I have been following the race for the senate up in North Carolina between Elizabeth Dole and Kay Hagan. The story has been in the news a lot lately, a recent article can be found at Fox News. Seems there has been some major mudslinging by the Dole campaign, and personally I find it tasteless and despicable. I’m all for hard fought, knockout politics however this is just gone too far.Senator Dole “soon to be ex-Senator hopefully” started out by challenging Hagan’s belief’s and commitment to God. She also ran other campaign ads linking her to an athiest group, which the last time I checked, were perfectly sane people as well. I don’t fault people for having different beliefs. Kay Hagan used to be a Sunday School teacher, so on that grounds, Dole has no business even saying such a thing and really should feel ashamed of herself that she would stoop to such levels. However what mostly offends me, is that she is dragging religion into a political race. This should never be done and anyone acting in such a way deserves to lose their office. So I can’t say I blame the people of her state for not wanting to re-elect her, and if I lived there, I would actively campaign against her.

Politicans acting like this should take a note of what is happening here. These recent comments have caused her opponent to shoot up ahead of her in the polls and re-election is looking pretty dim right now for Senator Dole. Anyone campaigning in such a derogatory manner doesn’t deserve to hold a political office in this country, and I would hope that this doesn’t happen down the road in another campaign.

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