From The New Editor. Why are they doing it? Because they’re nasty:
Time magazine’s Jay Newton-Small just told MSNBC’s Chris Matthews on Hardball that “aides in the Democratic Party House leadership’s office” are sending out to the press personal dirt on US House Rep. Parker Griffith, who yesterday announced that he was switching form the Democratic Party to the Republican Party.
Time’s Small postulated that this was an effort to scare other House Dems who likewise considering a jump to the Republicans.
If the guy really was dirty, Democrats, then why did you keep him on? You either were being disgusting by protecting a corrupt politician, or you’re being disgusting now by lying about someone. Which is it?