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This is exactly why the republicans are going DOWN one by one
three seats lost already because of their *DIRTY* politics play book
Americans are sick and tired of it!!!!
Bush and MCCain are part of the dirty politics Americans want *gone*
Bush and cheney should have been charged with war crimes long ago.Bush made terrorism 10 times worse and has only himself to blame for that!!
Senator Obama is a refreshing *change*
not one of us is perfect and niether is Senator Obama but he is a
man of integrity and thats one quality the republicans sadly lack!!
Obama 08

All we hear is change, change, change. How about solution, solution, solution. Okay change is great but what is your solution, seriously?

It sounds like someone is trying to sell us, the citizens a Ford Pinto. You can talk to the talk, but can you walk the walk? Experience counts. Instead of the I'm better than you crap, you see that in high school.

My take is Bush was referring to another president, Jimmy Carter, who had just recently undertook to negotiate with the terrorists Hamas and who was snubbed by the Israeli leadership. But guilty minds can read things anyway they want.

Just shows that something funny happens to Obama when Clinton is around, she spooks him...and others too. He's strong confident when she's not around, just the way I like him. However, it does prove Hillary's steely mettle.

*SMACK*

I wonder why all the Obama haters comments seem to be written by people with the intelligence of a 10 year old. name calling and childish comments. What's your problem, you got something against smart intelligent people? Sorry you were born a retard, but that's not Obama's fault. Blame it on your parents for in breeding. red neck hicks. What, say something!

I would like to personnally thank GWB for making Obama look like the most brilliant foriegn policy since Sam Nunn. He also made Obama look strong, presidential and measured in his approach to the complicated middle eastern problems.

I guess that is payback to McCain for being the Republican pain in Bush's $$$ during his eight years.

This is just too good to watch.

A "real American" obviously has no capacity to think for himself (herself), like so many Bush A#$ kissing Orwellian sheep.

In any event, January 20, 2009 will hopefully be a day of celebration of the end of this eight year long horrendous nightmare.

I haven't seen any problem on Bush's statement. He just read what has been written for him. Who is to be blamed, the articulator or the reader.

I doubt he has a confidence to speak from his own. Thanks to all talk show hosts, he completly lost his mind nowadays.

Please, at least he is President of the United States Of America. The one and Only nation in the universe.

And Foxnews gets slammed for attracting right wing nuts. It's good to see the screeching left has a forum. I have read all sorts of democratic party talking points, name calling, unsubstantiated accusations, but very little logical debate.

Interesting, but not enough to keep reading. Save your shots at me. I won't be hear to read them. I'm going where people "think" then talk.

Does anybody know who writes this crap for W. They shouldn't have given him words with too many sylables. Sounded like he said a piece of me, instead of appeasement. At least Obama has a better command of the English language.George Bush makes all of us look stupid.

Bush was drunk and McCain forgot to take all of his pills, or maybe Cindy took them. What a couple of old creeps.

The fact is that Bush never once mentioned Obama's name during the course of his speech. Why would Obama be upset unless he knows exactly what he said in the debate with Clinton would come back to haunt him. He was wrong then and he is wrong now. If a person feels strongly about what they said then they should have nothing to worry about. He has plenty to answer for, he needs to tell us why his campaign won't release Michele's thesis from Princeton until the day after the general election. They have a lot of gall asking Cindy McCain to release her tax returns.

Let them know who you are, Obama!

No more "Obama 08" or "Hillary 08"

From now on it needs to be:

DEMOCRATS 08

I'd like to add that violence has never solved anything and hate begets hate. The only way to move past this is to talk and negotiate past our differences. Only Obama, the Democrats, Independents and level-headed Republicans (I.E. Colin Powell, Chuck Hagel) will do that. McCain and the majority of the Republican establishment has no clue.

PEOPLE IT IS BEYOND TIME TO GROW UP.AS A COUNTRY WE HAVE ACCEPTED TO SOME OF THE MOST UNACCEPTIBLE BEHAVIOR FROM POLITICIANS.IF WE CANNOT HAVE DIPLOMACY WITH ANYONE THEN WHAT HAVE WE GOT FOR OPTIONS ONLY ONE.PEACE IS A STATE OF MIND YOU HAVE TO AS A LEADER OF THE FREE WORLD EXHAUST ALL OPTIONS BEFORE WAR.WAR REQUIRES LOST OF LIFE WHICH CREATES BITTERNESS.TIME TO TASTE THE SWEETNESS OF PEACE.AND SWEETIE IN THE SOUTH IS A TERM OF ENDEARMENT WE JUST GOTTA GROW UP FAST.

Although Obama may not have the foreign policy experience that so meny people refer to, I believe that he has the aptitude and the attitude to negotiate in good faith. It is better to have limited good experience than extensive failed experience.

The Bush Administration has united America, not into a "silent majority," but a "SILENCED" Majority! Time to back our government!

a REAL American:

For your information, some of the Washington Insiders admitted it was directed at Obama. And McCain was explicitly talking about Obama.

Either way, Bush was wrong to play politics like this in a foreign country. He overstepped his bounds.

But what did we expect from someone of his caliber? That's like expecting Larry the Cable Guy to perform brain surgery!

How many Bushes and McCains would it take to match one Obama in a battle of wits?

RE: Darth Vadik, CA May 16th, 2008 1:15 pm ET
God I hope Attorney General John Edwards investigates these bastar*s and throws them in jail, McCain too, he's as guilty as all the other crazy Republicans.

I guess the ignorant follow the ignorant should we also throw all the Democrats who voted for the Iraq War in jail too, here is a list for you:

Grouped By Vote Position – YEAs

Baucus (D-MT)
Bayh (D-IN)
Biden (D-DE)
Breaux (D-LA)
Cantwell (D-WA)
Carnahan (D-MO)
Carper (D-DE)
Cleland (D-GA)
Clinton (D-NY)
Daschle (D-SD)
Dodd (D-CT)
Dorgan (D-ND)
Edwards (D-NC)
Feinstein (D-CA)
Harkin (D-IA)
Hollings (D-SC)
Johnson (D-SD)
Kerry (D-MA)
Kohl (D-WI)
Landrieu (D-LA)
Lieberman (D-CT)
Lincoln (D-AR)
Miller (D-GA)
Nelson (D-FL)
Nelson (D-NE)
Reid (D-NV)
Rockefeller (D-WV)
Schumer (D-NY)
Torricelli (D-NJ)

Hindsight is always a great way to lead the country. Obama won't be able to just vote "present" if he is in the White House

Neutral, how can you be so delusioned??

Senator Obama did well. Some of it was off the cuff. He is obviously superior to Bush in non scripted remarks and probably better than McCain. I wish Obama had done a little better to be honest. It is an absolute joke that the White House press secretary, Perino, denied these remarks were directed at Obama. Who were they directed at? Gates? Don't fall for these lies in '08.

Finally, a front-running Democrat who calls McCain and Bush on their strategy of lies and smear tactics. Finally a front-running Democrat who puts the focus back where it belongs: Bush and now his clone McCain have too long been allowed to ignored the fact that the Republicans didn't go after their first demon bin Laden (because he's not hiding in a country with vast oil reserves?)– in favor of destroying the lives of over 8 million Iraqis and several thousand American soldiers.

Soon, I hope, Sen. Obama will remind us that 14 of the 17 9/11 terrorists were Saudis and the other 3 were from Yemen and Egypt! NO Iraqis.

Here's the winning strategy for McCain:

1. Pick Huckabee as VP, and put him on the road in the old Confederate states and rust-belt states. His theme song will be Onward Christian Solders. His issues will be moral decency, making child molesting a federal crime. The forces of light attacking the forces of darkness.

2. There is a lot of racial anger in the South and Midwest. If Obama is the nominee, the Republicans need to make Obama's minister the center of conversation. They are already running hate ads asking local Democrats to repudiate Obama or explain why they hate America too.

3. Obama has a wife who speaks her mind – a fatal flaw. Run ads over and over of her saying something critical of America. Put lots of flags and eagles in the background as the announcer says, "Are you for Mrs. Obama or are you for America. It will make Black people angry, but they're going to vote 80% for Obama anyway.

4. Have some off-the-record chats with oil companies. Persuade them to lower prices until November 10th or so. They can make the money back later.

5. Get out the libertarian drum and start beating it: "Free Market vs Socialism" Vote Democrat and you will no longer be able to choose your own doctor, your child's teacher will be gay, homosexual marriage, etc. etc.

6. Get sponsors to whip talk-radio into line. Make them all mouth the Republican talking points exclusively for six months.

Americans usually respond very positively to a campaign like this. Republicans all know the script, so they know their parts. Democrats will waver, waffle, and meander, terrified that they will say something controversial.

I will be voting for the Democrat, since no Liberal (read, Harry Truman) is in the race. A Democrat in office is better than nothing. A Republican in office is worse.

I think it is "laughable" that some people think the only way to negotiate is through bombing and war, like the Bush Admin and the Republicans think. The current US policy is no more thatn the big bully policy. Obama offers to talk through peaceful and diplomatic means only, with war being a last resort only. Why does the US government see fit to stick their nose in whatever they see fit in the name of American interests.

Obama ,

If we build forts in Iraq we can control Iran without even talking to Iran.

Neutral you are what they call a sick puppy. i shouldn't insult the puppy AH

Neutral May 16th, 2008 1:18 pm ET

Obambi, it is YOU who has a LOT to answer for. How's your bundlers like Oil Executives, subprime lenders and your THREE LOBBYISTS actively working in YOUR campaign and IN YOUR PAYROLL?

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Didn't Maggie Williams – Clinton's campaign manager – make over 6 figures last year sitting on the board of a sub-prime lender in NY?

How about you like/dislike people based on the issues, because you seem to be full of crap.

obama is just scared because he dont want american people to find out the truth about him and his involvment with terrorist leaders and him being a muslim him self so he try to play mind games with american people so he can win and destroy america and the white house !!!!!!!!!

Oh poor Obama,
Are they all being mean to you again? Did your 2 years in the Senate not give you enough experience in dealing with criticism? Poor you.
Well don't worry, go over to Iran and wow the President with your rhetorical nonsense about change. It works great on Democrats; why wouldn't it work on genocidal maniacs?
Good luck trying to get out of debate with McCain like you have with Hillary. It's a great plan, if I didn't have anything to say I'd wouldn't debate either.

"You may not like Mr Bush, but he is very smart"

Anything you say loses all credibility after making that statement.

" May 16th, 2008 1:12 pm ET

Come on everybody and unite with the Obama Campaign!

Hate Hate Hate 2008
Hate Hate Hate 2008
Hate Hate Hate 2008

Hate Hillary
Hate McCain

Hate Hate Hate

Obama '08"

Well spoken! Promote hate! Obama the Great Uniter leads a party whose supporters want everyone to unite behind Obam than put Hilary Clinton on their hate list! Incredible. Although the media would have you believe otherwise, the gap between Hillary and Obama in numbers is not that great. Hillary has a lot of supporters and if we don't get behind Obama he has no chance. Posters like you alienate us more. I don't want to unite with the likes of you

YOU LIBERALS ARE NUTS! Obama and you libs think that you can convince a person who is willing to strap a bomb to himself/herself and walk into a crowd of innocent men, women, and children.

If that's what you think, you're just as CRAZY as those who strap on the bombs. That was the point that Bush was making. How can you possibly disagree?

go hillary i love you! like i love big dick in my mouth. oh yes!!!

Hey Eric, go ahead and sit this one out,we can do this without YOU !!!!!!!!

Give me a break! Those of you who criticize Obama for having a lack of foreign policy experience should remember that Bush had never even traveled out of the country before becoming president! I know 10 year olds who have a better grasp of the world than this President. If we elect someone like Obama, who uses words with more than 1 or 2 syllables, we will have made a leap in our leadership. And it sickens me that people who support Hillary would actually rather vote for a third Bush term then support someone whose policies will be almost in-line with Hillary's. In my book, anyone who supports Hillary and then decides to not support Obama should he get the nomination, is almost certainly a racist. If you're not a racist than you are certainly not voting on substance. What is it? If not Hillary, someone else who looks older and experienced? Give me a break. I guess if Obama dyes his hair grey you would vote for him? Maybe so if you're that dumb. In the end I look at how, before we went to Iraq, we had a mission to find bin Laden. then what happened? Bush decided to murder 5000 more Americans in Iraq. As I said before, a 10 year old would tell you that if bin Laden attacks us you... drumroll please.... GET BIN LADEN. Only an idiot takes out his problems on others who did not cause them to begin with. That's like someone hitting me and me turning around and punching someone else. Makes no sense. Please do not criticize Obama's foreign policy when what we have now has got to be the worst foreign policy ever, perpetrated by one of the stupidest Presidents this country, or the world, could have ever elected. You know why we don't sit down and negotiate with our enemies, because Bush cannot be taken seriously. McCain may talk a bit more intelligently, but then again, he would rather have another 5000 Americans killed in a war we should have never started in the first place. I choose intelligence, I choose thought and consideration, I choose common sense, and I choose a human being. Obama. The end.

America, I will put it this way, VOTE YOUR INTERESTS!! The Republican party has made a living by bringing up issues that have no relevance to a campaign, RELIGION, GAY MARRIAGE, ABORTION, but the biggest one is FEAR. Don't let this happen, all accross the country in 04 people voted for Bush because of these issues and now the same people are paying $4 a gallon for gas, losing there jobs to other countries, having their homes forclosed on them, we have a 9 trillion dollar defecit in this country, so please people wake up and VOTE YOUR INTERESTS. As for these comments thank you G.W. you are now pulling our party together to Unite behind Obama, thank you.

Peace is not in the vocabulary of Bush or McCain. What Obama need to do is pressure Mr. McCain on where Osama Bin Laden is? They -Bush and McCain – can talk tough all they want to, but they have nothing to show for when Osama Bin laden and al queda is at their strongest. Bush never won the war that never should have been started. He is a failure and McCain running on a failed policy of the past 7 years. There is alot of questions that remain unanswered that we as American people deserve to know and make the republicans accountable for their failures at the taxpayers' expense.

Obama is right on track. Go get them, Barrack!! Stick to your guns.

The problem with talkng is one side normally doesnt want to talk. Remember their values are not our values.

Trust me none of these people value human life or any kind of individual rights.

Talking with them is a waste of time.

It makes sense that we talk to Iran and others. Not that I am defending Iran, but it is only natural that people might want to protect themselves when a superpower like USA invade their neighbor's country. Why wouldn't Iran think we won't do to them what we did to Iraq. We had no real justification for invading Iraq. It's understandable that a country would want to protect themselves.

NO DRAMA!!! NO OBAMA!!!

Hey, Neomi in los angeles – "Peace can ONLY be achieved through talking. Period."? Yeah, that really worked during the second world war. It's really worked in the middle east. Yeah, Margaret Thatcher got the Falkland Islands back by wagging her jaw. The history of peace is the history of blood. Peace can ONLY be achieved through killing our enemies before they kill us. Period.

After Bush and Cheney are out of office, several Countries will go after them for War Crimes and will go down as the most arrogant , Greedy and Stupid Pres. & VP in the history of the U.S. I will support the Countries that bring charges against them. Talk about international Criminals.

This is silly. Iran wants to kill us. If you meet them make sure you watch your back.

British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain met with and signed a paper with Hitler agreeing peace just months before Hitler Invaded Poland.

Yeah meetings really help amybe you can bring him some M&M's.

Noemi in La ,

That is exactly what appeasement is. Talk is why we didn't stop Hitler when he entered Poland. Talk is why we were stuck in the clod war for 20 some years. Learn some history before you post crap like that .

Neutral is a clown.

Whooooo!!! The Obama hating sissies are out in full force. Sounds like they need to be burped then given their naps.

A lot of these comments show just how polarized this country is which is not productive and doesn't create much hope for change.

However, there is NO hope for change without the effort to make it happen. Such is the case with Obama's interest in meeting with our enemies. I don't think he plans to "negotiate," but talking face-to-face in an attempt to change the present course is still better than pontificating from a distance and accomplishing nothing.

Obama is smart. He seems to be cool under fire. He isn't fond of incidiary rhetroric. He doesn't have a "cowboy" mentality. He may fail, but it won't be because he was afraid to do something different than that which has failed in the past.

As an Independent, I would like to make the following points and anyone who wants to say something to my points please do so intellectually rather than swearing or calling names and do so point by point.

1. If you are interviewing some one for the Job, would you select on basis experience or basis of what he or she has plans for the future?
Answer: If you want a proven record then you would pick experience as you know experience cannot be achieved in the future.

2. If you are interviewing some one for the Job, Would you select some one who stood firm in times of trials and tribulations or some one who plans to stand firm in times of trials and tribulations?
Answer: I would select some one who stood firm and shown character.

This Obama guy should answer for the gang killings in Chicago he does nothing about. Home town hero thet he is! It is safer in Iraq! Obama and the rest of the Dimocrats should answer for $5.00 gasoline along with their veto of ANWR! Pay for it you idiots!

Bush-McCain 0 Obama 3. Good for him. I love how Obama is getting the Repblicans to scramble to make any sort of argument that Bush is a smart, strong leader, but make no case to say this country is better off after 8 years of the moron. The republican policy is wrong, their support of this president is wrong, and as we saw in Mississippi, the people of this country are not going to take it anymore. Republicans GET OUT and give us back our country.

The Democrats are playing right into the hands of the Republicans on this one. Defense of Israel is a very important issue for Jewish voters in the U.S. Any hint of appeasement in the Middle East, whether justified or not , wil raise the hackles of American Jews. Obama has been set up like a bowling pin and he's thrown another gutter ball.

It's amazing how a President with the lowest approval rating of any President that I've known a President who's done nothing for our economy, nothing to help our people here, nothing as far as trying to bring our troops home and most of all nothing to help our depleting relationships with other countries caused by his stay in office.
We really need a new beginning and continuing to follow that same path we are on with President Bush is not the answer.
No matter what anyone thinks I believe Obama or Clinton will do a much better job then the current fool we have in office right now.

Selfish desires empowers the ego and that creates arrogance and misuse of power which delivers its product of war.

We are tired of the politics of war, it is not helping, it is demeaning us.
Lets us starts the politics of peace and reconciliation. We cannot do this without coming together as one people; to reach compromises, to share and appreciate our humanity.
President Bush, please give peace a chance in our troubled world.
I strongly support Obama’s principle on this.

@BJ :"David Axelrod of Obama's campaign will now have to use a lot of their campaign funds to hire all the writers from tv's "Boston Legal" to write his speeches and have prepared responses for Obama, to counter the Republican attacks."

McSame reads from a teleprompter and can't even do that well. And it doesn't take much to counter the Republican attacks because there is nothing that they can say that compares to the mess that they have created in the past 8 years.

It took Two days for Mr Obama to condemn Bush’s comments. Where were you? Is your script writers are not ready for you to answer? It shows this guys lack of experience. If he becomes president, we just have to pray god and live here…..we don’t know where we are going…..

Get Hillary guy! she knows how to screw and get it done.

History has informed us that only sticks and carrots will cause rogue nations to give up nuclear weapons research. Examples include North Korea and Lybia. I'm certain Iran is a perfect fit in this category. the US military is over stretched and both McCain and Iran's ahmadejad are aware of that. The question is how best to deal with Iran. I say Obama is right. Have a tough talk with them while you strengthen and regroup your military by withdrawing from Iraq.

Jim................"Bush is smart"??????? What planet are you from.."Smart" is not a word I would equate with Bush at ANY time.

