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08 Aug 01 : 34 | Ignoring study of McCain's 2007 votes, O'Reilly criticized Obama ad for... On the August 6 editions of his radio and television shows,Fox News host Bill O'Reilly criticized an ad by the campaign of Sen.Barack Obama titled "Original" forincluding a May 22, 2003, statement from Sen. John McCain, in which McCainsaid: "The president and I agree on most issues. There was a... Source : LeftWord: The Best Liberal Blog Posts 82 minutes ago |
07 Aug 23 : 19 | Hannity falsely claimed "Obama can't point to a single instance in which... Four days after falsely suggesting that no"prominent Republican" has "said that [Sen. Barack Obama] isnot patriotic, or that he's got a funny name," Sean Hannity claimed onthe August 4 edition of hisnationally syndicated radio program that Obama "can'tpoint to a single instance in which President... Source : LeftWord: The Best Liberal Blog Posts 4 hours ago |
07 Aug 22 : 58 | Echoing Milbank, Cavuto repeated disputed version of Obama's "symbol"... Echoing Dana Milbank's July 30 Washington Post column,Fox News host Neil Cavuto repeated as fact a disputed version of a comment Sen.Barack Obama reportedly made in a closed-door meeting with congressional Democrats, citing it aspurported evidence that Obama's "messianic thing is getting alittle... Source : LeftWord: The Best Liberal Blog Posts 4 hours ago |
07 Aug 22 : 37 | On Hugh Hewitt Show , Politico 's Allen said McCain suggestion that Obama... On the August 5 broadcast of The Hugh Hewitt Show, Politicochief political correspondent Mike Allen said that "Senator [John] McCainhad a good week last week" and asserted that "people thought it wasbecause of" the McCain campaign's "Celebrity" ad, but"[i]n fact, it may be because that ad suggested... Source : LeftWord: The Best Liberal Blog Posts 4 hours ago |
07 Aug 17 : 19 | Barack Obama should pick a progressive as his running mate Yesterday came and went, and Barack Obama didn't select a vice presidential nominee. And that person, at least for the moment, wasn't Sen. Evan Bayh (D-IN), despite the rumors.In perhaps the best-kept secret since "Who Shot J.R.?", we still have no clue who Obama will pick. But if Bayh's name was... Source : LeftWord: The Best Liberal Blog Posts 10 hours ago |
08 Aug 01 : 34 | Where are all those Fox News independents? Not surprising. Eighty-seven percent (87%) of Fox News viewers say they are likely to vote for John McCain, while those who watch CNN and MSNBC plan to support Barack Obama in November by more than two to one. A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 65% of CNN voters plan to... Source : LeftWord: The Best Liberal Blog Posts 82 minutes ago |
07 Aug 20 : 09 | Ignoring Obama's proposed tax cuts and McCain's Social Security remarks,... In an August 7 Wall Street Journal column, Fox Newscontributor Karl Rove claimed that "[Sen. John McCain] opposes taxincreases and [Sen. Barack] Obama favors them." In fact, Obama has proposed cutting taxes for low- andmiddle-income families, and McCain's own chief economic adviser,... Source : LeftWord: The Best Liberal Blog Posts 7 hours ago |
07 Aug 18 : 25 | McCain: The negativity is Obama's fault. He wouldn't give me town hall... McCain has had the gall to suggest that the negative tone of the election is all down to Barack Obama."I'm very sorry about it," McCain said in a Saturday interview at his Arlington headquarters. "I think we could have avoided at least some of this if we had agreed to do the town hall meetings"... Source : LeftWord: The Best Liberal Blog Posts 9 hours ago |
07 Aug 15 : 00 | Poll Shocker! Obama In Big Trouble As McCain Drops To 39% It's officially time to panic. Barack Obama leads John McCain 45 percent to 39 percent in the latest CBS News poll.Not good. Obama's people better figure out how to respond to McSame's devastating "Paris" ad and all of those relentless tire gauge attacks pretty damn quick. Because they're clearly... Source : LeftWord: The Best Liberal Blog Posts 12 hours ago |
