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We all know that drilling here, drilling now is not going to work for years and then will only bring down the price of oil a little, if at all.

Why don't we just keep the oil we already drill instead of exporting a record amount of it, according to Forbes?

Obama gave the honest answer about energy. McCain likes to talk about getting Congress back to work, but there were eight votes on energy before they broke, and the Republicans voted AGAINST the bill that would include alternate forms of energy every time. McCain hasn't voted since April on anything, so he has no right to criticize anyone. When he has voted in the past, he is an oil man and has voted against the alternate forms that we must develop. He is a pandering, pitiful man.

NEW AD FOR McC:
My Friends, do not despair, I will do all I can to add to your multi-million dollar bank accounts. Just continue to donate to my campaign and when I'm President, I will use my Executive Power to see that you can drill for oil anywhere you want to. Even if it means ruinning the West and East Coasts of this country we live in. Who cares if people don't have the beautiful coastlines anymore. I live in Arizona and the desert is beautiful. Come on, America, move away from the coasts to the desert. Enjoy our 100+ degree weather where as you drive on the highway you can smell the burning tires on our SUV's, etc from the heat of the roads. America, you will love it when I'm President. I'll see that all of our domestic oil will be sold to the Middle East (I have to help my oil buddies) and you can live on the Wind Power that I'll see is developed for you.With all the hot air coming from my White House and Administration you should not have any trouble getting enough wind to turn the props. After all,my friends, isn't that what friends are for!!!!
Hope you have a laugh, Mr. S. reading this one. Things are getting silly now that the end of the campaigning is getting ready to go into high gear within the next few weeks.

Again, oil drilling and faith ? Wasn't McCain there to talk about his faith but instead use the stage as a "free" ride to campaign.
Very sad,..... Clearly showed poor character and judgement tonight.

we all will get NOTHING from "drill-drill-drill"
NOTHING.
1% more oil in 10 years?
Who gave the price – how much this oil will cost?
At a glance – mich higher. than anywhere else in the World.
So, as Patriots, we should buy the most expensive "american-born "oil & gas, thanks to all Bush's and McBushs.
That's what you want????

Takes advantage of an opening?? He lobbed him a softball pitch to hit out of the park!! It was obviously choreographed and well-rehearsed. How lame!!

Once again, where's the objective reporting??

Can you be any more OBVIOUS about which candidate you favor and are going to vote for? Somebody also should have gotten you a baby's bib to soak up all that drooling you did over McCain tonight. You're also on the wrong network... Fox News called and said you've earned your 'fair and balanced' stripes!!!

More like Rick hand fed him the opportunity to talk about energy. A chance that he conspicuously denied to Obama.

Did anyone else get the distinct feeling that McCain knew what questions were coming? His answers seemed very rehearsed...unlike Obama who actually took time to think about the questions before answering. Strange.

Another 40 minute stump speech (the same one over and over and over and over) with the reverend throwing in a few questions WHICH DID NOT GET ANSWERED OR EVEN THOUGHT ABOUT BY MCCAIN !!!!!!

Right again!

McCain was on the mark while Obama parsed, equivocated and evaded!

Mccain 08!

This whole forum thing was a stupid idea! All it was was an opportunity for an evangelical mega church preacher to get the religious right to get pumped up about a candidate (McBush) who they were not too fond of. Warren fed McSame questions he knew would help him. I have an idea! the candidates should have a forum at my house and I can feed Obama questions to make him sound good. It'll be the same thing!

Rick Warren gave McCain alot of opportunities to lead the conversation in his own direction rather than answer with thoughtful answers.

