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New McCain Campaign/RNC Robocalls Question Whether Obama And Dems Really Want To Keep Us Safe
The McCain campaign and the Republican National Committee are pumping stark new robo-calls into Virginia that assert that Barack Obama isn't "who you think" he is and subtly question whether he and his fellow Democrats really want to keep us safe. The insinuations in the call -- which was ...
New Robocalls From McCain Campaign And RNC Slam Obama's Patriotism, Charge He Put "Hollywood ...
tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com — The McCain campaign and the RNC are pumping new robocalls into North Carolina that question Barack Obama's patriotism by charging that he and his fellow Dems put "Hollywood before America," another sign that Republicans are seriously worried about ... (more) New Robocalls From McCain Campaign And RNC Slam Obama's ...
RNC Mailer: What Does Obama Want From Islamic Terrorists?
RNC Mailer: What Does Obama Want From Islamic Terrorists?
huffingtonpost.com — In addition to launching a massive robocall campaign raising Obama's past association with Bill Ayers as a campaign issue, the Republican National Committee is out with a vicious attack mailer suggesting that the Democratic nominee is not just soft ... (more) RNC Mailer: What Does Obama Want From Islamic Terrorists?
WisPolitics.com
wispolitics.com — WisPolitics: No RNC ads for the next week, TV stations report 10/15/2008 By WisPolitics Staff The Republican National Committee hasn't booked ads for the next week in Wisconsin TV markets after running a series of spots attacking Barack Obama and ... (more) WisPolitics.com
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Republicans Don't Know What To Do
Taylor Marsh — ... Rick Moran says "forget McCain" and "fight for the filibuster." But some are still holding out hope. Karl lives. Byron York is in deep denial. Virginia GOP get desperate, turn to Osama. While the Justice department is now investigating ACORN. George W. Bush reminding everyone he’s still relevant. ...and Joe the plumber turns out not to be a licensed plumber. I’m shocked. Robocalls... and more robocalls. But when all else fails, the wingnuts have their favorite standby. ...

Tracking the Robocall Blitz
Talking Points Memo — ... We've confirmed another GOP robocall, this one going out in Virginia and telling recipients that Obama and Dems "aren't who you think they are." ...

Harsh GOP robo-call hits Ayers
Ben Smith's Blog — ... will enact an extreme leftist agenda if they take control of Washington. Barack Obama and his Democratic allies lack the judgment to lead our country. This call was paid for by McCain-Palin 2008 and the Republican National Committee at 202-863-8500. I spoke to women who got the call in Wisconsin and New Mexico, and a Democratic official said they'd also had reports of it in Norther Virginia, Maine, Florida, Missouri, and North Carolina. Greg Sargent has reported on two earlier calls.

More sleaze from McCain
AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth — To McCain's credit, at least the new ads aren't overtly calling on voters to kill Obama.

GOP, McCain Appear To Dominate Robocall War
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed — ... On Thursday, Talking Points Memo posted one such RNC/McCain campaign call being made in Virginia, in which recipients are told that "Barack Obama and his fellow Democrats aren't who you think they are... They say they want to keep us safe, but Barack Obama said the threat we face now from terrorism is nowhere near as dire as it was in the end of the Cold War. And Congressional Democrats now want to give civil rights to terrorists." ...

GOP, McCain Appear To Dominate Robocall War
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — ... On Thursday, Talking Points Memo posted one such RNC/McCain campaign call being made in Virginia, in which recipients are told that "Barack Obama and his fellow Democrats aren't who you think they are... They say they want to keep us safe, but Barack Obama said the threat we face now from terrorism is nowhere near as dire as it was in the end of the Cold War. And Congressional Democrats now want to give civil rights to terrorists." ...

The last refuge of a scoundrel
Political Animal — ... was in line with run-of-the-mill Republican nonsense. The robocalls [in North Carolina, Missouri, Colorado, and Wisconsin] hit Obama for attending a celebrity fundraiser in Hollywood while efforts to address the financial crisis got underway in Washington. A second round of robocalls, also from McCain and the RNC, hits Obama as a tax-hiker, and stops just short of criticizing the big bailout package that McCain has repeatedly taken credit for helping get passed. The second round cranked up the sleaze a bit. "Barack Obama and his fellow Democrats aren't who you think they ...

Loutocracy.
Blah3 Feed — So, now that the debates are over and John McCain can no longer be called out for his sleazy campaign, we're seeing the face of the real Republican party - and it ain't pretty. Robocall #1: Obama puts Hollywood above america, whatever the fuck that means. Robocall #2: Barack Obama and his fellow Democrats aren't who you think they are. Robocall #3: You need to know that Barack Obama has worked closely with domestic terrorist Bill Ayers, whose organization bombed the U.S. Capitol, the Pentagon, a judge's home, and ...

McCain Robocalls: Obama Is a Baby-Killing, America-ignoring, Hollywood-loving, Terrorist-Loving
Political Punch — ... ) says "Barack Obama and his fellow Democrats got caught putting Hollywood above America. On the very day our elected leaders gathered in Washington to deal with the financial crisis, Barack Obama spent just 20 minutes with economic advisers, but hours at a celebrity Hollywood fundraiser. Where are the Democrats' priorities?" A third (Listen ...

last ditch efforts by McCain to hurt his opponent
BlondeSense — ... Report 42 www.freepress.net Kick Ass Blogger Award hit tracker Powered by Blogger Who Links Here Friday, October 17 last ditch efforts by McCain to hurt his opponent Now that the debates are over, the McCain camp is unleashing vile robocalls on unsuspecting Americans. Isn't this what the bushistas did to McCain in the 2000 primaries? Nice man, that McCain. Not. Obama Voted To Let Babies Die Obama And 'Terrorist Bill Ayers' Dems Want Rights For Enemies 'Hollywood Above America' I think it's time for Obama to unleash ...

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