Most every republic you hear from has such ignorant reasons for voting for McCain… "Obama sounds too much like Osama", "he was a war hero" , "Palin is a mom like me"(woop de doo…my kids busdriver is a mom also but that doesn't mean we should vote her in for VP).
I'm floored that it is even proving to be a close race. Well I guess when you consider that half the population doesn't care to even vote it makes sense that more than half of the voting population also doesn't care enough to be informed.

Barack Obama should enjoy his shine now because come January 20, 2009, there will be yet another republican inauguarated into office – John McCain. As much as Obama supporters believe he will be the next President it is not going to happen. B.O. might have the crowds at this time, but it will be the crowds voting against him and Democrats come November 4. Dems can't think for themselves so how are they going to get out and come to the polls anyway. McCain/Palin 08!

Ever since I became Independent, i can see both parties supporters have an ugly side to them. I'm sure some Liberal were so happy about the backruptcy news today because it helps Obama.
I'm so turned off with both parties supporters….get a grip!!
Whatever the outcome is, I'm sure both candidates have good intentions for this country…Stop with the hate & realize that everyone has their own right to vote for wether the issues, race, gender, 1st lady preference, etc…
Electoral Majority wins & life goes on….

American can't afford another inexperienced candidate…..it would only mean another Bush mess.

That is why this Democrat will VOTE NO OBAMA

Experience does matter and sadly Obama is the least experienced of all the 4 candidates on the ticket. Even Gov. Palin has MORE experience.

As they say…..Obama is the least experienced candidate in the history of America.

So this Democrat will be voting in the best interests of American……..JOHN McCAIN

Dear Johnny come lately……to change

The "Straight Talk Express" is pouring out black smoke, the muffler fell off 10k miles ago, there's a thrown rod, and the burned clutch is stinking up the countryside.

Your gonna run that machine into the ground…….and hurt alot of folks along the way.

Your fighting the wrong fight,….. for the wrong people, ….for the wrong reasons…..thats why its not goin your way

, its beneath the John McCain of 2000.

Who wants to see the guy? Just goes to show that without Palin – John McCain is just a POW who thinks he's ENTITLED to the White House.

mcsame fought his party on immigration and he said global warming does exist. On every other issue he votes with Mcbush. He votes party-line on the economy. A challenge to every Republican out there: Name one economic issue Mcsame has voted against Mcbush or even name a lie that Mcsame has said he would do that is different than Mcbush. Another challenge out there: Any one have a job that is harder than the "hardest job in America" (small town mayor according to Mcsame.) I guarantee my job as a farmer is harder than walking around shaking hands, having lunch, being friendly, schmoozing big shots etc.

Both sides are doing false and distorted attacks. So go ahead and drop that part of the arguements and what is with all the pointless name calling?

When is CNN going to come out with the news that Trig is really Bristol's and that she is pregnant with her 2nd child?

Sarah Palin must have an extreme personality disorder to be telling this many lies and to this level.

Very True RJW

Palin really knows her finance. She says she is happy that the government didn't bail out Lehman Brothers and that the tax payer shouldn't have to foot the bill for their insolvency. Well, Lehman Brothers did have a commercial bank subsidiary. My understanding is that deposits up to $100,000 for each account holder are insured by the FDIC. As an independent agency of the federal government, does this mean the money originally came from taxpayers???
Hmmmmmm……..

Republicans are all the same. It doesn't matter who runs for president.

They put america in shame with bad politiks the last 8 years and can
not be awardet to lead this country any further.

Wake up americans and get your country back on track with a clean president *Obama 08) who brings fresh and new ideas and restores prosperity and pride.

Mc \Same and Palin have to be defeatet.

There is no other way.

I am starting to believe that McCain is delusional. 'Underdogs'????

This phrase sums up McCain today 'The former maverick that sold his soul to win a campaign'. Unfortunate.

Senator John McCain is the authentic change agent and the man with the courage to lead! He chose Governor Sarah Palin for VP! She is authentically in touch with mainstream Americans. She can relate to us and actually speak our language!

