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Senator Straight Talk Won't Go on the Record with Project Vote Smart
by Jonathan Stein
For an advocate of straight talk and government transparency, John McCain has been less than clear with a voter-education nonprofit, on whose board he serves, about why he hasn't responded to its survey of issue positions. Now, after nine months, 17 phone calls, and 8 emails asking McCain to state exactly where he stands on key issues, Montana-based Project Vote Smart is poised to kick McCain off its board later this week. | Once again, McCain confuses Sunnis with Shiites
by John Byrne
John McCain isn't quite sure of himself on Iraq.Last month, the Arizona senator got a whisper in his ear from Sen. Joe Lieberman, after he said that Iran was providing aid to Al Qaeda in Iraq, a Sunni group. Iran, however, is actually a Shiite nation. On Fox News Sunday, McCain also got wrong the details of an Iraqi ceasefire. | Book: McCain lunged at congressman; Spokeswoman calls book 'trash journalism'
by Nick Juliano
John McCain's campaign is lashing out at a shocking new report (first revealed here on Monday) of his red-faced, expletive-laden tirade aimed at his wife.Meanwhile, the Huffington Post reveals another nugget from Cliff Schecter's new book The Real McCain, which details a physical confrontation between McCain and another congressman. | Bill Clinton's Ties To Colombia Trade Deal Stronger Than Even Penn's
by Sam Stein
On Sunday evening, Sen. Hillary Clinton's chief campaign strategist, Mark Penn, resigned from his post after it was revealed he was working (on the side) for the passage of a Colombia Free Trade Agreement that his candidate opposed.But within the Clinton campaign, Penn is not the highest-ranking adviser with financial ties to groups and individuals supporting the passage of the measure. | John McCain Accuses Me Of "Trash Journalism" While He Engages In "Trash" Propaganda
by Cliff Schecter
Apparently, some of the straight-talk released from The Real McCain yesterday got Rambo a bit peeved. So I'm glad I'm nowhere in his vicinity, because we know what happens to people when McCain gets a bit peeved at them.He responded to the factual piece in my book about his calling his wife that four-letter c-word that wives so love to here from their spouses, with this, according to today's New York Daily News: | First 100 Days
by David Swanson
A friend is drafting a proposal for the first 100 days of a new administration. I sketched out a dream scenario below. What do you think?Day 1: Renounce wars of aggression and apologize to the world for those in the past. Anounce the complete withdrawal from Iraq over the next 6 months. | Separate And Unequal: U.S. Health Care and the Republican Response
by RJ Eskow
The nation commemorated the 40th anniversary of Martin Luther King's death last week. Here's a quote from him that didn't get much play in the testimonials: "Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in health care is the most shocking and inhumane." Two recent studies highlights the lack of progress we've made in four decades, and proposals from John McCain and the Florida State Senate show how little resonance Dr. King's words have in some corners of public life. | Satire: The Inside Story Behind The Mark Penn Saga
by Jonathan Leigh Solomon
Soccer Moms: Busy suburban mothers concerned with issues heavy on symbolism, like curfews, school uniforms and teen smoking.Soccer Wives: Former members of the Spice Girls who are married to David Beckham.Soccer Balls: Equipment used when playing soccer. | Remember: They Are Liars
by William Rivers Pitt
"No one is such a liar as the indignant man."- Friedrich NietzscheGeorge W. Bush, Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, Paul Wolfowitz, Condoleezza Rice, along with a slew of administration underlings and a revolving-door cavalcade of brass hats from the Pentagon, have been making claims regarding Iraq for many years now. | In Middle East, small powers can outwait, outwit big bullies
by Pierre Tristam
The apologists of perpetual war in Iraq got lucky last week. The latest catastrophic fiasco -- the Iraqi government's face-saving surrender to a truce offered by resurgent Shiite militias -- was overshadowed here by meltdowns in the economy and sectarian battles inside the Democratic Party. From luck to spin. Today, the Bush administration gets to do what it does best: translate defeat at Arabs' hands into victory with an American accent. | A Different Kind of Election
by Bob Herbert
The teenage girl came running out of Behm’s Family Restaurant, calling after me. “Hey!” she said. “Don’t just talk to the older people. You should talk to some young people, too.”She told me with a sense of urgency that her name is Antonia Raris, she’s a senior in high school, she hopes to go on to college, and she’s for Hillary. | A Deficit of Leadership - The greatest onus is on the Bush administration and the Fed. But can we trust those who got it so wrong to put things right?
by Joseph Stiglitz
The financial crisis being felt around the world will get worse - unless strong actions are taken by governments. The strongest action of all is required in the United States, where this global maelstrom originates.Part of America’s economic problem today is a crisis in confidence - in its central bank, the Federal Reserve, in the regulators, in the Bush administration, in the political process. The way the crisis arose, and the way it has been handled, has provided ample reason for that lack of confidence. Bravado statements that everything is fine, followed by unprecedented and non-transparent bailouts and precipitous decreases in interest rates, has led to confidence in the Fed and the administration plummeting, as has confidence in America’s banks and their ability to manage risk. | Ahmadinejad: US used September 11 as 'pretext' for invasions
by Raw Story
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad accused the United States on Tuesday of using the attacks of September 11, 2001 as a "pretext" to attack Afghanistan and Iraq."On the pretext of this incident a major military operation was launched and oppressed Afghanistan was attacked. Tens of thousands of people have been killed until now," he said in a speech broadcast on state television. | Traders bet Obama will win Democratic nomination
by David Alexander
Democratic presidential contender Hillary Clinton will win several state nominating contests in the coming months but has little chance of becoming the party's candidate for the November 2008 election, traders were betting on Tuesday. Traders in the Dublin-based Intrade prediction market gave Democratic front-runner Barack Obama an 86 percent chance of being the Democratic presidential nominee, versus a 12.8 percent for Clinton, the New York senator and former first lady. |
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