Doug, you are a idiot. The shoe does not fit. There are over 80 false statements in that book.

I have been reading all the comments on CNN for a few months now and I must say the Obama supporters scare me. You slam anyone and anything that does not agree with your way of thinking. Am I wrong or is this supposed to be an exchange of ideas. I am a McCain supporter but I am an American. I will fall in line with the next President, who ever wins. Can you all same the same? If not, then please move because there are a lot of people that would take your place.

After two terms of electing the village idiot based on swift boating and falsehoods, if the american public elects another McBush based on the same kinds of falsehoods and lies, they deserve the mediocrity that is sweeping the country - like the number of silver and bronze medals that the U.S is able to win compared to the number of Gold!

I can't wait to hear all of obama's supporters crying during the democrat convention. Looks as if obama has caved into Clinton's demands. Looks as if the corruption during the primaries is beginning to cause problems for the corrupt leadership. If obama with all his corrupt cronies can't control a woman, how can he lead a country with all the agendas that those in America have, much less the world? obama is to weak to lead this nation. If you obama supporters are feeling let down now, just think what you have in store for you come Nov?

mccain, he can't hear , somethings he can't remember maybe he is to old for the highest office in the country. he from the old school, he does'nt want change. far as his war record how many years did he spend in veitnam, i believe he was pow for five years so does he know what to do at 3:00 oclock when the red phone rings, in the white house how qualifies is mccain if he was lock up for five years. it appears he has a score to seattle, wrong country it was alright he thinks for united states to invade iraq, but it's wrong for russia to invade geneva, there is something wrong with picture who is really the enemy?

Look at this picture and you will know whether or Mccain is lying
about being flippant.
He is a mean nasty old man who will do anything to win and I am sure
this book was written and published with his blessings.
If you look at this picture you can see the mean look on his face a look of emptiness thats always there especially when he speaks to certain
people just before he does that crazy laugh when he is pretending to joke but he is verrrrry serious. I dont trust him infact I am afraid of him.
He is very scary dangerous just look at him.

Why should it be considered a smear when its true?
I can see why Mc Cain finds it and all things obama humorous he is a joke of a selected nominee and his numbers are slipping fast as we lead up to the sham of a convention.

McBush is not fit to be President. He is the last one to talk about sense of humor. He looks and sounds years older than 71 soon to be 72. I'm still waiting for the media to ask McCain about his straying from his marriage with his first wife before he divorced her. That is factual data, not the lies and trash in the latest book by Mr. Corsi about Obama.

It's about time someone put the truth about Obama in print. The mainstream media certainly isn't interested in reporting the truth.

McLame is despicable. I guess this is yet another instance of the CANDIDATE not speaking for the CAMPAIGN. They could have at least come up with a better excuse than this one. People are actually voteing for this moron?! No wonder America is seen as the dumbest nation on the planet.

These presidential campaign are getting horrible. I like a lot of other voters are really getting sick of the outright lies and deceptivenessof these campaigns, These people making these TV ads and smear campaigns, are not good decent Americans,

Heres an idea. How about the REAL facts about both candidates
being put out there for voters to see and letting us make our OWN minds up instead of the scare tactics that go on now!!!!.

Then let the best man win!!!

So McCain's defense is he's losing his hearing?? When that phone rings at 3AM, we need a President that can HEAR IT RING!!

But seriously… McCain is trying to have it both ways, again. What happened to the "honorable" campaign he was going to run? Smear books like this are the prime example of dirty politics, but McCain's response is to laugh about it, and then claim he didn't hear the question. REPEAT THE QUESTION.

Take a stand, McCain. Draw a line in the sand, and get on the right side, or the Rove side!!

Just curious…I read these comment every now and then. It seems that Obama campaign workers wait to bounce on the latest story and blast McCain and praise Obama. It all doesn't really have much meaning after a while…just noise.

As usual, the liberal media lapdogs, an obama through his surrogates are looking for anything they can to cast McCain in a bad light. McCain said he has made no comment on the book. I would not be surprised to find that the book is very factual. If obama had been forthright from the beginning about his racist, socialist past his campaign would not have to be always be in a defensive position. Looks like obama's chickennnnnnnnnnnnnnn's are coming home to roost!

what do you expect from the person who is not in touch with reality? honest answer is not something mr McCain is used of

McCain's answer right out of the Ronald Reagan "Book of Answers" and we know where Reagan's head was at by the time he left office!
I don't believe in age discrimination, because I myself am not too young, McCain is OLD.

Obama Nation - Stay Cool!

Q: President McCain, there is a Huge benifit to USA in taking this project forward. Do you agree we go for it.
A: Absolutely NOT.

A week Later:
President McCain apologizes for not taking the right step when it is too late. he says he didn't the question.

This is just the man I want in the White House - a man who appears worse than GWB; who makes jokes about women being raped by a gorilla; who offers his wife up to bikers' crude idea of a pageant called 'Miss Buffalo Chip' where obscene gestures are made with bananas with women in half-nude bikinis. Who doesn't hear or think that the majority of people in this country are hurting economically - no recession here!
WAKE UP AMERICA!!!!!
This guy is not a 'maverick'; He is a LOOSE CANNON!
QUICK DRAW MC CAIN. NO THANK YOU!

