Obama Campaign: New McCain Ad Is "Lie"

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Obama Campaign: New McCain Ad Is "Lie"

By Greg Sargent - September 8, 2008, 11:05AM

Here's the response, from Obama spokesperson Bill Burton, to McCain's new ad falsely claiming that Sarah Palin blocked the Bridge to Nowhere:

"Despite being discredited over and over again by numerous news organizations, the McCain campaign continues to repeat the lie that Sarah Palin stopped the Bridge to Nowhere. John McCain has voted with George Bush 90% of the time and he and Sarah Palin will continue Bush's economic policies, his health care policy, his education policy, his energy policy, and his foreign policy. McCain and Palin will say or do anything to make people believe that they will change something besides the person sitting in the Oval Office. That's the kind of politics people are tired of, and it's anything but change."

It's good to see the L-word alive and well. The question remains whether the same news orgs that debunked the original Bridge to Nowhere falsehood will aggressively stay on McCain and hold him accountable every time he and his campaign repeat it.

[terrya]

1. That's quite good.

Using the word "lie" with their continuing message of McCain and Palin are NOT change.

I like. Very effective. :-)

[Eric J in MN]

2. Sarah Palin is shameless.

She never told Congress not to spend money on the Bridge to Nowhere.

[Shine]

3. Excellent. It's about fuckin' time.

:applause: Keep on it!

[renie408]

4. We need to keep the lies in the forefront. Keep talking about them. n/t

[helderheid]

5. first rec

[blm]

6. Want to bet corpmedia refuses to repeat this counterattack? They will downplay it or mute it

entirely.

[Skwmom]

7. Now where is the ad that says just that!