"Well, it=92s common knowledge and has been re****ted in the media that
Al Qaeda is going back into Iran and receiving training and are coming
back into Iraq from Iran. That=92s well known. And it=92s unfortunate.=94
This statement by John McCain was made about a week ago in a news
conference he gave, in Amman, Jordan. This gaffe has received plenty
of play because the statement is wrong and because McCain was
corrected in front of the TV cameras by Sen. Joe Lieberman, who is
traveling with him. McCain then immediately corrected himself, and
looked like a fool.
It=92s bad enough that McCain was wrong in what he said, but the part
that really gets me mad is his casually saying =93=85it=92s common
knowledge=85=94 and =93=85That=92s well known and has been re****ted in the
media...=94 He=92s used these phrases before, trying to make lies seem
like accepted truths. Since his statement was factually incorrect, his
saying =93it =91s common knowledge,=94 and =93That=92s well known, etc=85=
=94 are
clearly lies, not mistakes but purposeful lies with the specific
intent of getting people to believe the main lie sandwiched between
them. Their use exposes McCain as unscrupulous as a used car dealer,
or a s****-oil salesman. He is not only a fool, but a liar, and not a
very good one, at that.
How can such a liar be considered for President of the United States?
Haven't we learned our lesson?
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