Editorial Submission to the CW

I must applaud Sen. McCain for his actions in response to some recent
events at GOP rallies. In his response what his campaign calls
"inappropriate rhetoric" he has shown that, though he may lack
political backbone, he has integrity and probably significantly more
intelligence than many of his constituents. In an election where
experience, personal history, and religion are important, the McCain
campaign has attempted to keep it on the issues. Although this is
something of a double standard since, amongst other ploys of the
McCain Campaign, Gov. Palin has been repetitively(and I do mean
repetitively) espousing Sen. Obama's inability to lead because of ties
to certain dubious figures.

As voter sentiment turns towards the Sen. Obama Campaign the extreme
Conservative Movement is becoming desperate. And in moments of
desperation, one's true colors tend to show. A man was recently caught
on camera holding a monkey doll that had a Sen. Obama sticker on its
face, a woman recently alluded to Sen. Obama as being "of Arab
descent", and I think we are all aware of the prominent belief amongst
the lesser-minded of us that Sen. Obama is an undercover Muslim. I
think that the McCain campaign has, up until very recently, not had to
deal with these issues directly with the exception of a few events in
the primaries. But at least they dealt with them. We cannot accuse the
GOP of being dominated by bigots and racists any longer, but I think
we can still accuse them of being populated by (at least) a few.

Tim Spires
Sophomore
Major: Finance, French, MIS