Obama is quick to point fingers at others for needing to answer and clarify certain policies............I suggest he answer is own proposition of talking to such dictators as the Iranian president. Obama insist as presidents, he will talk to the Iranian president without pre-condidtions but with preparations....what does that mean? Considering the Iranian president have said that he wants to wipe Israel off the face of the earth can they are corpes in the middle east....what exactly is Obama planning as his coversations with the Iranian governement? Appears that Obama is the one that have created over-inflated rehorics that has little specifics. And so who is more cleared on their positions? and who needs to clarify and answer? Is it Mccain who has made it clear that he will not talk to terrorists without pre-conditions or who have vowed to kill all people of a nation? or is it Obama who have said he will talk with terrorist with preparations but haven't said what that means and how that differ to pre-conditions.....nor has he provide specifics to what exactly the objectives are along with the strategy and goals of a non-preconditioned talk with terrorists. Give me a break! No spin can hide the overwhelming inexperience that Obama has shown on foreign policy....this is scary stuff!

Seems to me that Bush should hold his tongue when comparing others to "Nazi appeasers," considering the fact that that's how his Grandfather made a lot of his fortune. Bush was not born with a silver spoon in his mouth, but a gold one, and it was likely forged from the fillings of Holocaust victims.

Obama is very capable of holding a debate with both Bush and McSame present and he would literally crush them on the issues. Barack Hussain Obama is a real world leader who can literally relate to everyone on this planet. He is a diverse figure who will be able to sit down and deal with Iran and the Saudi's. He will end turmoil in the middle east and he will be the greatest president who ever lived.

Hallelujah Barack, praise the Lord, Shabach!

Man this is getting good. Its going to be fun to see Obama lose it when they play his comments in the debate over and over about how he will meet with Iran with no pre conditions.
I cant wait to hear McSane and nut job Bust's come back on this.

Hey Greg in NY – I am a loyal Dem, will vote (and give money) for Obama and I watch (and read!) the news. I ALSO watch "America's Next Top Model." Show some luv to Ms. Tyra and the girls. It's a guilty pleasure, I admit.

American Midol, on the other hand...you can dis that all you want.

People living in America have no idea how much we are disliked around the world. It wasn't always like this, we used to be the nation other countries looked to for leadership, but since Bush came along people have no respect for us anymore. And it will be the same with McCain. What a shame.
However I do have hope in Obama, I believe he can bring about the change we need, it is time to go in a new direction.

Go Obama !!

Go Barack! Finally someone asking the ultimate question, why hasn't the US found, tried and hung Osama bin Laden? The US put Saddam Hussein and his sons and other followers to death for what? Bush/Cheney killed Saddam in the name of greed, not terrorism. The tragic events of 9/11 and the lost lives were used as a diversion to go after Saddam. If we concentrated our military effots on Afghanistan bin Laden would be dead. As long as bin Laden is alive, the Republicans can continue to use him to put fear into Americans.

God forbid anyone say anything negative about the "Chosen One". They should all be shot. I cant believe it but I actually agree with Bush on this one. Obama is just too inexperienced to be President. He needs to wait a few years and develop bc now it would be scary to have him as our president.

Any grown man who will not look their enemy in the eye is a COWARD.

The leaders of the current administration can pretend to be "tough" all they want, but when you really think about it they are actually a bunch of cowards.

1988 – US gov't under Reagan sells arms to Iran and the higher ups like Oliver North were indicted.

"Mr. Shultz reiterated that the United States continues to have indirect talks with Iran through third countries. "And we're certainly prepared for direct talks if the setting is right," he said. " NY Times, 1988

Republicans either don't know their history are don't care – Americans have always confronted their allies wtih measures other than outright war. And mostly to good effect.

War should always be only a last resort, when ALL ELSE fails. we haven't tried the ALL ELSE yet. Iran is stronger than it has been because of BUSH/CHENEY. And McCain agrees with their ways of doing things. Can we expect a different outcome if McCain gets in?

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George Bush is an idiot. Could I have said it more eloquently? Maybe. But I'm too tired to phrase my words with more style. I'm too tired of us spending 16 billion dollars a month in Iraq. I'm too tired of people dying. George Bush is an idiot.

Neutral – you sound so neutral.

shrub will do anything to keep the war drums pounding as GOD implores HIm to.It will be a national day of relief when hes finaly gone.

Neutral:
Sure, 60% of Dem voters are women – That doesn't mean that 100% of those women are naive enough to vote solely based on gender. Hillary is caustic, offensive, untrustworthy. It's a real shame that she was the first female presidential candidate.

To: a REAL American
You really think he wasn't talking about Obama or the Democrats?

You dillusional Bush and McCain supporters kill me!!
After 8 years you guys still believe this man and the GOP are the next best thing since slice bread!!!
This man has pretty muched turned the entire World against the United States yet you guys support this idiot and you want to put another idiot in after he leaves!!!

There is a article where it's written that McCain's codename while he was "captive" was "songbird". Why songbird? Because of his willingness to tell all to avoid torture. A former Vietnam veteran with top secret clearance says he has personally spoken to numerous POW's who dispute John McCain's claim that he refused to provide information after he was captured and tortured in Hanoi. Jack McLamb served nine years in secret operations in Cambodia and other nations before going on to become one of the most highly decorated police officer's in Phoenix history, winning police officer of the year twice before taking a role as a hostage negotiator for the FBI.
"I know a lot of Vietnam veterans and a few POW's and all the POW's that I've talked to over the years say that John McCain is a lying skunk," McLamb told the Alex Jones Show.

And you still want him to be president?

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George Bush is an idiot. Could I have said it more eloquently? Maybe. But I'm too tired to phrase my words with more style. I'm too tired of us spending 16 billion dollars a month in Iraq. I'm too tired of people dying. George Bush is an idiot.

i totally support barack obama because i am gay and want to get marry with my boyfriend and i love him go obama

'Neutral'??? Hardly. Why don't you change your handle to 'Delusional'. – and find a blog more suited to your ilk...This one's taken. GO OBAMA – Straight to the White House!

Why hasn't the MSM picked up Biden's remarks about President Bush sending him to speak to Qadaffi? And why does the current president address Kim Jong il as "Dear Mr Chairman"? Is that not appeasement? North Korea has the technology to make WMDs. They are far more dangerous and yet it's "Dear Mr. Chairman". In Senator Biden's words "Bull***t!"

Mccain will never make it to the White House without a formal invitation from PRESIDENT OBAMA. The GOP is done for good.

noemi in los angeles-

Peace through superior firepower!

George Bush is an idiot. Could I have said it more eloquently? Maybe. But I'm too tired to phrase my words with more style. I'm too tired of us spending 16 billion dollars a month in Iraq. I'm too tired of people dying. George Bush is an idiot.

Hillary will be the best President for the country. Obama pack up and go its time.

What Bush/Mcain mentioned is truth and reality. Truth hurts. Obama cannot manage the country against terriost threats.

He cannot face a debate against Hillary how will he face the heat in the White house. If Demo want to win this time. Hillary Should /Must be the nominee. DNC will go down the drain Dean will be gone. Republics will come back to power if Obama is the nominee.

Good luck Dean and ur DNC rules and Superdelegates who do not have brains.....

I GUARANTEE McCain will show his true colors soon, especially in a debate. He is guaranteed to lose his cool...then watch the sparks fly. Just wait America he is just as phoney and war mongering as GWB!

The bible clearly states: THE FIRST SHALL BE LAST AND THE LAST SHALL BE FIRST! Argue with that. Go Obama!

hahahaha
Mcain gives a nice speech to distance himself from Bush, then Marries him in a heartbeat. You know.. Cos, Mcain is like the king of flip flop. Appease everyone to get elected, is the Mcain motto.

The general is gonna rock! And watch out for more new voters. OH OH!

Hamas has not changed its position on any issue.
But John McCain changes his positions to suite the current political climate.

McCain is a people pleaser, willing to say anything to win.
He should change his slogan from Straight talk express to FLIP-FLOP EXPRESS

The GOP knows very well Bush has made a mess of the economy, in Iraq, and our current healthcare is broken. So their plan was to focus on Rev. Wright's comments against all Democrats.

But......
Now that the GOP has lost 3 important elections to the democrats, in Republican’s “strongholds” by using Obama’s former pastors comments as attacks, against Democrats, what are they going to do in November? ...... talk about the economy ? ........Iraq?.....or Healthcare? They can't !!!

Americans are maturing politically, and GOP should the prepared to face the issues instead of hiding behind useless attack ads.

The hipocracy of Bush-Macain failed diplomacy is coming to light. They know that Obama has common sense foreign policy and they are using their fear mongring rhetoric that shapes their policy to acuse him of the same thing they are advocating behind the seen. I an glad this is a CHANGE election.

these people are so threatened by Obama. Picking on him for every little thing and working into a big thing. Now even a President, what right does he have to even say anything? Look at the situation we're in right now, thanks to Bush, not Obama. I mean are the republicans blind, they really just need to sit down and be quiet. Let the democrats fix this mess were in, and we really don't need any help from them, thanks.

Thanks Senator Obama for getting right on it and not letting the two buffons get away with trying saying things which are not true. One word of advice for Senator Obama. When you debate John McCain make sure you have security on stage. Surely he will get angry and stand on a foot stool and try to smack you.

Man.. you Hillary supporters are down right nasty. It's like those jerks who still wave the confederate flag and scream "The South will rise again". It's over... she's lost. If you want to be pissed off and use it as an excuse to jump parties than be my guest. It'll be blood on your hands come this time next year when the body count overseas is closer to 6,000.

Obama is my no means a perfect or greatly experienced politician. He's the opposite.. any everyman who still shops at Target. There was another politician from Illinois once upon a time who didn't hold very many public offices before his presidency and he's considered the greatest leader this country has ever had! If I could only remember his name...

This debate, like so many others, highlights the fact that sincere compromise is drastically needed. The rhetoric has grown to the point that nothing can be settled unless someone is willing to listen with an open mind. Even our own country is in deadlock over people taking extreme positions and stubbornly refusing to yield an inch. Is this the vision you have of a great nation? It's not mine!

Which is it John, stuck in Iraq for 5 or 99 years? When will draft dodging Cheney send his family?? We know the Cheneys and Bush's won't be stuck in Iraq.

Good response from Obama. If you are claiming that President Bush's comments weren't directed at Obama, then you aren't keeping up with the story. Senator McCain certainly believed they were and then said he agreed.

Senator Obama had to respond. One of the greatest criticisms of Vice President Gore and Senator Kerry was that they didn't push back when these types of attacks were made on them. They weren't decisive enough, and they didn't look tough. Senator Obama is not letting that happen.

This whole "he had to wait for his speech writers bit" is nonsense. He doesn't need to call a press conference every time he has something to say. He had an event scheduled in South Dakota today. The press was going to be there. That was as good a time as any to address the issue.

Give me a man that is willing to try diplomacy over a politician that is quick to make bad judgments using faulty data or the man that sings about "bomb, bomb, bomb...bomb, bomb Iran" any day.

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John McCain has defended this nation and paid a very high personal price for it(Hanoi Hilton). What does Senator McCain have to answer for regarding the war in Iraq that Senators Clinton and Obama don't have to answer?

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Grow up, Obama! You have absolutely no idea how to conduct foreign affairs or deal with terrorists. You are a total novice.

You might play well with the "American Idol" crowd, but that has nothing to do with reality. Having you for president would be like having a first year medical student doing brain surgery.

If you are the nominee, my vote will have to go to McCain....as will the votes of several of my Democratic friends.

Hillary or McCain – 2008

McCain and Bush don't stand a chance in debate with Obama on policy, foreign or otherwise. Barack is a brilliant mind and possesses leadership skills that neither McCain or Bush have or even can comprehend, Brute force does not solve the issues in play in the MIddle East.

My idea is this... we are fighting the fight for the bipartisan country that we live in. If that majority of Americans want out of the war- then work together to get out. Vietnam wasn't ended because the government decided it had enough time to play with helicopters, it ended because the public got TOGETHER and demanded that the troops come home.

This war is about oil. The countries that we are in now, as military, are countries that have been fighting the same way since the beginning, and nothing we can do will ever change that, they will be fighting that way for the next hundred years. We, as people have too high morals and sense of humanity to do what it would take to win a war like Iraq. We are not guerrilla warfare. We are better than that.

So if you really are looking at what politicians are saying to win the vote for nomination, do a little more research. This will be Americas next four years. Decide carefully. I don't want to bury more friends.

I'm tired of hearing how in-experienced Obama is. Doesn't anyone get it, that sound judgement, intelligence, ability to bring opposites together and morals are 10X's more important and if you served on a committee or in the military.

GO Obama!!!!! 08

I’ve never read as much nonsense in my life. I love that most of you believe that if we stay in our own little corner of the world, we can all live in peace with butterflies and rainbows. While we are dreaming, somehow we all deserve low gas prices and health care without paying huge taxes? I really don’t think that a President can control those issues.

Raphael TX,

you wrote
OBAMA STOP AVOIDING QUESTIONS AND START ANSWERING THEM. We are sick and tired of hearing your eloquent speeches of change with no direction of your own?

Go Hillary, if not Hillary Go McCain

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You really surprise me like anything. You don't even know who to support hillary or McCain– Your stand on voting somebody is not out of their credentials but your pure hatrade against Obama. God bless you!

Truly a Presidential stance and appearance. Love this man and believe that most of Clinton supporters will follow her lead and support him come November. That' reality my friends.

This is a true sign of a remarkable president; someone who can run a successful campaign, galvanize the American people to make a change, and take a strong negotiation stand on foreign policy. Sen. Obama will defeat Sen. McBush!

*Obama 08*

Should Obama be fortunate enough to win the primary and the general elections, I hope that he would have respect for the position. He continually called President Bush, George Bush. No matter if you believe he has done an OK or horrific job as President, He is still the President and should be acknowledged as such, no matter what the Gores of the world think. The title is about the position, which he has, not the man!

I cannot beleive how many misguided, gullible, ignorant, racist individuals there are remaining in this wonderful country of ours I've seen people like the late George Wallace see the errors of his ways & thinking and repent and repell the ignorant biased racist attitude that was once prevalent in our country.
My guy Senator Obama will win this election for President and we'll move forward as the most progressive nation in the world as we once where. We will be respected due to our President having the ability to speak and look people in the eye instead of lying "like a rug",

First get Obama elected.
Second get Bush/Cheney/Rice/Rumsfeld in shackles at the Hague.

Took 2 days to come up with THAT???

I can't wait for the debates, Obama will not have his writers to tell him what to say.

I along with Millions will be laughing; watching him trying to take back and/or "clarify" his remarkes the next day or 2 days later once his writers have a chance to fix his words.

All the McSame and McBush will stop once people realize that he is vastly diffrent from Bush.

Silly Liberals.

Obama is just trying to grab a bit of media attention. He will get trounced in the fall with his lack of experience and weak minded liberal stances.

"HATE" is not the answer for anything. Go Hillary and/or Obama!

THE BUSH WAY HAS NOT WORKED $4.00 GAL GAS, MORE MILITIANS AND PEACE SEEMS FURTHER AWAY. HIGHEST TAXES WE HAVE EVER PAID, HIGHEST DEFICIT WE HAVE EVER HAD. MUST BE A BETTER WAY. ANY REFERENCE GEO BUSH MAKES ABOUT HITLER IS LOOK IN THE MIRROR.

Obama will win and then we will see what happens when the Al Queda bombs Israel and then bombs New York and Los Angeles and he does nothing to defend the country because he is talking peace.

The Democrats have been in control of the House and Senate for two years now. Why are we still in Iraq? Whose fault is it now?

Bush and McCain are showing their FEAR of losing by increasing their attacks on Obama.

And 'Neutral', if you think that McCain or W haven't rubbed elbows with lobbyists, THINK AGAIN. Hillary voters will ultimately vote Obama for President for one reason: They DO NOT want McCain.

National Security is nothing to play with people. Just remember 9/11 and how those two planes destroyed the peace in this country. We need to elect a strong Foreign Nations President. Wake Up and vote Hilliary for the DEmocratic Nomination, or we will be stuck with McCain.

I don't think Obama truely understands what he would be asking for in saying he would debate both McCain and Bush. First of all Obama has been in the senate less than 6 yrs and has absolutely no foreign policy experience. Secondly they repeated his comments that I have heard him make since he decided to run for president. It's funny that so many of you liberals think Bush is an idiot. History will tell how good or how bad of a president he is. "War-Mongerer"???? Did you forget that THEY attacked US?? I can hear you now. "Iraq didn't attack us!!!" Any regime that has ties to terrorism and wants the extinction of Isreal is a threat to us an our national security. I would rather be a "Warmonger" than a "Peace-Mongerer". How do you think peace is established? It's established and maintained through force alone. I know this probably won't get posted but I thought I would try anyway.

Obama is correct . . .what was that stupid joke McCain made about bombing Iran? Can you imagine if someone made a joke about bombing New York, London or Tel Aviv? There is NOTHING FASHIONABLE about bombing anybody!!! He should understand that.

For Obama's sake, I hope that he can keep his wife's comments under control.

Nevertheless, I would vote for either Obama or McCain before I would EVER vote for Hillary !

Right on Obama... anytime, anyplace you would blow both Bush and McCain out of the water... in fact, they know it and why they are mud slinging now... Bush has reliquished to school yard tatics of name calling – how unprofessional... no wonder other countries think we are a complete joke when we have a leader like Bush – I won't say he is completely worthless because he has managed to destroy everything good that America is – it will take years to recover from his reign of terror on US citizins and its global allies... get out Bush, you suck! Go back to the ranch and plow something... maybe there you won't send innocent people to their death...

Do you dems have no world view. The USA dose not negotiate with terrorists, get it through your heads.

So what did Obama say ? He called Bush and McCain names. Said that they need to answer for something he didn't specify. Obama also didn't say what they said that was wrong .

The truth is he has no idea what to do about Iran or Iraq. He lied about us supporting Iran. He also made McCain's point when he said he would negotiate with Iran.

Curious Barry is a girly man.

I agree with Obama that we should appease the terrorist. I think if we give the terrorist what they want they will leave us alone. I would not mind living in an Islamist state. Live is good for people in Iran. At least there would be no George Bush!

ERIC WHO Cares If you Stay Home this Election, You must be one of those low income, uneducated voters, the media keeps reminding us of.

Wow Is Bush still a president, i wish he could of act like one. What a shame. As a smart nation why do we have to have a idiot president?
Well can't wait till Obama come to power.

“[John McCain] talked about elevating the tone of debate in our country. He talked about reaching out in a bipartisan fashion to the other side. Then not an hour later he turned around and embraced George Bush's attack on Democrats.”

I know you're a big egomaniac right now, Obama, but just because McCain doesn't think you're not fit to protect the nation or even qualified to run it doesn't mean he doesn't want to reach out to Democrats; he just doesn't want to reach out to you.

If your brain does not work but your muscle does, you depend on the latter. If you are confident on your intelligence, your judgment, and your skill, you will not be shy to deal with rough leaders diplomatically. 'Diplomacy' stands for that.

It's getting hot !!!Can someone just convince HRC that she needs to get out of the picture so that we can start the real deal

Stupid Obamanation groupies make me want to laugh. Obama has no idea what he is doing or you don't sit down to tea with the enemy and change their minds after years of feeling angry and the American bullies! We need to stop being the world police and we don't need a rookie in the white house.

Bush-Mcsame foreign policy 10000000 years of Iraq war.

1000000000000 billions lost in war.

Lets have that debate

Obama 08

Wow, Obama is a potentially dangerous president. Hopefully, reality will strike if he becomes president. Then maybe he'll understand the world is not a textbook. It's not all roses and puppy dogs. Hopefully. Otherwise, we are all in trouble.