Q: President McCain, there is a Huge benifit to USA in taking this project forward. Do you agree we go for it.
A: Absolutely NOT.

A week Later:
President McCain apologizes for not taking the right step when it is too late. he says he didn't the question.

There is no need to swift -boat Obama.

Simply tell voters Obama has no experience and no records to indicate he can do all thoes things that he is talking about.

Show my something that he has done in Chicago or in the US Senate.

Somebody tell me something, please do not tell me about his community orgizer experience, I know that already.

Nothing to see beyond thoes speeches.

Why are the media outlets dignifying Corsi and his book? The love of money and ratings! Yes! Stop the madness! Has most of America lost its sense of decency? Corsi is an evil man. The book is a certified peace of trash. The book should be banned from decent book stores or sold only with a disclaimer about the accuracy of its contents. The
main stream media should not be a partner in the poisioning of the minds of the American public. The book is unfit for publication!

I am shocked that C-SPANN will have this ugly, poor excuse of a human being on its Saturday morning lineup. What is our nation coming to? No pusher of lies and hatred should be given an open forum on a program that the revenue from my cable bill payments is helping to make possible. This is totally disgusting!

mccain……….reagan wannabe……….a fake is a fake……….maybe he could become an actor……….b movies need a few bad actors………lol

John, if you can't hear the question please don't say something stupid, your hearing will get us all into some horrible situation if you are put in that position. GO OBAMA(he can at least hear)

SHAME ON YOU JOHN McCAIN!!! NOW IT'S "I DIDN'T HEAR THE QUESTION". What's next?

Let's see, would McCain we the guy we want doing diplomacy in hotspots around the world? Someone makes a proposal, he quickly agrees to it, then they go to work out the details, and he says, "Wait, I didn't hear you — you mean Russia just annexed the United States and I said 'Yes'??" It's like the Puffy Shirt, you said Yes!!

McCain just wants to continue this so his Grand Oil Party can be made wealthier by all the mess mad of human lives.

McCain is unethical and a coward. How dare he "choose not to comment" on a pack of clear and unambiguous lies! That is not the action of a true soldier. He's nothing but an old politician, willing to take advantage of the gullibility of voters that will buy this pack of lies. Just like they bought the SwiftBoatLiars.

I miss the ol' John McCain. The one that stood for something, even when it wasn't politically correct or expedient amongst his base.

I've lost all respect for John McCain. He's sold his soul for a chance to win and traded his integrity for gutter tactics. Where is the courage he showed during his capture by the Vietnamese?

so in other words….

he was too old to hear the question…he's losing his hearing

so i guess he is going to make the Chairman(woman) of the Joint Chiefs
repeat time and time again because McCain is losing his hearing……

yeah……he should definitely be President of the United States.

It works because Republicans are willing to do anything to win. That is something any American should be proud of.

If he really didn't hear the question what did he open up his mouth for? McCain is too quick to act before letting everything sink in, just like his initial response to the Georgia-Russia war.

Dan
Las Vegas, NV

Rush told me to vote for John McCain. I believe everything Rush tells me to believe because he dropped out of school and is still the smartest man on Earth.He even has a golden microphone to prove it.Once in a while I try to think think for myself and look for facts,but he told me he has all the facts and just to listen to him and buy all the neat things his sponsors want to sell me.I love Rush Limbaugh.

John McCain is a fool.

Well if some where to wrote a book about McCain as a POW, and rightfully highlight how he violated the code of conduct by sighing statements admitting war crimes and showing pictures when he was used in propaganda films he would be out raged. The difference here is that the Obama book is a falsehoods, while what McCain did would be true. I wonder what kind of sense of humor McCain would have, if it was pointed out that he was not man enough to take one for the team.

What in blazes need "moderation" in this question?

I think McCain's reaction to Jerome Corsi's abominable new book is abominable. I did vote for McCain in the primary but in Septemeber I'll be voting for someone who doesn't find smear tactics so amusing.

Who cares? I cant wait til the undecideds get a close up look at McCain in the debates. LOLOLOL.

Is it just me or do I detect a resemblence between Corsi and McCain? Perhaps Dean is right…. they do all look alike.

Shame on you to willfully publish lies. Shame, shame, shame!

I am a British citizen hoping for a john McCain win, this will ensure you arrogant yanks sink into oblivion. simple as that

I'm sure if Obama was in an election with Osama Bin Ladin; the folks that say all this lies about him will vote for Osama and label Obama the terrorist.

My suggestion to Obama is he has a better chance of making the world a better place if he goes to Kenya and help them build a democracy that is not filled with hate as it is in Zimbabwe and the United States. The Kenya people will work with you.

War is sweet to those who haven't experienced it. - Latin (on war and peace)

So what happens if Senator McCain becomes President McCain, his phone rings at 3 A.M. to tell him that Los Angeles has been nuked, and he answers, "Gotta keep your sense of humor," and hangs up?

Most of the Republican attacks and inuendos against Obama will not stand an impartial scrutiny. The sole aim of the Republicans is to use strong emotive language in order to discredit Senator Obama. A close reading of their stuff, reveals their venom. Such attacks are beneath Democratic campaigns. A writer or journalist should bolster their satements with facts .
Elizabeth

Yep.. truth does hurt.. all these LOLBAMA supporters think he's untouchable and reality is starting to set in, all this and more will come to light in Oct/ Nov. Voters will see this kinda of truth out of Obama, the media will attempt to downplay it but we will see through it.

