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GUTTER POLITICSABC: McCain's 'Truth Squad... Full Of Half-Truths'... Time Mag: McCain "Responsible For One Of The Sleaziest Ads I've Ever Seen"... Washington Post: "Untrue Accusations, Rumors Have Started To Swirl ... They Become Regarded As Fact".... MSNBC: Evidence Palin, McCain Not Telling Truth About Bridge To Nowhere...AP: Fact Check... McCain Ad About Palin Is Misleading...

The Washington Post has an article today on the repeated lies and lack of accountability in the presidential race:
From the moment Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin declared that she had opposed the infamous "Bridge to Nowhere," critics, the news media and nonpartisan fact checkers have called it a fabrication or, at best, a half-truth. But yesterday in Lebanon, Ohio, and again in Lancaster, Pa., she crossed that bridge again.
"I told Congress: 'Thanks but no thanks for that Bridge to Nowhere up in Alaska,' " Palin told the crowds at the "McCain Street USA" rallies. "If we wanted a bridge, we'll build it ourselves."
The New York Times looks into how Obama's lipstick line was taken out of context:
A new character is making a debut at Senator Barack Obama's campaign rallies: His name is John McCain.
It began quietly on Monday in Michigan, but grew in volume as Mr. Obama made his way from Flint to Farmington Hills, carrying over to a speech on Tuesday morning in Ohio. By the time he arrived for an evening stop in the southwestern tip of Virginia, Mr. Obama's sales pitch contained nearly as many references to Senator McCain as to himself, suggesting how the McCain campaign has been driving the recent dialogue of the presidential race.