Count the lies in Zell's speech!

[NYCGirl]

Good article on slate.com. Fine debunking material.

http://www.slate.com/id/2106119/

Excerpt:

Lies, Damned Lies, and Convention Speeches
Setting Kerry's record right—again.
By Fred Kaplan

Half-truths and embellishments are one thing; they're common at political conventions, vital flourishes for a theatrical air. Lies are another thing, and last night's Republican convention was soaked in them.

In the case of Sen. Zell Miller's keynote address, "lies" might be too strong a word. Clearly not a bright man, Miller dutifully recited the talking points that his Republican National Committee handlers had typed up for him, though perhaps in a more hysterical tone than anyone might have anticipated. (His stumbled rantings in the interviews afterward, on CNN and MSNBC, brought to mind the flat-Earthers who used to be guests on The Joe Pyne Show.) Can a puppet tell lies? Perhaps not.

Still, it is worth setting the record straight. The main falsehood, we have gone over before (click here for the details), but it keeps getting repeated, so here we go again: It is the claim that John Kerry, during his 20 years in the Senate, voted to kill the M-1 tank, the Apache helicopter; the F-14, F-16, and F-18 jet fighters; and just about every other weapon system that has kept our nation free and strong.

Here, one more time, is the truth of the matter: Kerry did not vote to kill these weapons, in part because none of these weapons ever came up for a vote, either on the Senate floor or in any of Kerry's committees.

[DemNoir]

1. A wild prediction

This election will not hinge on Zell Miller. Call me crazy.

[NYCGirl]

2. My wild prediction:

The lies in Zell's speech will show up in Repub talking points time and time again in the next two months.

Okay, maybe it's not a wild prediction — it's an easy call.