And So The Shit Storm Begins

The Really: Don't ever take a pig up on his offer to wrestle in the mud. You will get dirty and the pig likes it.

War hero John McCain trades in his last claim to political honor by unleashing a relentless torrent of half-truths, vile innuendo and gutter politics in a last ditch effort to gain enough votes from low-information voters to win the election.

Despite evidence that the American public is sick of the negative campaign of the Republican party, a litany of attack commenced today.

Rather than return the numerous opportunities to attack McCain for his own many indiscretions, the Obama campaign has simply pointed out the smears and mud-slinging without getting any blowback on themselves.

The election, which in itself is a referendum on the state of the nation, is also a test of character for its voters. An acceptance or rejection of the politics of fear of Karl Rove. An afirmation of the principles of fair play and equality written into many of our earliest documents. But even more importantly, a vote to determine what kind of nation we wish to become.

The sin's of the father may be visited upon the son or daughter or in great moments of history can be transformed into a greatness. The McCain campaign could not be a steward of that kind of greatness.