CNN

Don't blame McCain for loss of jobs. Blame your comapany CEO and main stock holders and the owners of the company. The are the ones choosing to lay off and close shop not McCain. The way I personally feel about these corporations closing going oversees I think they should just pack their bags and family and move with their company and live there. Then we turn around and buy their goods and still pay the high $. They tell you well it's cheaper labor, that is bull as we americans still pay top $ for everthing from overseas and nothing is of quality anymore. Think before you buy from no on. Do you really need it and what does it do for you but keep you in debt. I shall always remember my grandfathers favorite statement, IF YOU HAVE TO BUY WITH CHARGE YOU CANNOT AFFORD IT TO BEGIN WITH AND NOT ONLY THAT ALL THE INTEREST YOU PAY AND NOW IT IS ALL BEING MADE OVERSEAS. tHE QUALITY STINKS.

Ah, and the Obama camp is supposed to be above these type of ads? It's so funny watching the Obama supporters blast McCain when he says something negative about Obama, but when the opposite happens, suddenly it is a great thing

Folks, let's have equal standards on both candidates, huh? Obama is supposed to be above this type of politicking, and by putting out ads like this, he proves he is right in the Washington politics as usual camp that he so vigorously tries to deny he is in.

Sounds like "new politcs" right? That isn't the same old politics at all. Hypocrite much?

If Ohio folks think McCain cost them jobs, wait 'til Obama runs them into the ground with his tax-and-spend strategies that will reward none but the most slothful members of society.

Great call! Its about time the world knows who McCain really is.....

Finally, a democrat that will go for the jugular not shy away from the issue.

Anybody want to talk about Kwame Kilpatrick, another fine Democrat? Or a we just content on this blog to rehash lies and untruths about Bush, Cheney and McCain. Hypocrites.

Exxon is paying Obama not McCain.

Get your facts right Democrats.

CNN why my 1st comment is still pending moderation while many more after mine is posted.

CNN shame on you.

Obama should also cite that the State of Illinois has a higher than average unemployment rate, somewhere in the range of about 6.8%. What kind of excuse does he have for those statistics? Well.....uh......I, uh.............

He shoots, he scores!!!!

(if it's true that is).

AND HE WILL COST AMERICA EVEN MORE:

1- MORE WARS
2- MORE DEATH
3- MORE FINANCING

HE'S POSSESED...

Look at his Personal Life !!!

Obama is a fraud – I'm sick of of looking at him.

FaFa:

I hate to put something sour in you Kool-aid but Obama (as was reported by WorldNet Daily back in February 2008) was the first presidential candidate to declare support for the NAFTA expansion.

He was also the keynote speaker at a luncheon of the Hamilton Project – a Wall Street group working to drive a wedge between Democrats and organized labor on globalization issues.

All you have to do is google and you have the candidates own words and don't have to rely on the MSM's biases for every newsworthy point.

Laura, Boston

Kathryn August 8th, 2008 2:46 pm ET

GALESBURG, Ill.
Maytag Plant shuts down and moves to Mexico, putting 1,600 people out of work.
Obama had a special connection to Maytag: Lester Crown, one of the company's directors and biggest investors whose family, records show, has raised tens of thousands of dollars for Obama's campaigns since 2003. But Crown says Obama never raised the fate of the Galesburg plant with him.
Beyond such talk, there is little evidence that Obama went to any lengths to fight the Galesburg shutdown. Some analysts say his ties to the Crowns–Lester's son, James, is the Illinois finance chairman of Obama's presidential run–leave him open to criticism.
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sweetie...IF you want to play a game of fire with fire, i suggest you do your homework...google Lowell Paxson, how he contributed over $100,000.00 to McCain and then McCain writing 2 letters to the FCC recommending they allow Paxson to purchase a Pitts. TV station. try not to burn yourself Hon.

to Joe Kiloz...

You're either blind or Stupid... I don't know which. First off... how long should Obama turn the other cheek while McCain throws out NOTHING but negative ads... he's done nothing but bash Obama in EVERY single ad. At this point... Obama has no choice but to throw in a jab or two here and there. Obama is the one trying to stick to issues... McCain puts down Obama with every sentence. If you can't see that.. you've gotta be living in a cave.

Second.. the Elitist comment is the dumbest comment ever. How can you call Obama an elitist when McCain is worth 100 times more, grew up privelaged, and has done nothing to help the common man. Personally... I don't even see anything wrong with being an elitist. God forbid that the person running for president strives to be better and above the common person. You know.. maybe we should have Joe the fry cook run for president instead of someone striving to be elite. People like you are the reason Bush has been in office for 8 years. You close your eyes and ears and just see and hear what you want. Just like all the idiots saying that Obama is an empty suit with no policies to run on.. when Obama outlines many policies in detail on his site.. and talks about them constantly.,, while McCain can't shut up about drilling and the surge... even though every economist has agreed that neither would be advantageous to us.

I notice this is still open, but comments regarding John Edwards story closed even though it fresher. And so it goes, CNN didn't report the Edwards story three weeks ago when it broke (neither did MSNBC) but the give the liberals extra time to lavish their slavish praise on Obama.
Democratic hypocrites.

I love it! It's about time that Obama's camp went for the truth about McCain. Keep searching guys...bet you'll find lots of stuff under the rug..don't only find it, use it!

GO OBAMA!

