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Obama’s 30 Minute Informercial: Smart Production Values And Smart Target Focus
themoderatevoice.com - 10/30/2008
Obama’s 30 Minute Informercial: Smart Production Values And Smart Target Focus
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There are those of us who are old enough to remember the days when politicians bought 30 minute blocks of time to do informercials that ran on one or more networks. These political informercials weren’t always purchased by the main, top candidates — and their production values often ...
rasmussenreports.com - 10/29/2008
McCain Trusted More on Taxes and Economy
— rasmussenreports.com — After several weeks of John McCain’s campaign attacks on Barack Obama’s tax plan and idea of “spreading... the wealth around”, the latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds voters trust McCain more than Obama on taxes, 47% to 45%. Two ... (more) McCain Trusted More on Taxes and Economy

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marcambinder.theatlantic.com - 11/1/2008
A McCain Campaign Memo
— marcambinder.theatlantic.com — The last thing the McCain campaign needs on election day is demoralized Republicans. Hence this memo, which... recapitulates what Davis and co. said on a conference call with reporters this morning. From: Rick Davis, McCain-Palin Campaign  ... (more) A McCain Campaign Memo

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CBS Evening News Spikes Newly Found Obama 'Redistributive' Audio
newsbusters.org - 10/28/2008
CBS Evening News Spikes Newly Found Obama 'Redistributive' Audio
— newsbusters.org — YouTube postings over the weekend divulged a 2001 radio interview in which Barack Obama regretted that “the... Supreme Court never ventured into the issues of redistribution of wealth, and sort of more basic issues of political and economic justice in ... (more) CBS Evening News Spikes Newly Found Obama ...

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The Glittering Eye:  The Campaign Infomercial

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The Campaign Infomercial
The Glittering Eye — ... of different backgrounds who told stories of lost health care benefits, the necessities of food rationing and the need to hold more than one job. Mr. Obama told how his mother had to worry about whether the health care provider at her new job would cover her as she battled ovarian cancer. And he retold his background as the grandson of a man who fought in “Patton’s Army” and a grandmother who worked on a bomber assembly line in World War II. For that you can go to Joe Gandelman who, as usual, has about the best roundup of commentary in the blogosphere. ...

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