What are McCains ideas? All I ever hear from him is how wrong Obama's are.

He needs to retire.

McCain. Just one word. You can't stand that a young, educated, charismatic Barack just get it a new century and you are jealous of him. Nobody accompanied you on your trips. With Barack ALL world follows. Your attacks will NOT work this time. Barack is the US and WORLD choice. Get a rest.

how can you justify "success" in Iraq when you have killed hundreds of thousands of your fellow human beings and totally ruined the lives of so so many others, left helpless children orphans without their parents or loved ones.. including all the young american men who have died and for what..to make George bush and the likes of McCain look good in the eyes of the world.????..McCain you have a really sick and pathetic value on human life and its preciousness to everyone..I hope you sleep well at night,,,I really do!

My mom always told me to be careful what you ask for because you just might get it. McCain demanded that Obama go to Iraq and now he is going. McCain is horror struck that the media is going to cover Obama's trip which means no one will be listening to his Bush policies.

Umm, hey, Pfil Gramm - is this what you were talking about - Whining?? Good Lord, the Rethuglicans are just pitiful, expecially their warmonering nominee!

Yes I do believe Obama Hussein is the king of the flips.

McCain is aware of the situation and will handle it just fine.

McCain will preserve our values while obama and a few of his supporters will trash our values. We cannot let that happen.

Get one the Straight Talk Express and contribute to his victory in November. Please

McCain is so sad.

He's the perfect icon for the dismal state of the Republican party in 2008.

Good riddance to old rubbish.

Who ????? In their right minds wants McCain for President????
What does he want Barack Obama to do……….go to Iraq or not.

I have to agree with McCain. We all thought Kerry would be the flip flopper of all time, but then we didn't know about obama. He is the King of the Flippers.

He may surround himself with flags now but he spurned them a few short weeks ago. what a flipper

He may sound like a preacher now, but a couple of weeks ago he spurned his own preacher. what a flipper

He said he loved his grannie, then he pitched her under the bus. He pimped his own children for political purposes then he said he shouldn't have done that What a flipper

He said he would unilaterally go into Pakistan. I am scared of this girlie man. What a flipper

McCain says we have succeeded in Iraq. LOL. Yes we have succeeded in Iraq's Prime Minister Maliki telling us to get out. In other words, the U.S. got rid of their dictator who controlled the oil, and now our services are no longer needed. A blind man could see this coming, but then again a blind man is only blind and not an idiot like McCain/Bush.

SENATOR MCCAIN WOULD DO WELL TILL AFTER OBAMA'S
FOREIGN TRAVELS AND SEE HOW OBAMA FARES ALONG THE WAY AND IF WORLD LEADERS TALK TO AND ABOUT HIM . HE IS GOING ABROAD AS A PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE AND AS A U.S. SENATOR.. ON THOSE TWO POINTS ALONT HE WILL BE ACCORDED DUE RESPECT AND COURTESY. HE IS ALSO AN
AMERICAN AND AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT OF THE GREATEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD.
HE IS A NEW FACE IN AMERICAN POLITICS AND HIS ELECTION WILL BE HISTORIC. NOW, NO EUROPEAN WORLD LEADER IS GOING TO SNUB AN AMERICAN SENATOR AND PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE. IT IS IN THE MINDS OF EVERY NATIONAL LEADERS IN THE GLOBE, THEY CANOT AFFORD TO ALIENATE AFRICANS
OR THE AFRICAN NATIONS WHICH ARE SYMPATHETIC TO OBAMA.

What is Senator Obama to do? First, Senator McCain had been counting the number of days since Senator Obama's last trip to Iraq. Now he's bellyaching because he made speech about it and is making a trip there.

Audacity of Hype.

Hope he brings the Unicorn.

I'd rather be with someone who changes their mind and therefore is open to suggestion than one who is closed off to input and insists their ideal is the one we all share.

July 17th, 2008 8:19 pm ET
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Mccain have flip flopped on so many issues than we can imagine.

Health care, house foreclosure asking people to go get a second job, now he share the pain of the people, flip flop on Bush tac cut, fli flop on evrything . If you not sure which issues Mccain haven't flip flop on visit youtube/mccain flip flops.

I just sick to my tommy when i hear Mccflip floper accusing Obama.

Mccflip flopper stop the negative attacks it doesn't look good on you.

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McCain could really be about something if he would bother to show up to vote on anything. He is the most absent senator. For McCain to talk of anyone flip-flopping. This guy is the king. McCain has flip-flopped on everything but his name. The McCain pre 2000 would have little to nothing to do with the McCain of 2008. McCain The King Of The Flip-flop!

The surge name is another McSame lie. Lets call it by what it is, Escalation!

If it was a surge, when we bring the "surge" troops home, we would have the same number of troops, or maybe less than before the surge started. Escalation is an increase of troops. So, after the "surge" troops are all home, we have 18,000 more troops than we had before the surge. Surge, Really?

Escalation! Yet another McSame lie and still the press is silent about the Mcsame lies. When will the press start doing their job, or don't they want to. Is McSame some kind of a sacred cow?

I will vote for a true American Hero. John McCain who sacrificed five years of his life for all of us, to be able to say the things you've all posted here. I want a candidate who has experience, vision and a deep love for this great nation and people, a man I am truly proud to call a fellow American. I am humbled, that he would grace us, to run for president. I'm sorry some of don't appreciate the honor it would be, to call him Mr. President.
Thank you,
AR(NC)

I, along with countless others I'm sure, am sick and tired of McSame claiming a flip flop on Iraq when there is none! Obama has always stated that he would take conditions on the ground into account. This is found on numerous video tapes, speeches and even in the debates.

Why does the press not call him on his continued lies? Can someone answer that, is the press that much in bed with McSame? What gives?

Obama, hasn't a clue on what to do for US national defense, because he doesn't understand the interdependancy between power and the american way of life. The use of power to defend and promote democracy has (and is) one of the basic factors that has made the US the baston of freedom, capitalism and the envy of the rest of the human race.

