Barak: lets do it on a grand scale! I want to be in a stadium!
NY Times: Dems over budget on convention
Howard Dean: we're right on target with the budget

When the Dems are in the White House we'll never be over budget…

LOL! And now you know how…. see, it's as easy as that…. (But at least they didn't flip flop)

NObama N'08

Mittens Romney lol what a joke his positions have flipp flopped worse then obama and kerry at the beach.
Mc Cain cant stand the man and wont be picking him for vp mark my words.

Mc Cain —-Sarah Palin is the answer if you pick her they will come…..

mitt aren't you rich enough to retire and maybe marry another wife

Typical politician.
Bush was able to get elected twice, as the defacto leader of the Republican Party and the incumbent President–he should have a place front and center in the Republican convention–as should any other surviving Republican Presidents.

It's not time to throw your political leadership under the train. Not a single President in my lifetime has withstood the pressure to alter his course–and stood his ground.

Whether I agree with his positions or not–he must be admired for at least being the bravest President we've ever had. Despite plummeting approval ratings and even pressure from his own party–he stood his ground for what he believed in. That's character.

THEIR BIGGER PROBLEM IS HOW TO INTRODUCE,

MCSAME, MCBUSH, MCBIGOT, MCIDIOT, MCMORON, MCSLEAZY.

St. Paul is the host city. They don't like to be confused with us. Poor St. Paul.

Hooray! Let Bush speak to his heart's content. Each word that escapes his mouth pushes another voter to the Democrats. Nice going… letting this retard represent the Republican party at a time when 70% of Americans want to stay as far away from him as possible.

Dems:
- Barak doesn't have any baggage behind him…
- Barak is a new breed of politician…
- Barak doesn't think it's all just about himself
- Barak is too a patriot!
- Barak knows the economy
- Barak knows national defense
- Barak knows energy
- Barak is only going to raise taxes on the rich… and businesses… and anyone who has investments (but that's only the rich)…
- Barak has plenty of experience
- Barak is all about hope and change
- We love you Barak

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republicans admit bush's policies are wrong,but then they support the candidate who flip-flopped on every major issue to embrace those same policies.why is he afraid to be pictured with bush,when he is promoting the same agenda?if republicans are so proud of mccain,why don't they stand by their man,bush?because they are scared they will lose and all their crimes will be brought out by a democratic administration.they are scared for good reason.many may face imprisonment ,if they lose the power to hide from the judiciary and congressional branches of gov't.

go to hell crooks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! mcshame!!!!

McCain = Third Bush term.

Go away Romney!

I imagine Romney and every other Republican downplaying Bush's role with remarks like, "This convention is about the future, not the past…" But with the Republican Party committed to perpetuating the policies and philosophy of the Bush years, past and future are all pretty much the same.

The failure of the Bush administration can't all be dumped at Bush's feet. It's also the failure of a certain world view and a certain view of the role of politics in American life. It's the failure of the modern Republican way.

McCain = Bush
Bush = McCain

Rinse and repeat.

Doesn't matter - see one, see the other. They are McTwins in the eyes of this nation.

McWarmonger, McShame, McLame, McBush - synonyms.

MCCAIN + ROMNEY = BUSH (worst president in US recorded history)

Romney's a puppet and an idiot just like the rest of the GOP.

republicans are throwing bush under the bus,but,keeping his policies.

They can run but they won't be able to hide from their failures….McBush and McSame are both tied in their hips and heads.

Romney sure is a "pretty boy", isn't he? Wonder how many wives he will have in the WH if he is VP ———-

This Is Going To Be A Farewell Party For Mccain! It Cant Come Soon Enough!

It is easy to blame just the president for the politics that have been carried by the GOP , by Romney, Mc Cain and so on…

HOW ARE GOING TO INTRODUCE THE NEW MCBUSH

IS THE QUESTION.

BUSH SR. & JR. TRASHED OUR ECONOMY.

AND MCBUSH SUPPORTED ALL THEIR POLICIES.

ARE THEY GOING TO CLAIM THAT WAS AN IMPOSER?

CNN STOP BEING HYPOCRITES REPORT THE BIG NEWS OF THE DAY IRAQI TROOP WITHDRAWAL WHY ARE YOU MUM EVERY NETWORK HAS REPORTED EXCEPT YOU. YOU ARE COVERING FOR GRANPA. POST IT AND YOU WILL GET A THOUSAND RESPONSES. EVERYONE HAS BEEN MENTIONING ON ALL YOUR POST BUT YOU ARE STILL MUM. NO MATTER WHAT GRANPA WILL HAVE TO CHANGE STRATEGY IRAQI WANTS A TIMETABLE AND WHAT DOES THAT MEAN OBAMA WAS RIGHT. THUS WHY YOU ARE COVERING FOR GRANPA. HE COULDNT EVEN ANSWER THE QUESTION WHEN ASKED FOR HIS RESPONSE.

Mccain Lacks The Judgement To Be President! I Question His Military Record!

All republicans should be insulted if mcain distance himself from the President at the convention. I think mccain should be there when the President speaks, after all he is the President, no matter what his ratings are.
And mccain is just the nominee, President Bush really isn't going to make that much of difference whether mccain wins or loses the Presidency.

It could just be that the President don't want to be seen with a loser.

You don't need to be, Mr Romney. John McCain is running for Democracy against a Ghost… A Guy that was dumped in the East Indies by an Arab from Somalia. Nobody has done a DNA test on this Guy. To do that would be Racial Predudist to the Black community..
Borack Obama's Eleged Mum???? Who is she????

THEY CAN SAVE THEIR MONEY AND

JUST RUN THE BUSH CONVENTION.

Come On Clinton News Network!! How stupid can you be?? Bush is the President of the United States. It is obvious to dirt that he should have some role at the convention.

I think Romney's spray tan has gone to his brain.

