CNN

Just imagine, what position we all would be in if this economy trend, that we had for last eight years continues for four more years.
$8 gas, 15+% unemployment, foreclosures, National Security, Unnecessary spending, housing & Wall Street collapse, war with Iraq, Iran, Syria, N Korea.....

Did it happen all by chance? Do Republicans have some sense of accountability for it? Where was Mr. McCain all this while? or was he just waiting for the Presidential office? It’s been long since he is a Senator, did he not advise Mr Bush?

Obama 08

Liz:

I think you have to bench Drew Bledsoe (McSame) in favor of Tom Brady (Obama). Sure, Bledsoe has been around longer, but Brady has enough between the ears to get us to the promised land.

From Obama's speech on 09/16/2008:

"In February of 2006, I introduced legislation to stop mortgage transactions that promoted fraud, risk or abuse. A year later, before the crisis hit, I warned Secretary Paulson and Chairman Bernanke about the risks of mounting foreclosures and urged them to bring together all the stakeholders to find solutions to the subprime mortgage meltdown. Senator McCain did nothing. "

"Last September, I stood up at NASDAQ and said it's time to realize that we are in this together — that there is no dividing line between Wall Street and Main Street — and warned of a growing loss of trust in our capital markets. Months later, Senator McCain told a newspaper that he'd love to give them a solution to the mortgage crisis, "but" — he said — "I don't know one."

"This March, in the wake of the Bear Stearns bailout, I called for a new, 21st century regulatory framework to restore accountability, transparency, and trust in our financial markets. Just a few weeks earlier, Senator McCain made it clear where he stands: "I'm always for less regulation," he said, and referred to himself as "fundamentally a deregulator."

That is called real leadership from Obama and missed opportunities for the new “empty suit“ McCrypt.

all "talk and taxes" because Sen McCain can't fully understand the situation with the economy, can't sympathize with the American public and has no plan to curtail the crisis that many families across America find themselves at this point in the history of our great country.
The last thing we need is committee to "study" the situation and make recommendations regarding how we should move forward.

"Obama reads speeches as sweet as Britney Spears sings the songs. He acts as cute as Paris Hilton. But America is not looking for a President with outstanding reading and acting skills to lead our nation."

Are you wholly incapable of thinking for yourself?

And the guy that replaced tom brady hadn't started a game since high school and ne is now 2 and 0 . Because of good coaching and preporation...... Liz.LIz,Liz you don't think

The Dow is DOWN almost 300 points! Guess the $85 billion to bail out AIG ain't working folks. HAVEN'T THE REPTILICANS DONE ENOUGH DAMAGE TO AMERICA?

If you don't think so, follow McSame and Palin off that cliff like the lemmings you'd have to be...

Palin/McCain really need to find another job. AL has its own problems.

Republicans don't even have guts to accept the fact what mess they have created of the US, rather global economy. e.g. spending over $1 Bil a day in unnecessary wars etc. Still there is no change in their attitude. Bush is a failure, no hope there. Its pity that McCain just blames it on the Wall Street, greed etc. and does NOT hold Presidential office and its policies responsible for it. Talking about greed, let me tell you Mr. McCain, who has vested interest in Halliburton..., that’s our current VP Mr. Cheney.
Stop blaming Obama and talk some substance.
Obama 08

McCain admitted saying in 11/26/2005 to The Wall Street Journal "I'm going to be honest, I know a lot less about economics than I do about military and foreign policy issues. I still need to be educated". So does this mean he's going to pick another war to fight instead of fixing our economy? Republicans ran the House, the Senate and the Whitehouse and you tell me you believe they have your interest at heart. Someone ask the thousands of people who continue to loose their jobs. Bush made it clear that he's going to do what he wants when he cheated his way into the presidency in 2000, then you all turned around and voted him back in because you believed he was going to fix the problem after the attacks on the twin towers, now the very same people that voted him in office are complaining because your love one's are stuck in a war that didn't have to be. And now you want to stand behind the very man who is a carbon copy to the 8 years of terror we are dealing with now. I guess what the rest of the world believes is true, Americans are stupid.

talking of experience, may i categorically state that neither mcCain nor obama has the experience all of us have been talking about. which of them has been a president before.NONE. when we talk of one having experience we mean who has been on the job directly. for example Bill Clinton has experience, Bush has experience. being a POW or having met leaders or having travelled far or having been in the senate does not qualify one to be termed as having experience of a president. now we should be looking out for one who has more potential and better policies and more diplomacy in ruling our great country, AMERICA. GOD BLESS AMERICA.

ct – I think you are forgetting that Reagan and Clinton were state governors before becoming president. Hardly "newcomers".

ct said...<<<>>>

LIZ – your question is stupid. We do not want McSame, I do not want my son and daughter will go to war.

Obama/Biden

Didn't President Bush hosted a dinner earlier this year for John McCain. Why didn't Barack Obama made any remarks about this? Isn't the president of the United States of American more a celebrity than Barbara and her team?

John McCain is just so jealous of Barack. He is now using all of Barack's speeches like "enough is enough". "Change" etc. Why is John McCain such a copycat. He has no original ideas of his own. Keep on teaching Barack. Wow!!!

Stupidity is defined as the science of doing the same thing over and over again each time hoping to get a different result. .Perhaps if the people do not like Obama becuase he is too intelligent for the hard working Republicans then America can make histroy by electing Nader. This will give everyone 4 years to think and appreciate the value of an education in politics,and enjoy the facinating experience of being broke, homeless, sick and dying a thousand deaths untill the Decmocrats come back swinging ,as Bill Clinton did, to save America once again.

So a company like AIG gets bailed out to keep millions of jobs and Obama if he becomes Pres. is going to raise their corporate, payroll and any capital gains they make to pay for his cut to middle americans HUG. This doesn't make sense. I am sure the people at AIG who make less than 250. are just thrilled to know they have a job to come to every morning and not a thousand dollar tax cut. Sen. Obama won't be doing AIG or any big corp. in trouble by killing them with taxes it just doesn't work that way Sen.

YES, let's raise taxes!!!!! Morons (Democrats).

If I remember correctly, and check the Post today for an in-depth article on the subject ...

McCain has been loudly for deregulation! He's voted for deregulation!

The one foggy morning, he awoke to find the financial district in chaos!

NOW he for strict regulation!!! Change you can't believe in – !!!!

McCain is too foolish for prime-time and not ready to lead. He had his chance for almost 30 years in Congress and did nothing or did it wrong – I'm not sure which is worse!

McCain's "experience" is in deregulation ... the only thing he is out to reform is his image ... his record is already set in concrete.

WHAT IS JOHN McCAIN'S PLAN? HOW DOES IT DIFFER FROM THE TRICKLE-DOWN POLICIES AND SELF-REGULATION THAT LED TO THIS DISASTER?

CAN ANYONE TELL ME?

Typical moron to equate politics with football. Perhaps Liz can sit at home and watch "Superbowl commercials" on Nov. 4 while the rest of us are out doing something worthwhile.

I agree with Senator McCain. Obama's only solutions are SWEET TALK & HIGHER TAXES. That wont solve our economic problems.

Obama reads speeches as sweet as Britney Spears sings the songs. He acts as cute as Paris Hilton. But America is not looking for a President with outstanding reading and acting skills to lead our nation.

John

AS A CLINTON DEMOCRAT I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THE DEMOCRATIC TICKET HAS WHATS NEEDED TO RUN THE
COUNTRY AND I WILL SUPPORT McCAIN AND PALIN FOR
THE JOB OF REAL CHANGE. OH YES TALK IS CHEAP,BUT
ACTION IS WHAT WE NEED. " OH YES " THAT WHICH YOU
CAN BELIEVE IN .

I am a German citizen who works and lives in the US. I can tell you that Europeans are amazed that America may choose McCain after the disaster of George Bush. We can see that McCain is no different.

My friends back in Germany the ones that have learned about Palin think she is actually some kind of joke.

If McCain and Palin win America will look ridiculous in the eyes of the world. We will all be afraid.

Carla:
your bud Mcinsane just had the same type of event – $30,000 a ticket – sorry. Do some reading would ya?

The Federal Reserve is a private bank that just taxed you and I to bailout a private insurance company.

What is Senator John McCain not involed in?

CNN – why won't you post this?

John McCain has been head of the Senate Commerce Committee for years. THE COMMERCE COMMITTEE.

As such, he has been uniquely positioned to take on the very interests he now claims he wants to reform. HIS longstanding policies got us into the current mess.

So, which should we believe: his Rovian campaign rhetoric - or his documented record?

I did not know that there were so many ignorant people in this country. How can anyone, who has seen that obama has no experience in ANYTHING be the best person to lead this country at this time.

The democrats again shot themselves in the butt and spewed crap all over the place. They had a perfectly good candidate Hillary Clinton and what did the do they twisted arms and held suspicious cacus and got obama in. Now they want the real democrats to vote for him. Heck no McCain is not all that perfect, but he is a heck of a lot better than this fly by night, who can't even, and won't even prove he is a citizen of this country. That he ever went to Columbia college and that he knows what to do when it comes to voting on an issue.

He has never ever written a bill, he has never ever campaigned for a bill, all he does is vote present or doesn't vote at all. And the boy bloggers, they can't be men, since they hate strong women and the kids who dance and chant and wave at their rock start are making the biggest mistake of their lives. This country will cease to exist if the dumb bunny obama gets in.

When McCain says "Change is coming", he is right because he will likely die in the office and Sarah Palin will govern this country like it was a hockey game. Our politics has becoming more pathetic and low than third world countries and soon McCain-Palin will take us back to "Wild Wild West" time where we will be the third world country. No matter what American won't elect black looking man (even he is not black) even if it is suicide.

Come on people, use your God given common sense! How does someone like Mccain who has been going along with the failed policies of GWB who has gotten us into the mess that we're in now GET US OUT OF THIS MESS! DO YOU THINK A 9-11 COMMISSION IS GOING TO HELP US ..THAT'S WHAT MCSAME SUGGESTS. Obama's had a comprehensive plan for the last 19 months. McCain has no new ideas, he has admitted himself that he doesn't understand the economy and what has he been trying to do the last few days? Trying to adopt Obama's ideas on the economy the same way he tried to steal the CHANGE message. WE NEED AN INTELLIGENT, SMART PRESIDENT WITH NEW IDEAS..THAT'S OBAMA!!!!

Nevada regulators closed Silver State and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. was appointed receiver of the bank, based in Henderson, Nev.

