Staff / TruthdigOct 30, 2008
Stephen Colbert has figured out John McCain's new campaign strategy of trying to paint his rival as a socialist: "Clearly the McCain campaign is targeting its most important voter: Joe the McCarthy." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
By Will Evans, Center for Investigative ReportingOct 29, 2008
Every election season, some independent groups sizzle with controversy and impact, and others fizzle. We couldn't tell at first, but the National Republican Trust PAC appears to be of the sizzling variety. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigOct 15, 2008
So, everyone has a relative, or perhaps a neighbor, who has spread warnings in hushed tones about Barack Obama's years of secret indoctrination at a Muslim madrassa (gasp!) in Indonesia -- as though affiliating with a Muslim community of any description is cause for concern -- a rumor that has been disproved many times. Here's a fun look into the origin of the chain e-mail that started that particular smear. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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Staff / TruthdigOct 7, 2008
If guilt-by-association is a game Sarah Palin wants to play, Keith Olbermann is more than happy to go head-to-head. Rev. Muthee, the witch vanquisher, anyone? How about secessionist Joe Vogler? Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigOct 6, 2008
"Americans need to ask themselves if they’ve ever befriended an unrepentant terrorist," says McCain spokesman Tucker Bounds The AP called similar remarks by running mate Sarah Palin "racially tinged" and Time said the claim was "simply wrong," but the McCain campaign shows no signs of backing down from its new strategy. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigSep 9, 2008
Team McCain has rejected the "vicious smear" that as mayor of Wasilla, Sarah Palin wanted to ban books from the local library, but the campaign's 1,615-word memo on the subject indirectly supports the accusation. As Palin's mayoral predecessor recalls, "She asked the library how she could go about banning books." According to the Anchorage Daily News, she also fired the library director "without warning" for "not fully supporting her efforts to govern." Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigAug 29, 2008
The Center for Investigative Reporting has traced the origins of a mysterious attack ad that made headlines earlier in the campaign with its portrayal of Barack Obama as an anti-Christian Muslim who refuses to pledge allegiance. It turns out that the nonsense was assembled by a hypnotherapist, a wedding videographer and a felon on the run, showing "the outsize influence that a hodgepodge collection of political amateurs can have in a national election -- in this case, by accident." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Eugene Robinson / TruthdigAug 15, 2008
Here come the goons, right on schedule. The "author," and I use the term loosely, whose vicious lies damaged John Kerry's 2004 presidential campaign has crawled back out from under his rock to spew vicious lies about Barack Obama. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigOct 18, 2007
As if he's already secured the nomination, Rudy Giuliani has begun to focus his vitriol on the other party's presumptive nominee, Hillary Clinton: "I don't know Hillary's experience. She's never run a city." It's been a long, long time since we've had an ex-mayor occupying the Oval Office. Maybe Giuliani is on to something here. There just has to be some parallel between being a mayor and the leader of the world's only superpower. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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