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Richard – "Go out and buy some Budweiser and put some more cash in his pockets."

And that cash comes from American wallets, even though the company is no longer American. As is typical when the Republicans mismanage things, Anheuser Busch was allowed to be bought by InBev, a Belgian corporation. Just another fine example of how the Republicans handle 'trade', I guess. They allow our jobs and our American iconic companies to go overseas.

Although I must admit you may be right; I'll bet that Cindy still gets paid no matter what.

I am not rich but I can afford another four years of Bush. It is sad to say that I know most of the people that support McCain cannot afford to have him in the Whitehouse. I can say that can only help those that are will to help themselves and it just does not seem like these people get it. If you think that McCain will be a better Commander and Chief think again. He is part of the reason that we are stuck in a war that we should have never started. He is talking trash to Georgia but they are laughing because they know that our hands are tied and there is not a thing that we can do. We have no military force, no economic force and no creditability. Talk is cheap and we have no way of backing it up. All of you young republicans get ready for the draft. I will be waiting on you. You cannot have war without service members and you are up next. We will take you old ones also. I will teach you how to be Army Strong and show you were your tax dollars are really going.

It is about time that McCain's big pile of dirty laundry starts to come out. Let's talk about his first marriage. He cannot be trusted to keep the most sacred vows that a man takes in life let alone be president!!!!!!! He CHEATED on his first wife for a much younger, rich lady. He tore his family apart for his own selfish desires. His kids were so hurt that they did not talk to him for several years. He is a phony who is trying to fool people with his empty talk about values and religion. Or how about the fact that McCain sponsored a bill to give AMNESTY TO ILLEGALS! People just need to look below the surface to see what a slimy politician that he is. He is just sying what his lobbyist campaign managers tell him to say. He has a long history and it is just starting to come out. America will get to know the real McCain when this is over and not many people are going to like what they see, Bring it on!

There are so many skeletons in McCain's closest, but let's start with the freshest: I want to see McCain answer some questions on the role of Randy Scheunemann in his employ as foreign affairs advisor at the same time that Scheunemann's lobbying firm is taking money ($200,000) from Georgia as a lobbyist, along with Karl Rove showing up in Eastern Europe right alongside Condi Rice last week. Something about McCain's leveraging this whole Georgia thing absolutely STINKS, and it makes any tenuous connections Obama had with Ayers et al, small potatoes. Wake up, people!

The Ayers connection is small potatoes and ancient news, whereas McCain's connection to Reed and Abramoff shows he is part of the widespread Republican corruption that has tarnished the United States of America over the past 8 years, and is continuing even now under Bush and Cheney as their administration stonewalls and shreds documents.

Yep, time to take the gloves off Barack. I admire you for trying to take the high road for so long, but now it's crunch time. This kind of down and dirty politics is the only thing Republicans (and a large proportion of the ignorant and uninformed voting populace) understand.

Stick it to him, Barack!!!

Don't forget his adulterous affair with Cindy Hensley while he was still married to Carol Shepp McCain. (And if you think that Cindy was a fluke, keep in mind that her mother had an adulterous affair with Jim Hensley while he was still married to Mary Jeanne Hensley (and had a daughter named Kathleen waiting at home.))

The Keating Five Affair is still good red meat.

New reports are starting to surface that McCain did some things as a POW that we not all that brave and honorable. I hope T. Boone Pickens will put up $3 million to find out the "truth" about the story of the candidate who claims to be a hero.

I'm glad to see Obama on the attack. McCain has been in attack mode since day one. As for the Ayers non – issue. Ayers is a university professor. If he was so evil, the university wouldn't have him on staff.
MCain is the admitted liar and adulterer. We keep hearing about his so called experience, but the question is did he learn anything besides bomb bomb bomb?

The “Revealed” documentary was a travesty of justice. I watched the McCain documentary and I was very impressed. The Obama documentary was an indictment of the man. It seemed as the FOX News network put together that two hour negative campaign advertisement. While watching McCain I felt sense of honor and patriotism but the message you brought forth for Obama was a cut throat, egomaniacal, overly ambitious BLACK man. Why? Please, for all caring people that really want change GET IT RIGHT… The McCain doc said nothing about his change of heart on just about all the positions he held previously before he became the “Front Runner” or the “Presumptive Nominee.” Please, I’m a concerned citizen and I’m very concerned about the life I help leave for my kids and their kids. Be fair and impartial.

McCain=Old, senile man yelling at clouds!!!!!!

GO OBAMA!!!!!!!

As of 8-20-08 McCain wants to reinstate the draft. Look it up

Why won't John McCain release his service records?

KEATING FIVE

When I saw McCain's first wife going to get the mail in the documentary on CNN lymping and waiting for 5 years for this ungrateful man, having an affair and applied for a marriage licence. He says he is a christian and pro-life. He couldn't be a good father to her children. Never talks about his adopted daughter. Family man? Hipocrate.

This guy is more then like the guy that gave McCain all the soft money in Florida! Or paid someone to do it for him.
McCain is a crook!
He cheated on his wife,
Left her for another woman.
Then his mother sued her!
Then his wife lies about meeting a religous person.
His wife, diss her step sister.
and the list goes on and on.
His family is a joke!

Time to get rid of the old and bring in the new!

It's real simple...sometimes you just have to fight FIRE with FIRE!
Now that the gloves are off, Obama needs to keep them off. McCain has been in Washington for decades, theirs plenty of dirt to dig up.

HEY cnn

You know – I find it interesting that the hundreds of POWs that spent several more years than McCain as a POW don't have photo albums documenting their time there. How did McCain get his picture taken so much?

Also, he broke and made propaganda messages and signed "traitor" documents after ONLY 4 days and the others NEVER DID. HE'S A TRAITOR. HE'S A LOW LIFE. HE'S A JOKE ON THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. NO MORE WARS, MCWARMONGER

It's too bad that McCain started the mudslinging, and Obama HAS to fight back or end up like Kerry. So much for a different kind of campaign. It all makes me sick, because both of these guys are questionable leaders, and we are stuck with one of them–either we're going to draft people and keep fighting the world, while bankrupting the country (cause we can always fight a war AND lower taxes...just ask Bush) or we're going to watch someone try to dig us out of debt. I am not looking forward to the next 4 years at all.

How deliciously ironic.

Change we can believe in? I think not. Say hello to your messiah America. Obama is a career politician who uses the same old politics everyone else does. The only difference between Obama and McCain's style of politics is that McCain is surprisingly moderate with a history of reaching across bipartisan politics and working with the other side while Obama is extremely far left ... oh yeah ... and one has 26+ years of experience working as a public servant while the other has yet to complete a full term as either a state or US senator.

Obama barely finished half his term as state senator before running for US senate. He then barely finished half his term as US senator before running for president. He effectively has about a year and a half's experience actually doing anything from a leadership standpoint ... and even then we all know how many times he didn't even vote yes/no, but present.

Empty suit much?

Obama needs to make an ad about the McCain townhall meeting I was at in Las Cruces today! A women claimed that "the only way to chase bin Laden to the gates of hell would be to reinstate the draft."

McCain asnwered "I agree."

I bet you might not be so conservative when you have to consider your son or daughter will be drafted into the military in the next few years. Oh, and before you say "It'll never happen," look at how congress pushed to Iraq; at the time plenty of us were itchy fingered and ready to go in. I'm sure it would be another situation like that.

Desparate Obama?

why does CNN also give a link to McCain adds but never Obama's ??? i feel like i am watching / checking fox news!!

You know – I find it interesting that the hundreds of POWs that spent several more years than McCain as a POW don't have photo albums documenting their time there. How did McCain get his picture taken so much?

Also, he broke and made propaganda messages and signed "traitor" documents after ONLY 4 days and the others NEVER DID. HE'S A TRAITOR. HE'S A LOW LIFE. HE'S A JOKE ON THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. NO MORE WARS, MCWARMONGER

Gloves off. Start listing all the Big O's buddies. Those in Jail...going to jail....or just stupid...

Steve we all make choices in life.

Obama's choices have been Wright, Rezko, Ayers. And he called Wright his MENTOR.
He chose not to put American flag on his chest.
His wife has never been proud of America.

Obma's choices have been on the wrong side.

He doesn't have the Judgment to lead this nation.

John McCain, Ralph Reed, Jack Abramoff, Keating 5....

Good. It's time for Obama to get down and dirty cause the Republicans are just biding the time before they get reeeally nasty. They are desperate and desperate times calls for desperate measures. They will do anything, and I mean ANYTHING to stay in power and to get that old geezer McCain in the White House. It doesn't matter what a disappointment he is to the Republican Party, because he will just be a puppet to who ever will be pulling his strings once he gets in the White House. But please America, NOT THIS TIME. Let's not let it happen.

McPast is past, Obama for future.
America went through 8 years of suffering.
Wake up.
By supporting McUnpredictable, you may go to war and stay there. For his hour, he may even start a war- just to prove something. History has seen many mad caps .
We need to have a different world for 21 century with different leadership
I am not sure who is conducting these polls, they are giving false message.
America- we are for the future.
Wa are part of a larger world.
Our status in the world will be recognised only through Obama. leadership.

UNFORTUNATELY OBAMA IS ON THE WRONG TRACK. IF ANYTHING MCCAIN CAN SAY OBAMA IS CLOSER TO ABRAMOFF
AS HE IS CLOSE TO REZKO

do u all really want to know WHY Obama has to finally go negative despite his best efforts of doing otherwise? THINK HARD..........

*drum roll...................*

it's the low-information, highly-ignorant American populace that loves and feeds on negative campaigns that allow this to continue to work. It's the same people that voted for Bush twice!

McCain is NO American hero. Dropping bombs on mostly defenseless villages filled with unarmed civilians is not an act of heroism. I give him props for staying behind as a POW. But being a POW is by no means a '+' to becoming a president. McCain was a subpar pilot and when he was told he couldn't make it to admiral, he used his connections (his father's connections) to get into politics.

Where has 8 years of tax cuts for businesses created in jobs/pay? Please compare the statistics for 'fiscal conservatism' vs "tax and spend' of Clinton's admin and you will see that we went into year 2001 with a SURPLUS and HIGHER wages across the board. Fiscal conservatism (from Reagan to Bush Sr, to Bush Jr." all ended with hundreds of BILLIONS of $ in debt. explain that to me.

Obama is not even close to a being a perfect candidate, but he is definitely a more intelligent man than McCain judging from how he handles himself with deep questions and his background in education. He may not have the most experience, but that's why he has ADVISORS/GENERALS/CHEIFS OF STAFFS/ADMIRAL to help him out like any other president. I do not want a TRIGGER HAPPY COWBOY IN THE OVAL OFFICE AGAIN, PERIOD.

I'm sick of folks fighting using words.

McCain is too old and he has a hearing problem
Its time for some one younger and sharp mentally

Obama/08/12

This election should not even be close! How can any sane person continue to support the GOP after the past 7 years of abuse of power, incompetence, economic disaster, and the destruction of our International reputation? Have Americans gone completely mad?

So Obama keeps criticizing McCain for running negative ads and dirty campaigns. He stooped to that level. I lost respect for Obama after this blatant hypocrisy.

As for michael, who asks how McCain is a hero just for getting shot down in combat: that is a disgusting question to raise. ALL of our people in the Armed Services are heroes. They are joining and often risking their lives for our country. McCain is a hero because he agreed to go into combat in the first place. If you bothered to actually educate yourself about the candidate, you'd realize that McCain did some very heroic things during his service, on top of getting shot down. Things that I doubt you would ever do.

McWar would be so bad for this country. I sure hope Obama can defeat him.

This is not a "negative" ad. McCain has shown questionable ethics in the Senate many times. It's why charges were brought against him for the Keating 5. It's simply revealing his true character. Make your own decisions. It's hardly mudslinging. Mudslinging would be attacking his character for leaving his severely injured first wife for a younger richer blonde. That would be negative, true and revealing, but negative.

Or maybe we could just recall McCain's answer to those struggling w/ mortgages..."get a second job and take less vacations". A highly arrogant and out of touch response that does not solve the current mortgage crisis in any way.

One more note about McCain today he said he would be for reinstating the "DRAFT" . How many more Americans need to loose their life before you wake-up and see this man is out of his mind.

Breaking News: John McCain wants to Bring Back the Draft

This is serious Everyone!!!!!!!

John McCain wants to send your Sons to War

John McCain wants to bring back the Draft to help fight a War with Russia he is recklessly provoking.

John McCain wants to bring back the Draft to continue fighting in Iraq for a 100 years

Please take his words seriously because it will be your Sons Lives you put on the line.

Obama, You tried to play by the rules and get along with the other kids on the playground.Nice Guys, sadly enough, loose. I respect eveything you stand for and the decent kind of campaign you tried to present. FORGET IT. Its time to fight back . You don't have to "change " your message and what you want for America. John McCain hates you. He hates you because your black, he hates you because of your "Harvard Education". Seeing him today as the man he really is; you don't have to stand up and take it anymore. Any by the way don't let the Clinton's boss you around either. Your supporters need to see that Barack Obama they saw when you MADE YOUR famous keynote presentation. We need to see that "Fired up" Barack Obama again. John McCain only cares about winning and everyone and anyone connected to George Bush is munipulating him like a robot. GO FOR IT. You have nothing to be afraid of.

If McCain wins, the draft will come back. It's true.

George W. Bush nemesis was Saddam Hussein. What happened? War with Iraq.

John McCain's nemesis is Vladimir Putin. What will happen? Future war with Russia.

No more war!

It is time for Obama to hit back. This republican machine is just as ruthless in twisting truths as this society's ability to be gullable to a fault. John Cain is using the same methods that Bush II used on him...it worked and Bush II was given the keys to the oval office to reap havac. Look America...first time same on the republicans...second time shame on us!

America wants a president with REAL FAMILY VALUES.

Ohhhhhh – Bama

Ohhhhhh- Eight

Ohhhhhhhhhhhh – Bama

Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh – Yeahhhh!

McCain was the first one to claim he wouldn't lead a negative campaign... and that's ALL HE'S BEEN DOING SINCE HE WON THE PRIMARY!! He knows that's the ONLY way he can even come close to competing with Obama... the only way for him is to SLIME IT UP!!

So when I hear you Repuglicans get all down on Obama for throwing some of McCain's slime back on him... not only has McCain earned it, but he has it coming.

McCain was BEST FRIENDS with Chuck Keating... even went on vacation with him (Keating's treat!!!) and NEVER reported it until he got busted for it. Come on, Repuglicans... let's discuss Keating and Abramoff!!!

Funny... whenever the topic comes up, all Repuglicans can do change the subject to Obama and project onto him!! You're all Rush 'the pill popper' Limpbaugh wannabees!!!!!

Mikel, you are so right! Obama's ads state facts, McCain's attack ads lie to the American people. If he's lying to us already, why should we expect anything less if he gets to the White House? No thank you, we've been lied to enough over Bush's term. Vote change, vote honesty, vote Obama.

I don't care what anyone says about John McCain, he has been through the trenches and has adapted and overcome to the worst of situations. When will politicians learn like everybody else that trash talking you competition is not a good business practice? I do not favor McCain’s environmental policy however he is more American than both President Clinton, and President Bush. It is the right time for Americans to stand up and vote for somebody who understands that sacrifice and commitment to God, Corps, and Country is the one who needs to be in charge. Semper Fi to the U.S.A.

Awesome. Keep it up, put them on the defensive where they belong, because they are all crooks, and they know it deep inside.

I applaud Senator Obama for doing this. McCain is playing dirty and eroding his leads in many key states. Obama needs to talk more about Keating 5, which will turn off Independents, and his philandering on his first wife, which will revile most women. McCain is pretending to be some sacrimonous guy when he's just scum.

Bye Bye Roe vs Wade....Hello Selective Service; Onward to WWIII;

Bye Bye to America recapturing the respect of the World.

Bye Bye to America's Infrastructure

Hello to third world citizenship!!!!

I sure hope that the majority of Americans want a change from the last Administration, because, McCain will be McWorse!!!!

America, can you see the "evil" in his laughter; can you hear the "hiss" when he speaks? Can you hear the firing of arms?

The only thing that McCain cares about, other than McCain is Lieberman.....

Youth of America had better stand up and have their vote counted; or get ready to fight McPsycho's Wars!!!!!

ARE MOST OF YOU SAYING WE CAN ONLY VOTE FOR WHITE CRIMALS.WHAT ABOUT THE KEATING 5

Everyone talking about Keating 5 better get their facts straight. It was 4 Democrats and 1 Republican, McCain. McCain was cleared although it was ruled he used bad judgement.
It seems Obama uses bad judgement with regards to his friends he keeps everytime he gets a friend.

That's right, Obama! Get down and dirty and take no prisoners. Talk about how he dumped his sick wife for the rich one. Talk about his wife's drug abuse. Talk about the Keating Five. Talk about ALL of it. We have a stupid electorate who seems to only love sensationalism.

Nice add President Obama...and they said you wern't going negative enough.

Bring it on Obama! Why don't you force the U. of Illinois to release documents revealing your collaborations with the infamous Weatherunderground leader, Bill Ayers.

Your show tonight was just another biased, never ending campaign ad for Obama. YAWN! How about some real reporting for a change?

McCain is a hero but those that say he is experienced enough to be president are losing it. You have your 'C' average student in the WH now and you want to elect the 'D' student to replace him?

I'd rather elect the professor to come take care of business.

Obama 08

Obama you are not a leader.

Barack is nothing but an ambitious inexperienced presidential candidate who wants to take a short-cut to the white house. what does he have to offer anyway? his 2 years worth of experience in the senate? i know it's not the quantity of years but the quality of it. unfortunately, even that doesn't save him. just because he voted against the war doesn't mean he has a sound judgment, hence his indecisiveness on mostly all important issues thrown at him throughout his campaign period.

It was only a matter of time before everyone went negative... let's face it, negative ads work!

A lot of people on here wonder why the corruption of the republican party with the likes of Bush and McCain hasn't been given the press coverage it deserves? Well, ever wonder who OWNS the media – THE RICH REPUBLICANS!

McCain is an old cantankerous goat that is as greedy as the day is long!

And, his experience with his last wife and children underscore his personal integrity!

It takes a frightfully biased mind to believe that Barack Obama is running a negative campaign! What is he supposed to do....just let the dirty old man, who also happens to be a psycho sucker punch him and tell lies on him.

It takes a frightfully biased mind not to see that McCain in some ways is as dumb as and more of a Warmonger than Dubya!

What's the deal with Lieberman and McCain? They seem unnaturally close?

What really happened to Cindy's wrist? she looks so scared most of the time. I am glad she lost the big, oversized, "black" arm sling!

If McCain should become President; then Cindy doesn't have to worry about moving in with McCain; so long as Lieberman is there!

Listen and observe. McCain=Monster!