"DHL is considering moves that would result in the loss of than 8,000 jobs in Wilmington, Ohio. McCain visited the town Thursday, as workers continued to protest the proposed cuts."

So Obama is blaming McCain because the rise in oil prices are causing companies to cut people. Maybe if DHL inflates all their truck tires they could keep the jobs there. Of course don't know how this will apply to aircraft since they run on OIL!!!!!

mcWAR Russia withdrawing from Geogia means DEFEAT!

And now the truth can be told and Obama again exposed as a liar. McCain did not lobby or aid a merger between airborne express and DHL. He had Ted Stevens pull a bill (which considering it was stevens who knows what was in there) that would prohibit foreign carriers from moving US military supplies. Airborne Express thought the bill was aimed at sabotaging its merger with DHL, a merger that was back in 2003 (aka 5 years ago). Rick Davis has not worked for DHL since 2005 or known as 3 years ago.
Oh and McCain has called for a federal probe into DHL's idea of flying their freight on UPS to be offloaded onto DHL trucks. Guess Obama would rather talk and leave the walking to McCain.

Lest we not consider the number of jobs McCain has helped secure when jobs are moving out of the US. Being someone who comes from outside the US (the UK) i find it disappointing that CNN is unable to offer a balanced view on McCain vs Obama. The polling difference is around 5%, not a great chasm as stories on the website may suggest. Whilst news websites write off a candidate who is running against a candidate the nation is unsure about, its credibiliy is seriously undermined.

John McCain has the strength to guide America and the experiance to manage the operation of the White House, Obama, whilst appealing, does not yet have these qualities.

I am a resident from the State of Illinois. I would just like to know what my "Senator" has done for me in the State of Illinois. Never heard about him while he was in the Illinois State Senate. Once he got elected to the US Senate he left the state to raise money and run for the US Presidency.

Will the real John McCon please stand up.

Obama won't win Ohio. It doesn't matter.

DOES ANYBODY REALLY BELIEVE THIS FROM THE OBAMA CAMP?
IF ANYBODY DOES , SHOW ME THE EVIDENCE ! THEYT MUST BE RUNNING OUT OF IDEAS FOR THE OBAMA CAMPAIGN .
THNK OF IT CAN ANY ONE IN THE MCCAIN CAMP COST OHIO( A GREAT STATE) LOSSES IN ITS JOB MARKET?

The say and do anything empty suited candidate (presumtive).

What a horror! Can't happen. If it does I guess I'll hold my breath for another 8 years.

Ross Perot, where are you!

Obama do some research on DHL... DHL failed because it wasnt as good a UPS/Fedex... thats why the jobs are leaving.. but it doesent make economic since for growth... ... but o well the GOVT should buy DHL and bail them out to save the jobs and cost everyone more money!

I've been wondering when Obama was going to start actually hitting McCain instead of merely slapping him on the wrist, or doing nothing at all.

And You? Mr Obama will cost the "Whole USA it's future"..

1. Can you interpret the new symbol used by the Obama campaign instead of the American Flag?
2. Can you explain the set up of the crowds in Berlin for Obama?
Friends say it was initiated by a rock band concert.
Thanks very much.

It's amazing how many people will post a comment, withought having a clue what they are talking about.

No, Obama is not for NAFTA! Clinton created it, Bush loved it, McCain loves it, but Obama wants to CHANGE IT!!! Obama wants to change it, so that we don't keep loosing jobs to other countrys.

No, it wasn't a simple selling of a Corporation! The merger by American owned Airborne, and German owned DHL was only possible if the SENATE APPROVED THE MERGER!!!! Everyone knew that DHL would lay people off once the company's were merged! Ohio workers didn't want the merger, but the Greedy Corporations did! Both Companys paid Davis hundreds of thousands of dollars, so that he would influence Senators to vote for the merger. One of those Senators influenced and paid off for a vote was... John McCain!!!! McCain willing took money from the Corporations for his vote that took away jobs in Ohio!!!!! Other Republicans gladly took Corporate Money too, and they got the vote to merge.

Now, Ohio is loosing 8,000 Jobs!!!! Whose to blame???? The Greedy Corporations: Airborne & DHL!!!!! Plus: Davis the lobbyist, John McCain the Republican Senator and other money hungry politicans like him!! Now John McCain has even made Davis his campaign manager, because McCain likes how the guy can get MONEY & Get Things Done!!!!

OHIO VOTERS SHOULD THINK ABOUT THAT!!!!!
HOW DO YOU LIKE McLame now?????

800,000 of them...who is really running the McCain camp...how many have their hands up the puppet?

McCain.....This jobs are gone and they aint come back

Um, excuse me. At the time the DHL deal went through, how many jobs did it create? Jobs we are now losing in an ever tightening economy.

Really Senator Obama, I thought you were better than this.

Senator McCain and other career politicians will probably use this as another opportunity to travel at tax-payer expense to study the problem... then form a committee.

Now that we are talking about jobs, how about talking about the national debt, social security, national health care, America's image overseas, federal hiring programs, border security, education.

Granted national politicians don't actually buy their own food or pump their own fuel, but one would think they could see the loss of good jobs and take a stand for the people.

How many jobs will Obama cost when he raises corporate taxes? Companies can take losses for only so long before they need to cut costs (layoff non-essential workers). Same with the "windfall tax" nonsense...as if the companies won't simply charge more to cover the cost. Obama is an idiot!

