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Obama hits McCain on DHL issue
Jonathan Martin's Blog —
This flap seemed tailor-made for paid media, and sure enough Obama's camp goes up on the air on Ohio radio today dinging McCain and Rick Davis for their involvement in the original DHL merger.
McCain’s DHL problem may cost him Ohio
Political Animal —
One month ago today, John McCain hosted a town-hall event in Ohio, when Mary Houghtaling, who runs a hospice in Wilmington, choked up in describing the devastating job losses associated with DHL’s plans to close its domestic air hub in her town. McCain said he’d been “briefed” on the situation, which he described as “a terrible blow.”
Responding directly to Houghtaling, a McCain supporter, the presumptive Republican nominee added, “But I’ve gotta look you in the eye and give you straight talk. I don’t know if I can stop it or not, or if it will be stopped. So I have ...
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An Antichrist Obama in McCain Ad?
time.com 8/8/2008 — It's not easy to make the infamous Willie Horton ad from the 1988 presidential campaign seem benign. But suggesting that Barack Obama is the Antichrist might just do it. That's just what some outraged Christian supporters of the Democratic nominee ...
McCain contrasts celeb Obama with average Americans
politico.com 8/8/2008 —
Continuing their portrayal of Barack Obama as a lofty celebrity, John McCain's campaign is going on the air today with a new ad that juxtaposes images of the Democrat as rock star with claims that he wants to impose fiscal hardships on workaday ...
More On Edwards's Admission
marcambinder.theatlantic.com 8/8/2008 — ** The interview airs tonight on ABC.
** Elizabeth Edwards has a primetime speaking role at the Democratic National Convention; John Edwards, as of this point, does not, and people close to him think he will beg off and not attend the convention so ...
Another Scummy McCain Ad
andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com 8/8/2008 —
The new one truly is painful. Note how a negative ad is constructed. There is a cover: in this case an argument about Obama's pledge to raise taxes. That argument is dishonest as Ambers explains:
It claims that Barack Obama voted to raise ...
More on the Tire Gauge Lie
blogs.tnr.com 8/8/2008 — Thinking more about this McCain tire gauge lie , I'm wondering why Barack Obama doesn't just outright call McCain a liar. All politicians spin, some more agresssively than others, but McCain's claim that Obama's energy policy consists of urging ...
Obama camp says McCain cost Ohio jobs —
CNN Political Ticker 8/8/2008
(CNN) — Sen. Barack Obama's campaign released a tough new Ohio radio ad Friday that said Sen. John McCain and his campaign manager Rick Davis were partly responsible for the potential loss of thousands of Ohio jobs.
"[T]here’s something John ...
Clinton Stresses Support for Obama Candidacy —
FOXNews.com 8/8/2008
LAS VEGAS — Hillary Rodham Clinton says she truly wants Barack Obama to win the White House, even though he dashed her own presidential dreams. And she’s going to keep saying it, despite the doubters.
The New York senator was ...
TIME: An Antichrist Obama in McCain Ad? —
CNN Political Ticker 8/8/2008
It's not easy to make the infamous Willie Horton ad from the 1988 presidential campaign seem benign. But suggesting that Barack Obama is the Antichrist might just do it.
That's just what some outraged Christian supporters of the Democratic nominee are ...
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