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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.

Regardless of your political view, Senator McCain is just too old and decrepit to become president. Every day he rattles off some incoherent thought provided by his staff. The man does not even understand what he is saying! Why would the United States elect ANOTHER dumb president? I’ll be voting for Obama, Thank you.

Same John McBush once joked about a woman raped by a gorilla. The old man sure has a sense of humor

The book has many true facts about Obama.
I don't want him in the WH.
Read the book!

McStupid! You are making one mistake after another. It is time to retire.

Oh, now he is losing his hearing. Thats what usually happy as you get older.

Never, ever , ever, trust a rich white man, over 50 , wearing a suit......unless he's your grandfather.....then he's just screwing everyone but you.

McCain is confused, elderly. It's statistical, not me. I feel sorry for his loss of direction. He reads his "experts" notes, then grins. Did I get it right, his eyebrows ask. C
'mon. Cindy, Cindy, keep spending your dough, give it to John cause he is slow. Let's see. He was in a Vietnamies prison camp, got released, then went back. Hummm. Cool.
Some one please disarm him, turn the light back on.

I wondered which road McCain would take, not really, I expected to see him low road it all along. Was he having Cindy shake het tata's at the time?

3.5 million got email. Lets get 5 million supporters. As soon as we know that McIdiot is lying, we immediately need to let our 5 million supportes know in a second. Let us have email addresses send to Obama camp. Our goal by Aug.22 should be 5 million. Yes we can do it.

We all know McCain is hard of hearing, especially when he doesn't have Joe Blow LIEberman whispering the answers in his ear.

Red Blooded American, you are really a head-up-your-spincter amerikan. Go find something useful to do like turning yourself into compost, that's probably the best way you can realize your full potential, you Republican bigot..

McCain may be old with a hearing problem, but I am sure he heard the question, he really hopes that the book does the same to Obama as the earlier book did to Kerry. He is one mean spirited white haired old dude who we don't want for president. Remember what he did to his first wife and the nasty things he said to his present wife in a fit of temper. That's the real 'straight talk'.

"...Arizona Senator actually did not hear the question..." but did actually put out an answer, only he was wrong. Sounds like an unclean politics as usual. However, America, You ought to call a spade a spade. If the above excerpt is true, then Senator McCain is hard of hearing or does not understand English. Do You want such a president in the WH? Do You want a president who would have to be reminded even at the international scenes that "that's not what we 're talking about Mr. President? Wakeup!! That is a sign of withering.

One more reason not to choose the aging man losing his ears.

What's wrong with the answer? Gotta keep your sense of humor. Sounds like an appropriate answer to me. As a matter of fact, some of you bloggers need to go back and find yours. Geez, are you really this uptight? My suggestion, go out and have a couple of beers this weekend and kill whatever crawled up inside of you. That goes for both Dems and Reps.

I watched CNN which is generally pretty liberally slanted. When you watch McCain being asked the question it is pretty clear that he didnt hear the question and was poking fun at the reporter. That is the analysis from CNN. Funny how so many Obama supporters are complaining that McCain promotes falsehoods when in actuality it is the Obama supporters who are promoting falsehoods. How low are y'all willing to go all because you lost the last 2 elections? I don't see McCain as a good choice for President and will not be voting for him. But I certaining see a worse choice with Obama – primarily because of his mindless supporters. Regardless of whether Obama, Clinton, or McCain wins, this country is doomed.

did any one notice that the allegations the obama campaign are disputing as lies already proven false are the few lesser allegations why are they not arguing on the more serious ones

So obama wants someone else to fight his battles? no wonder the democrats loose, they are totally spineless.

McCain doesn't have to say squat about someone else's book. Ask the author, not McCain. Should be interesting over next few months as more people wake up and realize the dems jumped the shark by nominating a guy with a serious drug past, multiple aliases, muslim connections, no valid birth certificate, no resume and no brains.

Mccain is a clueless, rudderless freak/flirt with no regards and care to what's happening to the common people. He is a multi-millionaire with mutliple properties and wealth just enjoying his position. USA cannot afford this reckless guy even for a day. Must be defeated by all people.

Some more shinnanagins from the Obama's Chicago bosses? They act like they own the media. Heck, maybe they do.................

There's probably as much truth to this so-called book as there was to OJ's defense lawyer, Johnny Cochran, when he used the bogus glove don't fit argument. If it sounds like what you wanted to hear, then it must be the truth. We've got millions of those kinds of ears out there folks, unfortunately a lot of them don't speak English and I suspect most of them will vote.

So where is the follow up question? What did he hear that led him to that response, "you gotta keep a sense of humor"?

we all need to pray

Why would anyone buy a book that is fictional when they can go see a great movie instead; at least that way you pay for what you get. It is crazy how people will fall for this ploy of lies written by someone so he can make money.

McCain has been my Senator for almost 30 years and I can tell you that he has no trouble speaking out of both sides of his mouth. But most politicians do.

The problem is that he is not all that sharp and his having had a 'macho boy' military background, causes hime to think of problems in miltary terms and thus come up with 'military' solutions.

The good news is that he is probably not a knuckle dragging, born again Christian like Bush and Co, so he may actually listen to other solutions. If he gets elected, we can only hope....

The author should be sued for slander and McCain should be labeled as the coward that he really is.

Lets face it.. the guy who wrote this book is a bigot plus a very nasty man... to say the least.. Think he would dispute what I said about him.. I think not..Nasty people take pride in that description..

Sometimes folks who have a hard time hearing or focusing do answer randomly without really listening to the question, which might be understandable for some, but not acceptable for someone who wants to be U.S. President.

Where's the article on what Howard Dean said? Republican party is the "white" party. No wonder Obama knows he's going to get the black vote, he's a DEMOCRAT!!!!!!!!

Why in the world is the Obama camp lingering on McCain's response?
The issue requires Obama to respond, not McCain.
This just goes to show exactly how weak and feeble that Obama really is since he needs Maverick McCain to defend him.
Sheesh!

Why is the media pursuing the lies ?? and giving credibility to them by repeating them over and over ...........knowing it is a lie ? Kind of if you say it enough people may believe it .......very sad ....the media should be seeking the truth ........always .

What else did he "not hear"?

Hi, Bayou:

I don't want half of what McWhine accomplished in his lifetime. What respect should we pay to McWhine?? Keating five? Sure you know those days that he weasled out, sold his respect to corporations. Or you meant deserving his ailing wife while she recovering from a car accident? Or failed to pay property tax and blamed on his aunt? Or lied about Obama's tax plan for the rich by claiming whoever earned $42,000/yr would get tax increase?

Yes, I'll grow old someday. But I won't lie to myself or others. Respect is earned not born with. Got it?

John McCain thinks smears and lies are funny. You twisted mind.
We should commit you to mental institution. To you, every thing is
humour. Celebrity ad insulting two young Americans is humour, Moses ad is humour, staying in Iraq for 100 years is humour, asking you wife to join topless dance is humour, check your tires is humour,
Is this presidency a humour to you?
Get out you pathetic weasle.

The republicans are excellent at "not hearing"....It figures that the gop standard bearer didn't hear and has no comment. The war, the economy, health care, education, poverty, etc – they haven't heard and have no comment! Had enough? VOTE DEMOCRAT!

McCain heard the remark clearly, he just wanted to avoid endorsing the vicious untruths in the book. He just means to let lies and untruths be said about his opponent and is trying to distance himself. When the fan blows it covers all and that includes McCain.
Now they say he didn't hear the question...does that mean he is going deaf as well as forgetful and confused? Gees, and he wants to be President?

Perhaps he did not hear and that is why he made that tasteless, insensitive, flip remark, I'll give him that. But now he knows, so why does he not condemn the book at this point? What excuse does this "honorable" man have?

More and more, McCain is exhibiting signs of oldness or alzheimers. It would be interesting to see the results of a mental exam, if he dares to submit to one.

McCain is not ready to lead. Standing 4 feet away from a man asking a question, and RESPONDS, then lies and says he didnt hear it? Whoa.

So, McCain is hard of hearing? Maybe his age IS a factor after all...

So now John McCain not only has dementia, but he's going deaf too?

If McCain does not come out in person to dis-avow Corsis book I, nor any of my extended family will vote for him. Can he stand to lose 23 votes in PA.

It scares me to think that a senator who wants to be President of the United States is dropping the "I didn't hear the question" line, he should have followed up with I hate gay marriage, abortion is wrong, and God hates everyone else and the Christian right wing freaks will forget his answer.

John Mccain, where is your integrity! Marerick No More!

Every day we hear something low road about McDonald. I think it is about time he get out of the race. Cannot hear, cannot speak, cannot remember, just clueless, ignorant man uses and agrees with racism.
This is not a campaign on issues. He cannot beat Obama so they have to rwrite a book and Mcidiot has to endorse it as humor? What is humurous about it? What if some one writes a book about McCains sordid affairs, dealings, his wife drug habits, his involvement with lobbists etc. Add a lie here and there. Would he like that ye?
You silly McIdiot, you are loosing your common sense and dignity.
Bring race & religion, you are sure to loose this race. 72 years of age and you haven't learn anything. McShame.

Keep making your old jokes....what do you think a Vice President is for? There is no back up plan for inexperianced!

McCain and repubs are dirty politics as usual. Tired of same OLD, same OLD...

He didn't hear the question? Really? I think his comment speaks for itself.

Why are people so outraged by McSane comments? John McCain is a republican using Karl Rove tactics to win this election to continue the Republican doctrine of the rich get richer and continue to squeeze and screw the working people. There are two possible explanations for McCain's behavior, either he is lying about the whole question deal or he is just simply too old and needs a hearing aid. How is he going to be able to answer the 3 AM phone call if he is not able to hear? Also, it could be that he did not understand the question?

Once you get to be John McCain's age, sure you probably don't remember what you did five minutes ago.

Jonh McCain was born before all the baby-boomers, that's how old he is? Perhaps, he is suffering from dementia. I'm just saying.

He is also a BIG LIER!!!!

Why does he need to comment on the book? It has nothing to do with him... It's NOT McCain's job to defend Obama the messiah!

Obama is running scared now, and will say anything and do anything. TIME for the DNC to NOMINATE HILLARY CLINTON!!!

Corci is as low as they get.

Huh?

What?

Libs are always so defensive... Who cares if its true or not, don't read the thing...

MCWar never heard the question
what a surprise LOL
I have said all all along you dont have to worry about a 3 am call bc he would NEVER HEAR it…period
This guy is just too dam old to be president
you better be careful Americans who you vote for

I'm an independent, who tries very hard to discern the true from the false in each of the elections. Years ago, I was a fan of McCain because I thought he was truly a public servant who said it like it was, regardless of popularity, etc. This campaign, though has made me see him as a shallow, power hungry, petty and untruthful man, and it's very sad. All that talk about not running a negative campaign has been completely forgotten. His campaign strategy is simply to try, by any means possible. to discredit his opponent, and I have no idea what his stand on any of the issues is. The ones he has finally articulated seem to change by whatever audience is in front of him at the time.

So now McBefuddled is both deaf and dumb?

obama is just mad because every word is true and he knows it. He's such an actor and thinks everyone in this country is stupid. He's such a fake.

McCain know these folks. Remember what they did to him in South Carolina about his adopted (black) daughter in 2000? Makes it even more disgusting to me that he's *one of them* now.

obama is such a jerk. ....just sit down and shut up stupid.

There ALL a bunch of bigots. If you vote for McCain and you earn LESS than 50k a year you must be racist.

