The constant stream of lies, distortions, and slanders spewing from the mouths of John McCain and Sarah Palin would almost be getting comical if the stakes in this election weren't so deadly serious. Check this out, based on the scoop by the Boston Globe:
Aides to Gov. Sarah Palin are scrambling to explain details of her only trip outside North America -- which, according to a new report, did not include Iraq, as the McCain-Palin campaign had initially claimed.Palin made an official visit to see Alaskan troops in Kuwait in July of 2007. There, she made a stop at a border crossing with Iraq, but did not actually visit the country, according to a new report in the Boston Globe.
Earlier, McCain aides had said that Palin visited Iraq, and expressed indignation at questions about her slim foreign travel.
But wait, there's more (actually "less" in this case)!
The campaign also said she had been to Ireland; that turned out to have been a refueling stop.In her ABC interview, Palin said she had also been to Canada and to Mexico, where her advisers said she went on vacation.
The Obama campaign issued a statement on all this, which pretty much sums it all up:
The McCain campaign said Governor Palin opposed the Bridge to Nowhere, but now we know she supported it. They said she didn't seek earmarks, but now we know she hired a lobbyist to get millions in pork for her town and her state. They said she visited Iraq, but today we learned that she only stopped at the border. Americans are starting to wonder, is there anything the McCain campaign isn't lying about?"
Sadly, the answer is "apparently not."
P.S. Note to reporters: next time you hear the McCain campaign expressing "indignation" about something, you KNOW you've hit a raw nerve and are definitely on to something.
and came back.
Palin did say she's been to Mexico in the Gibson interview. Although she didn't say whether it was for official business or when she was in college for SPRING BREAK!! YOOWHOO!