Go ahead Obama .. try to fake it. There are many who will buy what you are selling, but they haven't a clue either

To say that either candidate has a viable strategy or even a handle on the situation in Iraq is purely asinine. Neither will know what to do until they are in office. Think about it people. Do you think that either has the full 'story'? I think not. Not until they have Executive power and those resources available to them with they truly be able to formulate a plan. Anything planned before that is simply politics designed to pander to their target demographic.

Unbelievable how many liberals are posting. Clearly, so many of you hate Bush soooo much that you don't even listen or see how bad Obama will be for this country. He doesn't have the experience or the right plan for this country. You may not like McCain, but he'll make the tough decisions that will help this country recover(and that's where the problem is - anything tough, people shy away). Obama is a dynamic speaker and quite likeable, but all his BS doesn't add up.
Now's not the time to blame Bush or the GOP(what's done is done).
Actually listen to what the candidates have to say - and what their actual plan is to remedy the problem. Pretty words and a good personality aren't going to help this country…I can say I'm going to be a billionaire by 50, but it isn't going to happen without a plan - Obama has no plan for any of this - just words and an answer that sways to the popular answer of the day or region of the country. Those who claim to be so progressive - why don't you vote with common sense, instead of jumping on the bandwagon for a guy who is so personable, but soooo not ready to run this country. Have a nice day - and Lord, please bring this country another Ronald Reagan.

Truth Be Told July 17th, 2008 5:22 pm ET

I understand that Obama's website indicates that he was always in favor of the surge in Iraq. Next thing you know he will be a war hero.
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You "understand" that about Obama's website, but it would never occur to you to actually check. Sad, but not unexpected.

Obama is leaving the U.S. for a trip abroad as most politicians do when they find themselves in trouble at home.

Obama's recent screw-ups (lackluster speeches, flip-flop on Iraq withdrawal, etc.) have shown his followers are sliding off and he needs to drag up yet ANOTHER dog-and-pony show to re-hypnotize the faithful into believing he is their Savior….

Don't worry BHO - if you build the lie, they will believe it ! If they followed you after the Wright fiasco - they'll stay with you after this stuff. They ARE that stupid.

Wow! I think McCain is a chump, but i have never read so many kiss up statements about Obama. I like Obama, but people, get a grip. The man does have faults. I still westle with how the man allowed his children to attend a church where the pastor preached such vile things. I asked my best friend about this who is an extreme Obama kiss up and all he said was "that's not Obama". Well I have a problem with all that. Can someone explain to me why I should not?

mccain encouraged obama to go to Iraq. now he's criticizing him for doing exActly what he intially encouraged him to do in the beginning — how desperate and pathetic.

Unbelievable, Mccain gets bashed everyday by the liberal media but when one CNN article mentions that obama failed to defend himself against "flip flopping" obamites can't take it. This is a completely fair article and Obama has switched positions and come closer to the center like all democratic candidates after primaries. There is nothing new under the sun.

Lord, John McCain, please stop hating on Barack. McCain is jealous because Obama is an intelligent man, and what he said prior has became reality. Bush and company are now sending an envoy to speak with the Iranians and has Gates trying to figure out what brigades they can send to Afghaniston. There is no exit strategy to get out of Iraq. That's why McCain said we need to be there for 100 yrs. Now, he agrees we need to send troops to Afghaniston! Obama mentioned this months ago. But McCain has all of the military knowledge. He is mixed up like Mr. MaGoo the cartoon character.

Flip flopper is John McCain. He's old he can't remember what he has said earlier.

The Iraqi Prime Minister recently announced that he wants us out. Last year McCain said if the Iraqi government told us to leave, then we would have to leave. Now he wants to stay indefinitely….. or until "Victory" ?

Sen. McCain, please tell me what exactly is victory ? And how can we stay in a country when the government wants us out ? We are now no more than occupiers.

So, Sen McCain, you are telling the Iraqi government that we, not they, will decide when we leave. I expect the government troops to turn against us soon. Then you can point to the all out war against us as the new reason to stay. Perpetual war.

Sen. McCain needed to have Senator Leiberman explain to him the difference between the Sunni's, the Shiite's and the threat posed by Iran………I think Sen. Obama has a firm grasp of the situation without the help of Senator Leiberman and knows Saddam Hussein did not attack us on 9/11.

McCain will say absolutely anything, won't he? He doesn't seem to be bothered with anything like consistency. The other ticker item says that McCain said today 'we are succeeding in Iraq'. And here we have him criticizing Obama about his trip to Iraq, and Obama's plans to withdraw troops. So which is it? Have any reporters asked him to clarify that 'succeeding in Iraq' statement? What exactly is McCain's message here and what is his position on Iraq?

McCain never ever says anything positive he is going to do. Everytime you hear him in media sound bites he is 'knocking' something about Senator Obama. Is that the only way this guy can get any attention?
Is there nothing McCain has done or wants to do that he can talk about positively. McCain has been in the Senate for 25+ years and what has he actually accomplished besides the ethics reform he now is against, as well as all the other policies he has flipped on for this election? People appreciate his military service, but come on, he is using something that happened 40 years ago as a resume.

Oh, John doesn't have to point out Oblahblah's flip-flops and outright lies - there are 73 of them (and it's ONLY JULY!!!!!!!), and they are available on the Internet

Starting with #1: "My parents met on the march to Selma" (but he wasn't even born yet when the March was on)

#2: "JFK brought my daddy to the USA" - LOL!!!!! That's REALLY pushing the Kennedy connection EVEN MORE than Michelle's "Jackie-Wanna-Be" outfits and hairdo do……! Where is the pillbox hat, Michelle? AS IF you could EVER be Jackie! I don't think Jackie would have it in her to write an anti-American thesis and - LOL! - do the "ghetto fist bump" or "dap" or whatever it's called in Ebonics…..

Around #27: "I never heard what Reverend Wright my formerly-beloved former uncle said even though I attended his RACIST anti-American hate-filled church for 20 years and subjected my formerly pimped-out daughters to the hate-filled rantings going on there"

Around #65: "Withdraw! Withdraw! Well, maybe not, since the surge has, um, been, um, successful…………well, maybe yes, but, um, maybe we'll have to go back………"

And sure to come in the future (probably around #95 - around August or so…..): "YES, I believe we SHOULD drill for oil…………at least, I, um, think, I, um, believe it, um, now (for the present moment - I might CHANGE my position tomorrow - depends how the political, um, winds blow)

But the BIGGEST LIE OF ALL WILL ALWAYS BE TOPS:

"I am not a typical politician"

ROFLMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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WHAT DO Richard Burr, Jim DeMint, Tom Coburn, John Thune, Johnny Isakson, David Vitter, Mel Martinez, Ken Salazar and BARAK OBAMA have in common?

