Dana Milbank and the Awesome Powers of Selective Quotation

Once again, we see how the responsible, professional journalists in the traditional media operate with respect to context and interpreting the meaning of a quote. Under the title “President Obama continues hectic victory tour,” Dana Milbank writes the following (emphasis mine): Barack Obama has...

Campaign Ad With a Sense of Humor

A very funny and cute Move On campaign ad for Obama: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BncNpB6IZ9I[/youtube]

Disabled Veterans’ Group Tells Cheney To Shove It

A disabled veterans’ group has cancelled a visit from Dick Cheney because His Royal Highness demanded security arrangements the vets felt were “Draconian and unreasonable“: Vice President Cheney’s invitation to address wounded combat veterans next month has been yanked because the...

A Stunningly Dishonest Campaign Ad

Here is John McCain’s campaign ad accusing Barack Obama of blowing off wounded American troops in Germany so he could go to the gym: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49hC9TpP_rY[/youtube] As I have blogged at Comments from Left Field, this accusation, which has been picked up and bounced around...

U.S. Army Disavows E-mail That Claimed Obama Snubbed Troops in Afghanistan

We already know how easy it is to start a smear campaign via e-mail. Here is another illustration of that fact, but beyond that, this account of an “Obama-snubbed-the-troops” narrative that was untrue from start to finish demonstrates that visual evidence like the much-reviled “campaign...