(CNN) – Sen. John McCain's campaign said Sunday that Barack Obama's remarks on Iraq "have left a significant question as to exactly what he intends."
"He has held almost every conceivable position in the course of his relatively brief career in the Senate," said Randy Scheunemann, McCain's foreign policy adviser.
Obama maintains his stance has not changed and said Saturday that "every single word" he says is closely measured.
McCain's campaign suggested Obama's views could be becoming more in line with McCain's Iraq policy.
"The position of [McCain's] campaign is that words do matter, and Sen. Obama's words have left a significant question as to exactly what he intends. If he is now joining Sen. McCain's position and saying that the need to maintain peace and stability in Iraq is a prerequisite before responsible withdrawal, which is Sen. McCain's position, we welcome his conversion to that position," Scheunemann said Sunday in a conference call with reporters.
The war over words started Thursday when Obama told reporters questioning his stance on Iraq that he will "continue to refine" his policies as warranted.
Obama denied any suggestion that he was shying away from his proposed 16-month phased withdrawal of all combat troops from Iraq, calling it "pure speculation" and adding that his "position has not changed."
National reporters and Republicans pounced on his comments. The Republican National Committee put out an e-mail statement saying that Obama was backing away from his position on withdrawal.
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It won't work, McCain. I know what you're trying to do, and believe me, you won't find any good dirt on Obama. It's like the lyrics from one song: "Ride the tiger! You can see his stripes, but you know he's clean!"
Common sense is something that eludes John McCain.
McCain has brought into his campaign a kick-butt operative. You are going to see a new and improved McCain campaign that will shake-down Obama at every turn. Before they are done with Obama, write-in's for Hillary will dominate the ballots in November.
Regardless how McCain or the RNC mince Obama's words, Obama is still the better candidate for many, many reasons. Obama has my vote. 8 years of this (add your own adjective) Economy, Iraq War, Healthcare, Energy, Above the Law Administration, Katrina, Foreign Policy failures, and the Out of Touch approach to government. THE ONLY CHOICE IS OBAMA!
DECISION 08:
__________________
MORE OF THE SAME
or
CHANCE FOR CHANGE,
your choice!
____________________
(that is all there is, the rest is BS)
I know his, he wants to leave.
Yours, McCain is very clear. You want to stay for 100 years. To be honest, I'd take the vague, but correct one over the warmonger plan any day!
Obama '08!
I do not see what the problem is with what Obama said. He wants to visit Iraq and refine what he stated earlier. If things have changed on the ground, he has to address those changes. he needs to confir with the guys on the ground. I don't have a problem with this.
Is he suppose to do what Bush did an ignore everybody around him and do what he wants to do?
hmmmm Are the words to BIG or is the TRUTH to much for them to comprehend?
Oh sure, I would like to call lots of McCains word in question also....he is the major flip flopper....
By the way, is Mr. Black still with McCain??? Now there is a man with questionable words....
I thought McCain was going to run a campaign without bashing....it sure don't look like it, does it?????? McCain turned me off a long time ago....
Whatever. When McCain can remember from one minute to the next what HIS stance is on SEVERAL issues – then his campaign can comment on others.
CALL THE OTHER GUY A LIER, HOPING VOTERS
WON'T KEEP TRACK OF YOUR LIES. NO ONE IN
THE HISTORY OF AMERICAN ELECTIONS HAS
FLIP-FLOPPED OR LIED MORE THAN MCBUSH.
MCSLEAZO ON VIDEO TELLING OVER 300 LIES.
THE RNC IS DELUDED AND GRASPING FOR ANYTHING.
WE HAVEN'T FORGOTTEN THAT MR. MCCAIN SAID THE UNITED STATES WILL STAY IN IRAQ FOR AS LONG AS 100 YEARS.
LIKE DR. PHILL WOULD SAY: THE RNC NEEDS TO GET REAL.
GIVE IT UP MCCAIN. OBAMA HAS CLEARLY STATED HIS POSITION OF IRAQ HAS NOT CHANGED.
Im so sick of this sort of Bush-esque spin. Saying you would be willing to change a position, in the future, if circumstances change, is different than "flipfloping" by doing something like, for example, voting against a torture ban due to politically convenience despite a supposed lifetime of opposition to torture.
What????
You mean because he changes positions... I mean "let me make myself clear", I mean "let me be perfectly clear", I mean "don't parse my words"?
Obama is perfect. He has perfect judgement, perfect vision, perfect solutions and perfect words.
All he lacks is ACTION- and experience, and qualifications, and a track record, and trustworthiness....
I question John McBush's actions, like going to Canada and putting Barack Obama down,like Jan. 2008 signing an autograph on a picture of the American Flag , against the rules on respecting the flag.John McBush and his stooges are tiring to turn ever thing against Obama, but it is not going to work this time big dog.Also Mr.Liberman is it flip flopping when you lose the nomination for senator as a dem. and all of a sudden now you are an independent.Give it a rest,when you lay with dogs you get fleas. Barack Hussein Obama 08
Connie"Hussein"Sturgeon from Indiana
He intends to make history by becoming president.
He does not intend to DO anything...just like the last 10 years in elected office.
Looks like now Obama is agreeing with McCain like he did when he ran against Clinton. Obama is a loser and doesn't have a clue what he is doing. Obama can read a prepared speech real good. I can't believe the American people would vote a guy in for president because he says hope and change, and reads a speech. Do you remember Bush ran on change too, and look what happened. Bush lost every debate and the people still voted for him. Obama won't even debate. Don't be fooled a second time, we can't afford another inexperienced president.
mccain give it up i thought you wanted to run a clean campaign but no instead you just attack obama and his campaign another one of your lies mccain well at least obama isint planning on keeping us in iraq for 4 years 12 years or 100 as you had stated sir and what about bomb bomb bomb iran is that also on your agenda sir mccain you are a dangerous person as well as mentally incompenet to run this country i think we should have a look at your mental records!!!
Mcsame can't do jack! The only improvement he made was to read slow from e prompter a speech he didn't write. Can't wait for the landslide in November when Obama will shake-down McCain dispite the unloyalty of the HRC-support for the Democratic nominee.
Obama'08
OOOOUR "HERO" AGAIN.
A GERIATRIC BUSH, WITH LESS INTEGRITY.
MCBUSH & HIS OTHER FLIP-FLOP SOUL MATE LIEBERFOOL
CAN'T KEEP TRACK OF THEIR OWN POSITION.
Stop it!
Do NOT question Obama.
That has been banned by Obama and his campaign.
His biracial ethnicity is all that matters... so just STFU!
The GOP would rather fail than make any necessary changes.
I must say one thing for John McCain. His comments about Iraq have left us with no doubt whatsoever about his intentions. He intends to keep us there for at least another hundred. He intends to continue the death, the destruction, the carnage – all the things he dreamed he could inflict on the Vietnamese.
How ironic then that the ONLY endorsement McCain has been able to garner is from the Communist who was his captor.
John McCain – Endorsed by the Communists.
The alternative to having senator McCain as President is continue counting the body casket returning to the family members, the children who have lost their mothers and fathers sisters as well as brothers.
Senator John McCain will never see reality until his family member return in the same way.. I love my children in the same ways I know him and Cindy love theirs.
Let not choose this way... Let choose peace and coversation to war...
Obama wants to get out of Iraq. Mccain does not.
Just watch the movie Syriana to see why Mccain does not want to get out of Iraq. He wants to perpetuate an American hegemony while oil still exists.
What exactly is McCain's position?
Are most of the troops out by 2013? What if fighting begins again between Shi'ite and Sunnis? Or will there be permanent bases with a large troop presence regardless of the level of violence? McCain once said he did not favor permanent bases, but now that Max Boot is advising his campaign, he appears to favor them.
Meanwhile we know what Obama wants. Begin the withdrawal, understanding that we have to be as careful getting out as we were careless getting in. That has never changed.
McCain is a disgrace. Straight talker indeed.
Obama was against American troups in Irak, he is against American troups in Irak and when President he will do so. Majority of Irak people don´t want the Americans to stay in Irak. Of course the government puppets chosen by Bush try to keep the American troops there.
Can McCain think seriously about Americans and concentrate on the Economy?
Why should Obama have a plan and state it and stick with it- when all the celebrities, African Americans and newbies are impressed by his image?
Who needs a viable and do-able platform? Being experienced, knowledgeable, qualified, informed, and ready to SERVE is what did Hillary in.
We want words and more words and more words.
Who wants substance when you can feel good over a speech?
Silly people, wanting a candidate vs a pop idol.
Obama spent the whole primary attacking hillary on Iraq now he sounds exactly like her. So much for a new kind of politics.
A "kick-butt" operative? You mean a Karl Rove clone. The American people can do without that, thank you very much.
Obama says the same thing about Iraq every time. One AP reporter misterprets it (boy, have I lost respect for AP in this election) and the inside-the-beltway types go all atwitter.
Hey, I've got an idea: Why don't you ask Americans outside of Washington what they think? They'll tell you gas prices, the economy and how to get out of Iraq. And they'll ask the media why they aren't writing more about where the candidates stand on THOSE topics.
Obama, the candidate of change, has simply changed his mind, like all politicians do from time to time. He castigated Clinton for her position on Iraq, yet it seems he agreed with her all alone. For all you Obama fans who do not understand why Clinton supporters prefer McCain to Obama, this is the reason. McCain has a history that we can look at and know how he will react in difficult situations. Obama has done nothing except run corrupt campaigns and use every dirt trick there is to demean, disqualify, and denigrate his opponents. We trust McCain to do what he believes is right (though we might disagree with his beliefs); we do not have a clue what Obama really believes. Trusting Obama simply defies logic.
Are they serious? His position really hasn't changed.. people aren't dumb enough to listen to McCain's crap.
The G8 is meeting and it's like the ghost of John McCain is there. His stated approach of kicking Russia out should be debated ALONG with Obama's views of Russia and China, BEFORE the next President of the World's most powerful country is elected.
Y'all hankering for another Cold War?
Obama HAS to select, for VP, to the strongest mititary and foreign affairs expert available to him, Powell for example.
MCBUSH IS A DOCUMENTED THIEF, LIER & BIGOT.
HIS CALLING ANY ONE ELSE'S WORDS INTO QUESTION,
AMOUNTS TO A COMPLIMENT. WE DON'T HAVE TO
CALL MCBUSH'S WORDS INTO QUESTION.
WE KNOW HE IS A LIAR, NO QUESTION ABOUT IT.
First redefine Obamas words – then attack him. Too stupid to have success.
Obama gives beautiful speeches- how can you question his words?
He said he was for change- and that is what he does to win votes.
Just so long as he can be all things to all people to win votes, he is okay.
Just don't expect him to have the courage of his convictions- he has no convictions.
He panders for votes so that he can continue to campaign away.
But... black is beautiful
It sounds like the EXACT same strategy they used against Kerry in 2004. Hopefully, Americans won't be stupid enough to fall for it this time.