Just to clarify, St. Paul is hosting the convention not Minneapolis.

George Bush sr screwed up this country. A democrat came in and fixed it. George Bush junior took over where his father left off and did the impossible … he did a worse job. George Bush jr really needs McCain in the white house, so that Bush jr won't go down in history as the worst president ever. Although I suspect if McCain were elected, the history books would reflect the presidency as Bush/McCain years and never really try to differentiate between them .. I mean, why bother?

"Pressed if McCain is willing to be photographed with Bush at some point during that high profile week, Romney said it was a decision for the "political powers-that-be to decide.""

So… the Bilderbergers will decide? The Council on Foreign Relations? The Rothschilds? The Rockerfellers? Who, Mitt? Who?!?!?!?!?

Why not they are now thinking very much?

Why is the media trying to drum up a drama by pressing Romney on whether "McCain is willing to be photographed with Bush at some point during that high profile week"? If that's the only thing about the Republican convention that the media is going to care about in this important time in our history, then maybe they should just go back to covering stories about Brad and Angelina and Madonna and whomever, and leave the real work to the bloggers who seem much more interested in issues.

Does McCain equal Bush, or is that nonsense just the Obama campaign's weak spin? Stay tuned…

Knoxville NFIL

What's the problem? McCain is endorsing nearly all of Bush's policies. Does he think the American public will forget that if he doesn't have his picture taken with the president? McCain has changed his previous positions on his own counsel, that's not the fault of the administration. He was a maverick, but no more.

Hmmm, looks like you are having problems Republicans….
Well, as long as you keep bashing Obama over fist bumps and lapel pins then you should do well.

NOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So Romney is the authority?

My dear god … help us.

The Republican Convention is going to be the best comedy on TV.
I find so much humor in Romney speaking for McCain, the two do not like each other, so everything tht comes out of Romney or McMouth is a joke.

They will tell Bush that the convention in in Miami, not Minneapollis.

The GOP is that cold blooded.

Who cares? The only ones who may care are Old Pale Face Himself , his cronies and the cast from the movie Cocoon.

It's such a shame that it has to come to this…. As much as I hate what's happened to our country in the last 8 years, I honestly do NOT think President Bush is a bad person. In fact, on the contrary, I think he is a good man at heart.

His biggest problem was two of the most evil people in his administration…. and I do not mean Karl Rove, he is an alien. I mean Cheney and Rumsfeld. All said and done, I feel bad for President Bush… Just the fact that it is questionable whether his presence at teh convention is a good thing or bad!

It doesn't matter who McCain picks he doesn't have a chance… He has not told us anything new and constantly try to sell Bush's policy over and over again. And PUMA your idealogical hate won't work. Just say you are a republican, pretending to be a Dem.. People are having trouble month to month and all you Fake Clinton supporters do is preach hate. Clinton would have never suported McCain's ideas. Not this time. Have any of you thought about this country's outlook when your kids Graduate and want Jobs.. Just a memo but Republicans are making sure it won't be any and plenty of war to around.

What a crew, McCain, Liberman, Romney, Graham, Crist, Giullani. Old and beat, just what this country needs.

isn't romney an flds member?unibrows and oompah loompah hair?

Just who is obama hiding……..

I DON'T LIKE MITT.

Love what Obama is doing by letting the American people who own this country attend his acceptance speech!!!! I'm a recovering republican and can not take a chance on watch anything a republican does!!!! I want to be honest again and NO King George or Prince McCain!!

Patrick Henry, Fort Myers you are a

complete idiot

What about Richard Cheney introduce McCain instead? Oh never mind he is even more unpopular than Bush himself…so much so that they don't even let Cheney make any more public appearances.

The TRUTH is McCain is just like BUSH…… a vote for McCain is a vote for a war in Iran in 2009.

YES -YES-YES-YES- McCain is hiding McBush!

I hope the losers take a gazillion photographs together. The WORST PRESIDENT IN MODERN HISTORY

Don't want to say if and when the President will speak.
President Bush kisses Senator McCain on the head.
Governor Romney come on, be honest.
John McCain wants it both ways. He wants to include
Bush when he's with the Republicans and disown him
when he is with the rest of the country. What a fake person
McCain is. He will do anything for political gain.

I love the creativity on some of these posts. McIdiot? McMoron? Does your mommy know you are typing on a big-kid website? President Bush is a good man. And his speaking at the convention will bring tons of publicity to a campaign that doesn't have the funds to brainwash, um, I mean reach as many people like Obama. McCain was serving this country in one capacity or another around the same time Obama was snorting coke in his parents basement. Lets hope those blinded by words over action come to their senses before November.

Brandon (Puma huh?) Funny I didn't know what that meant - i.e. PUMA… of course I "googled" it and found out. That's something McCain couldn't do.

But worse that that I've heard so many PUMA's say - " Hell hath no rath like a woman scorned" because most of the PUMA's are women. The majority feel personal hurt as women.

What's your excuse? I'm not being funny …just trying to see is there a logical reason for you supporting Mc- AllWrongAbouteverything.

And since Grampy McShambles represents 95% of George Bush's current leadership qualities and policies that means he starts out with a whoppin' 30% job approval rating he so richly deserves. Funny thing that the John McCain of the last two elections wouldn't ever think of voting for the remolded and fish-rotting-from-the-head-down John McFlip-Flop of this election. S'plain that!

I think they should hold hands and walk out together.

insert wave and smile too!

Yes, the money shot–THE WORST PRESIDENT IN MODERN HISTORY right beside the "also ran". I can't wait.

Obama 08

All the faillures of the past 7 years have been a team achievement. The GOP was the team. Choose the same team and you will get the same kind of game.

Obviously McCain wants to distance himself as much as possible from George W Bush. Even though McCain has voted 95% of the time for the Bush agenda, he tries to present himself as a maverick and a moderate - both false. Let's hope the American people see through the spin and think for themselves in November.

