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Smears and Tears: How Obama’s National Security Week Turned Into the Mendacity of Hype »

Originally published at Huffington Post. Reprinted here with express permission.
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The past week marked the fifth anniversary of the Iraq War and the milestone of the 4,000th American soldier killed in that disastrous adventure.
Commemorating and underscoring the urgent need for a new policy direction, Senator Clinton delivered a serious and detailed address clearly setting out […]

Obama’s top defense adviser on Jews, and Rev. Wright’s Support of Hamas »

Gen. Tony McPeak, Obama’s top military adviser, was interviewed by a newspaper about the Israeli/Palestinian peace process:
The interviewer asked McPeak: “So where’s the problem? State? White House?”
McPeak replied: “New York City. Miami. We have a large vote — vote, here in favor of Israel. And no politician wants to run against it.”
Translation (as if it’s […]

Obama’s Advisers: Less Progressive than Advertised? »

I blog at Buck Naked Politics.
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My, Barack Obama’s advisers and officials are contributing quite a little heap of embarrassments to his campaign, aren’t they? 
First, there was Austan Goolsbee’s little chat with the Canadians about NAFTA (Obama didn’t mean it) that the bad Canadians totally misunderstood and twisted out of context.  Then Samantha Power told […]

Senator Obama, Have You No Decency? »

Leave it to Barack Obama, in a further sign that his campaign realizes they are in deep trouble, to unleash the ghost of Joseph McCarthy, a red-baiting Republican who smeared honest Americans by accusing them of being communists. As a side note, does anyone remember who worked for McCarthy besides Roy Cohn? Yep, […]

Mr. Clean Gets His Hands Dirty »

I listened in on the press conference call this afternoon and Hillary’s team talked about the recent stream of personal attacks and distractions that have been tossed out by Sen. Obama’s team - from circulating a picture of Wright with President Clinton just 48 hours after making his famous speech (as if that one handshake […]

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