McCain is a lock to beat out little boy Obama. The naive thinking democrats sem to believe McCain is Bush and it will be a land-slide victory. McCain would struggle against Hillary but your typical democrat states will vote for McCain. Looks like we get another Republican for 8 years and we continue to dominate the liberal left!! We can all be happy we will have a president that won't raise taxes, isn't afraid of a strong military, won't turn our country into a socialist poverty pot and push capitalism and independence. Long live more freedoms and smaller gov't and shame on liberals wanting to take all our money and increase "hand-out" progrmas.
GO MCCAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I smell a lot of fear. Don't be afraid of change, embrace it! The status quo is finished. Go Obama! We need you more than ever...

Its time to expose Limbaugh for the subversive he is and get his sponsors the heave ho,just like they did to Imus.

I find it funny that people on this blog bash Obama for his "inexperienced" stance on diplomacy with foreign leaders.

I think it shows maturity and an acknowledgment of reality on the part of Obama.

What authority or experience do the people on this blog have to say it's a bad idea? These are the people that would love to bury and ignore these issues so someone else has to deal with them.

McCain will not talk with them but you bet he'd be content to blow them back to the stone age killing many innocent civilians in the process.

Obama 08

Obama won't win because white's won't vote for him, period. He's an elitist, racist, rookie politician.

It will be Hiliary or McCain in Jan '09. But GG for all the fanatical raving, it was entertaining.

Are you folks watching and listening? This has got to be the worst travesty in U.S. history that this man could possibly get elected as the President of the United States of America!

It's amazing how a President with the lowest approval rating of any President that I've know a President who's done nothing for our economy, nothing to help our people here, nothing as far as trying to bring our troops home and most of all nothing to help our depleting relationships with other countries caused by his stay in office.
We really need a new beginning and continuing to follow that same path we are on with President Bush is not the answer.
No matter what anyone thinks I believe Obama or Clinton will do a much better job then the current fool we have in office right now.

To Jim:

I've heard Bush called a lot of things, but SMART has never been one of them! We've never had a president who is more incapable of uttering an intelligent thought without a speech in hand. And he can't even make that sound intelligent!

The Republicans can no longer make any claims about having a superior foreign policy. We're not fooled, you had your shot and you blew it! Let's see some Change in Washington!

OBAMA 08!

PLEASE VOTE FOR THE DEMOCRATE , WE HAVE ENOUGH OF THE WARD , THE STRESS PLEASE, PLEASE ,PLEASE .

Obama takes too long to respond he has to wait for his worker bees to find the right words for him to spiel to the American people.

The man is unfortunately clueless and not experienced enough to run the county as President and McCain is just as bad.

Go Hillary...................

Who thinks that the U.S and Iran never talk since the Islamic Revolutions broke out? Get real people! Your politicians may want to make you believe that they do not talk at all to "States Sponsoring Terrorism" but the truth and nothing but the truth is that they talk to them behind closed door and even cooperate with them when necessary on matters of intelligence that are beneficial to their countries. Iran helped the US in the war and the defeat of the Taliban in Afganistan but not because they love America but because it is beneficial to their national security, people. They are the only strong Shia governement in that region and they feel threatened by all those Sunni governements around them. The US and a lot of "Terrorist States" do talk a lot when it is necessary and beneficial for both parties. The Bush administration was sending terrorists captured on the battle field or snatched in the street of foreign countries to Syria and other States sponsor of "Terrorism" to be "Interrogated". And this proves that they do not talk, hein? They are in bed together with "Rendition" without talking to each other? Grow up people and for how long are you going to be lied upon and duped by your politicians.

Mr/Ms Neutral:

What is your problem? Obama never attackedHillary. It is quite the other war around. Stop inventing excuses to hate someone. At least be creative in that.....

I would like to remind everyone that although Bush has been in Texas for awhile, he is NOT a real Texan. And we are NOT all that stupid. I love my state and the cowboy way... but this guy is a soft handed, headed dolt.

all hat ... no cattle

I would have preferred a populist to run for president, but I will settle for Obama... I hope he gets Edwards to be A.G. Hillary as Secretary of State, and Wesley Clark to look over the military and pentagon.....

And there has to be somewhere that Biden fits into our foreign affairs... he is smart and forthright

To those who say you should never talk to your enemies, perhaps you should take a course in history. Diplomacy was the only thing that saved the US from nuclear annihilation during the cold war and specifically during the Cuban Missle Crisis. The ability to call your enemy and talk them down from the perch is of supreme importance.

Neutral – You are truly a certified MORON...

The Liar-in-Chief said he gave up golf once the war started. Now it turns out he was golfin in the fall of that year. Boy, I'm sure the parents that lost their kids really feel your pain, Dumbya!

Bush and McCain are middle of the road Republicans – they are not anywhere near conservative except for a few issues – those of you calling them conservative are only showing your ignorance. Since obama is the most liberal senator in congress, he pretty much has no shot at winning. You liberals better pray Hillary wins your nomination because that's the only way the dems have a chance in the general election.

Just like last time, you all get worked into a frenzy thinking everyone hates Bush because you hate Bush and the media hates Bush. You think that makes it obvious that you can't lose the election. Get ready for another dose of disappointment. I only hope you don't continue down your divisive path like you have for the past 8 years.

The liberal spin machine (Biden, Obama etc) keeps distorting the truth and then accusing the republicans of being divisive. The liberal definition of bi-partisanship is for people to agree with them. I guess if you don't hold the same opinions a liberal, then you are divisive. Obama is a joke.

He speaks the truth!

Bush and other conservatives wish to DIVIDE us rather than UNITE us. McCain has flip-flopped on several issues due to pressure from the extreme right and I'm certain we'll see more of that as the presidential election nears.

So... CNN is Fox News for Democrats...

"Peace Can Only Be Achieved Through Talking."

bwwhhaahhaahhaa

Please please make this part of the Democratic platform, 'kay??

If you knew any history, you'd know that the ultimate goals of Adolf were not compatible with peaceful talks conducted by the ever-hopeful pacifist Chamberlain.
If you were paying attention, you'd know that Saddam was given plenty of diplomatic opportunities to abide by the UN resolutions.
If you had a clue, you'd know that Europe has been desperately trying to talk and persuade Iran for some years now, to give up the nuke development.

Holding hands and singing peace songs only works on the enlightened and rational, not thugs. Grow up.

They sure do have a lot to answer for, but who really wants to hear 4 more years of George Bush coming from McCain's mouth? Its time to turn the page. That was shameful of Bush/McCain to use Isreal and their celebration as a political agenda. Barack Obama is supported by Jewish people!

for the first time in the history of the USA we have a democrat running for the presidency – unopposed.

Good God JIM, I cannot believe you think BUSH is smart. That tells me how dumb you are along with the idiot we got for president. Thank you republicans for sinking the nation, well he stole the first election,we dont count that one, but then you go and vote for him again. OMG I cant believe you would even consider McCain. Keep it coming OBAMA, they will mess it up. Just remember, he is the decider, lol.

I see Obama as a Babe Ruth type who knows that he is up against an inexperienced pitcher and every pitch he throws will get hit out of the ball park. Keep throwing Bush/McCain I love waching home runs! I almost feel sorry for the Republican party but not really, they already had their chance and they blew it! Go Obama! Just a final note If people are offended 'Hussein' is his birth name then why aren't they upset that the name 'George' should only be used with great presidents!

Bush and McCain – They are such losers........ Oh and McCain is against Labeling Genetically Engineered food just like Bush is because they don't want us to know that 75% of food in the USA and Canada is genetically engineered to create slowly poison us with all those toxic chemicals... Oh yea, they are really protecting americans, I don't know how people can be so stupid to vote for these morons.
what have they done to to even educate people ? Ohhh yeah they allow Splenda , it's made from sugar so it tasts like sugar ?? It's made with Chlorine bleach !!!! How can people be so gullible ?? But yes, Bush and McGAYne, they are always on the side of big pharma and big corporations and we are supposed to trust these thugs ??

They claim to protect our people but always side with companies like Monsanto who Genetically engineers and poisons all of us with their growth hormones in our milk and poisoned corn so that Monsanto can spray more round up ready herbicie insecticeds and pesticed because the corn is genetically engineered to be resistant to that while the rest of us when we eat it get poisoned over time.. Yeah and Remember Ashcroft ?? He got most of his donations from Monsanto...Ohhh and the EPA, most of the big wigs on EPA were with Monsanto, hmmm any wonder why they haven't done anything good lately to help our environment lately ??? It's the Bush admininstration which give power to companies like this and you think I will vote for McCain to continue Loser Bush's path ??? Hellllll Nooooooooo..

Obama will win and I'm glad he lashed out at those 2 old losers....We need a younger person to run this country....

Georgie talking about "appeasement", isn't that what he did when the USA gave Saddam Hussein those WMD"S? He knew that Saddam had them, we gave them to him!!! Remember? And Georgie can't do anything to another country, he has to take Bagdad first! And this super power cannot do that! And do not blame the boys on the ground, these kids are super, our leaders are not worth a crap. So you had better talk, and keep talking, and keep talking. The world knows that we cannot take Bagdad, so you had better talk.

It really is refreshing to see all the educated Obama supporters bashing someone instead of Hillary. It truly amazes me how you all think you have all the answers. gosh you should run for office.

Neutral, wake up! Obama "attacked" (and I hesitate to use that word, because he has done nothing NEAR what Billary has done to him) Billary not because she is a woman; but because this is POLITICS. It's a tough game; and if a candidate or a candidate's supporter can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen. You're beginning to see the strength that Obama has as he blasts the Repugs; he showed great reservation (and continues to) towards Billary. Oh, and by the way, I'm a woman. I've been a strong supporter of Obama from the get go; and have never liked Billary because of her tactics and her divisiveness. To follow the "women must vote for the woman candidate" ideaology is absurd. People, not just women, should vote for who they feel is the best person to lead our contry in the direction that it needs to go (in the total OPPOSITE direction that we're headed right now, btw); and from what I've seen, read and heard (including her "White House years"), Billary is NOT that person.

Leadership is a journey of discovery. It is the expression of a person at his or her best whose aim is to transform something for the better and to develop this potential in others. It is not a solitary pursuit but one that harnesses the energy of those around you. let's get on the OBAMA wagon...

Obama 2008 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Senator Obama has a lot to answer for too, since we do not really know who he is and where he really stands in terms of immigration, health care, guns, gay marriages, energy, etc...

While in the Illinois legislature, he voted ‘Present’ too many times on
tough issues rather than take a firm stand of YES or NO on them.

This is Obama's Achilles' heel...he's stuck on this one and won't be able to convince the American peeps that being the nice guy with Iran is the right approach.

To quote Patton, "All real Americans love to fight."

Bottom line...McCain is too old, sorry he has health issues also , we need a younger president who knows how to bring up our economy as well as get the heck out of iraq and broker more friends in that region so oil will go down... They are squeezing us out yet we pretend that it's not so. That region feels there are more ways to kill a mocking bird, we have to figure out there are diplomatic ways to get oil, and waging war is not one of them. We need to bring troops home and shore up our own borders, and improve our own infrastructure. 911 happened on the republicans watch, now it is time for them to step down.

October '07 Iran said that the nuke program was not up for negotiation. Who is Obama going to "negotiate" with and other than appeasement what is he going to bring to the table that Iran wants?

To all you " if not Hillary , McCain" people

Listen to Hillary Clinton when she says voting for McCain would be a mistake. It's more important for the country to defeat the Republicans.
There is little or no difference between the platforms of HRC and BO.
So don't be spiteful with your vote-it's not what the democratic party wants or needs.

It's time to stop the ugliness in this discourse. And CNN, you should do a better job filtering out blatant hate speech(from all sides) from these comments.

Peace through surrender is the only answer. Or to steal a saying, "If you eat with the Devil have a long handled spoon."!!!

Maybe, finally, intelligence and honesty will win the day, instead of the fear and lies that have been perpetuated by the recent neoconservative leadership. W.'s statements were full of projections without logical backing; it was designed to scare voters away from the facts, and ultimately it seems, away from the truth, and McCain jumped on the bandwagon. Not this time!

Can anyone really believe that some moron wrote a comment that begins, "You may not like Mr Bush, but he is very smart." and apparently with a straight face? I cannot believe that there are people who exist who actually believe that. George Bush makes many chimpanzees look staggeringly brilliant. For instance, many of them have a better comprehension of language than he does. He is a evoloutionary regression, wait maybe he's just self-aware enough to realize that and that explains the real reason he doesn't believe in evolution. Calling Goerge Bush "very smart" is a great way of signalling to people your own idiocy.

OBAMA -AIN'T PLAYIN'–GLORY TO GOD. OBAMA IS A THINKER. HE IS A WARE OF THE POLICIES OF THE PAST AND HE IS WILLING TO MAKE INROADS FOR OUR (AMERICANS) FUTURE.

AND FOR THAT I AM GRATEFUL TO GOD.

personally I would like to see Joe begin run with Obama. I know I am Canadian but I am concerned with who gets elected, because what happens down there matters to the Canadian people. These two are about the smartest people you have. And I like Edwards to He could be very useful to Obama

I'm being 100% honest here: I am a Republican. But I've been so disgusted with the current administration that I'll be voting for Obama come November. I honestly think Obama is so "green" (inexperienced) that he'll actually present a positive change because he'll be able to look at the cancer Washington has become with a fresh mind.

If Hillary wins the nomination, though, then I'm moving to Europe.

News Alert, Sec of Def Gates agrees with Barack Obama. Gates has stated that we must speak with Iran. Is Bush comparing his own Sec of Defense to Hitler appeasers? Also, McCain has said negotiations with Hamas makes sense. Now he tries to strike it from the record. Too bad McSame, we already heard it. Try not to fall asleep while listening to Barack tear you and your party to pieces. Good luck trying to get back all those House seats you're losing!

The Republicans are using the same fear tactics that got Bush re-elected. When all else fails "it's the terriorist" Since he cannot lead by intellegence he will lead by fear. This has to be the worst administration in the last 100 years. States are cutting budgets at alarming rates, a recession is at hand, foreclosures are at record high and climbing and gas will be close to $5.00 by the end of the summer and the best the current adminstration can come out with is the terriorist are coming....give me a break. PRESIDENT OBAMA.

I cant wait till the debates. Mcain is going to stumble so much and Obama is going to wipe the floor with me.

In 2004 election, Bush got re-elected after scaring the American voter that there was going to be an attact in the US. Since then, all we've seen has been "failure A to Z". To me I don't see any difference between Bush and MCcain. The old style of scaring voter and they took outside the US soil to scare the Jewish voters. What a disgrace.

Bush's ignorant comments were a godsend to Obama since they bind McCain to Bush's disastrous foreign policies. Obama will easily win one on one debate with McCain vis-a-vis foreign policy. It's amusing that there are so many smug repubs out there who seem to think that this is a McCain strength. McCain was dead wrong on the most important foreign policy decision in decades: the invasion of Iraq. Experience is only an advantage when your decisions have been validated by history; if they are not, it is your greatest weakness.

Barack, stand your ground. Good man. I hope you or Hillary get elected, but I fear for this country. Electing Bush once was excusable. Electing him twice was a disaster. The people who voted for Bush the second time are still out there, still waiting to choose. Be afraid. Be very afraid.

Watch for a miniature receiver placed in John's and George's ear to prompt them with answers.

Many people in these comments and in this country are as stupid and naive as Obama.

the repub policies have been a failure of historical proportions. it will take someone with keen senses and integrity to restore Americas standing in the world and quite frankly with its own people. especially if you realize bush has sent more Americans to die in Iraq then died on 9/11.

Please,

Democrats can't even unify for their own Primary. No matter who gets the Democratic nomination, we will at least get 30% off the other candidates following.

McCain is the real deal. We got this election in the bag. How can you expect a Democrat to protect our country, and be true to what we stand for, when they aren't even loyal to their own party.

A vote for any Democrat, is a vote for losing the war in Iraq, a vote for letting Iran get nuclear weapons, and a vote for high tax's.

Senator Clinton Or Obama

NO YOU CANT!

Leave it to Obama to be both eloquent and tough on the issues.

Obama's right - Refusing to talk to your enemies is no better than running and hiding.

Elect someone honest for a change and yes Obama will win so dont hate.

The problem with the Bush administration right now is that they do longer can rely on the WAS colors to scare up votes. Do you remember when they would change from Yellow , Orange, to Severe and that was when bush was running for re-election. I could vividly remember every flipping time on go to CNN they would change the colors because a threat was imminent. The moment the Repubilcans won the white house, it disappeared. So what do they do now to scare up votes they attack Obama so people would think that terrorist likes him. Do they ever stop to think that maybe other countries night prefer to negotiate with someone else other than Bush and MCcain.

McCain is a TWO-FACED, FLIP-FLOPPER!

He wants to have a fight about foreign policy...bring it on!!!

He wants to smear Obama and align himself with Bush....bring it on!!

That what I am talking about, get them Obama.

Yippee! Bush/McCain finally met their match..........a straight talking presidential candidate.

America, can you smell the fresh air?

Let's heal our nation, Obama in 08.

Obama is doing exactly what he is accusing McCain of ...politicizing an issue. I though Obma sttod for change and a different tone ... here he is doing the same old thing ... taking some little snippet of something Bush says and using it to attack McCain ....

And he compalined about being attached to RFeverend Wright? And that fraud guy? And that Hamas guy ?

This is hilarious! I find this entertaining of George W. Bush to come out here like he has some say. If He and Obama had a debate, Obama would put him to shame. And McCain... what a joke. You just hurt yourself big time buddy. And why are some people still on this Hillary thing? Its time us Dems unite! John Edwards put Obama over the top!

Obama 2008!

Neutral, wake up! Obama "attacked" (and I hesitate to use that word, because he has done nothing NEAR what Billary has done to him) Billary not because she is a woman; but because this is POLITICS. It's a tough game; and if a candidate or a candidate's supporter can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen. You're beginning to see the strength that Obama has as he blasts the Repugs; he showed great reservation (and continues to) towards Billary. Oh, and by the way, I'm a woman. I've been a strong supporter of Obama from the get go; and have never liked Billary because of her tactics and her divisiveness. To follow the "women must vote for the woman candidate" ideaology is absurd. People, not just women, should vote for who they feel is the best person to lead our contry in the direction that it needs to go (in the total OPPOSITE direction that we're headed right now, btw); and from what I've seen, read and heard (including her "White House years"), Billary is NOT that person.

I believe there is a weakness in the Democratic Party that makes them want to sit down with Terriorist and talk. I wouldn't have anything to say to Hamas, Iran, North Korea, or any other nation. Diplomacy is one thing which is a cause in effect to bring about harmony before issues get out of whack. Terriorist have agendas, and bringing about harmony is not one of them. I would support Hilliary in the Democratic Party, but not Obama, he likes to talk to much for me.

To Neutral:

Thank God people like you are in the minority. You are a tool and a fool. Obama didn't insult Hillary. Grow up, take off the Huggies Pull-Ups, and get used to President Obama. Stop reading blogs and go out and get the TRUTH. You moron! No wonder Hillary's losing and the White House will go to the ONLY candidate who can get this country back on the right track.

Bush was exactly right on this one.

We should not repeat history! Is there anyone else running? Too bad there isn't another Ronald Reagan out there to fix America. I guess the people are too stupid. Obama is going to win. Get your escape plans ready!

