IT really does not matter who Mcains picks as VP. Mccain is sure to win. Mr Hussan is the most unqualified person to ever seek the office of President but it does show the tremendous ignorance of our Country to even allow for the chance that this con man could be President of the United States.

SaveTheDramaFoObamasMama July 23rd, 2008 9:31 am ET

Obamabots are the most disrespectful people I have ever met. Childish and immature.

Go McCain!

Can't wait till McCain squashes Obammy in November. : )
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Per your comments, I must infere that you must be an "Obamabot". Name calling is childish and immature.

Libs will vote demo no matter how inane his policies are…if he even states them while conservs will vote repub no matter what. its pathetic that we the ppl cant choose our own leader.

The Obama blooters here reveal their ignorance.

Texas Trail Dog, let me see if I understand you. You said: "Of course the the President is the ultimate Commander-in-Chief but he does need to know what the hell is going on before he makes a decision. "
That is the type of president we have had, one that has no idea what the hell is going and lets his flunkies (Cheney & Rove) make all the decisions that ultimately are made only to line their pockets.

McBush has to "inch" bless his heart. The old guy is just too old to run.

Thanks to all you liberal commentators for showing your true colors once again - The Party of NO - No Ideas and no solutions! As most of you have shown, when the intellectual debate starts you resort to name calling - GROW UP PEOPLE!

Hey CNN - To a clear-thinking person the unbalanced ratio of liberal to conservative commentators would suggest your ntework is left-leaning but you can deny that too, that's okay. As for me, I found the link at Drudge and couldn't resist the opportunity to put some liberals on their heels.

All these Mc(insert whatever lame generalization comes to mind) are really getting annoying. Come up with something substantive or at least original.

We don't know much about his guy. I would have thought that McCain would want to pick someone who is more familiar to the American people and someone they know, especially since it's this late in the game. I'm not sure picking this guy from Minnesota would be a wise choice.

Wonderful knowledge of history to call names:McScum,McLame etc. Covers up that Obama HAS NO QUALIFICATIONS WHATSOEVER to be president and the media knows it but is in the tank for him anyway. McCain was a war hero,tortured for his country, and has long experience in the Senate. Obama spent 20 years in a church which spewed anti white and antiJewish sentiment. THAT is the longest experience he can claim. This 'tour' is pure PR with no substance.

Obama is so fake - the product of a slick PR team. An empty suit, and no more.

Obviously I am an Obama supporter but I will not disrespect McCain. Some of you McCain supporters are just crude… "Save the drama for Obama mama" <== very clever who taught you that a fifth grader? The thing is I am not voting for McCain because I do not want the right to Choose taken from me, I do not want to be in war for the next 100 years, I want a President that is youthful enough to understand modern technology and can support us into making the necessary changes (energy, environmental etc…)…. So play nice and if you do not have anything nice to say don't say anything…. Or say what you want and let your ignorance shine…. I mean with the state of our Country right now and you have the audacity to vote for McCain which is the same as voting for Bush we all ready know your intelligence level … vote on emotion and not simple common sense….. Emotional votes got us into this BIG Old MESS WE ARE IN NOW…. Too bad Bush did not take heed to Obama words like he is doing now… maybe we would be better off but hey McCain supporters … McCain is not taking heed…. can we say 3rd year of Bush Policies? Sure you can if you support McCain….

God Bless America!

The suspense is killing us. The entire country is riveted. The world is in suspended animation. Will McCain come down from the mountain and deliver the Word today?

Never mind. We are too busy following Senator Obama, his campaign and the 3 person bi-partisan delegation of Congress as he moves from meetings with leaders of foreign governments, kings, members of the United States military in charge of our ground forces abroad. That's the news. That's where the action is.

It's nice to see that Obama supporters are so educated that they can refrain from childish name calling, or other stupid insults. Nice! This election is being handed to Obama on a silver platter, and he can't put any distance between him and McCain. The reason: McCain is a disguished Senator with many pieces of legislature to his name. Obama… just under two years in the US Senate (actually one, beacuse '07 he spent campaigning for president) and a couple of years in the Illinois senate. He has 130 'present' votes in the senate and finally went to Aghanistan this week. Wow…. that looks very presidential! He's even with McCain right now because the American people fear he's simply does not have enough experience to be the leader of the free world! And, it's not becuase he's black as noted above.

I will be glad when all of this is over. The hatred toward Romney is hard to take.
Pawlenti is ok.
Anybody besides that WHITE guy Barry (50% white from his Mom, the rest is a mix). So sick of the press reading him bedtime stories and rocking him to sleep.

If we can ever get an honest speech from McCain it might go something like this:

"My Friends"……………..phoney grin………….don't worry about my age as it won't be a factor since I have rested up for the past 20 years by doing nothing in the Senate. Well not quite nothing I did go against all the initiatives for women's issues and for veterans affairs.

So VP, please tell us what VICTORY in Iraq means. Still waiting for ANY repub to explain it without resorting to unrelated words like Honor, Sacrifice, and Pride…which they clearly know nothing about.

McLAME / Pawlenty will lose.

BUM BRAT HAS NO CORE WATCH GEORGE SOROS PULLHIS STRINGS> RUN LEFT NO RUN RIGHT> TWO MEN WITH NO PRINCIPLES> YOU KNOW TYPICAL SOCIALISTS>>MORONS!!!

McSame confuse man and braindead…….

Obama 08/12

BTW.. it would be a great deal easier to take the comments of some on this board seriously if they could spell better!

A Obama /Hagel ticket would defeat a McCain/Pawlenty ticket..

ps I am a republican voting for Obama. He is just the better candidate.

Perhaps some day the Democrats will nominate a candidate whose supporters feel comfortable supporting on his merits, rather than replaying the same kind of lame, malicious blather they used against Bush four years ago.

