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July 2008
- Journal Wonders Why McCain Is Waffling on Taxes
  
  Wall Street Journal | Jul 30, 08 5:49 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Taxes should be an easy issue for John McCain, as he’s running against a Democrat “who says matter-of-factly that he wants to raise” them. So the Wall Street Journal wonders why he appears to be giving away his advantage. Given a chance to voice his support for private retirement accounts, he told ABC only that “I am a supporter of sitting down together and putting everything on the table and coming up with an answer.” More »
- The Southern Drawl's Double Standard
  
  Columbia Journalism Review | Jul 30, 08 4:43 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - When Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama stumped in Arkansas, each tried on a Southern drawl, and both were roundly mocked as pandering Yankees. Even John Edwards, a native Southerner, was accused of “carefully maintaining” his accent for political effect. Yet Fred Thompson and Mike Huckabee were allowed to drawl with impunity, writes Jane Hammons of the Columbia Journalism Review , thanks to a stereotypical double standard. More »
- New McCain Ad Says Obama Like Britney, Paris
  
  Time | Jul 30, 08 4:30 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - A new ad from the McCain campaign deems Obama the “biggest celebrity in the world” while flashing images of Britney Spears and Paris Hilton, Time reports. While mocking his rock-star status with other images from his trip to Europe, it asks, "But is he ready to lead?" The Obama camp responded that McCain has launched “yet another…false, negative attack. Or, as some might say, ‘Oops! He did it again.’” More »
- Obama Revealed Little, Provoked Much as a Prof
  
  New York Times | Jul 30, 08 1:46 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Barack Obama stood out as a University of Chicago law professor in the 1990s: He didn't publish, he turned down tenure, he ran for office, and he collected a coterie of adoring liberal students at a largely conservative school. Yet he provoked them to take sides more than he revealed his own ideas. Looking back, former students see what he was doing—preparing for a career in politics, the New York Times reports. More »
- McCain's Rip on Obama's Soldier Visit Lacks Facts
  
  Washington Post | Jul 30, 08 1:34 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - John McCain is standing by his accusation that Barack Obama skipped a military hospital trip in Germany because he couldn't bring the press—even though the facts don't support it, the Washington Post reports. Firsthand accounts agree that Obama never intended to take reporters to the hospital. McCain's charge, running in an attack ad, is "absolutely, unequivocally wrong," an Obama spokesman said. More »
- Arrogance Charge Dogs Obama, Fueled by Misquote
  
  Time | Jul 30, 08 12:35 PM CDT

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Journal Wonders Why McCain Is Waffling on Taxes

The Southern Drawl's Double Standard

New McCain Ad Says Obama Like Britney, Paris

Obama Revealed Little, Provoked Much as a Prof

McCain's Rip on Obama's Soldier Visit Lacks Facts

Arrogance Charge Dogs Obama, Fueled by Misquote