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To Mike in Fairfax:

German u-boats sank several ships off the U.S. coast before we declared was on them.

When we declared war on Japan, Germany declared war on us, and then we declared war on Germany. We would have eventually engaged them, just like we did in WWI.

And for another history point of fact, which you right-wing intelligentsia don't like, there were NO terrorists in Iraq until we hit the soil there – period!

I love that we live in a country where we have the right and freedom to decide on our own who we believe to be President. That said, it is a sad situation that a lot of voters in this country will be making their decision based on pandering, lies and giving a false impression of a candidate.

Our country is in a horrible situation, we are hated around the world, we are in several wars, we owe trillions of dollors to others, our economey is a joke. But we're close to putting a Republican back in office? I think the reality is more so that this country overal is not ready for an African American to be President.

mcsame is going downnnnnnnnnnnnnn!

heres a simple but true quote: If what u see in your windshield, is the same as what u see in your rearview mirror, then your goin the wrong way. I said that to say, McCain appears to be more the like president we are leaving behind than Obama does. So if the quote is true, Obama is the way to go.

GO dems

gator hands mcsame, has no idea about the economy. all he knows about is "my friends, surge and war. is this what you want for a president? a 72 yr old that is. he calls sen obama an empty suit, well mcsame is an empty tank. nothing in his head. surge, war, surge, war

testy? easily annoyed.

John McCain get a grip. Obama is fighting back at your negative ad attacks. Come to think of it, if you believe McCain would make the better President, why the negative ads?

McCain has funded the wrong war with our taxes much like Johnson in Vietnam. He should have been after Al Qaeda in Afghanistan, but instead McCain surged ahead and wasted our resources. Tax big oil and those making more than $250,000, but I am making the switch to Obama, we need new leadership, not tired old Bush, I mean McCain.

It is always amazing how McCains ads or listed as negative by CNN but Obama's never are. CNN you would not be a little biased would you. Spin it every way you want to but Obama's plan is nothing but tax increases. If you read it you will find that he wants to give our federal tax dollars to people who don't work and on welfare. Like we aren't giving all these slugs enough as it is.

McSurge has a lot of nerve saying anything about piling debt on the backs of our children and grandshildren. Financing a war on borrowed money (which he has been in support of) is what is piling debt on our children and grandchildren

Listen to McCain talk, everything out of his mouth lately is about Russia starting the Cold War over. He is itching for a fight with Russia and Iran, we CANNOT afford to fight 4 wars at one time! I have 2 sons, and I am not handing them over to this warmonger! Stop voting along party lines, and listen to what each candidate has to offer, and many of you would agree the only thing coming out of McCain's mouth is WAR, WAR,WAR, and BOMB, BOMB, BOMB!!! Save the US, and vote smart!!!

In one of the debates, Obama was baffled by a question about AMT (Alternative Minimum Tax) this just to show that the man is inexperienced and naive. But I guess, if we had to pick a moment when Obama had difficulty in debates, it will be a very long list. Too bad his long list of advisers cannot be on stage with him during the debates.

Obama is going to win.

Obama is going to win.

Obama is going to win.

Come on people say it with me.

Obama is going to win.

Obama is ging to win.

Vote for whomever you want but is so silly to have a problem with voting for a Black man because he is smart and don't look like some of us. If you really what to know about him and his policies go to his web site and STOP saying you don't know anything about him. For God sake we are suppose to be better educated.

Obama will tax us into oblivion.

Puzzled????? Just once please go do your own research and stop believing everything you read....then you will see on your own how Obama's plans will raise your taxes even if you make less than 250,000!

This "10 houses" stuff is a bogus issue that is little more than
elephant dust.

In addition to his home, McCain has a lot of investment property.

Haha, right "investment properties. Perhaps you should take the Google Earth tour of his "investment properties"

Ryan is wrong for making his post on Michelle base on facts (her own words), but the libs are tolerant by trashing Cindi for over coming her addiction ( a positve story for each American) and posting lies about her stealing a husband (McCain's first wife supports him fully and says that their split was mutual and had nothing to do with Cindi at all)?

Libs are nothing but lies and hate, fitting that they are the ones trying to steal the wealth of hard working Americans rather than working for it on their own like republicans and moderates.

The difference in these AD's is that the Republicans are lying (again).
The Trillion Dollar debt that we are leaving for our Grand Kids all came to us courtesy of George Bush.

McCain offers plenty of tax relief - for the wealthy.

How can the McCain camp say that Obama's plan is going to cost the people money wien indendent organizations have proven that Obama's plan will cut taxes for everyone making less that $250K? McCain's plan does much less for someone making less than $250K and doesn't really start helping until you make over $600K. Get a clue

I am casting my vote for Barack Obama in November. I listened to the impromptu talk show with Rev. Warren. Obama was honest in each question asked.

McShame on the other hand seemed over confident. He normally pauses when someone asks him a question he knows nothing about. But this interview was so rigged. He practical gave all the signs that he knew all the questions to the interview he was going too.

The closeness of the polls is absolutely sickening. McSame supporters are a testament to how stupid this country is becoming. 8 years of lies, theft and treachery from the republicans and you’re signing up for 4 more? How dumb do you have to be to realize you're being lied to?

When you lose your house, your job, can’t fill up your gas tank and worry daily about another terrorist attack or if the environment can withstand just a few more years of unrestrained pollution go ahead and pat yourself on the back. It’s YOUR stupidity that got ALL of us into this position.

Get ready old man. The attacks are just about to really pick up steam.

President of your nursing home Johnny Boy, but that's about ti.

Just more McCrap from McBush.

