I’m with you, this is clearly a misrepresentation by the McCain campaign on the words of Fauxbama, and there are so many honest quotes that don’t need taken out of context to use against him. Ads like this just give credence to the charges of lying etc.
This was a incredibly STUPID choice of words by Fauxbama, because it does set up a new news cycle where he will be on the defensive for them, having to explain them etc etc etc.. And the best he can exit that cycle with is break even, keeping him on defense. However the attack as its being portrayed is unjustified and a complete out of context quote.
I am as anti Fauxbama as you can get, and I fully understand this is an easy shot for the McCain campaign to make, and has a clear strategic advantage to making it, but its a shot that is disingenuous. We have enough honest reasons to attack Fauxbama, we don’t need to do this.
Though, it does once again show Fauxbama is not ready for prime time.. hell he’s not ready for off broadway, honestly I doubt hes even ready for community theater, because making such a statement makes the cheap shot so damned easy. It does show poor judgement by Fauxbama for making it, but what he said was not remotely calling Palin “a pig”, and while I have supported McCain for a long time this cheap shot lets me down John... You can do better.
This is the 50/50 game. It could mean one thing or another and it will give him a platform to 'splan himself....His half of the 50...which is clearly false but he is good at convincing people that he is a sweet little school aged angel.