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Barb September 22nd, 2008 10:42 am ET

Regarding the crowd Palin drew in Florida. When Obama draws large crowds, the Republicans calls him a celebracy but its a good thing when Palin gets large crowds. Its too bad that the top of the GOP ticket cannot draw even half that many people. They should change the ticket to PALIN/McCAIN
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Yeah but you have to ask yourself did she really draw a crowd of that size? Remember they lied about the other crowd size. They lie about every thing else.

Obama. Now there's an honest man. Just ask him (and his apologists).

I'll tell you one thing that I've learned in life....never believe someone who claims to always be right. Barak.

Both sides of done things that they are not proud of. However, what is troubling is how Obama has had a week to put forth a plan with the Democrats about the financial crisis and he still does not have a plan. Is this a leader? What is he going to do about stating what is his idea for correcting the mess? He always criticizes others, put never puts out a plan of his own. Just for once, I wish he would have a position and a plan for something. Of course, the Obama supporters are used to this tactic, divide and conquer is all they know. Solutions are an after thought.

McBush is shameless. No surprise for a member of Bush's corrupt GOP machine...

Tell us about RICK DAVIS, McBush. Tell us about the $2M he made as a lobbyist for FANNIE MAE and FREDDIE MAC.....

Let's see...Rezco, Rev. Wright, Bill Ayers.....& on, & on. NoBama has so much baggage. We all know who the real liar is!

McCain...you forgot to add the close ties of Obama to William Ayers and Rev Wright. With friends like that, Obama certainly can't get a job with the FBI or Secret Service but the far left is going ga,ga over this Messia of theirs...go figure?

In the middle somewhere democrat September 22nd, 2008 10:03 am ET

Candy…Obamas ad are not truthful either. Check out CNN's fact check section. They are the only news site that does it. I have to say that neither candidate should waste money using these dumb adds. No-one is paying attention to them. I tune them OUT. I live in Ohio and I have yet to talk to anyone who pays any attention to them. I know a lot of people who voted for Hillary who plan on voting for McCain in November.
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I wonder why that is? Could it be race??? Since Obama's policies are the same as Hillary's? I guess people in Ohio will learn the hard way if McCain/Palin gets elected and then they'll complain and complain about how hard things are. Ridiculous.

Obama is using race as an excuse for not being further ahead. I would vote for Colin Powell – no problem. 92% of blacks for Obama, what other group is close to that. Obama is scary, bad judgment, bad friends. Wright, Ayres, Farrakhan. American haters all.

go sarah.... that sort of crowd shows that Palin is a celebrity.

typical repub..throw the big bad chiscago machine into mix, has nothing to do with policies, or lack thier of that they have, but more to delfect from the fact that they put the economy into this condition.
McCain sure has a short memenory of when he deregualted this and what he has done in 26 years in Washington...and now we are supposed to beleive he will change things...more and more of the same policies and lies.

Republican actors have smeared Obama so many times. Gop calls Obama a celeb cos of the crowd he attracts...Now what do you call sarah liar with her crowd? SuckNews(FOXnews) "a star is born" LOL, LOL
this people are just pathetic.

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Brian Rogers, a spokesman for McCain, said "Barack Obama is more interested in childish political attacks than confronting the reality that his plans to raise taxes and close off trade will kill our American auto industry and the jobs of hardworking folks in Michigan and all around our nation."

Is this coming from the same campaign that put out the "Celebrity ad" with Paris Hilton and Britney Spears? This is the pot calling the kettle black. Just total and sincere hypocrisy.

What is painful to admit to is not necessarily how stupid and unintelligent John MCcain his running mate are. It is how foolish a people, a country, so blessed like America, choose to through away all the wealth, blessings we own by successively electing the most unintelligent and unfit caliber of people to role our country.
We are now reeping the fruits of our own actions, actions we took eight years ago, and yet we are still unable to learn from it.
It beats my imagination.
The only reason I believe there is such closeness in the polls at this presidential election is because Barack Obama is not caucasian, this is supposed to be a land slide win election for the democrats. Yet with as much wealth of intelligence and grace that a young man like Obama offers our country, a great # of white voters will rather drawn with our dumb incapable John MCcain who lies with every word that comes of his mouth, who has flip flop on this campaign trail more than the word itself. Who has violated some of the most core values that we look for in a president candidate, whose running made is currently being investigated for unspeakable actions, whose running made runs away from raising a handicap child to hiding her face behind a vice presidential ticket, whose running maide instead of helping her teenage daughter into parent hood and being an advocate and a decent grand parent remains the most selfish wife, mother and grandmother................... I could write a book on all these things. Yet, this is what we are choosing over a solid pair of someone like Senator Joe Biden and Senator Barack Obama.
Get real America whom are we fooling? No one but ourselves and it will come back to bite us like Bush has in the last eight years, still continues to bite us and will be biting us many many years after he leaves the presidency. How low can a country get.
There is a fine line between the great and the fallen, and that line is defined by the path we take or do not take. It makes all the difference.

I can't wait to see the look on McIdiot's face when he realizes that Americans are too smart to vote for a liar. He is also a thief, his campaign has stolen ALL of Barack's talking points. He stole the "change" theme. He talks about "enough". This morning I heard him say that he'd like to have Warren Buffet on a panel, which is what Barack did. McCain is not ready to be president and he thinks we are dumb enough to vote for another Bush presidency.

Obama/Biden 08

Hey..I am a little granny from Nebraska and am getting tired of the McCain campaign and the lies.

Let's focus on the crap they are pulling in Alaska so their fairy princess doesn't have to answer any questions. Sean Hannity doesn't count. I was disgusted by the way he was gushing over Palin in the interview and she was gushing garbage right back.

What about the Keating Five scandal? It is an appropriate topic for this very moment. Has John been allowing the same political influences to happen that he did back then. Back then, he only got a slap on the hand. It pays to have a wife with lots of money.

Does McLoser and McPain Lin really believe that we are that stupid not to see through thier lies and do anything tactics to get into the White House? This will never happen. To quote Hillary Clinton.......

No Way....... No How.......No McCain.......No Palin!

OBAMA/BIDEN '08/12

Obama has so many skeletons in his closet.

And of course there are "The New York Years" which he refuses to discuss. Claims he can't even remember his roommates' names. People he lived with!?! yeah right.

Of the stuff we do know, most of it has been confirmed as "extremely exagerated", i.e., his job at an international consulting firm, which he refused to name, turned out to be a little copy-editing sweat-shop where the guys wore jeans, came in at 10 AM and drank beer. No suit and tie, no secretary, not German or Japanese financiers...

Obama: ready to get elected. Not ready to lead.

Hey Luisa, all the money Obama has for his campaign is coming from regular people around the country donating what they can, not giant donations. McCain and Co. would love to convince you otherwise because he's afraid of the facts...and the fact is, the majority of America is so sick and tired of the Republican lie machine that they're going out of their way in record numbers to prevent them from continuing their destruction of our country.

McCain's ads are just simply over the top.

It's on....

Obama / Binden 08

THE REPUBLICANS ARE PULLING ANOTHER FAST ONE-THEY ARE TRYING TO CONN THE DEMOCRATES INTO SIGNING A BLANK CHECK WHICH FAVORS THE RICH. THE REPUBLICAN PLAN WOULD LET THE CEO'S AND OTHER OFFICERS WALK AWAY WITH MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS , AND THE TAX PAYERS WILL PAY FOR IT.
LISTEN TO OBAMA, HE HAS A MUCH BETTER PLAN.
ALL THESE WORLD PROBLEMS BEGAN WHEN GEORGE BUSH TOOK OFFICE. NOW THEY ARE TRYING TO BLAME ALL THE PROBLEMS ON THE DEMORCRATS-–GIVE ME A BREAK.
THE ONLY CHANGE THE REPUBLICANS WILL GIVE US IS THE NAME –McCAIN.-YOU CALL THAT CHANGE--WE NEED OBAMA FOR OUR NEXT PRESIDENT, THATS REAL CHANGE.

If John is going to drag up Rezco, then it is fair game to drag up the "keating Five" and John being accused of corruption in 1989. Of course ignornace got him out again.
One might also point out that it was reported yesterday that John McBush's campaign manager got $2 million for keeping gerulations out of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae.

It is time Obama quick taking this dirt.

I AM SURE THAT JACK THE RIPPER HAD NEIGHBORS.

BUT FROM WHAT I CAN TELL, THEY DIDN'T HELP HIM.

AND AT THIS POINT I'D RATHER VOTE FOR HIM THAN

ANOTHER BUSH. I AM SURE I KNOW OF PEOPLE

FAR WORSE THAN REZO, MCBUSH FOR ONE. HE

MAKES REZO LOOK LIKE MOTHER TERESA. BUT NOT

MUCH I CAN DO ABOUT WHAT, EXCEPT NOT VOTE FOR HIM.

I thought this was a non issue due to cleared air. I guess PALIN/mc cain ain't got any ideas on the economy. By the way any fool knows that where you come from has nothing to do with your mentality.

I hope America wakes up soon and sees that mccain has the same tactics as bush, they are in the moment thinking, doing whatever it takes to give quick fixes, the same way they elected palin...as a woman i feel insulted by the idea that him electing a woman would have me as a woman to vote for her, just because she is a woman...when her credibility is sadly lacking margins, all that because he wants to win, i bet you whenever he does win, she will slip out the picture realllllly fast!! Whats even more sad is the fact that she accepted the position, fame isnt everything when you have a country that is facing critical times.

I am a Republican but I will be voting Dem this time. John McCain please stick to the issue

McCain has no room to talk about political corruption. He's making accusations about Obama just because he's a politician from Chicago. McCain was one of the PROVEN Keating 5.

McShame's sole purpose of running for president is to leave on top. And why would he put any effort in turning around the economy, healthcare, social security, etc... when he has nothing to lose. This guy gambles on a governor as his running mate with no forethought, insight nor regards for the american people.

With that said, If I was rich I would vote for him too.

The RNC are treating you the american public like ignorant fools that will believe anything.

Look it up, these are easily verified lies that they continue to tell you.

You should be outraged that they think that you are that stupid.

Peace.

Is Obama still using cocaine like he did in college? Something else the media is covering up for him. Why does Obama refuse to release his complete medical records?

Keating 5................consulsion from the invesgators "POOR JUDGEMENT"

Says it all for me.. what about you??

