Join the Discussion

Reply
Report this post

Susan, You just did what you claim the republicans will do. In this writing you were able to put in all the negatives and try to make it look positive for Mrs. McCain.

Reply
Report this post

A major problem to me is defining negative campaigning. If I say that candidate x has an economic plan that is poorly thought out, is that OK. What if I say that candidate x's economic plan could only have been devised by a moron? Is that negative. One man's negative attack is another man's justifiable crticism.

Reply
Report this post

How can you support Clinton and be at all critical of "dirty politics." Even most other Democrats realize she and bubba play dirty.

Reply
Report this post

Ms. Estrich, Kathaleen's post is correct. You shouldn't expend what little good will capital you have left. Your intent was so transparent here. Do you really think it is right to smear Cindy McCain? Does it help your cause? Have you people no decency?

Reply
Report this post

This is so mean spirited. Mrs. McCain seems to be a decent lady why imply that she will allow nasty capmaign tactics while hiding behind a retoric of civility? This is exactly the type of nasty stuff we have seen too much of. Lets stick to issues and stop attacking individuals.

Reply
Report this post

To say that Mrs. McCain is simply nice and won't engage in negative campaigning is simply wrong. What about her negative attitude toward Mrs. Obama regarding being proud to be an American. It was snide, uncalled for, and in poor taste. This is not simply a nice person.

Reply
Report this post

Dear Susan I am cofused regarding your position in this campaing, even as a joke it is bizarre to compare Hillary Clinton with Hitler and for you to pay attention to this aberration. It is sad and a shame how many women had silenced their consciences without denouncing the misogynist media who had spilled all their venom with unparaleled vengance against Hillary Clinton, there are not more virulent antirational epithets in the american language that the media did not use against Mrs Clinton. Never in the history of this country a candidate had been viciously vilified,calumniated with untrue criticism, to add insult to injure, the women journalist had been the worst offenders.On the contrary the media had been spell bounded,mesmerized by Mr Obama , the annoited had been trated like a sacred cow, they had placed him so high in a pedestal that even the petal of a rose had touched him. I hope that american people will relice about the sinister intention of the media, to nominate Mr Obama because He is an easy target in the hands of the republicans.

Reply
Report this post

BS!!!!!!! Will you hold Obama accountable for the commercials of MoveOn.Org? I don't recall you screaming when N.A.A.C.P. accused Bush of allowing the black man to be dragged to death behing the truck. There are groups that do not like McCain one bit, and they will still run attack ads on Obama. What should McCain do about this? He has already denounced the folks in North Carolina. It didn't stop.

Reply
Report this post

I think I'm in concert with most of the other postings. Your criticism of negative campaigning was not surprisingly absent of any reference to negative stuff from the Left, who DOMNATE the 527's. Code Pink, MoveOn, etc. etc. etc. Come on, Susan. Get your head out of the sand.