07 Aug 14 : 31 | How Would Nominee Clinton Have Treated Obama? On Morning Joe, Chuck Todd said that the "feeling in Chicago," presumably referring to the Obama campaign, is that Hillary Clinton is seeking treatment that she would never have given Barack Obama had the roles been reversed. If they REALLY believe that, then they are fools. If Hillary Clinton were... Source : LeftWord: The Best Liberal Blog Posts 12 hours ago |
07 Aug 14 : 02 | Jihad fantasies of Obama, Dick Morris and Kenya Dr. Jerome Corsi, the man of right-wing letters whose goofy books got Americans talking in 2004 about whether John Kerry shot himself on purpose (Unfit For Command), and in 2007 about the "coming merger with Mexico and Canada" (The Late Great U.S.A.) has just struck New York Times Bestseller List... Source : LeftWord: The Best Liberal Blog Posts 13 hours ago |
07 Aug 22 : 37 | Flashback: In 2007, McCain said, ?Paris Hilton is the kind of issue that... The McCain campaign?s ?celebrity? attack ad against Barack Obama, linking him to Paris Hilton and Britney Spears, recently provoked a response ad from Hilton herself. The McCain campaign has now politicized and embraced Hilton. But in September 2007, John McCain told MSNBC Hardball host Chris... Source : LeftWord: The Best Liberal Blog Posts 4 hours ago |
07 Aug 22 : 17 | Specifics In Speeches? Let's Get Concrete Thanks to Andrei for a great post. He really put his finger on an issue that I think is central to understanding Barack Obama's political ascendancy:"This is not to say that Obama lacks substance or has not delivered enough wonky policy speeches. Neither is close to the case. However, his poetic... Source : LeftWord: The Best Liberal Blog Posts 5 hours ago |
07 Aug 22 : 00 | Four at Four The Miami Herald reports Brakes put on Obama gas station ads. "A Barack Obama ad ready to air at Florida gas stations that have pumps topped with TV screens was nixed at the last minute because the advertising company's chief said it reflected poorly on the oil industry, according to the... Source : LeftWord: The Best Liberal Blog Posts 5 hours ago |
07 Aug 05 : 32 | Pawlenty Praises Obama's Positive Message Didn't Gov. Tim Pawlenty get the memo? Republicans aren't supposed to praise Barack Obama. They're supposed to mock him while misleading people about his positions. Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, often mentioned as a possible running mate for Republican presidential candidate John McCain, said... Source : LeftWord: The Best Liberal Blog Posts 21 hours ago |
07 Aug 21 : 13 | More McCain Plans for a Dirty Campaign By now we all know that John McCain has abandoned his promise for a clean and respectful campaign for President this fall. Everyone knows about the Paris Hilton ad, everyone knows about the McCain campaign whining about the “race card,” and everyone knows about the comments by McCain accusing... Source : LeftWord: The Best Liberal Blog Posts 6 hours ago |
07 Aug 01 : 24 | Ignoring key facts, MSNBC's Witt agreed with Freddoso that Obama's... During an August 6 MSNBCLive interview with David Freddoso, author of the recently releasedbook The Case Against Barack Obama(Regnery), anchor Alex Witt baselessly adopted a word Freddoso used to describehow Sen. Barack Obama challenged his opponents' qualifications forappearing on the ballot of the... Source : LeftWord: The Best Liberal Blog Posts 26 hours ago |
07 Aug 01 : 24 | MSNBC anchor Savidge baselessly asked, "[I]sn't [Obama] a bit of a liar?" During a segment in which MSNBCaired a recent Obama campaign television adasserting that Sen. John McCain is "in the pocket" of American oilcompanies, anchor Martin Savidge said of Sen. Barack Obama,"[I]sn't he a bit of a liar?" Addressing Democraticstrategist Chris Kofinis, Savidge said: "John... Source : LeftWord: The Best Liberal Blog Posts 26 hours ago |
07 Aug 00 : 32 | CNN Headline News' Glenn Beck on Obama: "[T]his guy really is a Marxist" On the August 4 edition of his CNN Headline News program,Glenn Beck said: "The thing that I do find about [Sen.] Barack Obama isthat -- and I think America is starting to catch on to this -- this guy reallyis a Marxist. He believes in the redistribution of wealth. He believes in theglobal government... Source : LeftWord: The Best Liberal Blog Posts 26 hours ago |
