CNN

McCain and his campaign is a bunch of "crybabies" and do not want to here the truth about the crooks who runs is campaign. I think it is also a load of crap that they keep protecting this Sarah Palin from media interviews. They are probably afraid we will find out how much she is like George Bush in her attitudes and beliefs. The people in here who are saying journalism is dead are just a bunch of people who listen to Rush and Hannity. Anyone who believes anything Rush or Hannity reports are out of touch with reality..

Go cry to Fox News....they might care.

»Sarah Palin=Wonderful,Clever,very CAPABLE. John McCain=The MAN. McCain/palin 08,OF COURSE.

What's good for the Goose isn't good for the Gander. Calling out John McCain and his staff for falsification is not partisian it's responsible journalism. If John mcCain and Sarah aplin are elected we can expect even more secrets and misrepresentation form the White House.

Here...have a tissue...

Cowards.

Rick Davis and the entire John McCain camp are slime! The fact is Rick was taking money from Freddie Mac up until last month... why in the world were they paying him thousands of dollars $$$$ if he was not lobbying/working on their behalf! McCain is a liar and so are all of his cronies! Palin is a lying hypocrite and a moron, and just like the current administration, she disregards laws and accountability!

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ON THE BAILOUT: The Repugs made billions and now they will make more off of the backs of taxpayers! The Repugs claim to be anti-socialism..PLEASE!! This bailout is socialism at its best! Republicans socialize losses (we all have to pay) and privatize profits (they pocket billions). Who do you think Paulson and Bernanke will commision to fix the "economic mess?" That's right!.. The same blubbering, greedy idiots that got us into it! It's win-win for them and lose-lose for everyone else!

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IT IS TIME TO WAKE UP AMERICA!! THIS IS NOT A GAME OUR LIVELIHOOD IS AT STAKE!

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OBAMA/BIDEN '08

McCain campaign has been based entirely on lies, half-truths and hyperbole. This is just one more lie to add to the ever-growing list.

got a better one than BILL AYERS... how about obamacrimes.com or caucuscheating.com coming this october at a theater near you.........did you know the 10 swing states still do not have accurate machines that can count///// OBAMA NEEDS TO GET IT //AS FREUD once said THERE AIN.T NO ACCIDENTS

Do your research America and you will see how McCain is closely tied to the policies of GWB. Don't forget the lobbyists, the Bush/Cheney doctrine of lying to the American people about everything from the war in Iraq to our economy to statments such are things aren't so bad. The American taxpayer has a right to know what goes on behind the White House doors. That door has been shut for 8 years now and enough is enough!

CNN - This isn't Anti-McCain, but maybe you could fit it in the middle of all the Pro-Obama stuff.

I'd like all you McCain haters to give me any example of what Obama has done to make you believe he can do what he says he can do and that his actions are the correct actions. What examples do you have? I don't want to hear Obama slogans and I don't want to hear about McCain or Palin. I want Obama specifics. I'd just like to know because I have not found anything solid enough to stand on. I've asked this question numerous time, but no one responds. I'm never surprised.

Facts are FACTS. John wants to play like it is the good old days when you could say anything and it took months untill the truth came out. But I forgot he is not to much into the computer age where things can be checked out instantly. now when you say you only buy American Made cars a quick check of the database is only a mouse click away. LIES ALWAYS COME BACK TO HAUNT YOU. By the way McCain got more contributions from Fanny May then Obama.

Dear NYT and the Media: Please 'grow a pair' and do not let the McCain/Rove thugs to intimidate you away from investigating the depth of their corruption and incompetence! Keep up the great work.

This campaign is finally over. McCain should have been locked away in the attic, not nominated to stammer through meaningless rambles of ReThug nonsense at the Debate. This is elder abuse. Everybody knows Obama is the greatest speaker of our time. People won’t even know McCain is on the same stage. Obama is going to destroy that feeble old man. McCain will need paramedics to help him down off the stage.

Republicans are such loud whiners!

Nobody is allowed to say anything negative about McCain or Palin without being accused of either lying or being un-American or both. Sound like any recent president and his cronies? This bodes ill for the United States if McCain is elected. Freedom of speach and freedom of the press will suffer greatly under a McCain/Palin administration.

Go Get them Mccain camp! Where are the stories about Obama and his cohorts in the Democratic party and their fight against regulation of Fannie and Freddie? And the tie in between the defense of Fannie and Freddie and cash to the candidates. The dems have been in the tank for Fannie/Freddie's bribes and crooked accounting and the media ignores the story. What's the matter CNN, you might not like the results?

When being called out, attack the messenger! Davis, what are you so afraid of?

You're too late this time; the facts already got out. You were on the FM/FM payroll, one way or another, for the past seven years, Mr. Rick Davis. Get out and stay out. The press has every right, and responsibility, to cover this and all elections without browbeating from you clowns. You are no longer masters of your domain-such things are very fleeting. And your kind are now fleeing.

Well, what´s the job of the media, anyway.In Europe, we EXPECT them to uncover what is hidden.And if the media make an accusation a politician has to answer yes or no,or he/ she will be in trouble.
Your Republicans are tampering with democracy, that´s for sure.

McCain is a campaign to nowhere.

((gays4palin)))) LOL! Too bad she's NOT for you.
But wait.....We don't know what she's for do we???? McLIAR won't let her answer questions.
Fact is (gays4palin) her mater...John Msenile definitiely isn't for gay rights!!!

I'm sick and tired of Republicans crying "bias!" and "attack!" every time a news story reveals something unfavorable about them. And Democrats are the whiny ones?

This is funny....these Demcrat clowns seems to avoid the truth.... Nice try...

What a bunch of STUPID followers.

Look who is #2 on the list of getting the most money from Fannie & Freddie..
Your man NO-BAMA

Obama's economic advisors work for Fannie Mae. He is corrupt and just a paper thin puppet that wants to be president. Obama is a joke the world has not started laughing at yet.

The Surge:

Case 1: It worked, so...is it not time to draw down?

Case 2: It didn't work, so....is it not time to draw down?

Seems to me, yes, it is time to draw down.

Ok, if the NYTimes is 150% in the tank for Obama just prove them a lie? It really is that simple.

can some one help me,I am being told rick davis is gay,and palin is upset due to him telling her to stay away fro mc bush,

Politics 101 – When the truth hurts, attack the messenger.

Another angry but typical response from the McCain/Rove team. Too bad they can't fire the NYT since this is their answer to truth and the free press that reports it. When are people going to wise up to the real angry McCain beneath the smile 'my friends?'

so the question is, did the gop see this coming? take from the poor, and give it to the rich.

Hey boys, it's politics in the USA as usual, and you asked for it by running for office. SUCK IT UP and get over it! All you have to is prove that the payoff retainer allegation is false, then it'll go AWAY as fast as it came up. But what if they can't prove it wrong and what if the reporting is true? Oh boy...look out....Uffda.

If it is demonstably false then let's see the evidence.

what is the mccain campaign problem? do they think everyone is out to get them because they're telling the truth about mcpalin? this guy and his camgaign needs to take some xanax or something because they have totally lost their freaking minds. everytime someone exposes mcpalin for the liars that they are, they immediately discredit the individuals. nobody's out to get them. their lies have been brought into the light and now mcpalin can't handle it. wake up america is this the kind of leadership you want?!!!!!

No Way No How
No McCain

I would also like to comment on the term'liberal'. I am sure by now, through reading my posts, you should know that I am a liberal.

The literal definition of liberal is: tolerant of different views and standards of behavior in others. favoring gradual reform, especially political reforms that extend democracy, distribute wealth more evenly, and protect the personal freedom of the individual,concerned with general cultural matters and broadening of the mind.somebody who favors tolerance or open-mindedness.

By this definition, I am proud to be a liberal. By this definition, ALL OF US SHOULD BE LIBERAL.

VOTE FOR DEMOCARTS

So, the best response the McCain camp can come up with is that the NY Times is biased?

That says alot.

Let's just hope other newspapers have the guts to pick up the story.

Isn't Davis the guy that was employed by Fannie and Fredie till 2006?

