TPM Presents The GOP Mailers and Robocalls:
10.21.08 -- 10:41AM
By Lila Shapiro
I've written about this before: John McCain is running a sleaze-fest of a campaign. The symptoms include (but are not limited to) robocalls saying Obama "worked closely with domestic terrorist Bill Ayers," (ringing in at least 9 states) and mailers proclaiming it's "shocking, but true" that Obama is against medical care for babies born in botched abortions.
With two weeks to go, McCain is showing no signs of pausing to slough off the slime. Not even a little bit, like, say grabbing a towel or chamois to dab the mud off his nose. On the contrary. And though Sarah Palin has expressed doubt about the robo-slime, this morning on CBS's The Early Show McCain stood strong. "Well," McCain told Harry Smith without flinching, "Sarah's a maverick." He went on to address the Ayers call: "That robocall is absolutely accurate."
We bring you the state by state on GOP robocalls and mailers. To use our map, click on a highlighted state. From there you can click on an item that pops up, scroll down to see the item or listen to the call. If you would like to select another state, click the "X". To return to map, click another state.
With two weeks to go, McCain is showing no signs of pausing to slough off the slime. Not even a little bit, like, say grabbing a towel or chamois to dab the mud off his nose. On the contrary. And though Sarah Palin has expressed doubt about the robo-slime, this morning on CBS's The Early Show McCain stood strong. "Well," McCain told Harry Smith without flinching, "Sarah's a maverick." He went on to address the Ayers call: "That robocall is absolutely accurate."
We bring you the state by state on GOP robocalls and mailers. To use our map, click on a highlighted state. From there you can click on an item that pops up, scroll down to see the item or listen to the call. If you would like to select another state, click the "X". To return to map, click another state.
Updated--11/1/08--3:45 pm