Let Bush speak and make sure it is during prime time so all can be reminded of the great accomplishments the Republican Party, and yes all of American, has to celebrate…Katrina, Iraq, Afghanistan, Enron, wiretapping U.S. citizens, torture, the great economy, outing CIA agents to the press, debt taller than Everest, and turning the dollar into the Peso. Let him get up there and tell us that everything is all good and it can only stay that way if we elect McBush.

Hey mark at 5:16,
nice to see the Republicans from 2001 through Jan 2007 take a HUGE surplus and turn it into the biggest deficit we've ever seen in this country. Actually, history of the world.

Unlike Gore, who should've not distanced himself from Bill Clinton (and then we wouldn't be in this mess we're in now, at least not Iraq on an unnecessary and unwarranted basis), McCain is going to have to keep distance because he can't be seen as "tied" to President Bush. It's an unwinning proposition.

Then again, with where the polls are right now in New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Ohio, Michigan, Iowa, New Mexico, Colorado and MONTANA, where Senator Obama is up (and even fairly close in Georgia 5% back, North Carolina 3%and of course Florida 3%), McCain may want to tether himself to Bush in hopes that he can keep some of those formerly red states.

Romney is garbage!

MCRomney go back to where you came from oh thats right you are from every state /He is a loud mouth talks loud and drowns the rest out he thinks he is so wise and inportant who would want to listen to Mc Romney .How is he going to get between Lieberman and McSane ?Do we get to watch them drive the wedge ?
Looks like mcRomney would have to drive a wedge between McShames right elbow shadow man "correct me if I misspeaK idiot ."

I don't think McCain has seen bush in a long time much less hiding any.

Bob

bush is corrupt.mccain is learning well from him.

Bush could just introduce McCain as mini-me. At least he'd get a laugh, which is more than McBush could do.

Is it me, or does anyone else get creeped out when McCain laughs at his own statements? EW. It's like McCrypt or some creepy clown.

i guess the 'great decider' will have to decide from under a bus,now.mccain is taking up his torch ,for him,now.

Poor President Bush - when you have such friends you don´t need to have enemies. Not critisizing Bush all the times he was wrong and now keeping save distance !

Looks like the people have long made up their minds, the 30% who still approve will watch the Republican convention hanging on every word, the other 70% won't even tune in, Nick at Nite will get better ratings with reruns of "Alice" over this loser fest

Having Bush speak at the republican convention will be a trick I can't miss watching. How many times do we have the opportunity to watch the dead bury the dead, outside of the Friday night horror flix.

I think most people have probably made up their minds by now as to who they are going to vote for, for president. The two parties are so widely different in what they want to do and how they want to do it, there is very little room for confusion. While it would probably be a mistake for Bush to speak at the McCain going away party, because it'll swing the last 6 voters that plan on actually voting Republican away from the party, it really won't make much difference. The Republicans are toast this time around. They could have Howdy Doody give the keynote address, and it won't make any difference.

I have a question………..What is a conservative Republican since this Idiot Mcshame endorsed the Idiot Bush who has spent more money than any other pary I know, how are you conservative with all the wasted money being pumped into a Wasteful war and not helping the economy, what is conservative about that??????????

These people are disgusting–first, they promote Bush through two elections and saddle us with the arguably the worst President in recent history. Now after all the damage has been done to our country, these same people run for cover. Despicable.

What is with all the McBush references? That is so lame.

That is like saying O'Jackson. Obama and Jesse Jackson are no more alike than Bush and McCain.

Libs are just upset you picked a candidate that is going to get decimated in the general election by my man McCain! Too bad O'Jackson is now flip flopping on his war stance. So many of you are against the war, but now he won't withdraw like he promised.

Looks like the flavor aid is starting to go sour…

Liar Liar

McCain is trying really hard to keep his ties with GWB out of the limelight.

That does not change the fact that he is adopting more and more of the flawed policy decisions Dubya made, nor that he is gladly taking the money he raises for him.

The people are not stupid and will see through all this fog. In november they will voteObama into office, kick a few more republicans out of the Senate and Congress and punish the GOP for the mistakes they have made and are continuing to make.

Voters are not cattle that can be led around as you please. It will take a real punishment in the pollingbooth before they will finally understand that I guess.

Bush is not a big devil ! He was urged by people like Romney, Cheney, McCain to show up his worst side.

Bush is the Republicans bad egg. McCain better reconsider letting him speak.

Despite plummeting approval ratings and even pressure from his own party–he stood his ground for what he believed in. That's character.

No that is stubborness and stupidity

Don't stop at George Bush. Let's get all the Bushes on stage to remind American of the past, the present and the future. In the past we had George Sr., who did nothing, now we have GW, who was even worse (THE WORST PRESIDENT IN MODERN HISTORY), and now they're talking about Jeb Bush–NEVER.

America, let's learn from our mistakes, no more Bushes.

Obama 08

I want to see 'confirmed bachelor' Charlie Crist as McCain's running mate.

Not sure if it should be McBush, McSame or McAnything - maybe he is really the Manchurin Candidate who has been schooled to destroy our coountry.

why is this guy still relevant.always try to put his name on the news.
mitt romney,i have one word for you, LOSER.

It is so yellow not to stick to the President who did his best for multi millionaires like McCain and Romney.

It is one thing to criticize someone or objectively set out another point of view, but those of you who have chosen to use this section for name calling and disrespecting the views of others, I suggest you rethink your motives. You may not agree with McCain or Bush, but to strike out at them in this way only degrades the author and his ability to express his feelings in a meaningful way. So keep looking back at this site as you do and patting yourself on the back for being published.

And perhaps Obama the Clown will have his biggest supporters on stage with him…….Jeremiah "My Spritual Advisor" Wright, Mahmoud Achmadenijad, Kim Jong Il, Hugo Chavez and, of course, William Ayers.

