andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com - 10/30/2008
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Michael Goldfarb, McCain spokesman, accuses Barack Obama of hanging around with anti-Semites - plural - on CNN. Asked to name one other anti-Semite other than his allegation about Rashid Khalidi, he can't. He won't. But he leaves it hanging, refusing to disown or retract the charge. This is ...
harpers.org - 10/29/2008
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harpers.org —
The last weeks of every presidential campaign I
can remember bring out the crazies. Candidates are reviled
as “racists,” “Nazis,” “Communists,” and the like. But this year the process has gotten nuttier and more malicious than usual. Perhaps it is a ...
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SCOTT HORTON—The New McCarthyism
weeklystandard.com - 10/28/2008
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Balloon Juice —
... Joe Klein is not impressed:
Here we have the McCain campaign’s execrable Michael Goldfarb slinging around accusations of anti-semitism—a favorite pastime, as we’ve seen this year, among Jewish neoconservatives.
Nor is Sullivan:
Michael Goldfarb, McCain spokesman, accuses Barack Obama of hanging around with anti-Semites – plural – on CNN. Asked to name one other anti-Semite other than his allegation about Rashid Khalidi, he can’t. He won’t. But ...
DAY'S END ROUNDUP
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... fighting fire with fire in the strongly worded response. FROM THE BLOGS: [image] Hagan Hits Back on Dole - Robert Arena, AMERICAblog [image] Will bin Laden Cut an Ad? - Ed Morrissey, Hot Air [image] McCain Up among Fla. Early Birds - Abe Greenwald, Contentions [image] Not Bad for an Infomercial - Steve Benen, Political Animal [image] Not as Bad as Consensus Thinks? - Larry Kudlow, The Corner [image] Pure McCarthyism - Andrew Sullivan, The Daily Dish [image] Barack Still Wants My ...
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