John McCain

McCain’s anti Obama tax ploy actually working to the latter’s benefit

McCain’s anti Obama tax ploy actually working to the latter’s benefitWashington, Oct 25 : Republican presidential nominee John McCain has turned to an argument that has served his party well in recent history, using stump speeches and television ads to drive home the idea that his rival Barack Obama would raise taxes on average Americans.

But for the first time in decades, Democrats appear to have the upper hand in the debate over taxes.

The skies lost, McCain’s only hope lies in winning the war on the ground

The skies lost, McCain’s only hope lies in winning the war on the groundWashington, Oct 25 : Republican presidential candidate John McCain has lost the advertisement and earned media war, and it is too late to win the skies back, but the only hope now is for his campaign to win the war on the ground.

Advertisements and earned media are what make an air war, and the air war is what drives the ground game. Trouble is that there has been a complete lack of message discipline at the McCain campaign.

Now it is entirely up to McCain’s field troops to deliver victory, FOX News reported.

McCain campaign volunteer admits alleged “B” face scar attack was a hoax

McCain campaign volunteer admits alleged “B” face scar attack was a hoaxPittsburgh, Oct 25 : A woman who lied about being attacked because of the McCain bumper sticker on her car will face charges of filing a false report.

Police now have the answer to the most important question behind a 20-year-old McCain campaign volunteer’s claim that she was attacked by a robber who carved a “B” into her cheek when he saw a McCain bumper sticker on her car.

It was a hoax, FOX News reported.

McCain’s “Joe the Plumber” personal details were accessed illegally

McCain’s “Joe the Plumber” personal details were accessed illegallyWashington, Oct 25 : State and local officials are investigating if state and law-enforcement computer systems were illegally accessed when they were tapped for personal information about “Joe the Plumber”.

Samuel Joseph Wurzelbacher became part of the national political lexicon on October 15 when Republican presidential candidate John McCain mentioned him frequently during his final debate with his rival Democrat Barack Obama.

Sarah Palin and John McCain spent $52,000 on make-up over 6 weeks!

Sarah Palin and John McCain spent $52,000 on make-up over 6 weeks!New York, Oct 25 : After Sarah Palin came under scrutiny for her wardrobe expenses, new details have emerged, which show that U. S. Republican presidential candidate John McCain''s campaign paid 3 makeup artists a total of 52,000 dollars over 6 weeks.

According to records filed with the Federal Election Commission, the McCain campaign paid Amy Strozzi, Palin’s travelling makeup artist, 22,800 dollars for the first two weeks of October. Strozzi received 13,200 dollars for her work in September.

John McCain was never tortured in Hanoi prison, claims ex-prison director

John McCainNew York, Oct 25: Tran Trong Duyet, a former Vietnamese prison director who held Republican presidential candidate John McCain in Hanoi as a prisoner of war (PoW) after his plane was shot down 41 years ago, has contradicted the latter’s claim that he was tortured in jail for four years.

Duyet said that McCain’s torture version was only to bag a few more votes in the US presidential poll.

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