John McCain was on his game, he was irreconcilible on every issue, uncompromising, thuwart, conventional, alienistic, hard, symbol of the old guard, partisan, old politics, old washington, old way of thinking, nonfuturistic in thinking and nonintrusive as usual. But, he wants Americans to believe, he is diplomatic, a communicator, thinker, non-partisan, compromiser, thoughtful and caring. He is dangerous for America and the World! As a leader whose idol is Ronald Reagan and Teddy Roosevelt Whose big stick, cowboy policies helped to shape republican ideology, I am strongly concerned that if he is elected, their will be less diplomacy and numerous Wars and conflicts around he'll draw America into, to support their political platform. We have that already with George Bush, and our country is reeling due to supreme egotistical, arrogant, lone ranger mentality. The hundreds of hours of rehearsal paid off for McCain today, he did a George Bush on America again today! When will we wake up! Look like its back to the future again! Will we ever learn! Will this country ever begin to realize World War III will happen when we have leaders wh are ardent uncompromising agents their ideology who will forcefully succuumb every country in the world if possible to our countries detriment.

Drill here Drill now....yeah yeah we know the Drill.

Pandering and War

Of course he did. This was a conservative crowd. McCain was selling himself to them, but he still will not win

Stupid and incoherent policy from someone who is losing his bearings.

reading your stump speech is not taking advantage of an opening. it is failing to adhere to the rules of the forum.

But, wasn't this about faith? Religion?

I only watched this nonsense because I'm tired of drill, drill, drill, war, war, war, "my friends", "my friends", "my friends."

Whether you meant to or not, Bill, you just admitted that this was nothing more than a chance for McCain to look good.

Well, your jobs at CNN should be easier. You've got something to legitimately praise McCain for, rather than making things up, as you usually do...

Drill where you already have leases!!!! STOP doing BUSH BIDDING
and THE OIL COMPANIES. It does not become you

Yeah, yeah....really, how long will it take to get this oil?? I really don't appreciate the three card monty McCain is playing about this off shore drilling issue and how they are making fun of Obama's suggestions to include more personal responsibility regarding energy conservation. Obama is trying to promote the Christian values of personal ownership while McCain just wants to wield the sword, except in Darfur.

I think John McCain played the torture card a little too much in his performance tonight. I realize it was a great sacrifice for him, but I think he plays on the sympathy of others too much at times. I also think that he said things that went unnoticed. For instance, he made a big speech about how the US is the only country in the world that has been willing to go to foreign lands and spill their blood for the sake of freedom, I couldn't believe it. What about all the people who have died from European countries that have fought in wars for the sake of others freedom? God, I hope someone has the courage to mention this in their analysis of the forum.

I thought John McCain dodged every question and went on a standardized stump speech covering the topics he wanted to adress regardless of the question. My wife and I watched the entire program and both of us kept saying, "Answer the question" each time MeCain went on a tangent. I thought Obama's answer were thoughtful and truthful. In my opinion Obama did a much better job.

McCain seemed to have rehearsed his responses. Perhaps he had the questions given to him in advance. He didn't even "think" before responding to most of the questions. I don't want a president who doesn't "think" before he acts or reacts. Pastor Rick should not have allowed him to pander to the cameras or pro McCain audience. Did you notice how personable Senator McCain and Pastor Warren were? All I heard was John-John-John-John........Hmmm

For people who love Obama,let's be fare, McCain was much better than Obama. Skale 1-10, McCain 7- Obama 3.

you mean mccain saw an opening to spread more lies??

Good job McCain. You've done a good job. On the issue of who is rich and not raising taxes on the wealthy. I can't see how you will get us out of this mess we're in. You admit spending is our problem, but you have not come up with a plan to get secured funds while we rebuild the nation. Therefore your straight talk has no action. You still seemed to be focused on a pointless war, when the focus should be the economy.

I still say you did a good job even though I am a democrat.

Of course he gave the opening. Does no-one else smell the stench of Warren appeasing McCain and conservatives with his questions? This entire forum is a sham and I still think Obama has done better than McCain.

The first thing comes out of MCCain's mouth is "I hope these questions get easier" It goes to show you he's not wanting to be sincere or opeen.

Sounds like McCain is on the stump. No deep thought, no details, just general stump talking points.

