Protect our oceans. NO OFFSHORE DRILLING!

"McCain" and "energy" don't belong in the same sentence. It's oxymoronic.

The Dean 'whoop", the Clinton cackle, the Bush smirk, the Cheney sneer, the McCain smirk–ugh! Not presidential, not personality traits we want in our leaders, not the people we want in office, not the faces we want representing us at home and abroad!

"McCain" and "energy" don't belong in the same sentence. It's oxymoronic.

The Dean 'whoop", the Clinton cackle, the Bush smirk, the Cheney sneer, the McCain smirk–ugh! Not presidential, not personality traits we want in a leader, not the people we want in office, not the faces we want representing us at home and abroad!

I'm shocked and amazed. I guess americans really don't want Obama.

This truly hurts. 8 yrs of Goofy now we get 8 years of Mr. Magoo
I thought this time american would hire the smart guy. And I'm here to tell you its not Sen. McCain.

OK….good luck to Hillary in 2012. The Obama supporters (well at least me) will sit that one out or vote for Jeb Bush. Who cares?

You Republicans need to go to Black Mountain, Arizona. Years ago J. McCain voted in a bill to drill for Uranium on the Navaho Indian Reservation. The Native Americans were relocated and lost their land to the Big Oil Co's. Many Navaho adults and children died from Uranium dust poisoning. J. McCains senatorial campaign was backed financially by big oil backing. Don't be fooled he is still being backed by them. I was born in AZ. and lived near these areas. The destruction from mining in Az. is still there to see. Look at Globe, Jerome, Miami and Black Mountain, AZ. See what distruction was left, for the next generations. Huge caverns, sludge every where. Nothing grows where this drilling took place. Would you want to live there?

The old timers in AZ remember the Keating trials, the arrest of Mrs. McCain and how she stole from her employer to get drugs. Her nervous break down, her liquor involvement and you think she is what you want for the FIRST LADY? WAKE UP AMERICA the next eight years could be the most dangerous years yet, if we do not vote for an intelligent, honest, young person like Senator Obama. People get your heads out of the sand and realize the Republican party is wrong!!! John McCain is wrong!! John will need more than the Dalai Lama to get his facts straight. Oh, and I have been blessed by the Dalai Lama, which is the truth!

I would think the Morman people would find a President who make his living off the income of his wife's BUDWISER LIQUOR business not exactly to the rules of the church. Are they going to vote for J. McCain?

Florence–Born in Arizona

Hey mcsurge, mcdrill off our shores, mciraqforever, there was a huge oil spill in Louisiana that has shut down the mississippi river ( i guess that is why you canceled your speech there huh?) anyway umm, is that Obama's fault too? And are you going to flip flop again on oil drilling now that the mississippi is ruined for years or are you going to continue with your bad judgement and stay the course on oil drilling? You probably won't answer me cause all you do is talk about the surge, bash Obama and Iraq.

Susan, would you do us all a favor and read book or a newspaper or at least take a basic vocabularly course. I've never read such puerile drivel.

Any working man or woman who believes that the Republican Party has their best interests at heart hasn't been paying attention over the past 8 years.

I AM CURIOUS.

I JUST WANT TO KNOW, WHAT ARE THEY

USING TO HELP THEM FOCUS, VIAGRA???

BECAUSE ALL MCNOTHING ADVISERS LOOK LIKE THEY ARE

PUSHING 75-90 YEARS, & THEIR FOCUSING DAYS ARE OVER.

I guess McIdiot will do anything to try to keep voters' minds off the illegal , immoral war he started, the collapsing ecomony, the lack of health care and moral leadership in this nation - all by offering nonsense proposals about energy that he knows can never work.
He keeps making up a surge that he says is successful. Maybe he can pretend that he's already solved the energy crisis too.
McIdiot for Retirement '08.

Obama has violated the Logan Act. The MSM is not reporting this. Complain to your Senator. Press for legal action to be taken. The United States should not be mocked by a disgusting parasite like Obama!!!

Any citizen of the United States, wherever he may be, who, without authority of the United States, directly or indirectly commences or carries on any correspondence or intercourse with any foreign government or any officer or agent thereof, with intent to influence the measures or conduct of any foreign government or of any officer or agent thereof, in relation to any disputes or controversies with the United States, or to defeat the measures of the United States, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than three years, or both.

This section shall not abridge the right of a citizen to apply himself, or his agent, to any foreign government, or the agents thereof, for redress of any injury which he may have sustained from such government or any of its agents or subjects.

1 Stat. 613, January 30, 1799, codified at 18 U.S.C. § 953 (2004).

Isn't it 'Great' to have a "Strong-Name John"! - Like the Oak Tree..

they were the ones that pressured him to go. now they criticise him for being abroad? fellas, you can't have your cake and eat it too!!!

