October 2008 Archives

Something that has gained little attention lately, as much of the media has been focused on all the "Plumber" hoopla, is that Barack Obama has been aggressively going after Fox News. He made reference to Fox’s bias in the debate on Wednesday night, saying this:    [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwe70sAdBjI&eurl=http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/10/16/153735/72/844/632765]   In his remarks at the Al Smith dinner last night, he again mentioned Fox and Rupert Murdoch. In an article in the New York Times, Obama made...

I hate to say I told you so, Republicans (not really) but I told you so. Your attacks on Barack Obama’s associations aren’t working. In fact, the opposite is true. McCain and Palin’s unfavorable ratings are rising and Obama’s favorables are at an all-time high since the attacks began. Thanks, GOP. Before we go any further, these numbers are taken from a poll done by the New York Times and CBS, so I know some...

Well so much for the charade that the McCain campaign was going to stop the constant personal attacks on Barack Obama and focus on the economy. Quite the contrary, the McCain people and the Republican Party are taking the guilt by association smear to the next level–equating Barack Obama with Osama bin Laden. The chairman of the Virginia Republican Party is instructing volunteers going door-to-door to tell people that Obama and Osama bin Laden "both...

Never before seen: Here's an inside look as the McCain/Palin team devises a plan to attack Barack Obama, and lists the type of people they will need to carry it out, followed by video of the line outside a rally. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Km7WD8wkb1c]...

At a campaign rally in Minnesota yesterday, John McCain came face to face with the monster that he and his power-abusing running mate have created. Watch it:  [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kf6YKOkfFsE&eurl=http://talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/223513.php]   Should Senator McCain be surprised at this? He and Gov. Palin have spent the last week prying the manhole covers off of sewers all across the country and this is what has crawled out and followed him home. Has he not heard the screams of "terrorist",...

In another display of their brilliant strategy and perfect sense of timing (sarcasm) the McCain campaign has decided to go down the guilt by association road. They started by telegraphing their intent to bring up Obama’s already de-bunked relationships with Tony Rezko and William Ayres, giving the Obama team time to prepare a pre-emptive strike with this ad: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQ8RspIxuYs] In doing this McCain strategists opened another door and hit themselves squarely in the face. That...

I know the partisan Republicans are all a-twitter this morning over what they perceive as a victory by Sarah Palin in last night’s vice-presidential debate, and the McCain campaign would like nothing better than to take the focus off of our economic woes, but unfortunately for them, that’s not going to happen. The credit freeze is deepening, unemployment is up, and companies large and small are tightening their belts in anticipation of a severe economic...