Prisoners of war come home alive and with their limbs. McCain should not brag about being a prisoner of war. It just means he wasn't smart enough not to get caught. He came home and married a young millionaire. America appreciates his service, but that doesn't mean we owe him the presidency or that he is more patriotic than Obama. Millions of men have served in wars, and they don't think we owe them the presidency. People should retire at 65, after that age the brain takes a dive.

I don't know why the media is absolutely in love Obama. He has to be the biggest "empty suit" I have ever seen. I am not a McCain fan, but Obama has no substance. He is already changing positions, he doesn't like to answer questions unless they are on his terms and he walks around like he is god. Maybe the real Obama will show up during the debates.

Obamatron at his best! Keep up the good work...McCain will appreciate it when he wins.

Keating Five
Adulterer
Bigomist
Pastor Hagee
Pastor Parsley
Jack Abramhoff
Tardy from Senate votes 63.3% since 2000.
Lobbyist infested campaign completely ran by lobbyist.
Looked into Vladimir Putin's Soul while taking kickbacks from the Georgian republic. Some Foreign Policy.
Let's Drill. Let's Drill Right Here and Right Now
8,200 people will lose jobs in Ohio thanks indirectly to his current lobbyist campaign manager.

That's the McSame McBush

I feel very strongly that John McCain is a warmonger. Whenever he speaks, no matter what the initial subject matter, he almost always brings in at least a few sentences about his service in Vietham and strongly discusses a questionable story that could have been taken from the writings of his favorite author. I always hear a military push with McCain and I really thought that in 2008, we would be beyond thoughts of playing with guns given the fact that we know the real damage that could result from weapons that are available to all countries.

In give Obama credit for taking a punch at McCain. I often thought that he was stricking back hard enough at McCain and his lies. And by the way, I am a daugther a father that won the purple ribbon for both World War I and World War II and was highly recognized in his community for his military service. However, my father would never accept John McCain, and he is probably turning over and over and over in his grave over this election and particularly John McCain.

For all those who didn't know this, Senator Obama was approximately 6 years old when William Ayers and the Weather Underground were supposedly in existence. Senator Obama met William Ayers AFTER HE BECAME AN ADULT. I doubt very seriouslly if the U.S.A. would allow someone the McCain camp claims to be a terrorist, to be a professor at a highly respected college. Willialm Ayers would be on a terrorist watch list if that were the case, and he is not nor has he ever been. Especially since McCain claims to have all of this POW and foreigh policy experience. He wouldn't let someone like William Ayers slip through the "Terrorist Crack" would he? Senator Obama knows since he became an adult William Ayers. John McCain is taking "kick backs" and political favors from Ralph Reed TODAY, not 25-30 years ago! A BIG DIFFERENCE – McCain is a crook, a liar, a Dubya clone and a warmonger!

Nice try, Obama, but so many of us have traveled with Senator McCain down the same long road, and we know what his character is, what and who he has backed. He has acknowledged his mistakes but has learned from them. There's just too much at stake with our great country and its serious, future challenges. While we acknowledge your achievements in such a short period of time, there is just too much to ask of us to turn such problems over to a newcomer. So no matter what you and your supporters say about John McCain, he is tested and is the person Americans will place their trust in to apply his many years of experience. In four years' time, you'll be able to match that experience, but not now.

It's pathetic to see the candidate of change playing the same old politics. If he loses his holier than thou aura, what else he can fight on? No experience! No substance! Do we want him to learn on job like Bush? It's time to put Obama under scrutiny. I also see that Obama supports are total hypocrites. If they are behind Obama for his being different, they should focus on issues and not call McCain supporter idiots and so on. It usually happens when they start losing.

Can you get the following 19 second Micro Script (picture with voice over) made and available for broadcast??
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IMAGE starts with a resolute-jawed John McCain.....

VOICE OVER

· Is there any other American politician....
· Who is more steadfast in his beliefs.....
· Who is more convinced that his instant answers are absolutely right.....
· Who is more unwavering in his certainty of final success?

while PICTURE morphs into....

A sideways-glancing George W. Bush!

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(It would surely give those who thought McCain had the better of the pastor question session a moment of serious thought.)

Eric Howlett

Why is McCain known as "songbird". Patriot, my rear! This stool pigeon would and still will do anything to benefit himself. Including making propaganda films for the enemy and dumping his first wife for a younger woman with money.

All you have to do is look at him agree with a lady in New Mexico today (8-20) about reinstating the draft and you get a better understanding that issues are irrelevant, he'll just agree and nod his way to his dream job.

To me, Senator McCain is not a hero, but a man who was a prisoner of war who feared his father. He has built a life living on and bilking the public trough.

I respected him in 2000 and I have no respect for him in 2008.

Senator Obama to the best of his ability stands proud and will bring honor back to the White House and our Nation.

It's time to think of America First and stop all the pontificating..

OBAMA 08

I find it very sad that these two are the best we can come up with. This is a truly pathetic time in American politics. I find both of these men unworthy of the job in which they are applying.

McCain is bought and paid for. What a creep! He abandoned his cancerous wife to have a fling with this new floozie.

Google The "Keating Five " and you will find out all about McCain. This man has shown poor judgment a long time. I see why he uses the phrase "poor judgment". Check it out.

For a man who "crashed" 3 military planes, cause a fire on a naval ship that destroyed hundreds of lives.
got shot down, because he became confused.......
WHY ARE WE HAVING THIS DISCUSSION?

COME ON AMERICA- THEY GOT AWAY WITH COVERING UP GEORGE W's BACKGROUND YOU'VE GOT TO DEMAND BETTER!

IF BARACK WANTED TO GO NEGATIVE, BELIEVE ME HE AS A MOUNTAIN OF EVIDENCE TO CHOOSE FROM.

BARACK HAS CHOSEN TO TAKE THE HIGH ROAD

In your heart of hearts, you know McCain is SO WRONG.... stand up.
Vote for Change!
Vote Obama!

I'm not deciding to vote for anyone until I see the vice president candidates. Senator Obama has to go first since the democratic convention is first. Senator McCain will counter the following week. If anyone wants to k now what Senator Obama is about. Look at his voting record in the US senate and his record in the Illonois state legislator. Extreme liberal! He's not the former late President Jack Kennedy as I remember. He won't be bringing in a verson of Camelot but more a Moscowlot. The extreme liberal left under Howard dean has unfortunately captured the DNC leadership. The American public knows that and is not stupid. Obama may get a bump from the united convention but so will the republicans once Senator McCain announces his candidate and they have their convention. Then the fur will fly. Its all in Gods hands.

Oh, if that aint just Nasty, I had heard about Obama and the weatherunderground but the news just wont dig in to it....

So, McCain borrowed from Hillary Clinton's playbook on how to destroy Senator Obama, according to another blog on this Ticker? This is why everyone in the Democratic party was trying to tell Hillary when it was mathematically impossible for her to beat Senator Obama, to stop the attacks and drop out of the race. At that point, she could have united the Democratic party and cause less harm to Senator Obama and the Democratic party. But what did she try to do because she couldn't win? She used every underhanded tactic she could think of to try to destroy Senator Obama.

All of you that want Senator Obama to loose this election simply because Hillary wouldn't drop out of a race she had long lost, can be very happy now and can look forward to Senator Hillary Clinton having the same dirty and underhanded tactics played on her by the Republican party, who will be sure to bring up every single lie, misstep, smear, "baggage" they can think of against her (and Bill Clinton) when she tries to run in 2012. All of you are kidding yourself if you think Hillary Clinton will win the Presidential election in 2012; the same things she did to Senator Obama, will be done to her and more if she causes Senator Obama to loose this election. Not to mention, she DEFINITELY WILL NOT HAVE 18,000,000 VOTERS in 2012 because she will not have the support of Senator Obama's 18,000,001 voters!! Trust me!

Is this staying above the fray? Is this change we can believe in? Is this a negative attack by the Obama campaign? CNN needs to stop scapegoating Hilary Clinton when Obama gets in trouble and Obama needs to stop trying to have it both ways.

Its on. McBush is about to get a few things he'll never forget.

"Mr. Ayers was a leader of the Weather Underground, a terrorist group responsible for countless bombings against targets including the U.S. Capitol, the Pentagon and numerous police stations, courthouses and banks."

So where is this viscious criminal who is guilty of a long list of terrorist activities? Has he hid out somewhere? Has he left the country? Is he hiding in a cave with bin Laden?

He's a professor at the University of Chicago. Tell McCain's people so they can turn him in and supply their proof.

keating 5. – his recent statement on reinstating the draft , that's a goodie – play it in a loop. he's got 25 years of dc politics, there's a ton of dirt out there, the gloves just have to come off. You can be negative on defense.

mccain should probably start backing off – obama strikes hard and swift. mccains never gonna see what hit him.

how many wars does mccain want to start?

I lose respect for mccain every day. what a disgrace.

a different kind of politics, a new kind of politics right Obama?

Out with the old even if it's good. In with the new, scary and unaccomplished, right Obama??

These ads are just like the rest I've seen in my 40 plus years....

No BEEF, NOBAMA – he's shallow and empty.

Let's take a look at McCain's military records and all of his health records. If, as reported by fellow POWs, that John McCain made propaganda tapes for his captors, then he has no place mentioning anything about Obama. If he didn't, then let us see the records. Why has John McCain fought tirelessly to keep those records closed?

Deception, misdirection, and propaganda, this is the Republican way. If you attack back they will back off.

When asked today about bringing back the Draft ,McCain agreed he was for it. Do you want the Draft brought back so your children can go and get klilled in McSame's 100 yr war? Think about it..............

McCain will reinstate the draft. Get your kids ready. Draft Republicans first

The ad does prove one and only one thing.....That Obama is scared. Very scared.

These are desperate ads of a losing candidate kicking up waves just for the chance to stay float.

I'm a life-long Democrat watching this circus of horrors. It didn't need to be this way. The ugly Chicago politics of Obama only goes so far, as we are thankfully seeing now.

For those too stupid or lazy to do the research ... the money involved in the Keating 5 scandal completely dwarfed the $300,000 sweetheart deal that Obama got on a house.

Per the Chicago Sun Times: "McCain was one of the 'Keating Five' senators who met with federal regulators to ask them not to crack down on Keating's failing Lincoln Savings and Loan. Keating's political hardball bought him an extra two years. During that time, the cost to tax-payers of bailing out his thrift grew from $1.2 billion to $3.4 billion."

You guys are gonna have to do WAY better than Rezko if you want to try and cancel out McCain's Keating 5!

You guys are brutal!

Remember right after 911 when we all seemed to be together?

Pulling for each other?

What happened?

The public needs to know the bad about McCain. I'm sick of hearing about his military service. He's done plenty of bad stuff. Adultery, Keating Five, and this.........C'mon Dems. Tell it like it is. Let's hear the real "Straight Talk".............Let's hear all the stuff they said about him in 2000 for him to lose to Bush............

Obama simbolizes a new kind of politics...
new here, but not in Russia, Old germany and everyother dictarorship..
the guy is bad news....

Hey, Senator McCain: If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen!

All John has to do is re-run Hillary ads against Barry – She was right on and said it all – "just a speech".

This is a new low for Odrama!

It's funny! Obama touts that he is going to take care of the poor while he has let his 1/2 brother live on a couple of buck a month in Africa. What a hypocrite!

Don't worry. There are still 100% – 89% = 11% of undecided voters in the poll of polls. Once the VPs are announced, we will get a better idea.

Obama/Biden or Obama/Jack Reed
and
McCain/Ridge

It's going to be a tough choice.

YES WE CAN!!!

GOOD ALWAYS TRIUMPHS OVER EVIL!

NOTHING CAN DEFEAT HOPE!!!!

OBAMA 2008

Obam is clearly getting desperate. I see that most polls have John McCain with a 5 point lead and then CNN has him trailing Obama by 1 point, meaning he actually has a 5 point lead. And now Obama is starting to talk like Reverand Wright with the accent, just wait the Dean scream is coming. The Dems got lucky in 2004 when Dean vetted himself before the General election, they are shooting themselves in the foot as Obama is set to unravel.

KATHLEEN: JOHN MCCAIN IS PART OF THE "KEATING 5" THAT STOLE MILLIONS FROM LINCOLN SAVINGS AND LOANS INVESTORS IN PHOENIX, ARIZONA WHICH OF COURSE WENT BANKRUPT. CHARLES KEATING AND HIS SON WENT TO PRISON AND JOHN MCCAIN WALKED FREE. THE INVESTORS NEVER RECOVERED THEIR LOSS. AS A RESULT JOHN MCCAIN IS NOT SUPPOSE TO BE DOING BUSINESS WITH LOBBYIST BUT HE STILL DOES AND THAT'S WHY THE KEATING 5 STORY NEEDS TO BE REOPENED TO LISTEN TO HIS DEPOSITION BEFORE CONGRESS.

'bout time

if you want to send your kids and grandkids to war.vote mccain.
why dont you americans get it?
what victory in Iraq are we talking about. how delusional can a presidential candidate get?
if we vote that cranky old man: were done for.
god bless america.

William Ayers is not and never has been a professor at the University of Chicago. He lectures at the *much* less prestigious Univ. of Illinois (circle campus), which is in no way connected with the University where Barack taught.

Please keep your facts straight CNN.

i didnt know about the Keating five until i saw it on CNN tonight what a disgrace for him and his wife ,Wright and ayers is nothing compared to John McCain that i saw about him tonight,he is also one of the Republican dummies-BUSHED

Rezko, Bill Ayers, Jeremiah Wright, Richard Daley. I'd much rather choose someone who has very very loose ties with a lobbyist than some who has any ties with the 4 names mentioned. Barack Obama is opening a huge can worms and it's going to come back and bite im in the but....

thegreatamericablog.blogspot.com

How can you guys say that since Obama is starting to use negative ads, you're now going to vote for McCain? Why is it not okay for Obama to go negative, but you don't seem to mind that that's all McCain has done! I don't get it. McCain can be as negative as he wants, but if Obama goes even a little bit negative you're not voting for him? Don't you think that's a bit inconsistent? You say, well Obama said he wanted a new kind of politics that is not negative so the fact that he now is responding to the negative attacks with a little negativity himself makes him a liar. McCain was the one who said he was going to run a positive, respectful campaign, but he hasn't. Why is negative advertising a deal breaker for Obama, but not a problem if McCain does it? What's up with that?

McCain's OK – long as he doesn't have to actually think. That seems to be a bit of a stretch for him. But he does well when lobbyists are telling him what to say . Just depends on what we want from our president – a tool, or a thinker?

You poor Democrats don't you see, your arrogant wonder boy is not going to make it. Obama is too week, inexperience, with only ampty head for himself and his arrogans to be the first black president,
yes we goin to hae one , but not him.
Obama never .

chris from ny, you're right feeling so despaired and confused. with so much technological advances in this country, it is hard to figure out why half of the population, at the very least, are so mentally handicapped. and other countries are called "banana countries"; isn't it funny?

McCain may be innocent in the Abramoff scandal,
but he is still Bush Light.

A different campaign?? Obama is a fraud and people are waking up to the facts. He has nothing to offer and will be defeated handily in Nov.

America is in serious trouble... it is no longer a government by the people for the people... The election is being controlled by the mainstream media...it doesn't matter who you vote for...Mc Cain will win...because ...this is why the Media gave the most prime time to two of the least likely democratic hopeful nominee's a Woman and a Black Man...while the more experienced and good democratic nominee's were ignored and blacked out! Like Kucinich (the only canidate to put forth articles calling for impeachment of GW Bush and Dick Chaney)...many folks didn't even know who he was until it was too late...as they didn't know Obama either ....until the media put him in the lime light..and clearly Obama was just being used and now they will move to degrade him as much as they can.... what a disgrace the Media has played on the people in such a manner as that...there should be a law protecting all presidential canidates allowing "ALL" to participate on the televised media and "All" to be heard fairly regardless of how many there are!....And the Electoral College Crap...thats so Not allowing every vote count!!! YOUR VOTE DOESN'T COUNT....So why even Vote...

Again we see that Obama is the same old, same old. So much for "unity" and running a campaign "on the issues". Guess that only applies when he's got a spiritual advisor spouting off at the mouth. So now, because he's learning that he can't beat McCain on the issues, he's going negative. Sit down Mr. Obama – you bore me.

So McSame is questioning O's judgment. Let's evaluate his...
Keating 5???? Wrong
His decision regarding the Iraq war???? Wrong
Drill here, drill now? Wrong
Supporting Bush's policies?? Wrong
Defending the "rich"??? about $ 5 million...wrong
I used to like you McSame, but you're out of touch with the American mid/low people. This election is not about Democrats or Republicans...it's about AMERICA. I am ready to vote for someone who will fight for my pocket, for my family, and most importantly for AMERICA.

LOL.........Obama. In panic mode so he turns up the wick.

Same old, same old.

The negativity from the Obama camp is the mark of despiration. The celebrity is fading. The empty shell is becoming obvious and this is all they have left in their arsenal.

I, for one, am sick and tired of McCain acting like he single handedly won Vietnam, and that HE and HE ALONE will win Bushes War in Iraq, then Iran and then Russia. Shucks, let's just TAKE OVER THE WORLD! By-the-way, Russia is doing the EXACT SAME THING to Georgia that Bush did to Iraq.

If there is one thing OUR Military family can not stand for, it's someone who plays up their military experiences for their own illgotten gain. ie. the Presidency

He was a soldier doing his job, THAT'S ALL.

My Dad was actually SHOT while being shot down in WWII. He too, was held prisoner of war. None of that means I would elect him to run our country.

Should, God forbid, McCain win this election, WE ARE ALL DOOMED.. We will be tied up in Iraq, while McSame threatens to take action against Russia. While Russia takes aim at the US.

Can you say, Nuke, Nuke, Nuke, Nuke, Nuke America?

So, is this what the Obama campaign means by "not going negative." Oh wait, they will just plead that "we only went negative b/c we had to." So, he can have it both ways! See how it works? Do not criticize the Chicago machine puppet.

What about the report that McCain, partially drunk and insane, accidentally fired a missile on an aircraft carrier and killed several men? Also, the accounts if his philandering, his recent drunken rages that sow he has learned nothing. Then, there is Cindy. And, how about the current boiler rooms of paid bloggers that post vicious lies about Obama and disrupt forums? If the McCain camp and the Swift Boaters want dirty politics, let's feed it back to them in spades. Let's go after Corsi (the "author") and talk about the pedophile scandle, let's drag Fox News "talent" through the mid, let's publicly try McCain and smear him so badly that he is incapable of holding his head up in decent society. The thing is, if you want to, if you NEED TO, you can invent crap, twist facts, bring up rumors and history and make anyone look like a monster. If expect we cannot survive another four years of NeoCon outsourcing and Wall Street crooks running wild anyways. I want to pitch in and throw as much dirt, do as much harm, wreck as many reputations, polarize this country, make government disrespected and unmanageable, as the right wing attack dogs. So, let's get down to it. Let's set up boiler rooms and rumor mills, an attack machine that ill turn this country's stomach.

