Orgy of tastelessness

In a story on a Bush rally in Indiana, the Financial Times reports that Republicans have taken to calling the heavily-contested heartland states of Ohio, Indiana and Pennsylvania “the Killing Fields”.

You would think they would want to avoid casual (not to mention offensive and tasteless) references to Cambodian genocide and other disastrous outcomes of the Vietnam quagmire.

As the President likes to remind us, “Anybody who is in a position to serve this country ought to understand the consequences of words.”

It is also heartening to see the Bush visit bringing out the best in “values voters” (Financial Times):

Penne Keith, whose husband painted an American flag on his front lawn after the terror attacks in 2001, said she admired Mr. Bush as “very moral, a Christian believer… My husband called in sick today to attend the rally, the first day he has missed this whole year.”

I bet if there’s one thing Ms. Keith just hates about liberals it’s their embrace of moral relativism.