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George Bush's Nightmare Before Christmas

2008-12-17T05:42:00.001+09:00

The Bush administration isn't about to let democracy or the will of the people stop them from further ruining this country before they leave office. Knowing he can't get his long list of favors to his Republican cronies through Congress, Bush is doing a last minute end-run, jamming as many rules as he can his waning days in power.

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A Night To Remember

2008-11-29T23:51:00.002+09:00

Without comment, I'd like to add this video by Jed Lewison from Daily Kos:

Palin linked to death threats against Obama- Politics/Nation

2008-11-10T04:24:00.001+09:00

WASHINGTON: The defeated Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin has been blamed by the Secret Service for provoking a spike in deaththreats against US President-elect Barack Obama.

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NINE ELECTION NIGHT MAPS

2008-11-01T17:28:00.009+09:00

This is information I am furnishing from an email listserv and also from the author himself, William Castronuovo. They give a good overview of what election might might look like. At the end of the post, I've included his nine maps as well.

1.) Attached are nine maps of “possible” election
night Electoral College totals that I’ve created.
The maps resemble the average “trend tendencies”
of national, state, published and broadcast media
and Internet polls as of Oct. 21.

2.) The maps are just an overview for use on
election night — and they were fun to make.

3.) What the attached Electoral maps show:

a) Each map graphic shows the states where
voting has ended using Eastern Time: 7 p.m.,
7:30 p.m., 8 p.m., 8:30 p.m., 9 p.m., 10 p.m., and
11 p.m. ( Alaska polls close at 1 a.m. ET and are
included with the 11 p.m. map ).

b) There are three 11:00 p.m. ET maps
that show: The “likely” Electoral College votes
won; a “plausible” scenario of electors won; and
a most “unlikely” result — but not an absolutely
impossible event. I used the 1936, 1972 and 1980
Electoral College maps as a concept for the “unlikely”
event shown on map plate #9.

4.) At the bottom of each of the nine graphics is
a list of of the considerations used in creating the
illustrated models and a color key.

5.) What’s more, though polls close at scheduled
times, the results needed to call the winner of a
state could take hours — taking into consideration
voter turnout and how close some contests may
actually be by Nov. 4.

6.) However, if a candidate has more than a 5 point
or more lead in a variety of election-eve polls in any
state, that may be a good indicator to weigh.

7.) Ignore the “national polls” all together. Only
monitor the polls taken in each state — we’re watching
only the Electoral College count — not national
popularity. I think the election may be called by the
networks, the Associated Press and National Voter
Service between 10 p.m. and midnight ( 9 to
11 p.m. Chicago time ).

8.) There are zero models that show any possibility
of a 269-269 electoral vote tie.

Enjoy and forward these maps to anyone you’d like,
— William Castronuovo
Columbia, South Carolina

Slate Magazine - Senate Rules for Convicted Felons

2008-11-01T17:27:00.001+09:00

Ted Stevens may collect his Senate salary until he arrives at prison, his pension remains intact and there is no restriction to being re-elected. Read the Hot Document here.

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AP: Palin actually does "Spread the Wealth Around" in Alaska

2008-10-31T11:07:00.001+09:00

McCain & Palin summon antidemocratic images of a communist state to attack Obama's tax plan and his comment about spreading the wealth. But in August 2008, Palin said "And Alaska we're set up, unlike other states in the union, where it's collectively Alaskans own the resources. So we share in the wealth when development of these resources occur."

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Let's Put An End To McCain's Lies About Obama's Tax Cut Plan

2008-10-30T08:07:00.001+09:00

Please send this video to a friends, family, or anyone else you think needs to the truth.

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Palin:"Alaskans Share the Wealth Collectively as Socialists"

2008-10-29T11:46:00.001+09:00

Palin tells reporter: "And Alaska - we're set up, unlike other states in the union, where it's collectively Alaskans own the resources. So we share in the wealth when the development of these resources occurs." She brags about sending $1,200 to every man, woman & child in the state since, quote "Alaska is described as America's socialist state.."