Who cares? McCain is winning and there is nothing anybody can do about it. Get over it Obama. You can not win. Simple.

To Nimi from NY: "We just had a "c"average student in the white house and if the poll holds through till November we may be headed towards the second time of such event."

GW had a better GPA then Al Gore and you probably voted for Gore. Grow up, Bush has an MBA from Harvard Business School. Obama went to school as a Affirmnative Action case.

I feel good whenever they bring up Mr. Ayers. It means that they haven't got squat, accept for their own guilt.

Next I think Obama needs to bring in Carol McCain and her Family to tell the story of how Pappy feels about Marriage!

Talk about reaching and stretching the truth.

Come on Obama, be factual and stop lying.

awww poor grandpa is about to get a taste of his own medicine you adultery committing fool! CONSERVATIVES BEWARE McCain is a Fake....Vote Barr

Well this is interesting now... We have a majority of Obama supporters applauding their messiah for digging old news that doesn't even implicate McCain in direct contradiction to his New Politics campaign. I am very surprised that people can be this blind and sheep-like.. but then again there is psychology explaining this. I sincerely hope people wake up soon and realize that Obama is nothing more than a well hidden fraud. If he wants to attempt to link McCain to Abramoff why not take a look at his less than stellar former pals.. This is actually getting too easy for McCain. As an independent I have to say i'm going Republican this year. Try not to cry too much Dems, 2004 was sad enough, I'm almost feeling sad for you now.

I just love the way the Obama-bots talk about things that happened many years ago. Yet in the same breath, want to say Ayers problems were a long time ago, and he paid his debt. What a bunch of losers. People like Kathleen are the worst Obama-bots with her comment about Congresswoman Jones. What a sick puppy...Rev. Wright and that Un-american church was just a few months ago. Obama does not have much of a record as a Senator. Not much to critique when you haven't done anything. I will write in Hillary in November as neither of these guys appeal to me

When are they going to break out the Keating 5 thing? The Obama campaign is opening up a big can of worms if they go there. Once McCain starts with Rezko and adds Ayers and Wright to the mix, Obama will be toast. Especially if Hillary is helping Obama lose for her 2012 run.

Fight now people like a fighter. American love a fighter. Fight fight hader Obama.

All I can say McCain and co ..... if you can dish it out better be prepared to take it!

Obama change we can believe in? I thought Obama was for a new kind of politics. Remember how he won his first race. Desperate. YES HE IS....He should have been way ahead in the polls with all the mess that the GOP has created.

Typical Chicago politician. Hypocritical. Stupid Americans.

Vote for Mccain because he was shot dwon and captured for 5 years.

Does he qualify to govern?

There are lots of POW in America does that make them more qualify to govern?

Vote Mccain because he has been in washington long enogh with the same old politics.

Fight harder Obama ! Fight harder God bless you . Amen.

I can't believe after all the lies and twisting of the Constitution Bush and his cronies have done for the past 8 years there are actually people in this country that want more of the same. I mean I feel like I'm in the twilight zone. John McCain dumped his first wife because she wasn't the beauty he left at home before he became a pow. The woman that refused to tell him about her accident because she didn't want him worrying about her and how does he repay her? He runs around on her, meets Cindy and then divorces her to marry his rich barbie doll. No thank you thats not the man I want leading this country. I switched parties to vote Obama in the primaries. I actually want this country to thrive again and to regain it's respect in the world.

it's not negative .it's true.unlike mccain's lying smears at obama.

Watching interview on way to interview ,was answering fallowing questions had not been asked ,cheated on an injured wife,purchased a marriage license to marry the cheater while still married ,Keating 5 , keating 5, another McBush .

VOTED FOR IRAQ WAR /sings Bomb Bomb Bomb Iran
,
VOTED against woman and womans right to choose /plans to overturn Roe vs Wade

VOTED against Veterans

Don't you just love the way the Obama worshippers whine and moan about ads attacking Obama, but cheer on attacks on McCain?

mccain is responsible for the georgia /russian conflict.

anyone who has ever been in the ring knows you can't fight a clean fight wit a dirty boxer... obama had to change hi strategy.

Just another reason to vote for Obama.

Obama/Albright '08

Good ! this is exactly what I wanted the BLACK MESSIAH to do. Does he think the republicans will roll over like Hillary Clinton had to do because of the liberal democrat leadership. This is the pot calling the pot black. Obama wants to critce McCain and this man is tied into Domestic terriost who did bombings here in the United States. Now the republicans can take the goves off and go after this phony and he can play the race card all he wants. Except for the liberals most white americans are tired of that crap and CNN constantly playing over and over BLACK IN AMERICA. Now it is time for the republicans to go after Rezko, Reverend Wright, His real original birth certificate and of course the famous Michele Obama who for the first time is finally proud of america. I believe now the republicans will use Hussien as his middle name and now go after his ties with Farrakkun (BLACK MUSLIM LEADER) and his ties now to the middle East Muslim countrys. Thank you Obama for being so stupid. Even Hillary Clinton cannot save your Butt now.

What ever happened to McWarmonger saying "....... we will never have to go to war for oil again....... " ?

There were other people in the Abramoff scandal who were never brought up – PA Senator Rick Santorum (another R) was one of them. And he was also never mentioned.

Obama is making the wrong chess moves.

thank you greg,fla.

Obama's lead down to one point! What happened to the "dirty washington tricks" Obama's entire campaign shunned and ridiculed. How quickly we become politician when the road suddenly becomes bumpy. What a hypocrite Obama is. This ex Hillary supporter is voting for McCain.

It's about time that Obama starts giving McSame a dose of his own medicine.

We need Barack Obama! I am so frightened that McCain will decide to show what a strong man he is by starting another war- either with Russia, Iran, or any other country he can think of. With his lack of cognitive abilities-seriously maybe senility is creaking into his already out of control personality,, shooting from the hip, we will be in huge trouble. Barack Obama very carefully thinks of ways to find common ground- ways to bring about peace not war!

Polls show Obama spiraling down; of course he's going to run ads without substance. Kind of foolish when he's linked himself to so many infamous characters including Ayers and the Weathermen terrorist group. You liberals really trust this guy? Man you are desperate!!!!

And so the game is nearly won.

People in power destroyed the education system, and now we use the stupid debates like the ones in these messages as a way to justify our support for one candidate or another.

When we don't use FACTS and LOGIC, and rather, we use perceptions and emotions, then the American republic is destroyed.

We're almost there.

It is alllll sooooo sad.....sigh....we don't talk about homeless people on the streets or clothing the poor or getting shoes to poor families so that their children can start school in the fall dressed as they should be ... we don't talk about the true meaning of coming together and ACTING LOCALLY...we just continue to bash and bash and bash....

I'm an Obama supporter....but certainly sick of all the energy we spend blogging about these things that don't matter....

You want to talk terrorists, McCain? Let's talk about you and all the other war-mongering, fear-mongering, common-man hating Republicans.

to the poster talking about the cross in the dirt this hardly means that mccain was copying someone else's story. if you read the history of christianity you'll see that underground christians often did something like this to silently show solidarity and identify other christians. they used the cross or to be even more secret, the symbol of a fish. there are similar stories to this in other parts of the world. it's just a way that you could identify yourself as a christian in secret which could then be quickly hidden from the enemy.

Ha Ha Ha Ha – Just more in a VERY LONG LINE of shady connections. It takes 71+ years to accumulate the number of "deals" that warmongering man has made. Experience my behind!

Honest Abe – I'm not ashamed of voting for President Bush; the only reason I wouldn't vote for him again (if he could serve another term} is because he deserves a break from protecting people like you, who are so ungrateful, from terrorists. You libs just don't realize the foolish and decadent policies of liberalism have screwed this country up so much that it will take a miracle to pull us through, and that miracle is NOT Obama. Of course most libs don't believe in the God who can do miracles so their putting their money on the poster boy.

McCain/Rice 2008.

So when will someone remind everybody of The Keating Five (of which McCain was part of) and the Enron scandal (which Phil Graham was a part of). McShame has a lot of skeletons in the closet that have yet to come out.

Now THAT'S WHAT IM TALKIN BOUT!!!! OBAMA GET HIS @#$#$!!!!! No more playing nice guy with these republican PUNKS!! Obama and his camp got enough ammunition on mcain to bring him DOWN!!! Expose him for the FRAUD that he IS!!

,re:richard,,,, he claims hes a hero because he was shot down, but decieved america because he wanted to look lik eone,, richard go to mccain war hero.com,, or mccain via military.com,,,,, i have the link and read it and was so surprized at what he did,,,,,, all americans voting for him should check this out,,,,, chged my mind,,,,,, obama has my vote for sure,,,,, mccain is a liar,,,, 100%

McSame is a loser, and what kills me is he's been on this claim about "I know how to win wars". I just want to know, how do you win a war in captivity? Somebody please tell me.

I predict that a McCain presidency would be just like Bush presidency.. There'll be executive blockage for all the Rovian characters that are now helping him go negative. First I thought, "This isn't John McCain; I thought he wanted to run an honorable campaign." But now I realize.. that was all just talk. Not to mention all the favors he's going to owe his sleazy friends.

Keep it comin!

omg,, enuff , but if mccain wants to play dirty,, i heard on news tonight on a bioagraphy of mccain that he wasnt even divorced yet when he met cindy(current wife) and he already applied for a marriage liescince to cindy,,, wow,, makes one think that hes not beyond ,,LIES,,,,, this guy takes teh cake,, i wouldnt vote for him if my life depended on it,, hes full of lies lies and more lies,,,,, think about it,,,, he lies to us now ,, what will he do IF he was president,, my vote STILL goes to obama,,, and lets stop this dirty play,,, its disgusting and so wrong,,,,

Tell me one thing. How could FOX NEWS be DUMB ENOUGH to hire Karl(K STREET ROVE) to there OFF BALANCED, UNFAIR, and BIASED news network. Things like this is what makes them NOT A MAJOR NETWORK.

FINALLY!!!

O can go negative by telling the truth about McCain and Keating Five, and how he endorsed this FAKE WAR in Iraq. When are Americans going to learn their lesson about electing FOOLS to run this country!

That other Andrew, above, has said it exactly right. I couldn't agree more.

Duke Cunningham was more of a hero than McCain ever thought about being. He is in prison for fraud.

For all these people saying that "the DNC chose obama" please stop

There were primaries for a reason and the PEOPLE who VOTED in the primaries FOR OBAMA so obviously this is the people's choice not the DNC's... please tell me how the DNC rigged this what no one with an explanation?

All of you repubs who are bashing Obama for going negative are hypocrites. Then again, what's new with your party?

Is this considered "negative" campaigning?

Uoo, Uoo, I'd like to say something nice about BO If I could; but that would also be 'awaiting moderation' because of who is usually saying the truth but lying just to get past yout moronic 'moderators'. Sorry; lowly qualified moderators/censors who do not have a clue about the real world. Please do not publish this without my earlier 'Cook County' truisms.

So McCain is going to institute the draft. Glad I dont have any sons between 16 and 24. Hoep you don't

McCain is no hero. Heroes are not cocky pilots who get shot down while showboating after dropping their payload. Heroes do not come home to find their wife severely injured and then run out on her. Heroes do not sell out our troops by voting for a war he should have known was waged for the incorrect reasons. Heroes do not sell out our troops to score points with the religious right in order to win primaries. McCain, you are a failure.

That's ridiculous. McCain doesn't have anything connection with Abramoff scandal. Obama is the one who has the most connections with radicals and convicted felons in the whole capitol. I have been voting for democrats in the past. I'll have to change it this time.

WOW! Finally, the Obama camp takes off the gloves and makes a hard hitting, 100% factually accurate ad and look what happens – the McSame/PUMA surrogates come running and screaming out of the woodwork. Sounds like Obama just hit a major nerve. Excellent!

What an awful man Ayerys is. He and Obama were able to secure 50 million in Federal money to distribute evenly among 250 Chicago public schools in an attempt to better the quality of education in Chicago. Oooh, what bad men these are, trying to help the community. If people would only do a little research in stead of being spoon-fed all the garbage from the media, the racist fear-mongers that hate Obama so much might just have a better view of him. But alas, they continue to believe the likes of McCain and Bush, and keep voting idioits like them into office.

Straight talk express is not straight afterall

Obama's getting more desperate. He's going more and more along the low road with attack ads and getting angry and playing the "woe is me, I'm being attacked!" ploy in public appearances.

Politics as usual?

Well As I see it Obama has taken the high ground
Even when hillary was getting nasty he stayed positive but you have to remember this is different ..this is the low down rovian republicans
and people keep buying their nasty attacks
and following them like blind mice!!
you have had 8 years of misery with Bush.. trillions of dollars spent on an illegal war, thousands of troops killed and maimed bc of it
Do you really think McWar will be any different.... I think NOT!!
If anything he will start another and bring back the DRAFT ...yes he said it today so go ahead follow him like blind mice ...vote for him
and your kids and grand kids will be going to WAR instead of college
and if you think for one minute he will restore respect back to the USA
your sadly mistaken bc McWar is old washington
just another clone of Bush!!!
you seen the admiration and respect Senator Obama got when he
went abroad!!
is that not what you want for your country!!!
Think long and hard befor you follow the republicans again!

Old News, Nobama is getting desperate.

At least with McCain we know what we are getting,
no reason to roll the dice on Obama.

So much for "running an above the frey campaign"

If John could dump his disabled wife with teenage children to a younger and rich woman, John can jump from Charles Keating to Ralph Reed and any one else to get money. His ego to become President would shame any Texan with 10 gallon hat wit the ego.

For McInsane:

you disgust me. Tell your boy Obama to go sit in a concentration camp for five years....see if he cries for his lattes and his due process.

McCain is a hero, no matter his politics, which are way too liberal.

I didn't know for sure I was for McCain (since he is so liberal and has opposed the President so many times) but your filthy posting here has done the deal.

GO McCain!

what does Obama believe in really...he voted PRESENT, PRESENT, PRESENT, PRESENT..of course he is TOTALLY confused.....the only reason he won in chicago is bc he totally eliminated the competition...remember he did NOT run against anybody....he was the only one on the ticket...of course he was going to WIN...

After saying the best candidates were out of the running,back in January,I can't wait to say "Ha-Ha!!!!".As Americans,we find ourselves stuck with two candidates that NO-ONE really wants to vote for.Maybe this will show us that money and spin,do not a President make.Be sure to vote American in November,And good luck to all of U.S.

He is not John the Baptist. He is John the Republican Mavrik,who will do anything to get elected

Obama is starting to reveal himself as the cutthroat, no-holds-barred old school politician he's always been.

Change? Get serious.

Rev. WRIGHT...remember folks how that just got swept under the carpet...he rubbed shoulders with WRIGHT for 20+ years..he was either lying to him or lying to us...

Regardless of the lies that Obama and friends spread about Hillary and John McCain, Obama is a risky candidate. He doesn't think we are a Christian Nation. I am shocked to the very core of my Christian values.

It would be a gamble to have Obama anywhere near the Oval Office. He is a clear and present danger and we must be on guard.

Remember Obama Risky, McCain will protect our nation and our values.

Is this best Osama Obama can do? Pitiful.

mccain 894 out of 899 at the naval academy. yet still gets into flight school? connection!!
he probably wasn't shot down, just crashed.
he made propaganda films for the viet cong but surprise we can't see them because his committee had them sealed.
cheated on his wife and divorced her after auto accident.
his wife was a theif that stole drugs from a charity to feed her habit.
he and his family spent several vacations at charles keating's bahama getaway. he didn't pay for anything.
he was part of the keating 5 that cost 100's of families their life savings.
voted to deregulate banking and mortgage which put us in this current housing crisis.
voted against the improved GI bill.
doesn't know what countries border each other.
doesn't know the difference between sunni and shiites.
i could keep going but that's enough.

socialist obama getting desperate

No one on here is changing their mind.
If you liked Obama before the ad, you like Obama.
If you liked McCain before the ad, you like McCain.

It's the swing vote they are battling for. And I gotta tell you, these candidates are do very different, if you don't know who you are voting for at this point you probably aren't the sharpest tool in the box. That's why the negative ads are so effective right now. Slow folk like the dirt.

Unfortunately for many of the dems, the negative ads do not impress. So Obama can't seem to win for losing on this one.

AHAHA!!! ITS TOTALLY WORKING!!!

See how all these right wingers are in here trying to defend McShame? Its beautiful!! We are starting to shift the debate, republicans know it, and they are screwed.

ATTACK ATTACK ATTACK!!!

McCain wants a NEW DRAFT!!

McCain is with Georgie 95% of the time.

McCain is in Big Oils Pocket!

McCain takes pride in his own ignorance! (best line of the campaign so far)

Its all over for the Right!! No More Mr. Nice Democrat!!

ITS WORKING!!! AHAHA!!

McCain can agree with reinstating the draft all he likes – it takes an act of Congress, not a presidential order, to do so. Although I can see the concern considering Congress has not been very effective in keeping the President in check for the last 16 years. But if the draft is of such concern to the Democrats, why bring it to the floor in the first place?

I don't think anyone in the military wants a draft. The people who voluntarily serve our country have enough on their minds without having to deal with a bunch of people who see military service as an insult or punishment.

Everyday this campaign get uglier! What does any of this have to do with the state of mess this country is in?!! McCain Revealed is frightening! This man has admitted to lying, and adultery and what's incredible is he lied for years. He is an elitist from his inception! His life seems to be dishonest and privileged at most.

In American we are getting better each day at electing "IDIOTS" to high leadership. Just look at our history–
–George W. Bush
–George H. Bush
–Ronald Regan and the list goes on. Now we want a "senile, old man–McCain!!! God Bless us all!

Wow! Apparently, Mr. Obama is no match for John McCain when he
goes negative. There's that lack of experience again. How fast it is
going as Obama loses the White House. So close, yet so very far.
Arrogant and indignant is unfortunately right. Unless Hillary's people
support him and that means he brings her on board, he can kiss it
goodbye.

If you want your children and grandchildren to be drafted in the military to go to war with Iran and Russia and whoever else pisses McCain off then vote for him.

He will institute a new military draft. He was the biggest pusher for the war in Iraq and wants to go to war with Iran and Russia.

Vote for McCain and kiss your children and grandchildren goodbye as they ship off to war.

Really, really. BO VERY recently told his supporters that “I will win”. If memory serves me correctly, those who, time and again, correctly boasted such were Demo/Daly candidates in Cook County, IL. OOPSY! Does the fruit fall far from the tree??? Hopefully not all the way to Washington DC…….