Every family has some old aunt or uncle they keep in the closet!

Success for the GOP is to put John McCain on stage as little as possible. Hire a jazz band and tell them McCain is on his way, anything to keep people awake. Put him on in the last hour and then wisk him away. ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

See, it's happening already.

Listen to the roar of the unwashed rabble!

andrew s & martin,

The whole FLDS and extra wife thing are little old by now… let's be a little more creative… GROW UP!

Don't try & hide him. Put him out front along with Senator McCain in prime time - you can't tell one from the other, they both are ……………..

Mitt Romney is in a bad position, he running behind McCain like a puppy big time because he wants to be VP and McCain can't stand him but needs someone with his business sense. It will be interesting to see if he picks him.

McCain is a better choice than Obama anyday!!! Keeping the House and Senate Democratic will ensure an evenhanded dealing with the issues most important to the people - not the Parties!!!

Vote American….Vote for Country….Vote for McCain!

He can run but he can't hide. Bush is the dead, stinking albatross around the neck of the Republican party.

Of course, it's not really Bush that's the problem. Bush is a GOOD Republican!

The problem is that the Republican Party sold it soul long ago to the powerful and well-heeled. They are enslaved, and will remain so until they've had the guts to look at what they've become and why.

McCain is a GOOD Republican, too.

Enough said.

no more bush

I was just on the Obama website. I noticed that he curries to every conceivable minority. I also noticed that he has nothing to address the average white guy. Who's the divider?

I follow the comments here, and it scares me that some of you are actually going to vote. Please don't have kids, they might be like you.

I could make a strong argument to most people in this country that, with Obama in the WH, energy prices will not come down, inflation will rise, wages and benefits will go up but unemployment will rise to 8 or 9 percent, crime will rise dramatically, taxes will rise on nearly everyone that gets a W-2, the stock market (and your pensions and 401(k)s will tank; and access to health care will decline as employers dump health care benefits on the government, doctors stop accepting medicare, and doctors leave "high risk" professions like OB in droves.

Obamanuts will say I don't know what I am talking about. I just have a BA in polit. science, a JD (with high honors), and a Masters in tax law, so I can't be as smart as some slacker in tie-dye, right?

But I don't fear Obama, and think that this country needs a purge. Yes, he will introduce the most left-wing, socialist leaning administration in most of our lifetimes, but I figure we have only 8 years of such damage at most before we come to our senses. Probably less, once the new GOP majority in the Congress renders him irrelevant. Also, I am a tax lawyer and will benefit from Obama's new laws that drive capital offshore and force corporations to restructure their benefits. And as for the market, I am short the market and long on oil/gas, and, like Obama did, taking gains now and buying tax free munis. Good times!!!

Tax Lawyers for Obama!!! Yes We Can!!!

Certainly McCain is hiding Bush, and he should do this. Simply because it's ridiculous to link, as the media is doing, a candidate to the incumbent. Bush is another type of Republican, one that McCain won't emmulate. However the press and the many narrow-minded voters insist in saying they're the same. Thus the need to hide.

Mitt Romney is not a member of the FLDS church. He is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints or the LDS church. Similar in name yet extremely different in faith. Polygamy is not a practice of the LDS faith.

I used to live in Ft. Myers Florida. Let me say this about people like Patrick of Ft. Myers - There are smarter people there than he.

Thank Goodness!

Listen Patrick..don't waste all your time berating Barack. Simply speak to the qualities of having J. McCain as our President. Opps…there are none.

Americans …this time lets hire the smart guy!

Put the whole team on stage, Bush, Cheney, Rice, Rove, Brown, Rumsfeld, and then take them away in handcuffs–the crooks.

They are the usual suspects who should be charged for crimes against the country.

I know the Nixons are smiling because for once there is a president that is more reviled than their father. That president is GEORGE W. BUSH.

You'd better believe we're not crazy enough to vote for Mini-Me after GW.

Ah, The National Convention of Idiots…. Gotta love it.

I hope the nets have something else for us to watch while the GOP is having their convention. Talk about going to sleep. Why can't they just play the last convention we had in 2004. McSame is going to mimic what GW said anyway.

I love coming to this website just to read what you ignorant libs have to say! I laugh everytime you give McCain (our next pres) a clever name or try to spout out some "facts" like you have any idea what you're talking about. I moved to a very liberal area and after meeting people around here and reading liberal statements online I realize that you guys really don't have a clue about politics, the economy, the Iraq war, what is really affecting Americans etc. You all are just a group of hate mongoring, name calling, immature childeren and like childeren should not be allowed to vote. Childeren are to be seen not heard, now do everyone a favor, shut your mouths and do some research. McCain 08.

Bush = McCain
If you voted for George Bush you should not be able to vote ever again!!

THE PARTY HAVE FAILED TO RESOLVE THE [ VP] ISSUE.THE REASON THAT WE FIND OURSELVES IN RIGHT NOW. REMAINING FULLY SILENT TREATEN FURTHER PROBLEMS. A QUICKLY ACTION IS NECESSARY TO KEEP UNITY./////

i agree whole heartedly with paul from tampa. i almost forgot about the Enron scandel. All these scandels and corrpution in 7 1/2 years and no one in washington says IMPEACHMENT ASAP!!! I dont understand that. Bill gets a blow job and washington wants him out because he lied about it to save his marriage. Yet Bush can lie to us for 7 1/2 years and get away with murder…..we need CHANGE

OBAMA 08-12

It's no wonder that the conservative base has issues with McCain. Either you are a Republican or you aren't John. You shouldn't be ashamed of President Bush.

Is anyone as sick of politics, especially this prez campaign, as I am?

I don't care who does what anymore.

I am writing in Hillary in November.

