McCain - Straight Talk On The Economy?

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Chyron: John McCain: Straight Talk on the Economy?

QUESTION: "You have admitted that you're not exactly an expert when it comes to the economy and many have said --

MCCAIN: I have not. I have not. Actually i have not. [ABC News, Good Morning America, 7/2/08]

CHYRON: Housing Crisis: Keene, NH -- 12/04/07}

MCCAIN: "But I can't come down now and give you a specific solution because I don't claim to be smart enough." [Keene Sentinel editorial board, 12/4/07]

CHYRON: Interest Rates, Republican Debate, 10/09/07]

QUESTION: Has Ben Bernanke cut rates aggressively enough.

MCCAIN: I don't have that kind of expertise to know exactly whether he has cut interest rates sufficiently or not. [CNBC Debate, 10/09/07]

CHYRON: Wall Street & Stuff: Concord, NH -- 12/17/07]

MCCAIN: "I am not an expert on Wall Street, I am not an expert on some of this stuff." [McCain Town Hall, Concord, NH, 12/17/07]

CHYRON: Meet the Press, 1/27/08

QUESTION: "Senator McCain, you have said repeatedly, quote, I know a lot less about economics than I do about military and foreign policy issues. I still need to be educated. Is it a problem for your campaign that the economy is now the most important issue, one that by your own acknowledgement is something you're not well versed on?"

MCCAIN: "Actually, I don't know where you got that quote from. I'm very well versed in economics.

QUESTION: "Well, I'll—"

MCCAIN: "Now I know where you got that quote from. Now I know where you got that quote."

QUESTION: "I will show you where I got that quote from. I got it from John McCain, And here it is. "[McCain] is refreshingly blunt when he tell[s] me: 'I'm going to be honest: I know a lot less about economics than I do about military and foreign policy issues. I still need to be educated.'" [Meet the Press, 1/27/08]

QUESTION: "You have admitted that you're not exactly an expert when it comes to the economy and many have said --

MCCAIN: I have not. I have not. Actually i have not. [ABC News, Good Morning America, 7/2/08]

CHYRON: Straight Talk?