On Sharron Angle...

I watched the clip of the program (the View) that Ryan referenced, and the context of the "bitch" comments made on the program about the GOP candidate. Tasteless, ignorant and undoubtedly detrimental to the Democratic cause behind the re-election campaign of one Harry Reid.

It was also my first time seeing the ad in question, and I have to say that Ms. Angle made a bad call in approving that particular ad. The points made against the ad are, in my opinion, fairly valid (even if the comments were completely out of line). I have no problem using "hot topic" subjects for political ads, but the use of emotionally driven images that might (in any eventuality) draw the opposite conclusions from the general public are not sound choices to be making less than one week from the election.

I have seen other ads and read other editorials concerning illegal immigration and the level of response and attention that the current Democratic leadership is giving it that do not leave any question as to the intent of the ad or column... while this ad does leave (or create) questions. Images of "all white" and "all female" classrooms opposite images of "all Hispanic" and "all male" thugs and criminals is almost as telling as the infamous images used in the 1915 film Birth of a Nation. This sort of "hype" detracts from the conservative message, in my opinion.

That doesn't negate the fact that the response given by the hostess (who called her a "bitch" numerous times, and wished her to "hell") ALSO detracted from the message of the Democrats... probably far more so than anything Angle's ad might have done. Evidence provided by the $150k raised overnight by those enraged at the comments made on the show is ample enough, I think. My point is simply that the View's mistake doesn't negate the Angle campaign's mistake... it just out-shines it in the public eye.

Broken promises, failed policies, unrealized goals... these are what we need to see evidence of over and over and over again. We need to see specific examples of WHERE, WHEN and HOW the Democrats have failed to provide or meet their promises and goals as defined between 2006 and 2008. We need to see the questions asked that will force average Americans to think about whether or not they are better off today than they were four years ago, and where they want to be tomorrow instead of where they were yesterday.