OBAMA 2008!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

THE REPUBLICANS ARE PULLING ANOTHER FAST ONE-THEY ARE TRYING TO CONN THE DEMOCRATES INTO SIGNING A BLANK CHECK WHICH FAVORS THE RICH. THE REPUBLICAN PLAN WOULD LET THE CEO'S AND OTHER OFFICERS WALK AWAY WITH MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS , AND THE TAX PAYERS WILL PAY FOR IT.
LISTEN TO OBAMA, HE HAS A MUCH BETTER PLAN.
ALL THESE WORLD PROBLEMS BEGAN WHEN GEORGE BUSH TOOK OFFICE. NOW THEY ARE TRYING TO BLAME ALL THE PROBLEMS ON THE DEMORCRATS-–GIVE ME A BREAK.
THE ONLY CHANGE THE REPUBLICANS WILL GIVE US IS THE NAME –McCAIN.-YOU CALL THAT CHANGE--WE NEED OBAMA FOR OUR NEXT PRESIDENT, THATS REAL CHANGE.

BOBBY K. FROM BIRMINGHAM, AL:

Either this poll is being put out to stop monorities from voting, making us think its a futile effort, well IT 'S NOT. As a people if Obama loses we have to keep it together for the next Obama out there. We as a community should deny support to those who do not support us.

For my part I intend to show my dis-pleasure if McCain wins by:
Boycotting any business that advertises on Fox.
Shop for items I need, not what I want. I have enough clothes with tags stil on them and shoes to last for 4 years
Support black owned/minority business whenever possible.

Things already done:
cancelled week long cruise to Alaska donated $1200 to Barack on 9/12/08.
Volunteered for mentor program in an inner city school

I posted some facts about the demise of the USSR and how it resembled America today but CNN trying to keep the truth from Americans didn't print it. It was printed on other blogs so CNN you will be a complicit in the financial destruction of America as were in the invasion of Iraq.

======mcBush you are a joke======

Another flip flop by McBush. He was going to run a positive campaign. You haven't heard anything yet.

Rezko? Old news. McBush must be running out of stuff to use. Obama was vetted months ago. Every time Mcbush uses something old news like this, Obama should come back with something McCain did about the issues. McBush brings up Rezko, Obama brings up his campaign manager who was a lobbyist trying to deregulate the insurance co. Tit for Tat, just make sure our Tat is honest and true.

We have a former POW hero (owed many thanks for that) who left an ailing wife to marry up and enter into politics. He also is showing signs of memory problems, a lack of an ability to sort through detailed and complex information and scarriest of all we do not know how he will react in a true crisis because he seems to have a very bad temper which might cuase him to react without much thought (just like GW). Then he picked an airhead or should I say bobble-head who can recite the party line with the best of them but her knowledge is only power-point deep; there's no there – there with Sarah.

They left out the part where 2 top Obama Aids are ex-Fannie/Freedie CEO's and one mad $90M in 2 years!

John McCain is a man who has lost his way and his honor right along with it. Very sad. We need a fresh start in this country, one that can give people a new perspective both here and abroad. Let's not forget that the world is ALWAYS watching us, and if we continue to vote in those individuals that have cause the havoc we and the world are now in, our face to the world will continue to erode. Our economy is so poor that if China called in their loans right now, we would be done. How can we continue to live like this? Anyone other than the top 1 % who actually believes the Republicans are on their side is just being tricked. They love to play on the emotions of the American people, and it's just ludicrous how they continue to get away with it. We are independents voting for Obama/Biden this year because we can't stand to have another 4 years of the same failed policies. After careful consideration we just can't vote for McCain (especially after making such an irresponsible VP choice). Wake up America before it is too late to take back the country we ALL love.

Christine,
They will not dear to bring back the Rev Wright ads because they do not want all the church stuff of Palin from Alaska to be targeted. Did you not hear the stuff that her paster said about Jews?

McIdiot just told a stupid Irish joke, and now he's pandering as to the contributions of Irish people.

He's an idiot and the wrong man for America. He is the problem, as far as Washington is concerned.

Obama/Biden 08

Rezko, Ayers, duh! That an old Wife's tale. We have heard extensively about those during the primaries. They were distractions then and they are distractions now.

Can McCain tell us his Blue-print to revamp the ailing Economy?

I should think the the Economy should take the center stage for a Presidential Aspirant that is worth his Salt.

McCain is so despirate now that all that matters to him is to have a last shot at his life-long ambition – To become POTUS, that he cares so little about the economic doldrum the Country is in.

Bear Stearns, Lehman Brothers, AIG, Merrill Lynch, and Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs and counting, yet he has the impetus to embark on a campaign of calumny.

MCCAIN AND HIS TOP ADVISOR PHIL GRAHM WERE THE ONES THAT VOTED TO GET RID OF REGULATION. YET HERE IS MCCAIN NOW SAYING THAT WE NEED MORE OVERSITE, WHAT A JOKE. HE HAS LIED ABOUT EVERY THING UNDER THE SUN. IF YOU ARE SUPPONED AND IGNORE IT YOU ARE ARRESTED. WHY DOES PALIN GET A FREE RIDE. ANY ONE WITH AN IOTA OF SENSE WOULD NEVER VOTE REPUBLICAN AGAIN. HOW MANY TIMES HAVE THE TAX PAYERS OF THIS COUNTRY HAD TO BAIL OUT THE BANKS AND SAVING AND LOANS. UNDER THE REPUBLICAN WATCHES. SILVERADO, FANNIE MAE, FREDDY MAC, SHARPSTOWN SCANDAL , AND MANY MORE. AND IT SEEMS THAT THERE IS ALL WAYS A BUSH INVOLVED. AND WHO ELSE GETS BAILED OUT, THE CEO'S MAKING THEIR OBSCENE GOLDEN PARACHUTES.

Chicago Machine..same folks who got 100,000 people out of thier graves to vote for JFK!

In Chicago it's "Vote early & Vote often" !

and they have to bring back rev wright .rezko,rev wright and voting present is the change I can't believe in.
go mccain. hillary 2012

I wouldn't trust a high ranking politician who DIDN'T had to deal with corrupt business men. It's the way you deal with them that tells you how that politician is.
So far, Obama has handled it superbly.

Diversion rules the GOP.

In this past week, Congress is asking for $700 billion in addition to the already $85 billion bail out of AIG. Taxpayers will be the one to carry this debt.
Americans, wake up! We cannot solve the problem of inflation and the devaluing of the dollar by creating more money out of thin air. Although it may be painful, we cannot have the government intervene and further destroy the dollar. There is no easy fix. The economy is headed towards another depression and the free market is marginalizing.
Bear in mind, that the incumbent party has not raised taxes. This is a reminder that taxpayers are indeed directly affected by other means. The next time McPalin attacks Obama concerning his tax ideas, know that Americans will be hurt more by the continued republican rule of failed politics. Although Obama's tax proposal will not affect me as I am not a part of the fortunate 5% of the wealthy Americans, I will gladly pay more taxes if it implies a superior America.

OBAMA / BIDEN 08

I think the McCain camp forgot about Keating 5. I hope Obama brings it up so he can shut up. I believe people will see the light on Friday. would be nice if McCain lost his temper.EX-McCAIN SUPPORTER.

The K5 connection (Keating 5) the largest Savings and Loan crisis of the late 1980s and early 1990s and NOW G.W. Bush connection the WORST Financial crisis EVER! America cannot afford John McCain’s Connection.

It's funny how the Ticker has no story about the crowd of 60,000 that stood in 90 degree weather to see Sarah Palin. Were they all there just to see the rock concert? What? There was no rock band???

Even if Biden steps down from VP, I will not vote for Hillary. Sorry too late now. We replaced you with Sarah.

Let the silliness continue.

McCain and Bush are two completely different people.... Only CNN is deciding to be biased and present the stupid democratic side of crap..... Obama needs to get real... if he wants to sway people to vote for him then he needs to stop playing games and get real.. he'll never win......

McCain '08

Once again.... when you have NO record to run on, you have to bring on the SLIME!! THAT'S WHEN YOU STOP TALKING ABOUT THE ISSUES AND START MAKING UP LIES TO TELL THE PUBLIC!!!

McCain has NO record... except the one where he has the most lobbyists running his campaign and how many times he's supported DEREGULATION as a Senator!! Let's deregulate some more, McCain!!! It's working out so well!!!!!!

WAKE UP, AMERICA!!! VOTE SMART.... NOT SENILE!!!

Too bad some current news can't be considered. Obama has already been cleared of anything having to do with that. If we want to talk about some old news, how about The Keating Five?

Voters, all Mccain has to run on is lies,,
If asked what he and the republicans have done for
our country these last eight years, what in the world
could he say?
Biggest financial crisis ever.
Biggest financial, trade deficit ever.
Continuous loss of jobs, homes.
Loss of respect, friendship from rest of world.
Unjustified war.
And on and on And on and on.
Our country cannot survive further republican
leadership.

Hey McCain and Sarah - THANKS BUT NO THANKS!!!

Obama for President!

Regarding the crowd Palin drew in Florida. When Obama draws large crowds, the Republicans calls him a celebracy but its a good thing when Palin gets large crowds. Its too bad that the top of the GOP ticket cannot draw even half that many people. They should change the ticket to PALIN/McCAIN

Way to go McCain. Show the world what Barry is all about!!

MCCAIN's AT IT AGAIN- Let's move the discussion away from the economy to Rezco.

Obama hits it on the head— McCain can't get himself squared away with the ECONOMY so he's again trying to divert attention elsewhere–

DOES HE REALLY THINK THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE THAT STUPID?

he's got the Palins who are refusing to cooperate with the investigation and I just heard that they will move forward with the investigation and come to some resolve by october 1st and that they will no longer involve Sarah or her lying, cheating husband!!– Folks they worked it out behind the scenes with their lawyers so that they wouldn't be implicated!! What does this tell you about the McCain campaign? AMERICA DOES NOT NEED THIS KIND OF POLITICS—

Hey Sarah– THANKS BUT NO THANKS!

I can't believe they are critizing McCain for owning 13 cars!! At least the money he and his wife have are not of convicted felons like Obama have. Where do americans think all campaign money that Obama has is coming from??? Hello?? Wake up.

Mr. mcsame you wanna bring the lipstick back again that is the only way you can will, Economy stupid??????????? I am drowning here, you are discribing the water.

McCain does not get it does he? He has more crooked ties to corruption than does Obama. We don't care about that. He is not responsible for any one person's choices in life. When you have nothing to offer the people other than "I just want to be President", then you resort to slinging any mud that you can. Voters this year, for the most part, are smarter than that

Go Sarah !
You are just like McCain you either dont read or you just intentionally want to remain ignorant. The social security fact check verdict: stated obama' ad was accurate but their are some more facts..!
Didi you skip that or you intentionally want to be ignorant?