I don't know who Obama's campaign manager is, but he is losing the election for Obama by allowing adds like this. He does not understand the audience Obama needs to win over.

This kind of add will not get any Democrats to vote for Obama, they are going to vote for him anyway. Republicans know this is a bunch of bunk, and weren't going to vote for Obama anyway.

For either Obama or McCain to win, they must win a majority of independents.

Obama can get away with negative adds that attack and trash McCains postions on the issues to try and win over independents.
But when he trashs McCains's integrity, he messes up big time. Even independents that don't agree with McCain on the issues admire his integrity. A wise campaign manger should have told Obama to not go there. Too late. Many, many independents will be deeply offended.

Many Democrats will not believe this post, again they apparently have bought into that he is corrupt. Just watch the polls. Obama may have just jumped off the cliff.

Go Hillary!

mccain is a straight fraud!!!!!!!! thats all i can say

Ayers was a fellow teacher and sat on a board with Obama.

Reed was a corrupt Washington politician who should have been put in jail but was protected by McCain and now is fundraising for him.

Big difference!

I love how the McCain team likes to change the subject when they know they are caught. Why can't they just answer the question? Because their guilty, that's why.

Indiana Bob....Google rezko and reference the Chicago papers. That's a non-starter

For 20 years Hussien Obama sat in the pews at Jeremiah Wright's church and listened to his anti American, anti White spew. Worse than anything McCain ever did. Che Obama, Fidel Obama, Osama Obama, Barack Ayres. Yeah, there's a pillar of the community.

Nothing the Republicans say can win a debate about "the friends"
you choose. War mongrels cannot win the battle. They chose
war with Iraq with their heads in the sand and they can walk right
out of the White House and go sit at their millionaire homes and
"The Ranch." No Penalty. And here we are, sitting ducks. Hello Russia.
Whatever McCain and "his friends" want to say about Obama, could
never compare to the number of lives that America has ruined under
Republican RULE.
Obama will win this race, and, God help him. It is going to take a
army and lots of help and support from all of America to clean this
mess up.

It just comes to show how dumb some american people are, they care more about someones friends than a person(BUSH) who has lied to the american people and cost thousand of lives and Trillions of dollars, but that's not important, the important think in their dumb minds is that someone said something about the country and their worst than a person who lied and cost thousand of lives but did doesn't matter. GO FIGURE YOU IDIOTS

We can all thank Lee Atwater (Bush Sr campaign) and his Willie Horton ad. Interestingly, as he was lying on his death bed with an inoperable brain tumor, he expressed regret for his handiwork and apologized to every politician whose career he had ended with his underhanded tactics. It would appear that no one heard him.

What a pathetic nation we live in, where any political position that cannot be reduced to a soundbite is either "indecisive" or a "flip-flop."

How can a dying Cold War fossil be considered competent to guide the fate of nations? This is the 21st century, and we have no use for your grandfather's would-be President.

If the Republicans are so ashamed of Clinton's adultery, how can they stomach voting for McCain? The man's personal life is sordid at best.

McCain: Four More Wars.

TRY TWO...

Let us see here now. BO VERY recently told his supporters that “I will win”. If memory serves me correctly, those who, time and again, correctly boasted such were Demo/Daly candidates in Cook County, IL. OOPSY! Does the fruit fall far from the tree??? Hopefully not all the way to Washington DC…….

MCCain an american hero? How is that? All he did during the war was get captured. Calling him a hero is an affront to all the brave soldiers who perished in that war. ALl McCain did was give up and give in the the viet cong.

I agree with Greg Fl.

If John had had this fundamental experience while a prisoner, something that changes the way he sees the world and lives his life, I believe he would have talked about as soon as he was repatriated, and brought it up during his Senetorial campaigns (prior to 1999).

I believe John McCain is lying about the cross in the sand. He is inventing personal history just like G.W. Bush did with his Texas National Guard "Honerable Discharge", and having his drunk driving record in Texas expunged.

The truth hurts. Obama's camp is telling the truth...not making up lies like McShame. I SAY GO GET 'EM!!!!

Its amazing how many people dont say a WORD when McLame promised a clean campaign and don't keep his word... I say talk family values and let's see how long McLame's popularity last.

Can some one explain to me how McCain is a war hero? I've heard and seen his bio. I have not heard he has shot down one enemy plane, or kill any enemies. All I have heard, is he spent years as a prisoner. How do this constitute ranking of a hero.

Indiana Bob August 20th, 2008 6:49 pm ET

What about Obama and Rezko? Rezko worked out a sweetheart deal for Obama to purchase a house at $300,000 under market value and Rezko personally paid for a $17,000 fence around the Obama mansion. This all happened while Rezko was under federal indictment and after Obama became a US Senator. How many more bribes is Obama going to take?

PUMA — Vote McCain
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Friend your either trying to influence low information voters to your own advantage or your one yourself.

Dont waste web space with incorrect facts!

You don't get much more further down in the sewer than playing the race card in this country like "The Obama' has done so many time....so the scandal adds are light weight. However, turnabout is fair play......I can't wait to see those Rev Wright video clips again!!!!!!

It's sad to see how anyone would even consider voting for McCain, you pro lifers are a whole different breed. Do you ever look at the world through your own eyes, or just keep seeing it as they tell you to. Obama will be OUR president.

God Bless Democratic Congresswoman Stephanie Tubbs Jones.

While I'm sorry to see Obama go negative with this ad, I also recognize the vast majority of folks in America tend to believe negative ads, as they did in 200 and 2004, and have been believing McCain's negative ads in this campaign too. So to that extent, I'm glad to see Obama go negative with this one in the light of the many negative ads that contain lies and untruths about his policies and positionve by none other than St. John McCain–the straighttalker and highly principled character of the Republican Party.

It is time for Obama to address McCain's ability to lead and challenge him to be more transparent about his military record. I'm sure we will find McCain may have commanded a few service personnel but no record of him having won a war despite his bellicose speech and bullying behavior.

The whining from the McLame camp has already started. We in Georgia remember Reed, he was a slimball than and is a slimeball now, but McLame is right at the fountain drinking up the money!

CNN needs to check out McCain's Christmas Story about the cross in the sand with the guard. He is lying about this. You can tell by the looks on his face and that stupid laugh he does after he tells a lie.

He laughs alot!!!!

I was leaning heavy in Obama's direction but not anymore. If this thing gets more negative I might not vote for either.

Have none of the McCain supporters learned of his Atheism? Supposedly McCain gave up on his Christian beliefs after approx two years in his POW cell and he has never been the same.

Is this the new kind of politics that Obama was calling for in his theme for change. His type of politics stinks and him along with it. Its the same old politics so all you Obama supporters out there have been fooled that he is so different. That man is a scam and his whole political campaign is just one big lie.

The democrats are in big trouble now and I hope they come to their senses at the convention and vote for Hillary Clinton. If they don't do that then they are in for a loss in November. I hope the democrats have some serious meetings this weekend and try to get the campaign back on track by advising the delegates to vote for Clinton and get a democrat back in the white house. Don't waste any more time with Obama as he is a loser.

Obama is going to pick his buddy William Ayers as VP.

It is truly depressing that after 8 years of Bush, Mccain can get elected.
If it happens, there is no hope for this country. How can people not learn?
OK, 1st time, I can understand how some people may not have known who they voted for. But in 2004 ? They knew exactly what they were getting in GW Bush. This is unbelievable. Mccain represents the same people, right-wing GOP nazies. GOP needs to be thoroughly defeated, then this party will purge itself of these fascists, and become a party we can vote for again.

McPain will be next biggest natural CALAMITY (after Tsunami) if elected as the President of United States of America. When I say Natural Calamity it is not anywhere else.. but for Americans
His half damaged brain will lead him to do the most Disasterous stuff that any President of any Country in Histiry has done so far. He will be remembered after Hitler and his sign will be " half brain in a skull " (like swastik for Hitler)
OBAMA (2008 -16)

Rezo.
Daily
Ballot irregularities
Chicago party bosses and payoffs
Corruption and jail sentences

Are you sure Obama really wants to go down a path chasing past scandals? He has much more to hide than any other elected official outside of Chicago.

Did you watch MSNBC ..countdown with Keith?

McCain wants to bring back the draft....Can you imagine that?

He is just a warmonger..war.war..war..That is all he is about.
Hae is danger in waiting.

Obamas case with Rezko was a BONE HEADED ONE. BRING IT ON JOHN!

Right on Obama! Hit McBush where it hurts! Let's see if he can take as good as he gives!

Floppy August 20th, 2008 6:53 pm ET

Wow, I remember…"I won't lead a negative campaign…"

Way to stand out, Barack.

The DNC gave it to the Republicans again.

And Obama fans…this is not an attack on him. It's the whole DNC. They propped him up and ruined the rest of his career.
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How did the DNC prop him up. HE WON, GET OVER IT.
So, what is Obama supposed to do? Just sit back and let McCain repeat lie after lie, and negative attack after negative attack. The media isnt going to challenge McCain on anything. Both men said they would run an honorable campaign, and it wasnt Obama who got down in the mud first. It was your savior McCain. Obama stayed positive alot longer than McCain did, and he only started releasing negative ads when he realized McCain was going to run the Karl Rove playbook again. So, if you want to blame anyone for running negative attacks, blame McCain and the republicans. They are the ones who challenge peoples patriotism, and military records, not the Dems. The republicans do the same thing every four years, negative attacks. They are the party that started this method, and they are the ones who keep using it every election cycle.

So wait... Because Obama said that he won't run a negative ad, Barack shouldn't. Give me a break. It's dirty when they aren't facts. If these are facts, it's about time. It's time for Barack goes on the offensive. McCain can't block it... his arms won't go up high enough! McCain is full of lies... cross in the sand.. yeah right... we all heard about that book he stole it from.

McCain the wrong American war has sated that he tried to commit suicide in his prison cell in Vietnam. Is this the man we want to have his finger on the nuclear war button? WILL THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WAKE UP! This guy is a lunatic.

You people are exactly what's wrong with the American political system – stick along party lines, throw mud and insults at those in the opposing party like children on a playground instead of working together to solve the issues that our country faces. Neither democrats or republicans are any better than the other – and if people don't start thinking for themselves instead of toeing the party line, our country will continue to struggle and grind it's wheels. You all need to take a step back and think about exactly what it is you're trying to accomplish here.

What happened to getting rid of the politics of the past? Obama is a liar. I loved his answer about abortion of "I am not of that pay grade". What a piece of work. Even though I am pro-choice I at least respect McCain for sticking to his position of abortion, excuse me actually having a position on abortion.

I'm 54 and am afraid McSame will draft me to bomb, bomb, bomb Iran.

McSame PLEASE DON'T DRAFT OLD PEOPLE LIKE ME !

We know he's a criminal. Type this into Google "mccain organized crime" and you'll be amazed at what you find. Wake up America. Don't be fooled about "experience." Sometimes experience = crooked politician.

This is the different type of politics that Obama promised? This is the absence of personal attacks that he stated he would promise? This is change? Where is the Obama that won the primaries???

It doesn't matter who started negative, sometimes you just need to fight fire with fire. Repugs don't like when the foot is on the other shoe. Obama cannot stand there and be silent like Kerry did four years ago. Great job Obama camp! Obama 08/12

Everyone of you guys attacking Obama for this ad are being hypocritical.

McCain uses low mud-slinging attack ads all the time. Until McBush stops as well, you Republicans and Obama haters can shut your mouth!

Fight fire with fire!

Obama '08

I would rather hear what a candidate has to offer the people he is going to represent, but if you would rather play negative politics then you are what we already have Thanks , but No Thanks

McCain: A Great American Zero

Bring it, Senator McCain, just bring it on. I used to just think that while he was an admirable man, I didn't agree with his politics and didn't plan to vote for him. Sadly, the more I hear from him the less admirable I find him.

Obama '08

Obama was 8 years old when Ayers did the bombing and Ayers was not convicted of anything. Rezko was convicted but Obama did nothing illegal .. You were saying ?

August 20th, 2008 6:54 pm ET

What a bunch of low lifes. They (Demos) have a candidate with no record, who attends the wrong church for 20 years, hangs around with
Bill Ayers (Radical Activist ) Gets gifts from Rezko and are despartely
trying to link a War time Hero to Abromoff. Good Luck with this one.
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So, whats the right church then? Yours I presume. Also, Obama didnt hang around with Bill Ayers, he served on a board to a charity organization with him. Thats a big difference. Oh and by the way, there were republicans on that board too. Get a life.

Some here claim that Obama puts out unfounded rumors – and McCain has been putting out outright lies. This is gonna be one ugly campaign – it is a real shame that we seem to respond to negative campaiging more than talking about the real issues (see the recent polls).

Nothing better than an overly simplistic argument that ends with "enough said". Yes, please. It was enough to show that you don't have a grasp on the issue.

Now to the Issue, I myself am a democrat who plans on voting for Obama and while I agree that where there is smoke there is usually fire, I have yet to see the fire on this one. It does make me think that Mcain is not only desperate but under the thumb of the neo-cons but I'm still not convinced that he or Reed (in this one specific case) have done anything untoward or illegal.

McCain is Bush #2 and is preparing to rob Americans blind. He is too old to be president and should be investing heavily in some Depends underpants.
Good nite McBush...Obama envy

obama never voted on anything at all so you cant say he voted with bush he never voted but got paid

McCain pulled the campaign into the muck, and now he's shocked, shocked to be attacked for things he actually did. Par for the course for Republicans.

There was a good reason Obama declined to go on the Town Hall tour with McCain, and everybody got to see that on Saturday night at Saddleback.

Now even the liberal biased press calls the race a dead heat; Just wait until the first of the three head-to-head debates!

Let Obama try to bring this crap up then and see how Mc____ (fill in your favorite put-down here) SLAMS him so bad he'll look like Al Jolsen singin' "Swannee River"

This race is merely entertainment value now...cause it's over for poor little Barack Obama.

The real Obama is coming out....negative. Yeah for change!

Hillary did the same thing that McCain is doing now. She dished out the dirt. If Obama doesn't respond then he's soft. And if he responds, then he is criticized for politics as usual.

If most America are stupid enough to want another four years of Bush, then that's what we deserve. Shame on us.

HA! Take that McCain!

Why cancel the event if mcCrook is not feeling guilty about his devious connections?

McCain: What should a 20+ year record in the Senate look like? Certainly not like yours. While his base (the rich) get richer, the poor get poorer. I'd rather have a man with judgement and integrity, than a man with experience in corruption, greed, and destruction.

What will it take for us to wake up and see that we have to make a RADICAL change if we want to save this country? Joblessness is up. More joblessness is on the horizon. Spending is out of control. 30,000 of our young people have been maimed, and over 4,000 of them have died (FOR THIS ILLEGAL CONFLICT). They've stolen our money and given it to corporations. IT IS A BIG OLD MESS.

WE...NEED...TO...CLEAN....HOUSE!!

If we don't learn now, maybe we will when we're standing on the street corner selling apples just to get by, because there are no jobs to be had, since they're shipping them overseas.

Let all the bones out of the closet. Some Americans act like they are so perfect, like they never done anything wrong, so perfect. We are not going to get a perfect President never, so enough with the back and forth crap. I'm so sick of the garbage people try to dig up, lets face it, Obama is the better choice...that is a fact and McCain is sooooooooo fake. The focus of this election is who's bite stings the most, they have simply forgot about the American people.

This is ridiculous...Obama fans will say it's ok, McCain fans will say he's hypocritical...here's how I see it:

Obama ran a "clean" campaign against Clinton (if you could call it that) and did what he could against McCain. Now that McCain is only behind by one point, Obama has thrown out everything that he stands for. This is not the first time Obama has flopped when it fit him politically (counting FL and MI).

He is just like the rest of them...he will do anything to get elected. False hope. False change. Let's at least elect someone with some experience to keep our country safe.

-Ex-Obama fan

-Democrat voting McCain

And all the Obama supporters said McCain plays dirty politics.

McCain points out Obama's position on certain issues and questions his judgement. Obama – on the other hand – is lying.

Which one is more trustworthy?

Obama should hit McCain on the Keating Five bribery scandal. Especially since the media won't touch it. The people of this country deserve to know that McCain can be bought.

I like it when some of you shout "Resko. Resko" but cannot give any details that could incriminate Barack Obama.

Obama is going to open a can of worms that is going to bite him in the butt. He has no room to talk about anyone else's past.

Let us see here now. BO VERY recently told his supporters that “I will win”. If memory serves me correctly, those who, time and again, correctly boasted such were Demo/Daly candidates in Cook County, IL. OOPSY! Does the fruit fall far from the tree??? Hopefully not all the way to Washington DC.......

WOW ITS NICE TO SEE THE REPUBS GET ANGRY IM GLAD THE OBAMA CAMP IS GONNA START JABBING HARD. ITS ONLY SO LONG A MAN CAN TURN THE OTHER CHEEK NOW ITS EYE FOR AN EYE GOOOOOOO GETEM OBAMA!!!!!!!!!

HA! McCain was cleared of this long ago. Maybe about the same time Obama was a young community worker sitting at Rev. Wright's church, listening intently to every word he preached of hatred towards America and white people.

Osama Bama getting desperate. Not quite as smug as last week are we. He can get up there and proclaim himself the winner. May work in the Democratic "do nothing" party but you have to actually get the vote to win the presidency.

This is a gift for McCain. This is the perfect opportunity for McCain to hammer Obama on his liberal terrorist ties. People should do a research about Bill Ayers. He is a terrorist.

The Senate cleared McCain on the Keating Five. Trying to connect him to Abramoff is a huge stretch. Clearly, the Obama campaign is desperate. Going after McCain is the wrong strategy for Obama. He should just keep talking about his own plans and programs. The more Americans know about Obama, they more they can make sound choices. Hence the narrowing of the gap between Obama and McCain.......

McCain is a stone cole idiot. I will never cast support for him even if he was running alone!

–Obama was definitely too kind to defend McCain's service record
notwithstanding his POW status, which McCain promptly forgot during 1992 Senate Select Committee on POW/MIAs. google it.

Umm Nimi from NY,
Obama was on the president of the Harvard law review. I would call that pretty intelligent

GOOD! The Repugs are getting a dose of their own medicine and they don't like the taste!!!!!

At least he's making a statement that is based in some kind of reality. It's better than the Paris Hilton/Britney Spears gimmick

I love it I love it Who let the dogs out.

Woof.

Bring it on.

