John McCain says we suceeded in Iraq. We won. Question: what did we win? Are we safer, our economy is better, jobs are plentiful, US soldiers are not being killed, Iraq is a democracy and giving us a discount on oil, did they give us an oil well and some of the billions of dollars profits.? Oh yeah! and Osama Bin Laden has been captured, killed or is on death row. Am I missing something?

Sonceraee Yeldell

I am a Republican, I would have voted for Hillary. I will not vote for Obama. His supporters truly scare me. Their arrogance is breathtaking, including on this very page, Obama '12? He hasn't even won the first election yet. Please, get your heads out of the sand. McCain is not that good, but he's better than Obama.

NObama 08.

My Goodness. Obama Mama received 52 million again. You supporters don't get it do ya????????? It can't be coming from the peopleI I see on TV. All these filthy rich dudes aint giving away their money to a politition who is giving away a lot of mouth service. What's he gonna do for them??? Old people on welfare and Soc. Sec. ain't sending it in. Kids selling lemonade i guess is the big income. Ball players gotta buy other things so they air't sending it in. We have a good idea where it's coming from and it's not from this country. This is the greatest country in the world so why do we need all this change he is talking about. He and Hillary bven in congress for years and have all the answers so why haven't they already made the change instead of letting us get in the trouble he says we are in. We may need some adjustment so does his belt and tie and his old ladies mouth along with Jessie and wright„
America you had better know who you are voting or and what is behind it.

Let me ask all of the "political experts" on these posts one question? When was the last time you ran for elected office to change something? Let me guess……..ummmm most likely never!?! You all think it's just easy to end a military conflict and bring the troops home. Let's load em up on buses Betsy and they'll all be home by dinner time. Or to wave a magic wand and change the economy around. Well it ain't that simple Buckwheat.

Whether this war was justified or not we are there. Sure, we could all be quiters and bring the troops home but that's not what I thought America was all about. I guess that means we should close up all of our overseas bases and bring all of the troops home. We tried isolationship once….that thought ended with the beginning of WW2. History shows that dictators need to be held in check or things get out of control.

By the way, did any of you read the article that talked about troops in Iraq wanting to get over to Afganistan where the real fighting was going on? No one has thought to ask the troops that are actually in theater if they think what they are doing is a good thing or not.

Who is funding Obama and his staff to Iraq. It is the taxpapers of the U.S.A.?

He's not much of a man; not much of a senator and certainly isn't Presidential — he's probably one of the best used car salesmen one could ever hope to meet. Wrong man, wrong job!

why do we the taxpaper have to pay for obama to go overseas

Hello people…..do you know why the heck a VET a POW would vote
against a GI BILL???????????????????????????????????????

It was a darn good reason. If you were a soldier who had served for 10-15 years and a new recruit just serves for 6 months—should he or she be entitled to the EXACT same benefits, no. Military need incentive to retain their troops—–this is way over our heads!!

McCain gets it.

Democratic Party, I use to admire—they had their shot. We signal our leaders in Washington that we wanted change we got Nancy Pelosi and her actors and nobody has changed anything. I'd rather an experienced realist to be in the Oval Office, then an ameateur who still gets lost in the halls of the Capitol.

As usually the Obama supporters get their facts to 30 sec sound bits. The reason McCain voted against the proposed GI bill had to do with what the bill had in it. Boneheads

How sad… every time a liberal gets challenged on his voting record or positions, it's a "malicious attack add." There is nothing slanderous here- just some truth about Obama's meager record.

And give me a break on McCain not supporting veterans and GI Bills. These comments are misleading. McCain was pushing for and holding out for a FAIR GI Bill- one that would reward vets for the number of years they served our country. The bill he was against would have given the same benefits for those that only served one or two years. This would not promote re-enlistment, and NOT be good for our country or our national security… and be UNFAIR to veterans that served through multiple deployments.

Time for a change, right. Please do not let this man put our nation in jeopardy.

McCain 08

Lisa ……… Obama doesn't care about the American people all he cares about is his ego, his wife and his kids. He threw all of his friends under the bus, Hillary and Bill, African Americans, health care, iraq, all for some votes and power—-NEAGATIVE !!!!!

LISA ……..Something is WRONG ……..MR Obama care about AMERICA
is it a sin for him to care about his WIFE and KIDS THE primary is OVER BILL and HILLARY are on Board…….Do you CARE about your FAMILY ?

I'm happy to see that the McCain campaign is taking some initiative here. While Obama is certainly intelligent, charismatic, and silver tongued, those qualities don't necessarily make for a good president (of course they can't hurt either). Rather, the best candidate and future president has articulable, realistic policy goals coupled with the experience to put them into action. Thus, of the two candidates, John McCain is clearly the preferred choice, particularly when it comes to foreign policy matters.

its not really a negative ad-those r personal in nature. I don't think it is going to change minds, though -obama support ers think we still spent way too much on war!

Republicans at their Best– Lies and more Lies.
McCain–My friend (NOT) -SHUT UP!!!!!!

Same old disgraceful attack ads. This comes from both ways though. Both of these candidates are going completely against what they had pledged at the start of their respective campaigns. People tend to forget that Obama does the same thing!!! I guess everyone only sees one side though. Typical. Blind-sided people that can be persuaded into buying a ketchup popsicile while wearing a white tshirt. You people will see that by voting either a democrat or republican in doesn't mean change. Labeling one's political party as "stands for change" is simply a ploy. McCain supporters are quick to tout that my candidate has experience. While Obama supporters say my candidate stands for change. It's all a bunch of crap!!!! Both of these guys have flip-flopped on soooo many issues I can't keep count anymore. I can't believe these two candidates are my main options this year. I'm so dissappointed. Obama will probably win, and then after no change happens the whole process of everyone getting all ticked off again will happen yet again. I'm gonna laugh my butt off when it does to, and stand back and say…."told ya so." Yo want real change people.

VoteBob Barr 2008(L). At least he doesn't flip-flop and pander to everyone's concerns.

You people need to throw out these 2 candidates "voting" record because they are meaningless. There are a lot of our representatives and senators that don't vote in favor of a particular bill because half of congress has added their own pork to it. Has anyone actually looked at the GI Bill McCain didn't support or bother to research the reason he voted no? I doubt it. If you don't want to throw the voting records out then I guess you won't have to count very high to count Obama's. Heck, he's probably spent more time campaigning than he has in the Capital building.