Obama came up through the corrupt Chicago political machine. The media has been covering it up for him but the truth will eventually get out. It doesn't get more corrupt than Chicago politics. Obama is like a used car saleman...slick talker but beware of the junk he is selling.

McGreed has 8 houses , 13 cars , a plane and a ranch.100million from his wife. He is too filthy rich.
What do an average American have?

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A lot will be revealed in this new book to be published soon.

Watch what Rev. Jeremiah Wright has to say.

Amen.

The Obama-Tony Rezco relationship needs to be exposed more.

And Obama wants to say he will change Washington? Right!

Obama Campaigh= half truths and lies

Liberal Media= twist fact checks to make Obama look right

Mike Cap- Huh? Certainly. The truth being that we expect 4-10 landslide for Obama. Btw, it's not liberals who support Obama but conservatives, Independents, and Republicans. Obama's not radical..you're brainwashed and delusional.

What everyone on the left is either afraid to point out or too clueless to realize is that all of these problems really came to a head when your dream big, do nothing susbstantial party took over Congress. LOWEST APPROVAL RATING OF ANY GOVT. BODY IN U.S. HISTORY! They've gotten nothing done (of course with a Speaker of the House peddling a crummy book to last place sales and a freshman senator from Illinois who spent 3 weeks on the job and then went around the world dreaming about being president is it any wonder). The Democrat party is full of lies and hypocrits. You want an example? Most of your supporters who decry big business, CEO's and big bad oil execs who make money at expense of the common man are the elitest, snobbish, intelligence lacking Hollywood elite who in the end make MORE money than the evil executives. They lambast big oil but got no problem charging $500 a ticket for a concert or 20 million for a movie from these same 'common men'. And I mean really, I'm going to base my choice for president on the wisdom and knowledge of Matt Damon or Rosie O'Donnell? And hey Dems, answer me this. If a Republican leaning actor/commedian said the same thing about Obama that Sandra 'Where's My Career' Bernhard, you think there'd be nothing about it? Yeah right, there's be news stories all over, protests, you name it. But once again, the double standard is there.

The Democrats – Fairness and equality...as long as you believe in exactly everything we say.

Keating five...

Shame on you WHITE AMERICAN's! You would rather vote for another WHITE Republican who has less INTELLIGENCE compared to OBAMA/BIDEN! This is a joke....we will never get ahead with another Republican...use your brains people! If McCain/Palin wins, we should consider ourselves as being a 3rd world country rather than US the great!

Obama Supporter!

"A LIE TOLD OFTEN ENOUGH BEC0MES THE THRUTH" – VLADIMIR LENIN

AT LEAST MCCAIN HOPES SO........

Palin appeared yesterday at the Villages in Central Florida. The Villages is a retirement community with 60,000 residents. It is a Republican stronghold. Jeb Bush, Charlie Crist and GWB all spoke there when they were running. I know the area where she spoke and if that area could hold 10,000 people it would be a stretch. 60,000 sounds like a great number though.

Nifty 60, female and white September 22nd, 2008 9:59 am ET

We have just sold our souls to China, all under the watch of the repubs. I have one question to you McSame supporters. Why is it that when McShame, Palin or a McWar supporter is asked a "Yes" or "No" question the answer is always the same "Sen McCain believes", "Sen McCain knows", etc. Why can't we get an honest answer from them….EVER. You have way to much dirt and underhandedness going on to be anyones President/VP to lead this country. We all see what your leadership has lead us to….financial disaster and the sell-off of our country to China.

They all have been train on how to look you in your face and just tell the same lie over and over again. They all get the same memo to rehearse on the same lies regardless of what the question. They repeat the same words over and over again. When they are questioned on it they rewind back to the beginning.

Rezko, blah, blah, blah. You wouldn't believe how many people buy this garbage and give this as their reason for voting McCain. And all this racist nonsense? Why is the media suddenly amping this up? Are they preparing us for another stolen election?

Like Will Rogers said, "Don't believe what you read in the papers." Or hear from the MSM. My biggest fear is that the fix is in and we'll be stuck with McCain/Palin–or is that Palin/McCain–for the next four years.

CNN, you must print this.

I am with you Bob from Pittsburge, I have noticed that also.

Quick, Mick Crap,
since 2000, what legislation has McCain sponsored or co-sponsored with Democrats? Not saying he hasn't done any, just want to know.
I can think of at least two that Obama has sponsored with Repulbicans.
1) The Governmental Acounntability and Transparency Act with Tom Coburn in 2006-2007
2) The Nuclear proliferation Act with Dick Lugar from Indiana. Can't remember the year.
So, to say that McCain goes across the ailse and Obama doesn't is false.

Also, can you list the EXPERIENCE that McCain brings. I mean other than just being in the Congress and Senate fro the last 26 years. What experience does he have in being President? After all, no one really has the experience to do a job that you've never been able to do before, right?

To "Open your Third Eye":

Gas guzzling? How do you think ANY of those people are making their way around this country? None of them are riding bicycles or using alternative fuel cars, limos, or airplanes.

With today's technology, they could stay in one place and reach everyone. Imagine the gas (and cost) that would be saved.

How many vehicles do you think all those Hollywood types you so easily embrace have? Is it okay for them but not for anyone else in this country?

Obama would turn America into a nation of cowards.

While America is focused on how to live, it's forgetting how it wants to live.

Tony Obama.....Sounds better than Barry Obama.

To "Open your Third Eye":

Gas guzzling? How do you think ANY of those people are making their way around this country? None of them are riding bicycles or using alternative fuel cars, limos, or airplanes.

With today's technology, they could stay in one place and reach everyone. Imagine the gas (and cost) that would be saved.

How many vehicles do you think all those Hollywood types you so easily embrace have? Are is it okay for them but not for anyone else in this country?

The current administration in Illinois is as corrupt as it comes. Our dear governor has connections with Rezo and guess what ,so does Obama. Rezo is a convicted felon period. The people of the State of Illinois would love to get rid of the governor as well as our do nothing Senator. But, for the sake of the country, we prefer not to send him to Washington but back to the streets of Chicago to do 'community organizing"

These ads are such crap. We are in the largest financial crisis since 1929 and all McCain can do is try to Swift Boat Obama? I am sick of it, and I am sick of the media. We need to focus on the important issues, ignore Palin and listed to what Biden and Obama have to say about what is really important.... our present and our future.

Did you notice that Palin is continuing her lying streak as well, touting over the weekend that Alaska is responsible for 20% of our country's energy (it's only 3.5%), declaring that she "killed" the Bridge to Nowhere, after actively supporting it, and claiming that she lowered her governmental pay (which she did but then raised it later).

Nobody seemed to notice at the time, but in June McCain clearly called for a federal earmark to award $300 million dollars to the first person to come up with an improved car battery.

That is a PORK BARREL EARMARK that this so-called reformer called for just a few months ago.

Yet another lie in the McCain campaign. He is calling for a $300 million dollar federal earmark as PRIZE MONEY.

Just great!

This is all the GOP can serve up? This is desperate! If you folks on this blog think we can afford a war that is costing billions a week, while Iraq pads their pockets with oil money, you deserve McCain. This country WILL completely collapse if we continue to fund the Iraq war. I can see that some of you have really been duped. If it's the economy that you think is the main issue, then McCain himself said " it's not his strong point". If you think we can hand our foreign policy over to Palin whom received her first visa a year ago, then you are crazy! Biden has the experience we need overseas, Obama is bright enough to gather the smartest minds together to fix this country. If there is anything left. I am a republican!

I hope Obama skewers McCain (and Biden puts Palin away) during the debates.

I'm nervous that the country is still in the dark and will not vote for someone who's blk, but instead for a team with no vision and an unqualified running mate...

And saying hello to Karzai doesn't make you experienced in foreign policy.

One of Obama's ad's this morning regarding abortion rights really got to me. Prior to viewing the ad, I had been fluctuating between McCain and Obama. Initially, at the start of the campaign, although a Democrat, I didn't like Obama. Eventually, in order to be fair, I realized that he was someone different, didn't really know too much about him and tried to listen objectively to other family members who argue in favor of voting for Obama, and still do. I saw myself inching towards changing my vote to Obama until I saw the ad on T.V. this morning. I realized that I have to be true to myself and my moral feelings. The ad indicated sleaziness on the part of McCain because of his abortion stance. Instead of influencing me, as a woman, to cement my vote for Obama, I made a definite decision that my vote for McCain is centered primarily on my deep feelings about abortion.

Thank you for allowing me to state on views on this particular ad.

Don't forget that Obama is an ELITIST! Sure, he grew up with a single parent on food stamps, and was a community organizer (eeeeewww... the bum). But he went to an ivy-league school and was the first non-white president of the law review, so he's a big, bad, baby-eating, hobo-beating LIBERAL ELITIST.

Not like John McCain, he only married rich, so he's a blue-collar guy like the rest of us. 12 cars and 7 houses aside, his wife bought those anyway, not him. And I heard he was a POW and got tortured. So he's a hero too. Nice.

For a lot of you the concept of sarcasm may be lost, so please disregard.

Can 1 Republican be honest enough to admit that George W. Bush as president was a mistake?

I'll be waiting.

Where's the coverage on Senator Clinton? Current coverage on the undecided female vote seems to favor McCain's camp. I would like a more balanced view to include American women who want to vote for a more qualified team. Please don't only vote for a women because you are one.

McCain's ad is just more Karl Rove nothing ad. Just a scare tactic but a distortion of the truth. America has learnt that McCain will do anything just to try to win this. Where are his morals?

Obama responds with something that can affect us all. Oh, and its the TRUTH!!!

Obama\Biden '08

Why the Obama bias in the comments?

Is there an organized effort by Obama supporters to spam the CNN comments with their talking points? Every time a CNN political article is posted, the Obamabots flock in drones. Within a few minutes, there are dozens of comments saying the same thing.

Is this DailyKos or CNN?

Watch the shiny object.

Watch the shiny object.

Vote Republican.

Are you kidding me? Please stay focused on the issues.

smmmm smmmm Do YOU Smell That?

I smell deperation from the Mccain camp. I was wondering how long it would take before they would tie Obama to this man. The Palin gimmick didn't help with the women voters. It further insulted them way to go ladies. The economies put Mccain further lower on the totem poll. The audacity to try to tie these two together, with the ties he has with George Bush alone make Tony Resko look like Mother Teresa--–DESPERATE TIME TAKE DESPERATE MEASURES.

this is desparation at its best. he trying to go around the real issues...mcchange is a fraud

How can a man who got through by the skin of his teeth based solely on "woe is me, the poor POW" in the Keating Five scandal? It's almost like he's daring anyone to bring it up. What did it involve, you ask? DE-REGULATION AND SAVINGS AND LOANS! His other buddies did not have the POW shield to hide behind, so off they went to jail. Since then, McCain has spent the remainder of his time in the Senate fighting to further deregulate the markets, and to actually invest people's hard earned social security into the same market that is crashing before our eyes!