McCain and Corsi are just two peas from the same pod: their smears and lies sicken me. God help us if that war monger McCain becomes our next preisdent.

The problem is not his hearing it is his chicken-brain. He is just a high school graduate who seeks to be a president humoring himself by running aginst the Harvard grad.

Get a hearing aid, Grandpa ! Or retire to your nursing home in Arizona. Good luck when the phone rings at 3;00 am !!!

Corsi's on a mission to sink Obama? Well, Mission NOT Accomplished, not this time. If people weren't ready to lose their lunch over mention of the word "Republican," tripe like this might seem more significant. But on this go-around, only the Rush-lovers will be queing up for this garbage.

best friends forever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! mccains friend likes to write books. hey bud can you write a book about me?

How was that even bad?

Gotta keep your sense of humor?... sounded to me like he was calling the book a joke...

Obama has some pretty thin skin... not a good trait in a leader.

Hussein doesn't need your ranting about everything the Repubs say about him. He did just fine whining his way through Hilary, and he won't let you down crying his way to the general election.

I just bought the book and have read about 1/3 of it. Although some of the claims may be far-fetched, there is some degree of truthfulness to some of the facts of the book.

These sentiments won't be popular on a "blog that is normally blindly supporting of Obama, but yeah...sometimes the truth does hurt. I think it is legitimate to question what Obama is portraying in this race is real. I don't think it is – he is like every other politician. Say what the electorate wants to hear to get elected.

Answering questions that you haven't heard seems a strange habit.

August 15th, 2008 6:49 pm ET

i read on brobama.org that Obama's economic plan is more factually sound than McCain's…
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obama plans on eliminationg taxes all together for 17 million people. did you get that? 17 MILLION PEOPLE WILL NOT EVER PAY TAXES AGAIN under obamas plan. my question is this. who will pick up the tab when all that tax money is not collected but is still needed to run the governement/economy etc? oh thats right, you and me because we arent rich but we arent poor either so we must be okay financially right? fat chance. i dont like his plan it reeks of socialism...

He already commented... he thinks lies are funny. When will the republicans take being in command of the most important country in the world seriously?

No worries, Barack, the cream is rising to the top. America is so sick of this kind of politics. No more. We're done (Oh please, America, say we're done!). Obama in '08!

You are not correct. One chooses to be Muslim. That is like saying you're born Catholic or Seven Day Adventist. My name is Mary and I am not Catholic. Catholics pray to Mary-does that make me Catholic. Jesus what a Jew are Mexicans, named Jesus, Jewish? My husband 's name is John-does that make him a Chistian? He and his parents are not Christians. I have a dog name St. Joan-what religion is she?

Maybe those things that Bush and his campaign called McCain dowin at Bob Jones University is true after all, it McCain is not man enough to condemn the lies and inuendoes of Jerome Corsi's book and his statements.
This is especially true after McCain promised to run a clean campaign, which he far from so far. That proves his word is worth nothing, not even the paper it is printed on or the air that carries it so you can hear it.
I called people to vote for McCain in 2000, but that will never happen again, I will do all I can to get him defeated by 20 points and will work to get any other republican defeated, especially those who back him.

There we go again. McCain thinks that getting people to hate Obama will put him in power to continue the dumb Republicans policies. We need to here the issues and not hate. We need free education to ivest in people's development and free health care.

Obama'S New Book out . Title. FLIP FLOP for 300 Grand

RC ignorantly says: "Do some non-partisan due diligence & the facts portray an unfavorable light on Obama's true character once you get past the hype."

RC – go ahead – give us one proven fact. All of your so-called "facts" have been disproven by actual hard evidence. So come on, let's hear your facts. People like you come on here and talk big boo, but never back it up with anything other than ignorance.

Eh What? Obama Nation? Yes I an concerned about their border with Pakistan. But I will never surrender to the Obama Nation my friends.

All you guys need to dust off your Websters and review the meaning of the word, "OPPONENT".

Neither candidate owes the other a staunch defense when confronted with smears and jeers about that candidate from an independent source! That is crazy.
If the damaging and unfounded accusations came directly from the McCain camp, then yes, McCain has a moral responsibility to address the situation and denounce the perpretrators immediately.
But No candidate should be expected to research bad press about their OPPONENT for the sake of defending them on it!
If Hillary doesnt definitively know the answer to whether or not Obama is a Muslim, the best answer is the truth..."I dont know that he is a Muslim."
If you can prove your conspiracy theories about how Hillary and John are scheming to ruin Obama- then do so. IF not, you need to look in the mirror before you accuse other people of Smears.

So grandpa mccain is hard of hearing.. this man is an idiot .

He didn't hear the question because he is too old! Just like he is too old to run this country! The only joke is McCain!

The author can't be sued for libel because there are no lies in the book.

YEAH RIGHT MCSHAME, YOU HEARD THE QUESTION PLAIN AND CLEAR. I HEARD YOU EVEN GOT YOURSELF A COPY.

I for one don't want this dude Corsi determining who our next president is.

why does mccain HAVE to comment on this guys book about obama?why does the obama campaign whine about it every single time that someone, anyone, says something that happens to have some grain of truth to it? if obama insists on keeping people in the dark and playing the victim (boo hoo hoo) then he has no one to blame but himself when he loses the presidency. one CAN NOT run for the presidency without the people wanting, and demanding, to know what they are getting. he has done an excellent job thus far at never telling us who he is and what he believes in and what his specific plans of actions are. and so people like this writer, and many others, have NO CHOICE but to define obama. if he doesnt like it then let him go back to his job as a far left radical liberal. geez.

So first he proves to the world repeatedly he cannot remember things, like who borders Afghanistan, who Iran is supporting in Iraq, that Czechoslovakia no longer exists, that most veterans groups rate him a "D" or worse, or even what position he held last week on taxes, immigration, energy, or the economy.

Now he "can't hear"?

Republicans come on. most of you are good people with (some) decent ideas. THIS IS YOUR MAN? Come on.

What about McCain's affair. He was involved with his current wife before he divorsed his ex. Sounds just like Edwards to me. Why is his career not affected?

speakin of sense of humor,, does mccain forget about his temper? if this happened to him, he would fly off witha temper like mad,,,, he laffs, but its been reported that this guys mission was to bring pbama down,, now that sure sounds like somthin mccain or/and his campaigners would do to slap obama,, but tust me , theres so much online about mccain,, that would dis-credit him so bad,, wht doesnt CNN look into this?? its fair game ,,,,,, his military record isnt near perfect as it proclaims his deciet as a soldier,, check it out guys,, especailly CNN,, i dare them to report this stuff,,,,, some on CNN,, go for it,, you have many researchers that could look this stuff up online and show and report lotza on mccain for americans to hear,, that would be a story eveyone would love to hear,,

OK, McCain still thinks that countries that no longer exist...still do, has to have Joe Blow on tap to whisper the right answers in his ear on questions concerning Iraq, does not know countries in the Mideast do & do not boarder each other, says he voted for the Martin Luther King holiday oops didn't do that. "Says" he's oh so for the troops / vets yet apposed (and didn't bother to show up for the vote anyway) Jim Webb's GI bill, did not support supplying our men & woman in Iraq with needed body armor or properly protected vehicles when the war was in it's early years...
Now we learn he can not even hear... so lets see who is it that is not ready to lead???

Stop Romney from destroying Social Security !!!

So, if McCain ever gets that 3AM phone call (god forbid), his answer will be "Speak up. I can't hear you".

Figures Mary Matalin would be involved. Remember what McCain called his wife? Thats Matalin.

Senator McCain says he did not hear the comments on the
book? Well, it goes to show you, he is getting so old now
that his hearing is going fast...........................................me

Why would anybody call it the truth when it has been disproven already?
Even the author has stated publicly, just this week, these are not facts.
He claims he is putting forth questions for the sole purpose of bringing down an honest candidate . Even the author is not trying to push this
off as factual. Just a smear, a lie. If the author himself will not even stand behind his work, why would the republican party try to stand behind it?

McCain has zero honor. He lied about a campaign being about the issues. How is this about the issues?

Perhaps it's time for Senator McCain to use hearing aids.
Some people much younger than he is are using hearing aids.
There is nothing shameful about being able to hear better.

All candidates have said stupid things and they did say they are bound to misspeak once in a while since they are so zoomed in on the minute.

Obama aside, I have now come to believe that McCain would be one of the soldiers laughing his guts out while Jesus was mocked with the crown of thorns. Everything about him tells us what side he would be on.

Please, Senator McCain, show some integrity.
Please, Mr Corsi, get a life and show some integrity.

At least McCain knows there are not 57 states ... so many of you act like NObama has never misspoke ... petty, pathetic, whining liberals!! .. which is why so many conservative Democrats will vote for McCain!

Americans have little or no sense of humor about anything now – puritan roots coming out in all these people that spent their youth with sex, drugs and rock and roll

So John McCain didn't "hear" the question...

So he either really didn't hear the question (too old) or he responded with a flippant remark to the question (too dumb to comment off the cuff)

Either way he's not the man for my vote for President.

And I'd never heard the stuff about McCain dumping his first wife for another after her disfiguring car accident and his cheating on her before he divorced her... At least until I started seeing the Dem responses to this book so I gotta say whatever he is thinking by letting these people attack Barack Obama might just blow up in his own face.

Here's a novel idea...run on the issues and let us decide.

How, honestly, given McCain's pathetically incompetent campaign, could anyone vote for him to run our country?

He won't comment on it? What a coward.

Too bad Joe Lieberman or Lindsay Graham was not there to whisper in McCain’s ear to correct another one of his gaffes.

i think if john McCain was sued for defamation of cheractor, it might make a difference.
something has to happen. McCain is to sick and much to old and a bad temper to be any president. its really terrible when you have to discredit your opponent in order to try to win. that should be against the law.
shame on those republicans.
WHO WANTS A SMUT THROWER FOR THEIR LEADER???, OR A LIER

I wonder if he would cliam he didn't hear when he receives a 4 am Phone call.

People don't take any chances

OBAMA' 08

Actually, in truth, the Obama campaign has been the most divisive and smearing ... and really they kind of make me wonder why their candidate will only do 3 debates with McCain who they keep smearing him about his age ... obviously his age trumps Obama's ability to debate!!

i remember ronald reagan always taking a nap and the vp bush sr never beening in the loop. god i can't take another group of old men running the white house again. now let's see mccain has frequent bouts of cancer, broken arms and now hearing loss. is he fit to be president? i won't even mention his old age of 72.

More than anyone else, McCain has repeatedly dismissed the type of criticisms of Obama. But it seems to be now that if this is Obama's lack of appreciation for McCain's high-road about such things as are included in Corsi's book - then he should just say, "Swing Away!" Also, seems like that instead of Obama and company spending all their time doing tit for tat, he should be brushing up on his reactions to such world-shattering events as the Russia/Georgia war. That would seem to be more presidential.

Wah, wah, wah

How can such a cry baby like Obama be President.

Interesting comments about Obama being sensitive or whiny, the fact of the matter is that a nation of idiots that believes everything they hear or read put Bush in office, that same bunch believes statements such as "we need to drill for more oil", or "the surge is working", or my particular favorite "McCain is a hero, we can trust him". If Obama isn't aggressively responding to and attacking the overall bulk of lies and misrepresentations it all goes down as truth to too many people. The overall amount of what the more well informed americans see used as platforms to rally a bunch of lemmings and gerbils that is totally unfounded lies and misrepresentations is unacceptible.

