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(2008-03-24 19:38:22)
O’Donnell:76PercentOfAmericans‘WantACandidateWhoHasPoliciesDifferentThanPresidentBush’»OnNBC’sTheChrisMatthewsShowyesterday,MatthewsandhisguestsdiscussedhowSen.JohnMcCain(R-AZ)sounds“anawfullotlikeGeorgeBush”whenhetalksaboutIraq.Atthebeginningoftheshow,Matthewspreviewedthesegmentbyasking,“Isitwisetotellvotershe’srunningforathirdtermofBush’swar?”Toillustratehispoint,Matthewsairedfoot...[阅读全文]
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(2008-03-24 14:02:42)
McCainIsNowACampaignFinanceCriminal
By:JaneHamsherSundayMarch23,20084:00pm
AccordingtothelatestFederalElectionCommissionreport,JohnMcCainhasnowspent$58.4milliondollars.McCainappliedforpublicfinancing,andaccordingtoFECchairmanDavidMason(inalettertoMcCain),hecan'twithdrawwithoutpermissionoftheFEC.Soheisnowlegallyinviolationofcampaignfinancelaw.ButasMediaMatterspointsout,you'dneverkno...[阅读全文]
By:JaneHamsherSundayMarch23,20084:00pm
AccordingtothelatestFederalElectionCommissionreport,JohnMcCainhasnowspent$58.4milliondollars.McCainappliedforpublicfinancing,andaccordingtoFECchairmanDavidMason(inalettertoMcCain),hecan'twithdrawwithoutpermissionoftheFEC.Soheisnowlegallyinviolationofcampaignfinancelaw.ButasMediaMatterspointsout,you'dneverkno...[阅读全文]
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(2008-03-23 14:50:48)
![](http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/photo/2008/03/06/PH2008030602688.jpg><br>TV debate between Clinton and Lazio, Sept. 13, 2000<br>I'm a little busy right now; I hardly have time to sleep. But I will certainly work toward releasing [my tax returns], and we will get that done and in the public domain."<br>--Hillary Clinton, MSNBC debate, Cleveland, Ohio, Feb. 26, 2008.<br><br>The Clinton camp has been trying to make hay on the income tax returns issue for weeks. During a campaign stop in Ithaca on July 7, the first lady said she found Lazio's failure to make public his returns "frankly disturbing."<br>--Associated Press report, Aug. 3, 2000. During her 2000 New York Senate campaign, Hillary Clinton made a big issue out of her Republican opponent's failure to release his tax returns. Former congressman Rick Lazio eventually relented, but only after the Clinton campaign dispatched volunteers dressed as Uncle Sam to picket his public appearances. Clinton spokesman Howard Wolfson showed up at a Lazio event in Harlem to "fan the flames," and repeatedly demanded, "Mr. Lazio, what are you trying to hide?"Today, Clinton is facing similar accusations from her Democratic opponent. The Obama campaign released a March 5 "What does Clinton have to hide?" memo arguing that she is concealing pertinent information from the voters. Just how good is the Clinton record on financial disclosure?The FactsDuring the 1992 campaign, Bill and Hillary Clinton released their tax returns going back to 1980. They refused to release the returns for previous years, including 1978 and 1979, when, it later turned out, Hillary made nearly $100,000 trading in cattle futures. During their years in the White House, the Clintons followed tradition and released their tax returns on an annual basis. There were few surprises, although comedians had a field day with some over-generous charitable write-offs, including $2 pairs of underwear. When she ran for the New York Senate seat in 2000, Clinton had already disclosed her tax returns as first lady. The Clintons stopped disclosing their tax returns after they left the White House in 2000, and their incomes began to soar, with book deals and lecture fees. Hillary did not release her returns during her Senate re-election campaign in 2006. Instead, she pointed to the annual financial disclosure forms that she files as a U.S. senator which are available here and here.By contrast, Obama has released the form 1040 portion of his tax return (but not the entire return) since he first ran for the Senate from Illinois in 2004. Obama has released all his returns since 2004. Obama's Senate financial disclosure records are available here. Critics, such as the Wall Street Journal editorial page, argue that disclosure of the tax returns could shed light on how Clinton was able to make a $5 million loan to her campaign last month. They also point out that Bill Clinton has refused to release a list of donors for the Clinton foundation, which funds his Presidential library and other charitable activities.The Clinton campaign now says that the Clintons will release all her post-White House tax returns "on or around April 15," a week before the potentially crucial Pennsylvania primary.<br>)
TaxingquestionsforClinton
TVdebatebetweenClintonandLazio,Sept.13,2000
I'malittlebusyrightnow;Ihardlyhavetimetosleep.ButIwillcertainlyworktowardreleasing[mytaxreturns],andwewillgetthatdoneandinthepublicdomain."
--HillaryClinton,MSNBCdebate,Cleveland,Ohio,Feb.26,2008.
