Standing in for Keith tonight, Rachel Maddow calls McCain/Palin on their lies. Here's a transcript until the clip is available:
If we were to put a fine point on what was said at the Republication National Convention this week, we might describe the attacks on Senator Obama and the praise given to Governor Palin as the Associated Press did; they described those things as quote stretching the truth. We're going to go out on a limb here at Countdown and call them "lies". We're also going to call the repeated telling of those lies "lying".
The charge that Senator Obama authored two memoirs but not a single major law or reform: LYING. Senator Obama wants to raise your taxes? Unless you happen to be a corporation or the richest one percent of all Americans: LYING. Senator Obama has never worked with Republicans on bipartisan legislation: LYING.
[Shows a clip of McCain stating the latter charge]
I repeat: LYING
Thank you Rachel!