boston.com - 10/29/2008
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FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. - Much of John McCain's stump speech is devoted to warning voters about the fiscal dangers that would accompany a Barack Obama presidency, but lately McCain has been picking on a lower-profile bogeyman to make his case.
southcoasttoday.com - 10/24/2008
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Steve Urbon NEW BEDFORD — After the November
election, Democrats will push for a second economic stimulus...
package that includes money for the states' stalled infrastructure projects, along with help paying for healthcare expenses, food stamps and ...
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Frank envisions post-election stimulus from Democrats
boston.com - 10/29/2008
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boston.com —
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. - Much of John McCain's stump
speech is devoted to warning voters about the fiscal...
dangers that would accompany a Barack Obama presidency, but lately McCain has been picking on a lower-profile bogeyman to make his case. "And he ...
(more)
Frank is new target of McCain on the trail - The Boston ...
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Barney Frank Plays the 'Gay Card'
The New Editor —
So lemme get this straight: Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA) advocates an increase in federal spending coupled with an increase in taxes, and John McCain criticizes those statements on the presidential campaign trail.
This, according to Rep. Frank, therefore means that John McCain is appealing to prejudice, because spending- and tax-increase advocate Frank is gay.
It's all quite simple.
The Boston Globe's Sasha Issenberg reports:
Frank yesterday dismissed McCain's words as "an appeal to prejudice" that he said reminded him of past ...
Crybaby Barney Frank Plays the Gay Card
GayPatriot —
... Now, he’s getting all bent out of shape because John McCain, on the campaign trail, is making an issue of the Massachusetts Democrat’s proposals to raise taxes, increase domestic spending and gut the defense budget. Ol’ Barney ...
Barney Frank’s Partisan Prejudice
GayPatriot —
... I mean, he equates McCain’s criticism of him with “past Republican efforts to raise voter concerns about the prospect of congressmen Charles Rangel and John Conyers, who are black, becoming committee chairs.“ Um, Barney, both men come from the extreme left of your party, with the latter having “ ...
If you disagree with Barney Frank, you’re a bigot!
GayPatriot —
... When, on the campaign trail, then-Republican presidential nominee John McCain made an issue of the Massachusetts Democrat’s proposals to raise taxes, increase domestic spending and gut the defense budget,* Barney called the attack on his statements, “ ...
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Barney Frank Plays the 'Gay Card'
theneweditor.com 10/29/2008 — So lemme get this straight: Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA) advocates an increase in federal spending coupled with an increase in taxes, and John McCain criticizes those statements on the presidential campaign trail.
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