Hey I got it, Maybe Obama should bring the Reverend Wright with him to Iran, that will take care of everything. His claim that we should have diverted our forces into Pakistan to go after Osama is ludicrous. He does't have a clue about the sensitive nature of that region. How about 20 mllion Pakistanis blowing up American interests?

He is wonderfully misguided with his clever rehetoric. No doubt he is will win over tons of mis-informed Americans. Beware folks you may get what you wish for. All talk, no substance.

I'm glad he grew a set and threw that challenge to them...way to show your conviction!

What's even bigger is that he pointed out how much of a no no it is for a U.S. President to air our domestic issues at a foreign event

SHAME on Bush and shame on McCain for agreeing with him!

I wouldn't count and listen to Bush on anything. What did he do as president besides bringing this country down? From economy to Iraq war. From budget deficit to trade, to education... You name one thing that Bush did right. He is the worst president in modern time. So why do we care at what he said. Just ignore the guy and wait until January.

I don't like Bush anymore than anyone else, but you people are all idiots. Try him for War crimes??? Borderline retarded.

Bush is telling the truth and so is McCain. You're not fit to even live in this country let alone be president. Everytime you open your stupid mouth you lie.

BUSH AND MCCAIN ARE LOOSERS. THEY MAKE ME SICK. I WISH BUSH WOULD GO AWAY AND STAY AWAY AND I WISH MCCAIN WOULD RETIRE TO SOMEWHERE FAR, FAR, FAR AWAY.
GOD BLESS AMERICA, OBAMA AND THE WORLD.

LUV & PEACE TO ALL.

Didn't Obama say exactly what Bush repeated?
Does anyone really understand what Obama stands for? And the Clintons are the worst hypocrites of them all. They will literally say what they think people want to hear. Step outside of your parents Democratic box and observe the facts.

You bet they hace a lot to answer to! Not only foreign policy, but the high cost of food, gasoline and not to mention to so many people that are in foreclosure because they kept a blind eye to the robber barrons. It is about time the Republicans are called out for the shape this country. The only answer is Republican greed!

BUSH WAS A LIAR WHEN HE WAS FIRST ELECTED AND REMAINS A LIAR TO DATE. MCAIN IS JUST A PUPPET ON A STRING!!! HE DOESN'T HAVE A CLUE WHAT HE IS DOING. WHEN OBAMA DEBATES MCCAIN HE WILL AVOID THE ISSUES JUST LIKE HIS PUPPET MASTER. THE WORLD IS READY FOR CHANGE. I AM A VETERAN...THE ONLY PEOPLE THAT SUPPORT THIS WAR ARE THOSE THAT ARE NOT AFFECTED AND COULD CARE LESS ABOUT THE NUMBER OF LIVES LOSS. IT'S TIME TO GET OUT!!!!!!THEY'VE ALREADY KILLED THE GUY THAT TRIED TO KILL YOUR DADDY--BUSH!

And you wonder why Michelle Obama said that for the first time in her adult life, she is proud of her country! To the rest of the world, and our own citizens, our government and more specifically, our President is representative of 'our country.' What do you think other countries thought of that ridiculous comment? Are you proud? To further comment on Michelle Obama's comment, she is, what 46? For the past 20 + years, we had Bush, Clinton, Bush administrations. For the past 16 years, we had Bill Clinton and George Bush. Were you proud of what the world saw of Bill Clinton and the legacy that people will remember? Are you proud of what the world saw of George Bush? Give the woman a break. She's right. She's not talking about our citizens. She's talking about our government in her adult life – Clintons and Bushes.

The country you love???? You mean that you love if you are elected because you have not always shown your love for this country. I am sure you will talk with Iran but will it be to the people of this country's benefit?

Bullies talk tough. I heard this kind of talk when Bill Clinton was running. But he did not HESITATE to strike when needed, but he LEARNT you dont win by talking tough. You are safer when you learn to LISTEN to others, no matter how difficult it is. Then when all else fails, you stike. People respect you then. ANYBODY can talk tough. It takes you no where. Be honest, is the world better of because of the MESS in Iraq? So id Bush tougher than Clinton? OBAMA uses wisdom ..just like Papa Bush & Reagan. Reagan was an actor. Does that mean he was weak? Lets talk intelligently, please. Go, OBAMA!!!!

is there any way CNN can have a idiot filter and get rid of some of the comments from "neutral" "bj" and especially raphael from texas

Mr. John Mcshame
"Flip-o-con"

OK Obamba! get ready!.....this is just the beginning for you and all the fools that support you and your ideas. Changes? give me a break! Bush said the same 7 yrs. ago, and look at us know! The GOP will eat you alive and you have not experience, no personality, no nothing to survive the attacks......just wait!!! HA

Not sure what you can do or just talk.

GO OBAMA – Let them have it. I have heard enough from this administration. For Bush to say these things on foreign soil is almost a crime.

I wonder who wrote this speech.

How would anyone know whether talking with Iran works or not? We haven't tried since '79.

The end of the greedy war mongers are numbered

No more neo-cons in the whitehouse!

They have caused more death and destruction then any adminstration since the Nixon years

For those of you spewing hate about Obama or Clinton, you remind me of that baby that screams in the back bedroom while you're trying to teach it to just take a nap. If you want to spew hate take it somewhere else. if you're not educated or thoughtful enough to give reasonable opinions in a political blog, go to MySpace. I'm sure the kids there will enjoy your nonsense.

I dont really support all of Bush's policies BUT one comment made on here is false. Faye from NV says that Bush did nothing to go after Bin Laden after 9/11. Its interesting to me that I remember being at Ft. Bragg when Special Operations soldiers left mearly days after 9/11. The public wouldnt know this cuz you dont need to know. Period. Worry about your Iced Lattes and going to the mall and let us fight the war that we only truly understand. Also, have you ever went thru CHANGE at your work. Can be pretty uneasy times. Hope your ready Obama. Do you have contingency plans for failures? Im not voting for you because I have yet to hear in DETAIL how you plan to CH ANGE America. DO TELL. I dont care if your black, white, muslim, mormon, or anything. I want a President that will work with Congress and vice versa to get us back on track. Good Luck

I will choose hope over fear!! I will choose diplomacy over war mongering!! I will choose peace over war!!

"Bush is smart"?!, how foolish some people can be.
Lied to at every turn with childish bullying postures and simpleton smirks. Bush makes a joke of our Presidency every time he speaks, in private or public.
At least our next President will be able to speak the english language within intelligent conversation.

GOBAMA and take your finally proud to be an American wife with you to Iran. Maybe they will take her hostage and set you free.

Republicans have gone mad and they are just idiots and keep thinking that force is the solution for every problem. Being the richest nation, and being the leader country in many aspects in the world, USA should rather follow a humble approach and be a model to other nations. Obama has a quite a bit potentials to prove that. He doesn't have any selfish reasons to become president as Bush and Dick Cheney did, who have the companies to earn money from the back door.

Luck to Obama and curse to McCain

Peace can only be attained through Diplomacy! Iraq could have been avoided and so could have 9/11!

We need to pull out of Iraq and send the troops home. We could be spending money that goes to our military on FREE HEALTHCARE FOR EVERYONE!

Also, with money spent on the miliarty, we could eliminate poverty in this country and all of the middle east. With Obama, we all COULD BE EQUAL!!!!!

Jeff, dictators don't do diplomacy. Duh. Read history, find the contrary, and MAYBE give a model to your "hope" for future reference. If they DID, a Dem would have had this solved 10 years ago. Try again.

So...Mr. Obama does have a tough side. I am impressed.
I am still not sure he is the right choice, nor do I feel any of the candidates are the right choice, however he mostly certainly got my attention.

It was nice to see him speak in a more definitive tone and not just in slogans and feel good speech rhetoric.

The American people may seem at times to be more interested in their entertainment then reality, but I highyly advise all of the candidates not to play us as fools, or as uninformed or uneducated buffons. The public has awakened under the duress of a horrible economy and is ready to seriously question everyone and everything.

We voted you all in, we can vote every single one of you out. The real sleeping giant has awoken and politics as we know it has been put on notice.

Lets face it. There is not one good candidate in this election. They all have so many issues its unbelievable how they all made it to where they are now. Be prepared for a new president to be elected in 2012 because none of these candidates will able to get a single vote by then

Bush's entire presidency was based of fear and scare tactics. Let's also remember that Sept. 11th occurred on his watch and bin Laden is still at large, Iran is dangerous and al Qaeda is alive, well, and becoming stronger. This all points to his failed diplomacy and foreign policies. He has been lying to, misleading, and deceiving the American people since the day he took office. Grandpa McCain is right behind him spewing out all sorts of falsehoods and flip flops. Bush and Cheney should have both been impeached for their blatent violation of the laws of the land and the U.S. Constitution. Go back to Arizona you old hack McCain.

You will now see how the general elections has now been handed down to McCain!!! Cant stand it???
With Hillary's folks not behind you and the republicans bashing you and your PRODUCT …you will lose…and you deserve it…
even if Hillary begs us to support obama(especially if she is not vp) …even as we respect her…WE WILL NEVER VOTE FOR HIM!
WE WILL NOT BACK HIM NOR SUPPORT YOU MINION FOLLOWERS..
like I said before I have a Savior…and it is not OBAMA!

United we stand!!!

"Me Against the World" policy that we have now is CRAZY and dangerous. I'm glad we will be changing that!!!!

Obama makes a lot of sense!

The realists and the hard power ( guns and ammo) peeps can see no other way. MCain and Bush are relics. The world is ever changing. Soft power (influence) is the way to go. The world is becoming much too small and there comes a time when we peeps all over the world need to step back, take a breather and chart our course into the future.

Yes they do have a lot to answer for them flip-fopped hamas friends.

BUSH IS A TALENTED INDIVIDUAL.

INSULTING HIMSELF FURTHER, WHICH WE THOUGHT IMPOSSIBLE.

INSULTING THE ISRAELI KNESSET,

THE ISRAELI PEOPLE,

OUR NEW PRESIDENT,

AND THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, IN ONE SWOOP.

THAT IS A NEW LOW EVEN FOR HIM.

AND FOR NUT CAKE MCCAIN TO GO ALONG SHEDS LIGHT

ON HIS COMPLETE LACK OF INTEGRITY.

Lets all vote Hilary for 2012 when she ruins the chances of Obama getting elected in 2008. After all isn't that what she is really doing? Or is it making money off of her husband giving speeches? Or is it making money off of futures? Or is it whitewater?

One thing is for sure, she cannot be put in charge of a health plan. If you are old enough to remember, while Bill was in office she was put in charge of creating a universal health plan. Did she accomplish anything? No. Stop voting for Hillary and unite behind Barack for 2008, PLEASE!

I would find it easier to consider the merits of Sen. Obama's positions if it weren't for the utter hypocrisy and holier-than-thou attitude than exudes from his lips, especially when he condemns John McCain. These pesky facts keep getting in the way of Obama's transcendent politics:

*The continued use of the term "warmonger" by Obama surrogates to slander Sen. McCain and no denouncement by Sen. Obama.
*The continued distortions by the Obama campaign of Sen. McCain's comments regarding possible long-term troop presence in Iraq.
*Sen. Obama' continued attempt to link Pres. Bush and Sen. McCain, regardless of the truthfulness of the linkage, but merely to be used as a political gambit, likened to the "Big Lie", when something is repeated often listeners may come to actually believe it. (Such as "Change We Can Believe In").
*Sen. Obama's untruths, distortions, and omissions regarding Sen. McCain's record, policies, and vision for his presidency.

We have on the one hand a naive presidential hopeful, while on the other we have an experienced, heroic statesman with a proven record of change. Am I missing something?

Americans for McCain '08

Are we going for changes? what if terrorists want to change and they want to negotiate, shall we not accept it? just go to war any to kill tem all and us too.

Like a child who lives in his fathers house and is not afraid because he feels safe there, Sen Obama says that we are not one bit safer because of the Presidents policies. Yet there has not been one attack on us since the President has enacted his policies. Will that be the case if Obama becomes President? not likely since he knows not where his safety comers from and at what costs!

This makes me smile. When I got divorced, at one point we had to try a mediator. An elderly judge sat down and simply said, why dont you two just go have a coffee and talk it out. The he left.

We had been trying for over as year to setle our bitter divorce and the first thing I thought when I heard he suggestion was, I wonder if I could poison that coffee or at least throw it in my ex's face. I am certain my ex had similar thoughts.

Moral of the story: its naiive to think an old fashioned, civil 'coffee clatch' will ease the deep wounds and pain of battle worn adversaries. It is a waste of time, energy and fools nobody. And it helps nobody. Do you want someone that naiive and small minded to run America ?

This is the big leauges. There is no room for playing these kind of PR, phot-op games.

It's so funny to see some of these obviously fake posts that have the simple objective to try to piss people off. I like the ones that start off "I am a black person and I support Hillary". When they start off like that, I know they more than likely the person writing it is NOT BLACK. It's a faker trying to divide and conquer the party and get a rise out of the readers. People beware of fakers like this.

WET BEHIND THE EARS, That be Senator Obama. He better choose a well experienced running mate to get me to vote for him for President. However, as a hard core Dem AND should he defeat Hillary, I will vote for Obama, because WE NEED TO GET THAT BUSH OUT OF OFFICE, BEFORE HE CONTINUES THE COURSE TO WW3.

One thing we have learnt from the election. Obama and the Media will not allow anyone to criticize him. They will cry foul. They will blame the old washington politics. They will define what kind of issues to be debated. No one can touch His Highness!!

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noemi in los angeles May 16th, 2008 1:18 pm ET

Peace can ONLY be achieved through talking. Period.

Obama 08.
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Without people like this, who needs enemies!!

Well Eric, I guess you will be sitting this nomination out, what a loser.

Obama 08

Compliments of Jeff:

"Who is a more qualified leader:
a) The guy who sings "Bomb Iran", at a time when the nation is spiraling rapidly into bankruptcy while fighting an ongoing war stretching our military and our budget incredibly thin; A war with people who want to destroy us because we aim to destroy them."

Hmmm.... Let's see Jeff. North Korea let it's own people starve and it own economy stagnate, and they set off a nuclear explosion last year. So please tell me how your arguement makes any sense????

SAY NO TO OBAMA!!! INEXPERIENCE IS NOT AN ANSWER TO YOUR HATRED OF BUSH.

im a poor white hillbilly but im still going to vote for MCCAIN

Jim,
I think he waited 2 days because he was scheduled to be in S. Dakota. What kinda dribble is that you wrote? Do you have any idea about what is an effective use of time is?.

Bush is a dolt. McCain is a bright man, but has little common sense (as indicated by his aligment with Bush). I would love to see Obama debate either of these two idiots. Same with Hillary, if she gets the nod. Either Democratic candidate would kill these guys in a fair debate.

Obama for President

Its interesting that Obama thought Bush's comments were directed at him .. why is he so defensive on this .. cause he knows he is weak on this issue .. or was he trying to make political hay out of it? Interesting also that CNN adopts the Obama line on this, even though the White House said this was not a comment about Obama. Does Obamam identify with the label appeaser or something?

How stupid does the GOP think the American public is?! First off we went into Iraq, and deposed Hussein. Osama bin Laden hated Saddam Hussein and called him an "infidel." In fact, bin Laden hated Iraq so much that he is on record as calling the Iraqi people, "socialist infidels." So where is bin Laden now, dancing in the streets in Pakistan?

Then when the US had intel that bin Laden was going to escape from Afghanistan an extemely small group of Special Forces was sent to capture our supposed most wanted person. If we really wanted to get him, shouldn't we have sent every available hand?

This admin has said one thing and done another, time after time. We need change, and now.

President Bush did not address the Democratic party nor Obama. If you support someone who would sit down with the President of Iran, which whom denies the Holocaust ever occured, and has been cleary linked to the killings of Americans then Obama is your candidate. As an American citizen I just can not support that method of diplomacy.

Maybe not........it depends on who is telling the truth.

GREAT SPEECH!!! He is not talkingto a member of his own party so the gloves are OFF! ( Hillary could have learned tons from this guy) He STRAIGHT OUT calls BUSH AND MCSAME TO THE MAT!!!!

Bush is reaping what he sowed and so will McSame.

They have earned NO Respect and are DUE none. Obama will ROAST them .

Funny how people forget the past or say they want to not make the same mistakes twice. Yet again the American people will be stupid and follow whatever the main stream media is pumping out there. As a nation we can't get anything done because the people we elect won't stand their ground when the crap hits the fan. Right after 911 we wanted people to pay, those elected wanted people to pay – but yet nothing happened. We didn't learn from Nam. We sent in our troops without bullets to fight and try to win a war. Once again we sent in our troops without the backing and support to get it done. I served in the first Gulf War in the US Navy and proudly so. Under Clinton many things happened and he had the opportunity to end some things that could have prevented the attack on the USS Cole as well as 911 but he was to busy being "serviced" in the White House to take care of business. I am sick and tired of our men and women going abroard to take care of issues but that is what we have always done. The UN has almost control over our troops as our own government does. Anyway you want to look at the issue both sides have issues. I for one have family that served with McCain and he will do as much as he can under the congress that we have. This is not a one man show as many seem to think it is. I am a woman but no way am I voting for Clinton – heck she even changes to her Southern drawl when she goes down South. She is totally fake! For those that don't vote – you have no room to talk – if you don't take the time to due your duty to this country – then just keep your mouth shut. If you want to change things – get out there and do something. But do some research on who you are voting for – not just what the networks tell you. Look at the person's voting history!!

I hope you are all Republicans !
Ronald Reagan

Obama is weak and we will be attacked again. Why else would Hamas be supporting him? We have been safe for the last eight years. Nobama.

Hey neutral are you sure you have the canpaign correct. That was Hillary campaign who has the Lobbists and Subprime Lender who left her job. She became head of the campaign when she fired the Latino women. Get it straight. If I am correct her name is Maggie Williams.

Barrack ... that might be a tough match up for you ... after all, the two of them have such outstanding mental acumen and they are certainly more articulate than the average high school dropout! Hey, send one of your kids ... it would level the playing field for the old-timers!! I'm with you my friend!!!!

This is for Sean S, he say's he can't wait for Obama to tear into McCain, he will as soon as his writer's write his speeches so that should be the turnaround time since Obama cannot speak for himself.

DJ, by the way, check YOUR history of Israel. This "ragtag" country should be long gone by now, but isn't?? Why?? History says – this is not something we want to drop and run from...even Dems know that.

Golly perhaps with his incessant gift of gab maybe Obama could make the bad guys surrender ! "Nah" to gullible and elitist ! Just lob a few errant cruise missles at the wrong target and retire for the day! ( a democrat security for America tactic)

Bush, McCain and the rest of these so called republicans are incapable of telling the truth...Where's the VP been? I bet McCain would love his support and words of wisdom to help his cause!!!
Go get'm Barack...

Look how well we did not talking to our enemies – we bombed, invaded and conquered two sovereign nations.

And as a result of Bush's foreign policy, the world does not like us, the world does not respect us, and the world does not fear us. That is not an ideal situation to be in.

There are republicans posting as Obama or Hillary supporters to make us hate each other. Democrats please wake up and stop being fooled by them.

Will Hillary PLEASE stop posting here as Neutral??

This guy is laughable. McCain will tear him up in a debate on foreign policy!

And the President never mentioned his name in his speech. What a bunch of crybabies. Obama and his crew must all have guilty consciences or they wouldn't be acting so defensive.

Bush is right - you can't sit down with Iran. It is a country that sponsors terrorists and is supplying weapons that are killing
our soldiers. You never hear about that, do you? No - because the mainstream media is protecting this buffoon.

November is going to be a cruel and painful month for Obama and his zombie supporters (especially those women sitting behind him in the above photo).

