The chickens are finally coming home to roost. The mean-spirited campaign run by John McCain and Sarah Palin, based on distortions of truth and ad hominem attacks, are getting results – although not the ones the mean team was looking for.

The bigger the lies, the nastier the attacks, the higher the numbers have gone for the Obama-Biden ticket. Finally the Karl Rove style of politics is being repudiated by the public, after years of success in bringing the political dialogue down to its lowest possible level.

Hurrah for Barack Obama for ushering in a new age of discourse and political ethics.

Brad Fox

Bangor