McCain: Not more of the same
The American Prospect
by Ezra Klein
10/30/08
Give the Obama campaign this: They have message consistency. John McCain is ‘more of the same.’ He voted with George W. Bush ‘more than 90 percent of the time.’ … Obama campaign allies have taken up the call with a single-mindedness not seen since Republicans discovered the political potency of summer footwear in the 2004 election. In one of the best-received lines at the Democratic Convention in Denver, Bob Casey, Jr. said, ‘John McCain calls himself a maverick, but he votes with George Bush 90 percent of the time. That’s not a maverick. That’s a sidekick.’ … At the same time, the ‘more of the same’ rhetoric has muddied the actual choice facing the electorate...
http://tinyurl.com/6blor4
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
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Elliot Cohen, Truthdig: "Sen. John McCain's ideological ties to the Bush-Cheney administration have mostly passed beneath the radar of the mainstream media, but if McCain loses the presidential race to Barack Obama, his neoconservative legacy could erupt into the open with a force that should not be underestimated."
http://www.truthout.org/103108D
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=McCain
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=maverick
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=neocons
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Ezra+Klein
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Elliot+Cohen
by Ezra Klein
10/30/08
Give the Obama campaign this: They have message consistency. John McCain is ‘more of the same.’ He voted with George W. Bush ‘more than 90 percent of the time.’ … Obama campaign allies have taken up the call with a single-mindedness not seen since Republicans discovered the political potency of summer footwear in the 2004 election. In one of the best-received lines at the Democratic Convention in Denver, Bob Casey, Jr. said, ‘John McCain calls himself a maverick, but he votes with George Bush 90 percent of the time. That’s not a maverick. That’s a sidekick.’ … At the same time, the ‘more of the same’ rhetoric has muddied the actual choice facing the electorate...
http://tinyurl.com/6blor4
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
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Elliot Cohen, Truthdig: "Sen. John McCain's ideological ties to the Bush-Cheney administration have mostly passed beneath the radar of the mainstream media, but if McCain loses the presidential race to Barack Obama, his neoconservative legacy could erupt into the open with a force that should not be underestimated."
http://www.truthout.org/103108D
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=McCain
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=maverick
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=neocons
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Ezra+Klein
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Elliot+Cohen
rudkla - 31. Okt, 08:46
