PUMAs: Way to build a platform that preaches hate. You remind me of the Westboro Baptists. Speaking loudly and carrying a small twig.

You think this is a game? My kids know better than you: if you're beaten, you don't hold a grudge. If you don't like the person who won, okay. But don't sit around spewing hatred.

#1 statement coming out during the primaries: "I'm for Hillary because I can't stand how rude/hateful the Obama supporters are."

So… now that you're doing the same… methinks thou art a hypocrite.

If thoughts were pennies, you'd be in serious need of a stimulus check.

Obama is very much Presidential Vote Mccain is a big mistake because we will have another Bush term just look at the results of this economy Mccain said he donot know nothing about the ecomomy and for Mccain to say something like that is totally a disappointment.

I think it very telling that NC Resident get upset about all the name calling, and attacks ect, ect, on Obama. What about the attacks on McCain? Better yet what about the fact you see a 30 to 1 ration most times on CNN for people making comments against McCain vs. in defence of. Affrimative action hard at work, or just the liberal left ganging up on Sen. McCain. So if your young, HALF black, and change direction like a weather vane, errrrr excuse me " refine your position" every day like Obama your owed being president. Over 20 yrs. publice service, service to your country in the armed forces, and even almost giving your life for America dosen't quite cut it. It's the old and white factor hard at work! I wish the "kool-aid" generation that Obama is creating would choke on it. It's a bitter pill to swallow when your canidate is an empty suit with even more empty words. You think being black in Americaa is so hard? Try being Native American, they don't all get casino money, or electricity, or running water, or schools, the list goes on,and on.

Kind of like locking the bishops in the basement while the church votes more power to Queen Elizabeth I, don't you think.

Oh, and why is it when there is any story posted out here about Obama, the postings are instantly mean-spirited and vicious against each other?

I am having trouble coming to terms with the notion of voting for Obama, not because I am a racist or a sore loser, or what ever other nasty you wish to throw. I am having troble because, as the foriegn press reported last summer, he is not standing for all the things he said he would. The American press REFUSED to publish any of those statements - as they came out of the Obama camp.

I guess this is why our forefathers had the wisdom to allow write-in votes. I plan on using mine for Hillary. Oh sure, they will tell you she is polarizing, but that is because she doesn't flip-flop.

You may all insult me now if you wish. Meanwhile, I've got better things to do than worry about it.

I certainly hope the Secret Service is looking into this matter carefully. I hope Senator Obama has safe landings through the rest of the campaign. Looking forward to an Obama presidency beginning January 2009!

I agree with William Y. But I'm laughin' my head off reading this stuff. Great entertainment.

He will run the country just like he ran his campaign. In case you did not know his campaign ran very smoothly compared to the others. As for the bus, you really must be kidding.

Call the FBI…Oh I forgot they are the ones thatr covered up the FLAME-Bush-Cheney deal too. Oh, America, I cry for you! Who can be trusted? How will justice be served in such a corrupt administration like the Bush'? And you dumb ones want to continue his legacy with McSame? SHAME ON YOU! Oh Lord, I pray you keep Obama and his family safe from the mentally deranged McShame nuts! Amen.

John from LA ……… The Gods are telling you something BO-you're the wrong candidate!!!!-Hang it up!!!..Indep. voter…….IDIOT

HAVE YOU NOT HEARD …….. ……THERE is A KING IN TOWN……HE'S DIFFERENT and SPREADING GOOD NEWS ….HUH ……. BE QUICK TO JUDGE YOURSELF AND SLOW TO JUDGE OTHERS .

PLZ POST CNN

And not a darn one of them was smart enough to operate the emergency door release…….hmmmmmmmmm

I couldn't agree with you more mike, syracuse ny. VERY WELL SPOKEN.

I was here in Atlanta last evening to see Obama. I was totally disappointed. he does not look presidential. He does not have those qualities. Also looking at his background and experience, I realized it is a mistake. I will vote for John mcCain in coming November. Brack Obama is a big mistake. He is a real joke.