Okay folks, there really is no "War in Iraq".. There's a Global War on Terror.. and Iraq is a battleground. You don't "End" a war.. you win, lose or surrender. On D-Day, we lost about 10,000 men. In ONE DAY! Did we "End the War" that day? No. We fought on and WON! Were we provoked by Hitler? No. We were provoked by Japan. The Nazis never even fired a shot at us but we went in and got rid of them. Were we in the wrong then for jumping in and fighting someone who had done nothing to us? If Obama had been president, I suppose the European Union would be calld "Germany".

Keep after Obama, unless Hillary Clinton is on the ticket, you have my vote.

The only way that McCain can be beat is if Obama puts Hillary Clinton on the ticket as his VP

Better yet, the Democrat delegates need to change their vote and vote for Hillary Clinton to be the nominee. Maybe even put Obama as her VP. Then it would be a "slam dunk" for the democrats to return to the White House.

Hillary Clinton/Obama 2008

How can McCain put out a commercial saying Obama is going to increase our debt when he is the one advocating an ongoing war (with more to come) along with tax cuts? How would he suggest we pay for this????

Pete – how about we cut some of that social spending. 2 Trillion a year on unneeded social programs is impoverishing future generations.

Great legacy you, Obama, Pelosi and ilk will leave this country

Funny how people here are so resentful of successful people.

If you made millions, and you do have that opportunity (this is america, people!), would you want the government to come in and take 50% of what you make, simply because you make a ton of money and are successful?

We should penalize the successful, and reward the less successful?

You people are backwards.
Politics of hope and change?
More like the politics of resentment and jealousy. Get real, you socialist, Marxist, wealth redistributing, liberal whiners.

Wayne Berman-CHEVRON, Eric Burgeson-BP, Frank Donatelli-EXXON, Rebecca Anderson-SUNCO, Charlie Black-OCCIDENTAL, Nancy Pfotenhauer-KOCH IND., Randy Scheuenemann-AMCO...these are just a few of the LOBBYIST running McCains campaign. we all know my friends that Mccain flip flopped on Off shore drilling only AFTER the HESS Foundation contributed money to his campaign...and even more to the RNC. we all know my friends how McCain showed poor and detrimental judgment in going into Iraq. we all know my friends that McCain has the worse absent tee record in the Senate, he has the worst record from Vets and women. we all know my friends that McCain WILL reinstate the draft, go to war with Iran and Russia...we all know my friends that behind all of his LIES, GAFFES, FLIP FLOPS that John McCain is the worst candidate we have seen in a very long time. the fact that he claims the war hero card does not explain why McCain REFUSES to release his Military records. Country First? we dont think so John

Hillary or McCain? Are you smoking dope? Hillary's 18 million supporters dwindled to about 2 million over the past months. In a recent attempt to find anyone that was still paying attention to Hillary, out of the original 18 million, only 250,000 responded to inquiries. Of these 250,000, apparently no one is willing to actually support Hillary. She is still very deep in debt. Even her billionaire supporters won't give her money. She's a dead issue.

Obama, on the other hand, received nearly twice the amount McCain did in the most recent month of contribution gathering (and no, you can't count money the RNC is giving McCain). The polls may show Obama sliding, but polls are generally about 1/2 BS. Money talks. Follow the money and you'll find who America thinks is the most viable candidate.

This old nasty dude is scary. All you hillary supporters that want to vote for him, go ahead. Mccain is the worst possible person to go to the white house. First of all he can't remember what day it is, second of all as I watched this idiot on the forum Saturday night, he is just like bush, angry and wants to be in a war somewhere. Scary.

Obama

I know that I cannot afford more of the same. Senator McCain and Bush are one in the same. The rich get richer and the poor get poorer.

Ryan you question was where is Senator Obama's ghetto unpatriotic wife lately? Where is Senator McCain's former drug addicted, husband stealing wife?

THE Repulicans can ruin our country and move to Dubai, like
Clinton and the rest of the rich and famous.
They are stripping our country and they can leave on a jet plane.
That is what they will do. Self serving bunch of hypocrites.

After almost 8yrs, Whats left in your wallet?

Total SHOW MAKING liar. Republicans, please retire. No entitlements for us hard working people. And Cheney can sit
with his legs crossed and say the entitlements are too costly but the war isn't????? How much did Cheney make off the war. I would vote
for anyone other than a Republican. GO HOME

Wow Ryan your comments about Michelle Obama are so racist, I was actually LMAO while is was reading it. we really don't need comments like that from morons like you, i just chalk this up to the fact that you must be from W VA and you level of knowledge is very, very, very LOW, LOL. What you should do is use that hot air you spewing, and put it towards something positive, who knows even an idiot like you may learn something. LOL

MIchelle and Barack Obama all the way!!!!!!

Is McCain right in the head? By all counts he is most certainly a 'celebrity' and has been for a lot longer than Obama. He's also the one with the private jet and the 8 homes so he likes to spend money. So why does he keep projecting himself and his lifestyle onto Obama who couldn't match it if he tried? He also said that Obama's ambition was to be president...And his ambition is NOT to be president? I think he's mentally unstable.

cnn should be chanting we are number 6 out of 5. moderation takes hours for a simple two sentence statement. sarge in florida you are a pathetic liberal.

This is a waste of TV time for Sen Obama and McCain GO Obama

Hey Chris....

That is the problem with Obama supporters...everything is so simple to them.

Here is some more algebra for you....

O=Obama

What is 5/O?

It is undefinef because O=the empty suit (set) hahaha just kidding wit ya

All of you HRC supporter that still want to support McCain, should stop blogging and start contributing to her debt. It would really mean more to her! Put your money where your month is!!! Or ask McCain to help her. He can afford it!! As for mcCain and his comments, Everything he talks about some how in his mind has something to do with WAR ! EVERYTHING! I really think he has a problem!

John McCain's CHARACTER.

Man of honor?

He abandoned his first wife after she had a terrible accident. In a time where she needed his support he turned her his back. If he was so brutal to her what type of brutal politics is he striving for the USA?