This guy is the worst kind of slime!! It's lies and dishonesty… and once again… the GOP Presidential Candidate is going to let it slide. His book isn't about facts… it's unfounded storytelling that conservatives are just chomping at the bit to believe.

Whatever happened to McCain's statement of running a positive campaign? It went the same way as GWB's statement of firing anybody involved in the Plame incident. And THIS is who you conservatives want to put in the Oval Office?

He TRULY is McBush…. WAKE UP, AMERICA!!!

Who cares, CNN? More about BigFoot, that is where the real news is at. You guys are right on the money to make that the top of the list of headline news! I just got done reading the most recent Sun newspaper, and thought, "These guys don't even come close…"

What a sore loser. Obama will win the election irrespective of all these false allegations. Time will tell?

susan August 15th, 2008 7:31 pm ET

Oh my goodness, had it been a book about McCain, you would be laughing and yukking it up. What exactly is it you want McCain to say?
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There's that laughing thing again. What is it about Repubs and laughing? Why are they so obsessed with it?

Hey, I'm a stereotypical McCain supporter.

Despite the fact that McCain plainly lied and/or displayed clear signs of memory loss, I will just ignore it by saying "who cares" and call Democrats names like "whiners."

That about sum it up?

Mcain is probably in on the book, Dont worry obama your supporters here in pa are working real hard to expose THE GARBAGE THAT BOOK IS AND THAT NUT CASE CORSI ANYBODY READ HIS THOUGHTS ON THE POPE AND CATHOLICS THE MAN IS A SERIOUS NUT CASE!!!!!!!!!!! AND ANYBODY WHO BELIVES HIS GARBAGE NOT JUST ABOUT OBAMA BUT HIS OTHER NONSENSE NEEDS THEIR HEAD EXAMINED!!!

People who read this garbage, and believe it, are truly un-American. This SOB, Corsi, who Swift Boated John Kerry should be Tarred and Feathered. He sunk Kerry…..but the real question is why didn't George Bush go to Viet Nam? At least Kerry went to Nam. Is Corsi the guy that smeared Max Cleeland too? I can't believe idiots in this country drink this Kool-Aid.

there is one trend dat is evolving from the mccain they keep smearing obama but when they are confronted about it they say they were having fun.mccain has taken the low road in this campaign.The writer has serious credibility problem was he nut the same man that said the governmnet was behind 9/11,was he nut the same smeared the catholic church,was he not same man that smeared islam.this man's lies are endless unfortunately ameriacns are falling for this

I think its funny.. but you have to have a twisted sense of humor to be pres… everyone is going tosay anything about you and if you cant laugh at it; you already lost. Obama is taken the Barry Bonds route–he is not suing or denying.. just blasting the reports… which means there is some truth in there.

McCain looks every bit of 90 on this mug shot. It's amazing so many people are discussing voting for him. The polls should be indicating a landslide victory for Obama.

oprah will be there for the whining obama. This Democrat family for fair play & McCain PUMA

Racism is ignorance–Don't count on the people of this country to remain in this state of ignorance. Vote for a change in this backward way of life–

Obama '08

I see nothing wring with his statement. You do have to have a sense of humor. What's the problem here? I'm an Obama supporter, but I see nothing wrong with this statement. Flippant means to be courteously condescending. Based on the syntax of the words uttered, it is not flippant. But, it depends on the inflexion in his voice, which would require the entire context to be witnessed and how it was delivered. Thus, it is difficult to determine precisely any conclusion to develop a judgement on. I remain neutral, but love analysing other pundits who are not qualified to analyze such things;)

Obama sure is sensitive enough to be a Muslim… he needs to quite complaining.

Aren't we voters smarter than to believe everything we read and do we really expect our nominees to defend their opponents honor at every turn. Educate yourself and don't depend on anyone be it a book author or media to spoon feed you.

I am not one for burning books….but this book is one that is fit to be burned, stumped and ditched in the nearest garbage can. The title of the book should have been…The Ignorance of Paranoid Old Farts.

There are lots of sites on the web that refute most of the BS in this book. Check out snopes.com, factcheck.org and the Obama sites. This book is crap, the author has noted his goal is to slam Obama and for some reason no one sues this sleazebag.

McCain doesn't hear, he doesn't remember Czechoslovkia no longer exists, he doesn't understand the Ms. Buffalo Chip contest is topless before volunteering Cindy……wow, he needs a rest. This guy is past his prime, he is not fit to lead.

Who Cares? August 15th, 2008 7:30 pm ET

Get over it! Obama and his camp were warned that the Repubs would chew him up and spit him out in little pieces. All of you supporters said to bring it on so here it is. That's what Repubs do so quit your whining and "man" up!
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Yep. You're really proud of being a Republican, aren't you? Must be fun to appreciate this guy's handiwork…

You guys can't even get your typing right in a quiet, secluded office space and you try keel hauling somebody who didn't hear the question.

Get real and new jobs!

Obama spent 20 years in a racist, bigoted "church," witha left-wing, extremist, nut case for a Pastor. Enough said.