McCain is fighting for his base, the wealthiest people of this country. Obama wants to raise Their taxes, not ours! Wake up, America!

Seriously, what is wrong with these people? Worse, could 41 percent of the population actually be listening to them?

Either McCain is a jerk or he is hard of hearing – either way not a good candidate for leader of the free world. Can you just hear it – well, the President didn't really hear Putin say he was invading a European country.

Keep the pressure on this story, Mccain must denounce this man and his book to have any credibility. Corsi is the kind of character Sen. Obama was exposing when he said they are going to say he does not look like other President on the dollar bill. Only a bigot would be concerned with how many men of color Barack's mother chose to fall in love with and marry.

Write a book called Flip-Flop and a 1000 pages wont be enough to document McPain's flip-flops..
Grow up America.. this man is there to destroy us.
Just look at Georgia..all his big talk and what happened? They accepted defeat.
OBAMA (2008 -16)

Its funny.. he couldn't hear a question about something as petty as a book.. what is going to happen when he cannot "hear" a question that if he laughs off could result in a renewed war with Russia?

Is this what we can expect if he is elected "I did not hear the question" ??

Great.. just what we need.. not only is he an adulterer and a liar, now he is too hard of hearing to even be able to answer questions..

This country is going downhill fast if this is the best that can be offered up as a Presidential Candidate.

When the Georgia crisis errupted, Obama was vacationing in Hawaii and made a pathetic small statement. Unfit for foreign affairs, unfit leadership. At least McCain knows what happened to the policy of appeasement.

Hmm... Somehow having experience with Middle Eastern cultures is a bad thing? We need a President who can fully understand the root of our problems in the Middle East. McCain can't even get the three tribes in Iraq right.

Stop hatefully implying that all Muslims are evil.

Obama '08 (whether he's Christian, Muslim, Buddhist, Jewish... Who cares!!!)

I am ashamed to have supported McCain in 2000. We might as well lower the voting age to 5, since that seems to be the maturity level that American politics have plummeted to.

And you know what? We keep on lapping it up. Discernment and respectability are dead...especially in politics.

Just what we want in a President - answers a question he didn't hear rather than ignoring it or asking that it be repeated. And now, he won't have a comment about it - so he is condoning it by not speaking out against. Just when I think he hit a new low, he out does himself.

10 years sober

Maybe Barack should hire Jackson Browne's Attorney and GO AFTER THE AUTHOR ! ! !

Here's a perfect chance to prove your credibility in court.

Personally, I think it's nothing but noise from the Obama Camp.

Vote McCain in 2008 . . . (he doesn't have to go to court to prove his credibility).

So what ? Obama's a twit,girly-man & he gets smoked in November.

Mary Matalin is just another lying Republican wench in the vein of Ann Coulter. This smear the ugly and white supremacist Jerome Corsi who readily admits that he wants to do anything to discredit Obama. Corsi who has a Phd from Harvard is a closet bigot, white supremacist from Ohio. Corsi is a piece of garbage.

um- a book to take down the opposition... haven't there been a few of those from the Dem's side as well?

What can you expect from a man (McCain) who says his favorite song is "Dancing Queen".

Freedom of Speech does not include Fraud and other crimes.

McCain won't comment–That is a Comment!!!!

Don't forget that McCain wasn't born in America and legally can't run for president. Military Bases are not included in the Constitutional requirement.

So he answers questions that he doesn't even hear? Very convenient.

"In the 21st century nations do not invade other nations" John McCain

Sound like sound judgement, experience and knowledge of issues there huh RC?

Fact check here: Doing "non-partisan" checks doesn't work if you're only reading biased right-wing viewpoints and looking for faults. Look at your own candidate and you'll uncover much more skeletons than you could find with Obama.

The Obama campaign could take a lesson from McCain: Lighten up!

I know you're all so delicate, and so wishing for opportunities to spew your righteous indignation, but REALLY, kids.

It just demonstrates that when a candidate has some REAL experience, as opposed to the MANUFACTURED experience of "playing president," he doesn't get excited about the least little thing.

Your ranting and raving will only cause even more people to buy the book, moron.

And some will believe it just because "thou protests TOO MUCH."

Of course, thankfully, it's too late now, you've gone and mouthed off so much that people will stand in line to get the "forbidden" book.

When General Clark made a 'objectionable' statement about McCains' service as a qualification for POTUS, his campaign jumped all over it. And that was a personal opinion. What if Obama had said "McCain should've had a sense of humor' then? You guys would be livid.

This is a defamatory compilation of rumors, outright proven lies (as proven by every major fact checking organization) and you're calling the campaign 'whiners' for hitting McCain for his comment ? Talk about the pot calling the kettle black.

Sue... I am surprised that Mary Matalin is touting Corsi's book. I can't stand her but thought she had a bit more integrity than that.
She is a WITCH!!!

Like I've said many times before, no matter who wins the Presidential election, America loses. This whole campaign is a lose \ lose situation.

i think if john McCain was sued fr defamation of cheractor, it might make a difference.
something has to happen. McCain is to sick and much to old and a bad temper to be any president. its really terrible when you have to discredit your opponent in order to try to win. that should be against the law.
shame on those republicans.

Whether he heard or not is relevant. What was so funny that he was laughing? Is that what he would do if (hell froze and) he was Pres.? Laugh without hearing the question? Please....and that's me giving him the benefit of the doubt.

What did the people thought? A Republican nominee following the foot steps of his beloved Republican president would run a decent and honorable campaign. Those days are long gone. Today, Republicans preach morals to others like Democrats, Jesse Jackson, Barak Obama, and to the World; Vladamir Putin. Chinese president and Hugo Chavez

As a veteran and someone who supported McCain in 2000, I become more and more disillusioned with his campaign by the day. I don't care who you are, Republican or Democrat, Left or Right, smear tactics and politics that appeal to the lowest common denominator have no place in a 21st century democracy.

I will venture to say this will go down in history on the level of the attacks against Andrew Jackson's wife. Shame on McCain for not repudiating these allegations that undermine the very principles our nation was founded on.

I voted Republican in 2000 and 2004. No more.

OBAMA '08

I don't really care about US elections that much but my feeling is Mccain is lying too much and he is setting himself up for faliure. God bless Obama in this one...John mccain knows these lies are helping him and he loves it...but I pray that no weapon formed against Obama shall prevail and may God give Obama favor to win....Mccain thinks Americans are fools and he is taking advantage of the fact that Americans are naive....George Bush gave him good notes...

old man's hard of hearing ey? So what the heck, what happens if he is talking to other world leaders...is he gonna have them stop and say "hey sunny can you speak up, im hard of hearing?" What a tool...

McSame should be "flippantly dismissed" as a candidate. He is flippantly too old to be president.

I think the title... "Obama Nation" ...is kind of funny, too. Great play on words.

So what's the big deal? Do the Obama-ites have no sense of humor? Are we now suppose to blame McCain for the contents of this book? CNN's Larry King interviewed the author of this book, and Corsi doesn't like either Obama or McCain, and said he is voting for one of the lesser known candidates.

Besides, what is written in the book is exactly what a lot of people are wondering about, but are afraid to ask. If anyone brings up any of these issues, the Obama-ites get nasty and crazy. They demand blind faith to Obama.

the media is sick!!! They promote the image of THE ONE when their talking about Obama, and when someone points that out, they start complaining. No body is allowed to have any view about Obama except the one the media wants you to have. So conservatives in America, STAND UP for this book. It will be standing up for freedom of speech

Can someone explain WHERE Bo is during this time with Russia and Georgia???? Oh, on vacation.....great.....sounds a little too Bush-like for me.

Kerry and Obama should take legal action against Corsi.
STOP THE SWIFT-SMUT NOW!
Lying comes with a price.

Who are these people talking to? I don't care what establishment
politicos have to say about anything. Any chance that we can get back to the issues? This has become more and more like the goofiness that
goes on in 3rd world countries ... of which we will be joining soon enough! WHAT are your goals for America AND what SPECIFICALLY are you going to do to make things better for ALL Americans?

RC:

Why don't you read Obama's 40 page response before you spew your non-sense? Oh.. I get it. You believe everything that Corsi said on the book because he is legitimate, truthful and honest.. based on your dislike of Obama. It never really occured to you that such a person could fabricate falsehoods against another person. That's what I call stupidity

BO and his campaign are babies.....

Sen. McCain Is A Bold Face Cut And Paste Liar.

HA, HA, HA! McCain is right; you gotta have a sense of humor. And clearly, Obama and his fans don't! Ah, poor Obama! If you can't take the heat – stay out of the kitchen!

p.s. you should have expected this before you ran. Nobody knows anything about you Senator! We don't know the real you because he keep changing your tune, and what little we do know is highly questionable. So grow up! Stop whining all the time.

If he didn't hear the question, what did he think he was answering????

To SUE.....Mary Matalin is touting Corsi's book. I can't stand her but thought she had a bit more integrity than that....She is A WITCH!!

A lawyer always deflects the unfavorable testimony by attacking the author and not the content. The problem with Obama and his followers is that they have no credible candidate and can only resort to insults and derogatory comments about anyone who is Republican or connected to the Clinton Democrats. Obama will lose, not because of race or his psuedo Christian religion, but because he is not the right man for the job of POTUS. McCain may not have the charisma of Obama, but he has the experience of age and wisdom. Add Loyalty and dedication to his country and you have a winning combination.

The author & publisher are just trying to cash in on Obama's popularity – and nothing draws more attention than controversy, right?

It's dispicable, but I actually think it will help Obama in the long run – when attacked, people with the same cause have a tendency to band even closer together. Many who are undecided may actually finally realize that Obama has been unfairly targeted for some time and join in the fight to ensure he is elected.

So there you have it -

BAYOU JOE

it's the beginning of my book on john mccain and i am going to fill it full of lies just like c's book. mccain said it was funny to write a book full of lies, so laugh stupid.

just showing i have a sense of humor like mcaint hear.

i said the media is sick. They are interested in promoting a pure and flawless image of THE ONE that has flaws and they don't want anyone to say otherwise. The truth is that Jerome Corsi has the right to say whatever he wants to say. No one especially the media was complaining when people where releasing smears and falsehoods against Bush. The conservatives in America should stand up and not let the truths in the book die down. STAND UP NOW!!!

This is what a 'fit to be commander-in-chief' does when he does not hear a question clearly; he gives a dumb answer.

Is this man the best 'presidential material' candidate' the GOP could find?

Even a grade 2 child would ask for a repeat of the question.

Stop being a cry baby BO-too bad-you're in the big leads now-stop being so mamby pamby!!!-attack if you want-if not-shut your mouth and all the bots' mouths as well!-They'll do whatever you say-none of the bots can think for themselves.

"Didn't hear the question?"

Does this even make sense? We know he answered the question. We have the direct quote. "The Obama Nation, gotta keep a sense of humor." I guess it's pretty clear what McCain and his campaign staff think of this nation. They think we're a bunch of sheep.

And so much for running a clean campaign, eh? The things the Republicans will do to win an election.

Jerome Corsi is a bigot. PERIOD. Anyone who goes on "The Politacal Cesspool" radio show and their white supremacist philosophies to promote anything is a bigot. McCain really needs to separate himself as far away from this man if he really wants to show us that he is NOT playing the race card.

Show us some real "straight talk" McCain and condemn this man. If you do I might re-gain the respect for you that I once had.