Brandon Hillary , and Chuck,

You must belong to the FARC

The Gods are telling you something BO-you're the wrong candidate!!!!-Hang it up!!!

An Indep. voter

With all these mechanical problems in Obama's campaign…..the airplane thing and now the bus……maybe the universe is trying to tell him something. Like now is the time to quit and go back home to Chicago….and stay there.

PUMA

OBAMA WAS RIGHT VOTING NO ON THE IRAQ WAR AND HE IS RIGHT ABOUT A WITHDRAWAL TIME TABLE. THE IRAQ PRIME MINISTER MALAKI AND THE IRAQ PEOPLE WANT A TIME TABLE OF U.S. AND COALITION TROOP WITHDRAWALS BY THE END OF THIS YEAR. BUSH AND MCCAIN ARE VERY ANGRY, BUT THE PRIME MINISTER OF IRAQ SAYS THE U.S. WILL NOT CONTROL WHEN THEY WILL LEAVE. SINCE MCCAIN SAYS THE SURGE IS WORKING I DON'T THINK IT'S UNREASONABLE TO HAVE A TIME TABLE, SO WHAT'S THEIR POINT?

Be very careful what you say about another. They took the land from the Indians,put blacks in chains,put the chinese in fields and the japenese in cages. These are the people that was let loose from Bedlam in England and shipped to America. and they are like fleas they will take over if you don't spray.

Chuck, Don't blame this on the Lord. The Lord watches out for all of his children. I am praying that he is watching out for all of us. He has to be. With some of the things that has been said on this blog. We don't know who you are with all your ugly words but GOD does. Watch what comes out of your mouth. We are all sowing seeds. Harvest time will come.

God is trying to tell us something!!

Hmmmm

Anyone checking for republican fingerprints on all this stuff?

Sounds fishy to me. Sounds like hit-men might have been hired.

So a bus and a plane had some mechanical difficulties. Big deal. This in no relevant way has anything to do with the current political contest, and only the weak-minded republican children choose to make this an issue. Go back and play in your sandbox some more.

These things are not coincidences. Someone is afraid that Obama is getting too powerful. Racism can take many covert forms and Obama and his campaign should be vigilant.

Don't any of you people have anything better to do than respond to this news story……………………… oops, I guess I just did the same thing.

flip flop…

Brandon Hillary, you should be banned from this board.

So, America needs to know, did they do the fist bump on the bus or not?

Obamites, I think Giovanni was being tongue in cheek. Lighten up already.

NC resident. Maybe if 70% of black children weren't born out of wedlock, and blacks didn't drop out of school at twice the rate of whites, and a large percentage of black men didn't commit crimes and get incarcerated, then blacks would get ahead. Stop whining. 90% of what happens to a person in life is a result of their own intelligence, initiative and hard work. The black community needs to stop blaming others for their own failings. Electing Obama isn't payback for real or imagined prejudice. You are only entitled to what you earn by your own hard work.

Haven't we had enough about Obama and his personal life and his woes of trouble with planes and now the bus. Its time we stop putting the man on a pedestal and get back to the basics. Issues like economy, foreclosures, cost of gas and on and on and on. Too much frivolous crap about Obama and no substance. I'm a democrat but enough is enough. We need to put him & McCain side by side and let them debate. For a change CNN, print this. Mine usually go by the wayside because I invoke the holy name of Obama in ungodly ways.

This is quite symbolic of the "locked in" mentality of Obama the arrogant, egomaniac who does or says anything to win!

Maybe those are the reporters that really don't like Obama all that much…like members from the AP and Fox News!!

What's happening to CNN? This is not news worthy.

Yet, CNN seems to have missed Iraqis', including the PM's, push for the US to set time-table for withdrawal, which is one of the BIGGEST news around the Middle East.

Why are there 56 coments on this?

Thomas…….great observation. Reminds me of a stooges episode.

It's a sign. What will be next?

Almost all of you are crazy! Just READ these, most of you sound nuts! If these are the folks voting for Obama, you make HIM look bad, and yourselves. Hey normal people, do you want to vote at all, reading about these lost causes and their paranoia. Its like this on EVERY article. I wish CNN would stop comments all together instead of these Obamapsychos droning on about nonsense. Its a poor reflection on your candidate.

