Jeff Merkley's Dirty Smear Campaign Backfires
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May 21, 2014 !! Washington Democrats in Panic Mode !! Call For All Hands On Deck Jeff Merkley's Dirty Smear Campaign Backfires Pediatric neurosurgeon Monica Wehby had an impressive victory last night, breaking the 50% mark in Oregon, a state where Democrats' panic has manifested itself in the most vicious personal attacks of the cycle thus far. Last night Dr. Wehby boldly stood up to her attackers. Democrats, who've insisted for months that they had absolutely no concerns about the Beaver State, have spent the last six days waging an ugly personal war against one of the most accomplished women running for elected office this cycle. On CNN, Gloria Borger explained the Democrats' overtly anti-woman strategy. "What do you do when you don't want a woman to win a Senate seat? You portray her as some kind of emotional wreck." It's that kind of hypocrisy that has people outraged. Yesterday on Ronan Farrow's MSNBC Show, columnist Heidi Moore explained the sexist nature of the Democrats' ugly attacks. "The way that we perceive women's actions is different... ...None of it is fair, and none of it is true, and that's the key thing. We are putting aside reality and misinterpreting women on purpose and I don't think women are saying enough about it." On MSNBC's Morning Joe, the panel agreed that Democrats were engaging in dirty politics. "Why are news people talking about this? It seems like an unbelievably cheap shot," Scarborough said before noting that, "Merkley is already saying she's deeply flawed, you know, the code stuff starts." Thomas Roberts agreed. "This is definitely dirty, when you don't have something you can tangibly go after, you get down in the mud," he said. CNN's Mark Preston warned that, "The Oregonian has documentation that it was the Democrats that were the first to get the police records, so at a time with the issue with the New York Times firing their executive editor and this whole idea about the war on women, this is very dangerous territory for Democrats." Unfortunately, Jeff Merkley doesn't seem to care about the advice, and in a shocking move, the suddenly vulnerable Senator actually rewarded the political operative responsible for launching the smear campaign against Dr. Wehby by adding him to his campaign staff. Really? So Merkley not only condones the attacks, he rewards them. In addition, Democrats are pulling well known operative Andrew Zucker out of Louisiana were he had been working on Senator Mary Landrieu's behalf and are dispatching him to Merkley's team. It's not a coincidence that shortly after a poll showed Dr. Wehby leading Jeff Merkley, the Democratic machine went into overdrive, viciously attacking her personal life in the ugliest way. Dr. Wehby's victory sends a message that the ugly politics of personal destruction will not be tolerated in Oregon. In the words of Dr. Wehby, "The best way to defeat a bully is to stand up to them, and that is exactly what we are going to do." "Dr. Wehby is an exciting candidate who has dedicated her life to helping children and their families and has firsthand expertise in dealing with Oregonians' health care needs - a sharp contrast from Jeff Merkley," said NRSC Press Secretary Brook Hougesen. "Washington Democrats are so panicked that they're bringing in political operatives from across the country to smear Dr. Wehby. Senator Merkley may think rewarding the political operatives for viciously attacking Dr. Wehby is acceptable, but voters in Oregon are disgusted by these ugly and desperate smear tactics." ### .