24 October, 2008

McCain Looks for Joes of All Trades
New York Times – United States
He was simply an archetype of the small business owners who Senator John McCain says would be unfairly taxed should Senator Barack Obama, his Democratic …
www.nytimes.com/2008/10/24/us/poli
tics/24campaign.html?ref=politics

McCain hammers Obama on Ayers ties
MSNBC – USA
In a joint interview Wednesday with Brian Williams, anchor of “NBC Nightly News,” McCain and his vice presidential running mate, Alaska Gov.…
www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27343688/

McCain fights for Pennsylvania
National Post – Toronto,Ontario,Canada
John McCain talks with the news media after meeting with small business owners during a campaign stop at Parksdale Farms on Thursday in Plant City, Florida. …
www.nationalpost.com/news/world/
uselection/story.html?id=903748

McCain Taps ‘Joe’ as Tax Policy Battering Ram
FOXNews – USA
But with 12 days to go until the election, John McCain continues to keep“Joe,” as well as and his concerns about how Barack Obama’s tax policies would …
elections.foxnews.com/2008/10/23/m
ccain-taps-joe-tax-policy-battering-ram/

President Bush must be wondering: With friends like John McCain…
Los Angeles Times – CA,USA
John McCain hit him for leaving future generations with a mountain of debt, failing to meet the cost of bigger Medicare expenses, and abusing the power of …
latimesblogs.latimes.com/presidentbush/2008/10/mccain-debt.html

McCain hammers Obama on Florida bus tour
ABC Online – Australia
Republican presidential nominee John McCain has hammered Democrat Barack Obama on taxes and national security on a bus tour across parts of Florida crucial …
www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/
10/24/2399847.htm?section=justin

Poll: McCain loses lead in rural American voters
Xinhua – China
WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 (Xinhua) — Republican presidential candidate John McCain lost his lead in rural American voters as more of them favored his Democratic …
news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-10/24/content_10241863.htm

Obama launches offensive on McCain’s tax plan
The Associated Press
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Democrat Barack Obama moved from defense to offense Thursday as he characterized Republican John McCain’s approach to taxes as nothing …
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q0tsqatW6vJpkDRTI1gMgD940DU782

McCain turns to elderly in drive for votes
Telegraph.co.uk – United Kingdom
John McCain has launched a last-ditch bid for victory by targeting older white voters who value experience over rhetoric. By Toby Harnden in Ormond Beach, …
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/uselection2008/johnm
ccain/3248436/McCain-turns-to-elderly-in-drive-for-votes.html

McCain, Obama Battle for Working Class Vote
Voice of America – USA
By VOA News Republican presidential candidate John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama are battling for the support of low and middle-income Americans, …
voanews.com/english/2008-10-23-voa43.cfm

McCain: ‘She needed clothes’
By media@politico.com (Andy Barr)
McCain defended the RNC’s spending $150000 on Palin’s clothes. See also: Stylists approve.
www.politico.com/news/stories/1008/14879.html

McCain: Washington DC and NYC = Fake America
By SilentPatriot
In response to a question from Brian Williams about “elitism”, John McCain pinpoints DC and New York City as the bastions, or, as Politico puts it,“fake America.” I suppose that’s why bin Laden targeted lower Manhattan?…
crooksandliars.com/silentpatriot/mccai
n-washington-dc-and-nyc-fake-am

Finally: The McCain/Obama dance-off
By Allahpundit
In which Maverick saves his best campaign stunt for last. […] Read the rest “
www.hotair.com/archives/2008/10/23/fi
nally-the-mccainobama-dance-off/

Perino defends Bush against McCain
By media@politico.com (Andy Barr)
In the Washington Times, McCain attacked Bush and fellow GOP-ers. See also: Obama leaves trail.
www.politico.com/news/stories/1008/14875.html

Does McCain blame Palin for his swirling toilet of a campaign?
By David Neiwert
To hear Brian Williams and Chuck Todd talk, as they did last night on Hardball, you’d think things were perhaps not so peachy these days over at Camp McCain, after they spent the afternoon interviewing John McCain and Sarah Palin …
crooksandliars.com/david-neiwert/does
-mccain-blame-palin-his-swirling

