The GOP Dogs of War: New Line and New Breed of Attack

The Image the GOP Loves to Project and Talk About

(Patriotism, the flag, loyalty, country, apple pie, Mom, the 4th of July)

The GOP in Reality: Their Latest Attack Line

(Benghazi, IRS, Fast and Furious, Obama-care, et al)

(Cartoon Credit: Rob Tornoe, award-winning editorial cartoonist whose work has appeared in the New York Times, Washington Post, on NPR, and MSNBC among others).

With polls showing high anxiety about terrorism, Ebola, ISIS/ISIL, and national security over all growing among voters, GOP campaign officials have now launched a new barrage of attacks on Democrats accusing them of being weak on security issues like the border to prevent ISIS/ISIL from sneaking in while carrying, I guess car bombs, or injected with Ebola to attack our citizens at sleep in their homes like Sen. Graham (R-SC) warned the nation about recently (many links are here on his comments):

Sen. Graham said the Obama administration is “delusional” if they think they can battle the Islamic State “primarily through expanded air strikes and by training Syrians for ground combat.” Then he added:

“There’s no way in hell you can form an army on the ground to go into Syria to destroy ISIL without a substantial American component. This president needs to rise to the occasion before we all get killed back here at home.”

Whew boy … talk about hyperbole. So, I wonder, will this line of GOP attack be effective and work to garnish the votes they seek on November 4^th? We are about to find out, but I suspect and continue to have faith in the voters – I hope I am right.

Stay tuned and watch the election returns next month – I suspect it will be a barn burner.