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James Dobson’s Mass Mailing : ‘Focus on Stupidity’
Apocalyptic fearmonger James Dobson.‘Letter from 2012 in Obama’s America,’: ‘Toxic Cornpone.’by Robert Weitzel / November 3, 2008 You tell me whar a man gits his corn pone, en I’ll tell you what his ’pinions is. Mark Twain Mark Twain once … Continue reading
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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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Here, Let Me Help You With That…
Cartoon by Joshua Brown.Thanks to S. R. Keister / The Rag Blog
Bachmann to Talk Radio : Obama’s Views are ‘Against America’
“I’m very concerned that he may have anti-American views… “The people that Barack Obama has been associating with are anti-American, by and large…”U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann, Republican of Minnesota. Bachmann Doubles Down:‘Barack Obama’s Views Are Against America’By Matt Corley / … Continue reading
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Republican Smear Ad : License to Drive
The Worst Campaign Ad of the Entire Season?By Kyle Munzenrieder / October 20, 2008 Wonkette has this ad starring America’s (and by that I mean, the America Michelle Bachman and Sarah Palin talk about, the “pro-American America”) two most feared … Continue reading
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Tagged Campaign Tactics, November Election, Obama Smear Campaign, Republican Party, Terrorism
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Keith Olbermann : Special Comment: Divide and Conquer, Again?
Keith Olbermann offered a “Special Comment” tonight on his show Countdown, criticizing the McCain campaign and other Republicans, like Michele Bachmann, for their use of divisive politics during the campaign. The full text follows. ‘A Special Comment tonight about the … Continue reading
G. Gordon the Plumber : McCain’s Personal Terrorist
Portrait of Special Agent George G. Liddy (now known as G. Gordon Liddy). Item from Record Group 65: Records of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1896-1994.McCain has openly supported Liddy, an ‘unrepentent terrorist who plotted the assassination of a journalist … Continue reading
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Dr. William H. Schubert : The Bill Ayers I Know
Bill Ayers Those of us who care about education and what’s been done to it in the cruel, foolish, and profligate class war from above over the quarter-century that has been my entire adult life are likely to know Bill … Continue reading
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Tagged Bill Ayers, Campaign Tactics, Education, Educational Reform, Obama, Obama Smear Campaign, Scholars, SDS, Sixties, Weather Underground, William Ayers
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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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Jokers Wild
Cartoon by Joshua Brown Thanks to S. R. Keister / The Rag Blog
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You Don’t Need a Weatherman : George Will and Friends Blast McCain Tactics
George Will calls Sarah Palin John McCain’s ‘female Sancho Panza.’Conservative pundits say negative campaign just isn’t cutting it.By Michael C. Moynihan / October 9, 2008 A bit of conservative blowback on the McCain campaign’s impotent strategy of making the final … Continue reading
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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