Tag: John McCain

McCain caught lying: Updated

Filed in National by on September 24, 2008 8 Comments
McCain caught lying: Updated

h/t crooks and liars…. Letterman Brutalizes John McCain For Cancellations By: Logan Murphy @ 3:39 PM – PDT Politico: Per Drudge, some brutal late night shots at McCain, who cancelled on Letterman tonight: David Letterman tells audience that McCain called him today to tell him he had to rush back to DC to deal with […]

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Actual GOP Talking Points

Filed in National by on September 24, 2008 5 Comments
Actual GOP Talking Points

It looks like someone in the McCain campaign in Colorado accidentally released a Talking Point memo! DELICIOUS!!!  

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Obama Voters of the World Unite!

Filed in National by on September 24, 2008 22 Comments

The Economist is running an electoral college style online poll.  In it, electoral votes are awarded by country and allocated in a winner take all fashion.  Currently Obama has a slight edge of 6,216 to 13.  I’m not sure that this actually helps Obama, but it is sure fun. McCain is winning in Bulgaria by […]

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Biden on Fire!

Filed in National by on September 24, 2008 19 Comments

Joe Biden gives one hell of a speech! From TPM: [T]ime and again, on the most critical national security issues of our time, John McCain’s judgment was wrong. Right after the terrorists attacked us on 9-11, John responded by urging that we consider attacking countries other than Afghanistan, including Iraq, Iran and Syria. In the […]

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New Battleground Polls

Filed in National by on September 24, 2008 4 Comments

Huh.  Maybe that ABC/Washington Post Poll is accurate and not an outlier. From the Marist Poll, among likely voters: Iowa: Obama 51, McCain 41 Sept. 18-21; Error margin 4.5 points New Hampshire: Obama 51, McCain 45 Sept 17-21; error margin 4 points Michigan: Obama 52, McCain 43 Sept. 16-17; error margin 4 points Ohio: Obama […]

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Good Obama News Abounds

Filed in National by on September 24, 2008 21 Comments

Today’s ABCNews/WaPo poll shows that Obama has opened up a 9 point lead over McCain.  Why is he up? Just 9 percent of those surveyed rated the economy as good or excellent, the first time that number has been in single digits since the days just before the 1992 election. Just 14 percent said the […]

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It’s time to say it. Keating Five.

Filed in National by on September 23, 2008 3 Comments

Last night Jonathan Alter debunked McCain’s whine that the press is picking on him. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTniK95Vfhs[/youtube] So far the press has given McCain a pass on his role in the last financial crisis. It’s time to break the silence. McCain = Keating Five.

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McCain Campaign Lobbying For Foreign Bank – UBS

Filed in National by on September 21, 2008 5 Comments
McCain Campaign Lobbying For Foreign Bank – UBS

If we had a real press in this country, McCain would be losing by 30 points. Get a load of this shit from Josh Marshall at TPM… John McCain’s top economics advisor, who is widely believed to be his choice for Treasury Secretary, should he win in November, is former Sen. Phil Gramm. As late […]

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Elite? you decide

Filed in National by on September 21, 2008 31 Comments

NEWSWEEK looked into the candidates’ cars. And based on public vehicle-registration records, here’s the score. John and Cindy McCain: 13. Barack and Michelle Obama: one.

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The upside of sexism

Filed in National by on September 21, 2008 20 Comments

Joe Biden will have to debate Sarah Palin with one arm tied behind his back because… well, she’s a girl. The New York Times has the story. At the insistence of the McCain campaign, the Oct. 2 debate between the Republican nominee for vice president, Gov. Sarah Palin, and her Democratic rival, Senator Joseph R. […]

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Good Anti-McCain Ad

Filed in National by on September 20, 2008 14 Comments

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJThPjvscFs[/youtube]

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The Senior Vote and Privatizing Social Security

Filed in National by on September 19, 2008 36 Comments

Cafferty sums it up. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jN00rFIn8ig[/youtube]   If there’s any issue guaranteed to make Seniors sit up and take notice it’s Social Security.  How will the McCain camp spin its way out of this one?  Answer:  They can’t. Troll Warning:  This isn’t a post on the merits of social security.  It’s a post on McCain’s support […]

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Bob Barr as a Serious Spoiler

Filed in National by on September 19, 2008 8 Comments

There was a time, not too long ago, when Bob Barr could have played spoiler.  He was taking enough GA voters that McCain would lose the state to Obama.  Some of that has turned around since Palin was added to the ticket. Today, Bob Barr filed suit against Obama and McCain in Texas, accusing them […]

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