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Gergen: Reagan administration enacted 'redistribution'

2008-10-29T08:20:00.001+09:00

Senator John McCain has been attempting to appeal to voters lately by attacking Barack Obama over his plans to reduce taxes for the middle class while increasing them on the wealthiest Americans. Political analyst David Gergen believes the Democrats ought to fight back harder than they have against these claims that Obama is a "socialist."

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Obama Experimenting With Socialism? "Pants On Fire" Lie.

2008-10-29T08:16:00.001+09:00

Obama's desire to "spread the wealth" through progressive taxation makes him no less a capitalist than McCain, or Abraham Lincoln. Palin's allegation that Obama wants to "experiment with socialism" seems designed less to inform than to inflame. That's Pants on Fire wrong.

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PHOTOS: The $592 Million U.S. Embassy In Iraq

2008-10-28T19:55:00.001+09:00

The architectural firm designing the 104-acre U.S. embassy compound in Iraq has released design photos, including of the tennis courts and pool house.

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Amb. Peter Bridges: We Know the World and We Support Obama

2008-10-27T17:46:00.001+09:00

Over 330 Foreign Service officers endorse Obama.

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GOP Senator and Vietnam Veteran Endorses & Votes for Obama.

2008-10-27T17:45:00.001+09:00

Former Sen. Larry Pressler (R-S.D.), who was the first Vietnam Vet to serve in the Senate, is the latest Republican to back Obama. Pressler, who said that in addition to voting for for Obama he'd donated $500, said "I just got the feeling that Obama will be able to handle this financial crisis better." By contrast, John McCain "made me nervous."

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Dobson plays the doomsday card

2008-10-26T19:20:00.001+09:00

In a last-ditch effort to tear down Barack Obama, James Dobson's "Focus on the Family Action" PAC has written a doomsday letter warning of moral disintegration, loss of civil liberties, and destruction of our democratic process. It's like the Left Behind books, only a little more far-fetched.

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Sarah Palin: Obama Could Mean Nightmare Communist State

2008-10-26T14:12:00.001+09:00

Palin's hysteria crossed into psychotic hysteria today when she suggested that Obama would turn America into a Marxist-Leninist State. Look out! In Palin-World, Obama's coming after your income, property, inventory, and investments, to make them collectively belong to everybody.

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College Republicans Confess to Hoax Mugging

2008-10-25T22:09:00.001+09:00

The national committee of the College Republicans went into damage control mode Friday afternoon after a college-aged McCain volunteer confessed to fabricating her claim that a black assailant had carved a "B" into her face after mugging her.

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McCain Adviser Endorses Obama

2008-10-25T07:24:00.001+09:00

I do not think it could get much worse.

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WILL FERRELL as Bush Endorsing McCain/Palin

2008-10-24T13:56:00.001+09:00

Will made a guest appearance on SNL's Primetime special Thursday night as George W. Bush. Bush makes a special, yet unwanted, political endorsement.

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Sam Stein: GOP Pulling Its Ads From Bachmann's Race

2008-10-23T07:39:00.001+09:00

Five days after Rep. Michele Bachmann went on a McCarthy-esque rant suggesting Barack Obama was unpatriotic and urging the major newspapers of the country to investigate anti-American sentiment in Congress, the national Republican political parties are running for cover.

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RNC appears to shell out $150K for Palin fashion

2008-10-22T11:08:00.001+09:00

Bills from Saks Fifth Avenue in St. Louis and New York total $49,425.74. But there's more...

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Real America - Wasilla, Alaska - Jason Jones Reports

2008-10-22T10:08:00.003+09:00

Everyone needs to see this. Favorite part? The mayor. Scary.

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Palin Claims Vice President "In Charge Of The U.S. Senate"

2008-10-22T10:08:00.001+09:00

Yesterday, Gov. Sarah Palin (R-AK) sat for an interview with KUSA, an NBC affiliate in Colorado. In response to a question sent to the network by a third grader at a local elementary school "What does the Vice President do?", Palin erroneously argued that the Vice President is "in charge of the United States Senate". Reporter asked her...

