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MOTHER JONES has compiled a list of all the McCain shenanigans going on this week. A cheat sheet to keep up with the Straight Talk Express, if you will. I went a step further by linking to all the gaffes [i've never google'd so much in one sitting before;]

So here it is boys and girls, the McCain CHEAT SHEET in all its glory:

* The Big One- McCain adviser Phil Gramm remark: Americans who worry about the economy are "whiners" and there's no problem with the economy, just a "mental recession." McCain response: Gramm doesn't speak for me. But, um, that day Gramm was speaking for McCain, explaining McCain's economic policies to the Wall Street Journal editorial board. [D'oh.]

* McCain called the fundamental funding mechanism of Social Security a "disgrace," essentially attacking the whole program. [There goes Florida]

* McCain released list of 300 economists who supposedly support his economic plan. Guess what? Not all of them do. [whoops]

* The Maverick himself, became visibly uncomfortable when asked whether health plans that cover Viagara should also cover birth control for women (after McCain surrogate/adviser Carly Fiorina raised this issue). [my personal favorite. his face was classic]

* Johnny jokes about killing Iranians with cigarette imports. [johnny, johnny, johnny, you got a terrible sense of humor]

* He then attacked Obama for not voting for a bill designating the Iranian Revolutionary Guard a terrorist group. Whoops--McCain didn't vote for the bill, either. [must of just slipped his mind]

* McCain's campaign accused Obama of flip-flopping on Iraq. Politifact.com's truth-o-meter said that's not true. [who should I believe? the truth-o-meter or John McCain; hmmm]

* Who can forget this classic-- He denied ever saying he's not an expert on the economy. Well, he said it. [selective amnesia, anyone?]

* McCain wants to stay in Iraq for as long as it takes and routinely blasts Obama as a defeatist for proposing a timetable for withdrawal. Yet Iraqi leaders said they now want to set up a timetable. [double d'oh]

* The John McCain campaign is accused of screening reporters allowed to ask questions on its conference calls for the media, and did not declare, we do not screen. [but but but Im a maverick, i can do anything]

* John McCain claimed to have a perfect voting record on veterans affairs. Veterans groups disagree. (Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America gave him a grade of D.) [He gets an F in economics and then a D in vets affairs; I hope he at least got an A in gym]

* He then pledged to cut the deficit by end of his first term. Prominent experts said not possible. [oh noes]

* McCain campaign ad charged that Obama voted to raise taxes on people making as little as $32,000 a year. Factcheck.org said its false. [liar, liar pants on fire]

* Pro-McCain RNC ad said Obama has no new energy solutions. But Obama proposes $150 billion in new tax credits for alternative energy. [darn those pesky facts readily available on teh internets]


All in all, it just hasn't been a good week for John McCain. I'll throw him a bone. I have to admit the 'im not expert on the economy' gaffe/denial incident is from last week.  So I guess that means it hasn't been a good 2 weeks for McShame [yes shame]

JUNE: 14 gaffes and counting; Thats almost a gaffe a day. If this keeps up we can expect 92 more gaffes out of McCain before November.

uupppdate: shit; make that 15 and counting- In Pennsylvania, McCain Tells a New Version of Heroic P.O.W. Story -- Subbing the Pittsburgh Steelers for the Green Bay Packers;

uupppdateX2: shitx2; Well well well- "I'll do everything in my power to get those offshore reserves exploited ... um, er, explored, discovered and um..." McCain said at a townhall meeting in Wisconsin, when talking about offshore drilling. The crowd laughed [apparently johnny got a little tongue tied; freudian slip much?] ---shout out to beren for this one

seriously this is like the gift that keeps on giving. or like bunnies, they just keep on multiplying-

aww.. here comes the water works


16 and counting;