It doesn't matter how much or how little Bush is involved. It's a democratic lie that McCain is a "third Bush term." I'm sick of hearing that. McCain is an accomplished Senator. Obama isn't accomplished in anything other than he ran a campaign better than Clinton. Whoppee. And big deal. What does that prove? I've always voted democrat or independent, but not anymore. Obama is a salesman, only. I'm not buying whatever garbage he's selling.

Don't blame him it is nobodys business what his role is going to be. He is leaving office . Not coming into the office. I figure if John McCain wants him to play a part he will let him know. But I bet if he does play a part he will not be using the stupid slogan "yes we can", change and hope.. Republicans will want to hear more than that .

Karl Rowe, Dick Chaney, and George Bush all ha ve one thing in common…. All break Laws and no one can touch so leave them a lone….

F you PUMA fools.

News media please note: The GOP convention is being held in ST PAUL MINNESOTA we are not Minneapolis, and most of us like it that way !

Vision? Layout his VISION? While Iraq is kicking our butts OUT of their country, McCain will be invisioning a lifetime lease on the place. The man is so short-sighted he needs a seeing-eye dog.

I hope the Xcel Energy Center management is ready to fumigate the center after the convention, because the stench in that place from all those rotten eggs will smell to high heaven.

HERES ANOTHER UNCARING RICH REPUBLICAN, ( BY THE WAY MR ROMNEY ARE YOU A MEMBER OF THE ( SKULL AND BONES )?MCCAIN AND ROMNEY , TO THE AVERAGE WORKING PERON WILL BE YOUR WORST NIGHTMARE. MR ROMNEY WHICH ONE OF YOUR SONS IS WILLING TO JOIN OUR ARMY FORCES, NO MATTER WHAT BRANCH TO GIVE SOME OF OUR SOLDIERS SOME RELEIF, SINCE THEY ARE WORKING SO MANY DIFFERENT TOURS OF DUTY HMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM.

Standing with or hiding Bush doesn't matter, McSame has embraced Bush's policies and that's what he can't hide. Bush's poicies are embosed on McSame's forehead, period !

You can run but cannot hide!

When Obama is president and his hairbrained ideas have been shown to be failures (actually I doubt he'll get anything off the ground even with a Democratic congress) he will blame the past for his failures. It'll all be Bush's fault through his entire presidency. Sad. But he's that kind of politician. "The buck stops there ->"

NObama N'08

Dear Bayousara for Hillary in November:

I am writing in Hillary in November.
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Can you also write a check to pay for her debt of 31 million, while you're at it?

Obama 08

McCain is the only right choice for this country regardless of who he appears with at the Convention. That should not influence anyone's decision one way or another. After all if anyone would consider putting a blithering idiot like Barack " the idiot " Obama in office we are surely in dire trouble!!!!!!!

obama=underhanded liar July 8th, 2008 4:31 pm ET

obama is unfit to be president of the United States.
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after Obama wins Nov 4th we will start a fundraising campaign to 1) clear Hillary's debt, 2) get you, PUMA, and the rest of the haters a one way ticket out of America…then we can get to work to fix Bush's mess…
cant wait for the Presidential pardons to be dished out

The Problem for McCain is like you say "I don't eat Chicken but I eat the wings".George Bush is Republican running a Republican policies for 8 years and the policies failed. McCain is trying to come back with the same policies. Why take bush of the picture? It is not about name or person it is about the policies. You can't fool the voters.

Grife - I mean griff, get over insulting a dead woman. If Barack's mom were to be alive, we would all be proud of her. Keep your insults to the living. DNA or no DNA, he had a mother that loved him and she was from Kansas. Are you trying to say he was adopted? Some presidents did adopt children and we all respect that. I guess some of us may need some lessons from others moms.

is OBAMA hiding bill CLINTON?

The fact that Bush's appearance has become an issue speaks volumes…never before have we had a question about a sitting president playing a big role…either party. Approval rating lower than Nixon's…scary.
Never mind…I will find and old Hitchcock movie on cable at the time - less scary!

Democrats: Just remember what the Republicans did to Kerry. I hope Obama's campaign is better prepared.

And Patrick Henry in Ft Myers: Some of our bravest presidents have been George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, FDR and others. W is way down on the list.

Tedious898 : One does not have to be female to be offended by this scam of a primary Or to demand substance above idol status in a leader they elect. One should be able to feel that the president they elect can handle to job at hand and the dangerous world we live in that man is not Barack Hussein Obama

It would be so nice…

If these blog topics were actually filled with debaters instead of 30 paid RNC, right wing staffers.

If these same 30 paid RNC, right wing staffers did NOT spout the SAME tire rhetoric topic after topic.

If they actually ‘contributed’ to a meaningful discussion

If they actually ‘read’ the article BEFORE letting their drivel flow

If they could NOT resort to CREATING HATRED for this man, much as they did Bill Clinton, Al Gore and John Kerry. (creating hatred is all they are good at)

If they did NOT “MANUFACTURE” outrage on non-outrageous topics… (flag-pins, bitter, muslim, ‘did-he-flip-flop’)

If the Republican strategy was actually something OTHER than “make the other guy look worse than you, even if you have to lie to do it”

If Obama could state a simple truth such as “water is wet” without his words being twisted and morphed into “Rev Wright teaches that all water drinkers hate blacks… and America!)..- (so stupid)..

But.. these ARE the tricks the RNC and the Republicans will use. They have no choice. People are waking up to the fact that they have been ‘tricked’ into voting against their own best interests time and again. And as LOUD as the republican propaganda machine howls, things are so bad that most people cannot be ‘tricked’ into THINKING otherwise. (and that is very bad news for Republicans).

Public Enemy #1……Republican Party.

People who voted for Bush/Cheney should be forced to wear signs around their necks so that patriotic Americans can spit on them as we walk by.

