Keeping It Real...

While I am clear in my preference for Barack Obama over John McCain in the upcoming presidential election, I have not put blinders on to missteps by my candidate. My first three posts concern John McCain misrepresenting the truth. My fourth aims a critical eye at Barack Obama.

Today's NY Times – the newspaper McCain said was "150% in the tank" for Barack Obama – features an article that calls out Mr. Obama for several conflations and fabrications in recent TV and radio ads.

For example, they cite a radio advertisement running in Wisconsin and other contested states that misleadingly reports McCain as having “stood in the way of” federal financing for stem cell research." They then explain that while he once opposed it, he has supported it since 2001.

One could argue that with the slanderous attacks the McCain campaign has made against Obama, the Illinois Senator is in his right to fire back with skewed metrics. But Barack promised to take the high road, and this strategy is not. I, for one, hope Obama will continue to hit hard, but fairly. No low blows, just clean body shots.

I suspect that my candidates true colors will shine through live, during the debate, whether Mr. McCain is there or not.

>READ THE NY TIMES STORY HERE<