Greg Hollingsworth

I'm not a regular reader of HuffPo, but I found this over there, and it honestly made me very, very angry. Watch the video, I'll explain after the jump: Campaign AdWatch: McCain's Loopy Lupines. Okay, so, here's why I'm angry.  This ad implies that the Obama campaign is making up lies to attack Governor Sarah Palin (who I might add likes to lie an awful lot about her opposition to the infamous "Bridge to Nowhere") and they reference an article from FactCheck.org to support this claim. The article was published on Sept. 8, 2008 and was titled Sliming Palin.  This article is dedicated to various "dubious internet posting and mass e-mail messages" that make false claims about Governor Palin's political record in Alaska.  A quick scan of the article will show that they never once mention Senator Obama's name in the article itself (although his name appears three times on the page, in the related articles section). This deliberate obfuscation is the kind of campaigning that drives me absolutely insane.  This ad is a lie. FactCheck.org did indeed find that many of the claims made were either "completely false, or misleading", but none of these attacks are ascribed to the Obama campaign. I have the utmost respect for the work done by FactCheck.org (as anyone who subscribes to my Google Reader shared items will note) and to see their work to promote truth used to promote lies makes me sick to my stomach. I am not an Obama supporter, I am certainly not a McCain supporter, both campaigns are guilty of mischaracterization and obfuscation, I cannot support this.  What I do believe in and support fully are organizations like FactCheck.org who do everything in their power to give the people the information they need to make informed decisions. ***Update*** FactCheck.org issued a statement regarding the McCain/Palin campaigns dishonest use of their analysis not long after I posted this: McCain-Palin Distorts Our Finding