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The Reaction —
By Creature America, if John McCain becomes president he will send your kids to die. Is that what you want? And people want to paint Barack Obama as risky. Yeesh. (Cross-posted at State of the Day.)
I don't want to go all Ebert on your ass, but...
Whiskey Fire —
I was gearing up to mock a dKos diary because the diarist was off on that "Digg!, this people! Here's how Digg works!" thing that some bloggers do, but I was as-fucking-stounded (that's a word!) by this video.
Wow! Tell your Mama, tell your Papa!
Rip -
Republicans and Military Men on McCain
Greatscat! —
Why McCain's foreign policy frightens even the right. -Diane Stumble Upon Toolbar Stumble It! on Monday, August 11, 2008 at 1:51 PM | | | Permalink [image] [image]
Taking Back The Campaign Nominee
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan —
What the Obama campaign has lost sight of, I think, and what it needs to regain control of, is the essential message of his candidacy. After the last eight years, we simply cannot risk a continuation of the same reckless, belligerent, argument-losing, ideological and deceptive foreign policy of the current crew. The damage that neoconservatism has done to America, to the Middle East, to democratic norms, to Israel's security, to civilized values and fiscal sanity is immense and deep. From his knee-jerk COld War posture over Georgia to his Rovian campaign tactics, McCain is simply too close to this disastrous record to contemplate. McCain's trigger-happy ...
To Anyone Who's Going to Sit Out This Election
Hoffmania! —
Please...just five minutes of your time, then you can continue your day. Thanks.
Military Men on McCain
Suburban Guerrilla —
Daily Digest: The Digg Olympics
techPresident —
The Web on the Candidates
Anti-McCain Video Gets a Digg Gold Medal: Top video on Digg in the past 24 hours, "Republicans and military men on John McCain" is an anti-McCain voter-generated video that so far has just over 200,000 views. Getting a boost from Andrew Sullivan and Josh Marshall doesn't hurt either. The "spine chilling" video is set to that terrifying song from "Requiem for a Dream" but the power of the song pales in comparison to Scott Ritter’s warning on Iran. Note: the video contains graphic images. # ...
Fake Troops, Fake Support, Sanitized War
Newshoggers.com —
By Cernig
Brandon Friedman at VetVoice notes that for its "Pledge of Allegiance video" on Tuesday night, the Republican National Convention used stock footage of a staged military funeral, along with actors - fake soldiers and a staged military funeral instead of the real thing.
Brandon ...
Fake Troops, Fake Support, Sanitized War
Crooks and Liars —
Brandon Friedman at VetVoice notes that for its “Pledge of Allegiance video” on Tuesday night, the Republican National Convention used stock footage of a staged military funeral, along with actors - fake soldiers and a staged military funeral instead of the real thing.
Brandon writes:
The issue here isn’t that the RNC used actors in what might have been a haste. Rather, the underlying problem is that Bush and McCain supporters don’t like to deal with the messy reality of warfare that genuine troops bring to the table. That is, they feel compelled to stage a funeral with ...
Here's what the stakes are, and why John McCain simply cannot win this election if we care about the future
Brilliant at Breakfast —
I'm under no illusions that Barack Obama is a progressive dream candidate. But I fear for the future of this world if the lunatic pair of John McCain and Sarah Palin is elected: (h/t)
McCain Palin The Scariest 5 Minutes of Your Life
Politicol News —
When the Republican swift boat came out attacking Obama last month I wondered how long it would take until the lies came out in full force and it did not surprise me that the tone of this election has once again deteriorated to cliches and inaccurate quotations. But if you are one of the Independants, or unregistered voters who is sitting on the fence waiting for some sign, some event that will turn your head around to one party or the other I want you to take five minutes of your life - and really look at this video. You owe it to yourself, your family and your country. If you have seen the ...
HEY OBAMA CAMPAIGN!
Open Left - Front Page —
I know most people have seen this video but if you know somebody in the Obama campaign or somebody close to somebody important in the Obama campaign, please send them the link to this video and see if they can't edit something shorter and air it: Sarah Palin said two things which can be pegs for an attack ad of this kind: 1. War with Russia could happen over the Georgia conflict 2. Soldiers going to Iraq are fighting the people who killed thousands of Americans on Sept. 11. The Obama camp needs to launch a fresh, timely attack that will make the ...
When McCain Says 'Tested'
Politics Daily —
Filed under: President Bush, Barack Obama, John McCain, Iraq, Joe Biden, TerrorOne hazard of a seemingly never-ending campaign is that, as a candidate, you're expected to talk a lot. You must deliver speeches and remarks on a daily basis, and, as a result, you can find yourself saying things that don't always sound so terrific in retrospect. Witness the past week in our current election as proof. Joe Biden seems to have a way with letting his words get ahead of him. His "rhetorical flourishes", as Barack Obama termed them yesterday, often seem to steer their "yes, we can" ...
