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No lack of experience ya think? Obama hasn't had an original proposal come out of his mouth since being on the campaign trail. The only thing he proposes is Universal Health Care that will leave out what 20 million people so how does that make it universal. LOL People had a chance to vote for someone who can think for herself as the Dem. nominee but they liked the cool dude better. This happened with George W. to they thought of him as sitting down and having a beer with the guy vs. picking someone that can actually lead. Look where we are after 8 years. LOL At least with McCain he has some smarts and original ideas.

You McCain Supporters / PUMA jokers are some scared little sheep. Go ahead and follow the old guy with 'experience'. I'm taking the young guy with 'competence'. Competence trumps experience any day of the week.

Wow! We had to live through the presidentcies of ( No new taxes)Tricky Dick, Reaganomics, two terms of Bushwackers and hopefully not McShame . The whole world is hopeing we can get this one right. " Obama 08"

Oh McDonald had a ranch – ye ya ye ya
He had a little barbie doll-ye ya ye ya -
Here lies, here flop, here go, every where, you go
clueless, confused, So you go–We had no use for you,
So go away

Quite frankly, McCain's "friendship" with a Georgian president is irrelevant. He might not even be the president of Georgia for much longer...

The "maverick" wants to maverick us into another war...

Someone who represented McCain said... "we need to isolate and punish russia"

sounds familiar

McCain, all talk, NO ACTION! LOSER!

MCCAIN WAS SHOT DOWN BEFORE HE COULD EVEN ENGAGE THE ENEMY...IS THAT EXPERIENCE BEING LOCKED UP (POW) FOR 5-6 YEARS? AMERICA PLEASE WAKE UP...THIS IS A REAL JOKE...WESLEY CLARK WAS SOOOOOOOO RRRRRIIIGHHHHHHHT!

Let me remind all of you of this:

Putin's sudden surge in power started right after "Jet-Pilot" took office and has accelerated ever since. Why? Because he knows the "Connecticut Cowboy" doesn't know how to make a decision or deliver an idea. It's the difference between being an experienced soldier or a weekend warrior.

Except that you are all talk, Senator.

Shame on you for turning one nation's agony into a campaign soundbite.

The United States is in big trouble......... neither candidate is a good choice for our failing economy..... OBAMA with his racist wife & pasture........ You can't tell me OBAMA isn't racist when his pasture of 20+ years is spouting stuff out like he was... I would think after 20+ years you would get a sense of who a person is....MCCAIN with his desire to stay in Iraq..... MCCAIN is essentially like voting for another 4 years of BUSH which is a nightmare and a whole other topic...

This story does nothing for me. Let me just put this in perspective. A big Shot American Politician was jet skiing with a pro-American Autocract in the black sea, and this is supposed to make me think that John McCain has more experience dealing with Russia?

to CNN< why are you even reporting this?

I'm a republican, and have been for years. But McCain has run such a horrible Campaign, I just can't vote for him.

Where is the OUT CRY for John Act like he is the President. Do we have a dual presidency here. BUSH/Chainee &McCon.

KEEP VOTING FOR YOUTH AN UNEXPERIENCE AND WE WONT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT ANYTHING. WITH AGE COMES WISDOM. OUR NATIONAL SECURITY IS THE MAIN ISSUE. WITHOUT THAT ,NOTHING ELSE MATTERS. TODAY GEORGIA TOMMORROW U.S.A. THINK ABOUT IT. OUR COUNTRY IS HEADED FOR THE WORST YET. WE NEED SOMEONE THAT HAS KNOWLEDGE ABOUT SECURING IT.

OBAMA is a snake oil salesman.......

Saakashvili just made fun of McCain for being "all-talk".

I don't think this is the horse John McWar wants to hitch his buggy to.

Obama 08'

First, Why isn't McCain making this statement for himself? You don't see Obama's foreign policy adviser speaking for him all the time.
Second, the adviser is a LOBBYIST for Georgia.

Not talking millitary action? Randy Scheunemannh, what at do you think the Georgian president is begging for? You sir, are an idiot.

I wouldn't trust on someone who befriends a leader who razed tens of villages and kills civilians in Ossetia....

I guess people don't remember that Georgia strike first that zone and from then this terrible episode began....

No one is good in a war, neither Gerogia or Russia, but I guess some people has missed the point of what Georgia did

1. Georgians shelled sleeping S.Osetian town in the middle of the night, killing estimated 2000 civilians (Russian citizen mostly), many children and women.

2. Russians attacked Georgians and moved into their territory to destroy their ability to do this in the future.

3. McCain: "We are all Georgians now"

Hmmmmm......

McCain water skiing on vacation while Obama golfs. Hmmm...who's the "old man" here? McCain rubbing elbows with world leaders over the years while Obama listens to a racist minister over the same length of time. Hmmm....I wonder who I'll vote for?

McCain jet skiing? Maybe on a jet hospital bed or in a jet ambulance!!!

What a bunch of rabid crazies. You all bash McCain for laying out a multi-pronged, multilateral approach to the situation, and you all either can't read, or you've been so brainwashed that you refuse to listen to his plan, instead brazenly lying about his approach. And you say he's not experienced enough, or because he went jet skiing he's not qualified to make a judgment on this situation? I don't know any Americans that have not been jet skiing before. How is that out of touch? And if you want to talk lobbyists, I challenge you to look at Obama's closest advisors, the donations to his campaign and DNC. Obama and the DNC have taken more lobbyist money than McCain or the GOP. Check the facts people, they actually do matter more than the communist images that flash across the news media of sen. obama.

this morning on cnn the Ga. Pres thanked McCain for his sentiments, however it was clear that he's not looking for talk–and further, where's all the big russian friendship and influence that bush touts he has? odd-russia says they stopped but CNN reporters on the ground wsith russian troops clearly prove thats just not true! i find it very disturbing that the MCCain camp see this as a political gain for them–its disgusting behavior to say the least-however–this pattern of saying we support these people and then what?? its no wonder that bush's current and McCain's potenital future policies make our country look like fools!! hw did the current admin & Mccain or the armed services comittee(oh thats right mccain doesnt attend those meetings anyway) not see the buildup coming? cuz why with all that exprience–and ya think we need 4-8 more years of this????

If McCain is so experienced why hasnt he learned to keep his mouth shut and not make promises he cant keep. The Georgian president called him out, and what can he do about it as senator? NOT A THING! McCain likes to talk trash on Obama, but McCain is the one that is all smoke and mirrors as far as I can see.

to lost.its the eu not france.

EMPTY WORDS,..NOW THE GEORGIAN PRES IS ASKING FOR HELP, SEN Mc CAIN HAS NOTHING BUT EMPTY WORDS TO OFFER. JUST ANOTHER EMPTY SUIT FULL OF NICEY SPEECHES.THATS IT I'M GOING DEM(BUT NOWHERE NEAR BUBBA)

OBAMA 08/12

We don't need a president who can be manipulated by small countries like Georgia to enter another World War... isn't it obvious that Saakashvili is trying to spin his terrible miscalculation into an existential threat to the Entire Free World? He tweaked the nose of the Russian bear, and now is running to Uncle Sam to protect him. And McCain is more than willing to play into that game.

What are you going to do McCain? Send a "surge" of American troops in to fight Russia and ignite World War 3? All your big talk about being Georgians and stopping the Russian Empire is being called as a bluff.

We don't need belligerent rhetoric or promises of more war now. We're tired of the same rush to war of the Bush years. Let's mop up what we started in Iraq and Afghanistan first. I say we get more creative in solving world crises, instead of sending in the brave men and women of our armed forces every time we want something done in the world.

Who would I rather vote for? I respect John McCain... But I can't vote for a Republican this time 'round. The main issues we have now, we've had over the past few years, or longer.. Jobs going overseas, the Iraq war, Energy issues, Health Care concerns. I'd be more concerned with why, with someone that has had so much experience and been there for so long – has it taken till now to talk about what we're going to do to fix things? These are things that should have been issues – with all McCains experience – years ago. Mr. McCain, also, please don't speak for me. You are not my President. Had Obama said anything like ' I speak for all American's', I would have seen another Britney/Paris commercial about how he thinks he's 'all that'. Funny how its fine for McCain to do it though. Too bad McCain hasn't spoken out as loudly or strongly about things going on in Darfur. Oh yeah, there's no oil there so why should it matter? I'm TIRED of it all. Obama may not have the same experience, but may have some new ideas – because the old ones certainly aren't working. It's a CHANGE I'm willing to put my money on this time. We need to make changes and make them quickly.

Maybe McCain and Leiberman can roll into Georgia on the "Straight Talk" express to the blaring of the Rocky theme song and scare the Russions away.

to chris from new york.the bank will foreclose on your house only because you did not fulfill your contract with them.they do not want your house

I am so glad that McCain has the stage on this one, and everyone can see how foolish and idiotic he looks announcing that we are all Georgian! Who provoked whom?

Obama wants diplomacy to be exercised before physical combative agression is implemented. Isn't that common sense thinking?

McCain want to stay, if possible, 100 years in a war that has killed and maimed our sons are daughters. Many more are psychologically depressed when they are discharged from the military. The country is financially drained by two wars currently, do we need another war?
I think McCain needs some brain food to think before he speaks. We need PEACE NOT MORE WAR!

See America.......that's what I have been saying for the longest. McShame is a longtime wharmonger. He shouldn't have made any comments on that issue involving Russia/Georgia, besides its not our business to be stepping someone else's war. I am an American, not a Russian/Georgian

McCain's temper is going to cause WWIII. And then all the hillary supporters who voted for him will have to hang their head in shame.

RIGHT ON AND WAY TO GO , FOR SENATOR MCCAIN ,
THE MAN WITH EXPERIENCE AND JUDGEMENT TO BE OUR NEXT PRESIDENT.

Exactly what "experience" does McBush have concerning Georgia ?. The jet ski experience he shared with the president of Georgia in the Black Sea perhaps ?.
Don't we have enough problems here at home to worry about ?. And what about Iraq ?. McBush concern yourself with whats going on here at home. Make a solid stance on something concerning the American people. In fact for the good of the American people just go ahead and concede the race to Sen. Obama so he can move on with repairing the damage done by your daddy Cheney and your twin George.

Obama's sheepish response is what we can all expect as his foreign policy.

McCain, an honorable man who understands commitment to our allies, measured his response and responded in kind. Think for a moment he is talking about one of our major allies who had 2,000 + troops alongside ours in Iraq.

McCain has stated, just like the rest of us wish, that peace is our goal, diplomacy is first.

Nevertheless, this is the world that we live in, and there are certain attitudes that diplomacy alone cannot change. In this case, the anarchical ways of Mr. Putin will not be "negotiated away." That is the reality.

This is one of the fundamental differences between the candidates. McCain has the judgment and experience to know when and how to respond to crisis, Obama does not.

I really don't believe one word that McCain says he is the biggest flip-floper of all. he makes Hillary's sniper fire seem like nothing.

I think McBush still thinks that we are in a cold war, he probably is unaware when it ended. he has lost his mind, no good judgment from him.

Experience, what experience? Please...someone who thinks McCain is experience explain to me where.

If John McCain knew so much (or remembered so much about Georgia), then perhaps he can explain why the first 3 paragraphs of his remarks were lifted directly from Wikipedia!

While I'm glad he's mastered "the google" – I'm not at all impressed by his handling of things. Kudos to Pres. Sarkozy of France who flew in and is actually trying to do something – as well as the other European presidents.

But I'm not at all impressed with Condi and Bush and McCain who have nothing more to offer than very empty words and empty threats while thousands are being killed. Obama had pointed out the problems in South Ossentia a month ago – when McCain's only interest would have been what deals he could cut for a jet-skiing buddy? Or business deals for his lobbyist/campaign advisor.

Get real. Obama has no national or international experience, including in the USA. People who are supporting him must be deluded by the media hype surrounding him.

Wasn't McCain the one who lifted info about Georgia from WIKIPEDIA???? At least he didn't offer to send the Nat'l Guard to defend Atlanta from the Bresnev's Russkies. Sheesh.

"I can confirm that Sen. McCain and President Saakashvili were jet-skiing on the Black Sea together,"

'CAUSE REGULAR-'JOE', AMERICANS...... GO JET-SKIING...

"EVERY DAY" !!!!!

(But you re gonna have a tough time convincing me a 70 year old McCain (with his frailties) was jet-skiing, period).

McCain probably told his buddy to create some action so that he could try look better. He has been waiting for something like this to happen. His surrogates said so.

...and now the President of Georgia has called McCain's hole card. He's calling on McCain to put up or shut up. Thanks, pal.

Well, Well, Well... McBush's supporter who indicated that the Arizona McSame as the BushChenny's corrupted administration got 15 years of experinced on Russia's policy, of course, you are going to support McBush, lying to the American people just about anything trying to gain your votes. The truth is that, the McBush will carry on the Bush and Chenny's corrupted and failed policy. That 15 years of experience is not worth anything. Everything still gonna be the same if the Arizona McBush is elected President. Nothing is going to be different than the Bush and Chenny's failed Policy. This country needs a new direction, a change that we all can believe in, and That's Senator Obama will help this country and the American people with that new direction. Obama for President!

