politico.com - 8/15/2008
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Blog: Oh, to have been present for this
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Late Nite FDL: Get Those Volley Ball Chicks Off My TV
Firedoglake —
... . McCain campaign throws Social Security birthday cake in the garbage at Arizona headquarters. At least Marie Antoinette would've given it to the poor. ...
McCain campaign throws Social Security’s birthday cake in the trash.
Think Progress —
... of President Franklin Roosevelt’s signing of the Social Security Act, the New Mexico Democratic Party attempted to sing “Happy 73rd Birthday to Social Security” outside of a McCain campaign office, “only to have the birthday cake thrown in the trash by the campaign”: ...
A Teddy Bear and a Night Light?
Hoffmania! —
... That's the best they can come up with after throwing untouched food in the trash? Humorless AND wasteful. Today, the Democratic Party of New Mexico were joined by Patsy
Trujillo, the Deputy Secretary of Aging and Long Term Care as well as
Victor Raigoza, State Senate District 10 Candidate to attempt to sing
Happy 73rd Birthday to Social Security outside the McCain headquarters
office, only to have the birthday cake thrown in the trash by the
campaign.
While McCain supporters screamed, "Obama sleeps with a Teddy Bear and a
night light," staffers ...
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McCain Gets Tough Questions in Colorado —
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Laura Meckler reports from Aspen, Colo., on the presidential race:
Sen. John McCain usually enjoys hostile questions from the audience, though he appeared slightly irked by a man today who accused him of flip-flopping and suggested that ...
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