McCain's move to center means Dems can't presume anything

John McCain has not been wasting his time while the Democrats conduct their improv political theater.

The presumptive Republican nominee -- with presumption somewhat more in his favor than the presumptive Democratic nominee Barack Obama - continues to stake out the political center on some key issues, pushing his unanointed Democratic rival to the left. In fact, the way things are going, it is Obama, not McCain, who is in danger of losing his bearings and getting boxed into positions that won't appeal to white working class voters and many other ... Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Kaizar Campwala - Jun 5, 2008 - 9:43 AM PDT
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Dwight Rousu
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by Dwight Rousu - Oct. 1, 2008

The subtitle claiming that McCain has moved to the center indicated that this was a republican talking point instantiation of the big lie technique, and the rest of the article confirmed it. McCain has moved to the right of fascist, including a claim that the president had dictatorial powers. He as abandoned any of his previous positions that were not aligned with the neocons, and meakly become the superannuated mini-bush.

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Kaizar Campwala
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