Ah Jeez .... McCain lied about support for his economic plan

[kevinmc]

On Monday, John McCain presented his new economic plan, a plan he says is enthusiastically supported by over 300 professional economists.

Politico decided to call some of these economists:

In interviews with more than a dozen of the signatories, Politico found that, far from embracing McCain’s economic plan, many were unfamiliar with — or downright opposed to key details.

One of the listed economists is a Obama supporter.

[Danger Mouse]

1. Shh, didn't you hear? This is an anti-Obama forum now.

[DevonRex]

7. Certainly seems like it. I had to rec this because that's what this

forum was supposed to be about. Or at least I thought so.

[Ian David]

2. Cindy McCain borrowed the list of 300 economists from The Food Network. n/t

[anonymous171]

3. Wow. McCain lied! He is just like Bush!

[GreenPartyVoter]

4. Sounds like the same tactic which was done with the "all these scientists deny global warming"

[DevonRex]

5. Wow. We need to email this all over the place. What an ass

McCain is. Thank you for the post and the links. K&R

[Muttocracy]

6. hah! he's pretty good at sinking his own ship. nt

[ChimpersMcSmirkers]

8. What doesn't McKeating5 not lie about....

[cags]

9. So did they not even sign it... Did McCain make that up? nt

[Jim Lane]

10. No, they did sign it

If you read the article, you'll see that a lot of them take this position: I don't agree with everything in the letter, and I didn't even necessarily read it, but overall in some general way I think McCain's policies are better than Obama's, so I signed the letter without getting hung up on details.

I don't think McCain was fundamentally dishonest. I think the economists were playing politics, elevating their partisan loyalties over their professional integrity. McCain merely exploited that. I fault them, not him.