Ignore her.

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Friday August 29, 2008 · 10:18 AM PDT

2008/08/29 · 10:18

There's a lot to criticize about McCain's VP pick. She lacks experience. It's a blatant pander to the religious right and to female voters.

Here's the thing, folks.

There is only one way that she will help John McCain get elected. And that is if we go overboard in attacking her.

Less is more in this situation.

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Thursday August 28, 2008 · 2:28 PM PDT

2008/08/28 · 14:28

Someone grab me a barf bag, please.

After running ads smearing Obama as an empty celebrity, juxtaposing him with Paris and Brittney, portraying him as the antichrist, lying about his record, etc, John McCain expects us all to pat him on the back for this ad:

As Bill Clinton said last night, "Thanks, but no thanks."

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Tuesday August 26, 2008 · 11:13 AM PDT

2008/08/26 · 11:13

Ted Kennedy was great last night, wasn't he?

When Mitt Romney tried to unseat him in 1994, Ted had a great line about flip-flopping Mitt.

"I am pro-choice. My opponent is multiple-choice."

Debra Bartoshevich, PUMA star of John McCain's new ad is going around telling Hillary supporters not to worry that John McCain will interfere with their reproductive rights. She is referencing this quote from John McCain in 1999.

"But certainly in the short term, or even the long term, I would not support repeal of Roe v. Wade, which would then force X number of women in America to [undergo] illegal and dangerous operations."

I think that John McCain is telling Rick Warren and his PUMA supporters 2 very different things.

It's time for someone to call him out on this.

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Saturday August 23, 2008 · 5:07 AM PDT

2008/08/23 · 05:07

Yes, Biden can put his foot in his mouth.

Biden once gaffed that you have to have a slight indian accent to go into a 7-11 and called Barack Obama "clean and articulate"

But Barack Obama, the first African American nominee for president, chose him anyway.

Remember this moment in the Des Moines Register Debate?

I think this amazing dynamic will minimize the chance that Obama will be undermined by race.

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Friday August 22, 2008 · 7:26 AM PDT

2008/08/22 · 07:26

When the story about John McCain's $520 Farragamo shoes came out, it did not get much traction.

But after John McCain's inability to remember how many houses he owns, I think we need to bring back the story of John McCain's $520 loafers.

If we do this right, both "9 houses" and "$520 shoes" should become as ubiquitous as "$400 haircut."

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Saturday August 16, 2008 · 12:30 PM PDT

2008/08/16 · 12:30

Too often we are are pretty hard on John McCain.

For example, many people have been making fun of him because of the fact that his favorite song is "Dancing Queen," by Abba.

Well, I think it is a great song.

So just for you, Senator McCain, I have adapted the lyrics of the song to match the tenor of your campaign.

Enjoy!

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Wednesday August 13, 2008 · 6:31 AM PDT

2008/08/13 · 06:31

Predicatably, many of us on the left are crying foul over McCain's web ad to correctly point out that it is a racial dog whistle, designed to stoke fear of black men having sex with white women.

Very smartly, the Obama campaign is not taking the bait. I think the McCain people want the Obama folks to call racial foul, so that they can then say again that that Obama is "playing the race card from the bottom of the deck." The McCain people are looking for any opportunity to portray McCain as a victim of reverse racism.

Even though McCain is playing racial politics, I think that the best wy to counter this crap is not to emphasize the racial aspect, but instead to hit back hard on the sexual aspect, specifically John McCain's history of infidelity and gold-digging.

If their (ridiculous) theme is Barack Obama will sleep with your white daughter, ours is that John McCain would abandon your sick daughter if she lacked the money and political connections that he needed.

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Wednesday July 30, 2008 · 7:00 AM PDT

2008/07/30 · 07:00

Yesterday Barack Obama said, "I have become a symbol of the possibility of America returning to our best traditions.” and the pundits are going wild, breathlessly delaring Obama arrogant.

There is just one problem.

The sentence is actually evidence of excessive modesty, not excessive self-regard.

Let's dissect the sentence ourselves, shall we?

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Wednesday July 23, 2008 · 7:11 AM PDT

2008/07/23 · 07:11

Ok, even though I am an Obama supporter, I admit it.

The McCain campaign is right.

Their lack of coverage from the media is highly unfair and biased

There is a lot that the low-information public doesn't know about John McCain because the media has not given it enough attention.

So because I value fairness over my candidate, I suggest ten stories that the media need to cover more in order to give John McCain his due.

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Tuesday July 22, 2008 · 6:01 AM PDT

2008/07/22 · 06:01

There is a fundamental question that must be asked regarding this week's traditional media coverage.

When the corporate media genererated narrative is how the media favors Obama and that message is repeated over and over by that same corporate media that is allegedly in Obama's tank, is the media's "meta" self-flagellation a) honest navel gazing or b) an example of cynical pro-McCain media bias in which the media purposely offers itself up as foil to whip up conservative anti-media resentment?

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Monday July 21, 2008 · 7:44 AM PDT

2008/07/21 · 07:44

So the New York Times has a puff piece depicting John McCain as an influencial "bipartisan" Senator.

But towards the end of the piece, there are an interesting couple of paragraphs that describe how John McCain used his so-called bipartisan cred to influence issues:

Other times, however, Mr. McCain used his bipartisan appeal to put pressure on his Democratic friends on behalf of the White House. "He was a tremendous resource," said Nicholas E. Calio, a former White House legislative liaison to the Senate, adding that Mr. McCain helped round up Democratic votes for trade agreements, domestic security measures and the Iraq war.

Mr. McCain lobbied his Democratic friends to vote to authorize the invasion, even berating them, several Democrats said. "He was very forceful," said former Senator Bob Graham, Democrat of Florida. "He told me the issue was over: ‘We ought to get on with the vote, stop this meaningless pontification.’ "

Berated? Meaningless Pontification?

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Friday July 18, 2008 · 9:28 PM PDT

2008/07/18 · 21:28

As Turneresq so eloquently puts it, there is no doubt that John McCain is an asshat for leaking Obama's travel plans...not to mention running a misleading attack ad when Obama is leaving the country and putting himself in harm's way.

But let's not forget the media's role in this security breach. The Obama campaign asked the media to keep Obama's travel plans quiet, but this morning the Wall Street Journal wrote, "Barack Obama departs for Iraq as early as this weekend" and soon after McCain made his leak, the Reuters news service blasted this as their lead story (h/t to Josh Marshall)

Why is the corporate media able to keep its mouth shut when George W Bush or John McCain make overseas trips, but it can't do so for Obama?

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Ignore her.

Don't patronize us, McCain

Obama pro-choice, McCain multiple choice

Why Biden's racial gaffes are a good thing

Don't forget the $520 shoes!

An ode to John McCain

Hot Chicks may dig Obama, but McCain digs rich ones

Symbol? Possibility? Ooooh, so arrogant.

McCain deserves more media coverage

Op-ed-gate suggests Pro-McCain media bias

NYT: McCain "berated" Democratic Senators to Authorize Iraq

Reuters, WSJ are asshats too