I am 85 yrs old lived thru lots of elections..I am appalled and ashamed of John McCain and I am terrified for the future generations if he is elected.
He did'nt answer questions in a thoughtful way he reitterrated old speeches.
his ego interrupted questions, to tell stories of what was his past, he needs to speak to the future.
I probably won't be here to see it but I feqr for the future if this John Mc Cain is elected.
If he can't speak to an issue without a script how can he deal with immediate emergencies.....God help us all

McCain's answer to the "3 wisest people" question:

2 military generals and Meg Whitman? The CEO of a directionless web company that has lost half of it's stock value in the last year?

His entire focus is the war in Iraq, so much so that he has no idea what is really happening in the American economy.

McCain only knows how to talk the 'talking points' He has not one authentic bone in his body nor did we hear any authentic thoughts but rather he just keep reading the talking points that he's been prepared to talk about, He has no thinking skills, no ethics, he wants more war to please the war profiteers, he wants oil drilling to keep the oil company money coming to his campaign. He foregn policy advison is a LOBBYIST for Georgia , a country that just started a war with Russia. That is illegal and immoral. Who does he really care about? Obviously, the people who giv ehim money. It is sad that an old man like MCain still has not developed morals. God is in control and knows the truth.

Here comes the stump speeches again with Bin Laden and going to hell to get him.

Now McCain is spouting what sounds like rehearsed "pat answers" and trying to evade the religious issues it seems to me. He is begging for the Supreme court questions to change the subject.

I THOUGHT THERE WAS NOT GOING TO BE ANY OF THE STOMP SPEECH CRAP. HE IS TRYING TO LEAD THE QUESTIONS IN THE DIRECTION THAT HIS HANDLERS HAVE HAD HIM PRACTICE THEM.

McCain looks scared – maybe because of his bad academic record at the naval academy. While asked to talk the meaning of salvation, he lurched back into the past to talk about Vietnam for still another and another time. Unlike Obama, McCain is stump speeking each and very answer to Warren.

So if life starts at conception Mr McCain, Does that mean you want to appoint a murderer for a Vice President?

McCain's answers all have to do with war. he is war hungry we should all be scared. All he knows is war.

OIL COMPANY GOON, More lies drill on what you already have.

McCain is sooooooo predictable!!! Oh and the whole....it took a lot of prayer statement was the icing on the cake! Prayer, yeah right! Oh an by the way McCain doesn't support just look at his voting record, the raring from the VFW, Disabled Veterans of American. It kills me that people think because he is a Veterans , he supports the Veterans.

I don't blame him for taking the time to use a stump speech- brought to you courtesy of Exxon Mobile.

People please realize who is going to benefit from off-shore drilling. If you think big oil in America is powerful now, once the offshore drilling begins, they will have more control in Washington and our lives than what we've ever seen. And guess what? Oil prices still will not go down. Why would they? Big oil will be making a fortune.

McCain doesn't talk about what to do with the byproduct of nuclear power. We should be investing in efficient, environmentally sound solutions to the energy problem. Same goes for off-shore drilling. We should reduce our dependency on oil by reducing no only our energy consumption, but also the products that require oil to manufacture, like plastic bottles that are filling the landfills.

Good for him, but he didn't explain WHY he changed his mind. What new information did he have that we have a national security issue regarding oil. The price. What does the price have to do with the fact that we are beholden to foreigners for our energy? Before the price went up, we were still sending BILLIONS to HOSTILE nations and their rogue groups. Explain yourself instead of stating a position and grinning from ear to ear at the applause. How juvenile.

This was a shame mccain had the questions a head of time you can tell. the answers are coming out of his mouth to easy he has been studying them. and this warren cat is not cutting him off like he did Obama

Gosh...McCain only talks about war. This is disturbing. Is that the only thing he knows? Bill Schneider and Candy Crowley please help me get the answer to this question. Thanks.

All I have heard from McCain so far is his stump speech.

He is boring, old and dangerous.