He left his wife for another and married the new wife Cindy just only after 5 months of divorce. This is says a lot about McCain's character.

McCain who was POW himself is voting to 80% against the well-being of our great Veterans. This says a lot about who McCain really is.

He cheated at Saddleback Church. A real pharisee using the name of GOD in vain. Defeating evil in the Bible is GOD's battle. McCain should read Ephesians 6:10-18

If you are a greedy selfish taker who wants to steal the hard earned money from hard working Americans you vote lib.

If you work hard, have responsibility for your own actions, spend within your means, save and invest what you can, and don't want a single dime from another person, you vote republican.

Just look at the blue and red country map from 2000 and 2004. The counties filled with lazy welfare takers and libs who spend beyond their means are blue, while the areas filled with hard working Americans who are constantly giving their hard earned money to the evil, selfish takers who never want a thing from another person, are red.

Last fact to upset the lying libs, study after study shows that conservatives give a much higher percentage of their wealth to charities than liberals do. Liberals just lie about how much they give while republicans continue to give and find no need to pat themselves on the back for it. Kinda like McCain and the fact that he never mentions how his son has served in Iraq, a lib like Obama would mention it in every speech.

You Obama supporters are just plain cruel.....can you give me anything else except Mccaine is old, Mccaine is Mcbush, look at Mccaine's cancer....just horrible people.

You scare more and more independents away like myself each day.

What kind of relatively well-educated nation would even consider voting for McCain, especially in the critical stage we are in???? Not only does the US oil industry have an active hand in GOP strategy – They just about flat-lined our economy while donating tens of millions to the GOP. But the pharmeceutical companies obviously have too many conservatives in a zombie state. Wake up people – There is a lot at stake to hand this country over to John McCain.

John McCain's CHARACTER.

Man of honor?

He anbandoned his first wife after she had a terrible accident. In a time where she needed his support he turned her his back. If he was so brutal to her what type of brutal politics is he striving for the USA?

He left his wife for another and married the new wife Cindy just only after 5 months of divorce. This is says a lot about McCain's character.

McCain who was POW himself is voting to 80% against the well-being of our great Veterans. This says a lot about who McCain really is.

Sarge in Florida

If incoherence were an attribute you'd be Ghandi.
Keep the commentary on the issues you're intelectually capable of handling–weather, cost of rum, weather, sunset, cost of rum, sunrise, cost of rum, locate car keys, cost of rum......

Peter CA

How much did you personally contribute–extra to your taxes in 2007 to help out with these unforeseen calamities?

Fact is–the governement can take care of everything–wars, bank bail outs, medical care for underprivileged and elderly, foreign aid to political allies, etc...etc...

But the first one to gripe when they have to pay more in taxes will be you Peter.

Obama will taxes us all to the poor house. That's the democrat way!

Where's Obama's ghetto unpatriotic wife lately? Have you noticed she's missing? She must have went back under that ghetto unpatriotic rock where she came from...

Advise to Obama;s campaign. If you want McLame to erupt like a volcano don't b**tch-slap him – go for the throat!
Simply say – "Based upon your Senate voting record you have no creditability regarding a promise to not raise taxes, and old war heroes are not automatically POTUS material".
Then stand back and watch this clown launch like an old Vietnam rocket. This way, Amercans see what a genuine fraud this old dude really is...

McCain's tax breaks won't help me... I'm not rich and I don't make $5 million dollars a year!!!! More tax breaks for the wealthy... THAT will help our county out of our economic crises. Do all you Republicans have your heads up your butts? How will that help even in the slightest.

Republicans: Helping the Rich get Richer... Party before Country!!!

Does McCain have two sides to his face, I always see the right side shot. Is the entire media in on hiding the left side of his face. Reminds me of a movie star, shot my good side. Well McCain you claim that Obama is the celb, so be a man and show that horrible left side. lets us see the real man. And can you get some eyedrops or carry a tissue everywhere. It is painful to look at your eyes. One last thing I think that the cancer in your face is affecting your physical and mental heath. You are sick, very sick.

Grandpa stop repeating the same old bull crap...Oh I forgot your memory is going. Remember what you said in your book in 2002 about your own ambitions to be president. Then you attack Obama about his ambitions to be president....Man your such a pathetic man. BTW did you break Cindy's arm in one of your fit of rages...Or was she drunk and fell down and had a boo-boo?

McCain looks dead in this picture.

sherry for Obama August 20th, 2008 12:27 pm ET wrote:

How in the heck can McCain say that Obama will pile on debt to your children and grandchildren?

When Bill Clinton left office the economy was great and the jobless rate was low. ( that being said and he being a democrat)

Bill Clinton had a congress that wasn't filled with his own party. The best way to keep spending in check is to keep those two branches of government in the hands of different parties. That will also keep the Supremes middle-of-the-road where they should be.

McCain = Bush's 3rd term
McCain = Bush's 3rd term
Just more of the same.

McCain's policy: Why tax, when you can borrow from China?

Forget what Obama says about your kids learning Spanish; You'd better make sure they can speak Mandarin. Your grandchildren too.

McCain will put America first.

Obama??

FOOLS WHO KEEP MAKING NOISE ABOUT BIG GOV. HOW HAS THE SMALL GOV. WORKED FOR YOU IN THE LAST 8 YEARS?
YOU'VE BEEN GIVEN A SECOND CHANCE AND YOU'RE WILLING TO MAKE THE SAME STUPID MISTAKE.
SMALL GOVT HAS LEAD TO 2 WARS. BE READY FOR THE SECOND SMALL GOVT. TO LEAD TO 3 MORE WARS.

Obama does have a plan Peter (CA), it is called a rapid transition to socialism through heavy taxes, bloated government and countless new social programs. He wants to perpetuate a welfare state in the guise or giving everything to everyone. You honestly think Obama will end the war? You think taxing our energy providers will lower costs? You think redistributing wealth and bailing out government sponsored corporations will end our housing market problems? This guy has no idea what he is talking about and his advisors are a joke.

