The Smear Gap

When asked during the 2000 Republican presidential primaries about his thoughts on the Confederate flag, McCain gave the answer that many South Carolina conservatives wanted to hear: "Personally, I see the flag as a symbol of heritage." After the primaries, when the need to curry favor with conservatives had passed, McCain admitted during the October 15, 2002, broadcast of CBS' The Early Show that he believed in 2000 that "the Confederate flag should be taken down," but that, in an "act of political cowardice," he "didn't say so" because "everybody said, 'Oh, look out, you can't win in South Carolina if you say that.' "

This is proof of his pandering to the voters. McCain is a fake.

The only "fakes" around here are the flks who support McCrass, the leader of the Free White World of Bourgeois Bigots. These are the same guys that pose as "Citizens for the McCrass class of bourgeois bigots who favor the Anti-Negro League for the Prevention of Equial Access to the Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous and their White Caucasion Country Clubs."

These are the ones below who are making fervently desperate attempts to stir up more smears, but they're so pathetic that they're almost laughable.

These are the folks who ASPIRE to be of the McCrass class - we all know the types: The ones who like to look "rich" by wearing tassled loafers with their neatly creased jeans, and maybe the Izod or orther designer golf shirt. The type who like to play golf and who would fork out $10K to meet McSame or Bush Jr. at their repspective country clubs and dine with them over hotdogs ("chaud chiens" in French, but they never EVER speak a foreign language not because they're patriotic, but because they're ignorant and dumb) ... and the inevitable beer chasers after the highballs or martinis (or is that too "retro" - it probably depends)...

The type who constantly pose as the most Super of super-patriots, but who LOATHE and DESPISE all Americans who don't embrace their fanatical worship of the Holy Dollar, the Holy Profit, the Holy Free Markets -- IRONICALLY, THESE ARE THE SAME ONES CALLING FOR A CLOSE MARKET WHEN IT COMES TO OFFSHORE DRILLING. BUT WE ALL KNOW THAT WOULD BE ..... (WAIT FOR IT) .... SOCIALISM!!!!

Well, good luck, fellas. You and your tassled loafers are gonna have a ball this Fall cheating and bribing election officials again to get your Average Joe (but Rich Joe) elected.

Good luck with that! ;-)

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This is interesting: A good government group is set to ask the Justice Department to open a criminal investigation into the two big McCain stories of recent days -- the bundled contributions from Hess executives, and the bundling by Harry Sargeant, the guy who raised cash for McCain from a host of unlikely donors.

The request, which will be made on Monday by Campaign Money Watch, which first flagged the Hess story to us, raises at least the possibility that such a probe could be initiated during the campaign. Barring that, it could keep the stories going in the press a bit.

David Donnelly of Campaign Money Watch confirms to me that they'll make the formal request on Monday, and also is request for a Federal probe in an email that just went out to supporters. Donnelly says that his group's request is being triggered by McCain's letter to the donors whose contributions had been bundled by Sargeant.

Donnelly said that the letter, which advised the donors of the legal ins-and-outs of such contributions, didn't go far enough in trying to determine what had happened.

"What he didn't say was, 'Tell us who was responsible for giving you money to give to me, and we'll urge the authorities to prosecute to the fullest extent of the law," " Donnelly said. "The letter raises the question, 'Is the McCain campaign covering for his bundlers?"
Asked why Sargeant, whose company holds a huge contract to deliver fuel to military bases in Iraq, merited an investigation, Donnelly said: "An executive from a company that has a billion dollar contract to deliver oil to U.S. bases in Iraq possibly violated election law to funnel contributions to McCain. We think that warrants an investigation."

And on the Hess matter, Donnelly said: "An office manager for an oil company that stands to gain millions in profits from offshore drilling makes donations for the first time this cycle to McCain, and did it at the same time nine other Hess donors do. That's worth an investigation."

"Drill here drill there drill everywhere" McCain said:

Extend your oil boring PAIN with your vote for McCain


It is without question it is that the foreign policy blunders of John MCcain is his strong point of consistency

You are a complete joke, too far. Figures you would not post my response from before since it is not pro-Obama. You and the democratic party need to get a backbone. This is for the presidency, you just have to be kidding me.

foreign policy blunders are without question McCain's strong point of consistency

Just the simple fact that the Georgian President has alreay called McCain out about his 'We are all Georgians' statement and the man is merely a U.S. Senator is an uncomfortable situatin at best. Just think if he were a sitting Pres and said that goofy statement. I don't much like the fact that this man even speaksfor me much less would have a finger on a nuclear button. McCain is dangerous possibly more dangerous than Bush.