Write ins for Hillary are as good as votes for McCain so anyone that is planning to do that just be sure you know the outcome. You'll split the Democratic vote and McCain will win with a big unearned margin. You may get some emotional satisfaction from that but it will be short-lived. Because the future of this country will be on your heads...all of those that vote for McCain or write in for Hillary or stay home. You'll be responsible for us staying in Iraq, for our economy continuing to spin out of control, and for all the fat cats that are in bed with McCain continuing to reap the tax benefits for the economic and tax policies of their boy.
As you're rejoicing your accomplishment, the rest of us will just shake our heads and then do whatever we can to ensure that Hillary never wins another public office.
McCain has been barking at every statement out of Obama's mouth since he won the dem nomination. He's kind of like the boy that cried wolf – I stopped listening to McCain a long time ago.
It is very clear the John McCain and his campaign are going to take every word that Obama says and try to spin it in a way that devalues Obama's candidacy. This is just another attempt by McCain to catch up and make the American people think that Obama does not know what he is doing. My problem with the McCain campaign and the Republicans that I used to vote for, believe that the American people are naive and do not understand the issues.
We know Obama and we know McCain. Obama is going to pull out the troops in Iraq, McCain may stay there another 5 to 10 years. He needs to answer for that.
The other thing that is clear is McCain's surragotes take every advantage they can instead telling the American people about McCain's policies. They the only chance they have is to go negative on Obama and hope we believe McCain.
Message for the McCain campaign: The American people are not that naive, we know what you are doing and we know that Obama is our best choice right now, because of his judgement and his concern for the average American. John – stand up and tell the truth – what are y our positions, because its hard to tell with all the bickering that you are doing.
Obviously Obama is backing away from his previous position which was political possitioning for the primary. Now that he is facing a general election he is changing his position for that electorate.
But Obama has succeeded by spinning words.
By refusing to take a firm position.
By twisting his position to fit what is polling well that day.
Why change a successful strategy now?
Barack Obama has said the same thing for months and months. But I am going to call him a liar because I want to win.
I tend to say things that I don't truly believe in my heart for all the wrong reasons. Specifically, AMBITION. (SEE MCCAIN 60 Minutes interview for specific quote-actually admitting lying for ambition to the presidency).
Therefore, I will continue to lie and spin to win. Spin, spin sugar.
John McLie
Obama is a flil flopper, everything he does is called into question.. This clinton supporter is voting for mccain...... mccain 2008, Hillary 2012...... PUMA
The GOP tried the same smear on Bill Clinton, but it failed every time. Obama will not sit and take the smear like Kerry or Gore did. I wonder how many more times McCain will have to shake up his campain before November. Looks like Obama was right to opt out the public financing, because he is going to need a lot of resourses to fight off the smear.
He intends to pander for votes.
Then he intends to convince all Americans that WHATever he does is the perfect solution.
Everyone else is wrong. Only HE knows what is best...until it isn't best, then he clarifies and reclarifies and reclarifies what he meant.
Obama is hard to figure out. He does talk out of both sides of his mouth and then gets mad when people point it out.
Also, Obama seems to have more issues with words than most. Hillary seemed to imply he was just a guy who gave some speeches or "change you can Xerox" and I seem to recall Obama getting targeted with some plagiarism concerns about a speech similar to one by Deval Patrick.
I am not necessarily a fan of McCain, but I think he is raising a valid point by calling Obama's words into question.
It is very clear the John McCain and his campaign are going to take every word that Obama says and try to spin it in a way that devalues Obama's candidacy. This is just another attempt by McCain to catch up and make the American people think that Obama does not know what he is doing. My problem with the McCain campaign and the Republicans that I used to vote for, believe that the American people are naive and do not understand the issues.
We know Obama and we know McCain. Obama is going to pull out the troops in Iraq, McCain may stay there another 5 to 10 years. He needs to answer for that.
The other thing that is clear is McCain's surragotes take every advantage they can instead telling the American people about McCain's policies. They the only chance they have is to go negative on Obama and hope we believe McCain.
Message for the McCain campaign: The American people are not that naive, we know what you are doing and we know that Obama is our best choice right now, because of his judgement and his concern for the average American. John – stand up and tell the truth – what are y our positions, because its hard to tell with all the bickering that you are doing.
Yeah, that's right McCain let's stay focused on the war in Iraq and the people will forget you don't know jack about fixing this economy. McCain is just like Bush who has done nothing for the American people in 7 years but focus on the Iraq war and thinks we will buy into it for another 100 years. WHOSE RUNNING MCCAIN'S CAMPAIGN, MCCAIN OR BUSH, I CAN'T TELL THEM APART.
Bring back Hillary Clinton in Denver....
Give America a fighting chance to restore itself and its unity.
Sen.McCain spits some comments out and his press(promoters)
catches and runs with it whether it make sense or not.He is good at
throwing a bone for the press to chew on 2 or 3 days keeps his
name in the news.Trying to define Sen. Obama and forcing him to
respond.Sen.McCain gets a free ride from the press instead of
calling him out on his comments they print exactly the way MCCain
know they will,always looking for a gaffe. Not much coming out of
McCain"s camp about whant he will do to help the America people,
and get some common sense back into our country.
Go, McCain! Call the freshman, loud-mouth, no-substance, 18-month U.S. senator on his "baloney."
Can Mccain's be trusted? Absolutely NOT. I find it ridiculous to hear people suggest that Mccain's longetivity in Washington and in the public domain immunes him from any repercussion of the very inconsistent positions he has taken lately, most of which previously offended his own conscience. I agree with the observation that the once maverick Mccain would not support the Mccain we have today.
It won't work because unlike Kerry, Obama will strike back every time.
Obama is really really good at dividing people as he preaches about hope and unity and change.
He has locks of race-card decks yet to be played to get himself installed as the next president.
I call all your words into question, McCain.
You've changed your positions, according to the political climate.
And now you've hired low life, scumbag Schmidt, to spew lies about Obama.
NOT THIS TIME!
McCain people have none of their policies but to attack attack on words and sentences of OBAMA. Why dont they try to show how will they be different to last eight years of Bush policy then people may think favourably. But I suppose they do not have any thing to offer and they are trying the same old formulas which may not work because people are aware of all the dirty tricks.
poor mccain, it appears his entire campaign has alzheimers.
McFart is done !
Mark my words
Of course he would he has nothing else to run on no policy other then recycled old bush policy's. All he has been doing is to attack Obama on everything but has nothing to offer america but more of the same.
P.S VIG and these are the guys that brought us bush you simpleton!!
BARACK THE VOTE!!!!!!
BARACK SEBELIUS 08
McCain is attacking Obama's word because McCain has nothing good to propose to the American people.
Why is it always one of Mccain's advisors making comments? Why never Mccain? Too busy sleeping, grandpa?
When Obama chose the word "CHANGE" as the theme for his campaign, what he left off was that's what the average tax payer is going to have left over after paying Obama's new taxes. His other use of the word meant what he stoody for today will change tomorrow and change the day after, etc., etc., etc.............
McCain shut up. You flip flop so much that your own supporters dont know what you stand by. They only support you because you are labeled a republican.
When will all these politicians stop these attacks on each others and focus on the issues affecting the American people?
THE MORE I HEAR, THE SICKER I GET.I am tired of hearig these politicians tear themselves apart just to get votes.
What we need to be hearing rigth now is how we are going to end the war in Iraq, cut down gas prices, creat more jods and protect the ones we already have, provide better health care, e.t.c.
Enlighten us more on how you are going to help solve these problems and let us decide who is best qualified to get our votes
At this point I would rather vote for a 3 legged beaver rather then vote for any republican. after the mess you guys have gotten us into. You guys should be ashamed of your selves.
BARACK THE VOTE!!!!!
BARACK SEBELIUS 08
This guy is a joke. I loved Ronald Reagan he was my commander in chief in the armed forces but it would be in justice to this nation if I voted for you. This country can not tolerate 8 more years of hell.
I support Obama.
Give me a break. Obama said NOTHING different than what he has said numerous times, including during the debates. And he is right – this is the media at work, who is too lazy to do any serious objective reporting.
I gave the max to John Kerry's campaign for president, what a fool I was. After seeing how Dean, Kerry and Kennedy ganged up to push Hillary out of the primary, I am now an Independent without a choice but to vote for McCain. Obama is not to be trusted and I will never be convinced to vote for that guy who talks the talk but has never walked the walk. McCain is right that you cannot trust Obama, at least he is honest and not afraid to say what other politicians are thinking.
Vig July 6th, 2008 3:21 pm ET
McCain has brought into his campaign a kick-butt operative. You are going to see a new and improved McCain campaign that will shake-down Obama at every turn. Before they are done with Obama, write-in's for Hillary will dominate the ballots in November.
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Vig, you had me almost taking you seriously, until your last sentence which shows everyone what your true agenda is. If McCain's campaign does such a fabulous job this fall, why does it follow so naturally that people will write in Hillary's name? Why would they not just vote for McCain? I'm talking about mainstream voters in general, not racist Democrats specifically. Sorry, but if there were enough Obama-hating Democrats like you to put Hillary in the White House in November, then she would have just won her party's nomination, and life would have been as simple as that.
But why even bother with reality? I should just let you have your little fantasy that Hillary can still win in November.
The truth is, when the Republicans nominated McCain, they expected to run him against Hillary, not Obama. McCain could have beat Hillary, but he will have a lot of trouble with Obama. There is only so much McCain's "kick-butt operative" can do, short of replacing the candidate himself.
Le me make myself pwefectly clear:
Obama is going to give another speech...
demanding that the GE be changed to a CAUCUS format.
He then plans to bus the same 200 Black people to each of the states to "clinch" the election.
Caucus is his forte.
Don't parse my words.
16 months is too long to stay in Iraq. We want them home in 60 days, per Hillary's plan.
What a political SNAKE! And I thought some of the dirt that Hillary was throwing at Obama was bad.
Vig .................McCain has brought into his campaign a kick-butt operative. You are going to see a new and improved McCain campaign that will shake-down Obama at every turn..........
YES he brought in his TOP GUNS..........IT is too LATE besides they are old just like he is .........everything they attemt to do will back fire he keep changing to no avail.......besides without Lieberman ....McCain doesn't know where he is.......HUH .........McCain needs to FACE UP on the Economy, Iraq War, Healthcare, Energy, Above the Law Administration, Katrina, Foreign Policy failures, and the Out of Touch approach to government............. THE ONLY CHOICE IS OBAMA!
OBAMA 08/2012
Obama 08/2012
"The past couple of weeks have been especially difficult when it comes to McCain flip-flops.
* McCain supported the drilling moratorium; now he’s against it.
* McCain strongly opposes a windfall-tax on oil company profits. Three weeks earlier, he was perfectly comfortable with the idea.
* McCain thought Bush’s warrantless-wiretap program circumvented the law; now he believes the opposite.
* McCain defended “privatizing” Social Security. Now he says he’s against privatization (though he actually still supports it.)
Wait, I’m not done with the last two weeks yet….
* McCain wanted to change the Republican Party platform to protect abortion rights in cases of rape and incest. Now he doesn’t.
* McCain thought the estate tax was perfectly fair. Now he believes the opposite.
* He opposed indefinite detention of terrorist suspects. When the Supreme Court reached the same conclusion, he called it “one of the worst decisions in the history of this country.”