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10 Reasons for Democrats to Think Positive Despite the McCai

2008-10-22T10:07:00.001+09:00

McCain's campaign is throwing in everything but the kitchen sink, but Obama is still in a fabulously good position to get elected.

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McCain Compares Obama Small Donor Issue To Ayers/Acorn

2008-10-21T20:29:00.001+09:00

On a Monday conference call with reporters, McCain campaign manager Rick Davis worked hard to elevate the issue of Barack Obama's undisclosed small donors, suggesting that it relates to other campaign controversies and could imperil Americans' confidence in the election outcome.

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GOP Controlled Voting Machines Switch Obama Votes To McCain

2008-10-19T16:22:00.001+09:00

In two counties, electronic vote for "Barack Obama" kept flipping to "John McCain". In both counties, Republicans are responsible for overseeing elections.

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GOP Controlled Voting Machines Switch Obama Votes To McCain

2008-10-19T16:20:00.001+09:00

In two counties, electronic vote for "Barack Obama" kept flipping to "John McCain". In both counties, Republicans are responsible for overseeing elections.

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GOP Rep. Bachmann: Obama "Anti-American", Witch Hunt Needed

2008-10-18T15:31:00.001+09:00

In an television appearance that outraged Democrats are already describing as shades of Joseph McCarthy politics, MN Rep. Michelle Bachmann claimed on Friday that Barack Obama and his wife Michelle held anti-American views and couldn't be trusted in the White House, and called for investigations of members of Congress for "Anti-American" views.

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Incendiary sign in McCain office . Compares Obama to Hitler.

2008-10-18T10:24:00.001+09:00

Damn this poster was on the wall at the local McCain office.

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Krugman: Obama Plan is Correct. Must Spend to Save Economy

2008-10-17T16:58:00.001+09:00

It’s now clear that rescuing banks is just the beginning: the nonfinancial economy is also in desperate need of help. While it's politically fashionable to rant against government spending and demand fiscal responsibility, right now increased government spending is just what the doctor ordered. Concerns about budget deficits should be put on hold.

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"Joe the Plumber": Dad is son-in-law of Charles Keating!

2008-10-17T08:35:00.001+09:00

Yes, that Charles Keating. The Charles Keating of the Keating 5 Scandal. For which John McCain was reprimanded by the United States Senate, for his involvement in attempting to illegally influence government regulators. The Charles Keating who John McCain has been trying to avoid have mentioned. So, he basically mentioned it 24 times.

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A letter to John McCain

2008-10-17T04:25:00.001+09:00

McCain is in trouble and his performance last night was horrendous. This letter is a response to that.

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Olbermann "Special Comment" On Violent Rhetoric At Rallies

2008-10-16T07:31:00.001+09:00

Tonight Keith Olbermann, on his show Countdown, offered a "Special Comment" on the violent rhetoric being heard at some McCain-Palin rallies.

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Olbermann rants about McCain's rallies

2008-10-15T22:16:00.001+09:00

Olbermann get pissed

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Tell McCain to End the Politics of Hate

2008-10-15T08:49:00.001+09:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5mdIPNB8t8

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Murray Was: McCain Transition Chief Aided Saddam In Lobbying

2008-10-15T08:43:00.001+09:00

Lobbyist pal of John McCain's, William Timmons, recently named to head McCain's transition team, aided Saddam Hussein, during the 1990's to reduce tensions against the Iraqi regime.

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What I Learned at the Palin Rally Before They Threw Me Out

2008-10-12T19:47:00.001+09:00

20,000 Christian zealots, anti-abortion fanatics, and mostly white suburbanites reconnected with their high school past at the Palin rally.

