CNN

Isn’t it funny how bad new is politicized, each side blaming the other. In this case however I think the Yuppie crowd who live way above their means in the million dollar homes are to blame. We find ourselves giving food to a family in our neighborhood because their kids are hungry but they get off the school bus and go to the biggest house on the block. You know the one where the electric is shut off every other month. We all over extend ourselves on credit cards now and then but it’s a whole other story to lease the big Mercedes while your kids go hungry. Get real America, the politicians didn’t do this to us we did it to ourselves. The greed of decades past has come home to roost along with Reverend Wright’s chickens.

Any one else notice that in the past 100 years we suffer a major economic crisis after a long-term (8 or more years) of republicans in the White House? The Great Depression, the S & L crisis of the late 80's, and now?

How long until we get it that "hands off" free markets doesn't work? What other data do you possibily need?

Republicans need to change their whole philosophy on the economy. Until they do, no way will I ever vote for another one.

McCain is too entrenched in the old "hands off/free market" same old repub philosophy to change. I don't trust his sudden flip-flop on this issue. He is pandering. His philosophy which has dicated his voting record for over a quarter century is flawed.

And this idea that only repub's can keep us safe? It was democrats in the White House during WWI and WWII–we won those.

Senator McCain was pretty clear that he was a big part of the financial meltdown when Bernanke blew the horn in Jerusalem.

Hopefully, McCain, 72, will retire now.

Bush on housing during his acceptance Speech to the Republican National Convention September 2, 2004...

"Thanks to our policies, home ownership in America is at an all- time high."

"Tonight we set a new goal: 7 million more affordable homes in the next 10 years, so more American families will be able to open the door and say, "Welcome to my home."

ok, so I actually LIVE IN chambersburg, PA... well, not really, but like 10 minutes away....

My point is.... Chambersburg, PA has BOOMED within the past 5 years. Look it up.... population, business, infrastructure, etc., has all increased. I am sure there are many towns out there hurting, and i'll admit the downtown area of Chambersburg is not all that great, but I believe it is because of other reasons that I wont mention on here.

Oh, and I'm voting for Obama, so don't hate.

Thanks.

I'm not a rapper but i deal with rappers all day in my chosen profession. I also keep up with our politics in this confusing time in America. In my opinion politicians and rapper are all the same. Rapper talk about how tough they are, and politicians talk about how good they are, but when it all boils down it's all just talk cause neither are what they say....and I'm still lost in the idea of America Pride and don't want either representing who i am as a true American caught in the middle of things that don't concern me other than my tax money. Is that all I'm worth, is that my voice. This election has me asking myself is this where hate an greed as taken this country, did we sell ourselves for money. Is that all we got.

Roy P.

Thank you

I understand 894 was one of his better qualities. Flying aircraft was not his forte according to this group of heros.
http://www.vietnamveteransagainstjohnmccain.com

We have every reason to fear. Our economy and in fact the world economy is on the brink of total meltdown. This has been caused by the Bush policies and resulting debt. There is a real chance that McBush will be elected President. He is totally clueless on the economy and will lead America fat dumb and happy into the next great depression.

Women of America. Watch this guy who hides in a wood pile.

He has insulted you by referring to you lip stick wearers as residing in a pig pen.

Now he wants your vote. Tell this skunk NO. NO NO you can't have it

The same with the Mid Westerner who I consider smart and can do people. Obama dissed you and called you bitter. Now you can tell him that you are voting for McCain

that is the winning ticket McCain for President

Thank the Republican Party for removing the "uptick" rule on Wall St. and allowing foreign interests to decimate the retirement savings of millions of hard-working Americans.....

The Republican way to run Wall Street is to privatize the profits and socialize the losses.

gee, thx

The New York Times has published a separate list looking at contributions from "directors, officers, and lobbyists for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac" for the 2008 campaign cycle. That list — using figures from the Federal Election Commission — shows McCain receiving $169,000, while Obama received only $16,000.

Joe Kiloz, are you a paid Republican liar? If not your skull is full of dung. McCain got more $ donations from Freddie and Fannie than Obama, and neither candidte got very much, less than .02% of their budgets.

