Okay wait….McCain and Bush said that drilling for oil of shore will not see great residuals for years to come and when they do…it will be a small amount if we even notice at all. Had Bush not allowed US oil refinaeries to shut down and all our oikl to be shipped we wouldn not be in this problem. With that said thises oil companies already have land set aside for them to safely drill for oil, with infastructure already set up. How come they don't want to use that?

Oooooh what has the party done this time ???
Listen carefully, I do. Europe this, Europe that, the New Democratic Party is playing follow the leader, and we are not the leader. What do Europeans pay for gas, I HOPE we will not CHANGE our prices to $8 a gallon. BTW do not listen to me I'm ignorant, uneducated, an emotional wreck and I am very low informed. Thanks to the efforts of previous generations of brave Americans I have the right to vote.

What drivel. I'm surprised he didn't use a picture of Senator Obama with his hands against an oil derrick, physically stopping the oil! Senator Obama is thinking of the future Senator McCain of someone else's pocketbook…..

Drilling for oil here isn't going to help us. We have to stop the need for oil.

To v.a.
True, this ad is ridiculous. But unfortunatelly, Americans are stupid enough to believe it. And this is sad. As with war in Iraq, it will take Americans few years until they realize how they were fooled. Few years that we do not have…

hahaha! repblicans after more money…
no seeing to reason…
any enviromental degredation theur offsprings can afford to live anywhere…
nope not so easy…

Yes, absolutely he is to blame. The netroots, the elite fringe enviromentalists, Pelosi, Dean, Reid and Soros are celebrating the price of gas. Their policies promote even higher gas and food prices. Please do not forget however that they truly answer to a higher power, they decide because they really know what is best for us ignorants and low informed. Instead of negotiating like normal people to get investments for green energy, they will take our money through fees and taxes to fund projects that erode the hard earned rights and freedoms enjoyed by , yes, hard working Americans.
Hero B4 Zero
Mc Cain Democrat

Hillary supporters supporting Mccain being Hillary lost have emotional problems. Obama Hates women? Wow that is delusional. Please just admit you hate men because its pretty obvious!

Although I still would prefer a different candidate than Obama as the democrat, the current gas prices have nothing to do with him, and everything to do with our poor decisions in Iraq, and the Enron loophole allowing speculators to wreak havoc with the oil stock.

Obama only voted present 2.5% of the time. All those who use the 'indecisive' argument are fools.

One question…Who do you think is bankrolling McSame's campaign? If you said BIG OIL, you win! They are not happy just having 60 million acres that they don't use, the want it ALL. I did hear a Republican slip up and say that China and Japan needs more oil. OOPS!

It's funny how when McCain's surrogates are pressed to talk about McCain's plans, they either try to divert the question and bash Obama or say that McCain's plans are works in progress. How pathetic!

No obama No obama

When I hear stupid stuff like this it only reinforces what Barack Obama has been saying for so long now, that the trouble we are in is because of the suck in the mud politicians in Washington who have done nothing up till now to stear this country towards an independence of foreign oil. Why whould they, it's only lining their own pockets. Think outside the box has been here for a long time, but has anyone heard it?

This is off-message but I'd like to make a point, if I may. There are people screaming today about the NY Times not accepting McCains editorial, saying that they are biased toward Obama. That really isn't the case. Anyone can submit a piece to any newspaper, saying what they believe, what's on their mind, etc.. Only a few ever get selected. The things that merit attention to the editorial board are new perspectives, new information, and a coherent train of thought. Agreement with any particular position is not often considered. In this case, McCain was clearly repeating an already known position. The Times did the right thing in rejecting it. Thanks.

Are you kidding? McCain's solution for America's Oil Addiction – More Oil!!

The first step to getting out of a hole – stop digging.

Obama '08.

Janice July 21st, 2008 1:48 pm ET

Just because someone doesn't agree with your opinion does not mean that theirs is "stupid" or "uneducated". Most of you people who post on these sights are some of the most hateful, angry people. Regardless of who wins this country is so screwed up neither of them will be able to do enough to fix it. Common sense would make you think they could have prevented it years ago, the technology is there for greener energy but no one wanted to use it. Do you really think that is going to change anytime soon? Obama is a preacher, a used car salesman, a snake charmer. He has no substance, no real ideas, he has however taken a lot of ideas from other people and tried to make them his own. He has taken credit for things that was not his to take. The man is sef centered and arrogant. McCain is no better, he doesn't care about the people, he cares about "Coporate America" and his own wallet – which I am sure is more his wife's wallet. He has no regard for women's issues. He is old and coming in with old idea. While fresh idea's and outlooks are nice neither one of these candidates can provide it or true change either. It will be another 4 years of economic decline.

Tell it like it is!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

98% of the EDUCATED America's know that "off-shore" drilling for oil will NOT help gas prices today. WHY on earth are the Republican's making FALSE statements about this fact? America should be aware that drilling for oil will only help America in the short term, what about the long-term? What about the health of our children and grandchildren? When are we going the let fossil-fuel go, when are we (American's) going to invest in our future? Must we remain IGNORENT to the right-wing ignorent mentality? Fossil fuel is DEAD let it dye without the American people dying off as well.

yes i will vote for mccain. why? because i trust him more with foreign relations than i do obama. plus i know that he wil attempt to do everything he can to where we will, one day, be energy independent. obama doesnt want us to be indepnednet of the federal governement. he wants us to be dependnet upon govt for everything and thereby allowing govt to be the Big Brother that everyone is afraid of.

UNBELIEVABLE… I thought we wanted to FREE ourselves from oil, yet McShame and Bus & croonies want to blame Obama for preventing the Republicans from destroying our shores and further endangering our planet by drilling for oil? oh, did i mentioned that ECONOMIST–yes, trained–have said total savings would equate to 3 cents and actual production won't materialized for another 10 years? and Obama is to blame? I'm just speechless…

Today's not my day…..CNN you did not post my comment!

Texas Trail Dog says:
4. Every American should give one terrorist a job. Change.
5. Make as much money as you can off illegal real estate deals, ($860.000 worth) Change.

Please throw some proofs here…

Say what? The biggest run-up of oil prices in American history occurred under the current administration. Now they're trying to blame it on Obama and the Democrats? Please!
T. Boone Pickens is a conservative Republican and an oilman. What does his current ad say? We cannot drill our way out of this emergency. If a rich, conservative, Republican oilman can figure this out, why can't McCain and Bush?

Barry the flipper will soon be for drilling!!! Just wait a few weeks!!!!

Attack! Invade! Bomb, bomb, bomb Iran!

Drill! Pander! Mis-speak!

Stay the Course!

McCain '08

IF drilling off our shores would give us independence from foreign oil, the ban would have been lifted years ago! The ban was set in place, by……..(drum roll) George H. W. Bush! In the late 1980's.

IF we have ALL that oil off shore, the oil companies would have lobbied to have the ban lifted years ago!

IF we have ALL that oil off shore, why put the ban in place?

Aaaaah…….. well now, we, better wake up, people! The GOP is starting their lying campaign!

so what if it tak3es 10 years to yield oil form off our shores? if we dont start now then we will never become independnent. it takes too long…boo hoo whiners all. before i went to college my frined said to me,…stop telling me you are going and just go. i did and while it took years to finish, i achieved my goal. get it? problem with us is that we want instant gratification. get over it. work hard for what we need and evintually we will get it. geez!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This is as dumb as when the Democrats blamed Bush for high gas prices….this type of argument appeals to dumb people and Clinton supporters…well…the same thing I guess

Hey Ken – that was priceless! You go boy! Thanks for stating the obvious, keep them coming!

Do the Republicans have no McSHAME ? ? ?

Hey Texas Trail Dog – you and your candidate johnny boy have a lot in common, you both are pathalogical liars and are ghetto minded.

as i said to a friend earlier, obama has zero experience in foreign policy. ZERO. how can anyone in this country say otherwise and truly mean it? if they say so then wheres the proof? mccain has foreign policy experience and that is proven whether you like it or not. you want an inexperienced man to become the leader of the free worlds at a time when all hell is breaking lose? what are you people, stupid AND suicidal?IF there is a mshroom cloud hanging over israel, who do you want to make the decisions that must be made afterwards? if you say obama then you truly are uninformed, blind, living in a fantasy where the words hope and change float before your eyes and you care nothing about this country let alone the people in it. get real people.

Who cares about Santa Barbarba '69. You got to live with a little pollution if you're going to live, eat, drive to school, work etc. I come from Louisiana where refineries are plenty. I lived with it and you CA should too.

"These people really think we're all dumb, stupid , retarded…"

Not all of us but most of us are..
We still have the wool pull over our eyes.
There are really some dumb, gulible sheeps out there.

Does McCain know the current gas price??.. His wife must be buying him gas…and McPain has no clue what we are really going through.
Maybe he should join an adult day care and share his cock and bull war stories with them.
OBAMA (2008 -16)

Jeepers!
Grate Ad…And I is thinking that everybody in them Red States will loves it too! I also has a couple of other things to blame Obama fo! In my next Email…
Go McCane in 09!

At least McCain is talking serious. I am not amused at that awful laughing photo of himself and the General that Obama chose while flying over a war zone. (out of hundreds of other photos) Maybe he would not be so amused if it was his family fighting down there. I am sure my nephew fighting in Iraq does not find it "funny" or "cool" like most of the Obamabots. Heaven help us if he wins–he is starting to like the power of being a "warmonger". Next, Afghanistan surge? What a disappointment this man is.

There is not enough oil left in the ground anywhere in the world to lower prices. There is no oil shortage, I guess everyone remembers the 70s oil embargo that caused the last oil price rise. This is different!!!