It amazes me what some people will support.

Is McCain in the habit of answering questions that he does not hear? And "you gotta have a sense of humor" (paraphrasing) is a very specific response, not like a general "maybe" or "it could be".

It is about time that McCain gives some specific details of his programs. I am extremely interested in how he is going to cut taxes, increase expenditures (more troops in Afghanistan/nuclear plants cost 7-8 billion to build/he promised to increase funding for the people still rebuilding from Katrina), and still balance the budget. The numbers that I see just don't add up.

As for the people who have said that the Obama campaign should "just grow a pair and stop whining", they are the same people who have a problem when anybody makes mention of McCains age. Whatever you believe in, be consistent or it means nothing more than a bunch of noise.

Just another daily McCain Gaff then the Staff "Explains" it away. How long is the MS going to let him get away with this cover-up of his obvious ( well obvious to those who actually go see the films themselves) advanced age having an effect on his mental capacity.

P.S. I just took a second look at the pictures of Corsi and McCain. Am I the only one who sees a resemblance between these two bozos? Howard Dean is right! They do all look alike! *LOL*

He wasn't taking a swipe... he is too honorable for that (but not for using Paris Hilton and Brittney Spears in ads).

HE IS JUST TOO OLD AND DEAF. Nice when he claims "hard of hearing" or "tripped up in words" whenever its useful. Just like good old Bushy.

Oh, come on! Are we expected to believe that McCain DID NOT HEAR the question! How convenient. I'm surprised it too so long for the Republican Machine to haul out "the swift boat" gang! Sadly, too many people are willing to believe this drivel instead of checking it out for the facts. Obama is on a well deserved vacation. This is all McCain has! He doesn't have a platform to stand on. All he can do is attack and lie. Why is anyone surprised.

"Didn't hear the question?" McCain's job on the campaign trail is to hear questions and answer them. If he's not sharp enough to handle himself now, how would he ever be able to manage the White House? He's too old and way out of touch with reality.

Change we can believe in – Obama '08

As several writers have already noted, we need leaders. One sure sign of strong leadership is knowing when to stand up for what is right, even if it's not popular or funny. If McCain had condemned Crorsi's book, that would have been a great show of leadership. It might have even convinced me to vote for him.

Obamacan: No your wrong, we do know him, and that's why we would never vote for him. Obama = depression and war. GREAT reason to vote for that loser! Look at all the great things he's done for this state (IL) NOTHING except be part of a machine thats only answer is TAX, TAX and TAX. And yet we are STILL in hole. Open your eyes before it's too late.

Oh! i forgot. Did you see McCain and Cindy in restaurant in Philly? Poor Cindy har her arm in a sling. They spoke to a few people and proceded to take a seat. McCain certaintly is no gentleman. He pulled his chais out and sat down. Poor Cindy had to use her one good arm to pull her own chair out to sit. What in the world does she need that old fort for? She has more money than him. I guest there is someone for everyone. I don't like McShame,but I don't hate him. I surely would not vote for him.

Just what kind of experience you people kept talking about when you all know that the world is beginning to look back at America with a new faith and respect when Obama began his foreign affairs tour. No one in the Republican party could act like Senator Obama when it comes to foreign affairs. And Why is that??? Because people likes his politeness and respectful ways, he knows how to handle situations like that. McBush never will be like him when it comes to foreign policy. The American people are getting tired of the same old style of politics running by the McBush Republican party, the kins of experience from the past not good for 21st century. People wake up, while you still can. Obama for President!

When did the "Straight talk express" get derailed? He promised a hig brow campaign discussing the issues. It did not go well for him apparently and he is avoiding the issues, using attack dogs, and lying like crazy.

Who cares? Obama has run nothing but a negative campaign since the primaries full of sexism and racism. Maybe Obama doesn't realize he might win a nomination but can't be elected just on the strength of a 90% ethnic vote, that he actually NEEDS us "typical white people" if he wants to win.

Obama has to stop playing the victime

I believe what is in that book is true just as I believe a monkey is going to fly out of my rear end in the next five minutes. Need I say more?

If McSame is so against running a "smear campaign," how exactly does he find humor in this?

Well, I guess I agree with Senator John McCain; most of it is funny... and, clearly, Senator Obama is a world wide JOKE!

That's a republican for you.
If McCain has a hearing problem how is he fit to be president.
Obama 08

So now he's senile and deaf.

Obama 08 and 12

Didn't hear the question?

Fine, I don't hear any of your stinking Swiftboat ads

I think that everyone in the GOP should get a life!

"McCain didn't hear the question."

Old people use that excuse alot. Usually it is legit.

McCain is too old.

Joyce Knapnik-

Please, for all of us, don't think too hard!!

Truth hurts

If ,by some horrible turn of events, John McCain gets elected I want impeachment hearings started immediately. As soon as he takes the oath because we know he will be lying when he takes it.

John McCain shouldn't be president because most of his policies are like George W Bush's and he shoudn't be attacking OBAMA for being a celebrity when he is a celebrity himself.

OBAMA 08

McCain didn't hear the question. Or chose not to. Or is maybe just an old man that who's hearing is suffering.

Just another 'bait n switch' tactic by the Obama campaign to deflect attention from the fact that Barack has some serious credibility, judgment and lack of experience issues. Do some non-partisan due diligence & the facts portray an unfavorable light on Obama's true character once you get past the hype.

McCain heard the question. Because his response was slammed, his handlers came out with that lame "didn't hear the question" excuse. McCain's sense of humor is twisted. I am surprised that Mary Matalin is touting Corsi's book. I can't stand her but thought she had a bit more integrity than that.

Do politicians on both sides of the aisle really think that being drama queens about every little thing is going to convince anyone? Every response from the McCain and Obama campaigns to each other is completely exaggerated and disingenuous. Who are they kidding?

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

So which is worse, endorsing lies or not having the hearing aid turned on?

157 days till the end of the Bush administration.

You know what else MCCain has a sense of humour about? Seneding our sons off to die in pointless wars for no reason. He's a big fan of that aparently. This tired old man represents everything that is wrong with the Rebublican party. Watching him makes me physicaly ill.

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?

John McCain SHAME ON YOU.. Are we to believe that you would answer a question that you did not hear. Are you losing your hearing. When the 3am call comes are we to believe you will answer it even though you did not hear it? Or will you smile and say "I know how to win wars"

Of course McCain heard the question and is gloating. The media should not give the book the attention it's already gotten. Find something else to report on.

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?

If you didn't hear the question you ask to have it repeated. False humor and lies that is his strategy

I don't understand why there is a big issue if he is a Muslim, too me it seems that the media feeds the fear of religious intolerance which then is reflected elsewhere in todays society.

Uhhhh.... let me get this straight: this would be the Mary Matalin who is James Carville's wife who is publishing this book? Nice. Team Clinton strikes again. What horrible bolt of cloth are the Clintons cut from, anyway?

Just another entry in the column that makes me never want to see her hold public office again.

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!

McCain didn't hear the question while he was awake. Will he hear the phone at 3am?

This election is a sad indictment on our country's intelligence and level of political discourse. It hurts me to think what kind of country will be left for my children.

CNN-why have you not reported on the conflict of interest with McCain, his campaign manager with lobbyist ties to Th country of Georgia? If you have time to report on Obama's swim in Hawaii, why not this GLARING truth?

Mcain is the same man that payed no attention to the lies that got us in the war in Iraq. I hope the voters heard that.

Isn't it time for this author to be prosecuted for slander? Or perhaps sued??And do people have any idea how easy it is to debut on the best seller list for this genre??

As the Convention are coming closer and closer by the day, McCain's tactics are becoming more and more vicious. He heard the clarion call of Obama's supporters; America is fed up with the same-ol presidents and now is time for something fresh! GO OBAMA!!

Do you ever notice that there are still no answers coming from Obama and his people....only fingers of blame pointed at everyone else.

This turkey won't fly.

Hilarious comments, guys! Seriously. Good stuff. Keep 'em comin'.

Why should McCain disown a book he did not write? Why don't reporters understand when a candidate does not want to answer a silly question? Why does Obama take everything so personally? I shudder to think that this whiner and his campaign whiners might run the White House.

Obama and his staff are beginning to whine. The end is near. Maybe Hillary can save the election.l

A few weeks ago they said that McCain does not speak for the McCain campaign on Social Security and now they are saying he didn't hear the question. Wow, there is a LOT Of covering up going on this year with the GOP. More than usual.

Hey Mel ,,, Cindy is not running for President.... Lots of people are addicted to prescription drugs... You candidate used illegal drugs...and nothing is made of this... by the media... How do we know he is not on drugs now? You Obamamites have selective hearing and knowledge. Blinded by Hope and Change I guess.

LOL , Obama cant defend himself so he jsut attacks mccain, wow,

contradictions you can believe in!

One of the supposedly false comments is that Obama belonged to a radical Christian church when in truth he belonged to Trinity United on the southside of Chicago.Excuse me, but how do you think the church of Rev. Wright might be described? I think radical militant describes it perfectly.

My friends, I sense McCain's lying. Let me give you some straight talk... his response to the question was "you've gotta keep a sense of humor" later he said he never even heard the question but would not comment.

why is the media hard on John Edwards, what about John McCain he cheated on his wife and she was sick and left her for Cindy McCain.

Leave John alone, his private life is between God, his wife and him.

Everyone in the media bashing John Edwards, I am sure has done this or something worse.

Low Road McCain aka McBush. Washington definitely does need to be cleaned up.

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

I'm gonna run a clean and positive campaign. What? A book comes out slamming Obama with every lie and internet rumor ever created? Oh, come on.. doesn't Obama have a sense of humor?

McCain makes me sick.

"But McCain spokeswoman Brooke Buchanan said later Thursday the Arizona senator actually did not hear the question"

Something tells me that will be a common theme if Senator McCain is elected president.

When Regan was president, it was "I don't recall".

Why would anyone in their right mind vote for McCain? People say they are afraid of Obama b/c they don't know him, or he's not one of us, he's too risky. The BIGGEST RISK to this country would be for McCain to get elected.

the Obama campaign appearently doesn't have a sense of humor nor do they appear to have any sense at all. our nation faces many serious problems ones that will make the cuban missle crises seem like an SNL skit they better grow up or get out of the way. this country needs leaders not whiners!

This is America and you can lie about whatever you want. The Republicans have been doing this for years.

I hadn't heard about this book but I'm going to buy it as soon as it's released!

Finally some truth telling after all the obama media bias!!

Boy sounds like Mr. Corsi has a personal axe to grind.......Maybe he should put more energy into helping the Republican Party figure out answers to some of the problems facing our country such as the housing foreclosures........the failing economy........and how to win the war in Iraq and bring our troops home.

McCain is right. You got to have a sense of humor.

Most of the negative Obama adds crack me up. They are so far off the mark they crack me up. No one will believe them.

Only in America can such a liar publish a book! This garbage is already circulating on Fix news. I thought you had to prove your accusations or call it what it is Republican fiction!

mccain was a republican

So what is he keeping his sense of humor about.... bombing Russia???

So there are two possibilities. McCain is now lying and he did hear the question. Or, McCain wllingly answers questions when he has no idea what people said. Is either type of person what you want in a president?

I fear that John McCain is to much of a loose canon to be President. A president is supposed to be guarded about remarks made as he/she will always be under the microscope and furthermore should not be prone to making flippant remarks. Can a leopard change it's spots?

Obama never defended Bill Clinton when the media painted him as a racist.

