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Tuesday, July 1, 2008 12:00 AM

This time, it's personal

McCain vowed to conduct a "respectful" campaign, but his attacks against Obama are increasingly personal.
Steve Benen

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  • Tuesday, July 1, 2008 07:29 AM

    McCain is a Weasel!

    And I'm not going to hamstring my own critique with a perfunctory nod to his military service. I can think of plenty of people who served in combat who were also consummately unethical and incompetent. How did we arrive at this fraudulent conclusion that military service automatically entitles the veteran to any leadership role? That's counterfactual and dangerous.

    Obama's critics call him an opportunist, but I have yet to see anything BUT political opportunism coming out of McCain's mouth. The guy is a farce, and personifies today's GOP: morally, intellectually, and ethically bankrupt.

    —Somewhere in Time Read Somewhere in Time's other letters

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