mccain and the re[ublicans are a bunch of cowards

exactly what I said before. Keep discarding all people whom he trust around him and put in those who have no faith in anything.

We will end up with a white washed and whiter Obama with no policy but the one the media had in mind, if they do.

sometimes, I feel as though the media's aim is just to destroy as much as possible and as quickly as possible anyone or every thing that seem good for the ordinary America.

Guess what? we are in the same boat. If poverty gets to tough, that means there are more bandits or angry americans out there driven by poverty, and bitter on their entitlements.
Generations of Americans are working on temporary jobs that do not offer pensions. They work for such a short time that they neither qualify for pensions or unemployment.

If these people are not dead in the meantime, there will be a time when they will seek revenge, because you saw what happened when the mortgage industry melt down: More and more houses are being vendalized before foreclosures. That may happen when people start to become desperate: they may not just burn their own houses: they may burn ours.

If he uses an insider then he'll be accused of embracing the old system he denounces yet it he uses outsiders they say he is using inexperienced people. The Republicans are full of double speak.

Nick - Arlington, VA June 12th, 2008 3:53 pm ET

WHAT ABOUT GRAMM MCCAIN?

-he is your financial adviser and lobbied for the companies responsible fro the mortgage crisis.
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THANK YOU NICK FROM ARLINGTON, VA!! McCain is a complete hypocrite.

What a joke. Who cares?

By the way Marc PDX, the economy and middle east are already screwed up royally. Pull your head out.

McCain you're pathetic!

Mr. McCain, please concentrate on your own VP selection and leave Sen. Obama's to him. If you're seriously considering the "hair do", Romney; you have enough problems to worry about besides Sen. Obama's.

Vote Obama in November!

Let's stay with the issues, can we?

The guy isn't getting a cabinet postion for crying out loud.

McCain knows he needs to deflect from the issues to stay in the game.

WHAT ARE ALL THE OBAMABOTS SO AFRAID OF? THE FLAWED CHARACTER OF YOUR CANDIDATE IS WHAT'S GONNA DEFEAT HIM IN THE END…

TIC…TAC…TIC…TAC…TIC…TAC…IT IS JUST A MATTER OF TIME!

HILLARY CLINTON SUPPORTERS FOR
JOHN MCCAIN

I know McCain has no message. He will loose galantly………LOL

Blah Blah Blah………McCain will stoop to any level to win votes. Let's talk about thing's that are important like the economy, healthcare, The housing crisis, gas prices, and the list goes on. He's like a little kid that tries to tattletale.

If you can't win on the issues try anything! Give it up Republicans. You stole the 2000 election, scared the hell out of us in 2004. It's about time that politicians realize the american people are not STUPID! We may be gullible from time to time but please don't insult our intelligence any more. OBAMA '08

McCain is another Bush.

Just goes to show McCain is not ready to be Commander In Chief on day one. He can't focus on any important issue for long. And according to him it does not matter when our brave troups come home.

McCain sure did get desperate early. I guess his talk of a "clean campaign" was as big a lie as just about everything else he's said in the past few years. Go ahead and try everything you can, McCain, but it's not going to stick. Obama beat Hillary, and Hillary was a MUCH more appealing candidate than you'll ever be on your best day. When November comes around, you won't even have a prayer.

All of you NObama idiots just refuse to open your eyes and pay attention to what sort of people he aligns himself with!! Do you really think that one black man, with absolutely no experience, can do all he says he can do? You've been drinking too much Koolaid!

Pot…Kettle….Black. These are not even in the same zip code as the people McSame has surrounding him and puppeting him on every policy. Keep it up McBush and you will continue to look incompetent. Sure are doing a great job at straw grasping. It is time for a change.

I don't know whether this CRAP originates with McCain or the Media, but McCain is going to be saddled with this Albatross - unless it is becomes clear that he he is not involved in spreading it.

Despite a pro-life philosophy, McCain is driving away supporters left and right with his campaign. I don't believe that McCain even knows what he stands up for. With all his flip-flops, I am starting to thinks that he is so open-minded that he has no mind at all!

Mike

Let this have been the other way around and you'd have had McCain Lynched by now. Obama is running on the fact that he wants CHANGE and McCain is pointing out that he's HIDING behind that stance so instead of seeing that you all just whine whine whine. Enough already!! Since when is back and forth jabbing news to everyone! Geesh!

This probably won't get posted but it felt REALLY good to type!

Before you start trowing bricks old and senile guy , there are a few criminals in your party that will be looking for some help when your dumb brother leaves office. I dont think Eric Holder pardoned anyone so stop fishing.

I'm amazed at how McCain is selling out to his party. Once an independent voice and a proponent of doing the right thing, even if politically unpopular, he has now become the latest Republican puppet. As an independent voter, in the past I have been a fan of McCain . . . but not this election cycle. Is it just me, or is he just another old, tired rehash of the same? This reminds me so much of Bob Dole's attempted run on the White House - no independent thinking, no new ideas, and zero personality. It's a shame to see him go down this road as I respect his record as a senator.

This is sad, You mean to tell me that McCain is trying to win by talking about the company Obama keeps! Well Mr. McCain at least Obama is a Man of his word.
You Sr. are not, remember what you said “not Dirty Politics” it is amazing how desperate McCain has become. it is a sign desperation and weakness!

Keating 5–divorced his first wife because she was ill. Wanted millions Cindy had. Bought insiders to ahead in AZ. Lets not start calling the kettle black!!!!! McBush will get his along with Bush/Cheney!!! And it will come from a higher power!!!

McCain's the BIGGEST hypocrite EVER!!!