23 October, 2008

Polls: Obama edges McCain in key states
The Associated Press
THE NUMBERS: Barack Obama 51 percent, John McCain 46 percent. OF INTEREST: Obama’s lead is basically the same when third party candidates were included in …
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Biden Blasts McCain on Need for Second Stimulus, Spares a Thought …
ABC News – USA
John McCain, R-Ariz., for taking a “wait-and-see” approach to the economy. In snowy Colorado Springs, before a crowd of 1350 at Sierra High School, …
blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/2008/10/biden-blasts—1.html

Carl Leubsdorf: McCain blew it by steering off course
Dallas Morning News – Dallas,TX,USA
In endorsing Barack Obama, Colin Powell said he was disappointed and troubled by John McCain’s “narrow” campaign approach and the promise of a further …
www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/o pinion/columnists
/cleubsdorf/stories/DN-leubsdorf_23edi.State.Edition1.1d79ee9.html

McCain, Obama drop rivalry for Series message
The Associated Press
GREEN, Ohio (AP) — Presidential rivals John McCain and Barack Obama united to help narrate an opening to the World Series telecast Wednesday highlighting …
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McCain-Obama not a nasty race at all; don’t blame candidates for …
San Diego Union Tribune – United States
I groan every day when I see the media drumbeat reviling John McCain for his allegedly appalling tactics. In the big picture, America’s politics are nastier …
weblog.signonsandiego.com/weblogs/afb/archives/028501.html

There’s That ‘McCain Pulls Even’ Poll
National Review Online – New York,NY,USA
“Believe me, there is someone in the Obama campaign who is deathly afraid of the ‘McCain pulls even or goes ahead’ poll.” Obi Wan had said that he felt the …
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NjYmZhYjU2NDMyODI3ODUyMGU0ZjY4ZjE=

Riding high in polls, Obama swats away McCain assaults
AFP
RICHMOND, Virginia (AFP) — Democrat Barack Obama Wednesday swatted away White House rival John McCain’s new attacks on his national security spurs and tax …
afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5gPxauuygvREcGl4NP7YD7N2Vo5eg

John McCain looking for victory in New Hampshire
Boston Herald – United States
By Hillary Chabot GOFFSTOWN, NH – In a last-minute pitch to win the state that resurrected his presidential campaign, John McCain asked New Hampshire voters …
news.bostonherald.com/news/politics/
2008/view.bg?articleid=1127109

Obama drama or McCain pain? Techies show a clear preference.
InfoWorld – San Francisco,CA,USA
John McCain has made no secret of his technical nonprowess (though he did invent the Blackberry — not). Obama seems much more comfortable with tech,…
weblog.infoworld.com/robertxcringely
/archives/2008/10/obama_drama_or.html

Online ads: Why do McCain and Obama need tooth whiteners?
Computerworld – Framingham,MA,USA
In checking out Politico.com today, I came across identical ad links underneath every photo of McCain and Obama, and they are bizarre, to say the least. …
blogs.computerworld.com/online_ads_why
_do_mccain_and_obama_need_tooth_whiteners

Study: McCain coverage mostly negative
By media@politico.com (Michael Calderone)
He’s getting attention, but it’s mostly not good press. See also: McCain“amazed” by Palin treatment.
www.politico.com/news/stories/1008/14829.html

ZOMFG! John McCain Is A Socialist!
By Jed L
Well, John McCain must have once been a socialist, because it turns out that for years he supported higher taxes on the wealthy to pay for lower taxes on the middle-class. The YouTube don’t lie: …
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In New McCain Robocall, Rudy Giuliani Suggests Obama Opposes …
By Greg Sargent
Giuliani has recorded a new McCain robocall in which he suggests, in effect, that Barack Obama doesn’t think sex offenders, drug dealers and murders should have to go to jail, according to Jennifer Henderson, a stay-at-home mom in Maine …
tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com/
2008/10/in_new_mccain_robocall_rudy_gi.php

McCain Sounds a Farewell Note in New Hampshire
By By Elisabeth Bumiller
GOFFSTOWN, NH— Things do not look good for Senator John McCain in New Hampshire, but he came here on Wednesday anyway, just 13 days before the election, to offer what sometimes sounded like a last goodbye. “I can’t tell you how happy I …
thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/10/22/mccain
-sounds-a-farewell-note-in-new-hampshire/

Daily Show Flashback: McCain is a “socialist”, too!
By SilentPatriot
McCain and Palin (indeed, the entire GOP establishment) have been bashing Obama as a “socialist” the past few days for having the audacity to propose raising the top tax rate from 36% to 39% while giving working folks (95% of the rest …
crooksandliars.com/silentpatriot/daily-
show-flashback-mccain-socialis