Apparently undeterred by news reports (from the AP no less!) pointing out a consistent pattern of mendacity from his campaign, John McCain went on The View today and proclaimed that Sarah Palin has never requested any earmarks. This is completely false. In fact, Palin requested $197 million in earmarks this year and $256 million last […]
Adam Serwer
Adam Serwer is a writing fellow at The American Prospect and a graduate of the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. He also blogs at Jack and Jill Politics and has written for The Village Voice, The Washington Post, The Root, and the Daily News. Follow @adamserwer
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MCCAIN FLIP-FLOPS ON COMMUNITY ORGANIZERS.
After an RNC where Obama was relentlessly mocked for being a community organizer right out of college, McCain declared at the Presidential Forum on National Service yesterday that Senator Obama‘s record was actually “outstanding”. Look, Governor Palin was responding to the criticism of her inexperience and her job as a mayor in a small town. […]
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THE MCCAIN/PALIN POLICY ON RUSSIA IS THE OBAMA/BIDEN POLICY.
I don’t think people should go hyperventilating about ABC News reporting that Sarah Palin said “war may be necessary” if Russia invades another country. For one thing, Obama‘s own (irresponsible, in my view) position that Georgia should be let into NATO implies a military obligation to preserve Georgia’s security. Personally, I don’t think NATO should […]
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CERTAIN ALIENABLE RIGHTS.
In case their was any doubt about the Republicans embrace of a vote-supression strategy for November, Dana‘s post should be a chilling reminder of what’s coming. But I wanted to take a closer look at this piece in the Michigan Messenger by Eartha Jane Meltzer about Republicans planning to challenge voters who have lost their […]
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PALIN EXCELLENT AT ROTE MEMORIZATION.
From The New York Times on Palin‘s policy education: Aides traveling with Ms. Palin have reported back to associates that she is a fast study — asking few questions of her policy briefers but quickly repeating back their main points — who already has considerable ease and experience before cameras. Palin was trained as a […]
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DEPARTMENT OF FALSE EQUIVALENCIES.
The story Dana says Obama staffers are mailing around may be stupid, but at least the target of the story is McCain‘s phoniness in using his daughter’s car as a campaign prop. The McCain campaign, on the other hand, is emailing reporters a story about Ashley Biden getting in an argument with a cop, ostensibly […]
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THE FACTS ARE A FEATURE STORY.
Yesterday, The Washington Post’s Jonathan Weisman wrote an article drawing a false equivalence between anonymous smear emails being sent around about Sarah Palin and the McCain campaigns’ reckless disregard for the truth as though the former justified the latter. He also got some of his facts wrong, but what was most memorable was this quote […]
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A VERY CONCERNED POST.
The worst part of McCain‘s latest ad baptizing St. Palin of Alaska as a martyr for the ages is that the claim that Obama sent oppo researchers to Alaska isn’t even true.But a secondary concern is how it portrays Palin as fragile, and unable to deal with the prospect of opponents scrutinizing her record. This […]
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CULTURE WAR IN ISRAEL.
To the embarrassment of Jews worldwide and what I am sure is the great disappointment of Reggae star Matisyahu, the Ultra-Orthodox Haredi leaders in Israel have basically decreed that black music is not kosher. “Michael Jackson-style music has no place in our community,” says Mordechai Bloi, a senior member of the Guardians of Sanctity and […]
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MCCAIN CAMPAIGN BRAVELY STANDS UP FOR PEDOPHILES.
The McCain campaign is showing itself to be a true defender of the downtrodden. After courageously standing up for the right of al Qaeda in Pakistan not to be destroyed and giving impoverished lobbyists and agents of foreign governments lucrative jobs in his campaign, John McCain has come out in opposition to teaching children about […]