McCain can send $4,000 Americans to their deaths without blinking an eye - yet picks on every person Obama has working to vet his potential VP… None of whom, to my knowledge, has as much blood on his/her hands than McCain…

Whatever!

It's FAST approaching STUPIDITY! I forgot, we need to vet the vetters and perhaps have those vetting the vetters vetted as well…

WHERE DOES IT END???

The lobbyists running McCain's campaign with all their dirty GOP money have absolutely NO business attacking Obama… PERIOD!

Good for Mccain….clean house senator! Obama's got lots of corrupted characters around him……we already seen 6…its not a surprise that theres more coming. Where theres smoke, theres fire!

What's next? Flagger or "Reverend" Wright are being considered for the VP spot?

You have got to be kidding me!!!

McCain has a valid argument. Obama promotes himself as an agent of "change" while practicing politics as usual. Just like all the other candidates that have run for president this year, he surrounds himself with people of questionable character. Fortunately for Obama, his "educated", "affluent" supporters only see the second coming when they look at him………unfortunately for the rest of us, it is the second coming of Jimmy Carter.

Obama experience = rhetoric
does not deserve to be prez. Please people, wake up before it too late.

Maybe McCain forgot he said he was going to run a clean campaign. He seems to forget several things he has said. He even goes so far as to denie he every said them. He may have even forgot who he has running his campaign and what they have been involved with.

Cathy DFW Texas,

With all due respect, instead of trying to sound like someone's mom, just post something. No one cares, if you don't like what some are calling McCain. If you don't like it go somewhere else and post. As far as your comments about Obama, if you have trouble trying to decide whether to vote for him, maybe you are spending a little too much time paying attention to name calling and not focusing on the issues. Candidates and supporters are two different things.Try to realize that and maybe then you can decide. Please!

You've got to be kidding me.

Go Obama…and to all the sleaze from the Republicans…I say to hell with you. John mccain and all of you ANTI AMERICANS can go straight to hell!

mcsame,learn from hilary
she chose the kitchen sink and went down the drain
you'll be next
keep on keeping on

I THOUGHT MR.MAGOO WANTED TO RUN A CLEAN CAMPAIGN !!!!!!!
WHAT HAPPENED ????????????????

SEN. McCAIN: No. No. I-the fact is that I'm different but the fact is that I have agreed with President Bush far more than I have disagreed. And on the transcendent issues, the most important issues of our day, I've been totally in agreement and support of President Bush.

Gramps McCain should just shut his piehole until he purges his campaign of every corporate lobbyist.

Oh, and Gramps? We haven'e forgotten about your involvement with the Keating 5 and the savings and Loan scandals. And we'll bring it up every chance we get ….

McBush is a crumpy old man with amnesia.

Did you see the video clip of McCain bragging about the fact that he does not know how to use a computer?!!! Computer illeterate is how he described himself!! And this is the man you want to lead us into the 21st century? Laughable.

DEAR SEN JOHN MCCAIN HERE IS A LITTLE MESSAGE FOR YOU AND YOU REPUBLICANS AS WELL AS YOUR PAID BLOGGERS I AM A 37 YEAR OLD WHITE WORKING FEMALE THAT LIVES IN PA AND YOU MY FRIEND WILL NEVER GET MY VOTE OR WIN MY STATE HERE THAT MY FRIEND NEVER AND BY THE WAY IM INDEPENDENT INDEPENDENT 37 YEAR OLD WHITE FEMALE AND I APPROVE THIS MESSAGE!!!!!!!!!!!

Cathy DFW Texas June 12th, 2008 2:56 pm ET

Okay, I'm a Democrat. But I am really sick of all the stupid juvenile posts where people call McCain all those childish names like McSame, McLame, McShame, etc. Grow up people.

Here you are jumping all over McCain for going after an Obama staffer & saying how childish that is. Then you turn right around and call him those names like some 10 yr. old. I repeat, grow up. If you disagree with McCain, that's fine, but for heaven sake, write something that sounds a little more adult than the juvenile tripe I keep seeing here.

It is stuff like this constantly coming from the Obama camp that has me really struggling with whether or not I can support him in November. If he attracts such a bunch of lemmings, that kind of scares me a little.
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Um, as a democrat, we are SUPPOSED to belittle and besmirch the enemy young one. It was wrong when we did it to Hillary out of anger but McInsane, McWalkingcane, McStain, is fair game baby! Do you like McDementia or something? If you're going to berate us for calling him names, then you should go to Faux News and do the same to the ones on that site for calling Obama all kinds of names, hell, they even bring to this one. Don't get on our nuts for what we call McThusela if you're not going to do the same to those who mess with Obama's name.

Obama/Sebelius 08/12!

I think McCain should remove himself as a candidate. The Keating Five was a scandel second only to Bush's twisting of intelligence to gave his war. The fossil needs to look in the mirror and decide what ISSUES he stands for and how he plans to implements is ideas.. HOW PETTY CAN HE GET????? Oh, McShame has no issues.

LOL, is that all he's got??? Or is he using anything to distract attention away from Iraq and the economy?

Well, well, well, Mr. McCain. So much for the clean, above the trail campaign. You will do anything thto keep the medai from talking about the issues like the economy that you know little about.

Seriously? Is this what the campaign is about. WOW. McCain is already desperate. Pretty sad.

give them hell John.

Thanks for bringning the Clintons into this Mr. McCain. Way to woo her supporters. Please keep running your mouth…you're unifying the party.

Why don't we start talking about all the LOBBYISTS on mccain's payroll, including his VP vetting team?

When will this country stop listening to this guy?

CNN PLEASE PRINT THIS

Do you remember in a debate with Clinton and Obama, and Obama

threw it in Hillary's face about Bill Clinton Pardoning Marc Rich?

