McCain repeats Bridge to Nowhere lie on CNN.
By on Sep 16th, 2008 at 10:31 am
McCain repeats Bridge to Nowhere lie on CNN.
This morning on CNN, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) defended Gov. Sarah Palin’s record on requesting hundreds of millions of dollars worth of earmarks, and repeated the lie that Palin had opposed the Bridge to Nowhere in Alaska. “I’m proud of her record as opposing — including the Bridge to Nowhere in Alaska,” he said. Watch it:
McCain’s statement brings the total number of times his campaign has repeated the lie to 35 times. Just yesterday in Colorado, Palin herself declared that she “did tell the Congress, ‘Thanks but no thanks for that Bridge to Nowhere.’”
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If it ain’t scripted, it ain’t uttered. WuckFit.
September 16th, 2008 at 10:34 amHe really needs to change the tag line on his ads to:
“I’m John McStain and I’m still lying my ass off.”
PEACE
September 16th, 2008 at 10:35 amDouble down. Triple down. Quadruple down….
September 16th, 2008 at 10:36 amIt’s definitely scripted. So now it should be obvious that McCain has bought lock stock and barrel into the argument that he can simply create his own reality by repeating lies over and over. Any belief that his administration would be more honorable that the current one should be completely dashed by his actions.
September 16th, 2008 at 10:38 amMcshame & c*nt are lying their asses off, and they don’t care one whit about being called out on it in the MSM.
They really do have such utter contempt of the American people. Hitler had the same contempt of his own people in 1933.
September 16th, 2008 at 10:40 amI’m Citizen_Pain and I approve this message.
Palin is the Paris Hilton of the republican party. All fluff, no substance. Her celebrity status will fade with a few more press feeding frenzies on whatever disaster comes next.
Although it is important to call out these lying weasels, we should focus on McCain and his marriage to the GOP’s failed policies.
September 16th, 2008 at 10:43 amAnd here’s why all the lies don’t matter:
John McCain has already won the election.
September 16th, 2008 at 10:45 amToaster: I read somewhere, maybe crooks and liars, that this isn’t going to happen. The law is that people can present their last known place of residence/address. This would include people who are in foreclosure. Also, the foreclosure is a long and drawn out process, with the majority of people still living in their homes during the proceedings.
September 16th, 2008 at 10:48 am# 4 JosephP
Oh yeah it’s scripted… I watched McCain on Fox and Friends and Scarborough over my morning coffee this morning.
He said the
SAME
EXACT
SCRIPTED
NONSENSE on all three
This isnt journalism
September 16th, 2008 at 10:49 amDidn’t he get the memo that most people aren’t buying this crap anymore? The only people that seem to be falling for it are the ones that would vote republican even if a mentally challenged monkey *George W* was running. Not that I mind it much, since the longer they keep on lying, the longer Obama can slam them for it.
September 16th, 2008 at 10:52 amCorrection: The Pukes have already STOLEN the “election.”
Remember the 90 or so US Attorneys who were NOT fired for insufficient devotion to the machinations of their partisan bosses? What do you think they–who were sufficiently partisan dupes to hold onto their jobs amid a purge–have been doing these last 8 years?
They been GOPhuquing with the system. It’s over. The outcome will NOT be decided by voters, but by the counters and the fixers and the thieves…just as in the past two electoral dysfunctions, when the DIms couldn’t get it up…
September 16th, 2008 at 10:53 amThe real question must center around CNN’s response. Did they treat McCain as they did on the View? McCain needs to be called upon this in every interview until even his addled brain gets it. If he is not called upon it, then it is the fault of the press and there needs to be a holy war against them.
September 16th, 2008 at 10:53 amMcCain will keep repeating this lie over and over hoping that people will believe it if they hear it enough. The sad truth is , they will. Obama must emphasize his compelling narrative about leading our country out of the mess it is in. He must hammer the issue that McCain had 25 years to change things and he didn’t, why would we trust him to do it now?
