Liar Liar

"Liar, liar?" What age are the presidential candidates? What is our world coming to, when this is how we fight our battles? When this statement was made during the first presidential debate, of course we all knew what publicity, and what statements were going to be made to counteract, justify, and state how this matter was either okay or was completely uncalled for.

"This business of just going out and calling a candidate for the president of the United States a liar, just saying liar, liar -- that in my view ... this is a new low," Sen. John McCain, the 2008 Republican nominee, told Fox News on Tuesday. "It means that they're out of ideas." After the debate was over, my family and I were discussing what was said and how a presidential debate could even stoop this "low" and bring about a statement such as that. Sen. McCain's statement hits the nail on the head, and he seems to be completely right with saying maybe Obama and his campaign are "out of ideas." I feel this would have to be one of the main reasons for bringing up such a juvineille comment, instead of providing a better counterpoint or argument to address.

I don't understand how any side of a presidential campaign would feel they had the power or ability to launch these statements without knowing the amount of press and repercussions for those statements. The Obama campaign, "says there's no way he'd be able to find enough loopholes and other benefits to sacrifice in order to make up the difference. Therefore, Obama says, the plan would end up either raising taxes on the middle class or adding to the deficit." This is the argument placed by Obama in defense to his statement made in the first debate we saw last week. While his counterpoint, and explanation, is useful, this should have been the first statement made during the debate and should not have been needed in the aftermath of it all.