In the email

RNC Deputy Chairman Frank Donatelli released the following statement today:

“It is beyond comprehension that Howard Dean would smear John McCain’s character by stating he is a ‘blatant opportunist.’ John McCain served our nation heroically and valiantly and it is absolutely unacceptable that the chairman of the Democratic National Committee would attack Senator McCain for discussing his record with the American people. Dean’s comments are the latest in what has become a troubling pattern where the chairman of the national party has questioned Senator McCain’s character and integrity. Howard Dean owes John McCain an immediate apology and both Senators Clinton and Obama should unequivocally denounce this disgraceful attack.”

DNC Press Release:

After casting aside his image as a so-called “maverick” and morphing into the ultimate Bush Republican in the primaries, John McCain today released a new ad aimed at reintroducing himself to the country. After giving two “major policy speeches” that didn’t include any new policies or proposals, McCain’s new ad gives the American people no idea of what he would do to bring the war in Iraq to a responsible end, address the mortgage crisis confronting American homeowners, or get our economy back on track.

Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean today issued the following statement on McCain’s ad:

“The American people have been waiting for a president who understands the challenges they face, not another out of touch Bush Republican who promises four more years of the same failed leadership. John McCain can try to reintroduce himself to the country, but he can’t change the fact that he cast aside his principles to stand shoulder-to-shoulder with President Bush for the last seven years. While we honor McCain’s military service, the fact is Americans want a real leader who offers real solutions, not a blatant opportunist who doesn’t understand the economy and is promising to keep our troops in Iraq for 100 years.” (Democratic National Committee, “Dean: New Ad, But No New Ideas From John McCain,” Press Release, 3/28/08)

Non-Partisan Fact Check Groups And Members Of The Media Have Called Democrat Attacks False:

Non-Partisan Factcheck.Org Calls DNC Attacks On 100 Years Comment A “Serious Distortion” And “A Rank Falsehood.” “The DNC’s message portrays McCain as bent on fighting an ‘endless’ war in Iraq . DNC: We can’t afford four more years with a President who fights an endless war in Iraq . … On the war, McCain scoffed at Bush’s call to leave troops in Iraq for 50 years, saying ‘Make it a hundred!’ That of course is a serious distortion of what McCain actually said to a town-hall meeting in New Hampshire back on Jan. 3. …There’s little doubt that McCain is less eager than either Clinton or Obama to bring troops home without further suppression of insurgent attacks. But it’s a rank falsehood for the DNC to accuse McCain of wanting to wage ‘endless war’ based on his support for a presence in Iraq something like the U.S. role in South Korea .” (Factcheck.Org Website, www.factcheck.org, Accessed 3/25/08)

Non-Partisan Politifact.Com Calls Obama Attacks On 100 Years Comment “False.” “Obama twisted McCain’s words in the Cleveland debate. He said, ‘We are bogged down in a war that John McCain now suggests might go on for another 100 years.’ As we explain above, McCain was referring to a peacetime presence, not the war. So we find Obama’s statement False.” (Politifact.Com Website, www.politifact.com, Accessed 3/25/08)

The Washington Post’s Charles Krauthammer: “It’s seldom that you see such a dirty lie.” (Charles Krauthammer, Op-Ed, “‘A Rank Falsehood’,” The Washington Post, 3/28/08)

As Mark Noonan at Blogs For Victory writes

I have to dispute Krauthammer - dirty lies are really all the Democrats have to run on these days. Democrats, on the whole, lie about everything all the time - they lie about what they want to do; they lie about what Republicans do; heck, they even lie about who they are…they aren’t big government, tax and spend liberals….they’re “progressives.

They really do not have anything else but lies and smears, all in an attempt to gain power. For the most part, Democrats, particularly those in office, looking to gain office, or in the national and State parties, do not care about the truth nor protecting the country. They will do anything to gain power.