Enough, already

As election day draws near, anyone living in Kansas City is being exposed to the new form of political advertising. I know negative ads are not new, but this year they just seem amazingly extreme. Both sides are at fault, especially here in Kansas City where one of the big senatorial races is being conducted on our TV screens. Not only that, but because we live near the Kansas-Missouri boarder, we get the Kansas ads as well. During the five o’clock and evening news programs the only ads that run are political ads. Seriously. Ad after ad after ad. Most not telling you to vote for a certain person, but telling you instead not to vote for the other person.

I’m obviously biased in watching these ads, everyone is, but lately it seems like one side of the aisle seems to be taking these horrible ads to a new low. I can name off the top of my head three prominent Republicans that have blamed their opponents for the meth problem in Kansas City, sexual assault and harrasment, and claiming they have no value for human life. The Democratic ads mainly link their opponents to President Bush, Iraq, oil, etc. And the strange thing is, most of the Republicans are for President Bush and the war in Iraq, yet they respond with negative ads accusing their opponents of supporting organizations that will destroy America like NAMBLA. Why would they respond so negatively to something they openly support.

The ads on both sides need to stop, and I guess in one week they will be gone. Eveyone needs to get out there and vote. And please don’t believe all of what you see on TV.