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The ancient Greeks, whose Olympiads can be traced back to 776 B.C., didn't give out medals but rather bestowed olive wreaths upon their victors. The medal tradition began with the first modern Olympic Games in 1896, where winners got silver, seconds got bronze and third place got zip. In...
That last barb has little to do with energy policy, of course, and nearly everything to do with the McCain campaign's desire to paint Obama as élite, aloof and out of touch. It's a story line Republicans have used against Democrats for a generation and one that...
Republicans acknowledge that the new tack does carry a risk of tarnishing the brand. McCain's former political mastermind John Weaver, for example, who helped create the straight-talk candidate eight years ago, called the new strategy "childish" and worried that it "diminishes John McCain." McCain's advisers have tried...
PARIS HILTON responds to unfunny John McCain campaign video with even less funny video of her own
Quite often, though strangely not in Kerry's case, the referendum gambit is a rationale for mudslinging. This year we have John McCain's attempt to paint Obama as aloof, messianic ... a celebrity, like Paris or Britney. The McCain ads have the slightly sordid quality of an inside joke: Oprah...