Daily Archives: September 18, 2008

John McCain called Hillary Clinton "a pig"

Well, he did if you believe McCain’s latest lie – that Obama’s use of the “lipstick on a pig” expression is now sexist – then when McCain used the same “lipstick on a pig” expression to deride Hillary Clinton’s proposals McCain was, under his own logic, calling Hillary Clinton a pig too. I want to [...]

Newsweek: McCain lied about FactCheck.org

Shared by verloren “A McCain-Palin ad has FactCheck.org calling Obama’s attacks on Palin “absolutely false” and “misleading.” That’s what we said, but it wasn’t about Obama.” The McCain campaign is lying? Well I for one am shocked. So now John McCain is lying about what independent watchdogs have said, or haven’t said, about Barack Obama. [...]

Romney: McCain Doesn’t Speak For McCain When He Suggests Renegotiating The Colorado River Compact

Shared by verloren We have always been at war with Oceania… Actually I agree with McCain (what he said, that is, not what Romney says he meant). In fact it’s ridiculous to think otherwise, unless the compact’s authors allowed for all future developments. Last week, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) walked into a bipartisan wave of [...]

Palin lied about Iraq visit to "battle zone"

Shared by verloren Being strict I wouldn’t count this as lying. But it’s symptomatic of the McCain campaign’s recognition that her experience is so thin as to be transparent on so many issues. That’s a criticism that can be levelled at Obama, so maybe he should try lying…I mean embellishing – apparently it’s a legitimate [...]

McCain camp caught lying about crowd estimates

Shared by verloren Obama has been criticized for something similar, so I guess this is more evidence that there’s not much to choose between the two sides. They are on the verge of some serious trouble. I have a real sense that the media is fed up with the serial lies coming from the McCain [...]