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To: i-node who wrote (428455)	10/20/2008 11:48:46 AM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1570548

You cannot legitimately apply the term "radical" to anything McCain has done. At all. OTOH, Obama, well that's a different story. Believing that the rich should get tax cuts even as the country starts fighting two wars is very radical. In fact, it does not make good economic sense. Believing that you should start a war with a country simply because you don't like the dictator......S. Hussein.......is not a moderate policy. Believing that people who have just suffered a serious catastrophe need to take care of themselves and that the federal gov't should take a secondary role, if not radical, is pretty fukked up. Giving oil companies subsidies as oil prices increase 300% and refusing to increase mileage standards for car companies except in a very limited way is not only radical but reactionary. You're out of touch.

To: i-node who wrote (428455)	10/20/2008 12:27:05 PM
From: Alighieri	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1570548

But McCain had far less moving to do than Obama. My original point was that the party is radicalized...mccain has had to kiss up to the large radical elements of the party in order to win the nomination. Al

To: i-node who wrote (428455)	10/20/2008 12:54:40 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1570548

Tinklenberg: $640,000 in 48 hours Suddenly, Bachmann race looks different She says her "anti-American" comments about Barack Obama were misunderstood, but they are helping to rally support for her foe. By PAT DOYLE, Star Tribune Last update: October 20, 2008 - 8:09 AM Featured comment Even as Rep. Michele Bachmann said she had been misunderstood, strong reaction Sunday to her claim that Barack Obama "may have anti-American views" brought an unexpected shakeup to the race in Minnesota's Sixth Congressional District. News reports, political TV shows and websites buzzed with chatter about Bachmann's comments Friday on MSNBC's "Hardball." On Friday, Bachmann was asked by host Chris Matthews whether she believes that Obama may have anti-American views. She replied, "Absolutely. I'm very concerned that he may have anti-American views." The exchange took on national scope Sunday as former U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell and U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi denounced the Republican's comments. Meanwhile, Elwyn Tinklenberg, Bachmann's DFL opponent, said Sunday that her remarks about Obama triggered a surge of contributions to his campaign that will allow him to wage a more vigorous media campaign. Tinklenberg's campaign said that in the 48 hours after Bachmann's remarks, $640,000 from nearly 13,000 people came in to his campaign. That is more than all donations he received during the entire third quarter. His campaign now will air more TV ads than it had planned this week. National Democrats say they will help. "We're certainly going to be able to be on TV a lot more than we originally thought was going to be possible," Tinklenberg said. "We are confident that we are going to be able to go step for step with her the rest of the way." startribune.com