This ad is going to run during the Saddleback Civic Forum tomorrow night, at which Obama will talk about his faith.

I think American voters really need to consider the massive character gulf between the two candidates, as evidenced by the way they treat the people closest to them. On the one side, we have a family man who has been married to the same (incredible) woman for decades, has two beautiful daughters, and has never said a single negative thing about his wife in public.

On the other, we have a guy who demonstrated his lack of devotion to family by dumping his sick wife, the mother of his children, for a rich young beauty queen - who he has then insulted and disrespected on numerous occasions in public (calling her a "c**t and a trollop" on one occasion, and suggesting she degrade herself in a "beauty pageant" on another).

I think it's time that people of conscience start pushing back against the notion that the Republicans - the party that continues to embrace Larry Craig, David Vitter, and John McCain - are the party of "family values."

Labels: Barack Obama, Family Values, John McCain, Matthew 25 Network, Politics