andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com - 8/18/2008
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Dean Bartlett thinks the cross in the dirt wild goose chase betrays a sense of panic among Obamaphiles: By all means, let’s focus more attention on McCain’s stint at the Hanoi Hilton. Maybe the Obama campaign will offer up as a counterpoint Obama’s supremely courageous opposition to the Iraq War while on the front lines of the Illinois state legislature. And by all means, let’s have the left ...
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The Cross in the Dirt brouhaha
Betsy's Page —
... where he said he did? And why are we not allowed to ask these questions, when they relate to one of the most important questions anyone can ask about a president: the question of integrity? If McCain has fabricated a religious epiphany for political purposes, it is about as deep a betrayal of core integrity as one can imagine, and the latest example of how pernicious the religious domination of political life in America has become. Sullivan keeps gnawing at this story here , here , and here . Sullivan goes so far as to thickheadedly misunderstand ...
Andrew Sullivan then versus now
Sister Toldjah —
... stared at the Cross drawn in the dirt his entire perspective changed.
I have one simple question: when was the first time that McCain told this story?
And he didn’t stop there. He has continued on today here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, and here ...
The Case of Jerome Corsi
Ross Douthat —
... Obama's political style, calling attention to the controversial public utterances of Michelle Obama and Jeremiah Wright, etc.) as inherently racist and hatemongering, conservatives need to be very clear about where the line actually is, and what sort of attacks are actually beyond the pale and worth condemning. In a related vein, I can't help noticing that Andrew has decided to elevate this campaign's tone with eleven posts (and counting, as I write) about the possibility that John McCain ...
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