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McCain as Bush, Obama as Carter
By David Knowles - Politics DailyIt's a game that's all the rage in this year's campaign: Linking your rival in the race for president to a past commander-in-chief. From the get go, the Democrats and Barack Obama have made the case that electing John McCain is tantamount to ushering in a third term of George W. Bush. After all, the two share a similar view on the Iraq war, corporate and personal income taxes, education, and right-wing court appointments. Obama and the DNC's have shown lock-step message discipline in shrinking McCain into Bush's "Mini-Me." And a veritable YouTube cottage industry has arisen to guarantee that ...
Israel Talking to Hamas
By David Knowles - Politics DailyTime for a reality check. After last week's big political dust-up between President Bush, Barack Obama and John McCain about whether talking to Hamas or Iran constituted "appeasement," comes word that Israel, the country who provided the presidential backdrop for the controversy, has itself started talking to Hamas. From Haaretz:Participants at a recent inner cabinet meeting were listening to details of the Egyptian mediation initiative between Israel and Hamas on a cease-fire in the Gaza Strip recently, when a senior minister reportedly reminded those present that Israel does not negotiate, ...
McCain on Hamas
By David Knowles - Politics DailyFunny, I thought that McBush said that talking to Hamas and Iran was tantamount to appeasement. Here's McCain less than two years ago:Read James Rubin's full editorial in The Washington Post here. He's the guy conducting the interview in the clip. ...
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