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Media Ignores Massive Voter Purges by Republicans

2214 votes | submitted 2008-09-08 06:58:51 by joel3000 | 284 comments

While the media focuses on the antics of McCain's chosen VP battleground states are purging their voter rolls.In Colorado, one fifth of all voter registrations were dropped.Florida is refusing to accept 85,000 new registrants -- overwhelmingly blacks.Ohio & Nevada are scrubbing tens of 1000s of voters who lost their homes.

Palin Won't Do Interviews Until Treated with "Deference"

2212 votes | submitted 2008-09-07 18:19:29 by seschloss | 557 comments

Rick Davis, campaign manager for Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., just told Fox News Channel's Chris Wallace that McCain running mate Gov. Sarah Palin won't subject herself to any tough questions from reporters "until the point in time when she'll be treated with respect and deference."

The Bogus Flag Story, By Steve Benen - CBS News

1030 votes | submitted 2008-09-07 07:48:10 by freedomjoe | 145 comments

"This election is not about issues," McCain campaign manager Rick Davis said this week. I thought Davis was offering an assessment, but it was apparently some kind of promise.

Chris Wallace Fact-Checks Sarah Palin’s Bogus ‘Bridge To Now

1526 votes | submitted 2008-09-07 17:21:21 by KevinFederline | 111 comments

Since accepting Sen. John McCain’s (R-AZ) offer to be his running mate, Gov. Sarah Palin (R-AK) has lied about her supposed opposition to the Bridge to Nowhere in nearly every single campaign appearance:

The Vanishing Republican Voter

1117 votes | submitted 2008-09-06 14:29:00 by MrBabyMan | 165 comments

Why income inequality is destroying the G.O.P. base.

Teen Sex, Sex Education And Sarah Palin

1314 votes | submitted 2008-09-07 08:59:43 by KevinFederline | 323 comments

Gov. Sarah Palin has been a strong supporter of programs that advocate abstinence until marriage, and she also opposes explicit sex education. Alaska's law is silent on these issues, however, and it provides no specific funding for sex education in the schools.

Report: McCain Pushed Woman In A Wheelchair

980 votes | submitted 2008-09-07 20:40:47 by jjw269 | 203 comments

According to McClatchy's report, in 1996, McCain was met in the Senate office halls by a group of family members of POW-MIAs who had been pressing him topursue more information on their relatives. Six people present have written statements describing what they saw.

Sarah Palin may have women flocking - to Barack Obama

2784 votes | submitted 2008-09-06 23:38:37 by edgefield | 506 comments

If John McCain wanted to poach the women's vote from Barack Obama, he shouldn't have tapped a running mate who dubbed herself a "pit bull with lipstick."

The Best Daily Show Episode Ever?

3283 votes | submitted 2008-09-06 14:37:33 by RancidViking | 237 comments

Jon Stewart does it again...

McCain's Lies

1851 votes | submitted 2008-09-06 14:05:26 by pravoslavnie | 237 comments

Lies McCain made during his convention speech.

It's Saturday and Questions Remain About Palin Vetting

493 votes | submitted 2008-09-06 20:12:34 by HeidiRenee | 117 comments

John McCain's presidential campaign did not speak with the Alaska House speaker and other leading Republicans before McCain tapped Gov. Sarah Palin as his running mate. "I haven't heard of anybody being contacted, not that that's bad," said John Harris, speaker of the state House of Representatives. "I just haven't heard of anybody."

Two Great TV ads for Obama going on the air

1385 votes | submitted 2008-09-07 03:51:03 by derkaryian | 147 comments

Community Organizers & 'The Public V McCain' help us get them on all over America at truthandhope dot org

Palin's Speech Didn't Move Undecided or Democratic Women

1609 votes | submitted 2008-09-06 06:33:55 by cheesegypsy | 286 comments

McCain's pandering to women improved her standing to women in focus groups in Nevada, but polling data suggests that there is no movement in national polling data, showing women are not stupid like John McCain and Karl Rove think they are.

McCain operatives stole American Flags for a political stunt

2529 votes | submitted 2008-09-07 00:49:30 by cweathers | 443 comments

GOP operatives stole thousands of American flags from Invesco Field in a cheap political stunt. They claimed that the Obama campaign was throwing them in the garbage after the DNC Convention at Invesco Field. They were to use the "rescued flags" at a rally today in Colorado Springs, but the Obama Campaign calls them on their dirty tricks.

Jon Stewart Obliterates McCain's Acceptance Speech

6146 votes | submitted 2008-09-06 14:51:30 by bgholt1970 | 478 comments

This clip clearly illustrates that Candidate McCain is absolutely, undeniably no different than the asshat currently sitting near the red phone waiting to push the button.

Obama Takes First Direct Shot At Palin

2971 votes | submitted 2008-09-06 22:23:54 by breeder | 492 comments

"I know the governor of Alaska has been saying she's change, and that's great," Obama said. "She's a skillful politician. But, you know, when you've been taking all these earmarks when it's convenient, and then suddenly you're the champion anti-earmark person, that's not change..."

Obama vs. McCain: Taxing and Spending

1893 votes | submitted 2008-09-06 01:59:40 by MommaKatz | 403 comments

Len Burman, a former Treasury tax official, says if Obama's proposals were adopted in 2009, married couples with earnings in the lowest quintile of the population would see their aftertax income rise 5.8%. Those in the next quintile would see an increase of 4%. Under McCain's proposals married couples in the bottom fifth of the population would see

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