Lubbock Left

Politico notes that Karl “Turdblossom” Rove along with “Enron Ed” Gillespie are leading the charge of unregulated corporate money into the campaign process. Get ready for targeted lies delivered with total anonymity, thanks to the gobs of anonymous money — currently at just over $5 million but estimated to total $50 million by November — flowing into their organization.

What will they do with all that dirty money? With the Sherrod smear now thoroughly debunked, and along with other recently exposed right-wing lies like the ACORN pimp videos, we have a very clear idea of what kind of mischief that right-wing political operatives are capable of in the current political climate. Picture Andrew Breitbart with 50 million dollars and even fewer ethical inclinations and you get the idea of what’s coming next.

My regular readers know by now that I try to look for the silver lining even in dire circumstances. In this case, we can take some comfort in the fact that the Sherrod smear campaign was debunked within 24-48 hours. With a proper amount of vigilance, research, and spreading-the-word on our part, we CAN shut down the inevitable storm of lies and smears from Rove and Gillespie’s latest political venture.

Let’s learn our lesson from Breitbart’s big bamboozlement and beat “Bush’s Brain” in November.