Andrew K. McCain, a son of Republican presidential nominee John McCain, sat on the boards of Silver State Bank and of its parent, Silver State Bancorp, starting in February but resigned in July citing "personal reasons," corporate filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission show. Andrew McCain also was a member of the bank's audit committee, responsible for oversight of the company's accounting.

The younger McCain, who is the chief financial officer of Hensley & Co., the beer distributorship of which Cindy McCain is chairwoman, is the Arizona senator's adopted son from his first marriage.

I think we all should focus on the issues at hand. To be honest neither candidate is doing so. I am only 26 and been a democrat since I was able to vote. Obama really disgusted me with even allowing such an exuberent fundraiser to happen in his name. People are losing their homes, their jobs, their retirement funds!!! But it is ok to raise 9 million dollars to have celebrities tell you to get tough. It makes me really question who Obama will be working for if he gets elected. It is times like this when i wish there was a strong 3rd party candidate running because neither of these men give me the confidence that when they get in office, everything will be ok

Dear jason, look at his latest tv add look at his plan published on the internet ... from what iv seen John McCain can only try to explain what he ment by fundumentals !! by saying he ment the american worker. We all respect the american worker but what did the republican goverment do for them ... John McCain voted 90% of the time for its policies

Obama: "We need to crack down on big businesses like Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, who are ruining our country!"

Advisor: "Uh, sir, they're one of you biggest contributors."

Obama: "John McCain did this to Fannie and Freddie, two innocent companies trying to make America better. CHANGE!"

And the sad thing is a lot of people fall for it. These big companies that are falling? Obama is the NUMBER 2 senator getting the most campaign contributions. Dodd, a fellow Dem is number 1. And you people say that these businesses are big evil Republican companies? How can you say that with a straight face, or are you really that ignorant and/or dumb. Your Democrat leadership is doing full force that which you accuse the Republicans.

Obama – Change. Yeah, as in change is all that we'll have left in our pockets after he'd get done with us!

Liz: you are joking right? Mcinsane has had his chance in congress for 26 years – he has voted over and over again for de-regulation – that is the cause for the mess of this week on Wallstreet!
I would 100% vote for the "rookie" as you say.
JFK was a rookie too, Abe Lincoln was a rookie too and so many others that were great presidents.
Please give me a break.
You have been fooled.

LATEST LYRICKS OUT , CAN YOU NAME THAT TUNE ?.

THE FLIP FLOPPERS

BY JOE AND BARRACK

PRODUCED BY REZKO ,, AND ABC

LIES , LIES AN MORE LIES

ARE YOU SMARTER THAN A FIFTH GRADER , WERE TURNED DOWN BY BOTH . THE DC'S SO THEY WENT TO HOLLYWOOD AN GOT ABIGGER PAY OFF FOR THERE MORE LIES. .

The Detroit Auto Industry is next in line for bail or fail. We'll see how this one plays out this week. They need $25 billion.

The quarterback guy above should know that he would never put the experienced 72 years old guy into game when there is a talented new game hope.

Some said that the Obama proposals were driven by his sozialist conviction. Now the current government tries to do exactly what Obama has asked for. Tougher regulations on Wall Street. It´s so bad that now the taxpayers money is used to get the things straight.

Democrats for McCain...you are talking about the McCain of 2000. The one we see in 2008 has nothing left of the honorable man he was. I would have voted for him THEN too.
Not now
No Way
No How
No McCain

oh you faithful Obamaites, you have forgotten one thing, while you are discussing experience. We have a Democratic congress, and they are the ones that have been calling the plays. Things will not change until you do something with the congress.

Yet somebody recently said that the fundamentals of the economy are strong. Stop the games 'cause it's OVER!
OBAMIDEN!!!

Just because someone plays the piano very well does not necessarly mean that he is a great violinist. McCain played his "soldier" role very well. That does not mean that he will be a good President. Anyone that talks bad about hope, about a future vision, about a movement, and ispiration, like McCain does, what can they offer besides the same old politics, the same old jargon, the same lies? Him and Palin make it sound as if it is bad that there is a movement going on to bring the goverment back tot he people.

How dumb do you have to be to vote for a party that has crippled the US for the past 8 years? You are not a patriot, you are a fanatic!

Liz, I go with the young quaterback, with the fresh arm because his jusdgment, quickness, and accuracy to is on the money!

NoHow, NoWay, N0bama!!

_______HE"S_______GOT___________MY______VOTE

Obama has a better plan for our economy than john mccain does.. PERIOD

Obama's plan is to raise taxes on 1/2 of those paying them and then us it to give a bigger hand out to those not paying any taxes at all..

Has anyone thought that actions and poor decisions by the market (which is all of us AND the "evil" corporations from which WE buy) has an impact on the state of the economy? Government is not the cause of, or solution to, every single problem that comes down the pipe. Sometimes responsible decisions by the market and individuals in that market are needed. Government meddling (on both sides of the aisle) has proven to be an ineffective solution more times than not. No one running for office is going to be the "savior" of our economy, so everyone needs to chill out and move away from these blindly political statements.

nov.4th will tell if we can look forward or become a 3rd world country and stand in line with our cup in hand

McCain can't simultaneously be the Washington experienced insider and the maverick outsider. He was intregal to the commitees in charge of commerce and the economy but at the same time rallying against the status quo? My heads going to explode!!! This is worse then lieing it's 2 faced. You can't be both Mr. McCain so what the heck are you?

obama is really change that america needs,mccain is been in washington for so long and is a part of people who are briging this country down.

McCain helped put this country where it is today. No way will he ever try to reform anything with the economy. He thinks it's strong! Call me stupid, but I'm voting for somebody with an actual thought, and not somebody who will sell his soul to become president. No McCain, EVER!

Liz

you're forgetting a very important mistake

do we use the "experienced" quarterback who has made mistake after mistake after mistake and who's entire training staff is filled with "unemployed" representatives who own the other team???

That's the question you should be asking

Lastly, McCain doesn't have the experience to be President. NO ONE DOES. to say anything different is to insult the most difficult job in the free world

don't make that mistake again.

I noted that McCain has emphatically demanded that regulators must get financial statements from banks. I guess he doesn’t know that banks, thrifts, and credit unions have been submitting quarterly “call reports” to the regulators for decades. Those reports are very detailed, with full balance sheets and income statements, including the composition of their loan and deposit portfolios, delinquencies, revenues and expenses. Not only that, those reports are available on-line for anyone to see at FDIC.gov for banks and NCUA.gov for credit unions (of course, not available on-line to McCain).

You would think as a U.S. Senator he would know that. What has he been doing in Washington the last 26 years? But I am glad he is going to move regulation forward to the 1940s.

Everyone keeps saying "change" blah blah blah. or vote Dem to make things better...or vote Repub to make things better...

Neither candidate is offering A WORKING SOLUTION to help the economy. They're both supporting spending more of OUR money on these bailouts.

People. Wake up. This is not a personality contest. It is the choice for who has the best plan. McBama has no plan. These two parties are JOKES and everyone is drinking the kool-aid. Both are senators and now say that "something should have been done to prevent this" WHAT THE BLEEP HAVE THEY BOTH BEEN DOING IN CONGRESS?????? They were in a position to work these issues and are now back pedalling.

Because it IS about the economy !!!! Hope in the debates, Obama hits hard on McCain about that !!!
Beware absentee ballots going out now, you may get cheated out of your rightful vote !!!! I'm voting in person this time..for Obama....not taking any chances this go round...

Whoever is not voting for Obama are stuck in some kind of twilight zone. All you Latino's out there who Believe Mcain or republican party respect you just wait until it is time for you guys to have a presidential nominee. You Guys will be ripped apart just the same. Really after 8 years of Bush and His Overall Policies and Warmongering you can still Justify some how the Republican Party is looking out for you. These Republicans Have Been RICH and WEALTHY most of there lives in country clubs were you not allowed, and you call Obama an Elitist. Why because he is not doing what you want him to. Play Basketball or Entertaining you guys. He has a clear vision of a better Future Mcain Picked a Shady Governor from a Remote State who couldn't open a box of cereal but at least she can read a speech. We talk about higher education and sacrifice...But if you are a minority your not supposed to be educated or successful. You are Supposed to just always Entertain and work for THEM!! If Your a Hillary Supporter..... Palin is totally opposite..Its like a vegetarian eating meat it makes no sense.

McCains ad: More lies and deception by the same old Republican party. The only thing they really try to fix is "investigations."

Barak used "change" in his campaigning, now John McCain is using it.
Barak said "Enough is enough", now John McCain is saying it.
Barak does a commercial speaking directly to the people, guess what? McCain is using this approach for his last commercial. If John McCain thinks Obama is so inexperienced and not ready to lead, why is McCain doing everything he does???? This man is a follower not a leader.

McCain is the chairman of the Senate Commerce committee, yet he says he needs a "9-11 commission" to help him understand what went wrong with the markets? How should we value such experience?

Quite apart from the scurrilous nature of invoking 9-11 in reference to a completely unrelated economic fiasco, this is an expression of egregious incompetence on McCain's part.

Hey "Liz"

You forgot to say "EXPERIENCED WHITE CANDIDATE!"

Liz.... the ONLY problem with your analogy is, in this case, your "experienced" quarterback has thrown interceptions and fumbled and faltered a number of times in the first 3 quarters in this crucial game. HE is the one responsible for this situation in the game which otherwise should have been won by 30 points. Do you bring in a rookie or not? Your call

"Change we can Dream in"

What has Obama done to change anything in Washington? How have his votes been cast? Biden for change!! How do you pick someone for VP who has been around Washington that long?

Palin and McCain are the only hope. Too bad the liberal media can't show both sides equally. Too bad many of you cast your votes based on the media and speeches. You deserve what you get!

am not suprised there was a terriost attack today in yeman,everytime the media focus on the economy something happen across the ocean,the mccain camp dont want the media talking about the economy because they know this race will be over fast,thats the way the republicans operate,they dont want the american public to focus on the issues,they want the media to talk about personal matters or international affairs,so this bombing in yeman was probaly planned all along,i wont be suprise

Liz,

Football metaphors? A Superbowl? Egad.

Do try to be at least a little bit serious about this.

OBAMA IS THE 2ND HIGHEST PAID OFF SENATOR FROM THOSE COMPANIES THAT IS BEEN BAILED OUT BY OUR TAX PAYERS MONEY FREDDIE AND FANNIE

IS THAT TRUE CNN?

Congratulations America we are now proud owners of a failing insurance company that we as taxes payer will not receive dividends or benefits as shareholders.

I understand the failure of some of these companies will lead to further hard times...but we are just paying a huge premium to delay the inevitable. The market NEEDS to correct itself if it is to rebound.

ARGH

Obama's advisors are infused with fannie and freddie ex-execs... Change you can laugh at.