Wow! We've got a guy here who shows he knows something about diplomatic relations and whose agressive in taking on the BS'ers, even when a lot of poeple belive the BS! I could *really* vote for this guy, except, well, he doesn't wear a flag pin every day, and his wife said something about not being proud of our country, and his former pastor used the D word in church, and his middle name sounds like he's Muslim, and... just too many negatives that prove without a doubt that he's an unsuitable candidate. Oh well... now what was McCain saying?

And again divided we fall. It appears nothing changes. Let's not forget we all sent those boys rushing to war starting 9-12-01 with our flag waving action now attitude. We didn't want to wait on a plan (not saying there was one). We all carry the blame and have blood on our hands. We know the problem let's stop fighting ourselves and demand solutions. I haven't seen one detailed plan from Hillary, Obama or McCain. Just politics as usual. Let's unite again like we did 9-12-01 and demand a real plan not a pointless speech. All of these canidates are in positions of power Let's tell them to shut up and get to work and let the work they accomplish do their talking for them.

The absurdity of the republicans continues, despite McBush's promise to run a clean campaign.
This type of hate and fear mongering worked well for them for a long time- but the American people have had enough of them and enough of their "stuff". Go get em Obama!

Bravo Senator Obama,

A person who stands up for him self against smear attacks is a person I want for my President!

I am so proud of you....

Finally, the Democrats have grown some nerves!

John McCain singing "Bomb, bomb, bomb, – bomb, bomb, bomb Iran" is analogous to a drunken Ted Kennedy throwing breadcrumbs at the Press Core on that airplane oh so many years back when he ruined his chances at the Presidency. Obama is the only mature talking adult in mainstream Politics.

No, Obama, YOU are the one who has a lot to answer for:

Your unimpressive senate record
Your questionable affiliations
Your duck-and- run approach to questions from media and everyday citizens
Your inability to progress beyond empty rhetoric and state what you actually plan to do and how you will do it

Notice how Hillary responded first in defense of the entire Democratic party.

Obama cannot respond in the heat of battle. He gets upset and has to regroup and ask his advisers what he should say. He relies on speeches and scripted answers.

He wants to debate Bush? Bush isn't even running!

Obama's afraid to debate Hillary or McCain. Obama's even
afraid to be interviewed by Bill O'Reilly!

The Presidency isn't a speech-giving contest. It requires a leader
who can react in the heat of crisis and to solve problems.

Obama does not meet those requirements.

Peace through diplomacy, not war.

Obama '08

Thank you GW Bush for speaking against Obama and the Democrats in Israel! You have re-energized the country in wanting to see America turn the page on Bush and his polices. McCain defended Bush's comments in Israel as well as defends many other Bush policies. As hard as McCain tries to distance himself from Bush, he will not be able to!

Obama in 08!

John McCain has lost t the republic nomination at least 3 times. He lost to our current president ( enough said). that shows you what republicans think of him. Now all of a sudden he is supposed to be a better candidate than Bush. He could not beat out either Bushes or Bob Dole.. wake up!!! He is a joke

Actually Noemi, 5,000 years of recorded human history have shown that peace can never be negotiated, or acheived through talking. It must be begged for by the loser.

Peace has never been the natural state of the world. The only periods of peace the modern Western World have ever enjoyed is immediately after we've had to smash an aggressor (see Germany, Italy or Japan). And the only reason those aggressors didn't rise up again, is that they were hit so hard the first time, the didn't dare raise their heads again. And thus, you have periods of peace.

The only thing aggressors (or terrorists) understand or comprehend is an aggressive display of force, power and brutality. Defend yourself by hitting them hard enough with this, and they respect you for it. Act like a wet noodle (see Bill Clinton) and aggressors come to see you as a paper tiger and weak (see basic aggressor dog pack behavior).

Futher, many people claim we had "peace" during the 1990s. Peace is not defined as the "absense of out-right formally declared war." We were hit repeatedly in the Nineties.

The difference then, is we acted like Tina Turner and said, "Hit me again, Ike! And this time, put some STANK on it!!!" And they did on 9/11. But alas, we have quickly been lulled back to sleep by Democrats who put their own political agenda ahead of national security. For shame.

i love it!!! nothing 'fancy'.just the facts.bush and mccain have so much to answer for,they'll have no time to campaign.bush should be impeached.he's worse than nixon ever was.GO OBAMA '08

Why is talking with our enemies a "mistake" and a "gaffe"? You supposed "conservatives" need a refresher on Realpolitik.

Oh Please!!!!! Obama wants to debate Bush and McCain but not Hillary. He lost to Hillary in the debate forum because he can't think without a scripted version and he wants to challenge someone else? It takes a big man to challenge a local politician and not a terrorist nation like Iran. Obama can't handle the truth and that's why he is crying today. Bush never said anything about democrats or Obama but hey if the shoe fits wear it. Amazing how quickly some forget 9/11 and want to simply play nice with those who wish us harm and some have forgotten JFK's speech about those who wish us ill and that we would answer the challenge. I'm sorry that was real men back then who were not affraid to stand up to those against this great nation.

Wow some people are a little touchy… I saw that as a swipe at Carter for talking to Hamas, I didn’t hear any names in that speech. Obama said “I will talk to our enemies without conditions.” Now he isn’t going to???? Where does he stand??? Where does he stand on anything?? Thats right, he has nothing to stand on.... Just cause he is a good speaker we should vote for him??

Anyone but OBAMA

Nice work Obama. And YES...you can have a sit down with countries that are considered to be our enemies....that's what a president is SUPPOSE to do. MMEND TIES!!! About time we get some smart people in office. Out with Bush and in with Obama!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

If democrats are going to vote for Mccain because of revenge, I believe you are taking away your right to judge someone else. If you are going to put your own bias over what is good for teh country at this time of distress, then you really dont deserve a good president..u do deserve MCcain and more wars to come. Clearly, Clinton might not win the nomination as it appears to be, why would I then vote against having a better economy by voting for MCcain.

You all better recognize and get over yourselves and not vote for someoen who is going to laung a 3rd war on iran when he gets into office...keep fighting wars and cutting taxes...common American people (think about it) How woudl we get money to strenghten our economy, maybe from teh profits John Mccain's wife gets, huh??

I simply cannot believe the posts I have read here, the comments by Obama and the support he has gathered. Obama talks about unity and 'rising above it' yet attempts to lump McCain in with Bush and feels justified in stating "Bush and McCain have a lot to answer for in the Iraq war." How is McCain responsible for Bush's mistakes? How is Iraq McCain's fault?

Then to read the people of America calling McCain "McSame;" Wake up Americans, that is the game Obama is playing...getting you to think McCain is the same as Bush since 70% of Americans don't like the guy therefore you'll vote for Obama.

Quit being spoon fed false hopes and ideas and start thinking for yourselves.

I would love to see Bush and Obama debate in an open forum, in which the questions weren't carefully crafted so that Bush could not only give scripted answers, but could actually (hopefully) understand what was being asked. Barack kept quiet during the Democratic debates because he didn't want to enter into the pettiness that Stefanopolous (Bill Clinton's former staff member) was trying to generate. Now that the gloves are coming off, Barack is going to beat the hell out of Bush, verbally.

Look how well we did not talking to our enemies – we bombed, invaded and conquered two sovereign nations.

And as a result of Bush's foreign policy, the world does not like us, the world does not respect us, and the world does not fear us.

No democrat will hate either Hillary or Obama (or Bill Clinton) that is a fact. Those who say they do are just pretending to be republicans trying to divide us (you know the devide and conquer policy). So lets just remember that and unite behind whoever is our nominee.

Awesome to see him not backing down from their vapid comments.

I look forward to Obama being the next president!!!!

We will finally have a president who is intelligent and someone who can help the USA gain back the respect and power we once had around the world.

This time we might have a candidate that isn't afraid to mix it up. Kerry
wouldn't go after the swift boaters until it was too late. If you call these
idiots everytime they attempt to play their usual gutter politics it takes
away their whole game. The war, the economy, health care, all the issues that voters want to hear about are not where the repubs want to
go. Next thing you know we'll hear Boehner bringing up flag burning, and McConnell start his anti-gay agenda. I can see a rout in November.

Obama is a socialist that will not completely and unwaveringly support israel. which will bring WW3. No Jewish person or lover of Israel should ever support him.. his willingness to speak with and work with Iran, syria, Hizbollah and Hamas legitimizes their bad behavior and weakens israel. I truly believe that unbeknowest to Obamaa , all that money he's getting for his campaign...a lot of it's coming from Arab nations and muslims and terroist organizations. They are very much for Obama winning, if he wins.. the US pulls out, Israel is weakened..,nothing has been taken out of context...his election helps Hamas, hizbollah, Syria and iran..period. All jewish people, and also Jewish people on the Left coast should suspend donations to his campaign until he comes out and says he will not entrat with people who'd sole goal is the destruction of Israel.

If we indeed want to protect America, Israel and all our friends in the world then we must keep all options opening including talking to the so- called enemies of ours.

Dropping bombs on our enemies isn't working and our great military suffer intolerable casualties. Why don't we try talking to the enemies, after all the cost of negotiating will be far less than military action.

We could also fight them better if we understand why they hate us. Words are mightier than the barrel of a gun.

God Bless America!!

This is a Blessing to Obama.
There more Bush and McCain gang up on Obama with such Rediculous Statements, the more John McCain can forget getting the votes of DieHard Clinton supporters.

To all Bush and McCain supporters, please do your research. While Bush is over in Israel making us look like war mongers to world and relating Obama's stance on foreign diplomacy, he should have been giving us a history lesson about his grandfather's part in financing the Nazi party when Hitler was in power. His bank helped launder money for Nazis that financed their war. Very interesting. Look up Prescott Sheldon Bush..

Make them (Bush/McCain) substantiate their claims. Make them give the American people proof this time. They have been accusing Iran of arming those in Iraq and the LA Times reports the hundreds of thousands of weapons they were going to display turned out to not be from Iran at all.

Find the truth Obama, I know you will do it and I know that you will act with diigence and good faith.

Wow! Its amazing how all these people can be persuaded by obama with his lame speeches, cause thats all they are. He doesn't mean much of what he says...its just to get the young vote who like hearing those big long words and such "eloquent" speaking. Obama does not have a foreign policy. He would never be able to protect this country. And yeah, Obama wants to help the economy by making more government programs...hmmm...and how will he do that? He'll raise taxes through the roof to pay for all of it. I don't know about you, but im not going to give more of my hard earned money to the government. Obama is nothing but a dreamer living in a fantasy world and all of his followers are too. At this point, id rather see clinton win.

Yes, heed the warning posted earlier about Republicans posing as Democrats and posting their comments that Bush/McAin are right!
The desparate repubs are doing anythingthat they can to defend their boys, but you cannot deny the truth! Bush embarrased himself and all Americans with his ridiculous diatribe yesterday, as well as displaying partisan political campaigning as a sitting president. It's totally amazing how these mislead sheep can still believe that this presdient has done anything good for this country in almost 8 years! (McSame means "same as Bush").

Excellently done Mr. Obama......right on point as always.

McBush has no chance in November.

Obama 2008!!

HILLARY CLINTON- Vice President
JOHN EDWARDS- U.S. Attorney General
JOE BIDEN- Secretary of State

Talk about a DREAM team!!!!!!!!!!

Whoo hooo.... "Get 'r done, Democrats"!!!

A call for genuine dialogue about how to best protect our country. This is unprecedented!

Those who equate diplomacy with weakness are fools.

Military solutions are always an option, but not to be abused as the ONLY solution- If the Iraq debacle doesn't prove this I don't know what does.

Want more of the same? Vote McCain!

How is it that we always end up w/ 2 weak candidates for the general election? Check out Nader (Green) & Bob Barr (Libertarian).

I think president bush and mc cain need to watch there back because obama wants to be in the white house. And obama is right about those two . Vote for obama in 08 for better president

Bush was speaking to Israeli officials. He was dead on in talking about the past founding of Israel, its past struggles, and its future enemies. Bush did not name Obama or anyone else. He had a perfect right to talk about conflicting ways of dealing with rogue governments.

Whining demos: Obama and all the other complaining democrats are, in this instance, acting like whining little children. They must be hiding inner guilt.

I would like to debate Obama. He has talked about how he would welcome talking to any foreign govt leader. His web site talks about ridding the world of nukes. Does he want us all to sit around singing Kum Ba Ya? He talks about his previous opposition to the decision to go to war in Iraq. I was opposed too. That is history. What do we do now?

Obama is the epitome of a packaged, marketed product! I would to debate him because when his is not giving a canned speech, he bumbles and stumbles. 3 months ago I was strongly behind him. Now I know what a charlatan he is. In the year of the democrat, they are losing me.

It is funny how Barrack name was never mentioned but everyone is sure that Bush was talking directly Barrack. Barrack must be pretty insecure or believes the World revolves around him.

You Dems...go ahead and root for Obama...he doesn't have a chance to win in November!!! He is a nice looking guy that speaks well but no substance....McCain will destroy Obama in the election. Your best bet is Hillary so you better jump ship!!!

It's getting harder and hader to call myself an American thanks to Bush.

Bush is McCain's attack dog, and McCain is Bush's puppy.

OBAMA
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2009-2017

To lol's post at 1:09, it is ridiculous to think and even more ludicrous to say that violence is the answer to solving a problem. And that's basically what you said in critizing Sen. Obama's logical and humane idea of a firm sit down.

As for Obama Supporter's "hate" post. Don't spread hate. As a country we should all be more focused on coming together. As Democrats, no matter who you're supporting individually we all want change.

Kudos to Noemi in LA: very well said.

Barack Obama holds the key to unlocking all the greatness the United States of America is capable of. Stand behind the man who is the biggest advocate for change in this race.

**Change in 08**

For people that said it took Obama a day, you are wrong....he was the first to address the incident even before Bush finished his speech and that was the main reason other democrats joined in.

Before you start believing what you read, please do some research!!!

I can wait until the redneck republican generation is gone. The same people who burned a cross 50 years ago are the same people who will continue to support republicans like Mcain. Wake up America! Bush is the reason we have burried 4000 people for a war that never should have been waged.

very well said Oh Bama. You gotta expensive speech writer.

All 2nd graders reads written scripts quite nicely like you,
but you add emotions, thats your experince working.

Neutral you are stupid.

> clearly obama's not experienced enough to realize you can't have a
> sit down with iran.

You might want to check with Defense Secretary Bob Gates on that one. Here, let me help.. who said the following: "We need to figure out a way to develop some leverage . . . and then sit down and talk with them"?
a) Defense Secretary Gates
b) How should I know, I was watching American Idol.

Darn straight, Oback, thanks for telling it like it is!

The failed policies of the past have wrecked our country.
What would any sane thinking American not embrace change?

These Republicans keep talking about "Pre-Conditions", what are the "Pre-Conditions"? Does Mr. Bush want a full surrender or dismantling of the so called "Axis of Evil's" military before he saddles up to the bargaining table? Seriously, I want to know what these "Pre-Conditions" are. I realize they must very from Regime to Regime, but what does the Bush Regime want?

If you pay attention, you will notice that Bush uses the word enemy in almost every speech. Him and many neocons rae raised with the belief that having enemies is a must for life. Our goal should be having no enemies, biblical, economic or otherwise

Finally! Some backbone against that status quo. Very refreshing and very necessary. I am very encouraged at Barack's willingness to go on the attack. He is exactly what we need in order to restore our credibilty as a world leader.

I'm not gonna lie guys but I just can't wait for the playoffs.....

Come on! those of you who think he wasn't talking about Obama!!!!

But I gues if you have never been in a conversation with an enemy then I guess you would not know how to negotiate for your best interest. That's what this all means..Has anyone heard the saying, keep your enemies closer??? This way you always know what's going on in their backyards.

The problem we have had through this 8 year term w/Bush is that he has destroyed any relationships we have had with foreign countries. Why do you think they're always wanting to do us harm? I would rather have a president who keeps his eyes open even if he is asleep. (Always watching and paying attention to what's going on, NO MATTER WHAT)

If your not for change and something better, why not move to one of these countries and see just how better you have it over here. The Rebublicans are for self, the Democratic Party has always (History supports this) looked out for the People.

Come on folks grow up, get educated on your history and really learn who has your back.

If it's Obama or Hillary a Democrate is better any day.

I can't believe the stupidity of some of the people on these blogs, especially the Obama supporters who claim that Clinton's only supporters are uneducated. Most of the Obama supporters on here can't even spell correctly or write a proper sentence!

Apart from being completely correct on the substance in this case, Obama is a brilliant strategist. Bush's comments in the Knesset were directed at Jimmy Carter but by mentioning a Senator in his Nazi appeasement statement, Bush opened a gap for Obama wide enough to drive a semi through.

McCain's afternoon response supporting Bush tied him to the matter and his video today showing that he was for talking to Hamas before he was against it were the perfect combination for a great gift. McCain is on video. He cannot say he was misquoted.

Nothing unites Democrats more than fighting against Bush. In their fumble, Bush and McCain gave sufficient ammunition to Obama to attack them while uniting Democrats.

-McCain was for talking to Hamas, a terror group, before he was against it. Obama has never been for talking to Hamas. You can't be misquoted on video.

-Bush negotiated with Libya and North Korea, state sponsors of terrorism and WMD proliferators and sends letters to Kim Jong -Il addressing him as "Dear Mr. Chairman..." Libya killed more than a hundred Americans on Pan Am 103, including children.

-Two very senior members of Bush's cabinet, Condoleeza Rice (State) and Robert Gates (Defense) say we should engage diplomatically with Iran. Perhaps Bush should fire the appeasers in his own Cabinet who do things in his name before he goes before a foreign parliament to smear another American with Nazi paint.

Bush has insulted the intelligence of many supporters of Israel with his foreign policy and his undignified smear in front of the Knesset.

Man I thought Obama would be more interesting than that. Why is it that whenever he has a difference of opinion, he starts of with this diatribe of' 'it is shameful' or something like that 'it is sad', I mean heck all Bush was refering to was the fact that Europe had not stood up for the Jews in 1939 and there are still many people out there who believe that hardliners like Aheminijad will not do what they say. It almost seems that Obama is suggesting that it is sad that US didn't pick Obama for president for life. All that Bush has done is wrong, that is an opinion that a lot of people hold but in denouncing Hillary as much as he has it almost sounds like all that Clinton did was also wrong. I mean where does it stop and for his credentials all he offers is debates. I think over all Mr. Obama has very inflated opinion about his argument making abilities. And he might be right but the President of the United States doesn't just make arguments, he has to negotiate, cajole, push through, threaten, use force and still govern.

I am an African-American, educated, and can clearly see that THIS MAN is the worst President in my 34 years on this GREAT EARTH! @!!?#%$ I can not wait when November comes so BARACK OBAMA can finally work towards a plan to CLEAN UP this mess BUSH continues to display and MCSAME wants to continue!!!!!!@#$&!!!

OBAMA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 2008

lol:

You can have a sit down with anyone, including Iran. You can take them aside after dinner and tell them this is the way it is going to be. This is what they have to do if they want peace and don't want the US breathing down their necks. You can speak softly, firmly in a diplomatic way yet carry a big stick. The problem with Bush and McCain is that they always want to start the process threathening with the big stick without knowing what it is they will be getting themselves into, i.e. Iraq. . If you think the terrorists and the crazies in Iran or Iraq or Syria, etc. are scared of that big stick talk you know nothing about these people. They would sacrafice their own people before they would give in to the threats made by Bush and McCain. Always, always keep your enemies close and in your hip pocket, as Obama suggests, so you know what they are up to when, why and how. Then you can give them straight talk ultimatums right from the horses mouth (the President of the US) and you can act when and if necessary with approrpaite and accurate intelligence as to what they are up too.