Do any of you dems think for yourselves ?

Have none of you read a Caffety report or a Bill Mitchell toon ?

Haven't noticed Obama's picture on every CNN page ?

Don't know that the subprime loans started with Carter and were bolstered by Clinton to add regulations to provide affermitive action loans ?

If you don't read the NYT, please don't simply parrot talking points. They have written extensive articles on Obama not all of them flattering, and they have written positive articles on McCain as well.

The article on Davis was released by another reporter last night. And it doesn't accuse Davis of taking the money himself, rather it was given to his firm as a retainer. The big question is what were they paying his firm for? They've apparently done very litte for it.

It's a known fact – All Politicans are corrupt, liars and downright dishonest. They are only interested in their own plight.

Why do we Americans elect them is beyond my imagination. I am 65 and I have never voted for any scumbag and I will never do so in future.
I get nothing good from them so why should I employ them and pay salary to them.

Get smart American and stop voting for these SCUMBAGS.

The McCain campaign is 100% correct. This is the year journalism died.

The only people gullable enough to believe anything out of the NYT would be the hippies who get their news from SNL and Comedy Central – the Obamites.

Oh yeah, "WASP Member", that would be Obama that tried to convince Iraqs government to delay the withdrawel of the troops. You are a typical meat-headed Obamite that spouts before they know the facts.

As long as the republican'ts get positive feedback for McShame and negative feedback for Obama they are okay.
Stop whining! Instead of whining how Obama getting all the attention how about letting Palin take some interviews. Are you afraid what might come out of her mouth. You know she can see Russia from Alaska. LOL

Just one example: The NYT spread the propaganda that Iraq was in the midst of "civil war", and now they don't have the guts to report the truth – THE SURGE WORKED!!!!!!!"

Riiiiight. The people have completely segregated their communites via violence. Sunni woman married to a Shiite man? Can't live together anymore for fear of being murdered. Just b/c it's not called a civil war by the rpublicans doesn't mean that it wasn't one.

"gay"4palin,
Are you kidding me?? LOL Palin "ain't 4 u", my friend, if you haven't noticed. Is anyone buying this nonsense?

More Republican posers lying in desperation. Give me a break.

Really? Then, what is Fox News? So far, I don't see them advocate Obama too much. It just goes to show that the McCain-Palin bunch are continually in duck-and-cover mode. That's the oldest and most basic trick in the GOP playbook and it won't work this time around.

Hendersonville, NC

Even in Europe, people know that FoxNews is incredibly biased.
So what does the McCain campaign complain about?
They have a whole network of their own and that "gentleman" O´Reilly, who tells everyone to shut up."Shut up" seems to be the new Republican slogan.Watch out America!

This is just some more of the Abramoff training crap. Distraction, distraction gorilla warfare for corporate friendly causes in the world. These guys are so transparent but I don't understand why the media give them so much press and air time. It's a disgrace! Call it like it is CNN and do your research.

NYT, please, go get them because they are trapped. Expose, expose them and more expose. Sweet.

War Hero McCain is correct. People during the primary noticed it as well. For some reason the US media is forcing the racist empty suit hussein nobama down the throats of the American people. Proven fact!

If they were as critical of him and publicized his flaws like they did Hillary Clinton and War Hero McCain then even his brain dead cult followers would abandon him...unless they were mentally ill, stupid, or just treasonous scum. Another Proven fact!

It's funny how the McCain camp calls the media "objective" when they investigate the Democrats, but they're "undermining the candidacy of John McCain" when they investigate the Republicans. HA! It's not the MEDIA who's biased – it's the Republicans again trying to spin bad news from an investigative organization.

Please stop whining. It's pathetic.

The repubs, including McCain and Palin are always crying and whining about something – and the media is letting them get away with it.
I have never seen main stream media so pro-Republican in all my life!
McCain and Palin are both crooks – and our country will pay the extreme price if they are elected.

All you need to know about Republicans is something called reverse psychology. Everything they say about liberals is really what they think about themselves.

You liberals are all celebrities, yet Ronald and Arnold are their heros.
You liberals are so angry, yet the Republican Party is always turning to violence to solve their problems.
You liberals are so afraid, yet they are too afraid to let go of their guns.
You liberals want bigger government, yet they are the ones to expand the government.
You liberals want a free ride, yet they are the ones looking for corporate bailouts and government contracts for their businesses.
You liberals sin/have no morals, yet they sin/have no morals but it makes it OK since they ask for forgiveness. They don't actually try to stop sinning though.
You liberals think the government should regulate everything, yet they are the ones who want the government to regulate what a woman should do with her own body.
You liberals are sexist, yet they made sexist comments about Hilary throughout her entire campaign.
You liberals want a messiah, yet Sarah Palin was sent from God.

Um, wowwow, that's why you have to be careful where you go to get information. See, the $160 that Obama got were from the EMPLOYEES of these two institutions.
McCain on the other hand got $165,000 from the executives, officers and lobbyists of these two institutions.
Obama? Not so good with about $17,000 from the people who ran the entities.
Get your facts right.

Hey moderator, y'all really need to start checking some of these people's facts. They're telling lies as quickly as the McCain/Palin team.

The obama gang is really out in force today – guess it is all those
PAID Blogers! CNN has rules about this stuff – they post only pro-obama comments – ZERO negative.

We'll all see in November!

McCain voted against the MINUMUM WAGE RAISE a total of 19 TIMES.
McCain voted against EQUAL Pay for women, saying Men should earn
$1.00 compared to a womans .77 cent. and even said that women need to get "more educated.

My Friends, Wal-Mart pays minumim wage and their people can hardly
pay for the gas it takes to drive to work!!!! What are we, CHINA???

My FRIENDS, Do not be stupid. Even if you think you are rich, your not.

Go to The Huffington Post THE SHOCK DOCTRINE to see what the
REPUBLICANS have in store for you. And click on the Newt Gindrich
Doctrine link. It will knock your socks off and you WILL vote for
a black man!!!

In times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes an act of rebellion.

Obama 08

Folks you have to respect McCain, this is not his fault if it is difficult for him to understand the present world, he is just coming back from a long hibernation and everything seems strange to him.
Understand that McCain is completely lost and out of touch.

McCain's camp is so infested with lies. He attempts to discredit a growing list (almost the entire media plus others) when his lies (which are very provable to be his lies) become public knowledge.

Grow up already......John McCain is like a child throwing a tantrum because you called that child out on his behavior!

Thank the lord he is losing in the polls!!

To Sara Palin: Tough times do not last but tough people last.

You'll be vindicated soonest.

Go John/Palin 08

Hillary 012

We all know that the Republicans only knows to attack with lies creating fear in people. But this time they've been found out.

The Bible says the only one we as people should be afraid of is GOD and no one else including McPalin and their cohorts.

The McPalin campaign is definately a 'BRIDGE(CAMPAIGN) TO NO WHERE'.

At 72 year he should be spending time in retirement with a children and great grand children and leave the beauty pagent Palin with her lies to NO WHERE.

To A Voice in VA.

What rubbish! The essence of Glenn Beck’s argument is that Bush is not responsible for the economic meltdown. What he does not give in the details is that the responses Bush calls for were more deregulation! What Glenn Beck provided was the evidence of the failed GOP party’s position.

When is this stupidity going to stop! Capitalism and America have been together like a marriage. Now the top capitalists are divorcing themselves from the United States because they see more profit in this divorce. This divorce is not in the American people’s interests. They do not care about our national interests, security or any of you. Glenn Beck is a shortsighted propagandist. Hey CNN, where is the progressive alternative?

What the Bush Administration, with Cheney at the helm, along with all the Republicans are doing is throwing the American people out into the street for their new counterpart, the world.

We have the shedding of America occurring.

I have heard the Republicans state that the American Dream of everyone owning a home is a liberal idea and blames the American people for this meltdown. I have heard them say economic prosperity for all is a bad idea that led to this meltdown. Yipes! They are blaming the American people for their own incompetence and stupidity. Republicans make fun of intellectuals, yet some how their position is the intellectually correct one. Intellectuals to a Republican are anyone that disagrees with them.

