The McCain-Palin ticket is having remarkable success with its revolutionary campaign tactic that I call: "Lying Eyes."
Dick Cavett:
Back here in the past, when I???m writing this, we have just seen part one of her quizzing by Charles Gibson, with mixed reviews for both. So far I have not seen her confronted with some of the things about which she has been, to put it in that awful Diplomatically Correct phrase, "somewhat less than fully truthful." (Typesetter: If space is scarce, use "lying.") As in claiming "no thanks" to the bridge money while failing to disclose that she kept it.
Michael Cooper and Jim Rutenberg:
In an interview Friday on the NY1 cable news channel, a McCain supporter, Senator Orrin G. Hatch of Utah, called "ridiculous" the implication that Mr. Obama???s "lipstick on a pig" comment was a reference to Ms. Palin, whom he also defended as coming under unfair attack.
"The last month, for sure," said Don Sipple, a Republican advertising strategist, "I think the predominance of liberty taken with truth and the facts has been more McCain than Obama."
AP: Oy.
Republican presidential candidate John McCain on Friday defended two debunked television ads attacking Democrat Barack Obama and claimed erroneously that running mate Sarah Palin never sought money for lawmakers' pet projects as Alaska governor.
Palin sought $197 million in so-called "earmarks" for 2009. In the previous budget year, she asked for earmarks worth $256 million.
WaPo Ad Analysis:
McCain Wraps Distortions Around One Truth.
The spot is accurate in saying the Obama campaign called Palin a liar
Andy Barr:
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has taken a more aggressive line of attack this week.
He has repeatedly hit his rivals for being dishonest about their portrayal of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin???s (R) record of reform.
Seattle Times News Service: Palin is still lying.
Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska declined to back away from her declarations about her role in quashing the "Bridge to Nowhere," insisting Friday she had helped kill the earmark project.
LA Times: McCain still lying about Palin.
John McCain got it wrong Friday when he asserted that his running mate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, had not requested any earmarks, the spending directives lawmakers insert in spending bills that McCain has vowed to eliminate.
Palin, in fact, requested $198 million in federal earmarks in February, including such expenses as $487,000 to fight obesity in Alaska and $4 million to develop recreational trails.
Jay Bookman: "McCain still peddles Palin mythology"
Charles Krauthammer: Everyone is wrong about Sarah Palin and her gaffe about not knowing squat about the Bush Doctrine and foreign policy. I should know. I'm an expert when it comes to anything else I choose to write about, but believe me, I am an expert on situational truth (briefly de









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