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Going Negative

Started by washingtonindependent · 10 months ago

There is nothing new about underdog candidates "going negative" — it’s part of the playbook. However, Sen. John McCain has turned persistently nasty in his attacks against Sen. Barack Obama. The McCain campaign has tried to milk the Obama troop-snub story ... Continue reading »

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  • anniemae

    11 months ago

    This negativity says a whole lot more about John McCain than it could ever say about Barack Obama. Negative and untruthful ads are the last resort of a politician who has nothing to offer--in other words, he is the "empty suit" that people like to call Obama. His numerous gaffes, and now his ads that are filled with lies and innuendo, should serve as a warning to anyone foolish enough to think he is presidential material. If he is doing these things now, before even being elected as president, just think how much more serious it would be if he DID win the White House!! And it is utterly indefensible that members of the press continue to give him a pass on these gaffes and lies--they

    should be of grave concern to anyone who wants positive leadership after 8 years.



    His years as a POW, and his time in the Senate, are not necessarily qualifications for the presidency. I am glad he came back alive, as I am for anyone who does, and I respect his military and senatorial service. But he is showing all the reasons why he should never occupy the White House: his

    temper, his lack of computer skills (which should be a requisite for the position), his willingness to lie when it suits him, his forgetfulness of important information; and his denial of things he has said when he is on public record as saying them--both in writing and in person.



    He was on the receiving end of negativity in 2000, when the Bush campaign spread that lie about his daughter that her mother was a black prostitute.

    At that time, everyone--including me--sympathized with him. As Bush has

    proven since then, that tactic is indicative of a person's character.

    So, McCain is showing himself to be equally dishonorable and dishonest,

    which undermines his fitness for the presidency.
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