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The Best John McCain (And We) Can Do [News Roundup]
Jezebel — ... ] Meanwhile, McCain's camp is accusing Obama of playing the race card. I guess they really weren't paying attention during the primary season when Hillary tried that. [ NY Times ] He'd probably just rather you not know that Exxon Mobil's earnings last quarter were $11.68 billion, the largest quarterly earnings by a U.S. company ever or that their share price fell upon that news because they were expected to be higher. Because if you knew, you might think that there was something hinky with his energy plan, or lack thereof. [ ...

The McCain Card - Blame Race In The Presidential Race
Black Entertainment, Money, Style and Beauty Blogs - Black Voices — ... told CNN's John King: I'm sorry to say that it is. It's legitimate. And there's no place in this campaign for that. There's no place for it and we shouldn't be doing it. McCain's campaign manager, Rick Davis , likewise said: Barack Obama has played the race card, and he played it from the bottom of the deck. It's divisive, negative, shameful and wrong. Sadly, the promised "respectful campaign" is now stuck on race. As the ...

Solving The Anthrax Mystery (And Other Odds And Ends) [Crappy Hour]
Jezebel — ... have to look a little closer at like how $83 billion in OIL earnings became $11 billion on profits. And that's where you learn that EXXON actually also lost money in the united states, due to the same commodity prices that earned it so much in its "upstream" exploration business. Which is to say, I throw up my hands. I'm still smarting from this Ivins dude. "Why isn't this story the lead story in every newscast in America?" that blonde Fox anchor just asked. GUESS WHAT IS. MEGAN : Barack Obama "playing the race card" ? ...