To all the Voices in VA, think before you speak.!

When it's time to pull the lever, all by themselves< they won't be able to pull it for Obama-
He couldn't close the deal with Hillary in a state by state deal–
Remember-They said all the late beakers broke for Hillary–
The same thing will happen with McCain–Except the whole Country will break for McCain–

The end is near for McCain/Palin. They can only pretend to be something they are not for so long.

I'm sure this will not make cnn, however I would like to know why we never hear all the bad things Obama has done. Like how one of his finacial advisors is the man that ran fanny mae into the ground. How he was # 2 on the list for receiving money dirrectly from the lobbyist that they keep trying to link only to McCain & Obama has only been there for 3 years to be #2 he must have made a lot of money, or how he talks about Palin having so many earmarks for her state , however he was #2 or 3 on the list for having the most earmarks for his state. I like how he puts McCain down for the points he made about the buyouts,however the only thing Obama has said is the point that Mccain has already made. The media & Obama has put down the whole McCain /Palin campaign for the very things Obama is doing himself can you say hypocrites? And I thought the media was supposed to be unbias & report acual information about the candidates not report or leave out what they want you to believe to suit their political beliefs, what a joke they have made out of the whole election.

I love how the right wingers are so upset that no one will pay attention to their crap about Bill Ayres. Apparently, they think this "issue" is more important than a tanking economy.

Boo-hoo.

When the facts are against you, attack the messenger. But I don't think attacking the media for "bias" when McCain has been getting a VERY easy ride so far is a very smart strategy. The media has been calling him "maverick" for way too long – dispite the fact that he has adopted most of Bush's disasterous policies and is using the same campaign tactics. So, either he's lying to the Republican base, or he's really going to be Bush III. I suspect it's somewhere in between. Either way, he's got a losing hand.

CNN, fact check this please because I dont believe anything that
John Mccain campaign say or write they lie so much.

Y'all democrats have been mislead. It was obama that took money from freddy & fanny, something like 150g. Now his housing guy is one of the people that drove freddy into the ground, along with clintonistas gorelik and reno, who got 75 mil each while their dem buddies looted the place.

It was also the democrats under klinton that started the fanny freddy mess by forcing banks to make bad deals and enabling them to bundle the bad loans as securities.

You also keep bringing up the keeting 5. Be aware that 4 of the 5 were democrats, and were guilty. Only McCain was not charged.

For God's sake, please educate yourselves before spouting the party propoganda. You sound rediculous. That, and what is with the childish name calling? Is that really a distraction from your weak positions? Did it work?

This Asian/American family and our church members are former Hillary supporters who will go the polls in November to vote ....OBAMA OUT!

Hillary or McCain, NOBAMA OSAMA PLEASE!

Getting alittle paranoid are we? Are the allegations true or not? If not, bring on the information. This whole game by the McCain camp of trying to control the media at every turn and label everyone "out to get us" - is scary and oh so familiar.

Anybody who doesn't acknowledge that the press and tv media are owned by republicans, are for republicans and do nothing but spin propaganda, are lambs as gullible as those who followed Jim Jones in South America. None of the press report widely on McCain's faux pas and his aides who take millions from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, or his affairs while married with Cindy, or his lies about earmarks, or the infamous bridge and road to nowhere that Sarah Palin keeps denying. The press is protecting her as well. Even John won't let the press cover her meets getting schooled by foreign officials - they don't want to show how dumb she is. Wake up America and start researching the issues yourself instead of sitting in front of the TV believing all the propagand spewed forth by the media bought and paid for by the republicans. That's why MSNBC wanted to get rid of Matthews and Oberman.

Why is McCain so upset about news doing it's job for once? Last time I checked, the news used to be about finding out the things candidates didn't want you to know about. Just because the truth is uncovered, doesn't mean they're advocating the opponent.

I'm tired of this charade, but I'm even more tired of people buying into it.

CNN, take a lesson from this story and go back to a time where you used to actually uncover information, not just report what's going on or being said or how you feel about it. You do still remember what "investigative" means, right?

Does anyone notice that they don't provide any evidence to show that the story is false. That's because the story is true.

The money went to his company – his name is still on the door! He did not sell his interest therefore he will eventually see some if noit all of thge 15G per month. This has shady wrtiten all over it!

FBI should look into it as well!

John McCain's campaign manager and Freddie Mac essentially had what amounts to a secret half a million dollar lay-a-way plan. For almost three years and as late as last month, Freddie Mac made secret, monthly payments of $15,000 to Rick Davis's firm, apparently in exchange for providing special access to a future McCain White House. If McCain knew about this, his presidential campaign should be in serious trouble. If he didn't know about it, he ought to fire Rick Davis immediately," said David Donnelly, Director of Campaign Money Watch.

September 24th, 2008 11:13 am ET

"Pat F September 24th, 2008 11:02 am ET

Is there anyone in this country so stupid as to believe that the NYT is objective? Probably – they are called "Democrats".

Just one example: The NYT spread the propaganda that Iraq was in the midst of "civil war", and now they don't have the guts to report the truth – THE SURGE WORKED!!!!!!!"

Actually, Pat. The NY Times reported consistently and in depth about the surge working. They also provided just about the only coverage of the fact that what also worked was the Sunni Awakening, in which we worked with the Sunnis and enlisted them to help us fight Al Qeda in Iraq. This program probably had more to do with the reduction in violence than the surge itself, but it was at least partly responsible for the success of the surge. All of this was reported in the New York Times. Have you ever actually read the NY Times, or are you just spouting Republican talking points?

They are just flaiing out, like a losing fighter trying to windmill his way to victory ...

It never works ... They are finished ...

This is ridiculous!!! What about Fox news being so biased and putting anything w/ McCain and Republicans with a little spin...I don't see them complaining and whining about this....oh but anything bad about them and they use the media as the McCain camp being victims..now the most respected newspaper NY Times is being used as a scapegoat by the McCain camp...how lame McCain and his whole campaign have been....boo hoo...cry me a river...lame!!!!

MCSAME, doesn't care or doesn't get it, we are not stupid. Does anyone out here know that Mcsame was part of the Keating 5 back in 1989, it was 5 senators that robbed millions of dollars from tax payers and he got away with that scandal then and here it is 20 years later and now he's part of this scandal with Fannie Mae and the Wall street collapse. Wake the hell up America, this guy cares nothing about you and I, all he cares about is the rich and the hell with the little guy. Here's where that money went: 7 to 10 homes, well you and I struggle to pay bills, 13 cars and 2 private jets.

I think it is funy how any article or other media representation that does not meet with the satisfaction of McCain is declared to be a part of the Obama Machine thus making it the enemy.

Sounds like a little mad man that wants it all his way and is willing to fight the world if it does not agree with him. Maybe someone should tell McCain that if he wants it his way he should go to Burger King.

MY HEART BLEEDS TO SEE SOME AMERICANS STILL SUPPORTING JOHN MCCAIN TO BE PRESIDENT AFTER ALL THE LIES AND TREACHERY HE AND HIS CAMPAIGN HAVE ADOPTED TO PLAY ON THE INTELLIGENCE OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE JUST TO GET ELECTED. THE COLLAPSE OF THE WALL STREET IS NOT UNCONNECTED TO THE BAD POLICIES OF BUSH ADMINISTRATION AND THE HIGHWAY LOBBIST OF WHICH JOHN MACCAIN HAS SUPPORTED 90% OF THE TIMES.
LOOK, AMERICA! IF YOU MISTAKENLY ELECT MACCAIN AS PRESIDENT, I BET YOU AMERICAN WILL BECOME ANOTHER THIRD WORLD COUNTRY IN THE NEXT 4 YEARS AND I AM SURE MANY WILL LAUGH AT YOU!

from Public Action Campaign Fund ... (as per Talking Points Memo)

"John McCain's campaign manager and Freddie Mac essentially had what amounts to a secret half a million dollar lay-a-way plan. For almost three years and as late as last month, Freddie Mac made secret, monthly payments of $15,000 to Rick Davis's firm, apparently in exchange for providing special access to a future McCain White House. If McCain knew about this, his presidential campaign should be in serious trouble. If he didn't know about it, he ought to fire Rick Davis immediately," said David Donnelly, Director of Campaign Money Watch.