Democrats for McCain September 17th, 2008 10:09 am ET

"John McCain has served this country with distinction; he is loyal; he is honest; he is strong in the face of the enemy; he will protect us and our families; and he will work with both sides of the aisle on the pressing agenda items of our day. This man will likley run a single term, and as God is my witness, I believe he will do absolutley the best for our country without regard to race, gender, or politics."

Wow, someone has been swimming in the kool-aide pond again. Wake up and watch McCain's ads. None of them detail his plans other than Obama is bad, me good. He constantly lies about Obama and his plans, and the media is just now starting to do some fact checking to keep it in line. Obama has been telling everyone what his plans are and how we will be able to pay for it. What has McCain done? Other than copying everything that Obama does? He jumped on the Change bandwagon, even copying their signs down to the same font. Yesterday he even used Obama's 'Enough' phrase to criticize the financial market. And I thought we all learned to recognize the swift boat attacks and wouldn't make the same mistake 3 times. Guess gullible was taken out of the dictionary.

Obama/Biden 08

Liz – How did that rookie quarterback make it to the Super Bowl without throwing or running for a touchdown??

By the way, McCain will not raise taxes even with the wealthiest Americans because he and his wife Cindy will be paying in millions too because she is worth millions and they don't want to give part of their bulk to UNCLE SAM.

The news networks should STOP giving Palin camera time until she agrees to network-controlled interviews. It is ridiculous that she is not being allowed by the McCain camp to answer questions by reporters, as any other candidate would and should. Also, the McCain camp is not releasing her tax returns. What does Palin have to hide??? What does the McCain camp have to hide regarding Palin's ability to be interviewed??? McCain and Palin won't talk much about the economy because they're both ignorant of the daily economic struggles of hard-working Americans. The Obamas and Bidens (all of them) had to work hard through personal struggles and structural oppressions, to EARN their way to where they are. Despite their own personal challenges, they have also always worked on behalf of others, who were struggling with life's challenges. McCain has used people to get where he is (filthy rich second wife), and Palin is simply an annoying distraction from important issues. I find the selection of Palin by the McCain camp offensive and irresponsible. McCain and Palin have told so many lies, that I've lost track. As a proud American, my vote goes to Obama and Biden, hands down. Vote America, Vote Obama.

Liz and Indy:
First of all, come to AZ and see what MC-Same has done for us?????Liz your football analogy is pie in the sky. You want the same ole team? Phil Gramm, Delay(crook) et.al running the economy, which by the way,this debacle was set up when the Repugs were in control and did nothing!!! Don't blame Wall Street. I also know that McSame was for smaller government, and free trade . Remember the Keating 5!!!!! and Enron!!!!!. Yikes!!!!!
IT IS TIME FOR A CHANGE AND NEW THINKING!!!!! In addition Palin, who is against everything HIllary stands for. Her hand on the helm would put women back in the 50's and I personally don't want to be there.

I have a few thoughts.

Why does John McCain continue to use Obama's change theme. He needs to use his policies as well.

And I read another article that called Obama an elitist. Exactly why is he an elitist? Because he worked hard and got an education at Harvard? So now a good education is frowned upon? But John McCain, who does not know how many homes he owns, is not an elitist. John McCain who caters to the higher paid Americans is not an elitist? Now that makes sense.....

sometimes I really think people want to here what they want and not see things for the way they really are. How can you want John McCain when he knows nothing about the economy, wants to continue a war in a place we should not have been, does not want to educate the very Americans that we rely on to run this country and these major companies AND manage our money, and he wants to drill all over the country instead of get a the source of problem which is reliance on oil which drilling only exascerbates....

Come on America, McCain is not for country but for Individual wealth, Obama is for Country Wealth....if we help each other, the nation is better off, otherwise you just have more crime which leads to more guns, which leads to more crime, which leads to more guns, which leads to more division, which leads to a less safe America for our kids.... if you don't mind being tied up in your homes then fine, but your kids will be dealing with the outside world and running from it is NOT gonna make it go away!

Trust McCain to save us from this recent banking collapse....hahhaah
Last time when we had a similar crisis (Savings and Loan collapse back in the 80s) John was actually investigated by the Senate Ethics Committee due to his VERRRY close ties to Charles Keating, who was the corrupt architect of the entire collapse.

Now I am not necessarily accusing Mr. McCain of anything in regards to the current mortgage crisis, however past actions show that he might not exercise the best judgement. He has a hard sale if he wants to convince America that he is the right person for the job.

Both parties policies are hurting the economy. More Bailouts? where is the money coming from? Increased taxes or increased debt, that's where.

Reporters on CNN last night said "it's obvious we need more regulation".–NO IT IS NOT! we need to either enforce the laws that are there or actually reduce regulation. Let the companies be accountable. in the late 80's 1000 banks failed....we're still here. We don't need this continual government support of the Big Boys who made bad choices, bad products and failed at it. Both Obama and McCain are supporting all of these bailouts.

It sends very bad messages:
* Neither cares about the debt (which is a much bigger problem than AIG, mortgage, etc.
* Neither understands that providing incentives for bad decisions is only reinforcing those who will make money off of running business poorly
* When push comes to shove, they are really going to have to raise taxes to pay for these policies...or they are setting up their successor to do it.

It is appalling. I'm voting for Bob Barr for this reason. He's the only candidate, and party, that is actually concerned about reducing the debt, reducing governments bloat, and restoring our freedoms and liberties. Whether it is in personal or corporate life, we should all strive to do the best and make good decisions, but when we don't, we shouldn't be looking to the government as the support system.

I wonder if Obama will tell voters he's received $10 million from wall street for his election.

It is an outrage for the media/CNN to present the bailout of AIG by the Federal Reserve as a government bailout; in fact the Federal Reserve is as much a privately own corporation as AIG.For Mitt Romney to come on national TV and subscribe to the ideal that the Federal Reserve is a government agency shows the extent the republicans and our government officials are willing to go distort the true. America is being soldout and it's not the american people who will benefit.

Liz~ My dear, this is not the superbowl! There is a winner and a loser in the superbowl. Right now, we are all losing.

McCain and the rest of the repubs have proven that experience is not always key. GOOD, SOUND judgement is sometimes more important than experience. What have you gained over the last 8 years? Is your retirement, investments or even your job more stable than 8 years ago? In the past couple of days, our retirement has dropped several thousands. I do hope you are wealthy. If not, you are making a big mistake in voting for McCain.

Liz I strongly disagree with you. Obama has more leadership qualities, and temperament to be the President. I do not want to take a chance with MCCain. I believe that he is mentally unfit to lead. I have no comment about Pain, because I don't know enough about her.

Senator McCain – How in the world you will fix the problems of the Wall Street when you most of your campaign advisors have strong ties to the Wall Street.

Don't try to fool the people – We are smart enough, you GOP can go to any extent to win the White House.

You should be ashamed of yourself.

Wake up people...you think wall street is bad now...If you let ole Johnny boy up in the WH there won't be an america!

That football analogy would work but lets looks at that for a second. In 2001 a veteran quarterback was hurt in the 2nd game of the season and a little unknown 6th round draft pick from the year before came in. He led the team to the Super Bowl and that team, the Patriots went on to beat a heavily favored Rams team in the Super Bowl, against a veteran quarterback. That 6th round "unexperienced" quarterback went on 2 win two more Super Bowls and is arguably the greatest quarterback of all time!

-Now your analogy also falls short because McCain isnt experienced either, cause he was a POW doesnt give him experience to be president. He knows the playbook because the playbook hes using is President Bush's playbook. Thats the playbook that got us in to the God awful mess and it wont be the one that gets us out. Barack Obama is the best choice and you have to look at the ISSUES not any of this BS that the McCain camp is bringing forth. As an American Citizen it is your obligation to examine all the issues before you make a decision, not anything else. Barack Obama puts us forward not backward

VOTE DEMOCRAT

November 4th, 2008

Barack Obama / Joe Biden

"Change We Can Believe In"

18 MILLION PEOPLE VOTED FOR OBAMA to lead the country.

NOT based on his experience but based on his VISION

Sarah won't even meet with reporters on her plane...forget about even having a vision!

Liz, look at this way.
We are in a hole, a familiar hole (S&L ,Keating 5) Do you want the man who dug the hole a second time? As for Superbowls Would you rather have Tom Brady in his first superbowl or Don Meridith? Experience is a teacher, true enough..but if you don't learn from the first mistake you made then why would I trust you after you made the same mistake again.
Experience teaches the man who cuts his hand off by acting reckless not to be reckless with a chainsaw. I would not allow this man to teach me anything about chainsaws if he repeats the same mistake because he's a slow learner.

John McCain before Keating Scandal was for deregulation
John McCain before latest scandal was for deregulation

How many times must you be hit in the head by a two by four by the same group before you realize that you are being hit in the head. For some of you it's too late...brain damage.

It is unbelievable that McCain will mouth the words he thinks the public wants to hear regardless of his track record proving the opposite and the uninformed, unread public actually believes him. This is why this country is in the state of disgrace it is in today. Wake up or be prepared for harder times than you have had in this generation if you vote for McSame.

Women who vote for McCain/Palin deserve to lose reproductive rights.

To Liz: Except in this case, the veteran is prone to throwing interceptions in the end zone, I'll take my chances with the rookie.

Yesterday I watched Obama's campaign stop in its entirety, as well as McCain/Palin's. Two things stood out to me, first is that Obama's was nearly twice the length of McCain and Palin put together. Obama offered details and specifics on what he wants to do, while all I heard from McCain/Palin is more vague references to change and reform that we keep hearing. No details, no specifics, nothing. Whether Obama's ideas are good or bad are open to interpretation, but at least he has them, and has thought them out. Whereas with McCain I keep getting "I will reform Washington" well, sir, how are you going to do this? "I'm going to reform Washington". That is not answering my question and the American people deserve to have their questions answered if they are to made a clear choice in who to vote for.

"You can't build a reputation on what you are going to do."

I saw this quotation on a comment today and it is absolutely what Obama is all about - TALK.

He has no record of accomplishment. He has no experience on the national stage. When he got to Washington, he was given a sub commmittee chairmanship on foreign relations involving Iraq and he did not even call a single meeting. He has spent over 50% of his time in the Senate running for President. He has voted 100% of the time (when he was there to vote) the party line. Regarding the Iraq war – he has voted 100% of the time in favor of the war and its funding (sorry speeches made before you are in the Senate do not count as votes against the war).

