'Straight Talk Express' has trouble getting it straight? (Babington tosses a bone)

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By CHARLES BABINGTON
Associated Press
Saturday, September 13, 2008


WASHINGTON — The "Straight Talk Express" has detoured into doublespeak.

Republican presidential nominee John McCain, a self-proclaimed tell-it-like-it-is maverick, keeps saying his running mate, Sarah Palin, killed the federally funded Bridge to Nowhere when, in fact, she pulled her support only after the project became a political embarrassment.

He has said that Palin never asked for money for lawmakers' pet projects as Alaska governor, even though she has sought nearly $200 million in earmarks this year.

He says Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama would raise nearly everyone's taxes, when independent groups say 80 percent of families would get tax cuts.

McCain's skirting of facts has infuriated and flustered Obama's campaign, and pros are watching to see how much voters disregard reports noting factual holes in the claims . . .


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