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McWar is planning on explaining how he was dumb enough to get caught early in his military career, and spent a long war being held captive. Wow what a hero. No guns blazing – shoot your way out of anything – defend America. Just tortured spilling your guts against America. Through diplomatic means he was allowed to live. It's laughable that people consider him a hero and strong on war. He spent his time in captivity. He was flying a plane he was too dumb to know how to fly and got shot down. Maybe if he wasn't a C student he would have been able to learn the technics to manuever out of position and not get shot down. My grandfather flew endless hours fighting in the same war and he came back a *Real American Hero*.

Better pick someone smart. McCain isn;t the brightest bulb on the tree. Check out his Naval School ranking – 894 out of 899....... Yes, experience counts. But too scared to take another chance on another Bush...

I surrendered all original thought when I gave in to Obamamania. Shame on you McSame. You will just choose a war-mongering clone of yourself.

Quit deflecting the issue you whining Liberals, your argument makes no sense. McCain wants to kill people who want to kill us, you people want to kill innocent lives that haven't been given a chance.

The only "surprise" would be if he managed to pick someone who is against all the wars– but how could he ever find one in the Republican party?

What Mc Cain does is not relevent he will not win the election. He could reincarnate Reagan and still not win. He's toast.

We must defeat these old conservative fools. Wake up people look what they have done the last 8 years. And now they have Joe Loserman on there side,thank God.

It doesn't matter which one he chooses,he'll smoke that empty suit running with any of them.

Obama,the perfect candidate when we become a socialist country.

For all I care he can his poodle Lieberman.

Figures - the only ones commenting are Democrats.

Its long been said about the Republicans, and its always been true; the Republican care about life in the womb and stop caring about it once its out. The Republicans are against abortions... and food stamps, and school lunches, and funding schools, and health care for children...

Don't tell me!! Bozo the Clown!

Watching McCain throughout this campaign it's obvious he can't or won't think for himself. He waits for Obama to make a move and then he attacks. It wouldn't surprise me if he names a Democrat and a pro-choice VP – Obama will. McCain seems a little desparate at times.

Ahhhh, liberal tolerance. I love it.

I can't believe the drama surrounding the VP has lasted this long. I'm surprised no one has said enough already, end the long pageantry contest and begin addressing the issues Americans are waiting for, like economy, energy crisis, who's "winning" the war, etc.
If Mccain becomes Pres. he will be pro-life, but continue the war. It's alright though, he can go to church and be forgiven.

I would like to Know who Joe Lieberman thinks that he is!!! Too me he is a nobody

For every harcore right winger who "blows up" in the convention hall, there will be 1,000 moderate and independent voters around the country who will rally around the Maverick.

Who cares who he picks...u have to be a complete HOMER to vote Republican...thier scam is so obvious.

Any of these will have ten times the experience of Barry.

ahhhh..... ummmm....duhhhh.... arrrrggghhh.....yeeeeaaaa.... wellllll
That question is above my pay grade.... LMAO

I've just spent a month in the States (I am a Londoner) and have followed both camapigns with great interest.
Of course, like most of Europe, I am hoping that an Obama presidency can reinstate America's moral standing in the world. Then perhaps our own country will take note and follow suit.
I whooly endorse Irony's statement above- being pro-life should include the innocent civilians of Iraq and Afganistan as well as the troops of several nations.
McCain supporters I met on my trip to your country seemed to fall into a similar mould- never have been abroad and therefore no perspsective of their own government's actions.
The world is shrinking and isolationism or an I'm alright Jack attitude which are rooted in some moral high ground will see the American empire implode, like the British Empire and every empire in world history.

I know obama is relying on the young and dumb vote, but come on even they can't be that stupid, maybe if their man was a shoe in it wouldn't matter, but we could very well have McCain in the white house so who he picks given his age is VERY important

McCain has been bending over and kowtowing to the religious right, so it is highly unlikely that he will stop kowtowing and nominate anyone the religious right (which really is a misnomer, as this is the religious wrong) would oppose.

Who cares? John McCain will not win this upcoming election. Take a look around you people and you can thank the Republicans for the mess in this country. They sold us out in more ways than one!

go mccain go

I am sick of hearing about the night that changed McCain's life. I have a couple POW friends from Nam who didn't get the same fine treatment as McCain because their daddy's didn't have the same pins and ribbons. In other words, they were blue collar workers who worked to feed, clothe, and house their families.

These men were tortured beyond belief. They came home broken and crippled. They didn't have a parade like J. McCain did and they didn't cheat on their wives.

And they DON'T wear their POW status as a medal.

mccain is going to win no to oboma he has friends i wouldn't want thats whatsa wrong with the media they want oboma and ayres and rev. wright in the white house

John McCain should pick Huckabee if we wants a snowball's chance of winning the South. Huckabee is a "good 'ol boy" and is less polarizing among the Christian Conservatives like Romney is.

Rock on John and Huck!

I love the way the liberal Democrats jump on a candidate for being "pro-life." I guess for them the alternative is "anti-life?" Funny, how liberal Democrats will protest a war between countries, but will kill an innocent baby at the drop of hat and not think twice about it. So....let's see, which one is more mentally sick?

Everyone one please go to military.com to read a fllow POW of McCains comments. It is insightful and truthful. A must read for everyone who is voting.
As far a Ridge is converned, this man screwed up Homeland Security. He is also pro-choice. The evangelicals will have a fit if McCain picks him, and it will show them that McCain only gives lip service to get himself votes!

Even if McCain made up his mind he probably forgot. As Jerome Corsi has written about McCain, he's too old. Can't remember Czechoslovakia isn't a country. Can't remember if he voted on a bill. Can't remember he signed propaganda for the North Vietnamese. Can't remember the difference between Suuni and Shiite........

Choosing Tom Ridge would surely sink McCain's chances of winning the election. Not only is Ridge pro-choice, but having served in Bush's cabinet, he's hardly a candidate for change, which people are really craving this time. In other words: go ahead McCain, choose Tom Ridge!