September 16th, 2008 at 10:54 amNow that the muzzle has been taken off moveon.org, they’ve got a new ad out about McStain and his BFFs, the lobbyists:
https://political.moveon.org/donate/myfriends.html?id=13865-4034509-W2ryBXx&t=1
If you can, donate. If you can’t, at least go watch it.
PEACE
September 16th, 2008 at 10:55 amJMOHR Says:
The real question must center around CNN’s response. Did they treat McCain as they did on the View?
It’s sad indeed when The View is more reliable than most of the media.
September 16th, 2008 at 10:56 amMcCain needs to be called upon this in every interview until even his addled brain gets it.
Nobody should be trying to ‘instruct’ the lying McC(umst)ain. They should be trying to defeat the lying piece of shit.
To do that, you have to humiliate him. Hold him up to scorn and derision. Laugh at him. Pelt the phuquer with raw sewage. Leave bags of dogshit on his porch…
Mockery, scorn, derision: they’re your friends…
September 16th, 2008 at 10:57 amWas he immediately interupted by the host saying that that has been debunked and now he is simply being dishonest?
September 16th, 2008 at 10:58 amcitizen_pain Says:
Toaster: I read somewhere, maybe crooks and liars, that this isn’t going to happen. The law is that people can present their last known place of residence/address. This would include people who are in foreclosure. Also, the foreclosure is a long and drawn out process, with the majority of people still living in their homes during the proceedings.
September 16th, 2008 at 10:48 am
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True, but that’s beside the point.
The Michigan GOP is counting on voters to not know their rights under the law. And for the ones who do know the law, they’re going to give them as much trouble as possible. The more time they spend challenging perfectly legal voters, the longer it will take to vote, the longer the lines will be, and the more people will drop out before casting their vote.
That’s how you rig an election. You don’t need to hack voting machines or manipulate vote counts – you just need to annoy enough people in your opponent’s districts.
September 16th, 2008 at 10:59 amAnd, of course, the talking head on CNN (wannabe Fox) didn’t call him on his lie. These people have gone off the rails. Why they continue to say something that has been proven to be a lie is beyond me. Oh well, the more they lie, the better it is for the Democrats.
I have to say that I disagree with Obama’s decision not to go after Palin. He needs to confront her continued lies and confront them hard.
September 16th, 2008 at 11:00 amhussein toasterhead Says:
That’s how you rig an election. You don’t need to hack voting machines or manipulate vote counts – you just need to annoy enough people in your opponent’s districts.
This is true. The Democrats need to get the same list of foreclosed residents and send them all a letter reassuring them that it is perfectly legal for them to vote and advising them to ask for an absentee ballot rather than trying to vote at their local precinct. That will take care of the problem.
September 16th, 2008 at 11:02 amBack in the early 1960’s, my sister received a “Chatty Cathy” doll for Christmas one year. The doll had a string protruding from her back, and each time you pulled it she repeated one of four of five different phrases. It was kind of a cute novelty – at first.
But it soon became apparent that this was all this doll could do – repeat those same annoying phrases over and over and over again. It was fun and amusing at first, and then it got real annoying. With only those same four or five phrases it became almost torturous, and I wanted her to either learn to say something different, or shut the hell up.
Thanks, Sarah, for reminding me of my childhood.
September 16th, 2008 at 11:03 amhussein toasterhead Says
September 16th, 2008 at 10:45 am
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In your Democracy Now! paste, it mentions that because most of the foreclosures are to African-Americans, this would disproportionately hit voters likely to vote for Obama.
I believe that ANYONE whose home is getting foreclosed on will be more likely to vote for Obama, regardless of color (or even party registration).
That’s why this gambit is a winner with the Republicans. If they could disenfranchise everyone who is especially hurt by today’s economy, they would. It’s disgusting.