Brilliant idea with the visit to an oil rig. I hope McCain does plenty of spots standing atop an off shore oil rig. We should tap our natural resources and further explore green technologies. Anything less is not in the best interest of the country. The Democrats have an anchor tied to them with the ban on off shore drilling. It is stupid to not drill. The defense line that Dem's continually use is, "We will not see a drop of oil for seven years" is not fundamentally sound. A rational response is "So?" I plan to be driving a vehicle in 7 years. Do you not? It will take at least that long to develop the non oil technology and implement it to America. Why not do both? In summary PLEASE TAKE MANY PHOTOS ON OFF SHORE OIL RIGS. IT MAKES SENSE MR. McCAIN.

according to OUR department of energy: IN 2007 THE US EXPORTED 1,400,000 BARRELS OF OIL PER DAY!!

why are we EXPORTING any barrels if we're in such a crisis?!?!! oh yeah, so exxon can make a few more billion while their BFF georgie is still in office!

wake up, america, and quit being so lazy and trusting! PLEASE go to a LEGITIMATE (meaning no FOX, rush, glenn, and the rest of the white house SHILLS). it's not fair to the rest of us that you vote with absolutely ZERO factual information! you $crewed up twice already, DO NOT DO IT FOR A THIRD TIME!!!

Oil prices are going down because the supply is going up. The supply is going up because we're using less gas. I don't think the democrats (or the republicans for that matter) had anything to do with that. If we start driving more and using more gas, the prices will go right back up — even if we start new drilling today.

McCain (and the rest of us) must get our heads out of the sand and start looking for alternatives.

Attack, attack, attack and attack Obama that how to Focus on Energy onJohnny Boy…..

McCain is bitter!

Was'nt there just a oil spill so much for it being safe.

Looks like McCrybaby is taking this election against Obama too personally. I thought Hillary was bitter, but McCain is a thousand times more resentful than either of the Clintons were. Why is McCain getting so personal with his attacks lately?

I did not see anybody calling Bush arrogant. He was arrogant, dumb and stubborn. Obama is not arrogant. He is very confident, smart, intelligent and exciting!! And the Obama hater's need to drink some haterade real soon!! Once he is President and turn this country around back on track, you all will be looking stupid. But to save your face you will try and find something wrong with him!!

Everyone bashed Obama about not going to Iraq and abroad. Be careful what you ask for! Obama is dominating the news all over Europe! The Beatles didn't get this much exposure!

Tne Warmongers Are So Jealous!

McCain You Can Go Anywhere You Want To Speak, Get On Your Plane And Go. Stop Crying Like Some Little Soiled Five Year Old.
You And Your Kitchen Sinks, Stink.

I love the comments section just for the delightful ignorance on both sides

So let me try to understand this. We drill in the US and the oil companies who control the selling of oil, will out of the goodness of their hearts charge us less money. Because we know that if they don't sell the oil to us, they will sell it to the Chinese and get the price they want. But the oil companies in the US will be satisfied to receive less money. What capitalistic society are these repuglicans living in.

Hey McCain, please tell us why you haven't done anything with the 90 plus million acres you already have? Tell us why you haven't done a DARN thing with that for the past 8 years.

Go betray your wife some more and commit treason against the united states while voting against virtually every veteran benefit bill you come across. Those are what you do best.

Leave being patriotic to those of us who don't turn on our wife, troops and country.

Excellent. Put all options on the table. Continue to expose what Obama fails to admit. The surge and lower corporate tax. Bill Clinton made the same argument on tax only to find the that the republicans were right when he first took office . Make that point to the people . Great job of putting everything in a nutshell.

What is Obama doing? Compaining in Germany? How many times did he have to say "wall" to get the crowd to cheer, half heartly at that. The Germans didn't need a history lesson on the Berlin Wall.

Did Obama stop and visit our wounded soldiers in Germany? NO!! Obama is trying to win the election; that's it.. God help us if he actually wins and he actually has to make a decission based on facts and not fantasy..
Go McCain!!!!!!!!!

Why is there all this talk about drilling for more oil, why dont the big wigs in office take the millions of dollors they would to put into offshore drillin and invest this money in new energy. It seems like that would make a lot of sense, think about if we are still using the same amount of oil we use today in ten years, i think we are goin to be in alot of trouble as a species, in ten years i think all that money would make a difference in new energy then livin off of dinosours dont you?

Obama wants to use our oil reserves which would provide immediate relief at the pumps now. McCain wants to drill off shore so his already rich oil buddies can get richer. Problem is that won't produce any results for about 7-10 yrs. Who has the better judgment? Obama of course.

Obama's like hey I'm the cool dude with the tan and we need to just all get along. And McCain is like hey I lived in a cage for 5 years. And Obama's like check out the size my ears. And McCain is like I don't care that the congressional staff report in 2006 recommended limits on futures trading of energy commodities, let's block congress from remedying the problem by tacking on so many amendments that nothing will get done.

I hope everyone is paying attention. These latest comments by the McCain campaign is an obvious attempt to change the subject from an very popular presidential candidate named Barack Obama traveling on the world stage. Having said that the democrats should be careful that they don't allow the Republicans to change the story line of this historical election. It was the Republicans who got us into this economical and foreign policy mess but they are slowly trying to make it a democrat issue/problem. Again if f you listen closely to these individuals they will tell you their playbook before the play even begins.

