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Al Hunt hammers McCain
I was wondering when some reporter for a real news outlet was going to call McCain on his b.s. Bloomberg's new Washington Bureau chief, Al Hunt (a well-respected veteran, formerly with the Wall Street Journal comes down on McCain like a ton of bricks: The Republican standard-bearer isn't comfortable in the economic arena. He started off the week talking about a ``slowing'' economy. Slowing? ...
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Friday McBush Bashing (Netroots Edition)
Discourse.net — I think McCain’s ‘tell’ — the sign he is prevaricating — is when he blinks a lot. Just watch any video on YouTube and judge for yourself. (Hmm. Turns out I’m not the only one to notice this. See, for example, Matthew Yglesias.) This hypothesis should be easy to test: Kos, there are just so many falsehoods to pick from. OK, onwards with this weeks ridiculously long list of quality McCain bashing: Carpetbagger, McCain, his personal life, and statements ‘that conflict with the public record’ Think Progress, After Voting Against Equal Pay ...

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