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Exclusive: McClellan whacks Bush, White House — Former White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan writes in a surprisingly scathing memoir to be published next week that President Bush “veered terribly off course,” was not “open and forthright on Iraq,” and took a “permanent campaign approach” …
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Obama's World War II history — Earlier, the Republican National Committee pounced on Obama's improbable statement that an uncle had served in the unit that liberated Auschwitz. — In fact, campaign spokesman Bill Burton says, his great uncle was a member of the 89th Infantry Division …
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Obama rewrites WWII history — In one of his more egregious and easily demonstrated lies, made even more so by the day he decided to let it loose on, Obama has rewritten WWII history such that the allies liberated Auschwitz. … Auschwitz of course is in Poland. It was liberated by the Red Army on Jan 27 1945.
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Obama Campaign Scrambles to Correct the Record on Uncle's War Service — Barack Obama's campaign scrambled Tuesday to set the record straight after the Democratic presidential candidate said on Memorial Day that his uncle helped liberate the Auschwitz death camp at the end of World War II.
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WHERE IN THE WORLD IS AUSCHWITZ? — AUSCHWITZ, JANUARY 1945. … IN AN ATTEMPT TO BURNISH HIS CREDENTIALS WITH AMERICA'S VETERANS, BARACK OBAMA HAS FREQUENTLY TALKED ABOUT HIS GRANDFATHER “WHO SERVED IN PATTON'S ARMY.” HE HAS NOW ADDED A NEW EPISODE TO HIS WORLD WAR II REPERTOIRE: THE UNCLE WHO LIBERATED AUSCHWITZ.
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Jack-In-The-Box Politics: Obama's Uncle — Call it Jack-in-box-politics. Each day, campaigns and national parties spin and spin and spin and spin and wait to see which story pops, making a loud noise, getting everyone's attention. Today's Jack-in-the-box story is Sen. Obama's misremembered recollection …
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A TEACHABLE MOMENT — Those of us who love Chris Matthews have to rate this near the apex of our Top Ten Matthews Moments list. In the unlikely event you missed it: — This is a highly satisfying nine minutes, and not just because it is a pleasure to see an arrogant right-wing blowhard …
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Protests Planned for Rules Committee Meeting — The Democratic National Committee is bracing itself for protests outside its Rules and Bylaws Committee meeting on Saturday in Washington, where the fates of the Florida and Michigan primaries could finally be decided.
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Obama supporter accuses Jews of ‘McCarthyism’ — A foreign policy expert consulted by presidential hopeful Barack Obama has accused members of the American Jewish establishment of “McCarthyism” in its attitude towards critics of Israel. — Former national security adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski …
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Four Things the Obama Campaign Couldn't Resist Doing To Anger Clinton Supporters — The follow are four things that the Obama campaign couldn't resist doing to anger Clinton supporters, supporters that Sen. Obama needs in the general election if — if — he is the nominee.
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Obama Says No To Baghdad Stroll With McCain — Barack Obama has decided that he has no interest in joining John McCain on his next “Baghdad Stroll.” — McCain, in an interview yesterday, suggested that Obama take a trip to Iraq, and even agreed to a joint trip for the two candidates.
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Obama rejects McCain's proposal for a joint trip to Iraq
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Obama Hits McCain on Closed Door Meeting with Bush — ABC News' Sunlen Miller Reports: Senator Obama capitalized on Senator McCain's closed door meeting with President Bush today, to paint the presumptive Republican nominee as a continuation of the Bush administration's failed policies.
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Worry About McCain-Ridge, Not McCain-Crist — ITEM: The Brody FIle's David Brody writes today about conservatives who worry that John McCain will put Charlie Crist, the popular, pro-life-but-not-doctrinaire Republican governor of Florida on the ticket. — ANALYSIS: Citing Crist's reluctance …
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Hillary's Bone-headed Argument — Hillary Clinton's comments on Friday — invoking Bobby Kennedy's assassination after the California primary in 1968 to shore up her argument that Democratic primaries are often unresolved in June — were bone-headed on two scores. — First, the obvious.
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Bush ‘plans Iran air strike by August’ — NEW YORK - The George W Bush administration plans to launch an air strike against Iran within the next two months, an informed source tells Asia Times Online, echoing other reports that have surfaced in the media in the United States recently.
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McCain ad features Obama supporter — A reader notices an odd choice, or oversight, in John McCain's latest television spot: The woman at left is wearing an Obama t-shirt. — “Big ideas for serious problems,” the narrator intones as she shakes McCain's hand. — Now that's bipartisanship.
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Richardson's housing woes deepen — The tale of Rep. Laura Richardson's (D) personal housing crisis got even more captivating Tuesday as her office said the freshman lawmaker defaulted on loans she took out for not just one, but three, California homes. — The news of one of Richardson's …