Election 2008: The power of two myths
By Harlod Meyerson | Wednesday, October 22, 2008 | The Washington Post
“…As its days dwindle down to a precious few, the McCain campaign is giving new life to old myths. In an attempt to suppress minority voting, it has conjured up the specter of voter fraud, though there is no evidence that voter fraud exists. Even more impressive is its attempt to resurrect the welfare queens against whom Ronald Reagan used to fulminate, though the stories Reagan told about them had no basis in fact, either. Welfare was pretty much abolished in the mid-1990s, of course, but an increasingly desperate John McCain is transporting us back to the wedge issues of yesteryear….”…BS
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/21/AR2008102102253_pf.html
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