Our Voice Now

Politics has always been a down and dirty business, there is no denying that. Going back to the early days no one was spared - Lincoln was portrayed as being inexperienced and not able to run a country, much less be prepared for a war. Yet, in the 21st Century, some things still have no changed.

No matter which candidate one is for, I think it’s safe to say that McCain using the images of Britney Spears and Paris Hilton and trying to put Obama in that category is just, well, desperate. Is Obama perfect? No. Has he run some negative ads too? Yes. But for a candidate who has been speaking about how experienced he is and how he is far more suited to run a country, it’s pretty sad that he is the same one who resorted to exploiting the stupidity of two young women in Hollywood and bringing it into politics. Has he nothing else? He has to start making up stuff?

And why have the Democrats not fought back? I really don’t know. I agree that staying on topic is important but there comes a time when it is time to stand up and say enough is enough and it can be done in a way that is mature and not stooping to a schoolyard shoving match. For one they could start with demanding that ad be pulled as none of the people saying Obama’s name gave their permision for their voices to be used in the ad either. But that is yet another Bush GOP (because there is still a good number of Republicans who aren’t Bush Republicans) tactic - take what you want whether it’s legal or not and apologize later even though you don’t mean it.