New York Times Fact-Checks McCain: "Inaccuracies, Exaggerations" Of His Own Position And Obama's

New York Times:

Speaking in Albuquerque on Monday, Senator John McCain attacked Senator Barack Obama on several fronts that by now have become familiar. But many of his charges relating to the economic meltdown, taxation and health care contained inaccuracies or exaggerations of his own position or Mr. Obama's.

Read the whole story: New York Times

Comments

[NotMcCain]

Didn't McCain ask just last week for any examples of how he was ever "less than truthful"?

If only the MSM (esp. CNN) would pick up this article.

But they're still in the tank for McCain,.....unbelievably spinning for him any chance they get.

Incredible

[evekendall]

Here is my CNN contact list. I hope everyone will use it to ask CNN why they are not treating this story with the same enthusiasm they treated the J. Wright story.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/06/mccain-calls-obama-a-liar_n_132355.html?page=3&show_comment_id=16517651#comment_16517651

[StarkRavingNakedEmperor]

D a m n! McCain even li.ed about not being able to raise his arms because the Viet Cong ruined his shoulders!!

What a pathological li.ar.

Will the Real McCa.in please step forward?

[SCVADem]

Cindy probably bought him new ones after the trollop comment since she never wanted to comb his hair for him again.

[StarkRavingNakedEmperor]

D a m n! McCain even lied about not being able to raise his arms because the Viet Cong ruined his shoulders!!

What a pathological liar.

Will the Real McCain please step forward?

[texastrixie]

If Obama says the average cost of an employer-based health care plan is $10k tomorrow night, I hope he knows where he got that statistic from. Its not that I doubt him, but I can see either McCain or Brokaw asking him where he got that figure. And I'd bring a copy of that WSJ article with me where McCain says he will cut Medicare and Medicaid. Then, if the subject comes up, I'd whip it out and read it verbatim!

[Sloane7]

I have already printed and mailed the WSJ article on McCain's plans to cut Medicaid to my mother-in-law and all her friends. Obama needs to amplify just what McCain will do to Healthcare. Of course he has government paid healthcare. Ironic isn't it?

[Bingolong]

"He can't even raise his arms above his shoulders"

A lie ?

No.

He has been healed by the "Which" Doctor.

"Which" Lie is Real ???

[StarkRavingNakedEmperor]

Truly!

[BEHM777]

And to think I once had a modicum of respect for the Senator from Arizona.

BEHusseinM777

[SCVADem]

Same here, but he has blown that to smithereens.

[publanski]

I know. What was I thinking?

[evekendall]

Historians will record the truth of this campaign for future generations. There is no way he will ever restore his former good reputation.

[Mort]

The straight talk express has jumped the tracks.

[rabprevent]

I THINK WE NEED TO CHANGE OUR STRATEGY WITH MCCAIN AND HERE IS WHAT I AM SUGGESTING,
GO TO JOHN MCCAIN.COM AND SEND HIM A MESSAGE THAT YOU ARE CHANGING YOUR MIND BASED OFF HIS BEHAVIOR, YOU ARE NOT VOTING FOR HIM. IF ENOUGH OF US DOES JUST THAT, HE WILL HAVE TO CUT HIS CRAP AND THE SAME AMOUNT OF US NEEDS TO ALSO GO BACK TO HIS SITE AND TELL HIM THAT HE SUCKS, I AM LOOKING FOR 20K PEOPLE TO DO SO STARTING TONIGHT!

LET'S GO, VOTE NO TO MCCAIN AND ALL HIS CRONIES

[Davwbaird]

the thought of going to his site frightens me, it be like going to a morgue

[OneAngryDwarf]

I have reached the end of my rope with the Palin/McCain campaign and their negative attacks. My wife and I lost thousands of dollars from our retirement accounts today, my daughters education account has taken a beating over the last few weeks, and my home is now officially worth less than I paid for it.

All I heard about on TV today is how Obama is a terrorist. I decided that I have to do something to stop this and I have written a letter and sent it to John McCain (I live in AZ). The letter can be found at my new blog:

http://oneangrydwarf2008.blogspot.com/

I am encouraging everyone to take up the "pen" and write their local representatives, their local media outlets, the MSM whomever to get these racist, fear mongering attacks to stop. Please take some ideas from my letter and send them to everyone you can think of. I will be writing additional letters in the coming days and I hope that you will as well. Please lets put a stop to this nonsense.

[thegirlnextdoor]

Hooray for fact checkers! Keep up the good work!

[Peteyman]

And I love how Republicans think fact checkers are liberally biased. Last I checked most of them were non partisan. Unfortunately they appear liberal biased because the conservatives have so much BS they have to check.

[Tommygun264]

Stop beating around the bush with the $5 words. McSame IS A LIAR!

[ejbSF]

Senator McCain:

For the good of America...

QUIT the race!

[nellie]

I want the violent rhetoric from the McCain campaign to stop. Now.

[newpotusplease]

Please take a look at this article and share it with as many others as you can

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/05/emrolling-stoneem-mccain_n_132093.html

RollingStone article that covers John McSame
IMPORTANT!

[BannedInBoston]

Yeah, that RS article on McCain is spot on.

[BannedInBoston]

Here is the latest ridiculosity:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081007/ap_on_el_pr/obama_legislative_grants

Grants to his wife's first cousin "once removed"??? Isn't a first cousin once removed, um, like a SECOND cousin? This has got to be the most ridiculous political allegation against Obama in a sea of ridiculous political allegations. The McCain campaign really is "grasping at straws." It's also typical that AP (the Fox news of wire services) would run a story like this with a straight face.

[gevan]

No. It's the child of the first cousin once removed that becomes the second cousin. For example; I am the sixth cousin once removed of John Kerry and my son is his seventh cousin. Get it?