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Matthew Yglesias: “Vote McCain, Not Hussain”
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan: "Vote McCain, Not Barack Hussein!"
The Nation: Top Stories: Today in The Nation: After Hardball
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com: Katrina vanden Heuvel: Last week I took on Michelle Bachmann -- Now the Red-Baiting Rep. Might Lose Her Job
“Vote McCain, Not Hussain”
Matthew Yglesias —
It takes a while for the conservatives in the crowd to get “on message” here, but they come up with a chant that I think could catch on at McCain-Palin rallies nationwide:
The part where they just hell “terrorist!” a lot is nice, too. ...
"Vote McCain, Not Barack Hussein!"
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan —
More charm from a Palin-McCain rally in Nevada. McCain supporter to Obamaites: "Dope And Loose Change: That's Your Real Slogan!"
Today in The Nation: After Hardball
The Nation: Top Stories —
Last Friday, one of the guests preceding my segment on MSNBC's Hardball was a then-little known Congresswoman from Minnesota named Michele Bachmann. She's not little known now. Bachmann said of Barack Obama, "Im very concerned that he may have anti-American views." She then called on the media to "take a great look at the views of the people in Congress and find out, are they pro-America or anti-America?" I've heard a lot of toxic words in my time as Editor of The Nation . The magazine and its editors have been called un-American, unpatriotic, America- haters, and worse. But Bachmann's name-calling, and brazen channeling of Joe McCarthy made me angry. ...
Katrina vanden Heuvel: Last week I took on Michelle Bachmann -- Now the Red-Baiting Rep. Might Lose Her Job
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
Last Friday, one of the guests preceding my segment on MSNBC's Hardball was a then-little known Congresswoman from Minnesota named Michele Bachmann.
She's not little known now.
Bachmann said of Barack Obama, "I'm very concerned that he may have anti-American views." She then called on the media to "take a great look at the views of the people in Congress and find out, are they pro-America or anti-America?"
I've heard a lot of toxic words in my time as Editor of The Nation. The magazine and its editors have been called un-American, unpatriotic, America- haters, and worse. But Bachmann's name-calling, and brazen channeling ...
Palin fans: 'Vote McCain, Not Hussein'
Crooks and Liars —
McCain and Palin are obviously having trouble drawing a crowd these days , especially an enthusiastic one. But it seems that those who are going have a ... special ... quality. Down in Florida, the NYT's Julie Bosman reports that outside Sarah Palin rallies, McCain/Palin fans are indulging in anti-Arab xenophobia: NEW PORT RICHEY, Fla. – “John McCain! Not Hussein!” So goes the latest popular chant on the campaign trail with Gov. Sarah Palin, demonstrated at a morning rally in central Florida. Ms. Palin was midway through her stump speech when a group of supporters began shouting it in unison, drowned out a few seconds later as Ms. Palin talked over ...