Eat your hearts out you left-wing democrats! Palin is awesome! Obama bought the spin on McCain's top three picks and chose a Washington insider for his VP!

McCain/Palin 08! They will deliver the change/reform Americans can believe in! And, they will do it with authenticity and integrity!

McSame….I was a POW But I don't like to talk about it except fifty times a day…no I also like the SURGE and Patreaus….Nothing on the economy….my wife is filthy rich….thats it

Left wind extremist kooks LOVE women. so do Democrats.

OK…Obama draws 75000 in Portland and McSame calls him a "celebrity" without substance. When Palin inflates McSame's audience he claims it is because she is a stateswoman and born leader. Wow,,,must be nice on his planet…..

America needs to remember…they are voting for McSame or Obama, not Biden or Palin.

when is palin going to answer questions from the real press???
david westin and charles gibson are a bounch of phonys. does abc think people wouldnt see through this phony interview the staged with palin. i know ill have trouble watching abc news because of the dishonsty of the interview. but i guess what do you expect from abunch of repub. they sure can lie with a streaght face is my opinion

Why are Obama supporters so juvenile in their comments? Do these people have educations, and are they even old enough to vote? Do they and the Obama camp realize how hurtful is it for them to win over undecided voters with this behavior? It's a real turn-off and I think a lot of Americans are sick and tired of this over the top commentary from media news personalities. Rachel and Keith from MSNBC have got to be the worst I have seen. It pains me to even see their faces while flipping over to Fox News.

JoeCool – Just stop it! You guys could care less when thibngs were said about Hilalry but now you guys have become feminists on chivalry steroids. Gimme a break. SOOOO HYPOCRITICAL! FROM A WOMAN WHO KNOWS THAT YOU GUYS COULD CARE LESS ABOUT THE TREATMENT OF WOMEN UNLESS THEY'RE ON YOUR TICKET.

What's really sad is that some of you are so drunk on the kool–aid that you can't even admit to your hypocrisy.
*SMH*

In other words, McCain appeals to the very wealthy. No surprise there – the entire Republican platform revolves around tax cuts for the wealthy.

I think it says a lot about Republicans that when your candidate admits he lies, you still fall in line. Go get em John! Show them who the real losers are.

yes the left hates women…..thats why they protect women's rights and were the first to nominate a woman on a major party ticket (Geraldine Ferraro for VP–for the uneducated right wing hicks) and the first to have a SERIOUS woman candidate for the white house. Those darn Women haters!!!

Americans, please I am begging you for the sake of this country, do not fall into this Palin business. (Miss so um..what's the Bush Doctrine?) VP is not a job to learn on the fly! Our country definitely needs rejuvenated economics, energy policies, education, and government institutions. I hope every Democrat goes out and votes and encourages their peers! To see McCain and Palin leading the polls is extremely horrifying!

When John McCain and Sarah Palin call themselves Mavericks, maybe they should check out the real definition of a Maverick.

Check out the real TV show as it says that:

Mavericks were reluctant heroes
They would rather talk than fight
They would offer a cigar
They would buy a drink
They would play a round of cards
They would not choose gun play as they were rather bad at it.

All of this contradicts the John and Sarah as Maverick platform.

I do not understand the claim to fame…..

Isn't he taken public financing?

This is scary. I can't American people are still voting Repubican. Those of you who are still voting for that party you must not have so much money where you havn't felt the affect of this failing economy, gas prices, lost of jobs, fail health care system, lost of home. Keep on living the good life with another four year of Repubican I bet what little money I have left you will feel what the rest of us are feeling. Don't take that gamble!!!!

Surely, even the wealthy will be jumping off the McHoover B.S. Express.
Bill Gates doesn't want to have to scrap over a piece of cardboard or a space under a bridge.

A vote for McCain/Palin is like playing Russian Roulette with only one empty chamber.