McCain has made some grossly misleading statements.

McCain claims he will cut taxes and reduce the national debt. Didn't Bush make the same claim? Gore called it "fuzzy math".

McCain has become of of the biggest liars in American politics and it looks like the public is falling for the same lies they fell for with Bush. American deserves what they get, and what they get will be 4 more years of Bush.

OBAMA MUST RAISE THE TAXES OF THE RICH IF WE EVER WANT TO PAY CHINA AND JAPAN AND MEXICO BACK ALL THE BILLIONS WE HAVE BORROWED TO KEEP THIS EVIL WAR GOING. WE MUST THINK OF OUR GENERATION TO COME AND NOT BE SO SELFISH THAT WE DON'T DO OUR PART AS AMERICANS TO FIX THE NIGHTMARE OF THE BUSH YEARS IN AMERICA. IT WILL TAKE YEARS AND IF THE RICH CAN NOT THROW A FEW EXTRA BUCKS IN WHEN FOR 8 YEARS THEY HAVE BEEN GETTING FATTER OFF THE BUSH AGENDA THEN WE DESERVE TO CONTINUE LOSING OUR WAY AND WILL BE FOREVER IN THE POCKETS OF FOREIGN COUNTRIES THAT WILL OWN US AND EVENTUALLY TELL US WHAT WE CAN DO OR SAY AS A NATION.BE AFRAID AMERICA...DO WE WANT TO BE ANOTHER CHINA?

Big government died with Bill Clinton's legacy. We don't need the progressive messiah formally know as Barack Hussien Obama reserrecting those ill forgotten tax and spend habits..

If McCain had a solution to all these problems, why for the past upteen years has he not done anything to change the powers that be? If he had all the answers and has so much experience, why didn't he use it to bring down the debt.

I for one do not want more of the same old thing that we've had the past eight years. I had a bad feeling 8 years ago when Bush was first elected, thinking he would bring us into a war, and that came true. Please AMERICA wake up - McCain is just going to continue the same old thing. I have nephews and cousins that have been to Iraq and Afghanistan multiple times and as a veteran myself, I know how important victory is - but my question is at what cost to the few who serve - and exactly what is victory when the Iraqi people have spoken and want us out of their country.

Perhaps McCain should send his children to achieve this elusive victory.

To Judgement over experience

You must A) be one of the lazy one's looking for a hand out B)Looking for help with your mortgage or C) Just plain uneducated. I do feel bad for your bitter type but again not my problem that I chose different directions in life then you.

Do you clearly think raising taxes on people making over 250K a year is a good thing, if you do then you qualify as C uneducated. You are a typical liberal allways wanting the governemnt to take care of you

BTW......Your boy Obama looked like a moron Saturday night without the Teleprompter.

What none of the candidates has mentioned is that the bill for all of the debt for the war that President Bush and Congress has been piling up for the past 8 years and more is coming due. Add to that, the bailouts for all the banks and mortgage lenders because of relaxing mortgage lending laws. Then add all of the entitlement programs in. It's the 800 lb. gorilla in the room and none of the presidential candidates is going to tackle it because it would mean that they would have to seriously slash the entire federal budget (including sacred cows and pet projects) and raise taxes on everyone.

How can McCain put out a commercial saying Obama is going to increase our debt when he is the one advocating an ongoing war (with more to come) along with tax cuts? How would he suggest we pay for this????

And for you right-wingers who get freaked out over spending, think about this....remember the bridge collapse in Minnesota? We have thousands of bridges in this country in trouble. How about the levees in New Orleans? A strong rain could flood the Sacramento delta in California and ruin thousands of acres of farmland. I could go on and on. We live in a society, we all contribute to make this place better. Our infrastrucutre if falling apart and it must be fixed. Sure, get rid of the pork barrel–you know like Ted Stevens' Bridge to Nowhere but don't lump all of the projects together.

Obama has the plan, McCain has more of the same.

Obama is tanking in the polls, ha ha his followers are getting testy too calling people nasty names and racist because Obama is not the savior that they thought he was. Obama and followers are also getting testy because McCain whipped him bad in the forum. Poor Obamabots, don't get testy.

Although it has been asked, there is never an answer to who is being polled and I firmly believe that therein lies the mystery. On another note, throughout the primaries and now in the general election I have never heard Senator Obama go negative with personal attacks against his opponents. He has always taken the high road despite the hits he has received on a daily basis and as a result has continued to rise above the divisiveness. The media with exception of a very few outlets have been biased against Obama and basically have him under a microscope yet McCain continues to get a positive free ride in the press. I like many other voters have my own suspicions as to why this continues to go on but still believe that despite these negative tactics Senator Obama will be known as the candidate who played fair despite how unfairly he was treated. This alone speaks volumes about his character.

“piling more debt on the backs of your children and grandchildren.”

As opposed to borrow and spend republicans? What a joke

It is truely sad what McCain has lowered himself too.

The latest POLL numbers anywhere in the world show Mc Cain leading Obama 46-41. CNN does not want to show this REAL CHANGE just like they put a tight lid on John Edward’s affair.

Hit the old fart harder BO !

Well we gonna have to pay the 10trillion dollar debt bush got into office. How else are we gonna pay for it? Taxes. I know everyone hates them to be risen but its either we pay some of this debt now (which is owed to China) or China will own the U.S and our children and their generaton will suffer. While people say Obama will raise our taxes, yes but those making $250, 000. Not like Mccain who at the forum said being rich is making $2million. Yea now you see where he resembles Bush policies. We have to pay this debt someway or the other. Clinton left us with a 128billion surplus and thanks to the regugs, and mccain wants to spend and give tax breaks to people making 2million dollars and big business. kick your azz good bye if you vote for mcsame...i pray people are smarter than that, but hell we got bush for 8 years....so i guess we have alot of IDOTS IN AMERICA

obama is a FRAUD – he will never be elected.

