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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 03:51 AM

    It could be worse

    No worries. They are just dismantling Obama's personality--you know, post-modern deconstructionism.

    What I don't understand is why McCain/Palin deliver the invectives against Obama in an angry tone. If they were said in a tone dripping with honey, they'd be able to hit one of psychologist Searles six classic gaslighting techniques and really confuse him.

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