"Devastating new DNC ad" The Nation:

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<http://www.thenation.com/blogs/campaignmatters/376349/devastating_new_ad_hits_mccain_on_bush_economics>

"Devastating New Ad Hits McCain on Bush Economics

by Ari Melber

The only thing more damaging to John McCain than Keating Economics is Bush Economics.

That's the idea behind a devastating new attack ad that the DNC launched Sunday. To kick off the last full week before the election, Democrats are stressing McCain's firm support for Bush's economic policies with a web ad featuring a fleet of senior McCain surrogates. Some took to the TV studios to tout McCain's Bush-like approach to taxes and growth, while others are shown, cornered and empty-handed, when asked to name a single economic issue on which McCain disagrees with the President.

"McCain's own surrogates have repeatedly said that John McCain would continue President Bush's economic policies," explains the DNC, so the video just brought all the documentary footage together in one spot.

The ad's ending is priceless, as Gov. Mark Sanford flails and fails to offer a single contrast between McCain and Bush on the economy. Briefly and meekly, he floats NAFTA, but then concedes that example is more about "consistency." You almost feel for him, unless you recall that he only looks bad because he is awkwardly, consciously dissembling without a scrap of evidence. Just like his candidate.

[Thrill]

1. Is this finally a TV ad. And not another DNC web Ad?

[amborin]

2. and, Bush helped Obama:

"After Republican presidential candidate John McCain went out of his way in recent days to distance himself from his party's extraordinarily unpopular incumbent president, what did Bush do? Announce that he had voted early -- for McCain.

Bush traditionally travels to Texas to vote on election day.

But on Friday the White House announced that the Republican president had gone out of his way to cast that early ballot for his party's nominee.

Obama did not neglect the news.

Speaking in Nevada Saturday, the Democratic nominee noted somewhat gleefully: "

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[Why Syzygy]

3. Those bully

media elites. They just make them say all kinds of wrong things.

[donheld]

4. Powerful

It rocks

[vaberella]

5. How much more devastating can things get?! n/t

[amborin]

6. Violence in California caused by pro Prop 8 :

"Violence in the streets by Prop 8 supporters!

By John Amato Sunday Oct 26, 2008

The Face of Proposition 8 from Theremina on Vimeo.

And you thought the crazy people were only at McCain/Palin events. These people are getting scarier by the second.

Conservatives are starting to feel very, very freaked out. And they tend to be the type of people who believe violence is the best answer for everything. You do the math. The sheer rage in the voices of the anti-gay marriage people is chilling.

Rishathra has more..."

<http://crooksandliars.com/>

[kingpin8399]

7. more gotcha questions!!! from the liberal elitists!!

[amborin]

8. Rove speaks about the McCain Mutiny:

"The McCain Mutiny

By Nicole Belle Sunday Oct 26, 2008


The rats are jumping from the ship, and the biggest rat of them all, Karl "I should be in jail" Rove, sits down with Chris Wallace to admit that indicators are not good for the McCain campaign:

WALLACE: One thing that we are witnessing already is dissension within the ranks of the McCain campaign. There's a big article today in the New York Times Sunday Magazine about it. There have been a bunch of other reports. People pointing fingers at each other about what went wrong with the McCain campaign even before we get to the election. Why do you think that this has started so early and so publicly?

ROVE: Well, look, we've seen this a couple of times this year. We saw it in the Clinton campaign. Now we're seeing it in the McCain campaign, where before the election is totaled up, before the votes are all cast, before the decision is made, people start pointing fingers and blaming each other. It is a sign of undisciplined people who do not have the loyalty that they ought to have to the candidate whom they're serving and it's -- it's a sad sight to see. Nobody makes themselves look good by this process.

WALLACE: It is not generally a phenomenon we see in winning campaigns, however, is it?

ROVE: Occasionally you see it. You're right, it's in campaigns that are behind and people want to make certain they escape with the best reputation they can.

Frankly, considering how many of them came from Rove's coterie, I think that ship has sailed. Rove also acknowledges the fact that even Sarah Palin has gone "rogue" with a non-answer answer that points to the end of John McCain's presidential aspirations:"

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<http://crooksandliars.com/>

[Kind of Blue]

9. Oh, I hope they run it non-stop for the next 8 days!

[Jackeens]

10. OMG, Mark Sanford's 'response'!!!!!!!!!!! n/t

[seabeyond]

11. ah ah ah ah .... take the contrast... see the consistency. WTF. bah hahha. lol. n/t