Any questions?
We Democrats have been questioning Barack Obama's intentions from the beginning and especially since the beginning of March, when Samantha Power, Obama’s foreign policy adviser, told Stephen Sackur of the BBC that Obama ”will of course not rely upon some plan that he’s crafted as a presidential candidate or as a US senator.”
And now, Barack Obama, the candidate who has based his entire campaign on words – on flowery rhetoric and empty slogans – has begun to whine about ”how finely calibrated [his] every single word [is being] measured” by the media and the American people. Obama is whining because he believes that there’s nothing wrong with promising that he will withdraw combat troops from Iraq within 16 months of taking office during the contest for the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination and then, after the supposed party leaders secured the nomination for him, saying that he’s “going to refine [his] policies” on withdrawing combat troops from Iraq.
It’s not a flip-flop, exactly. It’s a change we all could have seen coming.
NotFallingInLine.org
Hey Vig what he is doing is shaking down his own campaign and thats whats left of the McBush campaign which is not much .
Your write ins are another joke they are Rebarficans masked as Democrats on here hoping to stir the pot.
Mc Bush can try to mince Obamas words all he wants Mc Bush is a looser he has thought he was tough all his life thats a joke gimmick he just talks and forgets what he has said he also has to have his elbow men to correct his speach flip flops .
Oh and if Lieberman dont watch out he fallows McBush so close he will smooooother . What a laugh that would be .
McCain would rather see America fail than make any necessary changes.
Apparently I DID NOT make myself clear after all:
Le (uh I meant, let) me make myself pwefectly (perfectly- don't parse my words now) clear:
Obama is going to give another speech…
demanding that the GE be changed to a CAUCUS format.
He then plans to bus the same 200 Black people to each of the states to "clinch" the election.
Caucus is his forte.
Don't parse my words
Let me clarify speech1 and speech 2...
McCain actually thinks that Obama would let the attacks go unchallenged like Kerry did. The RNC attack machine make work against those with limited funds, but Obama has the money and the will to strike back.
A stupid tactic. It's easy to make general accusations about flip floping and not explain them publically. If you look carefully Obama's previous statements, even his biograghy, he has been been consistent of gun rights, the death penalty, and the war. I only hear about Mc Cain in the news when he's accusing Obama of something. I not entirley sure what he stands for, but I know what he stands against. The man is grabbing for straws. The public is so tired of hearing these guys tear each other up, we're so tired of these politicians projecting their issues and faults onto their opponents, and we're tired of the double F word. We're not scared anymore and I doubt this sort of smear will work. Hillary already tried the strategy of making fiat statements and claims and hoping they gained traction. If Obama survived Hillary, he'll survive Mc Cain. My advice to Mc Cain if he wants to win is to focus on himself and his message and not his opponents. He's only giving them a hand.
Wesley Clark questions John McCain's service record as a qualification for president and he is hit with the full force of the right wing and media. McCain himself needlessly question's Obama's word (multiple times) on an issue Obama has remained firm on, yet hardly a bark of protest.
Is this the new attack strategy they we're planning? LOL...how can you question anything Obama stands on, especially with regard to Iraq? I can't get over this. LOL...McBush, you want us to stay in Iraq for 100 yrs – that came directly from your own mouth. How dare you question Obama on the fact that he will bring our troops home as soon as he's in office, and carefully. Go home McBush. The GOP's strategy of smearing and fear mongering will not work this time...
Obama will say anything to get people's votes...even if it means taking both sides of an argument at the same time. Obama is a risky candidate who is not ready to be President.
McCain08, Hillary 2012
How can McCain say he is different from Bush when he is now being staffed with Bush cronies?
Big Mac Attack!
NoBambi!
liars! twisting his words and lying!i am sick of liars!just like republicans lied about the war in iraq!obama is consistent and they still claim he has changed his position,and he never has!outright lies will not win this election!we are sick of right wing liars!
Too funny:
Mimi is a shape changer just like her man, Obama....
She morphed from "Mimi de La Cruz for Obama" to her new form: Dr.Mimi De La Cruz...
But by her posts you know she is just a tool for Obama- neither a Dr. nor Latina... just an uneducated black person for Obama pretending to be a supporter from a key demographic whose support Obama lacks.
All CAPS ALL THE TIME ON EVERY BLOG WITH THE SAME EXACT DISJOINTED SYNTAX AS HER OTHER TOOLS- DAVID GOLDMAN AND BIFF BIFFINGTON.
This is the Same ignorant person posting illogical and empty rantings praising Obama as if from different ethnic backgrounds.
John McCain is such a loser that he and his campaign spend more time rewriting the dictionary so that they can trump up a few points against Obama.
Here comes the Republican spin and attack machine. Bring it on! It just proves that McCain is just like the Bush, Cheney, Rove crowd. Americans will not allow this to sway us from finally having a president of hope and change! Yes we can, Obama!!
The only people who think Obama changed his stance are idiots who can't read!
Obama has stated his stance time and time again, if you do not understand it then read a book that does not have a cat in a hat!
McWar you are a flip-flopping useless scumbag! You are full of lies, who can only run on your lies and the sheer stupidity of the people who support you!
What is this all about? It's because Obama said the word refine. McWar and the media are trying to make it sould like refine means he is going back on his word, but for all the people with an IQ under 20 refine means (Websters Dictionary):
refine
One entry found.
refine
Main Entry:
re·fine Listen to the pronunciation of refine
Pronunciation:
\ri-ˈfīn\
Function:
verb
Inflected Form(s):
re·fined; re·fin·ing
Date:
1582
transitive verb 1 : to free (as metal, sugar, or oil) from impurities or unwanted material 2 : to free from moral imperfection : elevate 3 : to improve or perfect by pruning or polishing 4 : to reduce in vigor or intensity 5 : to free from what is coarse, vulgar, or uncouth intransitive verb 1 : to become pure or perfected 2 : to make improvement by introducing subtleties or distinctions
— re·fin·er noun
So this means that you have to be an idiot and it helps to be racist to be a Republican these days!!!
McWar can have my flag pin and I'll even tell him where to stick it!
If the GOP think Obama is an easy target like Kerry was then they are in for a rude awaking. Obama beat the Clinton machine. If the GOP could not beat the Clintons then what makes them think they can beat Obama.
Mccain said no time table for pullout in Iraq but then suggested that the troops would be home in 2013 after saying maybe 100 years. And yet I have not seen whisper about that. That is what I call getting a free ride from the mainstream media
Come on....
BIFF (with...' I TOLD YOU' rants for Obama)
Mimi de la Cruz for Obama a.k.a. Dr.Mimi de La Cruz ( with ' I LOVE OBAMA HE IS A GIFT)
David Goldman ( with pure drivel every time- all caps)
The 58 white old ladies for Obama- was just one person- and she apparently died over the last 7 days.
Darth Vadik, CA- more drivel.
Come one you lazy thugs- Obama not paying you enough?
I'd hate to admit it, but the McCain camp is right. It now sounds like we might stay in Iraq, depending on the conditions on the ground, if Obama is our president. How is this different from McCain's stance? Last week, according to an article on the political ticker, Obama said McCain would like to keep the warm going for more than 25 years. Obama criticized this comment. I'm no Republican, but it's clear McCain was talking about a presence in Iraq for a very long time, just like the presence we have in many other countries around the world. Either Obama doesn't realize this, which shows he's not qualifed for the job, or he's being a typical politician.
I am surprised that Obama isn't ahead in the polls by 20%. Of course, I was surprised W was elected the first time, and totally blown away he was elected the second time.
I'm not sure the Dems can actually make changes but this nation can not afford 4 more years of Bush's policies, so there is no other choice but give the Dems a shot at it.
oBAMA'S WORDS AT LEAST HE KNOWS WHAT DAY IT IS CAN JOHN MCCAIN SAY THE SAME THING.
Ahh man, y'all done f'ed up. Now Obama is trash and Hillary is gone. It's over now.
Democrats, don't be stupid, Bring Hillary back!! Obama is just the presumptive nominee. There is still a chance to make things right at the Convention.
WOW McCain, are you sure the new staff you recently hired (including Schmidt) isn't actually now working for Obama?? Rep bloggers are going to start abandoning ship with such a title...lol
Maybe if someone re-instates the draft – then all these youngsters for Obama will have bigger worries and responsibilities than blogging hate for Obama 24/7.
Serve your country and grow up.
Why does McCain always take Liberman with him?
To help him and tell him what to say.
NO one is allowed to attack Obama. He will play the race card on you, like he has done from the beginning. What a fraud.
The Obama folks only blog during their work week... on company time.
On the weekends and holidays, they take a break from hate... don't want to volunteer any of their own time to the Obama cause.
Interesting commitment.
Obama's positions swing with the political wind. How many times does he need to be caught in a lie or a flip-flop before the Democratic electorate sees what a bill of goods they have been sold? There are none so blind as those that have eyes but will not see. Obama is a con man. I have been a democrat for thirty years and never been so ashamed of my party. The MTV generation who have done nothing and experienced nothing ore now choosing a man just like them for president. What a disaster waiting to happen.
The general election has not officially started and McCain's campaign is already wearing on everyone's nerves.
ANOTHER SORRY EXCUSE FOR JOURNALISM, NEWS MEDIA. YOU GUYS ARE PATHETIC.
McCain thinks with a war/military approach to issues. War is a last-try option, and other things should be tried first. People DIE.
He is also getting an alarming number of things confused and I fear the confusion will get worse with his age. The media seems afraid to talk about this, but it affects our entire country and should be talked about.
He knows little about the economy and will likely continue with Bush's failed policies; same with education. He favors vouchers and No Child Left Behind. Ask any teacher what he/she thinks about NCLB.
McShame is a JOKE! Just worry about keeping your word you BUM!
mccain will decimate the hot air vendor in november.
What about McCain's judgment in going to war with Iraq in the first place? He had more access than Obama did to the faulty intelligence, has no offered anything new except "stay the course" and didn't support the new veterans' bill.
What a phoney to whine and complain when he is criticized stating that Obama isn't running a clean campaign when 90% of his campaign's rhetoric is negative and misleading.
McCain, it is clear that all you are going to do is sit back and wait for Obama to say something that can be spun or twisted. Your whole campaign is becoming increasingly, "Lookie, lookie, Obama said this, Obama said that!" Pathetic. Truly pathetic.
Instead of talking about why we should elect you, you talk about why we shouldn't elect Obama.
All Obama has to do (but he won't b/c he will talk about the issues) is point out and call out your 100 lobbyists running your campaign, make videos of YOUR 180 DEGREE CHANGE ON ISSUES (i.e. Bush tax cuts), call out your wife, and argue to bring up your hidden military record.
I can't wait until Obama pushes all your buttons in those debates and you react violently for all America to see, effectively killing your campaign. Look at what he did Alan Keyes in Illinois, who was another idiot, and look at the ensuing landslide.
Keep attacking him. You make him (and Democrats in general) look better.
