McCain conveniently for forgets that Americans had to sit down with Vietnam to make peace; and that is after carpet bombing and killing between 2.0 and 2.5 million Vietnamese and Cambodians…

If anyone votes for McCain, please remember that he was invoved in that war and was shot down. In my humble opinion, he wants his FAMILY name back.

Roy R

….peace through strength is the way that we have succeeded in the past.

Yes, our nation has the strongest military in the world. Every soldier is a true American Hero in my eyes, but war alone hasn't brought about peace in Iraq.

McCain truly is Bush III.

PS: McCain - there's a difference between 'peace through strength' and 'peace through stubbornness', the latter of which is the standard protocol of George W. that has led our country into the bad ecomonical and foreign policy situations in which we find ourselves.

I've always heard the saying, "Keep your friends close and your enemies closer". While I don't agree with us meeting with terrorists groups, and although Iran's leader talks like one, he is still an officially recognized leader of a soveriegn nation. Constant bullying by the US will only embolden him. There's something to be said by "diplomacy first". Failing that, we can look at more extreme options. However, Bush's policy of "Shoot first, ask questions later" needs to seriously be reconsidered.

With yesterday's comments by the RNC Chair Mike Duncan about the bad brand the GOP has become, he has all but given McCain an open invitation to distance himself from Bush. I suggest McCain take him up on the offer or his chances in November are nil. The fear-mongering of the past won't cut it this time. The voters are wise to this game and want a positive message. BOTH potential democratic nominees give us this message.

People have shown they are hungry for change in this country, not more of the same. I think McCain should begin realizing this or his chances to become the next president will diminish greatly.

Israel should not be a platform in the GE, US is the platform. Why are all these people going to Israel, it's not on the campaign trail is it? There are 145 other countries we can talk about. This is so because Israel controls a big part of the economy in the US and has their hands in politics also. This is a something our leaders have always had to APPEASE to win, lets change all this and do what is best for americans and americans alone..then we can look at the other countries.

McCain is a democrat

So why have Rice and Gates (under George Bush) been trying to set up meetings with Iran??? Also wake up America we have already seen 5 years in Iraq debt and McCain is already using 2013 for a Victory date for withdrawal !!!

McCain will just continue the cowboy ways of Bush and we can not
afford another war. He is trying to use the same scare tactics used in the last presidential campaign by Bush. Americans will not fall for the same trick by a different magician.

Talking is not appeasment. Appeasment is something the isolationist Republicans committed before the attack on Pearl Harbor.
WWCM

Now Obama is getting a taste of the Kitchen Sink, what Hillary threw was just a mop bucket compared to what the Republicans are going to pull. Get ready the ride for the GE has started

Pelosi should just shut up and do her job…

Mccain's stand on this issue reconfirms most of our fears, that if he is elected president we face four most years of George Bush's policies.

I think that comment was out of line b/c of the location of the speech. That sort of fighting should be done on our soil in our house. The content plus the location, shows the poor decision making skills and lack of tact the President seems not to be able to get away from and we as a nation are losing ground b/c of his apprent self serving agenda. Go U.S.A..

This is just making the fall victory for Obama easier and easier - McCain is so stupid that he is literally setting himself up for looking… well, insane may become even more accurate than stupid. Keep talking John! You are the Dem's best support argument all by your ridiculous self.

Why blame the president or Mccain if they feel that democrats are appeasing the terrorists? By thrusting Obama down our throat as the democratic nominee, his views become the democratic views, especially about his view of meeting leaders of rogue nations "without conditions". Obama is leaving US exposed to ridicule by his inexperience in world affairs.

McCain is Bush #3. I'm not surprise that he decides to defend Bush stupid comments. Bush is as dumb as a pile of rocks. McCain is just as stupid.

All I have to say is bring it on in November.

OK! HEAR WE GO! ALL I CAN SAY IS THE DEVIL IS BUSY!

Our strength should also come through diplomacy not who has the bigger guns then the other. Thats the thing of the past. Our greatest weapon to win the hearts and minds of the middle east is diplomacy and lots of work. Also the right administration to be in there. Obama administration!

Wow,

McSame really doesn't get it….I continue to be astonished at how he believes filing in line behind Bush will help him win the election. Mr. McSame, have ya READ the reports on Bush's approval rating??

But hey, I'm not complaining…Obama will sail right into the Whitehouse!!!!!!!!!!!

Hey McCain: Why don't you ask the same question of your BFF Bush's SecState and SecDef?

More lame rantings from a senile old coot whose only way of getting to the White House will be when President Obama invites him.

Senator McCain's comments reflect that he really is "losing his bearings" with his support of Bush's comments. After all, the Bush administration has been negotiating with North Korea and Iran over nuclear disarmament. Does that mean the Bush/McCain are appeasers that harkens back to the Nazis?

Mrs. Pelosi is a very strong leader.
Her clarity of toughts and impecable background are inspiring.
This is the type of women that we need in politics.

John Mccain is bush's lapdog who can't distant himself from this killer.

While Bush's remark is outrageous, Pelosi's reaction is naive. Osama is having a field day. Hillary has the balanced view.

What can you say about McCain. McCains living in the same "Foolish
Delusion " world that Bush has been living for the past 7 years..

Nancy Pelosi has no clue. What does she think if you get all the terrorists in a circle and start singing songs that the world will be perfect? Or maybe if Obama brings his teleprompter to speak with mahmoud ahmadinejad they will be best friends?