Look, both of these candidates are far from what this country needs. McCain can't remember anything and Obama sits on whatever side of the fence will get him the most votes. If this country wants to turn the economy around and save face globally I say we have 2 people run the country. Pick one of the brightest CEOs that's run a large company successfully to worry about the economy and pick one that has great charisma and tact to take care of foreign policy issues.

Otherwise Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck here are going to just keep steering us down the same old road.

No more Republithugs. There is a difference between a conservative and a fascist. I, too, am against "funding the troops". Without any money, we'll have to bring them home where they belong. It is WAY past time for criminal "republican conservatives" to be exposed for what they are: fascists. This election is going to be a blow-out. GO OBAMA!!!!

Good!

Finally, someone rightfully shows this guys flip-flopping and very weak foreign policy as well as defense experience!

Every speech and ad by John McCain is the same tired old criticism of Obama's lack of foreign policy experience. Yet, everything Obama has said has come to fruition and John keeps sounding more and more like Obama… "we'll send three grigades to Afganistan."

Is all he has to offer is attacks on Obama? I have yet to hear or see a policy. Maybe this is just McCain being McCain.

This shows Barack Obama at his finest! He will say and do anything to get elected! What a loser!

McCain = Flip-Flopper = McCain = Liar
McCain = Flip-Flopper = McCain = Liar
McCain = Flip-Flopper = McCain = Liar
McCain = Flip-Flopper = McCain = Liar
McCain = Flip-Flopper = McCain = Liar

McCain and McCain surrogates, doesn't matter whatever bad things you've said about Obama, we won't believe you, and Obama is still going to be elected as the next President of the United States of America. Obama will not be swift-boated, and we will not let you swift-boat him as you'd done to John Kerry in '04. Go Obama!

Obama '08.

What was McCain's vote?? Was he even there that day??

Let's discuss his position on the GI bill…

Mac needs to tread very carefully here.

"Where's the beef?" Obama has left no finger prints so far in his very brief political career. Like McCain or not, he has a track record. Obama is running a very astute campaign on vague promises. . Trouble is we will not know what he really stands for until / if he wins the election. His "change" may not be what we're hoping for.

Do it yourself July 18th, 2008 4:45 pm ET

The democrats should have run away with the election this year.
With the rating Bush has this should have been on a silver platter for the Dems.

But no… they pick this far left wackjob with no experience that falls on his face the second a teleprompter isn't in front of him.

When the Republicans win this I'm gonna be rolling on the floor laughing… I simply cannot believe the democratic party could blow it this year!
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In the unlikely event Obama doesn't win the Presidency, you can thank fools like yourself, and all of those extreme radical Hillary fundamentalists that blindly cast their vote for McAncient out of their sorest of sore-loser spite.

Some of the scummiest people I've ever met were in the Army when I was over in Iraq. Just because you're a veteran, doesn't mean you are qualified for every situation. It's too bad McCain has nothing more to go on than just his veteran status.

This shows the McCain campaign's desperation and over the next month expect his foreign policy team’s wailings to get far worse. Randy Scheunemann and Kori Schake, McCain’s senior foreign policy advisors, could not comprehend the current political environment well enough to anticipate Obama’s strategy to use the success of the surge in Iraq to his benefit in focusing the campaign on Afghanistan.

In the past week Obama has shown McCain, Scheunemann and Schake to be incompetent in making strategy as they mindlessly ignored the big picture of the evolving conditions of the war. McCain’s senior policy advisors lost their grip on strategic reality because they were persuaded of their own ingenuity when, rather than planning for a long campaign to counter a tough and determined opponent, all they did for past few months was respond to Obama’s actions with pithy put-downs, hackneyed slogans, and now over the top attack ads.

mcCain. I have a message for you. You are just desperate old jealous man of Barack. that he gets ALL the attention you are just NOT able.

Finally, the truth comes out about Obama flip flop… we don't need an inexperienced radical left wing president, especially one that will tax to death this already fragile economy. Obama never held one hearing as the head of the european affairs committee, and set a record as the most liberal senator ever… a feat considering he refused to vote on anything where he'd actually have to stick his neck out.

No second term for Jimmy Carter!

Long live McCain!

gastoys July 18th, 2008 5:07 pm ET

Obama disgusts me!

He is only doing this because 99% of the troops have zero respect for the Democratic Party and their puppet Obama.

This was just a political ploy by the Democrats and now they are eating it up. As a member of the Arm Forces the Democrats and Obama make me sick to my stomach.
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OK Cindy, stop the charade, does John know you're here posting this nonsense?

Well this artical has helped convince me. Senator McCain is a brave and couragous veteran. I have nothing but the greatest respect for him. Had the current administration not have made such a mess in Iraq and of this economy I might have voted for him. President Reagan restored my faith in the party, but now that is all gone. Maybe Senator Obama is the right man for the job after all. We had no business in Iraq in the first place. No WMD's and oil is never a good reason to go to war.
Support our country, go after the people who attacked us. Support our soldiers for the sacrifices they make for us every day. Quit wasting their lives on a fools errand. Get us out of where we do not belong, and finish the job in Afganistan. Let our soldiers win the war. They are professionals, let them do their jobs. Then bring them home and greet them with the respect and love they have more than earned.
Quit sending all our jobs overseas so they will have something to return to, besides debt. Also when you see a soldier out in public, take a minute and Thank her or him for their service.

John

This ad inspired me– to donate 50 bucks to Obama's campaign. As a future soldier, I don't want McCain using me as a political platform after he's shown no support for our vets for so long.

"McCain's surge is working? It delivered Iraq into the hands of the Iranians…"

Really, General?

Care to back that up with anything remotely resembling fact? You know what those are, yes? You know, those things that lefties keep tripping over?

First it was "War for Oil"; then it's "For his daddy"; then it's "We've lost the war"; etc.

Please.

Obama: Can't raise the money he needs. Can't convince HRC's supporters to support or donate. Can't get his stories straight or stick to one. Obama. Landslide defeat in November.