The blame is not on Obama. IT IS OUR CURRENT ADMINISTRATION WHO CAUSED IT. ANYONE WHO BELIEVES OTHERWISE IS AN IDIOT. No offshore drilling please. It won't solve the situation.

I thought McCain and Bush have both already admitted that drilling won't reduce gas prices.

Come now, open more land for exploration and drilling, it will take 10-15 years if we open up new areas today to produce a barrel of oil. The oil companies are currently sitting of 1000's of pieces of land they have drilling rights to that they have not even bothered to look at. Open up more lands, sounds like a last ditch, land grab by big oil to me.

Let's say we did open up off shore oil drilling and in 15 years had producing wells, where would the oil go? To Americans, or in to the commodity market for world wide sale. I'll give you one guess, it's called free market economy and supply and demand. It would end up being shipped overseas, just like American oil is today.

Grandpa McSame and the Bush administration know that drilling for oil won't lower gas prices and will have no effect on the supply for seven years but McSame is saying this to get our vote so he can perpetuate the Bush disaster on our country.

For 2008 we need Obama!

If McSame wants to drill, I'd suggest trepanation. It lets the hot air out faster..

Abby July 21st, 2008 10:25 am ET

Where exactly is the 'Iraq/Pakistan border’?

Abby…I've been trying to find an Iraq/Pakistan border, as well. All to no avail. Perhaps they're just messing with our minds? Perhaps they are remapping the world to fit their perceptions of it?
Good grief…apparently now I'll have to buy a new atlas!!!

The people that buy into this ad would vote for McCain even if he endorsed the Iranian president for the US congress. Ever wonder who the 25% of the American populace are that APPROVE of Pres. Bush? Well, there they are!

No Obama is not responsibile for the oil prices.
Lets see, could it be Bush, Cheney and don't forget Mc Lame and his dealings with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
99 more days of this bs an we will have a President that is intelligent and cares.
To Mc Lame:
It has already been chosen.

Let's see:

– I'm intellectually challenged….CHECK
– I believe that America has all the oil it will ever need……CHECK
– I think George Bush is a conservative……CHECK
– I know the 'media' is to blame for all our troubles……CHECK
– I'm grateful Chuck Norris freed the Vietnam POWs…..CHECK
– I'm convinced gays and democrats caused 9-11…….CHECK
– I do not have enough guns (for militia purposes only)……CHECK
– I hate any commie who does not believe in my God…….CHECK
– and that goes for socialist democrats too…..CHECK

Dagumit!….I'm ready to vote for my man McCain!

Check-list: $1.49. Check for Rev. Dobson: $11.23. Right-wing cluelessness: PRICELESS.

Just because someone doesn't agree with your opinion does not mean that theirs is "stupid" or "uneducated". Most of you people who post on these sights are some of the most hateful, angry people. Regardless of who wins this country is so screwed up neither of them will be able to do enough to fix it. Common sense would make you think they could have prevented it years ago, the technology is there for greener energy but no one wanted to use it. Do you really think that is going to change anytime soon? Obama is a preacher, a used car salesman, a snake charmer. He has no substance, no real ideas, he has however taken a lot of ideas from other people and tried to make them his own. He has taken credit for things that was not his to take. The man is sef centered and arrogant. McCain is no better, he doesn't care about the people, he cares about "Coporate America" and his own wallet – which I am sure is more his wife's wallet. He has no regard for women's issues. He is old and coming in with old idea. While fresh idea's and outlooks are nice neither one of these candidates can provide it or true change either. It will be another 4 years of economic decline.

Vote for Scooby Doo

Yeah lest drill McCain, pump up all the oil there is, so we are out of it in 5-10 years… Then what is the plan McCain ??? How are we going to refine all this fine crude oil ??

And then when we are out of oil we will have to import from who ?? Iran ?? thats really making us secure and independent …

McCain is spreading a bunch of lies. I'll remind you it was Phil Graham, McCain's former economic adviser, that spear-headed the deregulation of the energy industry which helped lead to the Enron disaster, California's blackouts, and an increase in gas prices due to futures speculation. Not to mention that gas prices have increased more than at anytime in history over that last 7 years that Bush and Chaney (both "formerly" in the oil business) have been in power.

If McCain is already lying and trying to deceive the American public now, just image what he'll do if he has the power of the presidency.

Vote Obama!

McCain please stop it.

This is the reason Republicans oppose fixing our educational system. They WANT Americans to be as uneducated and uninformed as possible – so that they can trick them with ridiculous lies every four years and hold onto the levers of power, continuing to steal money from the social safety net and from future generations to further enrich their bloated fatcat corporate cronies who fund them with millions in campaign contribution bribes. Absolutely disgusting. NOT THIS TIME.

I AGREE WITH JIM ABOUT THE REFINERIES. THE U.S.A. DOES NOT HAVE ENOUGH REFINERIES. THIS IS A PROBLEM !!!!!!!
WHERE ARE THE POLITICIANS WHEN IT COMES TO WATCHING FOR THESE KINDS OF PROBLEMS. THEY ARE SITTING ON THE REAR ENDS AND DON,T CARE ABOUT THIS . THEY ONLY CARE ABOUT TAKING A PAY CHECK HOME EVERY TWO WEEKS.

THE SOLUTION IS BUILD MORE REFINERIES IN THE U.S.A.
PUMP OIL THAT IS IN EXITING OIL WELLS THAT IS CAPPED BY THE GOVERNMENT. AND TELL OPEC TO LOWER THEIR OIL PRICES OR WE WILL MAKE A BIG SWIMMING HOLE WHERE OPECS OIL WELLS ARE. THEN DO IT !!!!!!
NEXT THING TO DO IS FIRE ALL POLITICIANS AND START ANEW. ALSO LET OBAMA KNOW FROM THE BEGINNING THAT THE COST OF OIL DRIVES EVERYTHING UP IN PRICE. STOP MAKING ETHONOL FROM CORN. ETHONOL DOES NOTHING FOR MILEAGE, IT DECREASES THE MILE PER GALLON YOU GET ON REGULAR GAS. LET YOUR ELECT OFFICIALS KNOW WHERE YOU STAND ON THIS ISSUE AND LETS PRESERVE THE FREEDOMS WE HAVE NOW AND NOT GIVE ANY UP WITHOUT A FIGHT.

This ad is smart. There are a good number of uneducated Americans who will fall for this and if they don't get hooked by the promise of lower gas prices then the Obama chants will get them. It plays right into the hands of the voters who hate Obama because he has so many fans. Who wants a popular president, anyway? If we had McCain in office that'd solve that problem.

Reading this just varified to me that McCain is STUPID and his camp is too for them to even suggest that Sen Obama is the reason for the high gas prices. No Sen. Senial McCain and your Senial Camp its your oil buddies in Washington that has the gas prices so high. If you do become president we are in a WORLD of trouble, you can't think, you can't remember, you can't work a computer, you can't read a telepromter nor can you even hold an intelligent speech. Please RETIRE like most intelligent 72 year olds.

vote for mccain!he eliminated two very serious problems in the middle east,today ,by moving the iraqi border over to pakistan,and doing away with afghanistan and iraq with his 'magic' words of wisdom.he is a marvel!

Wow. I had been leaning slightly towards McCain. This ad pushes me back to "uncertain" and makes me more cynical. At least most of the comments people have posted make sense; that gives me some hope that the general public can see through this type of thing.

Keep drinking the BHO taint kool-aid. Pretty sure that Rasmussen reports has BHO and McCain statistically tied.

It is the democratic party and their enviromentalist special interest faults. They are against nuclear power, drilling, building new refineries, natural gas, or coal. They think solar and wind will power the world. But these hippocrits use 4 wheel drive SUVs and Pickups to go out and enjoy the wildlife. Obama is part of this obstructive policy for self reliance.

This is the same old and tired politics that people want to see come to an end. McCain's ad is definitely intended for those endowed with lower IQs and who are willing to believe anything they see or hear. The notion that one person is responsible for high gas prices is ridiculous. It is common knowledge that high gas prices are a result of the falling US dollar and an increase in global demand for oil. The Brenton-Woods Accord which pegs oil to the dollar is outdated. When the dollar falls, oil prices rise as a result. Our falling dollar is due to our lack of fiscal solvency as a nation which weakens our economy. McCain is a part of that problem, as are all politicians who decided that increasing our national debt and financing a trillion dollar war was a good idea. The time has come for oil to be linked to a basket of currencies such as the US dollar, the Euro, and other strong currencies. This will stabilize the oil market and speculators will have less incentive to bid higher prices for a barrel of crude. Offshore drilling is fine and dandy, but it will take years to net any results. Even with increased crude production, we lack the refining capacity to increase our supply of gasoline drastically enough to have a real impact on prices.

Oh wow! The rising gas prices is the fault of Obama, not the Oil Companies Mafia aka Bush Administration? That means Obama is more powerful than the Oil Mafia and the President even though he is yet to be president!!! Wow again. Americans love powerful guys, they should vote Obama.

I used to pity poor Mccain, but, now I just shake my finger (same rythm as Mutombo) with a look of disgust. This ad takes the cake and the flies with it too!

Watermann July 21st, 2008 10:28 am ET
Do they think that Americans are that stupid to believe in this "drilling ad"?

***Yes, Watermann, they do. Unfortunately, P.T. Barnum was right. To paraphrase: No one ever lost an election by over-estimating the intelligence of the average American.

I don't see how anyone living in a coastal state would agree with offshore drilling.

Okay, I have the real solution to high gas prices. ARE YOU READY. Nothing exciting, no exciting sound bite or salacious quote.

