I don't think Eugene Robinson really meant to write the funniest column of the year today, but he just may have. In it, he decries the negative campaigning that has marked this election cycle. No, really, he does. The guy who specializes in venomous fulminations against George Bush and all things Republican decries negativity. It would appear that he has no idea he's being funny, either.
Has there ever been a more negative, dispiriting election? Is there any hope and optimism left in this country, or is our political culture based on nothing but seething dislike and sour resentment?
Democrats and Republicans sought to win voters with the same basic message: You may not think much of us, but at least we're better than the other guys.
Go over and read the rest if you want a laugh. Just remember all the ranting screeds he's written in the past and try not to spit coffee on the monitor. But at the end of the column he admits that all his cheerleading for throwing the Republicans out of office may not actually bring any real improvement in Washington. Because not being the other guys is not a strategy to lead a nation.
