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Thompson: McCain is 'country first'
usatoday.com - 9/7/2008
Thompson: McCain is 'country first'
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The former Tennessee senator and actor also sought to rally the party faithful behind McCain's running mate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin. Palin has faced intense scrutiny this week after a series of personal and political revelations, including news that her unmarried teen daughter is pregnant and ...

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Engaging In Dubious Battle
Open Left - Front Page — ... The same - and more - could be said of the Republicans. The GOP's decision to make their campaign about indicting the very American-ness of Democrats - most recently with their authoritarian-flavored "Country First" nationalism - is undoubtedly rationalized in the same way In Dubious Battle's wide-eyed organizer Jim Nolan justifies his zealotry: "Y'ought to think only of the end," he says, dismissing Doc Burton's warning. But what kind of "end" are they really building with that kind of rhetoric? Certainly not the "change" or "reform" that John McCain is now promising. ...

David Sirota: Engaging In Dubious Battle
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — ... The same - and more - could be said of the Republicans. The GOP's decision to make their campaign about indicting the very American-ness of Democrats - most recently with their authoritarian-flavored "Country First" nationalism - is undoubtedly rationalized in the same way In Dubious Battle's wide-eyed organizer Jim Nolan justifies his zealotry: "Y'ought to think only of the end," he says, dismissing Doc Burton's warning. But what kind of "end" are they really building with that kind of rhetoric? Certainly not the "change" or "reform" that John McCain is now promising. ...

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