When McCain says you "have to keep your sense of humor" and then claims not to have understood or heard the question, it has to make us all ask "has he lost his sense of reality?" Perhaps the age of John McCain SHOULD be a legitimate and very important question. Many reach senility early, and the fact that McCain appears healthy and has good genes does not, in and of itself, make him capable of leading the United States.

Typical of the right wing neo cons. This is right out of the Karl Rove play book. It's shameful yet I've come to expect this crap from the likes of these people who lack any ethics or honesty.

I'm mad at the American people for not giving me a Presidential candidate I could vote for.

Any comments

This whole election thing is a joke. Both candidates are a joke. US is going down regardless of who is elected. Both are unfit to be president. One thinks that everything is funny and the other thinks that everybody is racist if people don't vote for him. How pathetic.

Just like Obama and his supporters always blaming their opponents for comments they didn't make. They can't seem to have brains enough to realize that most people have ideals of their own and do not have to copy from others like Obama does.

last Honest Man August 15th, 2008 7:48 pm ET

Truth hurts
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You mean to TELL it…

Vince August 15th, 2008 7:35 pm ET

If it's untrue why doesn't Obama sue the author for slander? Or Libel whatever the case may be. Why didn't Kerry sue?
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Who's to say that Obama won't after he becomes President??

Mr. Corsi is slime, pure and simple. Spending your time attempting to tear down someone's character with lies proves that. Quite frankly, those of you who defend this guy's book and views shows that you're in the same boat with him. Man, I hope McCain loses this election, otherwise, it'll show that viciously destroying people is the norm. Self-righteous peons.

McCain's answer! My, my my - what about the following:
"If you look at folks of color, even women, they're more successful in the Democratic party than they are in the white, uh, excuse me, in the [laughs] Republican party."

Talking racism! What about Dean's remark? Where is CNN's indignation?

Oh whine, whine, whine. The Obama campaign is one big whining wannabes. What do they expect? Didn't they see this coming? How can this country even consider someone like Obama who keeps crying, they're picking on me. How is going to perform when the audience isn't adulating fans, but beheading barbarians? He should go back to the senate and grow up.

Obama can smear real good, but he is a cry baby when he gets smeared.
He lies. These things are true.

Liar!!!

What kills me about the Republicans is that they're supposed to be religious, God- fearing people of faith, when in actuality, they are, for the most part, the dirtiest, most low down bunch of truth twisting liars this country has ever seen.

keep a sense of humor? In a previous article, McCain joked. “I’ve got to say that a lot of my taste in music stopped about the time I impacted a surface-to-air missile with my own airplane and never caught up again.”
Lost his taste in music when he discovered bombing. He likes to bomb stuff. ha ha. real funny.

The problem with McCain responding this way is that he'll either need to repudiate and denounce the book eventually or stick by his "just have a sense of humor" comment. This book is so inflammatory it may lead to a doubling of the Secret Service detail around Obama to protect him from all the nut cases it will spur into action. Sad

Look what the last 7years under Bush gave us? A housing recession, $4 gas, and high unemployement.

I hope people would be smarter this time around and don't buy this baseless attack! Otherwise, we'll have another 4more years of disaster under another Republican.

Maybe he should turn up his hearing aid if that is the case.

of course he "didn't hear the question" — he randomly makes strange statements like "you gotta keep a sense of humor" all the time when he is talking to himself about himself

Whether McCain heard the question or not, his response was fitting. I'm wondering why we haven't heard of a law suit if the book contains outright lies about B. Hussain Obama. I'm no lawyer but I do know the word slander. Does any of his supporters.

OMG–the book was completely debunked by the RIGHT, not just the left. That the book is a bunch of lies or exaggerations and can't be taken seriously is waht McCain probably meant, not that he personally thinks racist innuendos are funny. In any case, I it's a shame McCain's camp said he didn't hear the question because that alone raises the "age" issue facing him. But bottom line is Obama needs to lighten up and figure out the difference between when people are laughing with you (McCain) and not at you.

It is sad to see many talk about the church obama belongs but none is ready to check the reality of the statements from the churches.

McCain cry for war. Haggee too do the same.
Bush wabt war. McCains too want the war.

Why do this McCain Camp not anything on the PEACE of the world except Obama?

Are you all Americans want to kill people by supporting this old rotten NcCain?

CNN was to Obama what FOX is to the Republicans. So many people were turned off by CNN .They all tell me they may vote for McCain if Hillary is not the VP.

Obama doth protest too much…

Any time there's a mention of Corsi's book at the top of the New York Times bestseller list, it should be pointed out that it got there because of bulk purchases by conservative groups which end up giving them away or selling them a few weeks later for pennies on the dollar. Gaming the system so that conservative books hit #1 is standard practice for imprints like Mary Matalin's.

Oh, and on a related topic, it was great to see Larry King drop the big hammer on Corsi's head the other night. I didn't think he had it in him, but he did, and it was an epic take-down. If only the rest of the media were as good at exposing the truth about Corsi and his ilk.

Not only did Senator McCain not hear the question about Corsi"s book, he apparently does not hear nor listen to the American people.

Let's write a book full of falsehoods aboout McBush and see how his sense of humor holds up!

but McCain didn't denounce it either. He is horrible.