More damage has been done to our nation, fiscally and socially, in the past eight years than has been done by any one party or president in our history.

We are scorned world-wide. We are broken socially after moving backwards for eight years and economically, well, we're screwed.

MITT ROMNEY IS LYING. HE IS STILL THE SAME HIPPROCRATE AND STUPID AS THE OLD MAN JOHN McCAIN.
WHY DO WE NEED TO LISTEN TO THESE FOOLS ?
MITT ROMNEY FAIL IN HIS BID FOR THE REPUBLICAN PARTY'S NOMINATION. WHY IS HE STILL TALKING BS ?

Nom Deplume, with your BA, JD and Masters it would seem that somewhere along the line you would have discovered that pure speculation is not admissible as evidence. But, then again, I guess you did learn how to misrepresent the truth pretty well.

Obama's tax proposals are fair and will NOT result in any additional tax burden on the great majority of Americans.

Maybe if you spent a little less time translating "pen name" into Latin (a dead language) for you could devote more attention to telling the truth.

Where is HIS flag pin

How do you distance yourself when you've voted with Bush 95% of the time in the past term? Oh, That's right - lie.

When a politician says "I have to be honest with you", you can bet the next words out of his or her mouth will be a lie.

What are the chances of the Republican Platform having a plank for Bush to walk?

Sorry there Patrick…….but saying Bush has "character" because he never changed his positions is a ridiculous statement. Was it "character" when he let loose with the dirty tricks in South Carolina against McCain in 2000? Was it "character" when he cherry picked the intelligence and led us into an unnecessary war? Was it "character " when he labeled anyone who disagreed with him unpatriotic? Was it "character" when he winked at the swiftboat people and allowed them to smear John Kerry's service in Viet Nam? Was it "character" when he said he would fire anyone involved in the Plame leak, and then fired nobody……but pardoned his buddy Scooter? Bush has been a disgrace as a President, and I don't fault McCain for trying to keep him under wraps - I would!

Bayousara,

What?….write in Hillary? She's not in the race. I know you're tired of this race but please wake up and smell the proverbial coffee.

John McCain will essentially receive your support for doing something as dumb as writing in a candidate.

Get it together and help turn america around. Hillary will have a place in Barack's administration. Certainly we have a good shot at a healthcare plan with an Obama presidency. With McCain in office, Hillary's ideas will become moot. Think about and do the right thing.

the powers that rule the republican party have nothing to offer humanity.

Anti-environment
Anti-woman
Anti-gay
Anti-peace

VOTE REPUBLICAN FOR ANTI-CHRIST 2008

McCain and Bush can wear the same out fits since they are just alike…
Google: songbird McCain, USS Forrestal, the McCain Bill, Big Oil lobbyest on mccain staff, The Saudi president McCain, McCain's Role in Covering Up the the Trillion Dollar Bank Heist…Keating 5, public finance loophole, Pastor Rod Parsely, GI bill, Vicki Iseman, 1,069,854.00 from big oil…the people like Charlie Black and Eric Burgeson to name a few…
Idiots keep bringing up Wright? you know nothing but sound bite reports…learn the facts. MCCAIN IS DIRTY!!!!

Why is McCain hiding Bush?

McCain voted with him 95% of the time. McCain flip-flopped to support Bush's tax cuts. McCain flip-flopped to support Bush's "agents of intolerance". McCain flip-flopped to support Bush's off-shore drilling.

McCain has flip-flopped from being a "maverick" to being a Bush-supporter. Why is he ashamed to be with Bush now?

well rommy,, lets tell the truth,, we all know that mccain has secret meetings and im sure they are with bush,,,,(getting advice),,, of course hes been adviced to stay away from bush as bush makes mccain look bad as mccain may follow instructions,,lol,, well lets face it,, do we want the same as we have had for 16 odd years or do we want real change?? i want change and obama has my vote,, enough of this crap we have had the last many years,,, go obama!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!( can anyone tell the truth anymore??)

re:marc,, i totally agree with you and thanks for sending this message,, hopefully eveyone who reads this will think twice,,, thanks again marc

Take Popeye home, it's past his bedtime.

of course, it is relevant. McCain is more than willing to continue the Bush policies. Why not be photographed with the architect then? Afraid that people will look at the picture and say "No way"?

Marc and the PUMAs: at least put your tired anti-Obama stuff on a story about him. This is all about Republican hypocrisy.

Nom: I don't even know where to start. I'm thinking that the tax forms must have hallucinogenic properties.

John McCain = John Kennedy with more legislative experience
Barak Obama = Jimmy Carter with no executive e experience

McCain has an anger problem and offends people and Obama is not a good judge of character.

Sadly, we are to vote for the less bad candidate.

Funny how Romney detested what McCain stood for during the early primaries and now is one of McCain's boot-lickers like Huck and Lieberman. McCain's words are not credible and neither are Romney's. We will not support such a delusional madman like John McCain. Obama '08.

Romney is a smart person. I am for him whatever.

Now for Obama the candidate of changed positions.

Didn't a woman whip him in PA, CA, Ohio, NJ, MA, NY, IN, KYl, WV and Texas.

Do we want a girlie man whipped by a woman to be our leader? Not in my America.

Vote a straight ticket. **********Vote MCCAIN***********************

if you put stale milk in a bottle , no matter how pretty the bottle, it will still be…spoiled milk…
John McCain the dirty politician of 2000 2004…we deserve better than that, we have made that mistake before

Romney who?

Well I was right. The dirty politicking has begun. The McCain camp has a fear mongering attack ad showing Senator Obama next to the Iranian President. I knew it.. I said it was just a matter of time before the GOP began their dirty trick ads.

I know independent thinker will see it for what it really is. FEAR MONGERING GARBAGE.

DEMOCRATS UNITE!!!

