Tag: campaigning
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His erstwhile friends
I promise to tell the truth always about my intention and my beliefs. Sen. John McCain, Republican presidential candidate Some of my fellow bloggers and pundits (the redoubtable Andrew Sullivan, for instance, Newsweek’s Jonathan Alter, and Time’s Joe Klein, to name just a few) had long labored under the illusion that John McCain was a…
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But I was a POW!
It is obvious in this campaign that you cannot question McCain about anything without him bringing up the fact that he was a prisoner of war in Vietnam. Love0 Share Tweet Share Pin
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A good Obama comebacker
“Pocket” TV Ad Obama unveils energy plan, new attacks on McCain (CNN) — Barack Obama’s campaign released a television ad Monday that calls for a windfall profits tax and accuses John McCain of being in the pocket of big oil. The ad charges that major oil companies have donated $2 million to McCain’s campaign and…
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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…