McCain or Clinton 2008

Nixon went to China. If you don't communicate with leaders that have similar and opposing views, then you don't have all the information you need to make an informed decision. I don't believe it's an error to talk to people. I think it's more of an error in judgement not to.

maybe if bush had done a little more talking, we wouldn't be in Irag and wouldn't have lost 4000+.

Once again, Republicans are playing to the fears and ignorance of many voters.

This is just what the DEMOCRATs needed.. A stiff kick in the pants to remind us all why we have to win the WHITE HOUSE …
This is how we UNITE the DEMOCRATs .. Now we all REMEMBER why we MUST WIN back the WHITE HOUSE ….
Hillary and Barack supporters need to PUT DOWN THE SABERS STOP FIGHTING EACH OTHER and remember WHY we are ALL DEMOCRATS …
And UNITE OUR PARTY …..

4 more years of Bush. Could that be clearer?

good, please DO make this an issue "throughout the campaign", mcsame, then you will lose in a history-making landslide, which will give the american people a wonderful boost of positivity that will get us on track to rebuilding our country back from the depths you repugs have buried it!!!!

Mr. Bomb Iran? How are we stronger? the US is a sponsor of terrorism for going in and bombing a sovereign nation as a "preventative measure." Yes, McCain, you are a warmonger!

This is just another example of why McCain is not qualified to be President! What an idiot!

Goes to show how different McCain is from G "Worst" Bush ! He going to be what Bush Jr was to Bush Senior.Let me make it more clear - Bush Jr went in to Iraq, left there with job half done - not procecute Saddam("bad guy").Bush Jr was the one to finally close the "bad guy" chapter for good.Now the "bad guy" is Osama.And Bush jr has caught him yet and i dont see anything happening before his term is over.So maybe the repubelicans hope for McCain to finish the job if elected.

Pathetic.How can anyone sensible vote for this party?

First the democratic leaders destroy Hillary, our only true hope. Then when they see that the democratic VOTERS refuse to vote for the DNC choice of candidate, they start attacking the PRESIDENT and therefore the Republican nominee. DESPERATELY trying anything to get OBAMA in office. They should have left well enough alone and we would have had a democratic president this year. Eat it and accept it DNC. You screwed the pooch and now the chickens have come home to roost!

are these repubs living in AMERICA?!?!?!? they are soooo out of touch, losing solidly red seats on a regular basis, have the lowest approval ratings in the history of this country, and they STILL "stay the course", following their FAILED plans. mccain/bush/etc would be comical if they werent so DANGEROUS!!!!

who IS john mccain. he has grotesquely morphed into whatever it takes for him to become president. how can someone even CONSIDER voting for this guy who's lock-step with a president who is the most unpopular, ineffective, and most damaging to our country and the world's stability in HISTORY?!?!

that kind of terrible judgment and decision-making is NOT EVEN CLOSE to what is expected and needed from the most powerful person in the country, and arguably the world!!!

I think Democratic blasted Pres Bush for what? he said same as Obama
said in the campaign only. If their want to blast Bush why their didn't blast
Obama when he said when he get elect he going sit down and talk to Iran
and Cuba leader? and why the Democratic leader want Bush to fire his
Secretary of State and Defense Secretary why didn't fire Obama when he
said in the campaign and now he still on the top of Democratic Presidential candidate? Just shut-up if your guy want to win in general
election because now you attack Bush is same as you attack Obama too.

the tactics of the past have not worked and new ones have to be instituted, why are we scared of something new? that is what is holding this country back, I believe in a very strong defense but you must begin by talking

I guess we can see where the Republicans are going in the fall elections. When in doubt smear, smear, smear. Or fear, fear, fear.

A man of war is a man of war. McCain wants to follow suit but he denied a generous GI Bill that will help fighting men and women upon their return from the war fronts. No, let us support the soldiers if we are to shorten their lives by creating wars.

It is time for peace. Peace, peace and no more war.

Can you believe this guy? Peace through strength? Like Vietnam? Like South and central America and the school of the Americas? Like IRAQ?

McCain is as dead and gone as Bush is…dinosaurs of a thankfully forgotten age. Our concern now is … to finally have some "Intelligence" in the White House.

I think the Bush noT the if he is a quality minded PRESIDENT
needs to get his Breain his excamed quickly
before he does more damage
& does more harm to great Americans people and the USA
and the world take a preacher Job Mr Bush you due well in the ropes

Sen. McCain, I really have to disagree with you. I do not want my only son to go to war because you are not mature enough to have an adult conversation with our enemies. What are you afraid of ,that diplomacy would work better than war?

Bush and McCain, Shut the Hell UP

I have lost all respect that I had for Sen. McCain. I've admired him since I was a kid and read about his experience in the P.O.W. camps, and my admiration grew as I saw him stand up to the moronic positions within his own party. I voted for him in the primary because I KNEW he was a better man than his rhetoric had been on the campaign trail. But he has shown such a lack of judgment now, in chasing the support of the ultra conservatives, that I can absolutely not lend him my support in the general election, no matter who the Democratic candidate is.

So, onto the dustbin of history John McCain. The world could have been a better place if you were true to your nature.

Obama '08

Bush and McCain= drumbeat for war against Iran.

Gee, do you think it might be called "Thinking OUtside the Box?" to actually consider the option of dialogue exchange. You never know til you try and the old guys will always do things the same old way, getting the same old results. No wonder the young people are stampeding to a "change" candidate.

