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Why do the Obama supporters continuously bash every little comment by a McCain supporter, even if it is actually true? Most of the people who comment here sound extremely bigoted and racist, isn't this against so called Liberal politics? I am astounded at the volume of his supporters that sound as if they can barely read, yet alone find a polling station. Oh and by the way, no need to type in all caps people, we know you are used to yelling at everyone to get your way, but no one cares here. The sad thing about this campaign is everyone has jumped on the Obama wagon yet they have no idea what he is advocating for the most part. Good luck to 4 years of neo-socialism everyone.

GALESBURG, Ill.

Maytag workers whose jobs were shipped to Mexico serve as consistent characters in Barack Obama's stump speech. He employs their stories in railing against corporations that use trade pacts to replace well-paid union workers with low-cost foreign ones.

It is a ready applause line for the Illinois presidential hopeful, one that he has been reciting almost verbatim since he was a candidate for U.S. Senate in 2004, when appliance giant Maytag was in the process of shutting a refrigerator plant here, putting 1,600 people out of work.

But the union that represented most of those Galesburg workers isn't impressed with Obama's advocacy. It has endorsed his Democratic rival, Hillary Clinton. Its leaders say they wish he had done more about their members' plight.

What rankles some is what Obama didn't do even as he expressed solidarity four years ago with workers mounting a desperate fight to save their jobs.

Obama had a special connection to Maytag: Lester Crown, one of the company's directors and biggest investors whose family, records show, has raised tens of thousands of dollars for Obama's campaigns since 2003. But Crown says Obama never raised the fate of the Galesburg plant with him, and the billionaire industrialist insists any jawboning would have been futile.

Good job Obama.......McPain has has tried with all his might to make Obama look bad....but in my eyes I can't stand a person that would try to bring someone else down ALL the time just to make themself look good.....Obama has not done anything wrong....I would look at this ad and think the same way.......this is our future guys if this man becomes president.....

Good for the Dems – match slime with slime. It seems it's the only thing people in this country understand anymore. I've always considered myself an independent, but just plain tired of Rove and Company.

Oh yes. The McCain campaign expects people to believe just because it is fact check.org is actually factual. This is boloni. People are beginning to find out that not much that CNN or any other cable media station has any credibility and only is interested in the partisan, sensational news not the facts at all.

Rush says its good that people are losing jobs and it makes us stronger.

Yes factcheck does call the add misleading, but there's still more truth in it than in any of McCain's smear adds. However, I think it's brilliant that McCain's camp are directing people to a site that frequently call his own adds "Lies" or "Misleading at best"

Way to go McCainanites.

attack with truth!!!

Hey McCain, You and your cronies can dish it out but can't take it! The motto of McCain and the Republican Party, We will lie, cheat and steal. Anything to win..

I find it strange that everyone thinks that one person can do all this alone as just one Senator. This is all part of the fall out from the NAFTA and the stupid free trade policies both parties backed and BOTH parties are to blame for the job losses and outsourcing of companies leaving us. . It is past time for this country to revamp everyone in DC and maybe get a 3rd party to rework all this trade stuff that is costing the American people their country along with their lively hoods. No one in any office seems to be able to handle it and secure our country and work force and keep the companies in the .

That’s nothing the Republican Party is trying to ship all the manufacturing aerospace jobs overseas if isn’t produced by Lockheed Martin or Northrop Grumman. They are led by such people as John McCain, Dick Chaney, John Warner, just to name a few. They are trying to rewrite the Boeing/EDS Tanker competition guidelines to favor the Europeans/ Northrop over Boeing and rushing a decision by December so George Bush has time to rubber stamp it, it is sickening. Several ex Republican Senators lobbied for European aerospace group EADS and locally for Northrop. Boeing is discouraged so much that they may not compete, the cards in the Bush Administration is heavily stacked against them.

John McCain – lobbying women friend in his 2000 Primary race who was accused of having an affair with him lobbied for EADS. McCain killed the entire Boeing funding for the Tanker deal giving EADS / Northrop time to develop an alternative, and then refused to allow Boeing to modify their bid. Why is this important because McCain once said something like this “you can sit one Lockheed C-130 into every church in the nation and still have enough left over to supply enough support to our armed services,” but he worked with Warner, Trent Lott, and several other people to allow Lockheed another bid buying new C-130, although the Military was screaming for more tankers.

Dick Chaney has old wounds with Boeing/McDonald Douglas, Donald Rumsfeld and him canceled some Boeing/McDonalds military orders in the Nixon Administration and refused to pay them for the work that was previously done.

Dick Chaneys wife, Lynn Chaney, was on Lockheed board of directors before he became Vice President. Anything to bring Boeing down brings Lockheed stock up; Lockheed is Boeings main defense rival. Raising Lockheed’s net worth up would mean a huge capital gain in the Chaney’s trust fund, when Chaney leaves office his net worth should be in the billions.

Remember some landmark decisions in the Bush administration were made for military procurements that unevenly favored Lockheed over Boeing such as, 200 billion Joint Striker competition won by Lockheed. Before Lockheed won it was customary to share some of the work with the looser of the bid but Lockheed refused to share any of the work with Boeing instead most of the work went overseas giving 20 percent of it to British Aerospace and many more other overseas suppliers.

McCain refuses to bring pork barrel projects home to Arizona but will give away badly needed high paying manufacturing jobs overseas to appease the lobbyist that help him out with his campaign. Imagine what he will do if he gets elected president………..

factcheck does not smack down this add. It's no where on factcheck. Republicans lie so much they can't even tell the truth anymore.

McCain gets the blame for a Seante vote five years ago that kep the jobs in Ohio (at the time)...might have been better to let Airborne fail in 2003, maybe those folks would have found jobs by now....

Hit him Hard Barrack!
You don't need to play by the rule of truth against these 'Maggots'. Hit em where it hurts....

OBAMA ' 08

Obama has no workable economic plan of his own so he falls back on blaming someone else. Same old same old from Obama and the Democrats.

McCain totally asked for this. A shame Obama has been forced by incessant attack ads to respond in kind. Thankfully, once the DNC convention is over, there'll be a refreshed tune in his camp. McCain, better start praying for a miracle because your Rove-trained hit squad won't scare the voters this time.

While obama is body surfing in Honolulu and other elite places, John McCain is working with Georgia to get the Russian Bear out of Georgia.

What did you all expect from Obama? Nothing is what I expected and nothing is what we got.

Hello Obama, we have an international crisis of epic proportions and here you are body surfing. Give us a break and resign and give your votes to McCain or Hillary.

45 yo white female democrat for McCain August 15th, 2008 2:15 pm ET

Obama will stoop to the lowest of lows to put his name in the history books. McCain had done more for this country before Obama got out of diapers, than obama can possibly dream of doing in his lifetime. That's all Obama is, a dreamer. I hear that's common with drug use.

SEEING THIS POSTED IS SOME ONE WHO OBVIOUSLY DOESN'T BELEIVE IN DREAMS SHOULD COME TRUE. I AM DREAMER WE ALL ARE IT DOESN'T MEAN WE ARE USING DRUGS. IT'S CALLED HOPE YOU IDIOT!

Nice and clean truths!

We don't have to get nasty, tell lies, or sling mud...

Just hit McSame hard with the truth!

Way to go Bam! Take him down!

From the McCain's telephone conference, I feel for Mary and all the others that will lose their jobs soon but she is being naive to think that her little request to McCain one day produced a congressional hearing the next day. It's funny how Mary claims Obama is using this horrible situation as a political issue but doesn't see that McCain own actions for political gain.

Those jobs are long gone and I feel for the State of Ohio because it’s because of NAFTA those jobs will be lost soon. Mary, McCain supports NAFTA and after he left your town hall meeting he went to Mexico and touted how great NAFTA was for the US.

I wish the best for Mary and all the Ohioans out there…no matter who is elected.

Go get em' Bam!

Knock McSame OUT!!!

Sweet and gentlemanly doesn't cut it when swiftoboaters and other Republican offal fire up their cannons. Obama is showing some old-fashionered Democratic spunk to even up the noise level. You show 'em, Barack!

Ok, but McCain did not back the stephenson bill (I think that's right). He is part of the problem and therefore voted against keeping their jobs. Sorry, but he is to blame. Lets not water this down CNN.

So Obama is a different sort of politician? Looks like he lies better than most. Obamatron drones; before you get all fired up, check Factcheck. Junior is nothing but lies. If he wants to play this way, watch out. The swift boaters are just getting warmed up. By the time this campaign is over, half of America will think Obama is a Muslim, Communist, child molester. Junior is like a high school quarterback trying out for the NY Giants. I hope Corsi's new book sells 10 million copies.

Expose McCain for what he is: ANOTHER disaster for this country!

Corsi is the real liar and McCain thinks lying is fun

You can expect the next 4 years to go just like the last 8 years.
All lies

So factcheck said it was false. Well why am I not surprised. What are Obama's plans for the people in Ohio. Oh wait he can't be reached he is playing golf again.

Karen in Florida August 15th, 2008 2:15 pm ET – Where is the "high road" now, Obama? Getting right down there in the snake pit, aren't you??? Shall we start looking at everything you have voted for since you have been in office? Won't take long – you didn't vote on so very many issues, even those you say now are important to you. What a sham that CHANGE mantra is and how sad it is that so many of your supporters don't see it.

