Buy a billboard, that will show her

I received a email this morning from Howard Dean, you know the scream guy, trying to raise money to buy a billboard attacking Republican Jean Schmidt right outside her district office in Portsmouth, Ohio.

The site is http://www.democrats.org/billboard.

Jean Schmidt is only the latest Republican leader to cross this line of civility and respect for our veterans -- it's time to say enough is enough.

Republican leaders use these tactics to distract people from the simple fact that they have lost credibility on national security and foreign policy.

They abandoned the hunt for Osama bin Laden. They manipulated intelligence to sell the war in Iraq, and failed to plan adequately for the war before it started. They destroyed the moral authority America built up over five decades of Democratic and Republican presidents, and they alienated the universal support for our cause after September 11th.

Americans deserve to hear an exit strategy in Iraq and a plan to restore our moral leadership in the world. And questioning the patriotism of those who demand these things is absolutely out of bounds.

Thank you for standing up.

Governor Howard Dean, M.D.

Buying a billboard outside her district office sounds rather sophomoric to me. Why don't they TP her house or egg her car while they're at it. So much for raising the level of the debate. The DNC is getting in the mud with the pig on this one.