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Rate Quick Turnaround

Original at Talking Points Memo: by Joshua Micah Marshall external link    Fri, Nov 20

By Josh Marshall John McCain just announced that we can succeed in Afghanistan in a mere 12 to 18 months, if only President Obama would get off his butt and send the 40,000 soldiers.... John McCain just announced that we can succeed in Afghanistan in a mere 12 to 18 months, if only President Obama would get off his...

Rate Palin Goes Rogue On The Facts

Original at Huffington Post external link    Fri, Nov 20

By The Huffington Post News Team Max Blumenthal is an award-winning journalist and blogger whose articles and video documentaries have appeared in The New York Times, The Daily Beast, The Nation, The Huffington Post, Salon.com, Al Jazeera English and many other publications. He is a senior writer for The Daily Beast an...

Rate Podcast: Bloviating Dick Cavett Bashes ‘Know-Nothing’ Sarah Palin, Obsesses Over His BrillianceVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at NewsBusters.org external link    Fri, Nov 20

By Scott Whitlock Is MSNBC this desperate for Palin bashing that the network would highlight a year-old column from a talk show host who hasn’t been on television since Ronald Reagan was in the White House? O’DONNELL: Dick, this segment is about Sarah Palin, not about you, Dick. [Harwood and O’Donnell laug...

Rate Dawn Teo: John McCain Could Lose Senate Primary To Tea Party Supporter

Original at Huffington Post external link    Fri, Nov 20

By Dawn Teo Rasmussen announced a new poll on Friday showing Senator John McCain may be in trouble at home where a polarized electorate has him facing constant criticism from both the left and the right. PHOENIX, AZ -- Rasmussen announced a new poll on Friday showing Senator John McCain may be in troub...

Rate What Does Sarah Palin's Rogue Week Mean? -- By: Kathryn Jean Lopez

Original at National Review Online Blogs external link    Fri, Nov 20

By webmaster@nationalreview.com (Kathryn Jean Lopez) Reed doesn't doubt that Sarah Palin may consider running for president of the United States, but recommends a little space between 2008 and when she does. He adds: "My sense is that she is going to be a major force in the party---and a force for good, by the way...." So who in 2012? Reed says:

Rate Salon.com: A Lesson In How NOT To Cover Sarah Palin

Original at The Left Coaster external link    Fri, Nov 20

By Turkana I've subscribed to Salon.com since it became a subscription website. Salon publishes some of the best political commentary, anywhere. Its reporters often prove themselves among the best, anywhere. Its coverage of Bush administration crimes, the Walter Reed scandals, and the still emer...

Rate April Daniels Hussar: What I Like (And Hate) About Sarah Palin

Original at Huffington Post external link    Fri, Nov 20

By April Daniels Hussar Read Sarah Palin and Oprah: Our View Yep. As much as I hate to admit it, I can't help but find certain things about Sarah Palin admirable ... and, dare I say? ... almost role model-ish. Oh Sarah -- if only you weren't a creationist conservative zealot. You'd be my hero.

Rate John McCain Below 50% In Latest Poll Of Arizona Republicans

Original at Below The Beltway external link    Fri, Nov 20

By Doug Mataconis A new Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of likely 2010 Republican Primary voters in Arizona finds the longtime incumbent in a virtual tie with potential challenger J.D. Hayworth. McCain earns 45% of the vote, while Hayworth picks up 43%.

Rate Sarah in Arizona in 2010!

Original at Arizona external link    Fri, Nov 20

By David Safier by David SafierNo, not Sarah for Arizona. I want Sarah in Arizona during the 2010 primaries supporting the Senate candidate of her choice. Will it be her running mate, John McCain? Will it be her more natural ally, J.D. Hayworth? Or will it be Chris Build-a-wall-around-the-entire-country S...

Rate Palin Helped McCain Lose

Original at Oliver Willis external link    Thu, Nov 19

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By owillis@gmail.com (Oliver Willis) But conservatives now hold up Sarah Palin the way they hold up conservatism. We are now told that our previous, very conservative president didn’t fail due to his conservatism. Conservatism is never at fault. And in their eyes neither is Sarah Palin. Her incompetent answers, her wacky posit...

