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??
———————

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!

——————————————-

(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….

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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!!!