I find it quite laughable that people are criticising Obama for actually THINKING...he doesn't speak before he thinks...he thinks before he speaks...I would consider that a good thing...but the MORONS that elected Bush Twice and seek to do so Thrice, somehow see his contemplative behavior as stupidity...they'd rather Oldman McCain who allows his cold-war flashbacks to control him...he rachets up the rhetoric as if he's trying to rekindle the cold-war...but the MORONS sees this and calls it wisdom...DUMB!!

It is truly a testament to the stupidity of the American public...that they'd be so easily convinced that being INTELLIGENT, WELL-READ, WELL-PUBLISHED, THOUGHTFULL, MOTIVATING, is wrong for America...

I'm starting to think, this country doesn't deserve better than BUSH & McCain!!

correction obama always says the same thing as somebody else he as never had an original thought i have heard of so far. he always speaks in generalities then settles in on whatever his opponents score on and gives you it as been my position all along speech. which of course cnn just laps up. and they are suppose to be inteligent

hahaha Old man with so much of experience didn't know the difference between shias and sunnis iranis and iraqis but he knows about a small country like georgia. Please Randy give us a break.

I started to write to let Realy and others like him know about "real"history........but that would take too long and not to many real want to know all that has gone on........but i decided no........ I WILL vote for Obama......I will NOT cast a ballott for McSame,McShame,McWar,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,I do not need to vote for someone who will splash around with a pres from another country and say that is a long "history". Nor do I need to vote for a oil,rich,old,person who thinks every thing should lead to war....This country and I NEED a NEW path.....one that has positive actions,thoughts,deeds. That NEW path needs to be lead by a NEW leader that can think BEFORE he acts. A person who does NOT think war is always the way to go.A person who WANTS to work with everyone,accross ALL lines that seperate. John McCain and his rich wife need to go on home. I am VERY tired of them and John's "MY FRIENDS". He is NOT my friend. My son has fought for 8 straight years and 5 Tours. I want him home.
I want to keep my house. I want to be able to drive to the grocery store.
Sure.....I ride my electic bike to work now.....but until I can aford a solar powered vehicle....I sure get wet when I ride home after a 10 hour day and it is raining......what does John and Cindy ride ?????Does it have a roof......I imagine they are taken places......do they have to worry about if they will have enough food to last the month ? Pay for their electic bill ? Have money for medicine ? I doubt it. So,John and Cindy go home. Leave us alone !!!!!! Obama please get this mess corrected as soon a you can......you will have alot of people like me ready to help.

Nice McCain, so you want a war with Russia which by the way would crush us. Look people, a lot of the media is portraying Georgia as the poor victim here. If you look at the conflict Georgia has been the one starting most of this. Russia is trying to stop "ethnic cleansing" by the Georgian military. So please, fellow Americans read up on info before you say Russia is doing something bad. They are trying to stop killings. As one can see the Georgian president (who is pretty crazy) stated that the Russians are going to attack the capital. The CNN reporter who is riding with the Russian troops stated they aren't even headed that way.

Check your sources fellow Americans before jumping on the "Destroy Russia and protect Georgia" bandwagon.

Either put up or shut up! At least Obama has the sense to know his limitations...which are considerable.

I am amazed at the ignorance of the people who support Obama and think he even knows how to spell Fopreign Relations.

Its a sad when day when even the moderator is biased.

Lack of experience? This coming from a guy that is a lobbyist for the Georgian government (who started this conflict). McCain has no credibility b/c of his full-fledged drum beat for the illegal Iraq War. Period.

Obama/Sebelius 2008/2012.

ha!!!

now go read the story just above this one, and see where McCain's "experience" landed him.

they closed comments after 21 entries!!

again, i say... HA!

mccain who ?????????????????????????
mchillary who????????????????????????

JUST KEEP VOTING A SMOOTH TALKER AND CON MAN INSTEAD OF A MAN WITH AGE AND WISDOM.AMERICA YOU DESERVE WHAT YOU ASK FOR.CNN YOUR A BUNCH OF JERKS NOT TAKING MY COMMENTS. YOU JUST WANT BIAS COMMENTS THAT PRAISE YOUR MESSIAH O.B. HE IS NOTHING BUT A MEDIA CLOWN.NATIONAL SECURITY IS THE MAIN ISSUE ,WITHOUT IT THE OTHER ISSUES YOU DONT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT. TODAY GEORGIA TOMMORROW U.S.A. THINK ABOUT YOU MORONS THAT VOTE YOUTH AND UN EXPERIENCE.

One of the qualities of a great nation is depth of the wisdom reflected by its people. Gauging the arguments for and against this or that candidate in this blog really scares any intelligent reader. All the vital attutides of a leader are being trashed here, its makes any sensible person reading this blog to wonder, with a bunch of idots supporting their candidate at all cost, who needs a wise leader. Who needs an experienced leader if the people are only interested nothing.

For generations we heard phrases like: experience is the best teacher, tested and proven to be true, well done is better than well said, look at his record. We look at experience when hiring people in any position. Why are we trashing people with experice and forcing someone into position whci really needs an old hand. We tried that with Bush, look where we are in the world today. You call senator McCain all the bad names in the book, but he is the right leader of this country at this time given the choices.

Senator Obama is a gamble and he does not even a stand on any issue. We need a leader with strong convictions, not a wind chaser.

McCain is dangerous. McCain has no business acting like a president or opening his big mouth as to what needs to be done in this situtation.

Where's our idiot president Bush?

If McCain is elected president, he will finish destroying this country, you can count on it !

McCain is acting like he owns the stage and is right on everything he does, which in fact, he doesn't. McCain is a fake.

I find it quite laughable that people are criticising Obama for actually THINKING...he doesn't speak before he thinks...he thinks before he speaks...I would consider that a good thing...but the MORONS that elected Bush Twice and seek to do so Thrice, somehow see his contemplative behavior as stupidity...they'd rather Oldman McCain who allows his cold-war flashbacks to control him...he rachets up the rhetoric as if he's trying to rekindle the cold-war...but the MORONS sees this and calls it wisdom...DUMB!!

It is truly a testament to the stupidity of the American public...that they'd be so easily convinced that being INTELLIGENT, WELL-READ, WELL-PUBLISHED, THOUGHTFULL, MOTIVATING, is wrong for America...

I'm starting to think, this country doesn't deserve better than BUSH & McCain!!

They say Obama lacks experience.......but his level-headed good sense more than makes up for it. And that is what warmonger McCain doesn't possess.

Experience? When the Georgian President just called you out McCain? Where's the experience? Why don't you call your buddy Bush and give him some idea? That would help your candidacy. You're all talk McDonald!!!

OBAMA 08

Jack Cafferty needs to wear a shirt daily with a disclaimer that his job at CNN is to bash Mccain daily and to work towards creating an even bigger bias in the media for Obama. Showing him as part of the "best political team on TV" is an insult to the word "best"! What a joke that guy is!

Kudos to Mr. Sarkozy. He may NOT be a braggart like McCain ,or arrogant like Bush and Chenney but he carry a big stick when it comes to silent deplomacy. Talking instead of threatening solve a lot of problems.

if you remember the cold war after russia invaded poland you'll remember that that the cremlin loved to engage in idle rhetoric and phony diplomacy while they went on to create the soviat union guess what here we go again

John McCain has been the only one telling us of the dangers that Russia and Putin still pose. Russia/Putin for the last several years have been pulling the strings of Europe due to their need for Russia's natural gas and oil. this is just a power play by Russia to maintain/increase their control of the worlds energy reserves. Just like what they are trying to do int he Artic by claiming large areas as theirs for oil and natural gas exploration. Face the facts the Cold War is back on!!!! and only a true visionary like john McCain can see thru the "red curtain" that Putin's is trying to throw over the world!!!!

We need to be putting troops into Georgia and the Ukraine to be a trip wire to stop the Russian’s from reforming the old Soviet Block…

"Peter August 13th, 2008 10:21 am ET

um….McWar would just attack, Obama might talk to Russia and not start WW3"

So tell me. Would YOU be willing to go try talking an ex-KGB leader into halting all hostilities. The KGB thrived off of this stuff. Chances are he would just laugh in the diplomats face that went over there. It's sad but true. Ideally every situation could be worked out diplomatically, but that is not the case. For a short list of those that simple reasoning would not work with is, Iran, Al Qaeda, North Korea, ex-KGB prime minister Vladimir Putin, Syria, and Hugo Chavez when he's having a bad day.

In the end though, neither of these candidates gets to do anything so anything that comes out of this event will be pure speculation. It's up to Bush still to handle the situation, but he's taking the easy route and letting the United Nations do it's thing (or lack thereof)

@Uncle Sam; when McCain starts a new war, make sure you join and fight on the front line!! lol

RJ, CA:
Wow, impressive argument. That will do it for the "undecided". You sound so intelligent. Maybe you should lead?

MCCAIN, STILL HAS A MAJOR PROBLEM!

"MCCAIN WILL NOT WORK ON WEEK-ENDS". . .

Wow CNN you closed the first article after only 23 responses. I guess you do have to go to Fox News for fair and balanced reporting. I do however find it very telling that the Georgian leader opened up to McCain but never even mentioned Obama, that in itself is very, very telling.

Leadership and experience first and foremost

McCain 09

Give me a break, McCain does not speak for me. I am not Georgian, never will be. If McCain think he is going to go head to toe with Russia he has another thing coming. The American people and congress will not allow such a stupid stunt. Our military can not support it's self right now with its current missions. What is McCain going to do, institute the draft? If so it will take a year or more to induct, train, equip those new troops? Very silly on his part to take the position he has. Sorry, NO WW III for this country. Obama had this one right again. Europe has it right. McCain has it all wrong, even Europe as a whole take a position different from McCain. So really who is wrong when you take into consideration the world response vs McCains response. I rest my case.

Not just Georgia, Obama doesnt have experience in any area.

On August 12, McBush had town hall meeting on Philadelphia. I just want to let you know he always make fun of Senator Obama, which said on Germany “citizen of the world”, and also questioning senator Obama love of the Unites State which is stupid and unacceptable. He did not do nor had the flag pin on his speech and not call him self-citizen of Georgia but call all of us. McBush I just want to tell you I am US citizen and proud of it you can be Georgia’s citizen since you got the money from that country for your campaign not us the people of USA.

McCain criticizes??? After his rash words, and the challenge to turn them into deeds? Whose army is he going to send?
Who is shooting from the hip?

CNN KEEPS TAKING MY COMMENT OFF. YOU MORONS PUTTING MCCAIN DOWN BETTER WORRY ABOUT VOTING AGE AND WISDOM INSTEAD OF IMAGE AND SMOOTH SPEECHES.OUR COUNTRY BEING SECURED IS THE MAIN THAN. WITHOUT THAT TGERE WQONT BE ANYTHING TO WORRY ABOUT. THAT IS THE FACTS. AMERICA WAKE UP BEFORE ITS TO LATE.

That's why McCain's more experienced than Obama? He played a game of water sports with the President of Georgia? What a laugh!

what Mccain's policy over for Georgia...go to war with russia!!!...seems like the only policy GOP leaders can boast about is how they went for Wars that killed thousands of American Soldires

The same lines over and over. The LP is stuck on the turntable – time for and IPOD!

Does Sen. McCain want to throw in the towel? Can this be an attempt to sabotage his own chances because the little train just cain't anymore (not a typo). Too much pressure, and Georgia asking for deeds and not words is causing him grief. Poor guy!

Oh they are good buddies , that why Mccain immediately came out and blame the whole thing on Russia without knowing that detail's of what was going on, that is very irresponsible and war mongerish

McCain scares me. He's like one of thos Chihuahuas who does a lot of barking but then he personally won't be able to back it up – he would force our military to go and cover his stupidity.

Jeez, what did you expect Scheunemann to say – he was on Georgia's payroll as a registered agent! Now he's McLame's foreign policy advisor.

Come on America – see thru McLame for what he is – a war mongering, pandering, hypocritical liar who will say and do anything to anybody just to get elected.

McLame has experience all right – in how to screw this country using fear, smear, mock and lie tactics.

PS: I'm an American, not a Georgian as McLame says we all are...

And while you are spending your time trying to find ways to critize Sen. Obama for using good judgment here and abroad, you better do your homework and take a closer look at McCain and start critizing him because he definitely lacks experience in terms of exacting good judgment to lead this country and restore America's image abroad.

It's definitely time for REAL change in Washington, it's time to elect Barack Obama for president !

What's interesting to me about this whole situation is that the French are the ones who seem to be making the most progress in this situation. You know, the same country that all you Republicans critized Obama for visiting and the same country that seemed to agree with Obama on foreign policy.

BTW I don't think having one of your advisers lobby for Georgia is makes you objective. Then again, I'm sure we can find a lobbyist from Russia on McCains team. Afterall, lobbying seems to be a job requirement to work in the McCain campaign.

