The world must have turned on its axis. Cats must be barking and dogs meowing. How far do you have to go for Karl Rove to say you went too far?
Rove has leveled similar criticism against Obama.
Rove: “There ought to be an adult who says, ‘Do we really need to go that far in this ad?'”
“McCain has gone in some of his ads — similarly gone one step too far,” he told Fox News, “and sort of attributing to Obama things that are, you know, beyond the ‘100 percent truth’ test.”
“They ought to — there ought to be an adult who says, ‘Do we really need to go that far in this ad? Don’t we make our point and won’t we get broader acceptance and deny the opposition an opportunity to attack us if we don’t include that one little last tweak in the ad?'” he said.
Of course, saying Obama voted to teach sex education to children before they were old enough to read is way beyond the “tweaking” category. And Rove makes it sound as if Obama “similarly” smeared McCain. In fact, he hasn’t.
But no one seems willing to use the L-word any more.
So allow me: McCain is lying. Sarah Palin is lying. People who lie are liars. McCain and Palin are liars. They have no truth to offer. Is that plain enough?
