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Time 's Carney claimed new McCain ad -- which contains falsehoods -- is "[l]egitimate" and "entirely within bounds"
In a September 23 post on Time.com's Swampland blog headlined "McCain's Legitimate Attack," Time Washington bureau chief Jay Carney wrote that "what's important" about Sen. John McCain's " new ad ... attacking [Sen. Barack] Obama 'and his liberal allies' for failing to lead in the midst of the ...
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Time's Jay Carney Gets Intimidated By McCain
TalkLeft — This is what you get when you work the refs the way the McCain camp has - Jay Carney capitulates (probably the first of many): Summary: In a Swampland blog post headlined "McCain's Legitimate Attack," Jay Carney wrote that unlike previous McCain campaign ads that included "false and distorted assaults" on Sen. Barack Obama, McCain's "new ad ... attacking Obama 'and his liberal allies' for failing to lead in the midst of the current financial markets crisis" is "entirely within bounds." In fact, the new McCain ad contains falsehoods about Obama's response to ...

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