Yes Robert C from TN, thats very sweet, be sure to tell the families of the dead. An officer in any branch of the military of the United States IS a trained executive who is capable of making executive decisions. Now, for you folks that need instruction: When a group of legislators put together a bill and submit it to Congress, they have laid it upon the table for debate from everyone, which includes you the people. Congress is the forum for debating thoughts an beliefs and pointing out potential problems and solutions. (not these silly blogs) Legislators may agree to a bill in theory and/or substance although it's not perfect because it may have the best chance of doing the most good. This pedantic chipping at whether or not so-and-so signed the illegal alien whatever is useless and boring. IF YOU DIDN'T LIKE THE BILL, DID YOU CONTACT YOUR LEGISLATOR AND SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS? ARE YOU DOING YOUR DUE DILIGENCE AS A CITIZEN OF THIS COUNTRY? So, who is really the flip-flopping idiot? You know its you. You'll wait until election time to make your voice heard. You were born here so you have more rights than folks right off the boat that learn the laws and rules to live a successful life as a citizen here.

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We need to rename the illegal mexican coming into the US, they should be call
Transistional , and the Enployers of these people should be responsible for them
getting the proper papers to stay in America, so that we will know who is here and
the bad people should go back to mexico… All Employers should follow these rules..

Timothy R Miles
Cocoa , Florida

Gentlemen and Ladies:

We need a Fouth Branch of Government, to give us level playing field from the
lobbist, in Washington…and to represent the people, I have all of the Details of how it should work…lobbist was not around when this countrys first laws were
written…its suppose to be a government of the people , by the people , for the people…to solve problems,

Regurds,
Timothy R Miles

I am a democrat,but I am voting for john mc,in this election.I like his stand on immagration,and his honesty toward the american people.He is not a johnny come lately.A down to earth man.He has my vote.

Be afraid because they tell you too. Be good little sheep. Jumping at their every command. Grow up. you have a greater chance of getting hit by lightening then blown up by some terrorist. Give me a break. Wake up people. Lay off the fear mongering and terror cards. We already fell for that once. 3rd time must be a charm huh? The Patriot Act must be a good thing right? Well you all are wrong. Our gov't are the ones who terrorize and bully others. you fools. Vote against the status quo. PeacE to you all, even the misquided. I feel sorry for each and everyone so brainwashed by the media. Wake up before its too late. I beg of you.

It is profound thinking to see beyond the war. The American public is capable of it except for the obvious and apparent: The war will go on whether we are there or not, and it will return to our shores with more voracity than 911. We can then thank the anti Iraq war folks for that.

'Free Speech.' What an idea.

Ron Paul said we are in a recession. Not sure how deep yet. Time will tell. Enough said, the government is in panic mode as usual.

Asking the filthy rich like Bush, Clinton, Romney, McCain and the rest of the bunch whether or not we are in a recession is a joke! These people like the filthy rich news anchors in the media can afford to laugh at Ron Paul and the average person when they mention how difficult it is to survive from paycheck to paycheck. Dr. Paul is not hurting but he sure knows how bad the economy is getting and he is the only person who knows how to fix it!

The current establishment is not solving problems (include the media) but they sure are taking a lot of food off the table of hungry Americans!

Wasn't McCain against negative campaiging before he was for it?

MCCAIN IS A FLIP-FLOPPER!

All of that GOP junk mail goes straight into the trash in this South Carolina home!

doesn't really matter who sent first. we all know this is the game of politics and this would happen. the elites have their candidate alpicked out. this is just part of the show.

kevin January 12, 2008 3:54 pm ET
I believe McCain does not have anything new for change and is just going to follow failed Bush policy , american people should not be fooled again. Iraq war from beginning was failure and there will not be victory in this war and the only solution for it will be in Iraqi people hand.
we need new man with totally different policy than Bush to change the course and raise our country and save our economy and people. NO BUSH NO MCCAIN !!!!!!!!!!

Perhaps republicans will remember one of the many reasons why they rejected McCain the first time - He's a hot-head. He's vindictive. He's hyporcritical…and he's certainly not the high road guy he'd have you believe.

Also, this is yet another McCain flip-flop (see others - amnesty, Bush tax cuts, etc.). First he loved negative campaigning, then he was against it when Romney allegedly did it to him and now he's for it again now that he wants to do it. What a baby!