Oh we see it Karen. We see it quite clearly. We see that although Obama still maintains a much higher level of character and fairness in his soul versus that of your Mr. Attack McCain, we also understand that Obama may have to play a little rough in order to ensure that a higher level of character and fairness finds its way into the Whitehouse. If that menas lowering oneself to the same level of McCain on this campaign playing field then so be it. What's the matter. You guys can dish it out but you can't take it.

I don't know about the specifics of DHL in Ohio, but I do know that McCain is all about the so-called free trade agreements that have sent U.S. jobs abroad. So I'm thinking the ad was more truthful than not.

McSame will continue to suck up to corporations and those in the highest income bracket. Anyone struggling to feed and house their families at the end of Dubya's reign HAS to know that Obama is the only major candidate even INTERESTED in turning the economy around. The very fact that McDubya continually misrepresents Obama's promise to raise taxes for the wealthy as a tax-hike for all, shows that even HE knows he can only hope to win by lying.

Retire McCain with Bush. We need intelligent change.

Mccain drew first blood !!! he started with the celebrity stuff . I think it is about time that Obama starts getting serious and not allow the GOP cronies to spread lies. It is a fact that Mccain wrote a bill sponsoring the take over of DHL , and defended it that it was good for business..And now that the plant is closing in Ohio where people are hurting he wants to cry like a little girl be a man own up to it . I thought you were suppose to be a maverick but your policies are very similar to the present moron in the white house well done Mccain.

McCain has been an statesman in the senate for quite a while, please tell me what has he done for the workers in Ohio, heck in Pennsylvania and Kentucky too. Can somebody name one thing he has done to benefit this economy?

45 yo white female democrat for McCain – while you may be the perfection of society and never committed a sin (not to equate sin to drug use, rather legal or not), the reality of the situation is that many young people have experimented with drugs. However, they grow up and move on to more productive activities. For instance, there are plenty of current productive leaders who experimented during the Woodstock Era. It's reality, get over it. The issue, to which you failed to speak, is the economy and job loss. These are items that need to be addressed and about which you should be more concerned. Small people, small minds. Stick to the issues!

McCain has been in Washington for 26 years. DId anything change. Yes–We lost another war we NEVER should have been in. We lost all our good jobs. We lost our homes and we have lost our health insurance!!!! NO MORE YEARS FOR MCCAIN!!! Try something new and it just might work! Go Obama!

Ohio: Another state goes into McCain's column.

MAY THE REAL JOHN McSHAME PLEASE STAND UP!

THE WIFE ADULTERER OR THE LOBYIST KEATING 5, BIG OIL KINGPIN?

McPAIN POLICIES IS NOT ONLY LOSING AMERICAN JOBS, HE IS ENCOURAGING AMERICANS NOT TO BUY AMERICAN MADE BIKES!

HERE IS MORE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
Vanderslice then jumped in. "I would just add that ... our intent with this ad is to be a positive, a positive bio piece on Sen. Obama - sort of recognizing that many are still trying to better understand his background." But, she continued, "Many in the Christian community have not forgotten, you know, what happened with Sen McCain, you know, marrying his second wife one month after leaving his second wife, you know, after a disfiguring car accident."

sigh, comments like "Factcheck pretty much smacks down this ad, but hey, the kool aid is still being drank by the Obamaphiles" just floor me. Umm, who is factcheck.org again? a website for McKain supporters? (please go take a look, its very blatant) People, when will you wake up? It's a shame that we can't see past the hype, and shame on CNN for quoting factcheck.

If dreams of greatness come from drugs as the "45 yo white female democrat for McCain" has stated, then W should have kept up his lifestyle.

Dem's for McCain. Like vegetarians for BEEF!!!!

Yeah, I believe that one.

THE KOOL-AID TASTES MIGHTY GOOD "BR"......IT'S LIKE A ENERGY DRINK...MAYBE YOU SHOULD TRY SOME!!!!!

OBAMA '08

Oh, boo hoo to McWar. I have watched that stupid celebrity ad to a nauseated state, so how refreshing to hear this Obama one. Thank you, I feel better, but sad for my homestate of Ohio.

Are you people not tired of calling McCain "old" as though it is detrimental? You will all be "older" someday, if you are lucky. And you will be even more lucky if you are as wise, smart and courageous like McCain!

go obama

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The McCain camp might want to look at the other items at factcheck.org, as they rip him apart on almost everything he claims!

Proud Army and Navy Mom... You advocating reading the Obama Nation book and then calling this ad a bunch of 'smears and lies' is just funny. And sad. Really sad.

After reading the facts provided, I'd have to say that the dishonesty of these ads on a 1-10 scale, with 1 being the mildest & 10 being the BIG FAT LIAR level, the ads are at about a 2. Much of the ads ARE using facts for support, but a little deeper digging shows that McCain can't be blamed ENTIRELY for these events. He did play a role in the legislation that allowed the job losses to occur, but it wasn't done with malice.

Still goes to show, though, that McCain could have used better judgement and done things very differently in order to preserve American jobs (which, in turn, boost the American economy).

For all you ladies out there (or pretenters) if you want to give McClain your vote go right ahead....And in 8 years you find us in four wars because of it be my guest. Sen Clinton was not picked get over it, this is too important we will not be held hostage.

Gosh McCain lies so much, when will this man get some dignity?

when in rome.......

TESAP;SAVANNAH, GA-problem is the ad isn't true. Do you read the whole story or just rush right in to blog..."FactCheck.org just released a report calling Obama’s recent ads accusing John McCain of costing Ohio jobs 'false,' 'misleading' and 'unsubstantiated".

Problem is Obama's camp said it wouldn't resort to low tactics and well I guess a man is as good as his word huh?

The truth hurts

The banner of the intellect of liberalism is on parade! Let's all chant...march...clap...or watch the Big Foot news conference being held on FOX and CNN.

Factcheck also dismisses the book Army and Navy ho talks about......but it did not keep the rethugs from bringing it up.......to Army and Navy ho you better hope their isn't a roadside bomb waiting on your children......but hey thats the consequences of your vote.........I love democracy "My friend"

Why was my comment in response to 45 yo white female democrat for McCain saying that Obama is a druggy being blocked. She referenced what McCain was doing when Obama was in diapers. I said that McCain was having an afair with Cindy while Barack was in Diapers and his disabled wife was at home with the kids waiting for him. This is the truth about McCain. Is cnn not allowed to post it.

Artisans, Craftsmen, Tradespeople, Machinists, Millrights, Carpenters......
for Obama

Return Labor in America back to its proud heritage here at home

Organize , create, demand due respect.......our hands make for all.

No more trickle.......NO MORE TRICKLE......NO MORE

The truth is: Obama is not for the American Workers. He is for the
International worker and in solidarity with Cuba, Venezuela and the Soviet Union. Not exactly our friends folks. Watch out for this Wolf
in sheeps clothing.

Just to make it clear...Factcheck does NOT debunk it, which means the McCain campaign is LYING about it being debunked. Here is what Factcheck summarizes as it's stand point:

"THERE'S ATLEAST SOME TRUTH IN BOTH ADS: German-based DHL announced a deal that could result in 8,200 lost jobs in Wilmington, Ohio. And McCain did in fact oppose an amendment that would have kept DHL from buying Wilmington-based Airborne Express. McCain's campaign manager, Rick Davis, was also a DHL lobbyist charged with easing the merger through the Senate. "

Wow, and McCains Ad linking Obama to Paris Hilton and Brittany Spears was really credible too. I hate Campaigning, if they would spend more time in the ad's talking about what they will do for us and less time bashing their opponent, we might actually get what we need.

Obama may want to raise taxes but at least our government will be strong enough to protect us when and if the time comes, at least we will be able to get companies to start bringing jobs back to America and at least we will be doing the reasonable thing to do as far as getting energy under control and using it's properties to serve many more purposes and create many more opportunities along with the way we get energy from oil right now. Vote Obama 08 and 2012

Panamanian McCain offers more of the Bush legacy to think other wise is lunacy.

where is the Flag pin on McBush or may be he is not american oh I forget he is Georgian he got alot of money for his runing from that country I wonder.

To 45 yo white female democrat for McCain

Did you eat paddo's before you write this?
Serius, Barack Obama is making history already.
He is loved everywhere in all corners of the world.
I live in the Netherlands and I know everything
about him (and also about Mccain). The choice
is easy I should think.
When Barack is visiting The Netherlands we wil
dubble Berlin easely.
If you want a better life and a better world for
everybody then you shoul read his program before
you make the biggest mistake ever by voting for
McCain. Give up you bitternes, become hopefull
for the future and when you vote for Barack you wil
not regret it. He realy is a God given man who deserve
respect and not hate.

With love from the Netherlands.

Keep em coming Barack...

Factcheck does NOT dispute the ad. McCrypt did oppose the amendment that would have prevented DHL from purchasing Airborne Express and Rick Davis' company received 185,000 for his lobbying efforts to smooth out the process for DHL to purchase Airborne Express very plainly stated.

