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Breaking The Law
Eschaton —
One giant organized crime syndicate.
Popcorn Farts of Irrelevance
Rising Hegemon —
Sorry, the world (including most of America) doesn't really base its political decisions upon whether a relation you are not close to has a green card problem. I mean, if they don't give a shit about the wife you dumped your first wife for stole prescription drugs from a charity... ...
The November surprise?
Political Animal —
... level in the Bush administration or in the McCain campaign had been involved in its release. [...] A spokeswoman for U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement, Kelly Nantel, said the government does not comment on an individual's citizenship status or immigration case. No, but the government does illegally leak information about an individual's citizenship status or immigration case when administration officials decide it might influence a presidential election. As Josh Marshall put it , "Quite likely working in concert with the McCain campaign, a Bush administration official ...
Bush Administration Leaks Details of an Immigration Case to Hurt Obama
Open Left - Front Page —
That's the story you should see, but won't. Instead you'll see a barrage of stories about Obama's half aunt, who is in this country illegally after being denied asylum a few years ago. The Republicans believe the government exists to bring them more power and wealth, and crimes against Democrats - overtly - for political purposes are the norm, not the exception. ...
Ride the wild surf
The Sideshow —
... dealing with a member of Obama's family, and even the AP thought it worth mentioning (albeit not until the third paragraph) that something was a bit off. As Josh Marshall puts it, "And there you have it. Quite likely working in concert with the McCain campaign, a Bush administration official is leaking details on an immigration case to try to help McCain three days before the election. It's shades of Bush I's riffling through Bill Clinton's passport files just before the 1992 election in a desperate last minute gambit as they were swirling down the drain." (In ...
Did You Read It First At DRUDGE, Or At JustOneMinute?
JustOneMinute —
... . Brit magic? Whatever - maybe she is here illegally, maybe she is contributing illegally; this will be looked into after Nov 4. It's not as if this is important, like Joe the Plumber. What, you think Obama's stance on illegal immigration would be affected by his relatives' situation? Hmm, the prediction that the press would give this a pass did not hold up. And such anti-Obama enterprise from the AP, no less. As to howls, Josh Marshall obliges. I am now wishing I had published my speculation about the mysterious disappearing campaign contributions - one guess of several ...
About That Latest Right-Wing Flail…
Comments from Left Field —
Re: the (illegally) manufactured half-assed October November Surprise currently popping a slow news day, Marc Ambinder (!) breaks it down:
Republicans think anti-immigrant forces are going to be rallied by attacking a middle aged woman in her fifties? This is what’s going to swing independents back to McCain? Reminding people (a) of an actual human face on the receiving end of anti-immigration policies and (b) that the Democratic candidate is personally affected by a complicated issue facing many ...
McCain’s November Surprise Is a Dud
Comments from Left Field —
... “That’s about as transparent a red flag as an outfit like the AP is usually willing to give,” Josh Marshall notes: ...
The aunt and the smear: The right-wing effort to make an issue of an Obama relative
The Reaction —
... that Ms. Onyango is living in a Boston public-housing project. It was the AP that broke the news of her illegal immigration status. And how did the AP come to acquire that information? As TPM notes, "it looks like someone in the Bush administration leaked the information, with the goal of throwing a last-minute wrench into Obama's campaign. And someone else confirmed it, with similar motives." (Josh Marshall has more here.) In other words, someone broke the law in order to smear Obama and benefit McCain. ...
McCain/Palin Bashing (Final Edition)
Discourse.net —
... McCain’s Vetting Crew Strikes Out. Again.
Political Ticker (CNN), McCain’s name nowhere to be seen at Palin rally
Political Animal, A promise made to be broken
Sarah Palin Got Pranked
(transcript)
TPM, Obama On Cheney’s McCain Endorsement: Congratulations, John!
TPM, Breaking the Law for McCain
Digby, Springing A Leak
TPM, ...