Arnold Schwartzenegger!

The Constitution says a natural born citizen can be elected POTUS. But does not have such restriction for a VP spot. Once elected, Arnold could become a president should McCain resign or fell ill.

Inviting everybody to discuss!

WAIT! John McCain as been the GOP nominee for a longer period than Obama and he's till asking others to way in on his potential option!!!!

Are you kidding me?!? This is a decision that should have been weighed a long time ago with different possibilities depending on who would end up as the Democratic choice. Once again we are watching the way McCain would run the country- not organized.

To McBush, you call Republicans war mongers but its the Democrats who have led the country to more wars in the last 100 years. Check WWI, WWII, Korea, Vietnam to name a few. I think you need to check yourself before you throw out baseless comments. As far as the VP selection is, I don't think it will be Ridge, I think he has too much baggage.

Obama/SOB2008
McCain/ something inspirational pleezzz

even if McCain picks Ridge, he will have an extremely tough time winning PA, especially if Obama picks Biden who has Pa roots and is well known in the Philly suburbs that decide PA's election.

Lieberman does like to whisper in McCain's ear a lot.

The repubs are loosing big time this year.

No more repubs this November.

Obama 08/12.

You people are ridiculous! How about take a History course or maybe do something in politics other than watch the news. Get out of your little boxes and stop pretending you know what your talking about.

If McCain wants a pro-life presidency, he'll end the war.

McCain has done everything else to pander to Bush's conservative base. I think he will choose a Pro-Life VP to make them happy, and the media will call it a "surprise", which plays into his maverick image. I'd be happy to be wrong in this case.

WAR IS NOT PRO-LIFE!

Obama '08

More Obamatrons spouting their usual hate filled vicerage. Makes me proud to be a Democrat listening to these robots and their idiotic, totally lacking in common sense, views. What losers!!!

McBush=Warmonger-
This war was only possible because of the Democrats signing the resolution to go to war. They had the chance to prevent the war but chose to send our children off to kill and be killed, as a political gesture of bipartisanship.Just ask Obama's right hand man Daschle,-he stated exactly that when he was on the morning talk show circuit ,trying to convince the American people what a great thing it was.The Democrats aren't anti-war.

The only vialble surprise would be Ron Paul, Ridge or Libermann would not shock me at all.

I see the no brained Obama supporters are out spouting their immaturity again. Shouldn't they be out getting another tattoo, or having some body part pierced? MCCain needs to stop listening to the people that are saying you need to suck up to the radical right. Most people are in the middle. The crazed so called religious right, are going to vote Republican, period. He doesn't need to work for those votes, what alternative do they have? I mean they can't have lowly women making their own decisions about their own bodies, can they? McCain pick someone in the middle if you want to win.

It's been said many times and I" say it again, the Obama cult represents some of the most nasty crude people ever. They have no respect for anyone and come November I'll be looking forward to telling them "GET OVER IT!" Your candidate lost and because he ran too early he will not be able to ever run again. And, most especially, you – the Obama cult – have damaged his chances in this election cycle with your hate and disrespect!

Glad to see that it is still possible to have a nice thoughtout discussion. Oh wait, this is a CNN message board. My bad.

MCCAINS ECOMONIC POLICY. CHEAT, STEAL LIE. START MORE WARS.

McCain is weak on the economy and often speaks fondly of Meg Whitman on this topic.

Plus, he's trying to siphon off women from the Democratic campaign.

John can't work with Mitchell Romney... too much bad blood from the primary ... and John holds a GRUDGE.

Get this, sports fans – there is NOTHING pro-life about torture, war-mongering and gun-trafficking. NOTHING whatsoever. Give me a break!

we are in so much trouble if McCain wins

LOL.......

Please remember the last time America elected a president they would feel great having a beer with…8 years of despair and decline, not to mention 7 years of war.

McCain makes it sound so great, how he "suffered" in Vietnam, even if other supporting facts say otherwise (Google Songbird McCain).

The only hit Obama has in my opinion is his pro-choice stance, which is mainly party based. McCain recently said that he would be open to a VP who is pro-choice. So this essentially makes them the same in this issue. All the other issues are clearly in Obama's favor so please see McCain for what he really is, an extension of Bush's current administration.

America, please don't buy into whatever McCain's selling, or else Its Bush all over agian.

why is lieberman tagged in this article.

Who cares just retire now.

McCain will be our next president. Obama can get the experience he needs after about 8 more years in the Senate-then I would vote for him. But now McC is too strong, tough and decisive....Obama looks too much like Gore and Kerry-thoughtful, longwinded, elitist....all the things that lost them the elections of recent past, and made blue collar and middle American voters feel they could'nt relate to them.
John, Framingham MA

Its going to be another Dick Cheney type politician

Democrats want a dream ticket, that would be it.

Reading the comments on these boards really leads me to believe that education should be the number one priority for this next president. Otherwise I see a sad future ahead of us.

What is this country coming to when the major criteria for Presiden/VP is whether they are pro-choice or not. What a joke of priorities.

Obama has no substance, He will lose, it doesn't matter who McCain picks. I hope Hillary takes a way the nomination at the convention! Now that would be sweet! NO OBAMA

Johnnie Johnnie Johnnie.... nobody cares.... If you were really pro life you would pull out the troops. You talk like someone who would not be bothered by how many lives are lost in WAR.

How can a man who has showed up for Senate Votes only 5 days this year and a record of 63.8% Not Voting in entire 110th Congress be elected President. This is the type of man who is running for President under the Republican banner. I am ashamed to say I have voted 100% Republican in the past.

The left wing loons who profess tolerance, change, diversity, etc. are incredibly cruel, fascist and spout the typical whining mantra of warmonger, Haliberton, McCrook, McFrankenstein! McCain is gaining, thats why the venom. When Obamas' political obituary is written in November this ilk will be jumping out windows in despair. Not to worry about the fall ,as the windows are in their parents basement!!

"John Wayne" McCain is taking "the Suit" to school !