I don't think so McCain

The only thing McCain has done is trash Obama and now his supporters say Obama is so bad for telling the truth and digging in and getting a little dirty.McCain has absolutley nothing but boring (my Freinds) talk with no direction or plans.He drules at the thought of war or following his Osama obsession.Who in their right mind would vote a President that talks like a used car salesman (my freinds) and puts you to sleep with his ridicoulous speeches.McCain supporters think Rev Wright,Rezko are similar to Abramoff who is in jail,yeh right.It is very simple elect McCain as President and put a sign up at all the borders thats says "Sorry U.S.A. is closed for war and lack of money and brain cells" The extremists with jump for joy if McCain is elected because they are smart enough to know that is their ticket to start wars and break the US economy and that is exactly what they want.Vote for McCain and the rest of the world will know all you want is war and poverty.Or you could show your children, and the rest of the world that you are sick of being hated for foreign policys the Republicans have set, and actually want to stop war and spend money at home and rebuild America.There is a once in a lifetime opportunity to tell Washington you have had it with this past government and you want a President that will bring real hope and real change.Never forget some of the best leaders come without a crap load of old school politics and voting for someone that is not all about war and drilling the crap out of earth for greed is quite OK. There are many rookies in many circumstances that come in and make a huge difference in the world.You are blessed to have someone like Obama,dont give in to an absolute disaster you would have with McCain.
God Bless America !!

Enough with the negative ads Obama! Tell us what you are going to do if elected President!

The more I get to know Obama, the less I'm willing to vote for him.

The Obamies are scared spitless. Yes they are. Sooner or later BO has to show his hand and he doesn't have any cards except cue cards.

Wasn't McCain key in exposing Abramoff? Obama is way off on this one.

It's too bad the Obama campaign feels it has to stoop down to these John McCain, Republican style tactics.

Also, speaking of sneaky and low tactics, I wish the evangelical population could realize they are being manipulated when John McCain looks at them and states his strong anti-abortion views. They are being manipulated by religious talk to support a system that gives huge advantages to the rich and continued disadvantages to the poor. Ironically many of the evangelists are poor themselves, but voting to keep on supporting this imbalance.

I will vote for Barack Obama. How can ANYONE be crazy enough to vote for 4 more years of George Bush style failed policies??? Do you want to be one of the crazy voters???

This shouldn't surprise anyone. McCain is basically a lobbyist and would sell his soul for a few bucks.

McCain wasnt even born in america!

John Kerry was right when he said that the GOP was nothing but a bunch of "crooks." I'm so glad that Obama has connected the dots for America and reminded everyone again what a crook and a fraud McCain really is. Maverick? What a joke! The guy's been in Bush's and Abramoff's pockets for years.

MSM, please give us more about the Keating 5. It seems America's memory is very short. While we're at it, let's have more on McCain's affair and adultery, since the GOP is so certain it holds the keys to our "values voters."

Go Obama! Fired up and ready to go!

THe one area where McCain has more experience then Obama is dishonesty. He has a long record of working with sleazy lobbyists ,

Wow – the harsh August strikes the Dems again – lose a big lead in the dog days of summer. Then, attack the other guy with a 6 year olds chant "you don't know what you're up against" and then start ads talking about the other guy's friends (hmm – who are BHO's pastor and politcal benefactors?). But, it won't matter, America's not dumb. Get used to President McCain. Flash NoBama isn't going to last. Just like Lolo Jones – he trips over the hurdles and falls flat.

Anibudy that suppots McCayne dont realise how stupad they be. Just gos to show that averaje Merican aint very bryght. The poles shoe the real stoory.

McWhine cheated on the "Faith Forum." Evidence: He jumped adhead of Rick Warren about the Supreme court justic question. Don't believe me? Look the tape or listen to the entire forum again!!

For a man that cheated on the Faith Forum, and you repugs idle him??

Keating Five. Karl Rove in the Gerogia three weeks before the recent conflict. His advisor got paid $800,000 by Georgia government. Try to take credit of Jim Webb GI Bill despite he thinks the Bill is too generous for our service men and women. If all these are OK for you repugs, then go for it.

OH BO-Really?????-you've got to be hurtin these days-to go here-oh well-Polls are showing cracks in your house built on sand!!!-ready to collapse any day now!

The real scandal for John McCain is that he confessed in Viet Nam 34 times on video, and has been hiding it ever since. He's not a war hero people, look it up. There are folks on the hill who've been trying to expose his fraud for decades. The fact remains, John McCain has blocked every attempt to investigate MIA / POW legislation, because his one treasonous records would then be open for review. He is a trader.

Let's have a show of hands repuklicans, who voted for BUSH....be brave, speak up! stand up, for your man! don't be ashamed!...we all know that Mcsame will be better...lol,lol,lol

Obama is losing the battle and the war! He is in way over his head! It is too bad that he went for instant gratification instead of gravitas!

The phenom is going down like a hot air balloon with a leak!

McCain 08 and Hillary 2012!

Go Obama go with your "new kind of politics".

Liberal media getting nervous, are they? What more can you accuse McCain of? Obama is not qualified in any way to be president, and if he has no teleprompter, it is obvious he is 'lost'. People, wake up; we do NOT want socialism, which is what the liberals, including 'Barry' are pushing for.

Annenberg Challenge & woods board Obama and Ayers

Rezko and a house

Rev Wright

McCain is a member of the Keating 5. He cheated on and left his faithful first wife after she was disfigured in a car accident. Cindy McCain stole prescription drugs from the non-profit medical relief organization she founded. In front of three reporters and two aides, McNasty called Cindy a (four letter expletive starting with C and ending with T). That tells me all I need to know about the character of the McCains.

It's not same old politics when you are stating the truth! What the Rep put out about Obama is junk, lies, useless. I wish the media would report more on McCain.... but, I hear he only does one thing a day.

Let;s not forget the keating five. All of you rightees can say what you want, but this was the motherload for dishonesty. McCain only avoided prison because no one wanted to send a POW to prison.

McWar needs to explain 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, and his father's power, he was allowed to live. It's laughable that people consider him a hero and strong on war. He spent his time in captivity during war. Is that what he plans to teach us? 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*.

When democrats feel so abused by their party, so tricked by a candidate, so manipulated by the media and so disenfranchised…. as to team up with the republicans… for the first time in decades, in their lives…

women, minorities, elderly, moderate centrists, liberals….angry over the subversion of the democratic process and the betrayal of the democratic party ideals.....

IT IS A SAD DAY FOR THE DEMOCRATS AND FOR THE COUNTRY.

Obama is a divisive hate inspiring kind of uniter.

FOR THE PERSON WANTING TO KNOW ABOUT THE KEATING 5, GO TO DOGPILE.COM AND ENTER KEATING 5 IN THE WINDOW AND HIT THE SEARCH BUTTON....

When democrats feel so abused by their party, so tricked by a candidate, so maipulated by the media and so disenfranchised.... as to team up with the republicans... for the first time in decades, in their lives...

women, minorities, elderly, moderate centrists, liberals....

IT IS A SAD DAY FOR THE DEMOCRATS AND FOR THE COUNTRY.

Obama is a divisive hate inspiring kind of uniter.

When all is done and voted on, America will have been shaken to its core. WE WILL KNOW EXACTLY who we are as a people: RACIST, SEXIST, DIVIDED, DUMBFOUNDED, ELITIST, STUBBORN, and the rest of the world will LAUGH OUT LOUD at our faultering ECONOMY, pitiful EDUCATION, AND SUPER-POWER chest-beating.

Russia, China and Iran are not buying the old political game.

Vote OBAMA, idiots....

I just can't believe women who post here in favor of McCain and don't have a CLUE about his voting record for women's issues. You are as naive and trusting as Cindy McCain and it makes me want to cry for my daughters and their daughter s future if McCain gets elected.

REZKO!!!!!!!!! Does he really want to open that can of worms? If so he is dumber than I thought!

I'm sick and tired of Obama supporters bringing up Keating or McCain's cheating on his wife or Ralph Reed and all that stuff. That was years ago unlike Obama's preacher which was less than a year ago.

McCain '08

B.Hussein O. knows he's got a Ace up his sleeve. Its the old, Picking on me again, syndrome. All of America is Hoodwinked over the Racial Issue. Look crosseyed and your a Bigot. Define him and his wife, and your some sort of character hater. Later he builds a shoe-shop up your rear, and then sports a, I can do that smile.

Obama has nothing to hide because he has nothing. Period.

He can't speak coherently when given an unrehearsed question. He doesn't know what the public wants to hear so he tries to cover all sides.

Obama will not win. His 'legacy' is coming to an end.

Need I mention Rev. Wright?

McCain '08

Pathetic and sad coming from Mr. Genteel. McCain should show a picture of Obama hugging John Edwards: Sleazebags!

No-Bama '08

YES! Let's hear all about the relationship between Obama and the bombers Ayers and Dorn! Let's hear it loud and clear! They feted Obama and Michelle in their livig rooms and introduced them to the Chicago liberal money bags when Obama was running in Illinois. Then Obama served on a board with Ayers for years and years. To this day, Ayers and Dorn maintain that what they did was the right thing to do, and they state they wish they could have done more damage yet. And Rezko is another deep, dirty story! Let's hear about it all - it's about time!

What happened to Obama's "new style" of politics? Is it true that he is now negatively attacking McCain? I can't wait until McCain smashes Obama in the polls...lookout Team Obama, here we come!

As long as Obama loses the GE, then justice will be served for all the backhanded, sneaky, nasty, hateful, demeaning, insulting, sexist crap he pulled on Hillary Clinton.

God was watching and God sure don't like ugly.

Obama will reap a foul and bitter crop from all the sick and divisive seeds of hate he sowed.

Winning at all costs is not hope and is not inspiring.

Obama sounds desperate, now that the polls are beginning to turn against him. Obama is sinking......sinking......

Actually, Obama has a lot more dirty , trainted and questionable personal baggage than McCain......Ayers, Dohrn, Auchi, Rezko, Farrakhan, Rashid Khalidi, Frank Marshall Davis, Jody Evans, Wright, Pfleger, and more. He's made some really bad choices. I wouldn't let most of those people any where near me!

NOBAMA!

Lets get ready to rumble, lets take all these sissy Republicans to the woodshed.They talk tough,lets see how they do in the streets.

Wow. All the intelligence in the above conversation makes me glad I'm not registered with either party.

Independents for the win.

2 attack ads in one day-those poll numbers must have Obama sweating a little.

Bingo, I am in the front row! Right on ad re: McNasty and the truth of what kind of person he really is. Good to see Obama hit hard. McCain is not a nice person and anyone who just look behind that stupid smile will see the slimy sneer.

What about supreme judges, do you want to loose your rights once SAINT MCCain puts conservative judges on supreme court.

Where is the drft comment people do you want to go and fight for SAINT MCCain in Iran that is what he is going to do once he enact the draft.

The obfuscating Obama is looking desparate! The candidate of hope reveals his dark side – the candidate of hate.

How naive! The prince of patronage is trying to attack an American hero! But, Obama's lack of judgment on Ayers, Rezko, Wright...Pfleger...abortion...energy...foreign policy...taxes...leave him totally vulnerable and without credibility.

Obama doesn't get it!

Vote McCain 08. He gets it, and he is the candidate of authenticity and integrity. And, he crushed Obama at the Rick Warren Forum!

Obama is really going negative because America is finally realized he is not the man for the White House and his marxist wife, Michelle would be the worst first lady in history. Let the games begin. This is going to be great......

So much for change we can believe in.

The Demos have no one to blame but themselves for the condition of their party. That party got crashed by the left wingers and look what they have. A left Wing Socialist Democrat. Good luck with that one.

Hello President John S. McCain.

it's pretty tame stuff compared to the clowns that obama been running around with.

Wrong Peter E, everyone with a working brain knows that McCain's vapid attacks forced Obama to respond in kind.

The problem with fools like you is that you think snappy answers and bumper sticker slogans make good policy.

Slam ALL the liars, hypocrites and ward healers greedily taking handouts from these dishonorable sources. MAKE ALL DONATIONS PUBLIC! We don't need to have policies written by for, and benefiting the K St. cronies any more!

OBAMA 08

Obama has tried and tried to lead a civil campaign while he got blasted by the McCain campaign. These negative ads just started recently. I am so glad he has finally started to retaliate. I love it. There is a lot of dirt on McCain, belive me, this is only the beginning. Go for it Obama, let's see if McCain can take it like he dishes it out.

I think we should hear more about Bill Ayers–such as

WHY is the UIC blocking access to the CAC files in their library after they first granted access to Kurtz? What are they hiding?

What would the files tell us about Ayers and Obama's relationship?

Why has no major news picked up the story?

Thank God for the Internet we can find the real news stories!

Oh yeah, I failed to mention the other 4 of the keating 5 were democratic politicians....

Wow finally ihe story is out... youppiiii

August 20th, 2008 6:49 pm ET
What about Obama and Rezko? PUMA

You PUMAs should be really careful on how you throw stones.

"As Hillary Clinton continues to insist that she has "no relationship" with shady indicted real estate investor Tony Rezko, the facts seem to indicate otherwise.

According to records, Rezko donated $15,000 to the Democratic National Committee in March 2000. At the time, the committee was helmed by longtime Clinton ally Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell, who endorsed Hillary Clinton on Wednesday. While it's possible that Rendell and the Clintons discussed neither the donation nor the donor, it's not likely."

Where is the Ticker about McCain agreeing to reinstate the DRAFT.

Get on CNN. Where is the NEWs?

Mccaine is one of the MOST CORRUPT politician in US Congress today. Mccain and The Bushes were heavily involved criminally, in SNL scandals in the 80's including "The Keating-5" of which the US Gov’t. lost $Billions. Not sure why the media has NOT brought these up? Mccaine needs to be JAIL instead, we have too many poor and homeless people in jail for mere shop lifting.

Only in America does these neo-con republicans are always untouchable and be exposed or be let go by mere apology.
What a SHAME and how fair is the Media?

Now the Rep. are crying.
This war monger who cannot hold a family together-for President?
Remember he left the kids when they were minors.
Grandpa get some sleep .

I say look at these blogs and that will show you the real polls of how far ahead Obama is on McLoser

Yes, we love it, we love it, we want more of it. You show them all Backtrack Obama. Show them how your WORDS have no meaning. Here you go playing unsubstantiated smear ads, again, like you did to Hillary, where those were called flat out lies, but hey, NO PROB, keep going, then you can worry if you'll even win your re election campaign for your Senate seat after not doing one good thing for your constituents.

KEATING 5 DONT FOOL YOURSELF. OBAMA HAS ALOT OF HIDDEN DANGERS.YOU YOUNG FOLLOWERS ARE JUST TO NAIVE TO BELIEVE IT ,IF IT WAS PUT IN YOUR FACE. OBAMA IS THE WOSRT DIRTY POLITICAIAN I HAVE EVER SEEN. TALKS A GAME ,AND YOU DUMMIES FALL FOR IT.AMERICA GETS WHAT THEY ASK FOR.

Put your toxic cleanup suits on people, it will only get nastier. Our elections are making this country look like a joke, not the founder of modern democracy. Pathetic. The candidates who refuse to take the high road, the campaigns who put htis garbage out there, the media who push this news, and especially the public who puts up with it, we're all to blame.

Witness the decline the America, yet another example.

Teach your children to speak Mandarin, they will need it to succeed when they grow up.

Glad to see us swinging back. You repubs think it is great when Mccain fights dirty (his are all lies), but it hurts when Obama points out a few of Mccains many short comings!

McCain has somthing to hide, thats why he won't release his military records, it will show he was unfit to lead, and lets not forget the anti American tapes he made.
He dosen't wear a U.S. flag pin because it's against the communist rules.

Weeks of McCain/Leiberman negative adds and nothing but finger pointing from the Hannity Hitler faithful. Obama hits back and its looooook heeeee's the same old dirty politician. I hope you McCainites get your way. Elect the old man with the Jewish puppet master Leiberman pulling his strings, and see just how much more anger we can stir up in the world.

McCain has been corrupt since Keating 5. He's a fraud.

Ha ha ha ha, Dave you're funny, Antoin Rezko, ha ha ha. Rezko can't even shine the shoes of Reed and Abramoff.

Go Obama campaign! The gloves are off. Hit 'em hard and hit 'em often, and send 'em reeling into the ropes!

Good lead-in for the Keating Five scandal and how McCain hasn't changed his corrupt ways all the way back to when he cheated on his crippled wife.

Jeremiah Wright never helped a political party bankrupt America, idiots.

amazing one little negative and and you see the republicans coil up in their little slug shell. If they endured just 1% of the venom and lies they spew all the time they would be a pile of ash. Stick it to them Obama dont hold back what you say is true. time for redneck leadership in this country has come to an end.

Here's a question to all the Obama supporters: Don't you just love old politics?

Yes, WE do. What you ignorant people fail to realize is during the primaries Obama knew Hillary was running as a democrat (supposedly) and he did not want to attack her and risk having the republicans get the upper hand. Now, since it is between him and the rep. nominee he is attacking. You people are so ignorant. Get yourselves educated. He is not trying to be the savior or the great one he is just positioning himself for the GE. He doesn't want to get down and dirty until it REALLY COUNTS!

Alright – the fun is just beginning!!! This is going to be AWESOME!!! Get ready OBAMA.......

Your days are numbered......

You need Hillary to help you out and you pushed her in front of the bus – so you are flying solo......

Yippeee – no more OBAMA....

McCain 2008

Mccain is upset, because he was hiding something and now that he got caught again, he is again on the defensive. Eventually all Mccain's lies will come out.

Vote for Obama and save this country from poverty and Mccain / Bush's political corruption.

What makes you think that McCain is an honest man? He used to be a patriot – and then he got rich. McCain is no patriotic American. He's a theif, a creep, and an old fool.

About time, there seems to be "mum is the word about him." We cannot say the truth about the war hero. What is America afraid of. The world to know that racism exists where in America and we are no different than any other country. We just pretend to be superior. I hear people at the job, everywhere say they won't vote for Obama because he is black. CNN, I am disgusted that you are held hostage by "white people" who say Obama plays the race card because he is telling the truth. McCain wrecked three planes and still was able to get promoted in the military. What a crock.

Obama is done for poltically.

First of all this is not the first negative ad from Obama or his "team". It is probably the twentieth.

Also, don't be so blind to think that only one side of this debate is pumping you full of lies. Cold hard facts have proven that both of them like to fudge the truth to try and hurt their opponent.

Lastly, seeing many young people cite youtube as a source of information has made me realize that maybe my generation isn't the dumbest block of voters.

Who cares...whatever they have on McCain is nothing in comparison to what Rove and the Clintons have on Obama.

Obama is done for poltically.

McCain will keep us on the right road. Bush has managed to lead this nation towards a world which will be democratic and honor those who earn a living as opposed to a world described in the SF novel 1984.

I got mine. You get yours by hard work and sacrifice.

All Obama has is youth and smooth talk.

So Obama is a fresh change we can count on? He's throwing the same trash as the rest. He's apparently no different than the others.

Can you send Sen. Obama a note? Say goodbye to my vote, and probably the white house, now that he's revealed he's not the fresh candidate of change.

Shucks, we almost had a fresh chance. 2012? maybe...

