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eschatonblog.com - 9/24/2008
That's A Mavericky Stunt We Can Believe In
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McCain is suspending campaign (whatever that means) and going to Washington so he can have pictures taken of him looking like he's doing something. Asks that Obama do the same, and wants Friday's debate to be postponed, because he can't possibly do 2 things at once.

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Daily Kos — ... By contrast, 64 percent believe Biden is qualified to be president, versus just 21 percent who disagree. In Cincinnati Senator Joe Biden blasts McCain on national security, saying, "John is more than wrong -- he is dangerously wrong. On a question so basic, so fundamental, so critical to our nation's security, we can't afford a commander in chief so divorced from reality." - Meteor Blades Atrios: McCain is suspending campaign (whatever that means) and going to Washington so he ...

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