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McCain’s Housing Problem Might Be Bigger Than You Think from Bernie Heidkamp @ PopPolitics.com 22 Aug 2008 6:26 pm

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Joe Miller of Factcheck.org dissects John McCain’s desperate, disingenous attempt to combat his multiple mansion problem, which we discussed a few days back. It’s nice to see a major media outlet willing to call out John McCain for the lies and slimy innuendo that his campaign has become. But the greatest insight coming out of the whole [...]

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posted 6:26 pm at PopPolitics.com

The Election’s Vicious Cycle: McCain, the Media and “ObamaPhobia” from Bernie Heidkamp @ PopPolitics.com 19 Aug 2008 9:41 am

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The most pressing question in this presidential campaign has become: Why isn’t the Obama campaign (or their surrogates and sympathizers) spreading insidious rumors about John McCain to counterbalance all the junk out there about Obama? Now, I subscribe to plenty of liberal/lefty e-mail lists — so I feel fairly in touch with the viral pulse out [...]

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posted 9:41 am at PopPolitics.com