Comments on: McCain slams Obama for missing a vote he also missed.

By: Pseudonym

Pseudonym — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 05:48:57 +0000

Did Obama or any Democrat call McCain on this? Or did they, as usual, let his lies go unchallenged?

Republicans will continue to win elections based on lies and perception as long as the lies go unchallenged in THE SAME FORUM that they are aired.

I am very glad for resources such as Think Progress and Media Matters and more for educating me on the lies and truth in the world of politics. But most voters don’t bother to dig any further than the headlines on CNN or their local news. And all they saw on these venues was McCain’s lying sound bite.

Democrats need to offer their own truthful sound bites and not let this grave misinformation go unchallenged.

By: Canelane4

Canelane4 — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 01:55:12 +0000

McCain implies that Obama doesn’t think Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps is a terrorist organization. That’s wrong. Before the Kyl-Lieberman amendment was introduced, Obama cosponsored a bill that called for the IRGC to be designated as “a Foreign Terrorist Operation.” Obama was one of 72 cosponsors of the Iran Counter-Proliferation Act, which states (in part):

Iran Counter-Proliferation Act: The Secretary of State should designate the Iranian Revolutionary Guards as a Foreign Terrorist Organization … and the Secretary of the Treasury should place the Iranian Revolutionary Guards on the list of Specially Designated Global Terrorists under Executive Order 13224.

Sounds to me like the name straight talk express wasn’t John’s idea. He doesn’t know what straight talk is.
Let alone the truth…..

By: SP Biloxi

SP Biloxi — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 22:54:51 +0000

Meals on Wheels McCain is grabbing at straw. He is trying desperately to find scrape through dirt to put Obama in a negative light. Now is Obama’s abset voting? LOL! Hello? Wake up Gramps. You missed the voting on healthcare and FISA. If I were McCain, thank god I’m not, stay away from the issues of voting. McCain looks more clownish everyday.

By: sacorp

sacorp — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 22:36:50 +0000

Mccain or Obama equals the same thing. More bullshit.

By: Art

Art — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 18:23:54 +0000

He must have meant that he “thought” about voting for it.
(sigh!)

By: Max-1

Max-1 — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 17:07:23 +0000

McTORTURE couldn’t even show up to usurp our Fourth Amendment Rights… Like NObama.

By: katy

katy — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 17:04:29 +0000

it’s not just a “slam” – it’s a LIE.

By: Exit Stage Left

Exit Stage Left — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 16:47:48 +0000

Does this ignorant dooshbag ever pay attention to what he says?

By: Pseudonym

Pseudonym — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 16:22:02 +0000

No one should be surprised. The is the Republican strategy and it’s ALWAYS successful. They lie in the soundbites and leave it to blogs like this that only “the choir” reads. So the lie gets on the 11 o’clock news and the correction is only seen by progressives. This is the same tactic used when McCain incorrectly claims that Obama will raise taxes on the middle class. This is the same tactic used when McCain says that Iran is training al Qaeda.

To counter this, Democrats and progressives must use their own truthful soundbites and NOT DEFENSIVELY. Tell the truth about McCain. Obama must say daily that McCain spoke out against the Webb GI bill and introduced a competing bill. Obama must say daily that McCain’s health insurance solution would not cover birth control. Obama must say daily that McCain’s economic plan will either sacrifice Social Security and Medicare or raise payroll taxes to pay for them. These are truths as powerful as McCain’s lies.

By: MapleStreet

MapleStreet — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 16:07:50 +0000

Of course, this is obviously psychological projection tinged with a touch of possible senility (depending on whether you think it is faulty memory or intentional deception).

But why are the sheeple so gullible that they will swallow these statements hook, line, and sinker and ignore any follow-up on facts later. If nothing else, voting records are easily available on the internet.

The laundry list is long: Obama is a Muslim terrorist. The Chinese are drilling off our coast. Caribou hold their coffee klatches next to warm oil pipelines……

By: ralph the wonder llama

ralph the wonder llama — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 16:06:27 +0000

Y’know, it just struck me — maybe, since dumping the “Third Bush Term” meme on Obama failed so spectacularly, McSame is trying to escape its clutches by running for Reagan’s Third Term — the one where he was suffering from full-blown Alzheimers.

By: Jess Wonderin

Jess Wonderin — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 16:01:46 +0000

Watch the MSN “forget” to challenge McCain on this “funny bit of wit” . . . wat’ta POS.

By: paleolib

paleolib — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 15:58:53 +0000

We may be off calling McGeritol’s campaign a race for a third Bush term. The way he is acting makes it look more like a third (post-Alzheimer’s diagnosis) Reagan term.

By: Tawdry

Tawdry — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 15:53:14 +0000

Well let’s all vote for him folks! Then we can bomb bomb bomb Iran after we sell them lotsa cigarettes. Then we can THINK ourselves out of the mentally induced recession. Perhaps he beamed himself to the Senate floor to make that vote and nobody noticed because he so quickly beamed himself away. He’ll lose it totally one of these days and let’s hope it will be before the Republicans cheat him into the Presidency.

By: Tired Of Fighting

Tired Of Fighting — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 15:43:53 +0000

ralph the wonder llama Says:

I used to think the same thing, but now its getting down right ridiculous.

RIP
SGT Stephen R. Sherman
C CO 1-5 In (STRYKER)
KIA 3 Feb 2005
Mosul, Iraq

By: ralph the wonder llama

ralph the wonder llama — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 15:41:54 +0000

Does it seem to anybody else that Grampy has a couple of mischievous interns working for him, and they get their jollies by feeding him stupid things to say and then giggling behind his back when he actually goes out there and says them in public?

They’re still with the campaign probably because the press never calls McSame on his bullshit and everyone else on the staff has lost interest.

By: Zimzone

Zimzone — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 15:41:27 +0000

McMental, whining about himself missing votes, that’s rich…

By: Doc Rock

Doc Rock — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 15:34:49 +0000

Whatta marroon!

By: Tired Of Fighting

Tired Of Fighting — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 15:32:55 +0000

And the so-called media says:

So What! He’s an awesome griller, a former POW, talks straight, and we love his sense of humor. He’s like my Grandpa!!!!

This man can say what the hell he wants and noone, NOONE will EVER call him out PERIOD!!!

RIP
SGT Stephen R. Sherman
C CO 1-5 IN (STRYKER)
KIA 3 Feb 2005
Mosul, Iraq

By: Badmoodman

Badmoodman — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 15:32:34 +0000

Shayne Says:
If he lies about this how do we know if he’s telling the truth about anything

– - The upside to dementia and Alzheimer’s is that every previous experience is new to you again. In McCain’s addled mind he isn’t lying. he’s straight-talking every day.