2 days ago
deusx : Olbermann apologizes for RNC showing graphic video of September 11, Twin Towers falling - "Yes, John Mccain actually used the video of the Twin Towers getting hit and falling tonight. No decency whatsoever."
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2 days ago
deusx : The death of a taboo - 2008 Presidential Campaign Blog - Political Intelligence - Boston.com - "One of the most enduring taboos in American politics, the airing of graphic images from the September 11 attacks in a partisan context, died today. It was nearly seven years old. The informal prohibition, which had been occasionally threatened by p
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7 days ago
deusx : Daily Kos: PALIN-tology - 45+ Problems for McCain's VP in just 35 hours
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11 days ago
nelson : Obama gamerpic - Interesting crossover of politics to gaming. McCain, too
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21 days ago
deusx : rc3.org — The candidates on evil - "Warren asked both candidates the same set of questions — Obama went first but McCain didn’t get to hear Obama’s answers before he had his turn. If I had to pick one question that pretty directly illustrates the differences between these two ca
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gleuschk : Candidates Vow To Keep Politics Out Of Science : NPR - good lip service at least, though I'd rather they committed to keeping science in politiics. whatever happened to the science debates we were going to have?
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1 month ago
deusx : Barack Obama | Obama HQ Blogger: Barack in Lansing, MI: "We must end the age of oil in our time." - "We simply cannot pretend, as Senator McCain does, that we can drill our way out of this problem. We need a much bolder and much bigger set of solutions. We have to make a serious, nationwide commitment to developing new sources of energy and we have
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1 month ago
deusx : cnewmark: The Permanent Town Hall: Why a President needs to know the Internet - "It's a permanent Town Hall, everyone's invited, and in this year, and in this election, it's becoming real. If you want to be President, you need to be in touch with people, and that's one of the best things you can use the Inter
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1 month ago
deusx : The Nation - McCain, the Analog Candidate - NYTimes.com - "“You don’t actually have to use a computer to understand how it shapes the country,” said Mark Soohoo, a McCain aide for online matters, at a conference on politics and technology. “You actually do,” interrupted Tracy Russo, a former blogg
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1 month ago
Linkorama : Hail to the Twitterer - Washington — Big surprise: a lot of smarty-pants computer types have been snickering at John McCain lately.
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1 month ago
Eric Meyer : Obama and McCain Tax Proposals - Yet another one of those charts that each side will see as a strong argument for its candidate's policy positions and a powerful condemnation of the other side's candidate. [via Tim] [via]
deusx : Obama and McCain Tax Proposals - washingtonpost.com - "Obama's plan gives the biggest cuts to those who make the least, while McCain would give the largest cuts to the very wealthy. For the approximately 147,000 families that make up the top 0.1 percent of the income scale, the difference between t
gleuschk : Obama and McCain Tax Proposals - washingtonpost.com - nice to have some data
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3 month ago
gleuschk : David Foster Wallace on his new book about John McCain'2 2000 campaign - In the best political tradition, I reject the premise of your question.
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4 month ago
Andy Baio : Things Younger Than John McCain - I didn't realize he'd be the oldest US President ever [via]
adamrg : Things younger than Republican Presidential candidate
Rod Begbie : Things younger than John McCain - The state of Alaska, the polio vaccine, and both of Barack Obama's parents are younger than John McCain. [via] #
jcgregorio : Things younger than Republican Presidential candidate (oh, and did I forget to mention “war hero”?) John McCain - List includes the Golden Gate Bridge.
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6 month ago
adamrg : Status on campaign conference call MP3s - Dave Winer's on a mission to get all the campaign conference calls out there for people to listen to -- primary source spin is always nice to have.
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6 month ago
nelson : McCain for torture, too - Ridiculous hair splitting on a core human rights issue
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6 month ago
gleuschk : Barnstorming Obama plans to pick Republicans for cabinet - Times Online - I love reading the Sunday Times' coverage of US politics -- I learn way more than from the NYT
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nelson : McCain's Daisy ad - One catch; this predates Clinton's ad by a month
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18 month ago
deusx : John McCain’s MySpace Page “Enhanced” - "Today I announce that I have reversed my position and come out in full support of gay marriage…particularly marriage between two passionate females.
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28 month ago
deusx : The Blog | Jean Rohe: Why I Spoke Up | The Huffington Post - "We all have much work to do, and for the most part the media do not represent us, the small people who don't hold any special titles but who feel the weight of our government's actions on our backs each and every day."
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32 month ago
kellan : Bill Clinton: "First of all, in this age of culturally changed circumstances, - I should make it clear for the record that Senator McCain and I are not married." #
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