It is pretty clear that the Obama ad is correct when it says McCrypt and Crew "paved the way" for the takeover which now will result in job losses when DHL outsources the previous Airborne Express jobs to UPS.

Questions?

Higher taxes, not drilling for oil in the U.S., continuing to allow illegals to cross the border and work for lower wages ect.... These are all Comrade Obama's ideas how are they going to help the U.S. economy? They're not!!!!!! Here comes Jimmy Carter II, gas rationing, double digit inflation JIMMY CARTER WAS THE WORST PRESIDENT OF ALL TIME AND IF OBAMA'S ELECTED BASED ON HIS POLICIES HE'LL BE THE WORST.

Yea Obama...slipping in the polls you stoop to this. You are just playing right into the GOP hands. B/C they get nasty w/o a conscious. I hope you are ready...b/c Hillary warned you. Now the fun starts.

No one here in Ohio who is familiar with the DHL situation blames McCain. It's just campaign b.s.

PUMA!

the truth hurts,gop?

fact check is not stating the 'facts' correctly as the obama campaign has charged .davis did lobby mccain to give dhl ownership of the ohio hub.now,dhl is going to cut 8-10,000 jobs by doing all of their shipping through ups.this claim is true.

It's amazing how a normal person can not get the facts anymore. Who's right? who's wrong? What are the facts behind this commercial? Why doesn't CNN discuss the facts behind this commercial instead of what everyone said or thought about the commercail ?

Why can't this article describe the positives and the negatives of Mccain's vote for bringing in DHL. (Positives: new jobs created in Ohio five years ago. Negatives: was with a foreign company that couldnt' compete with the likes of UPS and Fedex and now jobs are being lost.) and I'm sure there are more pluses and minuses, but why don't we get the truth anymore? we just get some spin for mccain/ obama.

You turn on the TV, one channel will tell you the facts are one thing and the next channel will say the exact opposite. You read the newspaper or magazine it's the same. This is really what makes me scared. How can I find out the facts to make a knowledgeable judgement if I don't have any reliable source to tell me what the facts really are?

I went to FACTcheck.org and they said the BASIS of the story is TRUE- They just refuse to correlate the actions of McCain and his lobbyists as a DIRECT relationship to the losses of jobs. Then they go on several MORE tiomes to repeat it....

Just like telling lies to America and the world and CONGRESS didn't REALLY lead to war in Iraq.

The republicans OWN the FRAUD AND THEFT of the last decade..along with the perverts they protected.... They even tried to allow an Islamic COUNTRY to buy our ports! Anyone voting republican any more is NUTS and IGNORANT and they must INDEED take pride in it! And I was republican for 30 years!

Fact Check says Obama is lying. Does he have nothing to stand for other than Lies?

Liberalism is a cancer

obama is telling the truth.mccain and davis lobbied for dhl to buy the company.now dhl is planning on doing it's shipping viu ups,eliminating the ohio hub,and 8-10,000 jobs.the company should have remained american owned .

Would y'all like some cheese to go with your whine?

"FactCheck.org just released a report calling Obama’s recent ads accusing John McCain of costing Ohio jobs 'false,' 'misleading' and 'unsubstantiated,'"

Thank you FactCheck. Now why are the Obama zombie supporters are pretending that Obama is not playing old politics? His supporters raised him to the level of celebrity saint-like messiah. People, just do a fact check please, how stupid can you be?

so much crying
like if mccain told them to close up
people are sure dumb

Ha ha. . . in your FACE McCain.

McCain hasn't done NOTHING for our country. And his campaigning technic has been one disaster after another.

McCain is a joke, a fake, and a liar.

"In Washington, John McCain helped pave the way for foreign-owned DHL to take over an American shipping company," says the announcer. "McCain's campaign manager was lead lobbyist for the deal. Now, thousands of Ohio jobs at risk."

McWar has a hard time focusing on what needs to be done over here to ensure we are battle ready when the time comes but instead he supports agenda's that weaken our job market and then he wants to perpetuate this war that is only a distraction keeping us from finding the real threats to our nation. He is a mess! I only pray we get this one right in November!!!

Turnabout is fair play, I suppose...

There's at least some truth in both ads: German-based DHL announced a deal that could result in 8,200 lost jobs in Wilmington, Ohio. ++++
And McCain did in fact oppose an amendment that would have kept DHL from buying Wilmington-based Airborne Express. ++++McCain's campaign manager, Rick Davis, was also a DHL lobbyist charged with easing the merger through the Senate.
So what's the WRONG parts? The FAR right have ALWAYS said a "FREE MARKET" is always best- then complain the lefties want to regulate it. This economy and their HELPING corporations outsource and gouge Americans is tantamount to TREASON as it is helping DESTROY America, as sure as outing a CIA agent during a war. Which, of course, is OK if you're a Republican that did it.

thats obama s not mccain
obama is the demo in charge of the house and they have done nothing for us little people

Proud Army and Navy Mom – If you are judging Obama from the book "Obama Nation" you're not very smart. People no matter who you decide to vote for do your homework and check your facts.

Obama played clean but untill Johnny boy start nasty ad eventhough he said he want to have a clean campaign. Obama has to fight fire with fire. RNC just full of lies but atleast Obama's ad has facts.

BUT I BELIEVE THAT PEOPLE AT CNN LIKE LOU DOBBS, BLITZER
CAFFERTY , ANDERSON COOPER ARE VERY MUCH THE
PROFESSIONALS AND INDEPENDENT MINDED. SOME EDITORS IN THIS BLOG ARE NOT.

Bout time Barack started fighting back. Haymakers, SON, let them FLY!

Can anybody in the USA stand 8 more years of this?

Obama stop lying, people can see right through you.
You are nothing but an arrogant, opportunist and incompetent politician.

We all saw how you reacted to Russian aggression and that was a disgrace to United State of America.
If you were the president during the clod war the Berlin wall would’ve never come down.
It took a straight talking Reagan to do that and that is what we need again.
And you are not the one Obama, John McCain is the man.

CNN DOES NOT PUBLISH MY COMMENTS WHEN EVER I MAKE
FAVORABLE COMMENTS ON SENATOR MCCAIN. I WONDER WHY.
HAVE ALL THE NETWORKS JOINED IN SUPPORT OF THE MEDIA
DARLING OBAMA?

Factcheck pretty much smacks down this ad, but hey, the kool aid is still being drank by the Obamaphiles

If you think Obama is lying, then you need to go to Ohio. I am a native of Ohio and it is sad to see whats happened to hard working people there, all their hopes and dreams for retirement and affordable education for their families is gone, they are in soup lines. My deceased father retired from the steel industry when poor people like us could afford to live comfortably, not anymore. Go there and talk to the people in Ohio, you don't have to take either candidates word for it, see for yourself.

My cousin phoned saying she is packing up and moving to California because she was laid off in Ohio.....I told her don't bother because California is laying-off state employees too. My cousin told me that her company was doing fine until McPain showed up.....I told her that everywhere he goes he causes pain to others.

all true,too.go obama!

NEVEROBAMA– It's not really fair to call it a lie. McCain DID rally support against a measure that would have blocked this sale to DHL, or would have restricted it greatly.

He DID have a campaign manager accept $185,000 to push this issue. This manager DID accept a grand total of over $500,000 from DHL while working for John McCain.

And yes, if DHL never bought Airborne Express, they wouldn't be able to fire them (because they'd never have worked for DHL at all.

But it's more a truth "streching" than a bold-faced lie.

So what if the story was exagerated, thats all that the RNC does, glad to see Obama with the Cojones to strike back, make them work at their repuation, make them work harder than any RNC candidate has in recent history, it will benefits everyone.

Where's the campaign ad where Obama goes after McCain's horrid track record on women's issues? Women need to know how much McCain DOES NOT CARE that women get regular mammograms, equal pay at work, and equal treatment from insurance companies. He has not voted for A SINGLE women's health initiative in 30 years. It's sad.

If you are a woman, or if you have a daughter, think hard about McCain and what his old-school boy's club mentality will do to our collective station in this country.

Obama 08.

... not just job losses in Ohio ... everywhere. McCain has stood shoulder to shoulder on Bush Inc. on everything for the last 8 years ... he owns this recession too.

What do you think's going to happen to Cindy McCain's company (Anheiser-Busch) now that they've been bought out by a foreign-owned entity? I'm guessing the same thing as DHL. That's what happens when foreign companies take over. They'll allow the American portion of the company to run until there's a financial slow-down. Then they'll cut them. Budweiser employees, you've been warned.

Since McCrypt and Crew take the only road they know, the low road, I am proud to finally see Obama ambush them on said road.

> McCain had done more for this country before Obama got out of
>diapers

This is true.. he voted for an unnecessary war which has crippled our economy, he took money from lobbyists in support of Georgia, he shamelessly vetoed benefits for service folks and his "economic" foresight has cost jobs. McCain really has been busy.

I love all the indignant McCain-lovers huffing about how Obama lied in a campaign ad!

Can you spell hypocrite?!

