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John McCain’s Greatest Campaign Hits
Crooks and Liars — TPM put together this hilarious montage of John McCain’s blunders and awkward moments from the 2008 campaign trail. Do we really need four more years of this? Can you spot any they may have missed? I can think of two: First, his creepy smirk after proclaiming at ...

Obama Tries to Call Out McCain on OBL
Political Punch — Obama and Running Mate To Hold Joint Event Saturday | Main Obama Tries to Call Out McCain on OBL August 19, 2008 7:37 PM At a town hall meeting in Raleigh, NC, just now, Sen. Barack Obama, R-Illinois, repeated a new attack against Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., that calls out McCain's pledge to follow Osama bin Laden to the gates of Hell as bluster and bravado."Our troops have done everything that’s been asked of them," Obama said, per ABC News' Sunlen Miller. "But what they need now is civilian leadership and a commander-in-chief that is putting in place a strategy that is as excellent as the work being done by our troops, that we are ...

‘To The Gates Of Hell’ — Just Not Into Pakistan
Wonk Room — Taking a break from this week’s main project of expelling great volumes of sanctimonious gas over whether John McCain falsely shared the “cross in the dirt” story as his own — or only just happened to remember this totally true anecdote right around the time he needed to ingratiate himself with the religious right — McCainblogger Mike Goldfarb falsely attributes some comments to Barack Obama. Goldfarb writes that last August, Obama “threatened to send troops across the Afghan border,” and now Obama is “criticiz[ing] McCain for not echoing his own ...

McCain On Reinstituting A Military Draft: ‘I Don’t Disagree’
Think Progress — McCain On Reinstituting A Military Draft: ‘I Don’t Disagree’ Today at a townhall meeting, an audience member praised Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) for his vow to “ follow bin Laden to the gates of hell .” After a long question about veterans’ care, the questioner said she believed we needed to reinstate the draft, to which McCain seemed to readily agree: QUESTIONER: If we don’t reenact the draft, I don’t think we’ll have anyone to chase Bin Laden to the gates of hell. [Appaluse] MCCAIN: Ma’am, let me say that I don’t disagree with anything you said. Watch it (via Progressive Accountability ): In June, McCain said it would take an ...