Liar, or Senile? (John McCain: Press Avail 08/01/08)

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It's either a brazen, shameless lie that McCain somehow hopes will overwrite the unflattering truth about him or it's evidence that he has a serious memory problem. Either way, it's another unflattering McCain story that's barely gotten any media attention.

That's how Eric Zorn of the Tribune sums up McCain's claim that he fought for the recognition of Martin Luther King Day in Arizona.

As Zorn points out,

This is an inexplicably baffling remark. Here's why:

As a U.S. Rep., McCain voted against the creation of the Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday in 1983, then in 1987 McCain supported Arizona Gov. Evan Meacham's decision to rescind the King holiday in his state. In the U.S. Senate in 1994, McCain supported a proposal “to prohibit federal financing for the Martin Luther King Jr. Federal Holiday Commission.”

McCain knows this record. He's even apologized for it many times:

More at Zorn's blog: http://blogs.chicagotribune.com/news_columnists_ezorn/2008/08/another-scandal.html

Full transcript of McCain's statement at YouTube link.

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1. LIAR! On more counts. Obama never retracted his remarks,

McLair said it twice. He wants to call it the race card a quickly move along with no explanation. Obama NEVER retracted anything!

:mad: :grr:

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2. Yeah, straight-up LIE!

It would have been alllll over the MSM if that had been the case! What a complete buffoon. How could he tell such a bald-face lie about the MLK holiday, too? Maybe he is senile, but that remark just seems too outrageous.

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3. John McCain TERRIFIES!!! me.

The obvious confusion!

Rote rattling off a list in an affect-less monotone voice.

AND WORST OF ALL - - MORE LIES