How can ANYONE vote for this uneducated baffoon?

Isn't Rezko over and done with during the primary? This is old stuff McCain is bringing back from the dead. Is this the best he can do?

Try another one John, the Rezko line won't work!

I'll take 4 more years of keeping this country safe anyday over an empty suit like Obama who just wants to show off in front of his adoring crowds.

McCain/Palin 2008

sign of losing, old man come on...

I have just two words in response to McCain's latest slime:

Charles Keating!

This is starting to look really awful for democrats – right on schedule to lose the election.

McCain could unload 5 times as much negative stuff on Obama – easily. He's been civil to this point.

But there's no way election day will roll around with the public still not aware of Obama's shadiness if he leads... There are people that will let it be known.. This man cannot be president.

Obama is a pathetic creation of the media and DNC.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw. Truth has no legs. It is permanent. But lies on the hand has many legs. No matter how far it travels it must come back to the truth. Palin/ McCain ticket or is it McCain/Palin? is shamelessly running a campaign full of lies, self centeredness and waffling. Take note of which of them is poise and calm in responding to the economic crisis. McCain said at first the fundamentals of the economy is sound, the next day we are in crisis and the fed chairman should be fired. He was for deregulation, now he is for it regulation. where is the leadership, where is the judgement and where is the experience? Non whatsoever.

It amazes me how some people are still allowing themselves to be
so conned by the republicans, especially in Florida. John McCain and Sara Palin can lie all they want and pretend to be "Mavericks"(hardheaded farm animals), but the bottom line is that they are still REPUBLICANS. I hope voters will see through the scam and vote the republicans out by a landslide. Some people have the backwards mentality of "They may be kicking my a$$, but I like it".

Democrats 08.

I heard the news report that Obama was more favored in debates because of his oratory skills.How can a inexperienced person be favored over this so called man of great experience unless McCain is a fraud and really does not know anything.

Obama hits it on the head— McCain can't get himself squared away with the ECONOMY so he's again trying to divert attention elsewhere–

DOES HE REALLY THINK THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE THAT STUPID?

he's got the Palins who are refusing to cooperate with the investigation and I just heard that they will move forward with the investigation and come to some resolve by october 1st and that they will not longer involve Sarah or her lying, cheating husband!!– Folks they worked it out behind the scenes with their lawyers so that they wouldn't be implicated!! What does this tell you about the McCain campaign? AMERICA DOES NOT NEED THIS KIND OF POLITICS—

Hey Sarah– THANKS BUT NO THANKS!

YOU WHITE AND BLACK AMERICAN WE NEED A CHANGE. BECAUSE IT'S NOT ALL ABOUT COLOR, IT'S ABOUT CHANGE THIS COUNTRY AND EVERYBODY KNOW THAT MC CAIN IS GOING TO BE JUST LIKE BUSCH RAISE TAXES, SS, MORE TROOP GOING TO BE KILL AND MORE GOING TO BE SENT OUT THERE, HEALTH CARE IS GOING TO BE FOR THE RICH EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE FOR THE RICH LOSING JOBS,GAS GOING TO BE HIGHER, THAT MAN HAS LIE SO MUCH ABOUT EVERYTHING, I THINK U AMERICAN NEED TO GIVE A BLACK MAN A CHANCE TO PROVE IS SMARTING HE CANNOT DO KNOW WORST THEN THE OTHER WHITE PRESIDENTS AND WHAT WE WENT THROUGH THESE 8 LONG YEARS GOD SAY GIVE A PERSON A CHANGES TO PROVE THEY SELF MC CAIN THEN HE PICK THIS LADY TO BE VP AND EVERY TIME SOMEONE ASK HER A QUESTION SHE DOESN'T GIVE THE RIGHT ANSWER,IM GOING TO WATCH THE DEBATE AND LISTEN TO WHAT THESE TWO MENS GOING TO REALLY SAY .IM WHITE A LADY

Keating 5 and troopergate someone call out on this.

McCain and the GOP are so slimy and dishonest.....thank heavens
for Fact Check.....it's the only information to be believed...Kudos !!!

v obama. i see your ploy and reverse phsychology. same modus as limbaugh's operation chaos. you're trying to divide democrats, not with sexism like during the primaries, but, with racism ,now. you are disgusting and a liar like mccain and limbaugh. obama supporters do not use the stoopid lines you keep spouting.

The dirty filthy Republican attack lies continue. Obama has never ever been accused of any wrong doing. Saturday Night Live had a skit of how McLiar 'approves of this message' that was right on in showing how McBush spins dirt and scare tactics to make a smoke screen to cover his complete lack of substance on the issues.

How about McSame's buddy Phil Gramm, Mr. "Nation of Whiners/Mental Recession" whose marvelous piece of deregulatory legislation, the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Financial Services Modernization Act in 1999 deregulated the financial system and created the financial services industry which is directly responsible for the financial mess the country is in....

So much for the mantra of St. Ron Reagan "Government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem." RIGHT!

Lady Lakes,FL – affluent retirement community – 99.9% white republicans – isn't a typical community. I've been there. Few can afford it.

In the middle somewhere democrat – I did check out factcheck.org and that is why I made that statement. you need to check it out too, to find out how much your boy and girl have been lying. And to answer your first question – Obama's been drawing those crowds and still is and he has been a candidate for 2 yrs. People still love and believe in him! Check out the article regarding his crowd in north carolina.

McCain,
Q: How's that deregulation support going with your top economic advisor/sub-prime mortgage lobbyist?
A: Economic disaster.

Q: How about your affiliations with the Keating 5 scandal, costing taxpayers billions of dollars?
A: Lack of trust & integrity.

Thanks, but no thanks.

Uncle Sam: You are totally brain-washed. Its not your fault. Do you need the same four years? I do not.

The only tie concerns me is the tie with Bush and McCain seems to cherish it.

No Republican 08.

I wish Republicans had more time to try to educate you ,but they've got to go to work.

Obama tells lies and half truths when he talks, in his adds and then he tries to act like Mr. Nice Guy who doesn't understand how McCain can do such things. He even has the fact check media on his side. If you remember what he first said when he ran against HILLARY AND NOW THE ADDS ARE NOT LIES the media twists everything in his favor, even supposed fact checks.

Ok McCain's wife wears a 300,000 dollar outfit and Obama is the elitist? McCain's campaign is full of lobbyist and he is not corrupt lol. Palin is the an absurd pick that conservative Andrew Sullivan recognizes. I can't believe white people would vote for this crazy McCain-Palin ticket. I think they are fooling themselves that they aren't racist lol.

The Dems don't like it when McCain brings out the truth. Scary Reed and Nancy do not have the word 'truth' in their pathetic vocab. Many intelligent people see this... Nobama / NoBiden '08 – Can't affeord 'em!!

The realy reason that Oboma is not 10 points in the lead is WHITE people they r afraid of a BLACK man being president. They will put any white person man r woman in office educated r not educated , this is the AMERICA we live in. I hope the next election if Oboma does not win BLACK poeple will never vote again ever, because the white house is 4 white people blacks dont stand a chance so why vote.

I'm from Florida, I'm not a hick, and I'm supporting Obama.

"Obama’s campaign responded with an attack of its own, telling reporters McCain was trying to divert attention from new reports his campaign manager had lobbied against stricter regulation of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac." This is a load of crap since McCain had long been calling for stricter oversight of Fannie & Freddie. Once again Obama blows smoke to hide the fact that he has no plan.

"O"bama
"O" = zero

There seems to be desperation in the Ads of the McCain camp. If you have nothing to say to the American people to help a somewhat dire economic situation resort to mud slinging and attacks. We have to see beyond the distractions and focus on the issues, otherwise we'll all wake up on November 5th to our America heading in the same direction......"A bridge to nowhere".

Obama hits it on the head- McCain can't get himself squared away with the ECONOMY so he's again trying to divert attention elsewhere–

DOES HE REALLY THINK THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE THAT STUPID?

he's got the Palins who are refusing to cooperate with the investigation and I just heard that they will move forward with the investigation and come to some resolve by october 1st and that they will not longer involve Sarah or her lying, cheating husband!!– Folks they worked it out behind the scenes with their lawyers so that they wouldn't be implicated!! What does this tell you about the McCain campaign? AMERICA DOES NOT NEED THIS KIND OF POLITICS-

Hey Sarah– THANKS BUT NO THANKS!

And here I thought it was Palin who is being investigated. Guess that will just get glossed over like all Republican wrongdoings.

In the middle somewhere democrat- heh. Do you know how big Obama's operation is? Btw, there are millions more Hillary supporters voting for Obama than McCain..

I am ashamed to say that I voted for McCain in the primaries. Since then, he has become so negative and a liar I cannot see myself voting for him in the general. It's sad how low he's gotten- hugging the same shady people that he once condemned. He knows he can't beat Obama on the issues, so he is using these nasty tactics to bring him down. I’m a republican and I can't even recognize John McCain anymore. He is not the man I voted for earlier this year and certainly not the man from 2000. It's sad what dirty politics does to someone.

All I can say, for those of you who want McCain.... Take this situation and time is by 5 then everyone will suffer even more including your grandkids who aren't even born yet.

Do you think I am worried about some guy who helped Obama buy his house. That didn't cost me a dime as a taxpayer.
But McCain and his influences are costing the tax payer million if not billions when this is done.

McCain = No value on our dollar and destruction for the US economy.
Who cares about a War (winnning or loosing) because we won't have the $ to pay for it if we keep this Rebuplicans in office who BTW are getting richer as this goes on the AMERICAN people get poorer.

+ Paulson has ties to WallStreet and really doesn't want to see his buddies loose their golden parachutte /packages, so I'd be leary about this BUSH appointee.

The Keating 5 ads will show up next month, I bet.

I can't wait. Heading over to Obama's site to donate $100 in hopes that I will see that ad.

just look at cnn's fact checks. mccain's ads are ,for the most part lies. obama's are ,for the most part, true.
do you want an honest president or another habitual liar? republicans will pick the liar, everytime, because that's what they're used to. some folks wouldn't know change if it smacked them inna face.

