The positive side of negative -- is there one?

You know, thinking about negative ads in general...

The candidates all give themselves this convenient out by saying, "Well, we're just getting him ready for when Obama goes after him."

Yeah, right.

However, talking a while back with a political friend about George W. Bush and the incredible trashing he took during the last two years of his term in office, we both wondered, "Why the hell didn't he fight back?"

By remaining silent, even with movies premiering that featured his assassination, Bush effectively set the table for the Comrade. When you're a public figure, I guess you have to assume that a large portion of the public will believe anything they hear. You kinda have to defend yourself against even the stupidest accusations or the barely-interested assume the accusations are true.

In Gingrich attacking Romney over Romney's record at Bain Capital, Gingrich also appears to be attacking capitlism -- which is just too easy for the socialists to turn around. As well, saw Gingrich's interview with Megyn Kelly about all this, and he's walking a very fine line here, trying to define the boundary between "corporate looting" and "redirecting capital." I mean, sometime it gets to a point where you have to conclude, this business isn't going anywhere, no matter how well-capitalized it is. The funds will just drip away keeping the doors open, not enough potential revenues to make it an ongoing concern.

In every case, this is a pretty subjective call. And I'm a person whose career has been like the kiss of death for nearly every company I ever worked for. They've all been bought out, shut down, restructured, downsized, etc. etc. Makes my resume look pretty hairy. I mean, would you want to hire someone who attended the funerals of the last five or six companies she worked for? (High-tech businesses and industries... 'Nuff said? Same high-tech now allows me to be self-employed and work in my pjs.)

At any rate, I kinda wish the Republicans would keep their focus on knocking the Comrade out of the box rather than damaging each other. I mean, "Keep your eye upon the donut and not upon the hole." Right?

I'd like to direct this question to Dana Perino if she's listening: Why didn't George W. fight back? He had a whole team -- you and others -- to do the dirty work. He wouldn't have to be personally involved.

Just wondering.

Save the Republic.