Campaign Ads: Comparing McCain’s Lies to Obama’s Lies

I hate to bring up the Democratic primary again, but a column by the Washington Post’s Ruth Marcus comparing the egregiousness of John McCain’s lies to those of Barack Obama’s in the general election race reminded me of how Obama’s leftwing supporters scoured the archives of the 1990s for rightwing smears of Hillary Clinton. Finding all the dirt they needed, the Obamaphiles went all out in their attempts to destroy Clinton by portraying her as an untrustworthy politician who would do anything to win.

Now get this: according to Marcus, Obama’s recent ads have descended to McCain’s “scurrilous tactics on the stump and on the air,” and she concludes: “To Democrats who worry about whether their nominee is willing to do whatever it takes to win: You can calm down.”

Way to go fellas!

To read Marcus' column in its entirety, go here.