McCain MIss Piggy is Calling U............She said you stole her receipe for NO MO WAR!!!!!!..........NOW when you discover there are no dirty tricks- no lies- no SCUM BAGS- no Out of Touch approach- no my Friends- no say anything to win and no BUSHES ......it will be too late MR Obama will be President of the UNITED STATES of AMERICA
NOW Mr McCain can raise your arms up above your head...come on Now ......if you can't when ask by the police and you can't ...... they will take you to JAIL
HA! HA!
McCain seems to attack everything Obama says and does lately. If not the Iraq statement, then McCain would have attacked him on something else. McCain used to be a lot more honorable than that. What happened? Did power finally currupt McCain?
When did the word "refine" mean reversing. It means to fine tune. if he wasn't refine his ideas all the time I think we would have something to worry about
McSame campaign doesn't have any theme to campaign on. They're trying to grab on anything to stay afloat. It's not gonna work.
Give me a break! Obama already called out the press on this one and of course McSame, having no other ammo, has to jump on the bandwagon. What a Godforsaken loser!
Have you folks forgotten that, less than a month ago, McCain said to his Town Hall gatherings, MY FRIENDS, I WILL NEVER GIVE UP IN IRAQ, AND I WILL ONLY BRING THE TROOPS HOME WITH HONOUR AND VICTORIOUS! This was his promise almost WORD FOR WORD.
I wonder if anyone can remember ALL OF THE STAFF CHANGES AND SHAKE-UPS that Hillary's people continued to do, while running for the primary, and even after all of the changes, Hillary could not pull it off, I am not bashing Hillary here, I am just making the point that it would seem this is the avenue down which McCain is travelling, now let's all sit back and see what hurdles crop up for McCain!
Right!
Obama has been wrong on Iraq from his first before he could vote speech until now!
Hillary Clinton and John McCain were right on Iraq from the beginning!
We are winning the war in Iraq!
Watch Obama keep moving closer to McCain's position!
HEY I HEARD A RUMOR OF OBAMAS NEW SLOGAN " JUST SAY YES"
HE SAYS YES TO EVERYTHING AND NEVER SAYS HOW HE'S GONNA DO IT.
OH HEY rationla view : WHY DOESN'T OBAMA EVER TELL US HOW HE IS GOING TO PAY FOR ALL THE THINGS HE IS GONNA DO, HE ACTS LIKE THE MONEY WE'RE SPENDING ON IRAQ IS MONEY THAT IS JUST SITTING AROUND AND HE CAN JUST DIVERT IT SOMEWHERE ELSE. THAT IS HIS INEXPERIENCE AND LACK OF WISDOM. I ALSO THOUGHT THAT THE IRAQ WAR WAS A BAD IDEA I SHOULD RUN FOR PRESIDENT ALSO. OBAMA IS JUST ANOTHER RAT LIEING LAWYER ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
Wow, doesn't McCain have any real issues to focus on then trying to let people know that the person he's running against does what ALL politicians do, including McCain.
McCain's politics are old and tired and his temper toward others who disagree with his ideas feels very similar to the last eight years of Republican based corporatocracy.
But I guess that's why I am now a Democrat. At least in this election.
MT
I think the McCain of 2000 would do a lot better in this election than the McCain of 2008.
obama is a FRAUD!!!! Obama has NO plans of his own – so he Copies the other – more experienced leaders – like McCain, and Hillary Clinton. Obama is NOT qualified to lead this country – or anything. Obama is an empty suit who can read from the teleprompter a well prepared speech. His entire campaign is like a Stage Show – and we are the props! But – don't dare question a thing on obama – you are then a racist for even asking!
Let me get this straight. McCain wants us to stay in iraq, which he knows is making many americans not vote for him. So instead of giving the majority of the population what they want from their government, he has decided to say, falsely, "Obama sometimes agrees with me." so that we'll think that both these candidates don't represent us, and vote 3rd party.
??????????
When you attack your opponent by saying "he has my opinion" something is very very wrong.
Obama/Common sense 08
I think if Obama does admit that the surge is working then he will use it as a reason to pull the troops out.
McCain is the number one flip-flopper of ALL time, but since his ego won't allow him to see this clearly, he tends to shift focus to Obama in this very childish out-of-touch way.
Just as long as he is incapable or refuses to deal with the real issues of the American people, he will have nothing but old, failed policies of the past to offer.
It's time for REAL change in Washington, it's time to elect Barack Obama for president !
obama is the MASTER of his SPIN campaign.
This guy is a Joke – hardly Presidential Material.
Vote McCain – good 2nd Choice – NEVER obama
Once again for all the MORONS that are for OBAMA FLIP FLOP, FLIP FLOP, FLIP FLOP. I have been saying the Latinos people don't trust Obama. He is a fruad, flip flop, now he for the Iraq war, NAFTA, more more will come out from this Big Loser!!!!!!!!! with a capital L. Listen to all my Hispanic (Latinos) Brothers and Sisters OPEN YOUE EYES this obama is a FRUAD. That is why the latinos will vote for McCain we know better. LATINOS are NOT STUPID you morons that is why Hispanic will band together and vote for McCain. Ya ves OBAMA no es para los Latinos, and for all you Latinos for OBAMA SHAME ON YOU for wasting your vote. By the way DON'T HATE because Latinos are true winner!!!! The Hispanic community in PA, OH, FLA, MI, NY, NY will vote for McCain. All of my Latinos friends are going to a true American Hero and that is John McCain. America before party those are the quotes of John McCain!!!!! So Liberals Dem don't hate!!!!!!!
Puertorican, Mexican, Cuban, Colombian, and Dominican are for McCain!!!!! Remember this in Nov08
Hispanic for McCain
Sounds like the GOP is just grasping for the few straws that are left. The GOP had tons of dirt on the Clintons, but still could not bring them down. How do they expect to beat Obama with just a few rumors and made up scandals?
Give it up Obama fans! Insulting Senator McCain can't change the facts.
The presumptive nominee, Obama, was has been wrong about Iraq from the beginning and all his obfuscating can't change his flip-flopping words.
We are winning in Iraq!
Just an observation: I think he has a tumor right under his left cheek.
Give it up Obama fans! Insulting Senator McCain can't change the facts.
The presumptive nominee, Obama, has been wrong about Iraq from the beginning and all his obfuscating can't change his flip-flopping words.
We are winning in Iraq!
McCain is just playing the game. He can run but he can't hide FROM HIS ruinous policy. Obama of course still intends for our troops to leave Iraq AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. Of course he wants to do so as carefully as possible. Now I am not going to sit here and say Obama is an angel, because he's not. He fouled up on his position with NAFTA, and he backed out of public financing. He is not going to be our savior that delivers America from all its woes. But he's better than Kerry, he's better than Clinton, and folks he is much much much better than McCain! He will start to mend the bs that Bush has left us. Our country is in critical condition and Obama is our only choice to stop the bleeding. McCain will simply keep the wound flowing. We need to give Obama his four years so that Bloomberg can make up his mind by then and become our president in 2012.
Obama '08!.........................................Bloomberg '12!
The Idependents Strike Back!
ARE YOU WILLING TO DIE FOR THE GOP LIE?
what does John have to hide? The USS Forrest... 1967, Keating 5, his fight AGAINST getting POWs home, how many of his homes did this $100,000,000.00 man not pay taxes on? why did the other POWs call him " SONGBIRD MCCAIN"? how could he be SO far removed from reality that he STILL WITH ALL OF HIS " EXPERIANCE" not know anything about the ECONOMY?
to those few desperate "wanna be" Clinton supports....this is the man you want running our country at this time of PERIL? seriously? and by the way i have searched and searched trying to find where and how Obama was sexist, used the race card or was otherwise disrespectful to Mrs. Clinton...please let me know where to find such FACTS...
OBAMA 08 OR GOD HELP AMERICA!!
The GOP pounces on everything Obama because they have little or no real dirt on him. They failed to beat the Clintons despite the fact they had tons of dirt on them.
McCain is just playing the game. He can run but he can't hide FROM HIS ruinous policy. Obama of course still intends for our troops to leave Iraq AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. Of course he wants to do so as carefully as possible. Now I am not going to sit here and say Obama is an angel, because he's not. He fouled up on his position with NAFTA, and he backed out of public financing. He is not going to be our savior that delivers America from all its woes. But he's better than Kerry, he's better than Clinton, and folks he is much much much better than McCain! He will start to mend the bs that Bush has left us. Our country is in critical condition and Obama is our only choice to stop the bleeding. McCain will simply keep the wound flowing. We need to give Obama his four years so that Bloomberg can make up his mind by then and become our president in 2012.
Obama '08!…………………………………..Bloomberg '12!
The Independents Strike Back!
I think the media just hates the front runner.
please omit the version that spells "Independents" incorrectly
I can see McCain camp strategy. I am so angry beyond words... Obama should come back on Mccain and talk about his temper issues... the most sensitive thing he got...hurt him bad...
If the Democrats can't trust him, can you?
Mnay of us have been questioning Barack Obama's intentions since the beginning of March, when Samantha Power, Obama’s foreign policy adviser, told Stephen Sackur of the BBC that Obama ”will of course not rely upon some plan that he’s crafted as a presidential candidate or as a US senator.”
Now Barack Obama, the candidate who has based his entire campaign on words – on flowery rhetoric and empty slogans – has begun to whine about ”how finely calibrated [his] every single word [is being] measured” by the media and the American people. Obama is whining because he believes that there’s nothing wrong with promising that he will withdraw combat troops from Iraq within 16 months of taking office during the contest for the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination and then, after the supposed party leaders secured the nomination for him, saying that he’s “going to refine [his] policies” on withdrawing combat troops from Iraq.
It’s not a flip-flop, exactly.
It’s a change we all could have seen coming.
NotFallingInLine.org
Obama is the only one who can end the Iraq war. McNixon everybody remembers what Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger said about the Vietnam war in 1969. We wont get fooled again McBush.
Here we go! First CNN's Yellin does a sloppy story that makes it look like Obama changed his Iraq stance when nothing could be further from the truth. Now McBush whose side fed Yellin the story in the first place, jumps all over it. McBush knows America hates this stupid Bush war so he will do any desperate thing to not let Obama have the high ground on this vital issue.
John Keating 5 McSame has flip flopped on so many issues that it is laughable for him to accuse Obama, or anyone for that matter, of "flip flopping" on Iraq (which he actually hasn't if you look at what he has said for the past few years on the subject).
The bottom line is Iraq is the biggest foreign policy blunder in U.S. history that has undermined the mission in Afghanastan, empowered Iran, destabalized the Middle East, ballooned the national debt, destroyed our economy and jacked up oil prices. McCain has been a big time cheerleader of this fiasco, has been wrong on every projection he has made (remember all his glowing prediction about success in Iraq before the war started when he was leading the charge and banging the war drum the loudest), McSame will continue the Bush foreign and economic policies and leave us in Iraq for decades costing tax payers trillion of dollars. Obama was smart enough to know we shouldn't have gotten involved in this fools errand at the git-go and will pull the troops out in a responsible way as soon as humanly possible.