LOL

Some of you folks are really scary. I hope your ready to fight world war three, because if you vote for the same foreign policy that McCain is pushing, that's right where we are headed. It's a shame that we can't issue IQ test to some of the people writing on this blog! I cannot see this country lasting another year, funding wars that we cannot afford. Do you McCain folks think it's fair that all of your taxes are going to countries that care nothing for our welfare? Do you think it's fair that Iraq and your big oil men pocket all of the money coming from "the oil", while we fund and rebuild their country? How many wars fronts can we support? How much worse does the economy have to get before it gets the attention of your Sean Hannity and Rush Limbaugh gods.

I think it's pretty much all fair game. Once a candidate states that another candidate (Obama) would rather lose a war than an election, that pretty much cuts the soul right out of that person. As much as anyone hates Barack (probably based in biased opinions) can anyone really dispute that fact that any person who has ever run for office loves this country and wants the best thing for it? Everyone has their own version, but the intentions are the same.
So I say take the gloves off and pound the old man into dust. Bury the Repubs!!!!

I'm happy that the McCain campaign discovered FactCheck. Maybe the can read it before they post EVERY single add. Hell, have someone read it to Johnny everytime he's about to open his mouth.

Maybe this ad is misleading. It seems complicated and can be interepreted both ways. As opposed to McCain's ads, which are straight up lies about how "Democrats want to raise your taxes and don't care about America."

Obama is not getting dirty by talking about McCain's history or policy plans. Obama would be dirty if he were talking about McCain's personal values and affairs.

Now it is clear who takes pride in ignorance.Of course the company executives had nothing to do with this.What`s wrong with foreign comapnies taking over some businesses anyway?It`s called investment.First,they whine about foreigners taking over American companies as if Americans do not that in other countries,they whine about free trade.They think prices went up because a bunch of scumbags just woke up and got greedy,nothing to do with supply and demand at all,they get mad at everyone who makes a lot of money.Who`s next?Next they are going to be blaming foreigners for everything,the Democrats are promoting xenophobia and the strange thing is they do not even know it.

Aren`t u the ones who are educated?Besides,business is not conducted according to emotions.A business has to make profit to survive and sometimes to survive,you have to cut jobs or relocate.It is either that or the business goes belly up.A business is not a charity.What has John McCain got to do with this anyway?The democrats have done a good job convincing everyone that given the chance,they will shut down the military and just about every business.Maxine Waters already mentioned nationalizing the oil industry.Where does it stop?Next it`s gonna be telecommunications and just about everything.The commies are back.

About time the Dems got into the swing of things. Play by Republican rules.

Attack, Attack, Attack...

Do not let up until you've won. It's not pretty by unfortunately it's effective.

Go Obama

Go Obama! Get ready for a new democratic President! McCan't is playing filthy politics..

Smack Down in Ohio...

McCain cost Americans their jobs, their hoomes, their health insurance, their pensions, their SECURITY..

How would you vote if it was your job, your pension, your home, your health insurance, your SECURITY..

Vote NO to McBUSH.. He is a Bush THIRD TERM and will take you down to gain $$$ for his 10 homes, his pension, his Malibu Cindy , HIS WARS...!!

VOTE NO to more of the SAME....!!

What is good for the Goose is not so good for the Gander! McCain =
Bush/Cheney III, the campaign has advised the candidate, does not speak for the campaign. McCain has sold himself out to the Rovian/Republican mean spirited negative attack machine and their ilk, including FOX Commentary. Will McCain take back responsibility for own campaign? Likely not so from here on out the ugly will become more so.

Right on Susan. Now let' hope other voters in Ohio pick the best candidate this time.

McCain's all for corporate profits, which sounds ok, but the quiclest and easiest way to increase profit is to screw the people that do the work.

So ask yourself: "Do I work for a living?"

If you work for a living, McCain is not on your side.

Something he and his pal Bush have in common.

Go to FactCheck. Apparently the McCain campaign did but once again, used "sound bytes" to plead their case but, the problem with "sound bytes" is that more times than naught, they are taken out of context.

Below is a partial FactCheck finding on the ad. It is not all inclusive as it would take too much space. I would suggest checking it out for yourselves.

"Ads from the AFL-CIO and the Obama campaign claim that McCain is partly to blame for the loss of more than 8,000 jobs in Ohio. They paint a false picture."

There's at least some truth in both ads: German-based DHL announced a deal that could result in 8,200 lost jobs in Wilmington, Ohio. And McCain did in fact oppose an amendment that would have kept DHL from buying Wilmington-based Airborne Express. McCain's campaign manager, Rick Davis, was also a DHL lobbyist charged with easing the merger through the Senate.

But the ads go too far. Some statements about McCain are misleading and some of the inferences the ads invite are unsubstantiated:

The ads charge that McCain opposition to a 2003 amendment helped DHL and amounted to turning his back on workers. That's misleading. McCain said he opposed a version of the amendment because it was a special project inserted into an unrelated bill, not to help DHL. And the Teamsters union praised the merger at the time, saying that it would lead to more jobs. And at first, more jobs indeed followed.

The ads also imply that the DHL merger is a direct cause of the job losses in Ohio, which we find to be both unlikely and unsubstantiated. Airborne Express had laid off 2,000 employees before the merger, and analysts at the time said that the struggling carrier would need to make expensive investments in its international infrastructure to remain competitive. "

I am an Obama backer, have been so for years. Having stated that, I also believing in checking out the ads and seperating fact from fiction BEFORE I either open my mouth or send a more often than not bogus e-mail as I don't want to look like a complete idiot.

The job losses in Ohio are the result of the people in Columbus, who have run this state into the ground with their corn-pone conservative beliefs. The Republican party has never stood up for the average person and has certainly not done so in this state.

YOU SHOULD KNOW BY NOW OBOMA LIES WHEN IT SUITS HIM....
HE FLIP FLOPS EVERY HOUR....
DEPENDING ON WHO HE IS TALKING TO.
THE CANDA AFFAIR.....
I HAVE TO SAY THIS IN THE DEBT TO GET ELECTED...
HOW EASY YOU FOLKS FORGET......
WHO WOULD HAVE AN AFFAIR WITH OBOMA?????
MCCAINS AFFAIR IF THERE WAS ONE WAS 30 YEARS AGO.
YOU NOSIE PEOPLE WHY DON'T YOU TELL US ABOUT YOUR NASTY AFFAIR....
THEY SAY THE ONES THAT HALLOWER THE LOUDS ARE..WELL YOU KNOW......

All you Dems need to read the whole factcheck.org article before you start spewing your hatred, but then you'd have to admit Obama is a typical politician doing what politicians do, lie and cheat

a little investigation Please, the fact is this, Obama, your ad is a stretch bordering out right fraud. What Obama leaves out is this Sen Ted "bridge to nowhere" Stevens, and GW, had the deal inserted into the amendment. Though I do not side with either candidate, McCanin is being slandered by the Good Brother Barack, lets take a gander at Baracks Legislative hijinks, What about the 100K grant Obama got for David Plouffe, for the racist priest in chi town I'll wager that there are other grants given to Baracks dobious friends lets look under those rocks NOW!!!!!

America is ready to move on. Shame on all you republicans. Tell Johnny to wear $250.00 shoes and give back the tax cut. Quit shipping jobs oversees and tell the beer hieress to pay her fair share.

45 yo white female democrat for McCain August 15th, 2008 2:15 pm ET
Obama will stoop to the lowest of lows to put his name in the history books. McCain had done more for this country before Obama got out of diapers, than obama can possibly dream of doing in his lifetime. That's all Obama is, a dreamer. I hear that's common with drug use

i'm going to start acting like this person, delusional with no facts. "i hear that's common with drug use"... man, you guys really know how to pull everything out. if i was obama, i'd be worried...

Proud Army and Navy Wife, go to factcheck.org before you commit what you read in the book to heart. People produce books like that for idiots that refuse to do their homework and get the truth. Don't fall for the okeydok

Seems lots of the repubs commenting here can't handle the truth .. LOL

About time Obama's hitting back! Give McSame a taste of his own negative ad medicine!

I don't trust no politicians esp after the Edwards scandal... All i can dio is look at their records. While McCain record is not squeeky clean, Obams has none. You decide. I decide facts over hope mantras.

McCain's camp is filled with lobbyists like Davis. There are people that lobbied for AirBus on his staff. McCain personally wrote the Sec of Defense and the Air Force asking them that the issue of European subsidies not be considered in the quoting process for the 40 billion dollar contract to build new fuel tankers. This even though the US is litigating this very issue before the WTO. It was taken out originally but it has created such an uproar that they are re-quoting the project. I believe those subsidies are now being considered.
McCain is going to represent corporations, such as Oil, Pharmesuticals, Insurance companies, etc. not the common person.
He's not a common person, he's a multi, multi millionaire, has his own private jet and I don't know how many homes.
McSame we don't need another four years of trickle down economics.

Obama wants to have it both ways always! Yeah criticize when someone is using negative ads, then come out with one of your own. That's what i call misleading, deceiving, lying to the public about the facts. No wonder why this new anti Obama book is doing so well, we don't trust Obama, and i am a democrat.

45 yo white female democrat for McCain

Name 5 really fantastic "things" Mccain has done for this country...bet you cant

This ad is true...that is what will make it effective in Ohio

I just listened to the 25+ minutes from the McCain team and some local lady [Mary ] in Wilmington Ohio defending McCain on this ad. They are trying to spin this against Obama... sorry the facts don't support it.

