McCain criticizes Obama for missing Senate vote that he himself missed

[sabra]

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/07/11/mccain-misfires-on-obama-attack/

(CNN) — It turns out that John McCain made an off-the-mark error when he launched at Barack Obama this week over Iran’s missile tests.

In a statement criticizing Obama’s positions on the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, the organization claiming credit for the missile launches, McCain wrote, “This is the same organization that I voted to condemn as a terrorist organization when an amendment was on the floor of the United States Senate. Senator Obama refused to vote.”

The problem with the critique? McCain also missed that vote on the Kyl-Lieberman amendment on September 26, 2007. Records show that Obama was in New Hampshire and McCain was in New York instead of being in the Senate chamber for the vote in question.

The McCain campaign admits the error but points to their candidate’s tough stance against the country President Bush once grouped into the “axis of evil.”

:rofl:

[Alter Ego]

1. It's like the GOP is running Mr. Bean.

He just keeps fucking up.

[Wickerman]

3. and yet for the most part the chattering class continues to ignore those fuck ups. n/t

[rateyes]

2. McCain is either a compulsive liar, or can't remember shit...

or both.

My vote is "both."

[paparush]

9. Yes, all of the above.

[yardwork]

4. The media is going to have to work hard to make this shit shine.

Then again, they've had a lot of practice over the past eight years.

[NatBurner]

5. he's losing his bearings again

[babylonsister]

6. This is sad...and funny...and ironic. Will we have this entertainment

through October, and will anyone else be informed about how ill-informed McSame is? Oy.

[Graybeard]

7. He makes a fool of himself like this every day.

Every day the McC staff has to "clarify" what he "meant" to say. The debates with Obama should be the knock-out punch. He will not have Lindsey Graham standing behind him feeding him the answers.

[zbdent]

8. was Lieberman on the can at the time?

Geez, you'd expect that Sir Kisshisassalot would have been there to nudge him in the ribs to correct him ...