Much of the time this election, it hasn’t been something the candidate has said about the other that has raised controversy, it has been the comments made by supports of those candidates that have landed them in the disapproving public eye.  Ultimately it ends with the candidates having to fire friends and discredit their comments and work.

Each misplaced comment shows some level of ignorance.  If I were a candidate, I would be incredibly embarrassed to have these people representing me with ill will.  There isn’t much you can do about it while you’re in the lime light of an election but it shames all those involved and gives the impression of a dirty campaign.  That’s certainly something most would not want to be a part of, even from a distance. These are just some of the epic comments lately:

Geraldine Ferraro: “If Obama was a white man, he would not be in this position. And if he was a woman, he would not be in this position. He happens to be very lucky to be who he is. And the country is caught up in the concept.”

Ferraro resigned from the Clinton campaign today saying, “I am stepping down from your finance committee so I can speak for myself and you can continue to speak for yourself about what is at stake in this campaign.”

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Bill Clinton ascertained criticism from black leaders for a series of comments he made before the South Carolina primary, such as comparing Obama’s campaign to the Rev. Jesse Jackson’s 1984 run.

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When you have as many supporters as these two do, it must be hard to keep them all in check.  Yeah, I think we all understand that there are die-hards out there who would do anything to get their candidate elected but they do more harm than good.  I worked on a small university campaign once and when you are so passionate, dedicated and pissed off you do malicious and idiotic things.  Working on a campaign is like living in a bubble, a bubble where you only have one feeling and that is anger and it is directed at your one and only opponent.  It takes time to finally step back and realize that we all want the same thing, the best school, country, or whatever that we can have.