Not Pictured Here
Posted on August 14, 2008
To the Left, “There is no such thing as truth”, of course. Excerpt giving evidence of that below:
An Obama ad features video of McCain walking toward the camera with a group of people in power suits, as the narrator says, “the lobbyists, running his low road campaign.” None of the people pictured are lobbyists, however.
The ad also repeats a misleading claim that McCain favors “billions in tax breaks for big oil and drug companies.” But McCain’s tax policy doesn’t target those industries. He calls for lowering the corporate tax rate for all companies.
Barack Obama’s campaign has been very forthright about criticizing John McCain for having lobbyists work for his campaign. Yet a new Obama TV ad, released Aug. 11, gives a false picture – quite literally – of who exactly they are.
The ad features a shot of McCain walking with a serious-looking group of people in power suits as the narrator says, “The lobbyists” – dramatic pause – “running his low road campaign.” But none of the folks pictured are actually lobbyists. Not even former lobbyists. And two of them are Secret Service guys.
The Washington Times’ Christina Bellantoni noted the discrepancy in the ad Aug. 11, identifying those pictured as, from left to right, “an unidentified Secret Service agent, eBay executive Meg Whitman, McCain, another Secret Service agent, traveling press aide Brooke Buchanan and Greg Wendt, a San Francisco Democrat and volunteer adviser who travels with McCain.” The McCain campaign confirms that those are the identities of the people pictured.
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Posted by John Ray. For a daily critique of Leftist activities, see DISSECTING LEFTISM. For a daily survey of Australian politics, see AUSTRALIAN POLITICS Also, don’t forget your roundup of Obama news and commentary at OBAMA WATCH
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