As far as drilling goes…we're unable to drill in a lot of areas because it is UNECONOMIC to do so, we're unable to get there because of geologic and also political reasons. We can drill probably 20% of what we have…so yes drilling WON'T solve the problem immediately, but it will help in the future. The nation is way to dependent on oil, and it will stay that way for a long time to come…so get used to it.

George Bush has been in office for 7 1/2 years. The first six the economy was fine.

A little over one year ago:
1) Consumer confidence stood at a 2 1/2 year high;
2) Regular gasoline sold for $2.19 a gallon;
3) the unemployment rate was 4.5%.
4) the DOW JONES hit a record high–14,000 +
5) American's were buying new cars, taking cruises, vacations
over seas, living large!…

But American's wanted 'CHANGE'! So, in 2006 they voted in a Democratic Congress & yep–we got 'CHANGE' all right!…..
1) Consumer confidence has plummeted ;
2) Gasoline is now over $4 a gallon & climbing!;
3) Unemployment is up to 5% (a 10% increase);
4) Americans have seen their home equity drop by $12
TRILLION DOLLARS & prices still dropping;
5) 1% of American homes are in foreclosure.
6) as I write, THE DOW is probing another low~~11,300–$2.5
TRILLION DOLLARS HAS EVAPORATED FROM
THEIR STOCKS, BONDS & MUTUAL FUNDS INVESTMENT
PORTFOLIOS!

YEP , IN 2006 AMERICA VOTED FOR CHANGE!…AND WE SURE AS HELL GOT IT!!!….NOW the DEM'S CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT–AND THE POLLS SAY HE'S GONNA BE 'THE MAN'–CLAIMS HE'S GONNA REALLY GIVE US CHANGE!!….JUST HOW MUCH MORE 'CHANGE' DO YA THINK YOU CAN STAND???…..

DRILL,DRILL,DRILL your way out.

continuing to believe that BEGINNING THE PROCCESS of drilling will have immediate effect on fuel prices only fuels the belief in the rest of the world that American's are just plain stupid.

What evergy vcrisis are you referring to, by the way? Ameraica still pays some of the lowest fuel prices in the free world.

suck it up America and stop complaining!!!

We are in a war that will benefit really only the oil companies the war has allow them to tap into the middle east oil thru Iraq, so with that deal under there belt now the greedy hords of oil barons. Want us to just let them pillage the few U.S. resources. They would have years of drilling under there belt if they had chose to exercise there lease options years ago why didn't they? Did they know what the big plan was for Iraq. Like John McCain know there was a surge before there was a surge? These people are playing with our lives all for the greed of money. What can John McCain do to his rich oil friends, nothing so working americans will continue to suffer and big business will flourish.. Simple fact..

Big business has no loyality to the working people of this country, they just want our money at all cost. when will big business feel that they owe the american people a break…there moto now seem to be less product for more money, and the people will keep coming back for more….Sounds like a drug dealers mentality

All big oil wants is another land grab…
This is a defining moment for America…we can stick with the policy and tyanny of big oil and the Arabs…OR…we can start the great shift to renewable resources, thus creating new industries and jobs at home and actually provide for a future for the next generation of Americans.

They say going with Obama is a gamble…well…I for one am willing to take that risk.

I keep watching and hearing the bickering of both parties concerning opening up more land for oil drilling but unless I am missing something I have yet to hear a reasonable explanation why the oil companies are not doing anything with the vast land leases they presently have,

John McCain has been in congress for 16 years. He has had time to tackle the energy and envrionmental issues and to do something about predatory lending. He has had time to do something about any issue you'd care to bring up.

If we are in a mess, John McCain is one of the people who helped make it.

McCain strategizers: "What is GWB's position?" —Drill EVERYWHERE!…and tell em to turn those damm thermo..thingies down"..oh yeah he also said people need to drive less.

McCain speaking…"ah…what's the question again, my staffers are hard of hearing!" oh…yeah…we're working on drilling more and talking with those people in… aaahhh … Antarctica no …aah Alaska…bout drilling up there somewhere"….. next question.

Come on people the guy can barely grasp what day it is, do you really want 4 years of McClueless!

Let's keep the focus on energy, and the total failure of the Republican Administration to handle this issue. Let's keep the focus on energy and make sure that everyone understands that if you wanted to drill more well you needed to do so in the 1995 time frame to produce more now. Lets keep the focus on energy and make sure that everyone understands that the oil Companies have 100s of thousands of acres under lease that they have not explored or developed and lets make sure everyone understands that they do not have the drilling rigs to explore or develop what they already have contracts on.

So come on and tell me how drilling more wells is going to accomplish anuthing today. So go ahead and tell me how after eight years of Bush sitting in the White House doing the bidding of oil companies a meaninless removal of an excutive order enacted by his father effects anything, it does not.

McCain and his staff are so out of touch with reality it is truely scary.

We must learn from history or it will repeat itself !
Lets point the fingers at those responsible.
SOCIAL SECURITY?