They all joined the US Senate in 2005 for the first time. They are first-term Junior Senators.

Would you trust any of these people with the title "commander-in-chief" ?

I don't think so.

What a surprise of McCain.
The man can't remember what he said five minutes ago, doesn't know the difference between the shias, sunnis, he needed Lieberman to tell him twice, standing next to him that he has it backwards.
He knows absolutely nothing about economics, yet he thinks he can balance the budget. Talking about flip flopping, watch some youtube videos on how he changes his position 180 degrees in the less than ten minutes…in the same interview no less. If you think this is bull, well, let me tell you that there is no better proof than a video, and all I have said can be viewed on youtube. This moron has early onset of dementia, he has all the symptoms.

I don't see a reason for any of the candidates to go to Iraq. They travel there for photo-ops, and rarely get to learn about conditions on the ground since they are surrounded by a ton of security, and they mostly travel in helicopters where you get a nice view of rooftops.

McBush acts and talks as though 'HE' engineered the surge. He in fact had nothing to do with it. The surge was definitly successfull. But the surge is now over. Our Military is far to overstretched to continue the surge and we are back to pre surge levels. The very capable architect of the surge, Gen. Petraeus. Has testified to Congress, that there is no military solution to the Iraq problem. Exactly what Obama has said. McBush wants to occupy Iraq forever. Obama wants to leave Iraq in a responsible manner and let the Iraqi's run their own country. The Iraqi's want the same thing.

I cant vote for anybody who is willing to negotiate with TERRORISTS . . think people, these people have no will to live . . . it doesn't work . .we will be over-run with al-Qaeda cells right here in the US.

Then the Rev Al and JJ connection is not a feather in anyones cap.

Do you really want higher taxes on top of everything else.

Obama can change positions on a dime, it just depends on who he is talking to, and which way the political wind is blowing. He is as far from change as it gets. He's a master at the same old political game that we've always been subjected to. His actions and his words just never match up, his policies change daily. Fast Eddy is the perfect name, David Brooks was correct.

OK Obamites, is the 2004 video faked? I suppose Carl Rove did it. Face it, you're guy has more positions on the same issue than anyone can track. FISA, NAFTA, Iraq, the Mexican fence, public financing, the surge. Why do you think Mullen says we can start transferring troops to Afghanistan/ Because the surge Obama said wouldn't work did. He is a complete and total fool, as are his brainwashed sheep.

also mccain is a ver but its very interesting to do a search on his military backround, i challenge everyone to do this, then tell me what you thimk of this mccain,,, he cant even remember the day before ,,lol now run for president,, he slams and runs people down, sounds like the current president,,, and the congress hasnt ok'ed bushes things because its not in the beter interest of americans,, haha bush,, cant always have your way,, woohoo,, obama!!!!!!!!!!!!!08

first of all, mr mccain,, its not your business when obama goes and hes already stated his intentions on goin there,,,, why dont you start mindin your own business and stick to the issues instead of bashing others,,,, is your mind stuck?(alzhimeirs),, people are gettin really tirewd of your complaints and critizuim…. and second ,, why would he want you to go with him? omg,, you are really stuck on yourself,,,lol,, its time to turn the page, mccain and move on,,,, if thats possible,,, and stick to the issues that are improtant,,, not bash people,,, i would neva vote for you ,, never… you cant even remember things you say from day to day… go obama!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

First he attacks Obama for not having first hand knowledge on the ground in Iraq, then he attacks Obama for going to get first hand knowledge. John, you had your time in the sun and I think it fried your brain. At one time I was a REpublican, at one time I supported you, at one time I said I could never support Obama. Well, those days are past, I did not flip flop I simply opened my eyes.

OBAMA 08

McCain - Get a REAL life, and some foreign relations experience while your at it!

Gee! McCain's message is…..I told you so….he would miss the bus. the clock started ticking months ago and encouraged to go before the success in Iraq. Point taken.

Peter - what Mike is saying is that Bush is becoming like Obama and not supporting his own party's candidate, probably Obama's policies make more sense. McCain is still followiing Bush's policies even after Bush seems to be waking up to the fact that there's a better way to conduct business.

McSame is now biting his tongue for speaking too fast. They regret why they were calling for Obama to go Overseas. Now that he is getting all that attention, McBush is mad.

I just heard today on Lou Dobb that McSame made a trip to Canada, Europe and Columbia. What was it about? Campaining in Columbia?

Let me laugh. I heard all about the French woman who was released but nothing about the McCain trip. What a flop.

Blogs and TV have been bombarded for a week about people already ligning up in Europe to gain access to Obama events.

I see welcome Obama every where in cities. What a change from the the "Bush Go home, Bush killer, and Bush War criminal" banners each time Bush goes to Europe and other parts of the worl.

This is a welcome change in our image abroad.

Obama bows to his masters on the far left-wing. He has no intestinal fortitude, no core principles and no moral center.

Obama was wrong about the surge and is still wrong on Iraq. He has put himself in a locked box.

McCain was right about the surge and is still right!

The hard core left-wing Democrats, another name for progressives, would send America down the tubes in a heart beat!

McCain 08, the only wise choice!

McCain 3 international visits- No coverage
Obama 1 international visit- World Wide Coverage
Doesn't that say everything???

For pete's sake. How petty can we be, an eight minute video! Like people will look at this video and say, oh, you're right. Now, where's your flip flop video? Polls already show that over 60 percent of the population thinks he flips on issues. His efforts will still be outdone by the news reports of Obama's trip. He will look pathetic. If he doesn't start running a positive campaign for himself instead of a negative one against Obama, he will be looking at that video after November in the quiet of his own living room wondering why we didn't get it.

4 more wars. Vote McCain

For Big oil. Vote McCain

I don't give a flip for the flop.

