[Cyrus]

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...a deliberate poltical tactic called "human political shields".

*John Murtha (you can't attack him because he is a ex-marine)
*Cindy Sheehan (you can't attack her because her son died)
*Jersey Girls (you can't attack them because they're 911 widows)
*Max Cleland (you can't attack him because his lost 4 limbs in Vietnam on his way to a BBQ)
*Michael Berg (you can't attack him because his son was beheaded in Iraq)

[/ QUOTE ]You got it backwards, a usual occurence with you :

It's not that what they are should stop you from attacking their ideas. It's that you can't attack them as persons for what they are!

The foaming-at-the-mouth superpatriots are attacking, for example, John Murtha because as an ex-Marine he is supposed to toe the line. The right-wing loonies are attacking Cindy Sheehan because she is a grieving mother who refuses to play her part as a meek sheep who mourns in silence. The neo-con crackpots are attacking the 9/11 widows because they are 9/11 widows and they were supposed to be up on the podium waving a little flag and cozying up to the Commander-in-Chief; etcetera.

Attaking those people for what they are is a sure sign of having no class.

Of course, the Republican Party has been traveling strictly no class for years.