The Kansas City Star endorsed Claire McCaskill for the United States Senate on their editorial pages this morning.Many of us expected the endorsement, especially after the paper had to formally request Talent stop running misleading ads that deceived the public by atributing quotes to the Star that were actually made by political opponents of McCaskill.
The Star did not mention this in the endorsement, although it would have been fair to do so. They did however point out his dubious record of - ahem - achievements and his rush to the negative in his advertising.
Talent’s shrill, deceptive campaign ads — over-the-top even by lax political standards — have been disconcerting. Pressed about them last week, Talent oddly sought credit for not using them earlier. He added with apparent pride that other candidates had run even worse material elsewhere.A "But Mom! Billy did it first!" defense doesn't work with parents and it won't work with the electorate either.
It is time for grown-ups to be in charge, and Claire McCaskill is a grown-up, not a petulant child.