I THINK THE BLOGGER DO IT YOURSELF MIGHT BE MENTALY CHALLENGED

Mccain has not done half the things that constantly complains about
concerning Obama, what has he done for the veterans except show them a harder way after all of their service. What makes him the best
choice on the war- being a prisoner of war does not give him credentials for being a president. America wake up before we have another 8 of the same old Bush policies which what got us in this mess in the first place. Wake up america and vote Obama one thing for sure he can't do any worse that the nut thats in there.

Obama's claims to be somehing "new" not your "same old same old" politician. Sat in a church and listened to a racist preacher for years, yet he never heard the message? Lie. He's changed his position on many different issues on the last year. Yes, everyone changes a position at some point or another, but he's done it so many times lately, it's obvious what he is doing; making himself more appealing to voters.

WAIT! Isn't that the same thing politicians have been doing for years? I guess that makes good old Barack the "same old same old" except he has NO EXPERIENCE!

This country is nearly bankrupt, Obama and his socialist ideas will complete it.

McCAIN '08 = Fiscal Responsibilities

What decade are ya'll living in? For starters Obama wants to bring the troops home, ok yeah we could do that, but when we have to go back and it's 10 times worse you'll know why. McCain wants to go in and finish this thing. MC CAIN all the way

Mc Same has a worst attendance record that Obama. Kinda like a pot and keddle comment!!! Also, McSame got a F on his support of Veterans!!! He is such a loser!!! This whiner will not be voting for McSame!!!

How stupid does the McCain campaign think we are? I am very tired of the erroneous "sound bites" that their ads and and McCain's speeches put forth. This is another good example of only telling part of the story. At the very least, it's the pot calling the kettle black. I wish McCain would quit trying to drum up negatives about Obama and just stick to telling us what his policies are. It's starting to look like he doesn't really have policies or issues, and is avoiding stating anything by just knocking Obama and the democrats.

These colors don't run unlike Obama!!!

Its funny how Obama supporters attack McCain for his policies, record, and vision for America. Yet, McCain supporters can only attack Obama supporters. Just shows what type of people are supporting these two candidates. And people say that Obama supporters are part of a "cult"—McCain supporters should look in the mirror.

Obama is against the military. He would gut military spending to bring his Socialist utopia to all the "people". lol The lefties on here are so funny with all the little tantrums they throw. Don't worry you have 4 more months to play nice because come Nov you will have one BIG tantrum after McCain sends this clown back to his socialist republic of Chicago.

Nobama, no way!

amazing!!!!! All the dems that complain that this is an "attack" ad are doing precisely that….attacking and name calling. A little hypocritical don't you think?

This AD is made for stupid people, those who cannot discern the truth from BIG LIES. The republican machine is back to old tricks. I understant that they do not have any other alternative to dirt politics

If Obama becomes our president, maybe–just maybe–the world will realize that the USA has come back to its senses. Maybe we can regain the respect of the world. We do not need the approval of the world, but it surely helps if we can go to our erstwhile allies in times of need.

McCain is a tired old man. I am so sick of hearing about his military service. I commend him for the service but my dad was an officer and retired with 21yrs in the Army. Obama should not disgust anyone. MCain is the disgusting one, McCain is now wanting more air time because Obama has been receiving all of the time on the major networks. This man whines about everything. He is a grumpy old geezer. My dad is not voting for him, and I know many veterans who can't stand him. McCain could care less about veterans benefits.

Please all of you Obama hater's on this blog are going to be very surprised come November. He will win by a big LANDSLIDE! You can bet on that!

I changed my registration after the democrats turned on hillary, now they have their puppet in the running, you all make me sick, you know nothing of what it is to be an american, canada isnt a long drive from most places in the country, if you dont like it then you can geeeeeet out.

NOBAMA 'EVER

Obama is a disgrace. If elected, we are really screwed.

He is ignorant on every issue. Without a teleprompter, he's
lost and incoherent to say the least. Just pay attention to
his answers when questioned about anything.

The media has been giving him a free hide so far.
He must be exposed and stopped.

I am not a fan of McCain.

His ad is just absurd! It would only be true if you switched Obama and McCain - as in - McCain didn't attend a single Afghanistan hearing, McCain voted against Webb's GI bill, etc. As usual, the Republican pack of lies - I hope Americans are smarter this time and won't fall for this garbage!

It seems that McSame is getting desperate, and so soon! I wonder when McSame will try to convince the American voting public of his own attributes, skills etc. as opposed to just drawing philosophical differences between he and Obama…perhaps never!…'cause he has so few!…And for the record, McSame's experience as a veteran during the Viet Nam era, does not give him more stock as a possible commander in chief!…I want someone who is intelligent, weighs the present facts, adjusts his approach as necessary, consults his stable of experts and then arrives at a decision….The fact that McSame has previous experience as a pilot and prisoner of war, is commendable ,but not a qualification to be president!

McAbelKane is a war veteran suffering till this day of PTSD. Sadly, no one is yet diagnose him since the money required for testing has run out. I wonder where that money has gone?

McCain is our ONLY CHOICE. Obama is not ready and does not have the best interest of the Nation in mind…

People please use your brain…

JIM…TX ——– Lisa…why can't you and all the other BITTER HRC people comment on facts concerning the topics instead of ranting against Obama in every post…aren't smart enough to follow whats going on in the world thats IMPORTANT?????? DITTO!!!!

Thanks JIM—- Lisa is BITTER !!!!!

Headline reads: "Obama takes a beating in new McCain ad" Yeah, the media isn't pro-McCain

My decorated, wonded son was told he was of no use to the Army unless he was willling to serve another tour in Iraq - otherwise, he was out. Where is McCain's support for him? All he seems to want to do is rerun Bush's shameful policies.

Lisa

I hate the fact that you and I share the same first name because everytime I see your posts they are so filled with hate and poison. Just once, I would love to see you actually contribute something to the actual discussion instead of your hate filled personal feelings.

LISA—- He forgot to throw you under the bus also{MISFIT}

So far in the campaign, all we get from McCain is personal attacks on Obama … a constant stream of negativity. And often wrapped in misrepresentation. The 'Straight Talk Express' should be renamed the 'McOrwell Express, because seems to be willing to say anything in his attacks, including statements that are simply untrue or out of context or just distortions or misrepresentations of what was actually said. In the process, McCain has shown some character traits that I find very unattractive for a President … a nasty streak, a fragile and sensitive ego, and a real problem recognizing the truth.

