How do you really feel?

In response to the attempts by the GOP to swiftboat Jack Murtha for speaking out against the war, including the similar refrain of dragging in some old fossils to say he doesn't deserve his medals, Arianna has the following to say:

They are the lowest form of character assassination -- cranked out by the GOP attack machine with ruthless efficiency (and almost comical predictability). A belly flop into the Beltway sewer that degrades a political culture already so befouled it might seem beyond further degradation. But then we get this effluvium -- and the stench hanging over our democracy becomes unbearable.

I agree with what she says, but I really like the way she says it.