Anybody who maintains that McCain is the same as Bush either hasn't paid attention lo these many years or- more likely- is simply lying maliciously.

As for ideas, it would be a great deal easier to listen to Obamas if they were not either so incredibly naive or attempts to take credit for being wrong on Iraq.

The "hopeless" war and the surge that "wouldn't work" have now created a situation in which even Obama's once-irresponsible deadline is beginning to look plausible, and now Obama is trying to claim credit for McCain having been right!

If he chooses a nobody, then that will be it for me! I have never liked McCain, but would have voted for him if he had the common sense to pick a VP with knowledge (who would hopefully tell him how to do things). The imbecile will lose now!

Liberals get over it!!! John McCAIN WILL WIN

Hispanic for McCain

Oh, all you uptight "hopers" for Obama. Where's his experience? No where. Support a real leader, not a make-believe one.

Hey, Wisconsin -

"McSame?" Hardly. What a laughable comment. Get real.

McFlip Flop better choose someone who understands the economy…because he has admitted that he absolutely knows nothing about it……and while he's deciding he should also get someone with true foreign policy experience and military strategy, because he totally does not get it in Iraq and Afghanistan.
And just wanting to Bomb Iran is not a solution either.

Is everyone on this site in the Obama campaign? Or are the pro-McCain or anti-Obama comments censored?

It's hilarious that the Republicans this year have to look for VP candidates whom nobody has heard of because everyone else is too dirty.

I like to touch me some monkeys!

McCain NEEDS to pick Romney. He is a self-made man. He used his OWN money to run for President. The Media can't attack his intelligence, because he has more brain power, then all the candidates that ran for president. He has been married to the same woman, no affairs, no son's getting into trouble, AND the biggest reason IS, that the Media did all they could to prevent him from being our choice!!!!! The Media was promoting McCain and Huckabee 24/7, and even when Romney won a state or when he came in second, or when he lost Virginia because the Republicans pooled together to let Huck beat Romney, the Media was saying "Romney needs to drop out! " So the Media GOT who they wanted the Republicans to have for a candidate, so now I WANT to at least have the best choice for the Rep.Candidate to be "at least" the VP!

You are all extremely petty I wish you would kill yourselves or neglect your children so they have a horrible, dismembering accident and you live your life wracked with guilt.

Until reading these comments, I didn't realize how polarized this really is. As an Independent reading Obama supporters comments, I'm actually now leaning towards McCain.

Reading these blogs has become a great source of amusement for me, over the morning coffee. You posters are hilarious, especially when you refer to McCain in the most derogatory of terms, i.e. McBush, McSame, McClueless, etc. Good thing we have that 'ol Bastion of Civil Liberties, the First Amendment. Too bad you trash-talkers don't realize how ridiculous you really come across.

The fact is, while you liberals were growing up and whining about how you didn't get everything you wanted, there was [and still is] a contingent of the population who believed and believes in maintaining a sense of pride and responsibility for one's own actions, and giving thanks to those who made the ultimate sacrifices to protect the rights of others. Like it or not, McCain is a decorated hero and a patriot and he suffered atrocities you couldn't even imagine. If you don't want to vote for him, then fine, but for Pete's sake leave his service record alone. You have no business going there. By the way, I had three brothers in 'Nam, and another brother and myself served in the Navy afterward, and I have a son in the Navy in Japan. We didn't serve because we were told to….we served because we felt we had to, and never complained one iota. Looking back, we have no regrets.

Einstein once remarked: "There are two things in the known universe that are infinite - relativity and human stupidity - and I am not sure about the former." Some of you scalawags in these blogs serve as proof positive as to the validity of that statement.

If McCain picks Pawlenty, he'll lose pawlenty of supporters. If he picks Romney ( the one who SHOULD be our man) then he has a chance.

I give up - the candidates are both libs.

All of you ignorant wretches supporting Obama bin laden had better hope is not elected. We will then be led by a man with nothing to offer and no experience to draw from. God bless and protect our country and John McCain.

While I agree that Obama should be 20 to 30 points ahead in the polls, I don't agree that it is because of his race. He could be Brad Pitt and still have the same problem, that he is the most liberal candidate ever nominated. You put someone like Harold Ford, or Colin Powell or Michael Steele and you would see a candidate that most people could go for.

We will wait for Sen. Obama to read his response from a teleprompter. I've had enough of Em, eh, a, em, ugh, a, oh, ooo, a, ah, um, a, to last a lifetime from this President.

Is everyone on this site in the Obama campaign? Or do the pro-McCain or anti-Obama comments censored?

Hey lets think of more ways to make fun of mccain's name…Its so childish, doesnt suprise me coming from Obama supporters though. Most havent graduated high school.

Why did CNN terminate my other post..?
Was it because I called media darlin McVain = to Bush..

Because I said McVain is more of the same…

four more years of WAR.. Bad Economic direction or becasue I said with Pawlenty you get McBush..

No to voting McCain for the sake of voting republican.. No to McCain because he is the in-your-face-more-war-candidate

No to McCain becasue he distorts other peoples records for his own personal advancement.

No to McCain becasue he is GWB just older..

WEAR is YOUR FLAG PIN..???

If McCain were a true patriot, he would drop out of the race, and concede to Obama now. Why put the country through a contentious election season? What the country needs right now is unity behind our next President, Barack Obama, so he can start the transition immediately.

More attempts to steal the spotlight from Obama's very successful Mid East trip. Yesterday it was all about Bobby Jindal. Tomorrow it will be Sarah Palin, Governor of Alaska. Until McCain finds a consistent message/theme around which to base his campaign (which I doubt), he will continue to float trial/news balloons to get attention and disparage Obama. McCain has nothing to offer this country.

