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Monday, October 6, 2008 12:00 AM

John McCain's unprecedentedly ugly speech today

The increasingly petty and ugly attacks on Barack Obama by a desperate, dying movement are a microcosm of the last eight years.
Glenn Greenwald

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  • Tuesday, October 7, 2008 03:31 AM

    "...and if I did, I wouldn't seek it from a Chicago politician. . ."

    Having recently moved from Chicago after living there for 53 years, and having followed Chicago politics for a great many of those years, believe me, Barack Obama is NOT the face of Chicago politics. The fact that he might have known Chicago politicians does not make him one any more than knowing who Ayers is makes him a University of Chicago professor.

    Those who have tried to tie Sen. Obama to some of the sleazier characters in Chicago have come up looking dirtier than they ever dreamed of making him look. Sen. Obama is the real thing, and none of these arrows have come anywhere close to hitting their intended mark.

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