Tag: politics
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. . . as maverick does
Rolling Stone magazine writer Tim Dickinson takes the cudgel to John McCain carefully (and fraudulently) crafted image as a maverick, straight-talking outsider in Washington. In “Make-Believe Maverick,” Dickinson dug deep and excavated many things the public either does not know about Sen. John McCain, or knows it but venerates the man anyway despite all available…
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NYT Editorial: Mr. McCain and the Economy
John McCain spent Monday claiming as he had countless times before — that the economy was fundamentally sound. Had he missed the collapse of Lehman Brothers or the sale of Merrill Lynch, which were announced the day before? Did he not notice the agonies of the American International Group? Was he unaware of the impending…
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An appeal
“Plan for Change” Ad Transcript: In the past few weeks, Wall Street’s been rocked as banks closed and markets tumbled. But for many of you — the people I’ve met in town halls, backyards and diners across America — our troubled economy isn’t news. 600,000 Americans have lost their jobs since January. Paychecks are flat…
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Hollow man
John McCain, King of Lies If, unlike me, you don’t believe John McCain is a bad man, you have to be saddened by what has become of his campaign for the presidency. McCain, at least at one time, gave lip service to high ideals and some principles. He talked about decency. But that was then,…
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Sound economic fundamentals
(Photo: Mark Lennihan/Associated Press A figure in the window at Lehman Brothers headquarters in New York on Monday) You get far away enough from a disaster and you don’t remember what it was like. In our case, the Depression was so long ago that it’s hard to imagine that we are in one. Except this…
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The Double Standard of Red or Blue
The Central Virginia Progressive-The DAVISReport sent us this message: Received part of this from a friend, Something to think about… If you are a minority and you are selected for a job over more qualified candidates, you’re a “token hire.” If you’re a conservative and you’re selected for a job over more qualified candidates, you’re…
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“Respect” and other words
There’s this new political advertisement out from the McCain-Palin presidential campaign that again tries to stoke the anger of those Hillary Clinton supporters, you know, “white,” “working-class” and “women” voters still mad at Sen. Barack Obama about the alleged disrespectful treatment of Mrs. Clinton during the primaries. In the McCain campaign’s calculation, Gov. Sarah Palin…
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Republican strategy-Always lie
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McCain caught lying
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Lies, lies, lies, never ending lies
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