Please go ahead and support these remarks by the Pres. Bush. Those very words will come back to haunt you Sen. McCain. The rest of the US live in the real world and want to live in peace. You and this administration can even spell the word peace.

OBAMA 08

John McCain just lost the Presidency with that statement.
ontario/

If Bush continues this kind of talk it will help Obama in Nov. It seems he is really sore about something. Is this how he acts out his failure as a president? He seems immature and rageful.

i hope and pray that nacey is defeated in nov. we need her out of the do nothing congress.
she is bullheaded.

WHY WOULD ANYONE BE SURPRISED THAT MCCAIN WOULDN'T DEFEND BUSH ON ANYTHING HE SAYS.
FOR SEVEN YEARS WHEN BUSH SAYS S*** MCCAIN SQUATS AND GRUNTS.

Yes maam…You got 'em Nancy. McCain can't distance himself from GW Bush on important issues that matter most to Americans.

It is very sad to see Washington cronies who used the fear tactics for the past eight years thinking they can still continue to fool the American people.
They want to clinch on power by using the old fear mongering card, please do not allow them this time, the whole world is tired of these Republican administration, Democrat be on the offensive expose these gays. They are weak they offered nothing to the world but Hunger and lost of wealth, America, look inside your savings to see the answer.

This old fool is so out of touch! Reagan didn't go to war with Russia to end the Cold War. Peace through strength doesn't always solve everything. This war mongerer isn't fit to be president of the glee club much less POTUS!

I thought they said that with age come wisdom. How much older does McCain have to get before he wises up?

I am so proud of President Bush. He has for the foreseeable future destroyed the Republican party. Thank you President Bush.

Why does anyone still take GWB seriously on any level?

Anyone who says that he "goes on the internets" and refers to google as "the google" is a moron.

McCain is an idiot to keep backing Bush. But I am glad he does. To insure a democrat in the white house.

Mrs. Pelosi… With all due respect. This is why Obama cannot win the Presidency. Obama does not share the values of most of the American people.

I saw a clip of an old Obama interview last night on FOX where BO pretty much blamed Israel for all of America's problems with muslim terrorist. "Chickens come home to Roost" was pretty much the theme of his interview.

CNN, start reporting the facts!

Hillary supporters may not all have college degrees, but we are smart enough to turn the channel once in a while.

Hillary 08

It is the responsibility of our Government to use every diplomatic resource they have before even talking about war. Bush has turned this Nation into a bully who will strike you down if he doesn't get everything his way. Yes, we need to talk to our enemies and reach compromise to avoid needless killing.

OMG - This could be a record landslide election for the Democrats. Good grief John, the Pres has the lowest approval rating now in the history of world.

PELOSI go HOME. Life long Democrat that will not vote for DEMS this year.

Hillary Clinton as a INDEPENDENT this FALL ELECTION.

Old 71 year old man, you have made a mistake. Your accusations have caused you this electionn. You know this was not true. This lets America know that if you are elected it is 4 more years of hell. Good going grandpa.

Good job, McCain. You just tied yourself to Bush once again.

America! Bush is not a wise man. We must hurry up and get him out of the white house and ban him from speaking to the nation and foreign governements. If he does not stop he will incite our enemies to attack. This man is dangerous.

Peace through strength… What Senator McCain forgets that it's _overall_ strength; economic strength, political strength, not just military strength that brings peace. It's really ashame that the "Maverick" has conformed to a true "Party Man".

Bush… you're retarded idiot.

I guess McCain is not only out of touch when it comes to the economy he also is out of touch with what the American people want out of a President.

Of course it makes no sense tp talk to the enemy! Bomb them back to the stone age! Oblirate them. Let another 4000 young American die
That is the American way! How can we spread democracy and peace all over the world if we lay down arms for a few seconds and talk to someone?As rulers of the world we can't give prestige to these small people by talking to them!!They must have our "democracy" shoved down their throats.

McCain/ Bush policy has weakened our standing throughout the wold. If McCain experience is similar to Bush, then it is better not to have it.
Change is coming

A vote for McCain is a vote for Bush.If anyone can't see this, they are just plain stupid, ignorant, or both.I think there is something bad wrong with Bush and McCain.If talk like this doesn't prove it, what does?

Kathy

John McSame,

Yea buddy just keep digging tha t hole you will be in China before you know it.

Did anyone wonder what President Reagan wanted to talk about when he talked to Russia? Did anyone wonder what Nixon wanted to talk about when he talked to China?

Hey McSame how about asking them what their beef is with out ally. Maybe if Mini-Me had a mind of his own he would not have to ask the question.

If McCain is not in bed with Bush then I must be dreaming! Didn't McCain at one time say that having a timeline is a huge mistake and today he gave us timeline for 2013.? And didn't he say that he was going to run a campaign that was "honest" and did resort to "old politics?" I am confused on who this candidate really is–the Maverick or Bush's do boy!

“…I will make this an issue with Senator Obama throughout this campaign, I believe in peace through strength, and peace through strength is the way that we have succeeded in the past.”

As if we are so successful.

I wasn't quick to hop on the McBush bandwagon, but….

I am sorry, were we not all raised and taught that rushing to violence is not the answer. Can we honestly vote for someone who thinks that "sitting down with" instead of "bomb, bomb, bombing" is so bad. I hate to say this but not only is Pres. Bush an idiot, its looking like McCain is continuing to "lose his bearing" and join Bush in IDiotic Paradise.

