blogs.abcnews.com - 10/18/2008
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ABC News' Teddy Davis and Rigel Anderson Report: Embattled Republican Sen. Susan Collins is calling on John McCain to stop paying for automated phone calls which describe Barack Obama as having "worked closely" with "domestic terrorist Bill Ayers". “These kind...
huffingtonpost.com - 10/17/2008
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huffingtonpost.com —
In his efforts to attack Barack Obama, John
McCain appears to have turned to the same political...
consulting firm that was responsible for spreading vicious smears about the Senator during the 2000 South Carolina GOP primary. In recent days, the ...
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Report: McCain Using Same Robocall Firm That Helped ...
ajc.com - 10/18/2008
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ajc.com —
The 44th president of the United States will
take office in an uncertain and dangerous time for...
this country. The challenges we face both overseas and here at home are complex and unfamiliar, and the road ahead is likely to be very different from the ...
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Obama is the choice
blogs.abcnews.com - 10/18/2008
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blogs.abcnews.com —
ABC News has learned that Warren Tompkins, one
of the strategists of then-Gov. George W. Bush's South...
Carolina campaign in 2000 -- which Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., blamed for his family being slimed -- is now a part of the...
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McCain Campaign Brings On Board Yet Another Operative ...
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Midnight In the Big Sleazy
Talking Points Memo —
McCain's robocalls too sleazy for Sen. Collins (R) of Maine.
GOP Senator Slams McCain Robo Call
Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News —
... "These kind of tactics have no place in Maine politics," said Collins spokesman Kevin Kelley. "Sen. Collins urges the McCain campaign to stop these calls immediately." Contacted on Friday by ABC News, the McCain campaign would not say if it was going to heed the request of Collins who serves as his campaign's co-chair in Maine. "Obviously, Sen. McCain has great respect for Sen. Collins. But beyond that," said McCain spokesman Brian Rogers, "we don't have any comment." Read more: http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/2008/10/gop-sen...
McSenile's 'thrashing,' 'lurching,' slimy campaign
WTF Is It Now?!? —
... Awwww. Too fucking bad. But don't you feel sorry for them: these are the very same people who are putting out all those horrible robo-calls sliming Sen. Obama as a murdering Muslim terrist who eats puppies and pulls wings off butterflies. ...
Midday Open Thread
Daily Kos —
... Susan Collins (R-ME) is objecting to John McCain's robocalls that are flooding states and spewing hate across the country, saying, "These kind of tactics have no place in Maine politics." Well that's great, Susan. Now perhaps you can tell us in which states this kind of thing is acceptable. What a cowardly, self-serving denunciation. ...
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thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com 10/17/2008 — Reports of automated telephone calls to voters in various swing states indicate that Republicans are trying to tie Obama to William Ayers and other controversial issues.
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