Rate Memoir as a vehicle for revenge; Book Review

Original at Hotels Magazine external link    Wed, Nov 18

Going Rogue. An American Life. By Sarah Palin. Illustrated. 413 pages. Harper. $28.99. ''Going Rogue,'' the title of Sarah Palin's erratic new memoir, comes from a phrase used by a disgruntled McCain aide to describe her going off-message during the presidential campaign: among other things,...

Rate The Book to Nowhere: Thanks, but No Thanks

Original at mikk2 (WordPress) external link    Mon, Nov 16

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By nonnie9999 Republican Sen. John McCain, who lifted former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin out of obscurity to be his vice presidential partner last year, isn’t saying much about Palin’s new tell-all, blame-all book. But Steve Schmidt, who managed the campaign and is a chief target in the book, doesn’t think m...

Rate Despite Begging For An Endorsement, Sarah Palin Rejects GOP Senate Candidate Rep. Mark KirkVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at Think Progress external link    Mon, Nov 16

By Lee Fang Earlier this month, the Washington Post reported that Rep. Mark Kirk (R-IL), a candidate for Senate in 2010, wrote a memo to Sarah Palin requesting that she endorse him during her visit to Chicago for the Oprah Winfrey Show. The Post noted that “Palin’s endorsement [of Conservative Party c...

November of 2009

 

Rate House Democrats Who Voted Against the Health Care Bill - Interactive Graphic

Original at NewsTrust external link    Sun, Nov 8    3 related articles

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New York Times - Nov. 08 (News Analysis) - Detailed table profiling the 39 Democrats who voted against a sweeping overhaul of the nation’s health care system. Lawmakers in the House voted 220 to 215 on Saturday night to approve a sweeping overhaul of the nation’s health care system. Only one R...

Rate Palin book tour takes unconventional path

Original at CNN Political Ticker external link    Thu, Nov 5

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By CNN Ticker Producer Alexander Mooney Palin's schedule instead takes the former Republican vice presidential candidate to smaller - and in many cases more conservative - cities like Fort Wayne, Indiana, Washington, Pennsylvania, Roanoke, Virginia, and Jacksonville, Florida.

Rate Joe Wilson Received Nearly Twice the Contributions Per Capita from McCain States Over Obama States in Q3 2009

Original at blog.lib.umn.edu external link    Tue, Oct 20

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By Eric Ostermeier Because Obama states have a more than 2:1 population advantage over McCain states, the per capita contributions to Wilson were much higher in the McCain states ($271.98) than the Obama states ($148.45). Itemized Individual Contributions to Joe Wilson by State, Q3 2009

Rate Podcast: MSNBC's Hall Chastises Meghan McCain for Non-apology 15 Minutes After Shuster's Limbaugh Mea Culpa

Original at NewsBusters.org external link    Fri, Oct 16

By Ken Shepherd TAMRON HALL: The daughter of Sen. John McCain has received some not-so-flattering comments since posting this revealing photo of herself on the site with the words "my spontaneous night in." HALL: I don't know. Meghan is considered one of the new and bright voices of the Republican Party, a...

August of 2009

 

Rate Funeral Arrangements For Kennedy Set, Burial At Arlington

Original at Gothamist external link    Thu, Aug 27

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By Jen Chung Kennedy's body will lie in state at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library for two days. Vice President Joe Biden, Senator John Kerry and Senator John McCain are expected to speak at the Friday night memorial. At the funeral at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Basilica on Saturday, President Bar...

Rate Greg Mitchell: One Year Ago, a Turning Point in 2008 Campaign: The Media, Hillary and Sarah Palin

Original at Huffington Post external link    Mon, Aug 24

By Greg Mitchell The preposterous media coverage of the (few) unhappy Hillaryites at the Dem convention, which was aimed not at helping Obama but maintaining interest in the affair and the coming campaign, inspired McCain to select as his running mate someone who would virtually destroy his campaign.