Learn something about how to always maintain a step or two ahead of your enemies and how tro play them instead of allowing them to play you lol and you would be much better off in your comments.

Obama knows what he is doing.

"America is still unclear on his positions." If you are unclear, it is because you are lazy, illiterate, or both. Read his platform or STFU.

Bush should be "White House arrested" for rest of his term.

YEAH, RIGHT, OBAMA WANTS TO DEBATE THEM, THIS SHOULD BE REAL GOOD. THE GUY CAN'T PUT TWO WORDS TOGETHER WITHOUT TRIPPING UP. YOU GO OBAMA, RIGHT DOWN THE DRAIN.

Way to go, Barack! Bring it on! Enough of this BS from the Republicans. Bring it on! Just watch the American people stand up. We are not going to take this crap anymore.......This is OUR TIME.......

Bush and his Republican buddies have done so much damage.......please just leave quietly and
GET OUT OF OUR WAY SO WE CAN BEGIN THE HEALING AT HOME AND ABROAD.

STAND TALL AMERICANS! WE CAN DO THIS! YES, WE CAN!

Obama's total lack of international experience is fully illustrated in naive statements regarding internatioanal affairs. The absurd fact that he cited his time in school overseas as part of his international experience shows how ridiculous his claim to be "ready" really is.

It is laughable that the democratic party would all unite behind someone so gullible.

CNN, will you log "Obama Supporter"'s IP and deny his comments. This person obviously isn't a Democrat let alone an Obama supporter and his hateful message is being printed on every single blog entry.

Yes. The so called experienced people got a lot to explain – from Iraq to Katrina to osama to economy to gas prices to no-child left behind to failed diplomacy in every part of the world and so on. Our own NATO is not with us on Iraq!!. Thats enough!!

I hope all of these republicans who have a problem with Obama's policy of talking with our enemy would be just as willing to call Reagan and Nixon names as well.

THE BUSH REMARKS WERE AN INSULT NOT ONLY

TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE & OUR NEW PRESIDENT BUT

TO THE HONOR & INTEGRITY OF THE ISRAELI KNESSET.

What's so wrong with wanting to practice diplomacy? The last 8 years of not doing so is what have gotten us into this awful position in the first place. Time to try something NEW... and at least seeing how talking works out doesn't lead to thousands dead. Always the best place to start. If it doesn't work, fine... we can try something new. Instead, the Bush/McSame logic has us stuck in Iraq for how long... 100 years???

Bravo, Senator (and future President). GW is the last person to give foreign policy lessons to anyone after a disastrous 7+ years that have left the us and the world in a miserable state.

Since when are we not all fighting for the same cause.....GIVE UP the BS and put some smart American thinking into your posts!

Ponder that for a moment instead of all this instant backlash!

What has Obama done to protect the United States besides missing 40% of his Senate votes? Nothing!
All he has done is ramble on about the faults of our leaders! He doesn't sound like much leader that I want running our country!

NEUTRAL:

Please explain to me how "Barack attached HIllary because she is a woman"?

I dare you to try to provide any evidence of this.

Barack Obama is the steel core inside a velvet glove. His intelligence gives him the wisdom to be patient. He is not afraid to lead us to a future where the USA takes a solid role in joining the rest of the world in moving toward peace and away from atomic bombs and war and isolationism. He will not arrogantly try to dominate and force our beliefs on the rest of the world. No wonder we are currently so hated by the majority of the rest of the world. We should be ashamed that Bush has represented us for the last eight years. THAT is our biggest shame.

Currently Republicans are arrogant, warmongers. McCain/Bush is like the communist old guard in the Soviet Union and China refusing to turn over power to a younger, more positive generation of the future....who grew up on acceptance of differences and not fear of them.

This is an incredible moment in history. This is our time.
Barack Obama is not perfect, but....he is strong, intelligent, unafraid and can do the job.
Vote Democratic 08

YES, IT IS TIME FOR A MATURE ADULT IN THE WHITE HOUSE!

OBAMA 08, 12

for the love of God....
we are going down hill here.

Hillary 08'
Take a BIG SHARPIE to the polls and WRITE HER IN!!!!!!!

I think it is time to get rid of Obama HUSSEIN before he gets a chance to sell America out from under us, He is pulling the wool over some of your eyes my friends – better wake up before it is to late. God bless America one nation UNDER GOD forever. AND his Michelle is no better.

Come on AMERICANS. Lets be better Americans, I as an American, Is sick and tired of the non-sense that we see and hear on the cable news. We should be one America. Don't let certain news members or political analist confuse you. It hurts my heart to see how some of the NEWS MEDIA AND COMENTARIES DISPLAY HOW THEY REALLY ARE. You know exactly which ones are hateful. These are people we invite in to our homes daily. Some you really like (the honest ones) and others we need to pray for them. They make the news statioins look really bad. I love Anderson Cooper, John King and Larry King and Mr. Cafferty himself. Thank all of you for your positive image.

its all about the people and what they choose to do .if there is people telling eahc other what to do they will all go crazy and do what they are told.

keep on Obama ur doing the right thing about Bush

Okay, why is he challenging Bush to a debate? Blah, blah, blah, blah.... change.... blah, blah, blah... change... (oh wait I forgot to turn my head and peer up in the distance to make me look good.) Blah, blah blah. Bush and McCain... change.. blah

I wish he would just go away. He's nothing but a lying hypocrite and he will never be elected. Senator Clinton still remains the most qualified candidate. Obama is not qualified and he is unelectable. This race is not over even if we have to go to the convention. Vote Democratic smart, vote Clinton.

I don't want to see a wold war III. The only way that can be stopped is to communicate with your enemies. Obama is moving America and the rest of the wold in the right direction.

Facts: Obama is inexperienced and it clearly shows. All he can talk about is "4 more years of Bush". He offers no substance whatsoever. When will he stop blaming Bush and give us some REAL ideas???

Look at it this way. . . 70% of the nation disagrees with Bush. Bush disagrees with the Democrats. Why pay any attention to the moron in chief?

It amazes me how a man can go on a podium, vie for peace and diplomacy, criticize the warmongers, and be lambasted for it.

It amazes me to no end, and speaks volumes about the nation we live in.

Obama 08.
I hope he wins, but I bet he won't.

For over eight years now we've witnessed this game of semantics by Bush and company. Whether it be organizations sympathetic to Bush or members of the Bush administration, there is always a convenient escape route in the event of a firestorm over remarks or comments.

True, Bush did not use Obama's name, but it is obvious and by no means accidental, who he was talking about. And on foreign soil none the less.

The Dixie Chicks were lambasted for voicing a political opinion on foreign soil. Bush mixes domestic politics with an international event and because he didn't name anyone he didn't say or do anything wrong.

Just wearing a lapel pin or using a patriotic sounding online name does not make on a patriot. It is time for true patriots to awaken and hold those that have hijacked our nation and it's once powerful image, to account for the careless, reckless and malignant abuse of power.

If Obama wasn't so painfully transparent he would be comical.
There he stands with his newly acquired flag pin in his lapel(forced to wear because of losing voters not wearing it)
touting how patriotic he is .. How much he wants to debate
Bush (an insignificant in this race) and McCain. Tell me Mr.
Obama where was all this fire and desire to debate when Hillary
has been challenging you them? You have one lousy debate
where you feel you weren't treated fairly and you run off and hide
and refuse to debate her.. You didn't mind debating when you
and Edwards were double teaming her.
The fact that Bush was able to rattle your chain so easily and
get you all fired up just proves how inexperienced you are and
not ready to play with the big boys of international politics.

I'm so tried of hearing these idiots back George Bush's stupid war! If you're so Gung-Ho about protecting our country, the Marines are always looking for a few good men! Don't talk about it, be about it. Go fight the war and stop emailing stupid, lame comments! You should be embarrased that you wasted your vote on the worst president in history. What does that say about you! Obama 08!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

If you want more of Bush then, vote for McCain. If you don't want more of Bush, vote for Obama. It can't get any more simple than that and you don't need a cystal ball to predict the outcome of the general election. Obama will win.

WOW!!

Now, THAT, ladies and gentlemen, is what is called a BEATDOWN!!

Go get them war-mongers, Bama!

Overheard in January 2009 right after Obama takes the oath of office:

"Don't go too far George, tell that to Dick too", Obama says as he shakes Bush's hand a bit more tightly than is comforatable.

Yes, let's just have a conversation with this mean men with missles in the Middle East. That'll solve everything. Osama meet Obama - let's just get along, OK? Please!

Obama will have us praying five times a day on our knees and beheading Christians if he thinks pandering to terrorists through diplomacy is a solution. They understand one thing and one thing alone: FORCE. It will be a rude awakening for the bed-wetting liberal if he somehow manages to dupe the nation into electing him.

I love how people on these blogs are so tough behind a keyboard. Truth is, nobody knows who is really who, or who really stands for what. If anybody is swayed by a blog post, they are proving how simple minded they are. If anything, most of the posts prove how scared the GOP really is. It's not hard to pick out those who are simply trying to spam hate.

Face it GOP, you are history.

Total Delegates
OBAMA – 1904.5
CLINTON – 1718.5

Contests
Obama – 32
Clinton – 17

Obama debate? Don’t make me laugh!! An Obama Bush debate would be like having Two four olds debate. If Obama wants a debate why dose he keep running from Hilary? Oh that’s right because she destroys him in them.

I'd like to remind the President of what happened to a politically insignificant singing group known as the Dixie Chicks when they too went to a foreign country and bashed someone.

I'm just sayin......................................................................................................................

When will everyone realize the comments Bush made were aimed at CARTER!!!!!!
He sat down with the leaders of HAMAS!
He can't admit it because it is bad form to bash a former President. but Obama is so insecure he has to make everything about himself! and he is not even the Drem. Candidate yet!

Obama, Read the 58th Psalm verses 6-9 specifically titled ' A PRAYER FOR GOD TO PUNISH THE WICKED. " This is what I pray for all that mistreat me directly/ indirectly. It's perfect for "you know who." I have seen God honor this when the petitioner remains obedient and allows God to handle things. He's the biggest liar Ever from the "Texas Miracle" lies regarding education in Texas to lies regarding the war w/ the blood of thousands on his hand. He probably thinks it's "fingerpaint!"

I can't wait for the General election. Obama and Clinton will tear them apart.

Yes, You are right. Bush and John McCain have a lots to answer for because they have done a lots for this country. Well, you have nothing to answer for since you have done nothing thus far for this country.

Obama talks about hypocrisy, when he knows and everyone knows what he said at the time.
It is easy to look back and say-oh, I did not mean that. However, he made it very clear during the debate that he will, personally and without pre-conditions, talk and negotiate with terrorist leaders such as Chavez, Castro, etc.
So I am wondering who is the one practicing spin-hypocrisy, and he is not even the nominee yet. I can not imagine what kind and how many back paddling he will be doing if he become President.
By the way, I am an independent and I am not planning to vote for neither one of them.
As a matter of fact, the first things that they should do is reimburse the American people for all the salaries they have collected in the last 2 years without doing nothing-except for being running around lying and cheating the American people.
All of them are a disgrace!
Thanks

You may not like Mr Bush, but he is very smart.

ROFLMAO

OBAMA, like they say is naive and inexperienced. He does not have a clue about World-wide radical islamic threat. America is not ready for Obama, no not in these dangerous times. and Obama is not ready for America. Let us not put our country through insecure times when we are already reeling under various problems – domestic and international.
America cannot afford to step back in the war on terror. There is no one good answer to handling terrorism. But Obama is not the answer. He is weak. He will set us back.
Thank You,
A concerned Indian American.

IF any one thinks either of these morons will help us or our country fooooooooslih people. They all turn GREEN when in the white house

To Jim, you call Bush smart? Man, stop smokin that stuff and come down to reality. Dubya, is the worst and most feeble minded president we've ever had. Look around you einstein, is the world safer? is the economy booming? Are we better off now that eight years ago? Come down and face reality.

Refreshing, at last, to see someone who thinks rather than reaches for a gun and a contract with a political fat cat. Obama will make a fine president.

Yes. The policy of ignoring enemies doesn't work, and just serves to further aggravate tensions.

Obama's words are very strong and powerful.

Bush has no right to lecture anyone on foreign policy. In agreeing with Bush, McCain just forfeited legitimacy. McCain's continuous confusion about middle eastern groups and his G.W. style anti-diplomacy will not get us off this terrible path we're on. Only a Democrat can start to fix these republican foreign policy disasters.

Well Jim I have to say that I have never heard your point of view; Bush is smart you say? Very interesting point of view you have. Have you ever heard of Iraq?

Mr so-called "Neutral"

Great Grandpa McThuselah is not going to win this election. This election is about the future...our future, not his ancient past.

Move over Great Grandpa and let the new generation of this great country fix all of your failed and bigoted politics of the past.

i hope Obama obliterates them!

So wait a minute. Since the policies of McCain caused the issues with Iran, doesn't that mean the policies of Obama caused the same? haven't they both been in congress for the past few years. Wouldn't they both have to take credit for the current situation? Oh I get get it. LadaladalaBAMA only takes credit for good things in congress and not bad. That part of congress was McCain's fault. Typical forked tongue politician. Hey Obama, why don't you go invade Pakistan like you mentioned a few months ago?

Oh poor Obama. I wonder when he watches sports and the teams get into a huddle, does he think they're talking about him. Talk about cheap politics, from a cheap politician, desperate for a little bit of air time.

I think Bush and McCain have forgotten that Biblical saying," You reap what you sow." If we just trust, they are going to get their just reward.

SO... when is the first debate for Obama-McCain?? This one will be a doozy!! I'll bet McCain walks off the stage within 30 minutes.

Take those gloves off Barack!

Are we getting it yet?

130 REPUBLICANS voted PRESENT on the hose bill to further fund the occupation in Iraq. Do you know what this means, of course they were cowardly, but until few days ago these guys were breathing fire out of their mouths, and yesterday they voted present.

Has the tide turned over yet?

Do you think things will be better in Iraq, after 5 years? 5 YEARS?

And some people think McCain can win?

Get the HELL OUT OF HERE, McCain is as lame as a 30 year old horse, Obama will destroy him.

I REMEMBER THE OTHER GREAT PRESIDENT OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY-JIMMY CARTER. HE TALKED FOR MONTHS WITH IRAN TO RELEASE OUR CITIZENS HELD HOSTAGE. THEN, ON THE DAY REAGAN WAS SWORN IN, THEY WERE RELEASED.
I WONDER WHY ? COULD IT BE THAT THEY KNEW HE WOULD BLOW UP THE COUNTRY IF THEY DIDN'T ? JUST REMEMBER-IF OSAMA OR THE LEADERS OF HAMAS OR IRAN COULD CAST A VOTE IN OUR ELECTION WHO DO YOU THINK THEY WOULD VOTE FOR ?? EXACTLY!! WE WILL NEVER LEARN.

Obama Rulz!! I am sick and tired of people playing politics etc. – i want a clear thing and Obama's message since beg. has been clear about what his group wants to do. Bush/McCain are just stupid to even play politics – they are not reading people's mind – same goes with Hillary!

" May 16th, 2008 1:09 pm ET

obama saying he'd debate mccain on foriegn policy is laughable. clearly obama's not experienced enough to realize you can't have a sit down with iran. you think the democrats would have learned this after nancy pelosi had a visit with syria, while they were making a nuclear facility. democrats like to say it's the politics of fear, no it's the politics of reality. people want to hurt americans, quit pretending there not out there obama and pelosi."

Uhh "lol" have you thought about WHY "they" want to hurt Americans? Let me guess, you think its because we're the "beacon of Freedom" and they "hate our way of life."

I "lol" at that and you. Go read some history books.

Well...this time something was clear... having watched him read and read and falter as he read we can be convinced he reads what others (who?) put in from of him when there is any substance in his verbage...he only looks up when he is using his usual generalities and standard campaign rhetoric

This is directed to Jim. How do you expect anybody to take your words seriously when in your first sentence you state that Bush is smart? Are you serious? Give me a break.

To the rest of you Republicans... I sincerely thank you for revving up your hate machine because your actions will result in bringing the Democratic Party back together.

You tell them Obama!

We should never be afraid to first talk to our enemies!

Obama 08!

Enlightened Voter May 16th, 2008 9:23 am ET

Obama, you shouldn't even have to dignify those outrageous idiotic remarks from a madman like bush but I understand that as president this will be part of your job. I fully support your diplomatic tactics in trying to talk to our enemies. We need peace in this world and visionaries like you will make it happen. Dialogue has to start somewhere.

I SECOND THAT!!!

Never negotiate out of fear, but never fear to negotiate. Why does the GOP steadfastly refuse to talk? Maybe because they are so totaly incompetent in diplomacy that they are afraid that they'll only make matters worse. (if that's at all possible)

To Neutral: WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!

Didn't Reagan negotiate with the "evil empire" Soviet Union in the 1980s? What the heck are Bush and McCain talking about?? You've got to get out of your Oval Office chair and engage these people or they will aengage with each other and unite against us. When the sun sets on the Bush era, we'll finally have a chance to have meaningful dialogue again with other world players, whether we like them or not!

Bush is not the smartest man on earth and has messed up everything. No point talking about him.
However Obama needs to come up with concrete policies. All i hear from Obama is Im going to Change this, Im gonna Change that, Im gonna Change my Pants after tonight. However, No substance in Most things he says. Just retoric.
Obama also says he is willing for a debate anytime anywhere – but he ran away fromt he debtate when HIllary challenged him for any debate in Indiana and NC.
Finding fault with others is not enough. You have to come up with realistic solutions also – in that area both Bush and Obama are not very different.

Sen Obama is always godo reading scripts.

Wait till he gets into the real world, his supporters are blind.
And some even worship him every friday , uh. unAmerican.

RAPHAEL TX:

What questions is Barack avoiding? He's been one of the most forthright candidates of recent years.

Why don't you ask McCain why he advocated talking to Hamas a few years ago; the same thing he's accusing Barack of advocating (which he isn't).

George Bush just sealed McCain's fate with that deplorable comment. Interesting to note here is the willingness of the Bush Administration to negotiate with a terrorist and tyrant like Kim Jong il and North for years, yet they somehow have a problem dealing with Iran. In the meantime, Iran has gotten stronger while Iraq has turned into a full-scale quagmire.

Seems to me Bush and McCain really don't have a leg to stand on. Obama's lack of 'experience' may be just what the doctor ordered to restore our reputation in the world – not to mention our floundering economy.

Bush and McCain continue espousing the same failed policies , year after year. Surely enough people now realize the Bush admin policies are wrong and will reject Bush's surrogate in November.

You Obama lovers just don't get it do you. This Country is run by Congress, not the president. If you want to place blame, blame congress and their ability to do nothing. Remember, the opposite of progress is congress.

I would love to see Obama succeed with a Republican congress. Would not happen.

And to all of the Hussein-Obama sheep, remember, "CHANGE" is NOT always for the better.

Hey Neutral...afraid to sign your name. Many thanks to all you angry women; it's because of you guys that Hillary won't get the nomination. Take your mothers and sisters and vote for McCain and Obama will still win. In the end the monster that Hillary created ( that would be you)
will cost her the election and Presidency.

Thank You Obama!! Bush and McSame DO have a lot to answer for. Thanks for holding their feet to the fire!! I used to be a registered Republician, but no more - I'm now going to the Democratic party. By the way, there are plenty of voters in West Virgina for Obama, we want change too!

