ABC's Jake Tapper: "Today's new McCain ad... crosses a new line into dishonesty"
America Blog Aug 27 08So basically the media is now calling John McCain an outright liar. This is news. It's also the media actually doing their job (which Jake, among a handful of others, actually does routinely). In any case, this is bad. McCain is basically putting out ads (well, they're not even ads, because they're not really running them anywhere - they're just hoping the media will show them for free, and they do) - but McCain is running ads that are just flat out lies. He did it about the BS "Obama blew off the troops in Afghanistan" lie, and he's been doing it ever since. And now John McCain is lying about Iran, with the goal of scaring America's Jewish community - scaring them with a lie. Full story...
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The cover of TIME, circa 2004
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Cool police dashboard cam shot of meteor of western Canada
America Blog 12 hours agoIt seems like there's a lot of non-political cool news today, such as this meteor that landed in western Canada last night: Here's another look:
Still looking like it's Hill for State
America Blog 14 hours agoFrom Greg Sargent:
Ben Smith points out that the statement from Hillary's spokesperson, which says today's reports are "premature," is nonetheless basically confirmation that she and Obama will reach a deal and she'll be his Secretary of State.
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Bill Richardson may be asked to head Commerce Dept.
America Blog 19 hours agoFrom the Wash Post:
New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson has emerged as a "serious contender" to head the Commerce Department under President-elect Barack Obama, according to a Democratic official close to the proceedings.
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