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Obama Knew It Was Coming All Along

2008-10-12T10:59:00.001+09:00

John McCain howled in protest when Barack Obama predicted the GOP attack strategy, but it turns out that Obama knew McCain better than McCain knew McCain. I guess we can call him "Nostrobamus."

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Republican Former governor Milliken backs away from McCain

2008-10-12T10:58:00.003+09:00

He endorsed John McCain in the presidential primary, but now former Republican Gov. William Milliken is expressing doubts about his party's nominee."He is not the McCain I endorsed," said Milliken.

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Republican Former governor Milliken backs away from McCain

2008-10-12T10:58:00.001+09:00

National Review's Christopher Buckley endorses Obama!

2008-10-12T10:57:00.001+09:00

The son of modern conservatism’s patron saint, the late William F. Buckley, remains a columnist for the National Review, his father’s magazine. "Obama has the potential to be a good, perhaps even great leader. He is, it seems clear enough, what the historical moment seems to be calling for. So, I wish him all the best. We are all in this together."

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McCain-Palin Rally Attendees: "Obama is a terrorist" (VIDEO)

2008-10-12T10:56:00.001+09:00

File this one under the "give 'em enough rope" column. A pro-Obama blogger in Ohio caught McCain-Palin supporters as they streamed into a rally and asked some of the most salient questions of the day. Like, "is Obama a terrorist?"

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McCain asks angry supporters to be respectful

2008-10-12T10:55:00.001+09:00

"I have to tell you. Sen. Obama is a decent person and a person you don't have to be scared of as president of the United States," McCain said as the crowd booed and shouted "Come on, John!"

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Newsweek. Assessing Ayers: Innuendo vs. Information

2008-10-12T10:54:00.003+09:00

McCain is asking a lot of questions about William Ayers, but that doesn't mean he's actually looking for answers. The point is to create a false air of mystery and encourage voters to fill in the blanks with their own fears. "Does anybody really seriously believe that Barack Obama is a secret left-wing radical?" wrote Bush Speechwriter David Frum.

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Prosecuting Weathermen

2008-10-12T10:54:00.001+09:00

The lead prosecutor of the Weathermen is outraged at the linking of Obama to the activities of William Ayers 40 years ago

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Letterman to McCain: "I don't think we can trust HIM!"

2008-10-12T10:53:00.005+09:00

McCain wants to come back on the show, and Dave suddenly turns to America and says "I just don't know if we can TRUST him." It was pretty obvious he wasn't talking about "the show." Dave also shows a hilarious debate recap that the McCain campaign will not appreciate.

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Cindy McCain Kept Keating Partnership After Scandal

2008-10-12T10:53:00.003+09:00

Sen. John McCain's wife and father-in-law continued a lucrative business partnership with disgraced financier Charles H. Keating Jr. for 11 years after the GOP presidential nominee said he ended his close friendship with Keating in March 1987.

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Bob Herbert: The Mask Slips

2008-10-12T10:53:00.001+09:00

Americans, including the Joe Sixpacks, were repeatedly told that the benefits lavished on the rich would trickle down to them. Someday. The G.O.P. has done a great job masking the terrible consequences of much that it has stood for over the decades. Now the mask has slipped. Reaganomics has been proven wrong once and for all- trickle down is dead.

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What the Troopergate Report Really Says - TIME

2008-10-12T10:52:00.003+09:00

"Even though she won't likely face any legal repercussions, the amateurism and cronyism of her brief administration hardly leaves Palin sitting pretty. Troopergate's final verdict may be even more damaging than a rebuke: her administration was, at least this regard, just as self-motivated as the Washington fat cats and lobbyists she hopes to unseat

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Lest We Forget: John F. Kennedy - Wanted for Treason

2008-10-12T10:52:00.001+09:00

The "Wanted for Treason" handbill that appeared on the streets of Dallas 1 to 2 days before President Kennedy's arrival.