If there is anyone out there that doesn't know this, this is the best visual presentation I ever saw…
Now don't be mad at old people, just remember who did this when you vote….
Thank you for sharing Social Security,
How It Got Stolen with Our Social Security

Franklin Delano. Roosevelt
32nd. President, Democrat
Terms of Office March 4, 1933, to April 12, 1945

GOOD TO HERE ! Our Social Security

Franklin Delano. Roosevelt (Terms of Office March 4, 1933, to April 12, 1945), a Democrat, introduced the Social Security (FICA) Program. He promised: ;

1.) That participation in the Program would be Completely voluntary,

2.) That the participants would only have to pay 1% of the first $1,400 of their annual Incomes into the Program,

3.) That the money the participants elected to put Into the Program would be deductible from Their income for tax purposes each year,

4.) That the money the participants put into the Independent 'Trust Fund' rather than into the General operating fund, and therefore, would Only be used to fund the Social Security Retirement Program, and no other Government program, and

5.) That the annuity payments to the retirees would never be taxed as income.

Since many of us have paid into FICA for years and are now receiving a Social Security check every month — and then finding that we are getting taxed on 85% of the money we paidto the Fe deral government to 'Put Away' — you may be interested in the following:

———-THEN—————————————————

Dwight David Eisenhower
34th. President, Republican,
Term Of Office: January 20, 1953 to January 20, 1961
Insert by Vincent Peter Render,
If I recall correctly, 1958 is the first year that Congress voted to remove funds from Social Security and put it into the General Fund for Congress to spend.

If I recall correctly, it was a democratically Controlled Congress.

From what I understand, Congress logic at that time was that there was so much money in Social Security Fundthat it would never run out / be used up for the purpose it was intended / set aside for.

————-WORSE STILL————————————————

Lyndon Baines Johnson36th. President, Democrat
Term Of Office: November 22, 1963 to January 20, 1969
Question: Which Political Party took Social Security from the Independent 'Trust Fund' and put it into the General Fund so that Congress could spend it?

Answer: It was Lyndon B. Johnson (Democrat, Term Of Office: November 22, 1963 to January 20, 1969) and thedemocratically Controlled House and Senate.

——————————————————————–

Question: Which Political Party eliminated the income tax Deduction for Social Security (FICA) withholding?

Answer: The Democratic Party.

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William Jefferson Clinton
(Bill Clinton)
42nd. President
Democrat Term of Office: January 20, 1993 to January 20, 2001 Albert Arnold Gore, Jr.
(Al Gore)
45th. Vice President
Democrat Term of Office: January 20, 1993 to January 20, 2001
Question: Which Political Party started taxing Social Security annuities?

Answer: The Democratic Party, with Albert Arnold Gore, Jr. (Al Gore) [Vice President Term of Office: January 20, 1993 to January 20, 2001] casting the 'tie-breaking' deciding vote as President of the Senate, while he was Vice President of the US

——————THE STRAW THAT BROKE THE CAMEL'S BACK !!————————————————-

James Earl Carter, Jr(Jimmy Carter)
39th. President, Democrat
Term of Office: January 20, 1977 to January 20, 1981 Question: Which Political Party decided to start giving Annuity payments to immigrants?

AND MY FAVORITE:
Answer: That's right! James Earl Carter, Jr. (Jimmy Carter) (Democrat, Term of Office: January 20, 1977 to January 20, 1981) and the Democratic Party.

Immigrants moved into this country, and at age 65, began to receive Social Security payments! The Democratic Party gave these payments to them, even though they never paid a dime into it!

———————————————————————-

Then, after violating the original contract (FICA), the Democrats turn around and tell you that the Republicans want to take your Social Security away!

And the worst part about it is uninformed citizens believe it!

If enough people receive this, maybe a seed of Awareness will be planted and maybe changes will Evolve. Maybe not, some Democrats are awfully Sure of what isn't so.

But it's worth a try. How many people can YOU send this to?

Actions speak louder than bumper stickers.

AND CONGRESS GIVES THEMSELVES 100% RETIREMENT FOR ONLY SERVING ONE TERM!!!

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Thomas Jefferson
3rd. President, Democrat
Term of Office: January 20, 1777 to January 20, 1781

A government big enough to give you everything you want, is strong enough to take everything you have.

Thomas Jefferson

see what oil baron t. boone pickens has to say about the republican proposal to increase domestic drilling to deal with high gas prices. he called it a fraud. and this from the man that paid to sponsor the swift boat veterans for truth campaign

first you right wingers criticize obama for not going abroad…then when he does, you complain about him neglecting domestic issues. this is just grasping at straws and quite frankly hilarious. he is only gone for one week!

mccain planned a photo op in the gulf and hurricane dolly ruined it for him. care to blame that on obama or the media?

I wish everyone would stop picking on poor old John and realize he needs more energy and perhaps should consider some mind exercises as well.

I'm sorry people but picturing McCain as president just doesn't come into focus very well.