Rick Davis is a criminal and ought to be brought up on charges for the mess he participated in creating as a lobbiest. A vote for McCain will result in giving the same corporate raiders that are robbing this country blind another chance to load their pockets and force us taxpayers to foot the bill.

No way, No how, No McPalin.

enough is enough.

Lies, lies and more lies from the Grandpa/ Barbie campaign

The sexist treatment of Palin by McCain group is unbelievable, just because somebody is a woman does not mean that she cannot speak for herself, what she believes in or her stands on issues! ALLOW HER TO TALK TO THE MEDIA AND ANSWER QUESTIONS AS A COMPETENT PROFESSIONAL! STOP TREATING HER LIKE A BIMBO!

They can't until they 1/ drill her on what to say she believes in, 2/ try to give her the appearance of being "a competent professional" and 3/ maybe she is a bimbo?

Everybody knows CNN and the NYT is in the tank with Obama. They gladly jump all over any negative information concerning MCcain but evade anything related to Obama "the precious" of CNN.

Why hasn't CNN reported on the lawsuit filed against Obama by attorney Phillip Berg .

A N D,,,,,,,,,,O B A M A' S,,,,,,,,,1 6 0 K,,,,,,,,,F N M A ,,,,,,,,E X E C U T I V E,,,,

C O N T RI B U TI ON S ?

Moderate and Balanced (yeah, right)
Looks like you are confused
Last week, the right-wing fever swamp was bubbling up over an article by Amir Taheri, in which Taheri claimed that Barack Obama had “tried in private to persuade Iraqi leaders to delay an agreement on a draw-down of the American military presence.” Not only did the story turn out to be a complete fabrication, now we find out that the complete opposite is the case: It is the Bush administration that tried in private to persuade Iraqi leaders to delay a draw-down of the American military presence, once again playing politics with America’s national security, and effectively repudiating past claims that a U.S. withdrawal will only be “dictated by the facts on the ground.”

Paranoid much? Care to refute any of the NYT's statements????

McCain is acting like Bush and Cheney on this issue. The Republicans do not like TRUTH. They want to hide behind lies. Lies about the war, lies about our economy, lies about everything. The American people need truth and facts to back it up. If McCain doesn't like it, screw him and the rest of them. I am tried of all of this. I have been watching his TV commercials up here in NH which are all lies trying to paint him as a populist. The Media is our watchdog. It should come out and tell us the truth about McCain's record. He has NEVER been a regulator. NONE of these Republicans have. It is up to the MEDIA to let the people know the TRUTH. The New York Times is fair and balanced and truthful.
Linda M. welch

@Dems for McCain September 24th, 2008 11:43 am ET

Obama is a crook and many of his colleagues and friends are either in jail or under investigation.
__________________
I'm confused are you talking about Obama or McCain who has a host of friends in jail or under investigation ...including HIS VP! LOL

by the way:

John McCain

13 cars
8 houses
1 aircraft

Barack Obama

1 house
1 car

who is more "elitist"?

Moderate and balanced (yeah, right) no stories on Obama begging the Iraqi presidet to delay troop withdrawals during his "European rock star tour"…

Looks like you are confused-Last week, the right-wing fever swamp was bubbling up over an article by Amir Taheri, in which Taheri claimed that Barack Obama had “tried in private to persuade Iraqi leaders to delay an agreement on a draw-down of the American military presence.” Not only did the story turn out to be a complete fabrication, now we find out that the complete opposite is the case: It is the Bush administration that tried in private to persuade Iraqi leaders to delay a draw-down of the American military presence, once again playing politics with America’s national security, and effectively repudiating past claims that a U.S. withdrawal will only be “dictated by the facts on the ground.”

That's right...you're LOSING. Deal with it. The 'New York Times' is one of the finest news sources this country has, so knock it off!!!!!!!!!!!!

I got some advice for you McCain campaign...who cares what the papers say!! Just look at your girl(Sarah), she could give a crap and you are paying for it.

Just focus on the issues GOP, do what you gotta do because if you keep acting like this, you're gonna lose Texas...yeah, I know, YOU ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO LOSE TEXAS! LOL!!

MAN UP GOP!!!

He's right, the New York Times is doing pretty badly. Their stock is only a third of the value is was 4 years ago.

I just want to know why the McCain campaign is spending so much time trying to control the media?

You don't see Obama wasting time trying to stop Sean Hatery or Hush Bimbaugh. Their LIES go unchecked everyday!

Stop CRYING about everything McCain. It's not presidential.

So...
Did McCain's aid receive a check from Fannie Mae or not? Is this supposed to be irrelevant based on the McCain campaign argument? Or are we supposed to believe the NYT is falsely making stuff up to support the Democrats?

It amazes me:

Wright, Rezcko, and Ayers – Obama got grilled for months. He is still defending himself against Muslim smears, he wife gets called a 'baby momma,' his children say "hi daddy" and its calculated and rehearsed.

Wright got 24/7 coverage for two weeks!!

McCain has lobbyists on payroll, a VP candidate that has not been vetted, shuns and curses the press when he can't stage, Keating 5 – which was a precursor to what we have going now. Cries sexist whenever questioned about Palin.

Obama gets hammered for not going overseas; he goes and he gets hammered. Held two press conferences with combo questions included within each question and is calm underneath a financial crisis.

Media has indeed changed to reality t.v.

Someone needs to make a run to Costco to get the McCain/Palin folks some generic brand Kleenex as they seem to be going through a lot of it lately.

The McCain campaign cannot take the heat.

McCain enemy is the TRUTH!

When you're guilty, throw the blame on Obama. There's bound to be someone out there who will eat it up.

McCAIN CAMPAIGN ATTACKS, BUT THEY CAN'T DENY THE TRUTH OF THE STORY!

When McCain and his cronies get caught with their hand in the cookie jar and outright lying to the American people, they sqeal like stuck pigs. It is fine for them to throw out any type of misleading bards or outright lies about Obama, but they run for cover and cry unfair when the tables are turn. This story is also in newsweek and other respected media besides the NY times. They funny thing is how goldfarb never once denied that Rick Davis has been taking money from these institutions and he will get the benefit of that money once the campaign is over. Goldfarb, go bark up another tree, your words are hollow to say the very least!

that's because they are intelligent.

Ex GOPer,

You are 100% correct.

This was first reported last Friday.

McCain's campaign is full of people like this guy.

VOTE DEMOCRAT!

Me thinks they doth protest too much - Republican apparatchniks that is.

Blaming the media is just a means of diverting attention from the issue at hand. Shades of Ron Ziegler during the early days of Watergate.

McCain is a crook!!! He should have gone to jail in the 80's for the Keating 5 but Cindy's money bailed him out!!! Now he has been head of the commerce commission and deregulated all the rules that were put in place after the 1929 crash so his rich cronnies could get richer!!! He is beyond crooked!!! This time he really needs to go to jail!!!
McCain to prision!!!!

McCain is not honest!
Haven't we had enough of this type of behavior from George W. Bush!
No Bush 44.
Down with McCain, Up with Hussein!!

it is amazing that liberals can honestly believe and support anything NYT has to write about...anyone with half a brain could see they're so biased and Obama hypnotozied they cant see the truth in front of them...Which is that Obama has ties to lobbyist other negative people!!!

Well...

It's true.

How much did Obama receive from Freddie and Frannie again? Oh yeah – hundreds of thousands of dollars – the second largest benficiary. I'm shocked that the NYT missed that.

When did the McCain Campaign become a reputable news source agency????

Hey John, Wasn't it you talking about all that "experience" stuff? Well, I think the New York Times has got a little....

I agree, this story isn't going away.

oh....the NY Times....isn't that the one that used to be a great newspaper, now pushing for a spot near the supermarket checkout counters to join the rest of the tabloids? But I loved this commentary about the McCain aid and his tie to the present mess we are in....did you noice that the investigation lasted "over the weekend?"

