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Bush Continues His Aggressively Misleading Legacy Tour
President George W. Bush, today, Carlisle, Penn., Army War College, magical-thinking tour:
While there’s room for honest and healthy debate about the decisions I’ve made — and there’s plenty of debate — there can be no debate about the results in keeping America safe.
He’s right, just not in the way he means.
McCain’s Dishonesty Tactic Tough to Beat
Sen. Barack Obama faces tough choices in combatting dishonest ads.
BlackBerry Bull Puts Heat on McCain, New Site Launches
An Internet firestorm swiftly engulfed Sen. John McCain on Tuesday, as reporters and bloggers laced into his campaign’s false claim that McCain’s tenure on the Senate Commerce Committee included the creation of the BlackBerry.
While the assertion was newsworthy, since it fits into a pattern of deception by the campaign, it would seem less important — [...]
McCain’s Latest Whopper: He Helped Create the BlackBerry
Sen. John McCain’s top economic adviser is busy tracking the financial crisis, but he took time on Tuesday to offer a novel argument for McCain’s grasp of the financial markets. Politico:
Holtz-Eakin: McCain helped create BlackBerry
Asked what work John McCain did as chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee that helped him understand the financial markets, the [...]
McCain’s Change and Corporate Media
I appear as a guest on Peter B. Collins‘ radio show — which is fun because it has live callers. It’s like talking to blog commenters, if commenters were more supportive. (Kidding! Sort of.)
Anyway, in a segment on Friday, a caller raised big questions about how Republicans can possibly seize the change mantle, if that [...]
‘The View’ Ladies Call Out McCain On Ads
One of the real disadvantages to being based in Sunny Arizona is the three-hour time difference from the East coast — though that will thankfully shorten to two hours when those states that do observe daylight savings “fall back” (most of Arizona does not observe DST). Not only do I get up absurdly early to [...]
