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Dear Conservatives: Break Some Liberal Hearts. Vote Obama.

David Quigg | Posted 11.03.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Ronald Reagan, Peggy Noonan, Bobby Jindal, Andrew Sullivan, Mitt Romney, Conservatism, Barack Obama, Politics News, Meg Whitman, Conservatives, Condoleezza Rice, Bill Kristol, Negative Attacks, Sarah Palin, Smears, Tim Pawlenty, Socialism, Election 2008, Carly Fiorina, Politics News
David Quigg

No group in America would have more trouble adjusting to an Obama presidency than the Bush Liberals. Yes, there really is such a thing as a Bush Liberal. Let me explain.

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McCain's Rev. Wright Attack Ad Can Drive Undecideds: Polling Science Tells Us So

Robert Kubey | Posted 11.02.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain Attack Ads, Rev Wright, Attack Ads, Barack Obama, Smears, Obama Jeremiah Wright, Jeremiah Wright, Politics News
Robert Kubey

The critical point is that it is easier to scare undecideds than uplift and inspire these same voters. The psychobiological study of fear demonstrates this.

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Scattered Gunshot: Shooting Voters From A Helicopter

Sherman Yellen | Posted 10.31.2008 | Politics

Read More: Helicopters, Election 2008, Michael Bloomberg, Nyc Term Limits, Smears, Sarah Palin, Politics News
Sherman Yellen

Republicans are shooting from their helicopters at any Obama target in sight. And Bloomberg is another candidate who uses that helicopter of his to shoot down dissident voters.

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I Am Professor Khalidi (Why John McCain Doesn't Get to Pick My Halloween Costume)

David Quigg | Posted 10.31.2008 | Politics

Read More: Palestine, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, John McCain, Columbia University, Barack Obama, Xenophobia, Negative Attacks, Smears, Sarah Palin, Joe the Plumber, Academic Freedom, Israel, Rashid Khalidi, Politics News
David Quigg

Khalidi is a big-time professor. Which is to say that, until quite recently, he was someone most of us had never heard of. But then John McCain picked Professor Khalidi's new Halloween costume.

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Obammunism

Disgrasian | Posted 10.30.2008 | Politics

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Disgrasian

Like the Chinese, Obama is a Communist. So you know what that means, right? Obama not only shared his toys, but he, like the Chinese, first tainted them with lead paint.

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The Mandatory Rejection of Sarah Palin

Bob Cesca | Posted 10.29.2008 | Politics

Read More: Sarah Palin, Ignorance, John McCain, 2012 Election, Smears, Racism, Election 2008, Barack Obama, Sara Palin, Politics News
Bob Cesca

Before we arrive at the end of the Bush dark ride, let's make sure the Palin dark ride comes to a complete stop on Tuesday.

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Why Won't Palin Ask Obama Why He Hates Everything That's Good and Loves Everything That's Bad?

David Quigg | Posted 10.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Politics, Philosophy, Liberty, John McCain, Jon Stewart, Smears, Negative Campaigning, Sarah Palin, Fox News, Drudge Report, Election 2008, Constitution, Barack Obama, Politics News
David Quigg

While he's at it, Obama should stop using the word "constitution" because a few people might think he means "prostitution" or "constipation."

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Indiana Smears Cause Voter Backlash

Chuck Lasker | Posted 10.27.2008 | Home

Read More: Mitch Daniels, John McCain, Barack Obama, Indiana, Republican Smear Machine, Smear Tactics, Obama Smears, Smears, Republican Party Email Smears, Mitch Daniels Governor, Mccain Smears, William Ayers Obama, Mitch Daniels Reelection, Republican Party Indiana, Republican Party, William Ayers, Republican Party Problems, Obama Email Smears, Home News
Chuck Lasker

After receiving an email smear, one Indiana voter wrote: "I am outraged that the Republican Party sent this kind of smut to my home ... There is no place in this election [for] this garbage. It will not work; not this time."

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Obama Launches Portal to Expose GOP Attacks

Ari Melber | Posted 10.24.2008 | Politics

Read More: Radar, Obama, Robocall, Barack Obama, John McCain, Attack Ads, Smears, Politics News
Ari Melber

In the new era of web-driven politics, nothing stays below the radar for long, which can pose a bigger problem for hypocritical and deceitful candidates.

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GOP Gives Up Hope For Last-Minute Obama Smear Campaign

Politico | Posted 10.22.2008 | Politics

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GOP operatives don't foresee a massive infusion of money for ads against Obama. Photo: AP For the GOP, the cavalry apparently isn't coming. Republic...

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A Cell Phone Call During Mass (Remembering the Anti-Catholic Smears of the 1928 Election)

David Quigg | Posted 10.19.2008 | Politics

Read More: Herbert Hoover, Catholicism, Politics News, Negative Campaigning, Joe Biden, 1928 Election, 2008 Election, Catholic Church, Religion, John Hagee, Voter Disenfranchisement, Al Smith, Barack Obama, Sarah Palin, Smears, John McCain, Bigotry, Wedge Issues, Robocalls, Politics News
David Quigg

"Great-great-grandma Frances will set you straight. By the time I'm done with you, you'll vote for who you want to vote for. You won't let anybody scare you out of it. That's the lesson of Al Smith."

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One May Smile and Smile...

Steven Weber | Posted 10.18.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Democracy, Election 2008, Celebrities Talk Politics, Republicans, Robocalls, Smears, Sarah Palin, Politics News
Steven Weber

The cynical Democracidal maniacs who call themselves Republicans are waging the warfare of the cornered, the exposed, the desperate. And that means the most dangerous.