All of our gas refineries are running at capacity. We are making as much gas as we can. Why don't we re open or make more gas refineries? Answer: Because that would lower the price of gas and the people who make money off of gas don't want that. They haven't made enough money off of us yet.

Obama voted FOR the Energy Policy Act in 2005….the act written in secret by Cheney, and which benefits the oli industries!!!!!

The rock star is such a liar!

Of course it isn't just Obama's fault… it's that of his fellow Liberals (be the democrat or republican).

If speculators pushed the price up out of concern that supply can't meet demand (which it currently doesn't), then prices should decrease when they know more supply is coming and will exceed demand. (i.e. law of supply and demand)

This coming from the guy who said that off shore drilling and gas tax holidays will only have psychological meaning. And who's economic advisor responsible for the destablization of the mortgage industry call American's a bunch of whinners. yeah I beleive them

Wow, all you democrats sure have the "ten years" talking point memorized. Do any of you have something to add to the conversation or are you going to simply spew out the same talking points you've heard by lefties in the media?

Drilling would take time, yes, but it's a start in the right direction to get us away from dependence on foreign oil. Who's fault is it that we didn't start this 25 years ago? Democrats, that's who.

McWAR the looser .
He has no solutions/ is a blank slate the only word he knows is TOWN HALLS with the little crowd they gather by contacting rest homes .
He is so boring and out of it .
He is what would be called " DEAD IN THE WOOL "

Obama we love you /stay safe .08/12

Larry DC their deleting my comments to when anything is positive for McCain. Talk about unfair jounalism.

new refineries will cost more to build than the drilling. If you find oil then what to do with it Think about it

Only about 20% of a barrel of oil is used to make gasoline. The cost of roads is rising along with plastic products. How many things can you see that are made of plastic. Look around. We need more oil. There are two ways to get it. Alternative energy will reduce some consumption. Drilling will increase production. We need both. It may take 10 years for full oil production, but it could take 15 to get affordable alternative energy. I say we do both and divert oil tax profits to alternative research. Congress needs to compromise or things will not get better. More plastic products are being made. We are using more oil in other areas than gasoling. A new compound other than plastic would be helpful. We need a candidate that sees both sides. We can't drill out of this issue. We can't tax our way out either.

All of McCains ads seem to be based on saying bad things about Obama. What does this tell you? Maybe he has nothing good to say about himself?

McCain should focus on what is economic plan for America is instead of attacking Obama.

To …. CNN = Jerry Springer of news …. WHO WROTE ON …. July 21st, 2008 10:35 am ET
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New Obama ad:

"Gas prices, $4, $5, no end in sight," says the announcer in the ad.

Who can you thank for rising prices at the pump?" continues the announcer.

Soundbites from the song "Bomb, Bomb Bomb Iran" are playing in the background with John McCain stating the US is killing the Iranians by exporting cigarettes to their country.
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Priceless …. You should be hired immediately by Team Obama.

THIS IS REALLY FUNNY AND VERY REPUBLICAN. ARE YOU TELLING US THAT WE SHOULD NOT HOLD THE REPUBLICAN PARTY AND A REPUBLICAN PRESIDENT FOR THE WOES OF THIS COUNTRY FOR THE PAST EIGHT YEARS? DO YOU WANT US TO ACCEPT ANOTHER REPUBLICAN WHO WANTS TO CONTINUE WITH THE WOES FOR ANOTHER LENGHT OF TIME? HOW SHAMELESS YOU GUYS MUST BE TO BLAME OBAMA FOR THE GAS PRICES. THAT GOES TO SHOW HOW STUPID YOU GUYS THINK WE AMERICANS ARE. JUST WAIT FOR COME NOVEMBER YOU WILL KNOW THAT WE ARE NOT THAT STUPID.

gas prices are sky high in part to the ENRON LOOP HOLE penned by John McCain's best friend and Economic adviser….Phill Gramm!!!!!\

McCain is only using the dishonest and dirty tactics Bush used in 2000. we made a horrible mistake then, are you willing to make a worse mistake in November?

How sad and how desperate McCain is. Does he really think anyone will believe this crap?

Why is CNN deleting comments ? Why are you only printing things against McCain? You don't want people to see both sides!

I have to say that there is no one politician that can cause the price of gasoline to rise. This is a new low blow for any campaign. I have to say that if we as Americans really want to be smart, we will stop driving pointless SUVs (Hummer, Armada etc). We need to reduce the demand we have for oil (and oil refined products like gasoline). If we can make electric vehicles of all sizes that can go minimum 300 miles on a charge, then we will not need to worry about this kind of problem.

Talk about "spinning a bunch of B.S.", this takes the cake!!
Obama is the only one with a real plan for energy independence, and even T. Boone Pickins admits "we can't drill our way out of this problem."

All I hear is that drilling isn't the answer and that it will take 7-10 years before we see any oil. Yes it might take that long but it would be worth it as long as we keep the oil here. Hope, pray, whatever you like we as a nation will never be rid of our dependacy for oil. If you think we will then we are lying to ourselves. We will never be free of oil and the sooner we learn that the better. If it won't help us in the short run then maybe it will help our children in the long run but nobody seems to be talking about them or their future.

I can smell McCains desperation here in Houston.

Congrats on Obama finally visiting the middle east to access the situation. You would have thought he would have visited the middle east before he set his policies.

What's ironic about CNN is that they slam China for being a socialist state every chance they get, yet they back a socialist candidate (Obama) for President.

And of course Obama is popular over in Europe. Those countries have all gone sooooooo very liberal with their socialist agendas. Just remember, they may have free health care, etc, but take a look at their unemployment rates.

McCain for President

hahahaha mccain you are the real oil hunter dont blame it on DEMOCRATS MCshame thats a real name for you!!!!!

This is another example of McLame ineptitude and bankrupt policies.

Given that the McSame and the Repukes have no viable plans or policies for America's future, why McSame coopt Obama's Foreign,economic, energy, educational, healthcare and legislative policies. At least they could submit a plan that works. But then again remember the last 71/2 years under President W and 26 years of McBush in the Senate, How could anyone expect them to clean up their mess when they don't actally know what went wrong.

Obama 08

So the Junior Senator from Illinois, who's only been in the Sentate for what 3 years now, is soley responsible for rising gas prices over the last 8 years? Not as Speaker Pelosi said the two oil men in the White House? President Bush, an oil man, knows exactly why prices are rising, and in fact encourages it. Remember…it will help us drive less is what he said.

I think attacking Obama for high oil price is not a good strategy. They should be attacking him for having a bad long-term plan. In ten years from now if we do not have more off-shore oil rigs, the situation would be much worst. Obama's long term plan of hoping for the wind and sun do not add up to America's growing needs. People needs to be realistic.

Obama is obviously to blame for higher gas prices. If only he would let us invade Czechoslovakia….

Because clearly higher gas prices have nothing to do with having oil men in the White House for the last 8 years.

Sheesh, do people even know anymore when the wool is being pulled over their eyes? Do they even care?

Very desparate ,McSame. Very sad .

Drilling for oil in the US is NOT the answer to this energy problem. Even if we do drill all the oil out from under us what will we do when its gone? Go back to buying oil from the Saudis? Instead of continuing our insatiable demand for oil, how about we start spending money on renewable energy that can last us forever? I would rather have my tax dollars spent on building a utilities infrastructure that could sustain us forever (from wind/water/or the sun) rather than on a last-ditch effort to drill a few more barrels of oil at home.

I don't understand why anyone would want to spend billions of dollars on a commodity that will run out when we could spend billions on an energy supply that will last us FOREVER!

I find it interesting that CNN now deletes all my comments regardless of content. This has started ever since I stopped their web site from gathering information from my computer.
It is even more interesting since my comments have been much nicer that many of those that I read now days on their web site.
Regardelss, McCain is nothing but a grumpy ol grandpa that seems to be having a fit because he can not find anything solid to stand for or on during his campaign. He no resorts to making outlandish statements such as these to justify the existance of his run for the WH.

Connie – you cracked me up! But you've hit the nail right on the head. Obama 2008.

McCain has been a Senator for how long????? Maybe his "experience" should have helped solve this problem by now. Because, according to him Obama hasn't been around long enough to do anything. Which way does he want it?

I smell desperation in the McCain camp.

It's not Obama or McCain? It is congress which has been in the Democtats hands for nearly two years. Where are all the changes they promised? I do not think that Obama or McCain have any way of changing the cost of oil. We as a nation should not depend on imported oil.

Oh, McCain, you hapless moron.

Do you even bother to consult just one single ECONOMIC expert before making an ECONOMY-based attack on your opponent?

Well, we all know very well what would happen if he had. The economic experts would all have told him the truth: offshore drilling MIGHT lower gas prices by as much as a DIME per gallon TEMPORARILY a few years from now. In other words, sure, McCain, go ahead and **** up our environment, that's worth saving two dollars per tank of gas for one month three years from now.

Of course, this plan follows the same logic as McCain/Hillary's gas tax holiday: continue to stubbornly push it as a proposal that would really save people money, even though every reputable economic expert has said that it would not work at all, because you don't want to go back on what you said originally and be labeled as a "flip-flopper." So it's no wonder he has adopted his current position.

I see these ads of Obama trying to tie McCain to Bush….hey,what comes around goes around! The way I see it these ads are closer to the truth I mean all you have to do is look at the Democratic Party RECORDS going back for DECADES opposing drilling.