War hero hell! McCain was a crummy pilot who got his butt shot down PERIOD. The real hero's of Vietnam and our other wars are those people who died on the front lines....

It's time to flush the republican toilet, and put the seat down. Bush and Cheney have enjoyed the aroma for 8 years. McCain wants Americans to swim in the sewage of a corrupt Washington political pool for another 4 years. I don't think so.
Americans need clean air, and McCains air is as bad as any day after bean soup. Nasty!!!
"eam"...isn't that a flightless brainless bird. Yeah...that's it.

UH OH!!

Barry is dropping in the polls!!! Better start slinging mud!!!

HA HA HA. PUMA!!!

Didn't Obama promise a new change of campaigning? No Negative Attack Ads. He changes his mind so often that he definitely is a man of change. Just shows he's like any politician. He will change his tactic when so warrants. Wake up America!, He's a wolf in sheep's clothing in wolf's clothing.

Why is it not a story that McCain plagiarized Alexandr Solzhenitsyn, telling a tear-jerker that was composed by one of his favorite authors?

The American people are so used to ugly politics, they wouldn't be able to handle a decent above board campaign. Obama intended to run a clean campaign, but when you get as down and dirty as McCain, he has to get right in the dirt with him.

As the old saying goes–nice guys finish last. And I want to win this one.

republicans are masters at blinding people to the truth america needs to stand up with obama and confront evil head on obama 08

they were stupid enough to vote for Bush twice.. they are even dummer to vote for mcsame. they are sad people.

Awesome keep it coming im tired of people being scared of hurting this shams feelings just because he is a POW.

Obama's now using negative attack ads? I thought he promised not to do that.

Of course he also promised to use public funding, promised to debate McCain "anytime, anywhere", etc. etc.

Of course, anyone calling Obama a flip-flopper is, of course, a racist.

Wah wah McCain.
You've had it coming. Your character is NOT suitable to be POTUS.

Obama '08!

I am so ready for a POWER OFFENSE in the Obama campaign. Intelligence and intense focus are central in the characteristics of most Obama supporters. Most of these McCain posters need spelling/grammar/logic/history lessons.

Obama can no longer complain and whine when ads start to appear on Tony Rezko, William Ayers, and Rev. Wright. So let's get it on! The I am going to change Washington and I am going to be civil. Obama has always run under the Chicago brand of politics....dirty!!! It is good that McCain brought that out in him, otherwise, a large majority of people would still think Obama is an innocent.

Who cares if Mccain was in Vietnam. He's a moron.

The big question is the same question that ronald reagan ask,(ARE YOU BETTER OFF THAN YOU WERE 8 YEARS AGO), high gas price at the pump, that after election if mcsame wins will go though the roof, after the election provide he wins the economy will not be his agenda,it will be about war, food prices will get even higher ,education will almost be out of reach for most, jobs will continue to be shipped overseas. the globlist will win, the new world order continue their agenda.

Let's bring up Rev. Wright and Obama's 20 years in an American hate filled church.

HEY SIG FROM LAS CRAPULENCE:

READ MY LAST BLOG DISPUTE THAT !

Can't say as I am surprised. John McCain cannot remember cheating on his first wife for months before he married his second wife (almost bigamously) and now he could not remember to call his "dear friend" Reed when he was up to his neck in corruption. And now he wants me to be his friend too? It makes me wonder how many corrupt people there are in the Republican party. Enough to get him elected? Every time he says My Friends... in a speech I know that he is corrupting more innocent people. Or maybe they are not so innocent. Only a creep could sit through a McCain speech without puking.

I will not vote on Obama. 18 million of us picked Senator Clinton and if Senator Obama can not read this then I do not see how he can represent us in Washington. He is Blind to 50 percent of us. Any other pick for Vice President other then Senator Clinton will be a vote for John McCain for me. A 40 year long Democrat fixin to vote Republican.

this is a definite "don't go there" for Obama ... now we will all be reminded of Rev Wright and all the others!

Obama will do and say anything to get elected!
He has Renzko, Ayers, Wright, etc.. ......
Don't elect this Teleprompter Chameleon!
We Need a true Leader not this FRAUD!

mcshameless is at the center of the unholy neo-con / christian zionist / jewish zionist alliance.

what a bunch of unprincipled repugnant lying and thieving opportunists!

This is going to likely be the most important presidential election in my lifetime. It is sad that neither candidate sticks to what they say.

Obama is showing his flip/flop nature, and McCain isn't much better. Looking at these two, how does one define the lesser of two evils?

obama needs to sharpen the attacks...he's playing too defensive...

Those that throw stones should expect them to be thrown back. Senator McCain and the 527's have been making false statements and half-truths for the past 4 1/2 months so it only seems fitting that Senator Obama spreads a little truth about the real John McCain and the not honorable veteran shot down, captured and tortured by the enemy, and is mysterious qualified to be the world's spokesperson because he was a lousy pilot.

@ Greg, FL

I agree – someone needs to get the news out that McCrap stole that story and used it as his own. Those crazy evangelicals at Saddleback were buying every load of bull he was shoveling. He needs to be exposed for the lying hypocrit that he is.

AND what was this comment I heard today about him saying that he agreed that we should bring back the draft? There is NO WAY IN HELL that my son, daughter, or son-in-law is going to be drafted into the military to satisfy some crazy old coot's visions of still fighting the Viet Nam war. I have absolute respect for the soldiers that are currently serving, but that was their choice. I will not support a draft.

If Obama has to get into the mud to show the truth about McCain – then do it.

MudCain is as crooked as they come. Sure, Grandpa has plenty of "experience" in dirty dealing and politics as usual. His campaign is a joke.

OBAMA '08

at the center of the

McCain whines Washington is broken...but hasn't he been there for years....he's part of the problem he whines about. If he really wanted to fix things he would have instead he brow beats family of missing vets.

EVER WONDER WHERE MC BUSH AND W BECAME SUCH BUDDIES...... Does any one remember that George W Bushes brother Niel, was also involved in the Keating five mess... (John Mc Bushs mess). Niel Bush was CEO of SILVERADO SAVINGS AND LOAN IN COLORADO AND WAS IN CAHOOTS WITH THE KEATING GROUP.... Just think of all the moneys we the American citizen have spent bailing out government by W and all his thieving buddies and now they want us to elect another one.... HELL NO!!!!!

Obama can't handle the truth! Larry Sinclair and others have the truth on Obama, and it will eventually destroy him! Obama can't even produce a valid US birth certificate!

As with Clinton, Obama tried to take the high road. Unfortunately, the other side (in both cases) went negative because they could never win on the issues or on personal suitability be president. Obama's judgment and intellect dwarf McCain's, and he is right on the issues as well. So McCain sinks into the gutter. Too bad it works with far too many Americans. So now Obama must get harsh in his campaign. That doesn't mean lie and sling mud like McCain. It simply means speak the truth about McCain plain and loud. McCain, for all the respect he deserves for his military service, has a corrupt past, a poor understanding of the world and our problems, and a terrible idea of how to be president. He is Bush/Cheney the Sequel.

Unfortunately, negative campaigning works.

McCain has done plenty in Arizona, look up what he has really done. You just do not notice because the things he has done has not affected you in a significant way and thats the way it should be done.

Arizona love's McCain, thats why he has been a senator here for so long, even after all the so called scandals which are not true.

He held a hour and a half press conference to local media answering questions about the keating 5 scandal. What true politician would subject himself to that trying to prove his innocence?

Americans are apparently too stupid to respond to anything other than negativity. Don't blame Obama, blame your family and friends.

Love the politics of change-way to go Barry.

Politics is like professional sports. Somehow, one way or another, you find a team to cheer for. Maybe one of your parents was a die hard fan, maybe you gravitated towards the local team, maybe you just liked the jerseys. The bigger the fan you become, the more willing you are to believe that they can do no wrong.

Both sides are mud slinging, both sides have flip flopped, and both sides have strengths and weaknesses going into this election. I am just happy, that for the first time in 8 years, I would be relatively comfortable with either candidate. The holier than thou thing is old, the my candidate isn't in so I am going to rebel thing is trite, and I'm sure plenty of naysayers were perfectly comfortable overlooking GW's lack of experience and qualifications 4 & 8 years ago. Simply put, worse is not possible. So either way we're going up from here friends.

McCain said he would run a honorable campaign but had an ad insinuating Obama was the anti Christ. McCain supporters need to just zip it....stop being such hypocrites.

Mcbush will NEVER EVER BE THE PRESIDENT. I mean NEVER EVER. BOTH HIM AND RNC ARE SPENT.....

Why won't Obama debate McCain? Don't we all look forward to that – Republicans and Democrats alike? If he's afraid of McCain how's he going to deal with Ahmadinejad and Medvedev/Putin? They'll eat him for lunch... and his script.

I love to hear and read all the talk about how unexperienced Barack Obama is? Can anyone please tell me what experience Gov. Arnold of California has when he ran the first time???? I would really like to know...and what experience did GWB have? How about Bill C? please shed some light on this for me because for what I am reading about Barack's senate time and before, he seems to have a lot more experience then these people...and remember one thing..Bill Clinton had a balanced budget and had the country on the right track...all GWB has done is commited war crimes against the US, lied to us about a war and has DROVE this country into the ground..him and all of his henchmen who I am sure will be in jail by next year!!!

It's about time

Obama – Biden 08

For God's sake, you have to be blind not to see that Obama is not fit to be President. The man is not electable, he just mumbles, lacks experience, leadership. Even when he talks, he doesn't motivate anyone, he is not convincing. He just talks about change, but how???? He is loosing ground to McCain on a daily basis...........DNC this is thanks to you!! You have given us an unelectable candidate!!!!!!!

Hillary 08

Pathetic, Obama.

You already need to resort to slime, and it's only mid-August.

You must be really nervous.

Well, you have good reason to be nervous!!!!

Just when DID you stop snorting cocaine, you racist pig?

i am sick of negative ads. i dont have health care. i couldnt care less about what mccain did, or did not do. it was a long time ago and its does nothing to help or hurt me.

my major issure was health care, but Clintons gone, Obama is terrible. He is saying McCain usues the same old tricks "the same old tricks", which he does, but Barack is also doing the same with his misleading ads. McCain will not change the status quo. So I'll stay home or vote 3rd party

YOU PEOPLE ARE DENSE AND ILL INFORMED.
Obama and McCain have several debated scheduled for September, so shut up already.

Dear Fred,
Bring it on.

Bill Ayers is a professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago, not the University of Chicago.

MaC should run for President in Panama.....Not born in the state.

To become a US President

Natural born of USA

For Indiana Bob – are you serious? Get your facts straight!

There is a page on cnn.com that lists where the presidential candidates stand on various issues. However, it only includes 2 of the candidates? Why? Is it not newsworthy that other candidates are running? Are the media intentionally stifling competition of ideas in the political marketplace? Is it too difficult to copy and paste from third party campaign websites? Or are they just too busy fawning over Obama and McCain to do any objective reporting?

What an odd headline. So the fact that REED helped organize and participated in the planning and invitations to the fundraiser is some how... what? Not tied to John McCain in any way? There is NO link?
Whoever wrote this headline is an imbcile... there are 1.75 million links from REED to Father Time! Get real CNN.

Keating 5
Keating 5
Keating 5
Karma for cheating on your wife and leaving her and 3 minors for a rich beer bimbo named Cindy Lou.
Keating 5
Keating 5
Keating 5
Keating 5
Presidency.....Hell No.

good!lets get keep these crooks from gaining anymore power through mccain.

How is McCain a hero? He got shot down in combat?

Give me a break, this is the original political "celebrity". His 2nd wife is the original "Paris Hilton". And wake up morons, he's nothing but a puppet. Go out and buy some Budweiser and put some more cash in his pockets.

Barack stay away from this sleaze campaigning its going to backfire....BELIEVE ME.... you have shown yourself so far above this... keep to your commitments..PLEEEEZ keep the sleaze to those who invented it it will bring them down in the end!!!!!

Ooooooo looks like McCainanites get a bit touchy when Obama's side plays their game.

McCain before he went to war:
1 wife, Carol
3 kids, Doug, Andy, Sidney

McCain after he comes back:
1 wife, Carol (who was in a car accident)
3 kids, Doug, Andy, Sidney (still minors)
1 beer bimbo, Cindy Lou (has an affair)

McCain leaves Carol, Doug, Andy and Sidney

Now he wants to be our president, I don't think so.

Is this the same BO campaign that doesn't want the same old politics as usual? The campaign that promised hope and change. What a poseur.

I no longer trust any of the polls. I did participate in the recent Reuters/Zogby poll, and I was Obama all the way. So do I think Obama needs to make more visible some of the dirt that is McCain's? You bet! I truly hope we are not mostly idiots in this country, but if we are, even idiots can learn.

Good! Go after McCain...There is alot to attack. Get tough Dems!

Mccains being run by lobbyists who have supported terrorists and dictatorships through out the world. I can't wait for Obama to point this out in the debates.

Wow patricia, yeah you should go look it up yourself and not under a democratic rhetoric website. A democrat defends McCain to this day that he did nothing wrong, just happened to take a donation from a guy that didn't appear to be bad at first. Its called misjudgement.

Divorces happen. Cindy is still his wife today... More americans go through divorce that do not, so McCain is up to date with the trend.

Barack Hussein Obama has kept worse company in his pastor – which he also force feed to his children. Bringing children in front of people like Wright is a lot worse then McCain and whoever.

I am ashamed of Obama and will be voting for McCain.

For all you Obama doubters, why don't any of you ask why John McSame was given $800,000.00 by the Georgian President to help out his campaign...or so you think...No, John McSame is standing there preaching how we shouldn't invade sovereign nations and yet has the Ba*ls to invade iraq..That money from the Georgian President was paid to the campaign in turn for favors of US helping them out in case of any type of attack...

Today is a sad day for we lost a great congresswoman..isn't that more important than what this old windbag, war monger, liar, cheater,full of hot air big mouth has to say...go take some geritol and get your denture cleaners out...im tired of listening to you!...go soak your teeth..oh yea and I forgot to add one...plagerizer to..both you AND your wife.....

Don't you love politics? It's the time where even the football dropouts can claim they are smarter than the current running presidential nominee...

Just a note for the uneducated out there, nobody gets that far up the ladder being stupid and having tons of cash. I won't say Bush/Obama/Mcain/Hilary are einstiens, but they're not stupid, slow, or uninformed. It takes a lot of work to be the presidential nominee for either party. If you don't believe me, try running for even counsil rep. and see how easy that is.

No Marc,

Obama is not a fool. He has nothing to hide. So let McCain bring it on with his Keating 5 self.

Obama getting desperate... trying to keep the focus on his rival with unfounded rumors and implications rather than talking about Obama's flip-flops on every imaginable political issue.

At least we don't need to worry that Obama let someone with questionable ties off the hook in front of a Senate committee. Why? Well, Obama never even bothered to call a meeting of his senate committee...

LOL, I guess this is what McCain gets for trying to play dirty. He is the one who wanted a negative campaign. This is but the first of at least five MAJOR salvos the Obama campaign will be able to fire at him. It winds up "experience" can be a detriment.

Tony Rezko

Jeremiah Wright

The Weathermen

Father Michael Pfleger

and everyone else in Barack Obama's closet – step right up to the microphone and be recognized.

And to the liberal media defenders of Obama – let the excuses begin as to why it's different when Obama goes negative as opposed to anyone else!

In response to his signed confession against the United States and giving information to the enemy, he never gave much information of use, he was tortured WHILE he had 2 broken arms and a broken leg before the signing and regrets it to this day. I don't think he would have survived in the POW camp if he had not signed the documents. He then refused his release inorder to make sure all prisoners were released in order of capture, the vietnemese did not like this and then proceeded to put him in solitary confinement for two years.

I think you would break and sign something no matter what it said. I also bet you would allow your release and not care the order you were captured in. Now tell me what true pressure Obama has been under in his life?

LOL an american hero? McCain voted with bush 75 percent of the time so lets see those O'bama bashers come up with something to protect McBush. If O'bama is flipflopping then McBush started it ( no negative campaigning). What a hyprocrite. Now this comes up, told you McBush was dirty. The Bush apple hasn't fallen far from the McCain tree I see.

O'bama 08

Wright, Rezko and Ayers. He better not start something he can't finish!

keating 5

Ayers and Rezko aren't the same as McCain ties to Abramoff.

Ayers did his dirty work when Obama was seven years old. By the time Obama met him, Ayers was a respected professor. If you don't like that, talk to the university that hired him.

Rezko just went through a trial. Obama wasn't found to have any ties to Rezko's illegal dealings, even though the governor of Illinois was. If there was anything to come out, it would have been unearthed during the trial.

Anyway, we all know what our parents told us. If Billy jumps off a bridge, does that mean you have to do it too? McCain's maturity and experience should count for something besides corruption and war.

Ben Overgoode

Go Obama!!!

Haven't you all learned anything? White America can get away with anything. C'mon people, you'd have to catch McCain strangling an old lady to get him.

Rev. Wright: "G.D. America! G.D. America! G.D. America!"

Obama: "ZZZZZZzzzzzz.... huh? what? oh, I was sleeping. What did he say?" x 20 years

Steve-

How dare you ask people to think for themselves and research information? How are the sheep supposed to flock to McCain if they see all the information out there about what a poor choice he would be?

I think the RNC may be after you soon. They'll send a squadron of Dittoheads to gnaw on your phone and cable lines.

Steve ~ thank you for your very calm clarification to these Ayres and Rezko "screamers" .... to bad that they are too stupid and/or blind to pay attention.

This is not good McCain and his mind numb supporters want to get into this tabloid he said BS. McCain if four more years of failed policies. McCain can only talk about why we should vote for Obama not why we should support him. McCain makes gaffe after gaffe, attack ad after attack ad, lie after lie and then points to his captivity and verteran status as a shield. Whatever hone McCain earned being a POW double has been sold for political gain. As a Republican I hope he can prove me wrong on this. But all I've hear so far is surge this surge that, attack, gas tax holiday, attack, drill hear drill now, attack, war war war war. This is not a leader of the free world.

Ugh. McCain is Bush #2. Do we really want 4 more years of Bush?

This country really wants a moron in office. Both George and John care nothing about world diplomacy. It's disgusting how stupid America wants it's president.

John McCain can NOT think on his feet. He is old, and gray, and cannot even give a speech without reading a teleprompter. Seeing him in office would scare me, because he would probably fall over dead from a heart palpation because he's so old. Oh, and then his VP (Joe Lieberman??) would become President. Sigh.

How similar is this? A war "vet" who failed out of school. Only McCain had his daddy to bail him out.

This is what I expect of Americans though: "Dumb everything down. Vote GOP and Big Oil, that's all that matters!"

Me on the other hand, I see through the GOP smoke and mirrors.

