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Halperin's double standard

Mark Halperin carries water for the McCain campaign in an interview with Obama strategist Robert Gibbs, repeatedly asking Gibbs if Barack Obama thinks it is "appropriate" to have "associations" with a "terrorist," in reference to Bill Ayers.

So when will Halperin ask the same questions of the McCain campaign about McCain's relationship with Gordon Liddy?

Published Tue, Oct 7, 2008 5:40pm ET by Jamison Foser

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