En politique américaine, il est rare qu'un candidat présidentiel accuse carrément son adversaire de mentir. C'est pourtant ce que le camp Obama fait dans la pub ci-dessus qui cherche à détruire l'image de mavericks que veulent se donner John McCain et Sarah Palin. Je cite dans le texte le script de l'annonce :
They call themselves Mavericks. Whoa. Truth is, they're anything but. John McCain is hardly a Maverick when seven of his top campaign advisers are Washington Lobbyists. He's no maverick when he votes with Bush 90% of the time. And Sarah Palin's no maverick either. She was for the bridge to nowhere before she was against it. Politicians lying about their records? You don't call that maverick. You call it more of the same.