Mary attempts to give McCain credit for a HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES hearing called by Michigan Democrat Chairrman John Conyers on the matter.

McCain spoke with the lady yesterday and is she niave and incorrectly give him credit for this hearing.

She totally discounts the fact that Democratic Senator Obama visited about 21 days ago, meet with the major, met with the Teamsters and other local leaders and that CNN Money reported the Conyers hearing.

Simply put ,

1.) McCain can't get a hearing called in less than 24 hours and certainly not by a powerful democrat like Conyers. He doesn't have that kind of influence. Democratic Senator Obama, from neighbooring Illinois, however does have that ability.

2.) It was Obama, not McCain that made ths happen for Mary and her local friends.

3.) It was McCain, who apparently supported a Senate vote that started the chain of events that upset Wilmington. McCain told Mary, he didn't know if he could do anything for her. After he was part of the problem.

It's unfortunate that this woman, Mary seemed so blinded by the McCain camps spin, was used by them to attempt to give McCain credit for work by Democrats.

In the process they made Mary sound foolish to anyone that listened to this conference call, like I did.

Remember, Mccain, you don,t speak for me. You are still a sitting Senator, who can only speak for your constituents in AZ. You just happen to be running for President. You haven,t made it yet, and I doubt that you will based on the involvement.

TO-45 yo white female democrat for McCain–Mcattack is An old White Haired Wrinkly Dude -John McCain helped pave the way for foreign-owned DHL to take over an American shipping company," says the announcer. "McCain's campaign manager was lead lobbyist for the deal. Now, thousands of Ohio jobs at risk."Just as sure as he dumped his 1ST wife for Cindy He is guilt as SIN !!!

About time. I have seen nothing but lies from McCain in commercials and a lot of policy ones from Obama. Maybe McCain can gives us some policy ones now that Obama took a swing. It would be easy to do. A 10 second spot that simply states: Please see the last eight years to see where I will stand for the next four.

McCain used to be someone I thought respectable but once he became a true Republican, he has no dignity any more.

Independent for Obama

McCain has gimmicky ads featuring Paris and Britney.

Obama punches back with ISSUES!

McCain is a weasly old out of touch jokester.

No time for laughs McGeezer! You are TOAST!

Suck it up Johnny Mac!! You started the lies and negative campaigning so swallow THIS. I want the Democrats to fight tooth and nail and give back what the Republican "conservative" "christian" evil machine dishes out!!

Obama keeps lying and lying. When is this man gonna tell a truth?

The Democrats control the Senate and Congress. They have doen nothing to help the average American. We haven't left the Democratic Party, the Democratic party has left us!

One thing Obama has figured out. If you are going to have people use nasty campaign tactics against you, you have to fight back!

McCain's campaign manager was the top lobbyist for the DHL deal. It was McCain who used his influence in the Senate to help foreign-owned DHL buy a U.S. company and gain control over the jobs that are now on the chopping block in Ohio.

McCain should have known better. He approved a foreign company to take over and look what happened!

Where is the "high road" now, Obama? Getting right down there in the snake pit, aren't you???
Karen in Flordai
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This is the HIGH ROAD! People want more jobs NOT more wars. People want stronger economy and not sending their money to pay for expensive military equipment in other countries!

People want health care and not funding Iraqi's corrupt Government.

McCain’s DOD budget is about $50 billion per months $10 billion for Iraq. Don't you just love that?

Obama is fighting the smear campaign? I think he's running the smear campaign. How hypocritical of you to use lies to smear someone but when it's done to you it's foul. Can't have it both ways Obama.

Lol. I love it!!!!!!!!!!! Ya'll ever notice how it seems like repugs and their supporters have big fists but weak chins??????

sorry it should have been "than" than "then"

good job sen obama, hit the repugs hard on mcwar record.

How anyone could vote for that mcsenile is beyond me.

Britney's outragous claims have cost him even more credibility.
The Walmart union is now backing Obama, here is our slogan:

WALMART WALMART IS YOUR STORE BACK OBAMA BECAUSE

YOUR POOR

Don't fall for Obama's lies. The fact is that Obama's policies and initiatives as an Illinois state senator have contributed enourmously to the near bankruptcy of their neighboring states of Michigan and Ohio. There's where these jobs are going.
How'd you like them apples, Barry?

BEWARE of the Obama socialist movement. I have lived in the UK and the only ones who benefit from socialism are the lazy and work shy who live their lives claiming benefits from the state and the workers and companies are taxed by an increasing number of stealth taxes.

i like how all the obamabots conveniently skip the part where it says factcheck calls nobama's smears unsubstantiated.
and he's the one campaigning on this platform of a "new brand" of politics.
the only funny part of that is that you bought it, hook line and sinker.

if anything, the ad reflects positively on mccain, who they are saying brokered a deal to BRING 8,000 jobs to ohio. 5 years later the company does what they want and somehow mccain is to blame? sorry but is he the ceo? is he on the board?

talk about grasping for straws nobama.
now let's see some more obamaniacs flaring up the threads and frothing at the mouth over these absurd hypocritical smear tactics from nobama

Wait, how did he pave the way? How many foreign companies own American companies already without government involvment. Several companies in America are owned by foreign companies and vice versa. So how is this McCain's fault, wouldn't it be the fault of the company who sold to the foreign company.

and let's be frank, numerous people live in scarely populated regions all around these United States, and some also live in Areas that are not economically feasible to business in. We do not live in that kind of society and haven't for a long time where you can get by without currency. Is it the governments fault for people not wanting to migrate towards work? That is what happend in the Great Depression.

Some of you people who write on here seem highly uneducated, and dooped into campaign slogans and commercials. I am voting for McCain but in no way do I think he is the best man for the job, just better at doing that job then Obama. Of course that is my opinion and others differ.

I know how Obama can win this argument.Just tell them how many jobs you created since you were elected to the senate about 2yrs ago.Lets see....that will tell us how many jobs you will create as President in your first 2 years in office.

Yeah, blame McCain for the job losses. Global warming while you're at it. Let's not forget "McWar" .... he starts all wars, that's it ! In fact, he's so old, he and his caveman cronies caused the extinction of the dinosaurs ... its true ! Send in the Messiah, Dohbama !

The McCain camp quickly sent reporters excerpts of a report from FactCheck.Org criticizing the Obama claims. "FactCheck.org just released a report calling Obama’s recent ads accusing John McCain of costing Ohio jobs 'false,' 'misleading' and 'unsubstantiated,'" said McCain spokesman Brian Rogers. "It’s now clear that the Obama campaign’s attack on John McCain and the DHL issue — which Obama campaign manager David Plouffe called 'the most important development in the campaign' — is based on a lie."

OUCH!

Knoxville

@ s.boatman

Read the bottom of this ad this is a lie!!!

Just like Obama's change message is a lie!!!

Airborne was bleeding money in 2003 (19 million dollar loss, following years of shrinking profits). If it weren't for DHL those jobs would have disappeared long ago. Then you could have said, well John McCain did nothing to save AE...

Obama strikes back! In your face McStooge! All you McCainnites shouldn't even talk about Obama taking the low road; what’s the matter, you can’t stand to hear the truth? PLEASE! The low road is the only play the GOP knows how to run! Get Real!

I love it!!!!! Right back at you old man...we need no stinkin' patches.

Ok is not Obama a senator, why has he not Been in senate to Vote on issues, No one to blame but him self, another Lame Obama cry!

Listen Republicans just because Mccain was a war hero who was lock up most of his war time don'nt make him fit to be President. Vote NO to Mccain because we don't need another Bush running this country to the ground.

CNN, you are a sham of a news organization. You report on McCain's blatant smears without pointing out they are smears, but are quick to jump down Obama's throat when he does the same. You're no better than Fox News – at least they're up front about their bias.

As for Obama, I say keep on smearing. If lies are what the American public wants, and lies are what's going to get their attention, then lies are what they should get. But on the other hand, there's so much awful truth about McCain that they shouldn't have to make things up in the first place.

the independent factcheck found the ads claims to be untruthful. is this how barack intends to win.. with lies, whining, and charges or racism ?? 'new politics' ? .. sounds like a typical chicago-style political hatchet job to me.

Finally we have a democratic party that will not back down and will fight fire with fire!!!!!!

Go Obama!!!!!

Time to give the GOP a taste of their Own medicine ...

Did any of you Obama robots even read the fact check article? I doubt it. I also doubt if Richard from DE is a real person. More likely a script bot used to post on boards so that Republicans feel that their entire party is jumping ship.

Here is a tidbit. The Obama-heads think their one million new voters will seal the dea. I got news for you. For every 100 new voter registrations, only three will actually vote. The reason most people fill out voter registrations at these drives is to get a free prize. I have seen packs of Marlboro being given away.

Anyone who is wary of Obama's socialist rhetoric, take heart to the fact that McCain still leads most poles of 'likely voters' which is all that counts. Most people who are going to vote for McCain hang up on pollsters when contacted. Most Obama fans... Oops supporters will gladly answer these calls.

I am not saying McCain is guaranteed victor... far from it., but Obama supporters seem to be already picking out furniture for the LIncoln bedroom. Big mistake.

