Author: michael o. allen
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Gergen exposes McCain's codes
Gergen Calls Out Racial “Signals” of McCain Ads From HuffPo: On Sunday, longtime Washington hand David Gergen took umbrage with John McCain’s recent attack ads, charging that the Senator was using coded messaging to paint Barack Obama as “outside the mainstream” and “uppity.” “There has been a very intentional effort to paint him as somebody…
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Lowest Common, er, Shut-up!
John McCain’s Respectful Campaign Josh Marshall and his talkingpointsmemo.com is absolutely the gold standard of political blogging, the very best. His team has been mixing in superb video reports, like the one above, which shows John McCain to be the craven, disreputable politician that he is. Love0 Share Tweet Share Pin
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McCain’s Unscrupulous Start in Politics
From the beginning, John McCain traded heavily on his “heroism” in Vietnam to make his way as a politician. Now, we’re are being asked to not only look past the defects of this deeply flawed and corrupt man, but actually elect him president because of his past. If only he were running against a Republican.…
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Bill Clinton’s Shameful Demise
Unfortunately, all the good Bill Clinton did as president, the goodwill he won with African Americans and the great relationships he forged over the course of his political, he’s not intent on frittering away in bitterness. He’s affronted by Sen. Barack Obama’s political ascent and he’s not going to let it go, promising now to…
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‘Distortion, Innuendo, and Outright Slander’
That’s how New York Magazine describes the latest phase of John McCain’s campaign against Sen. Barack Obama for the presidency. McCain’s campaign has devolved into a childish, name-calling, wallow in the mud series of taunts. Some in the media will now say that this is not the John McCain they know, that he is doing…
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A Modest Proposal on Offshore Drilling for Oil
Obama Shifts, Says He May Back Offshore Drilling by MIKE GLOVER, , August 1, 2008 (AP Photo/Mike Carlson: Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill. answers an audience member’s question, Friday, Aug. 1, 2008, during a town hall meeting in St. Petersburg, Fla.) ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said Friday he…
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Who’s the Dark Horse?
Michael Allen asked me whether I can think of any potential running-mates for Obama who: (1) hails from the West; (2) fits the Jim Webb profile; and (3) doesn’t offend any traditional Democratic constituencies. That’s easy: Chet Edwards. Edwards is Nancy Pelosi’s choice for vice-president. He’s a nine-term centrist congressman from Waco, Texas. He used…
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What About the Smog?
Wearing pajamas and flip-flops in public is a fashion faux pas according to an etiquette book released by Beijing officials. For Beijing, Etiquette Isn’t a Game By LORETTA CHAO, August 1, 2008; Page A7 BEIJING — From pollution to terrorism, the list of worries Beijing officials have to contend with is substantial, with fashion now…
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Kucinich’s Articles
I know it is campaign season and the thinking across the land is to leave George W. Bush in place and let him run out the clock on his presidency. I apologize therefore for bothering you, dear readers, with this. Here are the 35 articles of impeachment that the Honorable Rep. Dennis Kucinich has filed…
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Here it Comes.
According to Time’s Mark Halperin, Sen. McCain’s campaign has just released a statement accusing Sen. Obama of playing “the race card:” “Barack Obama has played the race card, and he played it from the bottom of the deck. It’s divisive, negative, shameful and wrong.” This is apparently a reference to Obama’s comments in Missouri Wednesday…