05 Aug 23 : 52 | Barack Obama Gets Fired Up More of this please. Tags: 2008 presidential election, barack obama (all tags) ---- linkvideo details and moreLeftWord: The Best Liberal Blog Posts Source : LeftWord: The Best Liberal Blog Posts |
07 Aug 00 : 32 | NBC, CNN repeat McCain's criticism of Obama for 2005 energy bill vote, but... Reporting on Sen. John McCain'stour of a nuclear power plant in Michigan,NBC and CNN uncritically reported McCain's charge that Sen. Barack Obamavoted for an energy bill in 2005 that was "full of goodies and breaks forthe oil companies," while McCain voted against it. Neither provided aresponse from... Source : LeftWord: The Best Liberal Blog Posts 26 hours ago |
06 Aug 04 : 03 | Barack Obama and the New Swift Boaters Last week I inadvertently aided the latest Swift Boat operation. In that story lies a change in campaign tactics that could make 2008 a watershed election.The story begins innocently enough. In the rush of returning from a Boundary Waters trip and planning for my son’s wedding I received a comment... Source : LeftWord: The Best Liberal Blog Posts 47 hours ago |
07 Aug 19 : 27 | Hillary Clinton Web Chat Hillary chatted with folks today. Here is a highlight: Questions #4: Hey Hillary you are such a great person I went to a rally of yours during the primary in New Hampshire & did some campaigning for you here in albany ny you put a smile on my face every time I saw you whether in person or on... Source : LeftWord: The Best Liberal Blog Posts 7 hours ago |
06 Aug 19 : 15 | Front-page NY Times article misled on Obama and McCain campaigns'... In afront-page August 6 article, New York Times reporters Michael Luo andChristopher Drew wrote: "In an effort to cast himself as independent ofthe influence of money on politics, Senator Barack Obama often highlights thecampaign contributions of $200 or less that have amounted to fully half of... Source : LeftWord: The Best Liberal Blog Posts 32 hours ago |
06 Aug 00 : 19 | Plenty Of Polls Out There Right Now To Please Supporters Of Both Barack... Polls, Polls, Polls — Both Democrats And Republicans Picking Favorite Surveys And Popping The Champaign Corks TodayGotta love those polls, insignificant as they may be at this point in the...This is only a comment summary. Visit http://guntotingliberal.com to view the latest rantings of a gun... Source : LeftWord: The Best Liberal Blog Posts |
06 Aug 18 : 15 | CBS Evening News aired only part of Bill Clinton quote about Obama, ignored... On the August 5 edition of the CBS EveningNews with Katie Couric, CBS seniorpolitical correspondent JeffGreenfield reported that "despite the image of unity, some [Sen. Hillary]Clinton supporters are still wounded" by the Democratic presidentialprimary, "apparently including former President... Source : LeftWord: The Best Liberal Blog Posts 33 hours ago |
06 Aug 17 : 15 | Fineman: Obama Camp to Clinton Camp - We Can Win Without You Howard Fineman writes: Does Barack Obama think he needs the Clintons help this fall? And do the Clintons really want to give it to him? The answer to both questions seems to be a resounding no. And this could very well be the reason why a slam-dunk Obama victory in November becomes a... Source : LeftWord: The Best Liberal Blog Posts 34 hours ago |
07 Aug 18 : 25 | Liberals and the Attack Game THE FIFTH COLUMNIST by P.M. Carpenter Clarence Page, the Chicago Tribune's liberal columnist, chimed in yesterday on the officially slated Question of the Week -- "Why isn't [Barack Obama] further ahead in the polls?" -- with, it seemed to me, a singularly noteworthy... Source : LeftWord: The Best Liberal Blog Posts 9 hours ago |
06 Aug 14 : 37 | BARACK HUSSEIN MANCHURIAN OBAMA. "Good for America--or Good for Obama?" Asks a new RNC mailer. "A bill [Obama] has sponsored in the U.S. Senate, the so-called Global Poverty Act (S. 2433), would raise the amount of American tax dollars allocated to United Nations? redistribution efforts to $845 billion. That?s $2,500 from every... Source : LeftWord: The Best Liberal Blog Posts 36 hours ago |
07 Aug 17 : 00 | Rasmussen and Gallup Still Lagging Behind Other Polls Two weeks ago, Alan I. Abramowitz pointed out a significant statistical discrepancy between the Gallup and Rasmussen daily tracking polls, and all other national polls on the presidential campaign:Here's what I found. Since the beginning of May, over 74 days of polling, the Gallup tracking poll has... Source : LeftWord: The Best Liberal Blog Posts 10 hours ago |