@ 45 yo white female democrat for McCain, you're right, McCain has done more for his country that Obama has... but who says what he did was any good?

Hmmmm....how about those anti Obama, tax ads that aren't true. You can dish it out McCain handlers but, you can't handle when it is slung back to you.

THIS IS WHAT WE NEED TO DO WITH THESE LYING RIGHT WING CONSERVATIVES FIGHT FIRE WITH FIRE, SMEAR WITH SMEAR I AM TELLING THEY ARE NOT GOING TO GET AWAY WITH ANYTHING THIS YEAR. LONG LIVE TO THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY THE MOTHER OF ALL PEOPLE POOR, RICH, BLACK, BROWN, WHITE, YOUNG, OLD, MEN, WOMEN. I AM SO PROUD TO BE A DEMOCRAT.

McCain and republicans are an economic disaster waiting to "pile on" the already disasterous republican and Bush disaster of the past 8 years!When are people going to learn that republicans are only interested in helping their corporate chums and ONLY their corporate chums no matter how much the american public suffers?

Why is it that Bush is on vacation again?It seems that anytime there is a serious problem (remember Katrina?) Bush goes on vacation?Too bad he didn't leave town for good 8 years ago!McCain will be more of the same except he'll probably declare war on Iran,Pakistan,Afghanistan and Russia in his first 2 weeks in office!

Why do certain people have to keep putting their gender and race down when are announcing whom they support. What does it matter.

All of you screaming righties, please remember....

its not LOW when its true

it's not LOW when you are simply stating recorded fact.

Wake up Republicans when the truth is told about Mccain you call the media bias. Mccain is not what people think. Mccain is another Bush and if elected the country will be sorry just like we were sorry that Bush was elected as President. To all the Democrates we must come out in full numbers because we can'nt elect another Bush term say NO to Mccain

What a bunch of cry babies. McCain has been putting out so many negative ads about Obama not being patriotic enough, and he's a celebrity, and how he'll wreck the economy.

Then Obama puts out an ad that links someone from the campaign to DHL. A lobbyist and now you get McCain supporters crying..? Get real you sissy Americans. Obama isnt a tool like you think he is. He's not some sissy who lets you dog him 24/7 and not expect a reaction back.

Ohhh and Ive kept my mouth closed for too long. To all you Pumas..
What the heck is wrong with you? You're gonna vote for McCain?

WHOCARES??????????

If you look at the polls, Obama is winning without you! Get lost, Go vote for GWB # 2 The real Democrats along with Hillary Clinton are moving forward without you. We dont need you. We never did. P.S. Obama won the nomination. His supporters worked hard the win. obviously celebrity status like clinton wasnt good enough for you rock fans.

Please dont cry to us about how unfair women have it in life either. voting for Mccain would make your life even worse. Ohh by the way... Obama wasnt sexist, it was the media...too bad you think Obama controls the media too. Get a brain.

Blaming others is what Obama does best.

But... what has OBAMA himself EVER done for his country?

I mean... besides complain, preach and run for the next higher office.

Obama forced himself on the democrats, he believed that he could win simply because all democrats and most other Americans would simply vote democratic in the end.

Apparently not.

Force and threats generally do not encourage votes.

Obama told the American people that he was going to undo NAFTA while at the very SAME time telling the governments of Mexico and Canada to IGNORE what he was telling everyone else.

So, is Obama LYING to the American people or is Obama LYING to the governments of Mexica and Canada???

Either way, he is LYING.

Wow, more low ball, dirty adds from Obama and the Dems, what sleazeballs! Dirty politics, Obama must be dropping in the polls and getting desperate. Well he doesn't have a record to run on...

see the Dutch website about GEERT WILDER

I thought Mr High and Mighty was against "politicks as usual" This looks very old and is the same stuff of "Politicks as Usual.." Can't come up with anything original Obama comes up with the same old boring stuff. Yawn....your celebrity status is fading....

John McCain's economic job plan

let the foreign companies buy out American ones and let the American companies go to Mexico, China, Columbia, etc.

Wonder where McCain expects us all to work ? Heck under McCain we won't have to worry about immigration we'll all be going to Mexico to find jobs. There ya go McCain immigration problem solved!

Have all the Obamabots failed to notice that the economy was fine until the dems took the house and senate in 2006? I think the Obamabots need to realize that being angry is not the answer and thinkning for a minute is. Your venom is childish. Mccain is not Bush. You don't have to vote for him, but maybe you really need to do some soul searching and ask yourself why you are so angry (at Hillary at Mccain). Obama is a man, not a messiah, he might be a better candidate but he is not perfect simply because you want him to be. I am not for Obama, but I don't think our world will crumble if he are mccain get elected. We survided Carter, we'll survive the next president too. Stop being so angry and stop being sheep...all the politicians need to be held accountable, republican and democrat.

There are far mor important issues than bikering 1) leave Religion out of politic, 2) CONCENTRATE ON THE ECONOMY, 3) BIGGEST OF THEM ALL IS THE MUSLIM INFILTRATION IN THIS COUNTRY, LIKE IN EUROPE AND THE REST OF THE WORLD. jUST FIND OUT WHAT IS REALLY GOING ON, IT'S FRIGHTFUL!. we have to protect this country and our independence from the muslim world. WAKE-UP AMERICANS.....!

This is a start. McCain is using the Chicken Little strategy – "If Obama wins, the sky will fall." Of course, his ads keep spreading lies like big oil donations that were total BS and attacking tax policies that are pure figment of McCain's imagination.

There are two ads I would like to see. The first one showing all the outright lies the McCain camp has used in its commercials. The second showing how McCain has basically been AWOL in the Senate for the last two to three years. Just scroll down the screen all the important votes he has missed and highlight all the times he has failed to support our troops, energy policy improvements, environmental issues, and so on.

If you want to see McCain's voting record, visit votesmart.org. You will be horrified that we are as close as we are to electing someone who has completely shirked his Senatorial duties to the American people.

Reject Senator AWOL! Embrace a more positive future. Obama '08

Yes, Finally Obama has started to tell the truth about what a two faced liar John Mccain truly is. Even his real war record will start to come out and haunt him. This guy has no values will stoop to anything just to have his name in the history books right along side his huggy buddy Bush.

(tO THE 45 YO wHITE FEMALE) FROM this 61 yo white female get your facts straight, John McCain is a lair and a Cheat, he has been in the Govt, for 30yrs, and living of the Govt, all his life with his Grand Daddy, and Father living of the USA Govt, Born out of this country in Pan AM, A low life Slez staying in Captive so he wouldn't have to come home and fac his poor judgement of being shot down, after BOMBING those unarmed people, and coming home to his respondabilty as a Father and Husband, and not being a smart student he couldn't handle it. The loser came home and did just what he new what he was taught from stupid WHITE people like you to use the Govt, and marry Rich. The loser he is left his disable WIFE AND FAMILY FOR THAT MONEY BAG CINDY....BUT THE BOTH OF THEM AND YOUR KIND WILL GET WHAT'S COMING TO YOU ALSO.

obama 08

The Obama idiots are reaching. What do you fools think, that John Mccain has something to do with this!?

They are probably leaving because the local union priced them out of profitability. wake up people!!!!!

If Obama and his big labor buddies get there way ,there will be alot more jobs shipping out to right to work states or overseas.

there is no comparison to Bush,is that all ya got?

Mccain 08

What have I been saying?

Yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

IT IS NOW BARACK'S TURN TO THROW THE KITCHEN SINK AT JOHN McCAIN!

Did the McCain camp expect Barack to just lie down and play dead, did they think that Barack would just let them WALK ALL OVER HIM?
I cannot wait to see ALL OF JOHN McCAIN'S OUTRIGHT LIES, MISSPEAKS, AND NUMEROUS GAFFES, COME BACK TO HAUNT JOHN McCAIN!

JOHN McCAIN HAS SUCKER PUNCHED BARACK SO MANY TIMES, WITH OUTRIGHT LIES, THAT IT IS TIME FOR BARACK TO RETURN THE FAVOUR BUT BARACK IS GOING AFTER HIM WITH "TRUTHS" NOT LIES!

Let's see how McCain feels when the COW PATTIES AND KITCHEN SINK COMES BACK AT HIM LIKE A BOOMERANG!

What i don't get is McCain is so big on getting alternative energy with Drilling everywhere he steps. How comes Mr. MCCain doesn't feel the need to show up 8 times when there was a vote on this. His Response "I am to busy to leave my office" McCain = $ for big oil companies

Troops Donate More Money to Obama Than McCain:

WASHINGTON — U.S. soldiers have donated more presidential campaign money to Democrat Barack Obama than to Republican John McCain, a reversal of previous campaigns in which military donations tended to favor GOP White House hopefuls, a nonpartisan group reported Thursday.

Here is another fact regarding veterans: I wonder why they gave McCain a D and Obama a B+, I guess they know more about McCain and how unfit he is than Many Americans…
Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America gave McCain a grade of D for his record of voting against veterans (Obama got a B+), while the Disabled Veterans of America gave McCain a 20% vote rating. The Vietnam Veterans of America compiled a list of key votes, and found McCain voted against the group’s position 15 times and with the group eight times. (Obama, in contrast, voted with the VVA 12 times, and against it only once.)

