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Lieberman drops the pretense, attacks Obama’s patriotism
Political Animal —
... In case there were any doubts about whether Lieberman went off-script and said something McCain disapproved of, note that the McCain campaign emailed Lieberman’s attack to its full press list. In the process, Greg Sargent noted, the McCain gang put its “official stamp of approval on Lieberman’s assertion.” ...
McCain and Lieberman call Obama un-American. Will Obama respond?
AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth —
Red-blooded American males respond, forcefully, when someone accuses them of being un-American. (And hidden within this attack is some subtle racism as well since, you know, Obama's people are dark and from "exotic" dark-skinned places like Hawaii, and some of his ancestors were Muslim, and you know what that means.) It all adds up to someone who won't put their country first. And that kind of person is an un-American traitor. ...
8/13: Throwing Bombs Bursting In Air
Blogometer —
... : "Barack Obama needs to tell the public that this gutter approach to politics will be America's problem if John McCain is elected president, because if he and his crowd campaign this way, they'll govern this way -- by dividing the country, questioning the patriotism of anyone who disagrees with them, and going into character-assassination mode whenever they're challenged." Talking Points Memo 's Greg Sargent : Just moments ago, the McCain campaign emailed out the same Lieberman quote to its full press list -- putting its official stamp of approval on Lieberman's assertion. ...
Arianna Huffington: It's a Three-Man Race: Obama vs The Two McCains
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... for a reason. And McCain has gotten exactly what he's paying for -- what Joe Klein (a great admirer of the old McCain) calls the "quadrennial Republican scum festival that begins in August of every presidential election year."
So what acts are on the Scum Festival lineup this year? Ads comparing Obama to Paris Hilton and Britney Spears, the claim that Obama "would rather lose a war that we are winning than lose an election," and the claim that Obama hasn't "put his country first."
As Klein asks: "We've got two wars, an energy crisis, an ...
Wankpocolypse Now
The Poor Man Institute —
... On the other hand, one thing that Republican-partisan media - from FOX News to National Review hacks down to the semi-acquaintance who won’t stop sending you mass emails about Barack Hussein Os/bama being an UnAmerican Moorish Musselman - is very good at is messaging, and messaging can create the environment for effective politics. It creates the subtext. Consider how little McCain has to actually say in order to - for example - question Obama’s patriotism (and notice how the forceful activist “netroots” response is to … ...
Paul Jenkins: McCain Wimps Out, Country Shrugs
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... Yes, he is deeply prejudiced, as evidenced by his campaign's convention speeches brutally emphasizing Obama's "otherness" and presumed lack of patriotism. But then again, no surprise here: he is the head of a party whose congressional representation is 99% non-Hispanic white (and may well be down to just ...