YEAH McGRAMPS YOU MUST BE DESPERATE…

UNITED WE'RE STRONGER

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

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

McCain used to be respectable. He's a bigger flip-flopper than John Kerry. He knows oil companies can already drill off shore in 80% of the area in question yet they've chosen not too so far. He also knows drilling won't make a dent in the price of gas for consumers. That isn't even disputable. In the end he's too much like GW Bush and that will keep him out of the Whitehouse. The American people were fooled once but they wont' be again.

"Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid, are opposing any effort to expand exploration in the United States,” said McCain policy advisor Doug Holtz-Eakin."

of course they are, b/c theyr'e not IDIOTS!!!! all this exploration will do is make the oil companies richer. it will have ZERO effect on current gas prices. the ONLY way to make america independent is with renewable resources like wind and the sun.

arent you just the least bit suspicious that we have oil billionaires in the white house and oil prices have skyrocketed and oil companies made history-making profits in the billions?!!? if you think this is just coincidence, there's a 7-foot-tall hairy man out here in the pacific northwest you will want to meet!

John McCain’s campaign tried to keep the spotlight on domestic concerns with a conference call focused on the nation’s energy crisis, and Democratic opposition to off-shore oil drilling. “
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NO Bashing today …..OFF shore drilling please advise How long will it take to see some results give complete BREAK DOWN …… are you just pandering again

marvinj He'll flip-flop before the hour—-IDIOT!!!!

Poor senile old fool.

XXXX Quote from Mikexxxx "Bush had eight years to at least start to do something about it. But Bush chose not to because his benefactors, the oil corporations pulled his puppet strings and did not let him."
My lord you are ignorant on this. Bush tried since first year in office to get an energy conservation plan in place— "America can not conserve it's way out of this problem" 2001, "America is addicted to oil" -2002, every attempt to get a bill was shot down by the "keep earth green- go live in a cave"- movement. What strings did the oil company pull, have you ever heard in your life of a company that would purposly limit it self from making money? go back and read your statement out loud, do you realise how dumb it sounds? Dumb people I can live with, it is the ones that stay stupid on purpose I have a problem with.

I love it when Republicans call Obama out with no moral principles.
Last I checked, he's still married. He toughts his faith, Christianity, and he's not afraid to have discussions about it.

Why do you look at the speck that is in your brother's eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye. (Mathew 7:3)

Even the weather turned against McCain. Hurricane Dolly chased him out of Louisiana even before he arrived.

Obama = Presidential

McCain = Whiner,

with a capital W, my friend.

Maybe he can advise US of the best method to clean up oil slicks in the Mississipi or off the Gulf now that he wants to focus on energy solutions.

Obama 70% McCain 30% of popular vote. Looks like McCain will be retiring in Sun City after the thumping he will take in November.

By the way, I'm thinking the reason the meeting in Louisiana was cancelled was not because of the weather in New Orleans. After all, I don't think there were any delays in Louisiana. There were NONE in Houston, which is a lot closer to the storm that hit South Texas yesterday. I bet if he were getting on a plane to go to a fundraiser with Clayton "if it's inevitable, just lay back…" Williams, he would've made it just fine.

No, rather, it probably had something to do with the barge accident and the oil spill.

IF the drop was solely due to President Bush, as Senator McCain contends, then why hasn't President Bush done this in the last 2 years when prices were skyrocketing?

By the way, what about the fact that oil was around $20/barrel when Bush was sworn in. It's now $126. Does Bush get credit for that as well?
Or, is it just the fact that the price went down from $145 to $126?

you really have to wonder if the canidates have people reading these posts…..and why McCain doesn't figure out that people want to hear real plans…..real ideas that will work NOW, not 5 or 10 years down the road…..

his biggest idea to date seems to be.

"ME - GOOD….HIM - BAD"

Yah the OLD fart looks like he could use some energy.

advise him to fire all of the lobbyist working on his campaign and to give back the millions of dollars the oil companies and special interest groups have bought him with.

You supporters-tell grandpa to get off the stage before he breaks his hip. He is not ready for commander nor for presidency, not for white house.
Retirement -off course.

I cannot wait to see how many Europeans cast their vote for Obama come November. His time would be better spent campaigning domestically. Oh, that's right, the media is campaigning for Obama.

McCAIN'S DUST IN THE WIND. OBAMA IS GONNA TAKE THE CROWN

Foucsing on opening new sources of oil in and around the United States is a waste of our tme, money, and effort. We are already behind Europe in developing new and renewable sources of energy and methods of energy conservation–where the future of the environment and the economy lies. We had the oppurtunity to move in this smarter and healthier direction during the first term of the present republican president who shunned the idea and was critical of energy reform throughout the vast majority of his tenure. A democratic president and congress will acomplish far more towards moving America into new dimensions of energy. Allowing oil companies to expand under the false banner of making gas cheaper is nearly criminal, and by far, not to the long term (or short term) beneifit to todays energy crisis in the USA.

Obama is over in a country where the unemployment is over 8% and he is telling them he wants the US to be more like them??????

What a guy!

Obama is a smoke screen. Those that support him will be the ones buying swamp land and then expecting the government to bail them out. Oh, Congress is already doing that.

ANY MORE HELP FROM MCBUSH & COTHIEVES

AND WE WILL HAVE TO STOP EATING.