Rate Seth Pendleton: Missing John McCain

Original at Huffington Post external link    Mon, Aug 17

By Seth Pendleton I know there must be one Republican out there with the courage to follow John McCain's example -- to take the microphone and turn away from the crazy person. During the presidential campaign, there were many things about John McCain that were hard to take. He was angry, awkward, and wrapped a...

Rate Opinion: McCain to vote against Sotomayor

Original at CNN Political Ticker external link    Mon, Aug 3

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By lpratapas Sen. John McCain announced Monday that he would not vote to confirm Judge Sonia Sotomayor. WASHINGTON (CNN) — After days of indecision, Sen. John McCain announced Monday he will oppose the nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court. The Arizona Republican said Sotomayor trie...

June of 2009

 

Rate Opinion: CD-ROM Converter Service Center HSI Doubles As The GOP’s Favorite ‘Academic Think Tank’Video included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at Wonk Room external link    Thu, Jun 25

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By Lee Fang Indeed, the McCain campaign paid $50,000 to HSI, the same firm that wrote their health plan, to produce “independent” comparisons between the McCain health plan versus Obama’s. Trying to conceal the payment, the McCain campaign reported the $50,000 as “legal consulting.” Strangely en...

Rate John McCain: 'Don't Ask Don't Tell' Not A "Civil Rights Issue"

Original at Huffington Post external link    Fri, Jun 12

By The Huffington Post News Team Yesterday afternoon, Air America White House Correspondent (and friend to Eat The Press ) Ana Marie Cox interviewed Arizona Senator John McCain for her forthcoming... Yesterday afternoon, Air America White House Correspondent (and friend to Eat The Press ) Ana Marie Cox interviewed Ari...

Rate Podcast: Cafferty: Listen to Palin or Gingrich? 'Or Just Stick Needles in Your Eyes?'

Original at NewsBusters.org external link    Tue, Jun 9

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By Brent Baker But Palin, along with her husband, got big cheers from the audience when they were introduced on stage at this fundraiser last night; and their table was the only one in the ballroom with a crowd around it. Several Republicans thanked Sarah Palin for showing up. Senator John McCain said it wa...

Year 2009

 

Rate Opinion: The Triumph of the Independents Confirmed

Original at Liberal Values external link    Thu, May 21

By Ron Chusid Independents remain supportive of Obama and the Democratic Party. I believe this is partially out of a realization that increased government economic action is necessary at the moment and a belief that this is temporary. While the Democratic Party in recent years has been becoming more f...

Rate Opinion: Chris Simcox's extreme makeover

Original at Arizona external link    Tue, Apr 28

By AZ BlueMeanie David Neiwert at crooksandliars.com posted this report on our recently declared Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate in Arizona, Minuteman Chris Simcox's past will haunt his GOP primary bid against McCain: The latest step in Minutemen cofounder Chris Simcox's extreme makeover is n...

Rate Opinion: Minuteman Chris Simcox's past will haunt his GOP primary bid against McCain

Original at Orcinus external link    Sun, Apr 26

By David Neiwert(noreply@blogger.com) The latest step in Minutemen cofounder Chris Simcox's extreme makeover is now up for electoral review: Simcox is challenging John McCain in the Arizona 2010 GOP primary. A piece I wrote for The American Prospect last October exposed these dealings in even greater detail:

Rate Correction: U.S. actually did execute Japanese soldiers for waterboarding

Original at Crooks and Liars external link    Fri, Apr 24

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By David Neiwert But I was not referring to Asano, nor was my source Sen. Kennedy. Instead I was referencing the statement of a different member of the Senate: John McCain. On November 29, 2007, Sen. McCain, while campaigning in St. Petersburg, Florida, said, "Following World War II war crime trials were conve...

Rate Opinion: Minuteman Chris Simcox's past will haunt his GOP primary bid against McCain

Original at Crooks and Liars external link    Thu, Apr 23

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By David Neiwert You can view this video right here by getting the latest version of Flash Player! DOWNLOAD (209) PLAY (1209) The latest step in Minutemen cofounder Chris Simcox's extreme makeover is now up for electoral review: Simcox is challenging John McCain in the Arizona 2010 GOP primary.

