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Originally Posted by Cali Coug
I wish it didn't come to this. He held out remarkably well against Clinton, so this is disappointing. That said, at least Clinton's attacks (generally) weren't total fabrications. I would ask you the converse question as a McCain supporter: do his ads and attacks bother you? McCain also ran on the premise of honest dialogue, and his recent ads and campaign statements have had no truth to them whatsoever. The sex ed for kindergartners was a total lie. How did you feel about it?
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You know, the McCain story is an interesting one. Last April he said that he promised to run a "respectful" campaign, but that gee-whiz you never know what those pesky 527s will come up with. That very month the pro-McCain 527s started airing ads about Obama's association with Wright. Since then there have been a non-stop string of "independent" ads slamming Obama, most of them misrepresentations or near-fabrications.
The negative ad campaigns have been enormously successful for McCain. Obama can either take the higher ground and, unlike McCain, stay true to his word to keep a "respectful," substance-based discourse, and subsequently watch McCain run away with the election. Or, alternately, he can try to stay competitive and start throwing his own ads out there. It seems he's decided to go with the latter, having given permission for pro-Obama 527s to form for the first time last week.