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McCain and the Cross
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire — Political Insider: Is John McCain now lifting stories from Alexander Solzhenitsyn?

McCain Cross Story Raises Eyebrows
Truthdig: Drilling Beneath the Headlines — ... in the Soviet Gulags. “As Solzhenitsyn stared at the Cross drawn in the dirt his entire perspective changed. He knew he was only one man against the all-powerful Soviet empire. Yet he knew there was something greater than the evil he saw in the prison camp, something greater than the Soviet Union.  He knew that hope for all people was represented by that simple Cross. Through the power of the Cross, anything was possible.” Read more READ THE WHOLE ITEMRelated ...

McCain tells a tall tale?
Political Animal — ... as a POW, a guard loosened the ropes binding me, easing my pain. On Christmas, that same guard approached me, and without saying a word, he drew a cross in the sand. We stood wordlessly looking at the cross, remembering the true light of Christmas.” It’s a story McCain has not only put in his ads, but has also repeated for several years, including over the weekend, at the forum at Rick Warren’s Saddleback Church. Yesterday, however, questions arose about its veracity. According to a very persuasive Daily Kos diary, the ...

Warren Asked Obama and McCain Different Questions
Crooks and Liars — Two days after the fact, questions continue to surround John McCain’s surprisingly strong performance Saturday at Pastor Rick Warren’s Saddleback Church. The mainstream media and blogosphere alike are abuzz with rumors that McCain pierced Warren’s so-called “cone of silence” and, more serious still, may have purloined his legendary POW “cross in the dirt” story from the late Alexandr Solzhenitsyn. But on one point, there is no dispute. Despite CNN’s assurances to the contrary, Rick Warren ...

McCain's Moving POW Story About A Cross Drawn In The Dirt Lifted From Famous Writer's Life -- Verse-Case Scenario by Tony Peyser
BuzzFlash.org - Progressive News and Commentary with an Attitude | Fight Ignorance: Read BuzzFlash — Home McCain's Moving POW Story About A Cross Drawn In The Dirt Lifted From Famous Writer's Life -- Verse-Case Scenario by Tony Peyser Submitted by BuzzFlash on Tue, 08/19/2008 - 8:55am. Tony Peyser Take a step or two back and this looks like it's been A case of John's not knowing sh*t from Solzhenitsyn . VERSE CASE SCENARIO Tony Peyser provides daily poems and weekly cartoons for BuzzFlash and also writes the BuzzFlash column, " Blue State Jukebox ." He was a daily cartoonist for the L.A. Times from 1994 to 1997. You can e-mail Tony at ...