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FULL TEXT: Sarah Palin "Troopergate" Report

2008-10-12T10:50:00.001+09:00

http://media.adn.com/smedia/2008/10/10/16/Branchflowerreport.source.prod_affiliate.7.pdf

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The "Terrorist" Barack Hussein Obama - NY Times

2008-10-12T10:49:00.001+09:00

At McCain-Palin rallies, the raucous and insistent cries of “Treason!” and “Terrorist!” and “Kill him!” and “Off with his head!” as well as the uninhibited slinging of racial epithets, are actually something new in a campaign that has seen almost every conceivable twist. They are alarms. Doing nothing is not an option.

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Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr.: Attacks on ACORN Based Not on Facts,

2008-10-12T09:33:00.001+09:00

FINALLY some truth

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McCain dominates the state of George Wallace

2008-10-12T09:09:00.001+09:00

McCain up by 27 points in the polls, in the state of Alabama, the last bastion of racism and hatred in America. A sad legacy for the once-honorable veteran, who bought a ticket to the dark side from his political rapists of the 2000 campaign.

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Palin caught on video lying about firing in Troopergate

2008-10-11T16:34:00.001+09:00

This has not been reported by the mainstream media. DailySource has found a video of Palin lying about her reason for firing the police chief in Troopergate. A clip shows Palin claiming she fired Monegan for his weakness in one area; another shows her saying she offered him a new job right after firing him because he was strong in that same area.

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Meet Sarah Palin's radical right-wing pals

2008-10-11T16:33:00.003+09:00

Extremists Mark Chryson and Steve Stoll helped launch Palin's political career in Alaska, and in return had influence over policy. "Her door was open," says Chryson -- and still is.

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Washington Independent: Petraeus Talk Seems to Bolster Obama

2008-10-11T16:33:00.001+09:00

During a talk Wednesday about Iraq at the Heritage Foundation, a conservative Washington policy organization, Petraeus repeatedly made statements that bolstered the foreign-policy proposals of Sen. Barack Obama, McCain’s Democratic rival, or cut against McCain’s own lines.

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Report: McCain Exploded With Rage During Gambling Outing

2008-10-11T16:32:00.003+09:00

Writing for the Daily Beast, Michael Kinsley relays a disturbing story about John McCain from Jeff Dearth, former publisher of the New Republic, when Dearth and McCain attended a magazine industry conference at a casino hotel in Puerto Rico in 2005.

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Donna Brazile: “If I Were Running This Campaign”

2008-10-11T16:32:00.001+09:00

On Saturday, October 4th, Jeffrey Toobin hosted a panel discussion with Donna Brazile, Alex Castellanos, Edward J. Rollins, and Joe Trippi. As reported earlier, Brazile stole the show. Watch Brazile’s impassioned closing remarks below.

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McCain-Palin Rally Attendees: "Obama is a terrorist" (VIDEO)

2008-10-11T16:31:00.003+09:00

Open Letter to Cindy McCain on her "Cold Chill"

2008-10-11T16:31:00.001+09:00

Dear Cindy,I noticed that you are now in the passenger seat on the Smear Talk Express when it comes to our military. Shame on you!The one itty bitty teeny tiny piece of honor that your husband had left in this campaign is leaving your two sons who are actively serving out of the smear machine he's conducting. But, you? Hell no.

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Palin tried to hire Terrorist Gordon Liddy as spokesperson.

2008-10-11T16:30:00.001+09:00

Sarah Palin thought it was a good idea to hire Liddy to promote drilling in ANWR. Did she know Liddy was convicted of conspiracy, burglary, wiretapping, contempt of court and contempt of Congress; was willing to kill a janitor and a journalist as part of the Watergate break-in; admitted plotting to firebomb the Brookings Institution? Kidnap plans?

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Daniel Lubetzky: Yitzhak Rabin and Barack Obama

2008-10-11T16:29:00.001+09:00

And at a rally led by Sarah Palin, when she mischaracterized a New York Times story as pointing to an alliance between Obama and Bill Ayers, someone screamed "Kill him."