But you MUST care if dared to respond. Some little twitch and urge made you respond. I CARE, because I wanna make sure that overrated media-marxist candidate stays OUT OF MY WHITE HOUSE. I wanna world where Spike Lee doesn't get a chance to anything in the Lincoln Bedroom. Obama is not qualified. " Ummm, Uhhh, Ummm".

I have never in my 52 years witnessed so much hatred and ingornance combined. If MCCain wins you better do something with your hatred before it consumes you. Its unfounded and originates from your ignorance of political reality

(second attempt to get past the CNNcensors)

It is interesting that you feel fine about creating silly names like McSame, etc and you get upset when someone uses Hussein as Obama's middle name.

Oh, that's right, it IS his middle name!

Another stupid attempt by the McCain camp to try to be relevant.

I can't believe all you fools that would vote for a guy whose middle name is Hussein. McCain certainly has his faults, but at least he has ideas and not just rhetoric, platitudes and ad hominem arguments like Go-Bama. If Go-Bama's elected bring on the Apocalypse because the USA will no longer be a world power when he is through.

OBAMA IS CLUELESS! GOD HELP US AND THE LIBERAL MEDIA CIRCUS!! FOX NEWS IS THE ONLY CHANNEL TO WATCH!

Semper Fi, Please don't be pessimistic. We are 4 months away in political terms that's 4 light years away. After the convention we might see the trajectory in the polls. People are busy with their vacations, caught up with their worries about foreclosures and may not be interested answering the surveys. I just hope that people will vote with their pocketbooks and not their idiology.

Ronnie, if you can't pernounce his name, Maybe you should just stay home on election day.

TAKE HIM! we don't want Pawlenty here anymore. Hopefully he accepts and gets his political career tarnished.

What an Obamanation this is. McCain is treated with breathless hatred by all the socialist-wanna-be-oh-so-nuanced-latte-drinking-Mercedes driving-Dems while the Chicago boyz that control and made their puppet named Obama quietly move in. Change from a Chicago Machine Democrat, what a charade.

What does "waiting for moderation" mean?? Is CNN editing my comments??

Yes, I'll be at the voting booth in NOV. but it will be to vote for local issues and representatives
No one listens to the voters anymore, but if I were John McC I would gather my future cabinet together for a photo op, and make it known that he will select the best of the best (and lovers of America) and not the terrorist, racists and bigots that surround Obama what's his name, where was he born, does he love America, YOU KNOW obama's friends.

McCain has some really American friends, Obama has racist and bigots as friends.

You can call me what you will, BUT "I can see clearly now".

Hey, what happened to my anti-Obama post. CNN is for free speech as long as it follows YOUR agenda??

It's either Mitt Romney or bust.

Pawlenty isn't a WOW pick but his state does come into play, and there could be a bit of a drafting effect with some area states and being so close to Illinois could cancel out some of the Hussein effect in the area. Let him choose Pawlenty, Huckabee, Romney or Jindal, it doesn't matter. McCain is going to slip bast Hussein into the White House because the American people are waking up to the fact that Hussein is a third-rate political puppet that changes his direction with the wind. Hussein… what a joke.

Its two crappy candidates Obama is a fool… he talks about the 56 states of the USA I think it was… News flash obummer its 50

And the bomb that was dropped on Pearl Harbor… actually there were many… umm excuse me Mr. Obummer we um dropped the "bombs" there were 2 and we dropped them on Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Put a teleprompter in front of Obummer and he sounds real brilliant… take it way and he stumbles all over his words overall he is a total dolt

And Obummer can’t even put an American flag on his plane… he had it removed and an Obummer sticker put on it… He isn’t patriotic at all

One saving grace with Obama he makes Dan Quail look like a genius

this is all a bunch of garbage, to spark news stories about McCain, and try to divert news from what Barack Obama is doing overseas (which is fantastic and quite presidential BTW)…

Give it up McCain, either pick one or don't, but in reality it won't matter your going down in November!

Really - Who cares….

LOL! Minnesota? Smart? Only in that state could Jesse The Body Ventura and Stuart Smalley be taken seriously…

bill for barack: "Let McScum pick whom he will. The voters of Minnesota - and America - are smarter than that."

Now that we can't call CNN the Clinton News Network, but do we call it? Place your entries here.

Or is McCain advisor Karl Rove playing the media like a fiddle so that he can stay in the 24-hour news cycle?

Liberals are pitiful. When will people understand that any government is inherently bad. Don' you read history? Mankind is incapable of governing itself in any form, but socialism is a failed ideology.

Let's all hug and hope for change. ..??

Osama has no substance to anything he says. He is a wormy politician who learned well from the Clintons. Not saying McCain is much better, but at least you know what you are getting.

There's pawlenty of time left.

You CNN readers are such fools. Obama is a moron. Retreat from terrorists, raise taxes, NO experience, etc. McCain is a born WINNER and you latte libs are ungrateful fools., WHEN McCain wins, remember Obama is ONLY in the race because of his race and you libs are so full of white guilt and care noting about America so you blindly support this empty suit.

Linda 10:09
What is llliterate?
You must support McCain…one of the uneducated. Correct?

McCain is a much better choice than O-bomb-us. O-bomb-us is so far to the left he scares the "…" out of me! The thought of him running our military, his lack of protection for the unborn and his obvious pandering to any cause he thinks gets him votes makes me sick.

Lean to the left
Lean to the right
Stand up, sit down
Fight, fight…(sigh)…oh that's enough exercise for an old man McCain.

Pawlenty? Paw-lent-ee? Pow-len-tee? Pa-wlen-tea?
I mean, could you have given us anything harder to pronounce?

I'm a devout McCain follower–Black, 60 year old!