Obama for The U.S.A.
Obama for Women
Obama for the Constitution

McCain for the rich, by the rich, of the rich.

Why has it taken so long for Obama to return to Iraq?
He's Scared!!
I wonder if he'll take his Teddy?

There is no master flip-flopper better than McCain ! Call of the (old) pot calling the kettle black !!!

McCain——you have no issues to combat Obama. Suggest you get a new team with some smart people. Hillary had a bunch of jerks running her campaign and look what happened to her. Wise up!!!

McSame HAS been incredibly single-minded on his Iraq policy. He wants 100 more years of carnage.

Can you say. . . . DESPERATE!!!
Try again MAC ATTACK and by the way. . . . where are the troops coming from for the THREE brigades you NOW want in Afghanistan?

Nice of you to follow the lead of the inexperience, young guy.

Is this guy serious?

Mc Cain voted to drive the bus into a ditch……and Obama has voted to get the bus out of the ditch……along with others who may have voted to drive the bus in the ditch…..it isn't Obamas fault the bus is in the ditch…..but we all know that we need to get that bus out of the ditch……need I say more people

A lot of Muslims are migrating to Europe. Why shouldn't Obama? Im sure the press and the Eurotrash will fawn over the newly annointed king. I just hope there are enough people with common sense that are sickened by this as I am. And, I hope the silent majority start to speak up.

So Mike… what you have just demonstrated is that McCain is different from Bush and Obama is just like Bush.
Thank you!
And for the record: Obama didn't come up with the Al Quaeda in Pakistan plan. We have been doing that for years under Bush. Or haven't you heard about all the liberal outcries against our cross-border operations from Afghanistan? Do some research!

Yes, the America soldiers have done a good job of winning "the hearts and minds" of the Iraqi people. It is just that the Maliki government hasn't succeeded. Things are no better in terms of the major benchmarks. On the major benchmarks there has been no progress and the purpose of the surge was to give the government time to achieve its benchmarks. But if we give them the 100 year McCain wants, they can probably achieve the benchmarks in that amount of time. Meanwhile the prices at home have surged and surged and surged until we are all just about bankrupt.

Here's the audacity of McCain. Quite a difference from the "Audacity of Hope".

My sense is that Admiral Mullen's comments on Afghanistan along with Obama's OpEd and speech have so shaken John McCain, Randy Scheunemann and Kori Schake they are sitting around McCain's headquarters looking at each other like stunned mullets. McCain and his foreign policy crew are being swept off the field by a team that wants to win.

The American people understand that you don't have to go to Iraq to understand what's going on there. For every soldier killed–we understand–the country is in a civil war—we understand–the government in Iraq does not want to help their own people–we understand–the evening news and the daily death toll of Iraqi killing Iraqi–we understand. We need to bring our troops home for they can not put Iraq together again—only the Iraqis can do that! The most pitiful thing I think of every day about our men and women in uniform is that they have to sweat to death in those HOT UNIFORMS!!!

McCAin may wish he never prodded Obama to go.
Obama is going to be very well received in Europe (that will be tacked on to the end of his Iraq,Israel,Afghanistan tour)

You thought Portland's 75,000 Obama crowd was big, just wait…..

It will be such a clear message what the rest of the world wants Obama . This will backfire big time for John the crumudgeon.

Old man McCAin got a few short-term points but will be crying when he cant even get an Arizona newspaper to cover him. His voice will not be heard the press will be following Obama every day, and McCAin intiated this whole thing. I love it.

Meanwhilke, Bush trumps McCAin for diplomacy with Iran and increased forces in Afghanistan, exactly in line with Obama's plan…..the one he has always had……..so I guess Obama was right all along. Funny that it didnt require him to go to Iraq to reach the same conclusion 18 months ago.

Obama 08′

Obama has flip flopped on public financing, FISA, gun control,an undevided Jerusalem, abortion,church based institutions to deliver service to the poor,Irag troop delpoyment, merit pay for teachers and Social security, plus NAFTA. Obama keeps a finger up in the air and the minute the wind changes he flips again

Why do some people continue to parrot the words "disasterous Bush policies" when in fact Geo. W. has tried to do a number of very sensible things —- that the dumb democrats ALWAYS dismiss. What have the democrats done for us lately—-except to make waves?
They want to be "all things to all people". Won't work, can't work.

For some of you people to state that a person should not have to visit Iraq before he voiced an opinon are probably the same people who are losing your homes that you bought for 300,000 dollars with a twenty thousand year income.. Before you start running your mouth you should at least get the best knowledge available. But since all you Obama supporters only hear hope and change with no solutions I understand that concept would be over your heads.

Senator McCain INVITED Senator Obama to go to Iraq with him.
The GREAT uniter chose not to. Instead he turns it into a publicity stunt.

McCain INVITED Obama to join him in a series of Town Hall meetings so "We the People" could ask the questions.
The GREAT united chose not to.

Change you can believe in…

"The Republican National Committee has a running clock on its Web site showing how many days, hours, and seconds it has been since Obama last visited Iraq."

I'm more interested in number of days it's been since we declared victory in Iraq. If we've achieved victory, why are we still there????

When Obama says we need to attack al Qaeda in Pakistan; McCain calls it reckless. Bush says "Why didn't I think of that?" and attacks al Qaeda in Pakistan.

When Obama says we should talk to the leaders of Iran; McCain calls it appeasement. Bush says "Why didn't I think of that?" and the U.S. meets with the leaders of Iran.

When Obama says we need to shift our attention from Iraq to Afghanistan; McCain says Iraq is the central front on fighting the war on terror. Bush says "Why didn't I think of that?", and goes and clears some brush.

Obama's plans are so good, even Bush can't deny them. Hell, he's scurrying to implement them so that he can try and salvage a little dignity.

McCain….not so much.

all of you go to hell!!!!! this is why I hate politics, everyone is always right and never wrong, people can never see both sides of an arguement, it's always one way or the highway.

Obalies, Obaflip-flop, Obahype, Obascream, Obasurrender, Obacommunist… Look! I can take a candidate's name and turn it into an insult by merging it with another word! Look how clever and original that is! Look how good of an argument it makes! Look how mature it makes me look!
And for those who still don't get it: I am satirizing all those 'Mc-word' name-callers here.