Here is what I know. I trust John McCain to keep us safe from terrorist and evil nations. I trust my family's safety in McCan's hands. I trust McCain will work for the good of all americans without regard to race, color or politics. I know BASED ON HIS TRACK RECORD that John McCain will reach across the aisle and work with Democrats on their important policy issues – He has done this already (just ask Ted Kennedy, John Kerry, Joe Biden, or Hillary Clinto – allof whom he has worked with) I believe McCain when he says he will have democrats and Republicans in his cabinet. In short, I know what I get with John McCain and I am comfortable with that. All I get with Obama are words and a very uneasy feeling that he is over his head in all of this

I have decided that it is McCain in 2008 and Hillary in 2012 as Senator McCaini will likley only run 1 term

18 MILLION PEOPLE VOTED FOR OBAMA to lead the country. NOT based on his experience but based on his VISION

Do these McPalin supporters really have any sense of what is going on in this country.....Senator McCain is living in another world....fundamentals of this country are strong!!!! The whole country is falling down around our ears and you McPalin folks seem oblivious to it......it seems if MCPalin said jump off a cliff you all as sorry sheep would do so.
Can you not for once "THINK" for yourselves and face the truth, Senator MCain and his party have been in charge of this diabolical mess for the past 8 years!!!!! COME ON!!!!!!!!!!
So you think it's smart to vote them in again.......how dumb can you be!!

Everything is getting more shaky every day.
I certainly am not qualified to suggest any soltuions
but do know we have to begin action now.
As usual, the republicans are a talk about it, do
nothing party, proposing a "council" to study
problems. Too bad they did not propose one
before they got our country into mess it is in
as would hav e delayed their destructive actions.
What I do know, we and our country cannot
survive anymore republican leadership.
ENOUGH!!

Liz, your foot ball analogy is good however, neither candidate is not qualified in my opinion. I respect John McCain for his bravery and his service for his country but he doesn't care about people. He doesn't know what it means to be poor (after all his wife is worth $100 million). In congress, sometimes he vote against his party just to get name recognition.

Last time I check the United States Constitution, no experience needed.

Liz, unfortunately your description of McCain as the man with experience is not descriptive of McCain the candidate. And while your football analogy sounded sincere you lost me when you threw in Obama's race. Clearly your perspective is driven by your blindness and overiding desire to not see a black man elected president. The mess we are in was caused by a man who, according to you and other Republicans' prescription of experience, had executive experience as governor. McCain has no vision for this country. He has no plans. He simply wants to be prsident. He is an intellectual dwarf (not to insult dwarfs) who cannot think on his feet and will say anything, anything, to get elected. You should be disappointed with the shameful way he has conducted his campaign. America deserves more than he can ever offer. If by some unfortunate twist McCain is elected you and your ilk, since you seem to claim you are interested in country first, should hold yourselves accountable for his failures and the plight of this country. If you ever thought Bush/Cheney was a nightmare wait for the debacle that will be McCain/Palin. God willing we will never have to experience that.

I guess convicted felons don't have a voice in this country.

"Democrats for McCain" easy to repeat the talking points you get from the RNC, isn't it? You say you're "Democrats for McCain", I say that anybody can claim to be anyone on the internet.

CREDIT CARD COMPANIES ARE NEXT!!!

It is the logical progression of credit failures.

All because Republican leadership failed to protect taxpayers from greed.

You'll see. Before the end of this year, maybe 1st quarter of next year.

How does it effect you?...

Your credit cards will be cancelled.
OR
Your credit line will be cut.
AND
You'll be forced to pay outstanding balance on your card.

Matt,

Nice try but your team had it's chance and THEY BLEW IT! I'll take my chances on Obama. Maybe next time your guys won't be so greedy...well we can dream can't we?

Obama/ Biden 08

To Liz
I will Like to know what experince McShame has my superbowl gamer...
Top McCain adviser yesterday said McCain cant run a corporation let alone run a country do you people really listen to him and have you consider what he said earlier this year about economy? let alone what he said 2 days ago about economy? Racism that is what the presidential race has come to exactly what McShame wanted. With all the EXECUTIVE AND MILITARY EXPERINCE BUSH HAD HE HAS PUSHED THE NATION TO THIS POINT. Do u really live in the country? Do you feel what i am feeling? I guess not you sre so much consumed by racism that all other things doesnt matter. I am sorry to be a fellow citizen with you and your kind. AMERICA PRACTICE WHAT YOU PREACH....FREE COUNTRY... WE WILL SEE IN THIS ELECTION

i thought john mccain was in favor of deregulation. he did vote for the gramm leach act. and hasn't that been part of his whole campaign up until monday. the street was greedy because they were not held accountable.

To Liz
I will ike to know what experince McShame has my superbowl gamer...
Top McCain adviser yesterday said McCain cant run a corporation let alone run a country do you people really listen to him and have you consider what he said earlier this year about economy? let alone what he said 2 days ago about economy? Racism that is what the presidential race has come to exactly what McShame wanted. With all the EXECUTIVE AND MILITARY EXPERINCE BUSH HAD HE HAS PUSHED THE NATION TO THIS POINT. Do u really live in the country? Do you feel what i am feeling? I guess not you sre so much consumed by racism that all other things doesnt matter. I am sorry to be a fellow citizen with you and your kind. AMERICA PRACTICE WHAT YOU PREACH....FREE COUNTRY... WE WILL SEE IN THIS ELECTION

No matter who is doing the talking, "talk is cheap"; at this stage of development we need "solutions that work"...........not more talk and just words!

How is Mccain fix the economy if he doesn't understand it himself.... Wake up amercian people ,you need real cahnge...... fresh ideas for Washington.

the only thing john mccain have experience in is lying and he john mccain have LOTS AND LOTS OF LYING EXPERIENCE SOMETHING WE DONOT WANT OUR COUNTRY BASE UPON IS LIES AND MORE LIES WE NEED THE KIND OF CHANGE OBAMA/BIDEN HAVE TO OFFER GOD BLESS AMERICA OBAMA/BIDEN 08

Liz is over the top. McCain is experienced in:
- Defeating women's rights legislation for equal pay
- In favoring DEREGULATION of the type of businesses that are putting our economy in trouble
- giving huge tax breaks to people who make over $600K a year while almost nothing to the rest of us.
- fighting wars that cost us a Trillion dollars and get us NO benefit

I know these sound crazy but do some research on CNN and find the truth!

That is experience we don't need.

Exactly what do you think will be left of our country in 4 or 8 years..???? Let's see.... McCain wants war with Russia, Iran and stay in Iraq....and how many bouts of cancer has he had to date??? and His VP Choice you know the Fiscal Conservative who left her little city in debt.. and who keeps talking about .... cutting taxes while in Alaska... you know the state that does not have state income or sales tax.. Tell me exactly again what we are going to have left... with McSame and Chaney with lipstick??

We need a GAME CHANGER because the experienced quarter back only knows the same old moves that all his team knows. The new guy on the block, you call a rookie, has learned from watching with a sharp eye, intelligence and creativity, and isn't one of GOOD OLE BOYS who stick together like glue. He has had successes the OLD FOOLS don't like and FEAR so they would far rather stay in what they know, even tho it isn't working, than come up with a new strategy that really address the majority of people and the majority of problems.

This country needs the new guy on the block who has one wise man at his side, and many more just waiting to turn the corner with them.

CREDIT CARD COMPANIES ARE NEXT!!!

It is the logical progress of failure to properly regulate greed.

You'll see. Before the end of this year, maybe 1st quarter of next year.

How does it effect you?...

Your credit cards will be cancelled.

Y E S--E M P H A SI S--O N--A F F O R D A B I L I T Y --O F--

$ 2 8,000.00---D I N N E R---P L A T E S--I N F L A T I O N--

O U T -–O F---C O N T R O L

They lied us into war in Iraq and McCain continues to lie against Barak Obama on taxes. If this his way to the white house, what is the quarantee he wouldn't lie to us about what else he he's going to do in the white house? LIAR!!!! LIAR!!!! LIAR!!!! PANTS ON FIRE.

TAX THE RICH

TAX THE RICH

TAX THE RICH

How stupid the Democrats think Americans are.

No one will vote for the largest tax increase in history Obama.

McCain 08

Yap, we all know about McBush's experience. It's one characterized by bad decisions. Right now, all the experience McPallin ticket can show us is that of stark lies. Did you hear Fiorina and Karl Rove? Ever heard of "STRAIGHT LIES EXPRESS?" Well, I heard the bus just lost a tire.

Obama-Biden 08

McCain doesn't have any economical experience....

Liz;

Your QB analogy is the stupidest thing I've seen today. Ever heard of Tom Brady, and how he came in for the VETERAN Drew Bledsoe, then led the Pats onto a dynasty, and turned out to be arguably one of the best to play the game. Shut your mouth, and get some sleep.

ONE NATION

@Liz

Last time I checked, my boy won the regular season so I don't know what you're talking about, LOL!! Did you see how many touchdowns he threw against "The Clintonians?" Did you see how he took every game seriously?? Did you see he had a good gameplan?? Well, you know where I'm heading with this...

You see, I come from Chicago. And here in Chicago, we don't believe in "rookies." Don't believe me, look at Red Grange. Don't believe me still, look at George Halas. Or if you don't believe me, look at my state...

We've done it all AND we've been through all...there's nothing new.

I am really tired of all the hate that is coming from everyone. No wonder we are a joke to the world. If you read the blogs, we hate each other because our political views are different.

For TWO people who claim to want to CHANGE Washington DC and politics, they both seem to be falling into the same "old" mold.

Whoever wins will have a greatly fractured and divided country to try to bring together because of OUR HATE!

Please stop the hate!

When your "experienced quarterback" is doddering, ineffectual, can't remember the plays and has little to show for 26 years in the game beyond bluster and sound bites, you'd better be looking at the "rookie." And the "rookie" in this case has the intelligence, the dedication, the education and knowledge of "the game" to lead us to victory.

The other guy has 26 years of self-promotion; limited intelligence; limited education and no record of leadership. I don't want a guy in the top spot whose reputation is built on crashing planes. I want a guy whose reputation is built on keeping them in the air.

Thanks.

mp

LIZ PLEAAAAZZZZZ!!!!!!

It was the experienced quarterback that has our record being 0-15 we would like to win at least the last game I am going to go with the new guy, to help build moral and confidence in an upcoming winning season I'm going to let the new guy play the last game and get a fresh start for the new season.......

We have not had a winning season in the last 8 years and the experienced guy comes with the same ineffective execution of plays as years past HELLO.......CHANGE and PROGRESS IS LONG OVERDUE

OBAMA/BIDEN

Looks like Grampy doesn't have a plan. Just kick the problem down the road until a "commission" can be formed? No thanks, JohnnyMac, the problem is NOW.

