# McCain/Palin:  Lying Far Beyond the Palin

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**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [September 11, 2008, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mccain-palin-lying-far-beyond-the-palin/463114 "2008-09-11T16:38:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8edcca/32.png) [@Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hentor_the_Barbarian)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2008, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mccain-palin-lying-far-beyond-the-palin/463114/26 "2008-09-16T12:12:12Z")

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Holy crap! Richard Cohen has taken a flying leap off of the Straight Talk Express:

> **[Richard Cohen - The Ugly New McCain](https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/15/AR2008091502406.html?hpid=opinionsbox1)**
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> He has become the sort of politician he once despised.

This is a guy who admits to having been in the tank for McCain, but now he spares no words in calling him disgraceful.

Here’s the [DNC’s catalog](http://www.mccainpedia.org/index.php/Count_the_Lies) of McCain/Palin lies, for your amusement. I think it needs some updating.

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