Not Alex

I just saw "Not Alex," an ad from AFSCME and MoveOn.org that attacks John McCain's Iraq policy. It continues to push the lie that McCain plans on keeping U.S. troops in Iraq for 100 years.

The ad started "airing nationally Wednesday on CNN and MSNBC, and in Ohio, Michigan and Wisconsin markets."

That's the same day that John McCain and Barack Obama sat next to each at Tim Russert's funeral, talking quietly, and embracing each other at the end of the service.

That's the same day that Russert's son Luke, in his remarks from the pulpit, called on the presidential candidates and other politicians to "engage in spirited debate but disavow the low tactics that distract Americans from the most important issues facing our country."

I wonder if as the two men embraced, McCain asked Obama to request that AFSCME and MoveOn pull the terribly misleading, dirty ad.

Disavow the low tactics?

Not happening.

In the ad, an actress with an infant child speaks as if she were addressing McCain, the likely Republican presidential nominee.

"Hi John McCain," she says. "This is Alex. And he's my first. So far his talents include trying any new food and chasing after our dog. That, and making my heart pound every time I look at him. And so, John McCain, when you say you would stay in Iraq for 100 years, were you counting on Alex? Because if you were, you can't have him."

Barack Obama should demand that this slimy ad be removed. He should speak out against the lies and distance himself from such distortions.

Oh, that's right. He tells the same lies.

So much for changing politics. What a load!

Obama and his supporters are politics as usual.