RNC takes aim at Obamas for date night [updated]

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Saturday May 30, 2009 · 3:12 PM PDT

2009/05/30 · 15:12

I'll keep this short. For flying to New York and having some dinner and maybe a show, the RNC has decided to make it a political issue...

You couldn't make it up.

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Monday October 20, 2008 · 1:29 PM PDT

2008/10/20 · 13:29

Can't say I'm surprised...

In a fit of indignation, John McCain apparently feels so slighted by John Lewis's comments and Barack Obama's failure to repudiate them, that Rick Davis has been quoted:

"Now since then, I must say, when Congressman Lewis calls John McCain and Sarah Palin and his entire group of supporters, fifty million people strong around this country, that we're all racists and we should be compared to George Wallace and the kind of horrible segregation and evil and horrible politics that was played at that time, you know, that you've got to rethink all these things. And so I think we're in the process of looking at how we're going to close this campaign. We've got 19 days, and we're taking serious all these issues."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/...

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Sunday October 19, 2008 · 3:14 PM PDT

2008/10/19 · 15:14

And gets a mouthful of abuse too. Good to see that manners are alive and well in North Carolina.

Barack Obama's stop at Cape Fear BBQ and Chicken in Fayetteville, N.C., this afternoon underscored the continued resistance of some voters to his candidacy — and his identity. The trip, according to a pool report, offered “some powerful and at times ugly interaction.”

http://www.politico.com/...

Also interesting to see how Politico spins the visit with its headline:

'Socialist,' 'Muslim' — Ugly reception for Obama

He also got a good reception from some diners, but that doesn't make the news.

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Thursday September 18, 2008 · 5:29 PM PDT

2008/09/18 · 17:29

Show business news from the glittering West End in the heart of London...

New London show, The Obama Musical, penned by Barack Obama campaign worker takes a humourous look behind the scenes at the workings of a presidential campaign.

At times like these, I'm torn between horror and incredulity but it's my duty as your faithful reporter to bring you...

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Friday September 05, 2008 · 8:13 AM PDT

2008/09/05 · 08:13

From the perspective of visual communication, a kinda subjective neutral's point of view just to give you all a little hope.

It's almost 5am as I write (will publish later) and I've stayed up late both nights to get the measure of what these two candidates are about, watching John McCain's nomination speech on C-Span over teh interwebs. And I swear, I have never seen such an unconvincing display of political speechmaking for a major candidate in the last twenty years. The disconnect was palpable.

If you think there's going to be a bounce after tonight, it will have been stepped on by one of the most dull, unconvincing, patently false and jarring pieces of image-making to have the misfortune to be globally broadcast.

I feel sorry for the guy.

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Thursday September 04, 2008 · 3:38 AM PDT

2008/09/04 · 03:38

Short diary, many apologies if it's previously posted.

How to build a vast left-wing conspiracy
The man behind Daily Kos talks about Obama's chances, his new book and why Palin is the gift that keeps on giving.

The Orange Satan fights back. ;)

http://www.salon.com/...

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Sunday August 31, 2008 · 6:36 AM PDT

2008/08/31 · 06:36

I'm a moderator on a very busy forum elsewhere, one unrelated to politics. I see, trash and also merge reposted threads all the time. I understand that people pick up info elsewhere and think they're breaking something new and important and want to share the news.

But... I also know that a community — any community — will turn on people at the drop of a hat if people keep posting the same info over and over again, especially if one topic, thread, or diary causes a bit of a noise as the one we saw yesterday.

So, in a spirit of goodwill, I'd like to point out something that I've personally seen. I'm not chastising anyone, just would like to draw something to your attention.

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Saturday August 30, 2008 · 7:55 AM PDT

2008/08/30 · 07:55

From this slightly detached view over here in the UK, it's clear to me what this VP-nominee selection signals where the McCain camp are going with this and what it possibly might mean for the Obama-Biden campaign.

My distance and obvious ignorance as a foreigner might insulate me from some concern-flames (hopefully), but make no mistake, this seems an extremely cunning political pick from the top drawer of media manipulation.

The inexperience/celebrity phase of the GOP campaign has done its job over the summer which was to turn the attention and scrutiny on Obama, drag him down in the polls and to pose the question 'Who is he?'. But now, it's been taken off the table which suggests its only part of the bigger plan was to put Obama on the table and raise doubts, not to be the real story. So where to from here?

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