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September 19, 2008

MOO: THE TRÜF ABOUT PALIN

Cow-face People should stop picking on vice-presidential nominee Sarah Palin because she hired a high school classmate to oversee the state agriculture division, a woman who said she was qualified for the job because she liked cows when she was a kid. And they should lay off the governor for choosing another childhood friend to oversee a failing state-run dairy, allowing the Soviet-style business to ding taxpayers for $800,000 in additional losses. READ FULL ARTICLE

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LIE OF THE DAY: McCAIN PLAYS RACE CARD

TIME:  This is hardly subtle: Sinister images of two black men, followed by one of a vulnerable-looking elderly white woman. It relies on a fleeting and tenuous reference in a Washington Post Style section story to suggest that Obama's principal economic adviser is former Fannie Mae Chairman Frank Raines. Why? Raines is black. And the image of the victim doesn't seem accidental either, given the fact that older white women are a key swing constituency in this election. The Obama campaign responded with this:

"I am not an advisor to Barack Obama, nor have I provided his campaign with advice on housing or economic matters." said Frank Raines on the ad. ...  "This is another flat-out lie from a dishonorable campaign that is increasingly incapable of telling the truth. Frank Raines has never advised Senator Obama about anything -- ever. And by the way, someone whose campaign manager and top advisor worked and lobbied for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac shouldn't be throwing stones from his seven glass houses," said Obama-Biden campaign spokesman Bill Burton.

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