The way that the president's accusation of Republican's receiving funds from "foreign" donors was stated is apparently in a gray area from a legal point of view.
Some think the allegations have been made strongly enough to merit a lawsuit for slander, others believe the comments fall in the same category as baseless pap aimed at celebrities which goes unchallenged because the target's public persona is such a lure. But, whatever the legal outcome, there seems to be a general consensus that the Dem party is in so much peril, election-wise, that the president has reached a new low for campaign hogwash.
In any case, Karl Rove is still livid over the issue and seems ready to take his case to another level, whatever that may turn out to be, because the president's remarks are tantamount to a personal attack. However, to prove his innocence, Rove has to produce enough evidence that will substantiate his claim of innocence. And that's why combatants use these sleazy kinds of tactics...because of the difficulty in establishing the proof.
To that end, since when one is smeared by another for any reason, proving the truth isn't always easy, that's why so many issues are gotten away with by the smearers. Because it's too much trouble for smearees to defend themselves. In this particular case, the president and the Dem's are relying on the odds that say, in time, Rove's issue and threats will will simply disappear by themselves.
Along those lines, I came across a video clip on the web where a celebrated talk show host suggested that since the president has taken a much more friendly stance toward China than his predecessors, it's likely he's taking funds from them to promote their cause in the U.S. The host's argument is, the way the issue of proof works, if Rove, or anyone else, suggests that the president's guilty of taking Chinese payoffs, it's up to him to prove that he's not.
So, I guess what we have here is the core of American politics. The real issues like unemployment, health care, taxes and immigration get ignored, because no pol's have solutions, and instead they point fingers at each other about things that hardly matter at all.
That's it for today folks.
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