CNN YOU DONT WANT TO HEAR MY COMMENT. WHY DONT YOU LOOK AT REALITY. WITHOUT OUR COUNTRY SECURE WE DONT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT ANYOTHER ISSUES. KEEP VOTING FOR A IMAGE AND SMOOTH TALKER INSTEAD OF AGE AND WISDOM. AMERICA YOU GET WHAT YOU ASK FOR .

I like the fact that CNN failed to tell us that Randy Scheunemann (one of McCain's foreign advisers) is a paid lobbyist for......

YOU GUESSED IT.

GEORGIA

It wouldn't surprise me one bit that the RNC made a deal with Russia to invade Georgia just to make their arguement of McWar's experience...It's not going to work.

Sound judgement will always trump "so called" experience any day and we know who has the IQ and judgement in this contest....

Obama

GOD BLESS AMERICA WILL BE NO U.S.A. IF YOU VOTE FOR IMAGE INSTEAD OF EXPERIENCE. WHERE AGE COMES WISDOM. WE ARE HEADED FOR A WORLD WAR. CNN DONT WAQNT TO TAKE MY COMMENT BECAUSE ITS THE TRUTH. WE HAVE TO SECURE OUR COUNTRY BEFORE WORRING ABOUT ALL THE OTHER ISSUES.O.B. IS NOT THAT GUY. AMERICA BETTER WAKE UP BEFORE ITS TO LATE.

And while you are spending your time critizing Sen. Obama for his good judgment, you better take a good look at McCain and start critizing him because he definitely lacks experience in terms of exacting good judgment to lead this country and restore America's image image.

It's time for REAL change in Washington, it's time to elect Barack Obama for president !

Hey! What else is new? Tell me something that every non-ultraliberal doesn't already know.

This demonstrates the lack of experience the rookie senator from ILLinois has, He is just not ready for this high office. His is a very small man compared to what McCain has been through.
I hear all of you Liberal democrats bad mouthing him, I predict after the conventions are over your shallow man will be on the losing end and McCain will will be elected president.

I love how McCain criticized Obama acting to presidential when in Berlin and stating we are "fellow citizens of the world," and now McCain is basically doing the same thing..but even worse..speaking on behalf of all Americans.

McCain first response to any crisis "dictator like"…and basically threatens war if you don't do as I say (pound…pound). McCain thinks everyone should listen to America. MCCAIN WE HAVE NO MORE TROOPS FOR ANOTHER WAR….!!!! Obama is more rational and waits to get all the facts and speak to the parties effect by the crisis before he issues a position.

This just shows that McCain will throw America into as many wars as he possible could….(and people don't think McCain would implement the draft…)

All that 'depth of knowledge' you supposedly have didn't help you keep your foot out of your mouth, McCain.

You are a sad, sad excuse for a leader. All this hard talk about what we should do and nothing to back it up, NOR are you providing any diplomatic solutions yourself.

Iran, Iraq, and Afghanistan are kittens compared to the Soviets and after what I've heard out of you this week, I am even more convinced that you are not the right person for the job.

This same advisor was a paid lobbyist for Georgia until recently. What gives him creditability to criticize? The Maverick's sabre rattling certainly helped to defuse this situation. If we want 4 more years of this false bravado, let's by allmeans elect McCain.

CNN, I've posted on two of your boards and you blocked all of my comments.

I did not break your rules, you're just trying to control the public message.

I'm writing to Fox news and sending them a copy of your message board, showing them how you blocked 3 of my commments, then you shut down comments after 21 pro Obama posts????

And you wonder why your ratings are so low.

another reason why your elections ARE very important for the world.

I simply can't believe that there are people out there who can support this guy, depressing

I smell a rat!

Reading the comments made after reading the article is simply mind blowing. It scares me that you people are responsible for voting in the next President. Instead of a heated debate based on facts held in a mature manner it's more like a high school cat fight in here. I am going to try to convince myself that the majority of Americans are not as asinine as the people making the comments above and an informed decision will be made.

When you get upset for being called names like mindless drones or Obamabots, consider the impression you leave behind with the type of statements you make. I for one will be voting for the candidate with experience and common sense who didn't use celebrity type measures to become known which caused the reaction everyone should have expected by doing it that way.

McCain 08

Any one who posted on here hating on Obama maybe don't realize that one of McCain's foreign policy advisor's is a lobbyist for Georgia!!! This is ridiculous and should be on the front page of every news site. McCain and this lobbyist will get their oil and their money and Americans will get more war and a horrible reputation. Vote McCain!!! He'll bomb before he thinks!!!

WOW – MCCAIN AND HIS STAFF SAY HE IS EXPERIENCED AND KNOWS GEORGIA WELL AND IS FRIENDS OF THE GEORGIAN PRESIDENT ETC, ETC AND OBAMA ISN'T.
YEAH – MCCAIN CAN'T EVEN PRONOUNCE THE GEORGIA PRESIDENT'S NAME – BUT HE WENT WATER SKIING WITH HIM. THAT'S REAL IMPORTANT.
MCCAIN – SINCE YOU ARE A GEORGIAN HOW ABOUT GETTING ON YOUR AIRPLANE AND GOING OVER THERE TO FIGHT FOR YOUR "NEW HOMELAND"?????
YOUR GOOD WATER SKIING BUDDY HAS SAID TO YOU – YOU SAY THE WORDS – NOT DO THE DEEDS. HE IS CALLING YOU OUT!!!!

Lesson for all... This is what you can expect when Iran gets a nuke. You've got a crazy regime and no leverage against them.

Why are people saying Sen Obama don't have the EXPERIENCE to lead this country. Now I wish someone would tell me, What EXPERIENCE Does Sen McCAIN have as president I mite change my vote. Remember the GOP didn"t want him last time he ran for president we got Bush. Go Obama

You mean the breadth and depth of knowledge McCain lifted from Wikipedia?

YOU PEOPLE JUST DONT UNDERSTAND. POLITICS ARE POLITICS. YOU HAVE TO SECURE OUR COUNTRY BEFORE YOU CAN WORRY ABOUT ECONOMY ETC. MCCAIN MAYBE OLDER ,BUT WITH AGE COMES WISDOM. THINK ABOUT IT. YOU PEOPLE ARE VOTING FOR O.B.'S IMAGE AND SMOOTH TALKING.VOTE FOR EXPERIENCE. OUR COUNTRY IS HEADED TOWARD A WORLD WAR AND THAN YOU WONT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT ANYTHING. AMERICA BETTER WAKE UP BEFORE THERE ISN'T ANYTHING TO WAKE UP FOR.

Can McCain point to Georgia on a map? Can any of us? I don't think that all of the details pertaining to this conflict have been provided to us. I do not believe that the details of Russia's role in the is conflict has been disclosed to us. The terms of their cease fire are fairly mild and it does not appear that Russia is in a mad power grab which is what I was led to believe. It actually sounds like Russia over reacted to succession movement. And why do these people want to break off

The dittohead with 40 names does not have a clue,he just keeps spewing his hate for his fearful leader,Rush Limbaugh.

no, he has one years experince 15 times–he draws his check.

Mcain took sides too quickly and started that empty tough talk that reminds us all of cowboy rhetoric GWB. Its John "kneejerk" Macain. Too quick to react before putting enough judgement into play. Barack Obama will have the better judgement on Americas foreign policy and security issues.

Like the rapper Ludicres said, "let's paint the white house black", Obama is going to take care of all these folk's problems. He is the only one who knows how to handle white folk.

and in response to what Raymond Duke said. It's a bit hypocritical for liberals and democrats to be calling McCain old and senile. Frank Lautenburg (D-NJ) is running for yet another term and if I remember correctly, the man will be 90 something by the time the term ends.

For Luis: you have no judgment, at all. That reply from you show your IQ is very very poor. I feel sorry for you. No offense

PROUD WHITE FEMALE VOTER FOR MC CAIN!!! Stuff it pround African voter! You people always have to play the race card and then blame white for it. You people make me sick. it would serve all you self-serving fools if NOBAMA happened to get elected (won't happen). You think you can really lay back with your hands out then – Affirmative action will have a new meaning.

GREAT!!!! He isnt even president yet and he is trying to get us into another 100 year occupation!

It worked so well in the Middle East, lets skip Iran for now and move to Georgia!

Here is the deal both McCain and Obama are not the President so anything they have to say are just words. The person who needs to be talking and taking action is the one who looked into Putin eyes and could see his soul!!! LOL

I am sick of these people talking about experience, experience. Where have experience gotten America? You could have all the experience in the world but if you don't have good judgement you could be dead. Point of fact. I am an experience driver but I insist on driving too fast and cash my car. Where did experience get me? DEAD!. If I had good judgement, I would know that driving too fast it STUPID. Enough with the experience!! You guys have thousands of years of experience in Washington and it's still not working for America. Make a change America! VOTE for CHANGE! VOTE for OBAMA!

OBAMA 08!!!!

Well the good news is we won't have to go to war over this. The world is going to just stand by as the Russians decide to take over Georgia. Oh how history repeats itself.

I will lay money on it this was all planned with mccain his adviser, And the president to help mccain win REMEMBER WHAT CHARLIE BLACK SAID, NO TELLING WHAT HE MAY DO TO WIN THINK ABOUT SCARY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

McCain will keep stoking the fires of war. FYI, McCain has said in the past that every American should get military service and wouldn't have a problem bringing back the draft. If you people want to keep your sons and daughters at home for the next 4 years, vote Obama!!!

This "lack of experience" wheeze is growing tiresome. There is no specific experience to adequately prepare somebody for the office of President. It's about vision, character, statesmanship, and the ability to inspire others to make America better. This snide, blinky old man doesn't have what it takes.

What do you expect? McCain is NOT our sitting president. He can't make the decisions that he wants. Parroting the role of the president while only being a candidate is Obama's thing.

NOTICE: You pitiful UN loving fools out there...where is the UN? huh? Where? Sitting on their butts just like our democrats in congress!!!!...as usual.

Elect someone who knows how to make a decision. THAT is what true leaders do.

McCain showed his support for Georgia and chastised Russia for their aggressioin, just like Obama did, albeit days later. I don't see where you guys are getting that he wanted to start another war. I think it's the Georgian president who's losing his cool when he should be trying diplomacy on his own with Russia and appealing to the UN for intervention.

Mccain does not have experience at being the one making the decisions. Just because he's old as a fossil, doesn't mean he's experienced. It's about one's judgment. What if all his experience had been negative?
Would you want a bad doctor with 50 years experience who's lost 50% of his patients on the operating table, or a newly educated, steady nerves, level headed doctor that knows exactly what he's doing?

Just ask yourself if you work for a company and the CEO steps down, do you want a member of the board of directorsto step in or someone from the mail room?
Just say Nobama '08

Here we go again. McCain making promises because it sounds good. He is not the president. What exactly does he think he can do. HE HAS NO POWER. McCain is ready to go to war.

seems to me, that there are a lot of people, here......who have no idea, what is going on....and talking alot of rubbish.....talk to talk.....what a sorry bunch of you are....

McCain knows everyone. He's been around so long and is so old everyone knows him. This means he has better judgment!!!! Hahahhaa. What a joke....

I am waiting for the McCain spin people to say that McCain had tea with the Czar of Russia. Since they did not have jet skis back then. YES he is that OLD!!!! and very out of touch. If this OLD MAN is the best the republicans can come up with we are really in a bad state in more ways than one. Very scary.

We now have a real issue to use in comparing the 2 possible POTUS and it's clear that OBAMA is the way to go. Mccains' answer to any conflict is WAR. People open yor eyes and ears. Vote OBAMA and only DEMOCRATS. The CHANGE we need.

If McCain has his way more Americans will Die!!!!!!!! We have our own Georgia to worry about and fight for!!!!!!! We will fight to make OBAMA our next President. Then we will make sure he brings our AMERICA SONS AND DAUGHTERS home from this WICKED WAR started by BUSH/CHENNEY to line their pockets for MONEY. WHILE TANKING THE AMERICAN ECONOMY AND POSITION IN THE WORLD!!!!!!!!!

Threats are but the only thing any American can make at this time. Be it president Bush or the presidential candidates. For anyone to critize Obama on this Georigia issue is seeking for recognition than what the issue requires. Experience is not wisdom. Otherwise people will not do same thing over and over again. McCain and Bush are singing the same song that hey have sang for may years with same result. But Sarkozy sang a song yesterday that was diffrent from what we heard from Bush and McCain but similar to the position Obama had maitained all along . We can't be everything to the world but to ourselves first. Others can help and they are willing to do so if given the opportunity.

What's going on in Georgia is not going to stop the bank from foreclosing my house next month.

Oh yes, it was the same neocon "experience" that brought us Iraq. I think we can do with out that kind of experience.

I'd rather go with someone who has the experience of using his head and his education and most of all his experience living life as a regular American who knows what it means to push one's way through school, live on a budget and prepare one's children for school and life. That kind of a person will be much more thoughtful about tossing America's treasure in human capital and purse away.

My husband and I have been in business for 15 years. Most of those profitable years were during the Clinton years. We have for the first time in our voting history have not heard one thing that can help us in Ohio in the construction business. We are wish there were a slot to vote for NONE OF THE ABOVE...