He mad a big deal of this, and now the shoe is on the other foot.

Obama is a flip flopper

An IMPORTANT point CNN leaves out These VP vetters are not Paid!!!! they recieve no money…..volunteer ring a bell?????

McCain needs to get a life……………..maybe a real job would help him….factory work would do

So basically anyone who has done ANYTHING questionable cannot work for Obama? Does McCain vet his vetters? If so, why not the vetters' vetters vetters? Should this raise serious questions about his judgement, if not?

Come on, this is ridiculous.

Predictions!

Obama will win the presidency in November. He'll pick a running mate with more politcal experience than he has (that's a given unless he picks a military man). Obama will screw things up royally in the middle east and with the economy. Democrats will blame the republicans.

Check back with you in a year to see how I did!

NObama N'08

Here goes Mr Flip flop McCain! With all of the lobbyists and special interest groups who work for and advise him, he thinks that he is qualified to Vet. Barack's People!

Dems. It is time for you to start Vetting McCain's people he is now getting ridiculous!!! (oops!… he has always been ridiculous, he is just getting worse)

The old man is toast and he know it. Republican will try any thing to change the subject for the real issue facing americans. Talk about the economy, Iraq war, Gas price, food price and so on. Mccain is clueless when it comes to the economy, he wants to stay in Iqaq for 100 years, making time line in not important to him eventhough all our troops want to come home old man is out of touch.

WHAT ABOUT GRAMM MCCAIN?

-he is your financial adviser and lobbied for the companies responsible fro the mortgage crisis.

So, if he can get Eric Holder off the VP vetting team, will the price of gas go down?

We see where this is going, Obama should bring back Johnson and battle McCain more tenacious now since he is going after people helping him pick a VP, What the hell is it about going after the people selecting VP, none of these people are wanting to actually get the VP spot.

Wow is this the best that Senator McCain can do? Folks it's time for change and Senator McCain is not it! Obama 08

I am so sick of the Republicans and their smear tactics. Do they know how to do anything else?

Maybe they should check out Barack's garbage collector's sister's brother-in-law's cousin twice-removed. You never know. . .

McCain had better be careful who he tries to attack. His campaign was full of lobbyists, true but everyone seems to forget MCcain's role in the Keating Five Scandal of the 1980's. Mccain and five other senators were found to be guilty of there roles in trying to stop an investigation of Charles Keating and his crooked Saving and Loan that bilked millions of senior citizen investors and taxpayers of billions. Mccain and four other senators had roles in a scandal to thwart investigating to Keating, whom Mccain had a very close relationship with and received many perks from. McCain was officially censured by the senate for his role in this scnadal that cost many americans their life savings, as well as billions to tax payers. Google " THE KEATING FIVE SCANDAL" for more information if you care to know the truth.

Now to Clinton supporters ( women especially) You say you will vote for McCain because your hard feelings about Hillary and try to say that you are doing it for various reasons, but it is an obvious case of sour grapes. The economy is TERRIBLE, but you instead of voting for the candidate whose closer to Hillary's views, you will vote for a candidate that has admitted that he doesn't have economic experience, will continue the Bush policies on the economy, and was one of the key figures in a scandal that gave Billions to a crooked friend in the S&L business and was censured because of it. Add that to his stance on Iraq, foreign policy, a women's right to choose, etc. and it's clear that Obama is the better choice. Vote your interest people, not out of spite.

Obama/ Clinton or Obama/ Sebillius 2008

Why doesn't McCain release his psychiatric records?

We love you, Obama! Just ignore the detractors. Don't confuse the issues with facts because we want hope. And we want change. And we don't have a thought in our heads. We love you, Obama.

McClown is so full of it…you can smell from miles away. This guy is so pathetic he drowns in his own filth!

These are the important issues that we as Americans need to worry about? Senator Obama's VP selection committee??? Stop grasping at straws and stick to what's important, folks. Senator McCain, you are an honorable man, but you are beginning to crumble before our very eyes. I think I now know where my vote is going.

BE CLEAR:

The MAJORITY of Americans could care less about who's vetting the possible VP's.

They're too busy trying to figure out how to get to work (if they are lucky enough to have a job)

Spare me.

"Stephina June 12th, 2008 3:31 pm ET

To Disappointed:

The Obama supporters are all angry and very upset people. They can't stand for their candidate to be critized because it jolts them into reality and out of their dream-land.

In a nationwide survey Republicans were reported as being the happy and content citizens; while the Democrats were reported as being un-happy and un-content.

All you have to do is read their posts on these forums. They complain about everything and they are always are shouting: Give me this or give me that.

McCain in 2008 !!!"
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I support Obama, and I'm not upset. Actually, I'm glad McCain's doing this, because this is precisely how Obama beat Hillary. If McCain wants to throw the kitchen sink, that's fine.

Let's just pray he doesn't break a hip!

You McBush, your own republican commitee is full of dirty laundry, wash your laundry first before you see who has dirty clothes. Poor thing he is out of speeches to give.

…and the popular media should take another dive into the Keating 5 scandal. McCain certainly has experience (corruption and otherwise) on his side.

I'm actually glad that John McCain is playing these games early on. Because this is precisely what the independent voters DON'T want.
Independents don't follow in lock step to either Democrats or Republicans. Therefore, if one candidate doesn't behave, they can easily switch to the other without guilt feelings.

Keep up the good work, John! You've already alienated the Conservatives because of your stance on illegal immigration. You've already alienated the Evangical Conservatives because of how you treated Pastor Hagee! And now you're going to alienate the independents.

John, you're the gift that keeps on giving! I'm going to have one last beer, before you start vetoing them!

Pot this is kettle, over.

