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  • September 2008

    • McCain Plays Horton-Like Race Card: Dukakis

      PolitickerMA  |  Sep 23, 08 4:30 PM CDT

      McCain Plays Horton-Like Race Card: Dukakis

      (Newser) - Michael Dukakis says John McCain is using the same race-based tactics that sunk the Massachusetts Democrat’s 1988 presidential campaign, PolitickerMA reports. Dukakis cites an ad that criticizes Barack Obama’s supposed economic advisor, disgraced Fannie Mae CEO Franklin Raines, who’s also black. Dukakis called the spot “essentially” similar to the Willie Horton ads used to paint him as soft on crime. More »

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      Barack Obama  • John McCain  • Election 2008  • campaign advertising  • George H. W. Bush  • Michael Dukakis  • Willie Horton  • Franklin D. Raines

    • Interest Groups Rejoining the Fray

      New York Times  |  Sep 16, 08 7:01 PM CDT

      Interest Groups Rejoining the Fray

      (Newser) - As Barack Obama and John McCain drop niceties for harsh politicking, interest groups are seeing a thumbs-up from the candidates to bombard Americans with millions in provocative TV, mail, and Web ads. Groups including unions, MoveOn, the Minutemen, and pro-life BornAliveTruth are planning ads, the New York Times reports, including ones that link McCain to lobbyists and Obama to a ‘60s radical. More »

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      Barack Obama  • John McCain  • campaign advertising  • MoveOn  • SEIU  • interest groups

    • McCain Sheds Honor in Heat of Campaign

      Washington Post  |  Sep 16, 08 2:45 PM CDT

      McCain Sheds Honor in Heat of Campaign

      (Newser) - John McCain's dishonesty in this race has turned him into the kind of politician the candidate once professed to hate, writes Richard Cohen—a one-time fan of the Arizona senator—in the Washington Pos t. McCain’s lies—most blatantly expressed on The View in response to a question about misleading ads—"would be unacceptable in any politician, but McCain has always set his own bar higher than most." More »

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      Barack Obama  • John McCain  • Sarah Palin  • negative campaigning  • campaign advertising  • The View  • Joy Behar  • Richard Cohen

    • Rove: McCain's Attack Ads Went 'Too Far'

      CNN  |  Sep 15, 08 8:08 AM CDT

      Rove: McCain's Attack Ads Went 'Too Far'

      (Newser) - The Democrats have found an unusual ally in attacking the veracity of McCain campaign ads: Karl Rove. The GOP mastermind criticized McCain’s advertising, saying he had gone “too far” and that criticism of Barack Obama didn’t pass the “100% truth test,” CNN reports. Speaking of both campaigns on Fox News, Rove said, “There ought to be an adult who says, ‘Do we really need to go that far in this ad?'” More »

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      Barack Obama  • John McCain  • Election 2008  • Karl Rove  • campaign advertising  • campaign tactics

    • Cindy McCain Blasts View After Grilling

      ABC News  |  Sep 15, 08 2:52 AM CDT

      Cindy McCain Blasts View After Grilling

      (Newser) - Newspapers and TV shows like The View are out of sync with the average American’s political beliefs, wannabe first lady Cindy McCain has declared. She blasted the media the day after she and hubby John McCain were grilled on The View about misleading campaign ads and the undisclosed number of homes the McCains own, reports ABC. More »

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      John McCain  • Election 2008  • campaign advertising  • Cindy McCain  • The View  • voters  • Barbara Walters  • Joy Behar

    • Swift-Boat Gang Plans Attack on Obama

      Washington Post  |  Sep 14, 08 5:48 AM CDT

      Swift-Boat Gang Plans Attack on Obama

      (Newser) - Key individuals behind the 2004 Swift Boat ads that attacked John Kerry’s Vietnam service and helped torpedo his presidential campaign are readying a major new advertising onslaught against Barack Obama, the Washington Post reports. The American Issues Project has amassed a multi-million-dollar fund. Its involvement marks a new level of campagin participation by outside groups. Organizations backing Obama, including unions and envoronmental groups, are readying ads of their own. More »

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      Barack Obama  • Election 2008  • John Kerry  • campaign advertising  • Swift Boat

    • Mac Misleads in Obama Sex-Ed Ad

      McClatchy Newspapers  |  Sep 10, 08 11:49 AM CDT

      Mac Misleads in Obama Sex-Ed Ad

      (Newser) - John McCain’s new campaign ad accusing Barack Obama of voting to teach kindergarten kids the explicit details of sex, is “deliberately misleading,” Margaret Talev notes for McClatchy. While in the Illinois legislature, Obama voted in favor “age-appropriate” sex ed—which for young kids would primarily consist of being able to recognize inappropriate adult affection. More »

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      Barack Obama  • John McCain  • Election 2008  • Mitt Romney  • negative campaigning  • Illinois  • campaign advertising

    • Mac Makes the Most of Sarcasm

      New Republic  |  Sep 4, 08 1:07 PM CDT

      Mac Makes the Most of Sarcasm

      (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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      Barack Obama  • John McCain  • Election 2008  • Obama 2008  • McCain 2008  • Paris Hilton  • campaign advertising  • campaign tactics

  • August 2008