Slimed? Really?

clipped from www.powerlineblog.com Several House Democrats are complaining that when they visited Iraq this summer, military personnel had been given thumbnail biographies containing, among other things, their publicly expressed views about the situation in Iraq. In particular, the bios stated how the members had voted on legislation requiring the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq within 120 days of the bill's enactment. They also contained a cross-section of the member's positions -- e.g., "the year of 2006 must be a year of significant transistion in Iraq" (Rep. Ellen Tauscher) and "things have been getting worse rather than better" (Rep. James Moran). Providing this sort of basic information in advance of the meeting seems perfectly legitimate -- it's what we used to call "doing your homework." However, according to the Post Tauscher and Moran took strong objection. Tauscher called it "being slimed in the Green Zone." How odd to characterize a recitation of one's key vote and statements on Iraq as "being slimed."