He should pick Leiberman to reward him for whispering the correct answers to him on his overseas campaign trips.

Didn't Charley Black say he was going to distance himself from the campaign? Or was it the Republican base that said he was shameful and should distance himself from the campaign? I remember it was one of them....

It doesn't matter who he picks... McCain will lose this year. Jack Cafferty (SP) just wrote a great article on McCain... something I've been saying for months... which will make all the McCain supporters mad. Unfortunately for them... everything he says in that article is not only true, but backed up by examples of fact. I'm surprised that article hasn't been placed on the ticker. I applaud you Jack!

please please please pick Lieberman or Romney it will be awesome to see them implode

Oh and who cares who McCains picks he is just Unbelievable I will never trust him ever!!!!!

Please pick Joe Lieberman for the win! LMAO!

Does it matter who he picks. At the faith forum he validated himself as a liar when he said "I was trying to listen through the wall" and then we learn he wasn't even near a wall of any kind. When he was suppose to be in the cone of silence. So his trustworthiness is shot. I would guess whomever he picks will share his sense of integrity.

Joe Lieberman may be a possibility.

I just amazes me that this man sat at the forum on Saturday and stated he would follow Osama Bin Laden all the way to the "gates of hell".

So sad...................

Lieberman for McCain's VP candidate. Pleeeaaaase.

You could possibly create a charisma-black hole. Wouldn't that be cool?

Hillary and Bill (as usual) are going to steal the convention from Osama Obama. Obambam can't speak unless he has a teleprompter. I thought O. and all you liberals were going to pull the troops out right away. Now it's 16 months - what happened? O. is just another pol. trying to get ahead just like Bush, Kerry and all the others. Every 4 years you fall for this. When O. loses you will all jump back on the Clinton bandwagon.

John McCain, only look out for himself he lies about helping the Vets..

He is a bold face liar.

It's funny that the only good thing you can say about Ridge - that he's pro-choice - is the only thing the Republicans appear to worry about... Remember those orange alerts? Too funny...

McWrinky Dude is a shallow man, he picks someone simillar to him.
and then they can all talk about War War and more War ..

Thank goodness – finally an intelligent forum!! Woot! McSame has been getting alot of press lately because he's so "presidential", speaking aggressively towards Russia. The little old man nearly squirts fire from his ears whenever he gets "angry". God lord save us if this man is anywhere near "the button"...Bomb bomb bomb Iran, kick Russia out of the G8, oh yeah, and btw, screw the pledge to not go negative in the campaign...Negative is the republican mantra – just listen to Rush, O'reilly, Rove and nearly every tv evangelist... This little old dude is SCARY!

After the Saddleback forum... you can hear the democrats saying... where in the Heck is Hillary. We traded her for this ? NoBama can't even speak . The defeat of the Democratic Party is Well Deserved this cycle. They chose not to offend the Black Guy over Millions of American Voters black, white, brown, yellow. Don't matter the color. Democrats threw the white house away for the next 4 years until Hillary is then the President. DEMONCRATS DESERVE What they get for the next 4 more years.............. A Republican President of the United States. PUMA, not quite.

McCain doesn't need Ridge to lose the election. He can do that himself.

No one cares who either candidate picks we are looking for a third party
Hillary and Sam Nunn or Joe Lieberman. The average American is sick of both parties!

How come when it comes to any thing about Obama the blogs dern near burst with commentary. Mostly negatively . Anytime there is the slightist subject about John McCain you can read it on a pin head. Almost nothing is on the blogs by way of commentary. When is the written and electronic media going to stop protecting this man.
Treat both candidates fairly.

Awesome ! That wld shut up all the republicans and PUMA'S. Who will be your man then ? GOBAMA !!!!!

I think the conservatives are just posturing. After all, do they really want to see Obama in the oval office.

Hopefully it's someone who's younger than him in case old fart McCain kicks the bucket during the swearing in ceremony. lol Heck split the ticket & put a Democrat in there as VP & it's a win win.

No worries, Obama all the way baby!

Btw, "Irony Defined" has it right: What a hypocrite McCain is claiming to be so called "Pro-life" yet be such a war monger. Geesh Every bit of respect I once had for McCain was lost during this election with his dirty ads & such.

John McWar is a proven "Pro-Death" candidate. He has the blood of thousands of un-born innocent victims in the Middle East, with his support of Bush/Cheney War policies.

John Mcwar wants to continue killing un-born innocent lives and that is why he must be stopped. So, It really does not matter who he picks for VP.

Stop the Killing !! Stop John McWar !!!

Vote for Peace and Prosperity and Life....Vote for Barcak Obama !!

1. Helene, how is McCain a "crook"?
2. Ken in Dallas, How does "the man make a fool of himself"? By giving direct answers to questions (unlike your man Obama who is excellent when it comes to delivering a prepared speech but absolutely "lousy" when having to give a spontaneous answer to a question.
Children, go up and make your decision on fact, not your liberal, crying views.

McCain is still running for President? Silly man. Yeah, pick Lieberman...he is so well liked by, um, ...nobody! Go Obama! You've got my vote!

Please pick Ridge or Romney as your VP! We need someone who is strong on national security or the economy!!

A VOTE FOR RIDGE IS A VOTE FOR FREEDOM!

A VOTE FOR ROMNEY IS A VOTE FOR AMERICA!

MCAIN/ROMNEY/RIDGE – THEY LOVE AMERICA AND SO SHOULD YOU.

Oh dear God Let him choose Tom Ridge x head of homeland security or Even Liberman. LMAO talk about out of touch

John McCain’s pick will be wise and focused on what is best for America.

Unlike Obama which as always will be base on the polls.

OK...So much for shallow thinking minds (all of the above).
Is there anyone of intelligence out there who thinks things through before pushing the Submit Comment button?

So excited ......NOT!!! Who Cares!!

Obama 2008 thru 2016

Maybe McCain is gonna pick Hillary! lol

McCain is a fool and it does not matter which war monger or traitor he chooses. He will lose in November no matter what.

