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	<title><![CDATA[McCain's Closing Argument (No Joke): Obama Hates Special Needs Children]]></title>
	<url>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/eric-schmeltzer/mccains-closing-argument_b_137451.html</url>
	<abstract><![CDATA[<p>So this is how John McCain is going to go out. You can just picture the staff concocting this bizarre argument:</p>

<blockquote><strong>STEVE SCHMIDT</strong>: OK, so we say Obama hates old ladies.

<p><br />
<strong>MARK SALTER:</strong> Yeah, I like it!</p>

<p><strong>STAFFER 1: </strong> Damnit. Guys, just got this on my Blackberry. Obama is going off the trail to visit his sick grandmother.</p>

<p><strong>STEVE SCHMIDT:</strong> F*CK!!! That guy is GOOD! What now?</p>

<p><strong>MARK SALTER:</strong> Obama hates puppies.</p>

<p><strong>STEVE SCHMIDT:</strong> No, too trite.</p>

<p><strong>MARK SALTER</strong>: Obama hates... umm.... special needs children?</p>

<p><strong>STEVE...</strong></p></blockquote>]]></abstract>
	<taxonomy><![CDATA[Politics]]></taxonomy>
	<date_published>2008-11-24T05:12:00-05:00</date_published>
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