I just lost all my respect for Mccain today. Its really a SHAME. Cant believe this. That Guy just want to be President no matter what

Just like Obama and his supporters blaming his opponent for comments he didn't make. They don't realize people have their own minds and thoughts on the matter not like OBAMA who steals from other chandidates.

Does Obama even understand the meaning of free speech. It means people who don't like you can say whatever they want about you, and it is up to everyone else to use their freedom of listening or reading to take in whatever they please. A Democrat bashing freedom is nothing new though.

OBAMA'S BIGGEST ENEMY IS MCCAIN'S PEOPLE PLAYING OF A STUPID MEDIA FREE AIR TIME NO SPENDING WHILE HE SPENDS

Look at those two faces, how similar corrupt and crook…

America has been swift boated. Ignorant predominantly poor folks can't seem to vote to get rid of the hand that oppresses them. McCain may not win but either way America has already lost all credibility in the world and is almost poised for WW3. So….Laugh at that republicans. It's not so funny is it?

omg, do we live in a free country or not? anyone has a right to come out with a book, and they have a right to write about a presidential candidate. that doesn't have anything to do with Mccain. they both need to stop demanding the other to start "denouncing" people right and left. Stop with the stupidity, and focus on what you're gonna do to fix this country. and barack really really needs a thicker skin, he's acting like a whiny little girl (even the all worshipping liberal media says he can't take criticism).

What a numnut. Get that old man out'a here.

Dear Obama supporters… say whatever you want about McCain

… just remember NO LOOTING when you loose in November.

I wouldn't waste my time reading Rubbish, Hope its listed as FICTION or at least Creative Non fiction.

Is it customary for McCain to respond to questions he did not hear? What was his response in regards to?

Truth hurts whom? What truth? Last Honest Man, you are being a bit sententious aren't you?

yea right

he is such a liar

it is alot of things that McCain is not hearing lately. THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE ONE OF THEM!!!

If he didn't hear the question how will he hear the answers in the Oval Office? Or was it just another of his humourous smart remarks like his "Bomb, Bomb, Bomb, Bomb Iran." This man is showing more signs of senility, old age, and incapability every hour! NO McBUSH!

Well, just goes to show you how this man thinks. If you remember, he thought it was funny when he sang bomb,bomb,bomb,bomb,bomb Iran. Pretty twisted if you ask me. Looks like the Republicans are up to the same tricks they used to get Bush reelected and I truly hope the American people don't fall for it. This election is too important to all of us and to our grandchildren.

Guys, this isn't the Obama camp whining over something trivial (which it is), this is the DNC. The fact is, neither the Obama or McCain camps have been playing the game respectfully in the slightest, but everyone needs to realize that this is a political campaign (that special time every four years when all of those straight-faced, honorable politicians get to make fools of each other).

- From a freethinking, intelligent, and concerned supporter of Barack Obama.

The term jerk is too good for McCain. He is a hateful arrogant old dirt bag. What a waste of a human he is…

mel,

you're an idiot (source - me)

I guess I missed the part where "gotta keep your sense of humor" became so controversial and disrespectful. I mean, Obama continues to preach change and a new form of politics, but then sends his surrogates out to practice the same shallow, transparent poltiics we've all grown so accustomed to.

Wake up, sheep.

Just like OBAMA and his supporters to blame his opponent for comments they don't make. They somehow don't realize that people have their own opinions and not that of others like their man OBAMA copys.

Obama = Socialism

MCcain heard the question. but some poeple will believe he did not. It is the way poeple are I guess. MCcain sense of humor is that of singing Bomb bomb bomb…bomb bomb Iran…is very twisted. That is old school racist, ignorant, and yesterdays way of thinking. He is the man of yesterday. MCcain is NOT the man of the future. THE FUTURE BELONGS TO US. We need a person of today and thay my friends is Barack Obama. Toast….To the future. Our country. Our world is ready!

Like Obama said, McCain is just another Bush…swift boat and all…

OBAMA Being out smarted by the right,while the right makes suckers out of the media. While Obama pays for adds on CNN,MSNBC,FOX and other spending millions the right and Mccain just use a 25 minute desktop made add puts it on the web , talk the add up use there people at the stations its talked about all day and Obama's spending millions for a few minutes.
Obama stop spending your money and play the fools in the media like Mccain and his people.

Mary Matalin partnering with Corsi in publishing this book exposes her as an extreme right wing pundit. She no longer should be taken seriously when expressing her views.

Personal to Brian McDougall:

Carville is a liberal; Mary Matalin, his wife, is a well-known conservative.

GET IT NOW?!?!?!

could we get an analysis by ms holmes. i'm sort of tired of mr wolff. we need new blood, new hope, new analysis. the "same old cnn politics" is more of the (mc) same.

a news of hope is needed badly!!!!!!!!!!!!

He didn't hear the question? Then he was having his 'senior moment'. It is loughable. Is this the guy who wants to be the leader of the free world?

Just like OBAMA and his supporters to blame their opponents for any negative comments. They do not realize that people do have their own opinions and don't have to copy others like their man OBAMA>

I admire Obama for switfly responding to all the things said about him by the McCain camp; however, I think it's time for for both sides to get off the meaningless rhetoric and get down to the business of serious campaigning about the serious issues facing our country.

McCain gave an answer to a question he didn't hear?