Iraq has had almost 7 years to get their act together and times up. Since the "surge", American casualties have escalated, Afghanastan has deteriorated, and the Iraqi government is still a disfunctional mess. Get our troops home ASAP and let's start using our resources on this country for a change. I am sick of having my tax dollars wasted on this mess.
hey Amy. Have you forgotton that the GOP attacked the Clintons even worse in 92, but the Clintons won anyway. The Clintons have way more dirt and scandals for the GOP to exploit than Obama has. But despite that, the GOP could never beat the Clintons, but Obama has beaten the Clintons. If the GOP could not handle the Clintons then what makes you think they can handle Obama?
MCMORON CAN'T GET OFF HIS AIRPLANE WITHOUT HELP,
LET ALONE REMEMBER WERE OR WHAT HE IS.
OBAMA'S POSITION ON THE WAR EXACTLY THE SAME,
FORE THOSE THAT CAN READ & UNDERSTAND THE
ENGLISH LANGUAGE, WHICH APPARENTLY MCSLEAZO
IS NOT ONE. HIS HOPE IS THAT WE ARE AS IGNORANT.
It's like if Obama vacillates 2 times, and he is just as bad as McCain who flop flipped 30 times!!!?? that's good math duh
I don't get the GOP tactic, 'he is just as bad as our guy' ???
Google 'McCain King' holiday, When he finally agreed for his State, for political reasons, he still opposed it nationally.
google 'rhinestone hero'
If he wasn't born into an Elite military family he would have been booted out of the Academy, instead of bottom 5. His daddy got him into flight school, his daddy got him a promotion to Captain, and his own daddy signed him up for a WHACK of medals.
Too bad his supporters don't know what Wikipedia or Google is.
What the heck? My comments won't even make it to the point where I can see that CNN received them? What is this a new pre-filter that looks for key phrases like 'Obama 08' now?
HEY words to die by: he is changing a successful strategy cause he lacks experience and wisdom! that is the person you are voting for.
OBAMA'S NEW SLOGAN " JUST SAY YES " HE SAYS YES TO EVERYTHING BUT NEVER SAYS HOW HE'S GONNA DO IT !
Obama has not changed his mind on Iraq. The McCain camp is just grasping for straws over a phrase over refine the policy. Obama still intends to pull the troops out in 16 months, but may change how to do it if it is necessary.
Dave........ Obama is hard to figure out. He does talk out of both sides of his mouth.
Hillary seemed to imply he was just a guy who gave some speeches
Hillary is the GAL that lied ....Remember BOSNIA
I am not necessarily a fan of McCain, but I think he is raising a valid point by calling Obama's words into question.I think you call it flip flop
Now McCain took the Flop out of Flip.......and if weren't for Lieberman
he would be LOST!!!
America should have never waged a war on a third world country on a pretense of a big fat lie! John McCain was for this ugly war that has killed many of our young men and women of the armed forces. Obama has not changed his stance on the war. John McCain and company, the RNC needs to shut-up. They started this war and wants to continue this mess for another 100 years. The war has not made use safer from Al Queda. Yes, the bombings has slowed down in Iraq but in Afganistan the war is raging worse than before. The RNC has no plan to get us out of Iraq. People, lives are at stake everyday in Iraq. Young kids 18-22 yrs old fighting, and dying for what? Oil?
By the way, where is Osama Bin Laden? The person we were after in the first place. McCain can't answer that question or the lousy Bush administration either. Forget McCain and his old school cronies. I am tired of hearing about the war . This war must end. The economy is too bad to continue. We are not winning anything in Iraq. Bring our soldiers home now!!!
HILLARY WILL NEVER COME BACK SHE HAS THE PUMA STAIN FOR LIFE
John McCain is not Barack Obama's worst enemy. That dubious honor belongs to Obama himself and the false expectations raised by a cynical primary campaign strategy that seduced Democrats (and, where they could vote in Democratic primaries and caucuses, Republicans and independents) hungry for a "change" candidate.
When push comes to shove, the only "change" we can expect from him is a turnabout in policy positions whenever he senses that's what he needs to make himself electable. He's done it on Iraq, on the Patriot Act, and on the death penalty, shedding his earlier positions the way he's had to divest himself of policy and spiritual advisers whenever they got too hot for him to handle in the political kitchen. In this household he's known as "Backpedaling Barack."
To the rabid dogs who support Obama blindly. Making inflammatory comments about McCain, tasteless age jokes, blogs filled with CAPITAL letters and exclamation points will not win the election this fall. They actually failed to win the nomination against Hillary since it was handed to BHO on a platter. Obama is going down, fast. He is flip-flopping so badly now on issues about which he once spoke stridently. By the time the Republicans are finished with him, he won't find a job waiting tables. Please, Dems bring back Hillary and save us the disgrace.
People PLEASE read Obama's website before you propagate myths about what he plans to do. The biggest myth is that he plans to withdraw all our troops from Iraq. His own site says that we plan to keep some troops there to combat al Quaeda.
Combating terrorists is precisely what Bush uses as our current excuse to keep our troops there. So the bttom line is that Obama's plan isn't anything new that we aren't already doing in Iraq. It's change in name only!
When we hear, "The McCain campaign says . . " anything, you can be sure it is a character attack. When it is not from the campaign it comes from FOX commentary, Rush Limbaugh or right wing Bloggers. I for one have grown tired of this overused Karl Rove divide to conquer strategy that quite frankly now causes me to yawn. I guess this is the very best the Republican party can offer John McCain and is minions.
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McCain MIss Piggy is Calling U…………She said you stole her receipe for NO MO WAR!!!!!!……….NOW when you discover there are no dirty tricks- no lies- no SCUM BAGS- no Out of Touch approach- no my Friends- no say anything to win and no BUSHES ……it will be too late MR Obama will be President of the UNITED STATES of AMERICA
NOW Mr McCain can raise your arms up above your head…come on Now ……if you can't when ask by the police and you can't …… they will take you to JAIL
CNN PLZ POST ND TRY!
BIG MAC IS BAD FOR YOUR HEALTH
Mccaine and the the Republicans have no platform so they jump on everything that Obama say's to get on CNN's headline news.
THE PROBLEM WITH AMERICA IS THAT WE ARE ALL SLAVES TO A TWO PARTY SYSTEM THAT HAS FAILED. THE TRUTH IS THAT WE NEED TO GET RID OF BOTH PARTIES, VOTE GREEN, OR INDEPENTANT, OR LIBERTARIAN ! BUT NOOOOOO! ALL YOU SLAVES EVERY 4 YEARS DO THE SAME THING VOTE FOR THAT 2 SAME STUPID PARTIES THAT HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING MEANINGFUL FOR THIS COUNTRY IN FOREVER.
I HEAR SOME REALLY GOOD LADY FRIEND OF MCNUTS'
ARE GETTING THEIR MAKE UP READY FOR THE CAMERAS.
TURNS OUT "HONORABLE" GUY HAS EVEN LESS
HONOR WITH LADIES THAN WITH OUR TAX DOLLARS.
AND THAT NO HONOR AT ALL.
look, Obamas position is to get the troops out. I'm sure he would like to get them out as quick as posssible but in a situation such as this you cannot set a hard date but instead a target date.
If only McCain could see this mess in Iraq.
No offense to the Reps but aren't they as well changing positions(they've flip flop as many times as Joe Lieberman himself)??? And plus, what are they gonna talk about in Iraq??? How complicated it is??? Or how difficult to understand it is??? Go ahead, talk about how we might be there the next couple of years or talk about how what next decision it is...
If I were you Reps, I wouldn't worry much Iraq because quite frankly, you guys are the ones responsible for it. Focus on things you need to improve. If staying in Iraq is gonna help our economy or talking about our economy is gonna help Iraq, I don't know what you guys are reading at...
Amy, you are either a Chaos member stirring up trouble, or you should be barred from making blog comments because of your stupidity! Hillary is not coming back – she will not be trying to take over the party at the convention – she will continue to support and campaign for Obama, as will her husband. This is politics for big boys and girls now – stop the HRC BS.
Words into question? For a candidate I used to admire in 2000, how many positions has McCain shifted to align with Bush's policies? McCain has reversed on torture, tax cuts for the wealthy, offshore drilling, agents of intolerance, privatization of Social Security, etc.
Obama has not changed his position on Iraq, no matter how they try to spin it.
Dem '08
SCUM BAG & FRIENDS GOT US IN IRAQ
SCUM BAG & FRIENDS PLAN TO STAY THERE A 100 YEARS.
SCUM BAG & FRIENDS LIED ABOUT IRAQ.
WE GOT IT.
Hi mr BLOGERRS,every body this country are Ethnic back ground,except NATIVE AMERICAN OR INDIAN'S second HISPANIC.
Wise up and learn more American histroy.and iam sure you are what MRS clinton calls working american,what i call unaducated people
21 century.it's not too late to aducate your self.
Cnn please post this coment.
How many times Mc Cain itself had change position?
Obama has not change position on the war in Iraq because from the beginning of it he opposed it.
I think Mc Cain has to be more creative.
Obama is the king of flip flop. He also needs lessons in pandering-he trys hard enough but can't pull it off. Michelle, however, can pull it off.
Obama "CHANGE' you can believe in. Obama is always changing, and changing and changing. New word for change "REFINING. Refining you can believe in. By the way amen to all the Hillary supporters comments.
Hey Mccain! changing your approach to do something DOES NOT MEAN you dont want to do it any longer. get it !!!!!!
He intends to steal the presidential seal.... just like he stole the democratic nomintion.
Where is Hillary? She can tell you all about Obama's dirty tricks.
USS Forres... Mishap July 29, 1967….McCain destroys ship.Surviving crewmen and those who investigated the Forrestal fire case reported that McCain deliberately 'wet-started' his A-4E Skyhawk to shake up the guy in the F-4 Phantom behind his plane.
-As for McCain, he continues to stonewall on his own POW records
-When American Continental Corporation, the parent of Lincoln Savings, went bankrupt in 1989, more than 21,000 mostly elderly investors lost their life savings. After McCain's election to the House in 1982, he and his family made at least nine trips at Keating's expense, three of which were to Keating's Bahamas retreat. McCain did not disclose the trips (as he was required to under House rules)
YEAH...McCain sounds a lot like Bush...4 more years...REALLY? how stupid do they think America is?
No offense but you guys on top, are idiots!! Why are you talking about how Iraq is important?? Don't get me wrong, is important and it will have some impact but let's be honest here, Senator McCain is not calling for withdrawal but my boy is. That's the difference, is not like my boy might stay there for X number of years or months, I know he wants to get out of there with some restrictions or solutions but overall, there's a difference people! Hey, I'm not stupid, I'm not gonna waste my time on this war because quite frankly, it ain't gonna do s- for us!!
Both candidates are pandering to gain votes and they continue to fight each other. This is not professional or productive. They both need to change direction and consider the critical issues and the American people and what they plan to do, if elected President.
speeches2, Obama's campaign strategy, PUMA .. Hillary supporter...ladies and gentlemen, here is the reason Bush served two terms and why the rest of the world thinks America is full of stupid people...lets prove them wrong!
It's funny how the media more so the conservative media is looking ridiculous by calling Obama a flip flopper.
For those who didn't watch the Democratic Primaries, Hillary Clinton was the candidate who said she will withdraw the troops no matter what happened the minute she was elected, and it was Obama, the "liberal" which is far from the truth, who said he was going to be careful in withdrawing the troops as Bush was careless in putting them in Iraq.