This ad does not tell the whole truth. They forgot that Obama wants to add more taxes to gas. But from what I am hearing from Obama supports is that he only really wants to raise taxes for the super rich. It is always the other guy will get it not me. Becareful, everyone's taxes and cost of living will go up under Obama's grand schemes. Just by not extending Bush's tax cuts, this will affect any family making over $50k. Sounds like a tax increase to me.

yea.. the so called EXPERIENCED McCain, please answer this… were you envisaging this oil crisis before few years? and when GOP was a majority in congress 2 years back , why didnt you start drilling at the at that time itself? Where were you then..

Oh my goodness, McBush is absolutely pathetic!! Obama is the only one I trust with the war and the economy. McBush has nothing left and is grasping at lies now!!

Obama '08

Well Mc Cain its about time to get tough on this fraud of a selected democratic nominee— You have been playing to nice, You need to uncover what Hillary could not. Many are waiting for this guy to be exposed and are rooting for ya man'

I am disappointed in McCain. Ignore the gaffes, the confusions, the weird responses, the ill jokes … but this goes too far. Not for attacking Obama, but because he insults the American intellect (or does he).

I don't know anybody uneducated and radical enough to fall for this rubbish.

This stance is going to win McCain the election. Although it may take a few years to get the oil out of the ground, don't be disillusioned to think we won't need that oil b/c even with moving to alternatives, we can't wean ourselves off of oil entirely. It's all about energy independence, and I agree, it is not just an economic concern, it is a national security concern.

At least we know where McCain stands on the issues. Obama has flip-flopped on everything and now we really know who the say or do anything candidate is.

Still for Hill, but voting McCain.

How about building more refineries, and increasing global trade, and making more sugar ethanol. Ever thought of that, Johhny boy?

Cudos to Leslie

Yes, the Democrats in Congress are to blame. Republicans, myself being one, are all for drilling. The democratic congress has said for several decades now that it would take 10 years for new oil to enter markets if drilled today. They said that ten years ago, ten years before that and say it today. It might take 10 years of waiting but won't we be happier in 10 years with that extra oil. Democrats are so concerned about being environmentalists and not wasting oil and finding alternative fuels like crappy ethanol. We do need to convert to sun and wind power completely by at least 2040, but this cannot be done overnight. We need to begin going green now, but oil is needed right now too. Everyone, vote Republican for your Representatives, if your Senators and Governors are being voted on, vote Republican there too. Make John McCain our next president.

Yes let's keep drilling off our coast, having the oil companies spend billions of dollars in futile expeditions that will result in higher costs to them which in turn means higher costs to us at the pump and which will ruin our environment all to find a non-renewable energy source that is going to run out anyway. That sounds like a plan! I guess if we follow the McCain camp logic, we should blame John McCain for Global warming.

I cant belive that there qre americans out theire who still belive John Mccains lies. First he doesent know what he is gona talk about, he needs qids at all time to fill him in, oh! and even forgetfull like a 200 yeqrs old person, cant even remember how he has voted in congress and things he has said in the past contradicting with several of his current stands on issue. Mccain and his cronies are convincing some americans that the iraqi war and afgan war are one and the same; lies!! wake up americans, geoge chose to attack iraq cos of its oil and sadams near miss on old bushs life; theire where never terorist in Iraq, sadam managed to keep them at bay, today, more than 50 per cent of america still belive the Macsame lies. Wake up people!! wake up.

This ad would be funny, if it weren't for the fact that there are a significant number of voters who will believe this ad is telling the truth. I certainly hope that people are smarter than this, but "W" did get elected to a second term…..

I hope these negative ads show the GOP for what they really are.

more and more attack ads from the Republicans because they have no clue how to fix the economy they want to Attack the Person that has proposed steps to get us off of Oil Mcbush you are getting more desperate as the month goes on

I see that CNN is editing comments again. The chief publicity agency for Obama, the former playground coordinator, rolls on.

None of it is about oil, its each for his own, I would rather support someone who has the same beliefs in Christianity as those of our four fathers. This nation was founded on those beliefs! It's shameful that America is no longer the same America that people who fought and died for it to be!

McCain is a flat out liar !!!

Old Man Yells at Cloud! McShame can promise the midwesterners a drop in oil prices by drilling the coasts, but let me tell you, ca, wa or, the carolina, fla and the east coasts are not going to let that happen. So McShame better find another energy solution, Oh Ya, wait a minute I'm sure Senator Obama has a good Idea to the energy crisis that McShame or the white house can attempt to still as there own……

Who can you thank for rising prices at the pump?" continues the announcer.

"Obama, Obama" chants are then heard in the commercial.

It is ridicoulous. They should chat Bush , Cheny and Mc Cain instead of Obama.

Let's see, Bush and Cheney are oil men.

The price of oil is allowed to go through the ceiling on their watch, and they make no effort to talk to OPEC on same?!

And this is Obama's fault, why?!?!?!?!

What a pack of lies.

No one, yes, NO ONE, loves to blow, increase money, taxes any more than Republicans!!!! For example, George W. Bush!) So with regard to Obama, I DON'T THINK SO!!!

McShame is just telling his stupid republican voters to just swallow whatever gibberish he is spouting out of his mouth…..

this is the lamest ad ever from a presidential candidate…but I am not surprised since it is coming from someone who is "whining" and suffering from "mental depression"!

Figures… The GOP's evil policies lead to an energy crisis, and then they lie and attempt to deceive the people into blaming Obama, or anybody but them. The GOP is Satanic, anti-God, anti-Nature.

Of course it Obama's fault… One US senator is causing our woes at the pump…

High gas prices have absolutely NOTHING to do with the wars in Iraq and Afganistan which are destabilizing the area and causing speculators to bet that gas will be more expensive in the future… Speculators that the Bush administration and McCain have done everything possible to NOT regulate further.

I mean, you'd have to be an idiot to think that increased demand from two countries, India and China, both with populations in excess of 1 BILLION, whose industrial and economic growth now has an appetite for gas and diesel almost equal to our own, has ANYTHING to do with it.

And only the truely Unamerican would think to blame the Oil companies who are making 40+ BILLION a year in profits, because all of Oil's profits go back into production, expansion, and, oh ya, stock dividends… didn't you know Oil is a "Zero net profit " business, so they OBVIOUSLY have nothing to do with it…

Yes, clearly its Obama's fault

Who was it who said "Obama hasn't been in the senate long enough to do anything"? McCain!

McCain is right on this one – Obama, like most other democrats, really aren't thinking realistically. Republicans understand that we do need to get off foreign oil, and gradually wean ourselves off of oil all together while developing alternatives. High gas prices are wrecking havoc on municipal budgets, school budgets, nonprofit agencies, state services, families, etc. … until alternatives are developed and fully integrated into our infrastructure (at this time only a handful -1400 – gas stations in the country even sell E85 ethanol) we need cheap gas – for some reason, the democrats don't seem to understand this. Look at it this way, even if every gas station in the country was able to convert their stations to sell alternatives (if costly renovations weren't an issue) there would still be the issue of not nearly enough supply of alternatives to meet demand, AND, the majority of cars are not equipped to run on flex fuels or alternative fuels. It's going to take time and ingenuity and investment in infrastructure to get off oil – it's not an issue that a snappy slogan can fix. Take a look at how long and how much planning went into the HDTV switch that's coming next year – that took years of planning and discussions with all the players with any stake in the situation.

Right. Tell that to T. Boone Pickens. Even an oil man knows we can't drill our way out of this. McCain has been in Washington for the last 26 years and has done absolutely nothing to solve the energy crisis that first popped up with the gas crisis of the 70s. If he couldn't figure it out in 26 years, I don't think another 4 will help him, or us.

This is great I hope McCain continues to waste his money on these crappy attack adds. I don't think there is a person in the US that doesn't now undstand we've all been Bush-wacked at the gas pumps.

Alex from TX is right on. You don't give junkies more of what they are addicted to. Ask Rush Limbaugh!

Well I can't say that I'm not surprised by the ridiculous ad. It's amazing how low the Reps will stoop. Blaming Obama for the high gas prices?? Really? Are you serious??? I guess he's to blame for the nonsense Iraq also!

All of these ads should be taken with a grain of salt, but Americans need to realize that this oil drilling thing is just another scam- along with the likes of the "Gas Tax Holiday".
We are doing oil exploration currently but the issue lies with them wanting to go into the few remaining/preserved natural habitats in existence- oil drilling there could irreversibly damage those areas and kill the wildlife that exists there. If by chance you don't care about the Environmental effects think about this- Lets say they start drilling in Alaska- and within a few months stumble upon some "black gold"- it will take YEARS- 5 minimum for it to go through refineries and make it into gas stations. Oh but wait- another problem, we do not have enough refineries to refine the oil, should it be found- because our refineries are maxed out in the US and the Oil Companies do not want to spend the $$ to create new refineries.
Basically, the thought that John McCain has stumbled upon the Miracle Answer is just a LIE… opening up oil drilling will NOT alleviate your pockets right now, and probably never will b/c by the time that it might have an effect, gas will cost was more than it does now. Obama's plan is to get us off OIL all together. I know Americans want that as well, no matter where we find oil here, the fact remains that the largest supplies of oil will always generate from the middle east- its just geology and geographics. Once Americans realize there is no QUICK fix to this issue- then they can consider which planned out resolution will have the best effect for the LONG term.
I am not trying to promote anyone in this- my hope is just that Americans look into each proposed policy or resolution and do their homework. Don't be fooled by ads that make you think there is a quick fix for any of the issues we face today. It may make you feel better to think there is but its a lie. The economy, gas prices, the war- it will take someone who has the forethought the work these things through…and it will take Americans to realize it took 8 years to get us into this hole- you can't expect it all to be resolved right away. If you approach things realistically you can't get the wool pulled over your eyes.
I wish us luck America- we deserve our country to serve us better than it has the past 8 years!!

