In a recent ad, the McCain campaign has attacked Sen. Obama for cancelling a trip to an American army base in Germany. They say that the reason he cancelled the trip was because the Pentagon wouldn’t let him bring cameras. Unfortunately for the McCain campaign, this is a lie. The Pentagon itself has proven the falsehood of McCain’s statements by saying that the reason the trip wouldn’t work is that due to a technicality, campaign staff aren’t allowed on an army base.
The only source in the mainstream media to get this story right is MSNBC. Unfortunately, the McCain campaign has shown their lack of respect for the American people by using such scurrilous tactics. Senator McCain has said in the past that he wanted to run an honorable campaign, yet he has resorted to lying and fear mongering. The very campaign tactics that he supposedly deplored in 2004. When asked about the swiftboat ads, John McCain said “I deplore this kind of politics, think the ad is dishonest and dishonorable.” However, in 2008, John McCain has embraced those that kind of politics and has been dishonest and dishonorable.