Senator McCain, I was very interested that Bush and yourself Flip Flopped on you stance as far as sitting down with Iran unconditionally. You berated Barak Obama when he intelligently voiced the need to meet with the Iranians and now you agree. Funny how you are trying to divert our attention from the more important issues, like Afganistan… Please McPhoney, take a viagra and have fun. I'm sure Cindy will too since her worries would not include birth control because she's too old. Besides all the botox might harm the baby…..

I'm just being mean. I wanted to see what it feels like to be mean while I blog.

It didn't feel too good.

I'm Sorry Mr. and Mrs. McCain…….

However, I need John to stick to how he is going to fix the economy. I could care less about furthering our presence in Iraq.

Do a search for "McCain 61 Flip-Flops".

This man has NO business lecturing someone about the use of the word "refine". He's out of it.

Obama 08′

I have been waiting to see something on the Rasmussen daily tracking polls. There is out the result of the last two and they show a statisical tie with Obama ahead by one point. I guess if Obama was ahead by 8 we would be talking about it all day Another interesting fact on another station. Minutes by the three major networks for the month of June-144 for Obama and 48 fot McCain. Obama is a serial flip flopper, but the love affair goes on and on, they don't care its just pure love.

Two Things:1) If you are a McCain supporter, please spell correctly!2) If you are an Obama supporter, please spell correctly!Otherwise, you seem too uneducated to be allowed to vote. THANK YOU!

McCain never knows what he's talking about. I for one, for the first time in my life (I'm 59) will vote a STRAIGHT DEMOCRATIC TICKET here in Missouri and will try to get as many of my friends and relatives to do the same. Enough of the Republicans and their games headed up by Bush, Cheney, and presumptive McCain. ENOUGH!

The Republicans have ruined our country and it's time to get some real people back in Washington.

Amount of time since McCain has been to Czechoslovakia:

5675 days and counting.

How can McCain continue to talk about policies regarding Czechoslovakia when he hasn't been there in so long?

McCain absolutely knows a flip flopper when he sees one. And he sees one every time he looks at himself in the mirror. LOL

But seriously, McCain flip flopped to support Obama's position on Afghanistan. And that's just one of his most recent flip flops. So, I'm wondering why McCain keeps talking about them. Doesn't he know how easy it is to pull up video and quotes of his many flip flops?

Finally, if the surge worked (as McCain declared today), why won't McCain tell us when he will bring our brave men and women home?

Obama will clean the mess created by Bush/ McSame of invading Iraq, destroying it, Killing more than 4100 young American men and women and loosing hundreds of billions of dollars

McSame has poor judgment and he is a warmonger…He will destroy America if given a chance

Change is coming…Go Obama

I don't like John McCain but I will be voting for him as the best of two evils. In this house we have 1 indepedent , 3 republicans and one democrat. Hillary Clinton would have received all five of the votes. Now it will be John McCain. McCain put it right on the penny. Obama makes statements before knowing the facts. All that matters to this man is his self -interest, not America. Since him and his liberal democrats like Europe so much and they supposedly like him maybe they can talk him into staying there since most european countrys are geared mostly to socialism. I can hear Obama and his wife "Michele" telling the European countrys how much we could learn from them. What a pair, What a pair.

Of course Obama has made up his mind on Iraq before he visits there. He dosn't need facts. Like all dems he makes his own facts up. Vote McCain and get a Prez. that lives in reality.

Obama is the man he will run this country with the Brilliance!!!

One month ago: Obama doesn't want to go to Iraq

Today: Obama is going to Iraq. He doesn't want to focus on economy

Hahahaha. McCain campaign is so laughable it is not even funny anymore. McCain camp is running like headless "confused" chickens.

o yea forgot something…

Didn't McCain ask for the trip for Iraq…lol!

Look what's happening now, they can't wait…o and the Iraqi's like him too…

some advise McCain…careful what u ask for.

When Senator McCain isn't criticizing his opponent he is busy talking about the Czech Republic, forgetting if he voted on a piece of legislation and when informed he did and the vote he cast McCain then says he didn't remember, reshuffling his campaign organization, and stumbling around the country working the fear card. Obama is taunted for not visiting Iraq and when his trip is nearing, McCain can only criticize his opponent for going. When that dog doesn't hunt, he then segues to his favorite topic "the ailing economy" which is a subject he says he doesn't understand. Another day of McCain reminding the voters he falls short of a reasonable expectation of Presidential material.

Barack Hussein Obama. Barack Hussein Obama. Barack Hussein Obama. Barack Hussein Obama. Barack Hussein Obama.
Yes, that's his actual name. If you feel outraged that somebody dares mention it, and about to answer me with accusations of 'racism' just stop a moment and reflect on how immature and offensive the name-calling your fellow Obamaniacs is, distorting McCain's name by putting 'Mc' in front of offensive words.
You really need to stop with the name-calling. You are really not helping demonstrate Obama's positive message of 'hope' and 'change' by resorting to such cheap, childish tactics.

its called jealousy my friends

Jealous bc Obama represents the big change the American people want and desperately need and the *rest of the world* wants as well bc of Americas influence on the whole world and the complete MESS
Bush, Cheney created and now MCSAME want to continue

Why doesn't the media question McCain's MANY, MANY, MANY, MANY flip flops? WHY????????????????

McCain doesn't have to press too hard….

Obama's a rhetorician-without-a-record.

He flips.

He flops.

He's floundering all by himself.

Knoxville NFIL

John McCain has a lot of nerve accusing Obama of flip flopping when he is the grand master of it himself. Of course, he calls his flip flopping tweeking of opinions.But, when someone else does the same thing, it's wrong. People have a right to change their opinions on a subject, if someone can prove to them that what they think is flawed. McCain[McBush] just says what is politically correct at the moment he opens his mouth. He is out of touch with what the american people are going through. If he runs low on cash, he can just ask his wife for a raise in his allowance.

