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the constant drumbeat of a right-wing Tea Partier, Republican agenda that permeates the political talk and the "news,"
the Islamophobia.
If one needs a brief overview of the role of FoxNews as a transmission belt for the Republican Party, one should just view Robert Greenwald's quintessial video, "Outfoxed!"



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Surprising endorsements for Obama; McCain as Senator Hothead

We've got billionaires endorsing Sen. Barack Obama. And the Hannity/ Limbaugh types claim that he wants to institute Marxism or socialism?

*Here's news of Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett's endorsement of Obama.
*In the Sunday New York Times Magazine, we've got Edgar Bronfman, Sr. (of Seagram's, the soda distillery) voting for Obama, "I'd vote for Mickey Mouse before I voted for John McCain and Sarah Palin."

And Esquire magazine, a men's magazine, that is surviving, in its own niche, neither Maxim nor G.Q., it is breaking tradition and is endorsing a presidential candidate. And who might that candidate be?

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And then there are some people that we sort of associate with the Republican camp:
*Elizabeth Murdoch, the daughter of Rupert Murdoch, the major shareholder of the News Corporation, which owns Fox TV and that virtual GOP organ, Fox News.
*Kathleen Hensley Portalski, half-sister or John McCain's wife, Cindy Hensley McCain. (Oh yeah, Cindy McCain tried to erase Kathleen from her life by saying that she grew up as an only child.

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MCCAIN AS SENATOR HOTHEAD; VOICES FROM BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLE CHIME IN
Robert Greenwald's Brave New Films, now with its viral videos coming from "Brave New PAC" has produced a 4 min 21 video, "John McCain's Rage." It is encouraging viewers and McCain opponents to share the video.
See the video at the upper right of this page or at this address.
From Brave New Films, a few days after the October 7, 2008 debate,

John McCain's Rage

During last night's debate, John McCain said we need "a cool hand at the tiller," but McCain has proven to be a loose cannon. He has accosted his Congressional colleagues on both sides of the aisle on everything from the federal budget to diplomatic relations. He is known for hurling profanities rather than settling disagreements calmly. His belligerence is legendary. Even conservative Senator Thad Cochran of Mississippi has said, "He is erratic. He is hotheaded. He loses his temper and he worries me."

When someone earns the nickname "Senator Hothead," the public ought to call his character into question. McCain's propensity to explode undermines his abilities as a rational decision maker, particularly on national security issues -- which could prove disastrous considering our country is already involved in two wars.

McCain's temper is critical to his decision-making abilities, and his character must be discussed. As Drew Westen writes, "The political brain is an emotional brain. It is not a dispassionate calculating machine, objectively searching for the right facts, figures and policies to make a reasoned decision." That why it's so crucial people know the real Senator Hothead.

McCain's mansions, pt. 2

John McCain doesn't know how many homes he owns.

Here's McCain answering a question about how many homes he owns, from Politico:

I think - I'll have my staff get to you. It's condominiums where - I'll have them get to you.

Is it 7 . . . or 13 . . .? This is the estimate that investigators have.

Even yahoo news has picked it up, in Jonathan Martin and Mike Allen's " McCain unsure how many houses he owns."

Brave New Films has yet another
viral video, this time on the number of homes that Hon and Cindy have. ... all of this in a time of mortgage, Freddie and Fannie crises.

[Thanks to the Blue Mass. Group.]

UPDATE

"The Chicago Sun Times" couldn't have said it better: "It's true; McCain has seven homes in five cities and three states."

And now, the Barack Obama campaign, using McCain's own words of bafflement in a 30 second TV ad, "Seven."

Vs. McCain myths: Abortion

Somehow, John McCain's deviation from a few of today's conservative standards has lead many people to believe that his views are moderate on every issue. The record will indicate that on several issues Senator McCain is not moderate; today let's address abortion.

On February 2, 2008, National Public Radio ran a "Weekend Edition" story by Julie Rovner, "Misperceptions About McCain's Abortion Stance." She contrasted the belief of many Republicans that McCain is pro-choice with his public statements. She quoted him from a 2007 appearance on "Meet the Press,"

"I have stated time after time after time that Roe v Wade was a bad decision, that I support a woman — the rights of the unborn — that I have fought for human rights and human dignity throughout my entire political career."

David O'Steen, executive director of the National Right to Life Committee said that McCain had been "very consistent" in his opposition to abortion. He said that the RTL Committee had supported him in every one of his senate races. This appreciation of McCain is reflected in the Committee's rating of McCain. In 2005-2006 the Committee gave him a 75% rating. And in 2003-2004 the Committee gave him an 82% rating.

How have abortion rights advocates rated him? The National Abortion Rights Action League gave him a zero rating in each of these years. The February NPR report added: NARAL's president, Nancy Keegan, noted that "He voted against family planning, he voted against the freedom of access to clinic entrances — that was about violence against women in clinics." She further noted, "He voted against funding for teen pregnancy-prevention programs, and making sure that abstinence only was medically accurate. This is very, very extreme."

See the interest group ratings here.


McCain often responds to queries about positions on major issues and then responds by saying that he's uninformed on the issue. (For snippets of his confusion, see Brave New Film's compilation, "McCain's YouTube Problem Just Became a Nightmare," toward the upper right of this page.) A July 23, 2008 NPR "Morning Edition" report noted that Carla Fiorina, a McCain adviser, complained about health insurance plans that will cover Viagra, but will not cover contraceptives for women.
A reporter asked McCain on July 10 about Fiorina's concern and about McCain's vote against legislation requiring insurance companies to cover contraceptives. McCain responded, "I certainly don't want to discuss that issue." He also said that he didn't know enough about the issue to give her an answer and that he cast thousands of votes. Watch him squirm as this exchange was recorded on CNN.


Let's remind on-the-fence voters about his stance on contraceptives and abortion. Keep in mind that two Supreme Court Justices are might retire during the next administration: John Paul Steven will be 89 next April. Ruth Bader Ginsburg will 76 next March. These are the court's two most liberal justices. Do we want an anti-birth control, anti-abortion president selecting their replacements?

NARAL PRO-CHOICE AMERICA ENDORSES SEN. BARACK OBAMA -endorsement press release

The Choice is clear!

Download this National Abortion Rights Action League web page and comparison chart or the PDF flyer: "Sen. Obama or Sen. McCain"

McCain on Fox News: "I didn't really love America until ...

Yes, watch his lips, hear his voice, yes, John McCain really says this!!
"I really didn't love America until I was deprived of her company."
Fox News censored itself: this phrase McCain gets scrubbed out in a Sean Hannity interview.
Compare the first version that aired with the later version with the offending phrase scrubbed out.
http://www.crooksandliars.com/2008/06/20/fox-attacks-video-proves-foxnews-erased-mccain-saying-i-really-didnt-love-america/

Then take a look at a video made from rapper Nas' "Sly Fox" (criticizing Fox News' bias) from his newest CD "Untitled":
The song opens, “The Sly Fox, Cyclops, We locked in the idiot box.”
http://www.newscorpse.com/ncWP/

For the video, go to "news corpse" and scroll down.
Get a brief introduction from the video producer Rik Cordero, at Robert Greenwald's Brave New Films website:
http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/45246-nas-sly-fox-video-shoot

This blogger [I, myself] does not condone the violence or n- word in Nas' other songs. The "Sly Fox" song has two of the banned "seven words."