Hillary or McCain – NEVER obama – he is NOT qualified!

He wants to continue a $10 BILLION a month war and McCain expects me to think he will reduce our debt? Liar.

Obama is the Puppet of the Left Wing Democrats and they are all for BIG Government Spending on Pork Barrel Projects!

We can't afford such nonsense!

McCain 08

I don't understand how people can say that Obama's tax plan will drive up debt. He is only rolling back to the same tax cuts that were in place when Clinton was president. From what I understand, the economy was doing very well. So for all the dummies out there, we have tried the tax cuts under Clinton and Bush and we know which one bettered our economy. So what is the problem?

In conversing, with some of the 6 Figure Income American's...90% confirm that they don't have a problem "Paying More Taxes". They feel that, American's will have to make Sacrifice's Now-inorder to get our 'Heads Above Water'. Investment in Solar, Wind and Natural Gas.

IT'S COME TO A POINT OF DO OR DIE!

What we need is a tax policy overhaul. Why must we continue to use such an outdated and convoluted system full of loop holes is beyond reason. It's really time for the American public to revolt against government waste, tax breaks for the rich and corporations.

McCain has made grossly misleading statements about Obama's tax proposals.

Campaign ads are not news in and of themselves.

This "10 houses" stuff is a bogus issue that is little more than
elephant dust.

In addition to his home, McCain has a lot of investment property.

Obama has a mansion, folks. One that he could only afford when his slum-lord buddy and his wife bought the lot next to it at an inflated price. AND Obama got a sweetheart deal from Countrywide for the financiang, at rates not available to you or me, only VIPs like Obama.

Hillary should run as an Independent. She'd win...

Whoever the moron is that is posing as proud army navy mom, you are a. obviously a repuglican because, b. have absolutely no conscience c. when your karma gets you, you will wonder why and d. did I mention an evil, disgusting, devious, immoral, godless, unchristian repuglican? because they all go hand in hand. Proud army navy mom is an enlightened person and has supported Obama all the way. BTW I don't care if you steal my identity, i use six others so go for it.

It seems to me that McSame is the one who's the celebrity and gets more air time on CNN than Britney Spears or Anna Nicole Smith ever did! Every time I turn to CNN there the old geezer is smiling that stupid smile, telling a dumb joke, and of course, constantly criticizing Obama.I'll be so glad when this election is over so I won't have to see that face every five minutes on the tube!

I agree

Taxes stink – I want lower taxes too! But we need them to pay off the debt incurred by 8 years of Bush's ballooning government! I would rather pay a little more in taxes than borrow money from China to help them build their WAR MACHINE! This is an issue of national security!

Now I know why the dirty Republican party chose John McCain as their Presidential candidate. Even though at the outset, McCain lied and said he was going to run a decent campaign, His dirty Republican party knew he was really one of them and would be going to go negative the first chance he got. This forced Obama to reciprocate.

McCain take note...We the people won't be voting for any dirty Republican this November.

sorry thats Sigmund Freud......John McCain = Fraud is a Freudian slip LOL

Funny how the democrats complained about Bush lowering taxes during wartime but now support Obama's lowering taxes.

Obama = Bush
Obama = Bush
Obama = Bush
Obama = Bush

Will withdraw troops based on conditions on the ground.

Obama = Bush
Obama = Bush
Obama = Bush
Obama = Bush

The GOP has got plans — big plans — for your money that would mean piling more debt on the backs of your children and your grandchildren. McCain – 26 years in the Senate with Republican presidents 20 years out of the last 28 years -– McCain is a part of that GOP and yes, they have been straddling your back and the backs of your children and grandchildren for years to come in this century. It is time to vote them out and break down this matrix. McCain thinks your rich if you make $5,000,000 – imagine what he thinks of you – just a little bug on the road.

How stupid are americans ...really? Fraud made a very profound ascertion "DOING THE SAME THING OVER AND OVER AGAIN, EXPECTING A DIFFERENT RESULT IS INSANITY"

So...smart, intelligent Americans be very clear: John McCain will offer the same Bush policies. Do you think he is the best choice for the presidency? and to...all other idiots (i.e. McCant supporters) you need not respond. It amazes me how you people can even log on to a computer considering your leader couldn't even tell ya how to plug it in.

I will support the candidate that will support the Fair Tax Act (H.R25 &S.25). The only candidates supporting this is Barr and Paul. This is the fix we need for our economy, and bring jobs back to the US.

Please read up on the Fair Tax and get your candidates to support this important legislation to repeal the 16th amendment.

"the real candidate should be HILLARY RODAM CLINTON 2012".......the one who campaign (still) is in debt for 30+ million dollars, with some of her own personal millions........at least the two candidates are not in millions of dollars worth of debt when they do enter into the White House.......How was she going to financially run our Country?.........Honestly....she won't if Obama loss because of her helping the GOP, with her slanders losing campaign...Just thought I'd let you know the truth.

Obama 08

You think taxes are high now, just elect McCain in November and see what happens. We haven't seen anything yet.

If McCain should be the next president, NOTHING will change. The only difference is that it will be McCain, and not Bush, sitting in thte Oval office.

Wake the hell up America!

Lacy August 20th, 2008 12:20 pm ET
"McCain wants to continue the war in Iraq AND cut taxes across to the board.

So where's the money to pay for continuing the war gonna come from John? If you're successful at cutting earmarks and pork barrel spending, that'd be enough to pay for a couple more months of war. Not the indefinate scenario you talk about."

take basic arithmetic
If you take in x amount of money and spend y amount of money, and x – y = a negative number, but you want to make them add to a positive number without changing x than how do you go about this?! You just make y a smaller number.
In real practice you would do this by cutting spending on federal programs, departments that don't do anything, etc. See how things work out when you think a little bit?