I predict he'll pick Barbara Bush. What a historic choice that would be!

If she's not available, maybe he'll accidentally pick himself.

McCain picking a "pro-choice" VP will be balanced out by Obama picking a "pro-life" VP...

So... I guess a lot of democrats frequent this site?

Funny how they are almost tied in the polls though. I guess some people prefer a real human being to a manufactured image. Our Obama beta test (Deval Patrick) has been working out REAL great. NOT.

My but all you Senator Obama fan club members are touchy. I have not decided who I am going to vote for yet because it is a long time until November. But as a Viet Nam veteran myself I have a lot of respect for Senator McCain. It is people like you who show no respect for someone who has actually put his life on the line for this country that may help me decide who I am going to vote for.

What color level should we use if Ridge is picked? Orange? Red? Seriously though, I really hope it's Lieberman. He is easy pickings.

Obama '08 because the alternative is too old and too risky

And I'd like to introduce to you my Vice President, Dick Cheney!!

You heard it here first.

What? You don't think the Dark Sith Lord will just walk away from his empire do you?

John McCain and Tom Ridge can use "crayons" together and color code the whole world with fear. Remember McCain did say he'd like to study art one day, well Ridge can teach him how to use crayons.

Ridge or Leiberman..........either one is a good choice for Obama, that is!! I am really looking forward to the GRANDPA TICKET of McBush and Leiberman! The only thing I trust McBush to do is to get the USA into another war that we should not be in!!

OBAMA 08

I think Rudy Guillianni would be a very wise choice.

Sen.McCrook, Mcfrankenstein, this is some funny stuff on here. I love all the great names that people have created for Mcfuddy. Having said that, aah,aah, WHO CARES!!!!!!!!

"If he picks Ridge, the convention blows up, you will have a base completely demoralized,” said one activist. “And it will be viewed that he is ceding the future of the GOP to a liberal Republican. It would be a disaster."

Finally!!!! Somebody said it, LOL!!!

But to tell you the truth, they just gotta play the game right. I'm telling you, Senator McCain had a chance after he was the nominee for his party. He had a whole bunch of time!! He shouldv'e worried about what he would do instead of worrying of what he had to do...

McCain/Ridge 2008!

Governor Ridge will be a strong VP choice for McCain.
His economic knowledge, military and executive experiences will be very helpful.
If the conservatives don't like it, they should find a better choice soon.

Sorry CNN. As much as you and the rest of the liberal media hopes that McCain picks a pro-choice running mate – aint gonna happen.

McCain's performance Saturday night solidified the Conservative base while Obama displayed his ineptness. The more we hear from Obama in an unscripted exchange, the more I'm convinced that the DNC made a huge mistake in anointing Obama as the presumptive nominee.

I guess since the republicans notion of right to life essentially ends at birth, why not Ridge.

Come on posters. You can do better than this. Where is the vile and venom? Where is the bitter, nasty, vicious, really ugly comments.

Yep....the Republicans are totally pro-life....until you're born.

McCain is going to pick a looser like Ridge and Obama is leaning towards a "here's what is wrong with our congress" person like Biden. So much for McCain's "conservative" yea-right credentials and so much for Obama being an agent of "change". HA!

Choosing Ridge would really suit doddering old McCain. Go on, John, name Tom Ridge. I dare you.

who care McCain

Tom Ridge can deliver Pennsylvania, which could be the Ohio of 2008. The PA Democratic Party’s name is currently mud after their recent scandal, and with our current idiot of a governor continuing to campaign as hard as he can for Billary, the state is ripe for picking. Pennsylvanians look back at the Ridge governorship fondly and would love to see him as VP.

McCain may have a "pro-birth" presidency... but there is nothing "pro-life" about that man.

McBuch=McWarmonger

At least with McCain we will be spending our own dollars on cleaning up what we are in now and ending it as fast as possible. Obama wants to continue spending the dollars on Iraq cause there is no way we will be out 2 years after he is elected plus spend another billion on Georgia!! A place we had nothing to do with! So where is that promise to rebuild our economy? Going to Georgia

That would be funny. McCain steps up slowly to the podium, taking in the enormous venue before him, and proudly announces his running mate for the highest office in the land, when, er, uh, oops, I mean, I am selecting what's his name...

Or worse, maybe he looks at Lieberman for a cue, and says "Lieberman"!!! (will Lieberman correct him if he does?)

McCain needs the base of the party energized if he is to win in November. The only way he will do this is to pick a pro-life VP. Of all the possibilities, Mike Huckabee is heads and shoulders above the rest.

I do agree that Gore should have been the president back in 2000, However I believe that regardless of who was President at the time the current events would have unfolded in the exact same way..ie 911// Iraq War// etc..etc..etc. The power is not the people nor their elected officials

pick the gov of florida, i have 20 bucks on it , bet it 6 months ago,

The VP is not a make or break situation as it is in the Democratic Party. McCain will not lose the base even if he picks Ridge. The
Right Wing of the Party will never vote for Obama and neither will
Patriotic Americans of both parties and the independents. We love our country too much to turn it over to a Socialist/Marxist Candidate
whose loyalty to the United States is questionable to say the least.

I hope he picks Lieberman. Please pick Leberman.

Please pick AIPAC Joe! Your ventriloquist act should play REALLY well to all your supporters who remember the glory days of Vaudeville..

It would be a disaster if he picks Ridge??? Here I was under the impression it was already a disaster.

Obama 08

Looks like only Liberals post here!

Mccain loses either way even though he will lose the election anyway. Ridge because he is pro-choice (bye-bye base) and Lieberman because he is a boring treacherous individual who has less talent and appeal then your common centipede.

I feel sorry for all you people that sit at your computers all day long and look for ways to run down other people. You need to be glad that the war is being done on foreign land and not ours. If Obama does (heaven help us) get elected, you can plan on a terror attack in our beautiful USA.

Gotta be Lieberman! Go for the joke and hope they vote you in before they stop laughing and realize the truth.

