I don't know if you all know this, but Lizzy Dole is in danger of losing her senate seat to Democrat Kay Hagen. Kay seems to be a moderate southern democrat and is definitely getting my vote next week. Over the last few months the democratic party has does a good job attacking Dole's record and effectiveness. It's the kind of attacks that point out important facts about the candidate that avoid personal attacks and focus on record. I don't like negative adds, but the ones we've been seeing against her have been tastefully done and on message.
Then last week, a television ad ran suggesting that Kay Hagan was "godless." The shocking message has spread accross the state and have left me feeling a dark line was crossed. Kay Hagan needs to respond and here it is!
Simply put, this is the same blame through association game played out against Obama due to his academic contacts. It's everything that's wrong in American politics. It feeds on voters prejudices. It's just plain wrong. Senator Dole should be ashamed of her campaign for such an add.
On the 4th, you can vote with the moderate democrat seeking to find common ground or you can co with the senator who barely visits our state anymore and runs slanderous adds against her opponent.
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How many boogeymen can the Republicans pull out of the closet this year?
- Terrorists. Obama's "got friends" among those. Check.
- Radical thinkers. Obama's buddy teaches at Columbia and he's Palestinian. Check.
- Muslims. Obama is secretly one of them. Check.
- Scary black people. A black Obama supporter mugs an "innocent" white female McCain staffer. Check.
- Atheists. Check.
All of the above are exaggerated, rigged, or in some other way a stretch of the truth. But that hasn't stopped a desperate Republican party from naming all of them as both a threat and an ally of the Democrats.
Big part of what bothers me about all this is the whole "Us-vs-them" dynamic here. As this escalates, I wonder what impact it will have on life in this country after next Tuesday. The Republicans are playing a dangerous game with people's bigotry and prejudices here.
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