I disagree with Liz.

Because while you go with the experienced quarterback who has gotten you to the super bowl, you do not go with the experienced quarterback who has held you back.

Following your analogy, when the old playbook and the old players cease to be an affective team, you bring in someone newer who can bring back the energy to the game, and give you a fresh strategy that you can win on.

McCain may have been around longer, but his "plays" don't work. This superbowl team is losing, and its time for a new player, who can bring us to get the touchdowns we need to keep this team – our country – afloat

Of course, it's the economy, stupid! If you ain't from Hurricane Hit Houston right now, the economy is the only thing real people are talking about. Here in the metro Houston area, we are still a bit distracted.

Liz, I think that may be the worst football analogy in history! So please allow me to redo this for you.

It's half time of the 8th game of the season and we're losing badly. The current QB has lost us the first 7 games and is clearly on his way to losing the 8th game. There was a brief surge in the first half that resulted in his first touchdown of the season, but due to the team's financial problems, we can't afford to sign a good offensive weapons to compensate for the QB incompetance so we have relied on our defense to pull us through. But they have been on the field of battle too long. So we as Americans are the coaches and we have the choice between two backup QB's, one has been a QB for 26yrs, who can't run out of the pocket, plays exactly like the starter. Or we can go with the rookie, a very mobile QB, who can throw the bomb with accuracy, or run it down your throat. Not to mention someone who came up in the ranks quick who plays with the calmness of a veteran and excites the team and the front office like no one in a long time.

Who will you pick?

If you vote for McCain because he has a woman on the ticket this year remember, it is going to bite you in the end in 2012 and that is a promise that will be kept. I was for Hillary but I am not a fool to switch to the Republican candidate. My future and the future my children's hang in the balance and I refuse to throw away my vote because things didn't go my way.

Wake up people!!

George Bush has been in office for 7 1/2 years. The first six the economy
was fine.

About two years ago:

1) Consumer confidence stood at a 2 1/2 yr. high;
2) Regular gasoline sold for $2.19 a gallon;
3) the unemployment rate was 4.5%;
4) the DOW JONES hit a record high–14,000 +
5) Americans were buying new cars, taking cruises, vacationing
overseas, living large!...

But Americans wanted 'CHANGE'! So, in 2006 they voted in a Democratic
Congress & yep–we got 'CHANGE' all right!.....
1) Consumer confidence has plummeted;
2) Gasoline is now nearly $4 gallon and climbing;
3) Unemployment is up over 5%.
4) Americans have seen their home equity drop by $12 TRILLION
DOLLARS & prices are still dropping;
5) 1% of American homes are in foreclosure; and
6) THE DOW is probing another low~~11,300–$2.5 TRILLION DOLLARS
HAS EVAPORATED FROM THEIR STOCKS, BONDS & MUTUAL FUNDS INVESTMENT
PORTFOLIOS!

YEP , IN 2006 AMERICA VOTED FOR CHANGE!...AND WE SURE GOT IT!!!....

NOW THE POLLS SAY OBAMA IS GONNA BE 'THE MAN'–CLAIMS HE'S GONNA REALLY
GIVE US CHANGE!!....

JUST HOW MUCH MORE 'CHANGE' DO YA THINK WE CAN STAND???.....

Liz stuff your Superbowl politics...Your reasoning is typical of the average uniformed, uneducated American voter. Do us and America a Big favor get an INFORM YOURSELF before spewing drivel!!

Liz, your argument fell apart when you brought race into. It also falls apart because the EXPERIENCED candidate that you are referring to is the reason why your team is down and out with 10 seconds to go. He has fumbled constantly and thrown the ball away intentionally for the last 26years (member of Keating 5, against Women's health issues, voted 13 times against raising the minimum wage, has no energy plan, voted against his own (Veterans), to name a few). I say bench the guy and fire him.

Bring in the rookie... we already know where experience has gotten us.

Liz, If you haden't noticed we are losing the game by about 17 points. I say bring in the rookie. I am a Pats fan I know all about bringing in a rookie for an established QB. It brought us a few Championships.

If this is a game of football, why did the old quarterback choose a hockey player for a backup?

I'll take well educated and smart over experience and personality any day.

Obama/Biden '08

No money for grandmas on Medicaid, but for whiny deregulated firms on Wall Street, all the money we can print to rescue capitalism from the brink...What Bush and his cronies have done to America is what he did for Arbusto Oil back in the 1980s. And what his surrogate, McSame plans to continue...Endless war, tax breaks for the wealthy and Big Oil and outsourcing as many American jobs as it takes to fatten "the bottom line"...

I didn't think it would really happen, but it seems that... gasp... the candidates are beginning to talk about *issues*

What is the country coming to?

CNN – why won't you post my response to Liz?

Liz, if the stated goal was to produce "change" – I would clearly choose the rookie. If the experienced guy lost his last 15 games, I sure wouldn't put my faith in him. If the rookie's skills shined at practice, and he had better ideas, I'd use him.

LIZ, YOUR FOOTBALL STORY IS BUNK! HOW ABOUT DREW BLEDSOE AND HIS REPLACEMENT TOM BRADY. ITS TIME FOR A CHANGE OF YOU BUSHWACKERS.

While we're on sports metaphors: It's the bottom of the ninth, the bases are loaded, and there's two men out. The batter in the lineup now is a guy who had a few hits early in his career, but he's definitely on the decline now and he is not the athlete he used to be. Do you go with him, or do you go with the rookie who has only been on the team a year or so, but has had a great record so far, lots of home runs, and he had a great record in the minor leagues, and by all appearances he's ready and able to hit one out of the park this time.

"I'll reform Wall Street and fix Washington." How Senator McCain? You called yourself a "de-regulator" only a few months ago?

Obama's tax plan would increase taxes in 2009 on the wealthiest 20 percent of households. — according to factcheck.org

so 20% of americans are making 250k+ ? i guess the economy is doing amazing! either that or Obama is lying.

too bad that when you raise taxes on these top 20% of people, theyre going to compensate their losses but cutting the jobs of people below them.

think it through! vote McCain

Liz... consider this: the so called "experienced QB" will use the same old playbook of the last 8 years.
It's time to go for a new QB and a new playbook.

Liz
The experienced quarterback in this case has had 26 years to throw the touchdown......he's part of the problem.
Additionally, This is far too serious to be compared to the superbowl..McCain has thrown his credibility away, he's low down.
He is swininging left and right and up and down, anything to change the subject on our real problems.

Did you ask yourself-are you better off now than you were 8 years ago?

Liz, about your Football analogy:

The experienced quarterback has 3 injuries and is 20 years older and his strategy is old school that has proven to be outdated. And the rookie quarterback has no injuries, in his prime and with a new improved strategy.

Which one will you pick then?

This election is not about electing the first african american president?!

Is about switching powers, because OBVIOUSLY, the republican policies have failed us, SAME POLICIES that McCain has agreed 91% of the time.

Is not about EXPERIENCE over HISTORY.

It's about choosing the RIGHT PATH instead of continuing on the WRONG one.

Wow, we are spending all of this time, energy, and money (which is a pretty precious commodity right now) on trying to decide what to do...and not doing something...not picking a direction and moving forward...we are just arguing about the road map and WASTING a lot of resourcs to win the arguement...

True leaders don't fall into this trap...they pick a direction (based on some general idea of what to do) and go...when it doesn't work...they make adjustments based on the previous experience and keep going...until they get it right. Because this is the real world and sometimes it there is no right answer or conclusion...it sometimes is trial and error for even the most knowledgable and experienced...and in the real world everyone has to contribute or you get left out...so let's stop the finger pointing and clammer...and start looking at these candidiates as leaders (which they are...even if they are not acting like it right now...the potential is there)...

Two things...
Liz – remember "Broadway Joe" in the Superbowl? When, give me youth with talent over semi-retired political hack with experience any day and second...
So far all the Palin/McCain ticket plans to do to jump-start an economic recovery is suggest a committe to study the probems that the repugs have created. That will really gets the jobs going won't it.

PS: Based upon their campaigning style these days it's obvious now that it's the Palin/McCain ticket. He casn't raise more than 100 people at a time to listen to his stumping so he brings the hottie along for a little eye candy...

OBAMA – Judgment And Temperament We Can Trust!

This election season has shown how racially divide america is. You people better think about your country future and choose your leader based on their policies and what is best for your economy if not ,your country will be an errand boy to china and those company executives will easily change their country of residence

For Liz: The last Superbowl was won by the team withe the least experience. Maybe you should stick with a subject you know something about .Maybe cooking.

People vote Obama/Biden and only other Democrats for that is the way to get our country back for us all.

Johh McCain said this week in the face of economic uncertainty that the fundamentals of the US economy are strong, Barack Obama immediately seized on this and used it to try to show McCain was wrong. It turns out that Obama is all wet and all wrong on this one as well. It was a cheap political shot by Obama, and it was shallow.

Barack Obama and all Americans should heed the words of Oscar Wilde – "You can't build a reputation on what you are going to do."

John McCain has served this country with distinction; he is loyal; he is honest; he is strong in the face of the enemy; he will protect us and our families; and he will work with both sides of the aisle on the pressing agenda items of our day. This man will likley run a single term, and as God is my witness, I believe he will do absolutley the best for our country without regard to race, gender, or politics.

Experience? McCain? Just because you've been in the Senate for 20 years does not mean you actually understand what's going on. And if he's so wise, why did he vote repeatedly for the deregulation that caused the current mess? He may not take earmarks, but he sure knows the banking lobbyists.
If it was the last play of the game, I'd want someone to go in there and throw the ball, not someone who takes a timeout and gets the playbook out, and talks to the coaches, and takes a delay of game penalty, and forms a commission, and then goes in there and fumbles the game away.
Honestly, I used to respect McCain, but haven't we had enough of the deception and lying and illegal activity the past four years? It truly is time for a change, time for honesty in government, and not time for someone who can say the word change, but has yet to enunciate any kind of change. Between him and Palin, they average about a lie a minute in their speeches. If that's what experience brings, thanks but no thanks! I cannot trust people who repeatedly tell the same lies when they are debunked so easily. I am not stupid.

No Liz,

We don't want experience if that experience is BAD experience. And that's what John McCain is...plus he has a bad temper, poor judgment, and the WRONG policies.

We DON'T go with McCain.