To all you Obama maniacs, you mindless drones. Its gonne be McCain Giuliani in 08

That leaves only Pawlenty who's anti-abortion, but a social liberal. McCain loses.

A "pro-life" presidency? I actually am pro-life...but it's sad that a presidency should be pro-life or pro-choice. Republicans are really pretty sickening.

If anyone still believes that abortion is a deal-breaker in this election, we're in more trouble than I thought. Seriously, we have bigger issues at stake.

Let him select a man who in accord with his views...How about Dick Cheney?

I truly believe that Sen. McCain will choose Gov. Mike Huckabee. He even mentioned him in the foroum Saturday night with Rick Warren, which McCain did an excellent job in by the way. If McCain really wants to have a real shot at winning this thing – Mike Huckabee is the only pick for him to make!

McCain/Huckabee '08!!

Most Republicans believe the right to life begins at conception and ends at birth.

J. Lieberman, hmmmm can you say, "sell out."

I can't wait until the RNC...no telepromp McCain wingin' it with a pump you up town hall meeting styled reaganesque story telling bungled bush delivery on what should be the biggest day of his campaign...sad.

I hope he picks Hillary

It will only be a surprise if he picks Richard Simmons or Boy George for his running mate. Otherwise...yawnnnnnn.....

McCain has a good base (polls, anyone?) that he shouldn't risk losing by choosing a pro-choice VP.

The surprise is...no one wants to be on the ticket with the new leader of the DeceptaCONS!!!

McCain't – remove our troops from Iraq.
McCain't – stand up for our troops or support them (New G.I. Bill)
McCain't – understand the economy!!!
McCain't – provide security to the American people!!!

Ole man scream at clouds – John McCain't, New Leader of the DeceptaCONS!!!

Once again, The Repubs are underminding the American people. They think we dont have enough common sense to know that he isn't going to pick a pro-choice VP. Gimme a break.

GO McCain.

McCain needs a conservative like Romney or else the keys to the whitehouse will be handed to Barack Insane O'Bummer

Yeah, but the question is why isn't the media exploring McCain's "Bosnia" incident and his story with the cross!

McCain will have a "pro-life" presidency?

Except for the wars, of course.
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Don't forget the death penalty.

is it me but do all his cronies look evil and mean just like McSTUPID? REMINDS ME OF MOFFIA BEHIND CLOSED DOORS SMOKING CIGARS. they all give me the creeps.

Obama ... landslide 2008.

Seriously, who cares what McCain and the GOP do afer the mess they have engineered? The chances for McCain winning this election should be like Hillary Clinton winning a gold medal in gymnastics at the Beijing Olympics, zilch! The cowardice of the media is propelling him along, otherwise he should have been dead and buried a long time ago by the mere limitation of his intelligence.

"John McCain" the next president of the United States of America!

I think I shall be sick!

Hey, you censors have no sense of humor.

Well, of course they can't have someone who's openly pro-choice; they can't toss out their gimme votes.

to CNN. Where is your freedom of speech.CNN is bias gang.My comment you don't let's go. No Obama.

Isn't it amazing that abortion becomes the litmus test for the candidate who may be a heart beat away from the president......GW is pro-life, yet in the past eight years the rate of abortion has gone up! How does this have anything to do with the need for a robust foreign and economic policies??

Nothing that McCain, I mean McCon does or would do surprises me! He has taken the no holes barred approch to his 2008 presidential campaign. Jack Cafferty's statements in today's article about McCon being as shallow as "W" are right on the money. It is time for Americans to choose depth and substance over soundbites. Wake Up America!

McCain doesn't "invade" in his wars.... he "liberates"

Hypocracy...

yep, Hillary it is........

Better than obummers I am sure of that!
Go McCain!

No one seems to care. I see only 1 comment so far on this blog. Obama arouses so much more interest and excitement than McCain. Anything concerning Obama gets 200 comments in a few minutes!

No matter who John McCain chooses for his VP nominee, there is still no compelling reason to vote for him. McCain has nothing to offer in the way of ideas, vision or plan to set this country on a better course.

Ridge will be a great running mate and the perfect challenge to Biden. Any of you fools don't see that, you are blinding yourselves to reality. OOOOOHHHHHH what a great team McCain Ridge will be. Not only will Ridge bring PA, but also NJ and OH. That is a fact that Obam and his supporters must accept.

McCain – Young Barak, your mother never told you about your father.
Obama – She told me enough. SHe told me YOU killed him!
McCain – NO! "I" AM YOUR FATHER!!!
Obama – NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

Go John & Conti
The dems will not know what to do if you pick her, kind of like they are doing now flipping on drilling you losers

Typical liberal comments before this one. We all know the Messiah is better than McCain. Get over it, when McCain wins the election you crybabies will be screaming...he stole the election. Go back to drinking your Obama flavored kool-aid.

Just think! If McCain chooses a "Pro-Choice" running mate, we might actually have a debate on all the other issues of pressing importance, put the right wing "nutcases" out to pasture and get back to a Republican party that was a champion of individual rights and fiscal responsibility. Teddy Roosevelt where are you when we need you? Ditto, Nelson Rockefeller?

who cares who he picks it will just be another Warmonger like himself Republicans only care about more war Who cares What this Elitist Warmonger is going to do Obama is Going to win anyway Obama 08

Somebody please answer why they think Clinton would win. All I hear is that she would definately win and Obama has no chance. It is baffling that people are that delusional. Hillarry lost the primary, is the most polarizing figure in politics, has promoted disunity (in both parties and bipartisan efforts),and Republicans hate her so much they would actually unify to whoop her butt by a landslide.

If that is all it takes to get ride of McShame then PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE pick Ridge. I will support that!!!

McCain simply cannot pick a pro-choice running mate. Abortion is an abomination and a terrible sin. (Adultery's okay though. Just ask Cindy).

I hate these radical activists. Who cares what they think? They are so far to the right or left, that their ideal candidates can never be elected because the majority of Americans reside in the center!

