Spare me any more drivel about the high-mindedness of John McCain. You knew something was up back in March when, in his first ad of the general campaign, Mr. McCain had himself touted as “the American president Americans have been waiting for.” ….
Nevertheless, it’s frustrating to watch John McCain calling out Barack Obama on race. Senator Obama has spoken more honestly and thoughtfully about race than any other politician in many years. Senator McCain is the head of a party that has viciously exploited race for political gain for decades.
He’s obviously more than willing to continue that nauseating tradition.
Running While Black, Bob Herbert,
Calling McCain a Liar
Monday, October 6th, 2008Again, we can hear McCain whining. He said Obama has called me a liar, in a speech today. Why not? McCain’s lies are nothign new, see my post “McCain’s Lies“, and read the article in the NY Times that addresses McCain’s fabrications, “http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/10/06/drilling-down-on-the-facts-in-mccains-speech/.” Both McCain and Palinn fill the air with their lies. What a bad choice it would be to vote for them. Obama and Biden are excellent choices and will get my vote.
One of the best political cartoons of this campaign is
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