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McCain's New Strategy Incites Violent, Racist Reaction

Eric Schmeltzer | Posted 11.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: Obama Racism, 2008 Elections, John McCain, Smears, Sarah Palin, Racism, William Ayers, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Obama Smears, Rally, Palin Rally Florida, Racist at Mccain Rallies, Politics News
Eric Schmeltzer

Are you proud, McCain? In your quest for power, you threw out your morals, your principle, your past disdain for low-ball gutter smears. And now we know the reaction it has incited.

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No, It's Not Politics as Usual

Carl Pope | Posted 11.06.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Mcain, Palin, Smears, William Ayers, Politics News
Carl Pope

Let's be clear -- when you see "fact-check" analyses finding errors in the claims by both campaigns, they are not all equivalent.

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John McCain Gets Dirty

John Ridley | Posted 11.06.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Economy, Barack Obama, 2008 Presidential Race, Sarah Palin, Bill Ayers, John McCain Attack Ads, Negative Attacks, Smears, Politics News
John Ridley

Mom always told me that if you don't have anything nice to say, then don't say anything at all. But then, Mom was never a Republican running for president.

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Question for Gov. Palin: Who Would Jesus Smear?

David Quigg | Posted 11.06.2008 | Politics

Read More: Lee Atwater, Todd Palin, Negative Attacks, Terrorism, Cindy McCain, Negative Campaigning, Smears, Bill Ayers, Sarah Palin, New York Times, William Ayers, John McCain, Barack Obama, Politics, Media, 2008 Election, Palin Alaska Independence Party, Alaska Independence Party, Politics News
David Quigg

If Palin won't repent for us and won't repent for America, I hope she'll at least remember Lee Atwater's dying remorse and restrain herself for her own sake.

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Over Two Dozen Lies Refuted About Ayers And Obama

John K. Wilson | Posted 11.06.2008 | Home

Read More: John McCain, William Ayers, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Sarah Palin, Smears, Negative Attacks, Election 2008, Negative Ads, Campaign 2008, Bill Ayers, Hannity's America, Ayers, Obama Ayers, Home News
John K. Wilson

The gutter politics of the McCain campaign is reaching down once again to denounce Obama for his distant past links to Bill Ayers in an unprecedented guilt-by-association attack for a presidential campaign.

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Going Negative

James Love | Posted 11.05.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, John McCain Attack Ads, Smears, John Mccain Goes Negative, Attack Ads, Obama Smears, Politics News
James Love

I personally would emphasize the lateness of McCain's attacks, and that it is a character flaw to offer exaggerated and unsupported allegations against your opponent.

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The Shamelessness of the Republican Jewish Coalition

Ira Forman | Posted 11.02.2008 | Politics

Read More: Republican Jewish Coalition, Politics, Shame, Reality TV, John McCain, Smears, Breaking Politics News, Jeremiah Wright, RJC Obama, Barack Obama, Politics News
Ira Forman

The 2008 presidential campaign will be remembered as a year in which the McCain campaign and its GOP supporters reached new depths of cynicism when at...

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The Lies Of "Hype": Exposing The Anti-Obama Movie's Deceptions

John K. Wilson | Posted 10.27.2008 | Home

Read More: Documentaries, Citizens United, David Bossie, Barack Obama, Movies, Smears, Hype: The Obama Effect, David Bossie Hype, Hype Citesens United, Hype Obama Book, Hype Obama, Home News
John K. Wilson

David Bossie and Citizens United, the far-right group behind the infamous racist "Willie Horton" ad that ran against Michael Dukakis, has made a movie on Obama. You can imagine the quality of the product.

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Lipstick on Pigs and Other "Gotchas": Time to Get Serious

Lanny Davis | Posted 10.19.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Lipstick on a Pig, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Smear Tactics, Smears, Campaign Ads, Politics News
Lanny Davis

There are too many problems to waste time on "gotcha" politics, with each side counterpunching the other on personal attacks and innuendo, while the American people are getting more and more fed up.

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Limbaugh Claims Obama Faked Books And Life

John K. Wilson | Posted 10.17.2008 | Home

Read More: Lies, Rush Limbaugh, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Smears, Limbaugh Obama Books, Limbaugh Smears, Limbaugh Obama, Limbaugh Post Empiricism, Limbaugh Facts, Obama Dreams of My Father, Limbaugh Say Anything, Home News
John K. Wilson

Limbaugh says Obama "hasn't lived a life long enough to write two chapters," let alone two books and that the books were "written to hide and disguise who Obama is." Limbaugh's listeners no doubt believe every word.

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It's A Boy's Life: Barack vs. the Bully Brigade, Part 2

Pete Cenedella | Posted 10.12.2008 | Politics

Read More: Karl Rove, John McCain, Sex Ed, Punch Back, Michael Dukakis, Obama Sex Ed Ad, Obama, Bullies, Ad, McCain Ad, Barack Obama, Republican Smear Campaign, Gutter Politics, John Kerry, Smears, Republicans, Bully Brigade, Fight Back, Righteous Rage, Politics News
Pete Cenedella

Yesterday we talked about the Bully Brigade, aka the Republican Party. Well today, Barack Obama is really being tested. The hateful, lying sex-ed wedg...