Obama was the guy who said he was going to withdraw troops from Iraq and modify depending on the situation there.
Now, McCain it's like, oh noes, he's a flipflopper. McShady is the real flip flopper who did a 180 from the maverick he was in 2000.
Hello, I'm a republica...oh I mean democratic supporter of Hillary now for McCain. Obama is soooo scary and if he is president this country is in danger! He doesn't have any experience and I heard he might be Muslim. McCain is a military hero whose military experience dropping bombs and shooting the enemy will make him a great president. He won't let anyone mess with us. America will kick anyone's butt under McCain. He's a war hero, did I say that already. McCain will lower gas prices by allowing oil drilling off of our beaches and in prestine wildlife areas. Who cares about those stupid animals anyway. We need oil to power our big trucks that McCain allowed us to keep because he to voted prevent better fuel mileage standards 10 years ago. I am a Democrat of Hillary or McCain....seriously.
I am sorry my fellow democrates but i see history repeating itself , Mccain will beat obama because we don't know what obama stands for. Without a track record he can not be trusted.
Sure, blame the press when they're doing their job. It's totally understandable when the press analyzes others' comments, but Barack? That's wrong!
Looks like Obama can't stand the heat. I don't want a whiner for a President.
Mc losser
I'd still vote for Obama over McCain. I think Obama has been pretty consistent on his stand on Iraq. We do need to get out of Iraq more carefully than we did going in. While I never expected Obama to be perfect nor put him on a pedestal, I still think he is the right man for the job. McCain is off campaigning in foreign lands and promising them more jobs while our economy goes to hades in a handbasket. I think it's a shame that the Operation Chaos bloggers are still in here despite their small attention span. All words, nothing factual to tell us why they are for one candidate or against another. I guess we've been reduced to sound bites and reality tv..
giving my unemplolment to Obama campyan
In your dreams, McBush!
I'd rather prefer a candidate who changes his mind because of circumstances that is beyond his control than somebody who is stubborn. Look at Bush he is too stubborn to change things because he does not want to be see as a flip-flop. Look at what he got us into? Obama is using his good sound judgement. These MSM media is NOT helpful at all. Where were they prior to the invasion? Why didn't question the action of the government before we invaded? Same thing now why aren't they questioning the congress for the resolution 362?
O.K., America. We're at war. We have immense challeges at home and abroad. Barak Obama is a rookie Senator from Illiinois. John McCain is an American hero and a veteran U.S. Senator. America cannot afford to elect an inexperienced person to the highest office in the land. America needs John McCain as President!
We don't have unity because of Hillary and Bill Clinton !
That's right, McCain! Start confronting this loud-mouthed, no-substance newbie on his baloney!
Senator McCain,
What is the definition of our victory in Iraq? Who is our enemy to claim the victory against? Al Quaeda? But it was not there on 2002, and now it is not the violence driver, and never been. Please define clearly the target for the victory, remembering 9/11 and under what circumstances we started the war.
REMEMBER 8 YEARS OF "WE WILL STAY THE COURSE, DOING EVERYTHING HIS WAY OR HE WILL VETO, HIS WAY OR THE HIGHWAY".
THINK! THINK! THINK!
Bring Hillary Back...It was a Tie Let's have the American People vote on a tie breaker...NO caucus's JUST good old American Voting....Democrats only..she had over 18,000,000 votes ....Let's see who the American people REALLY want!!!!!Voting should last 24 hours so all of us hard working Democrats can go before or after work...NO DNC or super delegates can participate...This is AMERICA let's do it...Hillary 08
"The position of [McCain's] campaign is that words do matter, and Sen. Obama's words have left a significant question as to exactly what he intends. If he is now joining Sen. McCain's position and saying that the need to maintain peace and stability in Iraq is .........for 100 yrs...........DON't worry about Senator Obama ..........McWAR is the liar and so are you ......McCain if you think for 1 moment that you are going get these SCUMBAGS to destroy Senator Obama you are dead wrong .........Americans are not Stupid ........ HOG JAW!!!!!
You think this war of words is going work oh no bring it on!!!!
McCain stay out of the BUSHES
All you McCain supporters should be asking him to give some straight talk about the following article!!!
McCain has no business questioning anybodys word but his own! He is nothing but a warmingering evil old man who has nothing positive in his plans for this country. As a matterof fact, other than continuing this God awful war, he will start a few more to quench his lust for blood!! OBAMA )*!!
PUMA: Do you know why Hillary lost the nomination? because she was caught lying, she voted for the Iraq war. Do not hold or blame that on Obama. Whatever the DNC rule that was beside the point. Obama did not make them. He was following the rules. If you still blame Obama for that fine go vote for McCain. obviously 8 years of economic meltdown, war in Iraq, no transparency in the eyes of the world is not enough for you. I voted for Clinton (pres) twice, I love Hillary too.What is McCain offering you?
AMY YOUR 100% RIGHT. HILLARY IS THE ONLY REALISTIC ,QUALIFIED CANIDATE TO BE OUR LEADER. THATS THE GOVERNMENT FOR YOU SWIIFTBOATING HER OUT. WITHOUT HER OUR COUNTRY IS IN REAL DEEP--. AMERICA GETS WHAT THEY ASK FOR.
Regardless of any position that any candidate stand for if the conditions on the ground change you have to refine your policies. You have to be a fool to ignore the reality. That is the role of the leader, is to adjust his plan so he can achieve what he intended to do.
bloggers for obama and vig-ot are one and the same.......trash
we´ve got 5 down and 95 to go....that´s years in IRAQ for mc cheek
he is really stuck in the VIETNAM era and the conflicts we are facing now have nothing to do with VIETNAM
Shouldn't Republicans be happy if Obama moderated his position on Iraq? Instead they jump all over him. If Obama went to the bathroom and forgot to flush, we'd be hearing about it from the far right wing nutjobs on fox news. This is much like "bittergate" a made up issue blown out of proportion.
There's a huge lesson for Obama to learn out of this. If he tries to moderate himself the far right is going to attack him. Obama will do far better to appeal to the middle by being himself, not by being a wimpy stand for nothing moderate. It didn't work for Gore, Kerry or Hillary. It won't work for him either.
McCain has misspoke so much he should not even bring up the word words.
If Hillary had not have mad as many mistakes as she did then she would have won. Her biggest mistake was underestimating Obama. The same mistake McCain is making now.
Not even close McMoreWar. Not even.
Vig ,,,,,,,,,,McCain has brought into his campaign a kick-butt operative. You are going to see a new and improved McCain campaign that will shake-down Obama at every turn. The Scumbags alone with Karl Rove will crumble!!!
Vig......... write-in's for Hillary will dominate the ballots in November........you are an IDIOTS ......Just vote for McCain
As somebody else who served in VietNam I am sorry to say that it is easy to tell when McSame lies. His lips move and the same goes for his staff.
The Bush administration made a mistake to go into someone's house or country damages the bathroom and tell the client that we are not going to fix your toilet. Now we are pulling out the service and the whole bathroom is broken and cannot use it. Obama used to be work as organizer in chicago. He was helping this housing project to fix the asbetos in the building. He is redifine his mission about the war.
I think he is a very good person and responsible for the safety of our troop. He is not flig=flat about the war withdraw.
LOL now this sounds funny coming from McCain and camp. What a joke.
I DON'T GET HOW HE CAN CONTINUE SAYING THIS? MCBUSH HAS CHANGED HIS ENTIRE MESSAGE REPEATEDLY!!!
THIS IS OLD POLITICS AND IT JUST WON'T WORK. AMERICA IS SMARTER THAN THAT. I GUESS WHEN IT IS SO MANY MISHAPS OF YOUR OWN WORDS YOU CAN NOT KEEP TRACK! UNBELIEVEABLE!
McCain was wrong to support the war from the start. The reasons we went to war are proven bogus. McCain was on the wrong side.
He was wrong to say he would occupy Iraq for 100 years.
McCain said Iraqis would greet us as liberators.
He was wrong to say American withdraw from Iraq wasn't important. He's been saying the surge is working and we're winning in Iraq yet he can't say when we can start withdrawing the 100000+ troops there.
Even if Obama is going to be more careful about Iraq withdraw and not pull out as fast as he said he would. It's far better than McCain's stance on Iraq, where he's been wrong time and time again.
McCain, you might want to stop bad mouthing Obama about every little thing, it will only backfire and you'll expose yourself as the petty, bitter, mean little person you are. America is sick of GOP failure. In fact, just give your concession speech right now, you don't have a chance.
After we will elect Obama we will get a president worse then Bush (I am not talking about his dislecsia). Those crazy fanatics and media trying to push Obama into our throats doing evil thing to this one time great country.
It doesn't matter if Obama has changed his position on Iraq. Situations change and a competent leader can adapt to those changes, rather than stick straight to a plan that is utterly off-course.
Hillary could not beat Obama even if Michigan and Flordia were fully counted.
Independent, Amy, Gary – It's over. Obama WILL be the nominee. Lets all get behind him and make sure that Republicans can't hurt this country even more. Don't let them do it. If you and the PUMAs do it, there are 18 million of us on the other side that will never forget either. Not to mention the HRC voters who have moved on and are following their candidate's wishes and supporting Obama and would be forced like the rest of the Country to suffer the consequence of your actions.
No way to deny it Obama has shifted his stance. Obama better debate John cause we have had enough speeches to last a life time.
Obama is change you can count on! He changes one of his stances at least everyday.
So maybe I should say you can count on Obama to change his mind about anything important.
Frankly it lets his lack of experience show. He holds a popular stance, gets new information and alters it a little, gets more new information and alters it more gets new info.....
I would like to know why when anyone says anything about Obama they are called racist? I am sick of it! Get on with the debate and let's all listen to what they are saying. As far as Obama, he may be Harvard educated but he think there are 57 states in the United States. I was shocked when I heard him say this. Obama is like cotton candy. Looks good but when you take a bit, you find nothing there. Now, call me racist if you feel you have to. The word racist has been batter about so much, it is losing its meaning. I would save it for the real thing
I've seen the new McCain commercial here in Michigan. I wonder, why is it that McCain can't come out with one commercial that is based solely on the issues and not just a typical swiftboat/rovian style smear campaign?
And by the way the commercial has already been outed as incorrect and earned the McCain campaign not just an "untrue" rating at politicheck.org, but a "Pants on Fire" rating.
McCain came to Kerry's aid in March 2004 after Bush and his campaign tried to paint the Democrat as weak on defense. He rejected the suggestion in broadcast interviews and chided both parties for waging such a "bitter and partisan" campaign..................
and NOW you and your Scumbags are going to use these tactics on Senator Obama you are a snake McWar
"AMY YOUR 100% RIGHT. HILLARY IS THE ONLY REALISTIC ,QUALIFIED CANIDATE TO BE OUR LEADER."
Ohhh and tell her "Thank You" for voting for the war.......yep, we're better off than years past......Thank You Hillary!!
The Watcher .. You are 100% right.
refine-To change or remove (The World Book Dictionary ). This what Barack Obama has been saying for 18 months. This is proof once again how out of touch McCain is.
