McCain's Disgrace

Talking Points Memo, New Republic by Josh Marshall | Oct. 31, 2008 (Opinion)

The McCain campaign has been throwing around so much mud and smears in recent weeks that it's easy to miss just how ugly and shameful their character assassination of Rashid Khalidi is. This is an entirely respectable, highly respected scholar. To go further into making a case for him would only be to enable and indulge McCain's sordid appeal to racism. For McCain, personally, to compare Khalidi to a neo-nazi, it's just an offense McCain should never be ... Full Story »

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Subjects: Politics, World, U.S.
Topics: John McCain, Racism, Presidential Election 2008
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Posted by: Posted by Kaizar Campwala - Oct 31, 2008 - 1:04 AM PDT
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 by Kaizar Campwala - Oct. 31, 2008

John Judis from the New Republic does a stellar job of cataloging the subtle and not-so-subtle attacks McCain has made against Obama that hing on racism or nationalism.

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 by Dwight Rousu - Nov. 2, 2008

After a short text intro, the main piece is a video. There is a range of xenophobic and racist misinforming and pandering to racist hate and fear that are presented along with the Khalidi ad. Marshall supports his view as the hate ads play on the other half of the screen.

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 by Roland F. Hirsch - Oct. 31, 2008

This piece is truly shameful. John McCain NEVER said Khalidi is a Nazi. The author does not acknowledge the far worse hate directed at McCain and Palin in this campaign than against Obama and his VP candidate (does anyone remember the name?). The author is simply repeating the worst Democratic Party smears on McCain. There is no journalism here at all.

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