McCain’s latest ad “Celebrity” tries to negatively link Obama to the likes of Paris Hilton and Britney Spears… (yes they are all celebrities, but nothing alike as people) and the makes a completely false assertion that he would raise taxes on electricity.  Not true, according to factcheck.org and the Cincinnati Enquirer.
I’m getting more disgusted by the day and I’m afraid you’re going to be seeing a lot more political posts from me as the election gets closer.  What happened to McCain’s promise of a “respectful” campaign?
- From straight Talk to Smear Campaign – St. Petersburg Times Editorial
- The Low Road Epxress – NY Times Editorial
I really hope my Republican leaning friends/family see through this nonsense and don’t reward the behavior. Don’t be fooled by Karl Rove’s minions this election. Don’t vote McCain! It would be like getting another George Bush, only angrier.
I suggest a vote for Obama! But if you just can’t bring yourself to do that – why not take a look at Libertarian Candidate Bob Barr? 
It’s only going to get worse. I remember McCain’s wife assuring a reporter that their campaign would be a respectful one. It’s just shameful the crap coming out of his mouth. I don’t even listen to him, but it’s not cool that others will. I’m just waiting for him to jump on the ‘anti-gay marriage’ bandwagon after opposing the constitutional amendment for years. He will, I predict it. That is how dishonerable he is.
Ok- so I love how he said that Obama made time to go to the gym instead and not making time to visit troops in Germany… the clip that is played in McCain’s ad of Obama playing basketball was actually when he was playing basketball WITH THE TROOPS! Ridiculous.
And….
The Wisconsin Advertising Project, a nonpartisan group that monitors and analyzes political advertising, find that ads aired by McCain and the Republican National Committee are “more negative” than those aired by Obama. According to the researchers:
1/3 of McCain’s campaign ads are negative
90% of Obama’s ads are positive and don’t even mention McCain
All of the RNC’s ads compare the two candidates, referring to Obama negatively, the research group says.
The very sad and scary thing is, many people are so stupid/foolish they really belief the stuff they are claiming. Even people who consider themselves intelligent. (Sorry, folks, really — if you take this negative stuff McCain says as factual without verifying – that’s pretty stupid). On the question of “Will going negative help McCain” on the Cafferty File (CNN) I think reader Jake said it best:
Jake writes:
Absolutely. America is full of “low information voters†who believe anything they hear. Thinking and being informed is too hard and time-consuming for us Americans. It’s so much easier to just vote against someone based on distortions, lies, and negative ads.
Tim writes:
If the American people buy into this fear-mongering from the Republican hatchet men yet again, we deserve what we get: another 4 years of catastrophically bad leadership.
So true.
http://caffertyfile.blogs.cnn.com/2008/07/31/will-going-negative-help-mccain/