To the adoring, cheering crowd, he states with heartfelt sentiment, “What makes America special is what’s in this room tonight”.
H/T: Boing Boing
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Video of McCain Speaking at an ACORN Meeting in 2006
Posted in 2008 Presidential Election, Politics, The Straight Talk Express on October 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Addressing Blatant Dishonesty on the Rabid Right with Naked Facts
Posted in 2008 Presidential Election, Economics, Politics, The Straight Talk Express on October 11, 2008 | 5 Comments »
I’m a little late to this party but I haven’t seen many efforts to set the record straight. The right has made much of the following youtube video posted by Michelle Malkin underling Ed Morrissey at Hot Air, showing Barney Frank and I believe 4 other House Democrats at a hearing before the Committee on [...]
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Posted in 2008 Presidential Election, Politics, The Straight Talk Express, tagged fact check, mccain on September 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Annenberg Political Fact Check (factcheck.org) takes exception to the latest McCain ad, which disingenuously cites them:
Analysis
We don’t object to people reprinting our articles. In fact, our copyright policy encourages it. But we’ve also asked that “the editorial integrity of the article be preserved” and told those who use our items that “you should not [...]
Disingenuous Lipstick Politics Continue
Posted in 2008 Presidential Election, Politics, The Straight Talk Express, tagged palin, republican disingenuousness on September 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Can this ad possibly be effective if McCain’s use of the same language in reference to Hillary Clinton is already common knowledge?
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Posted in The Straight Talk Express, Uncategorized, tagged mccain, straight talk express on August 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
McCain steps up his disinformation campaign with a new ad released yesterday:
The narration goes:
Obama says Iran is a “tiny country”, “doesn’t pose a serious threat.”
Terrorism. Destroying Israel. Those aren’t serious threats? Obama: dangerously unprepared to be president.
Here’s what Obama actually said, in it’s intended context:
“Strong countries and strong [...]
The Obama Campaign Should Hire Hilzoy
Posted in 2008 Presidential Election, Punditry, The Straight Talk Express on August 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Word of the exceptional work being done over at Obsidian Wings has been getting around.
But Hilzoy’s talents deserve even greater exposure than simply ranking among the top 50 politics blogs.
Here’s a devastating piece dismantling the latest twisted half-truths churned out by the “Straight Talk Express.” Why doesn’t Obama’s campaign counter McCain’s slander and distortions [...]
Straight Talk Express II
Posted in 2008 Presidential Election, The Straight Talk Express, tagged mccain, Salvatore Ferragamo on July 30, 2008 | 1 Comment »
While Andrew Sullivan is on vacation, seperate guest posters at Daily Dish submitted two posts that I think Sullivan would have combined. Patrick Appell linked this press release from McCain campaign manager Rick Davis and pasted the following quote:
Only celebrities like Barack Obama go to the gym three times a day, demand “MET-RX [...]
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Posted in 2008 Presidential Election, The Straight Talk Express, tagged Landstuhl, mccain, straight talk express on July 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Washington Post debunks McCain’s claim that Obama cancelled his trip to visit injured American troops in Germany because the DOD wouldn’t allow him to bring cameras:
For four days, Sen. John McCain and his allies have accused Sen. Barack Obama of snubbing wounded soldiers by canceling a visit to a military hospital because he could [...]
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Posted in 2008 Presidential Election, Iraq, The Straight Talk Express on July 26, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Looking at the clip of Wolf Blitzer’s interview of John McCain below this post, a few things become increasingly clear. McCain has resorted to stating, in highly definitive terms, things he cannot possibly know for sure. When Blitzer asks what McCain would do if Maliki demanded American troops withdraw from Iraq in a [...]
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Posted in 2008 Presidential Election, Iraq, Politics, The Straight Talk Express on July 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
CNN Political Ticker
John McCain defended comments he made in an interview on Tuesday when he incorrectly argued that the surge in Iraq gave way to the so-called “Anbar Awakening” – when Sunni leaders joined forces with U.S. troops to fight Al Qaeda in the fall of 2006.
The Arizona senator told reporters Wednesday afternoon that when [...]
The Straight Talk Express II
Posted in 2008 Presidential Election, Economics, Energy, The Straight Talk Express on July 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
McCain credits President Bush with the recent oil price drop. The White House did not stand by that assessment:
Presidential spokeswoman Dana Perino said the price drop also could reflect diminished demand.
“I don’t know if we fully deserve the credit,” Perino said.
“We don’t predict what happens in the market,” she said. “We can’t really [...]
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Posted in 2008 Presidential Election, Iraq, Politics, The Straight Talk Express on July 23, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Hilzoy points to Spencer Ackerman’s exceptional work in exposing McCain’s latest historical revision, this time regarding the chronology of the Sunni Awakening and President Bush’s Troop Surge.
Update
H/T: Jed Lewison CBS apparently decided to edit out McCain’s botched answer:
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Posted in 2008 Presidential Election, Iraq, Politics, The Straight Talk Express on July 20, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Statement issued by the McCain Campaign yesterday:
“The difference between John McCain and Barack Obama is that Barack Obama advocates an unconditional withdrawal that ignores the facts on the ground and the advice of our top military commanders,”
Hmm….
From the Obama campaign website:
The removal of our troops will be responsible and phased, directed by military commanders [...]
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Posted in 2008 Presidential Election, Politics, The Straight Talk Express, tagged iran, mccain, missile test on July 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
From Media Matters:
At about 1:05 in, McCain states: “It’s my understanding that this missile test was conducted by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard. This is the same organization that I voted to condemn as a terrorist organization when a amendment was on the floor of the United States Senate. Senator Obama refused [...]