GEORGE BUSH IS GOING TO DOWN AS THE WORST PRESIDENT IN AMERICAN HISTORY,HERBERT HOOVER SEEMS LIKE FDR COMPARED TO GEORGE BUSH

This is going to be unpopular, but certainly the housing crisis is in large the fault of the people who used their homes as ATM machines and people who bought homes they could not afford. Nobody did it to them, they took out a loan and didn't pay it back, now we are all supposed to rescue everyone and pay the huge bill. Yes, the mortgage companies have to take responsibility for handing out houses with NO money down and letting others pull cash out. If you put nothing into your home, you have nothing to lose when you walk away. In our neighborhood some did just that, bought with no money down, refinanced and pulled money out......then walked away!!

How is this the fault of the Republicans? If you want to place blame on a party it would be the Democrats, in 2006 they were voted in with the promise of CHANGE

This is causing loss of jobs that neither party can promise to recreate when they are elected into office. Our business is feeling it as well, it looks as though our employees will soon feel it too!

EXACTLY!

It is great how Obama has had to change his economic strategy in light of recent events, because the foundations of his plan are EXACTLY what economists are saying put us in this cluster right now.

If people want to be patriotic per Biden and pay more taxes...let's do it at their own free will. Simply ADD a government donation to your tax return when you file in April. Let's see how many people truly are patriotic?

I bet it is less than $1,000. That is why they want the government to force higher taxes on you. Because in the end, you want to hold onto EVERY PENNY YOU EARN.

Why you would support illegals, freeloaders on welfare, and ensure that losers who do nothing get free health insurance is beyond me.

Contribute to society first, then maybe we'll hook you up...oh wait, we already do.

Stop buying your morning coffess, your bling, your iphones and maybe you could afford health insurance....dummies!

mccain will destroy this country he has no sense oh anything in life his brain is out and done needs a oil change

How come I never heard a thing on CNN about the Palin/McCain gaff? How about the McCain surrogate who called rural voters rednecks?

If Obama or Biden said either one of those things, you would have ran with it for 2 days non-stop!

I used to think you were the fairest news organization, but I think you are being extremely unfair by avoiding all of McCain's screw ups, but talking for days about Obama's.

how the hell is missouri a lean state it has five points equal

McCAIN – ARE YOU SMARTER THAN A 3RD GRADER

no using advisors!

QUESTION

+3
plus
+4
plus
+8
plus
-15
EQUALS = ?
Clue! – that answer will tell you something about your advsiors IQ

SMILE Repubs "just adding some humour.

Really? 894 out of 899???

Overseas investment! You have the chair! Now seat your best Execuitives. Stop all this Wimpering... You want to lead? Or just be another "Lead Soldier"?
The is a, "Great-Melting-Pot" out there, for failures....

Please someone tell me what record of reform McCain and Palin have? Don't spout off campaign talking points please....most of those have already been proven false or misleading by independent , non-partisan parties.

I've seen editorials written by openly GOP editors who say that McCain has no record of reform.

I'm surprised that some people here are saying trickle down economics is the way out of this.

Trickle down economics was being practiced by the GOP and got us into this mess. Every political pundit out there is blaming the sub-prime mortgage industry and the root cause of that was the deregulation of the financial sector.

The architect of this mess?

Look no further than McCain's former economic adviser and the man widely believed to be his Treasury Secretary pick should he win the White House.

Hey Joe Kiloz...you're replying to your alter-egos now?

CNN mods why do you let that guy spam the boards?

May Allah continue to bless Senator Obamah and Senator Biden. Enshala.

THE BUSH MCCAIN ECONOMY:

PRIVITIZE PROFITS

SOCIALIZE LOSSES

MCCAIN: READY, SHOOT, AIM

As a member of the Keating 5, one would think that McCain would have learned that there are instances where you need regulators. Unfortunately, he’s a lifetime supporter of deregulation – that’s what’s gotten the mortgage and financial markets into this mess.

It’s a mess that's been in the making since the S&L bailouts. McCain and the Republicans will never learn.

Looks like "Kelby" cares now.

Obama/Biden '08!!

I AM A SCIENTIST BY TRADE & EDUCATION &

I COULDN'T CARE LESS ABOUT ANYONES RACE

OR RELIGION OR WHAT THEY DO AT HOME AS LONG

AS IT'S LEGAL. I AM TIRED OF AMERICANS GETTING

DIVIDED BY THEN SCREWED BY OUR POLITICIANS.

We really are building a wall -NOW – 894!

so much for education!

GOD BLESS AMERICA!!! seriously 894?

Chambersburg, PA did pretty good until the republicans took over. It's barely holding on now.

Just like a lot of other small towns. Jobs disappearing – outsourced mostly.