George Bush used the American people in the worst way. He lied about weapons of mast destruction and waged a war to benefit his rich oil buddys.

"I wanted to sit down and negotiate " – Rookie!

NEGOTIATE?????

Jim, how is Bush smart? The man mangles words on a daily basis. Every year, there is a Bushisms calendar full of new and foolish things that have come out of his mouth. To Neutral, remember, that not all women in the democratic party are white. For a dem to win the white house, they have to win all minority groups and independents. Also, are you saying that the amount of HRC supporters aren't attacking Obama because he's black?

Obama transcends race, gender, age, orientation. Obama is right. Talking it out is better than going and bombing people. If Iran wants to at least talk, then it's worth a try. Al Qaeda didn't want to talk, so they deserved like retaliation.

Dems, unite. As a woman, I don't want Roe v. Wade to be overturned. It's our right to choose, and some old man isn't going to make that decision for me. So, for all the people out there that don't want Obama, realize what you will really get if McCain is elected. It's not roses. Vote for the better of you, your children, friends.

Neutral – I'm a woman and know a lot of other women – we despise liars. When a woman is president, she should have integrity. Someone we can be proud of.

Obama's not even president yet, and he already has a lot to answer for.

Hey jim, do you have any idea what your talking about? MR. Bush smart.......? " the fact still remains, Obama does not know what he is talking about". Are you saying you do? Maybe you should run for President. You seem to have a plan ready for all that ails the US. Tell us more JIM........

Where's Cheney? What does he have to say about all of this!!!!!!!!!! This administration has been a joke and McSame offers just that, the same.

Let me just get the republican view straight here –
Diplomacy is bad.
Destroying a nation's infrastructure and exploding it's citizen's just to end up worse than you were before is good.
OK, got it, I think I'll vote democrat.

Obama is trying to play Big Bad Boy, but he hasn't got a clue. McCain has got more experience and more CAHONES, in his little finger, than Obama will ever have in his scariest nightmares, which I am quite sure are numerous.

Go away little man. The drumbeat has started.

Wow!! this is going to get interesting come November!

Yeah Obama can speak until he actually comes face to face with people and then he has no idea what to say. He just rides the coat tails of people like Hilary Clinton. Yeah – keep using your money for these little speeches to the public, where no one has the opportunity to rebuke or discuss what he's saying. Can't wait for the actual debates

For anyone who says Obama has not been clear on his position obivously has been hiding under a rock. Go to his website or do some research on their priorities. Don't run your mouth about something you don't know about. Stop being lazy and letting the media spoon feed you. Obama is and will be a good leader.

Mccain's foreign policy stance is similar to Bush's in that it is based on arrogance and aggression. We cannot continue to believe and act as if our will supercedes the needs and concerns of all other nations. This breeds resentment, and thus we have the foreign policy crises and image problem we have now. Obama understands this, and he also understands there was a time when America was respected and regarded as a world leader because we led by example and possessed a global sense of community. George Bush has changed all that and McCain has been along for the ride and this is something he must not be allowed to shirk away from. Foreign policy is about more than sending troops. It is about diplomacy and mutual respect.

Obama 2008

YOU DON'T HAVE TO LOOK AT OUR CURRENT COUNTRY'S CONDITION TO SEE WHO IS RIGHT.

249 Days before the children are out of the white house.

Oooooooooooohh! Mr Positive is going negative! He taking page from the hated Hillary! Wha happen?

Shame on Bush, Shame on McBush! There are so many reasons why their comments were inappropriate. McBush on one hand is a hypocrite for stating 2 years ago that he believed that talks with Hamas was necessary, meanwhile, Obama has went on record stating that he would not talk to Hamas. Wait! Wait just a second, maybe Bush was talking about McBush in the first place. Ok then, never mind my post.

Obama=Jimmy Carter

Bush's vacuous word's not only violated the time honored tradition of not bringing partisan politics beyond America's shores but once again proved Bush's ignorance about history with his pathetic rhetoric.

The "the false comfort of appeasement" to Hitler was Chamberlin's signing of the Munich Agreement in 1938, conceding part of Czechoslovakia to Hitler NOT sitting down negotiating with another nation. Given Bush's erroneous comparison, Bush himself has appeased Russia, Libya and Iraq. This is a continuing display of the Bush administration using ignorant comparisons and bad history that dampens America's prestige throughout the world and Bush's own approval rating at home. Frankly, America and the world are tired of this one-trick pony.

What is even more ironic is Bush's grandfather was a director of a bank seized by the federal government because of its ties to a German industrialist who helped bankroll Adolf Hitler's rise to power according to government documents. Prescott Bush was not only a war profiteer but in 1933 went so far as to subsidize a coup attempt in order to achieve his dream of a fascist America.

Face it Georgie, America is tired of your politics, your mistakes and your presidency. When the alleged leader of the free world breaks a time honored political tradition, used bad history then ignores his own family skeletons it's time for you to ride into the sunset and order extra crayons for that presidential library.

On second though, keep talking. Every time you open your mouth, it's more votes for change, more votes for Obama...

As an older white independent voter I find President Bush’s speech in the Knesset yesterday regarding appeasement to be in fact, right on the money. This is an issue, which in the end will cut Obama’s legs from out underneath him. We are in this situation because Jimmy Carter appeased the Ayatollahs allowing Iran to fall under their control. Every one of us whether we are republicans, democrats, or independents wants to give peace a chance However, it is important to recognize that we are not engaged in a struggle against the peoples of the Middle East we are engaged in a struggle against Radical Islamic Fundamentality ruled countries or governments. The extremists, utilizing their narrow view of Islam would rather wipe us and our way of life out then conduct fruitful straight talk with us to create a lasting universal peace in the region. If what Bush said yesterday offended some democrats then maybe, just maybe, he got it right and has outted them and their plans for our future (if it walks like a duck, etc, etc). If allowed to become the regional powers in the Middle East countries such as Iran or Syria and their henchmen Hamas, Hezbollah, anf the Taliban in Afganistan will have won a major battle in their Jihad against democracy and America. Moderate Arab nations would cease to exist as we know them today. The state of Israel and all of Europe will also be gravely threatened.

As I read numerous blogs it’s become apparent that most posters have no knowledge of history, have an extremely distorted view of it, or believe some revisionist clap trap version. It’s one thing to talk to these rogue countries through diplomatic channels as we now do. It’s another completely different thing to extrapolate that we can alter their extremist’s views if we just sit down and try to talk some sense into them face to face. We cannot make the same naïve mistake with these people that Jimmy Carter made during his presidency. If we ignore history then we are doomed to repeat it.

When countries such as Iran and Syria, and organization such as Hamas, Hezbollah, and the Taliban show us through their actions and deeds that they truly seek a lasting universal peace in the region, then and only then, should we consider sitting down with them face to face to discuss how to make that happen. To do otherwise, would be the gravest of errors.

Don’t get caught up in the campaign hype there’s a much bigger picture to consider.

Does anyone realize that USA's foreign policy instigated 9/11, that before this date, newspapers around the world were calling us, the globe's bully. USA is hated around the world and viewed as murderers for power and blood-lust. Exactly, what is wrong with meeting at the round table and talking peace?

Perhaps if Americans were to evaluate their thinking on bullying and wars and why we glorify warring, then maybe we could experience a few years without blood shed and the sacrificed lives of fresh, new generations of America's kids. Aren'l all of our religious icons practioners of peace and love? It is time to change the paradigm of kill first and talk later. Personally, I abhor bullies.

Did I read someone in this blog named Jim say "George Bush is very smart". I think I will change my name because that is the dumbest thing I have ever heard.

Neutral............SHUT UP
Obama hasn't attacked anybody but the retarded Republicans so stop trying to make more Hillary supporters not like Obama. That is why you sitting there yelling so much because you don't have a clue what you are talking about....................you sound just like Kevin James did yesterday with Matthews

Obama slapped the CRAP out of McRAT and Bush.

PACK YOUR BAGS GOP because Nov 2008 will be a new day in the US.

The American people will NOT allow you play these silly high school games on ANY democrat or ANY American!

The only way to fight these low life Republicans is to use their words against them. and it must be done quickly, frequently and aggressively. McCain is a 'war hero' but that was 40 years ago. In the here and now he is a cheap politician who conveniently changes positions without knowing or admitting it. Besides, he displayed on several occasions serious lapses which call his alertness into questions. Yes, his age should be an election issue even if his wife protests to the contrary.

You go, Obama, extract the lies and bring truth back to America!!!

I am asking CNN not to censor my comment if you are democratic

What? Obama got his feelings hurt again? Of course, he's upset ... McCain is simply stating the truth ... Obama isn't fit to lead our country if he thinks sipping tea with terrorists is going to change their minds. HOW NAIVE!!!

And Indy for O'Drama ... I'm sorry but it would only be an ignorant man who would say there was no Al Qaeda before the war ... Al Qaeda was bombing U.S. Naval Ships in the middle east while Clinton was in office.

Americans need to wake up,the onlyreason others want to hurt us is the policy we take with other countries.When you try and govern by the gun,you also die by the gun.We as Americans need to realize that we do not have the right to dictate to others how to govern,but allow ourselves to work peacefully with those who have different idioligies.

The potential for a debate on foreign policy and the Iraq war between Obama and McCain has me feeling giddy. Obama has just laid out the challenge, I hope the Republicans accept.

Jim

You complain that it took Obama days to come up with a comment? Do you actually believe in single functioning brain cell of yours, that Bush gave that speech off the cuff???? Bush is not capable of speaking coherently, much less come up with an original thought! Please, he has been prompted for days, if not weeks, on that little gem. It was very calculated and scripted. Thankfully, the speech writer proofed it and omitted the word "nuclear".

Since when did being diplomatic mean being weak on security? We must stop confusing these two. It's the same as equating Iraq to 9/11. The two are not related!

Being diplomatic might have actually INCREASED our security instead of heightened the chances for another attack.

But then again, the GOP does not seem to be the best at speaking to another group with a differing point of view.

But as for Obama and the rest of us:

YES, WE CAN!

Oh no, call me a flip flopper !!!

I used to have respect for Obama and would have liked to see him president. But all he has done is prove how inexperienced he is. Is his head so large that he thinks Bush used a speech to Israel on an historic day to have a dig at a junior senator.

Grow some balls Obama. Even Hillary called your idea of 'talking' to Iran as Naive in the debates.

I agree that Bush was a big mistake... I did vote for Gore then Kerry.

But, I will NOT vote for another mistake in Obama.

Hillary supporters have been insulted and bullied...
Payback is, you know what they say.

The MOVEMENT is on...
McCain '08 for Clinton '12
Obama, well, NEVER!!!

Neutral: He NEVER insulted Women. I am a woman, and I have never been offended. You are simply sexist and cannot cope with the fact that Hillary is losing. Quit complaining, we have a Republican to crush this November.

It comments like these that make foreigners hate americans. If you hate the president of your country so much then move to another country. He might not be the best or as horny as Clinton or crooked like the Kennedeys but he is our president and negative comments about any of them should be kept in this country......... That is the number 1 reason people hate americans it's our attitudes.

to: A (supposedl) Real American...

STEVIE WONDER "AND" RAY CHARLES COULD SEE WHO BUSH WAS TALKING ABOUT...

Also, it was confirmed on background that the comments 'were' aimed at him.

you must be one of those 'low information' voters we keep hearing about....

Its official.....to all you closed minded GOP, war mongering, want to destroy the world (with us in it) REPUBLICANS......you have just been put on notice!!!! Be prepared to loose the White House by an unprecidented margin and loose Capitol Hill as well, and once we can nominate a few sane open minded liberals to the Supreme Court.....some of you will finally be prosecuted for your political treason and crimes against the USA and humanity in general........I HATE old fashioned Republicans.....there needs to be an island for you to live out your fantastical vacum sealed visions......

OBAMA '08!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

All Obama's got is a speech, and a speech and a speech, I'm really sick of his speeches.
All talk and no action, shut up already your voice is as annoying as Bushes

No Jim..Bush is not very smart. I would be willing to bet that Obama wrote most if not all of his soeech.. while on the other hand is Bush had written his it would look like this:Hee_haw!! Ride'Em Cowboy Get Them there IraqsHee_haw!! Ride'Em Cowboy Get Them there IraqsHee_haw!! Ride'Em Cowboy Get Them there IraqsHee_haw!! Ride'Em Cowboy Get Them there IraqsHee_haw!! Ride'Em Cowboy Get Them there IraqsHee_haw!! Ride'Em Cowboy Get Them there Iraqs..oh and BOMB BOMB BOMB BOMB'EM GOOD..this one's for my Daddy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!(ya'll forgot about that huh?)

Obama is such a pile of dreck!
He is an empty suit with out a clue about foreign policy or any judjment on his far left or his pastor wright!

So... it's okay for a democrat President to go overseas and attack the sitting President several times, but not okay for the current Republican President to go overseas and make a general statement about many people past and present? What a double standard the democrats have. They don't even see it because of their blind hatred for Bush. How sad.

For 3 1/2 years, Bush's own secretary of state has been trying to get him to understand that we have to talk with Iran because Bush's policies have made Iran the biggest winner of all in the Iraq war. For the past year, his own secretary of defense, Gates, has been urging discussions with the enemy, since the enemy is made stronger by the day by the Bush policies in Iraq. But it is the Democrats that Bush rails against, not his own experts.

There's an old Shakespeare saying that has been said by a few people on CNN the past 2 days and that is "thou shall not protest too much", which is exactly what Obama and the Dems have been doing the past 2 days. This just gives credence to what Bush said about negotiating with Hamas. Bottom line is Obama did say he would have talks with Hamas and other hateful nations/groups without preconditions. He can deflect all the negativity he wants to Bush and McCain, but he still needs to answer to what he has said about having talks with these types of groups. He and Dems know this is a sore spot for him.

It takes a real man to address his enemy face to face and command respect and attention. George Bush is a cowardly boy pretending to be president in his make believe game of "I declare war" and McCain is simply an angry crony attempting to avenge his unfortunate past on any country accessible. I respect President Obama's courage and judgment to do what is best for me, and my country, unlike Lil’ Bush.

I like the sound of that, President Obama.

Hows the current plan of attack working?
its really scaring Iran and stopping them.
This converted REP is looking forward to a new kinder gentler direction.

OBAMA IS THE ONLY TRUE PERSON TO GET CHANGE GOING HERE IN THE U.S
ALL THE OTHER'S ARE SO MIRED IN MUCK PAY BACKS ECT. THEY CAN'T GET ANYTHING DONE
WE NEED TO VOTE OUT ALL THE INCUMBENT'S AND START ANEW

It amazes me that Obama believes he can and has slammed President Bush for the Presidents policies and beliefs. When President Bush disagrees with a group of people that believe it is possible to negotiate with extremist and cites historical examples of way this would not work Obama publically states the President is not playing fair. What is good for one is good for all.

In addition CNN has become so biased that this morning one newscaster reffered to the President of the United States as Mr. Bush. Am I the only one that sees both of the above mentioned practices as abuse of our system of government and unetical business practies.

The talking heads of the Republican party are at it full strength today... and thank god FINALLY the media is showing they have America's back.

Check out on youtube, Chris mathews hardball, may 15th... You will laugh at how stupid these republican talking heads can be.

McCain needs to stay away from those dang internets. hahaha

Obama is a cry baby when the questions get tuff!!

This is to Jim who said that Bush is a very smart man. Do you know a different Bush? If you honestly believe Bush is a very smart man, you are as deaf, dumb and blind as they come!!!!

It is really sad to see the state of the REP Party. They use to be so bold. They had fire in there belie. Now look at them. 28% approval, loosing 70 seats this Nov. McCain spinning around in circles trying to come up with a plan after 3 months of running against himself, crying to Rush, “what we going to do now”? Roves going to jail soon, you guys are a mess. And you have the nerve to think Bush did not know the impact of his statements in Israel? Funny thing is the more you try to make Obama look bad, the dumber and dumber you look. Notice all of the tactics you try only turn your seats over? Its because you are trying to take someone down instead of build yourself up.

You can not discuss nuclear disarmament if you can not pick up the phone and ask someone how there wife and kids are. Diplomacy is a long road, Not a quick lap around the track, It takes time to build relationships especillay if you havent had a conversation in about 30 years. Does it hurt to sit at a table and listen to someone other than yourself? Does it hurt to sit at a table and dicuss options?

The second strongest force in the world should be the US Military. The first should be the US State Department.
Perhaps then the USA will regain the moral authority that led us to prevail in Europe, Over Communism, and Yes in Irag in the early 90's.

"Let's put Obama in office in 2008 so that we can say we changed American politics!!!"

- Terrorists all over the world

John Edwards for SUPREME COURT JUSTICE !!!!!!!

Go get 'em Barack. Let's face it a manhole cover would be a better President than Bush or McCain. Let's elect someone with common-sense like Obama to turn our country around.

DEMOCRATS BEWARE!!!

A lot of Repubs posing as Democrats are posting hate mail. They're trying to drive a wedge between us!

RESIST THE REPUB HATE MACHINE!

The "Obama Supporter" spreading Hate is a Republican.

War has not worked, period. For everyone who claims to be a real American, read the history books and tell me at what point in history the tribulations with the Middle East began in the world. From the early 1100's to modern day there has never be a lasting peace in that region despite countless wars.

It is time that someone tried something new, that instead of resorting to violence to resolve the differences between two opposing cultures, we reason and talk amongst one another. Anyone who wishes to continue the failed foreign policies, McCain, is not fit to be a president as they obviously have not learned from mistakes.

If I were Obama I wouldn't be so fast to agree to a debate, Hillary
made him look like a school boy.

McCain isn't as stupid as he looks, and I don't think Obama will
be able to stand up to him any more than he did with Clinton.

Obama is causing all this to free PR, and is putting words into
everyone's mouth.

Obama has bashed McCain every single day, does he think he is the
Golden Child and untouchable?

Obama is one of the cockiest men I have ever seen.

We are all in big trouble if he is our next President.

PUT HILLARY ON THE BALLOT

At least this country's enemies would fear McCain. The only Obama they would fear is Michelle.

Lets look at it objectively. Bush did talk to Libya before Gaddafi pulled out of nuclear reactors in Libya. Bush did talk with North Korea as well. We need to talk to everyone and understand why they are angry with us.
We cannot live in vacuum at all.
Who ever becomes the President of USa will have to talk to the rouge nations of the world to understand where they are coming from so that we can make adjustments to bring them back into the fold.

Why are there only pro-Barack Obama comments on here?
I really don't think Obama would make much of a commander-in-chief, personally...

Typical "Bush" league statements. From day one he's said one thing and done another. Why should he change now?
What a disgrace he's made of "our" country.

Herman in LA, please, anyone knows when someone is trying to call you out. Are you smarter than a first grader? No, not even Bush or Mccain.

To JIM

BUSH BEING SMART THAT WILL BE THE DAY, HE IS AS DUMB AS THEY COME AND SO ARE HIS FOLLOWERS.........

OBAMA 08

Eric – sweetie – so considerate of you NOT to waste gasoline on election day. Thank you – the rest of it need it because of the 8 previous years.

Bush smart ??? Jim you obviously are writing a Sat. Night Live skit ! & who could ever be more of a puppet than W. lol,lol,lol
He was govenor of one of the few states where the govenor has no power except to sign execution orders. W, lol

well stated President Elect Obama

ashish

I hope, in Novemeber, the 80% of Americans that say they want change, show it in their choice for president. I like McCain but I don't like where is double talk bus wants to take us.