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Sam Stein

Obama Infanticide Attack Being Readied By 527s, Pat Buchanan Says

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 09.18.2008 | Politics

Read More: Obama Infanticide, Catholic Church, Pat Buchanan, McCain Catholics, Abortion, Obama Values, Smears, Obama Abortion, Barack Obama, Infanticide, Barack Obama Infanticide, Politics News

A few weeks ago, the Huffington Post's Seth Colter Walls reported that Republican officials and outside groups were set to launch a smear campaign aga...

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How to Stop the Smears Against Obama

Robert Greenwald | Posted 09.14.2008 | Media

Read More: Fox News, Lies, Fox Is Wrong, Fox Attacks, Barack Obama, Smears, Media News
Robert Greenwald

FOX will escalate its gross misrepresentations of Obama, and we know from painful past experience that some in the corporate media will spread FOX's canards by presenting them as fact.

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Seth Colter Walls

The Next Smear Against Obama: "Infanticide"

HuffingtonPost.com | Seth Colter Walls | Posted 08.12.2008 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, Catholic Church, McCain Catholics, Smears, Infanticide, Barack Obama, Obama Infanticide, Politics News

Catholic voters should steel themselves to hear Barack Obama accused of "infanticide" this fall. Support for that heinous crime is the latest charge b...

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The McCain Strategy Is Vintage Karl Rove, the Media Loves It, and the Obama Camp Is Not Taking It Seriously Enough

Paul Abrams | Posted 08.11.2008 | Politics

Read More: George W Bush, Smears, Karl Rove, John McCain, Barack Obama, John McCain Attack Ads, Politics News
Paul Abrams

Obama ought to begin by reminding people, "these are the same people, using the same tactics, that brought us George W Bush, and look what a disaster he is" -- and follow with these counterattacks.

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Barack Obama Just Loves Young White Women

Disgrasian | Posted 08.10.2008 | Politics

Read More: Paris Hilton, John McCain, Britney Spears, Dirty Politics, Smears, Race, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Obama Celebrity, Politics News
Disgrasian

In watching "Celeb" about 25 times over, the thought never once struck us that Obama was being defamed with the insinuation that he likes to dabble in "young white women." What made us even go there?

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Unintentionally Humorous Right Wing Talking Points For The Summer

James Boyce | Posted 07.08.2008 | Politics

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James Boyce

The folks behind the Oklahoma City Bombing and the first World Trade Center attack were caught, prosecuted and in the case of Timothy McVeigh, executed. And then there's Osama.

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Barack Obama, Comunista y Terrorista? / Communist and Terrorist?

David Paul Appell | Posted 07.02.2008 | Politics

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David Paul Appell

The U.S. doesn't have to embrace Cuba at this time, but we do need to engage, because if we don't evolve too, history won't absolve us. Obama understands this.

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McCain: Lock-Step and (Oil) Barrel

Janet Ritz | Posted 06.27.2008 | Green

Read More: Floods, Bush Oil, Congress, Nasa, Right Wing Media, Phil Gramm, Lobbyists, George W. Bush, Iraq, Iraq Oil, Smears, Republican Hypocrisy, Stagflation, Political Corruption, Hurricane Katrina, Jim Wilkinson, Jeffrey Skilling, Texas Oil, John McCain, Michelle Obama, John McCain Hypocrisy, World Hunger, Enron, Climate Satellites, John McCain Lobbyist, Midwest Flooding, Barack Obama, Barack Obama 2008, Farm Bill, Enron Loophole, Enron Scam, John McCain 2008, Inflation, Hypocrisy, Refugees, Republicans, Green, Green News
Janet Ritz

While Obama was in Illinois shoveling sand in bags to hold back the Bush-neglected infrastructure that was crumbling around him McCain was on his way to accept whoops and cheers from oil industry insiders.

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Jason Linkins

Slate Reporter Attempts Viral Circulation Of Pro-Obama Rumors

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 06.26.2008 | Politics

Read More: Obama Muslim Email, John McCain, Farhad Manjoo, Christopher Beam, Fight the Smears, Smears, Obama Email Smear, Obama Muslim Smear, Salon, Slate, Barack Obama, Politics News

The Obama campaign, seeking to combat the spurious rumors that run amok online, has launched a campaign site named Fight The Smears, dedicated to the ...

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John McCain And Larry Sinclair: Twin Heroes

Jeff Clark | Posted 06.24.2008 | Home

Read More: John McCain, Larry Sinclair, Verifiability, Credibility, Smears, Oral Sex, National Press Club, Barack Obama, Cocaine, Home News
Jeff Clark

Larry Sinclair is telling the truth about partying and having sex with Obama. To doubt him is to doubt an innocent victim and rob him of his heroic victimhood. The same thing holds true for John McCain...

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Friday Talking Points [35] -- Tim Russert Memorial Edition

Chris Weigant | Posted 06.21.2008 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

Nobody seriously annoyed me this week, but I will launch a pre-emptive finger-wagging, to anyone on the left who can't resist the urge to be disrespectful of Tim Russert's memory right now.

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Are the Candidates' Wives Fair Game?

Paul Peete | Posted 06.21.2008 | Home

Read More: Drug Addiction, Patriotism, Laura Bush, Michelle Obama, First Lady, Cindy McCain, Mccain, Michelle Obama Proud, Smears, Election 2008, General Election, Offthebus, Home News
Paul Peete

This is going to be a white-hot, bitterly contested election cycle, and even though the McCain campaign has forsworn dirty tactics, the 527s and right wing blogs and rumor mills will rush to attack Michelle Obama. But a word of caution is warranted: "Those who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones."

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