McCain - puppet mastered by the GOP puppet masters. He will do whatever the GOP and Bush administration tell him to do. The Straight Talk Express is dead.

I just to put an aside from today's politics and comment on the latest Iranian threats directed against America and Israel. to quote one of our greatest Generals Douglas MacArthur : " In War There is no substitute for Victory". and Harry Truman had listened to 5-Star General Douglas MacArthur, we would not have a communist North Korea after the Korean war..General MacArthur wanted to drive the Chinese out of North Korea and defeat the North Koreans decisively
but was stopped by the then President Harry Truman. Now into today's war threats from Iran, we need a General in Command of all our armed forces when war breaks out with Iran.
Iran's threats will be backed by dirty bombs with Nuclear material
as well (perhaps chemical weapons. They dont dare launch biological warfare. However, their missile are well deployed to strike not only Israel but our Forces in the middle East..
General Douglas MacArthur not only out generaled , out foxed, out maneuvered the enemy, He won his battles with less casualties.
We have better resources (for war) than any country. What we need
are fighting Generals who have commanded armies to victory.
We need a tactical expert like General MacArthur who knows how to overwhelm and out fight his enemies.. Now the Presidential election is months away and War seems likely before the elections.
If that is the case we need a war experienced Commander in Chief
To me , it makes sense to elect Senator McCain whether or not war starts before November or shortly after. Iran is bent on making nuke weapons and all the severest sanctions imposed by all the nations will not work.. We may face missile attacks and terror attacks with dirty bombs, but we can weather those ,if Iran is at all able to launch them.. Remember General Douglas MacArthur's words.
"In WAR, There is NO substitute for Vixtory. Anybody with plain commons sense knows what that entails : We have all the power
and equipment and ordnance plus technology to "defend" America
All we need is a Commander in Chief with GUTS and the best Generals to get into War hopefully without the likes of cheney and Rumsfeld.

To all you people who say we can't afford to build a fence. You need to get the data and see the real cost applied to illegal immigration. Oh wait . I forgot you are the people in college who hasn't earned a dime yet. You have only got your allowance from mom and dad. Boy will you change your mind once you start to have to make a living and pay taxes. One idiot stated that mexicans don't threaten his air condition job in an offive working on a computer. No dummy they don't. The Indians (India) are getting your job. To all you people who support these illegals and say we need them to pick all of our food and build our house. Who do you think did that before illegals. It is easy to solve the money problem for the fence. All you people who support illegals from mexico could give your name to the goverment and say you want your educational loan given to them. In other words pay for your college education.

John McCain is too old.

To be afraid, of the "approval rating" of one's fellow party member, is one thing. But to not , "Stand up", for your Party's nominated elected President, of these united States;a family member; per se, speaks volumes, about "your party" and some of it's party members' characters'. You could learn some, "Unity", from the DemocRATS. Whether, you agree with the "policies" of the past Administration, or not…………… G.W. Bush is still Our President, and this is still, the Unitied States of America……………To all the "G.W.Bush, haters".If "you" want the job, maybe "you" should run for the office, next time; at least it pays, six figures………………………………….with a lot of O.T.

Nom - for someone proclaiming to have multiple degrees including a JD, you seem to be awfully short on fact and long on misguided opinion. I suppose, though, that it takes all kinds to move the world, and a high honors JD degree from the local community college is worth something, somewhere.

Tedious 898 : No she has every right to write in hillary this is still a free country is it not.??

Not everyone believes in your messiah.

Hey tpage,

It figures you'd vote for McSame, since like McBush,
you don't know how to spell either ! ' Childeren '

I think your ignorance is causing your fear,
it's coming, you know you can feel it ………. CHANGE BABY !!

OBAMA '08

Mitt Romney: Support marriage only between a man and multiple women.

I only want to see one thing at the Reflipigans convention:

GW and McWar with their arms wrapped around each other..

That would get McWar elected…..and at the same time "PRICELESS"

Brandon…while I do not agree with your reasoning…you make the first real thoughtful statement from that "team of idiots - called PUMA"

You sound like an intelligent man. I apologize for stereotyping PUMA's as frustrated housewives. However, I would like to point out that occasionally we don't get the candidate we support. I never voted for Bush and felt I knew he would be a failure. I feel that same thing about McCain.

How about this Brandon….This time let's (as Americans) hire the smart guy? What do you say? If you listened to McCain's positions and can't agree with but a few of them and Obama's positions (similar to Hillary's) why wouldn't an Obama presidency be a better choice? The Iraqi government wants us to pull out. Why would we want to elect McCain to perpetuate that conflict?

Correction: HAD President Harry S. Truman listened to General Douglas MzcArthur….etc

George W Bush is possibly the only speaker who could make John McCain look intelligent by comparison. The repugs need Bush more than they will ever know.

Next President Tpage what are you drinking? McBush /McWar is the biggest looser and stands hip connected with Bush ,Lieberman ,Rove,,Graham, just to name a few crooks the list goes on and on ,move them out,shove them out ,just leave we ain't gonna let you rule anymore after 8 years and far over 4,000 dead warriors and thousands injured a war Bush/Cheney started for no reason only to pad their bank account and after this you have the gall to ask for more of the same by this old croney that can't remember what he said 5 minutes ago and more war and Mc Bush.

Just for the record I see "worst President in history" a lot on these blogs. Just remember George's 29% is still three times better than the Democratic Congress 9% they recieved as of this morning. 9% is like saying Berkley California likes them and everyone else thinks they are buffoons.

BIFF BIFFINGTON : Were you Al Frankens fluffer at one time???

I think Bush should be put in the mens room with some towels and a tip jar.