McCain must be hearing those voices again.

good to know mccain thinks the election is funny, does he also think the job is funny? will he point and laugh at injured vets and starving children? will he find it funny when he continues to piss on the constitution like his buddy Dubya?

Is it funny to watch your corporate buddies to get rich while the rest of the country spins into an enormous economic depression?

Whether or not Obama has the experience needed to become president, his motives for the betterment of our country are honest and true….

McCain is a devil….America is NOT in his best interest. He's looking out for himself because he doesn't want to be poor normal citizens like us. If you think McCain cares about you or what's best for our country….then you've got another thing coming. He's an old foggie who apparently can't hear. How will he be able to hear the needs of America?

agh. America. not anerica

Our very good men and women and their children, who gave so much to fight for our country had too because of the lies that they sold us last. Now they need us to stand up and be American by not buying it this time.

These are the same tactics used by the Bush campaign. The same smear-fear garbage. Consequently, you can expect the same results if they win. A military that is unable to respond to any new threats because it is mired in Iraq. Ten billion a month to Iraq while that government is banking billions in oil sales. A loss of prestige and influence for the USA on a global level. An economy on the brink of a recession, with deregulation as at least partially to blame. Sounds great doesn't it? Makes you just want to go out an vote for McCain for four more tortured years of poor judgment, "stay the course" mentality..

So if I write a book stating that John McCain supports the KKK and believes that women shouldn't serve in the military (or even work for that matter, they are women after all), will I be placed on the NYT best seller list too? Shame on Anerica for allowing this to happen. Truly, for a country (and media) claiming to be so "modern", it disgusts me that an indivdual's name or ethnic background still determines his or her reputation. Muslim because of a middle name? My middle name is Marie. Does that make me stamped without papers? Disgust at the perpetuation of worthless news and racism.

Maybe he didn't hear it….he's old….sometimes I don't hear things….but once the question was repeated to him, why was his answer "I didn't hear it"…..hmmmm

Hey hold on. The dems have a great sense of humor. Just look at their candidate and leadership! They're jokes.

Corsi is not worth a comment. As for McCain, I believe he hears only what he wants to hear.

The book should be titled: The Audacity of the Whole Truth, or How Barrack Hussein Obama Tried to Con the US of A into electing him to the Highest Office….better yet: Americans Are Chumps for Thinking Obama is Fit to be President.

No-Bama 08

It's the stupid factor. All the McCain can depend on are the people who have no critical thinking skills, who believe any crap they are spoon fed because they need others to think for them…they still believe the Republicans can deliver the American dream to them even as they kill our sons for oil wars, wreck he economy and then convince them that taxing the very people who are making the big bucks off the backs of the little guy will somehow get them a job or a mortgage when the truth is that if they can scare the little stupid guy into believing that some black democrat will tax them, take away their guns and their freedom (which is now an illusion thanks to McBush) and if they spout the enough lies the dumb people will believe. Hopefully the smart people will outnumber the dullards. It amazes me how the poorest people vote for the very guy who could care less about them after the election. They are a means to an end, once that is done, they can keep the illusion that the enemy is coming to convert them into muslims at gunpoint and steal all the money they don't have in the first place because the rich Republicans have it all.

Why isn't anyone writing about the early life of John McCain? I'm sure someone could (1) detail each of the five times he lost his planes and explore why he was ever given another, and another, and another and another, (2) examine his poor showing at the Naval Academy, (3) and relate anecdotes about his cheating on his first wife. As far as I know, each of these areas are true history (unlike some books I could name) and not a figment of imagination. Please, GOP bloggers, let me know if I've been given incorrect information about Senator McCain. I'll look for you to correct the record if I am in error. Seriously. Isn't what I have read previously and just repeated about McCain true? Was my source as unreliable as Corsi?

No comments.

After nearly 8 years of Republican filth, lies, deceit, borderline treason, and the unconscionable desecration of the Constitution, our sense of humor is OVER. Enough of Republican filth. They have done so much damage to this republic, shredded America's reputation, and crippled our power and influence to such an extent that we cannot laugh it off any more. We're taking this scum out in the next election. A little revolution may be good from time to time, but now, it's absolutely essential for the safety and future of this republic. McCain got PLAYED by the Georgians, and he would have us in three wars at once! ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.

How sad. How can any self respecting American spend money on this book. You want to talk about being unAmerican? This book is the grandstand of what it means to bring down a fellow American through lies. Any American who buys this book should be ashamed. Any American who buys this book should never and I mean never raise the American flag again. This goes beyond politics. Republicans and Democrats should stand up and say "Shame on you".

Just like OBAMA and his supporters always blaming their opposition for someone else's views. How ignorance is bliss.

It does, what the Obama camp replied clearly hit the nerve. (b)

McCain is just another crook. To think I wanted him to win the election in 2000… no wonder the same scumbas who have thrown this country to the ditch are now suddenly supportin McCain.

Truth hurts.

If he didn't hear the question, what is the "Obama Nation" supposed to get a sense of humor about? Good Lord. The McCain campaign should at least make sense when it lies.

Liars, God hates LIARS McCain and the GOP

TIME FOR MIRACLE EAR. HELP I'VE FALLEN AND I CAN'T GET UP.

THE TWO UGLY MEN - BOTH MENTALLY AND PHYSICALLY!