And now we'd like to hand out the award for who has had the greatest negative impact on the American Economy in recent history… and the nominees are..(drumroll Please)
O.Bin Laden: for his cowardly act of terorism on 9/11, that took 2800 lives.
G.W.Bush for his mismanagement of America's fiscal position and for starting an unnecessary war..
Katrina for the havoc and chaos she wreaked in Aug 2005 taking many lives in NO and displacing hundreds of thousands of Americans

Ladies and gentlemen we have a winner..and he's a local..

She is a novelity, like Obama was. His glitter, is fools gold. Not worth a thing..

All "big money" folks are falling apart. See what's happening on Wall Street?

Each minute that ticks the economic clock is banging louder than every other thing.

The Economy – Insane!

The Republicans made it so.

SAme message, different day. When will America wake up!
To JoeCool, left wing extremists don't hate women, just liars

So Republicans can go completely insane spewing sexist venom at Hillary for 16 years but any criticism of the Helicopter Moose Hunter is off limits?

Yeah right – it couldn't be we are criticizing someone who is obviously unqualified to be VP let alone P when/ir Senator McCain's age catches up with us?

Reality is noone cares to see John, he's old and old news.

Gee, that's interesting. McCain's crowds "dwindling" to several thousand is newsworthy, yet Obama's recent crowds in the hundreds were buried deep in the stories. Funny how that works.

McCain paling?

McCain is incompetent regarding the economy and foreign affairs. He wants to continue to run Washington to the benefit of the very rich and to the disadvantage of us average Americans. NO TO MCCAIN!!

If he would stop changing his story every 15 minutes when he gets called on a lie, maybe people would want to hear him. I think he's done himself in, and the polls will soon make them true underdogs. Palin is a bigger liar than he is "I will fully cooperate with the trooper investigation. I have nothing to hide." "Oops, Governor Palin will NOT be cooperating with any investigations." Something to hide, dear? And don't blame this on the Democrats-this investigation was underway before we ever heard your name! These two almost make Bush look honest. (ALMOST)

No one wants to hear grand-pappy McCain saying the ideas he stole from Obama. Do you think McCain would have picked Palin if she was 5′ 2″ and 200 lbs? What a joke.

we know obama is afraid of Sarah…

now i hear that even the mighty oprah winfry is afraid also

it looks like mcpalin are loosing ground, their honeymoon did n't last longer.

John McSame… you are a dishonorable man running a very dishonorable campaign…

we, the American people deserve better than that…

I'm voting McCain the man that can work with all parties for the good of our country. I'm a democrat.

Republicans usually don't spend too much time at rallies because they're busy WORKING for a living. Can't say the same about most Obama supporters who expect the government to be their parent.

To all:

McCain and Palin represent the only solution for this country.

It does'nt matter what polls from liberal states say-McCain is in VERY GOOD shape to win all the electoral votes Bush won in 2004.

Close race in Pennsylvania+Minnesota=McCain/Palin '08

Get a life, you lousy liberals.

McCain/Palin '08

He couldn't fill half the seats in a 15,000 seat arena in a "red" state. Hear that, John McSame? That's the sound of your convention bubble deflating as more and more people see how uninspiring you are in person. Well, those who actually show up anyway.

McCain needs all the money he can get to pay for the phoney ballots sent to democrats. Come on CNN get some backbone. Do some investigations. Or do you want to be complicit? Are you journalists or mere entertainers?

Palin didn't pan out. What in the world was McCain thinking?

Enough said…all the hooplaah is about Palin and once the focus is brought back to the actual issues, McCain draws smaller and smaller crowds…fewer and fewer votes.

I would like to see more respect from the Obama's supporters. It's hard to believe that they are the cheerleaders of change and hope, and by just reading these comments it certainly does not represent that. I believe supporters from both sides of the aisle need to show respect for the other candidate!

McCain/Palin 2008
Clinton/???? 2012

I just saw the Racheal Maddow Show on msnbc and she said the McCain campaign not once but twice greatly exagerrated the actual crowd size this past weekend. One venue they said had 10,000 when in fact it was about 3500, and another event they claimed 28,000 when in fact it was 8000 ( the latter was when Palin was with him). And the lying continues…….