Pelosi and Reid are detrimental to our Country!! The Democrats must GO!!

What an embarracement he is. Pitiful campaigner and a pathetic ignorant man on facts and figures. 71 years old-with no knowledge of events and still wants to sit in the White House.
For what? to call every one going on the street - My Friend?.
The ones who support him-be real you people.

They already have 17 million acres to look for oil McCain. Why don't you affix blame with those holding oil leases for not exploring with what they already have. Blaming Congress is one of your more incompetent comments.

I know Old people whine- but this is too much from McCain. Can he do anything for Americans? He will never be able to compete with Obama. So stop bashing him and kee your dignity. Otherwise, you will be written off from history as your friend -Bush.

thay should focuse on losing than winning because they are not taking the white house this november. evil republicans!!!!!

Mccain is insane. He wanted Obama to go to MIddle east, he went and with an enormous victory. He wants Obama to debate him, and of course Obama will but what's so bad about all this is Obama will make this little old man look even dumber than he really is, if that is at all possible. Go ahead all you Hillary supporters, vote for mccain it won't make one bit of difference to President Obama. LOL

Obama

T. Boone Pickens has a great plan to deal with the energy crisis. Just look up Pickens Plan!

McLAME couldn't keep the focus on anything if he stood on his head. This is a candidate that has repeatedly contradicted himself, can't seem to make an accurate statement about the Sunnis and Shiites without getting them confused over and over. NOT a good sign

AND can't seem to get the correct dates as to when the SURGE began, but wants to get full blown credit for it. All he talks about is the SURGE, SURGE, SURGE…

Okay, Mr. McLAME, we GET it, what's next? He had no responses as to what's next. He claims we are VICTORIOUS when it comes to the Iraq war but when asked to explain what VICTORIES is he claiming, he could NOT!!! It's these types of stupidity that claims Sen. McCain as clueless on foreign policies. He's constantly contradicting himself when it comes to the war and the Sunnis and Shiites.

AND what Sen. McCain been doing since Sen. Obama's been gone? Walking down a cheese isle looking confused and "grandpa" like AND riding around on a golf cart with Old Man George Bush…. doing nothing yet again!!!!

The woman at the town hall meeting was RIGHT. Sen. McCain needs to FIRE his entire PAID staff. They are failing big time when it comes to marketing their own candidate. McCain is viewed as old man "grampa" and Sen. Obama is portrayed as Presidential in the media.

This is WHY there is such a disparity when it comes to Sen. McCain. His entire campaign does NOT have a clue. They've fumbled this whole week in the media.

I still cant believe that nobody is reporting McCain's huge gaffes over the last two days. I mean the man claims to be an expert and he keeps getting the facts wrong. First he says that the surge came before the Anbar Awakening, which is completely untrue. Then the next day he tries telling everyone he's right and everyone else is wrong. Yet, today we hear absolutely nothing about it. It is so sad that the media isnt doing their job. First CBS edits it out for McCain, then today nobody is talking about it. What does McCain have to do to actually get called out on a ridiculous misstake. I mean he says Obama isnt against genocide, he wants to lose the war to win his campaign, then McCain cant get the facts about the surge right. And his base, the media, says nothing about it. They are a bunch of hacks that should be fired.

and GOP just blocked a move to unlock 70M barrels of oil we have stockpiled….

McBush is a zero on energy issues. And all his "solutions" so far wouldn't be effective until 2030…. McBush is befuddled.

This election is a true testimony for Americans intelligence.
You need a leader like OBAMA. This is the only way, you will get the world stage.

All he does is bash Obama. It amazes me that so many people don't see this. What I see is a country full of racists who won't admit it.

To all my whinning friends- McCain said. Said what? Clueless.

MCBUSH, BUSH & CHANEY SHOULD QUIT FOCUSING

ON OUR ENERGY.THEY HAVE DONE ENOUGH FOR US.

ANY MORE HELP FROM THEM & A OUR WHOLE NATION WILL

MOVE OUT OF OUR HOMES AND DECLARE BANKRUPTCY.

"My friend- I just wants to let you know that I cannot do anything about anything"-from McCain speech.

He'll flip-flop before the hour……bank ( more deregulation) on it.

Next thing you know he'll have a surge thats not a surge that's sort of a surge. In your back yard so he can have his rich oil buddies drill there. Be careful what ask for.

Mr Magoo just can't get a break. The news media are so unfair to him. He's become a whiner!!

Since when did McCrybaby decide to spend time on anything but being a negative grandpa toward Barack Obama? I can’t wait to see these two be on the same stage in a debate. John will be Mcscared and he won’t have Joe Lieberman to whisper in his ear the right answers.

You can not hang your entire campaign on Iraq and the surge. A leader needs to look at the entire picture and Take care of America and the millions who are struggling to make it day to day.

A BIT OF ENTERTAINMENT FOR YOU.

MCBUSH ON VIDEO IN ONE OF HIS TOWN HALL

MEETINGS & I QUOTE.

"PRESIDENT PUTIN OF GERMANY"

1) LEADER OF GERMANY IS FEMALE.