That is the problem with McCain and Bush - they live in the past. This country has changed, this world has changed and we need a change in leadership to address the current problems. Why are Bush and McCain so eager to attach and so afraid to talk? Democrats must unite to defeat this same old mindset in November.

It just shows that if John McCain gets elected in November, our once great country will have to deal again with all the failed policies of the terrible Bush years. We need a real change to regain respect globally.

DON'T ELECT ANYONE WHO THINKS OR AGREES WITH THE CURRENT CLOWNS IN THE WHITE HOUSE

I agree while we need to change the image of USA around the World I think that there are steeps and to sit with someone to negotiate without precondiditions show lack of good judgement and lack of experience.

Obama should explain why he wants to do that to the Amercian People.

It's almost over for the Weasel and the OLD goat.

Consider The Source!

Bush is right, we cannot be naive when dealing with our enemies

Hillary 08!
She has a plan and the experience to lead our nation.

Again I am jewish I am a great suppoter of Hillay Clinton and and I am appaled that Obama would sit down with any country who wants the destruction of Isreal.
I am not a republican but I would vote for McCain instead of Obama for this issue alone

This proves that Bush and McCain think alike. McCain will just continue that programs that Bush currently has in place. This country will be in the Middle East for 100 years.

Like George Bush, this man is full of S..t and will lead America in the wrong direction.

Just find this man a nursing home so he can keep dreaming……

Oh Brother…..Has anybody ever heard the phrase: "Keep your friends close and your enemy closer???" We are SUPPOSED to be Leaders in this world. It is Barbaric NOT to attempt discussions with our enemies for the sake of not just America, but other countries. If everybody just started obliterating everybody else, where is our childrens future? McBush must be shell shocked.

What would be more valuable to a nominee in the presidential race right now? An endorsement from Bush? or an anti-endorsement?

If I were running, I certainly would not want the increasingly unpopular president to endorse my campaign. Bush is one of the worst Presidents to ever step foot into the White House. Obama definitely benefits from Bush criticism. Thank you Bush. The blubbering stupor at which you hold the office never ceases to amaze.

Simply posturing through 'strength' of arms never works without dialogue. Lasting peace and progress is negotiated. Eight years of diplomatic "Silent Treatment" has brought increasing trouble and disrespect upon this nation. The Bush-Cheney method has been disproven, Senator McCain. The earth is not flat.

Mr McSame, maybe you could get Dick Cheney to run as your VP, and he could babysit you like he has done to George W, for the last 7 years, and explain to you who is fighting who in Iraq……

We have been supporters of McCain- until his lastest run for President. He should take advice from his wife- winning at all cost is NOT a win! He has lost the art of truth telling and is such a disappointment. We love Cindy and disappointed in our present Republican leadership- Republicans deserve better!!

Hey! this not 1939, this is 2008

If Bush do not want to talk to Iran a country not an organisation then,
We should all start thinking again what gonna happen if Mc Cain win november election.

Remember Iran also have friends.

By the way when Bush is going to Bombe them? should I say nuc them?

I just can believe he said that.

Where would we be today if President Kennedy refused to speak to our Russian enemy during the cold war? World War III ??????

Obama is going to have trouble with the republicans, Hilary wont. Wish you people could see that!

It is not what Bush said that is most damaging but where he said that. A U.S. president criticizing a fellow American and a potential presidential nominee in a foriegn land shows his lack for ethical standards and lack of judgment. This is not the first time we have seen those anyway. He has been acting like a cowboy for past 7 years and why would he change now. McCain should have at least said that the way Bush did it was wrong. If he made that comment here in US, that is a different matter.

Told you McCain is Bush's 3rd term

PLEASE bring a camera crew, BO, when you go. Let us all watch this! We couldn't get enough of this mentally ill monster when we spoke to US university. Much better to talk in his own country. Have to agree, what exactly does he want to discuss with him?? While you're at it, why don't you meet with Chavez next or is that next on your friend Carter's list? A Nobel Peace Prize awaits you, Senator - if you make it back.

I think McCain and Bush next objective is to go to war with Iran.
more oil = more money

Which is why Mr. McCain will lose BIG TIME in November!

This is the kind of experience that keeps the United States in Iraq till today. 100 more years. Good luck!!

I think Sen. McCain is, at heart, an honorable man. I think his service to this country is exemplary. I even agree with him on a few issues (although not many).
The fact that he defends President Bush's remarks, though, should be enough reason for anyone to vote Democrat or stay home this November. President Bush's comments were out-of-line and McCain should be condemning them, not defending them.

Who is she that she has been choosen to defend Obama.I know he is still trying to remove his foot from his mouth,and can't be trusted in front of a microphone,but Pelosi's– wait until your father gets home ,approach to her job as speaker of the house has made her opinion null and void.

i know Bush will be to John McCain what Rev Wright is to Obama. funny enough as John tries to court independents and democrates, he is faced with a more daunting task of satisfying the conservative republicans.

my advise to John is that "you can't eat your cake and have it"

You go girl, Nancy. I cannot wait for January 2009 when the Democrats take command. Thanks for all you do in the House of Representatives!

Pelosi, …… said …….., but then declared, "I think what the president did in that regard is beneath the dignity of the office of president and unworthy of our representation at that observance in Israel."

