I have lost all respect for John McCain. I used to admire the man for his service and for many of the stands he has taken in the Senate. He was my commanding officer in 1978 and sailors looked up to him. But, recently he has hired on some of the same people to run his campaign that ran George Bush's campaign in '04. We know how many lies they spread then. Winning was and is everything. How you get there apparently is unimportant. Here's just a few of the lies he's been telling lately.
1. Said Palen killed the "Bridge to Nowhere"
-Congress killed the bridge. Palen turned against it after first supporting it. The treasury is still waiting for its $100 million back.
2. Said Palen never asked for earmarks.
-She sought over $200 million in pork this year alone. Also, as mayor hired a Washington lobbyist and obtained $11.9 million.
3. Said Obama would raise everyone's taxes. Independent groups have determined Obama's plan would cut taxes on 80% of Americans. Only the very rich would gain more under McCain.
4. Claimed Obama was aiming at Palen when he talked of "putting lipstick on a pig". It's a phrase McCain himself has often used.
5. Claimed Obama had called for "comprehensive sex education for kindergartners". Just a flat plain out and out lie.
6. Has run ads stating that Obama has a history of raising taxes. Not so.
7. Says Obama's health plan would put beaurocrats between you and your doctor. Wouldn't effect those with health insurance now. Unfortunately it wouldn't remove the bean counter that currently exists between you and your doctor.
8. Claims the U.S. sends $700 billion to countries that "don't like us" for oil. The number is $536 billion and over 1/3 goes to Canada, Mexico and Britain.
9.Claims he has never asked for a single earmark. What about the center named after William Renquist at the University of Arizona for $10 million or $14.3 million to expand Luke Air Force Base?
10. Has opposed, uh, supported, uh, opposed privatizing SS; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FyBwMy27Aoc
11.Claimed Obama never visited troops in the hospital and cancelled a visit because he couldn't take cameras. That he played basketball instead. By that time, Obama had visited wounded troops more than twice and didn't take cameras. The time referred to, Obama visited with active duty troops. Here's the true story and McCain himself didn't visit those same troups months earlier in exactly the same circumstances: http://arizona.typepad.com/blog/2008/07/mccain-lies-usi.html
12. Claims he has always voted to support troops. Has voted more than 10 times against active duty personel and veterans. Opposed an improved GI bill.
13. Claims he has sent lobbyists packing. Truth is he has over 158 lobbyists working for his campaign.
http://www.typepad.com/t/trackback/2224950/33398756
14. Has said he'll support wind and other renewables. His energy plan has no money for these and he has repeatedly voted against them in the past.
15. Claims Palen sold the Alaskan jet on Ebay for a profit. The deal on Ebay, which would have lost $500,000, fell through and the jet was sold privately for a bigger loss.
16. Cheated on his first wife Carol with several different women. Dated Cindy for 9 months while living with his wife. Lied about his age to his new girlfriend Cindy.
17. Oh Hell! I just hit the mother lode of McCain lies: http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/7/3/0717/55880/710/545421
16. Said Obama opposes loan guarantees to Detroit auto companies when Obama says he does support these.
17. Palin has said she traveled and visited troops in Ireland, Germany, Kuwait and Iraq last year after she got a passport for the first time. She didn't enter Iraq and she only stopped in Ireland for fuel. She didn't visit anyone: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26690739/
Here is your Hurricane Ike quote of the day: a double-take of a
statement issued by our own Gov. Perry. Now we like the good Governor,
but this just proves to us that he is most assuredly not a student of
history.