McCain going after anyone is a joke. How about his economic advisor Phil Gram or his foreign affairs advisor William Kristol. McCain will be a lauging stock by November.

This is Good news, now we know He can't find anything else on Obama.

Raz
Obama 08/12

John from LA, when you wake up from that dream…give us a holla!

McCain is only challenging Obama to hold to his own standards . .

Obama still hasn't responded to why he attended and supported a black liberation church for 20 years and listened to its pastor preach hate and racism. This is a core value issue with me.

At least now we know what he was inviting Obama to talk about at those town halls.

Let see , it seems to me McSames wants to be Obamba Advisors.

First he tell Obamba he needs to vist Iraq, second he tell Obamba he needs to have 10 town meetings with him, and now he is telling Obama about the people Obama pick to vet for a VP. McSames is not ready to be the next President.

Who's next Caroline Kennedy???? McCain is pathetic. GO AWAY MCCAIN!!!!

Better yet…answer why you dumped your first wife….CNN…do a segement on that….Huffpo has all the info on McCain dumping his first wife Carol. He truely is PATHETIC.

MCBUSH bring troops home? Nah, thats not important. They can stay in Iraq for a 100 years! I've agreed with 95% of Bush policy's last year and by electing me we can stay on course with the ongoing War in Iraq, the high gas prices and the failing economy.

Vote for me, McCain and lets BURN DOWN America together!

Are all these personal attacks, finger pointing and irrelevant distractions part of the clean campaign that John is promising the American people? McCain contradicts himself so much that I bet he doesn't even know who he is. And we are constantly watching this general election campaigns carefully and will elect our president based on the issues important to us rather than be distracted by petty dirty old Republican political tactics.

The war in Iraq was predicated on LIES and fearmongering.

The Republican administration preyed on the psychology of the American people, and by repeatedly using 9/11 and Iraq in the same sentence, created a direct link between the two in the minds of many Americans to extent that 70-plus percent of people believed the hijackers were Iraqis!

McCane is even WORSE than Bush when it comes to the Iraq war. At least Bush does not have McCane's baggage of having been a POW for 5 years.

Who on earth would vote for McCain? Hillary supporters are supporting him because they felt Obama's campaign was a little sexist?
McCain is A LOT sexist!
He opposes requirements for health plans to provide contraceptive coverage, favors overturning Roe vs. Wade, and he even called his own wife a CUNextTuesday!! Back in April he opposed the Ledbetter Fair Pay Act which would have guaranteed equal pay for equal work.
I can't believe he's somehow painted himself as a "moderate"
He's a wing-nut who will only continue driving our country, as Bush has, toward ruin.

McCain, why don't you get all the slimey lobbyists off your team and your so-called Straight Talk Express bus you deceitful Keating Five lyin', cheatin' Rethuglican?!

It appears that the Obama supporters are beginning to feel the heat. Ladies and gentlemen, you're in the big leagues now. The rest of America isn't buying into your American idol. We reject idolatry.

I thought McCain said he was going to run a clean and positive campaign. Doesn't sound like it to me. If he goes back on this tiny statement, lawd only knows what he will go back on if he's President. Well he won't be President (I think he pretty much knows that) and that's why he's trying to throw the kitchen sink. It's not going to work! No one wants McBush!

So does McCain ever talk issues or just go on the attack against Obama's people? People accuse Obama of being an "empty suit" but I'm seeing a lot less content coming from McCain…

What a pathetic man…he is so out of touch on issues that all he can do is pick at Obama's staff!

Republicans look what you have representing your interest. That in a time when gas is over $4 all father time can think to do is invade the Obama campaign. That's all he knows how to do is wage wars on countries and campaigns. He is SUCH A PATHETIC MAN!

Obama '08!

@58 year old white women for Obama….Not according to CNN and the polls. LMAO

If McCain had his way on top of reversing Roe v. Wade he'd probably want to reverse Brown v. Board of Education as well.

If the GOP wants to dig up non issues, let's talk about Cindy, the home wrecker.

I think I read that Mrs McCaine money came from the sale of Beer. Now there is nothing wrong with beer, but some people cannot handle it. Let's hold Barbie Doll McCaine responsible for all the wrongs cause from beer in her area of the country.

donna, great post.

Are not Bitter

LOL

Who LOLing Now

Loyalty, Black list, LOL

So now the truth comes out. Obama's so-called change is just more insider politics business as usual nonsense. Wake up america. If elected, Obama will flush himself and the rest of us down the toilet of inexperience.

Indredible! Campaign advisors are basically telling McCain to follow Hillary Clinton's playbook, and lay on 2 coats of slease. The primaries were one thing, but the general election is something totally different. It is painfully obvious that McCain has no plan to win the election, and if he did win, he has no play to fix any of the problems that we now face.

As much as Hillary supporters tout they are 18 million strong, please be aware that half of that number will support Obama. There are equal amounts of moderate republicans and independants that are pledging their support for Obama. As much as Obama is beingportrayed as a far left liberal, he is garnering the support of more moderate voters than McCain. One point many people aren't grasping is the fact that sometimes how you deliver the message is as important as the message itself. People eventually become exhuasted with all the attacks. Pay attention to the polls, you will see Obama's numbers begin the spike.

More and more blogs are pitching up on the net referring to Mr Obama as THE DISSASOCIATOR, with Jum Johnson being the latest ex-Obamee! Who next?

So the Straight Talk Express has morphed into the Slimeball Express. Pretty bad when you're this desperate in June.

For a guy who still has a bunch of lobbyists in key positions in his campaign, this is pretty brash. Does McCain mean "hypocrite" in Scottish?

