The Worst Ad of the Season

It's good that they start out by quoting that noted expert in all things. Joe the Plumber.

And I love the contention that 35% top rate is patriotic, but 39% means SOCIALISM.
News flash. All taxes redistribute wealth- they all , by definition, take money from somebody and give it to somebody else.
Instead of taxing the rich, we should just borrow from them and pay interest on the debt forever and ever.
What is the % of the budget that is the interest on the national debt, anyway?

I used to greatly admire John McCain. His ads and McCarthy style nonsense about Bill Ayers (whom McCain constantly admits is a washed-up old radical) and others have completely drained me of that respect.

But this is not the worst ad of the season. That "honor" belongs to Elizabeth Dole. Someone else for whom I used to have respect.

It's beginning to look like the Republican Party has reached moral bankruptcy in its desperate efforts to hold on to power.

As a believer in a strong two party system, this deeply disappointes and distresses me.

I love how McCain is criticizing EITC and tax credits when 1. historically Republicans have supported EITC as an alternative to welfare and 2. the entire McCain health plan is based on tax credits.

I heard Palin going medieval on the whole concept of "tax credits" during a speech this morning in Pennsylvania. Goin' rogue again ...

PS -- Yeah, this is bad, but Liddy Dole's ad was still worse.

Several of these comments opened several issues for me. First, is the One Trick Pony that is Liddy Dole, she is only interested in surrounding herself with power at any cost, it has been her life quest. The next item is the worry that Conservative Media was removed from the Obama plane. In the final days of the campaign they want to get out a positive message. It is about the same as McCain removing Maureen Dowd from his plane, no big deal. Barbara West is a TV news reader that happens to have a husband who is a Republican Media Strategist.

Another concern is why Democrats are potrayed as people that are not Christian and Patriotic? I can even remember when Kennedy was campaigning and people were actually afraid the Pope would run our government because he was Catholic. We have moved from there to a point that its now necessary to have specific Christian beliefs to be on the correct side to be President. Why do you even have to be Christian to be President, we are actually a secular government that offers religious freedom.