GOP candidate makes up Bush immigration policy.

You know, he lies. And I thought Al Gore was the only one who did that.

Republican Tim Escobar has an uphill climb in his battle to represent California's 39th Congressional District. The seat was drawn up by the state's Democratic legislature to be a Democratic seat, and the Democratic nominee, lawyer Linda Sanchez, is forecast to have an easy victory.

But Escobar has taken a bold, new step in his campaign: He assigned President Bush a new immigration policy. In a Spanish-language television ad for Escobar, the announcer declares: "Tim Escobar supports the proposal from President Bush to grant legal status to 3.5 million immigrants." The screen flashes a message that reads: "Legalize Immigrants."

This comes as a surprise to the White House, which is open to a temporary worker program that includes a mechanism to allow some workers to earn legal status -- but nothing of the sort the ad claimed. "The president has said he does not support a broad amnesty program," White House spokesman Scott McClellan said.