YEAH MCSAME IS SUCH GREAT FRIENDS WITH SAAKASHVILLI
THAT HE SAID HIS NAME WRONG THREE TIMES DURING A PRESS CONFERENCE.....GOD WILL SOMEONE PLEASE TELL MCSAME THAT WE NEED TO WORK WITH OUR ALLIES TOGETHER AGAINST RUSSIA AND THAT KGB GANGSTER PUTIN, I MEAN TALKING TOUGH IS JUST COUNTER PRODUCTIVE , USE YOUR ALLIES AND SEND IN PEACEKEEPING FORCE. WHEN YOU GO AT RUSSIA BY YOURSELF AND NOT USE THE COVER OF YOUR ALLIES THEN THATS WHEN RUSSIA PULLS THEIR INFLUENCE AWAY FROM IRAN ON OUR BEHALF.

I want to have wars 24/7 so we can keep making lots of money.Im little Johnny,and I approved this message.

McShame is a opportunist. He was dieing for something to kick off adroad so he could boast about his leadership abilities. He shows up as trying to be a gunslinger of a super power. I know everyone remember the other gunslinger that got us in the position this nation is in. McShame would be a paper president with a laimbrain cabinet surrounded by idiots. This nation would be the laughing stock of the world that has already lost it's credtability if he is elected. " The fall of the American Empire",sounds familliar. The poeple of this nation need to be taken in different direction. Check out his military record. He is not a hero. He was a collaberator with the enemy at the Hanoi Hilton. He was one of the Keating 5. "Oh" you remember the keating 5 don't you. I will refresh your memory. Lincoln Savings and Loan. The taxpayers had to fork out over 3 Billon Dollars for that fiasko. Don't you remember him coming home from VIet Nam and not liking how his wife looked after her auto accident. He immediately started fooling around. He had a problem keeping his pants zipped up. He dumped Carol by offering to pay her medical bills for life and bought a condo on the beach. 1980 Was a good year for McShame. How about that for a rag to riches story. "Obama 08".

McCain sounds like he's in the pockets of more than just lobbyists... not good for the AMERICAN (not Georgian) people in the USA or our troops. =(

WHAT EXPERIENCE? WHAT JUDGEMENT? THE MAN DOESN'T HAVE A POLICY TO HANDLE EMERGENCIES SUCH AS GEORGIA.

What does experience, have to do with it? they need.................................. HELP! .........RIGHT NOW!

Clearly,Obama,didn't know what to say initially,and he had to get advise from someone and repost his comment. This was the exact point Clinton and Clinton supporters were so angry with the debate Interviewers,about. Obama could only repeat what Clinton said,and it was obvious to everyone what he was doing. The man has no clear ideas of his own. She and the rest of us wanted Obama put on the spot first to show he doesn't have a clue as to what to do. He was allowed to second speak Clinton ,at all of the debates,until he had Hillary's platform down pat. It was a sham from start to finish, I tell you!

Senator McCain can play President all he wants now, because it's the closest he's ever going to come to the real thing!

Both McCain and Bush know empty words because they use them a lot.

Bush’s Russia policy is staring at Putin’s eyes to see his soul and he called him a good man.

McCain’s Georgia policy is jet skiing with Saakashvili and Scheunemann, a former lobbyist for the government of Georgia probably reminds McCain what to say before he utters “Eduard Shevardnadze” instead of Saakashvili.

McCain-as-foreign-policy-authority is a myth; McCain has shown time and time again that, far from being an expert when it comes to foreign policy, he is frequently - and dangerously - clueless.

Didn't Sec of State Condi Rice visit Georgia last month? Funny how things change so quickly and now Russia and Georgia are on the brink of war. What the heck are we doing?

The article says everything I need to hear to convince me that my voting for Sen. Obama is about the smartest thing I will or have done all year!

um....McWar would just attack, Obama might talk to Russia and not start WW3

Really low....WHere is empathy instead of using the situation to benefit yourself politically. Let the American people judge if Obama is handling the situation correctly. But instead use war to benefit yourself. It was done 4 years ago so I guess why not use it again? McShame!

Hey LUIS are you stupid or are you just Sean Hannity? Nice talking point arguments with ZERO substance, HMMM zero substance, no wonder you support Republicans. Senator Obama is absolutely qualified to be President and I think you may want to start cozying up to that idea really quickly.

Well heck he went water skiing with him...that makes him qualified to resolve the issue...HAHAHAAHA!!!!

He is becoming more and more the butt of a joke!!!!!!

McCain is out of touch. Most Americans don't even know where Georgia the country is and could care less.

Ask some people along the street, where Georgia is..and they'll say next to Alabama.

CNN,

Why you are not posting my views. Is it because you don't won't me to tell the truth about the media keeping up tensions between Obama and Hilary camp. Or is it because if Clinton don't give Obama her full support, that her political future will be over. If Obama lose or win without the Clintons full support, she will lose her Senate race in the future. She needs Obama supporters and we will not rally around Hilary for her Senate seat if the Clinton supporters don't rally around Obama!! Now that's the bottom line. If Clinton wants to play politics, then let the games begin.

The Europeans handled it just fine with diplomacy. What I want to know is the substance of McCain's diplomatic skills. My way or we'll throw you out of the G8? I'd like to see McCain get the votes from Europe to throw Russia out of the G8...lol, McCain is naive.

I'm very happy to know that John McCain was out jetskiing with the President of Georgia while Barack Obama was too busy working in the Senate on behalf of his constituents that sent him there.

Seeing how Saakashvili provoked this conflict with the Russians, I can see why he and McCain are friends...they are both war mongerers.

The only experience "Bang Bang Shoot'em Up Mccain" has with Georgia is reciting Wikipedia. He also claims to be friends with the president of Georgia but he can't pronounce his name? Hmmmmmmm........

"good friends?"
McCain can't even pronounce the guys NAME for cryin' out loud. Who are you trying to kid here? Us or yourselves.

Diplomacy isn't spelled "G-R-U-F-F"

I thought the GOP came out all guns blazing at Obama during his tour. Obama was labeled with things like celebrity, citizen of the world, not paying attention to problem at home. Honestly, it is so sad to see the GOP come up with this BS. Now will it be right to call McMoron citizen of the world or not paying attention to matters at home. I think the GOP are frustrated, satanic, confused, deceptive, arrogant, dishonest, angry, bitter people. These guys are nothing but "ANIMALS IN HUMAN SKIN"

McCain,you will put anything in thicker just for all american to see
but it is just talk by your campaign advisor. This is to help you look good but do we know this for a fact. Lies can get you a lone way,but
I don't think you are being honest with the voter. Voter be careful
republic are good at getting you to believe,Bush did with iraq war
and lies to go to war.McCain will carry the tradition of the Bush
administration. Republican do not care about about low income
peoples or average as well,it's all about money and power.

Jet skiing on the Black Sea? Now there is some foreign policy experience we can count on. If you are insane vote McCain

Why was the Georgian president attacking the area in dispute LAST WEEK??? Did he actually think that Putin (still the REAL leader) would not retaliate? Or did he think the U.S. would come to his aid ?
Maybe the "wrinkly white-haired guy" would lead the charge on his jet-ski?
BTW, "wrinkly white-haired guy" , it was very presumptuous of you to speak for "all Americans"....let me make it clear that YOU DO NOT SPEAK FOR ME!!!

obama had to "adjust" his original response on the russia/georgia conflict, because as usual he didn't know what the hell was happening. just like he did in the debates with hillary, he stole mccain's ideas and ran with them. inexperienced, empty suit, hot air, that's obama.

This is coming from Randy schuemann ,Mclama`s Foreign policy adviser who is a lobbyist with the georgian government.
Schuemann and the mccains gave this georgian folks a false sense of security that made them to start this conflict in the first place.
Now the Georgian president would want some of thier money back because Mccain and his henchmen could not protect them as the taught.

Clever sound bites and flowery oratory taken from history will NOT lead this country out of war, the energy crisis, or terrorist risks – it will only cause us to stumble and bumble our way into chaos. Barack Obama is NOT fit to be the President – not even close

Senator McCain has no right to speak for this country. He is a war monger who thinks all situations are best served by rattling a sabre and threats. Hello, where the hell are we going to get troops to send anywhere, remember...we are sending them to Iraq for the next 100 years.
And why are we being lectured by his lobbyist advisor

Let's see the videos. Sound like we have another sniper fire.

who cares what J-Mac is saying?

Obama 2008

Besides tough talk that baits Russia, what is McCain's plan for stability?? How is he going to help out his old chum? The Georgia Pres today said he wants to see Deeds, not words from McCain. Well it turns out McCain doesn't have anything to offer. He was speaking out of turn.

While Johnny and his good buddy were on jet skis in the black sea, did John ask him about the separatists regions?? Did Johnny ask him about attacking the Russian peacekeepers?? Apparently Johnny didn't give his good buddy any good advice.

So now jet skiing counts for experience and because you talk to another president on the phone counts for experience...i think its even better if you're not friends so it doesnt clout your judgement. Even though it's realistic to support Georgia becuase Russia is being unfair but jet skiing with the one of the presidents definitely disqualifies you from being "unbiased"

McCain is using Georgia and Russia another political stunt. Just like his campaign has said if there is a terrorist attack it will benefit McCain. Since that hasn't happed this is settling for second best.

If you want another military draft vote for McCain. He loves war and their will be alot of it.

With 15 years of experience on the region you wouldn't think McSame would need to plagiarize Wikipedia for information about the country.

It sounds like John Mcacque [A.K.A McWARMONGER] told his jetski- body to provoque russians so he can get a war story to run on. Now he thinks all americans have have to become georgians. What a poor jugement!

Proud Army and Navy Mom

If you had any sense of reality, you would understand that war is not the answer. It's ok to be a proud mother, but don't let it distort the fact that war actually kills people. Being a military mom doesn't mean that we should be using acts of murder as a means to solve problems around the world!

McCain is ready to rush to Atlanta if the fighting escalates.

He's a true leader and patriot.

Thank goodness America has a warmonger-in-waiting!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

"Old man from town is a clown,I laugh at him.

McCriticize!!! That is it, period. That is all he's got.

McShame is a opportunist. He was dieing for something to kick off adroad so he could boast about his leadership abilities. He shows up as trying to be a gunslinger of a super power. I know everyone remember the other gunslinger that got us in the position this nation is in. McShame would be a paper president with a laimbrain cabinet surrounded by idiots. This nation would be the laughing stock of the world that has already lost it's credtability if he is elected. " The fall of the American Empire",sounds familliar. The poeple of this nation need to be taken in different direction. Check out his military record. He is not a hero. He was a collaberator with the enemy at the Hanoi Hilton. He was one of the Keating 5. "Oh" you remember the keating 5 don't you. I will refresh your memory. Lincoln Savings and Loan. The taxpayers had to fork out over 3 Billon Dollars for that fiasko. Don't you remember him coming home from VIet Nam and not liking how his looked after her auto accident. He immediately started fooling around. He had a problem keeping his pants zipped up. He dumped Carol by offering to pay her medical bills for life and bought a condo on the beach. 1980 Was a good year for McShame. How about that for a rag to riches story. "Obama 08".

Maybe that's why McCain couldn't even pronounce Saakashvili's name properly three times when he first addressed the crisis. McCain is a phony!

What else can McCain do except criticize, lie and complain? The old fool has no record of his own to run on other than being an ex-POW, of which someone should remind him, does NOT qualify him to be president!

What a bore and soon to be two-time LOSER!

So....remind me again why McCain recently mispronunced Saakashvili's name not once, but THREE times in his speech????

America please wake up before it is too late. McCain is living in the twilight zone by threatening Russia, and other countries with his shoot from the hip lip. What does it say about us as people if we constantly want to fight with other people in this world, instead of using the verbal and diplomatic skills that we have before going to war. McCain (26 years in government) and his friend Bush (nearly 8 years) are two of the least intelligent products of the Republican party that I have seen so far. Look at the mess they and their conservatives have created for all of us who are not fortunate enough to be wealthy. God please help America and save us from another Bush term!

ignorant people deserve ignorant leaders.its a dangerous world and we dont need a president who does not believe that but rather believes we are all world citizens.reminds me of the movie spoof invasion of the martians where the president says cant we all just get along.lets apply current logic to all situations in our lives.the less experience the better. airline pilots need minimal flight training/experience,police no special training,doctors.lawyers,teachers,plumbers,electricians,soldiers,basketball coaches,football coaches,olympic athletes.anyone with any experience cant fiil these positions because we are better off with smooth talkers.

