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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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  • Monday, October 6, 2008 02:10 PM

    Post-Maverick: The True McCain

    This should finally end the fantasy--and erstwhile media narrative--that John McCain could possible be construed as a maverick, a straight-talker, or a different kind of Republican. He has revealed himself to be exactly the same kind of craven, despicable politician so common is his party, the kind who draws on the very worst aspects of human nature to garner what little appeal he can. The man McCain claims to be would be deeply ashamed of the awful, desperate race-baiting fearmonger that John McCain the campaigner has become, or rather, revealed himself to be.

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