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Entries for the ‘Election 2008’ Category

Obama got preferred mortgage terms & rates. So what?

Obama Got Discount on Home Loan - washingtonpost.com
The freshman Democratic senator received a discount. He locked in an interest rate of 5.625 percent on the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage, below the average for such loans at the time in Chicago. The loan was unusually large, known in banker lingo as a “super super jumbo.” Obama paid [...]

Pumping Gas: Let’s tell McCain why it matters

John McCain doesn’t think it matters whether or not he pumps his own gas.

WICKSOL: When was the last time you pumped your own gas and how much did it cost?
MCCAIN: Oh, I don’t remember. Now there’s Secret Service protection. But I’ve done it for many, many years. I don’t recall and [...]

Schwarzenegger Smackdown over Offshore Drilling

Arnie, I take back everything I said about you hijacking the governor’s office. At least for today, because you did an awesome smackdown of the McCain/Bush/Crist sudden and passionate love affair with offshore drilling.
“Politicians have been throwing around all kinds of ideas in response to the skyrocketing energy prices, from the rethinking of nuclear power [...]

John McCain’s Captors: We Didn’t Torture

An astounding sound bite from Tran Trong Duyet, keeper of Hoa Lo prison, where John McCain was held, beaten, and tortured:
“I don’t know how he’d react if he met me again,” said Mr Duyet, flicking through old black and white photographs of himself and his American prisoners at Hoa Lo.
“But I can confirm to you [...]

Lieberman Must Go

It boggles the mind to think this man ran on the ticket with Al Gore. It’s time for him to make his transition to the GOP complete.
His warmongering will be welcome there.
Sign the petition.

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If You’re John McCain, Cheating the System is Okay

For all the public posturing that’s gone on over the past few days over Barack Obama’s wise decision to forego public financing by the McCain campaign and enabled by the press, John McCain has been given a virtual pass on his own cheating of the public financing system.
For starters, he opted into public financing for [...]

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