text: i'm probably going to get blasted for asking this...? ...but is there anybody else who feels that there is too much advertisement and slander when it comes to politics? it's on television, newspaper, telephone poles and homemade signs on people's front yards, in the mail, and even on the phone! i understand that people have a right to stand up for what they believe in, and i respect that, but the advertisements...do you think it's gone too far? i have always felt that the slander and smear tactics that politicians use steer away from the actual question of "what can they do to help the country?" you, as a politician, telling me what this other candidate did or didn't do has nothing to do with what you're going to do. if anyone follows politics, they would already know what that person has done or not done politically. just once, i would like to see a candidate not talk about his opponent in a demeaning way and talk about what they plan to do to help this country. don't insult our intelligence by trying to distract us like little children. when you finish bashing your opponent, i still want to know what you're going to do.