McCain is so desperate! If this did not hurt Obama against Hillary, this can't hurt him against McCain and Palin. Obama should fight back with an ad putting altogether Palin's lie. That would be hot!

Just got my pay check this week.......Please tell Senator "Tax Em" Biden that I was very patriotic this week

The McCain / Palin train has pulled into the station that is all you are gonna get, they have nothing to offer the American people it is more evident everyday that Palin brings nothing to the table, she is just like a one hit wounder, now what?

I'm going to miss BUSH!!

How stupid can some voters be to want vote the republicans back in
office after eight years of disasterous policies, the latest being the
wall street crisis. Its like being hit over the head over and over and
just standing there doing nothing, hoping the person hitting you would
stop without your defending yourself. The republicans will completely
destroy this country, and the voters that keep voting them in office will
go down with the ship. Wake up America! , especially Florida.

John McCain you have lost all of your honor and integrity with your pathetic lies. The republican party has become disgraceful.

John McCain was implicated in Keating 5 - the forerunner of today's Wall Street investment bank ripoff.

He was censured by Congress.

Rezko sold a ten foot wide section of lot to the Obamas.

Talk about manufactured issues.

Obama has lost all of his integrity. It is very sad

obama LIED again in an ad about social security

PALIN 08

Barack – please do what you have been threatening to do...if the other side keeps lying about your record...start telling the truth about theirs. In other words...time to bust out the Keating 5 scandal! There are so many younger voters who have never even heard of this.

C'mon everyone...time for the truth! Keating 5...Keating 5.

As of today, here is the running total as of 9-22-08: (From Politifact.com, go through the "Candidate Files" on the right side:...

Dem Total
True/Mostly True 52%
HalfTrue/Barely True 31%
False/Totally False 17%

Rep Total
True/Mostly True 41%
HalfTrue/Barely True 37%
False/Totally False 23%

It's the ECONOMY, stupid! All Obama has to do is direct the economy to the wars in Iraq & Afhhanistan when he can. Be eloquent, and sure of himself

McCain's response to the financial crisis is true to form:

Ready, fire, AIM!

Old man waves fist at clouds, points finger of blame at Obama and wants to fire the one person who he says is responsible for this mess. Atta boy John. To quote Palin "Go Gittem"...

I GUESS DISTRACTION IS A WAY TO WIN VOTES......... I MEAN IF YOU DO NOT UNDERSTAND THAT THE REPUBLICANS HAVE BEEN IN CONTROL OF CONGRESS FOR 16 YEARS, AND DID NOTHING, THAT MCCAIN IS AGINST MORE REGULATION EVEN AFTER THE FINANCIAL MARKET IS ON ITS LAST LEG, IF DISTRACTIONS PERSUADE YOUR VOTE..........THEN WHAT ELSE CAN I SAY.EXCEPT...YOU IQ AND SHOE SIZE MUST BE IDENTICAL..

THE ISSUES:

ECONOMY
HEALTHCARE
WAR

POST THIS CNN............. POST THIS............

WHat kind of data is used by these folks to claim Obama will be like Carter? Can they cite anything?

As for will McCain be a Bush third term, let me count the ways:

Bush folks ALL over the campaign

Rove fingers all over the campaign

McCain votes 95% of the time with Bush

Palin is Bush with lipstick

McCain pushing more preemptive war with Iran

McCain the de-regulator with Phil Graham as this economic advisor

Wake up America!

YoungGrad,
Your point is exactly why Obama does not choose to take away the rights of others. He is a man that respects the law. While he does not always agree with the law in his personal life, he respects it as so many other Americans does. How can America be considered a free country when we don't respect the law of the land?

How can anyone trust McCain when he sat as chairman of the commerce watching the economy going down hill and did nothing about it. Now all of a sudden, some reminded him that he is chair of that committe so he wants to set up a sub-committee to pretend he is concerned about the economy. I sincerely hope that people are not blinded by the media's effort to keep this race close.

Speaking of the media, I watched Joe on Morning Joe (MSNBC) calling Obama's accusation of McCain wanting to say in Iraq 100 years untrue this morning. Whether McCain intended that or not, he actually said that out of his mouth. It is funny how members of the media can understand what McCain's intentions in his comments, but can't understand what Obama meant when he used the old slang of, "Putting Lipstick on a Pig." Joe thought Obama needed to apologize to Palin for that.

People do your own research and don't depend on the media to report things that will matter in time enough for an intelligent decision to be made.

Obama/Biden 08 no matter what lie gets told between now and November.

These ads are a disservice to the American voter. If I were in charge of a campaign, I would present ads that built confidence in my candidate instead of ads aimed to destroy confidence in my opponent.

True, attack ads cannot go unanswered. But, the answer is not always a new attack on your opponent. Sometimes the best is answer to ignorance is to simply ignore it. It is a tough balance to call.

Ignoring misleading attacks will be seen by many as lending the false attack credibility. Confronting the attack will be seen by many as an admission of guilt. Re-attacking will give many a negative image of the candidate on the offense. Politics is tough.

Wall Street Journal said it all when it talked about McCain and his lack of understanding of basices. McCain has lost any respect I had for him because he continues to repete LIEs. That shows he has nothing but conpempt for the American People to think they are so stupid.

The Obamatrons are out in full force this morning. The newet Mccain ad was spot on. Obama is a Chicago political thug, and he learned from the most crooked, slimy politicians in the entire universe. The ad was completely truthful, but you don't hear the Obamabots say anything at all about it, they just point the finger back at McCain...how precious..

Ah correct me if I am wrong, but I though the House and Senate were under Dem control??? I thought they were the ones that should have been taking action? Every one knew that Freddie and Fanny were in trouble two years ago! McCain even wrote a paper on it. Oh, yea, I forgot that is probably where someones campaign financing is comming from!

I never believe the ads from either party – it's just twisting the truth.

Who is going to be able to put together an administration that can actually get things done in D.C.? If you can't get someone that can work with both parties (and the other parties) – it will be 4 years of nothing. nada. zilch .... oh, except for more name calling at the next election.

Wow, I just watched the Obama ad and it's straight to the point. It quotes John McCain and cites credible sources. It's not an attack ad. It's an informative ad. It's very good.

If John McCain had his way, social security would have be privatized and deregulated by now.

This next few weeks in politics is going to be ad after ad of this stuff. Can't someone come up with a clear message of their own and stick to it?

The truth is, McCain is the biggest hobnobber in politics and always has been. He is a very rich man who hasn't had to want for many years.

Of course Obama is more in touch with the american people, coming from poverty and working his way up.

I seriously doubt that anyone in politics hasn't used some of the same tactics to get elected that Obama used. The person wh he snubbed out offered for him to run and then changed her mind. He said no, then she tried to run against him anyways, so his campaign double-checked for valid signatures and they weren't valid...it's really that simple.

My fear is not McCain, it's that something may happen to him and Palin will become president. She is way too right leaning and her views way too wierd for me.

McCain has slipped from the irrelevant, dishonest and silly to the level of lying, sleazy and pathetic.

We are being insulted by these ads.

McCain: Talk issues, not BS Express.

wow, a $700 billion taxpayer funded bailout being discussed and you idiots who believe their is ONE bit of difference between the two are going back and forth about commercials. no wonder this country is done.

Trophy wife
Trophy Veep
Trophy Presidency

You figure it out.

PLEASE CNN PRINT THIS. I DON'T KNOW WHY MY COMMENTS AREN'T BEING PRINTED ANYMORE.

Anyone that votes McCain/Palin is so out of touch with reality, it is sad.

And if you like the story about McCain having 13 cars, you'll love the one about the Palins registering 26 vehicles in the past 4 years.

And why hasn't anyone picked up on the story about Palin's pastor conducting witch hunts on someone in Kenya because they were supposedly "causing a high rate of traffic accidents." Where is this story. This McCain / Palin team is going to set the United States back to the 1600's.

Comments are being made that Obama might not win because he's black. I can't believe that the US hasn't grown up enough to get past race. Anyone who would rather have four more years of the Republican nightmare than vote for someone who's black, needs their head examined.

Wake up America! Either you want change or you don't. If race stops you from making an intelligent choice then you deserve what you get and have no right to whine when it gets worse.

A concerned citizen.

OBAMA IS A LOOSE CANNON FOR THIS COUNTRY. AMERICA WILL BE MAKING THE WORST MISTAKE ELECTING A GREENHORN WITH A FOLLOWING OF HATERS. THEY THREATENED RACE WARS IF HE DONT WIN. BRING IT ON. THATS THE CHANGES OBAMA HAS BROUGHT HATE,DIVISION ,AND RACIST. OBAMA TALKS CHANGE ,BUT PUTSN US BACK IN TIME 100 YRS. OR MORE. MCCAIN PICKS A VP. AWAY FROM WASHINGTON AND A FEMALE AT THAT. NOW THATS REAL CHANGE. OBAMA PICKS OLD POLITICS IN BIDEN FROM WASHINGTON AND ALSO VOTED FOR WAR HE TRASHED HIS OWN CANIDATE HRC ABOUT. OBAMA IS JUST BIAS AND HUNG UP ON HIMSELF. MCCAIN/PALIN COUNTRY FIRST THAN REFORM.

Obama needs to bring up a little history; then he would really put this election away. Lets not forget about the Savings and Loan scandals where McCain was a leader. IT COST TAX PAYERS A LOT OF MONEY and all his buddies got CONVICTED. Bet they are still pissed at him.

No way No Obama Elitist
No Biden—its just un American.

YoungGrad above – good point. America needs to elect Obama and Biden who have respect and understanding of the constitution.

Palin's husband refusing to honor a subpoena (at the direction of the McCain campaign) should be warning enough for all Americans......

I think ignorance and stupidity are the new American way. How do you expect to be a global leader and be seen as a powerful, influential force in the world when you are considering rewarding your lame duck President's party with another 4 years of the same. Anywhere else in the free world, this election would already be over and Obama would win in a landslide. I guess America is all talk, no action when it comes to leading by example.

I mean, McCain was the chief cheerleader for deregulation, which has caused the current economic crisis. Now that he says he will be the great "maverick" you all just believe him.....I mean, how dumb are you people?

Regarding Palin, you would rather have a President (if she needs to take over) that has more political scandal than Nixon, no real experience, and who hides from being asked questions or explaining herself to you.

I wonder why Obama would not respond about Keating 5?

McCain is becoming more despicable every day!

