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Week of September 7, 2008 - September 13, 2008

McCain Camp Lying About Crowd Sizes?


It looks like we've got a couple of big McCain lies so far today.  Lie Number One: it turns out Sarah Palin never actually went to Iraq: 

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/13/palin-never-went-to-iraq_n_126186.html

And lie Number Two: seems no one can account for the crowd numbers they're crowing about.  According to Bloomberg:

In recent days, journalists attending the rallies have been raising questions about the crowd estimates with the campaign. In a story on Sept. 11 about Palin's attraction for some Virginia women voters, Washington Post reporter Marc Fisher estimated the crowd to be 8,000, not the 23,000 cited by the campaign.

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601070&sid=a1J0tfV3XJYs&refer=politics

Help me out here--is this a tragedy or a comedy?

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