Peter E get over it. No one cares if you say Hussein in his name. It IS his name, but it is just a name. The point is that people say it with a negative conotation. Why don't you use John McCain's middle name? BECAUSE NO ONE USES THEIR MIDDLE NAME!!! People change McCain's name because it is what people do, just like McCain supporters call Obama Nobama. Call me Hussein, and you won't see me flinch. It doesn't mean anything.

First he's flip floppin' …" he said refine"…na na na..gotcha, childish.

then they say "he's like Bush, he's stubborn, he won't change his position on Iraq"..

I think America is startin' to get the picture, McCain and his camp or pitiful, they contradict themselves continously.

Why do they keep trying to call Obama a FF when McCain flips more than a dead fish on the bottom of the boat!!!! Obama has been right for the last 2 years!!!!
Republicans are using the FF saying just a little toooo much and its coming back to bite them! This is from a former republican who is total ashamed of the republican party and what it has become.

The republicans should be hoping to lose. If McCain wins, the country is going to be in really bad shape and the republican party will be blamed for everything. If Obama wins, anything that goes bad can be blamed on the democrats rather then the long-term effects of the disasterous Bush policies. It is clearly in the best interest of the republican party for Obama to win in November.

Why don't we ask McCain why he voted in favor of the war in Iraq without going there first to see what's on the ground. Besides, Obama has been talking to Gen. Petraeus many times and been advised by him the whole time. He's not uninformed. McCain's statements are nothing but hype and he's hoping that the misguided perception people have that he's a war expert will cause them to take his word for everything.

I think that voters already realize that McBush is the master of flip-flop. Has he forgotten how many times he has changed positions on major issues: tax cuts for the rich, etc.? Perhaps; memory can fade with advanced age.

McCain, the real WHINER! This is just a crotchety old man that likes to complain rather then fix problems. He has someone to blame for everything, but not a solution to found of his own.

I never liked him because of the treason he committed as a POW. But his non-stop whining is even more revolting. God help us from this moron.

Obama '08

To Will of SD: bravo! That's a great argument! And look how cleverly you put 'Mc' in front of a word to make that argument. Very creative! Very mature…

1.too bad he dumped the first loyal wife Good thing you rethugs have absolutely no morals.
Yeah, 1ST wife that raised his children and waited for him to come home from captivity. Then he starts an affair with Cindy and dumps his wife and children to marry into money. Nice… Not someone I want as my President

NO vote for McCain

McWar is Just BS.

Is it just me or is everyone tired of hearing McWar yelling Flip-Flop? When has McWar spent one day talking about his issues???????????

Old Man: Its not flip flopping its called being flexible when the facts change!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Look ; Bush stayed the course and became the most unpopular president in the history of this country…………………

I do not care if he has ever or does ever go to Iraq. Rock Obama knows the obvious. The Iraq War has ruined our economy. Weakened our Military. Made our dollar worthless. Caused oil prices to sky rocket up. Killed over four thousand fine young Military Heroes and maimed thousands more. Created a Shiite Government in Iraq that likes Iran a whole lot more than they like us. Recruited thousands of young Arabs who did not hate us before to go to Iraq and fight us because we were invaders on Arab (Homeland) soil. Etc etc.
Would any of this have changed had Rock Obama been to Iraq before?

mcCain may not have changed his opinion but and he does have one…. Bomb iran, bomb Iraq, bomb pakistan, bomb Czechoslovakia., bomb bomb bomb bomb you are study and not changing at all!!!!!!!!!!

Debby, Do you watch tv read the news paper or use the internet ??? think there are plenty of ways to find out about Iraq… Our own military could be a good source to too..

From Obama's own website:
'a residual force will remain in Iraq and in the region to conduct targeted counter-terrorism missions against al Qaeda in Iraq and to protect American diplomatic and civilian personnel.'
Sounds familiar? It's almost a verbatim copy of the excuse Bush used to justify the surge and our continued presence in Iraq… Bush called it a 'surge' Obama calls it a 'residual force.'
Po-tay-toe, po-tah-toe.

Why should he have to go to Iraq in the first place and put stress on the troops to protect him? Unless they're giving him a gun and taking him on some missions he's not going to learn anything he already didn't know from actually READING the intelligence reports and not just what he wanted to hear. The surge never worked, Iraq is still violent and unstable only now terrorist factions have more targets and motivation than ever.

so expected…………first mcsame accused and publicly judged obama negatively because he wouldn't go to Iraq………next, he wined after all his bulling, obama won't meet him at town hall meetings……..he tried to fool everyone with make believe concern of hillary lost as the nominee….failed attempt……clone of what ever obama does…….using obama quote by using wrong dates, wordings and titles……and now he states while obama is visiting iraq, he will spend the week sticking to issues that voters care most about, namely the ailiIing economy……. during all these months mcsame was bragging about how many times he went to iraq and other countries, but all of a sudden he waits until obama leaves the country and states he will focus on what that voters care most about, namely the ailing economy.

WHAT????……… mcsain himself who the one of not only encouraged the Illinois senator to go and visit, months of bulling and bragging about his many visit to other countries, this is all he could come up, FLIP FLOP KING, mcsame should run for that position.

Obama PLEASE…

In one sense I would have to agree with McCain here, for if you listen to Obama at the very beginning of this election process, Obama was saying one thing and now that he is the nominee, he is saying something else (as well as like any other politician).

If Obama wants to win in November, he better realize that if he does not put Hillary Clinton on the ticket, he will lose the chance of becoming our next President.

Obama/Clinton 2008

I really feel so bad for Senator McCain… he is a good man but he is in a sorry *** situation right now. He told Obama to go… Now Obama is going and it's going to be all about Obama…. What does poor McCain do? I feel bad for him.

John McCain is staking out territory for himself as the Pentagon's Poodle.

If he is elected, it is clear that the political generals will have the compliant commander-in-chief they prefer for at least four more years.

You don't need to visit Iraq to know that the case for our invasion there was nothing but a tissue of lies and that the entire adventure has been a war crime by Nuremberg standards (waging aggressive war).

So, does McCain really want a seat in the defendant's box next to Bush, or is he just so enthralled with the idea of more war that he can't think straight?

