Media Matters has a handy dandy list.
#1. Media reports Palin's opposition of "bridge to nowhere" but not her previous support for it. Then there's this lil' nugget:
Fact is, Alaska took the bridge money, and then just spent it on other projects.-AF
MediaMatters has just three more left and they are biggies... At #8. John McCain is the lobbyist's biggest enemy. If by enemy, you mean employer...
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Media Matters debunks away.
#7. John McCain has too much integrity to use his war record to his political advantage.
If you believe that, I have a leprechaun and a unicorn looking to unload a bridge in Brooklyn cheap.
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+I just picked up a copy of Free Ride. I'll be posting a review of sorts sometime this week.
Let's get down to it boppers...Media Matters hits the biggies*:
#6. Just about all you need to know about John McCain's character is that he showed courage as a prisoner of war in Vietnam.
I don't think so. That's not all we need to know for people tend to change a lot in 40 years.
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*For some reason Media Matters is counting up rather than counting down i.e. the #1 John McCain myths is #10 and vice versa. I hate that.
Media Matters wraps up the first half:
#5. John McCain doesn't do things just because they're politically expedient.
That's a giant crock.
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TPM has a crucial interview with The NYT's Eric Lichtblau re: wiretapping.
I also nearly forgot Media Matters' John McCain Myth #4:
John McCain Is A Reformer.
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See you on Sunday.
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Mediamatters rolls 'em out:
#3. John McCain is a straight talker.
Eh, not so much.
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MediaMatters continues the countdown:
#2. John McCain is a moderate.
No, he isn't.
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