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Todd Gitlin : Sean Hannity Taps Anti-Semite Andy Martin in Obama Smear
Sean Hannity (above)and Andy Martin: Birds of a feather. Photo by Douglas C. Pizac / AP.Far right-wing writer and perennial political candidate is Hannity’s ‘source.”By Todd Gitlin / October 5, 2008 Calling the Anti-Defamation League, Bill Kristol, Charles Krauthammer, David … Continue reading
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Tagged Anti-Semitism, Broadcast Media, Fox News, Obama Smear Campaign, Racism, Right Wing Media, Sean Hannity
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Sarahcuda : Full Frontal Attack
‘For me, the heels are on, the gloves are off.’By Dana Milbank / October 7, 2008 FORT MYERS, Fla. — John McCain is collapsing in the polls in Florida and other swing states, but Sarah Palin, God bless her, has … Continue reading
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Tagged November Election, Obama Smear Campaign, Police Tactics, Sarah Palin
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Obama and the ‘Weatherman Connection’ : In Defense of Bill Ayers
William Ayers, left, in 1980 with wife, Bernardine Dohrn. Photo by Knoblock, via Associated Press.‘The Bill Ayers I knew in the late 1960’s was a very thoughtful and serious person.’By David P. Hamilton / The Rag Blog / October 6, … Continue reading
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Tagged American History, Bernardine Dohrn, Campaign Tactics, Keating Five, Obama, Obama Smear Campaign, SDS, Sixties, Weather Underground, William Ayers
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Tim Wise : Palin, Obama and the Reality of White Privilege
White privilege: Levi Johnston , Bristol Palin’s boyfriend — who calls himself a ‘fuckin’ redneck — is considered an ‘all-American’ boy.This is Your Nation on White PrivilegeBy Tim Wise / September 13, 2008 For those who still can’t grasp the … Continue reading
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Tagged Obama, Obama Smear Campaign, Racism, Sarah Palin, White Privilege
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Obama Smearmeister Jerome Corsi Frequent Guest on White Supremacist Radio
White supremacist talk show host James Edwards with cohorts. Photo from The Political Cesspool Photo Gallery.Author of new book attacking Obama called ‘luminary’ by rising star of white Confederate mediaBy Jeffrey Feldman / August 14, 2008 Media Matters is now … Continue reading
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Tagged Authors, Books, Obama, Obama Smear Campaign, Racism, Right Wing Media, Talk Radio, White Supremacists
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BOOKS : The Lies of Jerome Corsi: Inside the Deceptions of the #1 Best-Selling Anti-Obama Book
The following is a comprehensive review, and debunking, of Jerome Corsi’s book with the oh-so-clever title, The Obama Nation : Leftist Politics and the Cult of Personality. Corsi, it should be noted, is the architect of swiftboating and a man … Continue reading
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Tagged Authors, Books, Obama, Obama Smear Campaign, Right Wing, Video
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Arianna Huffington : John McCain, Paris Hilton, and the Politics of Nothing
Illustration by André Carrilho / New Yorker.‘it’s not exactly a surprise that the Republican election machine would resort to trying to make the entire election into an issueless sideshow’By Arianna Huffington / August 6, 2008 With just ninety days left … Continue reading
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Tagged Campaign Tactics, Marketing, McCain, Media, Obama, Obama Smear Campaign, Paris Hilton, Political Strategy, Presidential Campaign
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The Tire-Gauge Solution : No Joke
‘We can use significantly less energy without significantly changing our lifestyle’By Thomas Cleaver / August 5, 2008 God, a week to prove my great-grand-uncle who was Harry Truman’s “Eminence Grise” right: “The only ‘Good Republicans’ are pushing up daisies.” They … Continue reading
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Tagged Energy, Energy Conservation, Obama, Obama Smear Campaign, Right Wing
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Obama : Running While Black
McCain campaigners Paris Hilton and Brittney Spears, named in one poll as the two worst celebrity role models.‘Spare me any more drivel about the high-mindedness of John McCain’By Bob Herbert / August 2, 2008 Gee, I wonder why, if you … Continue reading
The Great New Yorker Obama Fist-Bump Cover Controversy of 2008
I think the idea that the Obamas are branded as unpatriotic [let alone as terrorists] in certain sectors is preposterous. It seemed to me that depicting the concept would show it as the fear-mongering ridiculousness that it is. Cover artist … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, Artists, Humor, Illustration, Journalism, Media, Michelle Obama, Obama, Obama Smear Campaign, Parody, Presidential Campaign, Satire
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What’s In a Name?
Obama volunteers from Columbus, Ohio, who have adopted the middle name Hussein include J. T. Marcum, left, Aaron Barclay, Alex Enderle, Norm Shoemaker and Chelsey McCune. They use the name on the Internet and in greeting one another. Photo by … Continue reading
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Tagged Campaign Tactics, Islam, Obama, Obama Smear Campaign, Presidential Campaign, Religion
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Frank Rich : Scaring Up the Vote
Illustration by Barry Blitt / The New York Times.If Terrorists Rock the Vote in 2008By Frank Rich / June 29, 2008 Don’t fault Charles Black, the John McCain adviser, for publicly stating his honest belief that a domestic terrorist attack … Continue reading