2) LEADER OF GERMANY REFERRED TO AS CHANCELLOR.

3) "HER" NAME IS ANGELA MERKEL.

HOW IS IT THAT WE CONSIDER MCMORON AN

EXPERT IN FOREIGN RELATION. HE IS AN IDIOT.

Phil Gram is still the designer of his ecomonic plan and will be part of his cabinet . Phil Gram the ENRON LOOPHOLE-Americans are Whinners guy. PHIL GRAM IS SETTING THE ECONOMIC FUTURE in a Mc Multimillionaire White House.

Maybe McCain could make this speech on a barge in the middle of the oil slick of the shores of New Orleans.

1) Sounds good to the most economically afflicted people RIGHT NOW and that
2) Accomplishes absolutely nothing in the long term so that
3) Anyone who comes out in opposition (because it accomplishes nothing in the long run) can be painted as unsympathetic to the plight of the working people.

Ben, you forgot the all important:

4)Actually, makes an important lobby who is already rich even filthier rich (Big oil in this case)

Maybe there should have some push to get vehicles improved milage standards and off gasoline years ago when McCain was first in the Senate. Where's the forethought? Oil is becoming our problem and getting more won't help. We need vehciles that run on electricty that we can charge from the wall socket that have batteries that can go 400 miles on a charge. It would help to have those vehciles with solar panels to partially charge while being in any kind of light. Drilling more oil is not going to help much now.

mccain wants to build a bridge of domestic oil and gas reserves while we try to become independent of fossil fuels, which will take at least 20 to 30 years before that will come about..it is easy to say wind power, but the steel it will take to accomplish even limited success will use so much steel it will drive the price of automobiles and anything else made with steel out of reach. same with alternative fuels made from corn ect. you have to balance the results of making the fuel with what it does to the price of food ect. it is easy for sen. obama to talk about getting away from oil. but like all of his other issues he does not explain the concequences of his actions. that is one of the main reasons he will not have an open debate with mccain he can't answer the questions on the staments he makes on these issues. so again once someone (mccain) builds the bridge and people see the sense in it, obama will somehow explain to the voters that that as been his position all along and will make a speech so we can be convinced that this is true with the help of cnn of course

…for all the wrong reasons, to fatten-up windfall profits for the Big Oil monopoly $ the GOP is bankrolled by.

Obama, Iraq, Surge, Drilling. Those are the only four words I've heard McCain utter all week. Surge, Surge, Surge, Surge…Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama… Iraq, Iraq, Iraq, Iraq… Obama, Obama, Obama, Obama…Drilling, Drilling, Drilling.

Please return to the telepromter. At least you stayed on message, sort of. Now you are just walking around with a mic repeating the same lines…mostly starting with Senator Obama… and ending with an attack.

This was suppose to be his "Economy" week….LOL!!!!

No one is listening to you.

McCain needs to quit spending time criticizing Obama and start telling the American people what he plans to do with the mess this Country is in. So far, I don't see much - and he definitely will lose the election, if he doesn't get his "act together"!

The Republicans have the right idea; we're not getting off oil anytime within the next decade, so why not drill for more oil WHILST developing new alternatives.

I for one am very excited about all the possibilities, such as ethanol from cellulosic waste and from algae grown in industrial smokestacks.

This from a man who thinks that the recent drop in gas prices was the result of a speech by George W. Bush.

McCain's energy policy is entirely consistent with his economic policy. Our problems are all in our heads, just like his economic adviser Phil Gramm said. We're just a nation of whiners. Some more oil leases and tax breaks for big companies will make them feel better and then we will all feel better.

The Bush/McCain policies on oil and the economy show no understanding of how markets actually function. They raise ignorance to virtue and then wrap it in ideology.

It would be funny, if it weren't so serious.

Yes let us talk energy. For over a decade we all knew this oil crises was coming. All the Politicians spoke of it. Bush had eight years to at least start to do something about it. But Bush chose not to because his benefactors, the oil corporations pulled his puppet strings and did not let him. Now, McBush thinks we are stupid enough to blame Obama for this Republican disaster. Or, maybe there is not really a problem to begin with. It is all in our minds and we are just whiners.
But! If there is really a problem. Then Obama did it.

He has made huges mistakes all week long by attacking Senator Obama - he should have been getting his message out whatever it is. He has truly look desperate all week long. I'm sure in private he is saying thank God that they could not come together in agreement on doing the town hall meetings. I for one can wait until they do the debates.

that is all he has to say is Obama this Obama that dan* just because you Old and no one likes you don't meen that you have to bash Obama all the time this is mcbush:this morning i woke up had to use my bengay and do you know Obama disagrees with the use of bengay i told him i support bengay and will pledge my alliance to bengay for the rest of my life. ha ha ha Old Mcbush give up

McCain, you can't have it both ways. First you complain and say you "HOPE" Obama goes overseas to visit these countries. When he gets there, you complain and point out how you are highlighting domestic issues while Obama is overseas.

Please stop and hire a new strategist. Your campaign is garbage that wreaks of rotten chicken and diapers.

