justmoreofthesame.com - 9/5/2008
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AP Fact Check: Congressional Research Service Showed That The Energy Bill Actually Raised Taxes On The Oil And Gas Industry. The AP reported, “Clinton is on shakier ground when attacking Obama for supporting “Dick Cheney’s energy bill,” and not just because it’s a stretch to assign the vice ...
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McCain : “Change Is Coming”
Crooks and Liars —
... an association that means more to me than any other,” McCain told the Republican Convention, deriding “constant partisan rancor” that causes Washington gridlock. He rejected those in Washington who he said “work for themselves and not you.”
“I don’t work for a party,” he declared. “I don’t work for a special interest. I don’t work for myself. I work for you.”
Gag. I guess fact checking would be WAY more than we could expect the largest news service in North America to do. ...
Response To McCain's Pitiful Attempt To Address The Dregs Of The Republican Party
DownWithTyranny! —
... If you want to read a line by line refutation of all McCain's-- and Palin's speechwriter's-- lies, Fact Check at JustMoreOfTheSame.com lies it all out in well-documented irrefutable black and white. Political hacks like Karl Rove and John McCain count on people never bothering to read the facts-- and just swallowing whole the 30 second sound bytes and 60 second attack ads they're so good at. Two nights ago Palin spat out the nastiest speech of this campaign so far. Focus groups so far are indicating that other than the hard right dittoheads, people were mostly ...
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pajamasmedia.com 9/5/2008 — September 04, 2008 MCCAIN'S SPEECH: Not bad. But, like Obama, he was overshadowed -- Obama by Bill Clinton, McCain by Sarah Palin. UPDATE: Thoughts on the speech from Professor Bainbridge. And more from Megan McArdle. Meanwhile, on TV Karl Rove is ...
Palin Power: Fresh Face Now More Popular Than Obama, McCain
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Little red meat in McCain's speech —
First Read 9/5/2008
From NBC's Mark MurrayAs Chuck Todd just mentioned on NBC News, McCain's speech was as non-ideological as you would expect from a Republican presidential candidate. According to the prepared remarks, we counted at least four broad contrasts with Obama ...
Obama camp response to McCain's speech —
First Read 9/5/2008
From NBC's Mark Murray"Tonight, John McCain said that his party was elected to change Washington, but that they let Washington change them," Obama spokesman Bill Burton said in a statement. "He's right. He admonished the 'old, do-nothing crowd' in ...
Obama campaign response to McCain's speech —
CNN Political Ticker 9/5/2008
Obama campaign spokesman Bill Burton released the following statement in response to McCain's speech:
“Tonight, John McCain said that his party was elected to change Washington, but that they let Washington change them. He’s right. He admonished the ...
Galvanized Parties Head to Homestretch —
Wash Post Elections 9/5/2008
ST. PAUL, Minn., Sept. 4 -- Sens. John McCain and Barack Obama will begin the final 60 days of their general-election campaign with a political climate still more favorable for Democrats but with Republicans newly united and confident that they can ...