Politifact.com: Despite McCain Claim, Barack Obama Did Not Announce He’s Choosing His Cabinet.

October 22nd 2008 in Lies

“At a rally in Bensalem, Pa., John McCain accused Barack Obama of getting cocky. ‘We have 14 days to go. We’re a few points down. The national media has written us off. Sen. Obama has announced that he’s choosing his Cabinet,’ McCain said at the Oct. 21, 2008, event. The remark invokes a theme from the McCain campaign that Obama has gotten overly confident… The McCain comment is particularly silly because it’s been widely reported that both campaigns have staffers planning a transition and exploring possible Cabinet choices. McCain’s transition team is said to be headed by John F. Lehman Jr., a Navy secretary under President Reagan. William E. Timmons, a longtime Washington lobbyist, is also involved, according to an account in the New York Times… Has Obama ‘announced that he’s choosing his Cabinet’? He definitely has not. What’s happening is the usual transition planning that occurs with any presidential campaign in the final days before an election. We find McCain’s claim to be False.” [Politifact.com,. 10/22/08: http://politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/812/]

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