Archive for the ‘2008+elections’ Category

Arianna Huffington: The Latest Media Blind Spot: Viewing All Criticism of Obama Through a Right/Left

Wednesday, July 16th, 2008

My problem isn’t that Barack Obama doesn’t always agree with me. My problem is that Barack Obama has started to not always agree with himself — falling prey instead to the Conventional Wisdom sirens.

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Is the New Yorker’s Muslim Obama cover incendiary or satire? | Top of the Ticket | Los Angeles Times

Sunday, July 13th, 2008

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The cover of this week’s New Yorker magazine depicts Obama in one-piece Muslim garb and headdress fist-bumping his booted, Afro-wearing wife Michelle in camo clothes with a rifle and ammo-belt slung over her shoulder beneath a portrait of Osama bin-Laden while the American flag burns in the fireplace — in the presidential Oval Office.

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McCain misses Medicare vote

Friday, July 11th, 2008

Presumed Republican presidential candidate John McCain is the only senator who did not vote this week on a Medicare bill that halted doctor pay cuts but slashed billions in funding from private insurers.

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Bob Cesca: Killing Iranian Civilians Isn’t Hilarious, Senator McCain on The Huffington Post

Thursday, July 10th, 2008

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Senator McCain has famously said, "Only a fool or a fraud talks tough or romantically about war." How, then, should we describe a clearly unbalanced presidential candidate who jokes about killing innocent civilians as part of a larger war-mongering foreign policy?

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Jon Soltz: The Flip Flopper on Iraq? McCain

Wednesday, July 9th, 2008

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You’d think with all the media consternation with the non-existent "flip flop" of Obama on Iraq (you know, the one where he didn’t change his position at all), reporters would be blowing their stack at the true flip flop from John McCain on Iraq.

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Jon Soltz: The Flip Flopper on Iraq? McCain

Wednesday, July 9th, 2008

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You’d think with all the media consternation with the non-existent "flip flop" of Obama on Iraq (you know, the one where he didn’t change his position at all), reporters would be blowing their stack at the true flip flop from John McCain on Iraq.

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Jim Webb: I Ain’t Wit It

Monday, July 7th, 2008

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Considered by many an ideal running mate for Barack Obama, the Virginia Democrat (through his Senate office) said that "under no circumstances" would he consider the nomination.

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Conservatives Ready To Battle McCain on Convention Platform

Monday, July 7th, 2008

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Conservative activists are preparing to do battle with allies of Sen. John McCain in advance of September’s Republican National Convention, hoping to prevent his views on global warming, immigration, stem cell research and campaign finance from becoming enshrined in the party’s official declaration of principles.

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Kerry says McCain lacks judgment to be president

Sunday, July 6th, 2008

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John Kerry says Republican John McCain doesn’t have the judgment to be president.

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Politics | Obama asks Americans to step up, volunteer | Seattle Times Newspaper

Friday, July 4th, 2008

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Continuing to press the themes of values, faith and patriotism, Sen. Barack Obama exhorted Americans on Wednesday to volunteer for public service, pledging to dramatically expand opportunities for those accepting his challenge.

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