Doesn't change the fundamental fact that Obama was right on the war and McCain was wrong.

Its a good thing most Americans are not stupid enuf to believe the Hype….or shall I say "McHype" you hypocrit!

No McShame EVER!!!

Obama is clueless he couldn't even vote or say I in IL and McCain isn't much better but is!!!!!! Help someone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The only point John McCain makes with these ads is that he has nothing to say for himself. It's surprising that someone who serve almost 30 years in the US Senate has reduced his value proposition to:
1) claiming he would be strong in defending the country. Not to take away from his years of service, but he was a fighter pilot who dropped bombs on distant targets. He never personally confronted the enemy. And, while is 5 years of captivity are worthy of sympathy, they sure don't make a case of him being a strong executive.
2) attacking Obama's positions on issues, which he then adopts himself

John McCain = killing his own brand piece-by-piece every day.

"mccain did not vote for the GI bill because the US can not pay the bill. we have no money. stop spending what we do not have."

James, are you for real? We have no money for the GI bill, but we have trillions to spend to get our boys in uniform killed for an unjust and pointless war. Really we have no money?

Why, if McCain is so bad, are the polls are so close?

Democrates support any troops? The Democrates wouldn't fight terrorist if they were to come to their doors and slap them!

To quote Sen. Harry Reid "We have lost this war"…. Oh nothing to say now that the surge is working Mr. Reid? If the current Democrates had been alive in WW2 we would all be speaking German.

GO MCCAIN!!!!!!!!

No doubt Obama is a woos/appeaser and will embolden Al Qaeda to
get back to U.S. soil.

Obama supporters should buy their armored cars now so they can drive their kids to school.

Untill now I thought McCain would not allow ads such as these. Very disappointed in him.

As I scroll through the drivel and read the swill, I am amazed at the both the blind loyalty and complete disrespect shown by people… guess that's why people enjoy leaving anonymous comments, one is allowed to rant and rave without ramifications.

So if the Republicans are so for the American GI, why do they send them to Afghanistan with little support (where the real war is), spend billions on a country that does not want us (well, now the Republicans are agreeing to the Iraqi demand for a timetable–is this like asking the Saudi's to increase oil production?).

The Republican's unfortunately have no credibility any more. Katrina showed how much they really care about the country, McCain cannot remember that the Czechoslovakian nation ceased to exist over 10 years ago and the current TWO countries are NOT socialist (this is the man with all the foreign policy credentials–give me a break). And this is what the Republicans want us to vote for (and we are a nation of whiners according to the McCain campaign managers….)

As an informed veteran, I can tell that most of the posters to this are only informed by the internet they worship. Get out and check your facts before you spew the party line that is fed to you by partisan hacks. As the old saying goes " believe half of what you see and nothing of what you read". Experience it yourself and make it real.

Those of you posting on the GI Bill need to study the facts. It's simple, you need to serve to earn….the longer you are in the more you deserve.

What a shame the same old tactics every election year and you wonder why the United States is in the shape that's its in?

McCain cannot run his campaign, how can he run the country.
His campaign co-chair, Phil Gramm, just bit the dust!
Doesn't sound like a good Commander-In-Chief to me.

MCAIN IS ALREADY TOO OLD TO RUN FOR PRESIDENT . He won’t be able to run in 2012 as he will be way too old. Right now he is just viewed as too old. Only 2% of people polled think someone in the 70’s is the best age for a President. So he has questionable health, is already viewed bu others as too old, and even states so himself: In the 2000 race he stated that he would be too old in 2008 to run again. So he is not trying to build momentum for a later victory, a-la-Reagan.

If it really was "our country first" why are spending more money helping Iraqis than we are helping our own citizens, McCain gets it wrong again, we are kind of seeing a pattern develop

I think this ad helps Obama. McCain doesn't seem to understand that 80% of us want he war in Iraq to end.

Why has no one challenged Obama's camp on his blatantly deceptive ad indundating my TV that states that HE reformed the welfare laws in Illinois and removed 80% of recipients from the rolls? He vigorously fought against welfare reform.

I think it's great McCain is taking to telling the "truth" now, in whatever spin form he wishes to take it. Next ad should say, " McCain, Supports the disappearance of civil rights, supports the killing of children, and supports the killing of American troops, He also supports the killing of American citizens with radioactive waste, McCain for President 2009, oh wait a minute, we forgot what year it was again, McCain, losing wars since 1933

Obama is an empty suit with out a thought of his own. His come from moveon.org and the Daley bunch in Chicago.

I wish "MedicareMcCain" ,lot's of luck
When is a Republican gonna criticize another
Republican? If he wins and I have to see that
wooden puppet try to talk ,Yikes I may just wish
fro Nixon to come back from the dead.
The worst administration with the
worst deficit and girl! we are broke so McCain still has
to go on his Viet-Nam record (a war that we lost and had
to run from). Go ,Barack Obama!
Anybody but McCain
By the way i am glad that Senator OBAMA CAN FLIP FLOP
a little just like Bush did in "Mission Accomplished" i will tale
a flip flop over a lie,anyday. Now The Iraq people as reported
dont even have gas for themselves,Funny and sad @$ 10 billion
dollars a month other then Dubai and China loaning us the money
to help float our treasury what are we getting for that money and the
sad loss of life and limb.
Where are the investigations on this and the bank bailouts etc.

Don't pay any attention to any ads…..I make up my own mind…..

The truth hurts… Right?

McCain has the worst grades from top military veteran groups.

— Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America gave McCain a grade of D for his record of voting against veterans. (By contrast, Obama got a B+.)

– Disabled Veterans of America noted McCain’s dismal 20 percent voting record on veterans’ issues. (Obama had an 80 percent.)

– In a list of “Key Votes,” Vietnam Veterans of America (VVA) notes McCain “Voted Against Us” 15 times and “Voted For Us” only 8. (Obama voted for VVA 12 times, and against only once.)

WHATEVER CNN!

YES, WE STILL CAN!