I feel sorrt for Obama....his wasting all his money on ineffective ads.

Go John McCain 08

Hillary 2012!

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?

Two words Obama has never said together: Balanced budget. He will raise taxes on everyone, not just the 'rich'. He could tax the rich 100% of their income and not pay for all he has promised.

Our income tax policy should change so corporations must pay more taxes. In our annual federal tax collections, corporate income taxes have dropped to less than 10% from the high 32% in the 50's.

We are losing jobs and not getting paid. It turned out very few corporations are making any profits on the paper. How can this be true?

Sherry, our national debt is closer to $100 trillion when you include social security and medicare entitlements. There is no money for these programs and the bubble will be bursting soon when the baby boomers start retiring. Neither Obama or McCain will even touch this issue, let alone come up with a plan to fix it.

"I would just like to take a moment, after being seriously sickened by reading about Georgia, Russia and Poland, and personally thank all the Hillary supporters voting for McCain.

Being an ex-republican I am absolutely DISGUSTED with the direction this country is going, but I have come to the realization that a country like ours is only as good as those people who are willing to be civically responsible.

So thank you PUMA and Clinton/ McCain backers for the onslaught on WW III, economic depression and marshall law. I realize of course, that I am a bit premature in my gratitude but I have every confidence if any ignorant selfish people could pull off completely destroying this country and democracy it will be you.

Hats off to the misguided, uniformed and just don't give a darn population!!! Putin, Iran, and Osama are counting on you!"

From No More! Aug 20........I completely agree

Obama got fake solution. Tax on capital profit tax not rich but 100 mil. American. No HRC - NO Obama.

im going to call this network McNN
when is CNN going to tell the truth about McCain.

his war record, about how he lost 5 U.S Navy planes

or how he left his first wife for the younger hotter Cindy

i wish Jack Cafferty had the balls to bring this up.but CNN wasted no time roasting John Edwards on his short comings

Here comes Obama with his Robin Hood tax plan.......Someone is make to much money and that is not right. He is such a waste, one of the reason I will not vote for him is because of his philosphy on tax the so called rich and give to the poor, irresponsible, and lazy.

If Caroline Kennedy would run as Obama's Vice President, he would win the Presidential election, HANDS DOWN!

Ron Paul wants to eliminate the income tax and actually has a plan to do it. But instead we'll vote for one of these two clowns who will talk circles around the issue as their buddies pickpocket you.

10 bil in tax breaks to oil companies.

Mccain/Exxon '08!

MCCAIN WOULD LIKE TO GIVE THE TAXBREAKS TO HIS RICH FRIENDS AND FAMILY MEMBERS... YOU KNOW HIS WIFE THE OIL TYCOONS...... WHY IN THE WORLD WOULD WE TRUST A MAN WHO IS PAST RETIREMENT AGE... HAS WEALTH... IS OUT OF TOUCH... WHY WOULD WE TRUST HIM TO DO THE RIGHT THING........

NEWSFLASH.... BEING A POW OVER 40 YEARS AGO DOES NOT EQUAL LEADERSHIP SKILLS...........

McCain: POW turned POS. Please think for yourselves people. We can do so much better than the garbage we've become accustomed to. Aim higher.

Common sense tells whose tax plan is the best, there is not question about it.
No matter if you are voting for McCaine or Obama, if you are honest with yourself, and you love the country, you will know that Obama's tax plan is the better one.
America, wake up!

This is the same man that sat at Saturdays forum and stated he would follow Osama Bin Laden to the "Gates of Hell".

McCain's right mind left him along time ago…..back in Vietnam.

America…please listen to the hatefulness that comes out of his mouth.

GOOD FOR SEN. OBAMA. He did not want to get "ugly" and attack.......but American politics are ugly-mean and you MUST attack or get beaten up!

I hope that Sen. Obama and the DNC will start to pound McCain with his own record!

Come on DNC....... through the kitchen sink at McBush!

More of the same Mcshame what is new.

What a bunch of crap McSame is full of. He is the same as BUSH and has the same plan as Bush. McSame is Bush reborn. He loves Bush. He is Bush in White hair. He is no hero just like Bush. He signed the paper in NAM. Most other POW's did not. Tell the whole story so that the real McSame will come forth.
Big Oil McSame. Drill, Surge,Drill, Surge is all that he can talk about.
Obama08

It is the duties of the good shepherds, McCain and Obama, to shear their sheep, not to skin them.

How in the heck can McCain say that Obama will pile on debt to your children and grandchildren?

When Bill Clinton left office the economy was great and the jobless rate was low. ( that being said and he being a democrat)

Flash to now and our country is in a recession people are losing their homes and jobs , our national debt is 10 trillion dollars ( that being said and we have a republican president)

Now how in his right mind does he think Obama is going to put us in debt......thats a republican thing that they do so well........no taxes and big spending..........

Obama or this country is going to H_ll in a hand basket.

LOL! Give it to him, John! Barack is an empty stuttering suit!

McCain '08 for Hillary '12

The Repubs are the ones who ensured that our grandkids and the children of our grandkids will be paying this U.S. debt for their entire lives thanks to their failed policies. McCain, if you were a common person like the most of us, you would realize that the times are tough and taxes are high because of the incompetence of your party.

The negative mud-slinging campaign of John McCain has taken the focus away from the real issues. If America allows it to go on and elect this man for President, then if the economy, which he knows nothing about not does the man he is using to advise him and put the finger on the pulse of the real problem, will continue to go down the tubes. We have all but given away the American way of life by permitting a bye to those who clearly have a selfish way of thinking.

"Celebrities like to spend their millions" What??? Has McCain forgotten about his millionaire heiress wife and his big Senate check?

