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Reactions to the McCain-Solzhenitsyn Story
Political Insider —
... Megan McArdle: "There is no way of proving what the bloggers hope, which is that no
mention of this story was made until after the book's publication. And
even if that were the case, all it would prove is that John McCain
didn't tell this story until after the book's publication, not that it
didn't happen." ...
McCain's Saddleback deception
The Reality-Based Community —
... I'm glad to see that the story about how McCain break the rules (certainly) and cheated (possibly) at the Rick Warren event is picking up steam. Megan McArdle thinks it's a mistake for Obama's folks to make a charge they can't prove, but I think that misses the point. Yes, no one can prove that McCain cheated, but there's no doubt that McCain broke the rules that were designed to make it hard for him to cheat. Do we really need ...
Leave It Alone
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan —
... chase betrays a sense of panic among Obamaphiles: By all means, let’s focus more attention on McCain’s stint at the Hanoi Hilton. Maybe the Obama campaign will offer up as a counterpoint Obama’s supremely courageous opposition to the Iraq War while on the front lines of the Illinois state legislature. And by all means, let’s have the left continue its campaign to minimize McCain’s service in Vietnam. That should work wonders for Obama! Megan is similarly puzzled: The only way this would actually hurt McCain is
if you found ...
Did John McCain Steal A Scene From Alexander Solzhenitsyn?
Say Anything —
... and required a good deal of time to recuperate it seems unlikely that he would have immediately dived into Solzhenitysn’s three-volume discourse on the horrors of Soviet gulags looking for details with which to embellish his own prison camp stories.
And such embellishments hardly seem necessary, no? McCain’s experiences in those Vietnamese prison camps are sensational enough as they are, so why would McCain feel the need to embellish them?
Plus, as Megan McArdle points out:
Vietnam is a ...
Looks Like Sully Is Serious
JustOneMinute —
... . Whoa. Where is this freight train headed , asks Megan McArdle. I know what you're thinking - unless we can interview every prison guard in Vietnam we can ...
LAT Poll Can Only Manage to Put Obama Up by 2 Among Registered (Not Likely) Voters
Ace of Spades HQ —
... but their last poll was almost certainly bullshit in the first place (it "confirmed" Newsweek's ridiculous 15 point advantage -- but both outfits, having claimed that their polls were dead-on and not outliers or just plain goofs, now have to explain why this "huge lead" has now disappeared). This is interesting. But note Megan McArdle is getting this from McCain's camp. I've obviously seen the tightening national polls, and what I'm starting to hear is that among likelies and battlegrounds, McCain's gaining a commanding lead. Since I'm hearing that from McCain supporters, ...
