Washington Post: Three Pinocchios for “Distorted” Pakistan Remark.

October 8th 2008 in Lies

“In last night’s debate, Sen. John McCain repeated one of his regular complaints — that Sen. Barack Obama said that he would strike targets inside Pakistan under certain conditions. McCain raises the issue to suggest that it is an example of Obama’s inexperience in foreign affairs … McCain has repeatedly mischaracterized Obama’s statement to make a somewhat tendentious point: that Obama should not say he would ‘attack Pakistan’ because he should ’speak softly’ about his plans. But Obama did not say that — as has been noted by independent fact checkers many times — and he merely articulated a policy that has been used by the current administration. THREE PINOCCHIOS: Significant factual errors.” [Washington Post, 10/08/08: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/08/AR2008100800091_pf.html]

USA Today: McCain Repeats Exaggerated $700 Billion a Year Energy Claim.

“The claim: Speaking about energy costs, McCain said: ‘We’ve got to stop sending $700 billion a year to countries who don’t like us that much.’ The facts: McCain repeatedly makes this claim, which often has been criticized as exaggerated by non-partisan groups — including FactCheck.org, a project of the Annenberg Public Policy Center at the [...]

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CNN: McCain’s Subprime Lending Attack is “Misleading,” Takes Obama’s Words Out of Context.

“In a campaign speech Wednesday, October 8, in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain questioned Democratic opponent Sen. Barack Obama’s foresight on the role of the troubled subprime lending sector in the recent financial crisis. ‘As recently as September of last year, he said that subprime loans had been — quote — a [...]

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