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talkingpointsmemo.com - 9/2/2008
Olympic Shark Jumping
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We've already had a number of threshold moments in John McCain's on-going descent into ignominy. But surely this has to be another. John McCain just hired Tucker Eskew , the guy in charge of sliming him back in South Carolina in 2000. Apparently, he'll be in charge of prepping Sarah Palin for ...

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J. Bradford DeLong's Grasping Reality with All Eight Tentacles:  John McCain Is Not Qualified to Be President of Anything

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Lovely
Rising Hegemon — The McCain campaign hired Tucker Askew, one of those lovely folks that in 2000 dragged McCain through the mud about his "illegitimate black daughter" in one of the great execrable moments of American politics...because John McCain puts country first. ...

No Quiet During the Storm
The Opinionator — ... “: “Eskew, along with Warren Tompkins and Neal Rhodes, were key members of then-Gov. George W. Bush’s South Carolina team during the 2000 primaries. McCain and his team long held Bush, Tompkins, Rhodes and Eskew responsible for the various smears against McCain and his family in the Palmetto state during that contentious contest.” Josh Marshall at TPM retorts : “Apparently, he’ll be in charge of prepping Sarah Palin for her role as McCain’s running mate — which, when you think about it, may be McCain’s ultimate payback.” retorts Josh Marshall at TPM. “As Eric Kleefeld just ...

John McCain Is Not Qualified to Be President of Anything
J. Bradford DeLong's Grasping Reality with All Eight Tentacles — ... Olympic Shark Jumping: We've already had a number of threshold moments in John McCain's on-going descent into ignominy. But surely this has to be another. John McCain just hired Tucker Eskew, the guy in charge of sliming him back in South Carolina in 2000. Apparently, he'll be in charge of prepping Sarah Palin for her role as McCain's running mate -- which, when you think about it, may be McCain's ultimate payback. ...

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