Tax the rich and companies to pay for the lives of the poor? Is this really what America is about? If you don't care enough about yourself to GET A JOB and support yourself, why should I be forced to help pay your way?

The truth hurts, doesn't it repubs!? You make an innocuous answer to a woman in a townhall about tire pressure gauges the whole plank of why you think Obama is ignorant on energy (when in reality he has a whole plan) and yet you are costing real people real money every day.

And to the one that says Obama is for NAFTA, get your facts straight. Obama wants to fix NAFTA. McCain is all for it.

Obama, it's your big unions (which support you) that caused companies to leave Ohio. The unions have run expenses up too high for the companies to profit so they have left for areas that can be profitable. You should give back all the money the unions have supported you with. Unions are destroying the US corporations for their own power, not for the workers' benefits.

So, let me get this straight. McCain brought you the jobs in the first place, and now you are blaming him saying that he is trying to take them away? That makes sense how?

Obama continues with facts while mcain continues BS

Obama, it your big unions (which support you) that caused companies to leave Ohio. The unions have run expenses up too high for the companies to profit so they have left for areas that can be profitable. You should give back all the money the unions have support you with. Unions are destroying the US corporations for their own power, not for the workers' benefits.

To BK :

McCain did lobby HARD for the DHL deal! Now he wants a federal investigation?! PLEASE!!!! Would he want this investigation if he did not need votes to when POTUS? Why is it when McCains chickens come home to roost, its blown off as a Democratic scheme to muddy him? I guess the Keating 5 was all the Democrats doing as well! OOPS there I go bringing up his dirt again!

The only things foreign to Obama are facts.

@leon...yeah then Obama can tell them that the bill provided the biggest investment in alternative energy in the history of this country and how when the bill came up to strip the oil companies of all those tax breaks...MCCAIN DIDN'T EVEN VOTE! But then again he didn't vote on the gas tax holiday bill, even though he's been using it as a center piece of his energy policy. And don't forget all the NO's McCain voted on in the case of alternative energy thoughout his years in congress. All don't mention the 2 critical energy votes that failed by one voted that McCain didn't bother to show up and vote on...

John McCain is unelectable.

About time BO starts bringing the real issues to the voters' attention! Yeah, gray-haired dude, epxlain that!

Those are jobs that would have been lost if that company was not bought by dhl. Obama wants to raise the minimum wage by three dollars an hour. What affect do you think that will have on companies that employ Americans but are owned over sees.

I ask this question all the time but i guess you are all to scared to answer . maybe this time one of you would like to take a stab at that, or why jobs started to go over sees when Pelosi raised the minimum wage two years ago.

Funny how the Republican supporters and Puma people almost always pull out the same lines no matter what the topic.

Obama knows that the Americans are getting a very good deal especially on Canadian oil. Working and safety standards and certainly health care benefits are mandatory and cheaper in Canada and pension plans are protected. The problem with both countries lies in the ability of both countries to move jobs out of the country into less developed countries to avoid our standards and to do nothing to help the workers in these countries.

Everyone in Cnada knows that this whole thing was a distortion and the Harper gov't paid for it.

The haters on this site show why nothing gets done in Washington. Use the proper names like Sen Obama and Sen McCain. Use of smear names is not going to help your candidate win and only leads us further down the wrong path. The real truth, The Democrats control Congress and their version of change and looking out for the American public is to take vacation and not vote on energy legislation. No wonder Congress's approval is half the President's

That is all Obama knows....Lies!!

CNN post my comment!

If you think this is something you should read more about how McCain dogged his first wife when he came back home from Vietnam for his current wife. That's a shame how he did that woman. And you McCain supporters think he is a man of character. Yeah right!

McCain is taking quite some time to choose his running mate, he has wrapped up the nomination for months before Obama and he is still uncertain of whether to choose Bush, Chenney or Exxon as his running mate. Someone should help him with bumper stickers:

McCain/Exxon 08

I like it as well. Keep them coming Obama!!!

Exxon/McSame '08

Ouch...
Well there will be cowpies in the meadow...
But according to my data–McCain wasn't the only Senator who approved the DHL sale....hmmm....what other influential Senators were invovled in that deal?

This occurred in 2003 by the way...

What crystal ball would have helped him avert the shrinking and consolidation that is part and parcel of todays economy?

Bingo! McLame and his repugs advisors have been caught with their hands in the cookie jar.

People of Ohio take note – McLame has cost you jobs in the past and if you vote for him this fall he will cost you even more jobs!

If you don't (or can't for whatever private reasons you have) vote for Obama then don't vote at all – that's the only option you have now that the truth is out ...

No, Mike from Newport, don't go there. It's not true because Obama said it. It's true because McCain refuses to dump all of those lobbyists from his campaign. This was bound to happen. You do know McCain's not too bright, don't you?

McCain has been in Washington for 26 years!! Did he change anything? NO! He voted with Bush over 96% of the time. Sent jobs out of the country and made the rich get richer and poor get poor. How can you people even think of voting for this old, very old man who pays over $500 for a pair of shoes and has 8 houses. Get a grip American or all your kids will wind up in McCain army when he reinstates the draft so we can bomb, bomb and bomb some more!!

Obama will cost them more!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

bk

You are not informed.

Congress feared that allowing a foreign-owned company manage air commerce could threaten national security. Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, tried to insert language prohibiting a foreign-owned carrier from flying military equipment or troops.

