Today, Barack Obama challenged John McCain to a “duel on taxes.” Under the Obama tax plan, if you are a family making less than $250,000 a year, you will not be seeing your federal taxes going up. More details on the Obama plan by going to: http://www.barackobama.com/issues/economy/
This is not a Barack Obama ad. This is an ad for Alan Grayson, who’s running for Congress in Florida. I love the straight-forward message of this ad, and I hope the Obama campaign will consider using this type of advertisement. Big thanks to Howie of DownWithTyranny for getting the word out.
I agree with Kos of DailyKos, the Jake Tapper headline at the ABC News blog says it all: New McCain Ad Bashes Obama for Not Visiting Troops Using Footage of Obama Visiting Troops Take a look at this absurdity:
Can you feel the excitement over at the John McCain camp?
The Huffington Post now allows folks a chance to customize their own news page. Witness the Huffington Post – Barack Obama Big News page! OK, I may just take a nap now….
Over at the blog known as Jesus’ General, the question is asked “Is Obama secretly Amish?” Click here to see what they came up with.
ThinkProgress reported this news yesterday: During an interview with Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), CBS Evening News host Katie Couric noted that Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) said recently that “there might have been improved security [in Iraq] even without the surge” and asked McCain, “What’s your response to that?” After first calling Obama’s claim “a false [...]
(recycled from Huffington Post) Barack Obama met with a crowd of cheering troops and State Department workers in Baghdad Monday night. “So I don’t care whether you are a Sailor, a Soldier, an Airmen, or Marine. A National Guard, a Reservist, active duty, we just want to say thank you,” Obama said. “Back home, as [...]
While Barack Obama is embarking on a journey to the Middle East and Europe, John McCain is embarking on another important mission. He’s discovering the internet. Andy Borowitz has the full story.
Over at Andrew Sullivan‘s Daily Dish blog, hilzoy summarizes the problems that the al-Maliki statement presents for John McCain and the whole argument for him as a candidate. McCain’s entire rationale, as a candidate, turns on Iraq and related issues, like terrorism and (to a lesser extent) Iran. What else is he going to run [...]
