Articles filed under John McCain
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McCain challenges Obama's tax cut promiseOct 16, 2008 11:00 pm - MIAMI -- Republican John McCain told a crowd in this battleground state Friday to "hold onto your wallet" because his Democratic presidential rival, Barack Obama, has ta...
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Issue of race grows with likelihood of Obama winOct 16, 2008 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Race, an inescapable but explosive issue on which both presidential candidates have tread carefully if not tried to ignore, is increasingly popping up as i...
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It's time to tell the truthOct 16, 2008 11:00 pm - Lipstick on a lie. At the Saddleback Church, John McCain was quoted as saying, "Our nation was founded on Judeo-Christian values and principles." Does he, or we as a nat...
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Bill Ayers' suburban tiesOct 16, 2008 11:00 pm - Today, he's a topic of debate in the presidential campaign. But Bill Ayers started out as a smart kid from a wealthy Glen Ellyn family. His father was a CEO of ComEd, an...
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Gov. Palin's accent is the genuine articleOct 16, 2008 11:00 pm - This is a response to the opinion posted by Karen Wagner of Rolling Meadows regarding Gov. Palin's "contrived folksy act." I come from an area of the United States where...
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McCain, Obama trade jokes, not jabs at NYC dinnerOct 16, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- John McCain and Barack Obama swapped self-deprecating jokes instead of campaign jabs Thursday night, the Republican saying he had replaced his team of senior...
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Poll: Voters souring on McCain; Obama stays steadyOct 16, 2008 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- When it comes to the public's image of John McCain, it's as if somebody dialed the electricity down in the past month. For Barack Obama, the juice is still...
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Ohio plumber becomes focus of debateOct 15, 2008 11:00 pm - COLUMBUS, Ohio _ Who is Joe the Plumber? He's Joe Wurzelbacher, an Ohio man looking to buy a plumbing business who came to symbolize the middle class in Wednesday night...
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Palin's performance fails to reassureOct 15, 2008 11:00 pm - Perhaps Mr. Pratt of Arlington Heights (Fence Post, Oct. 4) is more perceptive than the rest of us. I did not see Gov. Sarah Palin outshine Sen. Joe Biden during the rec...
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A view from the streets of a swing stateOct 15, 2008 11:00 pm - UPPER DUBLIN, Pa. - Last April, on the eve of the Pennsylvania primary, voters in this Philadelphia suburb were finding plenty of fault with both Barack Obama and John M...