Let's see, Republican President from the oil industry who is buddy buddy with the Saudi oil Barons, a Republican Congress for most of that time, and it is Obama's fault that oil prices are high. How dumb can anyone be, that believes this garbage that the McSame camp is shoveling out.

Look at PUMA 4 HILL using racist code words : "boy" and "thug".

Krawl bacK into your Kave, fear-monger.

Obama 08′

AMEN TO THAT McCAIN – THIS SO CALLED MAN, OBAMA KNOWS NOTHING ABOUT FIXING THIS COUNTRY. HE IS A MAN ABOUT CHANGE IN AMERICA, RIGHT???
1. Preachers breaking one of the Commandments in the pulpit of his Church. G.. D… America. Taking God's name in vain. This is change.
2. Every American should use Cocaine at least once. Change.
3. We've never been proud of America until today. Change.
4. Every American should give one terrorist a job. Change.
5. Make as much money as you can off illegal real estate deals, ($860.000 worth) Change.
6. Lie every change you get then contradict yourself the next day. "I NEVER HEAR REV. WRIGHT SAY THOSE WORDS UNTIL THE PRESS AIRED THEM.'" "OH YEAH, I HEARD THEM ALRIGHT BUT I DIDN'T NECESSARILY BELIEVE THEM." Change.

MAN THIS IS CHANGE WE CAN BELIEVE IN. McCAIN 08

The people that actually do the drilling say it will take 2 to 3 years once the ban is lifted. Why does everyone still think it's 10?

We need a comprehensive policy that includes everything – oil, coal, nuclear, wind, and solar. There are no electric trailer trucks, no electric cargo ships, and no good way to replace the petroleum in plactic production. We still will need oil for a long time to come – let's get it from our own backyard instead of getting it from our adversaries.

McCain is absolutely right on this one. Obama is wrong.

lol @ any simpleton thinking gas prices would magically drop if we started drilling tomorrow.

We don't "keep" the oil we drill for, oil is part of the world market. Plus it'd take 10+ years to see results.

This ad is a LIE.

Obama 08′

Hogwash…Obama isn't responsible for rising gas prices.

Perhaps instead of going after Obama, McCain could maybe come up with some kind of solution all by himself? Maybe some original idea?

And a gas tax holiday, amounting to an average of $30 per person, simply isn't going to do anything. If McCain wants to do something of that nature, just send us all a check for $1,000 or so.

What a complete moron this old man is.

Obama 08

Let's defoul our coasts so that China and India can drive up demand over the next 5 to 10 years. We need to focus on alternate energy including nuclear.

McCain/Lott suck

Thats right, its all Obama's fault for the rising energy prices. If drilling in America is the solution, Senator McCain, then why did you spend so much time championing a summer gas tax holiday? Whatever happened to that idea? Is this another example of throw accusations at Obama, and hopefully, one of them will stick?

Offshore drilling is a joke. It's just to create more revenue for the friends of the republicans– Big Oil. Alternative energy is what we need to be working on. Not Oil. Oil is a non-renewable source of energy and we cannot depend on it forever, if we search for alternatives now, it'll be easier for us in the future.

Obama 08

Poor old McSame, next he will be blaming Obama for the mortgage crisis and global warming. How about blaming his pal Phil Gramm for the mortgage crisis/UBS ties and the Enron loophole?

The United States is like a junky with a addiction for oil. McCain's policies are like those that enable the addiction. Just one more hit (well) and everything will be okay.

Truth of the matter is that we need true leadership that says no….stop eliminating the pain by reducing the price of oil. We need a true altenative energy policy that gets us off oil. Nuclear, wind, hydroelectric are all sources as long as we get to carbon neutral electric cars.

Washington has propped up the automotive industry for decades not to mention the billions on tax breaks and incentives to oil companies. Get Oil out of Washington and elect Obama.

Obama is a junior senator from IL. Pah – lease! Let's look at all the people in congress and the senate (Many for decades) and cast blame where is should lie. I believe this would apply to John Insane. Look in the mirror buddy. You have had decades to do something about this.

For those of you wanting McCain as the next President. Be careful what you hope for, you may get it.

ATTACK ATTACK ATTACK…. I am sooooooooooo sick of it…

Why can't we all run a clean campaign? isn't that what McCain promised for at the beginning?

Try economics 101's law of supply and demand before you snub what McCain has to say on this one.

Consumers, me (at least), can't afford to wait for alternative energies to be viable enough. Yes, alternative energies need to be pursued and the auto and oil industries are responding well – but it will still take time to become affordable for the average American. In the short term, we need more supply to combat the higher demand. Plain and simple.

Yes, there is a shortage of oil on the market, due to the growing economies of China, India & other countries, but the main reason for our high price of oil is the sinking dollar & that is the courtesy of the idiot in the White House & his draft-dodging coward of a vp. However, I believe we have this oil problem due to the policies of Ronald Reagan, another farseeing politician. After Nixon & Carter began to sponsor programs to come up with alternative forms of energy, Reagan cancelled them all. He believed the US government shouldn't be involved with energy research, only weapons development. We are now reaping the benefit of the republican free-market approach.

I like it… I like anything that will help damage Obama boy.

His thug follower and supporters are racist creeps just like Obama and Michelle. I want a true American in the White House and won't settle for a extreme liberal who doesn't share my values.

PUMA PAC unite and stop the madness. McCain '08 for Clinton '12

We need to start looking in the long term. One of the reasons I will not vote for McCain is that he would rather spend money on ruining our environment than actually putting some work into finding another way.
I have a hard time no believing that McCain is a watered down version of Bush. I have watch 8 years of putting war above all other needs. doesn't anyone ask them selves how we got here with the gas prices. Of course it would be easy to just drill and we will be back to square one eventually.

I'm no Obama fan but McCain is wrong on this. We don't need more drilling – we need to get off of our independence on oil, period.

Invest those billions into alternative energy sources (hydrogen, solar, fusion, etc). That investment will pay off for decades to come. Even if you start now, it will take years to get the first barrel. Think long term, people! The time has come to move away from fossil fuels.

Abby – the border,I guess we could say is about 1000 miles of Iran . This (below) is what the media should be reporting. Mr. Foriegn policy expert, McClueless is just not good enough or smart enough to do this job.

Where exactly is the 'Iraq/Pakistan border’?

Asked by ABC's Diane Sawyer Monday morning whether the "the situation in Afghanistan in precarious and urgent," McCain responded:

"I think it's serious. . . . It's a serious situation, but there's a lot of things we need to do. We have a lot of work to do and I'm afraid it's a very hard struggle, particularly given the situation on the Iraq/Pakistan border," said

McCain must believe the American voters are stupid. This ad campaign is insulting.

Before they start drilling off our shores for more oil we won't see for twenty years and shouldn't need by then, they should force the oil companies to drill on all the untapped land they have already.

Two weeks ago they had a major breakthrough with solar paneling which doubles their efficiency without raising costs by coating the panels in chemically treated dyes that allow the light to focus more precisely on a point.

Biodiesel is criticized for requiring fossil fuel energy to create. However, in the northwest they are discovering that biodiesel can be produced without a drop of fuel if they use natural biofuel taken from algae grown in greenhouses. One of these greenhouses is able to output a third of a gas station's daily capacity each day. No need to worry about running out, either. The algae population is regenerative. The creation of one greenhouse is, like solar paneling, a one-off investment that, while expensive, repays itself over time.

John McCain is out there every day, saying the answer is drilling, drilling, drilling and nuclear. He wants us to move from heroin to cocaine. Pretty soon it's not going to be oil corporations looking for drilling land, it's going to be nuclear corporations looking for dumping land.

Offshore drilling is an incredible blow the environment. One with no net benefit, except to those for whom the environment is, irrationally, an enemy.

The Ole MAN is at it again… MAC is desparate.. How is MAC going to lower gas prices tomorrow? By the way what… happened to ole Phill Gramm? Is he still complaining about Whiners? MAC's buddy in thought and action..

McCain is is what he appears to be, an angry senile OLD manl….
No real solutions to anything, just constant discrediting of Obama
on everything. I can’t wait for the debates, it will be a repeat of what we
saw between Kennedy and Nixon. Obama will make it very clear how
out of touch McCain really is. This country can’t take four more years
of a Fool like the one in the White house!

And does McCain explain why oil companies are not drilling now on land and offshore? They have rights to drill on millions of acres but are not doing so. They also don't plan to act on any new offshore drilling sights any time soon. There are no drilling rigs available from what we've been told.

Oil is not renewable and will be depleted eventually. Isn't it just smarter to develop renewable sources of energy and break the dependence on the Middle East all together?

I missed the part in the ad where it says that drilling won't make any difference for ten to fifteen years, and even then only by a few pennies as the fuel goes on the world market and not just to the US?

Sooo, if this doesn't really fix anything, and you are now attacking Obama when it was YOUR campaign co-chair Graham who wrote the law that allowed for this to happen, doesn't that kind of make this the Republicans fault?

I am ashamed to say I ever thought you were a good man, obviously I was wrong to every think you were different than the rest of the Republicans. How does it feel to have sold your soul?

Everyone talks about "THE RECORD, THE RECORD", well for THE RECORD the oil companies have approx. 98 MILLION ACRES that they have on lease from the fed. govt that there NOT DRILLING ON! In lamens terms the oil companies have land approx. THE SIZE OF CALIFORNIA that they can do with whatever they want. WHY AREN"T THEY DOING ANYTHING????? The admission from the administration that the oil from these offshore wells wouldn't effect anything until 2017, what kinda plan is that coming from a 25+ year veteran of Congress. Pretty good foresight right there.

