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Ad Wars Finale: Courage and Experience vs Hope and Unity

Michael Hughes | Posted 11.02.2008 | Home

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McCain and Obama aired television ads this past weekend that emphasized themes that have been the backbone of their campaigns from the outset. Obama ...

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McCain Attacks Obama's Patriotism

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.01.2008 | Politics

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John McCain unveiled a new attack on Barack Obama's patriotism Saturday, jumping all over - and taking out of context - remarks made yesterday in whic...

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350 Still Images Illustrate McCain's Anger Management Issue (Video)

Judah Freed | Posted 10.28.2008 | Home

The third debate has evoked comments from both the left and right about John McCain's anger at Barack Obama. I've analyzed this by capturing about 350 still images of McCain from the debate.

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John McCain, POWH (Prisoner of the White House)

Howie Greene | Posted 10.25.2008 | Politics

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Do we really want this guy locked up again, but this time as the leader of the "free world?" In essence, that's what being the president is all about. You are a POWH... Prisoner of the White House.

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How Come McCain's "Gook" Slur Isn't Bigger News?

Raymond Leon Roker | Posted 10.20.2008 | Politics

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Compared to offensive remarks against blacks, Hispanics and Jews, cultural affronts on Asians rarely get too high on the food chain. The missed McCain Gook story would seem to bear that out.

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Conventional Wisdom Surging

Edward Humes | Posted 10.03.2008 | Politics

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Two highly suspect yet seemingly unkillable narratives continue to swirl through the election largely unchallenged: the undeniable success of "The Surge" and McCain's reputation as a proven military leader.

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Nation: McCain Covered Up Information On POWs Left Behind

The Nation | Posted 09.19.2008 | Politics

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John McCain, who has risen to political prominence on his image as a Vietnam POW war hero, has, inexplicably, worked very hard to hide from the public...

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Country First (or, How The Media Loves A Lipsticked Rumsfeld)

Sean Penn | Posted 09.16.2008 | Politics

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The victory for this country begins with a unified refusal to accept, not only the McCain/Palin ticket, but also the static and shallow conscience of the Republican base.

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Is There Any War McCain Thinks Can't Be Won?

The Atlantic | Posted 09.15.2008 | Politics

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In April of 1969, the commander in chief of American forces in the Pacific, Admiral John S. McCain Jr., sent a cable to General Earle Wheeler, the cha...

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McCain And My Captive Cadets

David Haven Blake | Posted 09.10.2008 | Home

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For my Air Force Academy students, the central moment of their imagined military lives was being a prisoner of war. They imagined captivity transformed soldiers into celebrities, as if POWs possessed a special currency that allowed them to exchange life as a retired officer for life as a presidential candidate.

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Republican Convention Plan: All POW

Chicago Tribune | Posted 08.31.2008 | Politics

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As he prepares to accept his party's nomination for president in Minnesota this week, Sen. John McCain insists he understands the economic anxieties A...

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Reading The Pictures: The Definitive Answer To: "How Many Houses Did John Own?"

Michael Shaw | Posted 08.22.2008 | Media

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Questions about where McCain lives, exactly, and how strong his emotional tie remains to his five-and-a-half year Hanoi "residence" really aren't that far-fetched.

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Fineman: McCain Is Trivializing His POW Past

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 08.21.2008 | Politics

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Once a remarkable and respected aspect of his biography, John McCain stands on the brink of "trivializing" his past as a prisoner of war, which has be...

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McCain's POW Defense: Devaluing Our Service and His Own

Lt. General Robert G. Gard Jr. (USA, Ret.) | Posted 08.21.2008 | Politics

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It's time for the Senator to stop cheapening the war experiences of thousands of vets by stretching the boundaries of logic to make his POW status a wild-card rebuttal to all difficult questions.

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McCain Camp Plays POW Card On House Gaffe

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 08.21.2008 | Politics

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Facing a Democratic Party positively giddy over his recent admission that he didn't know how many houses he owned, John McCain quickly returned to a p...

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Fellow Vietnam POW: Why I Won't Vote For McCain

Military.com | Posted 08.19.2008 | Politics

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As some of you might know, John McCain is a long-time acquaintance of mine that goes way back to our time together at the U.S. Naval Academy and as Pr...

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Rolling With McCain In South Dakota

Mayhill Fowler | Posted 08.05.2008 | Home

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This is McCain country. The best advertisement for a bar here is simply: "owned by a veteran." Another advertises wet t-shirt contests daily and the fact that the proprietor "served in Iraq on a medical team."

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Why Doesn't Media Ask McCain: "You Have Served Your Country Honorably, Sir, but Exactly Which Wars Have You Won?"

Miles Mogulescu | Posted 07.27.2008 | Politics

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McCain will opt for war as the first choice, not the last choice. With America now embroiled in two wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, one has to worry about John McCain's desire to "bomb bomb bomb, bomb bomb Iran."

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AFL-CIO Airs Anti-McCain Ad Featuring Vet

Posted 07.09.2008 | Politics

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A Vietnam veteran criticizes McCain for his record on the war in Iraq, veterans' benefits and more. "Every vet respects John McCain's war record," sa...

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McCain's New Ad: "Beautiful" Words Won't Improve Your Life

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 07.08.2008 | Politics

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The McCain campaign is out with a new, minute long TV ad that is at once biographical and a not-too-subtle jab at Barack Obama. Starting with his mil...

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McCain Gets "Visibly Angry" When Asked About Military Experience

ABC News | Posted 07.02.2008 | Politics

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ABC News' David Wright reports from Cartagena, Colombia. Sen. John McCain has set himself a difficult task on his trip to Latin America: to score poli...

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For McCain A Candidate's Military Pedigree Hasn't Always Mattered

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 07.01.2008 | Politics

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For the third straight day, Sen. John McCain's presidential campaign has raised a ruckus over comments suggesting that his military service may not, i...

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McCain Campaign Press Call 6.30 AUDIO: McCain Truth Squad Responds to Gen. Wesley Clark's Comments on McCain's Service

OffTheBus Listening Post | Posted 06.30.2008 | Home

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WHO: Senator John Warner, Col. Bud McFarlane, Col. Bud Day, Lt. Commander Carl Smith, Lt. Col Orson Swindle, Adm. Leighton Smith, Brian Rogers WHAT:...

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America Doesn't Need Another Maverick

Seth Grahame-Smith | Posted 04.07.2008 | Politics

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McCain may be old and wise in the ways of Washington, but he's continued to demonstrate a serious lack of judgment when it comes to choosing his words.

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Sometimes Honor Is Wrong -- The Problem With John McCain

Frank Schaeffer | Posted 04.02.2008 | Politics

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What if the Bush error is so big there can be no happy endings? In this sense McCain's personal experiences would work against our country.

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