thenextright.com - 8/14/2008
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While I think the "Celeb" moment has been incredibly useful in throwing up a cloud of dust in Obama's face and putting him on the defensive, I don't think it's anywhere close to what McCain's closing argument should be. Ultimately, it's attacking Obama for his popularity, and popular isn't a bad place to be.
Where McCain twists the knife is on Georgia.
Georgia is where McCain ...
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DAY'S END ROUNDUP
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... BLOGS: [image] U.S. Forces Giving to Obama - Jonathan Singer, MyDD [image] Edwards Scandal Shows Why Public Moving to Web - Newsbuster [image] How Obama Is Confronting Corsi - Marc Ambinder [image] Obama Mapping out Defense - Greg Sargent, TPM [image] Thursday's House Oil Party - Moe Lane, RedState [image] Gates: US-Russia Relations Could Suffer - The Swamp [image] Reading the VP Tea Leaves - Jeralyn, Talk Left [image] Georgia Is the New Celeb - The Next Right OTHER NEWS SOURCES: Russia Vows to Support Two ...
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MORNING READ The Bush administration's announcement of a new missile defense deal with Poland as Russia is waging war splits bloggers, who see it as appropriate or rash. John McCain's response to the Russia-Georgia situation has also gone too far for liberal bloggers. And the Republican is taking heat from singer-songwriter Jackson Browne, who doesn't want him to use one of his songs, bloggers note. With the missile defense deal, Poland will have expectations that the United States will provide security against Russian aggression, writes Hot Air's Allahpundit . Those expectations will force Democrats, the likely party in power for the next ...
McCain and the "Last War"
Obsidian Wings —
... At first glance, it’s just a silly misinformed statement. But if you look a bit deeper, there are some very interesting and problematic assumptions lurking beneath. Over the past week, McCain and his excitable supporters have cited his “muscular” response to Georgia as something voters should consider this fall. Actually, I agree with that — it’s just that I think it shows why McCain should never be president. Specifically, it shows that McCain — and his policies — are stuck in the past. He is a Cold War candidate in a post-Cold War world. ...
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General Colin Powell has shrugged off good efforts by the Obama campaign to nudge his support into the open -- but while it can be understood that Obama's agents would try to sign Powell up, what does Bill Kristol have in mind stating that he ...
Morning Show Summary
thepage.time.com 8/14/2008 —
On ABC’s “Good Morning America,” Stephanopoulos said the crisis in Georgia is helping McCain, who has been “somewhat prescient” in his response. Predicted McCain will announce a VP between Monday and Wednesday of ...
Jackson Browne Sues McCain Campaign
huffingtonpost.com 8/14/2008 — Singer, songwriter, liberal activist and now John McCain scourge Jackson Browne filed a lawsuit today against the presumptive Republican nominee for failing to obtain a license to use one of his songs in a television commercial.
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McCain has had the week -- and the specific issue of Georgia -- all to himself, the New York Times writes. "Only once, at the beginning of the week, did Mr. Obama discuss the fighting in public, when he emerged from his beachfront rental home to ...
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