OBAMA '08

and did america just learn about this offshore drilling? Wow! that's all I can say. What a shame and utter arrogance. You mess up the economy and blame it on somebody else. Some people really have a lot of balls. One thing though, even though we are struggling economically, we are not struggling interllectually like you are McCain. Please show some respect to this great nation and people. I am begging you. WE ARE NOT IDIOTS!!!!!! JUST STOP IT!

Uh… people… Just because an ad is targeted at 'less educated' or 'stupid' (or however you want to describe them) people, doesn't mean it won't work. Those 'stupid' people are the ones who will be electing the next president. If you can concoct nonsense that is convincing to them, then you have it in the bag – whichever side you're on.

You can drill anywhere in the U.S. offshore or Anwr but it will only affect oil company profits and not consumer prices. Look at Canada with more oil reserves than Saudi Arabia and our prices are higher than those in the U.S.

The news medias know this yet won't print the truth so in fact they are selling out the American people and the environment. WHY?

Bush and his gang invaded Iraq for the oil according to McCain and all that has happened is oil prices went up over a $100.00 a barrel more than they were before Bush took office when they were at $28.00 a barrel.

Anyone who listens to anything the Republicans preach on economic matters need to seek some therapy unless they enjoy being skinned at every turn.

He like Nancy Pelosi are taking food off the dinner table of my kids. Nanacy Said elect the democrats and we will lower gas prices. NOT!

Young country of old me!!

McCain misspoke on ABC's Good Morning America, as he talked about the problems on the "Iraq-Pakistan border." He probably meant to say the Afghanistan-Pakistan border as they were talking about Afghanistan and there is no Iraq-Pakistan border.

McCain was asked if he agrees that the situation in Afghanistan is precarious and urgent. To that, he said, "Well I think it's very serious…I don't know the exact vocabulary, but it's a serious situation, but there's a lot of things we need to do. We have a lot of work to do and I'm afraid it's a very hard struggle, particularly given the situation on the Iraq/Pakistan border."

McCain has made other mistakes on the region, including confusing Sunni with Shia and on more than one occasion stating incorrectly that Al Qaeda was getting help from Iran.

Can We image If this was Obama making these mistake.
You McCain supporters would be dancing in the street!

This type of policy has worked in the past to…why would they not expect it to work this time? Reality is there is a large proportion of the American people that are stupid enough to believe this. Create fear…how long will this type of behavior be acceptable to those Americans not capable of thinking themselves?

ALL of our elected officials for the past 20 years have been negligent in taking decisive actions to preclude the mess we're in today. This was forecasted decades ago–certainly blaming one guy who hasn't even been in office for 4 years isn't fair. There's plenty of blame to spread around–including John.

Hey SID P Hillary lost. Stop the SHOUTING and trying to drown out the Obama message.

For those of you who believe that off-shore drilling will take take 5-10 years to see the results, you need to check out last weeks interview on MSNBC of an oil trader. He stated, with today's technology in drilling we could see oil with in 12-18 months. However, he said we need to build cleaner, more efficient refineries to refine the oil we drill. Those take 5-7 years to build, but our current refineries could handle to influx on our off-shore oil. We need this oil to help us sustain our current way of life until more efficent enviro-friendly options become available.

WASNT MCCAIN AGAINST DRILLING AT ONE TIME????

The cost of oil has been driven up by speculation. What will happen if there is a thought that future supply will increase? The costs will go down now. If we would have started in the mid 90s, it would already have made a difference. With no alternative even close, we need to plan for the future. We need help now. Releasing our reserves is not the answer. Those supplies are for a short-term national emergencies. This is not a short-term problem. We need to act now.

My 11 year old could come up with better ads against Obama and we are an Obama household!!

Ridiculous!!

That ad has Karl Rove written all over it. Wake up people…these republican attack ads are just more of the same FROM the same people who sold you George Bush.

THIS MORON THINKS WE HAVE THE SAME IQ & MEMORY, HE HAS.

HIS VOTE FOR EVERY BUSH AGENDA LEAD US HERE.

THE IRAQ WAR HAS GIVEN OUR ECONOMY A SEVEN $TRILLION

HIT. BETWEEN THE LOANS, THE DEVALUATION OF OUR DOLLAR

AND THE EXPENDITURES INVOLVED, IF WE STOP FUNDING IT,

TODAY, IT WILL TAKE SEVEN TO TEN YEARS TO RECOVER.

NOW SLEAZO WANTS TO MAKE SOMEONE ELSE RESPONSIBLE.

ARE WE REALLY THAT STUPID?? MAYBE, WE ELECTED BUSH !!!!

The McCain campaign is showing itself as extremely limited in making meaningful messages in their ads. Do they really believe the vote will be influenced by their silly ads? The ads definitely are not targeted for mature, intelligent voters.

Another negative attack ad! So much for John McCain's "new kind of campaign and candidate." This guy's credit is tanking comparing to his run in 2000!

Where is the Iraq Pakistani border? McCain is disaster

Great ad, Senator McCain! Especially the part about, "don't hope for it, vote for it." McCain
Drilling is not the only solution to the problem, but it is a start. We still have millions of vehicles on the road that need gasoline to run. Not all citizens will be able to afford a new alternative fuel vehicle (especially if Obama is elected) and will still depend on gasoline powered vehicles to get them to work, school and grocery shopping. Environmentalists and liberals are too worried about the tourist trade at ocean resorts to allow drilling to ease the burden on people at the pumps. Who will be supporting these tourist towns when people can no longer afford to go there? And who will be there to look at and frolic at these beautiful beaches? Only the wealthiest people will be able to afford that luxury. We need to do all we can to supply energy to the American people, and if it takes ten years to actually produce it, so what? We will still need it in ten years.

That silly John McCain. He's just worried that when he looses this November, he'll be paying more to fill up one of his wife's beer trucks. This Stella's for you John.

McCain, McCain, I hate to inform you that more than 3/4 of the citizens in this country know that you and this ad tells a untruth – and if you continue this lying your nose will start to grow.

Please stop insulting us

Sen. Russ Feingold recently asked oil execs why their companies are only developing 12 of the 42 million acres of federal lands that they are leasing. The executives could not come up with a good explanation. In addition, oil companies are only developing 8 of the 38 million acres of offshore leased areas. With over 100 billion barrels of oil under federal lands and waters that are being leased or are available for leasing, Congress must properly encourage their development. This is why Se. Feingold introduced the Responsible Federal Oil and Gas Lease Act, which says that if oil and gas companies want to lease additional federal lands, they must either be producing or diligently developing their existing federal leases, or they have to give up those leases. This is a responsible way to increase production and keep the private sector accountable for production.

Any McSame followers or Fox News droids have an answer for this (obviously not because you'd have to be "informed" to know the facts).

The ad is misleading. What it should read is that Obama is not willing to jeopardize our children and grandchildren's lives for our perceived well being.

Destroying these delicate resources to drill for oil is a short term, near sighted political solution. One that wouldn't benefit us for another 10 years given how long it takes between getting approval to drill, and refining the oil you get from the earth.

Whats wrong Obamites? Truth hurt? Gas is up nearly two dollars since the Democrats took power. Obama's energy policy is simply saying no to any innovative long-term and helpful short-term polices. McCain has recommended: $300 million incentive for a super battery, government funding for research, tax breaks for hybrid/electric vehicle purchases, tax incentives for wind/solar, allowing states to open up off-shore drilling, etc..
Pretty words don't solve problems.

These ads will probably only work where the demographic is married to their first cousin? (wait, didn't Rudy Giuliani do that?) Yeah, Oil prices are Obama's fault, because in the late 70's he was a young man, but that was his fault, not Nixon's or anyone else' who could've look for alternate resources like Brazil did. And what just happened recently? They found billions of barrels worth of Oil for their country, and they will export it and make a huge profit, strengthening their economy, while us in the U.S. get less gas, pay more for it, and hurt our economy because we depend on other countries for Oil. Garbage.

McCain has a better chance of blaming Obama for his arthritis than he does for high gas prices. Americans aren't quite that dumb.

McCain has begged, appealed for and promised to the supporters, backers and influences behind Bush-Cheney. Since 2003 McCain has again and again flip-flopped to become a strong supporter and backer of the Bush admin. and now he has their full support. McCain is a product of, is dependent on and indebted to Washington as usual. McCain has stated that he believes in the Bush-Cheney policies and seeks their continuation. Now this country desperately needs drastic change, some possible to implement quickly, more possible to only start. With Barack Obama there isn't any guarantees, only promise for the chance to see change. The promise for the chance for change seems a far better choice than the guarantee for more of the same.

This ad and ads like it are going to backfire on McCain. Obama has not been in office for the past 8 years. A Republican president has. And the Republican nominee, McCain, has sided with the Bush Administration 98% of the time. It was this Republican Administration, which McCain has been a willing part of, that invaded Iraq and started the war, raised gas prices, raised food prices, shipped our jobs overseas, and created nothing but tax cuts for the wealthy.

And now, because Obama is against the plan to allow his rich oil buddies to drill offshore, so they canmake even more billions, he wants to attack Obama, saying Obama is the cause of high gas prices?

McCain has lost it. No Country for senile old men.

This ad wouldn't work on informed people, but then again, Americans are pretty stupid. After all, we voted for bush… twice.

Just how stupid Americans are is yet to be seen, but I wouldn't put it past us to vote for McBush for a third round of incompetence.

Unbelieveable! As are most of his ads.

McCain is an idiot. I'm no fan of Obama, but anyone who thinks that new drilling is going to solve our energy problems needs to grow a brain.