John McCain is clearly a Warrior ... If that's what you want that's what you get .. he's your man to vote for .. but if you're one of those people hurting because of the Cost Of Gasoline please be advised .. Once Senator McCain starts the war with Bomb Bomb Iran or some other Evil Country the cost of Gasoline will Skyrocket to $15 a gallon, if you can get gasoline at all .. Consider well "My Friend, consider well"

Why is it okay for McCain to jet-ski with foreign leaders (if he really has, I just can’t picture it), but when Barack Obama simply meets with them he’s criticized for appearing too “presidential” and overstepping the boundaries of what should be Bush’s territory? Incidentally, where was Bush during that beach party? Anyway, this cozy camaraderie between McCain and Scheunemann makes me question McCain’s motives, judgment and trustworthiness. McCain is obviously terribly jealous of Obama’s popularity and I suspect he’s been discussing his own personal criticisms of Obama with the Georgian President – which would be highly inappropriate.

McSame has a need for people to bleed. No more vampires in the White House!

MCCAIN IS AN EXPERT ON BEING A PRISONER OF WAR - NOTHING ELSE.

HE IS AN OPPORTUNIST WHO IS ALWAYS LOOKING FOR PRAY AND GLORY!

Just because they are friends does not mean he has the all know how about Georgia. This still does not make McCain fit to be President.
So what if he went water skiing?
He is not the sitting President and cannot make any decisions about Georgia. He can only run his stupid mouth.

Obama is right to say just what he has said and no more.

the majority of you need to spend sometime in a place like Georgia,Iraq,Russia.China.....or somewhere where socialism is practiced......and maybe then you will be grateful to live in America and have a President who does not believe in a appeasement AND HAS AND WILL CONTINUE TO PROTECT YOU.....The majority of Dems are decent but the dems here are hateful ..

God please HELP HELP HELP AMERICA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Did McFossil crash his jet-ski ??? He's an expert at crashing anything with "jet" attached to it....like FIVE Navy jets, three of which were due to HIS negligence and POOR JUDGMENT.

Unbelievable. You Obamabots are really ignorant.

If you want to win borrow Hillarys Kitchen sink, Plenty of dishes left in it. Senate record, Birth certificate thing, But know this McCain Americans want American problems solved and paid for first ,we want OUR country back and we are sick of begging for goverment elected officials to WORK, We're tired of our money going to junk projects, no end to all this, if you were here id just bop you on the head, and scream Straighten YOUR SELVES up Now!!!

Great job reporting, CNN! Man, these guys reaaaalllly do their homework, don't they? No need to mention that Randy Scheunemann is a PAID LOBBYIST for Georgia! Hmmmm ... no possible conflict of interest to note in this report, eh?

Another blow to Sen McCain. Jetskiing with a president on the black see. What a great celebrity is Sen McCain? Can we really afford an all out war? Is it really what we want? I would choose peace, prosperity and economic growth over bombing. So, I hardly see Sen McCain as commander in chief in we dont spend the next quarter century destroying each other. Sorry Sen McCain, it is time to put the country and the rest of the world together. What we have done as unilateralism has backfired. That's why Russia ceases the occasion to show us its military might. We need peace to recover. Probably Sen Mccain can get elected for good in 2032.

"This is an example of why we needed to invade Iraq and why we need to stop Iran from developing nuclear weapons. Lets see Russia has a very large army and 12,000+ nuclear weapons."

And that makes it good judgment for McCain to be doing everything he can to get into a war with Russia?

McCain is the kind of crazy that'd think we need to invade Russia in winter. Make straight for Moscow, and everything will be just fine, right?

"I can confirm that Sen. McCain and President Saakashvili were jet-skiing on the Black Sea together," he said.

OMG, what does that have to do with ANYTHING?
Other than drawing up fun images of an old man on jet-ski this does not amount to anything!

John McCain who speaks of the "Iraq-Afghanistan border" which is in fact commonly known as Iran!

McCain is not ready to lead – Who knows where he would lead us with his lack of geographical skills?

NO TO McCAN'T

Obama '08

Uhmmm did he also play volleyball with the Iraq so he figure he and Bush could win that war also righr? What a loser

You liberals haven't a clue of the evils in this world. The Eastern mentality understands nothing but force – and the West has not the will to prevail. Russia will simply laugh at the impotence of the U.N., NATO, and the rest of the West and take all they gave up after the break-up of the Soviet Union. It's basically post WWII all over again! And once again, after being the whipping boy of the free world for decades, everyone will look to the U.S. to save their rears again. Although this time, it may not be possible!

McCain and Saakashvili are friends? then why can't McCain even say the mans name right?

just more BS from a top Bs'er

If McCain was truly a friend of the Georgian President, he should have warned the guy not to start a war with Russia. The undeniable fact is that American troops will not help Georgia fight Russia, period.

McCain's nonsensical bluster about Georgia is just that, empty blather!

The McClone crowd only seem to be proficient pointing fingers and whining. They can't propose anything constructive, and with his horrible record, probably won't come up with anything. The GOP have proven themselves to be a bunch of corrupt liars.

Obama '08!

McCain and Saakashvili are friends? then why can McCain even say the mans name right?

just more BS from a top Bs'er

Best thing Obama can do is stay on vacation and let McCain have center stage. The man is showing his true warmongering self and is showing people how out of step with the rest of the world.

"I can confirm that Sen. McCain and President Saakashvili were jet-skiing on the Black Sea together," he said.

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Oh, great, they went jet-skiing and they are close friends. Nice to know since he coudn't pronounce his name properly. John McCain is a real peice of work. I hope Americans will not be stupid twice!

McCain on a jet ski??? Gimme a break. the man can't turn on a computor, but he can ride a jet ski? If this were true, they'd have plastered pictures all over the place when this conflict started to prove McCain so called experience.

Maybe the media should find out how Randy Scheunemann is able to say that he knows first hand that McSenile was having a fun day in the Black Sea with his friend. Did the lobbyist set up the meeting for a senator for a reason ? Did the tax payers pay for his fun in the sun? I smell a rat , a dead rat. OBAMA/BAYH 08
Connie from Indiana

How can you insult McCain for going jetsking 2 years ago, when Obama is taking a week long Hawaiian vacation during the middle of the energy and Russian/Georgian crisis.

Don't forget that Pelosi gave congress a 5 week vacation while the economy is falling apart. Is this how Dems do business, when the going get tough, go on vacation?

Dear Mr. Cowboy # 2: America is suffering. Remember America? Since you were born in Panama it seems that you forget that America is hurting and is yet to hear what you will do for this country.

Hey Randy – aren't you being paid for by the country of Georgia/ Double dipping once again. Typical Republican – talking out of both sides of you mouth.

So call experience is what got this country jacked up right now!! I know what Mccain will do and that is adopt the same failed azz policies of Bush!! This country is moving and changing in time and Obama is the candidate that represents that too me!! Everything must change. You can be stuck in a time zone or you can get with the program and move on!!

John McCain was born in Panama, so when he says "We are all Georgians" does he mean his fellow Panamanians?

Americans should be seriously concerned that McCain has close personal ties and that his chief foreign policy adviser worked as a lobbyist for the Georgian government. American foreign policy needs to be developed in terms of American interests, not McCain's emotions and financial backers.

Oh that's rich. Randy Scheunemann is another lobbyist on McCain's staff, a lobbyist for Georgia nonetheless. Credibility please.

McCain is saying we should kick Russia out of the G8 and other international clubs, which is a stupid idea, if we were to do that then we would have no more leverage over them to persuade them to play by the rules.
Also Russia would no longer finance our deficits, Americans would see instant price hikes at the store and at the gas pumps.
Remember Russia controls a percentage of the world oil supply, so they could push up the price of oil on us and Europe.

NEVER OBAMA,
I guess you are willing to go yourself and send your kids/grandkids to World War 3 that John McShame will start for us. The reason why we work hard for Obama is that we are not willing to sign up for more wars.
I urge you to spend some time on picking the next President.

OBAMA '08

I don't think a warmonger like McCain should ever be put in charge of our country. He gets a gleam in his eye at the mention of being at war.

He (so far) has showed the pompous elitist old presumptuous anal cavity to be nothing more than awar-mongering ego-maniac of biblical proportions.

His blasphemy in some of his ads has turned me off.

And Last, I AM NOT GEORGIAN and he does not speak for me, my friends.

Go Obama '08 – diplomacy over war war war war war

And the fact that McCain has paid gorgian lovvyists on hsi campaing has nothing to do with this?

Where is the media scrutiny?

McCain has experience with Georgia because he went jet skiing with the dude 3 years ago...WOW!

If the Clinton vs Obama debate showed us anything, is that experience means NOTHING when it comes to JUDGMENT. McCain lacks severe judgment and that is why, along with the majority of the country, will be voting for Obama.

Jet Ski huh!
$500 shoes, 9 houses, a millionaire wife.

Represents everything I want in a President.

McCain and Georgia's president are good friends according to the McCain's camp. I know how to pronounce the names of my good friends.

Obama is completely unqualified to deal with these situations.

Putin would walk all over Obama.

We need John McCain.

Georgian lobyist!

McCain again with one of his friends my friends. If McCain was Predident now the 7th fleet would be in the Black Sea with the Russian Black Sea fleet now how would that help my friends.

No way can J-Mac even ride a jet ski. Look at his arms, he can not raise them in the air let alone control a jet ski. His adviser is a lobbyist for Georgia, so consider the source?

Using the deaths of the Georgian people for political gain? Real smooth John, real smooth.

This guy has an agenda for war, pure and simple. Elect him and the country moves backwards instead of forwards. Sorry, I can't afford that to happen.

Age and/or experience doesn't guarantee good judgement. McCain would be a disaster for this country, the world is more dangerous than it has ever been thanks to hawks like him.

The president of Georgia needs to court McCain. If by some stretch McCain becomes president, Georgis will quickly resemble Vietnam (American effort to save small insignificant country from threat of opression and take-over). The prez doesn't want US weaponry to come in and turn his little country into a wasteland...napalm, old land mines, etc.

What Americans have to realize is that although McCain is a good. decent guy with a "colorful" and deverse past, he still carries the wounds of war and imprisonment. He wants to fight a war somewhere because he missed out on the fighting in Vietnam due to his imprisonment. He has a bone to pick. His legacy wants revenge.

No different than W., who went into Iraq because they have scads of oil, Saddam wanted to "kill my daddy", and so the Bush family can say that they saved the world from terrorism....even though terrorism is a statistical blip on the radar screen of danger.

We don't need this "personal vendetta" mentality of the republicans anymore.

I believe that Obama just proved he is the best to lead. Cooler, calmer heads are needed in situation like Russia and Georgia, not bulling our way as we have in the last six years when we invaded a country.I am sure that the McSeniles adviser who was a paid lobbyist to Georgia had a stake in keeping Georgia whole so he could lobby his friend John McSenile in the white house for them. McSenile just proved again he is not the right man. OBAMA/BAYH 08
Connie from Indiana

Obama is not qualified to manage a McDonald's.....yet these brain-dead Liberals think this Manchurian candidate is the Messiah.......and their "Party" has made a mockery of the primary process (Michigan, Florida, "selecting Obama").

Wht a bunch of idiots.....................Vote McCain or join the insane

Obama had to move closer to McCains position, after he realized he was way too soft initially. Always having to "change" his stance. Obama is without a doubt, change you can count on.

Lets be honest here. Georgia is being used by the Republican Party to set an agenda with Russia. Georgia has invaded land that has allegiance to Russia which is the cause of the conflict. This was done by Georgia with the support and blessing of the Bush Administration. Not to mention weapons support. Russia's reactions were in retaliation of Georgia's actions. Senator Obama called for a reversal of positions back to the status quo – a position prior to Georgia's insurgence on Russia's territory – McCain wants to continue that insurgence and add flame to the fire. How many wars or conflicts does this elderly citizen think we can handle at one time; conflicts that factual have nothing to do with our national security.

OBAMA IS NOT FIT TO LEAD. PERIOD.

Well Peter I see you pretty well deleted all the statements that criticiced Obama and left in all the praise and glory for Obama and left in the remarks about Mcain being old and senile. You must be a left winger, or black. I say that if McCain is to old and senile according to the Obama supporters . I on the other hand could make the stupid comment to match theirs such as Obama is to black and dumb. Both statements are a little bit stupid aren't they. But it is easy to make stupid statements if you don't research your canidate and only listen to B.S. rehortic.

I wasn't aware that John McCain was employed by the State Department, or that President Bush had authorized him to conduct these daily talks...

Plus, this is all they know. And do you know what I'm thinking of doing??? I'm actually gonna hire one of the boys to do a political cartoon for me. Hey, I'll make fun of the GOP, from a Conservative point of view....my boy already told me when, just as long I tell him...

Who care that he went sking with the President of Georgia Mccain is so old I need to see Pictures of him Skiing because he is 72 years old and what 72 yearold you know that skies? Mccain just wants to start another War if he is Eleced all you will hear is WAR. Obama is the Future

Once again .... we have the Obama supports giving slurs and insults but no plan. Say whatever makes you feel better then bottom line is Obama is a rookie and isn't ready to lead.

More experience with flawed ideas and plans, or lesser experience with innovative and progressive ideas and plans? No one is debating that McCain has more experience than Obama. We just don't like what his experience has created.

suprise suprise. i did not think the McCain camp would critisize Obama's lack of experience. It's so unheard of. I always thought it would be much more likely that the McCain camp would praise Obama's abundance of good judgement.

