Who's the real threat to America?

Governor Sarah Palin, the Republican Vice-Presidential nominee, attacked Senator Barack Obama on Saturday, claiming that he is pals with William Ayers, a 1960's anti-government radical. This is absolutely disgusting. But, it brings up a good question: Who is the real threat to America? If a Presidential nominee or Vice-Presidential nominee is going around, spewing this kind of nonsense, who is to say they are not going to say that either you or I are radicals, because we believe in gay rights or are pro-choice?

This isn't a question about Obama's integrity or judgement. This is a question of the McCain campaigns integrity and judgement. When a person is backed into a corner, it is natural that he or she is going to want to fight. It is just human nature. Hell, it is animal instinct. But, there is a big difference between a fair fight and a dirty fight. If there is an animal injured or dying in the forest, it isn't the lion that attacks, it is the hyena or other scavengers that attack. John McCain is now a scavenger. He has reduced this election; which is probably the single most important election in a generation, to a hunt. A win at all costs hunt.

Obama is leading in the polls. For whatever the reason, many Americans view Barack Obama and Joe Biden as more capable of handling the nation and its problems than John McCain and Sarah Palin. In the past two weeks, the citizens of this country have seen exactly how McCain would handle a crisis and how Obama would and have deemed Obama the more competent person. So, because of mistakes, that are of McCain's own making, he now sees fit to make sure that any association that Obama has made in his life is put under a microscope. Not only that, but his campaign now says that Obama has broken campaign fundraising laws and is demanding a full audit of the Obama campaign.

What I find funny is that McCain has broken campaign financing laws as well and has been ordered to repay contributors $1.5 Million. McCain was also involved in the Savings and Loan scandals that racked the country back in the late 1980's. It is also known that Sarah Palin has had ties to the Alaska Independence Party, an ultra-right wing group committed to the Independence of Alaska from The United States of America. For those who are not aware, that is an act of treason against The United States of America.

If the McCain campaign wants to go down this road, it is going to be a very bumpy ride for everyone. Though i am not an expert, I believe that there will be some very big losers. The first looser is going to be the American People. We deserve better than what McCain is offering. We deserve candidates who will talk about the issues facing this country. We deserve candidates who will have an honest discourse about the future of our country instead of the trivial tit-for-tat on who hung out with whom and when.

We all have skeletons in our closet. It is the nature of the beast. Bill Clinton had affairs with other women. George Bush did drugs and was arrested for DWI (to name a few). John McCain divorced his first wife after a debilitating accident. It isn't that these things are negative or positive to a person. They are things and choices we have made in our lives that may have been wrong. But should these things be held against us? If McCain truly wants to go down this road, then he is asking for his entire life to be opened up like a book as well. Personally, I would prefer that the candidates talk about the economy and healthcare and how we are going to leave Iraq.