I know it's one of the hardest things to prove in court being a former journalism student but couldn't Senator Obama (and for that matter John Kerry in '04) sue for libel and/or slander or does that not apply to books?

Yeah John, ok sure

i read on brobama.org that Obama's economic plan is more factually sound than McCain's...

So maybe Senator McCain thought the smear campaign against him in the 2000 Republican primary was funny too. I’m sure he got tons of laughs out of that.

McSAME IS A GEORGIAN WHO NEEDS TO FIND HIS MISSING BEARINGS.

WHAT HAPPENED TO THE GAS TAX HOLIDAY? OH, SORRY.IT WAS REPLACED BY DRILL HERE,DRILL THERE AND DRILL NOW.

OBAMA CAMP SHOULD STOP WHINING. Obama is whining too much. Does he want some cheese with that whine?

Seems to me that Obama should have more to worry about than a book. Hey Obama, if the shoe fits, wear it !!

I remeber few months ago when they asked McCain what do you think about the "Bomb Iran" song, he said " if you don't think it is funny, get a life" ......I am really confused by his sence of humer !!!

HEY MCCAIN- I'm not a Georgian, how dare you speak for me, you aren't the president - AND YOU NEVER WILL BE.

I choose to give McCain the benefit of doubt here but that he wouldn't be commenting on the book...no no no....silence on such a serious issue can only mean a YES to the book on the part of John McCain. I think i used to respect McCain more than his these days show of character...........

can you quit calling people that dont agree with obama racist. I dont agree with him but I am no racist. Many of my friends are different colors and creeds as are many of the others that disagree with Obama. that argument is really starting to get old.

McCain is behind all of this, that is why they were meeting in Aspen today. He heard the reporter ask about that book, he made his comment and his entourage got him out of there. They knew what was coming. McCain is satan's brother. He does not have any morals at all, and he wants to run the country, how can he, he can't even HEAR!!

McCain learned his lesson well when he was crucified by Bush in 2000. Has had a chip on his shoulder ever since. BUT..he must figure that if it worked for Bush, maybe it'll work for him. I'm beginning to wonder if he is more dangerous that Bush & Cheney combined. Is his mind slowing down? He's not impressive at all.

Good hopefully everyone will WAKE UP, and stop sipping on the oBUMa kool-aid. He wants to be the man in charge, and all he does is cry about what anyone says about him.

He may not have heard the question, but he gave the correct answer.

It's a political campaign not a pillow fight, people.......either grow a set or laugh it off.

boo hoo...go hug a tree.

You can be muslim and not practice the religion of Islam. His father is Muslim. His step father is muslim. He was raised muslim in a muslim country andhas a muslim name. He is at least half muslim, undeniably. He does not practice Islam currently. That's a seperate point.

John McCain opts for the patented Ronald Reagan ploy.

"HUH"

If he speaks without being asked question, this is just the tip of the iceberg. Maybe he should also undergo an psychiatric exam to determine if he's hearing things too. And his hand could be on the pulse of the nation. Lord Help Us!

"--Swift Boat Veterans for Truth attacks against then-Democratic presidential nominee John McCain."

Any body could make a mistake.

Why is this shocking to anyone? McCain will do or say anything to get elected. Nothing wrong with that. It's up to the voters to decide if that's who they want as President. And right now, that's what close to half this country wants.....

Sooo, which is worse, his lack of hearing or lack of ethics. ("What did you say, whose attacking, uhh, what. Sorry, can't hear you? Problems with the economy, still can't hear you?"). Will somebody please help this poor man and get him out of politics before our country is further ruined!

Next you libs will be complaining about the color of his ties.

The sooner we strengthen state's rights, the better. We need balkanization and we need it now. I would love to see NY'ers try to start a War of Eastern Aggression. Delaware Water Gap as the new Bull Run.

people are lossing their houses while you are joking sir...

Coming from Arizona, I'm not suprise of McCain's hearing skills. I'm still trying to find out what he has done for Arizonan.

Not sure which is worse, his lack of hearing or his lack of ethics.

Funny how the Dems aren't screaming "that's swiftboating!" about conspiracy-theorist Oliver Stone's biopic of Bush, which is scheduled for release just prior to the election. Stone is well known for injecting pure fantasy into his movies, which the less-than-historically-educated public will interpret as fact. After all, if it's about real people and in print or on film then it must be true, right?

McCain won't hear the phone ring in the middle of the night either!

huh?whaaaat?

McCain seems to be saying more questionable things the last few weeks. To be fair maybe its the strain of campaigning. The question is, if we accept the spin then just what did he think the reporter asked him? What other events have been happening the last week or two where people need to maintain a sense of humor? CNN you should go ask his campaign.

What do you expect, I have NO respect for McCain and or the GOP. They have shown their true colors. McCain is not a man of his word, I don’t even know why people expect him to reject this trash book, he wants to be president so bad he will do anything. Im very very disappointed with McCain it is clear that he will do anything to win. How sad!

I think McSame did hear/understand the question and meant to give the answer he gave. Why is anyone surprised at the type of campaign being run by the McSame camp and the RNC? I'm not and I don't OBAMA and his camp are surprised. In the beginning we all knew they will do anything and I mean that literally to disrupt the OBAMA camp and or get McSame in office. More of this LOW ROAD stuff to come in the future. I wish that wasn't the way it is but we all know.

As an independent, I see that the Dems are not whining. They are quick to respond to these attacks because in the past John Kerry was not quick to respond. I think the Dems are doing an excellent job.

Maybe it's just another example of McCain "not speaking for the campaign ".

If he didn't hear the question then why did he answer it?

American can't afford a president who would speak non-sense before hearing a question. Terrible and lousy excuse for someone who wants to be my president.

yeah, and I am going deaf too!

Don't you just love the respect that the Obama Nation has for our elders and statesman. Someday you too will be old and I hope that you have accomplished half of what John McCain has accomplished in his life.
'No wonder our country is in such a mess. We are producing college graduates with no respect for anyone and no knowledge of our history.

I think the Straight Talk Express is spinning and about to crash. If John McCain didn't hear the question, why did he answer it? Honestly, is this man capable of being President? I think not.

Did not hear the question or did not remember the question...

Excellent so we're possibly looking to nominate a man for the most powerful position in the world who can't hear a question properly but will answer it regardless. Very interesting indeed.

So Mr. President, do you think it's wise to start WWIII?

McCain: Yes, I think it's very wise.......wait I mean no. Wait what was the question, I forgot it already.

Why doesn't someone have the balls to sue slime like this Corsi for
slander and defanation of character...what he is writing is known to be false, is harmful to reputation, and are lies with intended consequence.
Where are the people who will bring suit? and why aren't even honest Republicans (if you can find any) as outraged as normal people?

GET OFF MY LAWN!!

THEE MAN IS A OLD OLD BUSH AT HEART

Of course he has no comment. Like Bush, McCain knows that you have to lie, lie, lie, over and over and over again so that the brain-dead geriatrics and racists will believe you hook, line and sinker. Bald faced lies are his only chance at winning the presidency.

Talk about no character, an empty suit and no moral center! McIpedia is a lobbyist-supported, GOP lackey!

This is to easy...lol....lol....lol

Gimme a break! Tempest in a teapot. Obama ought to be concerned about and focused on the events in Georgia.

John McCain is either too old or too dishonest to be president. Take your pick.

McCain was in a meeting with Pickens. Reporters were far away. It was a photo op not a one on one interview. Cameras were clicking and there was comotion. McCain thought the question was about the attacks on Obama meaning the paris hilton ads. . McCain has many times said those ads were based on humor. This exchange is being taken totally out of context. Obama is many times asked on rope lines questions and doesn't hear the questions with all the commotion.

Lol.....Wow. I've lost the little amount of respect for J McLame that I had. I like poster number 1 wonder if he would feel this way if we talked about the witch looking Barbie McLame???

Apparantly McCrypt had the ABBA albums volume a bit to loud in the '70's and it has affected his hearing in his 70's.

He can dance,
He can lie,
Having the time of his life,
Oooo-ooo-ooo,
See that twirl,
Watch that scheme,
McCain's a dancing queen,
Oh yeah....

"gotta keep your sense of humor."

The democrats are so stupid! This has nothing to do with McCain's campaign. The Dems are a bunch of wimps. That's what happens when you have a weak candidate.

So is McCain prone to answering questions that he didn't hear?

He, it is still a free country (at least that is what it was until 0-babmi), a man can write whatever he chooses to. If the whinning o-bambi-bots don't like, oh well, too bad, free country, see if you could win in a court of law. Good luck. Too bad, live with it.

mcsame,mcold needs all the help he can, and it still won't help him. sen. obama, will be the next president of the united states of america. talking about sense of humour, mcsame has none. old goat.

Yo lay off McCain! He gets a nap, you're gonna see some cognitive fireworks!

McSame didn't hear the question? What the heck is he doing running for President if can't hear?

President Obama all the way.

DNC and Obama are whining a lot these days.

STOP, this is not a fashion parade Mr Obama, compete diligently. fight it out like a Prez or keep crying and shutup.

If you have the facts, present them.
And send Kery packing, he will ruin your campaign, like he did to himself.

If the rest of the world thought we were stupid electing W to four more years, I can't wait to see how we are perceived if McCain is elected president!

I haven't read the book and don't intend to, but I would agree that, by and large, the Obama campaign and supporters don't have a functioning sense of humor. Too bad, too. There's a lot to laugh at these days.

Slimeballs

Of course McBush thinks that smear tactics and lie are funny, unless he happens to be the target. He tries to laugh everything off, but he is deeply involved in a smear campaign of his own against Obama. He is using typical republican tactics to get his message of lies across to the public. But, let me tell you that if this book by Corsi was directed at McBush, he'd be singing a different song.

McCain didn't hear the question? So why did he answer?

That old man McCain can't even lie effectively.

Give me a book deal and I will gather all of the misleading and outright lies that I can find on McCain

huh?? what?? gotta keep your sense of humor.

Didn't hear?? Now the ears are going.

What's next, the eyes?? Have we ever had a blind president??

Ha!
Little pig man corsi!!!
Your tricks will not work this time.

Senator McCain had better rethink his own sense of humor should a book surface now or in the near future regarding his past life.
He has his own scandals from the past which are known and being kept on the back burner. Corsi is on a mission with a desire to attack Senator Obama with lies and false accusations.
John McCain should keep the campaign free from this kind of thing by denouncing it from the get go. He promised a respectful campaign as did Senator Obama. Let's keep it that way. There are far more important issues plaguing the American people. And we are eager to hear how things can be improved as we await the coming election.

You left wing guys & girls are a hoot! GET OVER IT!

BTW. CNN still didn't correct their article. "Corsi, who has said he's on a “mission” to take down Obama, also co-wrote "Unfit for Command" — the 2004 book that spawned the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth attacks against then-Democratic presidential nominee ???."

Let me get this straight...now he didn't hear the question because of his extreme advanced old age?

we are all done if Mcstupid get to white house

He didn't "hear" the question, but yet he answered it specifically? Yeah, that makes sense.

I don't know what is more sad, being able to publish such lies, or that people will actually believe them.

Republican or Democrat, this is no way to run for office.

he has a heaing problem as well as skin cancer and an adulterous past that rick warren and jenna bush's pastor are talking about?

Well if he didn't hear the question by someone with a MICROPHONE, he may need to get the old ears checked...after all he is 97 yrs old!!!

