The hot topic lately seems to be how and why Barack Obama should be hitting John McCain with every negative attack imaginable. The logic goes that while we all despise negatives, they work. It is said that we may be the party and people of high minded ideals, but to succeed we need to get down in the gutter with Republicans and tear down John McCain.
Republicans are playing to their base by being crass and combative. Neocons are all about picking fights to further their own cause. I hope that isn’t what we are becoming. I hope to bring my kids into a world where pride, greed, and religion aren’t bringing about the deaths of millions of innocent people. We are rewarding a strategy of bluster and aggression. As long as we judge people by who has the biggest pair, hate and aggression will permeate to every aspect of our global society.
Barack Obama talks about the politics of raising everyone up, rather than tearing them down. If you really believe this is the man who best represents your ideals then let him lead the country and party on the path he has chosen rather than push him and us to be something we are not.