Lying McCain - It's Become Pathological (Josh Marshall)

[jefferson_dem]

Lying McCain
09.12.08 -- 12:56PM
By Josh Marshall

It's become pathological. John McCain just claimed on TV that Sarah Palin has never requested an earmark for her state -- when actually her state gets more earmarks than any other state in the country. And this year she asked for $197 million worth of them herself.

Even the AP couldn't ignore his lying -- even though they phrased it in their own anemic way. "When pressed about Palin's record of requesting and accepting such money for Alaska, McCain ignored the record and said: "Not as governor she didn't."

For the record Palin requested $197 million this year and $256 million last year. Per capita, that's $288 this year and $376 last year.

To give you some perspective, Palin herself requested at least ten times the dollar value of earmarks as most states get total every year.

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/216231.php

Here's a video of the LIE in question -- http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=385x188100

[flamingdem]

1. This is the MEME that needs to spread to everyone you know - he is a pathological LIAR

Thanks for spreading the bad word about McCain

[jefferson_dem]

2. Absolutely true, flamingdem!

Even the ladies on the View said the "L" word this morning. It's been tradition to avoid using that word in campaigns unless absolutely warranted. This is one of those times.

McLame is a creppy self-serving pathelogical liar!

[theothersnippywshrub]

6. I agree. McCain has reached the point that he no longer realizes when he is lying

and when he is not. It would be sad if it was not so dangerous.

[Supersedeas]

3. and yet the Media Free Ride (Kelly O'Donnell style--with a powdered smile and a knod) continues

[Cosmocat]

4. He just keeps repeating - she is reformer, she is a reformer ..

when someone manages to shout him down about the FACT relative to the bridge to nowhere or earmarks, when the point out that as her time as may of Wasilla SHE FREAKIN HIRED A LOBBIEST TO GET EARMARKS, he falls back to setting the plane and firing the chef (which she didn't) ...

And, the bulk of the media rolls over and calls her - a reformer ...

[pansypoo53219]

5. mcPenis assumes

the gnews will let him get away with it.