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Veterans group plans ad campaign touting Iraq war (AP)
AP - Republican John McCain, who has made support for President Bush's troop buildup in Iraq the centerpiece of his presidential campaign, is getting from help from ... Full Article At Yahoo! News - Politics
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Veterans group plans ad campaign touting Iraq war
Washington (AP) - Republican John McCain, who has made support for President Bush's troop buildup in Iraq the centerpiece of his presidential... Full Article At AOL News - Election News
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Patriotism Smackdown: Obama Vs. Vietnam Protesters (Hegemony Is The Enemy Special Report--Pt2)
In Part One of this series, I used Langston Hughes's poem "Let America Be America Again" to sharpen some of the inconsistencies in Obama's speech about patriotism. Here, I want to dig deeper into what appears to be a fundamental aspect... Full Article At Open Left
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Liberal, Conservative Groups Vie For Vets' Interests
vote Vets on the left and Vets for Freedom on the right are competing to deliver the political message for those who served in Iraq and Afghanistan. They're both endorsing candidates for Congress — not the same names, of course — and they... Full Article At NPR Politics & Society
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Just words.
Just words. "For those who have fought under the flag of this nation -- for the young Veterans I meet when I visit Walter Reed; for those like John McCain who have endured physical torment in service... Full Article At Redstate
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Kerry Rips McCain For Relying On Swift Boat Vetr
Sen. John Kerry harshly criticized John McCain on Monday for using a member of the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth in his efforts... Full Article At HuffingtonPost
G.I. Bill Becomes Law
President Bush today signed into law today the G.I. Bill, which will double college benefits for troops and Veterans, despite his earlier threats to veto the measure. The bill was attached to the $850 billion war supplemental that allocates and additional... Full Article At Time - Swampland
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Guilt by Association only applies if you're John McCain, and your "associate" is the Most Highly Decorated Living Veteran
According to Huffington Post writer Sam Stein: Sen. John McCain's campaign on Monday launched the McCain "Truth Squad" - a group of political and Vietnam contemporaries who would counter attacks on the Senator's military record. In hopes... Full Article At Redstate
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McCain's Veteran Swiftboater Surrogate
John McCain's campaign went looking today to gin up false outrage against Wes Clark's apt observation that being shot down is not a qualification for president. And who did they use to advance the idea that Clark used some kind of appalling... Full Article At Daily Kos
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Mary Lyon: The Sacred McCow
I guess this is proof, after a fashion, that the war has indeed followed us home. Some of our leading Veterans-turned-political-warriors, from John McCain to Wesley Clark and ... Full Article At HuffingtonPost
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Joseph A. Palermo: John McCain and "Swift Boat Veterans for Truth"
In 2004, the Republican Party's "Swift Boat Veterans for Truth," acting as a surrogate for the George W. Bush reelection campaign, launched the sleaziest, most despicable... Full Article At HuffingtonPost
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Still Fighting Nam: Kerry Allies Urge McCain To Drop Swift Boat Surrogate
Despite pledges from both Barack Obama and John McCain to move this presidential campaign beyond the disagreements of past generations, the political world is still adjudicating Vietnam battles... Full Article At HuffingtonPost
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Boehlert: The New York Times rewrites its Swift Boat history
The Swift Boat Veterans for Truth remain hovering like unwanted guests over the current campaign cycle. Sen. John McCain, who four years ago criticized the ... Full Article At Altercation
Obama Moves to North Dakota Next
The presumptive Democratic nominee continues his Swing State tour with an afternoon stop at the Children’s Museum at Yunker Farm in Fargo Thursday. He’ll hold a town hall meeting with... Full Article At Time - The Page
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FactCheck.org: Tax Tally Trickery
Republicans claim Obama "voted 94 times for higher taxes." But their count is inflated and misleading.SummaryThe McCain campaign and the Republican National Committee both claim... Full Article At HuffingtonPost
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"IT'S POLITICAL SPIN, IT'S NOT REAL AND IT DOESN'T EXIST".
Jon Soltz , who served in Iraq and is now the Chairman of VoteVets.org , has been a key voice on military and Veterans issues in the Democratic Party and a critic of the ... Full Article At The American Prospect - Tapped
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Jon Soltz: McCain Flips At Legit Question
I've been running VoteVets.org for a couple of years now. In 2006 and in 2008, we've endorsed a number of Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans for Congress. It's still a story that the press is largely interested in, and when they call me to... Full Article At HuffingtonPost
Obama Calls for Action on Economic Stimulus
Amy Chozick reports from Fargo, N.D., on the presidential race. In response to another dreary jobs report, Barack Obama urged Congress to pass a $50 billion stimulus package. “It turns out that our ... Full Article At Washington Wire (Wall Street Journal)
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On the 4th: MTV, McCain & Obama
MTV's Choose or Lose campaign says it will be devoting Independence Day to spotlighting young Veterans and their service to the nation. Among those who will be featured, in pre-recorded videos, are both major presidential contenders -- ... Full Article At USA Today - On Politics
Memo To MoveOn: Tone It Down Or Move On
I don’t suffer fools gladly, so I kept MoveOn at arm’s length in 2004 and 2006, but after the General Betrayus ad controversy last year finally concluded that these trash talking and tone deaf so-called progressives are bound to do more harm than good as ... Full Article At The Moderate Voice