If McCain is the answer to the troubles of the U.S. of A., why wouldn't the republicans have voted to put him in office 8 years ago? Why nominate and elect Bush? Something doesn't seem right with the republicans and this election. I feel they have caused enough trouble and many are bailing out. Which leaves McCain to be so nieve and arrogant enough to want to run 8 years later. After the way the republicans had thrown McCain under the bus?

...I believe I have made up my mind. The republicans doesn't sit well with me this go round. I've decided as an independent voter to cast my support for Obama. At least his campaign isn't a regime of Bush or anyone close to it.

When is the McCain camp going to stop criticizing and start telling us what McCain would do for this country. You can't always win by tearing others down.

Meanwhile, Obama text messages Sonny Perdue to express his disapproval.

"Yo, Sonny, haps in the hood? Do me a solid: as Guv of Georgia, in one of our phat 57 states, come along and stop getting aggro with the Russian homes. TY, 'Bama."

Laura from Boston you are correct. You also want someone who knows the difference between a femor and a rotary cuff when you are having surgery. Not someone who claims to have experience but can't tell the difference between the two. This is McCain. McCain may have been an POW, but how does this equate to having foriegn policy experience when he does not know that dafur is in sudan and not somelia. He believes iraq borders pakistan which is not true. He does not know the difference between shiate and sunni. How is he planning to speak to world leaders when he confuses countries and cultural groups?

See how wrong you are again MSwain.... The idea came from Georgia to start it with the blessing of your bigger supporter GWB.... You are really senile, if you believe that Obama got not experience, he proove it again , he is having more judgement than you have in 30 years..

I noticed that McFossil says he speaks for all Americans on the Russian and Georgia problem. Well, he does not speak for me. It is easy to see that if he had his way and had the ability to do so, he would have started sending our troops to Georgia to fight Russia. Is this the kind of person we want? A leader who starts beating the drums for war for the slightest reason? I believe we have had enough of war for a while. Especially one brought by lies and greed. Please vote for Obama, who would at least try negotiations before jumping into war. Our country has been left in a weakened condition due to the Iraqi war. We need time to replenish and rebuild before we start sabre rattling again.

I'm saddened by the events in Georgia but I am much more concerned for our presence in Iraq.

That is why I am voting for Obama.

******Breaking News Obama has called UPS and will have his teleprompter shipped to Russia to fix the situation. Also, Gum Drops will be replacing bullets and unicorns will be used instead of planes. Nancy Pelosi and Code Pink have both approved of these measures***********

Lieberman accuses Obama of "not always putting his country first" when it comes to policy.

That statement comes from a guy who always puts Isreal first whenever he has a decision to make. LIke who to support for POTUS.

That statement comes on behalf of a guy whose recent comments are stronger than those of the current POTUS. Whose interest are McCain putting first?

Now they turn around and criticize Obama for going on vacation, while bragging about their man, McCain, having vacationed with the President of Georgia.

Is the general public paying attention to what they actually do, and not what the claim to say and do?

This is a joke. Just because you talk to someone does not mean youy are qualified to run the country. Bush was sitting right next to Putin at the olympics while his country was bombing Georgia.
McShame... war, bomb and more wars. Only thing he knows.

Would love to know Saakashvili's opinion of John McCain & George Bush.

The US through the Republican administration had basically no diplomatic authority to do any thing in this conflict. Our country is in DIRE need of a president that can build international relations.

If he's such a good friend, why can't he pronounce his name? McCain used Saakashvili's name 3 times in a speech recently and mispronounced it all 3 times.
It would be refreshing to have a president who sounds educated and intelligent when he speaks. After 8 years of a president who sounds like an ignorant hick and offends foe and ally alike, I'd like a president who puts our best face forward to the world and garners their respect.

Here we go again – another article that highlights a flaw in Obama and the Obamabots are all over it spewing hatred and name calling. What a shock – every discussion that doesn't praise Obama as the new messiah turns that way.

This still does not make the voter believe in McCain's policy, which amounts to nothing other than aggressive talk of invading and bombing. In November McCain will experience the back lash for tirelessly campaigning against his opponent rather than campaigning to promote himself.

Again, what has all this experience gotten him exactly? Iraq, Iran, Water Sports with the Georgian President? Who cares. He only knows how to start conflicts, not end them.

Personally, I don't want my President getting too chummy with specific foreign politicians–it clouds their judgment.

It's like Bush saying he looked into Putin's soul. Now Putin is bombing Georgia and John McCain is playing "water sports" with the Georgian President.

What next, pictures of John McCain walking hand-in-hand with "Misha" ?

McCain is a joke and he needs to stand down from this situation. Both he and Bush just need to let the European leaders handle it. The last thing we need is to tick off Russia. Georgia has not been an innocent party in all this.

I guess Scheunemann should know what he's talking about since he's a lobbyist for Georgia and McCain's top advisor on this issue.

didn't McCrack mis-pronounce his name.

way to be there McWarmonger, i bet you wish you could strap on that helmet one more time, go some place exotic and kill the innocent- yeah that's great presidential qualifications right there [SARCASM]

Why aren't you at CNN reporting the fact that one of McCain's campaign staff is a lobbyist for Georgia? No wonder he is himself lobbying so much on Georgia's behalf. All of the phony saber rattling is just talk and only talk. The United States invaded a sovereign nation and refuses to leave. So how can the hypocrites in this country slam Russia for doing the same thing? Quit being a tool and start being true journalists.

McLAME needs to just SHUT UP, he's OLDER than dirt and yet he lacks any level of "original" JUDGEMENTS.

His only focus is taking this country back into another WAR!!! That's ALL he knows. WAR, WAR, WAR!!! How predictable. This OLD WHITE HAIR DUDE continues to live in the past. What a scary thought.

He forgets, HE"S NOT THE PRESIDENT. He's been flapping his gums like he's the man, when in fact, he's NOT THE MAN!!! Sooner or later he's going to stick his nose in too far and it's going to get cut off!! He's meddling yet again and rambling out the side of his neck. His recent speeches were so LAME and put me to sleep yet again.

McCain and Mikheil Saakashvili are such good friends yet Johnny has such a hard time pronouncing his name.

Pretty hilarious.

Experience vs. Judgment
McSame endorses US unprovoked attack on Iraq but condemns Russia unprovoked attack on Georgia. Where is the moral high ground? McSame jet skies with Saakashvili and proceeds to misspeak his name three times in a speech on the Georgian incident. Is the Georgian regime coming out for McSame because he likes to take a hard line against Russia because old habits are hard to give up? All of this makes McSame stronger on international relations? I’m missing the connection.

NeverObama Wrote:
"Obama is a joke and I hope enough people in this country are beginning to realize that fact, if they haven't already. Everytime he opens his mouth I have to shake my head in wonder. He can NEVER think on his feet and has to wait "to get advice" in order to even form an opinion. His "handlers" have him on a very short rope."

Funny, that's exactly how I feel about McCain. Everytime he opens HIS mouth, I shake my head and wonder if it's PTSD or pre-Alzheimers causing his confusion. He NEVER is seen without Joe or Lindsay whispering advice in his ear and his handlers have restricted his cell phone use so he doesn't get advice from outside the campaign so I would say they have HIM on a very short rope (or leash) now!

Since they are friends, how can we trust McCain to make an unbiased judgement in this situation? Friendship with the Georgian president DOES NOT in any way or form indicate that McCain has better international relations. For pits sake, telling one side to restrain itself is not the answer if two parties are fighting. Both have to stop and thus for me Obama shows better maturity.

So what does Mcain having gone Jet skiing helped the kids,women and men of Georgia who are getting killed every day. Bragging that Mcain are friends with the Georgian president is lame unless he has done anything to bring the two countries to a cease fire. Obama is friends with many leaders that Mcain doesn't even know but Obama won't brag about it.

Mcain, foreign policy does not mean War. It also means peace and economy, your foreign policy "expertise" only seems to be concentrated around war struck countries. Mcain do you know the presidents of Andorra, Grenada, Nauru, Tuvalu etc...they have no standing army and they still exist peacefully.

So why couldn't he pronounce his name?

And for that matter, why did he blatantly copy his knowledge of Georgia from wikipedia?

This whole situation proves that Obama is not ready to be President. He has not handled the situation very well. Georgia made a very poorly calculated decision. This was made by their young leader who is very arogant and inexperienced. Hmmmm.... sounds familar.

Let's see, lack of experience....Uh, would that include the Bush plan to encourage Mikheil Saakashvili to invade South Ossetia and killing innocent civilians [or what us laymen call "POKING THE BEAR"...and John Boy..NEWSFLASH! Unlike what you said yesterday , we are NOT all Georgians....So go bomb Scottsdale and see how that plays on the nightly news.

McCain and Georgian President Jet Skiing?
Now tell me who is the elitist here.

McCain keep talking about being friends with Iraqi President and now Georgian President. hmmm. Since when did being friends with a president helped with foreign policy. How can occasional chat with someone be seen as being friends.

He also talks about knowing how to win wars, can someone please tell me the war that he won?

Lol...this is rich!!! McCain plagiarized Georgian facts from wikipedia and he has the nerve to question Obama judgment on the georgia conflict. if it were up to McBush we would be fighting three wars, iraq, afhaganistan and Georgia.

Does McPain know that there is a country named Georgia and a US state named Georgia?

I wouldn't want him getting confused....

I hear it is oral tradition that McCain has a chance to go cross country skiing with Peter the Great once ..McCain actually gave him the idea of St Petersburg!

Wow this OLD Man has awesome foriegn policy experience ....

McCain 1708, 1808, 1908, 2008 !

I guess when you have a "friend" like Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili, that makes you more "experienced." McCain doesn't understand there are no friends in the political business.

How can Mccain/Bush/Anyone who voted and supported the Iraq war have any credibility telling another country that it's wrong to violate another nation's sovereignty? This is another reason Obama is the better choice from a foreign policy standpoint.

Laura wrote:

Well, when I have a medical problem, I want the guy with the most experience helping me. If I was to need counseling for anything, again I would go immediately to the person who had experience in helping me with whatever problems I had.

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On the surface that sounds like good reasoning. But I've gone to an old doctor who wasn't aware of the newest technology and barely knew how to communicate with me. After some frustration I sought out someone younger and more able.

It is funny how the Obama supporters are posting comments about McCain being a war machine and making comments about why aren't we attacking Russia or defending Georgia militarily. This is an example of why we needed to invade Iraq and why we need to stop Iran from developing nuclear weapons. Lets see Russia has a very large army and 12,000+ nuclear weapons. The Russia issue is a little different than the US invading Iraq. History lesson 101, Iraq invaded their neighbor in '91. We drove them out. We spent the next 10+ years using sanctions and diplomacy with them. Saddam continued to threaten people and refused to work with us to prove that he did not have WMD. We called his bluff. Everyone thinks that we just woke up one morning and decided to invade Iraq.

lets see, McCain gets shot down over Viet Nam, which give him hero status and military insight. Must have visited South Korea where he gets idea for military occupation for generations to come. Jet ski's on the Black Sea and is in like Flynn with all things Russian. So whats to choose between Obama, or McCain??? It doesn't appear that a whole lot of brain power or common sense is involved.

Let's see..Randy Scheunemann was/is(?) a lobbyist for the country of Georgia......There is oil in Georgia.......He says McCain has a 15 year historical history.....doing what ?.......Tell all...What has McCain been doing all that time in Georgia ??????Just curious....Oil...........Several reporters for the U.S. have said that Georgia attacked Russia and killed at least 2,000 people (civilians). Is this true......France and other countries in the EU have started talks with the neighboring countries.and cease fire calls have taken place. The U.S. does not and can not solve every countries problems. We do not have the recources.They have been run down. The U.S. does not have the money to handle other countries affairs......as the French Pres. said there are World Courts to take countries to task for any wrong doing by whoever. Oh that the people in the U.S. had that type of effective court system. Here, anyone who is in power can do whatever they wish to whomever they wish at anytime , whithout concequences it seems. Just watch C-Span.....and the non action of the new Attorney General with regards to anything brought to him that might be in the least way tied to Pres. Bush.All the t.v. channels are reporting the stories.....rule of law ?????? If this country can not protect and stop violating it's laws against it's own citizens and take to task wrong doers,whether attorneys or pres. or v.p., then do folks realy believe the U.S. would be effective to other countries ???????McShame has not even been taken to task for knowingly writing a bill that was queitly signed by pres. Clinton that forcefully removed women,children and elders onto a radio-active toxic dump. So much for their health/survival.
He will help now with a health plan ???? No. He will help with the economy ? No. Please....do not forget he is one of the TOP RICH people. He is one of the BIG fish. All the rest of us are the little fish. Rember how that food chain theory goes. Yes...he fought in WWII. Yes...he was a P.O.W. I have family members that were also. Yes...he comes from a military family.......so did my father,mother,grandparents....but none of them thought they knew it all and could lead a country. They did ,however,help their country publicly and in their jobs they were quiet leaders ,by example.

