Well, we’ve seen this sort of thing the entire campaign,occasionally from the Obama camp, relentlessly from McCain. Today’s edition of scrofulous mudslinging–aided and abetted by a banner headline from the Drudge Scourge–involves a wildly inaccurate reading of remarks that Barack Obama made in a 2001 radio interview. It turns out that he wasn’t criticizing the [...]
Obviously, the big draw in Leesburg this morning was Tito the Builder, aka Tito Munoz, aka defended of Joe the Plumber. If you had ever wanted to hear a crowd of Northern Virginian White People chant “Tito! Tito! Tito!” who weren’t looking for a Jackson brother encore, well, you missed your chance. But I managed [...]
Guilty on all counts. UPDATE: It’s hard to see how he can win after this, but does he realize that? And if he does win? AP notes: Despite being a convicted felon, he is not required to drop out of the race or resign from the Senate. If he wins re-election, he can continue to [...]
For those who haven’t had quite enough, thank you, of the vagaries of democracy, there are two fascinating, maybe crucial, elections coming down the pike in early 2009–in Israel and Iran. (Actually 3: the regional elections in Iraq, scheduled for late January will be pretty important, too.) Now that Tzipi Livni has failed to form [...]
A question on the lips of many campaigns watchers this weekend: “McCain is on a ‘Joe the Plumber Tour.’ Why is Joe the Plumber not with him?” From reporters’ lips to McCain’s ears — or someone’s. Today in Leesberg, who introduced Sarah Palin but another “-o” the Job Description: Tito the Builder. Joe need not [...]
The McCain Campaign uncovers a novel bit of oppo today: A heavily-edited 2001 audio tape of Obama on a Chicago radio station discussing the failure of the Civil Rights Movement to redistribute wealth through the courts. Obama says it was a tragedy that civil rights activists were not able to put together “coalitions of power [...]
