New McCain Ad:
It’s a good thing Gov. Palin believes shooting wolves from airplanes is great sport.
[Via TPM.]
UPDATE: FactCheck.org says that the McCain camp distorted what they actually said.
A McCain-Palin ad has FactCheck.org calling Obama’s attacks on Palin “absolutely false” and “misleading.” That’s what we said, but it wasn’t about Obama.
Our article criticized anonymous e-mail falsehoods and bogus claims about Palin posted around the Internet. We have no evidence that any of the claims we found to be false came from the Obama campaign.
The McCain-Palin ad also twists a quote from a Wall Street Journal columnist. He said the Obama camp had sent a team to Alaska to “dig into her record and background.” The ad quotes the WSJ as saying the team was sent to “dig dirt.”
Update, Sept. 10: Furthermore, the Obama campaign insists that no researchers have been sent to Alaska and that the Journal owes them a correction.
We don’t object to people reprinting our articles. In fact, our copyright policy encourages it. But we’ve also asked that “the editorial integrity of the article be preserved” and told those who use our items that “you should not edit the original in such a way as to alter the message.”
UPDATE #2: DNC research director Michael Gehrke responds to claims that a mini-army descended on Alaska after Palin was picked.
Sadly, I don’t have 30 lawyers, researchers, investigators or even wolves at my disposal. We have sent a grand total of zero people to Alaska to research Governor Palin. We’ve got all these McCain houses to keep track of.
I’ve always said that if we’re going to ignore the issues, at least do it with a bit of cattiness, not mock outrage. My favorite part is the implication that he wishes he did have 30 wolves at his disposal.