This Ad will only work for less educated and Republican suckers who are not going to vote for Democrat no matter what, beside that Mccain is wasting his limited money to a non effective ad.

Why american worry about the gas prices. They are half of what is common all over Europe ! High prices will force adaptation towards new way of energy perception.

McSame is grasping at straws, what a loon.

Obama has it right..

AMERICAN MADE HYBRID CARS LIKE THE PRIUS.

Negative adds is all that the republicans know how to do. It wont work this time. Hillary tried going negative on Obama, and it didnt work. It wont work for Bush'e twin brother McCain either.

Ohmygosh, I was going to vote for Obama, but now, knowing that he's directly responsible for the 47% increase in gas prices this past year, I'll NEVER vote for him.

Hahahahaha!

McCain campaign, you give Americans very little credit. Yes, there are many out there who might buy into this fear-mongering and finger-pointing, but anyone with a reasonable amount of intelligence should be able to see right through this ad.

Maintaining the status quo is the wrong thing to do. For all those afraid of Obama's inexperience, take a look at this country and ask yourself, truly, how much worse could it get? Bobo the Chimp could do a better job than Bush has done, and Bobo sounds a heckuva lot more intelligent. At least, with electing Obama, we have a chance at installing common sense into the White House, something we've been sorely lacking over the last 7 1/2 years.

This ad is ridiculous. John McCain is a flip flopper. We are a world of whinner. I whin about gas prices. But there oil men in the white white. I whin about my tax but the rich get a least tax cut. I whin grocery price but the president can eat fish egg and a expensive meal. So McCain stop lying to America an tell the truth. You like war. You like poor American staying poor. You not going to do anything about immigration. If you going to built fencing. Let built fencing on the Candian side too. Let stop all immigration not only Mexico. What about oversea immigration. Just because they have money they don't have the right to stay here in America too. Get it together and stop the lying.

25 years in the senate and nothing to show for it. Why now?

Don't most Americans know that McCain's energy policy is a joke? He said himself that drilling would only ease psychologically-induced concerns – no relief at the pump for decades. Are people listening to what McSame says?

Vote no to the crypt keeper. Vote yes to change.

YES WE WILL!!! OBAMA'08

Drilling for more oil will not reduce prices. There is already plenty of oil. The companies are just greedy.
What we need is politician that will make oil completely illegal. We need to use solar, electric and hydrogen. This will also help boost the economy.
This McCain add is lame. Want to blame someone for the state of the economy blame Bush and the White House. Who McCain has supported. McCain also supported the war that has helped destroy our economy.
People who watch tV and believe these ads…lame.

This is utterly stupid!

This mccain commercial is pathetic-he's been in washington for over 26 years and what has he done to help lower gas prices? NOTHING! I find his whole campaign very amusing.

This is politics at its lowest level. Does Phil Graham and the ENRON Loophole ring a bell???

The reason oil prices are high is because of Bush in his GOP mobsters. Off shoredrilling is another hoax of putting fear in Americans. They continue to make deals with big oil to make them richer, it will take 10 years before the oil hits the U.S pumps that's if we are already out bid by China, India and Japan.

We need energy independence with renewable resources in ten years we won't need.

How dare McSame blames Obama.

Latinos OPEN your eyes, we can smell a RAT miles away,open up your eyes and ears OBAMA is not for the Latinos People. He will destroy the Hispanic Community with is Radical movement. To all my Latinos Brothers and Sisters let unite together Puertorican, Mexican, Cuban, Colombian, Dominican, and all of the Latinos let unite and elect John McCain for President. He stand more for our values, he needs, and wisdom, he is a PATRIOT to this great country USA. OBAMA is NOT for the Latinos people he is a FAKE, he Flip Flops on everything just to get a vote. Remember Vote for John McCain

Latinos for McCain!! 2008

Wow.
McCain is going to feel the backlash against these kind of lies as we near Novenmber.
It's now been widely reported that more drilling would not make any kind of immediate impact on our energy prices. And, in years from now (if we started drilling today) when the oil finally hot the market, we would see a totally insignificant impact on energy prices.
The McCain campaign underestimates the knowledge and intellegence of the American people. They obviously think they can just campaign on lies and false propaganda.

Um….what have we come to when being against oil drilling is a bad thing. We need independence from oil not just foreign oil. McCain will take us back to the 50's and 60's but Obama will lead us into tomorrow.

BARACK THE VOTE!!!

That is the most ridiculous commercial I've ever heard…

Who can we blame for rising gas prices? OBAMA? I'm not an Obama supporter, but this is just an idiotic claim.

Good Lord I hate election years. It brings out all of the worst in both parties.

Mccain : You are wrong as always.
Obama is not Bush/cheney ,two biggest oil man that has failed the country with their tired and failed oil policy for the past 7.5 years.

Isn't McCain the guy that wants a "gas tax holiday", that doesn't work for the common man? Beat Obama up while he's out of the country McCain, he'll deal with you when he returns. Thanks for leaking out Obama's trip to Iraq and Afghanistan, that was mighty security minded of you, ya think?

New Mccain ad pegs Obama…. blah blah blah. Will the grown ups please step forward in the Republican party? All they seem to be is against Obama, what are they for? If they have a better plan, reveal it, absent of swipes and smears. God! they are so boring and childlike in their message approach to the American people. They asume we are all stupid and would swallow anything they, with the help of McCain's proclaimed base (the media) feed us. Enough already. Next thing they will blame Obama for is Global Warming.

Talk aboput pandering and shifting positions with polical winds…not to mention a big flip flop on Mclames part….while Mclame is spending his money on attacks add taht are not working, BO is putting his money in GOTV and registering more DEms to vote in Nov. BO has raised more than Mclame and can match him in spending ad's coming up…translation: BO is manageing his money smarter and more effectively than Mclame, translation: Mclame is a loser!

Talk about a political party that wants to lose, obviuosly throwing in the towel with McCain, how blithering could one person be, looks like they are hoping Obama will come in start the clean up process than take the blame for a decade of abuse to our country.

Sorry to put it like this, but if the American people believe that drilling will even come close to solving the gas price issue, then they are as stupid as conservative groups have pegged them. It's shameful that some Americans are so uninformed that this ploy will actually work. There are conservatives who know this will not help our situation, but they sit back and say nothing at the expense of this nation’s welfare. This will only give oil companies more supply to filter through a corrupt commodities trading system. The only benefit to drilling is increase profit to the oil companies, not to what the average American pays for a gallon of gas.

You don't have to like Obama and you could be a staunch McCain supporter, but don't let this lie spread. You would be doing your fellow Americans a disservices.

Have you ever heard anyone suggest to a person addicted to cocaine to try crack in order to help themselves rid their dependence? Or have you heard someone from AA suggest to a beer drinker to drink whiskey to help cure their addiction to alcohol?

There has got to be more intelligent Americans out there. This doesn't help us in the short run and it differently doesn't help us in the long run. I don't care who you like as president, just don't believe this lie that drilling will even begin to fix the gas problem here in America.

Every economist, every financial analyst and the oil industry has said the plans McCain and Bush want to institute would not produce "one drop of oil" for at least 10 years. We do not need McCain to provide us with a physiological fix; we don't need analytical babble. We need short term or near short term relief and most of all we don't need this misrepresentations of the facts just to get the job in the White House. If McCain has such extreme experience why hasn't he got any new ideas…………

McCain say this with two oli men in charge interesting

New Obama add:

"Gas prices, $4, $5, no end in sight," says the announcer in the ad.

"Because some in Washington are still saying no to talking to Iran. Who can you thank for rising prices at the pump?" continues the announcer.

Soundbites from the song "Bomb, Bomb Bomb Iran" are playing in the background with John McCain stating the US is killing the Iranians by exporting cigarettes to their country. "Oil continues to rise at an alarming pace due to fear of war and tighter trade sanctions with one of the world's largest oil producers."

The announcer continues, saying that "one man knows we must now become an active participant in foreign relations and rescue our nation's reputation with the world. Don't fear war with Iran. Vote for Obama."

America make a choice: will it be us or some fish? The democrats are showing their intelligence by saying no to off shore drilling, so let them suffer in the election booth.

wow.. let the swift-boating begin.
Typical republican tactics..
and they talk about morality.. republicans have no morals..
distorted American way of life for 6 years and now distorting the facts…

It would be a good start if the oil companies started drilling on the 68 million acres of federal land that they already have permits for. In the end, however, drilling is not the answer and will do nothing in the short term. Even T. Boone Pickens says so.

The equation is simple, price is equal to the difference between supply and demand. Fortunately, supplies are finite and Obama, not McSame, realizes this to be a fact. We cannot change this fact, but we can change our demand for oil, another reality Obama gets that McBush does not. One way or another, we are gonna have to cut back on our consumption and by doing so we will reduce our demand and in doing, the price we pay for petroleum. Not to mention the environmental price we pay for its consumption. McBush is just too gutless to stand up and take steps to get us out of this mess. We can't simply drill our way out.

THERE IS ONLY 4-5 years worth of oil in ANWR and the east Gulf/Atlantic coast combined!!!….NOT EXACTLY THE SOLUTION WE NEED!!!!

Who you fooling McSame? Aint the drilling favoring you and your pocket lobbyist who finance your campaign?? No more lies oldie.. Americans are more enlightened now. Obama my vote!

Obama also oppossed a gas tax holiday – in any context – solely because it did not create a large enough savings for more affluent people like himself.

