Mccain Smears

Indiana Smears Cause Voter Backlash

Chuck Lasker | Posted 10.27.2008 | Home

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Chuck Lasker

After receiving an email smear, one Indiana voter wrote: "I am outraged that the Republican Party sent this kind of smut to my home ... There is no place in this election [for] this garbage. It will not work; not this time."

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McCain's Smear Campaign Will Have an Impact Long After Election Day

Mitchell Bard | Posted 10.23.2008 | Politics

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Mitchell Bard

McCain has gone "all in" with a strategy focusing exclusively on smearing and lying about Obama, win or lose, he has created a dangerous situation for November 5 and the four years to follow.

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

Robert Shrum | Posted 10.10.2008 | Politics

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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.

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Obama Camp: Who Is Barack Obama? (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 10.10.2008 | Politics

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Barack Obama's campaign put together a video of behind-the-scenes campaign footage to answer the question John McCain and Sarah Palin keep asking: "Wh...

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Obama Predicted GOP's Nasty Turn (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Posted 10.10.2008 | Politics

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The Jed Report reminds us that Barack Obama predicted the campaign's nasty turn months ago: ...

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You Can't Handle the Truth

Buddy Winston | Posted 09.11.2008 | Politics

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Buddy Winston

That's right America; I'm talking to you. Deep inside you all knew that the band of Banana Republicans took advantage of the fall of the twin towers ...

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Fooled Again

Bob Cesca | Posted 09.10.2008 | Politics

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Bob Cesca

It's happening again. Regardless of the outcome of this thing, it's clear that half of America is falling for the same superficial trickery that gave us eight years of George W. Bush. You know the routine.

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Sam Stein

Once Smears, McCain's Daughter, POW Service Now Lauded By Bush

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 09.02.2008 | Politics

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George Bush received a standing ovation by the crowd at the Republican Convention on Tuesday, in an address that said as much about the evolution of t...

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Alter: "Smear Gap" Between McCain And Obama

Newsweek | Posted 08.20.2008 | Politics

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This is hardly the nastiest campaign in recent memory. But it's not shaping up as the "civil" contest that both candidates promised either. Instead, w...

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McCain's 1968 Heroism Can't Excuse His 2008 McCarthyism

Mark Green | Posted 07.30.2008 | Politics

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Mark Green

McCain said two months ago that he wanted to run a "civil campaign" free of personal attacks. Now he all but accuses Obama of being unpatriotic, nearly treasonous.

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