Guys.. really.. the Mccain camp is playing you. There will be NO vp pick prior to the Democratic convention. This game of saying who might it be is only being played this week because Obama is on a very successful foreign policy tour.

Its the only way McCain can keep his name in the media this week.

I am not a fan of McCain but there is no way in hell I would vote for the messiah Obama. I follow politics way more than the average citizen and can't understand why would McCain pick an unknown ( I never head of Tim Pawlenty until this article) 4 months before the election when Someone like Mitt Romney who has great name recognition and been totally vetted is an obvious choice? If something happens to McCain do I want Pawlenty for president? I don't know squat about him. I would have no problem if Romney became President. To bad people can't have a more intelligent discussion than some of the idiot comments on the subject ofr that have nothing to do with the subject..

It's interesting that you feel like you can use stupid names like McSame, etc but get upset when someone uses Hussein as Obama's middle name.

Oh, that's right, it IS his middle name!

Pawlenty's wife is hot.

McSame blah blah blah blah, Nobama blah blah blah blah, We in Wisconsin think blah blah blah. Ummm, no one cares Wisconsin, now go to back sleep!

Hey Southern Trucker, loser is spelled with one "o," not two. Loser.

I like higher taxes, I like more power in the hands of the government, I like more federal programs. Heck, they know how to spend my money better than I do. If only the government was in control of everything, all would be O.K. Let's nationalize health care and the oil companies and the power companies and the auto companies and the farms. Who needs private enterprise any way. Print more money and give it to the people. Take money from my employer until they go bankrupt and give it to me. Obama for president!! ……President of RUSSIA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Show Senator McCain some respect. He spent 6 years in a North Vietnamese prison camp because he thought he should serve his country and defend your right to be stupid.

Cnn where in the heck is my comments, you are so protective of McCain it's a shame…

Reading the disrespect here for McCain, I don't think I could support Obama knowing the crowd I would be falling in with. Regardless of your feelings on McCain's stance on issues, this man has served our country for many many years and put his life on the line, he deserves respect. What most of the Obama supporters post show is lack of intelligence. Name calling just shows that you have no defense on the issues. How sad.

It seems there are many people one here that have bitterness in their hearts. Basic respect, pronouncing someone's name for example, isn't even in the vocabulary. My parents always told me to make my point, with respect. Perhaps, more people would take you seriously if you could argue your point with a little more knowledge and a little less name-calling. I'm just saying.

No he's not.

he's playing politics and trying to steal the media attention from Obama,

His pick is Romney, if he's smart

Wisconsin:

McSame is pathetic but much better than Barry "Hussien Ossama Bin" O'Bama. Get over yourself and your pathetic-liberal do-nothing state. The only thing Wis-Con-Sin produces is EXTREMELY white and EXTREMELY overweight people with annoying accents.

No wonder Brett Favre is sick of Green Gay and their lard eating fans. By the way you can't spell Badgers with a B…A…D.

Gummnet cheese anyone…

GEAUX TIGERS!!!!!!!

Have you noticed that the entries from MN are all from people looking forward to getting Pawlenty out of MN? The only problem is that we would then have the Lt. Gov. who isn't really an improvement but you have to start somewhere.

Obama is getting twice the TV time McCain is getting. He has twice the funding.

Why is he losing ground to McCain?

Obama can't pick a spot and stand his ground because his base doesn't know what they want. He doesn't seem to have his own message.
McCain knows what he needs to do. Most people believe he has the experience to do the job. Plus McCain is trustworthy. Obama seems a little less trustworthy.

THE ONLY QUESTION I AND EVERYONE ELSE HAS ABOUT PAWLENTY IS, WHO ARE YOU? I AM ONE WHO WILL HAVE TO HOLD MY BREATH TO VOTE FOR MCCAIN. THE BEST THING I CAN REALLY SAY ABOUT HIM POTENTIALLY WINNING IS THAT NOW HE WOULD BE EVERYBODYS PROBLEM NOT JUST OURS IN AZ. I WILL RECOMMEND ROMNEY FOR VEEP EVEN THOUGH IT REALLY DOESNT MATTER. THEY DONT DO ANYTHING IF THEY DONT WANT TO. I WOULDNT MIND BEING THE VEEP EVEN THOUGH I AM JUST A REGULAR AMERICAN. I COULD PROBABLY IMPROVE MY GOLF GAME.

I for one don't have a candidate, no one talking has said anything to earn my vote. Can't get elected without us independents and we aren't part of the follow me crowd. Obama is a looser because he talks tooooooo much and McCai is a big part of the one world club.

I thought the shrub was dumb with his uh….uh….uh
But Obama beat the shrubs record by 8 minutes.
He can't talk without a prompter.
Reminds me of a puppet (Pinocchio) I wonder who is pulling his strings?
Where is Hillary when we need her????????

McCain saying something that appears to come "totally out of left field" is noteworthy? Seems to me to be the norm lately.

It never ceases to amaze me, the ignorance of most comments posted. None of us are qualified to make judgement on most topics especially war, (as you all sit comfortable and safe behind your monitors). It's sad when all bloggers can do is insult and be disrespectful if you don't agree. And we expect our children to have good behavior. What garbage.

These are sad comments here - if you can not say anything worthwhile, please don't take up the air!
Both McCain and Obama will pick whoever they and their campaign think it'd be best to win the White House, hopefully the vps will be the complement to each one as needed. McCain needs someone younger and who would attract the republican base. Obama needs someone with credibility and experience.

Well. Mitt Romney, Mike Huckabee would be a better choice

You commenters are so lame. Using any derogatory term you can think of and attaching it to "Mc" is not clever. "McScum, McLame, McSame, McShame, McClueless"…Oh, well, I wouldn't expect anything else from people dumb enough to fall for Obama and his shameless pandering.

