Years from now, it is unlikely that anyone other than people like me (re: people with a professional interest in terrorism) will care much about this example of backfired fear-mongering, but I think it is incredibly salient to the Right’s totally ridiculous assertions about how Obama is a secret Muslim terrorist. McCain and Palin raise [...]

Unforgivable but not at all surprising, via TPM.

We have truly entered the silly season when John McCain starts palling around with foreign email scammers:
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John Mccain Extention Network
Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 1:19 AM
John Mccain Organization, Alaska
London/Germany Extension Office
Foreign Relations Committee
Address:Bressenden Place
London SW1E 5DU, England.
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JOHN MCCAIN FOR AMERICA:
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I can barely believe what I’ve just seen. John McCain, more or less, seethed and blinked his way to certain political ignominy. John McCain wanted to get Hillary Clinton’s voters the whole time, and tonight he blew that apart with his meltdown - and totally ghoulish - response on abortion and women’s health. He [...]

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