Two points here. Obama threw down the gauntlet that he was the face of New Politics. For him to use the retreads of previous administrations contradicts that. Also, all the people defending Obama were OUTRAGED when Clinton pardoned Rich. Now you want to defend the legal mind behind it? Yet another double standard for the Obamabots.

Kathy from DFW, TX.

People don't come here too often to talk intelligently. Come to the Obama campaign blog and debate the issues maturely. People who come in angry and say bad things are booted.

Sure Obama supporters say nasty things, but they are venting. If you post a blog with respect, you'll get responses with respect.

John McCain= Bob Dole….nuf said……conservative Republicans unite for Barr!

Hey, all you critics out there. Vote for me. Why? I like McCain and I like Obama. Is that positive enough? No dirty politics here. We are all Americans, right? Let's say good things about each other. Are you still with me? My, my, my, I can sense your temperature rising. Not to fear. I still like you. Now vote for me! My life's experience is definitely more than Obama's, but less than McCain's. It's an age issue. I am well qualified to run the country, having run my own business for more than 20 years and successfully sent both my kids through ivy league college. Have lived in four different countries and traveled extensively abroad, thus qualifying me to run foreign affairs. Why don't I run for President then? It's because of all you guys…so negative, so one-sided, so close-minded and oh, so into your own self. Oh, no, there goes my candidacy! But, I still like all of you as well as President George W. Bush. History will vindicate him as a great American! What? You don't believe me? Here's wishing all you non-believers a long, long life so you can prove me wrong.

said it before, and will say it again: McCain's got NOTHING

McInsane should be careful of the kinds of issues he wants to raise … his own ugly history of serial-adultry is an issue that doesn't show him in a very favorable light!! He is a shameless OLD POLITICIAN with absolutely nothing new to offer the nation.

To Disappointed:

The Obama supporters are all angry and very upset people. They can't stand for their candidate to be critized because it jolts them into reality and out of their dream-land.

In a nationwide survey Republicans were reported as being the happy and content citizens; while the Democrats were reported as being un-happy and un-content.

All you have to do is read their posts on these forums. They complain about everything and they are always are shouting: Give me this or give me that.

McCain in 2008 !!!

People should google Keating 5 , also skeleton's in John McCain's closets.Find out when him and his present wife started seeing each other. Like before he divorce to his disabled first wife? OBAMA 08

Connie from Indiana

MY FRIEND! You Are Not Able To Win On Any Of The Issues That Are Important To Americans! Not Even The War, Which You Love So Much, Is Going To Get You Into The White House!

Obama hits this war monger with everything you got he is grasping for straws it shows how weak his campaign is. Intstead of talking about gas that is over 4 Dollars a galllon he wants to question a man that has nothing to do with whether our not food prices go down get to the issues Mcshame that is what we care about! Stupid Republican

ah..maybe Barack should "vet" his barber and dry cleaner..how about the cashier at the grocery store.. this has gotten so ridiculous.. this crabby old man needs to take a nap in his easy chair. His speech today and I use the term loosley , was riddled with bumblings and mistakes what a bore. He better have more than being a war monger as this isn't enough to win or even come close..sheese what a loser and yes..I am 55 and know the word..

This is truly pathetic!

Didn't his friend Bush pardon Libby.Where was the outrage with that.

A couple of points:

1: If you are held as a prisoner of war, as McCain was, does that automatically make you a war hero?

2: If McCain is so experienced and a great leader, after all his years in the Senate, all of his wisdom, shouldn't he know more about the economy?

Man! I have lost all respect for McCain. He has been trying to show what a "good guy" he is. Yet, he is as mean spirited and hateful as his GOP hate machine like Romney, Limpbaugh, Rove. What hate they spew. He certainly doesn't appear to a practicing Christian. What a shame!

"My Friends, … That's not change we can believe in."

heh heh

*Sly wink to camera
*another wink to nobody

* and the finale … plastic wrestling toy arm motion…

Obama 08, Be a part of Something Great.

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sarah June 12th, 2008 2:57 pm ET

lets see….. im just waiting for the obama zealots so i can find out how this too is hillary clinton's fault.
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The person you supposted lost and admitted defeat, why can't you? It can't be healthy to hold on to so much anger and frustration over something that you can't change. If Hillary would have won the nomination I'd be just as enthusiastic about voting for her as I am about voting for Obama, anything to hand McCain defeat. Think about how badly this war in the Middle East has effected our economy and vote for who you think would fix it, not blindly keep us there.

this is stupid Obama bet not fire another person over media scrutiny if that is the case Mcsame should fire his top advisors for there Lobbyist ties

Discuss the issues!

my oh my, such vitriol from the obamarama-mamas-and-papas!
did old man mccain hit a nerve? he's just trying to underscore the fact that HUSSEIN surrounds himself with slime and because of that, he is hardly presidential material. wake up, america. drop the kool aid and come to your senses!

Go get him McCain!!!

Obama's staff are all nuts and crooks!! Right from Howard Dean on down!!!!

McCain need to pick his own vice president and let Obama make his choice, if this is all he can come up with- november can't come soon enough. First he want to have town hall meetings, then he wants no less than 10, then he want to say and when. Obama continue to be your own man just because McCain can't draw large crowds don't
let him dicatate how you should run yours. He is so old and out of step with the real world. If you want to start digging there is plenty in your closet you don't want out.

It's so obvious that The Gelding can't run on his record and positions on the issues so he's going to waste all our time on this horse crap. He's not concerned with the war, the economy, the mortgage crisis - he's worried about winnin' the "gotcha" game. Well you know gramps, every time you scream at the cloud, you discount yourself a little more. Your credibility is just shot, now you're just comedic relieve and your schtick is more sad than funny these days.

