place the blame on the people that made the video not the ones that it benefits.

Unless you plan to do that with demcrats since they have "places" that do just as bad with their little ads.

i dunno about just as bad ...

correct me if i'm wrong, but i don't think there is some dem equivalent of the swift boaters who spread outright slanderous lies to further their agenda ...

i've seen ridiculous claims, etc, but not outright slanderous, hateful lies from the dems.

there's a fine line ... and it's all about perception, but i'm just saying ...

You can't see it as wrong if you agree with what the democrats are saying, in other words agreeing with them and therefore justifying their actions.

not necessarily, jj; i can be objective by suppressing my emotional judgment.

i feel that's why i was a good paramedic.

i get your drift, but i really haven't seen any.

It is not Obama that might be making such 'hateful' attacks but it is coming from that party and those associated with that party.

I don't care how assertive a woman is--calling her names that liken her to a dog is not necessary. Of course one could quip she said she was herself with lipstick, however that was a joke and I find it hilarious people are taking that to heart so much when they don't take Obama's jokes as such.

It's also not necessary to harp on a SEVENTEEN YEAR OLD for being pregnant. I don't care if people think it's against Palin for her abstinence thing...but omg she didn't get an abortion where's the praise for her keeping that intact?

The daughter is 17. She's not in office. She's not Jamie Lynn Spears. She's a 17 year old girl who happens to have a mother who is governor of Alaska.

She makes her own decisions as do other 17 year olds who are not in the news for being in the same position.

If you think that they are within their merits of right to make such attacks then you are doing exactly what I stated prior.

jj, the attacks you speak of are not running on television ads anywhere, at least that i know of.

the acute difference is that these ads are running on television, and seem 'official,' like the swift boaters.

Then there is the twin comments.

If you think that's kindhearted maybe you need to rethink what that actually means.

No one likes being compared to someone else when they have their own history. And by doing that you're not being kind or fair....you're being mean.

stupid move? he's a politician! he has to be friendly with people who invite him to speak!

jj, tell me you've never made friends with someone whom you wish you didn't.

even the article states that they were never really even cordial with each other.

and i suppose, if we want to bring palin into the topic, then, i can think of one or two or three friends of hers who are just as damning as kwame kilpatrick, or rev. wright.

sen. ted stephens ring a bell?

my point is, jj, that it is all bogus bullshit. this is why americans have become so disenfranchised by politics today. there's too much crap to sift through to get to the real facts.

I can say I have never said things I didn't mean. Meaning if I said someone was cool and great I actually meant it and even after they turned on me and did something at the time meant and I still mean it because of what I said was aimed at the core them...which didn't change as did the surface them.

What Obama did was talk about someone and vouch for them. I had a friend that was given a position of 'power' over something and I didn't agree with it and said so. I'm not going to state something I don't believe for the sake of someone's happiness.

I don't talk to people I don't like. I just don't say anything.

Obama shouldn't have vouched for him. What he said was damaging for this commercial to work. Had he chosen different words he would have never had this issue of now.

Perception (as we all know) is far more important than fact.....as you can see.

"the choices people make in what they bring up tell more about them than the person they are talking about."

good point, like they want to focus on obama having 'questionable' friends, while they all have questionable friends.. the gop has rove, ted stephens, larry craig, etc etc etc ... the dems have a bunch too ... we could go on all day.

ultimately, its just a hypocritical message to stir the pot.

It's a game of not who could be trusted but what is said.....can you trust the words not the person. Because in politics they are almost all dirty.