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August 27, 2008
Lies And Fear-Mongering
Senator McCain himself needs to be pinned down on the flagrantly dishonest claims in this ad. Who will step up and hold him accountable?
Here's Senator Obama's actual quote:
"Strong countries and strong Presidents talk to their adversaries. That's what Kennedy did with Khrushchev. That's what Reagan did with Gorbachev. That's what Nixon did with Mao. I mean, think about it: Iran, Cuba, Venezuela -- these countries are tiny compared to the Soviet Union. They don't pose a serious threat to us the way the Soviet Union posed a threat to us. And yet we were willing to talk to the Soviet Union at the time when they were saying, 'We're going to wipe you off the planet.' And ultimately, that direct engagement led to a series of measures that helped prevent nuclear war and over time allowed the kind of opening that brought down the Berlin Wall."
It's this ridiculousness all over again. And no matter how ridiculous it was, it worked. Sadly enough.
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Posted By Bob Cesca | August 27, 2008 1:38 PM
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and the media will not call them on it--you can bet if Obama was lying in his ads, they'd be all over it.
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at August 27, 2008 1:59 PM
and the media will not call them on it--you can bet if Obama was lying in his ads, they'd be all over it.
Posted by: JG at August 27, 2008 1:59 PM
That solemn bell thing at the end really drives home how important it is that we elect John McCain. It might just make the bells go away. Our economy, too.
Posted by: Nanotyrannus at August 27, 2008 2:05 PM
