Well Spoken, Spokesman
From Yahoo! News: Bush, McCain Discuss Ads by Outside Groups. And perpetuate the fraudulent impression that the problem with the swift boat ads is that they’re from “outside groups.” Once again: The problem with the swift boat ads is that they’re making this stuff up.
Favorite ‘graphs (well actually, one favorite and one kind of dismaying. You’ll know which). Comments in italics:
“Responding to the White House statement, Kerry spokesman Phil Singer said, “This isn’t an issue about 527 ads or campaign finance: It’s a question of whether the commander in chief will denounce a group whose claims have been discredited by eyewitness accounts, official naval records and, in some cases, their own words.”
“In a separate but related matter, McCain said he wanted Kerry to stop using him in advertising that denounces the anti-Kerry swift boat group. “I very much do not want them to use clips from my primary campaign against the president,” said the Republican, who lost to Bush in 2000 and is joining the president on the campaign trail this week. The Kerry campaign pulled those ads on Thursday.”
So yes, the ads are being pulled at McCain’s request. Don’t ask me why they’re still currying his favor, I’d say the leopard has shown his spots. He’s a Republican first and foremost, an honest man of conscience…somewhere below that.