Stupid comments by stupid, dummycrats. Ever wonder what $9.50/hour training wage will do to small business owners? Ever wonder who will pay for a Socialist health care system? Ever talk to someone in Europe who has health care provided by their government and ask them about their tax rates? Get you head out of the sand. Your holy man who draws big crowds will draw big taxes and high inflation. An idiot can do his math.

How come when Obama said he raised $66 millions no one called him a liar, and here McCain raised some sincere $$$, everyone is jealous and calls him a liar? Are we feeling insecure or something?

Can't stand liberals, can you?

Why can't we talk issues?
We have heard enough nonsense recently.

And soon there will be none.

This is NOT a surprise……….when palin is on the mic, he just stand there and smile like a pig with lipstick………sorry, is that sexist?

i don't believe that either. Everything that comes out of the mouth McSame and the pitbull are lies!!

MCain, has really shown that his willing to try anything to win the pres. , Choosing Palin was insulting to those who have half a brain! McCain's love for America is not as great as his love of winning!

"I get a kick out of all the left wing extremist kooks that hate women. No wonder the Democratic party is a on the way out."

Another conservative prick trying to light a sexism fire. I forget which candidate is for equal pay? Oh yeah, it's Obama!

If it were up to mccain and palin, we'd be at war with iran and russia!!

OBAMA/BIDEN/O8

Nader / Gonzalez 2008

So I guess He wants sympathy or maybe He's trying to play on peoples minds. Those on the fence who thought Palin was good for the Republicans are now having a change of heart.

McCain and company is hijacked by opportunists who are running for their own agenda. McCain has no imagination and this works with opportunists very well

Sorry John, back to square one. You are a big fat zero. Go back to your small town hall formats so people can't see that no one cares what you have to say. We are sick of your lies and empty words. Palin was a new freak show for a minute but that too is over now. We all know she is a liar and a fraud. Just take your 85 million and slink off with our tax money to finance your lies.
Bye Bye John. I mourn the man you were.

Why is McCain doing fund raisers if he excepted public money? Is he double dipping?

Florida remembers Obama well and we will never vote for him. You didn't want the votes to count and now Obama is begging for our vote. Ha Ha Ha. McCain/Palin gets our votes.

no more mcbush.

he thinks that the economy is strong.
is he going senile in his old age.

americans wake up to the deception. mcbush is bush all over again.

we should all boycot cindy's beer.
that will show him that the economy is going downhill.
thanks to mcbush.

go obama.

Everyone will soon see how quickly his numbers drop as they all realize…
He has nothing to offer.

Joe,

We have nothing against women.

See the conventions? Women were over 50% of the Democratic delegates. We just don't pander like the Republicans do.

So McCain likes it when more people like his opponent than like him?

Let's see…the crowds are getting smaller but the money is getting bigger.

Hmmm…must be all those millionaires with the tax cuts.

So much for "change" Sen. McCain!

CNN pulls any comment with even the slightest substantive criticism in it in order to keep up the facade that the candidates can be compared in a "balanced" manner. See watch…I'll leave out any substantive commentary and they'll leave this one up.

Can we believe Gov. Charlie Grist any more than we believe McCain/Palin? I'm not sure about Grist but McCain/Palin couldn't tell the truth if their lives depended on it.

Okay people keep this in mind once again…McCain is fund raising despite the fact that he's on "public financing" and yet here's two articles of how Palin and McCain are raising money. Once again Obama is correct; public financing is broken and there are too many ways to game the system. Course I don't see any reports on the 66M that Obama raised last month…

Umm, isn't using public financing for his campaign? Why is he raising money at all?

LOL…picking an unknown in order to create a celebrity via press fervor backfiring much? Is McCain or Palin running for President at this point? Seriously…is she really the Republican party's life insurance for keeping the White House if something happens to him?

I liked you at one point John, but this has finally gone beyond the pale (in).

Heck, it sounds like the Republicans are even staying away!
"No shows" and empty seats. Barack Obama can fill a Denver stadium! McCain-It was the economy stupid!

