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McCain Fib Watch, Episode 1 (video)
youtube.com - 9/12/2008
McCain Fib Watch, Episode 1 (video)
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John McCain lies about Sarah Palin's earmark record on The View, September 12, 2008

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Talking Points Memo:  McCain's Lie of the Day (Just the Facts)

The Mahablog:  Please America, Pay Attention

Discourse.net:  Friday McCain/McSame Bashing (Repaired)

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McCain's Lie of the Day (Just the Facts)
Talking Points Memo —

Please America, Pay Attention
The Mahablog —

Friday McCain/McSame Bashing (Repaired)
Discourse.net — Thanks to the helpful intervention of techs at Dreamhost, I managed to pull up a backup of the blog’s database and find at least 95% of the lost text for last Friday’s McCain bashing entry. So I’m reposting it here even though it’s a little dated – the stuff that got cut off previously starts after the horizontal line. Of course, there’s been a ton of good stuff since then… Thurs Obama Ad, Who Advises Kevin Drum, Palin Without a Prompter….Part 7 TalkLeft, Todd Palin Refuses to Comply With Subponea Digby, Ghosts Of ...

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