Full Metal McCain

Haunted by the ghosts of Vietnam, the media-manufactured 'maverick' has remade himself into a prototypical, dumbed-down Republican Party stooge.

Evening, June 3rd, in a muggy, dragonfly-beswarmed place called the Pontchartrain Center, just outside New Orleans. Half a continent away, amid yet another legacy-smashing fusillade of unsolicited invective from Bill Clinton, the excruciating Obama-Hillary mess is finally wrapping up, in a pair of ... Full Story »

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Denise Clendening
3.1
by Denise Clendening - Oct. 1, 2008

This is an opinion article that interviewed McCain supporters who appear to be uninformed supporters motivated by fear and hatred. The theme of the story is that fear and hatred have not gone out of style in this country and will be used against Obama. McCain supporters interviewed had no idea that McCain has shifted his position on Roe vs Wade, immigration, tax cuts, torture, Iraq, etc. and did not seem to care but they were motivated by rumors of patriotism and race. The author is angry but anger is justifiable if people cast their votes based on race alone.

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