I hear alot of people bash obama supporters for not knowing enough about Obama's policies, but can anyone in the room tell me one thing about what McCain plans do as the Leader of one of the Worlds Super Powers? When China starts calling in its maasive debt or flexing its military might, laughing it off is going to get us where?

Why answer a question you didn't hear? :-/

You should know about Smears and Lies OBAMA – that's all that ever came out of your campaign.

How very CHRISTIAN of you!

Does anyone wonder if Obama consults with this DNC Rapid Response Team? What the hell is it? From this response, it sounds as they're a bunch of hand-picked paranoid freaks just sitting around waiting for some juicy story or mis-speak and immediately notify the world that McCain farted in public! What a sad state the DNC must be in.

What a witch Mary Matalin is. This guy is typical of right wing racists.
It won't work against Obama. Eveybody knows McCain is really McBush. James Carville go home and "spank" your wife.

PEOPLE ARE QUICK TO DIG UP OBAMA'S PAST.

WHAT ABOUT JOHN MCCAIN CRASHING 5 US NAVY PLANES.
DOES THIS MEANS HE WAS A LOUSY PILOT?

HOW ABOUT HIM LEAVING HIS FIRST WIFE FOR CINDY?
DOES THAT MAKE HIM ANY BETTER THAN EDWARDS?

When was John McCain ever the democratic nominee?
If I recall, John Kerry was the democratic nominee and McCain wasnt even running.

"just standing by while Corsi and his publisher … poison this presidential race"? And what exactly is he SUPPOSED to do? I'm so tired of all you liberal panzies crying over words.

Someone asks him a question that he doesn't hear and he says, "Gotta keep yer sense of humor."??? What did he think he was being asked? And apparently when he was told what it was that he actually was asked he says he will not be commenting on that. What a straight talker!

If he did not hear it, how could he respond?

Oh brother like a book was never written slamming someone. Look at that idiot Dick Morris and his obsession with ridiculing Hillary all the time. I think he even wrote a book about her when she was first lady.

I bet he heard the remark perfectly well and is now trying to covering his tracks.

I'm all about a sense of humor! I think it will be hilarious when McCain loses in November and the GOP is stripped of as many senatorial seats, both nationally, and in as many states as possible, and Republican mayors lose their elections. It will be "knee-slappingly," hysterically funny when the GOP (Greedy Old People) party ceases to have any political clout or impact any more! Maybe then, these outdated old geezers will actually hear the questions asked of them. Many of them should be in jail. Go Obama!

Senator McCain should stand up for the truth, regardless of politics. Shame on him. It seems often his flipant comments back fire.

Jerome Corsi has met his match this time. Senator Obama will not stand back and let lies ruin his reputation. His supporters will not stand for it either. Corsi can write anything he wishes, but he should answer legally for his defamation of Barack Obama's character.

Hatred, bigotry and outright dishonesty are not American values.

Does anyone at CNN check their facts? Somebody needs to read that last sentence again. I don't think McCain was ever the democratic presidential nominee.

If the book contains any "documented falsehoods" why doesn't "Senator Urkel" sue him for slander or something? Any lies someone says about him probably isn't as bad as the truth anyway.

Its easy for McSenile to claim he didn't hear the question, the hearing is one of the first things to go. No integrity.

Obama '08/'12

I guess it was humor that drove Russia to attack Jokershvili's little mountain goat nation of Yorja?

The Obama camp should now come back and accuse him of playing the "Age Card".

And people are going to vote for a blatant lier. Not me.

Obama 08

Sense of humor? Where was the joke again?

Hearing is the first to go.................pretty important to hear things correctly so you can determine if someone is spreading lies...........especially if you are Commander and Chief. This is a pretty sad thing coming from the Ole Maverick.

It's about time. If he didn't hear the question, why did he answer it??
C'mon John McCain–speak to it yourself and stop letting the McCain Camp cover it up for you. WHAT were you answering if it wasn't the question?

ALSO you are lying about Barrack Obama's taxing increases, leaving the impression it is on ALL the taxpayers when in reality it is not and is geared to the people and companies that make the most money...who can more readily help this country and ALL the PEOPLE and not just themselves.

BS is BS! So much for honesty.

I will use as many IDs as I can to make you think John McCains support is greater than it is. It is part of my Operation Chaos game plan that my fearful leader, Rush Limbaugh, the school dropout, told us to do.We believe evry word he tells us because we dont have a mind of our own and cant make any judgements without him.Rush is our Savior.

Corsi is the scum of the earth.

Bestseller Book IT IS THE FIST PUBLIC GLIMPSE AT WHAT IT UNCOVERED OR HIDDEN INNUENDO, ACCUSING , OBAMA / PRESS. WANTS TO SEE MORE EVIDENCE ABOUT MORAL VALUES.

You should answer questions you don't hear. What kind of president does that make?

His aide is not helping him with the whole getting old thing. If he did not hear he should not have answered. So much for the straight talk express. He should have condemned the book the second it was released if he wants to have the positive campaign on the issues he says he does. Oh wait he threw that out the door with his Paris Hilton ad. This man is a pack of lies who will lead us into eight more years or war.

I think Obama put it best Republicans take pride in being ignorant.

So what then was Mr. McCain responding to when he said "gotta keep your sense of humor."?

You report that Mr. McCain's spokeswoman Brooke Buchanan said later Thursday "the Arizona senator actually did not hear the question."

Does Mr .McCain give out answers now for questions that were not asked/he did not hear?

Report the whole story please.

Hmmmm?

he did not hear the question correctly? people this is who you want in the whitehouse? a fool who is incapable of listening.

And what a lame excuse is "he didn't hear the question". So at 71 years old McCain has not learned to clarify questions before answering?

Picture him in a meeting with Putin answering questions that he cannot hear or does not understand? McCain is a disaster waiting to continue the ruination of America.

i just hope and pray to god american voters wont fall for swiftboat lie like they apparently did in 04 this has been the worst seven and half years that average americans ever had to endure WHEN IS THE MEDIA GOING TO SHOW THE LIES THEY DINT FOR BUSH WELCOME MCBUSH

So McCain has both a hearing AND a memory problem?

By contrast, German Chancellor Angela Merkel declared that Senator Obama is "well-equipped: physically, mentally, and politically".

After seeing photos of Obama body-surfing in Hawaii I have to agree.

So McCain, 72, is getting hard of hearing, is he?

Didn't hear the question, did he hear all the others? What a bogus excuse. Is this what you want, when he gives a bad answer he claims that he can't hear the question, not good McCain, not good for you and not good for our country.

Obama 08'

Um, the man can't hear either? And responds anyway? So when the ask you if its okay to "push the button" you'll answer regardless of what you heard?

This man is TOO OLD I SAY!

Or....he did hear and is playing dumb or playing on his age. I wouldn't be surprised if he heard, responded and realized what he said afterwards.

Ugh! It drives me crazy that the media ignores his age issues! They are real! He's gonna take us to war with Czechoslovakia!

He cant hear, he can't recall the names of countries we have invaded correct, he needs Liebermann on his shoulder prompting him, he cannot use a computer, and he wants his wife to particiapte in a topless competition.............and we want him as president of the USA ? China must be smiling as they wait to be the next super power, cause sure as heck the USA wont be if this guy is president. The mans day is done. Retire !

Um...the 2004 Democratic nominee was John Kerry....not John McCain.

Might want to copy-edit this a bit better.

Hey CNN.... did anyone bother to read or edit this story before it was published??

The last line says "the 2004 book that spawned the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth attacks against then-Democratic presidential nominee John McCain."

I think it meant to say John Kerry.

You people are so pathetic.

**Correction** Last line: "...against then-Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry."

Never knew John McCain was a Democratic presidential nominee . . .

He didn't hear the question? But he spewed out an answer!

Either his hearing is gone because he's old, or he's just doesn't get it because he's old.

McShame, may be you should consider doing a stand up comedy at at Schmidts' restaurant. Do something worthy of what you could be in your few years left to live.

"Swift Boat Veterans for Truth attacks against then-Democratic presidential nominee John McCain."
Ummmmmm, don't ya mean "John Kerry"

Come on CNN.

Time for a hearing aid, Mr. McCain. I said TIME FOR A HEARING AID.

Old man's hearing is poor.......believable. The fact that he answered the question, then later said he didn't hear it......not so much.

Every day I hear another shocking thing about McCain. I suffered under the delusion that he was a decent person. I also read yesterday that he was a signatory to some writings by the Project For a New American Century. That officially puts him on my list of the most evil people of the 21st century.

I believe McCain did'nt hear the question because of his nonrelated anwser.

Okay, instead of "what?" or "Excuse me?" McCain's answer to a question you didn't hear is "gotta keep your sense of humor."

McCain has a real problem with the truth. Romney was right.

McCain has the fastest flip flop in the west

McCain is being handled, it's obvious. He's been told to blame "humor" for lies and falsehoods that blast Obama.

By blaming humor he is doing two things: allowing the false charges to stand and making the questioner out to be a dummy who "doesn't get it".

It's a clever response, but easy to see through. When does McCain begin to speak from his heart – not from his handlers notes?

"Those comments were immediately slammed by the Obama campaign and the Democratic National Committee, which e-mailed its 3.4 million supporters declaring, "John McCain thinks smears and lies are funny.""

Smears and Lies aren't funny, but truth hurts. And as we have learned, the more truthful something is when talking about Leftists the louder they scream. It's actually pretty funny to watch.

MCCAIN LAND

cindy mccain was addicted to prescription drugs (truth)
my guess is she is still an addict (source – me)

mccain wants to be president of georgia (source – me)

since mccain cheated on his wife so many times, i'm sure he still exhibits the same behavior now (source- me)

sense of humor mccain

This is exactly why I vote Democrat. I can't believe people excuse the dirty rotten tricks of the Republicans. I REALLY can't believe people fall for their tricks.

So why isn't he wearing a hearing aid if he can't hear? So everytime he makes a gaffe we are supposed to believe that he has a hearing problem? Guess we don't have to worry about him hearing the 3am call.

Sometimes it's hard to get old people to change their ways?

People write and read tabloid trash every day ...

This book just another example

John McCain spews tabloid trash every day

God help this country ....

When a man running for the office of The President Of The United States, can sink this low

God help this country ....

Of course McCain thinks it is OK because he has been teeling some of the same lies about Obama also. He vowed he wanted an issue base campaign but he has been doing nothing but attacking Obama, by the way what is McCain policies? and where do he stand on the issues? All I see from him is Celeb ads about Obama and him acting like he is the president when it comes to Russia. By the way wasn't it the rpublicans who said Obama was acting to much like he was already the president on his over seas trip? Where are they now when it comes to McCain?

By the way what was the CNN analyst (the female republican stratagist) thinking when she said Obama should cut his vacation short and come back because of the Russia issue? What was he going to do have a town hall meeting on the issue? She needs to be fired we have only one president at a time and it is him only that can address this issue not Obama and sure not McCain.

If the man doesn't hear the question how can he answer it? Are they denying that he uttered the words? Are they saying that he didn't understand the question, or that the question was ambiguous? There are no good answers to these questions. Regardless of the answers he is not capable of leading this country and negotiating with foreing leaders. Who knows what he'll give away or what wars he'll get us into next if he responds without benefit of knowing what is on the table.

If he didn't hear the question, why did he provide an answer? What if he's president and a general asks "So should I order the subs to launch nuclear missiles at Turkey?" and McCain thinks he said "should I order you a sub sandwich with mayo and turkey?" and so he says, "yeah sure, that sounds good."

