Mccain Smear Campaign

Who Would Be a Better President? I Say, Who Ran a Better Campaign?

Mitchell Bard | Posted 11.03.2008 | Home


Mitchell Bard

Obama identified a goal, came up with a plan to attain that goal, and followed it. Not a bad thing for an administration to do, no? And what of McCain's campaign? The only continuity was the consistent lack of it.

Republicans Embrace the Cootie Effect

Stephen Zunes | Posted 10.31.2008 | Home


Stephen Zunes

Though it is easy to dismiss the Republican reliance on the cootie effect and guilt-by-association as a sign of desperation, it would be a mistake to underestimate its potential impact.

Obammunism

Disgrasian | Posted 10.30.2008 | Home


Disgrasian

Like the Chinese, Obama is a Communist. So you know what that means, right? Obama not only shared his toys, but he, like the Chinese, first tainted them with lead paint.

The Word on the Street

James P. Hoffa | Posted 10.30.2008 | Home


James P. Hoffa

Rank-and-file teamsters get it. They aren't willing to be swayed by false, irrelevant arguments. They want change. They want ideas. And the fact is -- McCain doesn't have any.

Channel This Election Fervor Into Helping the Country

Brian Ross | Posted 10.29.2008 | Home


Brian Ross

When the dust settles Tuesday, the lunatic fringe on both sides of the aisle will crawl back into their burrows, and the rest of us will be left to repair the damage done by the Bush Administration.

A Response to the Anti-Obama Message of Fear

Gordon Adams | Posted 10.27.2008 | Home


Gordon Adams

What we need is someone to run this country with a cool head, an interest in betterment and who wants a safe and growing country in a healthy globe.

The Nevada Republican Party's Smears And Fears

Vito de la Cruz | Posted 10.25.2008 | Home


Vito de la Cruz

A Republican campaign brochure mailed in Nevada contains lies and graphics intended to persuade voters that Obama is a scary black man -- perhaps even a terrorist.

The Biggest Politician

Sara Geiger | Posted 10.23.2008 | Home


Sara Geiger

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McCain Campaign Manager In '04: "Nothing Is More Discomforting Than a Smear Campaign"

Bill Scher | Posted 10.14.2008 | Home


Bill Scher

Rick Davis went on to urge the 2004 presidential nominees "to publicly order their supporters not to go there," as that was "[t]he only way to stop the expected mud-slinging."

Time to Ask McCain: "Have You No Sense of Decency Left?"

Robert Shrum | Posted 10.10.2008 | Home


Robert Shrum

The McCain campaign crossed the line today, from negative character attacks to the kind of character assassination that plays to the basest impulses and incites the most dangerous reaction.

McFaust

Ian Gurvitz | Posted 10.07.2008 | Home


Ian Gurvitz

While the polls and momentum have shifted toward Obama, the resulting behavior on the Republican side leads one to ask the same question of McCain that was posed to Joe McCarthy: Have you no decency?

McCain's Own 60's Radical Pal

Marc Cooper | Posted 10.05.2008 | Home


Marc Cooper

McCain openly boasted about his deep collaboration with one of the most prominent of Vietnam-era student radicals, David Ifshin, who denounced America on Radio Hanoi as McCain sat locked up as a POW.

Smear Campaign Against McCain Surfaces In South Carolina

Campaign Diaries | Daniel Nichanian | Posted 01.17.2008 | Home


Republicans in South Carolina: Negative campaigning is the norm in South Carolina, where the GOP primary regularly devolves into nasty bickering. 8 ye...