark / email).