Is McCain saying that he can lie....

[dennis4868]

about Obama because Obama would not agree to have town hall meetings with him? That's what he seems to be saying when the media ask him about his negative attacks.

[Lasher]

1. That's pretty much the way I've heard it.

You would think McPOW would be satisfied with the last setup but I guess Rove wants more.

[NewJeffCT]

2. I think you're right

about McCain meaning that.

[Wetzelbill]

3. He's excusing his lies with that, yes

He blames it on the tone of the campaign and says it would have been better if Obama had done the town hall meetings with him. Of course, he doesn't admit to lying, but that's what he's doing. Basically it reads like this, McCain gets called on his outright lies, but he doesn't admit it, instead he changes the subject and makes it about the tone of the campaign. And then he laments the tone of the campaign and says it's Obama's fault if he only had wanted to work in a bipartisan way and talk about issues and have town hall meetings. So John McCain didn't want to be a lying asshole, but Barack Obama forced him to do it.

[grannie4peace]

4. yup!!!!

[vixengrl]

5. Just about--which is awfully whiny-sounding, isn't it?

One person's (mine) take:

http://vixenstrangelymakesuncommonsense.blogspot.com/2008/09/respectful-campaign-and-how-it-died.html

[lligrd]

6. My Friends, I Wanted To Tell The Truth But He Wouldn't Play By My Rules

so I had no choice but to resort to lying and cheating. I am no stranger to lying and cheating because when I was a POW, I had to use the same technique and you know, my friends, that worked out quite well for me. In fact, my friends, I actually found out that the technique worked quite well while in college but that is a story for another Townhall meeting. POW, USA, Palin, Change, Pig With Lipstick!

[NewJeffCT]

7. John McCain was a POW?

I'd never heard that one before, but after googling it, you're right. The guy is so modest that I've never heard him or his campaign bring it up.

[blondeatlast]

9. Sssshhhh... He's very humble about it; he wouldn't think of making it political... nt

[applegrove]

8. I'd love it if McCain keeps up with the lies. Then we can call him a bold faced LIAR for

the rest of the campaign. I hope McCain keeps it up. It is working for us.

[chicagoexpat]

10. yep, u heered it right "Follow my campaign strategy or get slimed!" - see John McCain Lie Counter

John McCain Lie Counter Web Page
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=7075041&mesg_id=7075041

[blondeatlast]

11. Precisely. Oh, and he was a POW; he couldn't lie for 5 years. nt

[LaPera]

12. Yes, McCain can lie because he was a POW along with over 600 others.

McCain is a lying republican as ALL republicans are....republican ideology is corporate ideology which despise' people needs, so of course republican must lie regularly and they do to confuse the voters, that republicans care....and the idiot working republicans believe it over & over election after election....because these republican workong people are also hateful people...Hate people of color, homophobic, progressives, the poor,anyone different...and the corporate republicans keep sticking it to them in the ass....but they don't care their hate of other is stronger and that's what the republican power counts on...With their media like Limbaugh, Savage, O'Reilly, Hannity, feeding it to their ignorant sheep 24/7!