yglesias.thinkprogress.org - 10/23/2008
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Dave Weigel and Sargent & Kleefeld both report on a McCain campaign conference call featuring Randy Scheunemann and Jim Woolsey to discuss al-Qaeda’s preference for a McCain victory . They seem to have taken a two pronged approach:
Other “bad guy” types have said ...
yglesias.thinkprogress.org - 10/22/2008
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yglesias.thinkprogress.org —
Interesting Associated Press report on al-Qaeda’s thinking about
the upcoming election: The message, posted Monday on the...
password-protected al-Hesbah Web site, said if al-Qaida wants to exhaust the United States militarily and ...
(more)
Jihadists for McCain
thenation.com - 10/22/2008
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McCain Spokesmen: Al Qaeda Endorsement ‘Ludicrous’
Wonk Room —
... presumably with a straight face — that “as a result of the way the Bush administration fought the war certainly a lot of hostility has built up to the United States.” Because the manner which we bombed, invaded and occupied their country was just too intrusive, I suppose.
The press call was intended to beat back the idea that Al Qaeda might prefer the policies of John McCain, but Woolsey and Schuenemann only succeeded in reinforcing why that could be.
Yglesias, Eric Martin, and Democracy Arsenal have more.
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