Posted on Sunday, August 10, 2008 by Dillon MacRae
Few Americans could have been as deeply disappointed as me to hear John Edwards’ recent admission of an affair two years ago — confirming tabloid rumors that, like many, I had refused to believe. An early and ardent supporter of his candidacy, I had considered him above such indiscretions. Yet, I cannot get past the outright disgust over the needless waste of time and attention now devoted to what is in truth a moot issue, with probably the most critical election in decades quickly bearing down on us.
Posted on Wednesday, August 6, 2008 by Dillon MacRae
If there were ever a year in which the last defenders of civility cry out for a truth-in-advertising law for politics, 2008 apparently will not be it. Washington Post columnist Ruth Marcus today laments the pervasive untruths swirling around this election season — destroying in their path any hope we may have had for an honest campaign. You know the routine: mock, lie, distort, mislead, feign insult — then repeat often enough until the message is accepted as fact.