She needs to make up her mind. Cant be flip flopping on issues. Theres no time to please people.

John McCain is as big an idiot as his predecessor George W. Bush and just a dangerous!

Bush has to be the dumbest rich guy in america!

NANCY BIG-MOUTH PELOSI

SHUT UP & STOP THE WAR LIKE WE APPOINTED YOU TO DO….

QUIT TELLING HILLARY TO QUIT, BUT T-OUT

GET BACK TO YOUR ORIGINAL JOB

Hi Both parties
Gas price is $ 3.99 9/10
you all Wasting time in our tax money

I feel like McCain is out of touch…or maybe just "lost his bearings"…as an American I WANT my country to use diplomacy rather than war…in fact, I thought that was what America is supposed to represent, peace and liberty…well Mccain, Obama does not need to explain his comments to me…I am in total agreement…maybe Mccain should reexamine his own position on the matter…….
Obama 08!

And another link is forged in the chain connecting McCain to George Bush….

So Reagan was naive and irresponsible to keep an open line with the Soviets? How about, um, every other president but Bush? It seems to me a fatal error to stand by disastrously failed policies of the worst President in US history.

But, please, John, by all means, make it easier for us to roll over you and your party in November. Pay attention, folks, John McCain just lost the election today.

imbicile

McBush won't be in the Oval to wield his brand of moronic adherence to Lil' Bush's policy up-chucks. Bush is like an infant continuing to eat and spit up on himself and fill up again instead of allowing himself to be burped and just take his nap. And Ole' McBush is drinking the same Kool-Aid.

Dummies

Bush has more ties to the Nazi's than most - ask his granddad.

McCain has the war time experience hands down. Loud mouth Pelosi is on a learning curve.

Pelosi is a silly woman, I'm sick of this crap that you can't say anything against Obama, get over yourself man, if you can't stand a few harsh words then drop out.

I'm glad Hillary is still in this, I hope America wakes up and dumps this whiner

Hold your ground Sen. McCain. Pelosi is just another Obama liberal cultist who will do anything including selling out America to terrorists nations to get the democrats back into power. She and other Obama supporters are power crazy with no common sense or reason.

A war on "terror" is a war that will never be won or lost.
It will forever be continued. It will bankrupt us as a country.

McCain talks about protecting Israel while he is saluting "Furor" Bush. Nobody's fooled.

Great plan, Mr. McCain! I applaud President Bush for his comments because Obama is a weak and inexperience candidate and Americans need to know exactly where he stands on foreign policy. Frankly, we are sick of the Democrats bickering.

You will have the last laugh in November, Mr. McCain.

Is it just me, or does Nancy Pelosi look like a drag queen in that photo.

Its about time someone raised this issue. Democrats coddled Al Qaida in the 90's and we paid the price. I'm sure Obama can't wait for his Neville Chamberlain moment while the clerics laugh and finish the bomb.

President Bush is absolutely correct. Liberals will be the death of freedom and western civilization. You can already see the appeasement in Europe. I'm glad McCain had the guts to defend it. Pelosi is naive.

READ HISTORY PEOPLE!!!

you are so done mccbush!you and your party are history,and you know it.just keep backing bush,and his criminal cronies,and they'll lead you down the same path.i hope you all get arrested for misleading the american people,into supporting an illegal war!and we're not giving you the chance to start another one ,with iran.

I ask all Hillary and McCain supporters to leave cnn blogs to the Obama supporters, Nancy Pelosi just enforces my fears that the dem party has been taken over by the new dem socialists, Obama will be the downfall of this country. to left,to radical,to extremist,to much sympathy for terrorist!!!!!!

I hope cnn that you will post my request, we are a little tired of all the name calling!

Well said Pelosi.

McBush is an idiot. He'd rather just invade and bomb a country than try to resolve issues using diplomacy.
We don't need this guy in charge.

Oh, yes Bush Republicans Mcain, you are right.

We get the BOMBS, why talking to anybody.

Disagree with us, just bombs and bombs again, then we have the nuclear option too.

So Gates and Condi can say the same thing as Obama, but not get blasted?

Fear-mongering is the reason this country is in the red in the first place.

ARE YOU KIDDING ME! ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!!!!

HOW LOW CAN YOU GO.

OUR PRESIDENT, THAT I VOTED FOR HAS OFFICIALLY DISMISSED HIMSELF FROM THE HUMAN RACE. HE IS LOWER THAN LOW!

Crawl on your belly sir and all those who follow you!

McCain in '08!!

Stay the course, fight the fight, take the battle to them…we will not back down, we will not live in fear…

BTW Nancy, have you looked lately at your approval ratings?? What ever happened to the 90-day blitzkreig you promised your voters once the Dems took control of Congress?? hmm??

Anyone who in their right mind thinks we should sit down and chat with President Ahmadinejad is either crazy or watches way too many episodes of Dr. Phil.

Go get them Johnny!!!

I'm leaving the country if this guy is elected.

What can you expect from a narcistic man of little intelligence? My disgust for Bush hit an all-time low when I read he's given up golf out of respect for our soldiers in Iraq. How profound, Mr. Bush. Did you also give up whipped cream twice a week for those who have died?

He's posturing, frantically trying to win some level of acceptance rather than go out as the worst president in decades. He's a posturing joke, purposefully slanting Obama's position. The USA will be so much better off when Bush is GONE.