McCain critizing anyone for what is perceived as a flip-flop is a joke. Then again, he definitely knows what a flip-flop is since he's done it so often since 2000. Also, the reason Obama hasn't been in Iraq in a while is one, he's been running a campaign that fought off Hillary Clinton late into the primary season and second, he's been working on the Hill. Unlike Senator McCain, Barack Obama has been showing up for votes, like the much-controversial wire-tapping bill. Politics is politics, but John McCain and his 2008 campaign is more and more starting to look like Bob Dole and his 1996 campaign and we all know how that ended. Now all we need is to have McCain head up to Chico and fall of a stage!

Sorry about the misspelled Afghanistan!

When somebody changes their mind due to new information and is honest about it it's actually called learning.
It's only flip-flopping if somebody changes their mind and then pretends they haven't.
Obama has done neither. He has been very consistent in his record. He has voted against his own party's efforts to cut off funding for Iraq, and also setting a firm time-table for withdrawal. His own website says that he supports keeping troops in Iraq to 'hunt Al Quaeda.'
It is only the media that hyped Obama as an 'anti-war' candidate. Based on what? One speech he made 2 years before he even entered the US Senate. But for the main stream media words speak louder than actions…

Flip flop? Wow, McCain, how dumb do you think Americans are? In regards to Iraq and flip flop, lets talk about the most recent flip flop on your part…..can we say Afgantishan???

Worry about your own policies and let Obama worry about his. I understood why and what Obama was talking about.

Obama is not a flip-flopper, he is a thinking man. There is nothing wrong with thinking things through and if changing one's mind will get better results, so be it. Better than the hard headed stringent commander we have in office today.

McFail is so oooooooooolllllllllllllllldddd !!!

McCain will be so jealous when Obama goes to Europe, Afghanistan and Iraq.

He will look presidential and be presidential and McCain hates that.

Does the McCain camp even know how to run a Presidential Campaign.

MY FRIENDS I KNOW EVERYTHING AND WHEN I WANT YOUR OPINION I'LL GIVE IT TO YOU……JohnMcSame vomiting the same old message over and over and over.

LOL OBAMA IS A FLIP FLOPPER. I HOPE FOR OUR PARTY'S SAKE, HE DOES NOT GO OVER THERE AND CAMPAIGN. CAMPAIGNING SHOULD ONLY BE DONE ON US SOIL.

Pooooor mccain. He just isn't getting it. He needs to fire all of his campaign staff and start out with a new one.

Perhaps someone with a sharper memory should remind McCain of his photo op visit where he LIED about the huge security he had when he visited a Bagdad market. Every reporter of merut who has actually been living in Iraq has stated that these visits do not reveal what life is like due to being mainly in the green zone, the huge amount of security and the inability of the soldiers to talk freely.

Methinks the old guy is both jealous and worried as no one really cared so much about his trips!!

I'm not really sure about this but it looks like McCain"s only stratigey to win the White House is to slam Obama, because I have'nt heard him say anything different than the same old Bush tactics.

McWar is the flip flopper!!! Man what a little liar McCain is!!!!

Go back to sleep, old man. Zzzzz….

Oh yeah–while you're at it, dream about how to get the names of countries correct so you don't screw up when you speak.

There really is a meaningful difference this year between the two men vying to be president.

One wants it so badly that he lied about his intention to run.
The other was willing to sacrifice it out of love for his country.

And, in the final analysis, it is that difference that makes all the difference. All the difference in the world.

McCain is lying! Obama has been very consistent in his Iraq approach. Just look at his voting record on the US Senate's website, and read his policy on his own website!
Obama has very consistently opposed complete withdrawal or firm timetables. He has voted against his own party in those efforts. He is using a nearly verbatim copy of the excuse of 'hunting Al Quaeda' in Iraq to keep troops there that the current administration has…
Curious that Obama dares criticize McCain for being in 'lockstep' with Bush… Obama openly criticized his own party and voted along republican wishes throughout his years in the senate…

Obama out smarted McCain again by taking Sen. Hagel(R) with him to Iraq and now he is still sqawking. I'd say McCain got caught in his own self made trap. You go Obama.

"speaking to Patraeus?"

and what exactly would be the point of talking to that white house shill? he is USELESS!!!!

and dont be fooled by the "visits" of the neoCONs. they walk through the green zone, absolutely FLANKED by body guards. zoom in and zoom right out… if it's such a dam SUCCESS, why dont they walk through the streets of baghdad proclaiming MISSION ACCOMPLISHED?!?!?!?

when obama goes, he will do it as an intelligent, sincere person would—-talk to the TROOPS who are doing the fighting, truly LISTEN to them, ask them what they need and then GET IT FOR THEM, things a REAL president should do. and there will be NO plastic thanksgiving turkeys anywhere near him!!!!!!!!!!!

Obama had was planning a trip to Europe and the Middle East during the primaries. He rightfully had to cancel it because of the closeness of the Democratic primaries. How short the media and McCain's memories are.

McSaw, (Smear, Attack and Whine!!!), supported and promoted the because American blunder in history!!!

John McCain wanted to travel with Barack overseas.
The Obama camp said no!

Obama/ Biden 2008-2016

mcsame do not worry about obama. you are putting all your energy on sen. obama. put your energy on your campaign. you will need it. obama 08

Oh, Obama has been VERY consistent about his policy on Iraq. Most people just never read his record or his policies on his own website. They believed in the media hype.
On Obama's own website, and also in the US senate's voting records you can find that:
Obama never actually supported complete withdrawal.
He voted against his own party's efforts to cut off funding for the Iraq war.
He voted against his own party's efforts to set a timetable for withdrawal.
He has openly criticized his own party in these efforts on the floor of the senate.
He plans to leave a portion of our current Iraqi deployment in Iraq to 'hunt Al Quaeda…' Sounds familiar? It was the entire justification for the military 'surge' and our current presence in Iraq by President Bush…
Read his own website! Inform yourself!

"I understand that Obama's website indicates that he was always in favor of the surge in Iraq. Next thing you know he will be a war hero."

You understand incorrectly.

Of course, I'm well aware of how Republicans lie with ease.

So tell me Sen. McCain, what do you call your good friend George W. Bush when he said that talking with Iran is appeasement but has now arranged for a meeting with them this Sunday? You're no different than your half brother.

