Posted by Jed Lewison on Thu Aug 21, 2008 at 12:18 PM Pacific

McCain's (Old) New Patriotism Smear

Fortunately, John McCain's inability to remember how many homes he owns has swept this under the rug, but for the record I want to note that late yesterday, McCain spokesman Michael Goldfarb posted yet another dishonorable attack on Barack Obama's patriotism, this time making the false claim that William Ayers had "launched" Obama's political career.

I've got three points to make:

1. The McCain campaign's attack is a total lie. Not even smear author Jerome Corsi made the absurd allegation that Ayers "launched" Obama's career.
2. If McCain wants to play this game, he should explain why he asked convicted felon G. Gordon Liddy -- who has advocated killing federal agents and said Adolf Hitler gave him strength -- to host a fundraiser for him in 1998.
3. McCain should also explain why he repeatedly voted against federal legislation banning domestic terrorism against patients, doctors, and staff of abortion and women's health clinics.

Here's the thing: the only reason why John McCain is polluting the campaign with this filth is that he knows voters don't want another four years of George Bush's policies. So instead of talking honestly about what he'd do as president, he's following Karl Rove's playbook and building a campaign based on lies.

The irony is that by running his campaign like this, John McCain is becoming more like George Bush every day.

Now, back to your regularly scheduled dose of "John McCain doesn't know how many homes he owns."