A donation for change? While McCain proclaims change because he is a maverick, McCain still dons the label, Republican Party. A real maverick in the Republican Party would be a Democrat. McCain is no Democrat and he is not so much a maverick, either, unless one considers the character issue. While Obama acknowledged Reverend Wright as bad news and fired him, McCain proposes change based on supreme character. Less we forget, after his first wife waited for McCain all the years he was in a cage, he dumped her and his three children for a blondie $100 million heiress. Great character and a change for the worse!

JoeCool September 15th, 2008 10:23 pm ET
I get a kick out of all the left wing extremist kooks that hate women. No wonder the Democratic party is a on the way out.

can you say… nahhhhh brahhhhhh?

Good Job McCain – keep up the good work.
Too bad the DNC picked the weak guy who will NEVER be elected.
McCain/Palin have EARNED my vote – seems like Millions of Americans feel the same way – just check the polls.

You sir are just a DOG with fleas………………………..McCain's lies and distortions make me want to work 10 x harder for Obama…No Way, No How, No McCain, No Palin……

McCain/Palin=Geriatric/Nutcase………………..YIKES.

HEY JOE COOL. Where did you find that empirical evidence?

Chairs unfilled, signs stacked in a corner, no shows…..still think Palin was you're best choice John?. I'll bet you'd re-think if you had it to do all over. Too little , too late……..the ticket is finished!

Let's not forget. Republicans have failed to lead this country.

John McCain and Sara Palin are REPUBLICANS.

The platform is the same, the economic plan is the same, the national security policy (including the Bush doctrine) is the same…

Why should we give the Republicans another chance?
They fooled us twice. ("ifoomina")

Enough!

How about that, the Democratic Govenor of Illinois defends Govenor Palins executive experience, says Obama / Biden are wrong!!!!

McCain / Palin in 08!!!

McCain thinks he's an underdog…Wrong, he's just a dog.

Where's the protesters? I enjoy the protesters!

Thts because all these people are not voting for McCain they are votting for an unqualified Palin. I don't care if you are a Republican or not Palin is as qualified as my wife to be VP and she has a a Masters degree from 1 college with a 3.8 GPA. Hey maybe I should have called McCain

Sure he did. Yet another lie. I just donated to Obama again. Keep talking Republicans. The more you talk, the more Obama brings in the $$. Talk about your cash cows, or would that be pigs with lipstick?

Small crowds with lots of clapping? Is the clapping canned?

NO BODY that is not filthy rich likes him. Synopsis: Mccain doesn't
have a clue. McCain is an idiot. McCain needs Sarah because
when she left for the weekend, his first appearance without Sarah,
as soon as he tried to speak, he was booed, and booed by the
real crowds.

McCain Palin win will bring an end to America as we know it.
Our poor children!!!!!

If you are among the top 5% of filthy rich in American, you will
vote for McCain and if you are with the other 95% and you vote
for McCain, can you put a paper bag over your head, because
you are either stupid or old, or uneducated or oblivious to truth.

White educated woman of 63 and Catholic

Voting for Obama Biden. 2008

I guess I missed that “My friends am an underdog and all I need is your votes business closed” talk about underdog what will Obama say, all this time in the senate for 35 years you just realized now that we need change, that we need to drill now and quick please give a break………

John McCain? Please, get a brain. If you can't bring yourself to vote for Barack Obama, please just stay the heck home.

There are no Palin crowds. The numbers quoted by the McLIAR campaign are proven fabrications. Pictures tell the real story. EMPTY. Hey media, stop pretending this is a close race.

Show me a McCain rally that gets half of what Obama draws, and I'll put on lipstick and vote for the Greedy Obnoxious Piggy.

Looks like John McBush is greasing all the rich kinda like taxing them for the large tax cut they will receive if he becomes president.

Talk about return on investment but, other than that Old John is clueless on the economy. His remark today that the economy is fundamentally strong and then changing his remarks to attack Senator Obama is just plain STUPID!

John McCain is the student of Herbert Hoover – things are looking rosy for us – the rich!

The Republican ticket is done. Obama/Biden in a landslide!