We NEED a Liberal Republican or a Conservative Democrat president! Maybe then, something might actually get done, because they'd know how to work with both sides!

I can't believe Lieberman. I didn't believe his talk during the senate race against Ned Lamont, and I can't believe us Nutmeggers were stupid enough to put him back in the Senate. He doesn't deserve it. He certainly doesn't represent our beliefs if he's that close to a Republican.
All I can say is McCain's best bet is to pick a moderate conservative with a pro-life record. The more conservative the VP, the more he'll enable leftist backlash and scare away independents. The more liberal the VP, the more he'll enable the far-right neo-cons to stay at home on election day.

Either way, as long as Obama picks a decent VP that isn't too controversial, I think he wins the VP pick. McCain isn't liked too much by the far-right base anyway, at this point.

Just a couple of racists.

NEXT

Sen McCain please pick Joe Lieberman for VP. Go OBAMA

McFrankenstein's surprise wil be that he remembers the name of his vp when he or she is announced.

There's nothing premature about killing off McCain's candidacy. The man makes a fool of himself, and of US, on a daily basis.

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Will not be a good choice,their both are not good for this
country.

Whomever he picks, It 's just the same old bunch of Liars!

Bush has his Cheney and McCain will have his Lieberman.

McCain will have a "pro-life" presidency?

Except for the wars, of course.

Mr.McCain

the momemtum is now on your side.......blue states are now turning to a toss-up......you mopped up the floor with obama......the seeds have been planted for a moderate landslide......dont mess up this decision...the presidency is yours to lose....

the true obama is being broadcast all over conservative talk radio and tv....

No one in the Republican party has any real credibility at this point. They run their politics the way they have run the country-–dirty and without moral responsibility.

I hope the choice is Ridge so that McCain can be tied even more closely to the Bush administration and their failed policies.

GO BOB BARR!

Joe Berman was his name till his mama told him how to win elections,LIEberman.

McCain could probably waterboard Ridge into changing his position on abortion, then the GOP base could be happy on both counts!

Yes, must have a pro-life running mate. Abortion is an abomination and terrible sin. (Adultery's okay though. Just ask Cindy).

i JUST WISH PEOPLE COULD MAKE THEIR COMMENTS WITHOUT BEING SO NASTY. WHAT GOOD DOES IT DO TO CALL PEOPLE NAMES AND BE SO NEGATIVE? IF YOU CAN'T KEEP YOUR COMMENTS WITHOUT BEING NASTY, THEN THEY SHOULD BE KEPT TO YOURSELF. (i AM A OBAMA SUPPOTER)

Does Ridge have connections to the Arizona Mafia? if not he will not even have a shot at the VP slot. McCain is already bought and paid for by the Arizona mob.

A "pro-life" presidency that only "respects" life at a scientifically, genetically and morally ambiguous phase but has no qualms about disrepecting and sacrificing it at any other time.

CNN and Mc Same campain working their hardest to keep us interested for that campain that is so boring and non atractive. They are trying to heeat up by throwing sugesstions in atempt to evoce finaly any emotional response from votrers!!!!!! Mc Same can't be exciting since he doesn't have anything to offer – we have heard storys about surge and prison ...and that is about it ..I am so sory for all of you trying to do imposible whae candidate himself doesn't give any material to be excited!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Helene, typical Democrat. If a man makes his own way and votes what he thinks is right, he's a traitor. It'd be much better of Lieberman would just stick to party line and not think for himself wouldn't it. That's what Democrats think America's biggest problem is...to many people thinking for themselves and trying to be independent. Don't they know what the government is here for?

Yawn...

Who cares! Excitement in the McCain campaign is like Bingo Night at the old folks’ home.

Who cares who and when and how Obomanation is chosing another gang member. Al Gore or Judas Powell …

Can someone please explain to me why, if Cindy McCain received a slight wrist injury shaking someone's hand, she has been walking around with her arm in a sling for a week?

Please, please pick Joe Lieberman. lol

John!!

You should ask Hillary to be your VP. She comes with 18 million voters, and with the way her party has treated her, she is likely ready to tell them all to............. well you fill in the blanks

Choose Looserman!!!

he's just trying to make some type of headline beacuse Barack is all in the news on his VP choice .
So lame of Mccain

I'd love to see the right-wing wackos freak out at a Ridge pick. It's so fun to watch them squirm.

Let the ridicule begin. Let the hate, disdain, and ugliness flow. Any by the way, vote Democrat because the other side are the ones full or racism, sexism, age discrimination and hate.

Who is Obama picking. Good ole boy, same ole same ole Washington as always Biden (SOB= Same ole Biden?

Oh Very COOL CNN!!

I can't leave a comment. Maybe because it is entitled McCain

Its amaysn how evertime Obama announce something McCain comes behind him and say the same thing. This guy has to be the biggest Get With in the world.

Helene
I love liberals like you, you are so POLITE and HATEFUL.

I think that McBush should pick George Bush as his VP!

It will make no diff. OBAMA will win and life for most americans will get much better with OBAMA and a DEMOCRAT run HOR and SEN. Good for the US.

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.

I don't care who it is! I can't, in good conscience, vote for John McCain. He is too likely to put our armed forces in harm's way without just cause. He didn't support the new GI bill and has failed to support 6 of the last 8 military funding bills.

Just like 85% of my military brothers and sisters, I am now a strong supporter of Barack Obama.

Makes no difference, Obama in a walk, especially after they debate face-to-face on network television and not at another evangelical, GOP-stacked house like last time!

"My biggest failure.......was my first marriage." Talk about pandering to the holier-than-thou crowd!!!!!!

I will never vote for John McCain because he wants to tell the women of America what they can do with their own bodies. I don't care who his running mate is- McCain would be the one who appoints Supreme Court justices for life- and McCain made it clear that Roe-v-Wade should be overturned.

He is going to make criminals out of women and their doctors!