It could lead to nuclear holocaust. something to think about.

McLame – Open mouth, take out right foot, now insert left foot.

What does he mean he "did not hear the question?" Then what was he responding to? Did he "mis-hear" the question? Does he need a hearing aide?

So, is this a normal thing? McCain does not really hear the question, but still makes a response?

And this is suppose to make me feel better!?!?!?!?!?!

Awww.... somebody forgot to turn on their hearing aid.

Interesting that the man that funded the swiftboat book of crap against Kerry is meeting with McLame and asked about the swiftboat book of crap against Sen. Obama.

More of the same from McBush – he can't even get his own group of friends.

So now McCain is hard of hearing too. Makes you wonder what he thought the question was? He probably helped write the book.

Have you guys stopped reading what you write? In what year was John McCain a Democratic presidential nominee??

Obama's campaign is a joke...can we change our nomination to Hillary?????

Hey, anyone awake there? Remove the post or fix it... John Kerry, not John McCain, in the last sentence.

John McCain has no morals, but then he is a repuglican and they have proved that they are evil. What is funny is mccain's ad blatantly lie about Obama's tax plan saying he will tax those making 42000 and under when that is a flat out lie. Obama's plan will lower taxes on all those making 250000 or less while raising it on those who make more than that. For once the middle guy gets a break under Obamas plan and the rich will suffer for a change. To all you 'so called' christians supporting mccain you are hypocrites speaking of love and supporting the devil.

This is the same guy who made "jokes" about killing Iranians, twice!!!

Stop the lies, McCain and racists!!!

Obama '08

for a guy who can't even run a respectful and decent campaign what chance does he have when dealing with world leaders and other important issues? will he tell them to get a sense of humor as well? that'll do wonders for america's already tattered global reputation

"then-Democratic presidential nominee John McCain." Try John Kerry. hmmmm...

After John McCain's campaign claimed that Obama's campaign used the "race card", they have a lot of nerve defending McCain's response to the Corsi book with a lame "didn't hear the question" defense. His remark was a typical John McCainism. Unscripted, he delivers his "straight talk" without thinking, showing his true colors.

— the 2004 book that spawned the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth attacks against then-Democratic presidential nominee John McCain.

don't you mean John Kerry

Well, if, now that he HAS heard the question, he "will not be commenting on the book," then in fact he is "just standing by while Corsi and his publisher ... poison this presidential race." No?

why obama and his campaign keep whining? forget it- this election, i shall enjoy some movies and lunch! one candidate is too old to get any new ideas, or even understand them; and the other is too touchy about everything, wonder how he would stand to actual challenges in the real world where people wont be interested in his speeches! duh!

Oh, there it is! sorry

So McCain conveniently feigns "oldness" when he's called out on his "straight talk". All of a sudden his "old" ears don't work anymore. We all know his appreciation of the book, the author and Mary Matalin for putting it out there and insuring bulk quantities were purchased to make it number one on the NYT best seller list, he doesn't need to say he didn't hear the question, he heard the question just fine and answered exactly the way he wanted to. McCain has no morals, how would he like it if people brought up his wife's drug addiction, would he still maintain his sense of humor then, or how about the crippled first wife he dumped for the current wife, still funny? What about the Keating Five? Democrats have a sense of humor too, you just haven't seen much of it yet.

Good lord! Do we want a President that's so old, he's hard of hearing!

The democratic nominee in 2004 was John Kerry, not Mccain.

He heard the question. That is his standard answer to anything that references negativity. He said the same thing about the juvenile stuff his campaign puts out. They need to grow up. He and his campaign lies just like Corsi, so I guess it is funny to them. Who are those delusional people trying to fool.

2004 book that spawned the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth attacks against then-Democratic presidential nominee John McCain.

Democrat John McCain? Now who's a flipflop!

I'm not sure what's worse. His response to the question or responding to a question that he doesn't hear.
"Should we use nuclear weapons to eliminate the threat in Iran," the journalist asked?
"Sounds like a good time to me," McCain responded with a smile. "I'll see you there on Friday!"

McCain needs to come out publicly against this book if he is going to prove that he is not the same as Bush.

Where is the flag tag are you still American or Georgian

Odd. So, if he didn't hear the question, what was he responding too?
I am not sure which is worse. The fact that he thinks these known lies are ok to spread, the fact that his spokeswoman came out and claimed he didn't hear the question when it is more than obvious he did because he responded to it within context, or the fact that he is hearing (and responding to) voices in his head.

I guess McCain's hearing has gone the way of his recall of details. But, no, he's not too old to lead the country.

No,he can not because he is not what say he is. He
will tell you anything to get elected. Voter beware.

"Corsi, who has said he's on a “mission” to take down Obama, also co-wrote "Unfit for Command" — the 2004 book that spawned the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth attacks against then-Democratic presidential nominee John McCain."

I believe you mean John Kerry.

I guess I have no choice but to take responsibility and go on a “mission” to take down McCain.

Turn up your hearing aid, Gramps! McCain doesn't get to issue a "no comment" on this attack book. Take a stand, McCain, or look the fool.

He didn't try to stop the various smearing Republican ads during the Democratic primary, what did you expect this time around?

He wants to win and will support anything negative without directly supporting it.

John McCain before Country and before Respect of others – the REAL John McCain

ps – look at his TV ads, they're just disgusting! This is NOT leadership traits or sense of "humor" in a time many people are struggling.

He must not have had his hearing aids turned up.

Didn't hear the question.....again..... Presidential qualification #1. Hearing

Seems to me when there is something he would rather not comment on he does not hear or just stands there with that vacant look on his face, or you should just have a sense of humor – I think the book is an disgrace and ole John thinks its funny – wonder how he would feel if they released a book on him that was FUNNY!!! What a jerk!!!!

I wonder why no one picked up on a comment McCain made stating that he does so much better when he can sleep till 8 or 8:30 am, he seems to have problems formulating his thoughts if he gets up before then – he actually admits this, this is the man who will be then one getting the 3AM phone call. I guess they better let him know th night before if thedy plan an attack so he can fit it into his sleep pattern.

How in the world can this man be the Republican nominee???? He will lead to the destruction of this planet if he wins...... and then just before the nukes hit.... he will say hemisheard the Russian and Chinese diplomats.

Whether he heard the question or not, Sen. McCain should public denounce this book as a pack of lies. He should state that he does not want or need Mr. Corsi's support.

To not denounce this book publicly is to accept the hatred, deceit and racism the book touts as facts. To say nothing against this book, shows Sen. McCain to be a hypocrite and a dishonest man.

Sen. McCain owes it to the United States of America to take a stand on this.

We're waiting.

We, in Ireland can't figure out why you people are even bothering
to hold an election in the United States.

One one side you had a pants wearing female lawyer, married to another lawyer, who can't seem to keep his pants on, who lost
a heated primary to another lawyer, who goes to the wrong church, who is married to another lawyer and doesn't even like the country
her husband wants to run!

On the other side you have an old war hero whose name starts
with the appropriate Mc and married to a good looking younger
woman who owns a beer distributorship!!!!

WHAT IN GOD'S NAME ARE YE LADS THINKING, OVER THERE IN THE COLONIES.

Is he deaf ? You cannot believe a word that comes out of this mans mouth.

Looks like one more sign of OLD AGE is getting him in trouble: In addition to not being able to email, text messge, remember what he told someone 30 minutes ago, much less 30 days ago, doesn't show up to vote on vital issues, and then claims he did. We were raised not to tell lies, because at some point in time you will be asked the same questions again and your answers won't match. His spokeswoman, Brooke Buchanan, has admitted he didn't hear the question, and wouldn't be commenting on the book. Does he need a hearing aid?What would happen if he couldn't or wouldn't respond to a remark, accusation, challenge, or threat concerning the Russian / Georgian situation with the whole world listening and one of his staff has to step in to "advise Mr. McCain what is going on". We don't want to wait for the "Books On Tape" version.

Well, it's either changing his mind or he's hard of hearing. The guy, just like his mentor, never takes responsibility for a darn thing. Is this really what we want for the next 4 years?

It's interesting to hear that John McCain once ran as a Democratic presidential nominee. (See last paragraph)

McCain left his hearing aid on the bus, thats why he didn't hear the question. He is a joke. McCain is a slime ball who will throw any kind of mud at the wall and hope it will stick. he is a disgrace to America. He is out of touch with America, except for those old timers in Florida who do shuffle board all day.

McCain will start WW3. He is unfit for duty as president. Ever notice his Nurse Cindy always has to hold his elbow when he takes steps or walks down stairs. He will raise taxes on the lower and middle income while making the tax cuts for him and Cins permanent. He wasn't born in America.

So he supports lies and subterfuge to win an election.
Way to go Maverick.......
We can see who you really are......
empty suit.........

McCain Lies, He heard the question, he thinks this whole campaign is a joke. Ask the family that lost their home in foreclosure should they keep a sense of humor. Ask the dad or mom who lost their job to off shore companies if they need to keep a sense of humor. Ask the family that paid their last 50.00 dollars to fill up their car and can't eat dinner tonight if they need to keep a sense of humor...

NO MCCAIN IN 08

the party is over for the gop,the demographics dont lie,maybe the polls lie,but the demographics dont lie.the white vote will only be 73% this election,that means mccain will have to get 61% of the white vote,in that hasnt happen since reagan won in 1984.the media is keeping this quiet.a report came out yesterday saying the white population will be the minority by 2040,thats very bad news for the gop.in 2012 the gop will have to get 63% of the white vote to even come close.unless the gop start getting minority voters they will become absolete by 2016,the proof is in the pudding my friends

If americans get fooled again into backing oil corporations and corporations in general by voting for McCain than the US is lost.

There goes the Obama camp whining about any criticism of their false messiah. I can only imagine what censorship would be in place of BarryHo was in office. Freedom of speech would be long gone!

And the RNC and it's subordinates have purchased the book in bulk in order to manipulate the NYT best seller list.

These tactics are simply pathetic. It's just a way the McCain camp can continue to spread lies and slander without it being "directly" tied back to them.

Wake up America!

FREE SPEACH!!!

or does that only apply to the left nut jobs, like burning the american flag?

So what question did he think he heard? Or is 'keeping your sense of humor' just his Thought for Today?

If John McCain is fueled by lies and deceit why on earth would anyone expect him to denounce someone else for doing the same. J. McCain and the entire Republican Party knows every well that this method is the only way they can have any momentum, if truth be told they would be seen as the hypocrical liars and cheats.

I don't hear anyone on the Obama campagn defending McCain when someone makes disparaging remarks about his age.

Obama should stand on his own two feet and deal with criticsm himself. What a cry baby...

I don't think smears and lies are funny-I think Barak Obama is funny. I am brought to laughter every time I see Obama on T.V. always chewing gum like some punk in high school. Doesn't this man know he running for the highest office on the planet? It just shows that some there are really and truly some educated idiots running around and this guy is their leader.

sure he didnt hear it.my grandpa use to play that game where he pretends to be hard of hearing after saying something dorky.

Didn't hear the question – Maybe his hearing is starting to go. Wait that would suggest he is OLD and we can't say that.

Did the roar of those motorcycles affect your hearing, McSame?

That's okay. We don't really expect you to act with integrity regarding Corsi's book of smears. He is, in effect if not actually, working for your campaign.

Let your flunkies dish the dirt. It won't stick to Obama.