The real question is who Osama bin Lightnin' is going to pick. Hillary? Dodd? Edwards? I've got to stop. My side is hurting from the laughter.

What mccain needs is a real conservative on his ticket, seeing as how he isn't one. Thats the only way he's getting my vote… if not… then I may just sit this one out, and let Obama and the libs finish destroying the countries economy.

Can we have another choice for president/vice president please? Our choices are either a racist (black supremecist-read his book) or a guy who also has no clue on how to clean up King George's messes. At least he's not picking Herman Munster (Romney) to be his running mate.

My vote will be for none of the above.

Vote Anti-Incumbant this year. They all need to go!

I would rather McCain pick Romney or Rice. In either case just so long as that BRAIN DEAD OBAMA doesnt get in. That would be a disaster and an insult our forefathers who DID NOT build this country on socialism.

Romney will be the VP.

As for Obama, he is a clueless puppet. Perfect leader for the left wing fruit cakes who visit this forum.

T. Boone Pickens has a good energy plan and would make an excellent VP choice

Again, I see people just plan old being mean and nasty if you disagree with Sen. McCain that’s ok just stop all the name calling and grow up…Just for the record I will & so will 90% of the military vote for Sen. McCain because he wants to win the War of Terror and if anyone out there thinks the President creates jobs you are just plane wrong you and I create jobs by buying cars, the shoes, food, est. I don’t believe CNN will post this (I hope I am wrong)….Have Great Day!!!

Philip Booker
Sergeant Major U.S Army (Retired)

How can Americans vote for obamamama knowing that he will increase size of goverment and taxes and regulations? Has everyone lost their mind or do they just not understand that taking from achievers and giving to nonachievers wrecks economies. Is the entire history of socialized goverment records lost on the American public? How do you think we got to be the economic superpower we are today? It was because of less goverment interference in our personal lives/businesses. If you like your job you shouldn't vote for Obama. i run a small business and when times get tight the Obamamites will be the first to get the axe. Wake up sheep!

Semper Fi…Are you honestly having a difficult time wrapping your brain around the fact that b. hussein is only a few points ahead of McCain despite the slow economy, war, etc? The democrats took back control of congress a few years ago and now have the lowest approval rating in the history of the nation. I have not heard very much about race at all other than that coming from the left-wing (mainstream) media…people so despicable, I often wonder how they can look themselves in a mirror. It's all perception and the msm want you to believe that 100% of the nation's problems are due to GWB and ANYTHING conservative. Quite frankly, I'm surprised a US Marine would fall for something so transparent!

Semper - It's experience stupid! Since Obama sat in a racist church for 20 years you fans have lost the right to use the race card.

I can agree. McCain is doing the same thing as Hillary claiming that the media is in love with Obama-wrong. Remember what happened to her when she cried the same cry you are crying now, McCain. But anywho, let's focus on the issues that affects us all-economy, housing and national security.

It doesn't matter. Once the electorate focuses on Kingfish Wright and the full cast of characters back at the the Trinity branch of the Mystic Knights of the Sea, Obama is toast.

If there is any better proof of libtards circling the wagon around the liberal media in the tank for Obama, its here on CNN. Kudos lefties… for proving this by all your comments here on the Communist News Network!

And no I don't expect this to get posted because you don't like FREEDOM of SPEECH when it comes out of anybody not goose stepping to George Soros…hahahahahahahh!!

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MC DEMENTIA WILL TRY EVERYTHING TO GET ATTENTION…HA HA HA LMAO

Maybe he meant Ron Paul.

Just another McCain word bumble. He was saying, "you're going to like Paul plenty.".

Yeah…That's the ticket.

Thank you Semper Fi for your service.

Just to clarify most on the right are against Obama because he is sociallist, not because he is black (though he is really half black, half white). He wants higher taxes, more government intervention in our lives, a weaker national defence, no drilling for more oil/natural gas and a more liberal Supreme Court. These are the reasons we do not like him — not because of his skin color.

If the truth about his policies does get out Obama will lose. He will lose because of policies/beliefs not ra

Interesting, isn't it, that the furthest intellectual reach of these Obama fans is to make juvenile jokes about McCain's name (McSame, McClueless, McScum) and that their grammar matches this display (run-on sentences, putting capital letters in the wrong place and more). Hurrah for the dawning of the new age of liberal rednecks.

pawlenty has a 60% approval rating in Minnesota The angry little liberals on this post do not like him for he stands up to them. I hope that he does not accept the slot for the state will be in dems hands all around …god help us! angry little liberals are like flys the are annoying

Thought he was going to pick the exorcist Jindal.

Please take him. You can have him.

Wow!! you people with your McCain diatribes really scare me!!!!… You say that McCain useless and incompetent however what do you really know about Osama… oops I mean Obama? Not to mention you hate Mit Romney yet your extremely Liberal stronghold, a state we like to call Chappequidick chussetes (Masachusetts for you liberals that conveniently dismiss your own interesting history), loved him and delivered him a record amount of democratic votes for a republican candidate for governor in that state. That aside, please enlighten me what it is that draws you to Obama…. he like all politicians is not exactly a posterchild for honesty or being forthcoming. He says he is for change but the only change I see is raising taxes… hardly a new stance for a government official. However his impressive tenure as a state senator, (LESS THAN A FULL TERM) is truly frightening!!!! What do you really know about this man???? At the very least McCain may be old and a bit of a toothless tiger but atleast you know what you have, Obama truly represents the unknown and that should scare everyone to death…. yet it doesn't. I can't believe I am about to write this next statement, however, ….gulp… I would rather see Hillary in the Oval Office

I not for bashing anyone —- but McCain is the clear choice for America since most Americans would like to have a lot more than "change" left in their bank account and pockets if a socialist liberal gets in office.