IF YOU WANT TO STAY CLEAR OF NEGATIVE ATTACKS ON EVERY FACET OF YOUR LIFE , STAY OUT OF POLITICS.
THAT IS PART OF THE GAME . IT HAS BEEN THIS WAY FOR A GUNDRED YEARS.

I saw the video of his response, and it's obvious that he heard the question. The stright talking express guy has fallen in with the scum bag liars. John McCain WAS a hero and he is NOW a dirt bag.

Obama and McCain, and their supporters need to stop all the stupidity. Enough with all the name calling and witty remarks..Most of the blogs are full of lies and misconceptions on these men and no one talks issues…but sure cry about it. Someone said above that the truth hurts…it does..the truth is that we as Americans are spoiled and somewhat stupid..We would rather call people names, trash Hillary and whoever and not face the problems of this nation.

ON ANOTHER SUBJECT:

I REALLY THINK THAT BARACK'S VICE PRESIDENT PICK WILL BE BETWEEN BILL RICHARDSON AND BIDEN. I THINK THAT THEY ARE RUNNING NECK AND NECK FOR THE VP SLOT!

this is for the moderator .. two of us at work used the same computer to comment on this … of course we are McCain supporters .. but how come neither comment was used for this article?

McCain loves it, naturally! It saves him money, and he reaps the benefits, without sticking his neck out! Who do you think is behind all this garbage? Lets just say it's not Obama's friends. So much for McCain's not going negative. But it makes sense , he's old , his biggest deal is war war war! He's joined at the hip to Bush, yadda yadda yadda ! My friends, I feel another surge coming on!

McCain will engage in relatively little dirty work himself, but he most certainly will reap the benefits of all and any smear with a glad heart. I think even Bush distanced himself from the Swift Boat attacks… here's your "I'll run a clean campaign" McCain — he's clean because he has his boys work the latrine for him.

You can tell a lot about a man by what he thinks is funny. Is that 'Bomb Iran" video still out there? Let's see that on a commercial. Maybe after the republican convention…….

Go Obama !!!

so did McCain laugh when George Bush smeared him in 2000 about his adopted daughter?

hmm, how can you answer a question if you didn't hear it? not the best excuse, mccain.

> Truth hurts

The truth is, you are a moron.

By "swift-boating" you of course mean getting the real truth out about a candidate who portrays himself as the opposite of who he really is, when the main stream media refuses to do their job?

Yes, we need a lot of "swift boating" on these hucksters and charlatans like Obama!

The sad thing is there are plenty of idiots in this country that will believe the BS in this book. Over the years Republicans have perfected the art of playing to the least common denominator. They really know how to manipulate their ignorant base.

"John McCain's campaign is denying Democratic charges the presumptive Republican nominee flippantly dismissed a new book attacking Barack Obama that includes several documented falsehoods."

So what are these "several documented falsehoods"? I haven't seen a single one on any news site or cable news channel. As much as CNN is in the tank for Obama, you would think they would be listing them one by one and giving you footnotes to cross reference if that was the case.

Since when is your opponent suppose to defend you? McCain is not responsible for a book someone writes. Anyone who says anything against Obama is a racist/bigot. McCain could spend all his time defending Obama, that is not his job. Obamas' own words give a person all the ammo they need. He admits he used drugs to the point of addiction in his own book. He has some unsavory friends, not to mention Rev, Wright

He didn't hear the question? What happens if the questions is "Shall we nuke Russia?" So he says yes and then says, "whoops, I didn't hear the question."

The republicans play word games and I hope we have learned something the last eight years. If they (republicans) say it good for America, then it really bad for America you can count on that. You'll hear the same names, the same lies. same old game. We need a new face with new name and new ideals . This man writes trash. .

Who says the book is full of untruths? the Messiah?

Old man McCain must be rockin' out to ABBA so much lately that his hearing was temporarily impared. What a dork!

If you read the 'Audacity of Hope' by Obama you would know that he wrote, "If things get ugly I will stand with the Muslims."

Okay, Americans, what does that mean?

I cant figure out which of the 2 looks more angry.

It looks like John McCain doesn't have either the courage or dignity to denounce this piece of trash from Corsi, who has been shown to be a lying bigot.

Were you mixing names or do you remember that some of the same swift boaters did attack McCain when he ran against Bush in the primaries? McCain is now using some of the same Bush family attack dogs that attacked him. Just more proof that the 'maverick' 'independant' has sold himself to the neocons in return for a chance to be president. He's already shown his foreign policy expertise with his strong "nations don't invade nations" response to the Russian invasion.

As for the appologists posting…Sorry their is no excuse for that pile of crap called a book.

man that Coris dude looks like a toad with green hair. no doubt he thinks his white butt is all supreme no matter he will be in the minority soon enough.

JOHN McCAIN HEARING IS GOING AS HE IS GETTING OLD AND THAT IS WHAT HAPPENS. I KNOW AND AS I AM 75 YEARS OLD AND YOU NEED A YOUNGER MAN FOR PRESIDENT.

EVANGELICALS = SPIRIT OF NEW TESTAMENT PHARISEES

For the Evangelicals, Religious-Right, Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) Denomination and "Focus on The Family"; your 'loud silence' is a witness of your agreement and support of Corsi's book of lies. This is no surprise considering your 200 year hatred of people that don't look like you and not always agree with you.