I always get a big kick, and definitely take it so much less seriously, when obama-bashers like MARK PDX noodle on and on about obama, feversihly trying to prove how smart and witty they are- and all the while, they can't even spell baraCk's name right.

how seriously can you take someone who wants you to listen to their political viewpoint and yet doesn't have the cognizance to correctly spell a name that he probably sees in print 50 times a day?

next right wing braniac, please…

We Republicans will be sorry one day for turning our back on President Bush. History will be very kind to him. Above all, he will be known as The Great Protector just as Reagan was The Great Communicator.

Bush gets trashed for two issues: The war and the economy. Try Googling a list of the reasons we went to Iraq; the quotes and proof provided by EVERYONE (Bush, Dems, Britain, Russia . . . everyone) is remarkable. Bush's biggest failure has been not keeping that info at the forefront.

And I challenge anybody to tell me one economic policy of Bush's that has either led to this current economic downturn or was opposed by Democrats. My friends, it's not enough to simply say, "Bush ruined the economy! He's stupid!" Someone, anyone, do some research and give me one thing that Bush or the Republicans did to cause this slowdown . . .

So Romney is back so he can put his foot in his mouth again in his desperate attempt to label anything and everything Obama supports "liberal." That idiot is going to cost McCain this electron. Just watch, in a few days in foot will be going right back to his mouth.

Maybe Georgy can show up late every night and scrub the toilets.

The last time we saw Mitt, he told us that opposition to nuclear proliferation is liberal (Just because Obama is against nuclear proliferation). The McCain camp put Mitt in timeout for a few days. But now the confused flip-flopper is back. What is he going to tell us next? That the economy and alternative energy and healthcare are liberal issues?

Funny CNN AND MSNBC like to talk about Jimmy cCarter Iran hostages but their political bias and favoritism uses censor ship when the american public want to know more about the Bush , Mccain Cheney hostages of colubmbia are left out of the News and internet discussians, No wonder we have the worst malicious discredited media in my lifetime. In competency today has a corner of the marketplace.

MITT ROMNEY IS AN IDIOT

PUMAS are the avid Hillary supporters who told us she was honest, intelligent, trust-worthy and a good judge of character. By going against Hillary now, they are showing that they really didn't believe any of that.

VICE PRESIDENT CLINTON

George Bush will speak on Monday and John McCain will accept the nomination on Thursday. Will George Bush wait there until Thursday to meet McCain? Unlikely. By tradition, the candidate will NOT be at the convention on Monday. It is pretty clear to me they will NOT together over there.

But George Bush will also speak on Thursday or Wednesday. But this is another George Bush, the father who is more popular than the son.

Sorry guys isn't obvious like with Bush that McCain is just not a smart guy. In fact, he seems dumb. I sure don't want him representing our great country.

Sorry guys isn't it obvious like with Bush that McCain is just not a smart guy. In fact, he seems dumb. I sure don't want him representing our great country.

There is only one kind of bush I like right now. And the one in the white house isnt it.

By the way, it looks like Romney will be McCain's VP candidate. McCain said that Dan Quayle was not a good example because he was not ready to accept the VP role when he was selected. According to this logic, McCain would let his possible VP candidate get more exposure. No one gets exposure more than Romney.

Screw you guys. Romney and Bush rule! Oh right. I am on the cnn website I must expect this type of behavior. Why dont you guys listen to someone who isnt mainstream like Hannity. He knows whats up.

How can it be reasonably argued that a McCain administration would not be like the second Bush administration?

Same policies.

Same people running the campaign.

Same ideology.

Same goals.

Same vision.

You guys should explain how the new style pandering McCain really isn't just McBush.

Please tell us something other than the no longer deserved "Maverick" label, because that dog simply won't hunt, he's flip/flopped to the typical Republican policies on about everything and has been a rubberstamp for Bush as well.

I heard Bush was going to show up with Gonzalez close to the end of the convention and do "skit" where they tear up the constitution and together torture some people on stage to round of applause of everyone in the venue!

tedious898—You are using logic and making sense.

Don't you know that has no place on these blogs where it's all about raving lunacy?

PATHETIC!!!!! it'll be one loser following another loser. i hope gramps can stay up that late, maybe they better let mcCON speak first!

if bush's approval ratings are less than 30%, how come so many dillweeds are voting for his THIRD TERM?!?!? it makes no sense! mcCON is a LIAR, flip-flopper, and his health cannot withstand it. you know the evil-doers like bush, cheney and rove have tlaked about how important VP is, cuz gramps probably wont last 4 years if he made it to the white house. no need to worry, guys, obama's young and healthy!!!!

KARL ROVE IS A BIG, FAT, LIAR.

what i don't get is how mccain accepts money from g.w. bush, both private donations and money from fund raisers setup by bush, himself! but he doesn't dare openly admit such or even mention his affiliation (past or present) with bush. if i were bush, i'd be pissed at mccain. he takes his money and then goes and stabs him in the back. personally, i feel that both of them aren't worthy to lead this nation anyways, so whatever…

Obama '08/12!!!

Now this guy scares the Bejesus out of me.. a mormon droid.. YIKERS! Mitt Romney is really dangerous.. and HE is running the MCain show just waiting to jump in there in four years.

Well, say what you will about McCain (and Romney), but they need to be prepared for a fight this fall. If they are placid or lazy in any way, Obama will run them over.

Romney sure isn't afraid to fight. Not that it helped in the primary.

Yes McCain has Bush's same agenda and issues in mind. They both say one thing and will actually do another.

Romney is a turn off and has a huge arrogant ego and that exactly why he didnt win the republican nomination
The average american relates to someone more like them who knows what its like to experience hard times
MCSame and Romney are elitist
Obama comes from a poor back ground …he has been there
he knows and can relate to hard times!!!
Obama 08

I think Edwards would make a great VP!

Edwards was the first Democratic candidate to offer real solutions to the issues and problems that are plaguing the country. Without Edwards ' contributions the Democratic Party would not have a platform today.

Edwards is the one!

Bush should just stay home, better for everyone, go off in the sunset and move on.