crooksandliars.com - 10/16/2008
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Clearly, in all his debate prep, no one thought to coach McCain not to go to the third rail of the abortion issue. Boy, was that an oversight. Because not only did McCain go there, he jumped right on to it. In trying to paint Obama as being for the great Republican bugaboo of late term abortions ...
rightwingnuthouse.com - 10/16/2008
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rightwingnuthouse.com —
The debate last night was not a blowout but frankly,
McCain never came close. He made a couple of...
good points about education, scored best with his pointed questions (that Obama never answered) about Ayers and ACORN, and had a couple of ...
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TIME TO FORGET MCCAIN AND FIGHT FOR THE FILIBUSTER IN ...
commentarymagazine.com - 10/16/2008
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commentarymagazine.com —
The general feeling on the right side of
the blogosphere is that this was McCain’s best debate...
and he did himself a lot of good. I think people on the Right were so relieved that the debate finally turned to matters of ideological and partisan ...
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Conservatives and the Debate
prospect.org - 10/16/2008
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prospect.org —
10:33: Debate over. McCain scored the most points,
and lost the debate. He was looking to land...
shots, and often succeeded. But the effort to find openings and vulnerabilities left him with little time to appear presidential. And if he connected with ...
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McCain On Abortion
Lawyers, Guns and Money —
... . Indeed, not only are health exceptions popular, the dismissive tone of McCain's scare quotes were instructive in a way that (to put it mildly) isn't going to help him among moderate women. Obama was also clever to follow-up with the Ledbetter case, which McCain was equally dismissive about. I also agree that Obama's refusal to cede the moral ground on the abortion issue to McCain was important. It's true that I wouldn't be inclined to describe sex as "sacred" or to care whether a woman consulted her "religious adviser" before deciding about whether to ...
McCain: Women's "health" is an "extreme pro-abortion position"
Feministing —
I'm going to have lots to say about this in tomorrow's Friday Feminist Fuck You, but I wanted to highlight this clip as soon as possible. McCain thinks so little of women's health that he put it in fucking air quotes. You know, because women's health and lives are a political talking point, not a reality.
Related: A diarist at Daily Kos shares her story. I'm sure we'll be hearing a lot more of these as the reaction to McCain's crass dismissal of ...
Repro Rights Stuff
Shakesville —
... exceptions. The 'pro-abortion movement,' he says, has stretched that term to mean 'almost anything.' Ah, yes. Hello there, Straw-Woman Who Gets Abortions Willy-Nilly in Her Third Trimester Because She's a Silly Flibbertigibbet With a Hangnail. Nice to see you again. If McCain hasn't reached the nadir of his appalling campaign with that moment, I don't want to see it when he does." [Transcript below.] Nicole, LeMew, and Cara have more. (Also see Shaker CJ_in_VA's comment here ...
Joe the Plumber, and Roe v. Wade
Comments from Left Field —
... — the learned Scalia, Kennedy, Roberts, Alito, and Thomas notwithstanding. The justices’ repeated assertions that the abortion procedure banned by this legislation — intact dilation and evacuation — is never medically necessary or required to preserve the health of the mother, is flat-out false. Anyone who insists on arguing otherwise can go talk to these women, who are alive today because of late-term abortions (h/t Nicole Belle).
What Tiller's murder tells us about the state of U.S. reporting
Bitch. Ph.D. —
... reasons. Which, however dismissive O'Reilly or John McCain want to be about "women's health," I'm sorry, but a suicidal teenager is a serious thing, not an excuse to "kill babies" for fun. ...
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Final Debate, Final Analysis
commentsfromleftfield.com 10/16/2008 — Last night Senator John McCain and Senator Barack Obama shared a stage for what is most likely the last time during this presidential election season. It was the last best chance for McCain to force a game changer to save his flagging campaign, ...
Final Debate Reax
andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com 10/16/2008 — Ambinder :
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The Final Debate: McCain Attacks, But He's No Longer in Control
motherjones.com 10/16/2008 — A political campaign can be like a rock slide. At some point, it's just going to continue in the direction it's heading--and not much can stop it. After the final debate between Senator Barack Obama and Senator John McCain, it may well be that the ...
McCain On Abortion
lefarkins.blogspot.com 10/16/2008 — I think Dana makes two very good points here . Indeed, not only are health exceptions popular, the dismissive tone of McCain's scare quotes were instructive in a way that (to put it mildly) isn't going to help him among moderate women. Obama was ...
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balloon-juice.com 10/21/2008 — For John McCain :
As voters have gotten to know Senator Barack Obama, they have warmed up to him, with more than half, 53 percent, now saying they have a favorable impression of him and 33 percent saying they have an unfavorable view. But as ...
Final Debate Thoughts
liberaloasis.com 10/16/2008 — 1. McCain appears to have lost the debate, not on points but on presentation. I never thought the whole "anger" line would go anywhere, but that's because I assumed McCain wouldn't be so undisciplined that he would continually feed the perception.
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Stephanopoulos: Is There Anything McCain Can Do?
blogs.abcnews.com 10/15/2008 — ABC News' George Stephanopoulos reports: Going into tonight's third and final presidential debate Barack Obama leads John McCain 53 to 39 percent in support nationally, according to the latest CBS News/New York Times poll. Among independent voters -- ...
McToast
americablog.com 10/16/2008 — FL – St. Petersburg Times (Editorial) "McCain's last offensive:" On the same day a new poll showed that voters' confidence in the federal government has reached an all-time low, Obama spoke with a reassuring confidence…But when the questioning turned ...
Obama Campaign: Tonight's Debate Is McCain's "Last Chance"
tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com 10/15/2008 — The Obama campaign kicks off the pre-debate spin war with a memo from spokesperson Bill Burton that has a sly twist to it:
In tonight's debate, Chuck Todd of NBC News says, McCain needs to "figure out how to disqualify Barack Obama." Time ...
McCain Mocks Obama TV Special in Ad
briefingroom.thehill.com 10/29/2008 — John McCain launched a preemptive strike against Barack Obama's upcoming 30-minute prime time television special on Wednesday.
McCain has a new ad that reprises McCain's attack on Obama as a celebrity.
"Behind the fancy speeches, grand promises and TV special, lies the truth: With crises at ...
Fact check: Plumber Joe's taxes —
CNN Political Ticker 10/16/2008
How would Obama's tax plan actually affect Joe's taxes.
McCain has entrepreneurs spooked about widespread tax hikes, but fewer than 2% of small-business owners would pay more under Obama's plan.
(CNNMoney.com) — In speech after ...
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