Until McCain step up pressure on Stevens, another Rep. CROOK, and got him to drop the legislation.

You are ignorant!

I'd like to see both Presidential candidates encourage the voters of Ohio to support the proposed American-owned casino resort that could bring thousands of jobs to the Wilmington area. This issue will be put before Ohio voters in November. While we can't do anything about losing a major employer we can certainly support another one establishing in an area that will be hard-hit by the DHL closing. Both McCain and Obama should stop blaming each other for things outside their control and take a proactive approach to the unemployment problems the citizens of Clinton County Ohio will face in the coming years.

August 8th, 2008 2:44 pm ET
In response to the below:
"How stupid does Obama think we are? You can't stop one company from buying another if one company wants to sell. This is america they buy and sell companies all the time."

We tell companies who they can buy all the time. There are laws against monopolies, and sec rules and the like that are good for the American people in general. Or, would you rather revert back to the boss tweed days where workers have NO rights at all?

I'am so sick and tired of mccain. He will say anything to get elected what;s next blame obama if the sky falls...............

- "This is funny coming from Obama who is a NAFTA believer"- DEBBY

Obama is neither a NAFTA or CAFTA believer. Get your information right

PS: I'm tired of hearing him say "my friends". No way in Hell would I be friends with him. His insincerity is blatant and obvious.

Poor old John McCane... Obama is going to destroy him by using his own record.

Wonder how many jobs will leave the country when Bomma taxes them to high heaven.
Get your planet saving Nancy to get back to work instead of being on a book tour. Oh heck, we know, she would lose the energy vote and she sure doesn't want that.
Private companys are in business to make money period.
Put a windfall tax on Hollywood and G. Soros. They make more profit than Oil cos.
If all the other countries in the world can drill for oil and gas why can't we? If drilling is bad than why are we doing it at all?
This congress and senate has got to go!!!! They are just acting petculant because they dont control it. Bunch of little whiners.
Turn out the lights in Vegas, Reid. save energy. Would like to see the day that happens.
McCain 08

The problem with the ad is (like most political ads) it tells a slanted view of the story. In reality, Ohio job losses began long before Bush, McCain, or the Republicans. The bkle collar job losses for Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, etc, etc began under a Democrat name Bill Clinton through an agreement called NAFTA. So.....if you believe the Democrats are going to somehow protect your jobs, you're kidding yourself.

Sraight talk express has lost another bearing. won,t be long and all the wheels will be lost.

Gosh, if Barack says it, it must be true.....hahahaha

Politics as usual..............

That "Anthony Soprano" attitude of Obama was long in coming.....firing back and firing back hard is going to get McCain's goat.........and if there is truth in his statement, McCain is going to have tough time defending that.......because you see, celebrities don't cause loss of jobs......they stimulate the economy.

McCain is trying to play both sides of the field. He's too old for the job as President; from where I sit, he is getting senile and isn't thinking straight. And before anyone criticizes me for playing the age card, I'm an 80-year-old white woman who knows senility when she sees it.
His foolish childish TV ads attacking Obama are a case in point. Instead of presenting his plans, he's trying to disintegrate Obama with TV ads, and all he is doing is making a fool of himself. We need a younger person with futuristic ideas for our country, not some old man who is desperate and striking out blindly at his opponent uselessly. We need Obama, not an old man who has no vision of the future. Obama is the one who will head this country in the right direction. McCain's lies and inuendos won't work.

Good, he should have ended with....we see why McCain would rather talk about Paris Hilton and Magazine covers.

GALESBURG, Ill.
Maytag Plant shuts down and moves to Mexico, putting 1,600 people out of work.

Kathryn
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Nice piece of investigating Kathryn....some of us blogger do more than the MSM does in presenting the facts. Hope you Obamabots read Kathryn's blog and see the double standard set by the Obama campaign.

Laura, Boston

I honestly can't imagine that somebody will vote McCain because he's McCain. I can imagine though that a republican vote for Obama because he is Obama.

McCain is too much "same old, same old' to vote for. Obama is too different not to vote for.

I hope that Americans not chicken out on Obama.

I can't wait for the first debate!!!!

Look at McCain's "jokes"... do you think he really cares about people?

Look at Karl Roves "jokes"... do you think.... oh, nevermind.

Yeah, Larry. The Dems are responsible for the mess we are in. Such an intellectual comment.

Really, Big Deb? Obama is a NAFTA believer? I thought that was Hill (she certainly helped push it through).

And Joe...oh, forget it. Your brilliant entry speaks for itself.

Obama in a landslide.

John Edwards just admitted to his extramarital affair. How convenient CNN or MSNBC hasn't run any coverage of this story in the past week or so. And Democrats want to say the media isn't left wing ran! hahaha!

Edwards for VP!!!

I'm sure the blame is all John McCains. Chances are, the old comapany was failing, and ALL would have lost their jobs had DHL not bought it out.

Oh, don't forget to blame George Bush.

Who cares? Everyone should care! You wouldn't have that attitude if it was affecting your community like those in Wilmington, OH. And for the record, I live in Maryland and I'm not affected by this layoff, but I do care about those families...

Senator Obama is not being quite acurate in the facts. After the deal went through in 2003, the Senate agreed to accept the proposal by DHL to buy Airborne Express for $1.05 billion.

What happened after that was an economic gain for the community of Wilminton OH which lasted several years.

