eschatonblog.com - 10/30/2008
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Though Sanchez shouldn't have internalized the premise of Khalidi being anti-Semitic. Just because the McCain campaign says something doesn't make it so.
perfunction.typepad.com - 10/31/2008
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perfunction.typepad.com —
My God --- for those of you holding
out hope that McCain would somehow carpetbomb Obama into
oblivion with a re-introduction of Rev. Jeremiah Wright in these final days, forget about it : To have a campaign spokesman painfully twist in the ...
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Video: Michael Goldfarb On The Tightest Leash
hisvorpal.wordpress.com - 10/31/2008
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hisvorpal.wordpress.com —
NOTE: there is a lot of material on
Goldfarb, et al, on this blog, with all the
links and references you could want. The easiest way to access the library is run a Google search, using these terms (cut and paste the text in RED): ...
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Gee. Where’s Michael Goldfarb?
huffingtonpost.com - 10/30/2008
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huffingtonpost.com —
Oh, dear. Michael Goldfarb, who's clearly better off
blogging about ABBA and criticizing people for playing Dungeons
and Dragons, just pooped his pants on national television. The McCain campaign is making a last ditch effort to make SCARY MUSLIM ...
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Rick Sanchez V. Michael Goldfarb: McCain Spokesman ...
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McCain Spokesperson: We All Know Who Obama's Anti-Semitic Pal Is
TPM Election Central —
... Wright" but is of course aware that John McCain is on record saying that Wright isn't an issue for his campaign. Check out Goldfarb's creative solution to the dilemma:
Pressed to name a single anti-semitic associate of Obama's, Goldfarb says: "I think we all know who we're talking about here," but declines to say who.
That sums up the entire McCain campaign in a nutshell, doesn't it?
Also: A good point from Atrios on this.
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Political Animal —
... . I wonder why that is. * I'm not an expert, but if I were the McCain campaign, I'd probably hesitate before putting Michael Goldfarb on national television again. * Speaking of odd surrogates, I don't think ...
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The Sideshow —
... War on (Some) Drugs. A treat for Al Franken - Norm Coleman's got a nice fat scandal on his hands - "Court Docs: GOP Donor Secretly Funneled $75K To Coleman Family: Paul McKim, the founder and CEO of Deep Marine Technology, alleges in a civil suit that Nasser Kazeminy -- a longtime Republican donor, friend of Coleman, and DMT shareholder -- directed the company to send $75,000 to the Senator and his wife." (via) It was trick rather than treat when Michael Goldfarb went on TV, but there are no surprises there. (Via a linky Libby ...
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