I didn't decide to run for president to start a national crusade for the political reforms I believed in or to run a campaign as if it were some grand act of patriotism. In truth, I wanted to be president because it had become my ambition to be president. . . . In truth, I'd had the ambition for a long time."

John McCain. "Worth Fighting For" 2002

So, by his own words, John McCain wants to be president not because of patriotism, not because of belief in policies, but because of his own overarching ambition. And to satisfy that ambition, he will lie, cheat, or steal -- whatever it takes.

Bomb Bomb Bomb, Bomb Bomb Iran - In April of 2008, McCain was asked what he would do about the growing tensions between Iran and Israel, as well as other Western nations. McCain responded by bursting into song, intoning "bomb bomb bomb, bomb bomb Iran" to the tune of the Beach Boys' classic, "Barbara Ann." The problem there isn't McCain's misguided sense of humor- it's the lack of respect for the severity of a situation in which millions of lives (potentially American lives) are at stake. Had John Kennedy joked about blowing Cuba into oblivion during the Missile Crisis, who knows whether or not the standoff would have ended with a nuclear holocaust? Had Harry Truman publicly ridiculed the Japanese during World War II, it's possible that they would have been even more reluctant to surrender, dragging the war in the Pacific Theater out an additional 6 months or year, and costing the lives of thousands of additional American GIs.

Thank you, Jonathon. It is time for all the press to stand up for this country. If we all, every one of us, don't put this country before party, we don't deserve the great country we have. And we will not have it for long. I don't recognize it anymore. I would never have believed that McCain would have done this. I voted for him in 2000 because I believed he was a "straight-talker". I believed he loved this country above himself. What a crock. He is the one who has sold the country out for the presidency. How dare he say that Obama has. How can he ever have integrity again?

And here's a link to another great article! Let the truth set you free people!
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/17/opinion/17rich.html?ex=1219809600&en=d77a1175a4bd7bb2&ei=5070&emc=eta1

Great job here! I love how some people comment as if there weren't facts behind what you're saying. They have clearly decided to ignore facts and figures and have chosen to believe the lies. You have made your points well and corroborated them. Well done! This article should be left on doorsteps, so that Americans are not just seeing the hateful flyers of lies left by Karl Rove's and the evil right-wing machine.

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CHEATING ANALOGY.

NFL Quarterback throws a slant pass to a receiver who takes off down field along the out-of-bounds line. The receiver takes the ball into the end-zone, but turns around to learn the refs have called the presumptive touchdown back because the receiver (mistakenly) stepped out-of-bound.

Obviously the receiver did not intend to negate the potential winning score. But rules are established for a reason. Rules provide all stakeholders some level of affirmation that any cheating, whether accidental or not, does not become an unfair advantage by any party.

This analogy fits John McCheater to a tee. McCain's argument (through his surrogates) is that he did not cheat by overhearing the first 30-minutes of the Warren-Obama query. (Translation: Let's see you prove I cheated). Whether John McCheater overheard the debate is not the issue. The issue is John McCain CHEATED BY NOT FOLLOWING AGREED UPON RULES, AND THAT RULE WAS TO BE IN THE "CONE OF SILENCE" DURING THE FIRST HOUR OF THE DEBATE. NO EXCUSE!

John McCain is not an honorable man. What ever John McCain's past may have been, the last 5-years of flip-flopping, lying, cheating, and poor judgment makes John McCain unfit for "Commander-in-Chief of the United States" at this critical time.

Smear GAP? Are you suggesting Mr. Alter,Obama close the "gap" by going more negative, becoming more radicle and lieing more than he already is?
You don't feel Obama is much more than that? and can go high road and win?
Maybe Obama is floundering on his inability to run a positive campaign and impress us with alleged virtues because the Americans don't see them! We only see a confused, stammering junior US Senator with ties to extremists, radicles and criminals trying to be cute. And it isn't working.
We see the tired old Clinton banner of Americans Suck First being waved and called "CHANGE."
America is a great country! A fine country and there there are people in the world who do suck! But not Americans! Not America!
There's no smear -gap in this campaign! Just activists pretending to be journalists! It'll be a mirracle for McCain to be able to close THAT gap!

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no one cares what Alter or newsweek thinks anyway. one of the most biases reporters working for one of the most biased publications on the planet.