I know nothing about politics

What bothers me about the current campaign for U.S. President are the ads produced by Obama attacking McCain and McCain attacking Obama. It is an illogical fallacy, ad hominem, to shift focus from the real issue and attack the personal qualities of an opponent instead. I understand that we do need to know the personal qualities of who we elect President, but I feel that this is a majority of what we hear, completely overlooking what is truly important: the policies of the candidates. It annoys me that what people will remember about the campaign is that McCain has ten houses and Obama was friends with a U.S. terrorist who bombed the Pentagon in the '70s. People will base their vote not on who they want, who is the most qualified, but which candidate they dislike the most.

(according to wikipedia: ad hominem consists of replying to an argument or factual claim by attacking or appealing to a characteristic or belief of the person making the argument or claim, rather than by addressing the substance of the argument or producing evidence against the claim.)