I am telling you, folks....don't drink the kool-aid.

The NYT is not the only one getting bashed by McCain's well oiled political campaign machine.
Today an NPR reporter noted that McCain devoted a paltry "7 minutes" to answering journalist's questions in the ONLY journalistic question/answer session the McCain campaign has allowed since August. They are disgusted, and so are voters.
Journalists have dubbed McCain's bus the "No Talk" Express (you will recall it used to be the "Straight Talk Express").
It's about time the news media started doing their job – but as far as I can see only the New York Times has the stamina to keep up with the constant barrage of roadblocks and attacks from McCain's well-oiled political machine.
Please, CNN – do your job! How could you continue to allow McCain's political machine to shun interviews with either their VP or Presidential candidate?
Do what the New York Times has the courage to do: Their job - demand the McCain campaign handlers allow access to their candidates and start answering questions instead of bashing stories they just don't like.

Right... when you challenge the media with lies and they call you out on it with indisputable facts, go ahead and blame the media. How stupid does McCain think the rest of us are??

Is it true?

I love it.........Not once saying anything in the story was untrue.....but slamming the paper for printing it.

The Republicans accusing a media organization of being liberal?! Oh my goodness, what a shock! These tired Republican tactics of dividing and scaring the country are what are turning independents like myself toward the Democrats this year.

Blaming a newspaper for a report would not take john Mcain high in the poll..so relax MCcain aides.

Hey, I heard that McCain and Palin have some OCEAN FRONT property for sell in Kansas City. I bet a lot of you fell for that line also.

"Partisan Attack" who are republicans to make an accusation of partisan attacks. Their campaign is based entirely on making partisan attacks on obama. Republicans disgust me. They like to play the schoolyard bully but are always crying about someone bullying them.

How can we believe anything that comes from the McCain campaign. Anything accurate those folks might say would be lost in the sea of lies that has issued from them. When they do tell the truth, is it by intention or accident?

Hands in the cookie jar

President Bush should do one last courageous thing before he leaves office. Bush should tell the truth. He vehemently oppose McCain when he ran for president and he still does.

He's practically telling the public what to do by listening to Obama. People, read between the lines. Obama says time table for withdrawal from Iraq, Bush does it. McCain's caught on, too, by trying to co-op Obama's stance and slogans.

The New York Times has been around a long time. Those editors are not stupid.

i SEE the mclying camp got caught again lying. What else is new, his whole campaign is run by lobbyist at less 8 of them are on his head staff. This lying camp must think that we the people are stupid, they ran an ad about Obama having a Fannie Mae connection which was a lie and now we see that his campaign manager was still being lobbied by Fannie Mae until last month, getting paid $15,000 a month. Now Mcsame just said two days ago that he'll put Davis record up against anyone who wanted to see, OOOOP Mcsame, BUSTED!!!!!! I guess being a ( MAVERICK ) means you have to lie all the time. NO HOW, NO WAY, NO MCSAME/PALIN

Another McCain campaign spin that none of us are buying into!

The Repubs are some crybabies. I don't hear them complaining about FOX News consistently 'advocating for McCain'. At least other news stations have guests with various opinions when it comes to this election cycle. Not Fox News, everyone on this station...even guests...are 'in the tank' for McCain. I wonder if it is a requirement that you are a Republican in order to even get a job at Fox News??? Very strange.

As long as you're talking about how corrupt McCain and his cronies and lipstick pig, you aren't talking about the fact that they can do NOTHING for the American people.

That's what McCain and his hord of theives wants.

But it won't work this time. Lipstick or not, they are still pigs.

Go Obama!

wait...did somebody actually say "Foxnews is the closest we can get to fair and balanced"??

BWAAHAHAHAAAAA

come on, now...BWAAHAHAHAAAAA

*snort*

okay, look...has everybody forgotten the WEEKS AND WEEKS of Rev. Wright and Wm. Ayers coverage during the primary??

you couldn't turn on your tv without seeing that crap, and it went on for over a MONTH

and maybe it's just me, but i tend to think, in our current circumstance, someone's campaign manager's firm getting paid $15,000/month by one of these giant firms embroiled in the current fiasco is a bit more...RELEVANT to my life and decisions than what someone's preacher said or who someone's neighbor is.

be honest, people...both sides have been hammered pretty thoroughly. we are blinded by our partisanship. try and step outside your personal partisan bubble and see this objectively.

in the meantime...nobody, and i mean NOBODY, can call Fox 'fair and balanced' with a straight face. i mean...wait...BWAAHAHAHAAAAA!!!

ya think!! Mainstream media is DEAD!!!!!

The McCain/Palin campaign is in trouble....when is he going to unleash Karl Rove and the Swift Boaters to go on the attack?

LOOK AT IT THIS WAY..........THE DEMOCRATS ARE RUNNING SCARE. WHAT ELSE CAN THEY DO EXCEPT SPREAD LIES ABOUT MCCAIN AND PALIN AND ANYONE ELSE THAT SUPPORTS THEM.

To A Voice in VA, Glenn Beck is a joke. Why don't you do your reasearch and stay away from cable tv, you can only belive the FACTS. Get them!

when you get caught with your hands in the cookie jar blame the media. this election is over, you loose, you so desperate to be president that you sold your soul.
shame on you and the rest of your republican buddies.

Has anyone notice that when a Rep attacts a news paper or Media it's because they tell the truth.

NEW YORK TIMES AN ADVOCACY ORGANIZATION FOR OBAMA ...
you better add CNN, and especially Jack Cafferty to that list. CNN, all your online articles are slanted in behalf of Obama. You show at least twice as many pictures of Obama. Your blogs always close, after they're 'front loaded' with pro Obama posts. Your blog moderator always favors pro Obama posts. The external blog sites you always link readers to are always far left, pro Obama blog sites, like Truthdig, or DailyKo's, or Crooks n' Liars. CNN ... you're obviously sooo in the tank for Obama ... let's see if this blog posting actually gets published.

Hey CNN ! Did the McCain campaign manager take the "monthly $15,000 retainer from mortgage giant Freddie Mac" , or didn't he?
I'd like to know the truth.

Can we say KEATING 5 all over again for McCain. The only lessons McCain learned from the Keating 5 scandal were how to better cover his tracks.

Rick davis is a CROOK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
tax payer money you're a thief!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

MCCAIN is done.FINISHED

OBAMA/BIDEN 08

Poor Poor McCain Campaign..
Why's everybody always picking on them??
BECAUSE...They are truly some of the BIGGEST liars, exaggerators, and frankly mean spirited (close to haters) I have seen in politics in the last 20 years.
I never thought it possible but they are WORST than the Karl Rove group...
Senator McCain HAS become EXACTLY what he promised he never would..a sellout to own principles in trying to win....
SAD...SAD....SAD...SAD

So why doesn't John SYDNEY McCain and his campaign have a problem with fox news?

Well actually they will soon. It seems even some of thier people are getting fed up with him and his campaign.

And Fox News is owned by Whom? And Speaks for which party? Please – once again, the pot calling the kettle black... I am so tired of McSame and the GOP using the same tired attacks when they have nothing of substance to offer this great nation!

Note to Noah:
Who is Richard Raines?
Do you mean Franklin Raines? McCain lied when he stated that Raines advised the Obama campaign.

Of course the New York Times is an Obama advocacy group, along with the rest of the liberal main stream media. It almost sickening to watch them try to act impartial. Everyone knows that the news media is biased.

Goldfarb is partially correct; the "ideological niche" the Times tries to fill is called "reality". There are not two sides to this issue; the NYT has investigated members of both campaigns and both parties. They printed all of the shrill attacks against Hillary and Michelle Obama long before they "dared" to question Palin. You can't have your cake and eat it too jerks. Learn to look at reality, or be condemned to living in the imaginary world you are retreating into, where the economy is strong, Iraq made us safer, and as long as we keep giving more money to the wealthy things will get better for all of us.

