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Ilan Goldenberg: Not a Gaffe: A Fundemental Misunderstandin

Comment in News (27 diggs, 3 replies) - on 07/23/2008
On October 10, 2002, McCain told us that "Saddam Hussein is on a crash course to construct a nuclear weapon." http://authforce.liberatedtext.org/021010/cr10oc02 ... In May of this year, he falsely said that we had "drawn down to pre-surge levels." http:/ … (see comment)
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PolitiFact | McCain: Sure, and blame Obama for bad tomatoes,

Comment in News (1 digg, 0 replies) - on 07/22/2008
FactCheck.org also found this ad to be "absurd." http://digg.com/politics/FactCheck_org_Evaluates_M ... (see comment)
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Howie Klein: Who Does Big Oil Consider Its Most Devoted Syco

Comment in News (1 digg, 0 replies) - on 07/22/2008
McCain also just put out a new ad about oil, filled with misinformation: http://digg.com/politics/FactCheck_org_Evaluates_M ... (see comment)
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FactCheck.org Skewers McCain Campaign Ad

Comment in News (1 digg, 0 replies) - on 07/22/2008
Check out this thread for more on the McCain ad: http://digg.com/politics/FactCheck_org_Evaluates_M ... (see comment)
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FactCheck.org Evaluates McCain Ad

Comment in News (4 diggs, 1 reply) - on 07/22/2008
For all his talk about ending our reliance on foreign oil, he opposes public transportation, says that shuttering Amtrak is "non-negotiable," and supports a gas tax holiday that will essentially starve public transit of funding. http://dcist.com/2008/06/0 … (see comment)
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FactCheck.org Evaluates McCain Ad

Comment in News (5 diggs, 0 replies) - on 07/22/2008
McCain also lied about there being no oil spills in the Gulf of Mexico after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita: http://lots-o-thoughts.blogspot.com/2008/07/straig ... (So did his energy industry lobbyist/adviser Nancy Pfotenhauer) … (see comment)
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FactCheck.org Evaluates McCain Ad

Comment in News (6 diggs, 0 replies) - on 07/22/2008
Here is a direct link to the Department of Energy's website, which debunks McCain's ridiculous claims of "short-term" (psychological?) benefits to leasing more federal land for offshore drilling: http://www.eia.doe.gov/oiaf/aeo/otheranalysis/ongr ... It' … (see comment)
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"Iraqi spokesman's" "clarification" came via CENTCOM

Comment in News (2 diggs, 0 replies) - on 07/20/2008
Der Speigel has posted the full interview here: http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,5 ... Digg it here: http://digg.com/world_news/SPIEGEL_Interview_with_ ... … (see comment)
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Barak Obama, God, the Bible and America

Comment in News (2 diggs, 0 replies) - on 07/20/2008
Your blog post uses a fake quotation falsely attributed to George Washington. You might want to do a simple Google search to check your facts before you post on the Internet again. Just because you heard something in a chain email doesn't mean that it's … (see comment)
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SPIEGEL Interview with Iraq Leader Nouri al-Maliki: 'The Ten

Comment in News (7 diggs, 1 reply) - on 07/20/2008
"I'd like to see them spin this. . . . " The first stage is denial. They're going to cling to the CENTCOM statements made by some third-party Iraqi official that vaguely says something about a "mistranslation" (even though Maliki repeatedly said that he … (see comment)
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SPIEGEL Interview with Iraq Leader Nouri al-Maliki: 'The Ten

Comment in News (16 diggs, 0 replies) - on 07/20/2008
Read it yourself before the news networks try to make it sound like it was ambiguous (it wasn't - not by a long shot) or mistranslated (even though Der Speigel stands by their story 100% and nobody has even specified what they think was "mistranslated"). (see comment)
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Iraq PM did NOT back Obama troop exit plan: government

Comment in News (6 diggs, 0 replies) - on 07/20/2008
You can read the full interview yourself here: http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,5 ... (see comment)
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"Iraqi spokesman's" "clarification" came via CENTCOM

Comment in News (0 diggs, 0 replies) - on 07/20/2008
Well yeah, he said that himself. But he also explicitly endorsed Obama's position on this issue: SPIEGEL: How short-term? Are you hoping for a new agreement before the end of the Bush administration? Maliki: So far the Americans have had trouble agreei … (see comment)
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"Iraqi spokesman's" "clarification" came via CENTCOM

Comment in News (2 diggs, 0 replies) - on 07/20/2008
Der Speigel stands by their translation 100%: http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,5 ... You can read the full text yourself here: http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,5 ... … (see comment)
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Iraq PM did NOT back Obama troop exit plan: government

Comment in News (5 diggs, 0 replies) - on 07/20/2008
Does this sound like Bush's plan: SPIEGEL: Would you hazard a prediction as to when most of the US troops will finally leave Iraq? Maliki: As soon as possible, as far as we're concerned. U.S. presidential candidate Barack Obama talks about 16 months. … (see comment)
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Iraq PM did NOT back Obama troop exit plan: government

Comment in News (8 diggs, 1 reply) - on 07/20/2008
Der Speigel stands by their translation 100%: http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,5 ... From the interview: "SPIEGEL: Would you hazard a prediction as to when most of the US troops will finally leave Iraq? Maliki: As soon as possible, as … (see comment)
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Presidential Campaigns Fight Over The Meaning Of Maliki

Comment in News (0 diggs, 0 replies) - on 07/20/2008
Der Speigel stands by their translation 100%: http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,5 ... From the interview: "SPIEGEL: Would you hazard a prediction as to when most of the US troops will finally leave Iraq? Maliki: As soon as possible, as … (see comment)
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Presidential Campaigns Fight Over The Meaning Of Maliki

Comment in News (1 digg, 0 replies) - on 07/20/2008
Der Speigel stands by their translation 100%: http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,5 ... From the interview: "SPIEGEL: Would you hazard a prediction as to when most of the US troops will finally leave Iraq? Maliki: As soon as possible, as … (see comment)
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McCain Camp: Voters Don’t Care What Iraqi Leaders Say

Comment in News (2 diggs, 0 replies) - on 07/20/2008
"surprised he didn't say 'prominent Republican Jew...' " What are you talking about? (see comment)
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Democrats Should Let Us Drill - WSJ 7/18/08

Comment in News (4 diggs, 0 replies) - on 07/18/2008
Read the Department of Energy's (DoE) Energy Information Administration report titled "Impacts of Increased Access to Oil and Natural Gas Resources in the Lower 48 Federal Outer Continental Shelf (OCS)." http://www.eia.doe.gov/oiaf/aeo/otheranalysis/ongr … (see comment)
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