September 16th, 2008 at 11:04 am“We’ll change things. We’ll shake them up.”
“We’ll Shake them Down” is what he meant to say…
September 16th, 2008 at 11:08 amIt goes to show you that being fact-checked by multiple news and policy outlets and being cornered in an interview on national television won’t stop this vindicative person from going right back to the campaign trail to repeat the same lies. Take this as a really good preview
of how McCain and Sarah would thumb their nose at any form of accountability.
If John McCain was any sort of maverick, I wouldn’t expect that to continue in the White House. He would treat both houses of congress as a discard from a past life.
September 16th, 2008 at 11:08 amright wingers are afraid of competing on the issues
they are scared of most everything
they are cowards that don’t care if they are being lied to as long as it makes them FEEL safer
still, the central theme this year is:
YOU JUST CAN’T TRUST JOHN MCCAIN!
Because he lies. A lot.
September 16th, 2008 at 11:08 amWrite CNN and let them know what you think about their allowing McCain to spout lies unchallenged.
http://www.cnn.com/feedback/confirmation/generic.html
September 16th, 2008 at 11:09 amReally the majority of Americans are not well informed. Sometimes I think Thomas Jefferson was right when he suggested that people should have to pass an intelligence test before they would be allowed to vote. Not exactly correct in a democracy. People like flashy and McCain’s people knew it and they selected the flashiest they could find. Never mind her lack of experience and all the baggage she carries with her. Also McCain was so revered by reporters that as a result the “maverick” and “reformer” labels stuck. Now at last all the major newspapers have come down hard on all the lying by both McCain and Palin, but is it too late to influence the independents? It really is a shame that independents who have no real convictions nearly always decide the outcome of the presidential elections.
September 16th, 2008 at 11:09 amhussein toasterhead Says
September 16th, 2008 at 10:59 am
The Michigan GOP is counting on voters to not know their rights under the law. And for the ones who do know the law, they’re going to give them as much trouble as possible. The more time they spend challenging perfectly legal voters, the longer it will take to vote, the longer the lines will be, and the more people will drop out before casting their vote.
That’s how you rig an election. You don’t need to hack voting machines or manipulate vote counts – you just need to annoy enough people in your opponent’s districts.
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This is one of the reasons why the Obama workers here in North Carolina will be phoning and ringing doorbells like mad just before Election Day, and also during the early voting period. We will be contacting every single registered Democrat we can reach.
We want to make sure we uncover as many people as possible who have received ambiguous “voter registration” or “absentee ballot” mail from the opposition, or who have gotten robocalls suggesting they aren’t registered. Our aim is to assure registered voters that they ARE registered, ensure they have accurate voting information, and debunk any misleading garbage they have heard or read.
It will be a big job, but necessary. I’m sure Obama people in all battleground states will be doing the same.
September 16th, 2008 at 11:11 amRantingTommy Says:
they are cowards that don’t care if they are being lied to as long as it makes them FEEL safer
still, the central theme this year is:
YOU JUST CAN’T TRUST JOHN MCCAIN!
Because he lies. A lot.
What cracks me up about McBush/Palin is that they are both bragging that they have stood up to the big-bad Republican party and yet they want you to vote for the party they stood up to. You don’t stand up to something/someone unless they are doing something wrong. So why would they want you to vote for someone/something who is doing things wrong?
September 16th, 2008 at 11:11 amWhy don’t you make the counter into a widget so that it can be distributed to others? This “lie counter” is a great idea and I am sure that others would be happy to install the widget on their site. It would go viral in a heartbeat.
September 16th, 2008 at 11:13 am‘Thanks but no thanks for that Bridge to Nowhere.’ = Larry the Cable Guy’s, “Git R’ Done” catch phrase!
The people that go see pigalin are there just to hear her say her little catch phrase. “I sure do hope she says the line!” Kind of like the episode of the simpsons when bart got his fame from breaking something, claiming “I didn’t do it” then going on the circuit repeating “I didn’t do it” on every media outlet, getting known as the “I didn’t do it” kid.
