Bad Deeds for 9-12-2008

The Lies About the Bridge to Nowhere – A new ad from John McCain’s presidential campaign contends his running mate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, “stopped the Bridge to Nowhere.” In fact, Palin was for the infamous bridge before she was against it.

THE SPIN: Called “Original Mavericks,” the ad asserts the Republican senator has fought pork-barrel spending, the drug industry and fellow Republicans, reforming Washington in the process, and credits Palin with similarly changing Alaska by taking on the oil industry, challenging her own party and ditching the bridge project that became a national symbol of wasteful spending.

THE FACTS: Palin did abandon plans to build the nearly $400 million bridge from Ketchikan to an island with 50 residents and an airport. But she made her decision after the project had become an embarrassment to the state, after federal dollars for the project were pulled back and diverted to other uses in Alaska, and after she had appeared to support the bridge during her campaign for governor.

Hardball Big Number: 7 Palin Bridge Lies

McCain/Palin and the Ten What? – The following is from a commenter on the ABC News Blog:

For the religious people that want to vote for McCain/Palin, consider the following:
Thou shalt not lie: they have lied
Thou shalt not kill: supports an unjust war
Thou shalt not commit adultery: McCain admits to affairs while married to his first wife, his last being with his current wife
Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour: Continually lying
While no one is perfect, Republicans tend to pride themselves in being the more godly citizens. how godly is it if the leader you want has broken 40% of Gods laws?
Posted by: giovanni | Sep 10, 2008 9:57:24 AM

John McCain’s Ads Are LIES (Video Proof) – You’ve been reading the stories here about McCain’s ads for some time. Here’s video of the distortions presented in the ads along with video of the truth in context.