Not only is Mc Same caught on one tape talking about talking with Hamas – he's is also on another tape about... Bomb, bomb, bomb Iran!

Go get em' Obama!

Lord, Obama, stay out of the controversy! You're terrible at spinning it. The Dems, unfortunately, are already going to tank in November because of you.

Can't wait for the debates when McSame goes off and throws a punch at Barack on the stage. It will be his downfall.

LOL

The sooner Bush is out of office and replaced with Obama the better our standing in the international community and hence the less threat of terrorism! Pretty simple stuff if you ask me. When Obama wins the presidency it is "Mission Accomplished".

John McCain is embracing the very position that got the nation in the helluva mess it's in, and in so doing has tied himself foolishly to the failed policies of George Bush. I would remind Mr. McCain that Ronald Reagan talked to Gorbachev, Nixon to Brezhnev and in fact all presidents before Bush recognized the need to speak to the respective boogiemen of their age. Bush equates mere diplomacy with appeasement, but they are two different things. Neville Chamberlain's error was not talking to Hitler, (diplomacy) it was giving away Czechoslovakia (appeasement.) Fine nuances like that are beyond Bush's, and apparently McCain's, grasp. But I can see Obama gets it.
Obama 2008

Obama will say anything to get in the White House.

Finally, a democrat with guts! Get them,make them answer for everything they've done ,by the way ...where's Cheney?

OBAMA you are right! of all people, Bush shouldn't have anything to say! Look at America today! And you tell me that's a man who cares? America,if you put another Bush in the white house, please don't start complaining..just remember who stood in the cold casting the votes!

OBAMA ALLLLLLLLLLLLLL THE WAY IN 2008!!!

did Bush, in his remarks to the Knesset, once use the word DEMOCRAT? or did he say OBAMA? hell no.... the dems have such thin skins that they are tripping all over themselves on this, like a bunch of goons who chewed too much LSD.....bush could just as well have been referring to politicians in EUROPE who would coddle the Islamic terrorists until they put a bullet in the average European's head... so get off it obama, bush was not talking just about the Dems who would coddle terror, but also europeans, and arab politicians, and certain segments in Israeli political society as well,,,, show me in the speech where Bush said Dems and I will buy you lunch!!

YEA BECAUSE BUSH & MCCAIN HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB.

DID THEY GET OSAMA? I DON'T THINK SO.

THEY GOT ONE THING DONE, I HAVE TO GIVE TO THEM.

THEY EMPTIED OUR POCKETS & MADE US & ISRAEL LESS

SAFE. HAMAS & AL QAEDA ARE STRONGER THAN EVER.

JUST WHEN YOU THINK THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION AND

IT'S SUPPORTERS HAVE REACHED A NEW LOW, SURPRISE.

Why Did McCain give January 2013 for the end of war, Bi Landen capture or dead, economy turn around does he honestly believe we want to continue to see our soilders return home dead and injured, and gas and economy continue to increase for 4 more years he is delusional if he thinks he will get a bite out of the electional apple a second time if he gets elected in 2008. Tell us how you will get it done???????????

What about a Senate resolution to censure "W" for injecting partisan politics into an international arena. Is "W" going to work for Halliburton in Dubai after his term is up? Does he need McSame to get elected so he can line his pockets a la Bill Clinton?

ummm, uhhhhh, Bush aint running, and that was stupid thing for him to say he would debate Bush and McCain, LOLOLOLOL has he lost his mind, besides Bush never called his name or the democratic party on this issue, he made a general statement, funny thing is, like Obama does in every speech, and I would really like for Obama and his speech writers to tell me exactly how it is we are less safe, I want to know specifics

Hey republican It's on LET's GO.

GAME ON.

DEMS UNITED.

So McCain is somehow responsible for Bush's comments, but you, Mr. Obama, are not responsible for Rev. Wright's comments?

Seriously, "Obama Supporter", you "hate hate hate" posts aren't helping unite anyone. Same post on every story.

Obama '08.

We need Hillary!!! A real leader!!!!

Wondering why Obama didn't fire back to Bush's ridiculous remarks yesterday? Took his advisers all night to write Obama's speak he was reading off his note cards. SUCH A TALKING HEAD. It was more laughable when he asked the S Dakota Farm woman what type of Health insurance she had??! Elitist, and OUT OF TOUCH with average American! And then furthered his ignorant remarks with"You look Healthy"
I was expecting-"you look healthy Sweetie! You don't need health Care!

PLEASE stop this nomination before it is too late. Hillary is not far behind.
We can't afford a president with Training wheels! He is not prepared for the white house!

Good job Obama!

Obama displays strength in countering Bush and McCain at the same time. This will be a critical posture to maintain from Convention to the General Election. If he continues lump their arguments together and blend their images into one, undecided will be drawn to the strength of his campaign, and power of his message, and hear what he has to say.

This Independent votes Obama.

Thank you! Bush has spent the last 8 years damaging our once great nation in every possible way (world standing, economy, national security, etc...), and now McCain wants to spend the next 4 following the same pattern.

I love America, I thank God to be an American, but I am NOT proud of what Bush and the republican government have turned this country into. It is time for change, and whether that change comes from an Obama administration, or a Clinton administration, I will be able to again hold my head up high and be proud to be an American.

Democrats 08!

McCain is such a flip flopper that I don't know where he stands on issues. He changes his stance depending on how politically successfull the position will be for his campaign. On one hand they say they are working with these rogue nations to get them under control and then on the other hand they say democrats are like Nazis sympathizer. This is not what a President does when they step onto center stage and speaks to the world. The entire World is listening, there are thousands of children dead in China's quake, 100,000 dead in burma and the country won't accept aide, even emergencies going on here at home, but instead of speaking to the disasters Bush wastes this moment speaking like the idoit he is, who ever wrote this speech is incompetent and another example of how the administration is full of incompetence. Bush's own leadership is right now working on communication with these terrorist nations, and the terrorists in Iraq to maintain a low level of truce. Bush and McCain really have no common sense and that is why his approval ratings are so low

Now run and tell that.

You go Barack. Yall heard him...anytime....anywhere.

Watch out...its starting to show. See, yall thought Barack was soft. He was just being a gentleman to the "Monster" I mean Hillary. But now the table will turn and McCain and Bush will feel the wrath of his frustration with a failed government.

Allow me to introduce the future President of the United States of America. President Barack H. Obama

Ha,ha,ha,haaaaaaaaaaaa!

Thanks Bush! Hey – don't come back to the White House- Obama will be moving in!

Go Obama!

Nice way to shout and tell the WORLD what a complete failure Bush has been with the war in Iraq and Bin Laden – still running around and making new videos!

Great way to tell the world leaders that Mc Same is another Bush and warmonger!

Can anyone believe Mc Same – 5-more years in Iraq?m That would be 10-years!

Hmmm... I'm going to be watching Obama. I'm a Hillary supporter that was not happy she didn't get the nomination...BUT... If Obama can show he can take the heat and make sound decisions, I might change my mind about him.

Show us your stuff, Obama! So far you haven't convinced me you're strong enough yet.

Obama's ego better not get to big he hasn't been to Iraq yet to even see whats going on there vs. him saying oh bring the troops home. Its easier said than done. This man is so clueless on foreign policy its scary. McCain has his faults but he has served and his son has or is and McCain and Clinton have been to Iraq a couple of times already. I can't wait for the debate with Obama and McCain especially about Iraq. Maybe Sen. Obama the big community organizer should revisit how many people are getting killed in the city of Chicago yearly since he touts himself as a unifer there.

I would love to see that debate.

SOUNDS LIKE OBAMA CAN'T HANDLE THE TRUTH.

Wonder why Bush made those comments he made yesterday? Check your gas price today for the answer.
McBush made those comments knowing it is going to stoke tension in the Middle East and as such drive the price of crude oil higher. Thus, Halliburton and his oil buddies would be able to make more profit from the high price of oil. The is the same why he sent us to war in Iraq.....
Tension in ME = Higher Crude oil Price = Record Profit for Oil Companies = Higher gas price for us her at home.
Bush is a complete disgrace.

The GE has begun FINALLY!!!! We can know focus on the republicans and have debates on the issues and start heeling our party . Because when we debate the repubs on the issues we walk in the white house

Peace can ONLY be achieved through talking. Period.

Obama 08.

Obambi, it is YOU who has a LOT to answer for. How's your bundlers like Oil Executives, subprime lenders and your THREE LOBBYISTS actively working in YOUR campaign and IN YOUR PAYROLL?

Obambi, you're an EMPTY SUIT, you're full of PLATITUDES, that's all you have to offer. You're full of promises, like you've done when you were a state legislator in Chicago.

BTW, You'll NEVER be President, you won't be the nominee, and IF you are, DNC will go down the drain with you; 60% of registered democrats are WOMEN. You've insulted Hillary, attacking her because she's a woman. Hey Bro, we have mothers and sisters!

A couple of those lady behind him look like they are in love. LMAO

Democrats 08'

Well said, Obama. Well said!

The Republican's misinformation smears and fear-mongering won't work this time!

All too predictable and is what we have come to expect from the corrupt Bush/Cheney propaganda machine.

Bush's speech writer(s) need to take some history lessons. You don't compare a rag-tag 3rd world nation that can barely get spare parts, poses no threat to even its own neighbor after 8 years of a disasterous war (Iran/Iraq war) to the most powerful war machine of the early WW2 years.

It was a horrible analogy and maybe the first time a U.S. President went on foreign soil to complain about our own government.

Watch out, McCain, Your temper will flair and when that happens, you
react with rage. Not righteous anger, but irrational outbursts, which make us wonder about how mentally health you are.

Bush may well be the gift that keeps on giving to Obama. With all the bad blood between the Obama and Clinton supporters, it is nice to rally against the worst president since reconstruction and the party he prepresents. I hope Obama takes it too him and I hope Bush is stupid enough (without Turdblossom minding him) to keep responding!

WOW...I can just see John McCain asking for an apology from Obama for some how hurting his feelings. Finally we have a competent Presidential candidate. Thank God!!

Nobody's name was mentioned in President Bush's speech. However, if you can't read implication, you can't read subtlety, and therefore, you have no business commenting on politics. Politics is one part blunt populism, one part subtlety, and one part prostitution.

I agree with Obama how can Bush talk about any body at his time of great failure.

Thats right Obama, don't let them swift boat you like they did Kerry. Hit them right back in their mouths EVERY TIME they go into that swift boat mode of politics.

Obama 2008

David Axelrod of Obama's campaign will now have to use a lot of their campaign funds to hire all the writers from tv's "Boston Legal" to write his speeches and have prepared responses for Obama, to counter the Republican attacks.

Otherwise, we will hear to many ers, ahs, ums...

Hit them hard Barack, they are the latest gatekeepers of a fifty year old boneheaded foreign policy that has resulted in an unnecessary loss of American lives from Vietnam to Iraq and points in between. This "me against the world" idealogical supremacy is outdated and dangerous and will only increase the ranks of our enemies.

Keep standing your ground Obama! Bush and McCain are such hypocrits. He is the reason we are in this mess and if anyone votes for McCain they are continuing Bush's old, pathetic course of action.

Go Obama!! We love you!!

Thank you, Senator.
Bush lies and distorts the truth so much, i highly doubt he could recognize the truth if it bites him.

mccain is a milly-mouth old liar, that changes his position everytime the wind blows. i know he served this country well. he needs to gracefully retire and let the capable people take over and get us out of the holy mess that Bush generated and Mccain endorsed.

Gas was $1.72 a gallon when Bush took office. Cheney said if we invaded Iraq gas prices will go down. I never bought into that lie, but a lot of people did. How's it working out for the idiots who put him in office?

Yes, Bush has a lot to answer for and Mccain as well. It is time for him to let the USA/Int know why he did not persue after Osama and started a war that had nothing to do with 9/11.

Mr Bush sold out the USA AND MCCAIN WILL DO THE SAME.

if he flip flops. he can never be McSame now can he?

a REAL American,

You prove that you are a REAL American. You were probably too busy watching American Idol and America's Next Top Model than to actually watch the news.

If you did watch the news, you'd know that top White House officials confirmed that the speech was geared towards Obama and other Democrats.

So, who got voted off last night?

Israelis are smart people and understand not to believe an outgoing president with the lowest approval rating in the US history.

This a taste of what to come..through Obama – We will take back our country...

Great response, Mr. President. Expose them for the war criminals they are.

To use a Knesset meeting on the 60th anniversary of the founding of Israel to criticize a US persidential candidate is wrong in so mant ways and is a new low for the Clown Prince. This is an administation that , once out of office, can and should be tried at the Hague for war crimes.

Democrats are not Nazi appeasers. We ARE fighting Nazis! They are called right wing republicans who want to destroy civil liberties, push for corporate dominance over everything, and create vicious lies to instigate war. Bush should also remember that his family aided the Nazis!

It's about time that Barack is being vetted on his foreign policy experience. Which he has absolutely none! I'm an African-American supporting Hillary Clinton and if Obama is the nominee I will sit out this election. We need a President with substance and he lacks lots of it.

Go Obama. Intelligence and reason are on your side. Only the lowest end of society are susceptible to ignorant fear tactics and blatant pandering.

Let's bring America back to her former glory and respect!

God I hope Attorney General John Edwards investigates these bastar*s and throws them in jail, McCain too, he's as guilty as all the other crazy Republicans.

Yes Bush-McCain have to get right with God instead of engaging in Politics. They have murdered over 4000 people and then some since this war started. I can't believe McCain would agree with anything Bush has to say giving the fact that Bush is not like by anyone in this country. He is selfish. He is dumb. He can't hardly even read a speech. He is a drunk and everybody knows that. When he got that 3AM call, I just bet he was hung over and vomiting at the time. He probably told the caller to blow up whatever.....right now. Dumb idiots. McCain will have to pay for joining up with Bush. McCain flat out lied about not being a typical republican and that he is a different kind of politician. He's a freakin OLD joke.

George W. Bush shot his mouth off (although you can bet it was carefully orchestrated), and McCain stupidly followed up. Now it's time to roast them slowly in their own stupidity.

The Neocons have proven themselves both arrogant and incompetent, and consequently are making really dumb mistakes.

Let's hit 'em where it hurts, Dems!

Seems like the gloves are off. Get on them Obama. War crime charges for GWB. We won't be fooled again. Obama don't have to take that stuff from them. Let them have it. Sick Joe Biden on them. Time for the Dems to let the BIG DOGS out. Sickem Boys.

Obama keeps on playing the blame game and avoids answering questions. The reason Obama has no chance on winning the White House is because America is still unclear what this mans positions are? One Day Jerimiah Wright is like an Uncle and the next day he is dispicable.
OBAMA STOP AVOIDING QUESTIONS AND START ANSWERING THEM. We are sick and tired of hearing your eloquent speeches of change with no direction of your own?

Go Hillary, if not Hillary Go McCain

I cant wait for Barack to tear into McCain. I am appalled about what Bush said yesterday and John McCain continues to defend.

Obama just smacked Bush and McCain down big time... Go Obama... No more fearmongering !!!

Obama 2008

This shows that Obama can be tough. This is good.

Who is a more qualified leader:

a) The guy who sings "Bomb Iran", at a time when the nation is spiraling rapidly into bankruptcy while fighting an ongoing war stretching our military and our budget incredibly thin; A war with people who want to destroy us because we aim to destroy them.

OR

b) A guy who believes we may well be able to solve these problems through diplomacy, at a much lower cost in lives and dollars, quite possibly resulting in a more peaceful, cooperative middle-east.

Since our current president as well as the Republican nominee are both 100% lacking in diplomatic and leadership skills, and we've seen the results of being led by a guy from the Northeast who likes to pretend he's a Texas Cowboy, I think the answer is abundantly clear.

The Democrats are such hypocrites. They claim the Republicans use scare tactics but that is exactly what this is. Obama is trying to scare uninformed voters into thinking that McCain has all of the same views as Bush. If you actually examine their positions on issues, THEY DON'T

it's ridiculous, stupid and naive for McCain (the Rhinestone hero) to even align himself with any such policies of George Bush. He is the worst President in US history. Even Republicans know how bad a President he is, he should be distancing himself from Bush instead of backing him... it's almost shameful.

Barack is right to want to atleast sit down and try to be diplomatic related to our enemies, especially since bombing ppl seems to be working so well... Americans want peace.. not WAR!!!..

Besides, McCain is a liar.. he was never even tortured over there in Vietnam.. He's a traitor and a hypocrite.. And the American Ppl would be wise not to elect a traitor to office.. look up Rhinestone Hero John McCain.. know the truth about this awful man!!!

Come on everybody and unite with the Obama Campaign!

Hate Hate Hate 2008
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Hate Hate Hate 2008

Hate Hillary
Hate McCain

Hate Hate Hate

Obama '08

DEMOCRATS BEWARE!!!

A lot of Repubs posing as Democrats are posting hate mail. They're trying to drive a wedge between us!

RESIST THE REPUB HATE MACHINE!

booooyaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhh!

Agreed. In the words of a great man, "There was no Al Qaeda in Iraq until we went to war with Iraq."

And frankly, it is looking like we have some serious problems in our own hemisphere since Venezuela has now been proven to have FARC ties, and is our fifth largest oil supplier.

Impeach Bush !!!

You may not like Mr Bush, but he is very smart. Obama had to wait two day for his speech writers to tell him what to say because he does not have a clue, and there fore obama lost two days in which he could have been talking about the economy. This is letting Hillary's case get stronger, and stronger.
So many people have been scrambling to spin Obama's naive debate gaffe early on when he said he'd talk directly to enemies. But the fact still remains, Obama had no idea what he was talking about, and he said nothing about preconditions or what he now refers to as "preparation" for such talks.
Our country will be left wounded by the Bush administration only to be led now by an unqualified amateur. But at least, it will be a democrat unqualified amateur;I guess that's something. Just pray that he doesn't refer to some world leader's wife as "sweetie."And remember The flip flopper is Barack Obama. Mr Appeasment Obama was backing the Palestinians just 18 months ago, until one of his aides reminded him of the strong Jewish vote in Florida

I watched the interview of McCain in 2006. Man oh man did he ever flip-flop. It seems that which ever is the best terms at the time for him to get elected he'll take. But he was interviewed and caught on tape, so please McSame try to wiggle out of this one.

Hah! That's it...the Dems are running against "Bush-McCain" and the Dems will win easily.

Remember how Bill Clinton brilliantly ran against "Dole-Gingrich" in 1996? People hated Gingrich and they hate Bush even more.

Egotistical, are we Obama and Democrats? Nobody's name was mentioned in Bush's speech, but if you feel a guilty conscience then maybe it's because THE TRUTH HURTS!

Yep they should be Impeached...

Obama 08!!!

obama saying he'd debate mccain on foriegn policy is laughable. clearly obama's not experienced enough to realize you can't have a sit down with iran. you think the democrats would have learned this after nancy pelosi had a visit with syria, while they were making a nuclear facility. democrats like to say it's the politics of fear, no it's the politics of reality. people want to hurt americans, quit pretending there not out there obama and pelosi.

Now, that's the kind of heat we need in our kitchen!

Truth to power. Thank you.

Yes Bush and McSame have a lot to answer for but will their feet be held to the fire. In McSame's criticisim of Obama, he failed to remember the tape of him saying we should negotiate with Humas.

Go get the war mongers Obama.

BRING ON a Dem v Repub debate!!!!! I can just see Bush stammering, trying to come up with an answer, then finally spitting out a joke (like he always does when he can't find the answer), and John McCain getting redder & redder, right before he blows his top! That would be some funny stuff, right thar!