As far as you so-called feminist "PUMA" people, try explaining to your granddaughters someday why abortion is illegal because you were so bitter that you had to vote for someone your knew is anti-choice.

awhhh . . . McCain is trying to make his campaign out to be somewhat exciting for the Republican party.

Too bad – Bush has permanently stained his devastating trademarks on the Republican name and party, nothing really exciting about it at all come to think of it.

Right Helene who cares who Barack Hussein Obama names. Maybe it will be Rezko after all he has economic experience crooked but experience huh?

Maybe he'll name Jeremiah Wright that will certainly help with the blue collar workers huh?

Maybe he name ayers..he's experienced in terrist attacks ...oh wait he is a terrorist. Maybe him huh?

So lay off McCain! Would you want someone treating your father or grandfather with the same type of respect you are showing? I don't think so! As a rule, Obama supporters are the most hateful bloggers I have ever come across. It is sad! If he is your example than no thanks!

Who better for Bush's third term than Bush's Director of Homeland Security? I guess Brownie wasn't interested?

It's going to be ME! I am unqualified, uneducated, illiterate, have no experience for this job and biggest idiot for the VP slot..... but you know what, I am better than Leiberman!

I do not think either one of these guys would help McCain. He needs to pick someone who will deliver a certain region of the country or the possibilty. He does not need to pick a southern person. The south is conservative to moderate and will in no way pick Obama the most liberal person in the senate. The only states in the south that will be even close is the ones with a large population of blacks or students going to college from yankee states or liberal west coast states.

My friends....McCain's pick will be lame. He doesn't want to pick someone that will overshadow him, so the choices are brought down to low-to-mid bland level. Think about it....My friends....

McCain's VP choice will be either Pawlenty or Powell, the former being much more likely and the latter being THE surprise of the century if he were to accept the spot on McCain's ticket.

Either way, poor Barack doesn't stand a chance. The best Democratic Party leaders have already turned him down. Bayh might be able to help him, though he'd still lose, and Biden or Judas would likely decrease his chances of winning even more than they already are.

Knoxville

Mccain needs to pick Alaska Governor Sarah Palin.

HE would win this Clinton Supporter's vote.

ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE COIN,SENATOR MCCAIN MAY HAVE PROBLEMS WITH JOE LIEBERMAN AS EVERY VOTER KNOWS SENATOR LIBERMAN AND ASKING THE QUESTION: WHAT PARTY DOES JOE LIEBERMAN BELONG TO?

Frankly I don't care who McCain picks because I'm voting for Bob Barr. But Tom Ridge is a TERRIBLE decision because not only will he turn off Christian conservatives, but being a former member of the Bush Administration and the enforcer of the Patriot Act won't win any crossover voters from the Democrats either. He might win McCain Pennsylvania, but I doubt it will help anywhere else, as the base will stay home and Democrats will keep voting for Obama. From a strictly political standpoint, I think McCain should pick either Pawlenty, who is making waves with the argument that the GOP should care more about poverty issues, or Meg Whitman (former CEO of eBay) who will give McCain a demographic advantage among women as well as executive experience.

Ignoring his base will destroy McCain. You may even see a third party "pro-life" candidate emerge.

Every one of his VP Candidates further perpetuates his long standing belief in obliterating our constitution and bill of rights. The current administration, endorsed and supported by McCain, has taken every sacred document in America and reduced their value to nothing more then toilet paper.

I'm tired of watching the current GOP using my Bill of Rights and my constitutiion to whipe their A___ses with. We need to take back our country from these tyrannic dictators, we need Obama!

To deny our freedom in the name of security, undermines what our security is supposed to be. America's security is built to PROTECT our freedoms, not deny them. The fix is actually the very thing we need to guard against. Repeal the Patriot Act, it is anything BUT a patriotic law.

Good.

Picking Romney would be clear indication that McCain is out of touch.

McCain will pick his speechwriter, Alexander Solzhenitsyn, as VP. While Obama announces his VP pick through text-messaging, McCain will have his veep pick drawn in the dirt.

I don't care what McCain does anymore. He was once my favored candidate, but I was scammed. I thought he was a man of his word, and he's not. I thought he had some wisdom about governance, but he's proven he doesn't. And now he's a plagarist several times over, pulling his policy speeches from Wikipedia and his "personal anecdotes" from Russian writers. There is nothing this man will not stoop to. John McCain served his country honorably as a military man, but somewhere after that was over, he stopped. He says "my friend" over and over, but he's not our friend, you can count on that.

Obama's not experienced enough, in my book, but he's still the best bet out of these two choices. At least he thinks.

Weirder things have happened. But wasn't it McCain's campaign managers that said something like, "McCain is not acting in the best interests of the McCain campaign." So even HE can be replaced. LOL. I don't think it matters.

I have a surprise:BOB DOLE!! I think he will be an excellent running mate for MC with a Cane.

P.S. Memo to the "religious right:" the GOP will NEVER legalize abortion. If they do they know you will be free to wander politically, so they will always make big promises but find ways to let "those evil activist judges" thwart their efforts. Get used to it.

McCain's hopes are still dull and a lost cause. Then who cares about his VP who may be another member of Bush & Co?

Why not Dick Cheney? The only thing the Republicans can offer right now is more of the same anyway.

No matter who John "Keating Five" McCain chooses, his straight talk sham bus will be running flat. Obama is going to steamroll in the fall. And thank God for that. We need to turn this country around and start bringing back respect to the White House. The end of Bushwhack Buffoonery. OBAMA 2008.

Wow, they are asking the opinion of activist on this decision. Sooo, they haven't got a clue who they want????????????!!!!!!!!!!

I so hope McCain chooses Lie-berman.

If McCain picks a pro choice running mate the religious right will bury him.Bring it on!!!

They are all liars. I don't believe it.

Let's see, Tom Ridge whose claim to fame is the color coded "alert" system and encouraging Americans to buy duct tape in case of a terrorist attack? Pawlenty Who? Or maybe Joe Lieberman, who already helped sink one Presidential ticket in 2004. Decisions, decisions....