September 16th, 2008 at 11:16 amThanks but no thanksThanks but no thanksThanks but no thanksThanks but no thanksThanks but no thanksThanks but no thanksThanks but no thanksThanks but no thanksThanks but no thanksThanks but no thanksThanks but no thanksThanks but no thanksThanks but no thanksThanks but no thanksThanks but no thanksThanks but no thanksThanks but no thanksThanks but no thanksThanks but no thanksThanks but no thanksThanks but no thanksThanks but no thanksThanks but no thanksThanks but no thanksThanks but no thanksThanks but no thanksThanks but no thanksThanks but no thanksThanks but no thanksThanks but no thanksThanks but no thanksThanks but no thanksThanks but no thanksThanks but no thanksThanks but no thanks…
September 16th, 2008 at 11:21 amWhew, now I’m caught up!!
I’m predicting this phrase will be on the Palin/Biden debate bingo card. Nominations for others?
September 16th, 2008 at 11:31 amMarooned, marooned, marooned in a blizzard of lies
September 16th, 2008 at 12:00 pmYour toes and knees
aren’t all you freeze
when you’re in it up to your thighs
it looks like snow
but you’ll never know
when you’re marooned in a blizzard of lies
-Dave Frishberg
The Straight Out Lie Talk Express just keeps on going.
Hopefully it will run out of gas soon or fall off a bridge to nowhere!
Even the mainstream media talking heads are picking up on it(except of course Fox and CNBC).
September 16th, 2008 at 12:05 pmSadly, that takes quite an effort.
When is the liberal media (ha!!) going to point out that a Governor cannot and does not veto earmarks at the federal level?
September 16th, 2008 at 12:09 pmCan a governor actually veto an earmark???
September 16th, 2008 at 12:10 pmC’mon folks, these are not “lies”, they’re GOP “talking points”.
September 16th, 2008 at 12:11 pm39. DieNowForPeace:
While I agree with you, I am flabbergasted that McBush continues after even KKKarl Rove says he’s going too far. What does one have to do to get the political machine to disavow their candidate ?
September 16th, 2008 at 12:16 pmOn McCains watch, there will not be any lies! He’s on watch again? could he be suffering a Nam Flashback? Maybe he’s a Manchurian Candidate that under went some bad programming? Maybe Bush’s programmers need new programming code
September 16th, 2008 at 12:20 pmMcCain/Palin: Thanks, But No Thanks, for all the Lies.
September 16th, 2008 at 12:22 pmThis is getting rediculous.
I begin to go from “why are they lying (with half truth/half lies)?.
Now I more convinced John is being told the rest of the world is wrong and their just trying to bring down his Veep.
John McCain most likely believes these Palin-anonomys simply because he trusts his campaign people when they tell him what to beleive.
McCain is isolated from the rest of America for his campaign. No doubt he will be like this but on steriods if president.
September 16th, 2008 at 12:50 pmLies repeated over and over and over again? Kind of like propelling the propaganda? How very….consistent… It appears they’ve learned the first rule for a successful movement…
“By means of shrewd lies, unremittingly repeated, it is possible to make people believe that heaven is hell — and hell heaven. The greater the lie, the more readily it will be believed.”
September 16th, 2008 at 1:06 pmAt the end MCain said Palin vetoed many bills that came across her desk as governor and she’ll continue to do the same in Washington.
He’s running on fumes.
September 16th, 2008 at 7:52 pm.
Repeat a lie often enough, people will believe you…
Just like:
IMPEACHMENT IS OFF THE TABLE!
Example all the zombies who believed that one and consequentially allowed the Constitution to be off the table too… eh T.P.?
So many Constitutional violations yet, Impeachment is off the table…
One can only wonder WHY?
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September 17th, 2008 at 1:23 am