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Oliver Willis —
McCain/Palin supporters SCREAM about the socialists taking over our country!
This is the modern Republican party.
“It’s now clear that John McCain would rather launch angry, personal attacks than talk about the economy or defend his risky bailout scheme that hands over billions in taxpayer dollars to the same irresponsible Wall Street banks and lenders that got us into this mess – a scheme that guarantees taxpayers will lose money. While Barack Obama ensured that the rescue plan that passed Congress protects taxpayers and homeowners, John McCain’s scheme has been panned by ...
"It's now clear that John McCain would rather launch angry, personal attacks than talk about the economy."
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From the Obama campaign: "It's now clear that John McCain would rather launch angry, personal attacks than talk about the economy or defend his risky bailout scheme that hands over billions in taxpayer dollars to the same irresponsible Wall Street banks and lenders that got us into this mess – a scheme that guarantees taxpayers will lose money. While Barack Obama ensured that the rescue plan that passed Congress protects taxpayers and homeowners, John McCain's scheme has been panned by experts and observers from across the political spectrum," said Obama campaign spokesman Tommy Vietor.How clear? Watch the mob mentality and how McCain and Palin ...
Thursday's Mini-Report
Political Animal —
THURSDAY'S MINI-REPORT.... Today's edition of quick hits: * The Dow closed down another 679 points today. It closed below 9,000 for the first time since June 2003, and is now at its lowest points since May 2003. * Krugman added : "The money markets are frozen; the TED spread is 4.14%. G7 meeting tomorrow, IMF-World Bank over the weekend. Now is the time for major action -- an announcement of coordinated capital injections, liquidity measures, and more. If we've had nothing except vague assurances by Monday...." * McCain spent the day smearing Obama for knowing Bill Ayers . It comes a day after his campaign assured us that McCain would not smear ...
McCain/Palin Playing The "Terrorist" Card Goes Beyond Mere Campaign Sleaze
Daily Kos —
I'm not sure what it would take to convince Palin and McCain that insinuating another candidate for the presidency might somehow be a secret terrorist is a very, very bad idea. America has had plenty of experience with right-wing militia nuts and paranoid loners over the last few decades; it should be transparently obvious that sneeringly inciting crowds to such an extent is a dangerous game for Palin and McCain to be playing. Palin, especially, should be damn well aware of it, given her and her husband's past uncomfortable closeness to militia figures in Alaska. To put it plainly, inciting right wing crowds to consider an American presidential candidate a ...
Former McCain Strategist Warns Against "Angry Mob"
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
John Weaver, John McCain's former top strategist, says the Republican candidate is making both a moral and a a tactical mistake by letting abusive hecklers have free rein at rallies:
"People need to understand, for moral reasons and the protection of our civil society, the differences with Senator Obama are ideological, based on clear differences on policy and a lack of experience compared to Senator McCain," Weaver said. "And from a purely practical political vantage point, please find me a swing voter, an undecided independent, or a torn female voter that finds an angry mob mentality attractive."
Yesterday, McCain encouraged a ...
Former McCain Strategist Warns Against "Angry Mob"
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed —
John Weaver, John McCain's former top strategist, says the Republican candidate is making both a moral and a a tactical mistake by letting abusive hecklers have free rein at rallies:
"People need to understand, for moral reasons and the protection of our civil society, the differences with Senator Obama are ideological, based on clear differences on policy and a lack of experience compared to Senator McCain," Weaver said. "And from a purely practical political vantage point, please find me a swing voter, an undecided independent, or a torn female voter that finds an angry mob mentality attractive."
Yesterday, McCain encouraged a ...
They need help
slacktivist —
Snopes.com is necessary, but not sufficient. That's one of the things I started out wanting to say. Then I got a bit distracted as that thought was reinforced by the dismaying spectacle of Sarah Palin's unconditional admirers -- their admiration only increasing with every Katie Couric interview and every repeated, documented lie -- and that initial thought ...
Pete Cenedella: Ooh, That Smell: McCain and His Mob Waltz with Death
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
Shortly before death, bodies engage in a riot of convulsions and hemorrhages, some disturbingly visible, some internal and unseen. There is a dance of extreme violence that occurs in a living organism as it "rages against the dying of the light," to paraphrase Dylan Thomas. And then, there is often a moment of calm as death sets in, and the organism relaxes its fierce grip on life. Endorphins flood the body and the grimacing mask of struggle, many times, goes slack. And then you die.
If you've ever been at someone's dying bedside, you know what I mean.
It's worth holding this imagery in mind when looking at the videos coming back from the campaign trail ...
