Tuesday, September 9, 2008

More disgusting politics as usual from McCain

John McCain has sunk to a new low and it makes me sick that anyone can support someone (for President no less) who is willing to resort to such a despicably misleading tactic like he's using in his latest attack ad against Obama. I refuse to post this lying video, but if you want to see it and read more I recommend this article.

McCain's latest propaganda video claims Obama has not accomplished a single education-related goal other than to promote "comprehensive sex education" to kindergartners. Yep, they're actually trying to make you think that Barack is some sort of sexual deviant who wants young children to "learn about sex before they can read" - yes, the ad really states this and it is a complete 180 degrees from the truth!

What they fail to mention in this despicable ad is the fact that the legislation actually supported age appropriate sex-education for children as a means of teaching them what was proper or improper touching, as well as to protect them against pedophiles. That's right - the truth is the exact opposite of what the McCain campaign is saying about Obama in this ad! Obama voted to protect children, not expose them to information about sex other than what they need to know (as appropriate for their age) to prevent them from becoming a victim.

Obama campaign spokesman Bill Burton responded to McCain's ad:

It is shameful and downright perverse for the McCain campaign to use a bill that was written to protect young children from sexual predators as a recycled and discredited political attack against a father of two young girls - a position that his friend Mitt Romney also holds. Last week, John McCain told Time magazine he couldn't define what honor was. Now we know why.


It is obvious to me that the Republicans do not believe the truth matters to the American people. They believe the only way they can win this election is to ignore the important issues (because they're wrong on ALL of them) and focus on lying about themselves and their opponents. This kind of disgusting politics is anything but the "change" McCain is trying to sell to the American people.

Whether you consider yourself a Democrat, Republican, or Independent how can you vote for someone that has such little respect for you that they'll straight-out lie to you again and again? Sounds a lot like the current clusterfuck of an administration, but hey, if you want to vote for more of the same, go ahead sucker. You'll get what you deserve from your elected leadership: the same divisive politics that gets nothing done and only divides people that should be standing together to solve the great problems that plague our country!

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