OBAMA 2008/2012

When will the Men and Women of the armed services learn that Republicans are not on their side. They weren't in WWII. They definitely weren't in Korea or Vietnam, and they aren't now. I am an ex-soldier and I remember how slimey repubs would come to my unit and lie to star struck GI's faces. Who wants to bring you home, who wants you to have a job and healthcare when you get home, and who wants to give you a chance at a top notch education when you get here. The Dems and Barack Obama. Wake up Soldiers, Marines, Sailors, and Airmen

This Ad is a joke coming from Walnuts McInsane.. Like he has such a great record with veterans.

Ummm.. Didn't Walnuts just banter to the Press about when Obama will be in Iraq (this weekend)?
That's reobulican judgment for you! Now why would Walnuts do such a thing? SHouldn't it be secret, after all we are in the midst of a war? I forgot, it is relally safe over there after the "Suuuuuuuuurge", since Walnuts only needed an entourage of about 25 soldiers and another 25 Iraqi police aids when he was there last.

When will the American public see these Jokers for who they really are? They lie, steal and cheat the American public, then chant "God" in our faces.

I am looking forward the to seeing the ad with Michelle Obama taking Prescription pills from her charity and not doing jail time.. Cindy "Skeletor" McCain should be in jail - if it were you or me stealing drugs from our charity, we would be in Camp Cupcakes braiding some chick's hair for privileges.

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Did anyone hear McCain latest Gorilla rape joke? It is very funny and disparaging to women at the same time. He has such a great sense of humor. He also loves to call Asians funny names. He is sooooo funny. Did you hear his joke about hoping to kill all Iranians. Ha, ha , ha, ha, ha. He is a stand up comedian in his free time. Bet you didn't know that.

just proves McCain is an idiot

Grandpa McSame is a warmonger - correct that - a lying warmonger.

YES WE CAN!!

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YEAH, I WROTE IT SIX TIMES. AND HERE'S ONE MORE:

YES WE CAN!!!
OBAMA 2008/2012

he flip flops…like i said first he was with rev. wright then NOT, then he would not wear the U.S. flag pin then he did….what about his IRAQ policy…he had none then he made one up…first "let's bring the troops HOME right now…then he said maybe we should bring them back in a responsible WAY….whatever

Some of these posts totally baffle me.

"He is only doing this because 99% of the troops have zero respect for the Democratic party and their puppet Obama". Did you talk to all the troops? Do you have cites to any polls to support that stat?

"Obama cult you are so extremely disgusting with your disrespect for any one other than Obama. You are fools to fall for this flip-flopping inexperience gangster! " You say Obama supporters are part of a cult, that Obama is an "inexperienced gangster" yet you accuse Obama supporters of being disgusting with their supposed disrepect?

"Obama doesn't care about the American people all he cares about is his ego, his wife and his kids." - The person who posted this seems to spend her day posting the same thing over and over and over on every single post that she can find. Why not instead tell us all why you disagree with Obama's issues rather then posting childish bashing that only has a foundation in your hate of Obama? Are posts like that really going to sway people to your side?

Obama has a senatorial history of indifference toward foreign affairs. What does this guy know about foreign affairs, foreign policy and what expertise? None, none and none. Let's get some critical analysis going here instead of feeding the people a steady diet of Obama sugar.

YES WE CAN AND WE ARE FIRED UP!!!!!

UNITED DEMOCRATS CHOOSE TO BE VICTORS AND NO LONGER VICTIMS OF BUSH/MCCAIN POLICIES.

YES WE CAN!!!

OBAMA 2008/2012

McCain - Facism at it's very, very best!

No win here. If you say no to funding of Bush's war than you are against the troops. Please America get a clue.

Obama 08

CNN MODERATOR,

KEEP CENSORING ME ALL YOU WANT.

INVADING IRAQ STILL REMAINS A WRONG DECISION.
SO FAR, THE 21st CENTURY'S BIGGEST BLUNDER.

TRUTH HURTS AND ALL YOU BUSH/MCCAIN FANS ARE UNBELIEVALBE BECAUSE YOU STILL SUPPORT OUR OCCUPATION OF IRAQ. TRUTH HURTS, BABY!

OBAMA 2008/2012

Come on CNN, call it what it is: an ATTACK AD!! We're all adults; we don't need to have our hands held while cross the street!

The worse things get here at home, the more McQueeg wants to pretend the only thing we have to worry about is in Iraq.

He will run the country the way Napoleon ran his invasion of Russia–bleeding us to death bit by bit.

When are the going to make an ad that says obama has not proposed, or drafted or put up ANY TYPE OF LEGISLATION while he was in the Ilinoise state senate or the US senate. And the only bills he has co-sponosed are the same ones the rest of the democratic senators have. Nothing original.

All he has done is vote present in the state and not voting at all in US senate> He has the worst record of not voting except for Tim Johnson. BUT get this now he is going to do everything from giving us clean roads to a trip to outer space…gee what a guy….from do-nothing to do everything. DO YOU BELIEVE THIS.

We don't have any money, James, because Bush gave it to theelite top 2 % and is wasting it by the barrel full in Iraq everyday. Stop this madness. REmove McBush and every other republican that votes for this craziness.

after reading the posts on here, it just goes to prove you can't say anything bad about obama or his kool aid drinking followers will all start crying without looking at the facts!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WE WANT OUT OF IRAQ.

IRAQ WANTS US OUT OF IRAQ.

WHAT PART OF THAT DOESN'T MCBUSH AND HIS SUPPORTERS NOT GET????
IT IS AN ILLEGAL WAR. DUH!!!!

I DON'T WANT MY BROTHER GOING TO IRAQ FOR HIS THIRD TOUR FOR AN ILLEGAL WAR!!!!!

OBAMA 2008/2012
YES WE CAN!!!!

This Bush 2000 & 2004 all over again!!!

The Republican party has officially taken over McCain's campaign………The McPuppet Campaign

I am whinning because I WANT TO KNOW where is John M's FLAG PIN…???

Our Nation of Whiners want to know why John M does NOT wear a FLAG PIN…

Patriotic…???

