The NYT: All The Lies That Are Fit To Print

I think what the New York Times did here was shameless, just shameless. As you pointed out in the lead, it's almost entirely unsourced.

You know, I'm in a pretty unique position to talk about John McCain. First, I should tell your listeners, you know, I'm a registered Democrat, so I'm not on his side of a lot of issues. But I investigated John McCain for a year and a half, at least, when I was special counsel to the Senate Ethics Committee in the Keating Five, which, by the way, this New York Times article goes back to and discusses, goes back years and years.

And if there is one thing I am absolutely confident of, it is John McCain is an honest man.

...Now, I'm not suggesting that the New York Times has an agenda here. I will let others conclude that."

-- Robert Bennett, the Keating Five Scandal's lead investigator, which the Obama campaign has tried to divert attention with since the linking of Barack Obama with Bill Ayers, as reported by FOX News.

Robert Bennett is an honest man, and the New York Times will know:

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"The difference here is clear. John McCain has been open and honest about the Keating matter, and even the Democratic special counsel in charge recommended that Senator McCain be completely exonerated. By contrast, Barack Obama has been fundamentally dishonest about his friendship and work with the unrepentant terrorist William Ayers, whose radical group bombed the Pentagon and the U.S. Capitol. Nor has Barack Obama come clean on his close friendship with Tony Rezko, a felon convicted on bribery charges who subsidized the purchase of Barack Obama’s home."

-- Brian Rogers, stating the case pretty clearly, to Politico.com.

I wonder why the Obama campaign keeps bringing up the Keating scandal when McCain was exonerated: they must think the American people are stupid. The younger voters may not remember it - of course, Obama's playing them for fools - but the older voters certainly do. McCain didn't do anything wrong. It was that mere appearance of impropriety that launched McCain's anti-corruption efforts. He's never hid it. How cynical does Obama's campaign have to be to twist that into being the equal of helping scum like Bill Ayers? That's not only truly sick but it's a lie - and it shows how low Obama and his supporters will go. Guilt by association? Puh-leaze. John McCain has been in politics for 30 years:

Barack Obama is, still, just getting started and Bill Ayers has been there all the way.