Now a lot of businesses (even Toyota) are struggling with the economy the way it is; and, feel that it is no one persons fault that DHL may have to delete some 8,000 jobs. At least Senator McCain took the time to meet with the interested parties to try to help.

That is a hands on approach. Doing not just saying. That is what we need in a POTUS.

Laura, Boston

Go get em Barack! McCain needs some push back and too often gets the free ride!

Yes Mr, Obama gets contributions from the oil companys employees and we know and it is legal because they declare it. On the other hand, alot of the money McBush gets comes from BUNDLERS who collect sums from third party donors and hand it over to the McOilman team. We don't know who donates to his campaign But we DO KNOW that large contributions to Mr. McOilman from a "large donor" (a bundler named HARRY SARGEANT) in Florida is under investigation because investigators found that Mr Sargeant was recieving moneys from foriegners who are interested in influncing our election.... Now he (McBushoilman) does say he will give 50.000 of it back but tell us Mr. McBushoilman how many thousands of dollars did you get from foriegn interests that you didn't give back...?????

It's all McCain's fault that global economics are occuring. Isolationism, that will show em. You kool aid drinkers need to wake up

Fred, Obama is in the Senate, not the House. How the hell can he vote on an Energy Bill when the House is not in session.

Lemme tell you who cares, voters who were charmed by McCain 8 years ago, but are going to have to realize that this is no the same man. He is lying and being manipulative in terms of portraying issues and candidates. He isn't upfront and he is pandering. I care, alone with anyone else who is curious about why a man would change so dramatically to win an election. How much would he change and lie to stay elected? We see how much Bush and Cheney have.

Fred, stay home on November 4th since you don't care.

Finally Obama get back at McSames smear and expose him for what he is... Wake up McSame supporters !!

Ya, right. Now McCain is running the state of Ohio and is the owner of DHL Good grief. !!! I suppose the socialist wants to take over OIL companies so he can control them. McCain did it all by himself? I wonder who the other Senators were who voted for it.
The Egobamma has no creds.
McCAin 08

WHO CARES? WHO CARES? I'll tell you who cares, the people of Ohio, that's who cares. McSurge likes to lie about Senator Obama but he refuses to face the truth about his own actions and those that he surrounds himself with. There is an investgation in Ohio looking into this fact and McCain=Bush will have to answer for it.

Mr. Obama, Tell me first how many jobs you created in your home state illinois before pointing finger at John McCain. You have done nothing as senator so stop playing blame game.

to Fred Hermans

you may not care but we do, when you have responsibility, a family to take care of , and you see your job taken away, you wanna know what happens, you wanna know who's responsible, your comment is selfish , i's unamerican, it shows all that matter for you is fuelling bad impression, pretending that you care about enerygy bill , who do you think you're fooling..I hope ypur job is recession proof.

Obama's ads share substantive, quantifiable facts.....McCain's spew adolescent meanness INSTEAD of substance.....good indicators of the kind of President each would make.

Surely John McCain wouldn't succumb to such things. He's too honorable.

Besides, his attention has been on war, why would he be involved in domestic economics.

Who cares that McCain helped to eliminate jobs in Ohio? Obviously, you are a republican. It is interesting to note however, Obama's ad is about job, while McCain’s ads are about celebrities. Obama’s ads are factual and McCain’s ads are, well, even republicans admit they aren’t true.

Senator Obama should also tell people in Ohio that he voted for the Bush energy bill in the senate to favor Oil companies and ethanol companies in Illinois while Senator McCain voted against. So tell the whole truth Obama instead of your usual half lies. You are such a cynical politician but Americans are finally seeing your real colors.

PUMA here

Well I guess this pales in comparison to the 200,000 jobs lost due to NAFTA signed into law by Pres. Clinton. How many Ohio jobs have been lost due to the price of energy, which the Democratic Congress couldn't be bothered to tackle before bailing on vacation? How many American jobs have been lost to illegal aliens, which Obama welcomes with open arms? Just go away Obama. Your 15 minutes are up.

Fred Hermans, Neshanic Station NJ August 8th, 2008 2:43 pm ET

WHO CARES! Get back to work and vote on an energy bill!

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You are an idiot! How much oil would we see next year, or year after that. Exactly ZERO – which appears to be your IQ!

great ad....I wish the fodder for its substance weren't true. Obama needs to keep this kind of pressure up...maybe he can use that McCain tire gauge thingy to make sure his campaign keeps up the pressure!

Who cares? he asks. The 8000 people in Ohio care and that is where the radio ad was played. "Who cares!" As if the joke energy bill the Republicans are pushing is going to save the day. Republicans have been running the country for years. Now they're whining (where's Phil Gramm now?) that the Democrats are standing in their way after years of dishing it out to the Democrats. Where were the GOP energy bills? When did Bush make an national effort to get Americans to recognize the coming crisis? Never because he had and has no clue. Only a few more months... just a few more months...

who care's, people who want to hear the truth care. I want to be able to speak to McCain face to face and get some real answers on what he proposes to do with the concerns we face today. I want to hear something besides we will go to war or we will hope for the best. He needs to show me why he is the better man for the job all he has shown me so far was that he can whine and cry with the best of them, and now he added avoiding the truth to his repertoire

Tell that to McCreepy!! He's missed more senate work time than any other.

McCreepy is BAD for our American jobs.

A vote for McBush is a ticket to the poorhouse!!

