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Old 09-18-2008, 09:40 PM   #9 (permalink)
Brutha
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Some say Obama lies too: snopes.com: Obama's 50 Lies / Obama Not Exactly
That Snopes article debunks the claim that Obama lied as far as I see. If there are some not debunked lies in there please point to them.
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Obama said that McCain cannot even google nor send email however the reason he doesn't use a computer is due to a war wound. He has staff that type and research for him. Is it a lie or did Obama just make a mistake?
There an embarrising interview with McCain where he is asked whether he uses Windows or Mac he answers "neither".
1. The fact that McCain has a war wound doesn't in any way make the statement that he doesn't use a computer false.
2. The narrative of the story is right. He lives in a generation that doesn't get the internet and computers.
That's something that matters when it comes issues like software patents and other computer issues.

Electing a president is about getting the person who is most skilled in the job. If someone disability hinders them from doing a job that's a problem.

Lastly you can use a computer through voice recognition software.
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1. Obama's not aware that Iran arms both, but it was a McCain mis-statement that McCain corrected immediately. Is that what he's going to do now? Gotcha! "He called his friend 'Joe' instead of 'John.' Are we going to elect a president that can't remember the names of his friends?"
Okay, the author admits that McCain made a missatement. You can ask whether it fair to repeat a misstatement multiple times but that are the rules of the game.
Everything you say can be used against you.
Whether you think that McCain misstatement matter is a question of judgement but not one of fact.
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2. The "endless war" thing is a lie. See here.
Then you call the statement that McCain supports a 100 year occupation of Iraq a lie.
Because of the techniquallity that while McCain supports having a base for 100 years in Iraq the word occupation implies that it's not wanted by the citizens and McCain wants to get it supported by Iraqi people.
I think that argument is false and even if it were true that a small techniquality.

The main claim and the narrative is that McCain wants to be in Iraq for the next 100 years and that's right.
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3. Try to associate McCain and Bush.
What's a lie about wanting to associate McCain with Bush?
That a totally different thing than the kind of lies McCain tells.
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