Do the maths! What is McShame trying to hide?!!!!

Obama '08

Gotta love that the Obamabots are now bringing out the "Keating 5" incident, and in unison. Funny that you morons would bring it up, since only three senators - all Democrats - were found to be tampering with the investigation by the Ethics Committee. And McCain was included in the investigation so that there'd be at least one Republican being investigated.

The job losses in Ohio began under Clinton (a Democrat) w/NAFTA and they continue today under a Democrat-lead Congress.

Let's see....what has happened since the Democrats took over Congress two years ago and have come to save the day? Gas up over $2/gal, interest rates up, stock market down 2000+ points, housing market in the toilet, job losses (not just in Ohio, but everywhere), consumer confidence the worst it's been, etc. And, what are the Democrats doing about any of this? They went on vacation. Yes, let's make sure we vote for a Democrat, they seem to be so adept at fixing things.....

Wow. So CNN busts out FactCheck.org when Obama releases an ad but fails to do so on the past FOUR ads McCain released falsely criticizing Obama's tax policies.

And yes.. of course people are going to say, "Obama promised new kinds of politics, but here is another smear ad." And if he didn't do that, "Oh Obama is weak. McCain attacks him and his character with negative ads but Obama is too weak to do the same."

Whatever.

It will be Obama in November America, get used to it.

shame on mccain for all the negative ads he have been running john mccain need to take his negative ads off the air well payback is a itch is't it. OBAMA 08

Typical liberal crap. Tell lies find anything to blame on other guy. And this was supposed to be a uniter?

Americans don't want Obomber.

You go Obama hit them and hit them hard, we have your back.
OBAMA/BAYH 08
Connie from Indiana

OK – didn't many of you just complain about negative ads from McCain and how Obama doesn't play the "same old Washinton Politics"?

I'm so glad to see that Obama is hitting McBush hard on the economy. McBush praises Bush for all he's done and ignores how bad the economy is,saying how good it is. The republicans economic policies have sunk this country to an all time low concerning the economy, and McBush and all the other republicans who have followed Bush blindly for four years are solely to blame.You go Obama!

McCain,will be worst president than Bush,Bush really hurt this
country alone with Cheney as well. They both will pocket losts of
money when leaving office. McCain have plenty of money to buy
cover-up and his is rich. Voter don't trust the republican,it's time
clean house. Democrates can and will make america smile again.
We will have a better world to live in once the republican are out
of office.

John McSurge is a 26-year Washington insider who made D's in the Naval Academy, has a chip on his shoulder like Bush, and will continue to favor his cronies while choosing war and threats as his only foreign policy. This man is over the hill and if voters cannot see it in the way he walks and talks, they better start saving up their money for the hard times he and the other GOP would bring.....:)

Yes i strongly belive that Mccain is helping sending thousands of our jobs to over sea, he has been in Washington for so long and failed to halt all this job shipping. He speaks to the pressident more often that his oponent does and both belongs to the same party [GOP] How come is that now that he is contesting for the office of the presidency he is trying to distance him self from the fail policy of his best friends Bush and Cheney, Americans are not stupid, we made that mistake four years ago and we are not about to make the same mistake again, enough is enough, its time that we take our country back from this elitis who doesnt understand what magority of this nation are going through. When was the last time Mccain stoped by the gas station to fill up his gas tank? when was the last time he stoped by the grocery store to buy a gallon of milk?

Republican and Independents are blinded by just how bad these money hungry, selfish, war mongers really are!

Why do people support them? Is it racism, religious fanatisism, or greed to not pay their fair share of taxes?

1) McCain's white skin isn't going to save your jobs, home, or our economy.

2) Wrongful wars that kill thousands of American sons & daughters isn't very Christian-like in my bible. Neither is crooked deals that put money in your pocket while draining the pockets of the non-rich.

3) First, you'd have to, single handidly, make over $250K to benefit from the Republicans tactics. Second, while you temporarily make money by not paying your fair share of taxes, you are allowing America to be bankrupt and fall from their superpower status, which will eventually become a country not worth half of what it once was!

Wake up and stop the Republicans from destroying America. If they really cared about morals & values, they wouldn't be blinded with greed and power and would help build America for everyone!

Having done a little bit of fact-checking the Obama campaign and the AFL-CIO have managed to stretch the truth a little bit here. John McCain did oppose a measure that would have blocked the sale of Airborne Express to DHL. However, this was in 2003, long before the issues surrounding the loss of these jobs came to be.

As far as erroneous statements go, there is certainly no "lie" in what the Obama campaign says. McCain did indeed oppose a measure to block the sale to DHL. He opposed it so strongly that he convinced Ted Stevens, the Senator from Alaska who proposed the bill, to water down the language. Even after Senator Stevens ammended the bill to McCain's liking, he opposed the bill.

In the end, the loss of jobs is regrettable and has roots in some of the failed economic policies of this administration. However, it's a bit hard to tie John McCain's single vote in 2003 to the exact events occuring today that will potentially lose 8,200 jobs in Ohio.

What is worrying is the fact that John McCain was so willing to fight for DHL when even the words he convinced a senator to write became incovenient, he rallied against the position he himself helped pen...the fact that DHL paid $185,000 to the firm of McCain's campaign manager at the time just to support the merger. Money and politics are inherently intertwined, but it does seem from the evidence that John McCain was willing to fight any words- including his own- that would impede the merger in any way.

However, all in all the ad is not a perfectly accurate summary of the progression of events.

oooopppppsssss, it looks as though FACTCHECK not Mccain has debunked this ad. You would think NOBAMA could hire some people with a little bit of brains, Or maybe he does not have a problem with knowingly misleading people. He learned that under Rev. Wright

Looming unemeplyment stems from "free trade agreement" which needs tweeking or total overhaul. That, my friend, was not just a republican decision,it was largely the Dem.s that helped that along. Not that the idea wasn't good,and some good hasn't come out of it. But this looming unemp. is a backlash. But let Obama keep making an inexperienced idiot out of himself. that is just what we want.......for him to show his complete lack of knowledge of the issues,or cause and effect.

Thousands Of Hard Working People Can Loose Their Jobs But One Or Two People At The Top Made Millions Im Sure! This Is The Kind Of Policies Mccain Likes And Will Continue He He Is Elected! More Money For A Few And Nothing For The Many!

Good job, Obama! Hit the old man where it hurts, maybe next time mention McCain's scandalous affair when he dumped his wife for a barbie doll trophie

It's funny how the GOP can give a punch but can't take a punch. Its about time the Dems start slapping some people around.

Stop whining voters for McCain. You weren't saying this when your candidate was attacking Obama with lies, filth, and innuendo! It's time the truth comes out about McCain. The media has glorified and babied McCain far enough and it's time that his voting record is vetted!

LOL mash Mc Cain to smithereens .... Democrats will bring a gun to a knife fight ... LMAO

Obama's limited campaign relying mostly on blame without foundation

and without specific policies nor a track record to show past involvement

showing a course of action , is leaving Mr. Obama exposed to scrutiny ,

lack of adherence of new voters wanting to join him in this aimless

exercise on his part of basically finger pointing.

this is factual

The article and ad are true. The freaks that are going to cry about the bad press for McCain should look this up on the "internets" before they comment. McCain is the one who is getting himself entangled in his web of lies. He should have been more careful with his words and deeds in the past.

If you think the add is negative, too bad. McCain pledged to run a positive campaign same as Obama, then he started in with the "celebrity" and the "Messiah" ads. The big difference between the ads for the two campaigns; Obama doesn't need to make this stuff up.

McCain is too old and too risky to be POTUS

Obama '08

More lies from Hussein Nobama. What else can you expect from a racist who is ashamed of the US and is great friends with terrorists? Proven fact!

about time we fight back!!!

GO OBAMA GO!!

Blame game..., again??

Roberta: Gome home and cry yourself asleep!

IN YOUR FACE MCCAIN!

How can they take excerpts from Factcheck.org to prove their point? If they are willing to do that, what about Factcheck.org citing McCain for being saying "misleading" and "false" things about Obama's tax plan?

Go Obama attack him very hard and exposed the real McSenile.

What amazes me is that the overwhelming of Obama supporters on this blog are men and the overwhelming majority of McCain supporters are women. Yet McCain has a zero percent voting record on all women's rights issues in his ENTIRE three decades in DC. This is kind of crazy in retrospect.

Must be nice to be Obama and have absolutely no position on anything.

Then you can bash anyone for actually having a position.

Politics as usual. We're back to the Clinton day folks!

Governing by the polls!

Obama, a change back to the Clinton Corruption

Here we go Dems at it again with all the smears and lies.......If you want the truth about Obama pick up the new book. After reading it I wouldnt let him run a lawn care service.

read the whole article .. here's the first para from factcheck.org

There's at least some truth in both ads: German-based DHL announced a deal that could result in 8,200 lost jobs in Wilmington, Ohio. And McCain did in fact oppose an amendment that would have kept DHL from buying Wilmington-based Airborne Express. McCain's campaign manager, Rick Davis, was also a DHL lobbyist charged with easing the merger through the Senate.