SEEK HELP!

@Mitchel Hussein Martin

That's some serious Man Love right there man. I commend you on that. By the way, when you say that he is the best president we've ever had, are you talking about BUSH? I think that you kind of got off track with your comment.

ScottL get your facts straight.
In 2001, reporters asked dubya if he knew where bin Laden was. GWB said and I paraphrase “I donnu, I don-care, because its not a big priority to me” and then BAM 9/11 happened.

Let's stick with the issues. Racial comments, name calling, etc are all ways of portraying ignorance. I find these forums and comments a great way to understand others' opinions and insights, but the useless feedback is worthless. Regardless of who you support, it's always beneficial to get other perspectives. Let's keep it respectful, honest, and informative.

arb needs waterboarding treatment.mccain will get it for you.

Kind of strange for someone who has raised 275 million dollars. One would tend to think he could afford better transportation. What an idiot.

maybe he should cancel the stadium then he'd have money for decent transportation

More Hussein Obama stunts to gain publicity. The Hussein Obama cult blindly marches on! There are no Hussein Obama supporters who can tell you what the man has done as politician in the past when you ask them why they support him.

1 Nuts—You Obama supporters are all nuts - completely out of your minds. Not to mention dumb……….OK we know this your world squirrel

2 If he can't keep his bus running, how's he going to run the country? You can't have the country down for two hours!……WE will use your mouth to keep the BUS running …….heard you were good at it

3 Chuck ……… The Lord moves in mysterious ways. Getting the message yet Obama?………. IDIOT

The sensationalism of this story is funny.
But, Chuch at 11:53, you're right, GOD does move in mysterious ways. And thank GOD that he has kept Senator Obama safe.
And, I pray, that Cindy McCain is safe on her travels to Africa.
How about that?

Out if news stories to cover today, CNN?

I still love you because you are cool and God sent when you see channels Fox News.

WOW!!!! Mitchell? Obama is not the president and neither is McCain. You sound a little delirious right now. Wait a minute, you love Obama? Dude, his married!!

that's democrats for you thomas, dumber than a box of rocks.

@Mitchell Hussein Martin

You love Obama!?! Kinda weird Mitchell. Sounds like man love to me. You might want to go and check your "Man Law" handbook as my husband always tells his friends. You are a little obsessed with Obama. :-/

These are some of the most sick and sad posts I've seen.
Brandon Hillary you are really sick and shameful.

you must be a democrat jeff in hampshire, il….you must be falling for all of obama's lies like everyone else

Giovanni's comment

"If he cant' keep a bus up for two hours how is he going to run a country"
Are you serious? You have to be the dumbest person breathing. Obama has nothing to do with the bus system failing. These people are a joke.

Obama

the second mitchell hussein martin is a fraud!i love obama!he's the best president we've ever had!

This is too easy.

As we saw yesterday if these reporters value their life they will not travel with obama. Tick Tock Tick Tock
Its only a matter of time….lol
I would hate to see innocent and mainly biased reporters lose their lives just for a story.

I wonder how long it took these reporters to figure out they could just open up the driver's door?

" small group of pool reporters were trapped inside a bus "

"The stranded reporters eventually exited on the bus driver’s side "

This is sorta like being trapped on a stalled escalator

Giovanni was rigth, if Obama can't run the bus , how he can run the USA. Be a President means runs the little problems first, then the bigs.

ARB-

Republicans obviously have nothing better to do than waste lots of time reading articles and responding to posts about "that lowlife" Obama's bus, don't they?

SNAP!!!

Change the plane already.

I couldn't agree with you more Alice in Florida….then maybe we wouldn't have to listen to him for a few days or weeks or however long. I have a suggestion for you Alice, the next time obama is on tv, use the mute button, its the best sound in the world…complete,utter silence.

Oh, you silly PUMA posters! Do you think we don't know that you are Republican chaos makers?? Any true Dems are voting for Obama because he believes in the same things HRC believed in. Go on, now, go back to Rush and ask him what to do now that you have been found out. Silly PUMA poster!