BARACK THE VOTE 2008

Good Ad. John McCain CANNOT afford to be "Jack Abramoff"ed! OsiSpeaks.com

GOOGLE "KEATING FIVE" ................. WHERE'S HIS KIDS?
DOES HE GO TO CHURCH? DO WE KNOW THIS GUY? I KEEP HEARING BAD THINGS. OBAMA'S YOUNG AND SMART. MAC NEEDS REST, HE IS NOT READY TO LEAD; HE IS READY TO REST.

OBAMA '08/12 OBAMA '08/12 OBAMA '08/12 OBAMA '08/12OBAMA '08/12 OBAMA '08/12 OBAMA '08/12 OBAMA '08/12

jt, Obama has shown up for more votes than John McBush has. He is still getting his senators salary. He also gets about $60,000 a year from the VA for supposedly being 100% disabled. If he is 100% disabled then why is he running for president. He has done nothing for Arizona, which by the way, is where I live.

ARIZONA FOR OBAMA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

How many of you dumped your sick wives and married a younger woman with hundreds of millions of dollars.

How many of you were the son of an admiral, so even if you should have flunked out of the Naval Academy, you weren't.

How many of you wear $500 loafers?

And this man and his GOP thugs call a child of a single parent, who had to rely on schoarships and loans to EARN his American dream, an elitist and out of touch with America?

The GOP is why the American dream remains just a dream and no where closer to reality.

97% of American's will benefit from Obama's tax cut.

Only the richest, 3% of the country will benefit from McCains tax plan.

And the real elite (McCain's base) will not feel the Obama tax cut as much as the AVERAGE American will be hurt by the same policies that exist today.

Why is America blind to this? Because the GOP likes to talk in slogans and not reality.

Obama 08

This ad is going to backfire big time, Obama has so many radical ties....McCain can choose from to fire back at Obama.

Go John McCain 08!

This is a serious misstep by Obama.

This is old news and McCain was found blamless. This incident actually served to motivate McCain to fight corruption in Congress.

Most Dems probably won't believe that, but independents do.

This is old news to most independents who hold McCain in the highest regard for his integrity and being a maverick and going against the majority of his own party when his views differ from theirs.

Obama can not win without the independent swing vote. He will only be able to win them over by convincing them on the issues. When he trashs McCain like this, Obama loses.

I think you can put a fork in Obama after this one, he's done. Big mistake.

Hahahaha what a desperate attempt by a desperate man. All the people who condemned McCain's attack ads on these forums are now praising Obama. Keep borrowing even though you're in debt, blame the goverment for you problems, roll with the tide, and vote for someone as naive about the political process as yourselves, because, in the end, it won't matter, the Democrats have sealed your fait as losers once again. At least you'll get to complain for four more years, right? Isn't that the point anyway, thay you can blaim other people for your terrible contributions to society?? McCain 08!!

SInce Obama is bringing up scandals.... Perhaps he will call for the University of Illinois at Chicago Library to release the records of the Chicago Annenberg Challenge. This is the organization Obama and Bill Ayers (the guy from the neighborhood) worked together on.

Perhaps Obama will fully disclose his dealings with Tony Rezko.

Perhaps Obama will disclose what he did while an Illinois Senator instead of stating thse records might be lost.

Perhaps Obama will explain his 2007 endorsement of Chicago Mayor Dailey.

Obama finally flip-flopped on his promise "I won't run a negative campaign".

Looking forward to him flipping to GOP one day. =)

Tom Delay and Ralph Reed should be in jail with Jack Abramoff.

Obama is a joke and people are starting to figure out rhetoric hope and change don't mean a thing. The empty suit Obama.

To late
Mc Cain already build the base
Hillary 08 or Mc Cain 08

Capt. Smash wrote:
"Today at a townhall meeting, an audience member praised Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) for his vow to "follow bin Laden to the gates of hell."

After a long question about veterans' care, the questioner said she believed we needed to reinstate the draft, to which McCain seemed to readily agree:

QUESTIONER: If we don't reenact the draft, I don't think we'll have anyone to chase Bin Laden to the gates of hell.
[Appaluse]

MCCAIN: Ma'am, let me say that I don't disagree with anything you said."

I heard about this from a few people, and I'm baffled. Why isn't THIS getting more coverage? I'm 19 years old and a college student, this is the sort of thing that is important to me. I don't like the prospect of having to move to Canada, haha.

LOL! Is Obama a fool? Doesn't he realize that he's opening the door to Rev. Wright, Father Pfleger, Ayers, Rezko and the other skeletons in his own closet. Is he really inviting this conversation? I can't believe it. What a tactical error!!!

Waaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh stop picking on McCain. Just because he is no different than Bush don't mean much. Go Obama, who needs the same old same old. Look where it got us. And don't worry about all the crap the McCain folks talk. THEY know nothing!

Let's kick McCain to the curb, like he kicked his wife and 3 kids to the curb, to have an affair with Cindy Lou, the Beer Bimbo.

uh, isn't Ayres now a distinguished college professor? And yea, people really should look up the Keating 5. Wasn't McCain part of that corruption scheme? Talk about the pot calling the kettle black!

McCain before he went to war:
1 wife, Carol
3 kids, Doug, Andy, Sidney

McCain after he come back:
1 wife, Carol (who was in a car accident)
3 kids, Doug, Andy, Sidney (still minors)
1 beer bimbo, Cindy Lou (has an affair)

McCain leaves Carol, Doug, Andy and Sidney

Now he wants to be our president, I don't think so.

Why isn't the title of this article: Obama goes negative AGAIN? That's what Clinton would have gotten if she'd run this ad.

Wow, the polls are going against them so here they go with the desparate attacks. Abramhoff, Keating 5, etc. Watch how negative they will become and the irrational hatred the Obama followers will spew. Thats change for you.

Obama is in over his head and people are waking up to it.

MCLAME said the same thing about not running a negative campaign and yet he did and his silly stupid croonies and surrogates and supporters said nothing against it. As soon as he gets hit with which is obviously the TRUTH you hear all this HOWLING about Obama going negative you can't have it both ways I think this just the begining of whats to come for MCLAME so all you supporters, croonies and surrogates get ready because its about to be ON!!!!!!

OBAMA 08/12 YES WE CAN & YES WE WILL!!!!!!!!

Here's a good rule of thumb to figure out how objective you really are about this ad: substitute Clinton's name for Obama, and Obama's name for McCain. Would you still consider this an issue-oriented, positive ad if Clinton was using it against Obama?

mcbush economic adviser said we are a nation of winners. is that what we need?

It's about time Obama took off the gloves. We saw what happens in 04 when you don't fight back.

I like how some people are mad the Obama is going negative..claiming they are switching to McCain as if they were voting for Obama in the first place...Democrats dont let the republicans play you guys..they are pretending to be on your side and then waiting for any reason to switch sides hoping we will follow them. Atleast Barrack negative ads ARE TRUE...but nobody cares about that

This is no softie... from Boston like the last time

If it's McCain linking Obama to a scandal or shady dealing, he's being 'negative' and is launching 'personal attacks.' When Obama does the same thing he's being 'positive' and 'staying on the issues?' Hypocrisy alert!

No you didn't, Barack. Hypocrite! That's ok though, because now your disguise is off and everyone sees you for what you truly are; the same old dirty politician. Chicago style, no less.

It's about time , everyone knows that Obama is going to have to play HARDBALL!! Obama wants to be noble , but you can't be noble when someone keeps lying and trying to push your face and name in the mud.

Obama is to smart a man. He has the money, and he better start spending it to win this RACE!

before voting macain just go back and think past 8 years of your government what happen. how many scandals and corruptions illigal war, killed too many people around the world..i know if you guys belive God or Gessssss what ever it is you guys pay price in yyour personal lifes. you get your pay back one day from your sin's by voting republicans.

Its about time Obama took the gloves off!
Expose their hypocrisies!
We cannot afford another FOUR years of Bush politics!!!

Yes, I am sure this too is a great example how Obama stays on the issues and refrains from indulging in personal attacks...

So McCain stoops to repeating the nonsense of political hacks with zero evidence. That's his response to his VERIFIABLE connections to the corrupt Reed? Pathetic.

When we add this scandal to the "Keating 5" Scandal, McSame's sordid divorce from his first wife during which he admittedly engaged in an adulterous affair with Sindy, we begin to see a true picture of John McSame. He is the mirror image of George W. Bush, the worst President to ever disgrace the United States of America. There's a lot more material that Sen. Obama can work with to expose McSame for what he truly is – a morally bankrupt scoundrel using his alleged status as a "war hero" to attempt to gain the Presidency of the united States.

Lets do them-see who are the real Mccoy!

THERE IS NO DOUBT THAT THE DEMOCRAT WILL WIN THE NOVEMBER ELECTION BECAUSE THAT`S AMERICAN DECISION WE NEED PEACE,WE NEED UNION FOR ALL AMERICA AND LATIN AMERICA .HILLARY IS THE VICE PRESIDENT CAUSE SHE CAN ,CAUSE WE BELIEVE IN HER AS WE BELIEVE IN YOU ..GOD BLESS AMERICA

Obama suggested reparations to African-Americans. If only two percent of people owned slaves back then how is it supposed to be white people's fault today?

OUTSTANDING RESEARCH by "Greg FL" (second comment)

Good job!

Obama's team must do this. They simply cannot let McCain continue unchecked. "A change in politics" will have to wait until after the election. He might not like a little taste of his own "sweet tea."

Ayers? Hahaha. That's the best Mccain could do for a comeback? Wow. The fact that Mccain is even competitive in this race is the saddest possible statement about the lack of education in our country.

How about reading Obama's bio and see who his "mentors" were? They make Abramoff look like a saint. I'll take him over communists anyday. Besides, I thought Obama was above all this–what about "Change"? He is your typical politician and all his 'followers" are having a hard time seeing that. As for all you anti-war folks-imagine if the revolutionaries had been too "cowardly" to go to war. Sorry, but sometimes war is needed and despots need to be deposed (like Sadam). At least McCain understands this–Obama has no clue.

Oh look at all the neocon piggies wallowing in the mud. How precious. When confronted with fact, they just try to sling more lies, er, mud.

What's the matter my dear piggies....you can sling it out but can't take it yourselves?

Be careful what you wish for.

Women for Obama

McCain ditched his disfigured wife and kids, so he could play around with Cindy Lou, the Beer Bimbo. He may have "struck it rich" but he will always have to live with the memory of leaving a helpless woman with his kids.

Some war hero?

Someone PLEASE take a look at his voting record as a senator. Obama may not have the experienced corruption that McCain has, but McCain's voting record shows consistent flip-flopping.

McCain= 4 more years of bad economy and war in Iraq.

PLease do not make another mistake and put someone like Bush back in office just because he claims to be pro-life. Many lives are already destroyed economically from Bush's two terms, and McCain wants to continue those policies....this is not pro-life, this is PRO-big oil.

Indiana bob, Allan usa just admit that your republican buddies aren't at all squeaky clean. HMM....George bush comes to mind. If anyone wants to talk about O'bama being a crook ( resko of course $150k?) look at bush and his entourage. Bush+Cheney+McCain+his cabinet (20 billion in there pocket with a trillion dollar bill for the country) Now who is the crook? I wonder if CNN will post this.

O'bama 08

Aren't these ads always approved by Senator Nobama? How hollow! This speaks volumes of his political rhetoric and hypocrisy.

I guess this is "Change You Can't Count On" at its best.

The bones are coming out of the closet!!

I can't wait until the other bones fall out on McCain's curruption scandals!

You go Obama, let him have it!!

Tom Delay is a friend of Jack Abramoff. Is Tom Delay supporting McCain? Did Tom Delay endorse McCain?

Real patriots don't accuse other Americans of not being patriotic. McCain is a feeble old fraud. I'm glad Barack is exposing him for who he really is, a coward–he left his sick wife and kids for a barbie beer bimbo.

Watch out Obama, if you play dirty your going to get hurt really bad. We all know who your linked too. Course we know your on a sinking ship and will try/do/say anything too win. Wait till the debates, this is going to be good.

McCain '08

Obama cannot win an election on issues. He has always won on discrediting his opponent, once it was ballots that we not signed using cursive writing, another time it was opening up divorce papers to dig up dirt.

This is not change, this is just same old Chicago politics.

what most people forget is that obama's attack ads are fact, mccain's are false and trick dumb people (43% of america according to the latest poll).

McCain is a womanizing cheat, as dumb as they come.
Obama is an intellectual family man.
Serving in the military does not entitle you to hero status, and getting captured does not help.

A vote for McSame is a vote for the corruption.

This to be call nonesense.Pleaes,Go Obama,your election is already aproved by American dreamer who thinks how American will look like in 2020.08/12 is yours.

I am ready to go toe to toe, meet me GOP, meet me any place any time.

Cindy's Mother Theresa claim is now fake as well, these people are underestimating the internet!!!!

eam... can you do anything other than call Obama names? How about disputing the ad with facts? Oh... I forgot, you can't!

OBAMA'S rezko was a bone headed mistake. Those who keep bringing it up get a life!

Okay, again with the war hero stuff:

HE WAS CAPTURED!!!!! He can embellish his story all he wants, but at the end of the day he was captured for 5 years. The fact that he didn't go home early, running to Daddy, just says he was afraid of Daddy.

Get over yourselves–his "record" has carried him a long way, but it won't take him to the WHITE HOUSE. Oh, I hear he can move in with his buddy Bush in Crawford.

Obama gets behind in one poll, and desperation already sinks in.

"I'd prefer to, uh, run a more positive, um, campaign than, uh, my distinguished opponent but, um, I don't think, uh, um, I will do that, even though, uh, I said I would be more, um, positive at all times during this, um, campaign. as I was against, um, Hillary. By the, um, way, does anyone know where, um, uh, my, tele-, uh, prompter is these, uh, days?"

Gosh, this going to be a fun election! The debates are gonna be the highlight!

Obama criticized for being too soft, responds with a tough ad, now people who cheer on their side as it launches nasty broadsides crowd this board, whinging, whining and sneering about his negativity.

Scandel in politics.....................duh

I know the campaign won't touch Songbird McCain and his verifiable act of treason (signed confession against the United States and giving information to the enemy) in Vietnam. McCain family ties have insulated McCain over the years, but American politics is a rough and tumble game. McCain may just get screwed by his own record. Couldn't happen to anyone more deserving.

Hard to trash Obama.

He does not have anything, he have not done a thing. As a US Senator, what did he acoomplished so far. To my knowledge, he just getting paid of tax payer's money about $160,000 a year for doing nothing.

Obama is doing nothing in the Senate and he is getting paid of a lot of tax payer's money. Obama is big wast

We are ready for a fight ,eight more years of bush three, can't stomach it!

WHAT IS "THE KEATING FIVE???????

Since Obama was 8 years old and living in Jakarta when Ayers was involved in the group, I'd like to see the McCain camp jump on this one. He didn't vacation with him like the McCains and Keating, nor did he speak on his behalf to regulators, like McCain did for Keating, and he wasn't censured by the senate for poor judgment. Obama doesn't have a host of lobbyists running his campaign. How about highlighting Scheuneman's lobbyist activities with Georgia, which just may have started us down the road to WW3 with Russia? Did the McCain lobbyist influence the Georgian president to attack? What about those conversations McCain had over the phone? Can we have disclosure about that? Let's get some fair and balanced investigation here.

This race is between Old Man Potter and George Bailey

The difference between McCain and the Keating 5, as well as McCain and Abramoff and Obama and Rezko, is that the Obama/Rezko relationship was thoroughly investigated by the Feds and there was NOTHING illegal in what happened. Obama provided no favors. The low asking price for the Obama house (it's NOT a mansion) has always been a matter of public record. Obama himself said it was stupid to get involved with Rezko, but he gave Rezko no favors. Do you really think that Clinton or McCain wouldn't use this information if it was true? Don't quote PUMA "facts". They aren't facts.

McCain, on the other hand was deeply involved with the Keating 5 situation. He was heavily invested. He came within a hair's breadth of being indicted himself. Had he not had powerful friends in DC, he's be serving time right now. The Abramoff situation, while not as illegal, was certainly not Mr. McCain's finest hour.

Ayers, by the way, didn't "launch Obama's career". Ayers was an active radical when Obama was about 7 years old. In later years, after Ayers had paid his debt to society, and was an advocate for the poor and underprivileged, he an Obama served on a board of directors together.

Please stop listening to 30 second ads and basing your politics on them. No matter where they come from, they're usually only partially truthful (Obama included). Do some research. Real research. Not Limbaugh's self-gratifying website. Not McCain's or Obama's website. There's a big, beautiful internet out there with a lot of good information. Give it a try!

Dear Helen, NY,

You hold that thought, because that and 4.00 will buy you a gallon of gas. Barack will win, count on it.

And now it's time to remind people of the Keating 5 too!

obama what a loser, i thought you were better than that obama, guess you just the same old politics as usual you have no spine to protect babies, you have no spine to keep your word. you sire are not ready you just made yourself look like a lair. guess they are getting a bit fiesty huh obama, you feeling the pressure now, now that you are dead even with McCain. what happened to that lindslide victory everyone was talking about. hot air is all it was, hey i will give you one thing you sure do put on a hell of a show !

SAY NO TO THE OBAMA SHOW !

SAY NO TO THE OBAMA SHOW !

SAY NO TO THE OBAMA SHOW !

Can Obama fix it? I don't know. Our jobs are already gone or going
out the door! I don't care about Rezko. I care that America will have a
person that cares. I care about our country and our jobs. The set
minimum wage is a sin. Minumum Wage only gets bumped up when
there is a wage increase for the politicians put into the bill.What is it
$6.75 now? Two family members working for Wal-Mart cannot live on that small income. America is treating hard working people in America like the Chinese
treats their own people and Wal Mart makes Billions. SHAME ON
AMERICA!!!!!!!!

First Abramoff and now McCain wants to bring back the draft. Its all over youtube.

Talk about experience for McCain: 26 years in the Senate and chair on many commitees especially for vterans/Military, yet how many times has he proposed/initiated anything to help, How Many? How many times has he voted against anything that would aid/benefit, almost everytime, especially pay raises. Where was his leadership for getting body armor/improved Humvees, non-existent. He's a leader alright, leads all congressmen in beeing absent from votes-That's a hard Fact!
Experience: Our Founding Fathers: What experieince did any of them have in politics, they were visionary leaders who inspired the country to move!

I have a strong feeling that the Democrats are about to pound the Repubs into speckles of dust. They really messed with the wrong politician this time, LOL. Good luck Repubs, PUMA, and Reagan Dem's/

Dear Deb, IN,

Forget about it.

I still fail to see what a stance on abortion (which is law) has anything to do with war, or the economy, and more so why McCain would worry about alienating the bible-thumpers.

