McCain Campaign Caught it Two More Lies

[erpowers]

On John McCain's website there is a statement in which he claims he would reclaim money disbursed to earmarks in FY 2007 and 2008. Tonight, I talked with a person who does budget work and when I asked if such a thing was actually possible he said, flat out without pause, no. He claimed that it could just not happen and he was shocked that John McCain had made such a big deal about getting rid of earmarks in that even if he eliminated all earmarks it would only take $30 billion away from the deficit. In addition, the budget person said he was surprised that the media had not raised more questions about John McCain's talk about earmarks. Under the John McCain link look at the Comprehensive Spending Controls section.

Second, since picking Sarah Palin as his Vice Presidential nominee McCain has been talking about how much of an outsider Palin is. However, Politico published a story detailing all the Bush insiders that are or will soon be a part of Sarah Palin's staff. According to the article, key former Bush aides will now be working for Palin. One such individual is Steve Biegun who was a senior member of Bush's National Security Council. Biegun was also a national security advisor to Senator Bill Frist when Frist was Senate Majority Leader. Other members of the Bush team will be joining Palin's team.

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0908/13355.html
http://www.johnmccain.com/Issues/JobsforAmerica/reform.htm

[Andy823]

1. Good points, and

This should be used in ads. You can't be the agent of change when you are using the same people that Bush has used to "groom" you for the job of VP!

It's also something to go after McCain on since he has so many lobbyists working for him, running his race. It's beyond me how any sane person could not see that you can't make changes by using the people they are using to win this election!