Rate Meghan McCain Is Confused by Ann Coulter [Politics]

Original at Gawker external link    Mon, Mar 9

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By Pareene Coulter could be the poster woman for the most extreme side of the Republican Party. And in some ways I could be the poster woman for the opposite. Yes, well, everyone who thought about it for ten minutes figured this out 7 years ago, but for those who haven't, Ann actually answered some questi...

Rate Podcast: Bad Economics 101 From Radio Host Ed Schultz and Gov. Rendell

Original at NewsBusters.org external link    Thu, Nov 6

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By Jack Coleman Heading into the campaign's final stretch, Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell said to lefty radio host Ed Schultz that John McCain and Sarah Palin spent so much time in the Keystone State, "I'm thinking of charging them state income tax they've been here so often."

Rate Opinion: Todd Gitlin: Sunday Watch 11-02-08: In Which the Guesswork Pageant Flutters to an End

Original at Huffington Post external link    Mon, Nov 3

By Todd Gitlin Presumably out there in the land there's also "a lot of concern" about economic collapse and the fallout from eight years of divided rule when the party in charge of the presidency is Republican. It would be interesting to know whether Brokaw was equally concerned about "one party rule" wh...

Rate Recipe: Don’t think much of McCain, but these ribs sound good

Original at leisureguy (WordPress) external link    Mon, Nov 3

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By LeisureGuy John McCain’s Rib Recipe–in the CrockPot. Of course, I’ll used crushed garlic, not garlic powder. Fresh is better, right?        John McCain’s Rib Recipe–in the CrockPot. Of course, I’ll used crushed garlic, not garlic powder. Fresh is better, right?       

Rate Podcast: Maddow Shields Listeners From Allegedly Odious McCain AdVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at NewsBusters.org external link    Tue, Oct 28

By Jack Coleman Seeing how Maddow is so stricken by "intellectual dishonesty," other potential examples come to mind. Her claim that Sen. Joe Lieberman said "exactly the same thing," for example. What Lieberman said was undeniably along the same lines as Biden, but with an important difference. Lieber...

Rate John McCain shows Obama how to use a plumbing wrench. http://tinyurl.com/5ealr8

Original at Megatokyo News external link    Thu, Oct 16

Rate Opinion: The Third and Final Round. . .McCain and Obama Tie but McCain Needed More -- McCain's Eye Rolls and "Joe the Plumber" will be Remembered as Highlights

Original at The Washington Note external link    Wed, Oct 15

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By Steve Clemons This is by far the best start I have seen for Barack Obama. McCain: "Senator McCain. . .I am not President Bush. If you wanted to run against President Bush, you should have run four years ago. . ." It's getting more tense. McCain and Obama tied -- but that wasn't good enough for John McCain.

Rate Opinion: Stephen A. LeMay: McCain-Palin: No Plan to Address Worn, Outdated Transportation Infrastructure

Original at Huffington Post external link    Fri, Oct 10

By Stephen A. LeMay Barack Obama and Joe Biden believe that it is critically important for the United States to rebuild its national transportation infrastructure -- its highways, bridges, roads, ports, air, and train systems -- to strengthen user safety, bolster our long-term competitiveness and ens...

Rate Patch: Newsfeed Update: 10.07.08

Original at mediabistro.com external link    Tue, Oct 7

Click here to receive mediabistro.com's Daily Newsfeed via email. McCain Looking to Patch Things Up With Letterman (NYP) David Letterman and Sen. John McCain are talking about making up. McCain representatives and Late Show executives are negotiating an appearance on Letterman's show s...

Rate Podcast: Joy Behar: 'Press in Love with [Sarah Palin]'Video included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at NewsBusters.org external link    Wed, Sep 10

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By Justin McCarthy From the day John McCain announced her as running mate, the press has stirred up nearly every negative story it can find about Governor Palin some just internet rumors. Some attacked her family life wondering aloud if she can run a country and a family at the same time. Some ran false stories a...

Rate Podcast: What Kind Of Vetting Process Did McCain Use?