Do we not have more pressing issues to worry about, than arguing about abortion? What next, outlaw alcohol because the bible-thumpers don't like it?

I am sick and tired of politicians pandering to not only big money, but Big Religion, neither of which has any place in our politics.

Unfortunately negative ads is all a lot of U.S. citizens respond to. Most of us are use to it. Obama has to sling some mud back because if he doesn't then the general public will think he's soft and that's sad. Our government loves to bully other nations and that attitude has rubbed off on the American citizens. Wake up America. The general public is causing Obama to go that same route. Don't worry though...I know Obama will come out on top. War is tiresome and expensive and a few people get rich in the process. This crap has to stop and now if we as a country will ever get back on track.

Teaching at the same University as Bill Ayers makes Obama linked to terrorism? That's a stretch. Then again, where is Ken Niu?

Go Maroons.

It is interesting when they blame Mcinsane, Mcshame. What happened to Barack Hussein? They are desperate so also Barack. He does not know what to do so he is trying to bring in Abramoff. Poor judgment, poor policy. I am confident that John McCain will have landslide victory come November. What a disaster for democrats. Barack got support from the youths during the primary and now democrats have a poor candidate without any background, without any experience.

That's right Obama. Just tell the truth. McCain will make a bad situation worse!!

Norfolk, VA

Veterans for Obama!!!

Hell yeah Barack!

Look at all the GOP cowards now. How's it feel?

Keating Five
Jack Abramoff
Ralph Reed
Iraq 100 years
Phil Gramm's "Mental Recession"
Oil Payoff
Bush Tax Cuts

And that's just for starters...

"No one has supported President Bush on Iraq more than I have." – John McCain

You're going to hear a lot more about John McCain in the media.

Oh yes you will.

I think it's time someone reminded the public that electing McCain is choosing 4 four more years of the SAME OLD POLITICS. In my judgement, nothing has gotten done in Washington for the last 8 years, and I'm tired of sending people to Washington who do nothing but pad the pockets of their powerful friends and loyal lobbyists. I think it's time for McCain to retire. It's time for a change. It's time for Obama.

Excuse me, but are you not the one who has the shaddy past? You of all people think you are going to bring down a war hero like McCain. LOL LOL LOL LOL

Keating 4 plus McCain = Keating 5

WHY IS IT THAT REPUBLICANS ARE ASHAMED TO SAY THEY VOTED FOR GEORGE BUSH???
WHY IS IT THAT ANYONE RIGHT NOW IS TO TIMID TO ADMIT THEY WILL VOTE FOR JOHN MCCAIN???

The only time they are brave is when they are blogging online.

McWrinkle, "this is all in fun!!!"

WHERE IS YOUR SENSE OF HUMOR ?????

McCain just dropped the "Bill Ayers" bomb on Obama.

Bye bye, Barack. Thanks for playing.

This is the experience Sen Strangelove has.

It's time for leadership and judgement

Obama/______ 2008

McCain b4 Country looks like... I thought he's been claiming he put country b4 himself?

95% Bush, 5% "Maverick"

Keating 5...hmmm. Sounds good to me.

What happened to CHANGE?
There's still time for Democrats to vote HRC if not then there is no one to blame but yourselves!

McCain is unelectable.

Sure, Obama is talking about change. He'll change the taxes, will make them go through the roof.

From Allan USA.BE mad, your Obama disparate. I spell for you-November 4 McCain 300-Obama 240.O.K.

McCain is a womanizing, egotistical fake.....there are definitely two sides to him......read his bio !!!!!!

Dig a bit deeper and perhaps a sample of McCain's DNA will show his genetic links to Attilla the Hun. The Ayers thing just won't hunt, fellas.

Shirley in Seattle writes:
"Obama it's aright to be nice, but sometimes being nice is not the answer, it's time to fight and fight hard."

I feel this is so on the war situation, also. It is good to have peace, but not at the expense of the world being taken over by Muslim extremists, and other "nuts". sometimes it's time to "fight and fight hard". I am for Hillary all the way, have been a democrat and voted democrat every since my first vote, for Kennedy, but if Hillary isn't the nominee, I think McCain will do a good job, also. So my vote goes to Hillary or McCain.

Obama's campagin messages are losing their effect because people are seeing and hearing nothing new from him. Watch, as you see his lead evaporate right before your eyes. Rock stars don't competent Presidents make. Too much glitter and not enough mettle. McCain's bones were broken in service to this country. Obama doesn't seem to serve anything but himself.

GREAT ad !!!!

Obama '08

Are you kidding me Mario, Barack has had a slew of attacks from McCain even before he got back from Europe. He has to defend himself. You're an idiot if you think he's going to sit back and allow McCain to attack him day after day, and not DO anything. In your dreams, you toe-scum.

Obama 08

It truly disgusts me how people can criticize Obama for "going negative" when that's the only thing that John McCain and his GOP cronies have been doing for the last year with Obama. And as it's escalated, the stupid "independent" voters out there actually are moving in McCain's favor because the tactic works.

The people of the US get everything that they deserve by allowing these Karl Rove-like tactics to work. You'd think that we'd learn, but every 4 years, the rest of us get a reminder that it's not getting better because people apparently have amnesia about the causes of the problems. Instead, they're distracted by negative campaigning.

And you wonder why Obama's been starting to make comparisions with McCain and run negative ads? By contrast, though, he's got a long way to go to catch McCain and the GOP with how nasty they can get.

The sad thing is that for the people who are affected by these who claim to be in the middle – they have no idea who the real McCain is. My mother had no idea that McCain left his first wife while she was recovering from an accident. No idea that he was involved in the Keating 5. The list went on and on when she visited this weekend. But she knows all about Rev. Wright and Obama's "ties" with Rezko and Bill Ayers.

It's been years, and the man who murdered so many at the World Trade Center,is still free.

Years later, many of the katrina victims still have not been able to return home. Instead they spend their
nights in FEMA trailers that are making them sick.

Years later, we are still in a war where our men and women are loosing their lives for a war that never should
have taken place.

We now live in an economy where the American dollar is fallen fast, people are loosing their homes, gas and
food prices are on the rise when we have no extra money to give.

Its time for people to be able to breath again, and not have to go to sleep every night knowing that they might not be able to pay their bills.

It's time to capture the man who coldly celebrated his success while thousands of Americans cried for their
loved ones.

Its time to reach out to the katrina victims who where held captive in a hell with no way out, and help them
get back home.

Its time for our troops to be brought home to their familys.

It' time for a change, because we believe with all our hearts that Barack Obama will
bring that change.

Now does this ad imply that Senator McCain is not squeaky clean? Well when you consider the number of years he has been in the House and Senate he is sure to trip once or twice or maybe 9 or 10 times. What bothers me is his temper.

I would rather not see a negative campaign. Obama did want to run a non-negative campaign. But what is he supposed to do with the majority of McCain's ads negative? There are too many idiots out there that buy into the McCain smears. Afterall, Obama can't lead us in a change of anything if he doesn't fight back and get elected.

one word REZKO

Ah....I see politics as usual.....i.e. no change

And didn't McCain have a clandestine affair with Cindy for over a year, while his wife was being treated for cancer? How come that isn't being addressed by the press? What's the difference between what Edwards has done and what McCain did? The way the press deals with one and not the other?

mario the truth hurts so do not be a cry baby!

And while we're at it, why isn't anyone looking into whether John McCain is invested with Silver Bank along with his son who is CEO. It's about to go belly up if the Feds don't bail them out. Sounds like Keating 5 all over again.

DEMOBRAT,

WRIGHT, AYERS AND REZKO IS OLD NEWS, YOU CAN'T FIND ANYTHING ELSE TO ATTACK OBAMA.

ALL YOU HATERS FOR OBAMA, MCCAIN LIES ABOUT WAR STORIES AND RICK WARREN KNEW MCCAIN WAS GOING TO DO BADLY AT THE FORUM, SO RICK HELPED HIM OUT BY LIES SAYING HE WAS IN A CODE OF SILENCE.
SHAME ON YOU RICK WARREN.

Dear Nova From NV,

We love old politics just about as much as you love old doddering men. McInsane can't run on his record, so he has to trash Barack in order to win.

Whatever Barack has to do to win is fine, I'll take the "old politics" any day rather than th old Bush Administration that we've had for 8 years. I'm sick of Bush, I'm sick of McCain, and you know what, I'm sick of you.

Bring it on, you coward-lover.

McCain camp can not take the truth he is thug just like all the rest of the GOP rethuglicans they want to destroy America for money!

HEADLINE: OBAMA DISCOVERS DIRT.....
AND FINDS HE LOVES IT....
END OF THE NEW KIND OF POLITICIAN......
WHO NEEDS OBAMA.......

There's nothing that Obama says now will change my mind for whom I want to vote for. The fact is Obama is confused about economics and we can't have that today at present state of economy. It won't help that Obama will raise taxes, it won't let the businesses create more jobs or help to expand the economy. Obama replies with criticism at anything John McCain says, thinking that it will make himself look more knowledgeable or presidential like he knows more about the issues. The fact is Obama doesn't know, he is just being swift in providing the indirect answers. Obama always changes his stance on things just trying to go with the opinion of the public. Other people that I know have noticed that about Obama also.

This is old news.
The investigations have been done...the issues are closed.
Many political figures were involved directly and indirectly with the S&L collapse, indluding one of Bush Sr.'s offspring. No criminatl wrongdoing could be proved.

Lame attacks from a candidate who is losing a little of the sugar coating of the primaries.

Wake Obama...this is the national election–your bony butt is toast. If McCain loses...Barr will win...but conservative values will prevail.

Typical democrats– instead of talking about the issues they try to smear their opponents by linking them to someone they dislike. First to Bush, now to Abramoff. Who's next, Rove? Rumsfeld? Kenneth Starr? Clarence Thomas?

I can see the dem's next ad now: "McCain once shook the hand of Robert Bork, Nixon's attorney general who fired the Watergate special prosecutor. Vote for Obama."

And so it begins..................

Where is Abramoff? In the joint! Where is William Ayers? Teaching School. Something tells me that William Ayers is not as bad as they make him out to be. And Abramoff is the real convicted criminal. Wise up people!!

McCain is a WARMONGER.... Hit "Exxon John" hard.... since he has the "Karl Rove" bunch running his campaign. Also, pick Evan Bayh for VP.

Floppy August 20th, 2008 6:53 pm ET

Wow, I remember…"I won't lead a negative campaign…"

Barack Obama stayed positive as long as he could, but since Gramps McCain has decided to go far negative, Obama has no choice but to respond in kind.

John Kerry stayed on the high road in 2004, and was swamped by the Swift Boat Liars. Obama needs to step up, address all the lies being told about him, and just give 'em hell.

I think that the McCain camp is failing to see the "humor" in this new ad. The gloves are off now.

It can't be TRUE, or it would've come out long ago -

American knows McCain doesn't succumb to such paltry things like Obama has for Rezko 's gift.

What exactly is Obama scared of.. Why is he not willing to simply go head to head with McCain in a debate? I have personally seen both of these guys have questions put to them.. ONE seems scared and afraid to say anything other than what his people have script written for him to follow.. the other Is McCain..

This country is in for one hell of a rough time, if this clown is elected.. Please listen to what both have to say before voting.. and not simply vote for one or the other, because one is black and one is white... Pay attention to their platforms.. and understand WHAT the word CHANGE actually mean.

Poor Obama, and his blind sheep!

You know,now i know why my family not for obama anymore. The man is "crook ".Talk about McCain,but his Chicago connection?

Oh, please. Is that the best the Rovians can dredge up? Obama at a party of someone perfectly free to have parties, breaking no laws doing so?

Ayers? "Not yet Senator" Obama was at a party.

Abramoff? Reed? Senator McCain was in CONGRESS, in official functions, supposedly working to stop corruption in our government...

Hardly equivalent.

You have to be kidding me. Mr. Obama has nothing better to do with his time then spend time overseas and play dirty politics with John Mcain. Thats what we need America 4 years with another child. Wasnt 8years with the last one enough.

iT'S TIME TO RUMBLE, LET THE FIGHT BEGAN. MCCAIN ADULTERY AND CHEATING WILL COME OUT. WE DONT NEED ANOTHER BILL CLINTON IN THE WHITE HOUSE.

sooo much for the almighty OBAMA camp.... this was bound to happen – so can't wait read the camp's response on going towards negative ads.

Grasping at straws. That is all the Democrats can do when they have a candidate with NO record to promote. All Fluff and no substance.

Go McCain. a man we can trust.

Allan USA.
It's still not too late to go back to school and educate yourself. What is the word "bodys"? You're an idiot.

REZKO REZKO REZKO REZKO REZKO REZKO REZKO

puma dont vote mccain

What here is new? Obama has been negative since day one. His whining about racism from his opponents (that never even occured) set the tone. Just like any old-time liberal, he likes to paint himself the victim in order to get what he wants. He is truely pathetic.

Obama is cozy with Ayers, Wright and Farrakhan.

When its about Panamanian McCain his followers don't want to hear it.

I mean how could "holier than thou" McCain be connected to Jack Abramoff ? No, not my McCain he is a POW, a vet, oh no, lies and more lies about Saint McCain. McCain is the worst fraud after Bush. Yes, McCain makes Bush look like a innocent baby.

Allen U.S.A learn how to spell !

It's about time Obama start slinging some mud and get dirty. I guess he and his supporters seeing his chance slipping away like the poll numbers, they had to resort to mud-slinging ads. dwindling poll numbers have a way of bringing Obama from above-it-all messiah status to the regular Chicago politician that he is.Here's a question to all the Obama supporters: Don't you just love old politics?

Ayers isn't nearly as seedy as Abramoff. Abramoff was affiliated with so many more of the GOP (anyone remember Tom DeLay, for starters?).

BARACK THE VOTE!!

What a bunch of low lifes. They (Demos) have a candidate with no record, who attends the wrong church for 20 years, hangs around with
Bill Ayers (Radical Activist ) Gets gifts from Rezko and are despartely
trying to link a War time Hero to Abromoff. Good Luck with this one.

What about McCain and the draft:

Today at a townhall meeting, an audience member praised Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) for his vow to "follow bin Laden to the gates of hell."

After a long question about veterans' care, the questioner said she believed we needed to reinstate the draft, to which McCain seemed to readily agree:

QUESTIONER: If we don't reenact the draft, I don't think we'll have anyone to chase Bin Laden to the gates of hell.
[Appaluse]

MCCAIN: Ma'am, let me say that I don't disagree with anything you said.

Wow, I remember..."I won't lead a negative campaign..."

Way to stand out, Barack.

The DNC gave it to the Republicans again.

And Obama fans...this is not an attack on him. It's the whole DNC. They propped him up and ruined the rest of his career.

Obama is talking about change.

Now he is playing old game polictics. This is a sign that in the unlikely event that he become President, there will be NO change.

He is in trouble, so now he is going negative.

Poor Obama.

Vote McCain an American Hero.

Why are Americas afraid to elect educated people as presidents? We just had a "c"average student in the white house and if the poll holds through till November we may be headed towards the second time of such event. We are considered intellectuals around the world. Yet we let ourselves be gullible to be represented by such intelectually challeged people. Beat me once shame on you but the second time around it will shame on me. And I am not ready for such a shame.

To "Demobrat":
Looks like you can dish it out, but you can't take it.

It's about time Obama campaign start to fight back. It's more on Mccain and his surrogates. McCain has alot of dirt, but the Obama campaign has been allowing McCain free time. Obama it's aright to be nice, but sometimes being nice is not the answer, it's time to fight and fight hard. Everytime John McCain tells one of his war stories, I will look into it and make sure it's true, if not blast him.

True. McCain is cozy with Jack and W.

Look who is calling the kettle black. I can't Obama's campaign would even go there.

This Obamaman should not be allowed to even run for PRESIDENT.Obama should make ads about his bodys in Chicago.

All you need to say is Rev Jerimiah Wright. Enough said.

Go McCain – A true American Patriot.

Good, the truth comes out, but I don't know if it will do any good. McShame is a slickster and he and his cronnies, Karl Rove are deteremined to stay in the White House.

I'm still waiting for George Bush to apologize for the Iraq War. I won't hold my breath. He'll sneak back down to Crawford and crawl under some rock, the snake.

Looks like Obama is the one that is really "more of the same."

What about Obama and Rezko? Rezko worked out a sweetheart deal for Obama to purchase a house at $300,000 under market value and Rezko personally paid for a $17,000 fence around the Obama mansion. This all happened while Rezko was under federal indictment and after Obama became a US Senator. How many more bribes is Obama going to take?

PUMA - Vote McCain

Its time Obama Team let's get ready to rumble! Its show time!

Two Words:

Keating Five.

Go away, Long Gone John.

Antoin "Tony" Rezko

I DON’T KNOW WHY THE PEOPLE IN AMERICA NEVER LEARN. AFTER WHAT WE’VE BEEN THROUGH IN THE LAST EIGHT YEARS IN THIS COUNTRY AND AROUND THE WORLD, I CANNOT FATHOM THE REASON WHY WE NEED TO GO THROUGH THAT AGAIN. TO SEE THESE POLLS SHOW THAT MCCAIN IS GAINING ADVANTAGE FROM SOMETHING THAT REMOTELY LOOK LIKE THE WAR WE’RE FIGHTING IN IRAQ IS BEYOND ME.

DOES IT MEAN WE CAN’T LIVE WITHOUT CONFLICT OR DO WE INVITE THEM TO MAKE US LOOK MACHO? I JUST CAN’T FIGURE US OUT.

The Cross in the Dirt issue is complex.

McCain told a story in 1999 about how when he was in capitivity in Vietnam on Christmas day, a soldier loosened his restraining ropes and drew a cross on the dirt floor of his cell with his boot, then erased it. McCain said this was a defining moment in his faith, as it showed him that two Christians could connect no matter their circumstances.

This is near identical to a story accredited to a Russian author named Solzhenitsyn in which he's serving in a gulag in Siberia I think. He decides life isn't worth living, so he leaves his labor line and walks over to a beach and sits down in the sand. He knows a guard will come over and shoot him in a head, and he's fine with it. He hears the footsteps and braces himself. But its another prisoner, who draws a cross in the sand and walks away without saying a word. This renewed his faith in God and he found the willpower to survive through the rest of his imprisonment.

McCain is a huge fan of Solzhenitsyn:

"In McCain's 2007 book Hard Call: Great Decisions and the Extraordinary People Who Made Them McCain devotes an entire chapter to Solzhenitsyn and his experiences as recounted in The Gulag Archipelago."

Remember where I said McCain hadn't talked about it until 1999? This is important, because he gave detailed accounts of his capitivity in both 1973 and 1995. In fact, the 1995 interview was about being a POW during Christmas. So it's a little weird that he would leave such an important detail out. Especially one that would mirror an experience had by an author he admired.

Go Obama!

Let them eat at mcdonalds!!