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Cindy McCain says Obama running 'dirtiest campaign' ever
Posted: 07:30 PM ET
From CNN Ticker Producer Alexander Mooney
Cindy McCain said Obama is running a dirty campaign.
(CNN) - Cindy McCain lashed out at Barack Obama Tuesday, telling a Tennessee newspaper the Illinois senator has waged the "dirtiest campaign in American
history."
The comments came hours before her husband, Republican nominee John McCain, was slated to square off with the Illinois senator at the second presidential
debate, and are among her harshest to date of her husband's rival for the White House.
Speaking to the Tennessean, Cindy McCain also said her husband would use Tuesday night's town hall forum as an opportunity to correct what she suggested
were misleading statements from the Obama campaign.
"What I have found is that it's necessary to make sure the American people understand what we have to say, what we stand for as a husband and wife,
and what we will do for the American people if we're lucky enough to be elected," Mrs. McCain also told the paper.
Both presidential campaigns have stepped up the intensity of their attacks, with only four weeks remaining until Election Day. The McCain campaign raised
Obama's past relationship to 1960's radical William Ayers over the weekend, prompting the Democratic nominee's campaign to unleash a 13-minute
documentary Web video Monday detailing the Arizona senator's involvement in the Keating Five scandal.
In an admitted effort to turn the dominating narrative away from the nation's ailing economy, McCain's campaign also launched a new offensive against
Barack Obama's trustworthiness Monday, releasing a new campaign ad that asks "Who is Barack Obama?", and tells voters the Illinois senator is
'lying' about his record.
SMH
I had to post this because of the sheer audacity with which the McCain campaign has been attacking Obama.
John McCain has run the dirtiest campaign in American history. He's ran ads and made statements against Obama that independent fact check organizations
have proven false. He continues to make arguments such as that Obama wants meetings with Iran with no preconditions (including in last nights debate) even
though Obama has explained what he meant multiple times. He even attacked Obama for supporting a bill that wanted to "teach kindergardeners sexual
education" without explaining to the public what it was really for (to educate young children about improper touching). I understand bending the truth but
McCain has thrown out straight lies and continues to pretend he's honest.