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FULL TEXT: Sarah Palin "Troopergate" Report

2008-10-11T11:32:00.001+09:00

http://media.adn.com/smedia/2008/10/10/16/Branchflowerreport.source.prod_affiliate.7.pdf

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Meet Sarah Palin's radical right-wing pals

2008-10-10T15:25:00.001+09:00

Sam Stein: Obama, McCain Transition Efforts Are Worlds Apart

2008-10-10T04:18:00.001+09:00

As the 2008 campaign nears its conclusion, the presidential transition efforts of the two major candidates have become a study in contrasts: Sen. Barack Obama has organized an elaborate well-staffed network to prepare for his possible ascension to the White House, while Sen. John McCain has all but put off such work until after the election.

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The Palins' Un-American Activities

2008-10-08T12:59:00.001+09:00

Imagine if the Obamas had hooked up with a violently anti-American group in league with the government of Iran.

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Veterans of America Group Gives Mccain a "D"

2008-10-08T12:55:00.001+09:00

Today, the Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America released its congressional scorecard for the 110th Congress, and awarded McCain a grade of “D” for his votes against veterans’ priorities. The grade makes McCain one of only four Senators to fall on IAVA’s “D List” — and marks a repeat performance for him, after receiving a “D” for his 109th...

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Fellow Keating Five Member: McCain Deserves More Scrutiny

2008-10-08T12:54:00.005+09:00

Former U.S. Sen. Dennis DeConcini told PolitickerAZ.com Monday that he thinks Sen. John McCain's involvement in the Keating Five scandal of the late '80s and early '90s is fair game as an issue in the presidential contest between the senator from Arizona and Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.).

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Palin's Secrecy Betrays Campaign Promises

2008-10-08T12:54:00.003+09:00

Sarah Palin's promise for a new era of government openness as the reform governor of Alaska started to crack even before Sen. John McCain's presidential campaign built a wall of protectiveness around her.

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Embarracuda - Swampland - TIME

2008-10-08T12:54:00.001+09:00

I'm of two minds about how to deal with the McCain campaign's further descent into ugliness. Their strategy is simple: you throw crap against a wall and then giggle as the media try to analyze the putresence in a way that conveys a sense of balance: "Well, it is bull-pucky, but the splatter pattern is interesting..." which, of course, only serves t

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John McCain's unprecedentedly ugly anti-Obama speech today

2008-10-08T12:53:00.003+09:00

McCain -- speaking in New Mexico -- delivered one of the ugliest, nastiest, most invective-filled personality attacks a major candidate has ever delivered, blatantly designed to stoke raw racial resentments and depict Obama as a Manchurian candidate funded by secret Arab Terrorist sources -- a truly unstable and hate-mongering rant.

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John McCain's Domestic Terrorism Problem (new video)

2008-10-08T12:53:00.001+09:00

If John McCain wants to make this campaign about domestic terrorism, he'd do well to remember that in the early 1990s, he voted against cracking down on domestic terrorists who targeted abortion clinics. Twice.

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Keating Economics: McCain & the Making of a Financial Crisis

2008-10-08T12:52:00.005+09:00

The current economic crisis demands that we understand John McCain's attitudes about economic oversight and corporate influence in federal regulation. Nothing illustrates the danger of his approach more clearly than his central role in the savings and loan scandal of the late '80s and early '90s.

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Obama's Links To Ex-Radical Examined

2008-10-08T12:52:00.003+09:00

The Barack Obama campaign finds itself back on the defensive over questions about his relationship with Bill Ayers, a 1960s-era radical.

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Unleashed, Palin Makes a Pit Bull Look Tame

2008-10-08T12:52:00.001+09:00

FORT MYERS, Fla., Oct. 6 John McCain is collapsing in the polls in Florida and other swing states, but Sarah Palin, God bless her, has a solution.

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Why McCain's Time With Council Of World Freedom Matters

2008-10-08T12:51:00.003+09:00

Since Sunday, Democrats have been buzzing about the re-revelation that during the 1980s, Sen. John McCain served on the board of a far-right conservative organization that had supplied arms and funds to paramilitary organizations in Latin America.