POW McCain is just mounting a attacks on everyone nowadays. I guess in his mind everyone is the enemy. I used to think McCain was just plain senile. Now, I believe he is neurotic.

Notice that the McCain folks did NOT say that the reported information is untrue. What they did say is that the NY Times took part in “a partisan attack falsely labeled as objective news” . They know it's true and are using semantics to respond to their lie. If Rick Davis is innocent, why not just say "the reports are false and Rick Davis is innocent"? Why the spin and the attacks on the media???

And on another note...why hide Sarah Palin if she is ready to lead? Let her answer questions. Stop controlling her because it makes her appear weak and unprepared. They are acting as if she is too fragile to stand up for what she believes in. What a travesty!

Lastly-the media should refuse to cover Sarah Palin until she answers questions from the media on her own.

We're going to listen to the guy who said "this election isn't about the issues"??

Give me a break!

Is it not true? Why are they attacking the messenger without trying to debunk the message? Perhaps because it's TRUE.

Keating Five
Keating Five
Keating Five
Keating Five
Keating Five

Look it up and see what it is JOHN MCCAINS LEGACY IS REALLY ABOUT.

You can review history and you can treasure it....but YOU CAN NOT HIDE FROM HISTORY JOHN MCAIN

OBAMA 08, 12 THE TRUTH.

Why can't Republicans deal with facts. McCain has been caught in multiple big lies and has even made commercials about the lies. Is it really worth find small things about Obama to counter huge McCain lies. Are you guys that insecure that you cannot see a lie. It is fair election coverage when you call a liar a liar. Bravo to the NY Times for not lettinf liars get their way.

Imagine if Obama had as many scandals, goofs & gaffs as McClown has had during this General Election & the Primaries and throughout his career. This election would have been over a long time ago.

And the McClown cappaign has the NERVE to ALWAYS cry foul about the Media in the tank for OBAMA.

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>ENOUGH>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Barack Your Vote

That 's how has his what 7 houses and how many cars does he own. Pailin who's telling all the Lies now!!! You can't blame this one on the Obama people !! I have lost over17% in the last week of my 401K
plan i am so angry that they let this happen. Obama/Biden 08

a few months ago, the mccain campaign was quoting the times like it was the gospel truth, now because the reporters actually investigated and reported on them, the repugs are outraged.

Spare us the false indignation, we know it just a way too divert the truth.

Please stop whining repugs, you are giving me a headache with all the lies.

Anyone who has read the NYT with an open mind knows it is in the tank for Obama. Whether you like McCain or not we as Americans should all be furious with the NY Times for their efforts to mislead us.

Noah wrote:
"The NYTimes investigating a McCain advisor when they refused to investigate Obama's ties to William Ayers, Reveren Wright, Richard Raines, or any of his other friends??? So transparent…. Journalism has officially died."

If you and your republican firends would actually read the papers, you would see that they did investigate Ayers, Wright, raines, etc. and THEY FOUND NOTHING!! Let me repeat slowly so you can understand....T H E Y F O U N D N O T H I N G!!

Blaming the media has been and always will be a copout.

John McCain used to call the media his "base". So for him to attack them the way he has comes off as being desparate and pathetic.

Quit running a crappy campaign based almost exclusively on easily refuted lies and maybe the media wouldn't have to call you out so much....

Demonstratably false? Then, demonstrate it. Just because the NYT is biased doesn't mean it's not true.

How is it "being in the tank for Obama" to print the truth?

The McCain campaign doesn't deny that Davis's firm has been paid this money, merely that Davis didn't benefit personally via salary or profit share. Well, he doesn't have to – he's paid, generously I'm sure, by the McCain campaign, and presumably retains equity in the firm. The campaign didn't deny this, and refused to answer the direct question.

Even if he divested it, it makes almost no difference – it bears his name and he presumably will go straight back there on 11/5 if McCain loses.

It's highly reminiscent of the Mark Penn/Colombia trade pact scam which forced him to withdraw from Hillary Clinton's campaign.

And the conclusions one can draw are very similar – poor judgment on the part of the candidate, shameless greed and dishonesty on the part of the accused.

How much more evidence do we need of McCain's unfitness to lead our country?

This is in response to 'N Y T is a rag', OBAMA is not on the take for Fannie and Freddie. Those donation were made by employees who work at the place. The GOP was grasping at straw trying to tie OBAMA to those two companies. Oh and Rezco is pretty much all in the media and it has been shown that Obama did nothing wrong. So go get a grip and do some reading and investigation on your own before you fall for all the little sound bites you are getting on Obama. I swear if folks would just go and do there own research, they wouldn't fall for the information that is peddled to the un informed by the media and the GOP!!!

Its SCARY that this same economic cancer happened in the 80s with McCain in the drivers seat (Keating 5). Now its happening again and who caused it –Republicans, yes face it. McCain caused it? maybe not, but Im sure he help, big time. The avg American doent have $$$ yet how can they vote for this guy. McCain IS NOT for the avg American. He, like the Bushes and Republicans, donot know the avg American.
If the Racial Christians predicted that the end of time was within 100 years Bush took off 50!!! Now they want McCain to take off the other 50, to make sure its done. Lets face it America, rather you vote for NObama or McSame we are doomed, America will file for bankruptcy and the Chinese will come collecting. Hey would they take the Constitution for 20Trillion?

I don't think Obama wants to keep pushing this argument on lobbyists. David Axelrod (his campaign manager) is probably the MOST CURRUPT lobbyist in America today. ASK Public Strategies which Axelrod owns, took a $1.1 million dollar contract from Cablevision to lobby for the blockage of a new staduim for the New York Jets in Manhattan. That was the largest lobbying contract for 2004. ASK has done a ton of shady stuff as a lobbyist company. I don't think you will hear any of that from the NY Times because all of their reporters and editors have selective amnesia when it comes down to Obama.

So what, and what's the problem with that?
Fox News is an Advocacy Organizaton for the McPain Party.... Check the facts on that!

Lies Lies Lies.

O'Bamarama is so full of it he needs a shovel to dig himself out.

If you seriously vote for Obamaramamaa your an idiot who should have your social security card torn up and a one-way ticket out of this country.

Go live in Cuba and call us once in awhile to tell us how great socialized governement is.

Real Americans will vote McCain!

All you bleeding heart liberals, and I mean liberals. No experience/not ready to lead Jobama is the most left representative in the Senate. He also is the least qualified canidate ever elected to head a party.

If we poorly choose and the dems win the election, I will happily continue to read and respond while you all loose your small businesses and jobs.

Go ahead vote Obama and lead the US to complete disaster.

I've seen dozens of investigative articles done on Obama by the NYT so they are just using the ole "libreal media" line to distract from the real story here. These are the exact same tactics that were used by Bush and it turns out that Bush was a liar who was only about making the rich richer.

They are trying to get around this story by saying that the firm did not "lobby" for Freddie Mac which makes it worse. Why would a compnay pay $15,000 every month to a lobbying firm who's founding partner is a presidential candidate's campaign manager??? Once again the GOP is acting like we are stupid.

AMERICAN VOTERS ARE IN TANK FOR 700 BILLION DOLLARS TO BAIL OUT THE MESS THAT THE REPUGS CREATED AND THEY ARE CRYING FOUL OVER AN ARTICLE. I AM SORRY MCCAIN, NO SYMPATHY VOTE FROM ME. I SAY THEY NEED TO INVESTIGATE EVERY ONE FROM BOTH CAMPAIGN AND EXPOSE ANYONE THAT HAD A HAND IN CREATING THIS MESS.

Gina: Give Mary some credit...after all, she was a Journalism minor! (wink).

The fact is that the Karl Rove school has been successful in convincing most Americans that a "liberal" bias exists in the media. Therefore, conservatives are mistrustful of anything they see or read in the media. The fact is that a free press is the last great defense for the American people to question their leaders. Its is undoubtedly the primary objective of the press to ask hard questions of our leaders to get the truth for the american people. If those questions seem unabashedly left-leaning, it is only because the conservative right has been in power for so long, thus creating the appearance that those "hard" questions are unfairly supportive of the left's causes.

