When attacks go bad

These things happen when you are so determined to denigrate your opponent you don't do the most easy of research (like using google) before you stick your foot in your mouth.

From NRO

The Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund has a new ad attacking Gov. Palin's wildlife management policies in Alaska. In particular, the ad focuses on her support of aerial hunting of wolves and bounties on wolf kills. The ad puts the aerial hu What the ad doesn't mention is that the wolf hunting program is an effort aimed at keeping the wolf population down in order to protect Alaska's caribou and moose populations (in particular the former). A large and healthy caribou population is important both for the state's hunters and subsistence populations that rely on caribou for food.

Then there is this:

Yep. The day after 9/11, as part of its "get tough" makeover, the Obama campaign is mocking John McCain for not using a computer, without caring why he doesn't use a computer. From the AP story about the computer illiterate ad:

"Our economy wouldn't survive without the Internet, and cyber-security continues to represent one our most serious national security threats," [Obama spokesman Dan] Pfeiffer said. "It's extraordinary that someone who wants to be our president and our commander in chief doesn't know how to send an e-mail."

Well, I guess it depends on what you mean by "extraordinary." The reason he doesn't send email is that he can't use a keyboard because of the relentless beatings he received from the Viet Cong in service to our country.

From the Boston Globe (March 4, 2000):

McCain gets emotional at the mention of military families needing food stamps or veterans lacking health care. The outrage comes from inside: McCain's severe war injuries prevent him from combing his hair, typing on a keyboard, or tying his shoes. Friends marvel at McCain's encyclopedic knowledge of sports. He's an avid fan - Ted Williams is his hero - but he can't raise his arm above his shoulder to throw a baseball.

Good grief.