A "pro-life" president? Oh, does that mean he's not going to blow Iran to bits?

Oh, wait a minute.... he means AMERICAN life. Yeah, right.

I heard last night that the McCain campaign was saying they would annonce their pick in front of a crowd of 10,000.

So this means that they will either never annonce their pick or they will be paying people to come hear him speak.

McCain loves everyone! And everyone loves McCain! =)

Why doesn't he pick Karl Rove, the sleaze who's really behind all the campaign smear tactics?
Or how about his buddy, Rick Warren, whom I believe allowed him to be privy to all those questions from the "Civil Forum"?
McCain is a stiff, scripted puppet and his veep choice doesn't matter; he won't win anyway.

it won't matter.all of them look like they should be rocking out on the porch of some plush retirement home. McCain will never pick romney because he knows romney was the right choice for the american public to begin with. such a shame....because romney would at least put some economic sanity to the other wise war driven ,only thing this old coot can understand and talk about or should i say rave like a lunitic about. he has dribbled so long about his POW days that he can not remember facts from fiction.

Who cares what war loving McNutt does!!!

McCain has no reason to please the "religious right." They have painted themselves into a corner with their obnoxious clinging to one political issue, and there's no where for them to go but the Republican party.

No. One. Cares.

With all the troubles in this country and around the world, this election is NOT the time or place for single-issue abortion to rule the day. We need a president who will tackle multiple issues, like Obama can, and not just abortion. How ridiculous to pick candidates based on abortion issue when our country is killing innocent women and children in an unwanted war.

The Right is just blowing smoke. They know they have nowhere to go if McCain picks Ridge. As a loyal Obama supporter, I hope he doesn't pick Ridge because that would put Pennsylvania in play. But it would be smart because the religious right doesn't have a choice. It's McCain or bust.

Ridge and Lieberman campaigned for McCain in Pennsylvania last week.....Davis has called several state party chairs indicating Ridge will be the Republican vice presidential pick this cycle I FLAT DO NOT CARE!!!

please pick ridge, so I can watch the repugs faint from the injustice of someone actually supporting a woman's right to choose. How dare they?

i wish he picks hillary, she's already doing his dirty work. backstabber!

Huckabee 4 VP

Now are you PUMAs and women convinced he will do away with women's rights?!?!

Man if he picked Condi Rice, it would be a done deal.

He won't though, she is too aligned with Bush. Plus if I was her I would want to sit on a beach sipping Mai Tais, kind of like Obama does.

Tell me which candidate is most hated ? Barack. Why..because he's African American and intelligent. Which candidate receives more threats? Barack. Why...because he's AA and intelligent. Let's name the groups of haters. ...the current WH, McCain camp, Puma's, Hillary camp, Notfallinginline, and every pointy head / white sheet wearing trailer resident in america. I'd also say Barack receives more death threats than any of the candidates. I'd bet my small paycheck on that.

So please Hillary supporters quit acting more ignorant than your sub zero IQ level indicates. No one cheated or mistreated you or your candidate. Try being AA for just a day. Better yet ..pay Hillary's debts

whooppee and who cares.

IT WONT MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE WHO HE PICKS, HE WILL STILL LOOSE. THE REPUGBLICAN EMPIRE IS CRUMBLING.

Since when would something McCain said prevent him from doing the complete opposite?

McCain needs to stop worrying about the Christian conservatives. It isn't like they would vote for Obama if McCain ticks them off!! What he should be doing is trying to get the votes of us moderate Democrats who will not be voting for Obama. If he picks an anti-choice, ultra right-wing conservative most of us will not vote for him either. We'll stay home and let Obama win by default.

Who cares who and when and how McCrook is chosing another gang member. Tom Ridge or Judas Lieberman ...

The hotlink said Obama gives shoutout to VP. This article is about McCain. please adjust it.

If McCain is tacking to the center majority of voters he could win with Ridge, however if he is a Party man first and a statesman 2nd or 3rd, well nice to see ya hate tobe ya.......;-)

god forbid Ridge is on the right side of the choice issue. The GOP is scary.

Lieberman is a racist idiot. Who cares...

Who cares, he will not win in Nov.

Why not pick Romney he is Pro-Choice and Pro-Life................depending on the week.

Perfect fit for McFlip!

MCWAR WILL LOSE ANYWAY NO MATTER WHO GETS PICKED.

OBAMA...........08

In the end, FEW WILL CARE WHO THE VP TURNS OUT TO BE. More

importantly, McCain is seeing the tide turning in his favor on a number of

fronts. Most importantly, the recent debate in Saddleback showed him

in control, well within mainstream America on the issues, and absolutely

polished when confronting the most difficult issues. In short, VERY

PRESIDENTIAL.

So basically, when it comes to the most decision of McCain's campaign, he still has no clue what he's doing.

Sounds like how he's been running the rest of his campaign.

Oh, but I'm sure he'll do better with our economy.

Well, this will be interesting. Watch out if Obama picks Biden, ladies and gentlemen.

Do any of you Obama fans recall that Biden WAS RUN OUT OF THE 1988 ELECTION because of his record of plagiarizing speeches by members of the British Parliament? Scandals are not new, but they ARE fatal.

Also caught plagiarizing as a law student at Syracuse University, and during his 1988 bid he was caught exaggerating his academic achievement record?

It cost him the 1988 nomination, and I'm sure the McCain folks are just chomping at the bit to revisit this! It is so very well documented.

Of course Obama is very comfortable with plagiarizing the work of others himself, so he wouldn't care.

But the question of PERSONAL HONOR, McCain's bailywick, will be ON THE TABLE.

Personally, I fervently hope it's Biden, and I can't wait for the fallout!

McCain is a very smart man and I'm sure he will pick a good VP

Hope it is Mitt

McCain's plan for energy is great. He suggests drilling, nuclear power, and wind power with solar boosts.

Obama's plan is to put more air in the tires. What a plan but he is inexperienced and a loser while being risky and it would be a gamble with our country and our values if Obama is in office.