What Would Karl Do...

With this story? According to a Dutch freelancer who has volunteered for both campaigns in this election cycle, the McCain campaign asks its army of editorial letter-ghostwriters to -- surprise! -- lie. And lie big. About who they are, about the facts, about whatever it takes. When the writer, a Dutch visitor, composes a letter that says she's an American mother with a son in Iraq, the McCain operative congratulates her for a job well done! Leave it to NRC Handelsblad, by the way, to uncover such cynical fakery. Now that it's out, where's the MSM follow-up? Why haven't I heard about this? If it were Obama's people doing the same, the Bullet would be all over it. We need a counter-Karl to go straight to for their collective jugular, feeding the media questions like:

"Sen. McCain, are you aware that your campaign encourages foreigners to pretend they are American mothers of veterans? Does that do honor to American servicemen and women?"

Comments

[Aleka4]

I totally am not surprised.

One needs only look at the republican "posters" on this blog. It is pretty easy to tell they are paid b/c they all come out with the exact same talking points at once, obviously when they get a memo.

And I am not surprised they would be foreign. I have noticed a few here who use the odd syntax of someone who doesn't have English for a first language, so I assumed he was outsourcing to say, China, for blog trollies.

[StillAmused]

Expect to hear nothing -- NOTHING -- about this from the brain-dead MSM. Eight years of Junior's stumbling lies, mangled verbiage and staged fables have dulled their sensibilities... they can't (or won't) see an explosive story, even when it bites them on the butt.

[johnnygoodwud]

keep writing about this, and spread the word. no, we do not need to stoop this low. heads held high folks, we'll still win.

[nobozos]

When I first read about this on another blog, I was a bit incredulous.
Really?
They stoop THIS low?

But when you add in all the other sleazy Republican antics since Regan/Gingrich, it becomes more probable. Winning is everything. 'Country First' my ass.

[Bitsko]

Thanks for the link, but "We need a counter-Karl"? Thanks but no thanks.

[mommadona]

WELL, THEN. DO IT.

If not you, who? If not now, when?

You're the one with the bully pulpit.