There is some truth to the ads. As we said, as many as 8,200 workers in Wilmington are likely to lose their jobs as a result of DHL's decision to outsource to UPS. It's also true that in 2003, some senators supported legislation that was designed to make German-owned DHL's purchase of U.S.-owned Airborne Express less attractive. McCain did in fact oppose the legislation. And it's true that DHL paid $185,000 to the firm of Rick Davis, McCain's campaign manager, to lobby for the merger (the $590,000 cited in the AFL-CIO mailer represents the entire amount that Davis' firm collected from DHL during Davis' tenure, most of which went for lobbying on other measures). But it's misleading to say, as Obama does, that McCain "used his influence" to help DHL "buy a U.S. company and gain control over" the 8,200 jobs in question. The AFL-CIO's claim that McCain "could have stopped the deal" is one we find dubious, to say the least.

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Of course, Rick Davis was involved in getting the deal to go through.

If your entire life is based on your DHL job, then you've got problems that no president could solve.

And these "attack" ads are SOOOOO lame! Letting a foreign company buy an American shipping company - oh no, how corrupt! How could he do that, no foreign companies have ever bought American companies before!

Ha! Cracks me up. Almost as lame as the "McCain new someone that nearly everybody in Congress knows, and that guy knows someone who committed a crime. Ooooooooooo!"

I live in Ohio and its a shame of whats happening to the state. I voted for Bush in 00 and 04 but McCain would not be getting my vote.

Interesting.... Isn't McCain an Arizona Senator?

Wonder what the Ohio Senators were doing at the time?

PS: Barry... you forgot this part of the original deal...

None of that was anticipated in 2003, when McCain and Davis, who was a Washington lobbyist before managing the presidential campaign, first got involved. Several Wilmington civic leaders said that what happened in 2003 created an economic gain for their community, lasting several years.
The move boosted the economy in Clinton County, which is between Columbus and Cincinnati. Bob Gray, an executive at the air park, estimates the net gain was about 1,000 jobs.

Karen in Florida

Stating facts is the low road?

You are ignorant!

The Mendacity of Hype.

If the (Custom Italian) Shoe Fits, then wear it McBush. The Republicans have sent and are sending, tens of thousands of US jobs overseas.

This is a perfectly legitimate ad. If you listen to the radio spot, it's merely highlighting facts that the news media chooses to overlook on behalf of John McCain. McCain needs to be vetted in this campaign and his past voting record and Washington deals should be brought into the public eye.

John Mcbush paved the way for more lost jobs than just at DHL. UMMMMM, Boeing comes to mind – remember the Airforce tanker to Airbus industries (France) John?

45 white female
you sure have that right john mccain really has done alot for his country SENDING PEOPLES JOBS AWAY OHIO MICH PA ETC JOHN MCCAIN HAS ALOT OF EXPERIANCE IN SENDING JOBS TO OVERSEAS BEING IN THE POCKETS OF BIG OIL HES SURE HAS DONE ALOT FOR THIS COUNTRY RUNNING IT INTO THE GROUND!!!!!!!!!!!!

john mccain is just a crook he seem to be napping alot, thinking he can talk to americans and tell us anything and we will believe what he say, well some of you uneducated poor people will and he is counting on just that OBAMA 08

Democrates for McCain=Democrats voting against their best interests. If hate and fear inspires you to throw the economy, women’s rights, healthcare and peace away, you have only yourselves to blame.

If there was some connection to a campaign, it is going to caught and exploited by the other. How is this different than anything related to Obama?

Lynnette
True can be nasty

Atta boy - gotta fight nasty with nasty. I don't like nasty, but sadly it seems necessary in order to have Joe Q Public believe a candidate is 'strong' on an issue.

Go get 'em, Barack. He asked for it.

Another misleading Obama ad.

Obama is an elitist ,misleading the country with his constant changes on policy. One day his for one thing and the next day he changes his mind.

Obama- Yesterday-No drilling Today, Yes I support drilling???????
Obama- Yesterday-No Troop Surge, will not work Today-Troop surge is working??????????????

Obama-No experience, no values, changes his policies on a daily basis.

McCain- A proven war hero, a leader we can count on during tough times.

Go McCain

This is not nasty enough! – more are coming!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We should HIT McSHAME HARD where it HURT MOST; his family deals with ROGUE NATIONS AND HIS WIFE CINDY INVESTMENTS IN GENOCIDE DARFUR, SUDAN!

WHAT DOES McSHAME HAVE TO HIDE?! THIS IS THE REAL JOHN McSHAME:
McCain's worth over $100 million... He owns 10 houses... He flies around on a $12.6 million corporate jet... He walks around in $520 loafers. If John McCain lost his Social Security, he'd get by just fine. Would you?"

More: "John McCain wants to gamble with our Social Security... John McCain started receiving Social Security when he turned 65. But now he has a risky scheme to privatize Social Security - threatening our benefits."

It's a good ad. It's nothing worse than what McCain and the RNC have been trying to do against Obama. And at least Obama relies on some basis of fact to attack McCain. Look at McCain's last two big ads of "Celebrity" and "The One". Those ads are terrible because they have nothing to do with politics. The only message I get is that McCain and the RNC are trying to demonize being popular, having good ideas and trying to bring the world together. I don't know when those became bad things!!!! McCain is jealous.

This is a great ad...glad to see that the Dems are growing up and realizing that the Repugs will never "play nice!"

Hit 'em hard and hit 'em often...and then maybe, just maybe America may wake up and realize that another 4 years of Bush policies will lead us further down the toilet!

LOVE IT AND ITS THE TRUTH UNLIKE MCCAINS ADS ARE ALL LIES!!!!!!!!!!!! MCCAIN IS LYING ABOUT OBAMAS TAX POLICIES

I hate to see these attackst.

But what should Obama do to compete against all the lies from McCain (like claiming he would raise taxes on families)

At least Obama sticks with the truth.

This isn't an attack ad...this is a TRUTH ad about ISSUES.

Obama 08'

Thanks, CNN. Whatever would we do with you, the Official Media of Presumptive Nominee Barack Obama. More like Narcissistic Nominee Barack Obama. You give new meaning to the phrase "in the tank."

About time, Obama attacked Mcbush for his neocon economic policies.

Sounds pretty factual to me. Good for the corporate bottom line, if not the "general welfare".

McBush sure can dish it out but can't take it. What a namby-pamby!

The initial deal BROUGHT jobs to Ohio. How can anyone in the campaign or McCain himself be blamed for something that happened 5 YEARS AFTER THE FACT. The Obama campaign is reaching.

Here we go again. Lies and more lies.

Wow!!! I love KARMA

I am a registered Republican and for the first time in 42 years of voting, I will be casting for my vote for a Democrat President. I support Barack Obama and I am ashamed of the dirty tricks of the GOP. My father would be spinning in his grave if he knew where his once great party is heading.

Of course DHL the company and the owners of DHL stock have nothing to do with this. Must be nice to be able to blame one person for the failings of a company. Not true nor smart but nice.

So much for the "Change" in politics Obama wants to bring.

McCain is getting a taste of his own campaign medicine. Open wide Johnny.

The only way that John McCain could be elected President of the United States over Barack Obama is to grade John on a curve and grade Barack on an absolute scale.

Time to grab GOP by the throat! Let's get down to business Obama Team its show-time!

NASTY............. BUT ALTEAST ITS TRUE AND NOT A GLORIFIED ILLUSION...... LIKE OBAMA GOT MONEY FROM THE OIL COMPANY.. OH YEAH BY THE WAY SO DID WE..................

Where is the "high road" now, Obama? Getting right down there in the snake pit, aren't you??? Shall we start looking at everything you have voted for since you have been in office? Won't take long – you didn't vote on so very many issues, even those you say now are important to you.

What a sham that CHANGE mantra is and how sad it is that so many of your supporters don't see it.

Obama will stoop to the lowest of lows to put his name in the history books. McCain had done more for this country before Obama got out of diapers, than obama can possibly dream of doing in his lifetime. That's all Obama is, a dreamer. I hear that's common with drug use.

why would the RNC choose McCain to be their candidate? he is soooo wrong. from 59 lobbyist running his campaign to Keating 5, from knowing nothing about economy to the Hess foundation (sfter off shore flip flopp) from bomb bomb bomb Iran to "i think i can speak for ALL Americans" from not knowing what HE voted on to Pastor Parsley, from $520.00 loafers to shipping American jobs over seas....McCain is clearly the worst person to be running for POTUS...
he lied to his first wife, the Vickie Isman scandal still leaves questions, he is clearly inept, he lied about a clean campaign and about Obama. he is a LIER....how could anyone trust this man...i dont

That's pretty hard stuff!. Senator McCain and his college dropped out Rick Davis will have to deal with it. Truth hurts really hard!.

McCain, your record is in writing. The facts of your actions will speak for themselves as we see nothing that comes out of your mouth or campaign can be considered creditable.

When given the choice to vote for bills in favor of the people and the greater good you have always sided with corporate America. You say you are against wastful spending – do you consider it wastful to save American jobs?

That's what I'm talking about.

Smear it all up in his old McCrutchetly FACE!!!!!!!!

Obama '08

Now this is a nasty ad against McCain.