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Nixon Official and Reagan Friend Funded Ayers Charity work.

2008-10-08T12:51:00.001+09:00

A litany of McCain lies exposed. The Annenberg Challenge (CAC), of which Ayers wrote the grant, was funded by Republican Walter Annenberg, an Ambassador under Nixon and friend and supporter of President Reagan's. Obama was recruited to the bipartisan Board by Pat Graham, not Ayers. And no, Ayers never held a fundraiser for Obama. Read the facts.

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The Palins' Secessionist Group Was Supported By Iran!

2008-10-08T08:17:00.001+09:00

The entry links to a Salon.com article that talks about how Todd Palin, Sarah's husband, belonged to a secessionist group, the Alaskan Independence Party. Iran, the sponsor of terrorism, also sponsored the founder of the Alaskan Independence Party to speak before the United Nations in 1993.

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Top McCain Aide: ‘If We Talk About The Economy, We'll Lose'

2008-10-07T14:50:00.001+09:00

“It’s a dangerous road, but we have no choice,” a top McCain strategist told the Daily News. “If we keep talking about the economic crisis, we’re going to lose.”

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McCain Does Nothing As Crowd Member Calls Obama a Terrorist

2008-10-07T14:42:00.001+09:00

While speaking today in New Mexico, McCain asked the crowd "who is Barack Obama?" Immediately you hear someone yell "terrorist." McCain pauses, the audience laughs, and McCain continues on, not acknowledging, not chastising, not correcting.

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CNN Fact Checks Obama's "Keating Economics" Video

2008-10-07T14:40:00.001+09:00

The Verdict: True.

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DNC Ad: On McCains Attacks

2008-10-07T07:32:00.001+09:00

DNC WEB VIDEO - 10/5/08Negative Attack AdsCHYRON: John McCain readying a newly aggressive assault on Sen. Barack Obamas character. [Washington Post, 10/04/08]VIDEO: Montage of McCain attack adsCHYRON: John McCain is looking forward to turning a page on this financial crisis. [Washington Post, 10/04/08]VIDEO: Montage of McCain...

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ABC News: Record Refutes Palin's Sudan Debate Claim

2008-10-06T08:25:00.003+09:00

Palin Administration Against Sudan Divestment Before It Was For It, Documents Show: "We were outraged," Gara recounted. "We went to the Commissioner of Revenue and said, 'What the hell are you guys doing? This is genocide. We're going to keep pushing this until we divest."

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Why is the NY Times ignoring McCain's own 'radical' Liddy?

2008-10-06T08:25:00.001+09:00

For the 18th time this year NYT has run an article on Barack Obama's 'association' with Bill Ayers, former radical (Obama was 8 when Ayers was active). How about McCain's closeness to G. Gordon Liddy, convicted in Watergate?

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Palin’s Alternate Universe ( or reality challenged?)

2008-10-06T08:24:00.003+09:00

In such a serious moment in American history, it’s hard to believe that someone with Sarah Palin’s limited skills could possibly be playing a leadership role.

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George Bush: Out of his Depth. Again.

2008-10-06T08:24:00.001+09:00

It is well known that George W. Bush has been out of his depth for his entire presidency. That's why Dick Cheney has been the first vice president in the history of the republic to be surrogate president, and why Donald Rumsfeld got an open field to conduct Iraq policy for so long. McCain would follow closely in his slippery footsteps.

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E. J. Dionne Jr. - Hockey Mom on Thin Ice

2008-10-06T08:23:00.005+09:00

Early in last night's vice-presidential debate, Sarah Palin said that she might not answer the questions as moderator Gwen Ifill posed them. This was the Alaska governor's way of saying she was going to stick to the talking points she had stuffed into her head, no matter what the subject....