Cricket
those who vote for Mccain are idiiots. what do you expect from this very very old guy? People over 65 are not eligible for public service. Obama is leading in republican states and CNN is still saying it is a close race. this is something interesting.
PEACE!!!!
CNN…….A roundup of quotes from the Sunday political talk shows, as compiled by the CNN Wire: ……….."We're winning because John McCain understood Iraq better than anybody
That is a BIG LIE HOW about the Military STAFF in IRAQ do they get any CREDIT…..THE Cost of THE WAR and the lives lost is nothing to brag about, IDIOTS!!!! UNJUST WAR!!!!!!!!.
WHO CARES ABOUT A BUNCH of BIAS OLD GOATS( (MEDIA)and their opinions……… IT'S the ECONOMY STUPID!!!!!…….McWAR has a plan for staying in Iraq and Barack Obama has a plan for getting OUT OF IRAQ!!!1
CNN PLZ POST 4TH try
To all of those just now realizing who the real Barack Obama is (or isn't), I would remind you that he is the "presumptive" nominee. Nothing is final until the convention. If you really want to make a difference, and I am including all those PUMAs, write to your Democratic representatives and the DNC, and let them know how you feel about the "presumptive" nominee.
For those who really don't care, keep on blogging.
For all u Obama haters, McCain's straight talk express is a bull and u all know it. He voted against the tax-cuts and now he is for them. He said Iraq was better then he said its not. Yes, Sen. Obama has done some flip-flopping but come on. Also, since people still want to talk about Hillary, she has supported NAFTA before she was against it. She said she was under sniper fire when a video said she wasn't. So all three candidates have done things that are distasteful in one way or another but no one in politics or left is perfect. Truth be told, I would like to see Colin Powell become President though he made a bad judgment call, he would be a great Commander in Chief. Everyone deserves a second chance.
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CNN you are really not going to post my comments? is it because you are in the mcCain pocket? or what?
why is it OK to have people slander Obama, yet when someone even mentions McCains involvement in the USS forrestal Tragedy in 67′ or the fact that he WILL NOT RELEASE HIS MILITARY RECORDS, or his womanizing, or his taking donations from the Rothschilds, or the McCain RAGE and instability, or Keating 5, or his constant lying, or his smear attacks, or his fight against the "Truth Bill", or "Hispanic Outreach Director." Juan Hernandez , who "proclaimed in his book are the illegal alien invaders he urges to become settlers in the USA. Hernandez believes all Mexicans and Mexican-Americans in the USA should become dual citizens and consider themselves Mexicans first, "to the 8th generation." He believes there should be no border at all between Mexico and the USA, ever."
WHY THE COVER UP FOR JOHN MCCAIN?
if Obama had half the dirt McCain did, he would have been in jail long ago...thats why Johnny is GRASPING FOR STRAWS
Mark July 6th, 2008 4:13 pm ET
Obama will say anything to get people's votes…even if it means taking both sides of an argument at the same time. Obama is a risky candidate who is not ready to be President.
McCain08, Hillary 2012
PUMA .. Hillary supporter July 6th, 2008 3:47 pm ET
Obama is a flil flopper, everything he does is called into question.. This clinton supporter is voting for mccain…… mccain 2008, Hillary 2012…… PUMA
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You idiots just don't get it, do you REALLY think things will work out nice and smooth for Hillary in 2012 if you vote for McCain now and cost Obama the election? If you and your "PUMA" retards DO manage to cost him the election, I can guarantee that there are 18 million+ Obama supporters that will railroad her right out of the 2012 primaries. IT WORKS BOTH WAYS IDIOTS. You trash Obama now, we trash Hillary in 2012. Nuff said!
What's interesting is that Obama has the media wrapped around his finger. He pretty much checked the media when they questioned him about it. The media is afraid of Obama.
McCain graduated 5th from the bottom of 899 students. He isn't the brightest star in the sky. He will need someone to explain it to him. Just like his not understanding the "losing one's bearings" which is a nautical term – Obama figured that McCain being a Navy guy would understand that one–but it went over his head.
It never ceases to amaze me on when someone is asked about what mccain is going to do. The answer is always what Obama said.
This group of old men, need to go home, relax and try to remember fond memories.
Only a foolish person refuses to evaluate a failed cause and not change directions. The Republicans got us into the mess in Iraq by not listening to reason when they knew the war was based on a lie. Obama will inherit this mess and he will have to refine his position until we are able to leave. At least he knows we are headed in the wrong direction, unlike McCain who doesn't have a clue.
This from the man whose stand on every issue changes with the direction of the wind.
the War with Words started with bad journalism...
Sensational exaggeration and spin is what the media should be blamed for.. There was no story and Barack has been concsistant the whole time –
The McWeekender who doesn't wear a Flag Pin himself is just being an opportunist.. just like voting for Bush policy 95% of the time and saying he didin't – doesn't make it true only a spin..
Barck Obama is the REAL DEAl ..for America... 2008, 2012
Gary and Amy need to realize that Sen. Obama is our candidate and that the primary election is over. 25% of Clinton voters not supporting Obama does not override the 75% who do!
It's funny how people are still blaming republicans for Katrina. Katrina was a natural disaster, and Louisiana's leadership could have done a much better job than they did (Btw, they were liberals). No state should ever have to rely on the federal government to the extent that the Louisiana government did during Katrina.
About the economy........Republicans have the best economic plan with the fair-tax.
About energy prices, Obama wants them to keep going up, but just at a slower pace. Like Mike Huckabee says, "if you stick a frog in water and boil it slowly, that's just as much pain as if it was boiled quickly. It still gets burned alive."
at least mccain has a plan for the economy. And about the Iraq war, regardless of whether or not we should have gone into Iraq, the surge is working, and if we quit now, our entire effort will go to waste. sometimes I think the dems just hope that we lose Iraq for their political gain.
What a crock of dudu for McCain to suggest that Senator Obama is coming along to his way of thinking about the war! No he isn't and never implied that he was. This is sad, sad on McCain's part. McCain WISHES that Senator Obama was in line with him, but the reality is it just ain't so and won't ever be! Never would I support the lyinin McCain who hollers about honor and tells lies on Senator Obama everyday. McCain demonstrates no dignity or honor in his campaign.
Obama 08
I guess John McCain doesn't understand plain, simple english, Obama said he may need to refine his policies. Merriam-Websters defines refine as: to improve or perfect by pruning or polishing, to reduce in vigor or intensity, to become pure or perfected, to make improvement by introducing subtleties or distinctions.
Now some one explain to me, help me understand how this is flip flopping. Anyone with half a brain understands policies have to be able to flex, they will change to some degree. Only an idiot would write policy without room in the policy for some flex. Oh, I'm sorry we are talking about McCain, my point exactly.
You would think objective journalists (which in this election is largely an oxymoron) would understand the difference between "refine" and "change". Perhaps a visit to the dictionary would be in order before you jump to repeat McCain's talking points.
Just like in the Democratic primaries, anything to cause controversy to keep the ratings going. So much for a free press..
Hillary supporters: get over it...she lost and she isn't coming back!! She would be receiving the same treatment from both the McCain campaign and the press...
So Obama is only ahead by a few points. That is much better than expected for someone with his level of experience. most people with his level of experience would not even have won the primary race let alone be slightly ahead of the current opponent.
While Senator Obama continues to refine his message to the people his opponent continues to be steadfast in his lies!
John McCain continues to be like G.W. Bush in content but, wants to "sound like" an independent in his press releases.
This country can't stand another republican term!
@ Wisconsin 16:17
Don't waste your time. First mistake... you are using logic to argue with individuals who clearly are not capable. They will not vote for Obama under any cirmstance. He is a bit too cerebral and "uppity "for them.
They are the same individuals who view events in terms of either black or white...not understanding that as circumstances change, one may have to adjust positions a bit. They have the same mind set as our current president.
If memory serves correct...President Bush has never been accused of being a "flip-flopper". Obama should consider it a compliment, and move on.
Dare I say, Obama is not the candidate most of these individuals want to have a beer with.
One more reason to vote for him in November.
I think that McCain is trying to create an issue where there isn't one. Just because someone *says* someone else is doing something, doesn't make it true!
hhahahahahah Mccains Camp has interesting topics about Obama they should make a comedy show haha please please Mccain go home !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Obama 08
THE LAST THING THAT YOU WANT AS A COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF A NUCLEAR ARMED NATION IS:
AN ANGRY OLD MAN WHO HAS NO PATIENCE FOR DIPLOMACY.
McCain has surrounded himself with Karl Rovian congenital liars. Sorry John. You just don't have the judgment to surround yourself with good people. They are leading you down the wrong path. You are supposed to be the leader. What happened to you?
McShame having another senior moment again. This time he cannot see the print nor hear the speech.
Amy:
Give it a rest, the choice has bee made, there is no political will to change it. Senator Clinton is loved and she would have made an outstanding President but the reality is Obama is the nominee. She understands the political reality, she understand her place in the party and what fighting at the convention would do to the party.
This is not about one person, Senator Clinton as well as Senator Obama understand this. Why can't some of her supporters stop and look at the big picture. I supported her during the primaries, I also supported Obama, either of them are far better than McCain. The primary is over, Senator Clinton is not going to risk fracturing the party for her own personal gain. Stop asking her to commit political suicide, you are not being fair to her, she deserves more respect than some of her supporters are giving her.
This is disgusting on the part of McCain. If you truly had been reading Obama's plan, listening to his speeches and following his campaign you would see he has not changed position. He has always, always said he would listen to the best possible advice to make the best possible decisions. He is not afraid to lead and leadership demands reacting to ever changing information. He has held strong to his positions. Many have not been paying attention, including Senator McCain.
In 2006 Senator Obama said, "We must exit Iraq, but not in a way that leaves behind a security vacuum filled with terrorism, chaos, ethnic cleansing and genocide that could engulf large swaths of the Middle East and endanger America…We have both moral and
national security reasons to manage our exit in a responsible way.” [Charleston Gazette, 9/26/06]
This is very much in line with what Obama is saying today. This GOP ugly, dishonest game plan will not work. Go Obama!
McCain you are a moron, holy try to make a mountain out of a mole hill. Obama has a very common sense perspective, get out as soon as safely possible, obviously one cannot commit to an exact exit date as who knows how much worse McCain and Bush will make things prior to the fall.
The "relative" peace at this time is completely artificial as the various sects are playing games with the US and Iraqi government at present. McCain and Bush's Iraq strategy has been an unmitigated disaster, kick the Rebulicans out before even more soldiers and innocent civilians die and the economy goes even further down the toilet.
..., and John do you know what the question is?
I do!
It's – "Is Senator McCain suffering from dillusional disorder?"
It goes with those that suffer from "Old Timers" – do we really want ot elect such an OLD F@@T?
ANYONE, BUT
MCWAR....AND....MC MI NO COMPRENDE ECONOMICS
Did you hear Obama? He came out a second time to clarify exactly on his Iraq position. I don't know what's confusing about that.
