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Gingrich Threatens to Sue Over Attack Ad

Mark Russell — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 05:24:45 CST

Newt Gingrich's campaign is threatening to sue Michigan TV stations that air a negative ad accusing him of supporting China's "one-child" policy, reports Politico . The mud in this case is being flung by the pro-Romney super PAC Restore Our Future, and it alleges that 1989 legislation sponsored by Gingrich and...

Rove Group's Only Donors: Billionaires

Kevin Spak — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 15:43:00 CDT

Need proof that the term “grassroots” has become a meaningless political buzzword? Karl Rove’s American Crossroads group, which has occasionally used the term, is funded almost exclusively by four billionaires, according to Salon . And two of the four made their money in the oil and gas industry. It’s also worth...

Maher: Birthers Stupid, But Dangerous

Kevin Spak — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 09:56:26 CDT

Lately, liberals have “been laughing heartily at the wacky antics of ‘birthers,’” the goofballs who think “President Obama is an African sleeper spy,” writes Bill Maher in the Los Angeles Times . But we need to stop laughing, because this is America, “where if you don’t immediately kill errant nonsense...

Obama Out to Stop Ad Linking Him to Radical

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 20:56:50 CDT

Barack Obama is striking back to stamp out an ad that links him to a 1960s radical, eager to demonstrate a far more aggressive response to attacks than John Kerry did when faced with the 2004 "Swift Boat" campaign. Obama not only aired a response ad to the spot linking...

Obama Nation Author Has Made Career of Wild Claims

Nick McMaster — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 19:30:01 CDT

Author Jerome Corsi, he of the Kerry Swift Boat book and the new attack tome on Barack Obama, has a long history of, um, provocative theories. For instance: The world's oil supplies are nearly infinite because oil constantly replenishes itself. Politico takes a look at some of his more outlandish...

Kerry Fights Back on Obama 'Swift Boating'

Kevin Spak — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 11:43:00 CDT

Jerome Corsi is back, and this time John Kerry wants to confront him head on. Kerry has launched a website to refute the attacks in Corsi’s new book, Obama Nation , which aims to dismantle Obama's reputation the same way 2004’s Unfit for Command helped destroy Kerry’s. “We know the game,...

Swift Boat Author Aims to Sink Obama

Rob Quinn — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 05:27:51 CDT

The author who helped torpedo John Kerry's White House bid is aiming to make it two for two, the New York Times reports. Jerome Corsi's Unfit for Command launched the Swift Boat controversy. His new book, Obama Nation , portrays Barack Obama as a radical liberal with strong ties to Islam,...

Pickens Drills Into McCain Campaign

Jason Farago — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 08:40:00 CDT

The reinvention of oil billionaire T. Boone Pickens as an environmentalist represents a huge political about-face, writes Timothy Egan in the New York Times . Four years ago, Pickens bankrolled the Swift Boat campaign that derailed John Kerry's presidential bid. Now Pickens, "looking a bit like the John Huston character from...

Once Pals, Kerry and McCain Are Now on the Rocks

Jonas Oransky — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 14:39:36 CDT

The 2004 election cracked the once-close personal relationship between John McCain and John Kerry, the Washington Post notes, and differences over the Iraq war has left the bond between the former Navy men fractured. "The same intensity of their feelings as veterans which brought them together has pushed them apart...