TheClintoncamphasbeentryingtomakehayontheincometaxreturnsissueforweeks.DuringacampaignstopinIthacaonJuly7,th...[阅读全文]
(2008-03-23 14:48:57)
WhileinSalem,Oregon,BarackObamaanswersaquestionaboutwhyvotersshouldsupporthimoverHillaryClinton.HecomplimentsClintonbutnotesthathiscandidacywillchangethewaythatourcountryisrun.Moreengagementinforeignpolicy,moretransparencyingovernmentspendinganddecision-making,andmoreinclusivediscussions.[阅读全文]
(2008-03-23 14:47:22)
Hillary'sCampaign-endingLie(Updated)
bynitpicker
SatMar22,2008at01:58:10PMPDT
Look.
I'vesupportedBarackObamaforawhilenow,but,unlike
manyhereonthesite,Iwasn'tsosurethatthemathwasgoing
tobeenoughtogethimacrossthefinishline.Itwaspossible,
Ithought,thathecouldslipupandsaysomethingreallyfoolish
(which,ofcourse,wouldbeoutofcharacter)andfallhard.
Thiswas,it...[阅读全文]
bynitpicker
SatMar22,2008at01:58:10PMPDT
Look.
I'vesupportedBarackObamaforawhilenow,but,unlike
manyhereonthesite,Iwasn'tsosurethatthemathwasgoing
tobeenoughtogethimacrossthefinishline.Itwaspossible,
Ithought,thathecouldslipupandsaysomethingreallyfoolish
(which,ofcourse,wouldbeoutofcharacter)andfallhard.
Thiswas,it...[阅读全文]
(2008-03-23 14:41:44)
Comingsoontoasuperdelegatenearyou:HillaryClintoninTuzla,Bosnia.It\'sanunbelievabletaleofheroism,writtenanddirectedbyMarkJ.Penn.TheBaltimoreSuncallsitawhopper.FourPinnochios!saystheWashingtonPost.RequiresenormoussuspensionofdisbeliefravestheHuffingtonPost.[阅读全文]
(2008-03-22 17:38:24)
![](http://www.motherjones.com/washington_dispatch/2008/03/mccain-rod-parsley250x200.jpg alt= class=image-table-left border=0 height=200 hspace=0 width=250 /><br>Washington Dispatch: Televangelist Rod Parsley, a key McCain ally in Ohio, has called for eradicating the "false religion." Will the GOP presidential candidate renounce him?<br>By David Corn <br>March 12, 2008 <br>Senator John McCain hailed as a spiritual adviser an Ohio megachurch pastor who <br>has called upon Christians to wage a "war" against the "false religion" of Islam <br>with the aim of destroying it. <br>On February 26, McCain appeared at a campaign rally in Cincinnati with the Reverend <br>Rod Parsley of the World Harvest Church of Columbus, a supersize Pentecostal institution <br>that features a 5,200-seat sanctuary, a television studio (where Parsley tapes a <br>weekly show), and a 122,000-square-foot Ministry Activity Center. That day, a week <br>before the Ohio primary, Parsley praised the Republican presidential front-runner <br>as a "strong, true, consistent conservative." The endorsement was important for <br>McCain, who at the time was trying to put an end to the lingering challenge from <br>former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee, a favorite among Christian evangelicals. <br>A politically influential figure in Ohio, Parsley could also play a key role in <br>McCain's effort to win this bellwether state in the general election. McCain, with <br>Parsley by his side at the Cincinnati rally, called the evangelical minister a "spiritual <br>guide." <br>The leader of a 12,000-member congregation, Parsley has written several books <br>outlining his fundamentalist religious outlook, including the 2005 Silent No <br>More. In this work, Parsley decries the "spiritual desperation" of the United <br>States, and he blasts away at the usual suspects: activist judges, civil libertarians <br>who advocate the separation of church and state, the homosexual "culture" ("homosexuals <br>are anything but happy and carefree"), the "abortion industry," and the crass and <br>profane entertainment industry. And Parsley targets another profound threat to the <br>United States: the religion of Islam. <br>In a chapter titled "Islam: The Deception of Allah," Parsley warns there is a <br>"war between Islam and Christian civilization." He continues: <br><br><br> I cannot tell you how important it is that we understand the true nature of <br> Islam, that we see it for what it really is. In fact, I will tell you this: <br> I do not believe our country can truly fulfill its divine purpose until we understand <br> our historical conflict with Islam. I know that this statement sounds extreme, <br> but I do not shrink from its implications. The fact is that America was founded, <br> in part, with the intention of seeing this false religion destroyed, and I believe <br> September 11, 2001, was a generational call to arms that we can no longer ignore.<br>Parsley is not shy about his desire to obliterate Islam. In Silent No More, <br>he notes—approvingly—that Christopher Columbus shared the same goal: "It was to <br>defeat Islam, among other dreams, that Christopher Columbus sailed to the New World <br>in 1492…Columbus dreamed of defeating the armies of Islam with the armies of Europe <br>made mighty by the wealth of the New World. It was this dream that, in part, began <br>America." He urges his readers to realize that a confrontation between Christianity <br>and Islam is unavoidable: "We find now we have no choice. The time has come." And <br>he has bad news: "We may already be losing the battle. As I scan the world, I find <br>that Islam is responsible for more pain, more bloodshed, and more devastation than <br>nearly any other force on earth at this moment." <br>Parsley claims that Islam is an "anti-Christ religion" predicated on "deception." <br>The Muslim prophet Muhammad, he writes, "received revelations from demons and not <br>from the true God." And he emphasizes this point: "Allah was a demon spirit." Parsley <br>does not differentiate between violent Islamic extremists and other followers of <br>the religion: <br><br><br> There are some, of course, who will say that the violence I cite is the exception <br> and not the rule. I beg to differ. I will counter, respectfully, that what some <br> call "extremists" are instead mainstream believers who are drawing from the <br> well at the very heart of Islam.