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Matt / Think Progress:
Rove: 'You can't trust the fact-check organizations.' — This week, non-partisan fact-checking organizations like PolitiFact and FactCheck.org — have called Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) out for lies in his attack ads against Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL). But on Fox News Sunday today …
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Jonathan Martin / Jonathan Martin's Blogs:
Rove: McCain ads gone too far — Karl Rove said this morning that John McCain's attacks against Barack Obama have stretched the truth. — Appearing on Fox News Sunday, Rove said McCain had “gone one step too far, and sort of attributing to Obama things that are, you know, beyond the 100-percent-truth test.”
John Griffin / Political Punch:
Why Doesn't McCain Use a Computer? — Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill. introduced a new TV ad his week that paints Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., as out of touch for being, when it comes to technology, shall we say a touch “old-school.” — “1982, John McCain goes to Washington,” the narrator says.
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Arnab Datta / Political Punch:
Obama Surrogate Attacks McCain for Age, Cancer — On This Week with George Stephanopoulos this morning, Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., a surrogate for the campaign of Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., raised the age and health of Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., when discussing the qualifications, or lack thereof, of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin.
Bryan Bender / Boston Globe:
Obama ad takes heat for McCain cyber shot — Insensitivity to war injuries cited — WASHINGTON - Democrat Barack Obama's campaign came under fire from conservative bloggers yesterday for a new political ad criticizing his 72-year-old opponent, John McCain, for not using computers.
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
Obama raises $66 million in August — Sen. Barack Obama raised $66 million in the month of August, making it his best month ever and the best in American political history, an aide said Sunday morning. — Obama is releasing that number after suggestions that his fundraising was failing to meet expectations.
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New York Times:
Lehman Heads Toward Brink as Barclays Ends Talks — Unable to find a savior, the troubled investment bank Lehman Brothers appeared headed toward liquidation on Sunday, in what would be one of the biggest failures in Wall Street history. — The fate of Lehman hung in the balance …
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Ginger Adams Otis / New York Post:
MAC HATER HAS A LOUSY ‘IMAGE’ — MAG FOTOG IN DIRTY TRICK TO TURN POL ‘EVIL’ — Controversial celebrity photographer Jill Greenberg, a self-professed “hard-core Dem,” deliberately took a series of unflattering shots of Republican nominee John McCain for the current cover of The Atlantic - and then bragged about it on a blog.
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Robert Stacy McCain / The Other McCain:
They've ruined SiteMeter — Just got my first look at the new format for SiteMeter statistics. It sucks, big-time. — Like Windows Vista, is how bad it sucks. — The old Site Meter was simple and elegant. The new Site Meter is clumsy and awkward. — Dear SiteMeter: Please make SiteMeter Classic an option.
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Akmuckraker / Mudflats:
‘Alaska Women Reject Palin’ Rally is HUGE! — I attended the Welcome Home rally for Sarah Palin this morning. Hooo. It was an experience. About a thousand (maybe) hard-core Palin supporters showed up to hear her speak at the new Dena'ina Convention Center in downtown Anchorage.
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American Street, Open Left, TheZoo, HorsesAss.Org, Barack Obama 2008 and The Huffington Post
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Willie Brown / San Francisco Chronicle:
How does President Palin sound? — For first time in modern history, a presidential race is actually going to be decided by the vice presidential pick. — Thanks to Sarah Palin, this is no longer a contest between Barack Obama and John McCain - it's between Brother Barack and Sistah Sarah.
Tahman Bradley / Political Radar:
Live From New York, It's Sarah (Tiny Fey) Palin! — ABC News' David Wright and Alyssa Litoff Report: As comedienne Tina Fey debuted her impression of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin on Saturday Night Live, the governor and her staff were watching from 30,000 feet. — Palin was on board …
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Campaign Silo, Top of the Ticket, Christian Science Monitor, Liberal Values, Wake up America and Taylor Marsh
Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
Making America Stupid — Imagine for a minute that attending the Republican convention in St. Paul, sitting in a skybox overlooking the convention floor, were observers from Russia, Iran and Venezuela. And imagine for a minute what these observers would have been doing when Rudy Giuliani led …
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The Mahablog, Kevin Drum, Don Surber, They gave us a republic, Eunomia, Washington Monthly and Brilliant at Breakfast
Barton Gellman / Washington Post:
Conflict Over Spying Led White House to Brink — This is the first of two stories adapted from “Angler: The Cheney Vice Presidency,” to be published Tuesday by Penguin Press. Original source notes are denoted in [brackets] throughout. — A burst of ferocity stunned the room into silence.