THE NATION IS CONVINCED THAT ,MC CAIN – PALIN TICKET ARE THE BEST. THEY KNOW VERY WELL HOW IS THE WAY IN WHICH INDUSTRIES AND COMMERCE ARE ORGANIZED. THEY KNOW HOW TO FACE GOVERNMENT FINANCIALS DISASTER AND ACHIEVE THEINDUSTRY AND TRADE SUCCESS.,WITH TRUE AND REAL IMPROVEMENTS. THEY WILL OVERHAUL THE LEGAL SYSTEM, FACING THE ORGANIZED CRIME, CORRUPTION,ILLEGAL DRUGS, SCHOOL PROBLEMS AT ALL LEVEL EXAMINE IT VERY CAREFUL,WITH REAL IMPROVEMENTS., . NOW IS TIME TO SUPPORT MC CAIN -PALIN TICKET, PLACING THE COUNTRY FIRST. LET BE LOYAL TO OUR COUNTRY WITH MORE SENSE OF

Johh McCain said this week in the face of economic uncertainty that the fundamentals of the US economy are strong, Barack Obama immediately seized on this and used it to try to show McCain was wrong. It turns out that Obama is all wet and all wrong on this one as well. It was a cheap political shot by Obama, and it was shallow.

Barack Obama and all Americans should heed the words of Oscar Wilde – "You can't build a reputation on what you are going to do."

John McCain has served this country with distinction; he is loyal; he is honest; he is strong in the face of the enemy; he will protect us and our families; and he will work with both sides of the aisle on the pressing agenda items of our day. This man will likley run a single term, and as God is my witness, I believe he will do absolutley the best for our country without regard to race, gender, or politics.

Phil Gramm CAUSED this mess. You know, John McCain's economic advisor.

McCain is LED by the guy who just destroyed Wall Street.

Liz September 17th, 2008 9:51 am ET
Liz do you understand politics at all. cause if you did then you would see that McCain isn't a quarterback at all. Pay attention to whats going on will ya.

Sen Obama or Sen McCain need to start talking about STOP THE SPENDING on any and everything to enclude the war in Iraq. Billion of dollar are being wasted. Put a lock on the money box. Pay as you. go if you don't have the money STOP. Go Obama/Biden

08AMA

John McCain has been head of the Senate Commerce Committee for years. THE COMMERCE COMMITTEE.

As such, he has been uniquely positioned to take on the very interests he now claims he wants to reform. HIS longstanding policies got us into the current mess.

So, which should we believe: his Rovian campaign rhetoric - or his documented record?

for liz,
WHAT WE DON'T NEED IS ANOTHER 4 YEARS OF DO NOTHING POLITICS! You have a republican party that completly destroyed our economy. You have Mccain who with his own mouth said he voted for Bush 90% of the time. Why on earth would we want more of the same mess??? In his own words, he said he didn't understand the economy. Mccain has based his campaign on lies and lacks substance on how he will change things. Obama has laid out plans, Mccain's campaign says he will appoint people to make decisions. So why would we need his experience ? He hasn't shown how he will put his experience to use. As in football, some experienced players get run down and tired and use the same old tricks that don't work. Sometime you need fresh blood, with new plays to get in the endzone.

08BAMA

Barack Obama and all Americans should heed the words of Oscar Wilde – "You can't build a reputation on what you are going to do."

John McCain has served this country with distinction; he is loyal; he is honest; he is strong in the face of the enemy; he will protect us and our families; and he will work with both sides of the aisle on the pressing agenda items of our day. This man will likley run a single term, and as God is my witness, I believe he will do absolutley the best for our country without regard to race, gender, or politics.

LIZ this is the SAME argument they used against Clinton, and JFK, all of the experienced older presidents did worse than the new comer's, like ronald reagon, Clinton, and JFK! Open your eye's, being in the job for years and years isn't the best thing, it just builds a false sense of security and make's the person lazy, let's get someone who will work hard on our behalf, not someone's who's been there done that.

Your argument falls flat when it come's to JFK, Ronald Reagon, Clinton, and the list goes on!

To liz-it was the exsperienced ones that got us in this mess,put in the rooki,any direction we go is up.,(or) we can just accept socialism it seems like the goverment is going to own everything anyway, we should give Hugo Chaves a call and see what he thinks!!

Hey Liz,

Your point is so far from reality that it would be funny if it weren't so sad that there are people thinking like you. So my question, what do you do when the battered, beaten up quarterback gets hurt in the final seconds of the game, and the back-up is Sarah Palin??? That scares me even more than John McCain calling the plays....

Thanks, but NO THANKS!!!

Obama/Biden 08

McCain has opposed regulation of corporate America his entire career; that very deregulation has and is costing us dearly.

ENOUGH IS ENOUGH

Liz: A touchdown with McCain/Palin. Yes right:
Out of TOUCH and DOWN with the economie, education and you name it....
Experienced????? O, I forgot: he was a pow and Palin is a liar....
some experience here....

Liz – the reason we don't buy mccain's bull about experience because in all honestly what has he done with all that experience for the people? Nothing! And he has already proven that experience doesn't necessary mean a thing as his pick of Palin proves. His judgment has been sorely lacking and he has copied Obama on almost everything so I am taking Barack's brilliant judgment over the so called 'experience' guy. By the way what ever happened to the scam "gas tax holiday?"
Barack's brilliant judgment, 8 yrs as State Senator and 4 yrs as US senator as well as a member of the Foreign Intelligence Committee plus running the most successful, progressive campaigns in history is enough for me.

ok ok you've focused on Mccain now it's time to hit the people with specifics! The people you are after, the older crowd, isn't going to go on the internet to view your specific plans, so try to put them into your words on the airwave's. Give specific example's of what you will do that john Mccain won't, give them reason! Show them you know what you are talking about like you did in your speeches, the problem is the undecided older folks may not go to those speeche's, so you've got the money to put those speeches into airwaves, I think the coolest thing would be to take questions from folks, answer them, then put that into a commercial. Show your answer specifically in commercials, so they can't say "oh he says he'll fix this but how, when, how is it different from Mccain."

Liz, the experienced QB you're going on about has thrown nothing but interceptions this half, fumbled several times and took us from winning by 10 points to losing by more than a field goal.

Bring on the rookie. Now, before it's too late.

Liz, great analogy.

You forgot to mention your experienced quarterback is 72 years old and doesn't understand any of the play calls. And his QB coach keeps running the same drills that the defense can read a mile away and the offense can't seem to score any points.

Now, instead of talking football, lets get into real issues and for all republican voters out there please explain to me McCain's economic policies without mentioning Senator Obama and giving actual details. Obama seemed to do that just fine in his ad.

If the country wants someone to blame–pick out an institution like our graduate business schools. That's where our captains of industry received their primer on fairness, generosity, loyalty to employees, God, and country, and ethics.

The government could have regulated better–but in the end–regardless of the regulation–if we are educating and rewarding behavior that creates enormous wealth by deception, diversion, creative accounting, entreprenuerial risk of investor money–without risking your own...then nothing will change regardless of who our President is.

Real reform–needs to be focused to our colleges and universities.

Once again, Obama talks directly to the America people about real ideas while McCain talks to the America people....about Obama. McCain has no plan!!

To Liz,

I don't know what game you have been watching for the last 8 years, but we wouldn't be in any superbowl because of the current administration and your experience candidate (McCain) who voted with Bush 90% of the time. If we want to ever get to the superbowl, we need a fresh new younger quarterback who actually have solutions to get us to the superbowl. Not a so-called experience candidate who now wants to be a change agent (voted 90% with Bush; so he's not change but more of the same) ; who doesn't have real solutions but just lies, lies, and more lies. Nice try in trying to compare this to football but you forgot the important detail that we wouldn't even be at the superbowl thanks to the current administration and your guy McCain.

Obama can manage to go 2 minutes without attacking McCain, would be nice if McCain could do the same. Problem is, McCain doesn't have any plans, any idea, and he certainly doesn't "know the plays", so all he has left is attacks on Obama.

Compare these two spots. The one from Obama lays out pretty clearly what he's going to do to make things better. He doesn't resort to attacking anyone, he tells the American people what he's going to do.

Contrast that with McCain. He spends the entire time blasting Obama and then saying that he'll "reform Wall Street and fix Washington." HOW, John, HOW? No specifics. No mention of any way that he's going to put this in place.

Someone remind me who's the candidate that's just all talk and no plans, because from the cheap seats, it sure looks like that's McCain.

OUR TROUBLED ECONOMY ISN'T NEWS.

BUT..................

THE ONSLAUGHT OF THE SOCIALISTS AGAINST OUR
CAPITALIST WALL STREET IS................

Senator McCain keeps saying he can make reforms. How is he supposed to reform Washington and Wall Street, when he can't even reform himself of lies, smear tactics and lobbyists working for his campaign? He has obviously sold out, been bought out to the very same interests he says he is going to reform! If he reforms like he runs a campaign, he will not properly vet personnel and so we will end up with investigations continuously and scandals galore. If her reforms like runs a campaign we will have continual blame for what is wrong with the country on everyone else besides the party that got us into this mess, with stall tactics like commissions while nothing gets done. Even if he was to seriously try any reforming, do you think we could trust you after the past months of false innuendoes, smear campaigning and dirty tactics. You've lied for the last time McCain, and to think we supported you in 2000. Now, you disgust me for your dishonorable campaign. You've dishonored yourself, your family, your party and your country by gambling to win on a Vice Pres. you didn't appropriately vet.

hate beeng lied too and if they are polititions then i call them crooks.

McCain sourrounds himself with lobbyists, these are crooks too.

Washington is full of crooks.

Foks we don't want any more crooks in the white house. McCain and Palin are just the same.

Another McCain flipflop – before he took more of a libertarian, hands off approach, now he's FOR more government regulation. And he even calls himself a "Teddy Roosevelt republican", what a joke.

McCain lies AGAIN about taxes, and more of his "all talk" hypocracy while he hasn't offered any plans of his own. Nothing.

Resopnse to Liz: we want to use the quarterback with the best ideas and the most skill. The "experienced" quarterback lost his last 50 games. The rookie has been outstanding in practice.

A large majority of american people voted Bush 43 back into office for the 2nd time. Those who did, can 't really talk at all.

John McCain the refomrer, the regulator, the change? Since when? Since it was politically convenient and the only way for you to stay in the race.

You are a joke Mr. McCain and your questionable policies are nothing more than Pres Bush's policies dressed up with a little lipstick...

Take your barbie and go play somewhere else, we don't need any more of your kind of "help"

were is the beef McCain it is you who is all talk. why you think if you say it loud that change is coming things will change. what are you going to change. change your campaign lobbyists first. otherwise it is you talking nonsense.

This isn't a football game, you idiot.

I'm voting for the Obama/Biden ticket because Obama/Biden has real solutions to the problems we face as a nation while McCain is too busy repeating and spreading lies, lies, and more lies.

