A longtime Republican State Senator in Wisconsin announced on Tuesday that she would be supporting Barack Obama, in part because of the negative tone of the McCain-Palin campaign and, specifically, the use of “dishonorable” anti-Obama robocalls.
“All of us should be extremely wary of the half truths and outright untruths that have been spread by the recent negative campaigning and shameful automated phone calls,” said Barbara Lorman of Fort Atkinson. “While my admiration for Senator Obama has grown with his positive approach to addressing the challenges facing our nation, my disappointment with the McCain campaigned has deepened. The negative tactics are inappropriate, downright dishonorable and have no place in the State of Wisconsin.”
Sam Stein makes the good point that while Lorman’s endorsement may not carry the same heft as that of other national officials who have endorsed of late, it’s no small thing that a lifelong Republican and long-serving senator in a swing state has come out so forcefully against McCain’s tactics.
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