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Is Obama already running our foreign policy?

According to the Wall Street Journal, US and Iraqi negotiators agreed today to a timetable for the withdrawal of US troops, and Bush is expected to accept the agreement. Isn’t this exactly what Obama has been calling for and McCain has said is “surrender”? Is there a pattern here? © Lee Camp from 23/6

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McCain’s tortured relationship with torture

An ironic thing about McCain talking so much about how he was tortured as a POW during the Vietnam War, is that we have learned all the techniques that were used against him. As Andrew Sullivan brilliantly points out, the techniques we called torture when they were used against McCain 40 years ago are no […]

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McCain’s dream team – Cheney and Rumsfeld

Watch this video from 2001, where McCain says that if he had been elected president in 2000 that he would have picked Cheney to be his VP and Rumsfeld to be his Secretary of Defense. He also calls them the “strongest” national security team the US has ever had. From the Jed Report.

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McCain doesn’t know how many houses he owns

And neither does his campaign staff. In an interview Wednesday, McCain was asked how many houses he and his wife own. His response: I think — I’ll have my staff get to you. Well, according to his staff, they own “at least four.” At least? How could someone not know how many homes they own?  How […]

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Cindy McCain lies her half-sister out of existence

A week ago, NPR did a story on Cindy McCain, describing her as the only child of wealthy Arizona businessman Jim Hensley. No big surprise, as the same thing has been said of her by other media, including ABC, Newsweek, and The New York Times. Cindy herself routinely describes herself as an “only child”, as […]

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W the film

Oliver Stone is coming out with a movie this fall, all about our president. Watch the trailer: http://www.wthefilm.com/

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McCain benefits from less press coverage

The McCain campaign has complained because McCain has gotten less press coverage than Obama, but according to an article in a British newspaper, McCain benefits from less coverage because it “means that his errors are ignored.” According to Talking Points Memo, McCain’s errors would “for any other politician who didn’t have the benefit of years of […]

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Ah, Life?

When asked by pastor Rick Warren at what point does a human being get full human rights, McCain immediately answered “At the moment of conception.” Sounds like a clear answer, but as Time Magazine points out, this quickly gets you into very murky water. About half of all embryos (fertilized eggs) miscarry naturally before they […]

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I know you are, but what am I?

Republican strategist John Feehery is shown on Hardball, making fun of Obama’s call for a UN Security Council resolution on the conflict between Russia and Georgia, saying that Obama looks weak for calling for a resolution rather than acting tough. Ironically, he doesn’t realize McCain is calling for the same Security Council resolution. Watch the […]

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Bush’s point of view

Bush waves the American flag backwards at the Olympics. “It is the best summary of his presidency, which is: everything looks perfect from his point of view.” -Keith Olbermann

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How a recession starts

© Ted Rall

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McCain the Antichrist

Last week I had a post about how McCain was trying to make it look like Obama was the antichrist. Coincidentally, respected biblical scholars have uncovered dramatic evidence that it is McCain who is more likely to be the antichrist! How? We believe that the End Times is near, based on the pattern of wars, […]

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Open Season on Democrats

The chairman of the Arkansas Democratic Party died Wednesday after a lone gunman entered his office and shot him several times. Meanwhile, some people still think it is funny to sell t-shirts that encourage shooting Democrats.

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Obama is not the antichrist

McCain has run an ad mocking Obama as “the One” and using “every single symbol of the antichrist in this ad”. However, Rev. Tim LaHaye, co-author of the series of books that detailed the New Testament idea of The Apocalypse says that comparisons between Obama and the antichrist are incorrect: The antichrist isn’t going to […]

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Bush – I don’t see America having problems

In an interview with President Bush done by Bob Costas on NBC: COSTAS: This past week, you restated America’s fundamental differences with China. But given China’s growing strength, and America’s own problems, realistically, how much leverage does the U.S. have here? BUSH: First of all, I don’t see America having problems. I see America as […]

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