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McCain To Obama: Welcome Home, Troop Hater
huffingtonpost.com — John McCain is welcoming Barack Obama back to America with a hard right cross.More… (US Elections 2008)
McCain Steals Obama's Plan: 16 Months Now A "Good Timetable"
firstread.msnbc.msn.com — In an interview on CNN today -- which the DNC is passing around -- McCain said that withdrawal from Iraq in 16 months is "a pretty good timetable." That answer came when McCain was asked about Iraqi Prime Minister Maliki's earlier claim to Der Spiegel that Obama's 16-month plan "would be the right timeframe for a withdrawal."More… (US Elections 2008)
Out of touch? McCain needs cue card to remember milk prices
jedreport.com — He was right. The economy is not his thing.More… (US Elections 2008)
McCain's Double Standard on Campaign Visits to Army Bases
huffingtonpost.com — Barack Obama canceled a pre-planned visit to the troops in Germany yesterday after being told that the trip would violate a Pentagon policy. However, the McCain campaign is now blasting Obama to say that he is 'anti-troops' because he didn't visit the army bases. Note that McCain was denied a visit under the same policy in April but didn't complainMore… (US Elections 2008)
Diplomats Barred From Obama’s Berlin Speech But Not McCain’s
thinkprogress.org — Yesterday, the Washington Post reported that the U.S. Embassy in Berlin “instructed Foreign Service personnel stationed there not to attend Sen. Barack Obama’s [D-IL] public rally” in Tiergarten Park because the event is “‘partisan political activity‘ prohibited under its regulations for those serving overseas.”More… (US Elections 2008)
Barak Obama - as seen by a European
timesonline.co.uk — And it came to pass, in the eighth year of the reign of the evil Bush the Younger (The Ignorant), when the whole land from the Arabian desert to the shores of the Great Lakes had been laid barren, that a Child appeared in the wilderness.More… (US Elections 2008)
McCain's Top Seven Sexist Rants
eyesonobama.com — Hillary Clinton's withdrawal should have created a major opportunity for John McCain to collect voters who had spent the previous 12 months viewing Barack Obama as their campaign's opponent. But McCain's history of insulting comments may make that difficult, if not impossible. A list of the seven worst examples of McCain's sexist remarks.More… (US Elections 2008)
Obama Camp: Pentagon Told Us Not To Go To Military Bases
huffingtonpost.com — As it turns out, Obama was responding to a Pentagon ruling that the visit would be considered a campaign event: "Senator Obama did not want to have a trip to see our wounded warriors perceived as a campaign event when his visit was to show his appreciation for our troops and decided instead not to go," Obama adviser, Gen. Scott Gration said.More… (US Elections 2008)
McCain Blows Off Wall Street Journal Reporter (VIDEO)
huffingtonpost.com — The news media is all eyes and ears, John. Don't call the coverage unfair if you're just going to ignore reporters like this when they give you their time.More… (US Elections 2008)
War President McCain
huffingtonpost.com — McCain is emulating Nixon's 1968 election strategy, which got him elected while successfully concealing his actual war plans. McCain is not as diabolical as Nixon, but he remains ideologically confined by the same faulty hawkish logic the U.S. used to lose the Vietnam War. More… (US Elections 2008)
Obama speaks in Berlin, McCain at German restaurant in Ohio
huffingtonpost.com — The irony and comparison here is staggering.More… (US Elections 2008)
Every Senate Democratic Challenger Supports Net Neutrality
openleft.com — I'm happy to report that every single Democratic challenger with more than $500k in cash on hand has announced their support for net neutrality. This is a milestone for the fight for internet freedom.More… (US Elections 2008)
McSexist: McCain's War on Women
alternet.org — McCain is ignorant about pay equity, wants to overturn Roe v. Wade and likes to brag about his "sexual conquests" and visits to a strip club. More… (US Elections 2008)
CBS scrubs a second McCain flub from interview broadcast
rawstory.com — John McCain refers to Iraq as "the first major conflict since 9/11," perhaps forgetting about that little imbroglio in Afghanistan. CBS continues its due diligence and edits the exchange from its broadcast.More… (US Elections 2008)
Obama Berlin Speech: The reviews are in: media reactions
huffingtonpost.com — Obama Berlin Speech: Comparisons To Reagan, Kennedy, More Media Reactions. Major news organizations are drawing comparisons between Barack Obama's speech and Presidents John F. Kennedy's and Ronald Reagan's speeches in Berlin. It's no surprise, considering the media was predicting the comparisons before the speech.More… (US Elections 2008)
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