McAmnesty knows that accomplishing a handful of items, controversial at best, in 24 years is no match for all that Mitt accomplished in four short years in MA. So what does he do - turns to negative campaigning….even though he likes to say it doesnt' work. What a piece of work.

Important read from Technocrat.net

"Republican primary candidate Mitt Romney spoke today in Michigan, which will have its primary tomorrow. Romney, who was born in Michigan, was quoted on CBS radio today that he was gratified to see that most of the cars driven in Michigan are "made in the U.S." We in California, as well as others in many states, have a bone to pick with Mr. Romney.
Mr. Romney, we have a local automobile plant here in the San Francisco Bay area. It produces the Toyota Corolla compact car, the Toyota Tacoma pickup truck and the Pontiac Vibe station wagon. It also makes parts, and sells 60% of them to Toyota and the remaining 40% to GM. It employs 5500 local people, and its primary business is Toyota-branded automobiles.

Mr. Romney, you spoke today at the Detroit Economic Club and called for 20 Billion dollars of federal funds per year to go to U.S. automobile research - I.E. to be paid to the Detroit automakers.

Mr. Romney, currently the U.S. automakers haven't only lagged behind on technology to build gas-sipping low-pollution cars, they've thrown away what technology they had. Let's not forget that GM pioneered the practical consumer electric car, only to reposess and junk all of the units on the road once California was talked out of mandating higher pollution standards. Toyota went on to self-finance the development of "Hybrid Synergy Drive", the basis of the immensely popular Prius, the highest-MPG conventional automobile available in the U.S. today. Vehicle R&D is going to be a good investment for taxpayers only if it goes to automakers who are committed to use it. The so-called "U.S." automakers, who actually have no shortage of foreign-made parts in their vehicles, are still not up-to-speed on the technology, quality and economic practices of the Japanese. As customers we're not willing to tolerate that. We've voted with our dollars, Mr. Romney.
We here in California have a long memory, Mr. Romney. We used to have an excellent mass transit system in many of our cities. Between 1936 and 1950, National City Lines, a holding company sponsored and funded by General Motors, Firestone Tire, Standard Oil and Phillips Petroleum, bought out more than 100 mass transit systems in 45 cities including New York, Philadelphia, St. Louis, Salt Lake City, Tulsa, Berkeley, Oakland, and Los Angeles, only to dismantle those systems. Our societies would be in better shape, our air would be cleaner today, and perhaps global warming would be less of a problem if U.S. automotive companies had not used their cash to destroy our most critical infrastructure and permanently change the structure of American cities and suburbs.

So, drive your American Car back to Michigan, Mr. Romney. It's not wanted here."

McCain probably can't even lick the stamp on these letters.

Well, It's happening again. Our current president showed his true colors back in 2000 for the SC primary. For some reason McCain seems to be the pinata.

We don't need an ultra-conservative or an ultra liberal. That leaves us with McCain and Giuliani. I'm going McCain since he matches up best on the issues. Those of you who think that immigration issues are going away if you build a wall are kidding yourself. They're already going under around and over the walls that are there. There must be a guest worker program. The workers are needed & they will come legally or illegally (this is Economics 101). If legally, then we can collect taxes & pay for them being here & better control who is allowed in and who is not allowed in (criminals). It won't be perfect, but far better than we have today.

Yes, Republican Lincoln freed the slaves. Also remember Republican Lincoln was a liberal, the very word Republicans fear today. Whatever happened to the liberal Republican?

The Hill-Billy's and Obama forgot to mention Republican Lincoln freed the slaves.
JOBS JOBS JOBS

Republican Lincoln did free the slaves, but at that time the Republican party was considered more liberal while the Democratic was more conservative (by the standards of the day). The switch occured with FDR. And both parties would have been completely different in Lincoln's time than they are today. So Lincoln's party doesn't really matter here.

All this crap and MCCain is STILL too old. Geez!

Mavericks don't abide by rules. McCain only expects YOU to abide by HIS rules,not him.
Haven't you heard, he was a POW, and he should get a pass on certain things!!

P.S.: Romney's money was earned. McCain married his money after ditching his first wife!