Do yourself a favor McSame - stick to your noun, verb, viet nam strategy - it sure works better than this hooey.

CONTROVERSY:

Countrywide Financial gave McCain money!!!

So does McCain want to remove McCain?

Mccain Is Clearly Representing The Same Old Policies That Have Put This Country Where We Are Now! Mccain Does Not Have An Issue To Stand On! He Is Not Fit To Be Our President And In November Myself And Millions Of Others Will Show Him The Door!

John McCain is a confused Idiot

who is the one whispering in mc c´s ear?

he forgot what he was there, pathetic!

"He voted to shut down the Title X family-planning program, which provides millions of women with health care services ranging from birth control to breast cancer screenings."

Its also costing the tax payers 1.8 Billion a year to fund, because of all the ad ons in the program.

"He hates gay marriage and would ban it"

Good no problem with that here! Makes me want to vote for McCain more, its not like all dems want to see a gay marriage.

"he will over turn roe vs wade"

Bush is way way more agienst Roe vs. Wade and he has done nothing about it for 8 years, thats the point the pres. has almost no power its the "other people" who do..

Is this the same John McCain that was stealing peoples retirement funds from the Savings and Loans? What a true scumbag that man is. And guess what John, it does matter when our troops come home!

…your idea of running a clean campaign, huh McCain? Wow….way to go there, bud…

I think John McCain looks desperate bringing up these silly slurs on people who are barely linked to Senator Obama's campaign. It shows his desparation to find anything he can to hit Obama on and keep the scrutiny off of the plethora of lobbyists working on his campaign. Next thing you know, he'll be saying Caroline Kennedy is linked to the Chappaquidik (sp?) incident. He apparently can't stick with the issues because if he does, he will surely lose. He needs to find a rocking chair on a porch somewhere and sit down.

For all the outrage, you'd think that Obama had selected Jim Johnson and Eric Holder to actually be the Vice President, rather than run the process to select them.

And you expect me to watch a Town Hall debate with this man.

I think not!

JFK - grow up…no talent…obama's got talent to boot..way more than you i'm sure…..

Eight years ago I told my husband that I thought I could vote for McCain if he got the Republican nomination. Thank God he didn't!! Nw that he has it, we see his true colors. Why bother with issues when there are so many other things we could discuss - forget about the fact that Americans are drowning under high gas prices, high interest rates, impending foreclosures, etc. Vote for Change!!!

Right, and McCain had an affair with a lobbyist. I'm getting tired of this who did what. Unless he killed someone or robbed a baby, I don't want to hear about it.

aware

you are the only one….poor soul, if you have one

It is also a matter of record that McCane said that it isn't important how long our troops stay in Iraq.

McCane disgusts me in every sense of the word. He talks about a civilized campaign, but he is anything but civilized.

How can anyone trust a man who left his sick wife for a younger, richer woman. McCane has climed the social ladder on the back of his wife.

People should take the time and read about McCane's conduct in the Navy. He was a disgrace, and if it weren't for the influence of his father, he would have never made it as a pilot.

To "Disappointed:
You give way too much of your power away.
Peace

OH now I have heard everything!!! What about McCain's lead advisor Charlie Black and his representing the Iraqi con man Ahmed Chalabi!! This man, Chalabi was the instigator of the intel that brought this country into an invasion of Iraq that resulted in the deaths of 4000+ American soldiers , wounding countless others, not to mention how many Iraqi citizens!! This is more problematic than Eric Holder doing a temporary job of getting a list of potential Veeps for Obama, and vetting them, and bringing up the fact that has a lawyer for the DoJ he was doing his job in that capacity for President Clinton. Nice diversionary tactics John McCain…one of your better ones~!!!

Gee I wonder who told mccain about this guy? Oh well he wont remember anyway.

As long as that clinton person isnt on the ticket - who cares?

Obama 08 - that is music to my ears

McCain is a bumbling idiot! Yeah, it's true. He can't come up with anything relevant, so he is in attack mode. Any and every other word(s) out of his mouth is an attack on Senator O. I thought this would be a clean, fair fight? I guess old habits die hard huh? **pittyful**

I am confused because he stated "his camp would be clean" **lier**
Someone else tried it and it back fired. Do you think it will work now, old man?

The candidates decisions as we move to the general elections are fair game for criticism. If you preach one thing and then get bagged doing another, shouldn't that be an issue that some voters may want to reflect on before making a decision?

This vetting issue applies to both candidates. So if a candidate is not affraid of what goes around comes around, why not speak to it on the campaign trail?

Don't forget this isn't personal, It's Politics American Style.

sad…just sad….what happened to "no dirty politics" Mcsame?

Gee, seems to me that John McCain should clean up his own election committe, and his lobyist backers, before he jumps on Obama!

'58 old white ladies for OBAMA' - what?

Oh come on now! Are these the issues of substance you claimed your campaign would be based on? You surround yourself with big lobbyists while claimming this is what's ruining Washington. Simple logic would draw anyone to conclude that you will bring us closer to ruin with your dangerous hippocricy. Your little distractions will do nothing to save you from the devastating blow you will take in Nov. Buh-bye McSame.

Don't fall for it Obama. If he can get you off the issues he has a chance. Let this Bush clone sink his own ship, don't help him, he's doing just fine.

I wonder if Obama can ignore McCain as if he isn't in the race like he did Clinton? Just run out the clock and the old man drown in his own spit. Sounds like a plan to me.

