Tuesday, August 21, 2007

So much for ending the politics of personal destruction, etc

So the Derry, New Hampshire woman who questioned Rudy Giuliani over the weekend about his family problems, and who received a very calm reply suggesting that maybe in a campaign such as this, with so many big issues at stake, his family should be left alone, is not happy: "In fact, Katherine wonders why she had to be the one to raise long-simmering questions about Giuliani's personal character. "I'm very frustrated by the media. I think maybe they want to maintain access, so maybe they're selling their soul for access and not doing their job."

Or maybe some think we should discuss issues, not heckle a candidate about family problems.
I thought the great lesson of the Clinton years was that we should end "the politics of personal destruction", and no matter a candidate's "personal life", as long as he could "do the job he was elected to do" that was all that mattered. What happened?