Hey, McCain can fix it, dude. He can totally fix it. His dad has, like, um, this totally boss set of tools, dude.

Plus, he's the dude that full-on invented the BlackBerry. Yeah, um, he can, like, totally fix it or somethin'.

McShame has nothing but finger pointing. i kno he was going to hang himself this week expecially with the high profile Para Sailin (with hidden experince) I saw him have two week of straight media attention and didnt mention a word of what he will do for this country. Well till he mention the "fund a mental " this man is empty nothing to offer but opportunist who want to use women ike he always do.

....and the specific plan of the Republican ticket is what????????

I,m still waiting.

When is McCain going to tell us all HOW?
His big idea is a commitee , seems like that is the typical washington answert to everything..
McCain...More of the same
Palin...just scary

In fact those my age ( 50's ) and older should remember that when we were growing up "maverick" was a TV show about Gamblers...

McCain's ad doesn't even come close to Obama's. McCain is always "Johnny come lately".....all he does is follow Obama around and try to steal his lines.

NEWS FLASH! John McCain has been head of the Senate Commerce Committee for years. Got that? THE COMMERCE COMMITTEE.

HE has been uniquely positioned to take on the "greedy" business world he now claims he will reform. HIS longstanding policies got us into the current mess.

Oh, right. I forgot. We are supposed to ignore his extensive record and instead judge him by Karl Rove's clever campaign rhetoric . . .

On your own words you said "economy is not my subject " old man how are you going to solve the problem this nation is facing if you do not know anything about the economy and think the fundamentals of our economy is strong.

I have zero faith John McCain could do anything to help fix our economy.

I used to respect John McCain, but I don't respect blantant liars. And his running mate would put women's rights back decades. McCain with his zero computer skills coupled with Palin's philosophies...what do they want it to be 1960 again? No thank you.

Can some one please explain to me where these polls are getting their data. I don't know of one person even considering voting for McCain/Palin and I am in the red state of Georgia.

I think these polling numbers are way off and that the media is going to be very suprised by the margin Obama wins by, both in electoral and popular votes.

"Plan for Change" – This is an excellent ad. With all the chaos taking place in the media, it gives us a chance to hear a complete and clear message from Obama. No choppy sound bites to analyze and twist. He appears sincere and concerned about the state of our economy. He places blame where it should be placed – with Washington. He discusses his plan to help improve our current situation, giving several of his ideas. This is very convincing, and two minutes goes pretty fast since it's filled with substance. For me, it's a winner.

HOW in the world can McCain talk about Change???

I LOST all of my respect for Senator McCain,
and after suffering himself in 2000 when GWB ran a very sleazy campaign against him based on all lies. It's very sad that he has sinked into the same level or even lower now.

McCain's motto:
Forget about my dignity or credibility, as long as I get to be President.

I must admit, I have watched both ads and even though Barack Obama's was more convincing, emotional and sincere, McStrongeconomy's wasn't too hallow like his previous ads.. Not that would get him anywhere because it is his previous 26yrs of support for the Republican agenda that has gotten us into this horrible financial crunch. No change here.

Reid and Pelosi had nothing to do with this market meltdown.

They are not responsible for the billions in losses.

Neither are the other Democrats.

After all, you can't do anything in two just years. Especially if you have your head in the sand.

A do-nothing, see-nothing congress led by an empty suit is just what we need going into the future.

These people are like deer caught in the headlights.

I will take Obama's fresh ideas and politics of inclusion over Sarah Palin's politics of cronyism and paranoia. Appointing kindergarten witout high schol friends with no education to $100,000 a year positions, dismissing government workers who don't agree with her right wing ideas, using personal e-mail accounts on State business to protect co-conspirators from public scrutiny, and hiring lawyers from Bush country (Texas) to quash bi-partisan investigations into her shady affairs sounds an awful lot like Cheney's MO. Now, voters will sweep Palin into national office where her dictatorial style will change American democracy beyond what Cheney managed to do.

Can you say "PALINISM" as the new word for the next 8 years? The only difference with Stalinism is that there is no Siberia in the US (although you can see Russia from Alaska). It is scary how easily swayed some people are by the culture of personality.

The media will like McCain's ad because they like to peddle red meat and the 30 minute sound bites. McCain offers nothing but words and too many of them are false and misleading,

McCain doesn't even know what his senate committee does or is lieing that his experience on the Commerce Committee gives him oversight over every part of the economy. It is in fact the Banking Committee that oversees credit, financial services and housing the very areas in crisis.

His running mate totes experience as a mayor. When she became mayor her town of 7 000 had no debt, when she left it was in debt for 22 million. A big economic difference considering during that time she hired a Washington lobbyist to secure 23 million dollars in earmarks.

This election is too important not to be informed!!

I have a question to ask you american voters. We are in the superbowl and its now 10 secs to go and 20 yards from a touchdown. We have an experienced quarterback and a rookie quarterback...which one do we use? Do we use the the experienced quarterback who knows the game plays or do we use the rookie who has never thrown or run a touchdown. I imagine we will go with experience because we know that he knows what he is doing because he has brought us to the superbowl with his excellent plays. We cannot take that chance to bring in the rookie because this play is the most crucial play of the game and we need that person who has done it before to lead the way and win the game for us. Its the same in politics, we do not elect a rookie in the top official position of this country and expect the country to survive the turmoil that its going through. We americans do not think logically when we come to politics. Do we want to end up with our national security and economy in shambles because we want to make HISTORY by electing an inexperienced black candidate over an EXPERIENCED candidate. Come on you people, we cannot take that chance by missing that touchdown which would mean a win for us just because we want to make history. PLEASE WAKE UP AND LETS NOT MISS GETTING THAT BALL INTO THE END ZONE AND ELECT MCCAIN OVER OBAMA BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WE DO NEED THE EXPERIENCE OVER HISTORY.

Obama can try again in 4 years when he has experience under his belt. Lets not lose our country because we are trying to prove that we are not racist and elect a rookie candidate. We need to get that touchdown so we have to go with experience and get our economy and national security back on the right track.

Does McCain actually have a real economic proposal? All he seems to do in his ads is to attack Obama saying that he'd raises taxes (absolutely false), or talk about how he plans to reform Washington (start with your own campaign here, Senator). How about something concrete, like maybe some of the plans that Obama is putting forward in his ads. Or is this election "not about the issues" as your campaign claims.

All talk? Whose ad has a specific plan? Please give me your plan, and then I will consider the two side by side.
On a side note, way to go Obama! You don't need to call him out by name or directly attack him. You are stronger than that. Show your ideas, show your substance. Those who are decided may not hear it, but those who truly care to make an informed decision will.

McCain and Palin both say that they are going to get the American economy back on it's feet, but they fail to tell me how. Though, I may not agree with everything that Obama says he is going to do for the economy, at least I know what he plans on doing. All McCain says is that he is going to cut out wasteful spending in Washington. What exactly does that mean? What programs are you going to cut? All I ask is for McCain to completely lay out his plan.

The entire economic meltdown is the fault of Bush & GOP's "Let business self regulate" mantra. They own it and it should be hammered into American brains that they screwed up big time. Now they keep tap dancing around saying that the biggest meltdown since the depression is just a bump in the road. BS!!!

Why is no one talking about Barack Obama's recent fund raiser, and how celebrity driven he is.?

MCain is a follower not a leader...heaven help us if he gets elected...He even stole Change from Obama...MCain is a politician from the past...the future belongs to Obama.

Obama is a wind bag. McCain is a doer. McCain will help our country get back on her feet. Obama will drag us down.

By the way when Obama said something about lipstick on a pig was he thinking of his wife or some other barnyard animal? He is such a sexist. He bad mouths women and Mid Westerners. i think he is a jerk.

Hey Good People of America. Here is from a member of the DNC, What a smart intelligent woman. As she says,

“This isn't a hard decision for me personally because frankly I don't like him,” she said of Obama in an interview with CNN’s Joe Johns. “I feel like he is an elitist. I feel like he has not given me reason to trust him.”

I have to agree with her as well. I too am a former Hilliary backer, but I can never support Obama

He is risky and it would be a roll of the dice with our national security. And he will tax us until we don't have any money left

am a 35 year old married stay at home mom of 2 toddlers that lives in Canada and we watch CNN from 4pm until 11pm every night. I’m not an American, I don’t get to vote, why am I doing this? Because we are pulling for you America, the world is watching and all of us except a few bad guys want too see a brighter future for the US. Not one person in Canada fears a medical problem whether it be an ear infection or cancer because of what it costs or worries if it is or isn’t covered by insurance. If I had to be the mom I am in the US and have these worries I’d be scared everyday and that thought sickens me that a country as wonderful as the US puts parents through this. That one issue alone would make me vote for Obama. Oh and by the way we laughed in shock when McCain said Bureaucrats would come between you and your doctor under a Universal Health Plan at his convention. That is a lie.

McCain Shifts Opposition on Government Bailout of Insurance Giant

Asked whether he agreed with the government bailout of insurance giant American International Group on Wednesday's Good Morning America, Sen. John McCain answered ambiguously, in stark contrast to a Tuesday interview where he adamantly opposed it.

How about "McCain lies about Obama's tax plan again" as a header? It's the truth. Isn't the truth something journalists commit to?

The McCain campaign has adopted the Karl Rove tactic of BIG LIE.

Lie loud and long and often.

Hope people swallow it.

I don't think we will. Not this time.

Enough.

If Obama is "all talk" then McCain is simply "all lies".

What kind of protection is McCain going to give us? A commission! What jobs is he going to keep safe – the ones shipped overseas and no longer exist? With McCain you will get Bush which means taking care of the rich and big corporations! Wake up America, your very lives are in peril!! OBAMA/BIDEN 08

McCain has proven over and over he is out of touch when it comes to anything to do with the economy. Sen. Obama had plans in place for the last several years and predicted these problems, he has a nuanced grasp of these issue. McCain's chief economic advisor is the architect of this economy and responsable for the problems we now see. mcCain seems to pivot on a dime to say anything but with no real comprehension of the issues only to get another talking point out there to get a vote. Where Obama has a clear vision of whats necessary. every day it becomes more and more frightening that Mr. McCain can keep any support at all with the deliberate lies, gaffes and continual proof he really has no grasp of the issues.

It is really disappointing that so many McCain supporter continue to say Obama is all talk. As of late with the economy falling apart rapidly, it seems that McCain is all talk. No clear answer as to how to get us back on track.

McCain, thanks for your service in the military but we just don't need a war hero. We need someone who understands the economy.