The head of the IRS doesn't even know the full tax code. How are we supposed to trust these two clowns to fix it? You have both campaigns saying that the other will raise taxes, both campaigns saying that they will lower taxes. And economists on both sides saying that theirs is better than the others. What's an average American to do? All I want is less money out of my pocket. Speaking of which...as a 23 year old, I'm sure not going to see my Social Security money when (if I can afford to) retire! That's called stealing, isn't it?

McCain thinks you're only rich if you make $5 million a year.

*Just* being a millionaire isn't enough, you ahve to make $5 million. Of course, McCain probably also thinks you're not rich if you *just* have two homes. It's no surprise, considering he and his trophy wife are worth $100 million and have 10 homes and a private jet.

And somehow Obama is the elitist.

“piling more debt on the backs of your children and grandchildren.”

McCain wants to continue the war in Iraq AND cut taxes across to the board.

So where's the money to pay for continuing the war gonna come from John? If you're successful at cutting earmarks and pork barrel spending, that'd be enough to pay for a couple more months of war. Not the indefinate scenario you talk about.

So really, who's piling more debt onto the posterity? It's definately not Barack....

McCain's tax plan ad is a bald-faced lie. Newsweek has said as much, even some of your TV anchors have pointed that out.

Print that CNN, I dare you.

The risk with McCain is that his desperation to secure the presidency will put him at the beck and call of the same neocon and corporate strategists that have brought us so many disasters under the Bush administration.

Furthermore, McCain's age and declining lucidity make it likely he will not finish his term: we will have a president decided by political expediency, and then we will really be back in the same boat all over again, for the indefinite future.

A McCain administration will be populated with the same crew we now have - and, not least, we will say goodbye to a rational supreme court.

Obama is going to have to step up and demonstrate his strength as a leader in the campaign. He's got it. Now he has to show us that he has it.

Liar liar liar....

when it comes to taxes and debt both these guys are BUMs, one will be Robin Hood and the other is Scrooge. Fact they both will laddle on the debt the difference is McScrooge will add less debt and cut my retirement for a new aircraft carrier. Then there is Robin Obama Hood. His approach is at least make the rich anti up for all the wealth they have garnered over the last 15yrs. Ok, but he is also going to tax my retirement fund (401K) at a higher rate than it is now. Oh to help those that need help. Simple conclusion neither says taxes for public works programs on infrastructure so someone else will benefit from my and my wifes hard labor. In summation can anyone honestly say BOTH THESE GUYS STINK, yes we can, ha ha.

the real candidate should be HILLARY RODAM CLINTON 2012

I think Obama is a good person and has good intentions of helping people. He has all these wonderful programs and no realistic way of paying for it except raising tax. Unfortunately, in a bad economy his plan will end up deepening the economic woes. This man is inexperience and naive but he I think he has good intentions.

2000 ended with the largest Federal government surplus in history. This year will end with the largest deficit in history, due to the failed policies of this administration. Senator McBush wants more of the same for this country.

WAKE UP AMERICA!

Why don't Obama give his money to the welfare system? I mean after all the Democrats views are take from the rich and give to the poor right? Hey Obama keep telling yourself that 9/11 didn't happen and that were over in Iraq fighting a war for nothing.

GAS PRICES ARE FALLING BECAUSE THE US IS GOING FOR
OFF SHORE DRILLING.

GOOD JUDGEMENT McCAIN !!!!!!!!!!

I can't afford a return to tax and spend liberal ways..., that's for sure!!

Blah, blah, blah....so McCain is running the same ad Republicans have run for the last 50 years. Who cares? I want to hear from McCain how we're going to cut taxes on corporations and the wealthy, give tax breaks for shipping jobs overseas, but still be able to pay for at least 2 perpetual wars (Iraq and Afghanistan), probably start a third (Iran), a new Cold War with Russia. Doesn't take a rocket scientist (which McCain is obviously NOT) to know you've got to pay the bills somehow. He supported privatizing Social Security, but since the majority of his supporters are at or near retirement he can't say that's where the money will come from. I'd like to hear what else he has in mind! "Pork" just isn't going to do it.

What I would like to see from McCain is something to show how much he has learned on the economy as well as how his policies would differ from George W(oman) Bush. Has McCain learn how to be more diplomatic? How would his plan differ from Obama and how much debt would his presidency build up or pay off?

Obama has to show where his influences have come from. How willing is he to use force when necessary?

Notice the difference in questions I have... This could be telling since McCain has a longer track record.

Lets see oshama in the past two years has voted millions to subsidize the oil companies and McCain voted against it. oshama has millions in pork barrell spending in his short time in Washington and McCain has none. Now tell me, who is the big spender of tax payers monies. Put kennedy on the ticket but put her at the top to make it a better ticket.

Obama's ad tells the truth while mccain, as usual, is a bunch of lies. He is disgusting and I honestly don't know how any enlightened person could vote for him. Guess I gotta give some more money to Obama today.

lol
so much for mr. obama not being the candidate who focuses on his platform and not his opponent.. it'd be easier if he had a platform

silly socialists

I watched CNN last night and Bill Maher who thinks that Obama should pick Hillary as his running mate. The rumors of his top 3 are 3 boring white guys. He needs Hillary Clinton because he needs to show bold stand and the ruthlessness of the Clinton's on attacking the key issues. Obama has moved to center and changed his stand on Oil drilling etc. Hillary would bring back the the movement for the Democrats. Funny we don't hear about health care anymore.
Obama has lost his movement and that is evident with the fact he is not winning by a very large percentage after having 4 years of BUSH!!
GO HILLARY!!! I will write her name in...

Where is McCain's solution for getting the country out of debt? He's all for cutting pork-barrel spending but the REAL money's going to Iraq, and he's unwilling to cut that. But, of course, he's a one-term president who'll really have no accountability for the debt his predecessor left. Why on earth would we want to elect a lame-duck from the get-go?

