Mud Slinging

Election day is less than a week away. That means it is time once again to be bombarded with campaign ads again. This time around, there are so many negative ads that I wonder if there are any positive (or at least non-negative) ads at all. I actually came across two. But both are from candidates so far ahead that they will be winning by a landslide. I heard an ad on the radio that is so low that I would not have believed it if someone had told me about it. A candidate is being attacked for investing in mutual funds that own stocks in Pfizer and Philip Morris. Do you check every day to see what stocks are owned by the mutual funds that you have invested in? I guess I shouldn't run for public office since I bought Pfizer stocks directly myself. I wonder how many good and capable people we have kept away from running for public office just because they don't want to be subjected to personal attacks.