What About the Economy?

With the world stock market in a nosedive, you would think that the economy would be first and foremost on the lips of anyone running for political office. Not so for the U.S of A.

In their bid to be the U.S President, character assassinations emerge as the tactics of choice in John McCain-Barack Obama race. GOP presidential nominee John McCain and Sarah Palin fired the first shot raising Obama's relationship with a former 1960s radical. Under accusations that he was "palling around with terrorists who would target their own country" Obama fired back, bringing up the past scandals of John McCain.

John McCain’ s role in a banking scandal and his past connections to a private group that supplied aid to guerrillas seeking to overthrow the leftist government of Nicaragua 20 years ago are all now on U.S news. In acts of supreme irony, both sides are accusing the other of a political smear campaign.

Here’s a suggestion to both of them: Talk about the economy and how you are going to fix the problem. That way neither of you needs to worry about any “smear campaign”. I am sure most Americans, and most of the world, are far more interested in the economy than your past scandals.