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Entries Tagged as 'John McCain'

Better Off?

April 20th, 2008 · Comments Off

The DNC has put out their first ad of the 2008 cycle on John McCain and I think it’s a good one. It makes crystal clear how out of touch McCain is from the challenges Americans face now thanks to the failures of the Bush economy. I hope the DNC takes this ad and puts […]

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Out of Touch

April 15th, 2008 · Comments Off

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRV8Q9IBDxk

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Another Creepy McCain Ad

April 4th, 2008 · Comments Off

Ezra Klein takes a look at another creepy, spinning, rambling web ad from the McCain campaign.
When his first trippy ad came out, I asked, “what sort of hallucinogens does the McCain campaign think we should be taking when we watch this ad?”
Judging from some of the multi-colored smoke effects in the first half of the […]

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McCain & Race

April 4th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Color of Change has a thorough fact sheet of John McCain’s problematic stances on race and civil rights over his career.
On just about every issue, John McCain emerges as more of the same. His image and even his rhetoric do not match his record and his actions. The more people learn about the real John […]

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McCain to Take Public Financing After All?

April 4th, 2008 · Comments Off

Jane has the details. No matter what happens with McCain and public financing in the general election, it should be clear that he is only considering it because he and his campaign know that the Democratic nominee will obliterate him in fund raising. Public financing is safe money for McCain, so he’ll do it. […]

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McCain - Stop Opposing a New GI Bill

April 3rd, 2008 · Comments Off

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pK_9sI7hzAc

Brandon Friedman at VoteVets has much more about the campaign launched today by VoteVets, WesPAC, and Brave New Films to put pressure on John McCain to support a new GI Bill.
Sign the petition to McCain at The Real McCain.

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McCain’s Old Time Racism

April 3rd, 2008 · 2 Comments

Jake Tapper of ABC reports on McCain’s race problem:
McCain as a young congressman in 1983 voted against a federal holiday for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Most Republicans in the House voted for the holiday (89 voted for the holiday, 77 opposed), though all three Arizona House Republicans were opposed. Reps. Dick Cheney, R-Wyoming, and Newt […]

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Huh?

April 2nd, 2008 · 6 Comments

I think Joe Lieberman has been spending way too much time with John McCain.
Well, I think that - let me say generally that Sen. Obama doesn’t come to this debate with a lot of credibility…
If we did what Sen. Obama wanted us to do last year, Al-Qaeda in Iran would be in control of Iraq […]

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Simple Answers to Simple Questions

April 2nd, 2008 · Comments Off

Booman asks:
If you didn’t know John McCain from Adam, wouldn’t you think he was about the worst candidate you’ve ever seen? I mean, is anything he does not a disaster?
No, because I’ve seen Rudy Giuliani run for President. And apparently McCain can barbecue some tasty ribs, which would fall into the “not […]

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McCain’s Illegal Campaign

March 30th, 2008 · Comments Off

Jane Hamsher points to a Boston Globe article that looks at how perceived campaign finance guru John McCain  is  engaging in illegal campaigning that gives lie to his reputation. Unfortunately the Globe article, by Susan Milligan, fails to fully grasp how clearly in the wrong McCain is. Jane rightly points to this line:
During the Republican […]

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