John McCain is out with a new ad, billing himself and Sarah Palin as the “original Mavericks” and reformers who offer Washington “real change.” Among the criteria listed is, as you would expect, the claim that Sarah Palin stopped the “Bridge to Nowhere.”
But, as multiple sources have pointed out, this is not only untrue, but not even supported by the source listed in the advertisement. Of course, it’s hardly worth calling John McCain a liar, because there really doesn’t seem to be any serious desire within the media to draw attention to this trend. Couple this with MSNBC’s removal of Olbermann and Matthews as hosts of major political broadcasts, and it seems like it might be back to more of Republicans taking advantage of a the press corps’ desire to report both sides of a story, even if one side is lying.
September 8, 2008 at 3:34 pm
[...] Tags: change, mccain, obama — Jon @ 3:34 pm One thing that occurred to me when I saw McCain’s new ad pushing the Maverick/change/reform theme is that this will push the debate back towards issues, and [...]