When Lord Obama goes down in flames I will so Enjoy watching all you ignorant brats whine like you did the past 8 years.

GOOD! Pick Pawlenty so we in Minnesota don't have to put up with the dope. Don't you people realise that it doesn't MATTER WHO gets elected yer screwed?

John Magoo has no clue!!!

Why do they keep saying Minnesota is a swing state?? It is SOLIDLY Obama territory. It is SOLIDLY blue territory on a national basis. They are the only idiots voting for Walter Mondale, for goodness sake! Pawlenty couldn't swing Minnesota to Republican.

McCain has the advantage of selecting a VP choice from a deep
and quality team of GOP men & women!

Obama has ??? Hillary??

McShame, McClueless, McSame, McOld? This must be the moron thread. See you later, suckers.

Jindal is a much better pick. Young yet more experienced than Obama, and extremely competent.

If anyone on this reply actually has a point, that would be nice. Bunch of tough guys coming up with un-funny nicknames for somebody who — at 71 — could still probably knock you out.

McCain can have him!

Since Mr. "No new taxes" Pawlenty took office, we've seen property taxes go through the roof because schools are no longer funded, crime is up because there are less police on the street, and need we mention the fact that his underfunding of the transportation infrastructure led to the collapse of the 35W bridge (and that now 13 other bridges in MN have been closed because oops, I guess those were ready to fall down, too!)

We'd be happy to have him out of here.

Oh yeah, and as far as good will McCain is going to get from the convention being here as one poster said, I think not. I work in downtown St. Paul, and we're closing our office for the week to get away from that mess!

McCain needs to pick a VP that will be the next president after he finishes his one term presidency.

Ohblowme doesn't have a chance = unqualified, know nothing, do nothing. What has he ever run in an executive capacity, other than an ant farm?

Vote GoP and keep America STRONG !

John McInsane is dreadful to look at and listen to. He is so boring how can the the Republican stand to listen to him. They could have at least chose a nominee who has a ltittle spark left. Maybe he is choosing Gov. Pawlenty to make him look good. I'll give him to Friday and he will have forgotten he who he wants to be his VP. PLEASE DON'T LET THIS SHORTY BECOME PRESIDENT.

Nothing will help McCain. What a nightmare he would be as President. The world has changed and we are losing step. Time for a different approach. Good luck to you Mr. Obama, you will inherit a very tough job.

Jindal is a much better pick. Young yet more experienced than Obama, and extremely competent.

If anyone on this reply this actually has a point, that you be nice. Bunch of tought guys coming up with un-funny nicknames for somebody who — at 71 — could still probably knock you out.

But what are we conservatives about? We're about liberty. We are about country. We are about faith. We are about loyalty to our troops on the battlefield. We are about winning wars. We are about sending whatever reinforcements and resources our soldiers need to defeat the terrorists or our enemies anywhere they appear on the battlefield. We are about, as conservatives, limited government and individual liberty, free, genuinely free, political speech. The freedom to exercise your religion, your private property rights, the right to keep most of what you earn. This is who we are. This is what we believe. This used to be our movement. These are things that Barrack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Harry Reid, Tom Harkin, Nancy Pelosi, Dick Durbin, John Kerry, Barrack Obama, and the rest of the Democrats work day and night to diminish. The left is about seizing and keeping power. They are about undermining the traditions and institutions that have made the country great. That would include the Constitution, which they dismiss as a living and breathing document, to be interpreted by activist judges at the behest of liberal trial lawyers. They want the Constitution to bend and shape to accommodate where they happen to be in a given year, in a given month, on a given day.

don't they always start with strong rumors of who will be the VP, then let the media destroy or praise him. if it doesn't go well, they can pick someone else without it looking like they were forced into it?

i used to be able to tolerate McCain but he's been so far off in so many things lately that i am now shuddering to think what it would be like if he won.

Picking a less preferred VP in Johnson probably helped JFK win, but
Kennedy was popular even without Johnson. McCain lacks the Kennedy flair, so will it really matter who he selects?

My perception of Pawlenty (I'm from Minnesota and you can take it with a grain of salt if you like): He is the ultimate partisan and absolutely refuses to compromise. He wouldn't support a Democratic initiative even if his life depended on it. He wouldn't even support a cure for cancer if it had even a scent of Democratic support on it. Everything with this man is a Democrat vs Republican issue. He will talk about "reaching across the aisle", but only if it is the Democrats doing the reaching and only if they are reaching across the aisle with their lips to kiss his butt.

McCain already has the crackpot Southerner vote. They have no place else to go. And as far as the independents are concerned, picking another same old/same old hillbilly pandering religious crackpot will simply be THE KISS OF DEATH and hand the presidency to this ungodly cross cross between Jimmy Carter and Michael Jackson.

Obama/Richardson would be a major mistake. Obama needs to get back the PUMAs and while some are shifting over, Richardson is perceived as a major Clinton betrayer. If Obama selects Richardson, he really hurts his chances of recovering the disenfranchised Clinton supporters. I don't think Obama needs to pick Clinton to win them back, but I think he definitely can't pick Richardson.

NObama
Keep the change.

Pawlenty could be a good pick. I like Steve Forbes too. Considering Odoofus doesn't know his history or geography when speaking on his own and not from a prepared speech from one of his lackies, it will be nice to see someone added to the McCain ticket that will enhance the party's chances.

One thing is for certain. The conservatives need to be jumping on Odoofus every chance they get. He's been putting his foot in his mouth in record numbers since proclaiming his victory and has anyone noticed how his wife has been "benched" to keep from being a liability? The pickings are good to nail this knothead if the Repubs are gallant enough to expose him for the snake oil salesman he is.

