John McCain lies about the Steelers.
Listen to what he claims in this video:
When I was first interrogated and really had to give some information… I named the starting lineup, defensive line, of the Pittsburgh Steelers as my squadron-mates!”And compare it to what he claimed in his memoir, “Faith of My Fathers”:
“Once my condition had stabilized, my interrogators resumed their work. Demands for military information were accompanied by threats to terminate my medical treatment if I did not cooperate. Eventually, I gave them my ship’s name and squadron number, and confirmed that my target had been the power plant. Pressed for more useful information, I gave the names of the Green Bay Packers offensive line, and said they were members of my squadron."This is the proof that, not only is he inserting Vietnam into the narrative whenever he possibly can, but he's lying as he does so.
As Newsweek points out:
But given that McCain's misremembering was so politically convenient--what better way to curry favor in a key swing-state city, really, than by slotting a beloved local sports squad into a moving personal tale?--it's worth recalling that the senator has claimed to have made exactly the same sort of "mistake" repeatedly in recent weeks.The man is a liar.
On Monday, for example, chief McCain surrogate Carly Fiorina told women voters that McCain has taken issue with insurance companies who pay for Viagra but refuse to cover birth control. But the pro-choice group NARAL quickly pointed out that the senator had voted not once but twice, in 2003 and 2005, against measures that would require insurers to pay for the pill. Asked about this discrepancy aboard the Straight Talk Express Wednesday, a miserable-looking McCain paused for eight seconds before insisting that he couldn't recall his votes. "It's something that I had not thought much about," he said.
That's on top of an incident last month in Louisiana when McCain bragged that he had "voted for every Katrina investigation"--only to have a New Orleans reporter point out that he had actually voted twice against establishing an independent "9/11 Commission"-inspired panel to probe the disaster. McCain's response? "I am not familiar with exactly what you said."So which is it, is he senile or is he a liar?
The pattern is pretty clear: make a misleading but advantageous claim about your own record. When the facts disprove your story, respond by saying "I can't remember" or "I wasn't paying attention." Rinse and repeat.
Hat tip to Crooks and Liars.
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