Rheotical mantras have always been the centerpiece of Dem talking points, and there should come as no surprise that FactCheck was busy last night.

Lets focus on Pennsylvania Govenor Ed Rendell who while was busy calling John McCain a fraud couldn’t help but let loose a classic Dem whopper:

PENNSYLVANIA GOV. ED RENDELL: “And guess who voted with President Bush 90 percent of the time? Sen. John McCain.”

Well not exactly, Ed. From FactCheck:

McCain voted with President Bush 90 percent of the time from January 20, 2001, to when Congress left Washington on its annual August recess, according to a study by Congressional Quarterly. But McCain wasn’t always a staunch Bush backer. In 2005, his support for Bush’s position on legislation reached a low of 77 percent; last year, when he launched his latest bid for the GOP presidential nomination, he voted with Bush 95 percent of the time.

That’s not too bad, Ed. You can probably get awy with that one OK. You guys really have to try and tie McCain to President Bush as you need to hide your own disasterous plans for the country. But lets look at another one of your attempts to mislead folks.

” the fact that top McCain advisers have lobbied for oil and gas companies “explains why he wants to give another $4 billion tax break to oil companies.”Wow.

Ed, you’ve not gotten the memo. Folks aren’t buying the old demonization of the oil companies just so you guys can keep that environmental lobby cash coming to Dem coffers. Anyway, here’s the actual truth, Ed.

The $4 billion in tax breaks for oil companies is part of McCain’s plan to reduce corporate taxes overall and does not represent an additional tax benefit for these companies. The corporate reduction McCain has proposed would apply to all corporations, including oil companies.

Keep depending on an uninformed public, Ed. The conserivaive blogospere can handle it.

H/T: The Washington Times and FactCheck.org

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