I got one thing to say. This is over

Obama 08
these morons are way off base with everything they are trying right now. If they didn't learn one thing from watching Hillary run her campaign with their type of attack ad campign is that this crap doesn't work

McCain will lose his bid for the presidency if he continues the next 4 1/2 months on this trail of belittle Obama, criticizing Obama for the EXTREMELY EFFICIENT campaign he is running (just re-ask the Clintons about that), and McCain's avoidance of the economic issues will bring him down. Obama's poll numbers will continue to climb with every negative word McCain puts forth (coming from a man who said he wants to run a "clean" campaign). When the debates begin publicly on TV, it wil be so clear to see "who" can follow the scenarios in the debates and who gets "lost". Just the presentation style differences of the two candidates will be glaring. OBAMA '08 !

Go get Obama Mccain. You have to have safe National Security before you can work on economy etc.

Sen McCain,
Let's go after the kind of movies Sen Obama's neighborhood likes to rent, and let's determine what kind of car his roommate in college drove, and let's just ask him flat out why he thought it important to infiltrate the Harvard Law Review offices. That will tell the world just what it needs to know to urge other Americans how to vote for President. That's the important stuff. Right??

It's humorous that anyone would make their vote on the basis of what someone says on a BLOG.

Quite stupid if you ask me. So If I like Obama and someone else likes Obama says something dumb about Clinton or McCain, I'm suppossed to change my vote?

Obama didn't say it. I swear, sometimes you have to wonder if people are this silly.

@ Cathy DFW Texas

If the posting of some bloggers have you questioning whether or not you can support a candidate (whom none of us know) then you have bigger issues at hand…McCains supporters talk about Obama's supporter, Hillary supporters, etc..it will continue to go round and round..you may want to stop reading the blogs if they bother you so much…freedom of speech!!!!

Mr McCain, does "Keating 5″ ring a bell????? McCain himself was investigated in 1989 for Political Corruption!!!!

Keating was head of a Savings & Loan Company that was being investigated for corruption by the Federal Home Loan Board. McCain knew Keating, because Keating had donated thousands to McCain's campaign. Plus Keating had a large strip mall project, which John and Cindy McCain had invested their money into. So Keating and McCain were close friends, and money was going both ways between them.

When the Federal Government tried to investigate Keating, John McCain and 4 other Senators met privately with the investigators and tried to convince them to stop the investigation!!!! The investigator turned them in, and the Government gave all 5 a small spank on the hand.

One of the prosecutors for that investigation against McCain, is now part of the McCain Campaign!!! Obviously McCain not only tried to stop a Federal Investigation against Keating, but also managed to use his power and money to stop an Investigation against himself!! So today, the people that once tried to investigate him are now paid members of his Campaign!!!

I think McCain is jealous that Obama has come up with people that have this being the worst thing on their record.

ANSWER FOR BLACK STILL BEING ON YOUR CAMPAIGN MCCAIN!!!

This man truly makes me sick to my stomach.

@Cathy…I'm sorry, but all because some people are being immature who also happen to support Obama does not mean that you should not still support him. That's kind of silly. Obama cannot control how these people on here act. Smart & dumb people alike have access to the internet and are free to type what they want. Obama, Hillary, and McCain all have immature supporters!

Obama is an intelligent man who wants to bring people together. Until this changes, you should not judge him based on the few immature people who support him whom he does not even know!!! Obama is in no way influencing people to act like idiots! If you think so then please explain how…………………

careful Johnny..you don't want to talk down to pardons too heavily, not when George Walker Bush is your idol.

MCcain have a lot of lobbyist but he will not say anything about it becuase his too old to remeber thing,
You are running a dirty campain.
Who cares. USA cares about how to put gas .

McCain bringing this dumb crap up proves his campaign in not full of substance. If it was then he would be attacking Obama on real issues. Real issues are obviously not important to McCain but he better get a reality check because they are important to voters. Why, because right now Americans are struggling and all McCain wants to do is nit pick about Obama's staff? This is going to come back and bit him in his buttocks. His inability not to stay on task in this campaign proves what kind of President he would be, all over the place. We need a President who is about business not nonsense.

OBAMA 08!!!

Instead of trying to dismantel Obama's campaign, McCain should be devoting his time and energy to the issues and the nation's concerns. This negative attack on Obama has proven to be diasterous for Hillary….apply the same tactics expecting different results is truly senile and insane. Has he read the latest national polls results? Keep it up McCain and watch the numbers register in the Obama column.

Talk about your old-bitterman debate. John, don't be mad at the Democrats when your own party cast you aside and went with Dubya. If you want to be made at someone, be mad at yourself for lacking the spine to take on the Bush campaign and win.

You used to be someone who did what was right no matter what your party said. Now you are a bitter old man who saw his once real shot at president slip away 8 years ago. Just because you say it will be a clean campaign, doesn't make it so. Now, tell us what was said in your secret fundraiser with George Bush. Tell us again why the military men and women don't deserve a college degree. Tell us again why the date that we leave Iraq is unimportant. Tell us again how you are encouraged by the Iraqi president (while he is having meetings with Iran).

Your ideas and your party are old school. Maybe some more practice with your green screen and your teleprompter are in order, but you handled that like you handle everything….."it is too hard, I'm going back to the old way!" No wonder you want to have another shot at winning our era's Viet Nam.

Bud McFarlane serves on the board of Aegis Defence Services and Iraq war profiteer, and is an adviser to Senator McCain. He was pardoned by Reagan for his involvement in the Iran-Contra scandel. If you don’t remember that, we were actually GIVING IRANIANS ARMS – via ISREAL - for money to suport Nicguran rebels, who would, presumably, set up a nice litte puppet regime for us.

So take this all in- Reagan pardond McFarlane who sold weapons to Iran, a country McCain wants to invade, and this man, McFarlane is on the board of a company who’d stand to profit by us invading Iran.