I have to agree with Roger, Obama should be way ahead at this point. McCain is making a fool of himself everyday, yet the polls are close. I had been thinking the same thing for some time Roger. Don't know if it is race or not, it is hard to explain, but there is real danger here. If the American public wants 4 more years of the same, I guess they will vote for it. It is hard to believe that 50% + 1 people in this country are doing better than they were 4 or 8 years ago, but maybe it is the case. You get what you vote for I guess. I did not think that the public could vote for Bush a second time, but they did. So, if they vote for McCain, I don't think that it should be such a great surprise.

If trends continue there will be nothing left of this country for the plain folk that continue to vote for politicians who systematically sell the country out from under them and ship their jobs overseas. Oh, I forgot, none of that matters because he has a flag pin on his lapel. He must be a patriot, yeah right.

I don't think Mccain is the best candidate the GOP could put out there. I do think 35 five years of experience makes him about 10 times more qualified than Jr. Senator Obama. If elected I do believe Mr. Mccain could be far and away better in regards to getting things done. Obama talks a good talk but as President ineffective at best with far higher taxes.

It was highly regarded political columnist David Broder who pinpointed a key characteristic of Obama shown during the later parts of the nomination fight:, namely, retreat. The symbol for the Obama campaign should be the White Flag. And rather than the fist bump, the signifying should be as follows: two people face one another; both raise their hands above their heads; both slap both hands together. It's the High Ten.

If McCain picks anyone other than Romney, he'll definintely lose this election.

Hey Wisconsin,
Will the current map have 57 states on it?

Everyone here is hallarious. 'Ohh my candidate is better, your candidate sucks' …. Do you not know that they are both the exact same? - a bunch of lieing, hypocritical morons. Congratulations to the american public for getting the stupid award. Whatever president it will be, just know you didn't have a choice in the first place.

'Semper Fi' knows what he/she is talking about. It's the end of a "cycle" and the presidency usually changes sides with each consecutive (8yr) president. Democrats SHOULD be way up on the polls, by a margin of at LEAST 10-15%. The fact that Obama made it to the nomination and has as much support as he does PROVES it's not racism. History also shows that republicans win when there are economic problems or signs of war, which we have both.

As for me? I hate both candidates but a third party won't win until the media releases it's stranglehold. I think i'll vote third party this year just to make a point. Not like it will matter though, we're due to be in the biggest "Great Depression" this country has seen before we even vote. (Sep - Oct) If you think the economy is bad now, just wait. The economic wave or cascade effect will be bigger than a tsunami.

Nice posts. You people can't even spell without your spell checker and your grammer would indicate you have about a fourth grade education. Maybe you should let mommy and daddy worry about the election so you can go back to your coloring books.

Seems like the Obama worshipers always get a little scared if McCain gets mentioned by the media. The only good thing I can say about Obama is if he is elected he will be only slightly worse at president than George W. Bush. They have both always been clueless. The thing that gives Bush a leg up is at least I think he loves America. I question Barry Obam's patriotism. I am not a great fan of McCain but he puts those two clowns to shame.

CNN is like a megaphone for lies, the McCain camp will tell you sheeple anything to try to get into the news and you guys just print it like it was fact. McCain is desperate to get back into the headlines, because Obama is such a bad motha, that McCain will say or do anything to steal a headline or two and of course the derelects at CNN are happy to oblige.

OBAMA 2008!!!

Wow! It really is true, CNN viewers/readers are the left wing nut jobs. Nice show of tolerance.

BUT HE's GOT A WEIRD LOOKING FLAG PIN? T'AINT NO FLAG. FAIL.

Wow, you Obamabots are unbelievable. McCain and Pawlenty have strong positions on the war, economy and social programs. You Bots just like to pretend thay don't and then lie about it.

Obama, the worst presidential canidate ever.

Please say no to Pawlenty. We have had "Pawlenty" of Pawlenty in Minneosta. We would hope he would leave politics. We also would hate to see our Lieutenant Governor move up to Governor. Lt. Governor Malnoau the former head of the Minnesota Transportation
Department was asleep at the wheel before the 35W bridge collapse. Would she be asleep at the wheel running a whole state government?

NObama will lose, not because of race but, because he is a fraud and his wife is a hater.

You, Semper Fi, need to get over this race thing.

McCain/ Romney would be ideal! No one knows who Pawlenty is, not to mention he adds nothing to the ticket. I think that Jindal will be a major player in the future, at least let him finish his first term as Gov. Romney has the economic experience that McCain is in need of and conservatives like him, ie. Sean Hannity, Rush Limbaugh, etc… I voted for Romney in the primaries and will vote for him in the future if he ever runs again.

he will still lose.

Phil from Florida your opinion is so very wrong about Mitt Romney. I personally know he is a good honest man.

Gov. Pawlenty is a tax raiser. He raised taxes to build a baseball stadium for the billionaire Mn. Twins owner. Why would McCain
want a tax raiser for a VP?

I think Pawlenty would be a great choice, as a very conservative voter it gives me more confidence in McCain to see him choose someone like Pawlenty….but I still will not vote for the man. I would vote for Pawlenty however…in fact a Pawlenty/Jindal ticket would be a much better Presidential pairing. People like Tim Pawlenty and Bobby Jindal are who the Republican party shoul d be turning towards not John McCain, Arnold Schwarzenneger, or Rudy Guiliani.

Look! Shiny object, shiny object!

Anything to distract….

SPOILER ALERT BELOW:

Romney is the VP pick but it won't be official for several more weeks.

Best choice, Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska, period.

Yes, but more importantly, who is Nader picking for his VP?

It's not likely that Pawlenty will be picked. I still think Crist is going to be chosen. Pawlenty brings almost nothing to McW's campaign.

