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McCain’s Latest Bogeyman : Respected Scholar Rashid Khalidi
The McCain campaign’s latest bogeyman, historian Rashid Khalidi.‘McCain’s and Palin’s attacks on Khalidi are frankly racist. ‘He is a distinguished scholar, and the only objectionable thing about him from a rightwing point of view is that he is a Palestinian.’By … Continue reading
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Tagged Campaign Tactics, McCain Campaign, Obama Smear Campaign, Palestine, Presidential Campaign, Video
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Gore Vidal : John McCain in the Echo Chamber
Gore Vidal in 2007. Photo courtesy of Getty Images.‘Even from the corpse of the Republican Party, which Abraham Lincoln left somewhat hastily in the 19th century, this was an unusually sickening display.’By Gore Vidal October proved to be the cruelest … Continue reading
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Tagged American History, Authors, Gore Vidal, Maury Maverick, McCain Campaign, Presidential Campaign, Republican Party, Texas
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Lobbyists : The Boys on McCain’s Bus
‘A gang of lobbyist-insiders — at odds with his supposed devotion to maverick change — runs McCain’s Washington-based campaign.’By Sherman De Brosse / The Rag Blog / October 28, 2008 This is the fifth in a series by Rag Blog … Continue reading
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Tagged John McCain, Lobbyists, McCain Campaign, Political Corruption
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Progressive Taxation and the Sad Saga of Joe the Plumber
Illustration by Tom Bachtell / New Yorker.It all started with Adam Smithby Steve Coll / October 27, 2008 The rise and fall of Joe the Plumber as a symbol of the American self-made man’s resistance to progressive taxation began on … Continue reading
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Tagged Adam Smith, Campaign Tactics, Economy, Joe the Plumber, McCain Campaign, Taxation
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Sarah Palin : Queen for a Day (Or Two)
‘In Obama’s absence, the McCain-Palin campaign continued to self-implode.’By Larry Ray / The Rag Blog / October 26, 2008 Less than a dozen days till the presidential election. A fiction writer couldn’t have come up with the political plot changes … Continue reading
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Tagged McCain Campaign, McCain Mistakes, November Election, Presidential Campaign, Sarah Palin
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Latest on the McCain Hoax : Campaign Role in Sensationalized News
Graphic by Talking Points Memo.McCain Communications Director Gave Reporters Incendiary Version Of “Carved B” Story Before Facts Were KnownBy Greg Sargent / October 24, 2008 See ‘Rick Sanchez Calls Out Media That Fell For “Mutilation” Hoax’ by Sam Stein — … Continue reading
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McCain Operative Makes ACORN Seem Like Peanuts
McCain campaign paid Republican operative accused of voter fraud By Hannah Strange | October 22, 2008 See Keating law firm donates $50,000 to McCain campaign,’ Below. John McCain paid $175,000 of campaign money to a Republican operative accused of massive … Continue reading
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Tagged ACORN, Campaign Tactics, Charles Keating, Keating Five, McCain, McCain Campaign, Voter Fraud, Voter Registration
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Bill Ayers? McCain Campaign Connected to REAL Terrorists
McCain’s terrorist: Eduardo Arocena.Convicted murderer Eddie Arocena, being taken from FBI headquarters. Photo by Marice Cohn / Miami Herald.‘McCain’s campaign and advisers find themselves allied with and/or supporting militants who have committed acts that any reasonable observer would define as … Continue reading
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Tagged Counter-Revolutionaries, Cuba, Cuban Exiles, Extremism, Joe Lieberman, McCain Campaign, Right Wing, Terrorism
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…I Approve this Method
Cartoon by Charlie Loving / The Rag Blog. The Rag Blog
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Tagged Campaign Tactics, Cartoon, Humor, McCain, McCain Campaign, Satire
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Playing With Fire : McCain and the Raging Right
‘McCain’s own campaign is playing with powerful extremist themes to denigrate Obama’By E. J. Dionne Jr. / October 14, 2008 McCain pastor tells rally that non-Christians want Obama victory. Story and video, Below. Are we witnessing the reemergence of the … Continue reading
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Tagged Campaign Tactics, Conservatives, Extremism, McCain Campaign, Obama, Obama Smear Campaign, Political Ethics, Racism, Right Wing
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GOP Rallies : Conservatives Go Ballistic
A McCain supporter yells at Obama supporters before McCain and Palin arrive at a rally, Oct. 8, 2008, in Strongsville, Ohio. Photo by AP.McCain campaign riling up base by ‘ratcheting up fears and frustrations.’ By Jonathan Martin / October 10, … Continue reading
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Garrison Keillor : Juicing Up the Ticket With Sarah
Dishonest, cynical men put forward Sarah Palin for national office, but the truth emerges: The lady is talking freely about matters she has never thought about.By Garrison Keillor / October 8, 2008 We are a stalwart and stouthearted people, and … Continue reading
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