14 hours ago
Rod Begbie : McLobbyist - Another focused attack site funded by the Obama campaign. I wonder how the return-on-investment compares between these and running 30 second commercials. [via] #
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24 hours ago
Rod Begbie : Keating Economics: John McCain and the Making of a Financial Crisis - The Obama campaign aren't resting on their current lead in the polls. This shows promise that they intend to keep fighting all the way to election day. [via] #
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24 hours ago
Rod Begbie : John McCain's Record - Another "attack" site from the Obama campaign. Wish there was a bit more hyperlinkage for sources. #
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1 days ago
deusx : TPM Election Central | Talking Points Memo | Palin's Attack On Obama's Patriotism Legitimizes Questions About The Palins' Association With Group Founded By America-Hating Secessionist - "If Palin is going to say this, it is now perfectly legitimate to point out that she repeatedly courted a secessionist group founded by someone who openly professed hatred of the American government, cursed our flag, and wanted to secede from the Uni
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1 days ago
deusx : Exclusive: Obama to call McCain 'erratic in crisis' - Mike Allen - Politico.com - "Branding his opponent as “erratic in a crisis,” Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) is preempting plans by Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) to portray him as having sinister connections to controversial Chicagoans. "
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2 days ago
deusx : Daily Kos: Open Thread - the candidates as trains
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2 days ago
Linkorama : Five Myths About John McCain : Rolling Stone - Not a Washington outsider, top gun pilot, the central hero of the POW camp, straight talking reformer and "puts country first"
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2 days ago
Linkorama : Analysis: Palin's words carry racial tinge - "It's a giant changing of the subject," said Jenny Backus, a Democratic strategist. "The problem is the messenger. If you want to start throwing fire bombs, you don't send out the fluffy bunny to do it. I think people don't t
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2 days ago
Linkorama : Tina Fey As Sarah Palin In VP Debate On SNL (VIDEO)
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2 days ago
deusx : Obama campaign rejects Palin 'terrorist' gibe - CNN.com - "She referred to an article in Saturday's New York Times about Obama's relationship with Ayers, now 63. But that article concluded that "the two men do not appear to have been close. Nor has Mr. Obama ever expressed sympathy for the ra
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2 days ago
Rod Begbie : If politicians were operating systems… - Origin unknown. [via] #
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2 days ago
deusx : Redneck Woman Rails on Obama Video - I want to think that this is just a weird funny video, but what I really think is that there are a lot of Americans like this. But what I really hope is that I'm mistaken.
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3 days ago
deusx : Make-Believe Maverick : Rolling Stone - "This is the story of the real John McCain, the one who has been hiding in plain sight. It is the story of a man who has consistently put his own advancement above all else, a man willing to say and do anything to achieve his ultimate ambition: to be
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3 days ago
deusx : infojunkies: Debating Palin: Folksy but False - "False claims dominate the specific statements Gov. Palin made in her debate with Sen. Biden"
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4 days ago
gleuschk : RickRoll at the VP debate - worlds colliding, worlds colliding
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4 days ago
Linkorama : The Tina Fey Effect - McCain could win some of these “suburban sprawlers” back--because they are easily swayed by events. Many will switch back and forth until Election Day. But the question is what will have more impact: news about Palin’s performance tonight or Fey’s
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4 days ago
Greg Storey : "Joe Biden was no match for Joe Six-Pack. - This was classic "talk over the heads of the media straight to the people," and it is a long time since I've seen it done so well."
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4 days ago
deusx : Shatner Hasselhoff '08 Presidential Election Campaign Blog - "FROM YESTERDAY'S TOMORROW, FOR A BETTER TODAY!"
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4 days ago
wearehugh : Coming Soon: A Sarah Palin Porno -- Daily Intel -- New York News Blog -- New York Magazine - "we must demand that Vivid counter by producing a porno starring a Joe Biden lookalike immediately for parity"
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5 days ago
philgyford : YouTube - Daily Show - Federal Bail Out - I could link to the Daily Show every day but here Jon Stewart *really* gets going on Congress. If you only have two minutes to spare, skip to 2:30 for a very fine, and justified, rant. Can we clone him for the UK?
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5 days ago
wearehugh : Oxdown Gazette » Questions For Sarah Palin
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5 days ago
Rod Begbie : Report: 60 Million People You'd Never Talk To Voting For Other Guy | The Onion - The US political "system" in a nutshell: "According to an eye-opening report released Tuesday, 60 million people whom you would never talk to, would never be in a position to talk to, and wouldn't even be able to talk to if you tried will be voting for th #
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6 days ago
Linkorama : The Beltway Crash - The Washington elite have failed, completely failed in the eyes of the average American and that’s reflected in across the board polls that show 3 in 4 people surveyed disapprove of the job Congress is doing, worse than the President and that’s a pret
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