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  • July 2008

    • 'Right-Wing Freak Machine' Hit Me: Clark

      Huffington Post  |  Jul 18, 08 6:22 PM CDT

      'Right-Wing Freak Machine' Hit Me: Clark

      (Newser) - Wesley Clark told a netroots conference last night that he was attacked by the “great freak show” after saying John McCain’s POW experience wasn’t sufficient qualification for the presidency, the Huffington Post reports. “This is a playbook operation by the right-wing freak machine,” Clark said, “the great freak show where they take a statement, distort it, blast it out of context and make it personal.” More »

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      John McCain  • POW  • Wesley Clark  • netroots  • right-wing attacks

    • Look Who's Running for a Third Term— for Karl Rove

      New York Times  |  Jul 4, 08 12:20 PM CDT

      Look Who's Running for a Third Term— for Karl Rove

      (Newser) - This week's firefight over what Wesley Clark did or didn't say about John McCain's war record doesn't just remind us that most campaign brouhahas these days are about things that didn't even happen, writes Paul Krugman in the New York Times. It also reveals the long arm of Karl Rove. "The latest fake scandal fit the usual pattern as an awkwardly phrased remark, lifted out of context and willfully misinterpreted, exploded across the airwaves," he writes. More »

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      Barack Obama  • John McCain  • Election 2008  • Karl Rove  • Wesley Clark

    • Webb Joins Clark Brouhaha; McCain Camp Strikes Back

      Talking Points Memo  |  Jul 1, 08 6:50 PM CDT

      Webb Joins Clark Brouhaha; McCain Camp Strikes Back

      (Newser) - James Webb said yesterday that John McCain should “calm down” regarding the politicizing of his military service, prompting an angry response today. McCain's campaign alleged a “coordinated attack on John McCain’s credentials.” But no Democrat—including Wesley Clark—has “demeaned” McCain’s service, Greg Sargent writes for Talking Points Memo. More »

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      Barack Obama  • John McCain  • negative campaigning  • James Webb  • Wesley Clark

    • McCain Pockets $70K From Swift Boaters

      USA Today  |  Jul 1, 08 3:26 PM CDT

      McCain Pockets $70K From Swift Boaters

      (Newser) - John McCain has taken nearly $70,000 in donations from top funders of the notorious Swift Boat Vets for Truth, the group that assaulted John Kerry’s military record in 2004—prompting censure from McCain at the time as “dishonest and dishonorable.” A rep was coy in response, telling USA Today the backers supported the Republican's “agenda of reform, prosperity and peace.” More »

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      John McCain  • campaign fundraising  • John Kerry  • Swift Boat Veterans for Truth  • Wesley Clark  • surrogates  • slander

  • June 2008

    • Obama Rejects Clark's Remark About McCain

      Los Angeles Times  |  Jun 30, 08 3:52 PM CDT

      Obama Rejects Clark's Remark About McCain

      (Newser) - Barack Obama today rejected surrogate Wesley Clark’s suggestion that being shot down in Vietnam didn’t qualify John McCain for the presidency, the LA Times reports. A rep said Obama “honors and respects” McCain’s service. In a speech in Independence, Mo., Obama said: “Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it.”  More »

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      Barack Obama  • John McCain  • negative campaigning  • Vietnam  • Missouri  • patriotism  • Wesley Clark

    • McCain's War Record Now Fair Game

      Politico  |  Jun 30, 08 12:10 PM CDT

      McCain's War Record Now Fair Game

      (Newser) - Wesley Clark's answer to a question on Face the Nation yesterday has exposed a simmering campaign issue, Politico reports: whether John McCain’s Vietnam ordeal translates to relevant experience for the presidency. "I don't think riding in a fighter plane and getting shot down is a qualification to be president," said Clark, a Barack Obama supporter. More »

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      John McCain  • negative campaigning  • Vietnam War  • POW  • Wesley Clark  • Hanoi

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