Obama/Biden '08
Let's take our country back for US – and don't ever let another republican use the constitution as toilet paper !!!! Transparency is needed. Not subpoena-dodgers.

CNN close the Biden-Ohio football comment earlier for some mysterious reason. Look people, we should let Mr. Biden talk and speak his mind. He has undermind Obama's campaign in a comical kind of way. For example:

His comments about Palin has been kind of sexist despite the fact that Obama is trying to get woman's votes.

His comment about paying high tax is patriotic eventhough the Obama campaign is trying to make the American public believe that he won't raise tax

Biden offending some football fans in Ohio despite being a sensitive battleground state

So people, let Mr. Biden speak.

If you're for free markets and against all government oversight, control or input, then vote for McCain.

Bush was the "Decider"
McCain is the "Deregular" (actually Bush is, too)

Has anybody here happened to notice that it smells like boners in here?

I voted for Humphrey and every Democrat since. Today is a sad day. We have a candidate who should be in hand cuffs with his staff on their way to jail. He and his two corrupt cohorts should have to return all of the money and serve 4 years with the rest of the criminals. To knowing take money from corrupt corporations backed by our government that was designed to provide housing even for poor people to pay for your advancement is taxpayer fraud. I am a veteran of two wars. To call a POW veteran dishonorable know matter what his politics when you chose not to serve is burning the flag. I would rather loose with honor than win with a criminal.

Vic we will see you in November.

Proud WASP Member

(Woman Against Sarah Palin)

This has nothing to do with this story but im going to comment anyway. Why is there not a federal investigation about why this first dude Todd Palin is conducting state business and not on state payroll or is he? I find it kind of strange that the legislative branch of Alaska can stand by while Sarah Palins people say that its common place for a spouse to attend meetings or get involved. Its amaysn how the judicial system continue to let the public down over and over and over again.If she really believe in God she knows sooner or later its all going to come out.

McCain gets more and more like a chihuahua every day:

Loud
Nasty
Basically ineffectual

I am not a republican, but people, mostly the die-hard Obama supporters, need to stop saying this housing crisis and economic turmoil is somehow republican's fault. There is plenty of blame to go around. I would also have to ask why the democratic controlled congress has done NOTHING to avoid this situation over the last two years. We do have evidence that McCain warned and tried to act upon this issue over two years ago. The brunt of this problem lies on the shoulders of Americans who daily try and live beyond their means. I bought a house two years ago, and I was very aware of what could happen. So blame goes all around..At this moment, Obama has not offered any solutions before or after that make me think he can control this situation. That said, McCain may not be able to either, but atleast he was aware and acted.

Susan Rice, one of Obama’s top foreign policy advisers, says the U.S. should give 0.7 percent of its Gross Domestic Product to developing nations.

Umm, excuse me, Obama but it's not your money to be handed out.

I don't think Sarah has a future in politics, but I do see her with a future in books. She could write a bestseller tomorrow. I also see her making lots of money on the talk circuit. But first she has to finish this campaign with John.

John, John John.

The most important decision he has to make, his first decision, and who does he pick? Sarah Palin.

Let's face is the idea of Sarah was great, a woman, conservative, hunter (which says she can walk in a man's world), mother, hockey mom. But the reality of Sarah was a nightmare.

Vindictive, possibly abusing her power, pregnant teenage daughter, small town mayor, and even smaller state governor. Not someone we want to lead on day one.

So what does this say about John? I think it says John was too insecure to pick Romney or Rudy, or even Huckabee. John had to be the smartest guy between himself and his running mate, and with Sarah that's not a stretch.

So in the words of Nancy Reagan, I'm just saying no to John, and yes to Barack Obama.

It is so funny to me how McCain supporters refer to the Obama Supporters as "OBAMABOTS"
I say we should take that name and run with it.
If I am an OBAMABOT, that simply means that I am more than meets the eye. My Obamabot name is BARACKUMUS PRIME! battling the evil Decepticons (didn't bother coming up with a name, this one fits the GOP perfectly because I find them deceitful)
Oh, and GO JOE!!!

VOTE FOR DEMOCRATS (especially the Senate, we need more Democratic Senators) VOTE FOR OBAMA

Let's ask Penny Pritzker what she's done for small town America with the sub-prime loans. CNN, why haven't you jumped on the fact that Obama's finance chairwoman is an heiress who also made a fortune off Superior Bank? She's an example of everything Obama is against, yet there she is in a prime position in his campaign.

John, John John.

The most important decision he has to make, his first decision, and who does he pick? Sarah Palin.

