More and more it seems like the dictionary definition of hypocrisy should include modern-day Republicans. This past week, the DFL began running an ad attacking Pawlenty. I guess it was a pretty mean ad. One might think it was the first of its kind, given the yowling of Republicans like scalded cats. But it's merely another case of selective memory or hypocrisy. They conveniently ignore the dirty ads they ran branding opponents as akin to terrorists in Pawlenty's gubernatorial campaign.

The ad is being compared to the Willie Horton ad -- which, surprise, was run by a Republican campaign.

Or how about the Republican run ads attacking Democrat Max Cleland, senator from Georgia, by comparing him to Osama in Laden -- while Cleland is actually a highly-decorated Vietnam veteran?

The real problem is that the whiners in the Republican party just can't take their own medicine. If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen.