McCain DID "phone it in" all through the weekend leading up to the failed Bailout vote

[zulchzulu]

It's been mentioned by McCain and his LYING surrogates that Obama was not in DC and just "phoned it in" during the talks leading up to the failed Balout vote (which McCain gaffeingly took "credit" for even though he was quiet as a mouse when meeting with Obama and Bush).

Well, guess what.

McCain "phoned it in" too!

By mid-afternoon, Mr. McCain’s closest adviser, Mark Salter, told reporters that Mr. McCain would not go to Capitol Hill on Saturday but would make phone calls to try to push the deal along. “He’s calling members on both sides, talking to people in the administration, helping out as he can,’’ Mr. Salter said.

Asked why Mr. McCain did not go to Capitol Hill after coming back to Washington to help with negotiations, Mr. Salter replied that “he can effectively do what he needs to do by phone."

http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/09/27/back-in-town-but-not-on-capitol-hill/

John McCain... SHAME ON YOU, YOU FUCKING LIAR!

Here is McCain LYING about how he "didn't phone it in":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0LgzwHPXs4

[kirby]

1. Yeah he was in his condo in Arlington - Here is lie from McCain...

On Sunday, during his This Week interview, George Stephanopoulos called him on it, and McCain said:

STEPHANOPOULOS: Why didn’t you come in to vote on that?

MCCAIN: I was working on all of the other stuff that I was working on, and contacting people, and working away. But the point is -- the point is, it’s the classic package, where they give you the things you know that you really need in it, and then they load up and lard up the pork. That’s why...

Source: Transcript: http://therebeller.blogspot.com/2008/09/john-mccain-on-abcs-this-week.html

[wanpete]

2. the lies come so fast and furiously that it really makes your head spin

when he speaks, he lies. He's really pathetic.

[zulchzulu]

3. Will this get reported outside of Maddow and KO?

Probably not...

[wanpete]

4. sadly, probably not.