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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Oliver Burkeman

Tuesday memo: The generation gap


The McCain campaign delves deep once more into its reserves of hilarity.

In further evidence that this election is as much about generational differences as it is about race, the economy, or anything else, the Washington Post probes Obama's "age problem" among older voters in Pennsylvania. [Washington Post]

In case you missed it, the McCain campaign's latest ad attacking Barack Obama's celebrity, released yesterday, is here. This one sails dangerously close to mocking the very notion of being enthusiastic about politics. Oh, and it calls Obama "dreamy". [JohnMcCain.com]

Obama relaxed in Hawaii yesterday by getting up really early and working out at the gym. That's just annoying. [Honolulu Star-Bulletin]

The brilliantly named Pigeon O'Brien tells Fox News there are more "inconsistencies" in John Edwards's latest version of his extramarital dabblings: did the affair last longer than he's claiming? Fox News is more than happy to listen. [Fox News Channel]

In a huge retrospective that's well worth reading, a writer on politics for Arizona's main alternative newspaper looks back at a career spent covering the endlessly complex John McCain. Includes numerous examples of McCain's incontrovertibly unique sense of humour. [Phoenix New Times]

The anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan is to challenge House Speaker Nancy Pelosi for her seat in Congress. [Washington Post]

The candidacies of Obama and McCain prove that the collapse of American civilisation is imminent, or something, according to a preposterously long essay by the entirely bizarre perennial presidential candidate Alan Keyes. [WorldNetDaily]

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