Good for you, McCain–you have my vote as a former "democrat, disenfranchised".

Bush has plundered the USA's reputation, finances, and world standing. He is, was, and remains a simpleton. By not denouncing him Senator McCain you have confirmed to me that I must not allow you to apparently continue in his tradition. Therefore I will be voting for the Democratic candidate regardless of who he or she may be.

I strongly agree with Pelosi on this issue. She is right on. I can see where McCain is taking us right now and it doesn't look good to me. Peace through strength. Can't say that it appeals to me.

Obama should just call him "sweetie". Then it would be over.

True democratics in the likes of FDR, Truman and Kennedy would have never sat with our enemies, the democratic party of today is no the party that defended America through WW 1 & 2.

Obama no sit down with our enemies - vote for Hillary and if not Hillary for a true American McCain!

bush is crap and so is Mcain-madcain

A vote for McCain is a vote for BUSH III….THINK ABOUT IT. Let's not talk…let's go to war. Then we will rebuild your nation and sink billions of dollars…there has to be a better way.

President Bush and Senator J. McCain, both have to answer to the American people and to the World — why they haven't bring peace given 8 years in the White House if you believe in peace through strength.

John Mccain is pathetic!!!

One minute he is separating himself the next he is defending Bush….which is it?

Yeah, uh…Peace through strength hasn't seemed to be working in the past 8 years or so…

Go ahead Johnny boy and defend your mentor. You are just showing everyone that you really will be Bush's 3rd term.

McCain keeps making abundantly clear that as President (heaven help us!) he would continue the decline of America by maintaining Bush's tragically failed policies. Al Qaida does not need Bin Laden with either of these men in the White House.

McCain believes in peace through strength in combat instead of diplomacy. For you, McCain, to make the statement about what Obama will talk with them about tells me that you are not fit to be commander in chief. Given Hamas' position on terror and other terrorist groups, why are you afraid to set pre-conditions for them to meet in order to begin talking? Does your position to avoid talks show strength or cowardness?

Condi Rice, Robert Gates…members of the Bush Administration have urged talks with Iran. Can you explain the contradiction? When members of Bush Admin urge talks with Iran its right..when Obama urges talks its wrong?

I dont understand such stark contradiction.

Mr. McCain,
If you believe in "peace thru strength", that would explain why you wrote a bill that removed forceably the elders of the Navajo Nation to a toxic radio-active dump. I guess those folks who were part of saving the WWII forces lives(the code talkers),must be the enemy. Why else would a presidental canidate/senator write such a destructive bill and have it signed into law by Pres. Clinton in 1997 ? Aren't you happy at the deaths/illnesses/deformaties that you caused on American soil?Just so the media knows—this went to the U.N. in 2000–video form also and you and Pres. Clinton found guilty of committing genocide on a group of people….weren't you told?? Maybe you just don't care.Also, my family is also full of vets, WW I,WWII,Korean, Vitenam,Gulf, and Iraq. So exactly who is the enemy????? Oh, those of us that are alive are voting!!!!!!!!!!….. and NOT for you. Did you watch the N.C. returns??? Yep, alot of Native Americans voted………We are voting in all the states. Are you ready for Nov.??? We are. If you talk with bush…..
oh never mind…his u-haul is at the back door………

Democrats Unite. Do we want more of the same Bush politics.

A Unity, it's a wonderful thing isn't it?

I am a Democrat and a supporter of Sen. Clinton. I am 100% agreeing with Sen. McCain's view about not having any room for negotiation with a terrorist. leader. Period.

Nancy for first woman president. McCain, you are surely going to lose if you don't stop pandering to the far right…

Candidate McCain needs to do one of two things:

Figure out how to get out of Iraq, or

Get out of the campaign.

Well, I don't know what Senator McCain's alternative to Senator Obama's beginning of some diplomacy is! We can't use a military solution to every aggressive government leader. Our military is already overstretched and on the brink of disaster. It is NOT appeasement to suggest some diplomacy in trying to determine what is behind such aggressiveness. The APPEASEMENT in WWII was after the government leaders FAILED to make accurate judgements about who and what they were dealing with. Chamberlain failed to discern what he needed to through diplomacy. Churchill judged well.
Now, if we were to utilize the same kind of test on our candidates for the Presidency, I believe Senator Obama would accurately judge who and what he was dealing with and attempt to discern what possible diplomatic solutions and international measures might keep us from depending ONLY on military solutions. We must learn how to deter our enemies short of their use of military or ours. We need someone with the strength of character not to be bullied into actions against our national interests OR catapulted into another unnecessary war! Obviously, we will stand by Israel and desire what is best for them, but not at the expense of a Palestinian nation, hopefully minus the terrorist organizations because they will see no need for them if treated fairly and justly by the international community.

Haha Funny. McCain you're a 2 faced individual just as our politicians are. IRAN and Saudi Arabia are on the same page as far as extinguishing Isreal, but we still seat on the same table with Saudi. Hypocrisy of the highest order!

inexperience, lack of judgement.

It's true….
I do not support Bush at ALL but I will say that Obama is mystery and ignorant. He is not ready or competent nor does he have the American at heart.

Don't trust him either (like Bush)….
Hillary supporters - vote McCain '08 for Clinton '12
The MOVEMENT is on……..

