If you missed it, here’s Obama’s 30-minute ad
25 comments October 29th, 2008
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Shame: Obama admits to having had communist inclinations when he was young
7 comments October 29th, 2008
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Speaking of bogus Lincoln quotations…
5 comments October 29th, 2008
In a PREVIOUS POST today, I dealt with a certain phony Lincoln quotation, one of countless such fictions attributed to our 16th president by conservatives trying to make some point or another.
One of my favorites (and one of the most popular) in this category is something called “Lincoln’s Ten Cannots.” It reads as follows:
You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong.
You cannot help small men by tearing down big men.
You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich.
You cannot lift the wage earner by pulling down the wage payer.
You cannot keep out of trouble by spending more than your income.
You cannot further the brotherhood of man by inciting class hatreds.
You cannot establish security on borrowed money.
You cannot build character and courage by taking away a man’s initiative and independence.
You cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they could and should do for themselves.
In reality, Lincoln never said any such thing. The words were written by a preacher and pamphleteer, the Rev. William Boetcker — 51 years after Lincoln’s death.
But the truth of the matter probably will never stem the spread of this stuff under the label of Lincolnisms, especially in this age of the Internet.
On any given day, you can find the “Ten Cannots” on somebody’s blog or in somebody’s e-mail. Just today, I found them HERE and HERE and HERE.
Some right-wingers use the Cannots as fodder against Barack Obama, a laughable irony considering that the Illinois senator has more in common with Lincoln than any of these ill-educated extremists.
McCain will depend on veep for economic advice
11 comments October 29th, 2008
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All the polls of recent months in each of the states
5 comments October 29th, 2008
This chart is from the incomparable FIVETHIRTYEIGHT.COM, where they do lots of cool number-crunching and election-projecting:
Despite evidence to the contrary, McCain camp says it didn’t peddle bogus “attack” story
2 comments October 29th, 2008
The phonus balonus story of the “attack” on McCainiac Ashley Todd had Straight Talk fingerprints all over it.
But the McCain camp is PLEADING innocence.
Phony Lincoln quotation refuses to die
2 comments October 29th, 2008
A few years ago, conservatives seeking to impugn the patriotism of congressional critics of the Iraq war invoked this bogus quotation from Abraham Lincoln to make their case:
“Congressmen who willfully take actions during wartime that damage morale and undermine the military are saboteurs and should be arrested, exiled or hanged.”
The problem, of course, was that Lincoln NEVER SAID any such thing.
Indeed, Honest Abe was a war protestor himself during his time in Congress. His CRITICISMS of the Mexican War in 1848 greatly angered the pseudo-patriots of his time and indirectly cost him his seat in the House of Representatives.
The phony Lincoln quotation has mostly faded away in the face of numerous refutations, but some of our right-wing friends apparently haven’t received the memo.
For example, check out Comment No. 1 on THIS POST of barely an hour ago.
Oddly, McCain ad says “Obama’s not ready…yet”
4 comments October 29th, 2008
I guess this is a pitch for voters who want Barack Obama to become president someday.
Good luck with that approach:
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Here are all the latest polls on the three biggest swing states — Florida, Ohio and Pennsylvania
2 comments October 29th, 2008
If John McCain loses either Florida or Ohio, he’s probably toast.
And he isn’t faring too well in either state, as we see HERE.
McCain debates himself on taxes — and loses
3 comments October 29th, 2008
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