thevimh.blogspot.com - 8/8/2008
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Via Jim Geraghty at Campaign Spot , we have this from Jake Tapper at ABC : As we close up a week wherein Sen. Barack Obama, D-Illinois, on the stump and in a TV ad accused rival Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., of being "in the pocket of big oil," and doing the industry's bidding -- not to mention a week during which the Democratic National Committee launched an Exxon-McCain '08 website to drive ...
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Stop The ACLU —
Thursday Night Links Posted on August 7, 2008 Conservative Grapevine has links galore….check em out! Hot Air: 7 Year old schools Michelle Obama The Voice In My Head: Obama’s New Logo Open Secrets: Obama Takes More Money from Major Oil Companies that McCain! GM Roper: Future Conservative Republican President of the United States. Confederate Yankee: Media caught editing out assassination threat against Bush Gribbit: Energy Independence - Where’s the ‘Hope’ and ‘Change’ Man and His Party? » Filed Under ...
In The Pockets Of Big Oil
small dead animals —
In The Pockets Of Big Oil exxon.jpg Posted by Kate at August 8, 2008 1:05 AM
What To Do?
The Great Plains Observer —
... Exxon employees have given Obama $42,100 to McCain’s $35,166. Chevron favors Obama $35,157 to $28,500, and Obama edges out McCain with BP $16,046 vs. $11,500.”
And then despite that fact that McCain has in reality received 3 times as much money from oil companies, you get led down their talking point highway to believe that Obama is the big winner in the oil money sweepstakes. And of course the McCain talking point army was quick to pounce:
Exxon-Obama
Obama Gets More Donations From Exxon Than McCain
Time to create an ...
Obama Releases Exxon Ad & Hopes That Nobody Notices It's a Lie
Gateway Pundit —
You just can't make this stuff up... Despite his new TV ad, Barack Obama has received more money from Exxon and Mobil employees than Senator John McCain. (The Voice In My Head graphic) From the nuts who believe that blowing up your tires will save the country more gas than drilling for oil--- Comes another dishonest "John McCain is the The Exxon Candidate" ad. ...Never mind that Barack Obama took more donations from Exxon employees this year than John ...
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The GOP response to 'Exxon-McCain '08'
directorblue.blogspot.com 8/8/2008 — Politico's Mike Allen reports that the McCain campaign's tire-pressure gags have taken a toll.
Stung by Republican taunts about tire gauges, Democrats are pumping up a stunt of their own...
The Democratic National Committee on Wednesday is ...
Report: Exxon Execs Gave More to Obama
voices.washingtonpost.com 8/10/2008 — By Matthew Mosk The Democratic National Committee may be trying to get some mileage out of recent news about oil industry contributions to Republican Sen. John McCain, launching a web site spoofing the idea of McCain sharing his presidential ticket ...
DNC Steps Up Anti-McCain Bracketing —
The Atlantic Politics Channel
As Barack Obama enjoys a vacation, The Democratic National Committee won't ease up on John McCain. The hope to force a negative McCain message into local news coverage. Tomorrow, the DNC holds an Exxon-McCain '08 National Day of Action" in 18 states. As McCain travels through Pennsylvania, the DNC is dogging him with a " Job-Killing John " push and has events scheduled ...
Hussein In The Pocket Of The Dreaded “Big Oil” —
Pat Dollard | Young Americans
Report: Exxon Execs Gave More to Obama
By Matthew Mosk - ( WaPo )
The Democratic National Committee may be trying to get some mileage out of recent news about oil industry contributions to Republican Sen. John McCain, launching a web site spoofing the idea of McCain sharing his presidential ticket with Exxon. But they may have found an unwelcome surprise in a just-released analysis by ...
Oil biggies favor Obama —
Jonathan Martin's Blog
Tapper :
As we close up a week wherein Sen. Barack Obama, D-Illinois, on the stump and in a TV ad accused rival Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., of being "in the pocket of big oil," and doing the industry's bidding -- not to mention a week during which the Democratic National Committee launched an Exxon-McCain '08 website to drive home this Democratic talking point -- the non-partisan ...
DNC Launches 'Exxon McCain '08' —
Political Radar
ABC News John Santucci Reports: The Democratic National Committee launched an "Exxon McCain '08" campaign today, seeking to tie Sen. John McCain to "big oil." "They contributed to the candidate in this race that is most in favor of fueling...
DNC launches ‘Exxon-McCain ‘08′ —
Political Animal
As political theater goes, I think this sounds pretty good — and it’s a hell of a lot stronger than tire-gauges.
Stung by Republican taunts about tire gauges, Democrats are pumping up a stunt of their own.
The Democratic National Committee on Wednesday is launching an “Exxon-McCain ‘08″ campaign, complete with a gas-pump logo and garish red buttons, bumper ...
DNC Website Tries to Tie McCain to Exxon —
News
The Democratic National Committee has fired a new salvo in its ongoing effort to tie John McCain to the oil industry with the launch of ExxonMcCain, a webpage that loosely parodies the Republican candidate’s own official site.
The top of the page features a banner with a picture of the Arizona senator, along with the tagline [...]
Is the 'Exxon-McCain' hit fair? —
First Read
From NBC's Mark Murray and Domenico MontanaroRecently, the Democratic National Committee has referred to "Exxon-McCain '08," hitting the presumptive GOP nominee for his ties to the oil and gas industry.
But that particular hit might not be that fair. ...
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