Maybe the McCain campaign has reach a new level a a "meta lie" as it were.
FactCheck.Org is a non-partisan site concerned with truth in politics, and is a great resource for anyone interested in cutting through the
spin lies. The McCain campaign released a commercial today, ironically titled "Fact Check", that manages to twist
factcheck's findings into another lie:
With its latest ad, released Sept. 10, the McCain-Palin campaign has altered our message in a fashion we consider less than honest. The ad strives to convey the message that FactCheck.org said "completely false" attacks on Gov. Sarah Palin had come from Sen. Barack Obama. We said no such thing. We have yet to dispute any claim from the Obama campaign about Palin.
They call the ad "Fact Check." It says "the attacks on Gov. Palin have been called 'completely false' ... 'misleading.' " On screen is a still photo of a grim-faced Obama. Our words are accurately quoted, but they had nothing to do with Obama.
In the same ad, they actually mis-quote the Wall Street Journal to make Obama look bad. Maybe they figured that the Republican-friendly editorial board won't sue them for libel for the misquote:
The ad also quotes the Wall Street Journal as saying that the Obama campaign "air-dropped a mini-army of 30 lawyers, investigators and opposition researchers to dig dirt on Governor Palin." That's also a distortion. The Wall Street Journal opinion article did not say that the Obama team was there to "dig dirt." It said they were there do "dig into her record and background." Maybe the McCain-Palin campaign knows something we don't about what's in Palin's record and background.
dirt, background, whatever, I guess is McCain's thought process. It certainly seems to be their standard operating procedure these days. Too bad the
American people seem to be believing it:
For now, there appears to be little political reason to back down. A Washington Post-ABC News poll taken Sept. 5 to Sept. 7 found that 51 percent of voters think Obama would raise their taxes, even though his plan would actually cut taxes for the overwhelming majority of Americans. Obama has proposed eliminating income taxes on seniors making less than $50,000 a year, but 41 percent of those seniors say their income taxes would go up in an Obama administration.