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Vetting McCain’s Health Plan

2008-10-06T08:23:00.003+09:00

If you think that "The Market"—whatever market—always works for the best, you'll love John McCain's version of health insurance reform. It uses the tax code to shove you toward individual policies (more "choice!") and away from comprehensive, employersupported plans.

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Palin Was Fine, But This Debate Was No Contest (Time)

2008-10-06T08:23:00.001+09:00

Talk straight she didn't, with only a few exceptions. She talked talking points. And when the talking points concerned areas where she didn't know diddly, she didn't talk them very convincingly.

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John McCain on Rolling Stones: Make-Believe Maverick

2008-10-06T08:22:00.005+09:00

A closer look at the life and career of John McCain reveals a disturbing record of recklessness and dishonesty

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With friends like these ... [McCain & G. Gordon Liddy]

2008-10-06T08:22:00.003+09:00

Can a presidential candidate justify a long and friendly relationship with someone who, back in the '70s, extolled violence and committed crimes in the name of a radical ideology -- and who has never shown remorse or admitted error? When the candidate in question is Obama, McCain says no. But when the candidate in question is himself, he's not sure

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Pitbull Palin Mauls McCain

2008-10-06T08:22:00.001+09:00

The 2008 election is now an Obama-Palin race about “the future,” and the only person who doesn’t seem to know it is Mr. Past, poor old John McCain.

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The Real John McCain is Anti-Choice

2008-10-06T07:41:00.003+09:00

73% of female pro-choice McCain supporters in battleground states do not know McCain's position on abortion. 1 in 4 believe he is pro-choice. They're absolutely wrong.In the Senate, John McCain has cast 119 votes on abortion and other reproductive-rights issues. 115 of the votes were anti-choice. Send this video to your friends.

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Why the Rich Love McCain's Tax Plan

2008-10-06T07:41:00.001+09:00

Under George Bush, 31% of the tax cuts were given to the wealthiest 1% of Americans. Under McCain's plan, 58% of tax cuts will go to the wealthiest 1%. Send this video to your friends, and ask them to pass it on!

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McCain Can't Fix the Economic Crisis He Helped Cause

2008-10-06T07:40:00.001+09:00

John McCain does not have the ability to fix this economic crisis. Let's make sure everyone knows McCain can't get us out of the mess he got us into in the first place.

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McCain's Green Economy: Drill, Baby, Drill

2008-10-06T07:36:00.001+09:00

When it comes to the environment, John McCain only has the interests of Big Oil at heart. That's why he has over 22 Big Oil lobbyists advising him. That's why he favored lifting the moratorium on off-shore drilling -- a move that prompted Big Oil to donate over $1 million to his campaign.

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Most powerful pro-Obama speech of the year. Union style...

2008-10-05T09:50:00.001+09:00

AFL-CIO Secretary Treasurer Richard Trumka blasts racism and underlines why workers should vote Obama in 2008. Excerpt of speech at Steelworkers convention July 1, 2008, sponsored by USWA President Leo Gerard. FABULOUS! Entire speech at http://www.usw.org/multimedia/video

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0: Number of banking bills McCain has introduced this Congre

2008-10-04T10:27:00.001+09:00

Yesterday in an interview with CBS News, Gov. Sarah Palin (R-AK) insisted that “John McCain will reform the way Wall Street does business.” However, she was unable to name a single example of McCain pushing for more regulation in the past 26 years.

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The Worst Sarah Palin Clip Yet

2008-10-02T17:16:00.005+09:00

She has no idea what Hamas is or what their role in the Gaza Strip is. No idea. This person must not be allowed anywhere near the Oval Office. You must tell every voter in every swing state that we cannot make this kind of mistake.

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On Upcoming VP Debate: Palin is 'Master of the Non-Answer'

2008-10-02T17:16:00.003+09:00

"When he faces off against Sarah Palin Thursday night, Joe Biden will have his hands full. I should know. I've debated Governor Palin more than two dozen times. And she's a master, not of facts, figures, or insightful policy recommendations, but at the fine art of the nonanswer, the glittering generality".

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