July18, 2008
ABC News’ Z. Byron Wolf reports from Capitol Hill:

It turns out that presumptive Republican nominee Sen. John McCain, has attended even fewer Afghanistan-related Senate hearings over the past two years than Obama’s one. Which is a nice way of saying, McCain, R-Ariz., the top Republican on the Senate Armed Service Committee, has attended ZERO of his committee’s six hearings on Afghanistan over the last two years.

Why to Go Barack! Hit him on those jobs he helped the foreign company to cause economic damage to Wilmington, Ohio. Hit him on his lobbyist campaign manager Rick Davis.

Great one!!! attack him, the way he attacks... Obama needs to employ more who will attack the GOP attack machine!!!

Who cares? I think those 8200 workers laid off care. The American people should care because this shows that McSame is perfectly content with letting companies lay off huge amounts of people and move to other countries. Too bad we cant ship him overseas

More dirty politics and lies from the democrats.

Obama, don't you ever wonder how this Congress became the lowest rated IN HISTORY under your leadership??????

The 8000 people in Ohio who are at risk of losing their jobs care you insensitive prick!

Sorry Fred – our hard working Senators need a break from their grueling work schedule.

Posted on another site on July 30, 2008:

"Since January 2007, (John McCain has) missed 63 percent of the votes held in the Senate. The last time he was present for a vote was April 8. Since the last time McCain actually voted in the Senate, he’s earned $51,345.08, according to a post this morning at Daily Kos.

Barack Obama has missed 20 votes in the last 20 days. But Obama has actually missed relatively few, and has made a point of showing up for Senate votes every few weeks. He hasn’t let three months go by at a time."

What Hussein Nobama won't tell you is that his ties are to terrorists. Proven fact!

Who cares? I think the people in Ohio who are losing their jobs care.

I'm sure the people of that are potentially being to kick rocks care, as well as their families.

I'd also think the American people looking to elect a President would care about more GOP grandstanding, this time by McCain. Who is acting like he is fighting for these people but the reality is that he and his staff ACTIVELY took steps to lead to this.

McCain wants to act like he is fighting for common Americans but like all Republicans, the people he serves are powerful special interest.
John McCain is demanding an investigation of what? He and his own people's full court press on selling off the nation?

"WHO CARES!"?? The people of Ohio who are losing their jobs care! It just shows, once again, how McCain doesn't really care about the people.

@Fred: Interesting that you do not care about jobs. Then you should probably vote vor McCain.

All others will vote for the economy – which is a vote for Obama.

Fred we care. That is the problem with you republicans you only care about yourselves and your greed! Get a life and chill you mean little fellow. These people from Ohio are not just feeling the oil pain like you they are also losing their jobs because of McCain. Shame on you Fred!!!

I wonder how Obama voted on that. Oh, he probably voted "Present" – if he voted at all.

Saw on ABC where John Edwards admits to affair with staffer. Thought it comical that CNN reported on Morgan Freeman accident and the "woman" in the car with him but couldn't bring itself to report on John Edwards. Oh well....and to think the "Choosen One" was vetting him for VP. To all news media, please get over your love affair with BO before you harm the Nation.

Who cares? Is Fred Hermans for real? Does he really think getting 'back to work and vote on an energy bill' that simply OK's offshore drilling is getting anything constructive done?

Sounds like a Republican shill to me.

Ohioans should care. It was their jobs McCain and croney helped eliminate.

Get a clue.

Some leader you are.
Why couldn’t you call on the democrats to come back and have a vote on the energy?
Why don’t you explain why Exxon is paying you so much money Obama?

You need to stop lying to people. We know about John McCain and who he is , you don’t need to tell us about McCain.
But we have no idea who you are Mr. Obama.
All we have seen so far from you is an opportunist politician who says anything to get elected.
Oh, and lets not forget the media that is gushing over you and covering for you 24/7.

I think both John McCain and his campaign manager should loose their jobs.

It's only fair.

You would care if it was your job. I'm guessing the job at DHL includes many families health insurance also, but WHO CARES.

Ouch That Hurts
RIGHT in the KISSER – And this is all FACT and no fiction

And he stood in front of these people and LIED
McCain – MORE of the same
Costing US jobs

People can't eat the energy bill. They need jobs! McRich is out of touch with his millioniar wife to care.

McPhony has also cost American lives too.

I would say that there are about 8000 people here in Ohio that care!

mccain straight talk how about dishonest talk and seeing just how much he and make fools out of these john mccain voters john mccain cannot fool the democrate voters we are no foolsjohn mccain just want to try to coverup all the hurt he have cause to the american people SHAME SHAME SHAME obama 08

Come on Fred, he is stating the truth its online. I agree with your energy bill, but truth is the truth.

Fred Hermans guess what

Ohioans Care.

I care!

Fred how can u say such a thing if what the add is saying true, those families that lost their jobs do care.

Well, there something to be said about this.

I CARE. Vote Obama 09 !

I would say 8,200 people in Ohio care! Fred from Neshanic, NJ.

So what's new!

Another lie from the clown named Obama.

Obama has honest as John Edwards and his love-baby.

What OBAMA is not mentioning is that Ohio loses jobs because of its ever increasing taxes and more important, it is not losing most of its jobs to Mexico or Asia, but to Texas and other US states that are more competitive, well managed and educated. Wake up, Ohio people, I truly hope you see the facts...