OBAMA IS A LOOSE CANNON FOR THIS COUNTRY. AMERICA WILL BE MAKING THE WORST MISTAKE ELECTING A GREENHORN WITH A FOLLOWING OF HATERS. THEY THREATENED RACE WARS IF HE DONT WIN. BRING IT ON. THATS THE CHANGES OBAMA HAS BROUGHT HATE,DIVISION ,AND RACIST. OBAMA TALKS CHANGE ,BUT PUTSN US BACK IN TIME 100 YRS. OR MORE. MCCAIN PICKS A VP. AWAY FROM WASHINGTON AND A FEMALE AT THAT. NOW THATS REAL CHANGE. OBAMA PICKS OLD POLITICS IN BIDEN FROM WASHINGTON AND ALSO VOTED FOR WAR HE TRASHED HIS OWN CANIDATE HRC ABOUT. OBAMA IS JUST BIAS AND HUNG UP ON HIMSELF. MCCAIN/PALIN COUNTRY FIRST THAN REFORM.

The media and Democrats will defend their Democratic party's elected officials or candidates,whether it's a mayor,or who is running for president,and then trash the Republicans by calling them liars,over important issues like "how many cars do you have?","how many houses do you have?" Are you Americans?????????

Who cares how many cars that McCain has, he worked for them he also has property that he worked for, big deal. So Abama voteded to raise taxes 94 times, this is the things we need to be concerned about not the color of his skin but the issues. Personally I don't think he is ready to be President, maby in another four years he may be ready.

The McCain people are very vile and shameless. They will do anything to win including lies about people. Since when is lieing okay, McCain / Palin shame on you.

If you people get elected, it will be one of the worse days for America.

Come on America we are better than this...

Obama / Biden '08

McCain needs to worry about tending to his eight houses and getting the oil changed in his 13 cars!

Obama is not ready to lead.

Go John/Palin 08

Obama 2025 – just to acquire needed exp.

It's sad to say, but this election has become a "War of Negatives- ads warfare"..........each candidate relying on them to counteract or belittle the other, and attack in some way his positions or character... today, yesterday, or years ago on the economy or any number of irrelevant issues. And we call this "politics"..............Oh how shameful, we as a developed Nation of people have become!

Obama is ready to lead since he announced his presidency and he gets it but not you McSame. Keep on lying it gets you nowhere. You calling Barack an Elitist,,,he has 1 car, 1 house you have 9 and 13 cars. So I guess McSame you are poor lol

Go Obama we love you.

Big fat hairy deal. I only make around $62,000 a year and I have 4 cars. I must be rich.

Dear V Obama: I'm one of those hicks from Florida that is supporting and voting for Barack, so please be careful who you call hicks. I'm a native born Floridian who lives in the Redneck Riviera, but that doesn't mean I'm stupid. So, please be careful who you call out.

Back to the issue at hand, McCain's campaign is about as low as it goes, so I think it's about time to roll out the Keating Five and the fact McCain's campaign advisor, Rick Davis, took over $2 million since 2000 in lobbying fees from Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae to work against any efforts at regulating these two PRIVATE companies.

The Dems are in panic mode. They are even trying to make the fact that Senator McCain owns 13 cars an issue. They know they are on the road to defeat and are desperate.

Senator Obama has the same old change message which is getting pretty stale now.

Oh I get it – Obama is a politician from Illinois so he must be connected to every crooked politician that was ever active in that state. Should we be looking at McCain's ties to every crooked politician he ever came into contact with? I'm sure Arizona has it's share.

Just more distractions from the central issues at hand. I am sick-and-tired of the McCain Camp's lies and half-truths. What I even more sick-and-tired of is the fact that so many stupid people are falling for these lies and cloud or mask their own hate-filled attitudes toward Obama. In the end, I hope and pray that intelligence and plain rational commonsense pervails. We need Obama-Biden!

YoungGrad- you are partially right. Obama not only studied Constitutional law, he taught it for 12 years and is considered a Constitutional Law Scholar. And yes he and Biden will respect the law because they know the law. BTW is it legal for palin to refuse to cooperate with the investigation? Because if it is then I don't have to obey my summons to go to traffic court.

McCain's lies, distortions and obvious attempts to steer voters away from today's issues make me wretch.

I used to love McCain. He was my guy back in 2000. I can't believe how wrong I was about his ethics and character.

Why is that when McClown is asked a question you never get a straight answer and the media never press him on it ….. It's as if the media is scared to call him on dodging the question..

Anyhow, McClowns ADs are designed for the ignorant , uninformed & closed minded folk who let RACE enter in this election… AND THERE ARE MANY UNFORTUNATELY.
The INTELLIGENT VOTERS WILL SHINE AND BARACK WILL WIN THIS ELECTION.

Barack your Vote!!!!!

All of you Sarah Palin haters....do yourself a favor and read the book written about her BEFORE she was nominated by McCain.....wow, imagine that, someone wrote a book about her because of what SHE accomplished, unlike Obama who has to write about himself....

I just gave $50 to Obama because I am sick of this economy. In November Obama gets my vote. I know John McCain has no idea what to do, because he said the economy was strong when it is not. Now we have to pay so much money to get the banks out of trouble. So, why are we still spending all this money in Iraq? If McCain wins this election, he will keep spending billions every month in Iraq? I don’t think McCain cares how much the war cost, because McCain and his rich friend will keep eating. They are getting their money now (today) in this bailout. While, the rest of us have to wait to see who gets elected. I have friends who say they can’t see themselves voting for Obama, even though they like him. They say they will vote for McCain even though they don’t like him or Palin. They are just Republicans voting the party line. Still, here we all seem to agree on one thing. If Obama don’t win, the rest of us will get nothing, but more taxes. Then, when we lose our jobs, and can’t pay for our homes. They will take them and sell them to someone else, for half the price. It is happing every day, right now, before the election.

Here we go with the scare tactics.............

Obama/Biden 08

The crowd for Obama looks way bigger than the crowd for Palin! I can't believe people still go to her rallies to hear the same old tired scripted lines over and over again. She can't think for herself.

Why is that when McClown is asked a question you never get a straight answer and the media never press him on it ..... It's as if the media is scared to call him on dodging the question..

Anyhow, McClowns are designed for the ignorant , uninformed & closed minded folk who let RACE enter in this election... AND THERE ARE MANY UNFORTUNATELY.
The INTELLIGENT VOTERS WILL SHINE AND BARACK WILL WIN THIS ELECTION.

Barack your Vote!!!!!

Time for a Keating 5 ad....THE GAME IS ON!

I'm so sick of these guys. Both of them are immature politicians that aren't going to fulfill 95% of anything that they are bashing each other on. I guess that is the way America is though anymore, full of broken promises and one-uppin the next person.

Quit bashing each other and try to make a statement on what you're going to DO FOR EACH OF US, and not how many houses a politician has or how someone was born in the Political whatever of Chicago. Both our Candidates to lead this country as well as all of our politicans make me SICK!!!!

You go Obama. Mc-Idiot is still stuck on economics 99. His plan was REJECTED! He proved he nor his advisers no nothing about economics.

Somethings you just can't fake.

Mc-Idiot LIES is still fundamentally sound.

Incompetence, incontincence, stupidity, lies, flip-flops and smears...
WELCOME EVERYBODY TO THE LIFE OF JOHN MCSHAME!!!

He's an idiot, this new ad is stupid and more of the same smears, smears, smears. We are soooooooooooooooo sick of it!!!

Obama/Biden by landslide!

This is in response to Republican strategist, Ed Rollins' commentary that both McCain and Obama botched the handling of the financial crisis last week:

Most of the reactions I have read reported that Obama did the right thing last week in waiting to give his response until after the President and the appropriate agencies had their say. In contrast, McCain immediately spouted off without any thought to the matter by saying that he would fire the head of the SEC (or was that FEC – McCain seemed a little confused on his agencies) even though the President does not have that authority. Even the conservative publication, the Wall Street Journal, said that McCain blew it with his "unpresidential" response and that difficult times like these call for a calm, steady hand.

Ed Rollins, being a Republican strategist, is apparently following the partisan playbook: When your guy (McCain) obviously and catastrophically botches it, try to dampen the criticism by claiming that the opposing party's candidate (Obama) also flubbed it. Try to paint it any way you like, Rollins, but McCain was last week's big loser and he proved himself unfit to lead in times of crisis.

What about McCain and the Keating 5? McCain was admonished for his role in abusing his power to come out clean from the S&L scandals in the 80s. Other congressmen were punished more severely, but McCain should be held accountable. If you read FactCheck.org on the Rezko real-estate business it does not sound like a scandal at all that involved Obama and shady deals.

I also love how all the sudden McCain is a regulator when earlier this year he called himself "fundamentally a deregulator". McCain is pandering at its worst anymore. Not to mention the continuous lies both he and Palin are telling America.

I can only hope a serious journalist will confront her with the bridge to nowhere nonsense and ask her why she kept the money.

Chicago pols say vote early and often.
3 community organizers for the group ACORN are arrested in Va for registering 14 year olds.
Corrupt BO
NOBOMA in 08

Can we leave this trivia and return to the top three issues:
Deregulation which covers not only the current financial mess but also social security.

Healthcare, which shows major differences between the candiates: McCain who would increase the uninsured population and most likely raise the prices for every American and Obama who would cover almost all but at a substantial cost.

Foreign policy – McCain's based on belligerence and aggressive mentality and Obama;'s based on diplomacy and targeting of US military efforts.

McCain should be explaining he and Cindy McCain own Keating 5 scandal instead of digging into the background of people who happen to know Obama. It is so not becoming, because these are folk who Obama have no wrong doing with, but MCain on the other hand was directly involved in Keating 5 scandal. Check it out for yourself!

Gidget....you're a fool.

"KEATING 5"...McCain sound not talk

barf! ...I think I'm going to go ahead and vote for Nader.

John McCain you've been a Washington insider for 26 years. We hear your words, but the current state of our country under republican rule.

This is enough to stay on the Democrat side of the fence. Actions speak louder than words you've been there, so under your watch you've help allow this country to fall prey to our enemies. Who do we think will be out there buying up our debt? The maverick needs to be put out to pasture. Give the young stallion his turn...

McCain / Bush / Cheney the rich get richer and the less fortunate carry the burden.... John McCain Unable to lead / a man with no honor is doomed.

Mccain has been a champion for deregulation, as a matter of fact I only became aware of him last year because of it. Now on 60 minutes last night he says that he is a proponent of regulation. LIE! (he had to say regulation since it was deregulation and his buddy Grahamm that put us in the mess we're in in bailing out these huge corporations. Also did anyone else hear when he told the interviewer he didn't care what the American people wanted, it would not sway him as president in making choices. Not only is he a liar, but he is dangerous too.

obama LIED again in an ad about social security....and WOW CNN actaully called him on this one today! WOW

CNN- ALL BIAS, ALL BULL

Keating 5 Anyone??

