Can we try to keep "repulsion" out of it? It just sounds lame.
The word doesn't sound very good coming from people who would sink to any level to get a hit at their own political opponents.
McFly makes the valid point that if things were reversed, and Bush had half this baggage, you would be cheerfully raking him over the coals about it. Try and imagine the Democratic Party deciding it would be "bad form" to question the record of a Vietnam veteran.
I'm really tempted to go back and dig up the Democratic hatchetwork done on Oliver North, including denigration of his medals, and rub your noses in it until you have to come up for air.
In other words, argue facts. Being outraged and offended over fight rules is a bit weak coming from a political party that has a knife in its boot and brass knuckles on.