voices.washingtonpost.com - 8/20/2008
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By Shailagh Murray ORLANDO -- Sen. Barack Obama hit back against his rival's charges that he has based his national security views on political calculation, telling a Veterans of Foreign Wars convention, "The times are too serious for this kind of politics." Sen. John McCain told the same group Monday, "Behind all of these claims and positions by Senator Obama lies the ambition to be ...
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First Obama Accused McCain of Racism. Now Obama Accuses McCain of Questioning Obama's Patriotism
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We've hypothesized all along that Obama cannot take a punch.
We've had evidence all along that this is the case.
Now, let's go on and call it proof positive.
First, Obama has had to use distorted McCain quotes in attack ads
designed to scare voters about McCain's economic policies. It's no
wonder considering polls now show McCain running ahead of Obama on the
economy.
Second, Obama has resorted to Kerryesque claims that McCain questions Obama's patriotism.
"If we think that we can ...
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