Why doesn't someone investigate Keating 5 more extensively? Each of these candidate has a bit of a cloud on certain aspects of their lives. The Ayres, Renko stuff has been drug through the laundry but there hasn't been much on Keating 5. And I have a feeling that Palin's hidden side is just beginning to show. Also, with Fox News, Hannity, Ann Coulter, Rush Limbaugh, Newsmax and all these wonderful "free" books available to slam Obama and boost McCain/ Palin, there is a need on both sides to present the truth without getting into some reactionary claim that is simply not true.

The more they whine, the worse they look. What about Fox News Rick Davis?? Who are they in the tank for? Why is your campaign trying to change the subject from the failing economy? You know you are in hot water now because Obama looks so much more presidential in this situation. The New York Times told the truth about your ties to Freddie Mac and you cry foul..boo hoo. Grow up, take accountability and stop lying!

It is not just the NYT that is reporting this, I saw it on Rachel Maddow last night, scooped by a Newsweek reporter. Rick Davis is scum.
(Keating 5)
Also no one is writing about Ayers because there is simply nothing there, other than the two sat on the same Board for a year – that's definitely not the same. Obama has been dragged thru the mud for 20 months now (the same length of time Sarah has been governor) so it's time the mud hits the other side of the road.

Obama/Biden 08 or suffer the consequences

McCain campaign manager is innocent. He haven't received a dime from Fannie Mae. He was never a lobbyist.

Country First !!!

McCain/ Palin '08 '12
Palin/ Cheney '16 '20

20 more years of Reform, Prosperity and Peace !!!
100 more years in Iraq, Iran and Afghanistan !!!

If the McCain campaign knows of an actual falsehood printed by the New York Times, they should sue for libel... otherwise they should stop whining. At the beginning of this campaign there was a concern that Obama wouldn't be able to handle the pressure of the media and pundits. It seems like McCain is the one who doesn't have the stomach for it.

Moderate and Balanced, You are splitting hairs. Radio was the "television" (main media source) of its time and pretty easy to slip up. Dumb mistake, but does not reflect on his intelligence because... FDR WAS president during the Great depression. We say the start of the depression was October 1929, when the market crashed, but wages production and jobs started dropping in mid 1930's, hitting its lowest point in 1933. FDR was inaugurated in January 1931. Also, he did do radio addresses that laid out what had happened and what he planned on doing about it.

Find something better to complain about. You add nothing to the discourse.

If the press is doing it's job as a watchdog, it's going to upset a few people. Generally, it's only those who have been caught that get defensive. If Mr. Davis has not been accepting money from Freddie Mac, then he has nothing to worry about with this investigation.

Do the REPUBLICANS ever stop whining????????????????

Only 40 some more days until we say GOODBYE GOP!

Obvious we need Obama/Biden as our president !!

Whether we investigate Obama or not, Obama has less ties than McCain. He's less tainted. You want the less tainted of the two. This will have to be Obama.

McClueless campaign is run by lobbyist like Ripoff Rick, Whiner Gramm, Stutter Tucker, and Farewell Carly.

Notice how McCain's team never mentioned that the report was completely accurate. Since when has reporting completely accurate news biased? Get over yourself McCain. This tactic isn't going to work this year.

So as a "failing business", does the NYT qualify for at least a billion or two of bail out money? Oh, only FOB's (Frienjds of Bush)are eligible? What if they promised to only print GOP lies from now on? What if the NYT hired a certain consulting group?

It seems obvious to me that being politician (no matter which side of the aisle or in the oval office itself) in this country, virtually requires that you be crooked. Lies, cover-ups, payoffs, bribes, and money from such sources as Fannie Mae – Freddie Mac and who knows who else.

My proposed solution is very simple.

Do not vote for any incumbent for the next three elections. Clean the house, clean the senate of all the power brokers.

Only public finance for elections, absolutely no private contributions, not even from charities.

No gifts of ANY VALUE may be given to any incumbent, no items, no free trips, etc..

This is America! We can pick and choose and endorse whomever we want.

Glenn Beck does not qualify as research. Beck is not even a conservative- he's a Republican who pretends to be a conservative. The faster we throw these bums off the air, the better.

Obama has been scrutinized over and over and over again. He's constantly had to "prove himself" this entire race. Oh ,the media is biased because they're calling out the McCain campaign on their MANY EGREGIOUS LIES??? How arrogant to think that you can lie your way to the White House and think the media and the American public doesn't have the right to call you on it...Give me a break!

Hold McCain accountable for his and his campaigners' action. They have been very quick to make connections with Obama and his staffers, I guess it is their turn.

I suppose the mean media will be banned from Rick Davis like they are from Sarah Palin. What a disappointment the open, honest, fair campaign of John McCain has turned into!

Obama is a liar, McCain is a liar. they are politicians, thats what they do. Stop being iditotic sheep believing every bit of the rhetoric these conmen espouse and actually do a bit of research. Most of the people these days are just lemmings, no wonder why our country is in such bad shape.

Don't shoot the messenger! Hey, for how many lies the McCain campaign has told or are hiding, I DEMAND the media to find out the truth. Because I don't expect the truth anymore from McCain!!! (or Palin)

How can you liberals jump all over this story and cry foul and never notice that the Big O himself has gotten money from FM/FM?? You guys are the biggest joke of kool-aid drinkers I have ever seen. You blast Palin as not ready to lead (she is running for VP,) yet your "messiah" says that his experience is the fact he has run for president. How can you guys be this blind??? You are a bunch of sycophants leading our country down a deadly path because you lemmings just follow the leader off the cliff. Please just investigate all the canidates. Don't be blinded by the liberal media or some dog and pony show.

Oldest GOP trick in the book, blame the media.

Rick Davis you are a liar. John McCain, you are a liar. Sarah Palin, you are a liar.

The American people are tired of all of this nonsense. Rick Davis is running the McCain campaign, he is being paid by Fannie Mae – for what? Perhaps because he is connected to McCain who is running to be our next President...come on people.

Republicans, you can try and spin this but the TRUTH IS THE TRUTH!

Not this time!

What they wrote was true! Why is it that when the Times, or any other news organization for that matter, digs into the Republicans, then they are "Obama supporters". What about all the digging into Sen. Obama's life that has occurred over the past two and a half years? The McCain campaign is finally being shown to be the liars, and crooks that they are...and now they are crying like babies! Man Up!!!

And just in case everyone missed WHY this is news is that we are currently in the biggest financial crisis since the great depression. And it turns out that the Campaign Manager for McCain was receiving $15,000 per month for nothing from Fannie Mae. This should be news on every media outlet in the world.

THE AMERICAN, PATRIOTIC PEOPLE DESERVE BETTER LEADERSHIP THAN THIS!!!

WHERE IS THE OUTRAGE THAT WE SAW WHEN REV. WRIGHT REARED IT'S UGLY HEAD FROM THE RIGHT!!

DEMAND THAT MC IDIOT AND RICK DAVIS COME OUT AND TELL US THE WHOLE UN-TOLD TRUTH AS OBAMA HAS ABOUT REV. WRIGHT!!!

THIS IS OUR COUNRTY'S LIFE THAT YOU ARE PLAYING WITH MCCAIN!!!!

OBAMA/BIDEN '08!!!!!!!!

New York Times is a reputable national news organization that supported McCain in 2000 election season. If all McCain & Co can do is accuse them of working for the Obama camp and not explain their side of the story, the New York Times must be on to something good.

Horace Greeley disagrees!

If the Republicans can't handle the scrutiny of the Gray Lady then how can they lead us out of this mess?

Good job NYT! Show the Republicans for the cowards they are.

By the way, if the NYT charges are "demonstrably" incorrect then please feel free to demonstrate for us.

And let's see Palin's tax returns while you are at it.

FREE SARAH PALIN!

How did Obama pay off his student loan and his wife's to.Mrs. Obama said that the loans where paid off when his book came out. That it was paid off in 2005 will then how come it was'nt on his tax form from 2000 thru 2005.What is he hideing from the people.Obama needs to come out and tell the true where he got the money. CNN NEWs needs to find out the true for us.Cause Obama wont tell us the true where he got the money for school.