Lisa July 18th, 2008 4:09 pm ET

Obama doesn't care about the American people all he cares about is his ego, his wife and his kids. He threw all of his friends under the bus, Hillary and Bill, African Americans, health care, iraq, all for some votes and power.

Lisa you need to do a little research, but you are more than likely a die hard republican. you need to stop drinking the koolaide Obama is really a chance to set things right. McCain has voted against helping those that came back with parts missing. do you remember Walter Reed he turned a blind eye toward that little fiasco. watch news shows not owned by fox news.

Talk about on the job training. NOW Obama plans his overseas tour? Give us a break. He doesn't have any foreign relations experience as an elected official that's noteworthy. So the plan is to campaign abroad and get him some understanding at the same time? Are we THAT stupid?

Will the real Barack Obama please sit down!

I can't believe anyone is bragging about either of these jokers!! they both are horrible representitives for either party. it is time for the American people to elect leaders that will lead for the people, not the special interets. Obama is about Marcsism….a country playing as Robin Hood is NOT a good thing. it's called letting the people decide……people, do you want to decide or do you want the failed government to decide. it doesn't matter who or which party is in office…..there is always failure…..i'm beginning to get scared that so many people are in such favor of either one of these two candidates. What are we going to do? We must be a country ready to fail. But i know i'm not.

Hey Realistic…go buy a dictionary and look up the word "realistic." Now, re-read your comment (especially that ridiculous last sentence)…you either need to add "Un" to your moniker or change it to something more appropriate (you're a McCainite, flip-flopping your screen name should be NO PROBLEM!).

um.

McCain is the highest ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Committee and he has NEVER attended a single Senate hearing on Afghanistan.

Also, why hasn't CNN reported on all the McCain flip-flops? Because it's not part of the dominant narrative? Lets' see, reversed his stance on emissions, tax cuts, drilling,and he now AGREES with obama on how to deal with Afghanistan, among so many others. McCain is so gross.

Funny that the McCain campaign wants to rail against Obama for not holding hearings on Afghanistan in the subcommittee on European relations (even though the full committee on foreign relations has had several in which Obama was in attendance).

Especially when McCain himself has been the most absent member of the Senate for the past two years running. He himself has failed to attend a single hearing on Afghanistan in the Senate Armed Services Committee, of which he is the top ranking Republican.

Come on, CNN, do your homework and expose this ad for the hypocrisy that it is.

Mr. Obama would like to believe that Iraq does not exist. He would like to think that the sacrifices our troops and the American people have made in Iraq are meaningless and that abandoning Iraq is the right thing to do…it is not.
Sadly, Bush chose to go to war with Iraq but we cannot abandon the situation. America has an obligation to complete what Bush started and make sure that when we leave, we leave a stable environment where the citizens of Iraq can thrive. Obama has sent a strong message to our troops, the people and government of Iraq and the entire world…he has sent the message that he feels no obligation to solve the problems Bush created. Unfortunately for Mr. Obama, Mr. Bush’s legacy does not evaporate the minute he leaves office, there are real problems in Iraq, Afghanistan and other locations that must be fixed, and walking away will only make things worse.

Like it or not, Mr. Bush has been our President for eight long, painful years and we cannot recover over night. All Americans have an obligation to work toward curing the ills of the Bush presidency and we must be led in this endeavor by a true leader. We cannot afford to be led astray by Mr. Obama and his terribly misguided view of the world.

Criticize Mr. Bush if you must, but stand up and be a true American, show the world that we are a strong nation with a conscience.

Obama is the breath of fresh air that U.S foreign policy needs. Everyone overseas is just desperate for the U.S to become the legitimate leader of the free world once again and there is only one man who can do it. Just wih we could vote hear in the U.K as this election affects us all!!

Obama 08

I knew obama was a girlie man who keeps changing her mind, but I didn't know he was this bad.

He is a bad boy and a poster boy for flip flopping.

I am sorry to see that he lost the Mid West and the East and West Coasts to a girl and then get picked by the DNC to be the presumed nominee.

What a guy to get his buns kicked by a girl. You get the picture.

Repubs are so blind. Brainwashed.

Repubs disgust everyone not cloned by Wall Street and "their" God!

(m-o-n-e-y)

Disrespect for all Repubs is about the best they can get right now.

How many more campaign head switches for McLame before the puppet master is brought in to start yankin' his chain??!!

No more BS, please. Yeah, we're good.

When I do get access to the internet I'm always amazed how delusional people really are. Ask a vet, serving or retired, we will tell you 8 yrs of Bush has demoralized the Army, Navy and Marines.

When we get the chance to stand easy, the only thing we talk about is surviving the next 24 hrs so we can see our families.

I don't create diplomacy, I protect it.

If you want to see your sons/daughters, husbands/wives home, your vote will be for President Obama.

Iraq was a mistake, we have lost too many soldiers to that war. what needs to happen is Iraq needs to go through its own civil conflict to sort itself out. We have seen very positive results in Serbia/Bosnia when we stood back, to a degree, to let them sort it out.

The bigger issue for global safety is here in Afghanistan, we need to change the way they think, empower the young, build schools, hospitals and infrastructure.

We need to apply huge diplomatic pressure in Pakistan to aid in this global security.

A vote for McCain leaves us in an un-winnable war, with the loss of future leaders of men who proudly serve their country.

For all you delusional people who think McCain is the answer, here's hoping you do not have family serving abroad. The chance of them coming home unscathed physically and mentally lessens everyday we spend in Iraq.

Obama 08/12

The McCain right-wing hawkish mind-set just doesn't get it. Here it is, so simply put that even George Bush could pronounce the words…
Our REAL enemy is….Hatred of Us. That is what fuels 5 year old Arab boys around the world to see us as the great demon. And the current administration has so fanned the flames of global hatred of us that we are made less safe, not more, as they claim.

We need a president who can be respected around the world, one seen as rational, diplomatic, and not so hawkish, one that can repair our relationship with the global community. Every time I see more of this swiftboating, I contribute more to the Obama campaign, out of my disdain for the ignorance of the right wing.