Slow day for news?

hey nc resident……please dont preach to me about blacks not getting ahead…..there's not any amount of preaching you could say to me that would make me vote for barack obama.

Giovanni, rachel and alicia:

1) Obama doesn't need townhall meetings. McCain does, because it is a cheap way to get publicity if you spent all your money being a maverck to get the nomination of the republican party, or if you don't know how to run a contested campaign (McCain hasn't run a contested campaign. His wife's money and his father's relations always made sure he wasn't contested for senator). The first constested thing he ever ran for was presidential and he lost. He lost against the chimp bush. remember?

2)Republicans are running away from their party and even, McCain doesn't go through the same door as bush, their crown jewell, whom they championed for president twice.

3) Twice the country, with the republicans, trusted them to give us their best. and what we got was war and more wars, debt and more debts, economic crisis and more crisis, Katrina and more Katrina, dead soldiers and more dead soldiers, mortgage crisis and more, and lies after lies.

Fool me once, but twice? that was a blow. What do you call someone who has been fooled 3 times? Not even the saying had a name for it.

I think the rest of the world will be calling anyone who has been fooled 3 times "American", and we will not blame them: We deserve it if we get fooled a 3rd time.

Chuck I think PUMA stands for:

People
Under
Mental
Anguish

You might want to see a professional shrink to help you get over you delusional behavior.

I think all you hillary suporters on here better weak up and not be so childish, do you think hillary is going to vote for mccain cause she lost the primary, i think not. You are just all being a bunch of racists on here, go ahead and vote for mccain and you will have four more years of Bush.

At least he didn't throw them UNDER the bus the way he did his poor old grandmother!!

I don't think those planes were meant to flip flop like that so it was predictable that it finally failed. Sort of an analogy for the Obama campaign, yes?

They need to have the Secret Service check every plane and vehicles that the Obama campaign uses.

I SMELL A RAT.

What a great way to handle the papparazzi.

Just lock them all inside a hot bus–bingo bongo–no more papparazzi.

Hey, Malibu beach!…..buy a few of these and your press problems will be over.

Watch your back Senator Obama!
The Sickos are coming!
I say to them, you can't touch that!

McBush's "secret" way to kill Obama

Conspiracy..i smell it from afar..watchout Obama, youll have many set backs but the truth is you are the chosen one. Go Obama!

Obama is a loser. He probably tried to trap them on the bus because he is afraid to talk to the media. He's just trying to get back at the media for calling him out on his stance on Iraq.

what's the meaning of PUMA?

Despite everything Obama will keep on going.
A fighter will never give up.
And he is the one who will fight to bring back the American dream for everybody.
So a bad week everybody has it.
Still the Lord is gracefull to everybody.

Giovani life is too short to be so bitter. How you compare a bus malfunction that Obama was not even on to the Presidency is beyond me.

And to the rest of you, who think this is some "sign", remember that when you are pulled to the side of the road when your car breaks down or runs out of gas or whatever it may be.

This is a dumb story CNN really I know there must be more to post about.

Max and Greg, Giovanni is having a nightmare.

What can anyone do to save McCain's campaign? What can any republican do, not just McCain, to get elected to any office this year?

I am affraid nothing. They messed up our country and emptied our treasury for 8 years, enriched the war industry, and just so that oil profits can keep climbing at the expense of the lives of our soldiers, and the american people, and of course the Iraqis victims.

That is what the republicans have in stock to sell this year to americans against their vote. Now if anyone can sell you to buy more of that, either they are a champion sales man, or you are too stupid to know what's good for you, even if you are a republican.

ARB….you need more fiber in your diet. All you do is call Barack names. What has the man ever done to you?

All that anger and pinned up frustration directed at someone you don't even know can't be healthy.

But…get that fiber quickly so that you get some immediate relief for that "backup" you're experiencing. You are absolutely full of it. (sorry couldn't resist)

guys, Obama is not claiming to be a mechanic, he's a leader….so making the comparison between running a bus and the country is ludacris….not to mention petty and immature… i'm really glad YOU aren't running to be our next president!