So not only does John McCain not speak for his campaign on the issues, his spokeswoman says that he didn't hear the question he gave an answer to. Wow, either one- he is careless in giving an answer to a question he didn't hear or two- this 'he didn't hear the question...' comment play's into the hands of those that say he is too old for the job.

Based on the response to the question by John McCain, its goes a little like a comment I've been posting lately– 'I'm John McCain and I approve lies, fears, and smears.' This seems to go nicely with the McCain Campaign mentality.

It's because he's too old to hear.

Of course, if there was a book about McCain that made wild, baseless allegations that had been discredited, Senator McCain would be demanding that Senator Obama denounce the book. McCain's hypocracy becomes more apparent with each week of this campaign.

The then-Democratic presidential nominee was John Kerry... not John McCain.

Sounds like John McCain needs an earhorn–ehh?

I don't think John McCain was the 2004 Democratic nominee.

selective hearing... along with selective issues to support based on who he is speaking to. the rest home is waiting John...

ODB wants to CLAIM he didn't hear the question now, huh? Well, how convenient – given his age, one might be tempted to believe that BS.

As for me, I see it for what it is: ANOTHER BOLD-FACED LIE!

He heard it and he answered it the way he felt – with straight talk.

In truth, not hearing well is a more disturbing problem for John McCain than being flippant about rivals.....:)

Do we really want a president who can't hear, and apparently is too vain to wear a hearing aide, or employ an interpreter for the hearing impaired (where's Garett Morris when we need him)? Anyone else see the similarity to Perot's running-mate?

"let's bomb Iran, Russia, ....." then ... "gotta keep your sense of humor" , McShame

Did not hea the question? Hmm, why am i not surprised. Happens when you're 72. We understand, McBush.

It's the same old "same old." Isn't it time for a CHANGE?

OBAMA '08

I think that you meant Kerry in your last paragraph, not McCain.

Smears and lies are not funny, in fact they are repugnant.!!! However the truth is an "absolute" and not a subjective issue open to dialog.

My recomendation is that all of you socialists, liberals and cool aid drinkers must open up the windos and let the fresh air in or at the very least adjust the sttrengh of your medication.

Is that the best McCain has? Gotta keep your sense of humor?

Q: What are you going to do about our crumbling economy?
A: Gotta keep your sense of humor!

Q: What are you going to do about Iraq/Iran/Afghanistan?
A: Gotta keep your sense of humor!

Q: What are you going to do about the current housing crisis?
A: Gotta keep your sense of humor!

I lost my sense of humor about 3 years ago. This is serious business, not a 3 ring circus. I, like most Americans, want RESULTS to the issues that affect us all. If I want a laugh, I'll rent a funny movie.

Get on the bus McCain, before it leaves without you.

So McCain comes up with random questions he cant hear?

Jeez, the denial is worse the the comment. I don't want a President that can't hear!

McCains sense of humor is about to get a real test come November.

THERE GOES ANOTHER OUTRIGHT LIE!

He heard the question the question all right, JUST TAKE A LOOK AT HIS FACE and listen to HIS CACKLE. He is in seventh heaven because of THE DISGUSTING LIES OF CORSI.

What else is new? CORSI AND McCAIN ARE A GREAT PAIR, THEY BELONG TOGETHER! John McCain should pick CORSI AS HIS VP!

So is there a video of the Q & A? Is John telling us that he's hard of hearing or is he using a 'senior' moment as his defense? Either way, it doesn't say much for his ability to "lead" America.

However, what John didn't / wouldn't say about Corsi's venom speaks volumes about his politics. So much for Mr. Straight Talk and keeping this election on the high road...

ummm...I'm an out of work English teacher. Can I have a job proofreading at CNN??? You guys have got a major boo-boo there in the last two words of the article...I'm pretty sure you mean John Kerry.

ps...Go Obama

Not surprising that Obama Cultists would attack anyone or anything that disparages their leader:

“For none shall speaketh in a negative tone of Obama the Great, for he is untouchable and all shall shower him with praise and pay homage to his eternal orations! Kneel before him! Obama! Obama! Obama!”

Wake up drones of Obama and see the truth!

That's just it. McCain can't hear so how is he fit to be President? Go home and retire McCain.

McSame is running a miserable campaign – it absolutly amazes me that this race remains as close as it is. McSame is Bush only older and less sharp.

He didn't hear the question correctly??? Well now that is a little scary...that makes a question of "what if..." Didn't he has his buds with him to cover for him....his right hand and left hand "men."

Gotta keep a sense of humor, oh sure, when they are a bunch of lies...just like alot of the Mc??? ads.....

Corsi, who has said he's on a “mission” to take down Obama, also co-wrote "Unfit for Command" — the 2004 book that spawned the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth attacks against then-Democratic presidential nominee John McCain.

The nominee at the time was John Kerry and not John McCain. I just wanted to point that out because many people who haven't been following the election eight years ago, can easily be confused.

Thank you.

McCain is showing that he isn't such a great guy after all. Slime, slime and more slime as long as he gets elected!

The more press for this book -good or bad- is just going to increase sales and reinforce skepticism of things that Obama has long put to rest. CNN is not doing anyone any favors (outside of Mr. Corsi) by regurgitating this BS.

He DIDN'T hear, but answered anyway? OMG, Does that translate the way I think it does?

"Iran on the phone, Mr. Preznutz"

"Heh, Barbara Ann?"

Typo in the last sentence: should say John Kerry.

I am a veteran- and you are trashy...Why dont you write this trash in China and see what happens...I am so tired of attacks while the great people of the United States of Americal is having to pay 4 dollars for gas...Jobs have move everywhere but America...And the nerve of the New York Times to call it number 1...so much for a real America. Remember the threats you make to take someone down, just might be the thing to take you down

John McCain was the Democratic presidential nominee in 2004? Guess I better replace my alarm clock.

please, don't let them fool you... he heard the question!!!

McCain said, "gotta keep your sense of humor." of course we do – because we won't have much left.....

"against then-Democratic presidential nominee John " KERRY

If McCain didn't hear the question, then why did he respond, "Gotta keep your sense of humor"?

Revise the last sentence of this article. I think you mean John Kerry, unless I missed something big about the '04 race.

If McCain thinks he can dismiss the negative push against Obama by his radical right wing fanatics with a joke or two, he's a bigger dunce than I thought.

Hearing getting a bit off with the age McCain?

I'm sorry, did you say the nukes are on their way?

Well in that case send a volley their way.

Oops, you said Dukes, I thought you said nukes.

Guess I need to change the batteries on that hearing aid again.......

Is it to late to recall the nukes?

I think in the last sentence you meant John Kerry rather than John McCain.

It seems to me that Republicans, more so than Democrats, rely on negative campaigning. Why? Is it because they are afraid of debating issues that are important to the welfare of voters? Is it because conservatives are more apt to buy into negative messages?

A person who does not hear a question clearly and does not have the ability to clarify things does not have the ability to lead the greatest nation on earth. Imagine a POTUS, dismissing a critical question flippantly simply because he did not hear.

Lame excuse from a lame candidate.

LOL. He didn't hear the question? What's going to happen if (getting queasy just suggesting this) he becomes president and doesn't hear a rather important question posed by an American "threat"? Will he give a flippant answer and then later make the same lame retort?

McCain is a Joke.

Good thing this guy, a possible President, likes to comment on things he didn't really hear. That'll go far in foreign policy.

Obama's tactics and behavior in the democratic primary was SO repulsive and despicable that millions of democrats have defected from the party and would now rather vote for McCain.

You can not force, coerce and threaten your way into the presidency. What precedent would that set? Obama used Chicago dirty politics and succeeded in stealing the nomination but sacrificed the democratic party and the NOV election.

Obama's ego is bigger than the good of the party and the country.

Who would vote for such a cocky, arrogant, self-impressed demogogue?

Get it straight, last word should be 'Kerry".

Way to take the high road McCain...just don't comment. "My friends, I have nothing to say about the lies people tell about Obama."

So if he didn't hear the question.....what question did he think he heard when answering "you gotta keep your sense of humor"???

Was his hearing aid not on?

Perhaps he's just lying again. Seems to be a daily thing for him to lie these days....

Not a good trait for a President!

Always an excuse. I'm sure the media will overlook this gaffe also!

McCain spokeswoman Brooke Buchanan said later Thursday the Arizona senator actually did not hear the question, and would not be commenting on the book......

Great, not only can he not keep up with the times, but he is in the process of losing his hearing as well. For McLame not to reject the blantant untruths in this attack on his fellow Senate brother shows he will do anything including make up Lame excuses as to why spreding lies is alright. It was a lie that he (John McLame) supported that got us into this mess in Iraq! We the People need it straight!!!! Obama 08 and 2012

oh give me a break you "sensitive" democrats.
its obama's resume that makes me laugh.....

There is an error in this article. It says that Swift Boat was attacking John McCain. I thought it was John Kerry.

Dumb – no.
Venal – no.
Deaf – yes.
And now the red phone rings at 3AM and John says – wha? Honey did you hear something?

This disrespectful man will make a disrespectful President if elected. Shame on him for tarnishing his veteran status.

"Gotta keep your sense of humor."???? This man cannot be taken seriously as a true presidential candidate. We are FED UP and will NOT ALLOW YOU TO WIN OLD MAN!!

He has heard all the other questions asked of him. Now all of a sudden he didn't hear this question. BALONEY! I believe John McCain replied to the question exactly what he felt. And this is the kind of President America wants? NOT THIS AMERICAN!

So you can just admit to being on a "take down" campaign and then write books full of lies and falsehoods and that's okay? Really? Another thing, McCain's advisers are making him look like and idiot "He didn't hear the question...". "He didn't hear the question? He obviously heard something because he commented. This guy is running plays out of the Bush campaign playbook; which leads me to believe that he has no substance. You can have 100 years of experience but if you have no substance to run a successful campaign then you aren't fit to lead the country.

When the only thing you can say against a person are blatant lies, that speaks well of the person being lied about. But it does not speak well of the person doing the lying. Once again, the Republicans are proving themseves to be nothing but filthy lying slime. Which is the only way they can get into the White House. McShame said once that he was going to wage an honorable campaign. When does he plan to start? I'm still waiting.

This just goes to show you what kind of morals these Republicans have! McCain knows most of all that stuff isn't true, but for the sake of winning, he just jokes about it and hopes these scare tactics work to his favor!

Why are the evangelicals backing such a creep! I don't remember christians being known for their lies and dishonesty!

"...against then-Democratic presidential nominee John McCain."

McCain ran as a Democrat in 2004? Now that's a smear!!!

All of sudden McCain's hearing is deficient? Sure it is, jus like his politics and his promises. Come on John, who do you think you're fooling? You're the maverick, remember? You said exactly what you meant! It's not funny when you get caught huh John?

Dirty, filthy, immoral and rotten to the core. That is the only way republicans know how to run a campaign. Payback is coming. November will be when the fat lady will sing for McCain and the rest of the Republican party.

CNN- pls post.

I find that this nation is taking a very nasty turn by ripping apart a man with falsities. This is not freedom of speech but lies about Obama and his mother, grandparents and other family members. This is why I have lost complete hope and belief in this country. I thought we were a greater country with decency. How come europ, africa and asia love obama and some people here are scared of Obama's name and his color!

how disgraceful, and McCain thinks it's a joke, this book makes the RNC, McCain look guilty, they are behind this. McCain is just as worse as "W". He is not running a decent campaign and he should be the representative of this country.