Sugar Editorial Picks
Oct 10, 2008 -
Sarah Palin has been painting Barack Obama as unpatriotic lately, bringing up Obama's acquaintance with William Ayers, a current college professor and former member of the Weather Underground, a radical organization that wanted to end the Vietnam War through acts of domestic terrorism when Obama was eight-years-old.
But the McCain/Palin ticket has dubious associations of its own. One example: Palin's connection to the separatist Alaskan Independence Party, founded by Joe Volgar who died buying explosives and said while alive: "The fires of hell are frozen glaciers compared to my hatred for the American government."
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Oct 06, 2008 -
While the Boss played a set on the streets of Philadelphia in support of Obama over the weekend, Sarah Palin played to a packed house at the Home Depot Center.
Palin had some strong words for Obama in regard to his connection with controversial Weathermen founder, William Ayers. Palin said of Obama's connection with the man whose group launched a campaign of bombings targeting the Pentagon and United States Capitol that Obama was someone who viewed the US "as being so imperfect .
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Aug 25, 2008 -
Fox News says it won't air an ad connecting Barack Obama to a 1960s radical William Ayers. The ad was produced by American Issues Project which happens to have a board member who was paid as a McCain consultant until July 2007. Thanks to its nonprofit status, AIP can spend an unlimited amount of money.
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Mar 09, 2009 -
It may be more truthiness than truth, but Wikipedia still has some standards. The free, user-generated encyclopedia makes sure any mention of Barack Obama's eligibility to be president is deleted from his page within minutes. The argument that Obama is not a natural US citizen has been rejected by the Supreme Court and Wikipedia it seems.
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Oct 15, 2008 -
They may have very well saved the best for last. This was the most direct, most on task, most like an actual conversation debate we've had thus far. And not a moment too soon.
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Dec 15, 2008 -
After getting back in the Sunday talk show saddle this weekend, John McCain fielded a question about his old opponent's ties to embattled Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich. When asked if Barack Obama's pledge to transparency was being tested, as RNC head Mike Duncan has said, McCain took Obama's side:
“I think that the Obama campaign should and will give all information necessary.
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Jul 29, 2008 -
The GOP wants you to keep up with all of Barack Obama's "friends." Using the layout of Facebook, the Republican National Committee has created BarackBook, a faux-social networking site complete with extensive profiles for characters like shady Chicago businessman Tony Rezko and Weather Underground leader William Ayers.
Profile pages include disparaging headlines and videos of Hillary Clinton insinuating ties between Obama and these people during Democratic debates.
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