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'After decades of broken politics, we are four days from bringing change' Obama claims moral high road as he widens advertising campaign.(News)

Article from: Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales) Article date: November 01, 2008

Byline: Wesley Johnson

BARACK OBAMA called for a "new politics for a new time" yesterday as the battle for the White House entered its final weekend.

The Democratic presidential nominee, who leads Republican rival John McCain in national polls, said America was four days away from change and at a defining moment in its history.

Speaking at a rally in Des Moines, Iowa, where he won the first-in-the-nation Democratic caucuses in January, Mr Obama predicted "more of the slash and burn, say anything, do anything politics" from the Republicans over the next four days.

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Paris Video Riffs on McCain's Ad

Posted Aug 5, 08 9:40 PM CDT in Arts & Living,  Gossip,  Politics 

Paris Video Riffs on McCain's Ad
Source: AP Photo

(Newser) – Paris Hilton says she’s “like, totally ready to lead” in her video response to John McCain—the "wrinkly, white-haired guy"—for his ad comparing Barack Obama to tabloid celebrities like herself, ABC News reports. In the deadpan video posted on funnyordie.com, the heiress figures she's now a candidate herself and explains her serious-sounding energy policy while reclining in a lawn chair in her bathing suit. “I’ll see you at the debates, bitches,” she says. “Now if you’ll excuse me, I have to go pick out a vice president.”

Another snippet, summing things up: "I'm not from the olden days, and I'm not promising change like that other guy. I'm just hot."

Source: ABC News

More about:  Barack Obama • John McCain • celebrity • Los Angeles • Paris Hilton • campaign advertising

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New Republic New Republic Sep 4, 08 1:07 PM CDT
(Newser) - Between one ad hailing Barack Obama as the Messiah and another comparing him to Paris Hilton, John McCain’s camp might be running the most sarcastic presidential campaign in history, Michael Crowley writes in the New Republic . The tactic is “in stark conflict with his image as a straight-shooting man of noble values,” Crowley writes. “The question is whether he can really be both things at once.” More »

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Huffington Post Huffington Post Aug 14, 08 6:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Jackson Browne is suing John McCain for using his song “Running on Empty” in a campaign ad without permission, the Huffington Post reports. The Ohio GOP used the tune in a spot mocking Obama's suggestion that Americans inflate their tires. McCain's not getting much love from celebrities. Earlier this week, Mike Myers demanded that the campaign remove a web ad that had a  "We're not worthy" clip from Wayne's World . More »

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