Let's face is the idea of Sarah was great, a woman, conservative, hunter (which says she can walk in a man's world), mother, hockey mom. But the reality of Sarah was a nightmare.

Vindictive, possibly abusing her power, teenage daughter, small town mayor, and even smaller state governor. Not someone we want to lead on day one.

So what does this say about John? I think it says John was too insecure to pick Romney or Rudy, or even Huckabee. John had to be the smartest guy between he and his running mate, and with Sarah that's not a stretch.

So in the words of Nancy Reagan, I'm just saying no to John, and yes to Barack Obama.

Mccain and gramm were two of the senators to help to past deregulation of these companies. Therefore the blame goes to mccain and ex sen gramm. I guess sen gramm got his wish all
of America are now whinning and sen mccain is trying to take advantage of it.

i'm from washington state 58 year old white guy – -no party – -just vote for the right person- -straight- -been employed, same place 35 years-
non-union- with a stinkin' 401k

Obama/Biden

No bank bailouts, let those bush loving republicans lose their homes, retirements, pensions, savings,and jobs even. Maybe they'll learn to start voting issues and not who they like. Do not use my tax dollars to bail them out. NO NO NO

Think about it. Education matter.
You have a ticker of two higher educated Men. Constitutionalist expert, and on foreign policy they are Smart, cautious, bipartisan and looking for next friends and allies.

And the other side one is a bachelor degree in journalist with Zero foreign experience what so ever and the head of the ticker is "Boom Boom Boom Iran" thinker. Looking for the next enemy.

Give me a break.
We need Wise and intellectual leaders to solve the most complex challenges in our time.
Obama/Biden is the best for America

OBAMA HATE SMALL TOWN PEOPLE.

MCCAIN/PALIN 08!

Every day of this campaign brings one more lie out of the Obama camp. He's been preaching ad nauseam about McCain being against equal pay for women. Well finally, FACT-CHECK jumped on it and has exposed Obama for what he accuses McCain of being. As of today, Obama and his campaign has gone across the point of no return - they are just like every politician one has ever seen. So friends, say goodbye to the word and motto of "CHANGE." He now has as his partner the longest serving Washingtonian in Joe Biden, and, along with his partner Obama, is certifiable as good a liar as any who have ever called DC home.

Stop the jobs from leaving America, that's the problem.

Obama/Biden 08

The entire economy is connected and no one candidate is better than the other in these guessing games regarding the economy, but one is simply not ready!

Nope, still don't care

Did McCain Oppose!! Women?? His running mate choice, is a Woman! He is 73yrs of age. He chose a Woman, even though he has no idea whare he will be a year from now. Him Oppose Women? Women, Oppose Women...

we all should have just gotten jobs in real estate and banking we all would be filthy rich right now!!

"Obama holds a slim 1 point lead in Ohio (46-45 percent) and McCain holds a small 2 point lead in Indiana (47-45 percent)."

Ohhh hell yeah!!! Indiana baby!! Now since the Buckeyes suck, maybe Hoosier football fans can agree that Ohio St sucks!! We can get votes! LOL!!!

Let's go Indiana!!!

what does this have to do with anything?

this is the same ol [ reagan] trickle down bail out of the past. even w/ the illegal immigration issue. its the same mess the american people were duped into over 20 yrs ago. taking on mexico's problems and this crap w/ bailouts of crooked wall street . how can you bail out banks that were doing sub prime lending rate loans that were crooking the people? now you are going to reward them w/ a bailout. ITS LIKE THE FOX GUARDING THE HEN HOUSE YOU CAN'T MAKE THIS STUFF UP. but there will be reprecussions further up the road. rewarding a banking industry that was doling out crooked loans. taking on mexico's rejects. i can't wait for the bottom to fall out.

mickey mouse has a 'hit' put out ,on him, and this is all you can talk about is our country's future? their are just some things we will not stand up for! president obama will fix those mouse hating sobs!

With the economy in a shambles, are we going to be stupid enough to vote in another four years of the same failed policies? Don't believe McCain/Palin's lies.

This is precisely why America cannot afford an equivocating Obama in the Oval office!

McCain/Palin 08! They have a proven record of authentic reform that puts country over party!

