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Remainders: Hofstra
Ben Smith's Blog —
... for the meltdown.
Russian energy officials visited Alaska last week and Palin didn't know about it.
James Taylor will campaign for Obama in North Carolina.
Jesse Jackson, Jr. is probably annoyed with his dad, again.
Obama campaign evacuates a South Philadelphia office after receiving threats.
The Sacramento GOP removes content from its website that linked Obama to bin Laden.
Lynn Sweet finds the local Chicagoans who really launched Obama's career.
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Barack Obama and William Ayers, Part 1
Newshoggers.com —
... Both Sarah Palin and John McCain have
asserted Barack Obama began his political career in Bill Ayer's living
room. Lynn Sweet of the Chicago Sun Times has an article
today exploring the Obama/Ayers relationship. After some
investigation, Ms. Sweet claims the McCain campaign is misleading the
public. ...
The Final Debate: McCain Attacks, But He's No Longer in Control
MoJo Blog Posts: mojo —
... McCain and his strategists came up with a hybrid approach: take a shot on the Ayers front and combine it with a traditional political assault. "I don't care about an old washed-up terrorist," McCain huffed, but then he went on to say, "we need to know the full extent of that relationship." Huh? If you don't care about Ayers, why do you care about the relationship? And why repeat the false claim that Obama launched his first political campaign within Ayer's living room? ...
The Last Debate: McCain's Irrelevant Attack
David Corn —
... McCain and his strategists came up with a hybrid approach: take a shot on the Ayers front and combine it with a traditional political assault. "I don't care about an old washed-up terrorist," McCain huffed, but then he went on to say, "we need to know the full extent of that relationship." Huh? If you don't care about Ayers, why do you care about the relationship? And why repeat the false claim that Obama launched his first political campaign within Ayer's living room? ...
Analyze this
Power Line —
... But when Obama chose to run for Alice Palmer's seat in the Illinois legislature, he in fact appeared at an event hosted by Ayers and Dohrn in their Hyde Park home. Obama's denial is nothing more than quibbling with the facts, as Lynn Sweet does here. On the subject of charter school, it's even more difficult to construe Obama's comments: ...
L.A. Times: “There Is No Recorded Basis” for McCain’s Claim That Obama Launched His Political Career in Bill Ayers’ Living Room
Patterico's Pontifications —
... In a particularly amusing blog entry at the Chicago Sun Times, Lynn Sweet assures us that McCain “is misleading the public by overplaying the size and significance of Ayers’ early support.” But Sweet’s underlying facts neatly undermine this conclusion. Sweet tells us: “Obama’s campaign really was launched when he got the backing of then state Sen. Alice Palmer (D-Chicago), who wanted him to replace her as she was planning a run for Congress. Palmer’s backing gave him entrée into local influential political ...
Marty Kaplan: Move Over, Willie Horton
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... balance the budget in four years; or that Obama wants kindergarteners taught "comprehensive sex education"; or that Sarah Palin is the country's foremost expert on energy.
It is even conceivable that Sarah Palin really does think it's true that the Troopergate investigation exonerated her of "unlawful or unethical" activity; or that construction of a $40 billion Alaskan natural gas pipeline really is under way; or that Obama really does pal around with terrorists; or that Obama's economic plan actually amounts to ...
US Political News Blog — ... Question 12: Which candidate started their political career at the home of two former members of the Weather Underground? Pure right-wing propaganda. Obama started his political career "when he got the backing of then state Sen. Alice Palmer (D-Chicago), who wanted him to replace her as she was planning a run for Congress. Palmer's backing gave him entrée into local influential political circles." Again, answering this question "correctly" only measures how much one listens to Hannity and/or watch Fox News. ...
