Charles Mudede on the latest news of McCain/Palin “less than” honesty. Seems that FactCheck.org has taken issue with the Republican’s newest ad.
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.
Mudede writes on Slog:
But why does McCain need to lie? Why not just tell the truth about Obama? Surely there’s a truth or two that McCain can use to discredit Obama’s character and politics. Surely he and his hardworking team can find these truths and not have to resort to outright lies. And in this particular case, why is the truth better than its opposite? Because resorting to lies, as McCain has done, can only mean one thing: there’s no real reason not to vote for Obama. This fact alone exposes the desperate content (or core) of McCain/Palin’s candidacy: to deprive Americans of a better president. That’s all they are doing and nothing more. If this weren’t the case, then why the need to continually manufacture lies (instead of truths) about Obama?
And really, how smart is it to distort the work of a organization that exists to check facts? I mean, if anybody’s going to call you on your bullshit, it’s probably going to be this one, right?
It’s kind of liking breaking into a police station. Not. Smart.
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