<br>The spirit of Islam, he maintains, is one of hostility. He asserts that the religion <br>"inspired" the 9/11 attacks. He bemoans the fact that in the years after 9/11, 34,000 <br>Americans "have become Muslim" and that there are "some 1,209 mosques" in America. <br>Islam, he declares, is a "faith that fully intends to conquer the world" through <br>violence. The United States, he insists, "has historically understood herself as <br>a bastion against Islam," but "history is crashing in upon us." <br>At the end of his chapter on Islam, Parsley asks, "Are we a Christian nation? <br>I say yes." Without specifying what actions should be taken to eradicate <br>the religion, he essentially calls for a new crusade. <br>Parsley, who refers to himself as a "Christocrat," is no stranger to controversy. <br>In 2007, the grassroots organization he founded, the Center for Moral Clarity,<br><br>called for prosecuting people who commit adultery. In January, he<br><br>compared Planned Parenthood to Nazis. In the past Parsley's church has been <br>accused of engaging in pro-Republican partisan activities in violation of its tax-exempt <br>status. <br>Why would McCain court Parsley? He has long had trouble figuring out how to deal <br>with Christian fundamentalists, an important bloc for the Republican Party. During <br>his 2000 presidential bid, he referred to Pat Robertson and Jerry Falwell as "agents <br>of intolerance." But six years later, as he readied himself for another White House <br>run, McCain repudiated that remark. More recently, his campaign hit a rough patch <br>when he accepted the endorsement of the Reverend John Hagee, a Texas televangelist<br><br>who has called the Catholic Church "the great whore" and a "false cult system." <br>After the Catholic League protested and called on McCain to renounce Hagee's support, <br>the presumptive Republican presidential nominee<br><br>praised Hagee's spiritual leadership and support of Israel and said that "when <br>[Hagee] endorses me, it does not mean that I embrace everything that he stands for <br>or believes in." After being further criticized for his Hagee connection, McCain <br>backed off slightly, saying, "I repudiate any comments that are made, including <br>Pastor Hagee's, if they are anti-Catholic or offensive to Catholics." But McCain <br>did not renounce Hagee's endorsement. <br>McCain's relationship with Parsley is politically significant. In 2004, Parsley's <br>church was credited with driving Christian fundamentalist voters to the polls for <br>George W. Bush. With Ohio expected to again be a decisive state in the presidential <br>contest, Parsley's World Harvest Church and an affiliated entity called Reformation <br>Ohio, which registers voters, could be important players within this battleground <br>state. Considering that the Ohio Republican Party has been decimated by various <br>political scandals and that a popular Democrat, Ted Strickland, is now the state's <br>governor, McCain and the Republicans will need all the help they can get in the <br>Buckeye State this fall. It's a real question: Can McCain win the presidency without <br>Parsley? <br>The McCain campaign did not respond to a request for comment regarding Parsley <br>and his anti-Islam writings. Parsley did not return a call seeking comment.<br>"The last thing I want to be is another screaming voice moving people to extremes <br>and provoking them to folly in the name of patriotism," Parsley writes in Silent <br>No More. Provoking people to holy war is another matter. About that, McCain <br>so far is silent.<br><br><br><br>David Corn is Mother Jones' Washington, D.C. bureau <br>chief.<br>)
McCain'sSpiritualGuide:DestroyIslam
WashingtonDispatch:TelevangelistRodParsley,akeyMcCainallyinOhio,hascalledforeradicatingthe"falsereligion."WilltheGOPpresidentialcandidaterenouncehim?
ByDavidCorn
March12,2008
SenatorJohnMcCainhailedasaspiritualadviseranOhiomegachurchpastorwho
hascalleduponChristianstowagea"war"againstthe"falsereligion"ofIslam...[阅读全文]
(2008-03-22 17:35:50)
TheGOPisnowgamingourprimaryforClinton.
It'stimetoendit.
byJedReport
WedMar12,2008at06:15:58AMPDT
Now
thatJohnMcCainhaswontheGOPnomination,Republicansarevotingin
theDemocraticprimaryinincreasingnumbers,hopingtopicktheir
opponentfortheNovemberelection,oratleastcausemoreturmoilin
ouralreadydivisivenominationbattle.
Theirchoice?HillaryClinton.
Yesterday...[阅读全文]