Does it really matter who struck first? The only real thing to take away from all this is that McCain and Huckabee out and out lied to the American people when they said they wouldn't go negative in their campaigning. They both said one thing, and the very next day, went out and did something else. TIME magazine appears so pro-McCain it's almost laughable. What an unbiased source of news! McCain winning the Republican nomination would virtually guarantee the Democrats the White House in November. Lets face it: this country is tired of war. And the only thing McCain knows how to do is to wage it. Not a tough choice there. But lets instead turn to who can actually get the focus back on our domestic economy - Romney is more qualified than anybody from either party to lead our nation back to economic prosperity.

Lets see… who does most attacks aimed at other republican candidates? And who has the most money to do campaign ads?
Oh yeah, I think that would be Mitt.

"But as it turns out, Romney's campaign did, in fact, send out a mailer criticizing McCain on taxes almost two weeks ago, which bolsters McCain's claim to playing defense, although it went unmentioned by the senator on Monday."

Didn't we just go through this same thing in NH? Mitt's voice says "I approved this ad" attacking McCain on amnesty but in the debate, Mitt denied using the word - then flip-flopped, again, saying he didn't see that ad… Bud, you either approved it or you didn't! Can't always have it both ways!

Watch Mitt fold under pressure … he's only genial when he's the designated "front-runner" Mark Twain said that liars have to have good memories! Mitt even remembers watching his Dad march with MLK - didn't happen but sounds good!

As for McCain - lessons learned in South Carolina from the 2000 election:

dqc
Charlie Rangal accused Barack of playing the race card today and called him dumb and stupid.
Barack Obama never commented on Clinton's remark, Rep Clyburn did. His high profile in the Dem party made his comments potent. Obama had nothing to do with that.Clyburn D-SC. interviewed with the NYT's on his on. Now i feel its his responsibilty to come out and let America know that he's not Dumb or Stupid.It's obvious that what Charlie's saying is that any one who who was offemded by her comments are dumb and stupid This was not a mistake by Hillary, these people are gutter politicians who will do just about anything to regain the power that they feel belongs to them. Please don't fall for the hype-its not the first time this tactic has been used.I feel that she's accepted a defeat in SC. So why not take Obama down on the one issue he's strongest on(swiftboat)lets make him seem divisive like us, See first they try and convince you(american people) there better for the country, but you(american people) dont fall for it, so know we'll make him look like us.DIVISIVE. We Want Fall For It Hill/Bill.

What a hypocrite. McCain's true colors are shining through.

Here's a flip flop joke for you:

Which GOP candidate was a long time Episcopalian, but recently announced they were Baptist?

Which GOP candidate decided that his first wife (who waited for him while he was a POW) wasn't worth waiting for after she got into a bad traffic accident and married the daughter of a wealthy businessman instead?

Which GOP candidate votes more with the liberals on immigration, abortion and
his work with the Gang of 14, a group that sought to compromise with the Democrats in the Senate in order to get more moderate judges approved, was an unforgivable offense for conservatives concerned about the federal judiciary?

You're so smart! It's McCain!

South Carolina mail wars: Who struck first? Crap makes me LOL what are they in the 5th grade? Grow Up.. your running for President of the United States.. not Class President. CLINTON 08!!

After tomorrow, we will never hear from McCain again. He is a dinosaur. He was a hero. But decided to bail on his wife who kept hope in him. Decided to defraud the US as part of the Keating Five. Decided to give illegals a bill and enact McCain-Feingould….ummm, John McCain was gone 6 months ago and a bunch of liberal voters in New Hampshire gave him the nod. He is nothing more than a Bush puppet and believes 100 years in Iraq is feasible….
The average life is around 74 in the US…John McCain is 72. He is too old. Too late. And gets bashed at every event he brings up Immigration.

Romeny Economy gets my vote when he said JOBS JOBS JOBS.

McCain is more like a Rambo looking for a fight. I need a job not a fight.

The Hill-Billy's and Obama forgot to mention Republican Lincoln freed the slaves.

Time to find a nice retirement home McCain, your political days are over. You are one of the most negative and dirty politicians around.

McCain is like a bad magician. "Ohhh… here is a quarter behind your ear! Didn't you know you had a quarter behind your ear little girl!" The little girls response: "Look you crazy old man, I don't know you and no, the quarter is in your other hand, you pull my the barret out of my hair!"

Come on, we can see right through you McCain!