And McCain is pointing fingers at a guy who’s only dealing with oil from Iran while taking advice from a guy who’s been involved in selling weapons to them?

Seems like he might be trying to redirect our attention? Maybe?

McCain is right - the answer is eliminating all who's guilty of bad judgement or mistakes - given that Iraq was a mistake / bad judgement, McCain should be go - game over, Obama's president! See how easy that was?

Independent June 12th, 2008 2:41 pm ET

McCain has nothing to talk about. It's stunning to see the difference in the tax proposals. How can people vote for this guy after seeing the tax breaks he gives for the wealthiest?

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Sen. McCain gives tax breaks to all Americans, something Sen. Obama does not. Matter of fact, Sen. Obama severely penalizes the rich, and rewards the poor. I'll let everyone draw their own conclusions on how that is not proper thinking, or what his motivations are.

** Nader/Gonzalez 2008 **

Oh Obamabots-boo hoo!-If you don't like the fire stay out of the kitchen-I love how all the bots defend him!-his righteousness and holier than thou attitude is getting him in hot water-Why not either stick with someone or don't appoint him/her at all-stop the Filp Flopping!!!-This is BO's M.O.-He's going down in Nov.-can't wait for it!!!

Give the Repubs and McCain a break. Slime is all they know and they know how to get the main stream media to shovel it for them. CNN/FOX soon you won't be able to tell the difference. With everything that is going on today, this is what is on the ticker. News that won't help the problems facing Americans. NEWS YOU CAN'T USE. CNN, "The Best Political…" Yeah Right!

MCCAIN SHOULD HAVE RAN TO EUROPE WITH MR. RICH. MCCAIN IS KEATING 5 AND HE DID THE SAME THING AND WAS PARDONED OR HAVE YOU FORGOTTEN JOHN MCCAIN.

"It is important to know all we can about each candidate. This includes whom they surround themselves with."

If that is the case, then McCain should really shut up..he does NOT want folks digging into the backgrounds of the people that he surrounds himself with!!!!

the ever-self-serving warmongering so-called "hero"

has the NERVE to question someone's credentials,

who'd have thunk it!

Pukey Republicans are nauseating! How about Black? Come on CNN you ol' repub site,report on them.

This is total nonsense! Who is vetting the vetters of McCain's potential VP candidates? Does he even have a team, or is he just too busy trying to tear Obama's apart? Utterly ridiculous!

This is a non-issue from a VP search perspective.

Bill Clinton issued the pardon … are you trying to tell me that Eric Holder … commanded the President of the United States?

How silly these republicans are ….

If Christ was still walking around in the flesh, I bet he would say as we should say: "He without sin, let him cast the first stone." In that case, the white house as well as the voters would have to dismiss.

I don't know who is telling McCain all of these things because at his age, I know he can't remember.

I'm mad now!!!
So Mr. Holier than thou McCan't is trying to get rid of Obama's committee? How about cheating on your first wife to date Cindy and getting married to her a month after your divorce was final. I'm sick of this dinosaur!!!

are you kidding me?!?!?!??!!??! MCLOBBYIST is pointing fingers?!?!?!?!!?

typical GOP tactic—-you know you cant run on your unpopular issues, so attack your opponent first on anything. you've got to deflect the attention from your FAR WORSE AND DANGEROUS actions and ideas.

you're an election too late, mcneocon, the vast majority of americans will not fall for your party's pathetic tactics. you bore and insult us!

McCain, is this the best you can come up with? Some volunteer on Obama's VP search? What about the issues? What about all of your mistakes?
By the way, if the Republicans go after Michelle Obama, they had better watch out because Cindy McCain will become fair game too. Let's see, drugs addiction…that's enough to start.

ENOUGH!!!! This is getting insane. Soon there will be no one left on either candidates staff.

Can we please get back to reality.

It would be very nice if this election was about issues and the problems that facing the American people in everyday life.Instead of
this constant bickering of he said she said
How about if Senator Obama said he will try and help with the Gas
problem and Senator McSame said he will try to do better that would
sound better in my ears more than who is who and who is not in
politics.this election is about us the people who are suffering
who can't afford to buy gas never mind FOOD and McSame is there
talking a whole lot of garbbage he want to wake up and face reality
I dont even think he knows how much is a gallon of gas

Rovian and Limbaughnian smear tactics will no longer work.The scumbags have been exposed for what they are.People are fedup with them.One out of two of them could be in an Orange jumpsuit soon.McCain should distance himself from Rove and fast.

I am really sorry for John McCain. You can certainly do better than this. Don't let me think that your age and health is failing you.

And one good advice: don't be a joke. You are sounding more and more like a local government politician but I think what you are vying for is the White House.

Obama is talking about policies and explaning them into details. Now before you realize he will be taken serious and you will not. It will be too late to catch up then. Remember what happen to Hillary Clinton in the Dem Primaries? She lost because she took Obama serious when it was already late to do so.

Take Obama serious now and start talk about issues and don't talk about what Americans don't really care for.

A word to a wise is enough.

Who's on McCain's VP search committee? I think instead of attacking Senator Obama on something like this - he needs to be getting himself together for the debates and town hall meeting .

THIS OLD MAN HAS NOTHING BUT DIRTY POLITICS! We want to hear how you are going to create more jobs, improve health care and lower these gas prices McSame… Stay out of the dirt and tell the 527s to do the same since you told us that you will be running a CLEAN campaign.

I really don't want to sound negative, but unless you are really rich then you should not be voting for Mccain. Tell me one thing that he has offered that would help the average or even above average family out. This guy is running off the fact that he faught in a war. That is it. He tried to gain ground talking about the war and it didn't work. He tried the economy and it didn't wo