OooooooooooooooooooooooooooHhhhhhhhh!

Who's laughing now?
Get'em BAM

Obama 08

smart move Obama, you gotta love the man's methods,

Looks like an attack ad on McCain to me. Holier than thou Obama camp is getting desperate because they are slipping in polls.

I think the hard working people in Ohio care!!!! This is nothing new for the Republicans... McCain says Obama is out of touch or elitist, but time after time, McCain displays his true strips. According to McCain the economy is great and it is the people who are whinning. Stop falling for the slogans and look at the actions.

Now the link is changed. What is going on with you journalists?
Have you no integrity? I'm an independent right now and this kind of stupidity is just unacceptable. I can't count on you to deliver accurate news and its disgusting.

I think my next TV show will likely be about the stupidity of journalism in America. No wonder the youth of this country have turned to Steven Colbert and John Stuart for news information.

Obama's socialist views are going to cost far morejobs than those lost than in Ohio!

McSame could care less about American jobs, so long as the war machine keeps humming. McWar only wants investment in war, death and destruction.

VOTE FOR PEACE AND PROSPERITY !!

VOTE FOR BARACK OBAMA....IT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO !!!!!!!!!!

HA HA!... I love it!....Get'em

Sure would be nice if Fred Herman's job was on the chopping block

You're being unfair to the pride and joy of Annapolis, John McCain, by infusing facts into the campaign.

Obama campaign – you need to learn how to make things up and keep screaming them over and over and over and over – just like the Swift Boat Liars did! Only you'll be using a little utilized tactic by the GOP/RNC – Facts!!!

McCain is planning a reply as he attends a tractor pull in Alabama.

I like this ad. It is good & speaks the TRUTH. We hear allot of He's(McCain) an honorable man, war hero/POW. He is the same old politics as McBush/Cheney. A vote for McSame is an extension of what we have right now. I don't think we can stand more of the same failed policies of the Bush/Cheney reign. No thank you, No Way.

yea right

mcrat

Now this is the kind of information voters need to hear.

The good people of Ohio care...what good is an energy plan for 8200 people out of work because of John McSame and his lobbyist?

Nobama ia not selling Hope, he’s selling Despair, and himself as the snake oil that will cure us of all our ills. This guy is a wolf in sheep's clothing. Go McCain

who cares? About 8,000 jobs about to be lost? I just pray that your job is never up for selling

Fred Hermans, think before you write next. An energy bill is important, but so are jobs.

blah,blah,blah

That's right Obama. McCain blamed you for the high gas prices while making deals with top lobbyist. Now he's trying to make up with Ohioans.

McCain has been in the Senate for over 20 years and NOTHING has changed with him and the Bush administration.

Get back to work McCain!

It's going to be difficult for people in this country to hear the truth! It's going to be an interesting transition! You will hear that the DNC is controlled by evil people like George Sores. It's funny that the same GOP loved this man when he helped Reagan bring down the block of the soviet union. Be sure and read up on Obama before you write him off, this man has integrity!

Obama tells it like it is. Love this guy!

America if you want the jobs back and America's reputation restored in the world...vote Obama.

America, if you want another dumb politican in the white house...vote McCain.

Simple as that.

Fred, I think that the thousands of recently unemployed might care, but anyway, I agree they should get back to work.

and dont forget McLobbyist's dishonest dealings that gave a very lucrative contract (35B) to a EUROPEAN country over boeing, an AMERICAN company.

that shows McBigBusiness puts his big business buddies BEFORE his commitment to leading THIS country. he'd rather make a buck for himself and his buddies than fight to keep AMERICANS employed and AMERICAN companies in business. and he wants to be our PRESIDENT??!?!?! i dont think so!!!

Radio ad??? C'mon, that needs to be a full TV ad played around the clock in Ohio.

Obama '08

Another ad that does nothing but spew lies. Oh how the holy "the one" has sunk.

Stay on him Obama and don't let him breath. McSurge is yellow. Bush is Yellow. Russia is invading another country and this is one that we back and they are not going in to help. YELLOW. What does that say to the rest of the world. Obama says talk first and fight later but if they feel that they can win McSurge wants to fight first and talk later. YELLOW. No guts no glory.
He sells us out all the time. We have had 26yrs of it and now is the time to get rid of the dirty rat.
Obama08

Why is the link called:" Ticker: Does big oil favor Obama? "
This is unacceptable.
The ticker article says: "Obama camp says McCain cost Ohio jobs"
What kind of crap are you trying to pull here?

The wheels of the Straight Talk express fell of again?

Big Surprise!!

The people of Ohio should thing long and hard before they vote for McCain. Not only is that 8,000 people out of a job, but it could also be 8,000 people who can no longer make their mortgage payments, 8,000 more foreclosures, 8,000 more people on welfare or unemployment.

Fred Hermans, I'll tell you who cares......... THE 8200 people that will lose their jobs.

As a native of Ohio it is hard to believe Ohio will vote Republican again. FACT: Bush put these people in soup lines after they lost jobs, pensions and everything they had and still have not recovered. I hope that every voter in every state will look at Ohio and see what the Republicans did to Ohio. Ohio was a thriving State and it saddens me to see my home state suffering.

Um...people who WORK care, Fred?

BUSTED!

More McLies by omission!

Exxon/McCain in '08!

Perfect!

