"McCain's campaign has been more dishonest, more unfair, more - ...dishonorable than Barack Obama's"

[Pirate Smile]

True Whoppers

By Ruth Marcus
Wednesday, September 17, 2008; Page A19

Economists are not generally known for their lyrical phrasing. But the other day, one told me something about the election that has stuck with me: He cautioned against succumbing to the "symmetry of sin."
This unexpected snippet of political poetry, from a Democrat advising Barack Obama, was prompted by my expressed desire to hold both campaigns accountable for their lapses from good policy and honest argument. At which point my eloquent economist invoked the lure of false symmetry.

He was peddling a self-interested, but important, point: All campaigns fall short, but some fall far shorter than others. And it is a phony evenhandedness, comfortable for journalists but ultimately misleading, that equates these failures without measuring the grossness of their deviation from the standard of decency.
In the 2008 race, and especially in the past few weeks, the imbalance has become unnervingly stark. Ideological differences aside, John McCain's campaign has been more dishonest, more unfair, more -- to use a word that resonates with McCain -- dishonorable than Barack Obama's.

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McCain's transgressions, though, are of a different magnitude. His whoppers are bigger; there are more of them. He -- the easy out would be to say "his campaign" -- has been misleading, and at times has outright lied, about his opponent. He has misrepresented -- that's the charitable verb -- his vice presidential nominee's record. Called on these fouls, he has denied and repeated them.

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Sitting on the couch with the women of "The View" last week, McCain offered a litany of excuses for his conduct this time around: Obama's ads are hard-hitting, too. The tone wouldn't be so negative if Obama had agreed to more debates. McCain's own lipstick comment was different because he was referring to health care.
You had to wonder: Are there any corners left for McCain? Is there any reason to trust that a man running this campaign would go on to be an honest president?


http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/16/AR2008091602874.html?hpid=opinionsbox1

[Cha]

1. I guess! I'm having a hard time

coming up with anything "dishonerable" about the Obama campaign?

[Wetzelbill]

2. same here

[Cha]

3. Maybe she's thinking

:think: it's politics..there's gotta be something dishonorable:silly:

She's got mccain down, though.

[RagAss]

4. The candidate with dementia can't even tell that he's lying anymore.

[cui bono]

5. If McCain had just kept the tone down he could've kept the press in his back pocket.

This is a yet another clear indication that we do not want this man handling our diplomacy in these times.