The old man who says he's an environmentalist but voted against alternative energy 25 times, whose only claim to fame is his pow status but has not supported military funding – voting on only one of the last 7 war funding bills, who did not support the new GI bill – a bill he directly benefitted from, who paints himself a war hero but does not have the support of most veterans groupd and current troops, who voted against MLK holiday and in fact actively campaigned against it, who shirked his duties in the senate for over 2 years – much longer than he has been campaigning, who cannot even handle the rigors of the campaign trail taking time off every week, who will not be phsyically able to handle the responsibilities and duties that POTUS requires 24/7, was involved in the Keating 5 and Jack Abramoff scandals – yet claims he is a reformer, who has at least 59 lobbyists on his staff including 7 among his top advisors.

It's funny how I don't care

this is all the republicans fault. our nation is crumbling under their rule.

The old man who seemingly cannot tell the truth (consistently proven wrong by factcheck.org), who is belligerent in his foreign policy actions, admitted that he wants the presidency only because it is a "prize", whose campaign is filled with lobbyists, who has run a consistenly nasty campaign despite empty rhetoric that he wouldn't, whose economic policies were universally panned by the Wall St Journal, who chose a running mate strictly due to political expediency, who has flip flopped on almost one hundred key issues (google it, there's a site), whose top economic advisor is well regarded as the architect of the current fiscal mess we're in, who already has early-onset Alzheimers, who consistently and thoroughly aided and abetted the enemy in Vietnam (its in his book!), who has a bad temper, who is a war monger, who has called for a draft!, whose foreign policy is stolen from wikipedia, who is a misogynist -called Hillary a name that rhymes with witch, said that Chelsea was ugly and the daughter of Janet Reno (but said Palin's kids were off-limits), voted against equal pay for women, called his own heiress wife a name that rhymes with bunt, pimped his wife out for a topless contest, is against a woman's right to choose (well at least today he is), who wears $520 loafers, does not even know how many homes he owns, thinks that you're not rich if you make less than $5 million a year, who need to look at notecards to remember the price of milk, whose household budget includes $273,000 for servants, who thinks our economy is basically strong yet calls his opponent "elite

Nikita Kruschev once said, "bring America to its knees without firing a shot."

The often over-looked and frequently crticized citizens of small town America are STILL the first in the line that feeds this nation,
NOT Wall ST. Wall ST. feeds and then leaves... parasites

DEMS GROW SOME MUCH DESERVED RESPECT FOR YOUR SMALL TOWN CITIZENS AND HUMILITY FOR THAT OVER INFLATED POMPOUS BS RHETORICAL MACHINE YOU CALL A POLITICAL PARTY

republicans are ruining small town america, now. who's next?

I just heard Biden speak in VA. His message was powerful. He just ripped the socks off John McCain. He said some things to women that I have not even heard spoken by Hillary Clinton. Obama is always presidential in his speeches, but women need to hear Biden. He just went hard on McCain and Palin. The story that is missing in this whole news cycle is: Why Biden makes McCain so uncomfortable? I am in DC, and I still have not figured it out. I know there is something there, but I can’t put my finger on it. Even still, if you watch McCain closely, the signs are there.
McCain claims he would fire Christopher Cox, the chairman of the Securities and Exchange Committee. Yet, McCain won’t even fire his economic advisor Phil Gramm. The real man who created policies which contributed greatly to this recent Economic Meltdown. Unbelievable! Maverick or Mouse, or pathological liar?
McCain has nothing to offer on the Economy. We already know that Palin has nothing to offer. We watched that sad ABC and even sadder Fox interview this week. Obama made a real quality pick, when he selected Biden and everyone has forgotten that. Biden may not have gotten a lot of primary votes, but Palin didn’t ever run. She knew she wasn’t ready. Biden may very well be the most qualified of all the candidates.
How is it that Fox news is able to report that McCain leading Obama by 14 on the electoral map? Why is no one challenging them on this? Or at least reveal how their numbers are not creditable.
How much does McCain still want to spend in Iraq again?

and a tree grows in brooklyn...whats your point

Ask McUninformed what those people feel.

THESE are the people who will have to close their doors when Obama raises the taxes on them, which will put their workers out into the food banks, and job hunting lines.

Obama doesn't get it. Ronald Reagan saved our butts back in the 80's with the trickle down economic plan. This is our only hope right now. A 1,000 dollar tax cut on your 60k income tax return is NOT the answer. You will still only get back a handful of dollars.

The solution is to lower taxes for everyone including business owners, so they can afford to give you raises each year, and even in some cases just keep you employed!

I have no idea what this story is about. Was this taken from a Penn travel brochure?

republicans have destroyed the american dream. they should be ashamed....