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P John Dean - a guy who knows a thing or two about "unapologetic and archetypical authoritarian conservatives" and their "negativity, nastiness, and dishonest ploys" (via CommonDreams.org):

The McCain/Palin Ticket Perfectly Fits the Authoritarian Conservative Mold

During the 2008 presidential campaign, Senator John McCain and Governor Sarah Palin, the Republican candidates, have shown themselves to be unapologetic and archetypical authoritarian conservatives. Indeed, their campaign has warmed the hearts of fellow authoritarians, who applaud them for their negativity, nastiness, and dishonest ploys and only criticize them for not offering more of the same.

The McCain/Palin campaign has assumed a typical authoritarian posture: The candidates provide no true, specific proposals to address America's needs. Rather, they simply ask voters to "trust us" and suggest that their opponents - Senators Barack Obama and Joe Biden - are not "real Americans" like McCain, Palin, and the voters they are seeking to court. Accordingly, McCain and Plain have called Obama "a socialist," "a redistributionist," "a Marxist," and "a communist" - without a shred of evidence to support their name-calling, for these terms are pejorative, rather than in any manner descriptive. This is the way authoritarian leaders operate.

P Too funny... too, too, funny. NY Times

...the organization has succeeded in proving nettlesome to Republicans, as well as the mainstream press at times. “I think they are one of the most destructive organizations associated with American politics today,” said Frank Luntz, a pollster for Rudolph W. Giuliani and Newt Gingrich who this year has led on-camera voter focus groups on Fox News, a frequent Media Matters target. “They are vicious. They only understand one thing: attack, attack, attack.”

“If I were a Democrat, I would tell them to shut up,” Mr. Luntz said. “If I were a Republican, I would tell my candidates to ignore them.” And yet, the right should expect no let-up from Media Matters in the coming months, whoever is elected president, Mr. Brock said.

“The news obviously doesn’t stop when the election is over,” he said. “This was never created to be anything other than a permanent campaign for media accountability. It was not designed to rise and fall with election cycles.”

Frank Luntz, professional wingnut liar for hire, offering advice to Democrats and Republicans... bad advice. Because, Frank Luntz is 444 a Liar for Hire!

Drive Frank Luntz over the edge! Visit MediaMatters.org

P Spreading the facts around. NY Times:

For Incomes Below $100,000, a Better Tax Break in Obama’s Plan

Independent analyses of the presidential candidates’ tax proposals show that those who make less than $250,000 a year would not see their taxes raised under Senator Barack Obama’s plans. Further, Mr. Obama would generally cut taxes more than Senator John McCain would for households with incomes less than $100,000 a year.

[... Clint Stretch, Deloitte’s managing principal of tax policy ...]

“When Obama says he cuts taxes for every working family under $150,000, I’d say that’s true.”

Hey, Joe the Plumber Campaign McProp... have another shot of Drano. It's on that guy winking at you from the far right end of the bar. Says his name is John... John the Corroded Drain McCain.

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