Corsi smears YOUR CHRISTIAN BROTHER Senator Obama with blatant lies, and the Religious-Right and SBC nod silently in approval. This is another example why the hypocritical Religious-Right is crumbling. You stand by and say nothing when a Christian Brother gets smeared while fighting 'corporate masters' and 'lobby-control political scoundrels' trying to enslave hardworking Americans in to 3rd world existence.

GOD Bless America!
GOD Bless Obama!

This guy has no business running for office. He can't hear, doesn't know geography (unless Lieberman tells him) and can't speak off the cuff without a gaffe.

His campaign is run by Karl Rove's people and they've been trying hard to keep him on track–even taking his cell phone away so he doesn't get influenced by "other opinions" and go off on his own.

But here we see that he blew it again…..wow.

Susan Norton August 15th, 2008 7:39 pm ET

What's the deal with Obama's hair? He has either quit coloring it or all the stress is turning it gray very quickly.

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He is going for that mature look, you know the kind of look that give you life experience and so he has stopped coloring his hair. He is 47 years old remember..

obama can't dispute the fact that he is "friendly" with terrorist Ayers, and his wife Bernadine who bombed our pentagon, a police headquarters, and other buildings. obama has bad judgement to be friendly with terrorist. rezko the criminal, another friend of obama's is also written about in the book. obama has a thin resume, and no foriegn policy experience.

how McCain respond to a question ,he claims that he did not hear about ,how could a liar be a prisedent ,are you ashamed of your self mr McCAIN,shame on you

The book repeats claims about Obama that are known to be false for one simple reason … A lie, told often enough, becomes the truth for a lot of people, and the Republicans know it. It worked against John Kerry in 2004. Robert Dole claimed that Kerry did not deserve his three purple hearts because he didn't even bleed when injured. John Kerry still has shrapnel in his body, would the Republicans have us believe that he was born with it? The lies worked in 2004, wouldn't surprise me a bit if they work just as well in 2008.

WITH ALL THE FLIP FLOPS OF OBAMA WHY WOULD ANYONE BELIEVE HIS VERSION OF ANYTHING? HE HASN'T PROVEN ANYHTING BEYOND REASONABLE DOUBT OR WITH ACTUAL FACTS. ALL HE HAS DONE IS DENY, DENY, DENY. AND NOW ON THE ATTACK. JUST BECAUSE HE DENIES OR ATTACKS DOES NOT MAKE HIM VERITABLE…HE FLIP FLOPS TOO MUCH. HE LIED ABOUT NOT BEING IN PASTOR WRIGHT'S CHURCH AND THEN ADMITTED HE DID. FOR ME, THAT'S TOO BLATANT A LIE TO BELIEVE HIM ON ANYTHING ELSE THEREAFTER

Why did CNN replace "McCain" with "Kerry" in the last sentence without retraction acknowledgement?

i don't recall mccain having such a sense of humor when bush/rove accused him of fathering an illegitimate child in the 2000 primaries. i don't even recall him having a sense of humor during the 2004 swift boat attacks on john kerry. how convenient that he suddenly develops a sense of humor when it's his opponents name being drug through the mud.
what a shameless sellout.

Okay, so am I suppose to believe that McCain didn't hear the question and just made up an answer to "something in the universe" or that he heard the question and said what he meant? If he didn't hear the question then what was he responding to? How stupid are we Americans suppose to be?

Andy says leftists complain louder and louder when they are wrong. What do right-wingers do? Or moderates while we're at it? Some argument you've got there. Do your fact checking, and you'll find that Obama has a right to complain this time.

McCain may "not fight dirty" as he constantly claims, but he doesn't do anything to keep the attack dogs at bay. Not to mention he pleads the 5th every time he slips. He daren't blame age… When it comes time to being in office, you don't get mulligans Mr. McCain.

The article doesn't mention that the book owes its spot on the NYT best-seller list to it having been bulk-ordered by right-wing organizations, probably trying to give it some semblance of legitimacy.

It's hard to believe how continually vicious and unprincipled Republicans/Conservatives are. Unfortunately a significant part of our electorate is the same. It will believe outright lies if they support what it wants to believe. Even the transparency of getting the swift boat
"writer" to do the same sort of job on Obama won't get to them
I just hope that Obama's people do a better job of combating it
than did Kerry's.

Sounds to me like the Republican Party is performing acts of desparation when they have to resort to total lies and innuendo about the opposition. If they can't win on their own merit, then they are hanging themselves with this latest bookwriting disaster of fabrication! You can't fool the public twice with that crap.

He'd be right if it weren't for the fact people believe that junk.

I hope everyone reads the book. And the truth shall be known!!!

Anybody, but Obama (Dem or Republican)…

McCain shows us once again that he has no principles, scruples or respectability (not to mention a total lack of sense of humor). His flippant response to the queston sounds about like the "bomb, bomb, bomb Iran" statement that he made. Off the cuff, provocative, and not the kind of response we need to hear from a president.

The Obama campaign is so desperate they're going to say McCain is backing up this book? That's pathetic. Lame try Axelrod, your puppet is still dead even in the polls and trying to lump him in the swiftboaters is not going to change that.