Original at Crooks and Liars external link    Sat, Aug 30

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By Nicole Belle On MSNBC this evening Andrea Mitchell reported on how minimal John McCain’s interactions with his choice for vice president, Sarah Palin, have been. According to Mitchell, McCain only met Palin once.   Download | Play   Download | Play  (h/t Heather)

Rate Patch: Economy...Obama meets...McCain waits...Russert replacement ...

Original at KXMC external link    Tue, Jul 29

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AP) John McCain could get results today from the biopsy done on a patch of skin removed from his face during a recent checkup. ... Housing prices plummet...Improvements in Knoxville...McCain awaits ... Reiten Television KXMB Bismarck Mixed economic news...Obama sets meetings...US troop deaths down ... Reit...

Rate Opinion: Joseph A. Palermo: Why John McCain's "Surge" Success Story Is A Lie

Original at Huffington Post external link    Tue, Jul 22

By Joseph A. Palermo It really makes the Iraq debate easy for John McCain when he throws around words like "win" and "victory" and "prevail" and "success" without really defining what they mean. A short time ago he was calling for American troops to remain in Iraq forever and that Obama was "naive" for suggesti...

Rate Podcast: AUDIO OF CONFERENCE CALL REMARKS: BECERRA (D-CA) AND MEDINA RESPOND MCCAIN'S SPEECH AT NCLR

Original at Democratic National Committee: Blog external link    Mon, Jul 14

Congressman Xavier Becerra (D-CA) and Eliseo Medina held a conference call today to respond to John McCain's speech at NCLR, and call for straight talk from the GOP candidate on his promise of a third Bush term and contradictions on immigration reform.

Rate Podcast: The Reviews Are In: John McCain's Week on the Economy: Disaster

Original at Democratic National Committee: Blog external link    Fri, Jul 11

McCain: Social Security funding now a disgrace. "The system for funding Social Security is ''a disgrace' because it forces young workers to pay into a program that is unlikely to benefit them in its current form, Republican presidential candidate John McCain said this week, wading into...

Rate Podcast: AUDIO OF CONFERENCE CALL: Linda Chavez-Thompson and Mark Levinson discuss how John McCain, Charlie Black and Colombia Free Trade Agreement are a Bad Deal for America

Original at Democratic National Committee: Blog external link    Wed, Jul 2

Colombia leads the world, there are more trade unionists killed in Colombia than the rest of the world combined. Now presumably that earns them the privilege of a trade agreement with the United States, but we find it an outrage, American workers find it an outrage...the fact that McCain's...no...

Rate Opinion: Remember Obama v. McCain

Original at firstread.msnbc.msn.com external link    Tue, Jan 8

By Domenico Montanaro Dear John: Barack Obama United States Senator February 6, 2006 The Honorable Barack Obama United States Senate SH-713 Washington, DC 20510 John McCain United States Senate February 6, 2006 Dear John: Barack Obama United States Senator

Year 2007

 

Rate Podcast: RedState.com falsely claimed McCain "confirmed" on Hannity that he was heckled by CNN's Ware

Original at Media Matters for America external link    Wed, Apr 11

On The Sean Hannity Show, Hannity questioned McCain about allegedly being "heckled by the CNN reporter Michael Ware." McCain replied: HANNITY: What happened at this press conference? You were in Baghdad you were with Senator Graham.

Rate Patch: McCain to make amends with Dobson

Original at Seattle Post Intelligencer external link    Tue, Jan 16

COLUMBIA, S.C. -- Sen. John McCain said Tuesday he hopes to patch things up with conservative Christian leader James Dobson, who recently said he wouldn't support the Republican's presidential bid under any circumstances.

Rate Patch: McCain Hopes to Make Amends With Dobson

Original at African News Dimension external link    Tue, Jan 16

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) -- Sen. John McCain said Tuesday he hopes to patch things up with conservative Christian leader James Dobson, who recently said he wouldn't support the Republican's presidential bid under any circumstances....

Rate Patch: McCain hopes to make amends with Dobson

Original at Yahoo! News external link    Tue, Jan 16

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AP - Sen. John McCain said Tuesday he hopes to patch things up with conservative Christian leader James Dobson, who recently said he wouldn't support the Republican's presidential bid under any circumstances.

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