You Hillary supporters need to grow up...if she is in debt of over 20 million what makes you think she can run a country she cant even run her own man.....and as for mccain he needs to stop trying to attack Obama because its not working mccain needs to tell the nation what he is doing to do but he's too old and slow to do that. Obama is only right choice for this nation
Obama 08!!!!
McCain you are a moron, holy try to make a mountain out of a mole hill. Obama has a very common sense perspective, get out as soon as safely possible, obviously one cannot commit to an exact exit date as who knows how much worse McCain and Bush will make things prior to the fall.
The "relative" peace at this time is completely artificial as the various sects are playing games with the US and Iraqi government at present. McCain and Bush's Iraq strategy has been an unmitigated disaster, kick the Rebulicans out before even more soldiers and innocent civilians die and the economy goes even further down the toilet.
Vote Bob Barr!
Vote Bob Barr!
Vote Bob Barr!
Vote Bob Barr!
Vote Bob Barr!
Obama/Hillary 2008
Pretty hypocritical of McCain to pretend like Obama's flip flopping.
Obama will get us out of this mess that McCain loves to defend. He just wants to be practical about it.
McCain knows the people are much more with Obama on the issues, including the war. So McCain has to make Obama out to have character issues in order to get ahead. McCain knows that the media laps up everything he says and that this is his chance at winning. I hope the American people don't fall for the media/GOP smears again this election year; how did that work out the last two presidential elections again?
It is too bad that John McCain doesn't apply the same scrutiny to what his bff George Bush says. McCain needs to ask why is our current U.S. president afraid to take a public stand against China's human-rights policies.
John McCain believes that Jimmy Carter was a terrible president, but at least Carter had the guts to stand up to the Soviet Union's invasion of Afghanistan and boycott the Moscow Olympics.
Get tough John, hold BHO feet to the fire. CNN like the rest of the liberal media is trying to call the race for BHO today.
All you Hillary idiots need to get a clue and just give it up already!! You're pathetic and just about as stupid as those clowns in the GOP. Good grief, your girl ran a pitiful campaign and paid the price...SHE LOST!!!!!!!!!!! And the reason she lost is mainly because she surrounded herself with knuckle heads who were totally deluded, greedy and didn't have a clue. Imagine introducing her as "the next president of this country" on the night when the last nail had been hammered into her presidential aspirations on June 4th. Delusional at best, psychotic is a much better description. Get with the program already and stop the pathetic whining.
Now as for McSame criticizing Obama, it's laughable at best. Like they say, The John McCain of 2000 would NOT vote for this broken down, Bush clone even if someone put a gun to his head. Let's be real folks. Obama is going to win this election by a landslide in November. Get on the bus, but please please PLEASE STOP the WHINING!!! You're making my ears bleed and cracking me up at the same time.
Now run tell that.
Obama 08 & 12
I am a republican who cannot vote for McCain. He has not proven to me that he can make decisions on his own. What scares me is that he is 95% pro-Bush. How can you makes changes if you want to keep in place the same things that have driven this country into the ground. If McCain gets into office we will fall to a third world country status. McCain should be campaign here in the US, not in Canada, Mexico, and Columbia, South America, and Iraq. Maybe he should run for President in one of those countries listed above. I ask that you democrats, independents, and republicans please vote for someone other than McCain. Please do this for a disabled combat Marine Corps veteran who loves this country more than you know.
John McCain for president:
-he has a billion dollars so we wont have to worry about him stealing America s money right?
-his campaign is full of big oil lobbyist..so if he gives them favors they will give us jobs right?
- this man is a Hero, stop talking about the USS Forrestal...that was in 1967 grow up...stooge
-this man served his country all his life, look at all of the good he did in Arizona, look at the McCain Bill...he has done great things right?
-as far as his cheating goes, it is the right for every red blooded American male to get what he needs to get...right?
John McCain for President keep the White House right!!!
One more thing, LOVE the picture of McCain CNN. He looks like the chicken-necked, antiquated, old crow he actually is.
You know who the real sleeze bags in all this are. The media people.
CNN started this crap Wednesday! BEFORE Obama supposedly changed his position! Oh course the other networks ran with it and McLame was cheering them on. Don't you know that McCain has a new "special" section in his plane for reporters who are willing to spread the rhetoric. I'm sure Jessica Yellin is right up front.
People are so gullible!
CNN I DARE YOU TO POST THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
On his worse day Obama is 50 times better than McCain on his best day.
McCain is constantly stating Obama said this or said that. Why doesn't McCain take a stance on something instead of trying to disprove every little thing Obama says. I think McCain is obsessed with Obama. He can't even think straight. He continues to show his temper at many questions asked about his service in Viet Num. If he is running on his service record, it is understandable to ask what he did there to give him the opportunity to be commander and chief. He doesn't need to get mad about that. I think it is a legitimate question that needs to be answered instead of getting mad about it.
Paula M. Huntington Beach, CA
Who words need to be call to question is Mccain because Mccain is the Biggest flip flopper taxs, off shoring drilling, and Mccain said that he knows nothing about the ecomomy and than turns around and lied and said on National TV. he did'nt say that he did'nt know much about the ecomomy. and not only that the troop stay there for a 100 years!!! Mccain Vote NO!!!
Amy, you are either a Chaos member stirring up trouble, or you should be barred from making blog comments because of your stupidity! Hillary is not coming back – she will not be trying to take over the party at the convention – she will continue to support and campaign for Obama, as will her husband. This is politics for big boys and girls now – stop the Hillary BS.
How is making a judgment call based on realistic information a flip flop or going back on your word. Obama has a base plan.. a steady withdrawal over 16 months. But of course... the situation on the ground may dictate that it happens slower or faster.
At least Obama is trying to lead with his eyes open... unlike McCain... visiting a green zone, saying everything's great... and even though it's great... we're gonna stay there forever.
All you people still on the Hillary kick.. get over it.. you're just a waste of words and space. This is getting old now. She's out of the race. You guys really need a reality check.
To the Watcher. I Agree with you.
To Puma You sound like a bitter little baby who didn't get what she wanted.
Mccain Lacks The Judgement To Be President! His Military Record Is Questionable!
McCain's campaign seems to be little more than claiming Obama shouldn't be President. No issues. No vision. Just that Obama shouldn't be President.
I don't really see the story here. Anybody that has been paying attention to Obama knows that he has never said anything except change and hope and repeated what HIllary said. Darn its hard to get a story and stick with it when you don't have hillary clinton saying it first so you can follow her and then holler hope and change. What a man , what a man. Too bad his brain is not as big as his ears. He might be able to figure something out on his own.
I would question Obama's judgement if he started withdrawing troops without talking to Generals in the field. Remember Bush got into us this quagmire because he refused to listen to generals – remember Gen. Shenseki told bush he didn't have enough troops in Iraq- He got fired for that. The surge was was 3-4 years too late. Now McCain wants to take credit for this mess.
I have seen leaders commit blunders, run good things into the ground because they think they are jacks of all trades.
It is wise to talk to those whose daily lives revolve around fighting the war. The Rebubs need to stick to the issues. I would stand opposed to Obama if he did not have a refined plan for withdrawal.
16 months was not a good line to sell. Changing positions will not help our country's economic strength. There is no room for second guessing. He has to be precise. No place for trial and error. The world relies on the US to come up with the answer. McCain will deliver what other Presidents couldn't in the Middle East. He's military and political career will allow him to do so. He doesn't need to have a "funny name".
Look at McCain's picture. He is a mean spirited, cold hearted, hot headed, nasty old man. He showed no affection to Cindy – He doesn't even help her off HER plane. He is never with his children.
McCain just wants to fight wars. He wants to leave our military in Iraq for 50 – 100 years. He knows nothing about the economy. He said so himself. He wants to reck our health care system. Joe Lieberman has to travel with him to correct him when he gives a speech. The Republican's made a terrible mistake making him their nominee.
I was a Republican.
obama changes his tune in each and every 57 states, he lies while in oregon floating down the great lakes, thinking of his meeting with the president of Canada. while dreaming of his good friends, wright,meeks,ayres,auchi,odinga, and all his crooked dem partners,
dem for McCain
That is right, Bradley from Colorado! We can't find " good dirt " on him, only the dirty stuff, Rezko, Ayers, Wright, verbal insults to fellow Americans " who cling to their Bibles and guns", and so on and on...
Remember that Hillary Clinton said McCain was more qualifed to be Commander and Chief than Obama. Furthermore, last week on Drudge, Harry Ried said that oil and coal are making Americans sick. Moreover, Obama said current gas prices are fine. Yet in 2006, democrates were elected as a majority in the house and senate because they promised lower gas prices which were $2.50 a gallon at that time.
In regards to Iraq, most of the terrorists in that region are fighting in Iraq. Some may argue that Iraq is costing American lives which is true in any armed conflict. But merely driving your car on the freeway costs over 20,000 American lives each year.
Lastly, Obama has said that he would debate McCain anytime and anywhere. After reflecting on his inexperience with a multitude of issues facing our country, he now has limited his debates with McCain to two.
McCain's Campaign groups are just make up lies after lies no truthful words out of thei mouths. Sen. Obama never backs away from his stance on the troops withdrawal from Iraq. People remember that that's the main thing on his stance. He is still insist on withdrawing from Iraq no question about that. The big question is that, when will the McCain campaign stop attacking Sen. Barack Obama with their twisted and smear negative talks???? Answer this in a positive way we're tired of the old politics these people are still playing now a days.
November history will be made. Thank you President Obama for giving a country back to the american people
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what are you people talking about? we all knew thw day had to come when obama would back pedal – his position was he was going to pull all of the troops out according to the 16 month time table to force the iraqi's to deal with their own problems. anyone who knows anything knows that it wasn';t going to work that way – obama won't get us out of this war any quicker than mccain.
i don't have a preference, but come on people, it won't kill you to admit that obama took his initial position to get primary votes and now he's being more realistic to get GE votes.
and stop saying that mccain wants to be at war for 100 years. that's a blatant distortion of what he said. obama can't change anything; he's reliant on congress and no one person can change washington.
It is ironic that Obama supporters decry the Bush/Cheney attack politics and yet call John Mccain abusive names all in the same sentence. Whatever your policy disagreements, how can you use such abusive language against someone who has sacrificed so much for his country.
As far as I can tell Obama has not changed his position that going to war with Iraq was the wrong policy and that we need to bring the troops home as soon as possible. The only change that I believe that Obama is saying is that the troops may have to brought home slower than he originally planned to do. You can not just bring troops out that is irresponsible because you could get them killed. If you bring them out too quickly and the situation in Iraq becomes total chaos, then many U.S. soldier would get killed. A good leader will their plan when situations change. I believe Obama is adjusting to the situation now .
That's all you people know, attacking the other with your negative thoughts inside your mouth full of lies no one can stand your ways. Buried alive and get lost.
Eric from PA,
He (Obama) is both. A typical pol not qualified for the job of President.
Also Obama backers keep bringing up the same old tired charges of their man being above the fray when he was running against Hillary but now he is going to answer promptly any charge from MCCain, so much for keeping himself " clean" , second tired charge is that MCCain is going to keep troops in Iraq for a hundred years. Can these people read? They claim to be " highly educated", I suppose they mean they graduated from high school?
PUMA