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Is McCain Lying, Stupid or Both?
By Phoenix Woman, Firedoglake
Posted on March 20, 2008, Printed on November 24, 2009
http://www.alternet.org/bloggers/http://www.firedoglake.com//80314/
One day after Joe Lieberman corrected him in public for once again stating his oft-repeated false claim that Iran, a majority Shiite country, was supplying the mostly Sunni militant group, al-Qaeda, McCain unbelievably repeated the false claim again:
For the third time in two days, the Arizona Republican has pushed the definitively false statement that the terrorist group Al-Qaeda was getting assistance from Iran, even though he was publicly ridiculed for the same false assertion on Tuesday. This time, in a statement from his campaign honoring the fifth year anniversary of the war, McCain wrote: "Today in Iraq, America and our allies stand on the precipice of winning a major victory against radical Islamic extremism. The security gains over the past year have been dramatic and undeniable. Al Qaeda and Shia extremists -- with support from external powers such as Iran -- are on the run but not defeated." On Tuesday, the senator, appearing in Israel, made a nearly identical assertion that al-Qaeda was leaving Iraq to retool and regroup in Iran. [...]
Sen. Joseph Lieberman, who was accompanying McCain on the trip, was forced to lean over and whisper in McCain's ear that it was Shiite extremists, not Sunni al-Qaeda, that was going to predominantly Shiite Iran.
So he's still repeating a spiel he knows -- and has been told, in public yet -- is wrong.
There are three possible explanations:
1) He is knowingly and deliberately telling an untruth -- that's known as lying, for you rib-stuffed members of the press corps who have trouble seeing the many flaws in Mister Not-So-Straight-Talk.
2) He is dumber than paint and/or has debilitatingly severe memory-loss issues to go with his known anger-management problem.
3) Both of the above.
Honestly, that last one seems to fit best the known facts. Which makes it all the more amazing -- and sickening -- to see America's press corps covering for him.
Phoenix Woman is a regular blogger for FireDogLake
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