Hmmm, here we go again, using Georgia for political purposes, it is ad, "Misha" should have never sent his troops to Ossetia first, the enclave that wants to cleave from Georgia, then when he got burnt, he is crying foul, he should have resolved the problem the other way. But nontheless, Russia should pull its troops out of , there no justifications for that.

Does McCain know where Georgia and Russia are, guess we should start with that before slamming Obama, shouldn't we McCain?

How close McCain and Hilary are. Now I know why they are friends. Inexperienced people., both have similar fates. .

Where was McCain when Russia was building it's attack on Georgia (any Country), doesn't he claim to have 25 years of experience. If so MUCH experience...WHAT HAS MCCAIN DONE IN THE SENATE BEFORE NOW THAT WOULD HAVE MADE RUSSIA THINK TWICE ABOUT SUCH A BAD CRIME? 25 years of experience.....HUM!....Where was McCain when Russia was building it's attack on Georgia (any Country), doesn't he claim to have 25 years of experience. If so MUCH experience...WHAT HAS MCCAIN DONE IN THE SENATE BEFORE NOW THAT WOULD HAVE MADE RUSSIA THINK TWICE ABOUT SUCH A BAD CRIME? 25 years of experience.....HUM! ..................... I guess distancing himself from BUSH..............Pleaseeeeeeeeeeeee

26 years of EXPERIENCE, if this is what experience looks like after 26 years, then we are going to be in deep trouble if he is elected in November….

Obama 08

"bomb bom bomb, bomb bomb Iran, I got more experience .... "

Why is it all the Republicans can do is complain about Obama? They are obsessed with it. How about laying off that and telling me why I should vote for McCain? If McCain, like other Republican presidents, wins by doing nothing but negative lies, smears and fear mongering, this country is going to get more bullying foriegn policy, continued war, economy fixes that only benefit the rich and so on like we have under Bush today. I am so freaking tired of Republicans thinking they own foreign policy and who is and isn't patriotic and I used to be one.

Yawn...if they were such good friends why is it that McCain can't even get on tv and pronounce his name correctly?! Thanks McCain for adding yet another page to your comedic calendar "McCainisms" that will be coming out next year!

Why was it so wrong for Obama to act like the President overseas last month, but it's okay for McCain to act like the President now?

Talk about a double standard!

President McCain: Judgment + Experience = Leadership

Yes, because CLEARLY the use of troops and military hardware to settle tthe disputes in Georgia is working so well.. why HASN'T NATO or the EU "surged" into Georgia, bombarded the Russians and driven them back to Moscow.

because the situation there is VERY volatile, very tense, and more destruction and troops will only escalate the crisis. you want to talk about a lack of international experience and lack of judgement on the world stage, take a good long look in the mirror McCain. Your positions on the Georgian crisis would only widen the conflict.

..from above.'
He said "nobody is talking about military action" against Russia. He also indicated that U.S. troops wouldn't likely be part of an international peacekeeping force in the separatist regions."

I'm sorry. That is flat out misleading to the point that I will declare it outright false. On Friday, McCain had called for NATO peacekeepers to go into Georgia to resolve the conflict as if Georgia were already a NATO member.

Just what role were these NATO peacekeepers supposed to play this past Friday?

Uh, message to the President of Georgia and Scheunemann, you need to worry more about Georgia's neighbor than our Presidental race. And besides, how can either you critize Russia when we, the United States, which McCain supported whole heartly, invaded a soverign nation, Iraq, for no reason other than, they, the Bush Administration, did not like Sadaam. Hypocrites!

McCain is a neo-con war monger, as is his top advisor. What's all the more dangerous here is that Scheunemann is being paid by the Georgian gov't. to expouse this diatribe. McCain will insure that we go to war with Russia and Iran. It naturally follows then, given the depletion of our military, that we must have a draft. We can all now agree that we were lied to, intentionally deceived, and duped into supporting a war with Iraq. Trust and believe McCain will dupe us into WWIII. Is this what America needs right now: A 72-year old, senile hawk, still trying to fight the Viet Nam war all over again? Think about it...

The President of Georgia was wrong and MCCain is wrong for his statements ....Why should US be willing to send any type of military support, we do not have enough for our own wars. What gives McCain the authority to speak for the American people???? All McCain "saber rattling" gets nothing done his tactics are out dated. Strong diplimacy is the answer

Like Obama- famous celebrity in the world- but couldn't,
Like Arnold-famous rocky- but couldn't
Like a true maverick – but couldn't
Like a true patriot-but couldn't
So, wants to be the biggest fool in the world- YES YOU CAN

Now McCain wants Georgia to join NATO and be protected by the "any attack on one member is attack on all" military guarantee?

I'm REALLY worried about this guy now. He's got his emotion fully invested in this, and he is intent on having the world's greatest military force put Russia in its place.

McCain went jet skiing in the Black Sea with Saakashvili? McCain cant even pronounce his name correctly. Some lobbyist expect me to believe that. I guess if McCain gets elected we are going to invade Russia over a country I never heard of until last week. Get ready for WW III

Hmmm...because McCain's lobbyist has worked for the Georgian president, this makes McCain a foreign policy expert? Yes, the fact that they are intimate does give him an advantage in this one country but I seriously question whether this qualifies McCain as "ready to lead". I'm sure if Obama knew the Georgian president, the McCain campaign would malign him for such a relationship – saying this is more indication of his "celebrity" but does nothing regarding "experience". 'Experience' without 'Judgement' means nothing in my opinion. McCain seriously lacks the latter as evidenced by his chaotic campaign and flip-flops on every issue. Whatever he feels is the right thing to say at the time becomes his stance. What kind of leader is that? More Bushism! Finally, the fact the McCain has issued statements on the Russian/Georgian conflicts as if he were already elected smacks of serious "audacity" and "presumptiousness"! Again, if it were Obama, the republicans would be saying the same!

Who cares what a Georgian lobyist says? Obama would like to see diplomacy used instead of war. Georgia feels they are already at war and who better than the United States under McCain to join them against Russia. Russia is not Irak, my friends. They do not have a rag tail army. They do have a powerful air force. They also have a nuclear bomb! !!!!!!!!

So... we should vote for the inside man, is that it? The guy who has had lots of time while his party was in power to get these cherry picked state visits? it shouldn't count as "experience" if you weren't calling at least some of the shots...

So what is McCain's actual plan for dealing with this situation? Let Georgia fall? Declare war on Russia? What does that "15 years" get us, Senator?

Oh, and next time you meet with the President, Senator, please ask him what exactly he saw when he looked into Mr. Putin's soul. We'd love some details; it might even tell us if Russia is going to try something in Iran, Iraq, or Afghanistan...

Lay off Obama for a minute and tell us what you will do for us, Senator McCain, and where you will lead us. Because, if you're elected, that's all that will really matter.

All I have to say is ask Mark Stanford about McCain's claim of having different agenda and Policies as BUSH.....Then think for your self who really has the experience to deal with Russia....Do we want another President that will BOOM.........BOOM, no matter if surrender is going to happen or not.

Come on November.......Get Bush and his same as me McBush out of the White House.........NOW!

Obama 08

They're such great friends, McCain mispronounced his name 3 or 4 times during his speech and nearly called for war on Russia. His advisor is the Georgia lobyist. McCain was tripping all over himself, showing what a great warmonger he can be.

Did CNN forget that Scheunemann was a lobbyist for Georgia?...a day of water sports....wow!! People should do some research on John's good friend from Georgia.

Which nations are now siding with McCain? Always generalizations and attacks without any details. McCain's bellicose response and his presumptuous comments are politicizing a very tense situation and further isolating America's voice in the world.

McCain's support of the Bush foreign policy and obviously a desire to see everything in black and white has made America unable to help in an "international peacekeeping force" and anow are spectators on the sidelines as the real diplomacy is being handled by the Europeans.

I'm sorry, it's really hard to imagine McCain jet-skiing.

Well, gosh, you'd think that if there was a "depth of knowledge" advantage for McKeating, he wouldn't have to steal his remarks on the subject from Wikipedia... which he did.

So it's okay for Johnny Mack to run around acting like the POTUS? Nothing like trying to use a little thing like a war to score political points hey John? You are creepy and disgusting and I can only hope America wisens up and sees thru you soon. You scare me.

Sure, because expelling Russia from the G8 and further isolating them will go a long way in diffusing the tension. Without the threat of military action, how exactly does McCain think all this tough talk will get the Russians to back down?

That's great for McCain if we in the middle of the Cold War but this is a new century where force must be met by overwhelming international response. Bellicose statements about Russia will not hinder their intentions of returning Georgia back to Russia. Democracy must be protected here in Georgia so that others can know we stand with and for them. The Czech radar plans and recognition of Kosovo have contributed to Russian antagonism to the West but we are correct in promoting democracy in Kosovo, Georgia, and wherever it is threatened by a police state. The European Union, NATO, UN, and the US must get a peaceful settlement here with as little bad feelings as possible so the Russian mentality does not return to a paraniod distrust of the West. Maybe Bush should go jetskiing with Putin to solve our dilemma and bring our two countries closer.

McCain can laugh and make fun all he wants to along with Joe Lieberman. They are both idiots.

What war has McCain won? NONE
What war did McCain vote for the USA to enter into? IRAQ
What has McCain don't in the Senate for the last 26 years? Nothing
Does being held captive, because he wouldn't leave, but could have, give him the qualifications for being Presidential? NO

It's like Hillary saying she was more qualified to be President because she was First Lady.

McCain is not qualified to be President. He has no judgement or knowledge. He is a Warmonger.

McCain enjoyed a day of water sports with the Georgian president, but doesn't know how to say his name?
That is not good foreign policy my friend.
This idiot and his idiotic advisers must stop bashing some one who is visiting his family .
Desperation by the McInsanes

I will take the best ideas over "experiance" everday.

McCain will continue the Bush legacy of turning our country to dust and will no doubt be ready, on day one, to get us into any war he can find......and thats all he'll be ready for.

If McCain is such "good friends" with Georgia's president, how come he mispronounced his name 3 times

Hey Mr McCain, is it the Shiites or the Sunnis that are fighting in Georgia?

The crisis in Georgia exposes how delusional and out-of-touch McCain actually is. He's saber-rattling and trying to start a new Cold War while our economy is on the skids and our military is already stretched to the breaking point in two major conflicts. McCain is imperiling this nation, and heaven help us all if the American people are foolish enough to let this incompetent into the White House.

Actually, John McCain's rush to judgement comments (most undiplomatic and largely hypocritical to critize "an invading country" after all the recenet invasions the USA has engaged in) demonstrate that he is NOT ready for the job of commander in chief.

The stupidity of the statement: "Today we are all Georgians" was so ridculous. Most of Americans (even the well traveled ones) can't find the country of Georgia on a map, let alone empathize with any of its heritage, culture, language, or religious background.

What McCain should have said is "Ich bin ein dumber than toast".

"You can't compare a 15-year historical record to three or four statements over the course of 15 months."

but when the only direction McCain wants to pursue over 15 years is "bomb the **** out of them" and in 15 months you have someone willing to pursue peaceful diplomatic negotiations, it makes you think

Obama may lack experience in Mr. McCains position, but his reaction to the situation in Georgia convinced me that he's the wrong man for the presidency. He's too heavy handed and leans too fully on bully diplomacy like bush did and we can all see what a failure that isolationists theory has become.

McCain proved to me this week, that he has the wrong temperment and disposition for the presidency.

I'll take Obama's brand of experience over McCains any day.

But you and Bush have not done anything. The Russians are having their way with Georgia and Georgia is calling for help and you talk tough but take no action. In other words your card has been pulled and now it's time to show COWBOY. Our troops are spread so thin that we can't do anything to help them. Ok McSurge go surge on Georgia to stop the Russians. Saddam went into Kuwait and you sent in the military to stop him, so why don't you send in the boys to stop the Russians. America looks like COWARDS to the rest of the world because we run in to fight against the little guys but when it comes to the big dogs we want to run to the U.N.
McSame, you said that you know how to win a war well I would like to know what war have you won? Talk is cheap MY FRIEND.
We are watching Bush/McSame

I heard that when the communists took over Russia in 1917, McCain was pissed.

i am sure McCain keeps up with war stories. that is all he knows. obama is trying to pull our country together ecominically and bring peace to countrys that can not stand us while the old white haired man is just looking for a place and reason to send our american troops in to bomb..bomb...bomb!
at least obama is intelligent enough to prononce these other countries leaders names correctly.
i bet old McWar and oliver north are buddies as well but that means nothing to me when i am trying to stretch my income to pay extra on food, gas as well as worrying about my children's future as to whether they will have jobs when they get out of school.we must have a president that feels our pain, and not jump into wars that we shouldn't be a part of.

So this just goes to show that McCain wants to follow Bush's lead... shoot your mouth off, tough talk, create conflict, use the military, spend money on war not on health care. We can see that McCain's "axis of evil" has already begun and Russia will be on the top of the list. But since we need Russian oil, it will be the same old thing... spend the money on war, not on getting ourselves free of oil.

I read somewhere that McCain was pissed when the communists took over Russia in 1917.

