So much for being a maverick. McCain ads employ the same old dirty politics.
Jed | September 11, 2008It’s disgusting the way that at least one side is drastically twisting the truth in their election ads. The sad thing is that most people won’t be exposed to the truth, just these ridiculously misleading, nasty lies.
But I think the Republicans know that dirty politics works. Attack ads work. Lies work. People tend to believe what they hear, especially when it falls in line with what they want to hear. It’s much, much harder to dispel a lie or rumor than to spread one. But no matter how well it works, it’s just shameful.
Of course the Republicans aren’t the only ones playing fast and loose with the facts. One of Obama’s ads distorts McCain’s voting record on education and big business funding. But browsing through FactCheck.org and other analysis sites like PolitiFact, it seems the predominant offender in this war of lies is the Republican party.
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Read the FactCheck.org analysis of the bill in question here. But long story short, the ad is a “A Factual Failure.”
Bty the way, PolitiFact has a great dashboard on who’s using misleading attack ads, who’s making false claims in political speeches, and even who’s the worst flip-flopper.
