I began this thread kiddingly noting that the McCain campaign was alleging that Barack Obama initiated the investigation of Governor Palin's alleged abuse of office. Of course that was impossible because the non-partisan investigation was empaneled before John McCain was even nominated and when Sarah Palin was but a twinkle in someone's eye. I intended to use this as an example of how the campiagns have gotten to the point that they simply fabricate stuff and put it out, without any research whatsoever. My point was that they're trying desperately to misdirect the electorate's attention away from the real issues so the candidates won't have to discuss them. I was hoping we could resist the agitation of the campaigns and their Madison Avenue advertising advisors and begin to discuss the real issues here.

My attempt didn't work. We've regressed back to the tit-for-tat accusations, just as the campaigns want us to. GMONEY came up with examples of John McCain's character and judgement faults that seem every bit as damaging as the Ayers-Wright stuff being used against Obama. Don't we recognize that this stuff is all being planted and accelerated by the campaigns, who want to steer their candidates as far away from a discussion of the issues as possible?

Could we agree that enough is enough? The dirt diggers can find equally bad stuff involving both candidates. I submit that none of it should disqualify either candidate.

Issues, folks...issues! Anyone want to discuss them? Start a new thread.