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Robo Rove and Willie Horton Redux

Deepak Chopra | Posted 10.17.2008 | Politics

Read More: William Ayers, Michael Dukakis, Karl Rove, Lee Atwater, Barack Obama, Willie Horton, Smears, Election 2008, Politics News
Deepak Chopra

Instead of erupting in outrage and secretly dreading that a smear campaign will undo Barack Obama's lead in the polls, I return to the basics.

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Jason Linkins

Times Exposes Anti-Semitic Obama Slanderer, Finally

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 10.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: Fearmongering, John McCain, Fear Watch 2008, Smears, Andy Martin False Obama Muslim Rumor, Obama Muslim Smear, Hannity Andy Martin, Barack Obama, Andy Martin, Politics News

During this long election season, one of the things that the candidates have had to confront are smear merchants, peddling the most vicious and hatefu...

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Skanks Gotta Stick Together

Disgrasian | Posted 10.12.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Dirty Campaign Tricks, Nicole Scherzinger, Sarah Palin Vp, Rubber Dresses, Latex Dresses, Palin Smears Obama, Dirty Politics, Latex, Smears, Sarah Palin, The Pussycat Dolls, Sarah Palin Vice President, Rubbers, Sex Education, Obama Smears, Entertainment News
Disgrasian

2008-10-13-pullpalin.jpg The Pussycat Dolls' Nicole Scherzinger said this week that she'd welcome Sarah Palin into her group if the Republican ticket fails in November.

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John McCain: I am an Arab and a Decent Man

James Zogby | Posted 10.11.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Smears, Racism, Muslim, 2008 Election, Civil Rights, Barack Obama, Arab Americans, Mccain Arab, Politics News
James Zogby

The suggestion that any ethnic group is treacherous and Anti-American is unacceptable, dangerous, and unbecoming of such a great nation.

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John McCain: Cartoon Villain, Oscar Saboteur

David Quigg | Posted 10.10.2008 | Politics

Read More: Politics, Election 2008, John McCain, Tucker Bounds, Barack Obama, Sarah Palin, Negative Campaigning, Smears, Politics News
David Quigg

Instead of campaigning, McCain seems now to be traveling the country trying to make sure that no movie version of President Obama's life will ever win an Oscar.

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Palin Proves She's "Country Last"

Chris Goldberg | Posted 10.09.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Race, Country First, Barack Obama, Sarah Palin, Smears, Bill Ayers, Politics News
Chris Goldberg

When asked during the VP debate what made him think he could work with the other party, Joe Biden gave a brilliant answer, saying that he never, ever questioned the motives of his opponents.

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The Dark Side of the Swoon

Michael Ames | Posted 10.07.2008 | Politics

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Michael Ames

The party of McCain believed, above all, in honor. And now it's over.

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McCain's New Strategy Incites Violent, Racist Reaction

Eric Schmeltzer | Posted 10.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: Obama Racism, 2008 Elections, John McCain, Smears, Sarah Palin, Racism, William Ayers, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Obama Smears, Rally, Palin Rally Florida, Racist at Mccain Rallies, Politics News
Eric Schmeltzer

Are you proud, McCain? In your quest for power, you threw out your morals, your principle, your past disdain for low-ball gutter smears. And now we know the reaction it has incited.

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No, It's Not Politics as Usual

Carl Pope | Posted 10.06.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Mcain, Palin, Smears, William Ayers, Politics News
Carl Pope

Let's be clear -- when you see "fact-check" analyses finding errors in the claims by both campaigns, they are not all equivalent.

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John McCain Gets Dirty

John Ridley | Posted 10.06.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Economy, Barack Obama, 2008 Presidential Race, Sarah Palin, Bill Ayers, John McCain Attack Ads, Negative Attacks, Smears, Politics News
John Ridley

Mom always told me that if you don't have anything nice to say, then don't say anything at all. But then, Mom was never a Republican running for president.

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Question for Gov. Palin: Who Would Jesus Smear?

David Quigg | Posted 10.06.2008 | Politics

Read More: Lee Atwater, Todd Palin, Negative Attacks, Terrorism, Cindy McCain, Negative Campaigning, Smears, Bill Ayers, Sarah Palin, New York Times, William Ayers, John McCain, Barack Obama, Politics, Media, 2008 Election, Palin Alaska Independence Party, Alaska Independence Party, Politics News
David Quigg

If Palin won't repent for us and won't repent for America, I hope she'll at least remember Lee Atwater's dying remorse and restrain herself for her own sake.

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Over Two Dozen Lies Refuted About Ayers And Obama

John K. Wilson | Posted 10.06.2008 | Home

Read More: John McCain, William Ayers, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Sarah Palin, Smears, Negative Attacks, Election 2008, Negative Ads, Campaign 2008, Bill Ayers, Hannity's America, Ayers, Obama Ayers, Home News
John K. Wilson

The gutter politics of the McCain campaign is reaching down once again to denounce Obama for his distant past links to Bill Ayers in an unprecedented guilt-by-association attack for a presidential campaign.

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Going Negative

James Love | Posted 10.05.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, John McCain Attack Ads, Smears, John Mccain Goes Negative, Attack Ads, Obama Smears, Politics News
James Love

I personally would emphasize the lateness of McCain's attacks, and that it is a character flaw to offer exaggerated and unsupported allegations against your opponent.

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