Smeared and Smearing at the Same Time

Trust the people at factcheck.org. Their only agenda is the truth, their only mission is to clear up lies told by public figures. They've caught the Obama campaign in lies, and McCain as well. And as you might expect, there's plenty of material on both sides.

But don't misquote them, because that pisses them off.

The ad quotes a factcheck article put on on Monday, and I'd encourage you to read it because it does put to rest a few crazy myths about Sarah Palin. So what's their problem with the McCain ad?

The ad strives to convey the message that FactCheck.org said "completely false" attacks on Gov. Sarah Palin had come from Sen. Barack Obama. We said no such thing. We have yet to dispute any claim from the Obama campaign about Palin.

Because you see, Obama is conspicuously taking the high road with Palin. It's a strategy, and it makes sense. By the way...

There is no more basis for attributing these viral attacks to the Obama campaign than there is for blaming the McCain campaign for chain e-mail attacks falsely claiming that Obama is a Muslim, or a "racist," or that he is proposing to tax water. The anti-Palin messages, like the anti-Obama messages, have every appearance of being home-grown.

See? Voice of reason.

In a better world, people would read this and (pardon the expression) move on. Of course in a better world, factcheck.org would kinda be unnecessary.

SIDE NOTE: Like both candidates, I'm taking off the partisan hat tomorrow. No negative campaigning for a day! Y'all can do what you want - that's what makes America great. Me, I'm choosing to honor our fallen by being a uniter.