It's tough to keep up with the "blizzard of lies" coming from the McCain campaign, but here are a few sites that can help :
"Unraveling the myth of the Straight Talk Express"-- an Obama campaign memo, posted on the TIME Magazine site, lays out Myth & Fact in detail
Politi-fact's "Truth-O-Meter"
LieCount - More GOP Whoppers
And Pinocchio Poltics is doing some tracking of its own :
No Earkmarks for Alaska—Not!
Last week, Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain said his running mate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, hadn't sought earmarks or special-interest spending from Congress, presenting her as a fiscal conservative. But state records show Gov. Palin has asked U.S. taxpayers to fund $453 million in specific Alaska projects over the past two years.
source: The Wall Street Journal
Pinnichio Rating: Flat out lie - 5 Pinocchios
Energy Exaggeration (20 is, um, not 3.5)
McCain and Palin both say Alaska supplies 20 percent of U.S. energy. Not true. Not even close...Alaska's share of domestic energy production was 3.5 percent, according to the official figures kept by the U.S. Energy Information Administration. And if by "supply" Palin meant all the energy consumed in the U.S., and not just produced here, then Alaska's production accounted for only 2.4 percent.
source: Factcheck.org
Pinnichio Rating: Major exaggeration - 3 Pinocchios
Excitement Exaggeration
In recent days, journalists attending McCain/Palin rallies have been disputing the crowd estimates claimed by the campaign. In a story on Sept. 11 about Palin's attraction to Virginia women voters, Washington Post reporter Marc Fisher estimated the crowd to be 8,000, not the 23,000 cited by the campaign.
source: Bloomberg
Pinnichio Rating: Major exaggeration - 2 Pinocchios
With All These Lies, Even Fox News (?!?) Is Pushing Back.
source: Fox News
Pinnichio Rating: Flat out lie - 5 Pinocchios
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