As I understand it, Democrats do not hold enough of a majority to break through the wall of “lock-step” minded Republicans who continue to place partisan politics over the good of our nation. The oil industry has finally driven prices up to the point that struggling men and women are willing to succumb to blackmail and hand over our sensitive environmental areas to be ground up and exploited for more record oil profits. Bush's deception driven Hundred Year War in the Middle East grinds on over shifting sands and battlefields. The housing industry shoveled mortgages into the hands of people who could not possibly afford them in an effort to cash in on the housing boom and this is all just a mental recession.

Did I miss anything that should be on the short list?

Maybe I’ll just look forward to the moment George Bush produces Bin Laden like a rabbit out of a hat just in time for the November election.

Sorry, but not even THAT would be enough to get me to vote Republican.

LISA……..Obama doesn't care about the American people all he cares about is his ego, his wife and his kids. He threw all of his friends under the bus, Hillary and Bill, African Americans, health care, iraq, all for some votes and power
Lisa………There is no help for you…….SURE he cares about his WIFE and KIDS……you care about your family………Hillary, BILL African American Health Care and Iraq are very important to him and is a par this campaign …..have you had your medication TODAY

John McCain has a lot of nerve putting out the ad above when he did not support veterans by signing on with the new GI Bill. I do not understand why McCain is considered the most qualified for our nations commander and chief when this is his first shot at the top shot has well as Obama's. The normal GOP fear tactics are in play once again, but is not the way to win the white house, because in the end our next president has to have some idea how to solve our nations problems. When both nominates start to debate with one another then it will become clear that Barack Obama is the best choice for President.

Go Obama 08

McLame can't remember anythign in the past 50 years, so what's his friggin' point!?!

WHAT????

MCCAIN IS THE ONE WHO IS AGAINST TROOP FUNDING! HE IS THE ONE WHO REFUSED TO GIVE SUPPORT TO THE TROOPS WHEN THEY RETURN HOME FROM HIS SUPPORTED WAR IN IRAQ.

HE VOTES AGAINST THE INTERESTS OF FELLOW SOLDIERS…I GUESS THE SOLDIERS WHO WANT BETTER G.I. BILL ARE "WHINERS" TOO.

I find it funny that all of the conservatives posting here just rip Obama, but not one of them says anything positive about McSame.

Pure talking points from Rush, Hannity, and the rest of the AM Hate Radio filth. And, don't forget Fox "News" Entertainment channel, can't leave O'Leilly out of this parade those that really hate our country, and do so for financial gain at the feet of the gullible.

OBAMA 2008 AND BEYOND!

It's about time McCain fired back. Learn to think for yourselves liberal fascists, you might then see Obama for the liar he is.

It's about time that people see this liberal joker for what he really is — a fraud. This is only the beginning….

zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzs. Even his ads put me to sleep.

You will see more desperation ads as McBush realizes he very probably will lose.

Here is an idea—why don't you all with negative comments do something rather than sit at a computer. Volunteer your time in your community. Change can happen, but it starts with you!

McCain disgusts me. Why are veterans jumping ship for Obama? Because he didn't vote against veteran's benefits. He's not opposed to bringing our troops home safely, to protecting America.

McCain is a liar, flip-flopper, fascist, and a gangster. We will not let him continue the ruin of our great country.

YES WE WILL HEAL THIS NATION.

Obama '08.

Ah - the Oba-mites itty bitty feelings hurt? Get ready to play real politics kiddies - Obama's complete lack of experience is finally going to get some attention…. along with his ultra left wing liberalism….and his commie wife…..

Craig

Obama just loves the term "patently misleading." What the heck does "patently misleading" mean in the REAL world? Just more academic psychobabble ("constitutional lecturer" stuff) that says NOTHING. Say "misleading" or say "wrong" — but say it straight for a change. Geeze!

obama 08

this is just the start…more slinging of the brown stuff…sign you're boys up now if you vote for Johnny M. a mere offshoot of the bush doctrine… Obama 08

I believe its correct that Mc Cain has not been to any hearings on the subject in the last several years… and perhaps he has missed more votes than any other senator…

Bruce… that old white guy from Ma.

Can't we all just get along?

I'm an Obama supporter but but for cripe sake people.

Is this a forum of grade school children or grown, reasonable and hopefully educated adults?

No matter who wins we need to come together and work together to dig ourselves out of this incredible mess WE ARE ALL IN.

We are all in this together.

GASTOYS,
MCCAIN IS THE ONE WHO HAS 100% STABBED YOU IN YOUR BACK…YOUR HATRED FOR OBAMA SOUNDS RACIAL WHICH IS NOT AT ALL SURPRISING!!!!!!!

Come on, McCain. Is there, honestly, anyone more anti-troops than the Republicans? They are constantly cutting costs that hamper our troops safety, and with all of their contracting to the likes of Halliburton, our troops are stuck in the middle between their orders, which they carry out like heroes, and the profits that Republican politicians see.

Is anyone questioning McCain's voting record? How about H.R 1591? How about the fact that "On April 26, 2006, McCain voted against an amendment by Sen. Daniel Akaka (D-HI) that would have "provide[d] an additional $430,000,000 for the Department of Veteran Affairs for Medical Services for outpatient care and treatment for veterans." In addition, on March 14, 2006, McCain voted against "increas[ing] Veterans medical services funding by $1.5 billion in FY 2007 to be paid for by closing corporate tax loopholes." On March 10, 2004, McCain also voted against "creat[ing] a reserve fund to allow for an increase in Veterans' medical care by $1.8 billion by eliminating tax loopholes." Obama voted for the first two measures; he had not yet entered the Senate when the third vote was cast." (http://mediamatters.org/items/200806040002)

This whole "Support the troops" thing has gone far enough. Is there any single American out there who actually doesn't support our troops? Listen up, kids: supporting our troops and supporting this war are two different things. Our troops are heroes. Our war is unjust.

BLIND FAITH IN BAD LEADERSHIP
IS NOT PATRIOTISM

All the hype about McCains service would almost lead some to believe he SINGLE-HANDEDLY WON THE VIETNAM WAR.

He served, He was held as a POW, big deal!!

My Dad was SHOT while in the process of BEING SHOT DOWN by the Germans in WWII and he was held as a POW. That doesn't mean he should be qualified to be president.

ALL you warmongering idiots will be singing a different tune if McCain wins. HE WILL SINGLE-HANDEDLY BRING DOWN THE US.

