Democrats, who have long posed
as the party of peaceniks and doves, have been anything but during the great
rhetorical war of 2013. In fact, the party of George McGovern and Jimmy Carter
has been mad as hell as of late, leading an offensive of bombastic insults and
rhetorical bullying that has dominated the government shutdown. It’s a perfect
storm, with Democrats leading the pace.
President Obama called
Republicans “reckless and irresponsible,” casting the Grand Old Party in the
role of villain. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Nevada Democrat, referred
to Republicans as “anarchists,” and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi,
California Democrat, deemed Republicans “legislative arsonists.”
“Public attacks make it
personal. The response, the entire conversation, goes to the attack, not the
problem at hand. The moment there’s an audience, posturing takes over,” said
Peter Post, director of the Emily Post Institute and author of five etiquette
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