Turnabout is fair play

John Hawkins at PJM:

Complaining bitterly about the Democrats� �politics of personal destruction� or bellyaching that the media doesn�t treat us fairly ultimately accomplishes nothing. The public doesn�t care.

Using the exact same tactics against the left that it uses against the right may very well be effective.

Even if it isn�t, it may at least convince them that such tactics ought to be off limits on both sides. We can say, �Gee, what if Bush had done this� or �That�s a cheap shot� all day long, but until our political opponents feel the brunt of the same savage incivility that it dishes out on a regular basis, nothing is going to change.