See American People vote Mccain you will be sorry because you will get the same mess again failed Policies and lots of lying and corruption in the white house like it is today. Example, Lied to go to war and cost many lives. Think American People a vote for Mccain is "Dangerous" for the American people

They asked for it........ Way to go Obama, come out swinging.

I think politicians should serious consider Paris Hilton's energy plan. Sounds like quite a compromise that she came up with that actually might be viable.

There we go Obama get that Dirty Playing Republican Mccain cost jobs to families all across this country he has been apart of the Senate for years and has not done anything to help gas prices when it could have really made a difference Mccain is bad for this Country and he is Not Capable of leading the Free World. I Am AN Obama Supporter and I approve this Message Obama 08

When are workers going to realize that voting republican is voting against their own self interest. McCain wants to continue huge tax cuts for the wealthy and corporations saying they create the jobs. That is true; in India and China. And then the wealthy go and buy another vacation home in Aspen.

And McCain was against equal pay for women.

Has Obama decided "no more Mr. Nice Guy"?

thats grear O. Hit them with facts! people arent as stupid as McFrankenstein would have you believe. well maybe Alice is Florida is.....lol

Thank you, Mr. Obama for beginning to clearly lay out why John McCain is extremely dangerous for America. We cannot afford another 4 years of a bankrupt domestic and foreign policy. We cannot afford to have our economy continue to nose-dive. We cannot afford to continue to go without access to health care and good paying jobs. Mr. Obama keep laying out your postiive vision for America, all while drawing clear distinctions with George Bush's heir apparent – John McCain. The Bush-Cheney-McCain era needs to come to an end!

Ha! Nice catch.

GALESBURG, Ill.
Maytag Plant shuts down and moves to Mexico, putting 1,600 people out of work.

Obama had a special connection to Maytag: Lester Crown, one of the company's directors and biggest investors whose family, records show, has raised tens of thousands of dollars for Obama's campaigns since 2003. But Crown says Obama never raised the fate of the Galesburg plant with him.
Beyond such talk, there is little evidence that Obama went to any lengths to fight the Galesburg shutdown. Some analysts say his ties to the Crowns–Lester's son, James, is the Illinois finance chairman of Obama's presidential run–leave him open to criticism.

DUH! they're headed overseas under mccain's administration.

Didn't mccain just tell them yesterday "he would do everything he could to help them, but he couldn't promise anything"?? Kind of hedging there a little isn't he?

OBAMA/BIDEN

And Obama played politics by not supporting the gas tax holday, something he now supports in energy rebate checks. Big deal. Lame ad. Truth is both dems and gop are resp for job losses.

There you go Obama campaign. Let people know the truth.

It's not an attack if the truth. It's called plain talk. What mcsenile used to do, but now all he does is lies, denies and then criticize.

How stupid does Obama think we are? You can't stop one company from buying another if one company wants to sell. This is america they buy and sell companies all the time. Ohio will never fall for that one Obama. They will believe that you went to the Canadian government and told them you weren't going to do anything about. NAFTA. You were just trying to get votes.

I've voted Republican my whole life and after finally getting my wish for a Republican white house and congress, they go and screw the pooch. I'm done with them, these are not the Reagen Republicans of the past and should be ashamed at the levels they have stooped to.

Hey McCain? The media is starting to give you coverage...You wished it, you got it...Opps...Obama 08

call him on it BO!we all know mccain's been one of the problems ,in washington,for far too long.

More useless Obama "NO to this" "NO to that" without any in depth questioning of the facts. Where is the positive tone that Mr. Obama promised all of us ? Mr. McCain, BO is not the messiah, far from it.

It's not wonder the Clintons are having a difficult time regurgitation Mr. Obama. Elitist to the max, no responsibility, when questioned then everyone becomes a racist.

I am very happily morally knowing that a lot of the Obama fluff will go away come election time and the Clintons will be celebrating his defeat.

Senator you are probably correct on that issue but when you and all the rest of the democrats andd republicans vote for these fair trade deals don't you do the same. Kind of a hyprocite to say that is it not.

Obama = LIES!

WHO CARES! Get back to work and vote on an energy bill!

I think I saw McCain shaking hands with the workers. What a traitor. We need CHANGE NOW!!.

Enough said. Obama 08!

WAY TO GO O!!!

Smack down that grey-haird-old-dude !!!

Oh but him and the rest of this radical right wing nuts will lie and spin this somehow. Much like the illegal campaign contributions he received If that had been Sen Obama's campaign he might as well shut down his campaign but because it was the radical rights newest puppet Mc Cain it is completely fine and hey the media will hide the story before it can do any real harm

This is funny coming from Obama who is a NAFTA believer.

That's right..take that repubs!

OBAMA '08

Surprise ! Not! Sending jobs overseas has been the hallmark of our Government over these last eight years. How much more of it will we take? Four more years?

Isn’t it amazing that so many past presidential issues during campaigns rarely matter years later? Are the Democrats making a big deal out of global warming just to play politics and make it the issue of this campaign? Or do they sincerely care about the environment? Further, are they that concerned about the environment that they will let America’s economy and industrial sector falter as they refuse to let more drilling take place? The Democrat’s political games are slowing America’s development and progress, and making us lose jobs. Go John Go.

Only one of many Republican lobbyist – led acts to cause the loss of American employment.

This is REALLY old news, CNN, but thanks for reporting it!

It is about time the Obama campaign exposed McCain.