06 Aug 08 : 43 | Is Obama Underperforming? Pundits from Bob Novak to Paul Krugman have argued that Sen. Barack Obama is underperforming because his lead of about 5 to 7 points lags behind how a "generic" Democrat fares in congressional election polls, leads ranging from 10 to 18 points.But looking at the leads can be misleading.Look at the... Source : LeftWord: The Best Liberal Blog Posts 42 hours ago |
06 Aug 08 : 17 | Another Sign Obama Will Choose Bayh? It doesn't look like Sen. Barack Obama will name his running mate after all this week. It's hard to imagine him naming someone on Wednesday when he's leaving for vacation in Hawaii on Friday. But to add to the Evan Bayh speculation, there's this, from his birthday party-fundraiser in Boston Monday... Source : LeftWord: The Best Liberal Blog Posts 43 hours ago |
04 Aug 23 : 28 | Barack Obama Launches New Ad On Energy Obama made a big speech in Lansing, Michigan, on our energy dependence and need to move away from foreign oil. Without a doubt, this addiction is one of the most dangerous and urgent threats this nation has ever faced - from the gas prices that are wiping out your paychecks and straining... Source : LeftWord: The Best Liberal Blog Posts |
06 Aug 04 : 00 | McCain Tire Gauge Mocking Of Obama Ignores Support From Those On His Side... Download | Play Download | Play (h/t Bill W)Steve Benen has already covered how the right has picked up their new symbol to mock Barack Obama’s energy policy, as if the entirety of Obama’s program is to have people keep their tires inflated. Jon Perr points out this isn’t a... Source : LeftWord: The Best Liberal Blog Posts 47 hours ago |
06 Aug 02 : 40 | AP/Ipsos: Obama Up 6 I guess The AP didn't get the memo. Solid margins among women, minorities and young voters have powered Barack Obama to a 6 percentage point lead over John McCain in the presidential race, according to a poll released Tuesday. Obama is ahead of his Republican rival 47 percent to 41 percent, The... Source : LeftWord: The Best Liberal Blog Posts |
06 Aug 01 : 45 | Media report GOP attacks on Obama's energy comments without noting that... The New York Times and The WashingtonTimes uncritically reported that Sen. John McCain's campaign"ridiculed" Sen. Barack Obama for encouraging people to properlyinflate their tires without noting that the practice has been to shown to reducefuel consumption or that McCain surrogates Gov. Arnold... Source : LeftWord: The Best Liberal Blog Posts |
07 Aug 14 : 31 | Ambinder: McCain Has a White Male Problem Remember how Barack Obama was supposed to have been uniquely weak among White voters -- despite the fact that he runs ahead of both John Kerry and Al Gore among the demographic? Well, it turns out that it isn't Obama who is having the real problem with White voters, it's John McCain. Here's Marc... Source : LeftWord: The Best Liberal Blog Posts 12 hours ago |
05 Aug 21 : 21 | Obama's "working class whites" and "Hispanic" problem The media blowhards tell me Obama can't win poor whites. How do they explain this? Democratic Sen. Barack Obama holds a 2 to 1 edge over Republican Sen. John McCain among the nation's low-wage workers [...] Obama's advantage is attributable largely to overwhelming support from two traditional... Source : LeftWord: The Best Liberal Blog Posts |
04 Aug 04 : 18 | John McCain, Topless White Women, and Barack Obama. Tomorrow, the media has an opportunity to do John McCain a solid, and grant him the request he made a couple weeks ago. While Barack Obama was in Europe, the McCain campaign lamented its own lack of coverage. Tomorrow’s event in Sturgis could be as eventful for McCain as was Obama’s trip to... Source : LeftWord: The Best Liberal Blog Posts |
05 Aug 20 : 18 | OPRAH AND OBAMA. Did Oprah's endorsement translate into a million votes for Obama? Some political scientists looked into it, and they think so...Prior to the 2008 Democratic Presidential Primary, Barack Obama was endorsed by Oprah Winfrey, a celebrity with a proven track record of influencing her fans? commercial... Source : LeftWord: The Best Liberal Blog Posts |
