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In New McCain Robocall, Rudy Giuliani Suggests Obama Opposes Jailing Murderers And Rapists
It was perhaps predictable that the task of recording the worst of McCain's robo-slime -- the worst so far, at least -- would fall to Rudy Giuliani. Giuliani has recorded a new McCain robocall in which he suggests, in effect, that Barack Obama doesn't think sex offenders, drug dealers and ...
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Rudy Robocalls for McCain
Talking Points Memo — ... Rudy Giuliani is popping up on robocalls in Wisconsin and Maine (those two we know about) claiming Obama opposes mandatory prison sentences for murderers and rapists. ...

Giuliani's Nasty Robocall For McCain: Obama Soft On Sex Offenders, Drug Dealers
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed — ... Obama's words myself. And recently, Congressional liberals introduced a bill to eliminate mandatory prison sentences for violent criminals -- trying to give liberal judges the power to decide whether criminals are sent to jail or set free. With priorities like these, we just can't trust the inexperience and judgment of Barack Obama and his liberal allies. This call was paid for by the Republican National Committee and McCain-Palin 2008. Greg Sargent at TPM has posted audio. The call is the second in as many weeks to paint Obama as possible dangerous to ...

Giuliani's Nasty Robocall For McCain: Obama Soft On Sex Offenders, Drug Dealers
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — ... Obama's words myself. And recently, Congressional liberals introduced a bill to eliminate mandatory prison sentences for violent criminals -- trying to give liberal judges the power to decide whether criminals are sent to jail or set free. With priorities like these, we just can't trust the inexperience and judgment of Barack Obama and his liberal allies. This call was paid for by the Republican National Committee and McCain-Palin 2008. Greg Sargent at TPM has posted audio. The call is the second in as many weeks to paint Obama as possible dangerous to ...

In New McCain Robocall, Rudy Giuliani Suggests Obama Opposes Jailing Murderers And Rapists
Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News — ... This call was paid for by the Republican National Committee and McCain-Palin 2008 at 866 558 5591." Note that Rudy claims Obama "opposes mandatory prison sentences" for rapists and murders. Rudy is actually referring to Obama's opposition to specific mandatory minimum sentences. By dropping the word "minimum," he's insinuating that Obama opposes mandatory prison sentences in general. This just might be the sleaziest exercise in robo-slime yet.... (Note: Audio at link.) Read more: http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/10...

Rudy robocalls
Political Animal — ... a bill to eliminate mandatory prison sentences for violent criminals -- trying to give liberal judges the power to decide whether criminals are sent to jail or set free. With priorities like these, we just can't trust the inexperience and judgment of Barack Obama and his liberal allies. This call was paid for by the Republican National Committee and McCain-Palin 2008." The phrase "eliminate mandatory prison sentences" is missing a pesky detail. As Greg Sargent, who posted the audio, explained , "Note that Rudy claims Obama 'opposes mandatory prison sentences' for rapists and ...

Robocall Attacks Ramping Up
Daily Kos — ... With his multiple wives and cross-dressing ways, Rudy Giuliani was never going to make it onto the Republican ticket, but that doesn't mean that Mr. "a noun, a verb, and 9/11" isn't willing to get down in the mud with John McCain and Sarah Palin. Here's a robocall that is running in Maine, Wisconsin, North Carolina, Ohio, and Colorado, starring Rudy Giuliani in the McCain campaign's latest smear routine: ...

The Daily Bric-A-Brac: Obama's Fantasy
The Atlantic Politics Channel — ... A few weeks ago, a McCain adviser said that the campaign would bring up Barack Obama's record on crime... so far, the only evidence of that is a robocall from Rudy Giuliani. ...

Ugliest Republican of the Day: Rudy Giuliani
The Reaction — By Michael J.W. Stickings For robocalling on behalf of McCain-Palin: Hi, this is Rudy Giuliani, and I'm calling for John McCain and the Republican National Committee because you need to know that Barack Obama opposes mandatory prison sentences for sex offenders, drug dealers, and murderers. That's right, kids, it's 1988 all over again, and that foreign-looking liberal wants to let liberal judges ...

Ugliest Republican of the Day: Rudy Giuliani
The Democratic Daily — For robocalling on behalf of McCain-Palin: Hi, this is Rudy Giuliani, and I’m calling for John McCain and the Republican National Committee because you need to know that Barack Obama opposes mandatory prison sentences for sex offenders, drug dealers, and murderers. That’s right, kids, it’s 1988 all over again, and that foreign-looking liberal wants to let liberal judges release all that scum onto your streets and into your homes. This is despicable fearmongering, of course, and yet more ...

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