Yes we already Know how McCains feels about Iran….you know his song, "bomb, bomb, bomb Iran". Now I ask is that the level of maturity that we need leading our country? War and military confrontation should always be the last option. Why? When fighting a war, you are obviously fighting against the leadership and the military of that country, but the people (men women and children) are the ones that suffer. There is enough suffering in this world, we need to learn to talk first, ask questions, develope understanding and dialogue and if that as well as all other options fail then and only then should the threat or use of our military force be put into play.

Mccain/Bush how dumb can you be, surely anyone in his right mind would want to prevent war. If talking and making attempt to reach peace is offensive, than what do you call starting a war for nothing.

It really is time for President Bush and Vice President Cheney to simply shut up about Terrorism, US security, and Iraq. They've had no credibility for years on these subjects. Their policies have alienated allies, emboldened terrorists, and resulted in outrageous casualties of innocents.

The President should go back to his ranch in TX and take a long vacation until about the middle of January.

McSame!!! Shut up!! You are nothing but a Bush want to be. Has everyone forgotten who was our president during one of the worst terror attacks in history? We are less safe because of Bush and his policies. The republican party is really stooping low this year. They are trying to scare people into keeping them in office, and its not going to work. Na na na na, na na na na, hey hey hey, goodbye Bush and republicans. We need change and if I have to vote democrat to get it than I will.

It never hurts to talk. It sure beats the alternative

Nancy Pelosi would do well to keep her opinions to herself. Pelosi and her Dems have a rating worse than Bush. You and your Dems were supposed to accomplish so much and what have you done?
ZIP!!!! As for Harry Reid, he is a real dud, I don't think he has the ability to be the majority leader of the Senate, what has he led???

Well, John McCain has said what he believes. What I believe is that Bush and Bush-Like McCain have fostered policies that have created legions of more people who hate America and therefore are more susceptible to recruitment by Al Quaeda. Yes, we negotiate from a position of strength, but we don't always have to use killing people as our first option. It seems to me that Bush/McCain are afraid to hear what Iran might have to say. It's so much easier to just bury their head in the sand and say we're all right and they're all wrong. If you just keep screaming that into the bag you keep over your head, you never have to worry about anything. You just kill people and bankrupt our country with war and everything is nice and neat. I think that Bush/McCain are scared out of their little tiny minds that they might learn something that would impact their thoughts or that they aren't smart enough to have a conversation and win if they ever tried talking to the enemy. They could take a lesson from some of the world's finest ever light cavalry–the Native Americans–and smoke a peace pipe while talking to our enemies. If the only tool you choose to own is a hammer, everything looks like a nail. BM (Bush/McCain pun intended) are much easier in their mind when they send our kids to get their legs blown off then they would be if they had to sit down like grown ups and talk to our enemies. Cowards!

Well this is normal Dem comments. Everyone knows they think we can talk people who hate us into liking us. They think that just because someone says and thinks we should be destroyed doens't make them bad…just misunderstood. You Left Wing Dems need to join us all back in the real world.

Keep digging your heels in McCain…The more you agree w/Bush the more chance you have of losing the white house…Go Obama!

"But the presumptive Republican nominee himself defended the remarks, said he intended to make Barack Obama’s willingness to consider dialogue with Iran an issue in the fall campaign, calling on the Illinois senator to 'explain [that decision] to the American people.'”

Go ahead McCain, put nails in your own coffin.

Less extreme and more level-headed, pragmatic, and just plain less ideoligically extreme folks in the Bush administration such as Rice and Gates have both suggested dialogue. Even during the cold war, we never stopped engaging the Soviets….both Democrats and Republicans….and that turned out pretty darn good in the end. This is another area where McBush would be well-advised to break with Bush lite.

McCain sways with the political wind that benefits him and his campain. He also predicts that the Iraqi war (Invasion) will be won by the year 2013. I would like to inform him that "occupations are not won…they are ended". Bush's war and the invasion of Iraq created terrorism, are we ever going to learn from our past mistakes?

"I believe in peace through strength, and peace through strength is the way that we have succeeded in the past"

Does this make sense to Anyone…? by strenght he means violence. I just dont see how you can have peace without talking. All you get is a lot of postering until someone blows something up….

MCCAINOCRATS…..PAY ATTENTION.

THIS IS WHY WE DEMOCRATS MUST COME TOGETHER AND UNITE BEHIND OUR NOMINEE–WHOMEVER HE MAY BE.

This is just typical Bush BS.

And right there with him is JOHN W. MCSAME.

The fear mongering has begun. They are not going to pull this crap with the American people anymore. WE ARE WISE TO THEIR GAME.

DEMOCRATS UNITE 2008**********************************************

Typical politics. The elephants can keep walking in a line right of the cliff. Keep going McCain, three words for you though, "North East Misssissippi". Bear that in mind when you open your mouth again.

anyone who doesnt believe a vote for mccain is a vote for bush needs to re-evaluate that conclusion

Check this out those Hillary supporters who say they will vote for McCain over Obama. I love Hillary, but I will always stand Democrat. McCain is another Bush, and you will be losing your votes and damaging America in the process.

Onward to Democratic Victory!

Thanks, America–Let us replace one idiot with another!!!

