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dias912 "More taxes" is such a basic watchword used by any campaign to undermine another. As soon as i hear that, a flag goes off in my head to check the facts myself.
It's too bad that TV ads can only be 15 or 30 seconds
Brilliant at Breakfast —
Because I think this, at just over three minutes, would be very effective: It's an ad that would be effective even to those "hard working Americans....white Americans" that Hillary Clinton talked about, because, let's face it, it's a white guy in front of the camera. It's a ...
Debunking More McCranky Lies Anout Barack Obama's Tax Proposals
DownWithTyranny! —
Meet Brian Deese, the Deputy Director of Economic Policy for Barack Obama's campaign. He seems like a nice young man, smart one too. Here's a video of him analyzing all the distortions and lies in McCain's new Smear and Fear attack ad. I like how he ends it: "In summary, this ad is a lie." The bottom line about McCain's lies is this: Obama's tax plan gives 95% of American families a $1,000 tax cut, eliminates income taxes for seniors making less than $50,000, cuts capital gains taxes for small businesses to zero percent-- and ensures that no one making less than $250,000 pays a dime more in ...
Election Central Sunday Roundup
TPM Election Central —
Report: Penn Wanted To Deride Obama's Americanness
In a revelation that will lower his stock in Democratic politics even further than it already has been, a newly-released set of internal memos shows that Mark Penn aggressively pitched a xenophobic strategy for the Hillary campaign to use against Barack Obama and his "lack of American roots." Penn wrote: "I cannot imagine America electing a president during a time of war who is not at his center fundamentally American in his thinking and in his values."
Both Candidates Off The Trail Today
Neither Barack Obama nor John McCain have any public events scheduled for ...
Beltway Boys ask "Has Obama Lost His Luster?"
News Hounds —
Fred Barnes and Jeff Birnbaum were on message on Saturday's Beltway Boys, 8/9, with claims that Barack Obama has " lost his luster" while John McCain is shimmering anew. There was only one side represented, Republican, and no effort made to appear "fair and balanced". According to the B Boys, Obama is a "falling star" and rough and ready John McCain is standing by.
Although the Beltway Boy audience is probably ready to believe anything about Obama, as long as it's negative, Barnes and Birnbaum managed to manufacture reasons for "potential Obama fatigue". Some of the evidence was sculpted to make their point and some just partisan ...
Team Obama Fact-Checks McCain's Latest Ad
Hoffmania! —
Nicely done.