I wonder Mr McCain do the words honesty and integrity have any meaning to you or Gov Palin? At this point I do not believe that either of you understand this question at all.

They don't even deserve to call themselves underdogs! In my opinion they are "dirty dogs"!!

If the 2 of you get elected to the white house, the whole country will be "under-dogs"!

Obama is sweating to the Oldies. All you Obama-bots give 'til it hurts..
LMAO

i am one of those youth voters… and i was just wondering how i am supposed to look up to a candidate that lies to me all the time….. Someone explain to me why McCain wants to sell himself to the devil to get elected… what kind of example does that set for the next generation like me

John McCain is far from a “dog”, if it wasn’t for American heroes such as John McCain you would lack the ability to write such a comment.

And to all you Sen. Obama fans, what exactly has he done for America? And further more, how can the self proclaimed “politician of change” justify his choice for VP? Sen. Biden, a man who has been in the senate longer than John McCain?

Oh crap! Palin was supposed to look pretty and draw in the crowds. What the hell happened?
Well, Miss Alaska turned out to be just a one night stand!

I get a kick out of all the left wing extremist kooks that hate women. No wonder the Democratic party is a on the way out.

Another untruth ~ there is no underdog when the race is a dead heat!

John McCain, we believe in you ! You ve been thru tougher things than this campaign before. After all, this is just a bunch of babblers and losers. Not real stuff. Go get 'em John !

No comment, No time to waste.

You Are Not An Under Dog . . . Just A Dog. . . With Fleas!

"Obama didn't mean Governor Palin when he said lipstick on a pig….but I'm John McCain and I still approve that message"

People are onto that clown, lying through his fake teeth

Right ' Country club first'…

I thought McCain was limited to public financing?

So, McCain can't draw without Palin. Where is the hype and momentum?

NO WAY! NO HOW! NO MCCAIN! NO PALIN!

Yeah, without "Caribou Barbie" McCain is just, well, boring.

(I stole "Caribou Barbie" from another blogger–it's just too good!)

What a pathetic candidate!

ENOUGH

OBAMA/BIDEN

All of McCain's friends and supporters are in jail!

That's why he can't put arses in seats!!

But he will surely lie and say five trillion people were there!

RICH WHITE FOLK = REPUBLICANS

ALL OTHER REPUBLICANS = DOORKNOBS

Be careful Senator McShame, the Mayor of Moosetown is stealing your spotlight; almost like a "celebrity!"

He hasn't pulled in large numbers all year. So? He is still doing very very well.

Gov Palin draws large crowds Sen McCain doesn't.

I figured this was how it was. She is more popular. Have we not heard this over and over again for 2+ weeks.

Not sure what is newsworthy about this. CNN did a news story this weekend about the different size crowds and the they would do more appearances together to take advantage of Gov Palins popularity.

I am sure you can find the story if you look.

The big money I can see would be newsworthy but smaller crowds??

Jacksonville Florida here…McSame's visit wasn't a big draw for 99% of us. I guess he needs Gov Palin at his hip to attract much attention!
Jacksonville is hurting like every other place in America…ordinary folks expecting more than what McCain is offering. Sure he raised money – big donors now see what Palin has done for their base – given them a false hope that folks will buy the nasty, untrue attacks. We won't….not those of us with a brain in our head….No way, No how, No McCain, No Palin….go blow smoke up the pants of your extreme right wing base!

Yea…. WHo did not see that happing? I'm suprised that did not tie them into a knot and make then do nothing with out her. She the only reason that anyone is comming out. Remember the last year lounge act McCain.

Yeah, you know who McBush is going to represent in the whitehouse: a "small crowd" of real rich people. He'll give them fat tax cuts too. Is guy serious about changing washington?

Obama-Biden 08!

John McCain is not exciting. It's his best attribute.

Lies and inflated figures. Cannot trust them with the truth.

LMAO! Did you hear that? The bubble has burst!

Can someone stop McCain / Rove from destroying Social Security!!

Now, did McCain except public financing?

What is he doing with all this money?