ALL GREAT Regimes have COLLAPSED FROM WITHIN

Not to mention the fact that HE will then have the NEXT 4000 Troop Deaths on HIS HANDS..

As will YOU ALL.

If one is against the Bush/Cheney psuedo war then one would be against funding it. I don't fault Obama for being defiant on funding the war in Iraq.

In the end Obama will win, and McCain will be looking like a dog with it's tail between it's leg. Woof Woof.

gastoys, how is a GOP dirty attack ad a political ploy by the Democrats?

CNN, please stop your bias. Obama is not taking a beating on this ad. Smart Americans (the ones who should be voting) will see through this. Anybody who falls for this should not be allowed near the polls.

you're still not going to win "Skeletor with a comb over"

Obama in '08!

Back in the day i always thought that Ronald Reagan was too old to be president and i keep thinking about him always saying he did not know this and he wasn't aware of this happening when he was president. I told myself never again because Reagan was asleep and Bush was not in the loop. Do we want that again?

Just take the time to read "Ex- Republican for Obama " at the top of this blog there is no one better to tell it as it is than a warrior with first hand experiance .
Not only is Mcshame against Veterans he is also against woman period just look at his voting record then he continues to make up lies .
James /its the Republicans that have put this Country into debt but but what made their own fatcat pockets bulge is Green from OIL
They are for war /they are warmongers /crooks from the getgo and continue to use the scare tacticand lie every time the Bush rating falls or some internal problem that has been often .
Crooked isnt t a strong enough word to describe 8 years of dirty tactics .
Throw them under the garbage truck pickup is on the way.

Barack H. Obama is in the opinion of this former Marine (WWII) a low life who is interested in changing the form of government we live with and enjoy. You who back him remind me of a saying from long, long ago "Forgive them for they know not what they do".
There is another saying, this one more appropiate.

"To err is human, to forgive devine, neither however is Marine Corps Policy"

TWO WORDS:

MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE

BEING HELD CAPTIVE BY THE VIET CONG FOR 5 YEARS AND THEY CAN'T SAY MORE ABOUT HIM, THEY LOVE HIM.

SORRY JOHN, AN INEPT SOLDIER GETTING CAUGHT BY THE ENEMY A WAR HERO DOES NOT MAKE.

I love when CNN eats your comments sometimes when you submit. I'm not going to bother typing what I just wrote again.

McCain has claimed he has the support of “literally every veterans organization in America.” Yet the AFA is just one of many groups who object to McCain’s opposition to the GI Bill — a bill he found so unimportant he skipped the vote on it:
he is just pandering for votes.
he flops everytime its not looking good for him

It is funny how people like Lisa and "do it yourself" have such blind hatred for a candidate. Blind hatred shows ignorance. I disagree with McCain's policies. I agree with Obama's (I actually went to his web site and read what they are). To say either candidate does not care for this country is completely false. I do not have a problem if you don't like Obama for his policies, but to blindly say you hate him and all he cares about is his ego is completely ignorant.

Let the games begin. The truth hurts. When the first negative ad comes out of the Obama camp, it will only show that Obama is just like all the other politicians. No real change as he has promised… anyone up for the bet?!?!?!
Obama is the wrong candidate for the Dem ticket.. We had other such good choices….my heart aches for my former party……

McCain is so pathetic, sad and pitiful.

Lol….

Nothing but bunch of crying Liberal on CNN BLOG…… McCain is right!!!!!! Obama have flip flop so many time but some odd reason the Liberal Networks called it CHANGE instead….. Being in the military McCain was right about the GI Bill….. Being almost in 20 years why should a young kid only give 2 or 4 years of service get more than a service member being in longer and been deployed and gave more to their country… Instead of bunch of Amercians tring to cheat the system and get a free ride just like the Liberal way….. Once again you extreme Liberal don't look at the whole picture, instead your blinded by a guy that going to raise your taxes like the state of IL having one of the highest Taxes and Crimes in the nation!!!! Some reason he barely been in office for 3 years but some how the best qualified person….. Sound like this how we ended up with BUSH? We knew Gore and Kerry were best qualified but BUSH was cool, down home on a country ranch and different…. We know how that ended up now!!!!!!! Now Obama is different and cool, but we know he not qualified but who cares he different….. Your typical Amercian voters!!!!!!!

It's about time. Yeah McCain was going to ditch the negative ads but hey, Obama didn't want to do the civil thing and have some joint town hall meetings. It's the only way McCain's campaign can show Obama for who he really is, and Obama has been begging for it. Obama would rather no one have to know where he stands (or doesn't) on the issues and just win with his little cult of personality.

I'D LIKE TO SEE AN AD EXPLAINING HOW HE PLANS ON PAYING OFF THE $10 TRILLION IN NATIONAL DEBT. OWED TO SAUDI ARABIA, DUBAI AND CHINA?

HOW ABOUT AN AD APOLOGIZING FOR HOW HE, BUSH, CHENEY AND THE GOP LIED ABOUT THE REASON TO INVADE IRAQ?

HOW ABOUT EXPLAINING HOW HE AND CINDY, BOTH CHEATED ON THEIR SPOUSES WITH ONE ANOTHER?

HOW ABOUT EXPLAINING HOW HE WAS AGAINST UPGRADING THE GI BILL AND SPENDING MORE ON TAKING CARE OF THE VETERANS????????????????????????????????????????????

SURE, HE IS A VET AND HE WAS A POW…….. GOD BLESS HIM. NOW TELL US SOMETHING ABOUT HOW YOU PLAN TO CLEAN UP THE MESS YOUR FRIEND, BUSH, IS LEAVING US WITH!

Obama is an OPPORTUNIST alright !!!
Choosing the President of the United States should result from citizen's votes, based upon a candidate's experience, character, integrity, patriotism, and service to country. The path to the White House should result from being elected, not selected. Opponents should loose due to less votes, not manipulated technicalities. All votes should be counted, including Florida and Michigan. A candidate should not be permitted to buy the election, with money, or promotional ploys. The media should be fair, objective and balanced in their coverage of both candidates. Policies determining National Security, or life and death issues should not be used for international media events, or personal political gain. These are just a few reasons we should elect John McCain !!!

McCain has the worst record for Vet's rights.