Wednesday, September 10, 2008

How Ironic is "Straight Talk" Now?

Seen the new McCain ad? It's a disgrace.

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Sex education for kindergartners? Seriously?

Even given how little respect I have for John McCain, this really takes things to a new low. Let's call it what it is -- a bald-faced lie, designed to appeal to the dumbest voters -- and hope the MSM has the stones to do the same.

Josh Marshall has a righteous response.

(h/t: Twin, via email)


[Added] Via TPM: Joe Klein calls it "one of the sleaziest ads I've ever seen in presidential politics." Margaret Talev of McClathy Newspapers weighs in, too, reminding us that Alan Keyes tried to use the same tactic when he was running against Obama for the Senate in 2004. Remember how that race turned out?

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