A lot of bloggers are up in arms over John McCain’s claim to have “bought American [cars] literally all” his life. AMERICAblog says:
At this point, we ought to have an open and honest debate as to whether McCain has simply become a serial liar, willing to do anything and say anything in order to be president, or whether McCain is having serious problems with his memory and overall cognitive abilities due to old age, a recurrence of his cancer, initial Alzheimer’s or some other illness.
Is it dementia, confusion, or what that is causing McCain to atypically say repeated falsehoods – from placing Spain in Latin America, to claiming that Palin was against the Bridge to Nowhere, to now saying that he’s always bought American. We now know that at least 3 of the McCain’s 13 cars – yes, McCain has 13 cars – are foreign cars (a Honda, a VW, and a Lexus). Now, I don’t personally have a problem with someone buying a foreign car – though you know the Republicans would be all over Obama if his car were foreign (it’s not, Obama owns one car and it’s a Ford hybrid). But the issue here is that McCain has once again lied about yet another fact in his life, in order to get elected.
The old McCain didn’t appear to be this much of a liar, or this confused about the facts. The new McCain has either decided to jettison his honor overboard, or is quite literally beginning to lose his mind. At 72 years of age with 4 bouts of rather serious cancer, the latter can’t be ignored for much longer. Especially since there’s a very real possibility that electing John McCain would make Sarah Palin president.
Here’s the McCain video, courtesy of the Jed Report:
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The McCain campaign has lied a lot in this campaign, but not here. McCain doesn’t say he’s bought only American cars, just that he’s bought them all his life. When you’re as rich as John and Cindy McCain, buying both American and foreign cars at the same time is entirely possible, as evidenced by their current ownership of thirteen of them. That’s not to say that McCain wasn’t trying to be misleading — it seems obvious that he was, but technically, it’s not a lie.
Frankly, if I were in the McCain campaign, I’d be less concerned about the misleading statement than the reference to a car as an “automobile.” Do you know anyone under 72 who uses that word? No, and neither does The Donger:
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