Can we come up with a new word for flip-flopping? I'm beginning to cringe whenever I see or hear it…

i truly believe that mccain is so out of it, he doesnt even know that he's out there making a complete FOOL of himself!!!

he's like that slow kid who tags along, saying everything you say, even after you fed him the pitcher filled with rancid orange juice, toothpaste, cayenne pepper, garlic powder….

it's to the point of cruelty now that the GOP, his staff, and cindy even let him out to speak anymore. every day he makes new blunders as he flippity flops his way across the country. enough already!!!

The voting public is supposed to make a decision everytime there is an election about a candidates ability to deal with a given situation. Very few of us have ever been to those countries, but we are expected to make creditible decisions. Is McCain suggesting we all need to go there before we can vote?

McCain thinks he has put Obama in a no win situation when it comes to Obama going to Iraq. McCain criticizes Obama for not going to Iraq, and now McCain is coming up with all kinds of criticisms because Obama is going to Iraq. But when it's all said and done, the whole thing is going to backfire on McCain, and Obama will once again come out on top!! Now you can take that to the bank Jack!!

Funny how McCain wanted to tag along with OB. He's been trying to tag along with BO this whole campaign.

Relax old man. You only have a few months to be in front of a mic and
then it will be over for you.

OBAMA MAY BE A BIT THE "NAIVE ON FOREIGN POLICY" BUT YOU SURELY ARE "DEATH ON FOREIGN POLICY" (NOT TO MENTION THE "SENILE ON EVERYTHING")

UNITED WE'RE STRONGER

OBAMA (P) & CLINTON (VP) 2008-2014

NO TO "BUSH II" (MCCAIN), McWAR, "BUSH'S-INTENT-FOR-2ND-PARADE-IN-IRAQ"

I continue to notice these posters who are outraged when anybody dares mention Barack Hussein Obama's entire name (ACTUAL name) but a single post later seem to have no problem name-calling McCain. And they think putting 'Mc' in front of insulting words is somehow an argument…

Here's a man, McCain, who panders to Latinos reminding them that he and Ted Kennedy sponsored a bill to reform immigration. At the same time he talks to conservatives about building a fence! Flip-flop.

Then one day he claims to be a maverick, and then the next day he claims to support Bush 100%! Flip-flop.

That's only two simple examples. Then the poor man, can't seem to remember, over & over, that Czechoslovakia is no longer a nation!!! Hasn't been for 16 years!

And when asked what he thinks about the insurance companies paying for men's Viagra (which turned his face red!) and not paying for birth-control pills…….. he was stumped, couldn't form an intelligent sentence!

I read on the blogs that people want Obama to give solutions, well…….let me again ask the conservative folks this:

HOW WILL MCCAIN PAY OFF $10 TRILLION IN NATIONAL DEBT ACRUED DURING THE BUSH TENURE WHEN HE WANTS TO CONTINUE GIVING US TAX BREAKS???????????????????????

AND DO YOU KNOW TO WHOM WE OWE THE $10 TRILLION TO???

CHINA, SAUDI ARABIA AND DUBAI! THANKS REPUBLICANS! YOU DID A FINE JOB AND WANT US TO VOTE YOU IN AGAIN!

NO CHANCE!

Think this is bad McCain will not even be in the news next week lol….

Question: How many days would it have been had McCain NOT called Obama out on his not going to Iraq or even speaking to Patraeus?

Please America don't be dumb enough to fall for finger pointing and a preschool accusation again. Flip-Flopper was a big word for Bush to use, probably one of the few he could pronounce correctly, but I thought McCain might be better then that.

And once again we close the 'news' day with CNN talking only about campaign finances and tactics, without actually reporting facts about candidates' policies and record.

JM may have pressed him to go, but nowhere did he tell BO to change his policies before he went.

That was all BO.

Once again.. the straight talk express has to rear it's ugly head.

Good thing McCain has such good judgment on foreign policy… like not having diplomatic relations with Iran (which we're now starting), not talking to N. Korea (who are dismantling their nuclear arsenal as a result of diplomacy), like not sending more troops to Afghanistan and Pakistan (which is what we're doing now).

The funny thing is… McCain is gonna stand up around election time and say it was the republicans that made all this happen… though the whole time he's been slamming Obama and calling him naive for even suggesting we do these things.

So who has the judgment when it comes to foreign affairs?

McCain… just announce your support for Obama… Judgment and intelligence will always serve better than bad experience. By the way.. walking through an Iraqi green zone is not considered foreign experience.

"McCain is using every opportunity he can get to come down on Barack Obama's Iraq policy."

yeaaahhh, good luck with that mccain!! dont even bother to have discussions and debates on issues you DONT EVEN UNDERSTAND!! mccain, you dont know enough on the REALITIES in iraq and the middle east to have ANY kind of intelligent, effective debate.

your sad, pathetic GOP tactics are an election too late, johnny, we dont fall for your cr@p anymore!!!!!!

Sounds like McSame is in PANIC mode! Go home old man, go home!

Latinos for Obama!

mccain you are the biggest flip floper!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! go home old man

=====mcBush gets Social Security Benefits but calls Current System a ""Disgrace"""!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

CNN why you never talk about his Social Security Benefits???WHY?

McCain is a Fool!!! What success? What planet are you on McCain… Bizzaro World?! America let us not allow the idiots that have been pulling the wool over our eyes (for the last 8 years) continue to do so..
McCain=Bush!!!

Your not going to live there but someone needs to.

Afghanistan requires homes in the hills, this is done by sheeting with fiber, stud, and drywall, drilling downwards into the valley edge rock to make the courts as backyards and cutting tubes to focus light to rooms, walk bridges are built, water is required and pumped through Pakistan and Iran, desalinated, and run down the valleys, creating natural controlled flood planes over seasons of reservior recovery. specialized friuts and vegetables would become available, wind is abundant.

You know, since my boy is going on vacation, this is the good time for Senator McCain to learn a little something about economics. Plus, since he has the country all by himself, no one is going to bother him….

Yes, John, and you have what right to lecture Mr. Obama since your policies have all been wrong and you are the one with all the "experience" because