As for Obama's VP, there is no one who is better qualified than Wes Clark. Clark puts all other choices in the shade.

All you socialists on here are ruining this country and you have no clue.

No matter who he picks for VP will be better than anyone Obama picks. Obama has no clue on what is going on here or any where in the world. He is just a lost cause. He does have a good logo. Time for a change.

McCain inching, shuffling, creeping, crawling, poking along, dragging his feet, toward Pawlenty. Love the visual.

Studying, discerning, considering, thinking.

While Obam needs hundreds daily just to prop him up. And he'll never pick a VP because he changes his mind every day - he'll be too scared to stick with anyone!

McCain should choose Jindal.

And Obama's tied or barely ahead of McCain not because of his race, as some say (look how many Republicans want Jindal), but because he's a very, very flawed candidate. A lot of people still believe the hype, but a lot of other people are waking up. His policies would be devastating to our country. He has flip flopped on most issues since the primaries ended. Plus 143 working days in the Senate makes for a very thin resume for the most powerful office in the world. Yes, we want to change Washington politics, but let me tell you something: Chicago politics aren't any better.

Most racist remarks that have been made in this campaign have been made by the left. (ie Jeremiah Wright, Jesse Jackson, Bill Clinton, etc.) It's great that an African-American is a presidential nominee, but just as someone's race shouldn't disqualify them, neither should we elect someone based solely upon their race. "Content of their character", as MLK said… of course, character's anathema to the vast majority of politicians today.

McCain is far from perfect, but choosing Jindal would be a very good step in the right direction. If he chooses someone like Guiliani, I might find myself voting for (can't believe I'm saying it) Bob Barr. I honestly don't know enough about Pawlenty to make a decision on him yet.

As an undecided voter, it concerns me that no one on this message board has anything of substance to criticize McCain about. All I see are petty, personal attacks against McCain. I am finding many substantive issues that concerns me about Obama.

nice choice another moderate republican. this will get the conserevative base fired up. living here is minnesota we all know that he is just another global warming,big government rino.

Holy Cr@p!!! I don't believe it!

CNN is actually covering a story not about Obama?! What kind of alternate dimension did I wake up in?!

I can't believe I just wasted 5 min reading a bunch of #$#$# from a bunch of Hussein Obama suckups :<

Wow. All of these Obama supporters chiming in on McCain. Obama is ahead in polls and getting all of this press. Why this obsession with the VP pick? Don't resort to personal attacks when it comes to McCain. It really shows how far America has sunk when it comes to politics. Focus on the issues. While I like Obama as a person, I can't vote for him. Besides being just a new suit, he brings nothing else to the table. The promise is there if he puts a few more years into the Senate. I am afraid he will get caught like a deer in headlights when it comes to Iraq. Anot

How will Catholics like the fact that Pawlenty left the Catholic church for an evangelical one?

Old and young men yell at cloud.

Great more liberals who call names instead of discussing issues. I don't care who the candidate will be. I just want to know what they stand for.

Love all of these McCain knockers. Let me see any one of them walk in his shoes! Yeah keep the Democrats in office(they control) Congress

Go figure, a CNN (Clinton News Network) Blog that has all liberal comments. You people are disgrace to your party and clueless!!
Huseing Obama will having all of us wearing head dresses and the women covering their faces, buried in taxes and driving this economy into Jimmy Carter's 70s. Wake up and get a life . Move to Europe with your liberal friends!!

Another Evangelical. This is truly our own homegrown terrorist group. The hatred and divisivness this group has caused is repulsive and widespread. It has influenced how the world sees us as a country, and it is not in a positive light. I hope America sees this as what it is. A group of radicals trying to influence law and the constitution for the benefit of themselves and no one else. The fact that these people want to discriminate against other loyal tax paying Americans because of their sexual orientation, choice of birth control and many other reasons, (just ask one) is truly damaging to the cohesivness of this country. Of course this is all done in the name of JESUS. If there is a God he hates Evangelicals.

Jindal is running for president for 2020. He'll be 48 by then, which is Barack's age.

McCain should pick Sean Hannity as he is very negative like McCain. I do not care who he pick as VP, in my eye Obama is my next President he is the future.

Yesterday, McCain made a serious error about the time of the surge and what caused it on CBS. No one in the media is talking about this, even CBS cut it out from its airtime. When he was talking about it, he sounded so confident like he new what he was saying but it was all false.
It was only on Anderson Cooper on CNN that talked briefly about it last night on AC360 (that's how I found out). This is becoming ridiculous. Why wont the media talk about this? How can the Media let this get away. When he was talking about it, he sounded so confident like he new what he was saying but he was completely false.
McCain is older version of Bush, no matter how commander-in-chief he may seem, He does not know a lot of things when it comes to the Middle East and Europe.

Obama needs medical attention. He has a severe case of PIS. Premature Inauguration Syndrome.

Attention all bloggers:

If you have nothing constructive and intelligent to say in regards to the topic at hand, then don't write anything!

Most of you people wouldn't know the facts on a variety of issues if they slammed you in the face. I will vote for the person who has a track record of doing the following:

1. Supporting an overall decrease in government spending (which generally means less taxes).

2. Our inalienable rights to keep and bear arms (which by the way was just reaffirmed by the Supremes, and no that does not mean that you liberal fascists can make new and more detailed anti-second amendment laws).

3. Keeping this country secure from future attacks from our enemies. I have a hard time believing that a man who has never served in any brach of the Armed Forces, and has consistently voted against funding our troops and supporting defeat overseas will lead us as our Commander-in-Chief. You watch, now that he's back from his "tour of duty" (what a joke!) he will toe the Bush line a little more and now that he has seen the situation on the ground will defend the surge a little more, as well as breaking all of your hearts when he fails to bring the troops home within 16 months as he pr