IS mcain ever ever ever gonna tell us his plans as potus or is he going to keep bashing obama and bashing his policies i am an independent and i am an obama supporter but i listen to both and maybe mccain might have a better policy than obama but i have to tell you i am sicked to death of mccain MCAIN WHAT ARE YOUR POLICIES WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO AS POTUS PLEASE STOP THE BASHING AND TALK MORE ABOUT YOUR PLANSSSSSSSSSSSS IM STICKING WITH OBAMA 110 PERCENT ALL THE WAY TO NOV MCAIN YOUR PATHETIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Mcshame is too old for this bs

Mccain couldn't keep focus on anything if he tried. Mccain hasn't done anything this week but make gaffes and attack Obama. Mccain didn't think it was a bad idea to travel to Canada and Latin America touting Free Trade while Americans were home suffering. It was Mccain that insisted that he travel abroad in the first place and now because its a big success Mccain is showing he just an angry evil frustrated old man that can't stand the fire. Mccain and his supporters are a campaign of Whinners. If they can't stand the heat than get out of the kitchen. Besides, the media don't make a big deal out of his gaffes and he has darling interviews from all the networks, he should be greatfull for that insteaded of Whinning and complaining about everything Obama does like and angry grumpy old man.

I WOULDN'T DO THAT IF I WERE MCSHAME.

CHANEY, MCBUSH & BUSH ARE THE REASON

WE ARE PAYING $6.00 A GALLON IN THE FIRST PLACE.

McCain and his camp really sound like "sour grapes" perhaps if they spent more time focused on their own campaign rather than busy trying to discredit Obama maybe he would have more success. Jealousy….McCain is reduced with a photo opt with cheese…that is appropiate since we all know he had the "whine" to go with it.

This folks, is the republican strategy at it's greatest. Come up with a plan that 1) sounds good to the most economically afflicted people RIGHT NOW and that 2) accomplishes absolutely nothing in the long term so that 3) anyone who comes out in opposition (because it accomplishes nothing in the long run) can be painted as unsympathetic to the plight of the working people. They've perfected this political game. They feed off of your desire to think they're protecting you. It functions well in sound bites because it can be repeated by every member of the team in less than 9 seconds. Come on, people, let's raise the bar some. We all know off shore drilling is a band aid for our oil situation and that we won't see any gains for several years, and those gains will be insignificant.

Finally, I'm tired of hearing what you think Senator Obama is doing or not doing.

I want to hear what you will be doing as President, Senator McCain.
Now I can stop changing the channel when you appear.

McCain seems focused only on squawking, "Surge is working—Obama wrong! Squawk! Surge is working–Obama wrong—–my friends! Squawk!"

did one of the 59 lobbyist working on his campaign give him a book on tape copy of economics for dummies?

drill drill drill is all the Republicans know they just want more money to go to exxon Mobil Republicans are ignorant we need to get off of foreign oil not drill more WaKE up Republicans Obama 08

Aware…Obama has no moral center???? And you support McCain who cheated on his first wife for a rich blond bimb…truly amazing how dumb people are!

How can McCain and the Rethuglicans talk energy, when their candidate is so old, they have no energy. They have no plans except to stay in Iraq for the oil. Do not, for one minute think the Republicans care about energy!

McCain seems to be rambling on without any plan. He needs a keeper, not a good sign in a presidential candidate.

McCain has something to offer on energy? The same McCain who blamed Obama when gas prices were high but credited Bush when they came back down?

Is he still pushing a gas tax holiday and offshore drilling? Both of those are pandering and nothing more. Neither will do anything anytime soon to help to issues we face.

Let's hear some real ideas about getting off fossil fuels and making our vehicles, homes and factories more efficient.

Bring Gramm back… not only does know how to recognize a nation of whiners, but I bet he knows how to deal with them too. Once the nation stops whining everything will be better… bring on Trickle-down economics and Voodoo economics.

Wait a minute, we tried that already and they failed miserably!! Hmm… seems everything the GOP tries economically fails miserably, except for all of their friends in corporate America, who are laughing all the way to the bank.

You mean he's actually talking about HIS position on an issue? He's not just bashing Obama??? I'd be a miracle if he actually talked his position on the issues for a change.

You know, McCain can TRY to do anything he wants, but he's the underdog, and Obama's pretty much callin' the shots - and McCain is left to campaigning at King Soupers and hangin' with folks like pappy bush that are even older than he is. Gotta laugh!!

he better.his foreign policy 'strength',is in the toilet,now.that was his 'strongpoint',if he ever had one.

Are you kidding?….The first thing out of McWar's mouth will be:

My friends,Sen Obama doesn't want to drill offshore…..and…..

The Surge is working.

Can he come up with policy or just bash Obama?

Go McCain!

Obama, the great pretender, is just an arrogant, egomaniac with no core principles, no moral center and no priorities other than political expediency!

The media may crown Obama but America will not!

Better keep the focus on McWarmonger's energy. He has none.

He puts people to sleep and then goes to sleep himself.

He's pathetic.

You need a history lesson.

My friend.