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McCain Wins/Loses Debate With Self

John McCain says that Barack Obama can’t get anything done in Washington because he has no history of working across party lines to get things done for America. 
 

Both Senator Obama and I promise we will end Washington’s stagnant, unproductive partisanship. But one of us has a record of working to do that and one of [...]

Obama’s Half-Hour A Hit With Critics, Draws Huge Ratings; Republicans: Obama Show a Big Flop With Critics and Ratings

About that very special Barack Obama the other night, Hot Air’s Ed Morrissey says

The ratings will be what depresses Team Obama, though. Despite having a near-monopoly on broadcast television and no particularly compelling competition, only one-fifth of the nation bothered to watch. That doesn’t exactly scream enthusiasm, and the crashing waves of a landslide may [...]

The People Who Opposed the Civil Rights Movement Cite MLK in Opposition to Obama

Here’s a new ad brought to you by conservatives: the same people who did their best to keep blacks from having the right to vote, are trying to keep them from voting now, opposed the civil rights movement, and called Martin Luther King a “communist” who was undeserving of the Nobel Prize for Peace. 

I guess the [...]

New Obama Ad: So Long, Bitches

A great ad that hammers home two critical themes: the Bush economy is in the crapper and John McCain = George Bush.

Obama’s Infomercial: All Kinds of Awesome

How does anyone watch this and not want to be part of it?

Note that he never mentions John McCain. Janice’s question:

Do you think John McCain could talk for 30 minutes without mentioning Barack Obama?

Not to Worry: Sarah Palin to Run the Economy

Why shouldn’t a regular moose-hunting Joe Sixpack, Hockey Mom type run the world’s largest, most complex economy? What are you, some kind of elitist?

John McCain’s Bizarre New Ad

John McCain began running this ad today:

That’s great. Without giving any details, he’s going to make the stock market correct itself, magically rebuild peoples’ savings, and make investments “grow again.” In another lifetime, the McCain campaign didn’t think much of people who made grandiose promises without the wherewithal to make it happen:

McCain’s pitch sounds a lot [...]

McCain’s Strongest Moment in the Debate

The Obama campaign’s overriding theme has been that if you liked the last eight years under George W. Bush, you’ll love the next four under John McCain.  So last night, McCain was ready with a zinger. There’s only one problem with what McCain said and today, the Obama campaign’s turned it into an ad:

New RNC Ad Claims Obama’s “Guilty by Participation” With Domestic Terrorists

Think way, way back: the date was October 10, 2008 (last Friday). The McCain campaign had inflamed such vicious hatred for Barack Obama that the candidate himself was forced to stand up for his opponent against an angry mob of ignoramuses:

Ancient history.
Today, the RNC released an ad in which it calls Barack Obama “guilty by participation” [...]

RNC Whips Stone at Barack Obama, Inadvertently Shatters One of Few Remaining Panes in McCain-Palin Glass Dwelling

The RNC today released this 30 second spot:

The New York Times (the same publication cited by Sarah Palin for her Ayers attack on Obama) says:

With Mr. McCain and Republicans slipping in the polls as the economic crisis spreads, they have begun to attack Mr. Obama’s character in the hope of, as one McCain adviser put [...]