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John McCain was the keynote speaker for ACORN in 2006

By probabilityZero | October 13, 2008

Remember that attack ad McCain put out linking Obama to the “radical” ACORN organization? Turns out McCain was the keynote speaker for ACORN during a rally in ‘06.
I don’t really have much of a problem with ACORN — the allegations of voter registration fraud coming out of Fox News are just ridiculous (by law, they [...]

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Distortions and lies in John McCain’s campaign ads

By probabilityZero | September 29, 2008
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Palin and “sexism”

By probabilityZero | September 9, 2008

Recently, a lot has been made about “sexist” comments referring to Sarah Palin. Honestly, I haven’t seen them. Nothing like that has come out of the Obama campaign. Maybe you could make the agrument that it has come out of “the media,” however you want to define that, but I haven’t heard any from the [...]

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Sarah Palin’s radical religious beliefs

By probabilityZero | September 7, 2008

The nomination of Sarah Palin as VP has certainly made this election season more interesting. The weirdest part, I think, is how she seems to match up with the criticisms McCain and the right have been making of Obama.
First, McCain criticized Obama for being inexperienced, and specifically for lacking foreign policy experience. Now, McCain’s running [...]

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McCain, MLK, and civil rights

By probabilityZero | July 21, 2008

As most readers already know, John McCain opposed establishing a federal holiday for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr in 1983. Most Republicans (including Cheney and Gingrich) supported it at the time, but Arizona seemed dead-set against it. The holiday became official in 1986, but only 27 states and D.C. recognized it initially. The governor of [...]

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