Has Joe Biden faked his illness yet so Hillary can replace him and try to steal the election yet? Oh, sorry I guess that was supposed to be kept secret.

Where is the ad on the Keating Five .....McCain know about financail meltdowns..he caused one and escaped prison cause he was connected!

More scared Liberals who can't deal with the fact that Obama is a corrupt, radical politician who will get WIPED OUT on November 4th. The truth hurts, doesn't it???

Um, Dennis Deconcinni (misspelled I'm sure) was from Arizona.
So was Keating.
And wasn't it McCain himself who was caught up in dealing with the Savings & Loan scandal that cost US taxpayers millions of dollars on that bailout?

McCain (and Obama as well) needs to start tieing the attack ads with the gameplan on how to lead this country.
Saying "you can't trust the other guy" doesn't tell me one iota what you're going to do.

In McCain's ad, he infers that there are shady people around Obama and you can't trust them.

In Obama's ad, (strictly from what I'm reading above) he tells you we can't afford the McCain risk, but what would have been better is to say that deregulation has been bad for us and costs the US economy billions. And for that reason, we can't afford McCain's policies.

By the way, anyone see that Tucker Bounds from the McCain campaign said they wouldn't rule out naming Phil "the US is a nation of whiners" Gramm as Sec'y of Treasury? Yes, that same Phill Gramm who is close, personal friends with McCain who brought us not only Enron loopholes, but the big mess we have today in the form of lighter (being kind here) regulation. Honestly, it's deregulation.
And as an aside, McCain has repeatedly said that he is a deregulator at heart.

So, move past the minutiae and realize there are stark differences here in terms of keeping what we've had for the last 8 years or moving to something new, fresh, and more controlled so as to prevent the last few years of terrible financial issues from hitting your 401k, your retirement and your pensions.

We already know about Rezko John. What's up with Sara's investigation though?

Barney make a great point... What's up with the VPs supoena-dodging? Mr. Palin should get the same treatment that any other citizen would get for ignoring a supoena. Secondly, let's get our military out of harms way. It is turning into a money pit that the Country does not need, not to mention the danger our men face. I've become convinced that it was a war over oil, not WMDs.

Palin draws crowd of 60,000 voters with only one month in the national scene....imagine what she'll do as times goes on......

Just another Honorable Ad from McCain!
Our tax dollars are going to pay for Wall Street's greed and all John McCain can do is Lie about his opponent. Nice work John!

The way Obama has run his campaign should be indicative of how he would run the country, but white america think McCain/Palin will do better. It will be interesting to see what dumber and dumber will do for the country.(lol)

The democratic party has proven that they have better economic policies and idea. If they had been in charge for the past 8 years the financial market would not have been stripped of needed regulation and we would not be in this mess that we are in now.
In order to fix this problem, we as a people must not only elect a democratic president, but put more Dems in the Senate, and even more dems in the house. The Republicans have shown us how much we can get done when both offices are in our possession.

DEMOCRATS'08 AND FOREVER

How sad, here we are talking about how many cars he owns and I though Senator B.O. wanted to talk about the econy, stupid. One can only surmise that he is hitting low is because he is worried about Senator McCains real substance and trying for something really low and stupid. go figure it is a democrat run campaing.

Palin's new slogan
"We are all equal in the eyes of the law, but some are more equal than others"

Directive to testify, stonewalling liar.

BO08

The republicans have perfected this type of distraction politics. Though the dems seem to be quick studies.

I love smart people analyse situations and find out the truth. McLiar and Sara Lying came out of their politica blunders last week saying Obama was not fair about calling McCain out on his Fundamentally wrong statement, stating that Obama gain from Fannie and freddie...
Guess what!! the truth squad from CNN and Factcheck.org gave us the truth about the story.

Average Workers in freddie and fannie gave Obama donations
CEO and Lobbyist gave McLiar
Obama got all together about $116000.00 from workers
McLiar got $169000.00 from the lobbyst

who is lying and who is telling the truth.

It is high time to put an end to all these ridiculous political ads once and for all. McCain's are full of outright lies, and Obama's often contain exaggerations or distortions. Even the tone of the announcers is disgusting and insults one's intelligence. ENOUGH!!!! It's time to take the production and Hollywood image-making out of these ads, and get down strictly to facts and issues! The ad agencies and political operatives creating these ads are unpatriotic fools who apparently have nothing but disdain for our elecrtoral process and democracy in general.

ENOUGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

MCPALIN with more nasty ads. Its the Economy Crisis Stupid, not this TRASH ! Obama/Biden

Right. This is the only dirt they have?? Please.

O'8!

I noted last night that when asked by Scott Pelli what was the longest period of time he lived in one home, he cited his pow cell. Hmmm,
how long has he lived in the ranch in sedona?
Or DC?
what a creten!

McCain's financial advisor Grahmm and Grahmm's wife got us into this mess. Grahmm has pushed for deregulation of the financial industry and his wife created the Enron loophole (which is why we have gas prices based on 'speculation' rather than actual prices) – WAKE UP PEOPLE – KNOW WHO McCAIN has around him!

Speaking of ties, the repubs vp is under investigation. No more repubs in the white house.

Obama/Biden 08/12.

McBush/McPain has no platform to campaign on so he reverts to stuffs that Repubs are good at to deceive voters. These Repubs have ran down the country into ruins and all the fundamentals show that the country is not well under McBush / McPain.

I wanted to comment on the article about McCain's 13 cars. The Dems have reached a new low here. I am so disappointed in how they are acting and the strategies they are using in their campaign. So McCain's daughter has a Toyota Prius...last time I check the Prius is a hybrid vehicle that is way more fuel efficient than the SUVs that Obama rides around in. What do you have to say about that Dems? I guess it means that Obama doesn't care about the environment when he's driving around in gas guzzlers that happen to be made in America.I have a Honda too, does that make me less of an American because I chose fuel efficiency and durability over an American competing model? Grow up Obama. This election year, I trust experience over celebrity status.

LOL....clutching at straws again McCain.

Lets call a bunch of names from Chicago and hope people start getting paranoid about them. Great plan.

Lets connect the dots within McCain's own campaign and see what turns up. I'll bet its not all roses as well.

Monday Morning

WAKE UP AMERICA!!! YOU ARE IN TROUBLE!!!

Despite what your politicians are telling you the 700 Billion will only moderately help Wall Street investors and does very little for the average American – but will POTENTIALLY HURT YOU BADILY

You are still not “out of the wood” and to make matters even worse there are a lot of “forest fires all around you.”

CNN here are QUESTIONS TO ASK – ANSRWER

1. Which country per capita has the highest debt load – now
2. Including personal and government debt what is the average debt per person in the US. – and growing
3. Is this the highest amount EVER ???!!
4. What will happen to inflation and interests rates to make this even worse despite the bail out.

CONCLUSION
So despite the bail out WATCH WHAT HAPPENS NEXT – you will be depressed!

You have your republican government to thank. Your worst enemy!

Sure go a head ! VOTE THEM IN AGAIN!!!

It is your country – your future – your kids!!!

What is the democrats doing,Mccain gets on T talking about the govt shouldnot bail out wall street,but deep inside he wants the govt to bail out wall street because he dont want the economy on the front page,Thats why the democrats shouldnot bail out wall street,because as soon as they do the repiblicans are going to be running ads telling america it was the democrats who bailed out wall street,cant the democrats see this,are they blind,because the republicans know as long as the media keep talking about the economy going down hill,the democrats will sweep this election.You guys just wait in see,as soon as the bail out is confirmed,the republicans will be all over the media telling america it was the democrats who bailed out wall street,thats why the democrats should lay back in let the republicans suffer,because as long as the economy is the main topic this race will be a landslide for the democrats.

McCain relize that they cannot win on the ISSUES so they are going back to the same old game, it won't work this time.

So McCain has lied to us again...regarding the number of cars he owns. This man is a fraud and a hypocrite.
McCain has 13 cars, 7 or 8 houses, wears $500.00 shoes, and has spent tens of thousands of dollars (just last year) on butlers. Then he has the audacity to call Obama an elitest and says he can relate to the American people. Anyone who believes anything this man says is a imbecile.

With Friends lIke George Bush, McCain is not ready to lead. Who stared the war again and killed millions of people? GEORGE BUSH!! So I guess Obamas friends are not as bad as McCains!

Dear President Obama,
I wouldn't respond to that garbage.Be the better man !!!
May God Bless you and your family.
BE A ROCK OBAMA !!!!!!!!!!!!!1

Obama studied constitutional law and Biden teaches constitutional law...they will respect the law because they know the law.

McCain, not so much.

Yea we've been here, done this.

It's a dead end claim.

More BS from McSame.

What about those 13 cars buddy!? l.o.l.

NOW THAT'S ALOT OF GAS GUZZLING!!!

GOP Jedi Mind tricks (Keep repeating until the sheep repeat):

Darth McNasty-
The ecomony is sound.
Obama is a pedifile.
Obama is a stupid.
Obama is elitist.
Obama tax plan is stupid.
Change is not good unless i say it.
What houses?
POW's are your friends.

Princess Pitbull-
I have loads of experience.
Earmaks...smear marks.
That is sexist.
I may be a pig but I ony wear lip-gloss.
I did not fire anybody!
What bridge?What money?
I love all books.I am an avid reader.
Obama wants to eat babies.
God sent us to kill all non-Americans.
The United state of Alaska!

Candy...Obamas ad are not truthful either. Check out CNN's fact check section. They are the only news site that does it. I have to say that neither candidate should waste money using these dumb adds. No-one is paying attention to them. I tune them OUT. I live in Ohio and I have yet to talk to anyone who pays any attention to them. I know a lot of people who voted for Hillary who plan on voting for McCain in November.

keating 5.....

McCain knows he has stepped in horse manure and as usual wants to distract. Is this crisis on Wall Street the experience he brings to the table? Maybe a McCain/Palin ticket might be the answer for a country brakdown,ya think?

Keating 5................Rick Davis, McCain campaign manager......lobbied for Freddie and Fanny against strict oversight, selection of Sarah Palin who can not stand on her own 2 feet without her hubbys involvement or a McRovian script. Political gimmicks no real solutions...thats McCain

Simple! McCain made his "point" but the "proof" provided further says don't musling because you know far worse individuals. ***Note: Obama used information from a source that criticized his earlier policy*** Brilliant!!!!

Can we say Keating 5?

