McCain Campaign Distorts Truth in Ad Campaign

Published in Bleskovky
(Slovakia) on 12 September 2008
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Translated from by Denisa Rinakova. Edited by .
John McCain, the candidate of the Republican Party for the American presidency, asserts that his negative campaign against the democratic opponent Barack Obama is true.

He claims that Obama called McCain’s vice-president Sarah Palin "a pig" and that he supported sexual education in kindergarten. "Indeed, it’s not a lie,” announced McCain in a television program on ABC.

Obama’s camp reacted strongly to the negative ad and maintains that McCain distorted the democrat’s statements. The republicans interpreted Obama’s “lipstick on a pig” comment, regarding McCain’s efforts to promote change, as if the senator from Illinois sexually offended Mrs. Palin. "He should not have said that. We carefully choose the words, this is a serious campaign,” commented McCain.

This week, McCain started another dispute when in a campaign ad he criticized Obama, asserting that the Illinois senator supported a law which would bring sexual education into kindergarten.

“Teach children about sex before we teach them how to read? Barack Obama. Wrong for education. Wrong for your family", the ad states. In reality, the law would only allow local schools to teach sexual education "adequately based on the age of the child.”

If the law were to pass, children in kindergarten would be taught how to identify sexual harassment and improper touches. Obama’s camp strongly reacted to this. "It is shameful and perverse when an act intended for the protection of young children from sexual harassment is used by McCain’s campaign as a political attack against a father of two little girls," announced Bill Burton, the spokesperson of Obama’s campaign.

"A week ago in an interview for the Time, McCain could not define what the word honor means. Now we know why", he added.


12.09.2008 19:30
NEW YORK - Kandidát Republikánskej strany na post amerického prezidenta John McCain tvrdí, že jeho negatívna kampa? proti demokratickému oponentovi Barackovi Obamovi je pravdivá.

Tvrdí sa v nej, že Obama nazval McCainovu viceprezidentku Sarah Palinovou "prasa?om" a že presadzoval sexuálnu výchovu v materských školách. "V skuto?nosti nejde o lži," vyhlásil v relácii televíznej stanice ABC.

Obamov tábor ostro reagoval na spomínané spoty a tvrdí, že McCain prekrútil demokratov výrok. Republikáni si Obamovu poznámku o tom, že snahy McCaina presadzova? zmenu sú ako "dáva? rúž na prasa", vysvetlili tak, že senátor za Illinois sexisiticky urazil Palinovú. "Nemal to poveda?. Slová si vyberáme ve?mi dôkladne, toto je náro?ná kampa?," okomentoval to McCain.

?alší spor za?al McCainov tím tento týžde?, ke? v jednom spote kritizoval Obamu za to, že ako zákonodarca v Illinois podporoval zákon, na základe ktorého "sa zavedie sexuálna výchova do materských škôl". "U?i? deti o sexe ešte pred tým, ako ich nau?íme ?íta?? Barack Obama. Nesprávny pre vzdelanie. Nesprávny pre vašu rodinu," hovorí sa v reklame. V skuto?nosti má však zákon miestnym školám umožni? vyu?ova? sexuálnu výchovu "primeranú veku die?a?a".

Deti v materskej škole by sa tak mohli dozvedie? nie?o o sexuálnom zneužívaní a nevhodných dotykoch. Obamov tábor na to reagoval ve?mi rázne. "Je to hanebné a perverzné, ke? zákon ur?ený na ochranu malých detí pred sexuálnym zneužitím využíva McCainova kampa? na politický útok vo?i otcovi dvoch malých diev?at," vyhlásil hovorca Obamovej kampane Bill Burton.

"Pred týžd?om v rozhovore pre Time McCain nevedel definova?, ?o je to ?es?. Už vieme pre?o," dodal.
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