Oh, McCain!
Flinch Studio Animation
This Schoolhouse Rock-inspired cartoon portrays John McCain's "double-talk" express.
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John McCain's Voodoo Reformism
Ari Berman : Presidential Election 2008
The Republican candidate's maverick image obscures his cozy relationship with lobbyists.
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McCain: 'Aware of the Internet!'
Personal Democracy Forum : Presidential Election 2008
A McCain tech aide claims his candidate doesn't need to use the internet to be aware of its impact. Right...
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Why Do Women Give McCain a Zero?
Brave New Films : Reproductive Rights
Here's a sneak peek at what a women's health clinic could look like if John McCain is elected president.
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Will the Real John McCain Please Stand Up?
Robert Scheer : Presidential Election 2008
He is the most confounding of candidates, whose inconsistencies speak more of crass opportunism than a real maverick's impulses.
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McCain's Hamas Hypocrisy
The Nation's Chris Hayes takes on McCain's evolving position on Hamas. Turns out he was for talking to Hamas before he was against it.
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McCain Sells Out Vets
Brian Beutler : US Military
There's little evidence that John McCain will do anything, if elected, to repair the damage the Bush Administration has done to veterans' healthcare.
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How Similar Are Bush and McCain?
Move On.org : Presidential Election 2008
Think you can tell the difference between McCain and Bush? Take the Bush-McCain challenge!
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McCain's Pastor: US Should Destroy Islam
Brave New Films & Mother Jones : Religion
Since the media won't question McCain about his deeply bigoted pastor, it's up to you to call attention to this issue.
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McCain Is the Media's Maverick
Media Matters for America : Media Analysis
Why does the American public think John McCain is a maverick? Because the mainstream media told them so.
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The Fabulous Life of John McCain
Progressive Media USA : Presidential Election 2008
John McCain thinks America's financial crisis is just "psychological." If he can't understand our country's economic problems, how will he solve them?
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The Man Who Would Be Bush
Robert Scheer : Presidential Election 2008
As millions surrender homes and sacrifice our nation's political reputation to the caprices of Bush and Cheney, a majority of voters say they might vote for John McCain. What are they thinking?
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All Aboard the McCain Express
Rick Perlstein : Republican Party
The conservative noise machine is coming around to support him--if it can keep its stories straight.
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Hothead McCain
Robert Dreyfuss : US Intelligence/Covert Ops
The GOP nominee favors unilateralism and "rogue state rollback."
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The Other Side of the McCain Lobbyist Scandal
Jerold M. Starr : Corporate Media & Consolidation
A Pittsburgh public television activist explains how McCain broke the rules while doing the bidding of a media mogul.
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The Real McCain Scandal
The Editors : Corporate Influence in Washington
He doesn't just take money from lobbyists--they're running his campaign.
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McCain and the Media
Robert Scheer : Corporate Media & Consolidation
It's absurd for the New York Times to cast him as a tool of corporate media, when he's been in the forefront of trying to rein it in.
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When Newspapers Take a Stand
Ari Melber : Media Analysis
The New York Times editorial page endorses McCain, while its news department works to discredit him. And there's nothing wrong with that.
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McCain vs. GOP Taliban
John Nichols : Presidential Election 2008
McCain's march toward the Republican nomination is the year's most improbable journey.
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Dirty Tricks, South Carolina and John McCain
Ann Banks : Campaigns & Elections
Undone in South Carolina by the Bush campaign's dirty tricks in 2000, John McCain now turns to the man who smeared him.
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GOP Dilemmas
John Nichols : Republican Party
John McCain is just enough of an outsider to keep the GOP competitive in a "change" election.
2007
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McCain Mutiny
Max Blumenthal : Electoral Politics
Outraged by his failure to stick to a far-right agenda as he pursues the presidency, Senator John McCain's conservative base in Arizona is abandoning him.
2005
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The Real McCain
Ari Berman : Campaigns & Elections
John McCain is a war hero, a sometime Democratic ally, a crusader for campaign finance reform. But the centrist maverick will most likely take a turn to the right if he wants to get to the White House.
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Intolerable Cruelty
If the US is to prevail in the war on terror, we must do it by distinguishing ourselves from the enemy. Torture and degrading treatment are as morally evil as terrorism, because they brutally disregard the value of human life.
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Abramoff's Last Stand
Senator John McCain's latest Senate inquiry into über-lobbyist Jack Abramoff strikes deep in the corrupt heart of the Bush Administration.
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Torture on the Hill
: Senate
War crimes are the darkest expression of the moral degradation that permeates the White House. Bush's threat to veto the Senate's anti-torture measure frames a crisis of law and legitimacy.
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This week: Can Barack Obama be a "People's President," or is his move to the center for good? Betsy Reed, Doug Henwood, Jo-Ann Mort, Ta-Nehisi Coates and Gary Younge debate. (13mb mp3)
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