John McCain has unveiled his newest campaign doctrine: preemptive lying.
Earlier today, McCain said he would fire the head of the SEC. There are some problems with that, as documented here:
http://www.dailykos.com/...
To premptively cover his ass for this gaffe, McCain's campaign then released this:
In his rush to score political points on economic disaster, we've heard that at his next event in New Mexico, Senator Obama is about to distort the facts and attack John McCain's call for removing the Chairman of the SEC...
The President of the United States has the power to remove the chairmanship, and always reserves the right to request the resignation of an appointee and to maintain the customary expectation that it will be delivered. Perhaps Barack Obama isn't strong enough to change Washington, but John McCain is.
http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpoi...
As TPM notes, that's a distortion of McCain's words. He didn't say remove, he said fire.
But here's the REAL kicker. What did Obama actually say in New Mexico?
[McCain] said that he is calling for the firing of the Security and Exchange Commissioner. Well I think that is all fine and good, but here is what I say: In 47 days, you can fire the whole Trickle-Down, On-Your-Own, Look-the-Other-Way crowd in Washington who has led us down this disastrous path. Don’t just get rid of one guy, get rid of this administration, get rid of this philosophy, get rid of the do-nothing approach to problems and put someone in there who is going to fight for you.
McCain can bluster about firing one boob. Let's fire the lot of them.
UPDATE: You can digg it right here:
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