I used to be a McCain supporter. Right up to the the last rep primary debate, when he continued to say things about Romney that was proven to be false. Then I supported Huckabee. He won my state, but lost the primaries.

Although McCain has more experience than Obama, I think Obama would be much better for our country as a whole. Obama seems to understand that no matter who is the president, things will not get done unless we change the tone and tenor of our politics.

But you know how we, Amercians are. We love drama. We love the negativity that comes from campaigns. It's like a sport.

As far as the conflict between GA and RUSSIA is concerned, I have a senerio/question to pose for whomever:

One of our states(FL) decides that they want independence from America. Do we let them just break away from the rest of our country? and, If they refused to let go of their aspirations of independence and a foreign country(China) decides to support Florida, what would be the USA's response?

Probably the same as Russia's response to the USA and Georgia?

If that's the case, are we a power that says do as I say, not as I do?

If it was okay for us to invade Iraq to suit our needs, why is Russia so wrong for invading Geargia to suit their needs?

John McCain cant be an honest broker in any conflict the US is involved in. Why? because lobbyists are involved at every turn running his campaign and advancing their own interests.

This is very troubling that John McCain would make a former lobbyists to a country party to the conflict his primary spokesman. It shows poor judgement when it comes to handling international affairs, where at all times you want to show an image of honesty, equality and non bias at every level.

If Sentar John McCain had his way America will be at War wit the World. America is not the World Police and we must study what happening around the world and not be to quick to react nor too slow to response.

The US has it's hand s tied and Russia knows this it time for the UN to stepup..

Bush need to just to straight to JAIL. with CHANEY..

I find it odd that McCantRemember adviser questioning Obama experience in Georgia while in reality they have a lot of experience in Georgai LOBBYING. McCain can't remember how he votes and lobbyist questioning experience. EXXON JOHN REMEMBER "THEIR WILL BE NO LOBBYIST RUNNING MY CAMPAIGN"

This is a Judgement CALL.

OBAMA THE JUDGEMENT TO LEAD CHANGE

And your experience McCain is to just bomb your way to solutions. I will take Barak Obamas judgment. try again loser.

Aaah, a day of watersports in 2005. Tell me, how is that going to stop Russia from sending Georgia back to the stone age in the coming week?

McCain Jetskiing on the Black Sea. And the GOP has the nerve to criticize Obama for taking a break in HI to visit his gandma!

I think I'll play online poker with Putin. I know that will help reverse Russia's course.

what's new? mdattack criticizes Sen Obama. That's all he can do because he has no new ideas just the same ole, same ole tired failed policies. Mccain is a senile old man who really needs to retire.

Again, judgement is more important than experience. McCain's "experience" is decades as a neo-con hothead. Witness his over-the-top bluster; just as much an over-reaction as Russia's response to Georgia. But Obama – like the rest of the diplomatic world – encourages the parties to the table and a peace. I'll take encouragement to peace over bluster any day.

Obama is a joke and I hope enough people in this country are beginning to realize that fact, if they haven't already. Everytime he opens his mouth I have to shake my head in wonder. He can NEVER think on his feet and has to wait "to get advice" in order to even form an opinion. His "handlers" have him on a very short rope.

You also can't equate 'jet-ski fun' with thoughtful even-handed foreign policy judgement....

May we remind McSame there is still one president.... and you're not it!

McCain uses Wikipedia to craft foreign policy. That's scary!

By parroting McCain propaganda, this article omits important information that Bush and McCain provoked the conflict in Georgia by encouraging Georgia to move against South Ossetia, under Russian control. Georgia initiated the aggressive action, and Russia responded.

All the experience in the world don't make a good president if that person's motives aren't favorable to the American people, and McCain's record shows this. He is in league with the likes of Bush, Cheney, Rove, Rumsfeld, all of whom have loads of experience.

How many more international conflicts will be manufactured between now and election day?

Yes, McCain might have russian experience... but in a cold-war sence!! The conflict in Georgia was also provoked by Georgia and not just a russian one... but McCain ignores this! Obama said spoke to both sides... not only to the old enemy. McCain stands for old politics.

Now it has come to war.Diplomacy is not part of mcWAR's agenda.I had expected him to declare war on Russia before now.His resort to diplomacy and in the process criticizing Obama is tantamount to defeat in his philosophy.
Is he also presumptious when he talks on behalf of America instead of his partner in terrorism Bush?
BOMB,BOMB,BOMB Russia!

Scheunemann gets paid 0ver $200,000 to lobby for Georgia and $70,000 to be McCains top foeregn policy advisor. So who is his most important client. NOT AMERICA!
who is going to ask media darling Mccain the important questions?

Wow, McCain top advisor and Georgia bought and paid for speaker (lobbyist)...straight talk at it's best. These guys should be ashamed of themselves. People think about it...is this a conflict of interest, is this the judgement of McCain (taking advice from a paid agent)? Scary, real scary.

If McCain and Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili are such great friends, then why can't McCain even pronounce his name correctly?

What a crock.

"You can't compare a 15-year historical record to three or four statements over the course of 15 months."

Actually, you can't compare a lobbyist in the pocket of a Country and daily updates and watersporting together ensuring direct access to the candidate McCain.

Now tell us the truth and tell the promises made to Georgia if McCain becomes President. Then let's talk about experience vs. being bought and paid for.

So this guy was a lobbyist for Georgia and so McCain is acting in Georgia's behalf. And Georgia did provoke Russia. So lets start a new cold war like McCain wants (by shooting off his mouth) when our military is already stretched thin instead of trying to get the situation to calm down. We can't afford another war right now when our enemy is Al Queda not Russia. McCain is showing he is the hothead that should not be in charge of our country nor commander in chief unless we want continuous war.

Wow, that's all you're able to use McStain? See? I was there with the president of another country a few years ago! That automatically makes me eligible to be commander in chief because I skiied with the dude!! SEE? SEE? Looks like you left some bad karma over there when you left.. God, can you imagine Mr. Pasty in shorts water skiing? EWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!!!!

Hillary supporter for McCain! A true American!

Well it's no wonder McCain and Saakashvili are so close what with his campaign's lobbying ties to the Georgia Republic. As if that's something to brag about!

I'm sure the Georgian president has much more important issues to attend to and problems to resolve than having to worry about updating John McWar daily. And I seriously doubt McStiffness was jet-skiing with anyone 2 years ago, he may have been in his rocking chair on the shore watching someone jet-ski but I doubt he was actively participating in any such activity. The lies from these idiots just keep coming don't they. LOL!!

McCorny thinks war is the answer to everything. That's his foreign policy: let's go to war! He's insane and senile. He is not qualified to be president of anything.

Obama '08/'12

WE GOT YOU OBAMA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

LATER FOR MCWAR, MCSANE, MCGRANDPA...

OBAMA '08

Why does John McCain keep claiming to have such experience in areas that are clearly headed for or in an actual state of disaster? Is McCain claiming that he saw the invasion of Georgia coming? If so, what did he do about it? Is he saying that this invasion is Obama's fault because Obama had nothing to do with it? The whole message is so muddled that, frankly, I wonder just exactly what he is claiming.

Oh, holy cow, what a nonsense. I am so fed up with the crap these kind of advisers are talking. They do not at all knowing the facts but they keep on talking because their foreign donors or their boss told them to do.

Hmmmmmm. McCain went jet skiing with a man whose name he cannot even pronounce. Must have been a 'bonding' trip.

Aways question the source & if it doesn't sound right – don't believe it.

Maybe we're looking for someone who won't make the same mistakes over and over.

we get it... He's OLD... of course he has more experience talking about the Russia/Georgia issue.... He's been in Washington forever & still couldn't prevent this disaster nor help them take steps to sure up their region... Also....

What did Russia do that was any different from what the U.S. did to Iraq? Maybe they thought Georgia had WMD's........

-V

Yell, 15 years of experience and he still can't pronounce your name.

Hold on- Obama has said much the same thing as McCain, the only difference is that Obama waited for the facts before laying the balme as Russias door, and didn't choose to rachet up the tension by suggesting (without any real evidence) that Russia had suddenly decided to attempt to create a new Czar republic.

McCains speeches on the conflict have betrayed a cold war mentality that neeedas to be left behind for the good of America, and indeed for the rest of the world.

Obama showed that he can talk tuff, and say what needs to be said without becoming hysterical and paranoid like McCain- seems to me that in his few months he has learnt how to deal with world events in a far more nuanced way that McCain has managed in 15 years...

McSame got all his information that was in his statement on Georgia, pretty much word for word , from Wikipedia ( If you don't believe that , look up the statement he made the other day, and compare it word for word.). Then he couldn't even get the President's name correct, although he said they were " Good Friends"....... What a loser...

Scheunemann is a lobbyist for Georgia for goodness sake. Of course he and McSame's team of lobbyists turned "advisor" would just brief McBush about the conflict/war in Georgia. McBush's response to the Georgian war stirrs up the dust of the cold war, potentially wounds our relationship with Russia, and it frankly sounds like something a lobbyist for Russia would put together, not the potential,hopefully not, leader of the free world. By the way I am in no way saying Georgia is bad.

It amazes me how McCain feels he is an expert in all things just because he was a prisoner of war.
He's a legend in his own mind.

OBAMA 08

So, "nobody is talking about military action" against Russia?

Well, then all McCain can tout is that he and Saakashvili are
BFFs and they talk on the phone every day. Wow. Oh wait,
I forgot that they went jet skiing together 2 years ago – which,
I might add, I wouldn't mind seeing photogrpahic evidence
of, due ot the fact that I can't picture a wobbly. 70-year old
John McCain racing around on a jetski.

Where does that leave us? McCain pretending he'd make a
better president because he talks to Saakashvili on the phone.
McCain has been salivating for something like this to happen
so that he could exploit his relationship with one of the very
few world leaders that he has a relationship with.

Wait, wait – McCain jetskiing on the Black Sea? If it had been
Obama, people would be talking about what an elitist he is.

There is only one thing that runs deep with McCain and that is B.S.!

What leverage do we have against the Russians, right-none

oh, it's deep alright, he'll bring us into ww111. don't mess with the kremlin, you'll lose! mccain is way too scary to elect!! is and ALWAYS for OBAMA!!

I am for neither candidate at this point; however, my gut tells me that Sen. McCain would be able to handle this situation in the much better manner than Sen. Obama. Why? Experience!

So much has been made in the campaigns about "Change" and it seems that experience has become a "dirty" word. Well, when I have a medical problem, I want the guy with the most experience helping me. If I was to need counseling for anything, again I would go immediately to the person who had experience in helping me with whatever problems I had.

The same is true in running the country. Obama will be a great candidate when he gets a little more experience under his belt. Until then I feel the way other Americans do. McCain for foreign issues. Its a no brainer!!

Laura, Boston

McCain knows war, that's for sure.

I'd rather the U.S. get out of the war business altogether which won't happen with MCWar in office.

And just how much experience does McCain have with Georgia?

Stop whining McCain. You are turning into a real BORE!

A day jet-skiing qualifies as having a good grasp of the situation between Georgia and Russia? Oh please spare me. I suspect the water sports McCain and Georgia's president partook in consisted of peeing on one another's legs.

Is this the same McCain who refers repeatedly to "Czechoslovakia," which does not even exist? Oh, he's a FINE one for foreign policy!

I would like to see these pictures. If John McCain ate lunch with the man it would be all over TV by now. CNN handle J Mac with kid gloves and they would be more than happy to publish these photos. GO AHEAD CNN CONTINUE TO MAKE HIS CASE. WHO NEEDS CAMPAIGN MONEY WHEN YOU GET UNCOMFIRMED REPORTS LIKE THIS ONE!!!!!

OBAMA 08

If you are a smart candidate that you back the heck away from Saakashvili. This was one of the worst calculated moves ever. He gambled and lost. He lost badly and as a result of his headstrong ways, thousands died. I keep seeing the pictures how he tucked tail and ran like a coward through the streets. He has the courage to send innocents to die for his natiionalistic aspirations but when he has a moment to be brave, he looks like a chicken.
I wouldn't be bragging about jet skiing with this imbecile. He just ruined any chance Georgia had a peace and prosperity.
Here is a new campaign them.
McCain and Saakashvili- support them if you want to see a country in ruin!

Oh well since mccain went jet skiing with the guy then that certainly means he has the foreign credentials to make a decisive judgment on this issue......NOT! Mccain has proved he is lacking in judgement, despite his so called 'experience', his judgement is poor and I don't trust him for a second. He will have us at war quicker than we can blink an eye.

But how would McCain handle it if they weren't "best buddies"? It's much easier to deal with a crisis when you have a pre-existing relationship with that person.

McCain sounds like a celebrity to me – waterskiing on the Black Sea with the Georgian President! We need someone who will work on the issues and not confuse play dates with making history.

("I can confirm that Sen. McCain and President Saakashvili were jet-skiing on the Black Sea together," he said.)

Definitely puts McCain in touch with the average American, doesn't it?

Get over it!! That didn't work for the Clinton's and it won't work for you.