The Mutual Assured Destruction strategy of the Cold War seems to have bled into the political landscape.

The politicians should be governed by truth in advertising laws. I'm tired of the outright lies being repeated over-and-over-and-over. These are not accidental oversights and are being advanced to propogandize with a blatant disregard for the truth.

“Make the lie big, make it simple, keep saying it, and eventually they will believe it”
-Adolph Hitler

You'd think we would have learned by now.

I believe a lot of the negativity falls at the feet of McCain/Feingold "campaign finance reform". Some of the most negative ads aren't from the candidates themselves. The use of 527 orgs gives the candidates cover since a lot of the negative attacks aren't coming from the candidates directly.

The ads regarding Amendment 38 really tick me off. Those pushing the matter understand that people would reject the idea if they understood the facts. They'd rather have little girls and old women make an emotional plea that this is about the "right of the people" and "voting" without even hinting that this is about special interests hijacking our representative government.

...and referendum I is about basic rights. :roll:

I was born at night, but not last night.