With Sarah Palin more or less suggesting that Barack Obama is one step away from terrorism, it appears that the McCain/Palin ticket is getting ready to turn up the heat with attack ads once again. It'll be interesting to see how the media responds this time around after the first wave of attacks ended with Fox News reporting the lies in the ads.
Will McCain/Palin play it closer to the truth this time around or will the last month of the campaign become an all out war where truth takes a back seat to winning the election? In class, we've spoken about how McCain's ultimate goal is to win the election, as is any candidate's chief objective. It'll be interesting to see how far McCain will be willing to go with exagerrations and full on lies in order to claim that seat in the West Wing.
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I think if your strategy becomes to attack the other campaign then I fear truth is no longer a concern.
Truth has been the biggest casualty in this election. It's almost as if candidates have to continue lying just to keep up. There's a fine line between pointing out the negative in another opponent and just making up things hoping the viewer won't feel like looking it up. I haven't seen that line in a long time.
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