Giovanni:

You sound really dumb. Obama has nothing to do with the mechanics of a bus. Get a life!

OBAMA/SEBELIUS 2008-2016!!!

The Lord moves in mysterious ways.

Getting the message yet Obama?

PUMA!!!

Get a new plane and don't take anymore chances.

OMG, a bus with mechanical problems…Who ever heard of something so strange? Would you please find something serious to write about? And Giovanni; you're a little mixed up. Clinton is the former candidate that couldn't keep her campaign running.

Actually, ARB, they don't.

Why can't something with ego in a suit in it break down somewhere miles from civilization? It would be SO NICE not to see a "fluff" news piece on the snake for JUST MAYBE ONE DAY!!!!!!!

I am SO OVERDOSED on Obama and his whole family!!!!!!!!

PUMA

Hey Giovanni!

Do you think the fact that McCain had to trash his "Straight Talk Express" bus is a much larger metaphor? I guess more than the wheels fell off that hopeless heap of trash talkin' transportation.

Richard said: "get a life….republicans have better things to do than waste their time messing with that lowlife obama's bus.
————–
Like spending 12billion a month in Iraq and getting more GOP scandals like Sen Craig? You mean better things to do like vetoing home mortgage reief legislation? Like going further into debt because your party has lost their identity? Like doing more for the wealthy?
Like starting uneccessary wars against the wrong country? Like being in bed with the pharmaceutical oil and insurance industries?
I could go on…..and on

Rome is burning. Tyhe GOP is dead.

ARB why does he have to be a lowlife. It's okay to call him names such as that and other ways people refer to him but then when people call McCain old people have a hissy fit. Come on now, leave the name calling out of this. If you don't like him don't vote for him, but don't stoop yourself soo low to call him names when he is a father of two trying to make a difference no matter which way you see it. I think it's said today in this world that people still have prejudice inside of them but they are the first ones that talk about democracy for Iraq and other muslim countries but yet we are suffering our own democracy right here in America.
Read some of the blogs and listen how people describe him and his wife. It's despicable and ashame because they are the same people who say America is the land of the great, free and patriotism. I guess blacks aren't included in your land of patriotism and democracy. The way people treat Obama makes me realize how much some people don't want blacks to advance. That isn't a myth that blacks can't express themselves.
America, the land of hypocrisy, prejudice, and immoral values.

Obama the Clown and his Merry Minions continue their entertainment tour.

@Greg, NY - playing monday morning quarterback is so easy. What were you screaming about on 9.12.2001? Nothing I bet.

Liberals all the same.

Giovanni July 8th, 2008 11:35 am ET

McCain can't keep his campaign running. That's a much better insight to lack of ablitly to running a country than Obama keeping a bus or airplane running.

Goivanni lol now that is too funny

You Obama supporters are all nuts - completely out of your minds.

Not to mention dumb.

Giovanni July 8th, 2008 11:35 am ET

If he can't keep his bus running, how's he going to run the country? You can't have the country down for two hours!

Dude, the country has been down for just under 8 years now. I think 2 hours will be a good trade off.

And we are supposed to be interested in this because…?

What a string of bad luck, I would be getting a bit jumpy if I were him, and another subect he needs to debate mccain and stop running scared.

If he can't keep his bus running, how's he going to run the country? You can't have the country down for two hours!

Those pool reporters might want to think about it , was it really an accident ? Barack Hussein Obama 08

Connie"Hussein"Sturgeon from Indiana

how come whenever something happens to barack obama its always the republicans fault mitchell?….get a life….republicans have better things to do than waste their time messing with that lowlife obama's bus.

unless those reporters had to fight for their lives to get out of that bus, resorting to canabalism at times, i don't think this is a legitimate news story.

SOMETHING FISHY GOING ON IM SMELL RATS!!!

Obama zoomed off and left this traveling press corp trapped on the bus.

Isn't that ironic..

this is all a republican conspiracy to confuse the electorate.they slip a couple of mechanics in the press pool,then sabotage the planes and buses.

hmmmmm………