I just hope Amercians realize what is at stake and end this petty back & forth hate and start looking to heal this sick economy!!!!

This tax crap will work, too.

It doesn't matter how many times Obama or neutral experts say he will not raise taxes. When the old white man says he will, that's what people want to believe. They're just looking for a reason not to vote for Obama, and they'll take whatever they can get.

This is getting stupid, Obama has committed to tax cuts for hundreds of millions of workers, and McCain has given us.....no tax cuts for every day workers, just cuts for the extremely wealthy elite.
This is a LOSING ISSUE FOR MCCAIN. Why doesn't he come up with a better plan and try to out do Obama?
Instead he chooses to LIE HIS WAY TO THE WHITEHOUSE!

You noticed how OBAMA did not mention McCains name in his AD,
But McCain had to try and degrade Obama in his ad

McCain =
Looser

Change is Barack Obama. He will lead this Nation back out of the toilet.Back to prominence,respectability and Economic and Social security for ALL Americans (Even you racist ones!)

Obama-Biden 08

McCain will only create new jobs overseas....his plan stinks! Not only is he out of touch, his lies are outragious...he has lost his honor!

...And the economy should be the head lines for the rest of this year and a long time to come.

Senator Mccain talk away – I for one can't wait to hear about your plans for 'fixing' – Didn't hear much but empty words from you this morning!

It's the economy stupid!

Ten Trillion dollar debt money spent by G. Bush.. Can anyone send him the book The Wealthy Barber?

Keep hitting them and talk about the issue's that is why we love you Obama. Your the only can save this country......YES WE CAN!!!

Obama/Biden

The economy should be the #1 topic and issue. We don;t care what kind of shoes Palin is wearing.

The economy needs to be at the front of the air waves. The horrible state of this economy is a direct result of all of the failed domestic and foreign policies of Bush, policies that McCain-Palin support and wish to extend! It is a shame that the McCain camp spends so much time distracting Americans from this central issue. It is also a shame that Americans have allowed him to distract them and that the media isn't paying attention to this very serious issue that is impacting the lives of real people and real families-real Americans!

McCentury complains that Obama is "all talk," yet McC's biggest and bestest idea is to appoint a commission to look into the problem!

What? Will the commission then communicate in sign language?

Only rich folks and idiots would trust the Republicans to handle an economic crisis.

So all the right wing pundits claim Obama to be socialist with European views and yet an 80% government stake in AIG is acceptable. What stands to be nationalized next? Is it me or does America need some sensible change to tackle the issues that really matter...

Savings? What Savings!?

john mccain is now running as barack obama? when did that happen?

McCain can't talk about specifics because, of course, he hasn't any. His own spokesman said yesterday it wasn't "imperitive" to have a written plan. Just what we need, another executive that shoots from the hip without planning.

McCain is literally morphing into McSame.

The Fed Reserve can bail out AIG but the citizens in Texas are still without electrical power? The Republican adminstration does not care about the people. Katrina is still a disaster now this. Wake up people. No more backwards thinking, time for thinking ahead!!!!

Barack Obama is going to make my employer keep me employeed!? Well..., he's got my vote!!

OBAMA NEEDS TO TAKE A FLYING LEAP. HE KNOWS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING ABOUT THE ECONOMY, FOREIGN AFFAIRS, HOUSING PROBLEMS OR ANY OTHER SUBJECT YOU COME UP WITH. DON'T EVEN MENTION SECURITY HE WANTS TO DESTROY THAT.

Hey Barack – now it sounds like you're trying to sound presidential (like McCain did the day before), face it he did get it right and you, well you panicked again... the way you did when Sarah joined the race.

Go Sarah

I've grown really weary of the lie about taxes that Republicans are spreading and cannot figure out for the life of me why more people – and media, in particular – are not calling them on this.
The only way Obama will raise your taxes is if you make more than $250K. That is a distinct minority of Americans. The vast majority of Americans would fare better under Obama than McCain. They would actually see a tax cut.
Every time the Republicans trot out that line, someone should jump up and shout LIAR!

Thank you, Repubilcans, for wrecking America. Your policies, ideals, economics and goals have now been proven disasterous. Please exit America in a peaceful manner and leave us alone. We have no more need for your greedy, self-indulgent, corrupt, uneducated or 'maverick' attempts at leadership. You've proven yourselves to be as worthless as fur on a frog.

Look into Biden's close ties to the banking industry. Delaware is the capital of banking because of its bank-friendly laws, many of which were championed by Joe and his boys. Also look into the purchase of the Biden estate and adjoining lot. Joe got them both from MBNA execs. both of whom sold them to him at the same price they paid for them. This sounds remarkably like the Rezko deal BO got. Hmmm.

McCain's claim to change are a complete contradiction of what he has supported his entire career.

The Gramm-Leach-Bliley Financial Services Modernization Act of 1999 deregulated the financial system by opening up competition among banks, securities and insurance companies and allowed commercial and investment banks to merge.

John McCain voted for this bill along with the entire Republican Senate. The Senate Democrats objected against it. Phil Gramm introduced this bill and was John McCain’s top economic advisor before he was forced to resign but still gives McCain economic advice to this day.

John McCain has a direct responsibility in the financial crisis we are in today along with the banking lobbyists he is employing in his campaign. McCain has supported the very philosophy and mentality that has caused the economy we are facing today. Is that what you want? Another 4 years of this? Look it up, McCain has truly supported DEREGULATION throughout his career and now all of a sudden he is FOR regulation. He’s blowing smoke and just telling more lies.

Waving your arm up and down and shouting about protecting the people isn't enough, McCain. Obama actually has a PLAN. Everyone keeps saying that Obama isn't specific. He has had a plan for a while, but the media doesn't cover it. They cover "lipstick" comments and pure foolishness that doesn't benefit anyone.

Way to go, Obama!

'change is coming"- same theme the rev. wright used during his interview with reporters a few months ago. sounds like mccain is plagiarizing rev. wright?

GIVE 'EM HELL, BARRY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

"The issue of economics is not something I've understood as well as I should." – John McCain 12/18/07

John your not even aware this is a problem.......

GO BACK TO ARIZONA AND RETIRE...................................

OBAMA/BIDEN 08

Obama sells Doom & Gloom...and then trys to say it's the Republicans who use fear as a campaign weapon...so much for hope.

McCain believes this country is strong enough to get through anything because he's lived through far worst nightmares in his life.

McCain/Palin '08

Obama keep hitting those republicans we have them on the rope and this is only the 3 day of talking about issue that affect our lives Mccain he has no solution for this Economy all he wants to do is Drill Obama and Joe Biden is the The people that we need to Run our Country Mccain and Palin Just won't Due We can not Have another 4 More Years of Lies and Corruption and we Know that will happen if Mccain wins They are already trying to Suppress The Court case Palin is Involved in and they have not even won! Obama Biden the Clear choice in this election

Really? Obama is all talk?
Hmm...tell me again SPECIFICALLY what YOU plan to do John?

Oh, right. ALL TALK.

Obama should add in his campaign, CEO of Fannie Mae helped him look for his VP and Fannie Mae gave him a LOT of money! Obama is just as corrupt as the rest of the Democratic Party!

From an article at MSNBC – "A decade ago, John McCain embraced legislation to broadly deregulate banking and insurance industries. Now the GOP nominee is scrambling to recast himself as a champion of regulation. "

I pray for McCain daily.....

We needed this reform years ago!

I can't wait to see John and Sarah shake things up!

McCain/Palin-08-In a Landslide Victory for all!

Obama can fix the economy. People who come from middle income families have a better understanding of the economy than McRich. & McCindy & McLynnFoster.

Let's hear what stupidity will come out of McSame's mouth

i am a tax payer that now owns part of aig, i don't even know what it really is, i had much rather own part of the real americans, why can't the government help the people that are losing their homes and jobs, and more than anything else their HOPE. YES WE DO WANT CHANGE, YES WE CAN.

John McCain does not offer any type of change. He has flip flopped on issue after issue. He told us all he doesn't really understand the economy. What are his plans for the $400,000,000,000.00 of debt the Bush administration and Republicans have given the American people...tax breaks for millionaires, big oil, and big corporations.
McCain/ Palin= pathological liars.

The debates will tell it all.............McCain cannot remember what he does on a day to day basis... thats the change he has... changing his story EVERYDAY!

I've sat here, watching the polls go up and down and i am completely flumexed as to why. There is an urgent need for change in how this government is run. The republicans have been in the white house for 8 years and had control of the congress for 6 of those 8. The Dems have had control for less than 2 years but not with a wide enough margin to get things done.
I harken back to Reagans question "Are you better off now than you were 4/8 years ago?" My answer, not no, but hell no. We are afraid to retire, too worried about healthcare.
John McCain is old school, Palin is not worth mentioning, she is radical. McCain's choice of Palin proves that winning is more important to him than doing the right thing to help this country. He is so wrapped up in having been a POW that he can't even keep track of basic economics.

Senator Obama is the change we need in this country. He's brilliant, educated and willing to work with all people. He cares about this country as does JOe Biden and change is what is needed...not the mongoring hatefilled rhetoric that comes out of McCain's mouth.,

Please, ask your self the question, if you can answer it truthfully...I'm sure you will vote for the Democratic ticket.

yawn...

You've been a politician for almost 24 years, what "change" are speaking of? Haven't I heard that mantra before somewhere... it almost sounds like an endorsement for the other guy?

Iowa, the new blue state

Some economic genius needs to come up with a new grand unification theory of economics that balances several factors.

Bottom Up vs. Trickle Down Tax Policies.
Bigger vs. Smaller Government.

And what role Economic Growth and Economic Indicators can determine which course of action, and how much of it is best.

Obama voted present 130 times when he could have made a difference. How do we know what he really believes, he keeps changing his mind.

WHy does john mcsurge copy everything Barack does? On another note Apparently Palin is not loved in Alaska as much as the repuglicans try to make her out to be. I wish I could include the link on here that shows the Anti-Palin rally in Anchorage that drew more than 1500 PEOPLE this past weekend. These people are livid that she is a VP candidate and definitely don't want to see her in the white house. What is incredible though is that for Alaska 100 people is considered a great rally but there were 1500 people with signs saying "Voted for her once, NEVER again" or "Northern Extremist" or "Palin is a failure" "too inexperienced". Try and google for articles.

I heard today Mclies paid staffers are saying that Johnny invention invented the blackhberry, I swear it. Talk about the lie express and grasping at thin air. John Mcblackberry what has this election come too. Obama has constantly talked about issues, but mcblackberry has just thrown fear and garabge. plain is not allowed off her leash to even talk about issues. You all know who has my vote!!!!!!