The Republicans–Cheney, Rumsfeld, Bush, McCain–have unmitigated gall. They spent trillions on Iraq–not on alternative fuel type automobiles. If the Republicans vision had been properly focused, we would not need to worry about gas prices–period. Aside from that, the problem of 9/11 was never in Iraq; it was in Afghanistan!
Thank you Republicans for nothing! But, the Cheneys and the like are involved with oil. McCain's wife is loaded with dough. They could care less about the rest of us.

We need to stop drilling because the HOLE in Mount McCan't head is growing larger by the minute.

As T. Boone Pickens ( big oil man ) has said, we cannot drill our way out of this mess. Blaming Dems (one seat majority) for high energy prices is laughable and something the american people will be able to see through. Secret energy meetings, big oil lobbyists on K Street, bailing out rich investment banks, wall street, ect..Folks, they don't care about average americans, we aren't their base. How deep do they think this cookie jar is? Then Treasury Sec'y saying this last weekend that we are heading for some hard times but our banks remain solvent?

Hopefully the majority of American voters will see past this pandering for what it truly is. Just BS gimmicks attempting to appeal to most of us that are hurting economically, especially at the pump.

What this really does show is who is on the side of the oil companies and who is not. McCain is in the same camp as bush and cheney when it comes to oil. Maximize profits at the expense of our environment and at the expense of our better judgment. Obama is not and actually seems to be concerned with our environment as well as on the side of superior judgment.

Drilling off shore will do absolutely nothing to bring down the price of gas, even when that oil does hit the shelf a DECADE from now. Global demand is simply too high. What it does do though is dig us even deeper in our dependence for oil.

I fell the other day and cut my knee wide open and cracked a rib , I know that was Obama's fault also.Bush has been prez for seven and a half years, until 2006 republicans was in control of the house and senate.If off shore drill was the answer why didn't they do anything then.For six years they did nothing , but cost the tax payer money.Keep digging John McBush the truth is still the same you will be a third term of Bush. Barack Hussein Obama 08

Connie"Hussein'Sturgeon from Indiana

Desperation comes in many colors.
Republicans had six years of total control of Congress and the White House. Just who had the best opportunity to fix our energy problem?

McCain is getting desprate. It is very pathetic.

SAME THING HILLARY CLINTON TRIED TO DO-

DID NOT WORK – AT LEAST GIVE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE SOME RESPECT AND SHOW HER THAT YOU LOVE HER NOW MORE THAT WHEN YOU HATED HER DURING YOUR CAPTIVITY IN VEITNAM. NO WONDER- OH I GET IT YOU CAN'T EVEN REMEMBER WHO WROTE THE AD SO YOU SENT THE EMAIL THROUGH THE FAX MACHINE TO YOUR HEARING AIDE YOU NEVER WEAR. WOW MR McCAIN LIFE MUST BE REALLY GOOD FOR YOU SELECT MEMORY HOPE YOU DONT USE ONE OF THOSE RED PHONE ADS BECAUSE I WOULD HATE FOR YOU TO TRY AND SEND WAR CODE TO YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS BY DIALING ON THE PHONE. jUST GIVE UP MY GUY LOST. GEE YOU ARE NOT VERY BRIGHT AND THE PEOPLE YOU HAVE WOW WHERE DID THEY COME FROM A SWEAT SHOP IN UNION STATION. JUST WOW JUST WOW

Do they think that Americans are that stupid to believe in this "drilling ad"?

Why aren't the Reps, two Oil men in the whitehouse and McSame calling for more drilling in the existing offshore areas leased to the Oil companies? Well, you know the answer, they aren't interested in drilling, it's just another gimick to solve our mental recession.

Drill now in the allowed ofshore lands if you really are interested in drilling or we'll take away those leases before issuing any new ones!

2 things:
Obama is not responsible for higher gas prices, the oil market is.

and

Lifting the ban on drilling on the shelf will be temporary fix: SOMETHING POLITICAL PANDERERS (LIKE MCCAIN) MAKE THEIR LIVING OFF OF.

McCain: Make up your mind: are you a neo-con, or an independent republican? Get back to the Senate and vote once or twice so we know.

oh really…

hahaha….so if i really get it right..you and your repugs friends put the whole country in a chaotic situation ( economie, gaz price, morgage etc) and you wanna make us beleive it's barack Obama's fault.

These people really think we're all dumb, stupid , retarded…

M. Mcnobrain, we are just not as retarted as you are.

nice try anyway…had a good laugh

New McCain ad hits Obama on energy policy
"Because some in Washington are still saying no to drilling in America. No to independence from foreign oil. Who can you thank for rising prices at the pump?" continues the announcer.
"Obama, Obama" chants are then heard in the commercial.

BE honest DRILLING no instant result for gas problem …Shame on you McShame

SAME THING HILLARY CLINTON TRIED TO DO-

DID NOT WORK – AT LEAST GIVE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE SOME RESPECT AND SHOW HER THAT YOU LOVE HER NOW MORE THAT WHEN YOU HATED HER DURING YOUR CAPTIVITY IN VEITNAM. NO WONDER- OH I GET IT YOU CANT EVEN REMEMBER WHO WROTE THE AD SO YOU SEND THE EMAIL. THROUGH THE FAX MACHINE TO YOUR HEARING AIDE YOU NEVER WEAR. WOW MR McCAIN LIFE MUST BE REALLY GOOD FOR YOU. SELECT MEMORY HOPE YOU DONT USE ONE OF THOSE RED PHONE ADS BECAUSE I WOULD HATE FOR YOU TO TRY AND SEND WAR CORD TO YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS BY DIALING ON THE PHONE. jUST GIVE UP MY GUY LOST BY GEE YOU ARE NOT VERY BRIGHT AND THE PEOPLE YOU HAVE WOW WHERE DID THEY COME FROM A SWEAT SHOP IN UNION STATION. JUST WOW JUST WOW

out an out lies. So if we were to believe this ad, we would think that Obama wants us to stay dependent on foreign oil.

This is utterly ridiculous and true to form for the repugs. my question is who will believe this deceitful ad…….uneducated and uninformed voters? the george bush and disgruntled hillary supporters will probably believe it….sad!

This is one of the things that frustrates me about the media. Any realistic, independent oil expert will tell you that there is not enough American oil to affect the price of at the bump. Oil is a world wide traded commodity. Its price is set by supply and demand. In order for American drilling to affect the price at the pump, we would have to produce enough oil to effect the long term, overall, aggregate world supply of oil to such a degree as to effect the price commodity speculators are willing to invest. Folk we plainly don’t have that much oil and any reasonable professional will tell you that. ASK T. BOONE PICKENS!

Now this is not a topic for debate, it is just a plain fact. So why is the media (I use the singular because that is what the media really is) reporting the ad rather than reporting the false nature of the ad? They are doing nothing more than lending time to further spread disinformation.

McCain and his republican dirt slingers know that drilling today will have zero effect on prices at the pump for at least 10 years. The reason McCain is for drilling off our coasts is because there are no oceans in AZ. Stay away from CA McCain, you won't take this state EVER.

AH… FEAR. A page out of the ol' Bush playbook. Nice, McSame. Nice.

While mccain said we are in iraq fighting now so that when "we win", we get the oil and wont have to fight again….

This is a blatant lie and false advertising.

McCain has done nothing at all about our energy crisis other than to support Bush Inc's unsustainable policies.

Don't be fooled by this election year stunt … drilling anywhere in the U.S. will not bring down gas prices … they will only continue to rise.

We are way behind the rest of the developed world in our commitment to RENEWABLE energy and the last 8 years have been a complete loss on many fronts, but particularly in advances of renewable energy sources. We need to jump start solar and wind programs in order to stay competetive in the global economy. Oil is a dying energy source. No wars will be fought over wind and solar power.

This ad will not work. The only ones to blame is the TWO oil men in the white house and McSame is nothing but 4 more years of McBush.

Where exactly is the 'Iraq/Pakistan border’?

Asked by ABC's Diane Sawyer Monday morning whether the "the situation in Afghanistan in precarious and urgent," McCain responded:

"I think it's serious. . . . It's a serious situation, but there's a lot of things we need to do. We have a lot of work to do and I'm afraid it's a very hard struggle, particularly given the situation on the Iraq/Pakistan border," said

Whatever. We know that drilling here won't produce oil for as many as ten years.

Obama '08!

This ad is shameful.

NO MORE NEGATIVE adds!!! NO MORE fear or warmongering! NO MORE lies. We have gotten a lot smarter. Republican for Obama!

Yeah, Obama is to blame for rising gas prices. And Yougoslavia too.
These ads make me sick.

YAY! Keep attacking Obama with the truth.

Why doesn't anyone go after his record of present: clearly that shows that the man is afraid or unwilling to take a stand. Presumably so when he ran for president, he would have nothing to defend.

Obama is the same old politician and while I can appreciate people are nervous and it's good to hang on hope and nice words, but will that get the job done? We need someone who will make decisions, right or wrong, and then work to make things happen, even if it means changing a position. (it's okay to flip-flop as long as you don't do it for political expediency as Obama does).

I'm not a McCain fan, but I see right through Obama.

These adds are intended for the less educated.
say we drill,it would take 10 years to get anything rite.sounds good but what they are not saying is that most of that oil would be bought by counties such as China and India.so where does that leaves us?
same place we are today.

we need to get off this oil addiction.
I think the real terrorist are the oil companies and some of the countries we import from.they know they cant beat us militarily but they can sure beat us financially.

this ad is ridiculous. mccain is hoping that americans are stupid enough to believe that offshore drilling will actually work. it's all for show. why not tap into the reserves that are ALREADY THERE while we transition ourselves to alternative forms of energy? that's what they are there for. nobody wants a repeat of santa barbara '69.