The McCain adds are constant...lies, lies and more lies. The economic crisis we're having today is because of McCain's help in stripping regulation. How about the Keating 5? McCain is the same as Bush...the people will figure it out. He now has adds about the "surge" If his poor judgement hadn't got us there we would not lost over 4000 brave men and women and spent a trillion dollars. His health care plan is not any good. He wants to privatize social security. Continue tax breaks to the very rich and big oil. His lack of judgement picked Palin. He not only is totally out of touch, he is a danger to our economy and the security of our country!!!!!

I can't wait for Friday. With HD TV's all over the Country, Americans will get a good look at McCains disturbingly yellow teeth, and see how he seems to be on the verge of a breakdown when under pressure. I hope Obama spanks him hard.

This is a campaign for the highest elected offices in the US, not a TV
sitcom replete with family in tow adinfinitum or a slugfest to see
which side can be the best at nasty campaign ads.
If they do not stop this silliness and get down to some plan to get the nation back on the right track, voters will have to hold their collective noses to vote for any of them.
The answer may be to limit the time for campaigning for office and
the amount of money that can be spent by anyone for anything.
The ad hucksters, tv moguls, and all who profit from the free flow of
money will not like it, but the nation and the candidates will be better for it.
BTW, how do other countries deal with this problem? Is there anything we can learn from someone or somewhere? If one of the
candidates would only come out with sensible election reform from the git-go.
Sick and tired of all the frivolity and sheer nastiness from every quarter!

People are tired of mccain's downplay of their intelligence. The mccain campaign, should realize that the American People have more serious problems to deal with than his lies.

Stick to the issues McCain...oh wait...that's right...you can't win by sticking to the issues. Go ahead and lie, distort, and deceive...We won't be fooled again.

Can't wait to the DEBATES!!!!
I saw on FOX BIASED GOP NEWS that PALIN DREW 60,000 People to her rally in Florida. I wonder how many WHITE WOMEN were there versus BLACK,LATINO, ASIAN, NATIVE AMERICAN PEOPLE???
Seriously, I heard some disturbing news on the TOM JOURNER MORNING SHOW that 40% OF WHITE AMERICA WILL NOT VOTE FOR OBAMA BECAUSE OF HIS SKIN COLOR???? BLACK AMERICA HAS BEEN VOTING FOR A WHITE MAN(DEMOCRACT) FOR DECADES. WHY DO MAJORITY OF WHITE AMERICA STILL FEAR BLACK PEOPLE BY HOLDINGS US DOWN???? EVEN WHEN THEY SEE LIKE THE REST OF US HOW BAD THIS COUNTRY IS GOING UNDER THE REPUBLICAN ADMINISTRATION!!!! WE REALLY DO NEED CHANGE!!!!!!! WAKE UP WHITE AMERICA!!!!!!!!
CNN PLEASE POST. YA'll HAVE A WAY OF NOT POSTING MY COMMENTS

I want to see Obama give McLiar a smackdown in the debates.

Keating 5

McCain took $125,000 in cash plus trips and was punished by the Senate for doing so.

Those people in McCain's ad do not work for the Obama campaign. The 9 lobbyist Obama is talking who work for the McCain campaign is working for McCain right now.

BARRACK OBAMA SCARES ME !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

HOW CAN THIS GUY BE ALLOWED TO BE PRESIDENT OF THIS COUNTRY -FRIENDS WITH BILL AIRES , AN UNREPENTANT TERRORIST ? AND REZKO, A CONVICTED FELLON .MAY GOD HELP US ALL.

What forward looking metric do you track that tells you whether or not the United States needs a military draft? What does that metric say about the next 4 years.

I look forward to the Rev. Wright ads (which are coming), God d**m America. Your friends say alot about who you are and what you think.

Say what they like,......
it's better than being a reborn Bush clone for the GOP.

Obama '08

Yeah, Chicago politics are more corrupt than Washington politics.

Obama/Biden '08

I have a problem with his 13 cars and 7 houses. Because McCain attacks Obama for being elitist when in fact, Obama with his one house and one car is less elitist than someone who has a household annual income of millions and owns so many luxury items, he can't keep count. How can he point the finger at anyone other than himself?

We have just sold our souls to China, all under the watch of the repubs. I have one question to you McSame supporters. Why is it that when McShame, Palin or a McWar supporter is asked a "Yes" or "No" question the answer is always the same "Sen McCain believes", "Sen McCain knows", etc. Why can't we get an honest answer from them....EVER. You have way to much dirt and underhandedness going on to be anyones President/VP to lead this country. We all see what your leadership has lead us to....financial disaster and the sell-off of our country to China.

You know the guy who steps up when no one else will? Like when the war against terrorism in Iraq appeared lost? When everyone else had resigned themselves to defeat and were willing to take the easy way out?

Everyone, that is, except one guy who put everything on the line to take a stand against the enemy. Because he puts his country first. That's what makes that guy a leader.

And, in a dangerous world, it's what should make that guy our president.

Americans for McCain '08

McCain goes for dirt and lies, while Obama goes for what is true.

Yes, republicans here is the man you are proud to call your leader, liar, cheater, coward, and tief.

I voted for republicans for years, not anymore. I woke and saw them for what they realy are, thieves, liars, sexists, and racists.

Still trying to figure out what "Country First" means... for all his sign waving – McCain has yet to tell us what that slogan means, unless it is POW.

Maybe the new McCain slogan should be "like a rug" as in "lies like..."

The Democrats are downplaying Sarah Palin's popularity but I bet they were a little bothered by her crowd in Florida. How many vice-presidential candidates can draw 60,000 people to a rally? Oh and did Bill Clinton nearly endorse her? How funny is that?

McCain/Palin 08

Yes McCain wants to reform "Worshington"...the same Washington he's been apart of for 26 years. Which I find confusing since his party has destroyed us as well as his voting w/ Bush 90% of the time.

Obama/Biden...get em!

Obama ... continue to use video of McCain's own words agains him ... VIDEO ... straight from the horses mouth.

Last week we saw an angry, crocthity, old man demanding that SOMEBODY be FIRED in the middle of the financial crisis. Yes, everybody is angry but, at that critical time, a leader is a person running around calling for 1 person's head on a platter.

Show McCain's shortcomings and pull out all that indesputable visual evidence you've been gathering over the past 12 months.

Mcliar continues his attacaks when he is the one who has nothing but lobbyists and people who benefitted from the mortgage crisis working for him and will be a part of his administration if he manages to win:

Senator John McCain’s campaign manager was paid more than $30,000 a month for five years as president of an advocacy group set up by the mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to defend them against stricter regulations, current and former officials say.

Keating 5!

That's right Obama.....stick to the real issues they are going to try to turn this thing back to the lipstick on a pig issue again....bombard them with the issues and don't let America forget for one minute the crisis the country is in....cus they sure have short memories.

Can't stand that lying, pandering, scheming McPalin....no way, no how, no McPalin!

it's very obvious the republicans are running out of ideas to attack obama with. hence, they resort to an old issue that had been debunked so many times.

can't wait for the first debate on friday.

McCain has lost all of his integrity. It is very sad. Sorry to see that he has embraced the Bush/Cheney/Rove ideas that have torn apart the real Reagan Republican party!

Time to take our country back from the lying GOP.
No way No McCain
No Palin-its just un American

It is amazing that anyone who is able to think for themselves would serioulsy be considering McCain and Palin to lead this country during one of the worst economic times since 1929 and with two wars going on.

When asked on "60 Minutes" last night if McCain had any doubts about Palin, possibly at some point, having to step in as President, he said ABSOLUTELY NOT!

That sdcare the hell out of everyone!

Why is it that mccain ALWAYS lies in his ads (as proven by factcheck.org) over and over yet Barack hits mccain with the truth in his ads? Is it because mccain and palin provide so much ammunition? They lie continuously, they are the orginial maverick pathological liars!

I wouldn't care less about McCain's 13 cars, but what is most troubling is the need of his wife Cindy to whisper on his ear what ever he forgets, just like Nancy did for Ronal Regan, and we all know what happened to him.
lets faced, whenever you agreed with McCain or not, he is too old and the Alzheimer’s is creeping on his health, I am not a doctor, but I can see he's baring giving up little by little, and what you get if something happens to him,, you get a mooseberger eater from Alaska with no qualifications what so ever

Gallup Daily: Obama Leading McCain by 4 Points September 21, 2008
Barack Obama continues to lead John McCain in national voter preferences for the presidential election, now by a four percentage point margin, 49% to 45%. Obama led by six points in Saturday’s report, representing a shift from McCain’s two-point lead last Sunday, Sept. 14.

McCain is unable to defend the GOP record of how badly they screwed the American taxpayers under their watch so he will talk about anything in order to prevent the questions from being raised so much so that he must invent lies and distortions in order to keep from closing his mouth long enough for the media to get a question in about their dismal record.

Sadly McCain and the GOP are so desperate it is excurcciating to watch. But the suffering they are having to endure is so desrved.

not McCain, Bush gave that speech... but see how easy it is to confuse the two?

We don't need you hicks from Florida, we have the momentum now. Obama will win without you!!!!!

Obama '08, '12

you repubs are so lost. the 13 car thing, it's not the number of cars... it's the fact McCain pandered and flat out lied to the auto-workers he's been stumping to. telling them he only buys american MADE cars. my friends, that's called dishonesty. no unlike his ads! SNL hit the nail right on the head. this Chicago Ad seems not unlike the ads i saw on the SNL skit. Odd how that works. anyone else notice, Fact check only does McCain's ads.... could this be because they are mostly untrue?!?! the whole raise taxes argument works for McCain for the ismple fact, his base is not unlike GWB's. i remember from a speech McCain gave at a fortune 500 gathering. He said "here, there are the haves and the have mores. people refer to you as the elite, i call you my base!" sound familiar???????? Vote smart not popular.

OBAMA '08

McCain has no room to talk – the AZ mafia-related folks put him in politics.

You know, I have no problem with McCain's multiple cars and houses, What I have a problem with are his lies – over and over. Then there is the subpoema-dodging by his VP and her friends/family which reminds me of Rove/Cheney.

We need to take this country back for US. It should not be run by liars and subpoena-dodgers for another 4 to 8 years.

Obama/Biden '08 – the ones that believe in the Constitution

I love how Obama handles the corrupt rethuglicans, he hits them right back with the truth! Ouch! He is the first candidate of his kind to do this and just one more notch in his already full belt of running a BRILLIANT campaign! Go Barack!

What a great way for them both to demonstrate how collegial their administrations will be.

I can hardly wait for the next 8 years of gridlock and broken promises.

Game on!!! Obama/ Biden '08