there was a time i liked McCain

i even admired him. that was back in 2000, during the primaries, when he an George Bush were competing for the Republican nomination. I was too young to young to vote in the primary, and wouldnt have registered GOP anyway, but he won Michigan and lost the nomination. as a result of that and weak campaigns by Democrats, weve had 8 years of Bush. i think the world and America would be better off had McCain been elected then. that's the senator McCain that John Kerry spoke about during the DNC, and now we have a different man, Candidate McCain.

Candidate McCain has voted with Bush 90% of the time and has criticized bills that he sponsored. he has also stooped to new lows in recent weeks with his VP pick who continues to mislead America on her record, she in fact supported the 'Bridge to Nowhere' until it became evident that Stevens was going down, and she secured millions of dollars in earmarks and racked up millions more in debt while mayor of Wasilla, hardly the mark of a fiscal conservative or someone who will change Washington. McCain is also swinging low at Obama. first there was his add comparing Obama to Brittney Spears, and now this add, which practically calls Obama a pedophile.

so far Obama has stayed above the shit slinging of Palin and now McCain, and i hope he will. i think the GOP and McCain have gone so negative because they realize that they are losing on the real issues, and the only way they are going to win is by pushing incorrect and false perceptions. they have insinuated that Obama will raise taxes on the average American, when the reality is, he will lower taxes for 80% of Americans, and only raise them on the wealthiest 5%. (McCain v. Obama on Taxes) Obama ought to take the tact of reiterating his points, that in fact taxes on the poor and lower middle class will continue to decline, and that tax breaks for corporations, like oil companies, will end, and that his plan would only increase taxes on those making more than $250,000 a year. and the bill in question above was not sponsored by Obama, but he did vote for a bill that allowed schools to introduce age appropriate sex ed to k-12 students, and the actual wording concerning kindergartners was directed toward helping kids to know what was wrong so they could be aware of sexual predators, not to teach them the birds and the bees at 4 or 5. also, the bill forced nothing, it only allowed Illinois schools to begin such programs.

i dont think the truth matters anymore to McCain. i think it does to Obama, and i hope that will become evident over the next 2 months. i think America has had enough of being mislead and lied to.