Barack Obama has never learned to say negative things on anyone. McCain have negative in his DNA: Maligned his first wife, and abandonned her while she was sick. Even Edward didn't abandonne his wife when she was sick. Yet we had TV and media all over Edward's affair, and not McCain and even though Edward is not running. He has treated his second wife so bad, she was hooked on pain killer. she still looks like all drug addicts: emaciated, stupefied and absent.

He accuses his temper. However, Who needs a temper controlled president? I don't want McCain's temper tantrum ridden finger on the trigger of that Nuclear bomb in the white house. I would rather have a cool, even tempered man: Obama.

Hillary is the best candidate out there this entire season of either party.

And people with hate and small minds- who still proclaim: unity, unity, unity… keep attacking her.

Attacking HRC is what cost Obama the support of more than half of his own party.

Stop the Hillary bashing and stop the vulgar anti-Hillary comments.

Hillary is the choice of MOST democrats… even those who are willing to vote for Obama out of party loyalty.

I don't know but you think taxes are gonna matter in this election?? To be honest, it'll depend but not as much the economy. Rich and poor are gonna have a say in this...and I'm telling you, it ain't gonna be good.

And by the way, tell Senator McCain that of course no one wants their taxes raised but guess what? Not everybody in the world has a happy marriage...

YEah, keep looting the treasury with war-profiteers and tax breaks for the wealthy..VESTED INTEREST MUCH?

Are you kidding? Caroline Kennedy for VP! Please!. Yes, her father was President of the United States and that is the only experience she has had for this job. She has no foreign policy experience, no relations with blue collar workers and has no idea what working from pay check to pay check is all about. Let's face it, she was borned with a silver spoon in her mouth. Senator Obama doesn't have that much experience either. A catholic and a muslin, what a combination.

My boy spends millions of dollars like Celebrities??? I thought he had to do this the hard way...

By the way, I noticed the GOP have been using celebrities lately. I gotta say, they gotta watch out. I may not like Hollywood but those people know how to play the game....just don't say I didn't give you a heads up...

Both candidates, to be honest, have proposals that will cost billions of dollars. While McCain's gives tax breaks to the rich, Obama's gives tax breaks to the rest of us that is three times more than what McCain offers. The economy decides the winner in Nov.

I got an idea McMindless, why don't we keep the tax breaks big business has already and as a matter of fact, lets increase those breaks. That way, the general public can find it even more difficult to maintain a simple existence.

Something no one has mentioned about Obama's tax plan. When you put more money into the hands of the less fortuante all they do is go out and spend it in stores, and places like that. You know, increase the coffers of business. When big business receives more tax breaks, I for the life of me, see no where does it trickle down to me. Not in savings, not in donations to mine or anyone's else's cause, not in sympathy, not in anything but their own greedy pockets. They seem to can't make enough billions. They can always can use more.

Remember, "the love of money is the root to all evil", true then, true today but on a grander scale. It's funny how blind people are...

I wrote this from bottom of my heart and hoping Obama read it. We all know that you should be the next president and you love America. Please do not stand in defense side stand on offensive side and stand on your policy, Just how you stand on no to tax cut on the gas during summer and you won since it was bad idea. Please stand on you position on no drilling until the gas company drill on the lease land that they owned , and keep saying this will be the answer for ten years from now. Also keep talking about using the reserve for temporary solution and putting it back in the next ten years when drilling from lease land give us the gas we need and during this time we will be pushing Solar and wind and other solution to be gas free in ten years. Do not let McBush win this will brake a lot of hearts

This is good news. McCain has to spend money in places he thought were his just because.

After this 7.5 year nightmare, the fact that there is a single person willing to vote republican means this country HAS, in fact become an idocracy.

Keep playing up McCain's deplorable record. He can't escape his record. Not negative ads: simply the truth of Congressional records which don't lie. McCain would love to avoid anything that happened before the surge in Iraq, such as his voting record against the servicemen and servicewomen, voting record against taxpayers, voting record against increasing even the minimum wage, voting record for special interests, and failure to even show up to vote for the last 8 bills votes on energy and one of those votes he refused to leave his office and go to the floor! Keep it up Obama. Tighten the screws on this fake maverick. Put him under the microscope like a bug for all voters to see what McCain is all about: all show and no go.

O-Bambi, your ads are ineffective!!! All that money you got and your campaign cannot come up with effective ads.

Your are going to LOSE!!!

B O ---S A M E-–A S -–T E D -–K E N N E D Y--–T A X-–T A X–

T A X--A N D --M O R E --T A X--

Hey folks educate yourselves about these ads. Go to factcheck.org and read how both of these guys are distorting the truth.

Is it any wonder why McCain champions a George Bush agenda of cutting taxes for corporations and the wealthy, helping oil companies turn record profits, and leaving working families to fend for themselves?

Most working families today do not have homes that have anywhere near 10 rooms. John McCain has 10 houses.

Many working people in America have to work two and three jobs to provide for their families and pay their car loans. John McCain hops on a private jet.

McCain's velvet world leaves him utterly unprepared to make the tough choices we need to restore equality for ALL Americans.

Think outside the box- Cynthia McKinney, Ralph Nader, and... if your state allows it, write in HRC.

Be careful with the last option. In my state, NM, if I write in HRC, my vote defaults to Obama.

Some states that is not the case. Look it up for your state.

Vote wise, vote democratically, vote for YOUR personal BEST choice.

For TRUTH:

Well it is bigoted and insulting attitudes like the one you express that will cost Obama this election.

Democracy allows for people to make their own choices without being demeaned or insulted or threatened.

Most people who support other candidates, like myself, are politically sophisticated and have college degrees ( I have two, and earn a high wage, and I am voting GREEN because the 2 parties picked poor candidates).