John McCain's terrible Week is listed below.
They tried to give Obama a bad week with the Jackson comments.
The media always seeks to covers for and to "equalize" McCain's madness with some
"perceived" or imagined Obama gaffe. It is easy to see through
the media's ways, especially CNN commentators.
The list is not even complete.
as it doesn't mention Cindy McCain's
$750,000 per month expenditures,
or Sen. McCain's changing story
on which team players he named while in Vietnam.
It is just too much. They continue to shield Americans
from the truth about John McCain, who is truly out to lunch.
* McCain adviser Phil Gramm remark: Americans who worry about the economy are "whiners" and there's no problem with the economy, just a "mental recession." McCain response: Gramm doesn't speak for me. But, um, that day Gramm was speaking for McCain, explaining McCain's economic policies to the Wall Street Journal editorial board.
* Called the fundamental funding mechanism of Social Security a "disgrace," essentially attacking the whole program.
* Released list of 300 economists who supposedly support his economic plan. Guess what? Not all of them do.
* Became visibly uncomfortable when asked whether health plans that cover Viagara should also cover birth control for women (after McCain surrogate/adviser Carly Fiorina raised this issue).
* Joked about killing Iranians with cigarette imports.
* Attacked Obama for not voting for a bill designating the Iranian Revolutionary Guard a terrorist group. Whoops--McCain didn't vote for the bill, either.
* His campaign accused Obama of flip-flopping on Iraq. Politifact.com said that's not true.
* Denied ever saying he's not an expert on the economy. Well, he said it. Memory problems?
* McCain wants to stay in Iraq for as long as it takes and routinely blasts Obama as a defeatist for proposing a timetable for withdrawal. Yet Iraqi leaders said they now want to set up a timetable. There goes that issue.
* Campaign accused of screening reporters allowed to ask questions on its conference calls for the media, and did not declare, we do not screen.
* Claimed to have a perfect voting record on veterans affairs. Veterans groups disagree. (Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America gave him a grade of D.)
* Pledged to cut the deficit by end of his first term. Prominent experts said not possible.
* McCain campaign ad charged that Obama voted to raise taxes on people making as little as $32,000 a year. Factcheck.org said this is false.
* Pro-McCain RNC ad said Obama has no new energy solutions. But Obama proposes $150 billion in new tax credits for alternative energy.
http://www.motherjones.com/mojoblog/archives/2008/07/8973_john_mccain_bad_week.html