05 Aug 20 : 00 | Defying expectations, low-wage workers prefer Obama For quite a while, there were certain trends that political observers were simply supposed to accept as fact: Barack Obama would struggle to win support from Latino voters. And Jewish voters. And working-class, low-income voters. These were obvious ?truths? that ?everyone? knew.Except none of... Source : LeftWord: The Best Liberal Blog Posts |
05 Aug 17 : 27 | Responding to video of Bill Clinton saying Obama "should win," Chuck Todd... NBC political director Chuck Toddresponded to video of former President Bill Clinton saying of Sen. BarackObama, "I think we have two choices. I think he [Obama] should win, and Ithink he will win," by falsely claiming that Clinton's comment constituted an"interesting non-endorsement." Appearing on... Source : LeftWord: The Best Liberal Blog Posts |
03 Aug 21 : 18 | Rasmussen Poll: John McCain Wins The Britney Spears, Paris Hilton ?Racist?... 22% Say Senator John McCain Is “Racist” While 53% Say Barack Obama Is?Hmm… there’s something funny going on here. Rasmussen only mentions these results came from a survey of...This is only a comment summary. Visit http://guntotingliberal.com to view the latest rantings of a gun toting... Source : LeftWord: The Best Liberal Blog Posts |
05 Aug 16 : 17 | Obama on Space The National Aeronautics and Space Administration has had plenty to reason to celebrate over the last fifty years. But for those of us who grew up on a steady diet of moon rockets and planetary voyagers, NASA's future is cause for concern. Barack Obama spoke eloquently on that uncertain future to a... Source : LeftWord: The Best Liberal Blog Posts |
04 Aug 00 : 46 | Barack Obama Asks Credentials Committee To Seat MI & FL At Full Voting... Ben Smith has Obama's letter to the DNC Credentials Committee: August 3, 2008 Hon. Alexis Herman, Co-Chair James Roosevelt, Jr., Co-Chair Eliseo Roques-Arroyo, Co-Chair Dear Credentials Committee Chairs: In just a few weeks, our Party will convene in Denver for our National Convention. This will be... Source : LeftWord: The Best Liberal Blog Posts |
03 Aug 23 : 26 | Barack Obama Asks Credentials Committee To Seat MI & FL At Full Voting... Ben Smith has Obama's letter to the DNC Credentials Committee: August 3, 2008 Hon. Alexis Herman, Co-Chair James Roosevelt, Jr., Co-Chair Eliseo Roques-Arroyo, Co-Chair Dear Credentials Committee Chairs: In just a few weeks, our Party will convene in Denver for our National Convention. This will be... Source : LeftWord: The Best Liberal Blog Posts |
05 Aug 13 : 21 | Hillary Clinton to Campaign for Obama in Run-up to Convention Ben Smith passes on this report from Glenn Thrush: Hillary Clinton will campaign for Barack Obama this Friday in Nevada and hit the Miami area on Aug. 21 for a fundraiser and rally as part of a pre-convention unity swing, according to people close to Clinton. "She's flying solo," said a source... Source : LeftWord: The Best Liberal Blog Posts |
03 Aug 07 : 18 | Holding Barack Obama Accountable The Nation has an open letter to Sen. Barack Obama and is asking his supporters to sign it. The letter, Change We Can Believe In, seeks to hold Obama accountable to the positions he's endorsed while a candidate. The letter will be delivered to the Obama campaign prior to the start of the... Source : LeftWord: The Best Liberal Blog Posts |
05 Aug 04 : 59 | Though He May Ignore Texas, Texans Should Still Vote For Obama My friends at the Texas political blog South Texas Chisme feel that because Barack Obama does not seem to be running very hard in Texas, voters here should not cast any vote for President in 2008. I disagree with this view. Here is a link to the post I am referencing. Senator Obama has... Source : LeftWord: The Best Liberal Blog Posts |
05 Aug 03 : 15 | Video of Obama?s Speech in Lansing Barack Obama gave a speech today in Lansing, Michigan. Video of that speech is below. It is nearly forty minutes long so, you know, bring popcorn. Here’s a transcript for the visual learners. I would write some commentary comparing Obama’s energy plan and McCain’s (decades of fail), perhaps... Source : LeftWord: The Best Liberal Blog Posts |