Just a couple of Obama's "accomplishments" -

Political science degree from Columbia University. First black pres. of Harvard Law Review and magna cum laude graduate. Gave international business advice, civil rights lawyer, helped organize voter registration drives, taught at U of Chicago law school. Defeated republican Alan Keyes 70% to 27% (largest margin in Illinois history) for state senate. There he expanded health care and early childhood education, created ethics legislation and $100 mil in income tax credits, and required videotaping of certain interrogations. In the national senate he worked with republicans to destroy WMD in Russia and eastern Europe and create a website to track federal spending. He worked to curb lobbyist influence, improve veteran's benefits, and encourage alternative energy development. Member of health, education, labor, and pensions committee; foreign relations committee; veteran's affairs committee; and environment and public works committee. Spoke out against the war in Iraq before it started and predicted the outcome that we're in today. Worked with churches to improve living conditions in poor neighborhoods in Chicago. Wrote three books. Fathered two children. Gave hundreds of inspirational speeches. . . . . . . . . .

Bring it on McBush! You and your party have brought this mess to a head. Iran has gotten STRONGER on YOUR watch. IRAQ is YOUR mess. We will not be intimidated anymore. The game is up.

By the way why don't you ask Bush about his grandpa Prescott?

Mr. McCain….do the USA have more enemies now or before Bush took over???????

Mr. McCain…did more buildings fall before or after Bush took over?????

Mr. McCain…are you more or less naive than Bush???…

at least this was in a tie!

I don't believe that McCain wants to continue the war in Iraq any longer than the rest of us do but he's got enough experience and GOOD COMMON SENSE to know that Terrorists are uncivilized individuals that can't be dealt with by talk.

We should have never invaded Iraq…and now we think that we can just say ok, we've had enough and just walk away safely from this country? We cannot solve all the problems of other countries….we have enough of our own here. WE HAD NO BUSINESS GOING INTO IRAQ! Nothing good has come out of it….just loss of many lives and a more struggling economy now….money that could have been better spent here helping our country.

Lack of judgment, naivete? McCain doesn't want to have a discussion about lack of judgment in this current atmosphere.

This guy is just opening up his own can of worms and the Dems are ready for THIS conversation. Mr. 100 years!

Lets see…what could we talk about with Iran….The possiblity of peace in the middle east, prevention of nuclear war, fighting extremists…oil prices…the list goes on. You are a moron.

“…I will make this an issue with Senator Obama throughout this campaign, I believe in peace through strength, and peace through strength is the way that we have succeeded in the past.”

This guy doesnt get it we arent in the past this is the future and we need a new angle…We are way too civilized a people to be killing and bombing countries because we dont agree with them or they dont agree with us….this is not the revolutionary war or WWII Mr. McSame….the time has come to act accordingly and that is peace through dialogue

To McCain & Bush:

We are not the bullies of the neighborhood and can't go around beating up on countries that don't think like us. The only wars that we can win is when the enemy can be easily identified. See the Iraq war if you need proof. We're one butt kicking away from losing everything this country stands for.

Wrong, wrong, wrong Mrs. Pelosi…again you are wrong. It is on the record of what the Hamas leaders have stated about the existance of Isreal and their promise to exterminate the Isreali state. I believe the US should stand by the Isrealis and if ANY candidate suggests sitting down and talking with a terrorist group over any issue, then that individual will NOT get my vote.

Way to go, Mr. McCain! You keep reminding the liberals that history WILL repeat itself if we negotiate before Hamas retracts their previous stand on Isreal. Get a life, Mrs. Pelosi! you are dead wrong on this issue.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer. Of course you need to talk with people you do not get along with. This is not grade school. This is foreign affairs with great problems if there is not a dialogue. We spoke with the USSR for all those years. Bush and McCain make zero sense.

LOL! John McCain keeps putting his foot deeper and deeper into his mouth. This should get very interesting. And poor Georgie Porgie is all the way over in Israel and has no idea the can of worms he has opened up–once again LOL!!! Great job West Virginia!

Impeach Obama '08!!

Perhaps someone should remind John McSame that governments don't negotiate with their friends - they negotiate with their enemies. It's called diplomacy and it's what you use to prevent wars and implement peace treaties and accords.

But, of course, diplomacy and statesmanship is something Republicans wouldn't know anything about.

Vote DEMOCRATIC this fall
Get these war mongers out!!!!!
Give Nancy the votes to bring these senseless war policies to an
END once and for all!!!!!
Dems in november!!!

I don't even know how Bush he calls him self a true christian while the bible said love your enemy.

JOHN " BUSH OLDMAN" McSAME,

IT IS YOU THAT WILL HAVE TO EXPLAIN TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE THE B.S. COMING OUT OF YOUR MOUTH.

JOHN THE FOOL, FOLLOWING BUSH THE BIGGER FOOL.

John McCain. We can't do this for another four years. It's easy for McCain to see what it'll look like in four years if he were President. It's just a continuation of today, just higher number of war deaths, higher gas prices, more poverty.

We'll all probably need to drink more beer just to cope, which of course will help his wife's finances.

If the president of Iran could come and talk nonsense at COlumbia University how come President Obama cannot talk to him and possible talk sense into him??? How is that bad…I hope this is one of the main points they bring up in the general election and I hope Obama strategically makes this guy McShame look like the olld fool that he is

"…I believe in peace through strength, and peace through strength is the way that we have succeeded in the past.” —Just like a schoolhouse bully. Is this the sort of ethical leadeship John McCain proposes? America will not be the leader of the future by going around beating up or threatening to beat up all who do not bend to our will. If this is to be or policy, eventually we will suffer the fall of every schoolhouse bully. I'm all for strength. I'm for wisdom more.