So, why won't Rick Davis explain the purpose of the $15K/month he was receiving from Freddie Mac?

McCain has been caught in a big lie, again.

What we need from each candidate are:

What are their plan to financial issues. What exactly they will do to solve or prevent these problem. Not attacking each other.

We want solution.

How dare a reporter question this Republican ticket!

(Sounds like the way the government in Russia handles the media, doesn't it?)

So, it's not that the NYT isn't accurate, it's that they're 'biased'.

When I was a kid, I used to tell my parents that I got a 'C' because the teacher didn't like me. They weren't fooled either.

The McCain Campaign is focused on complaining or not talking to the media, hence not talking to the voters. John McCain's strategy to "not talk" is insulting to the American voters.

What is the McCain campaign HIDING from the VOTERS? Obviously a lot otherwise they would talk to the media like regular politicians do.

A warning to the American voters: Just imagine with all this secrecy behind NOT talking to the media, doing normal dialogue with a communication vehicle that supports the voters, what kind of an administration would McCain have? – ie, worse than Bush I guarantee. Voting McCain is truly dangerous for our Nation and evolution.

You know that's the Republican way...if the media isn't bending over backwards for them (2000 and 2004) they cry foul! Grow up you bunch of scared babies. Your candidate is getting mopped up fair and square.

CNN you forgot to report that Newsweek reported the same thing. Now try to find something to report on Obama to equalize the story as you are famous for.

I am so sick and tired of the McCain campaign blaming the media for everything. It wasn't to long ago that McCain was getting a free ride.

So Newsweek carried a similar article... is he defining Newsweek in the same way? Guess the old canard holds true: "When nothing's going your way, blame the media." It's the same the world over

Wow, if it is true, then what are the McCainites complaining about?? Accurate reporting.....?? Are they WHINNING because when the facts are accurately reported they are shown to be LIARS....?? (as they are with many campaign statements).

The McCain camp continues to whine and lie, why don't they just discuss the issues in public and let the public decide.

OBAMA/BIDEN - 08

I guess he's now off limits to the press, too.

A preview of McCain's America . . . . . . any overthrow of actual elected government knocks out the press first.

It amazes me that somehow McCain and his involvement in the Keating 5 scandal that brought down the savings and loans and resulted in another huge banking crisis is somehow protected and not revisited by the "media"! His stance on deregulation is another example of poor judgment and putting his cronies/lobbyists before the welfare of the people, the so-called "main street". It is time to start reminding the American voter about his involvement in that scandal!!!!!

Obama is a crook and many of his colleagues and friends are either in jail or under investigation.

The mediadoesn't have to destroy Sarah Palin–she's imploding from all the lies and the general stupity of the McCain campaign..an what about Fox news–they love the GOP , no matter hwo bad they are and no matter how many things theye screw up . When they sell us to China they will still be behind the GOP

Maybe you'd get better media treatment if you stopped whining about the media all the time...kind of a circular argument don't you think?

"A Voice in VA"- Glen Beck is hardly the "go to person" for anything. However, Factcheck.org is. GET THE FACTS AND VOTE BASED ONLY ON THE FACTS! BTW-"MARY"- I'm not sure what your watching when you turn your T.V. on to Fixed News.....but if it's the same station that played the Rev. Wright tapes for 15 hrs a day for several weeks.....your not being honest about their hateful coverage toward OBAMA. You must be a Republican. That's OK, I just thought I'd call you out on it

OBAMA/BIDEN -08!

Who is this cry baby. No one but you the McCain campaign staff is destroying Palin who is putting you on the road to no where.

If the times claim to be fair, they should do equal investigation into Obama's lobbyist friends as well.

GOP were lying from the beggining. Since they have "POW" level, nobody was allowed to ask any doubt about their dirty secrets. Devastating economy forced media and USA people to cross that "POW" line.

Fair Election coverage??? There is nothing like that available!! The Liberals own it and print only their opionions!!

You will not be able to continuosly blame everything on the media. You are going to have to explain yourself. They have proof on this matter it is not a lie. They have proof. So just man up and speak the truth.

No kidding....
Campbell missed the part of Gov Palin's speech that specifically said she is not going to Washington to "seek the good opinion" of the Dem Media Elite. There is nothing ambiguous in that statement. I thought Campbell was educated??

Please no one in this election has had more scrutiny then Obama. People say Ayhers, Rezko & Wright have not been investigated. My god how quickly do you forget. Each of these people have had at lease one entire day of all the major news media outlets covering them. Each has been brought up and questions asked during national debates. Obama has given interviews addressing the concerns for each one. And in the case of Wright he received coverage on the level of the beginning of the Iraq war for over a week. The difference is Obama didn't attack the media he addressed the media. Maybe McCain should learn to be honest address the issues and communicate the truth if he believes stories are incorrect. Not just yell at the media and hide!

Never mind that the story is true, I want the voters to feel sorry for me. I can only hope that McCain and his lobbyist group of advisors and his capitol hill cronies are sent packing. By the way, at the Publix in North Fort Myers this morning, there where three cars with Obama stickers on them. This is interesting, no McCain sightings yet. Johnny Mack will regret not choosing Gov. Crist as VP.

Truth hurts.

The NYT is NOT a pro-Obama paper, they are simply ANTI MORON, as such, McCain will be blasted in it.

Sucks to work for a moron eh? McCain, the most corrupt politician in Washington for 26 years.

What's all the hullabaloo about? Surely checks paid or direct deposits to a bank account are traceable? If the NYT has proof of these payments they should publish them or apologize to Davis. Nobody should be slandered by unproven innuendo; not even Mc Cain and Co., Lobbyists extraordinary, who try to do it every day to Sen. Obama.

Typical McCain and co, whenever they are cut with their paints down, they attack the cedibility of the person who exposed them! Voters are no idiots, they know what is going on. It is payback time!
McCain is becoming as scretive as Bush. The sexist treatment of Palin by McCain group is unbelievable, just because somebody is a woman does not mean that she cannot speak for herself, what she believes in or her stands on issues! ALLOW HER TO TALK TO THE MEDIA AND ANSWER QUESTIONS AS A COMPETENT PROFESSIONAL! STOP TREATING HER LIKE A BIMBO!

Every opinion Obama expresses is orchestrated by David Axelrod (Obama’s “brain”) - that's why you'll rarely see Obama say anything substantive off-the-cuff. The "Obama Phenomenon" is a carefully crafted public relations event - and it was started long ago by Axelrod.

Before Axelrod selected Obama as his new meal ticket, he was mostly visible in Chicago the last decade as Mayor Daley’s public relations strategist - the guy who goes on TV to defend Daley from charges of corruption.

Axelrod also operates a second business, ASK Public Strategies. This company discreetly plots strategy and advertising campaigns for corporate clients to shift public opinion favorably their way. He and his partners consider virtually everything about ASK to be “top secret.”

Axelrod is well known within the political spectrum as a super sleazy Chicago operative - and currently an investigation is underway about Axlrod's connection to another "PR" firm that just posted a blog and vicious UTube commercial against Sarah Palin.

So each time the truth is revealed, it's somebody else's fault? If you were still receiving money from your firm until last month from FREDDIE, who fault is that? The McCain camp does not want to take responsibility and upset that we the American people found out about it.

why is media being intimidated by the GOPS, and why is that ok? Is "freedom of speech" gone? I think so. Continue to vote for McPalin if you want to become a fascist government. We are already half way there. (sounds a lot like the extremist regimes in the Middle east)

A Voice in VA: BUT THEY DID NOT DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT! THEY HAD 7 YEARS TO ACT ON IT AND DID NOTHING! EXCPET GIVING MORE CONTRACTS TO THEIR CLOSE FRIENDS IN IRAQ!

Do not read the NYT everyday admittedly, but it does seem like the media is in the tank that for Obama. It has been a challenge to find fair covergae during this election.

It absolutely floors me how McCain supporters try to spin this as "The Messiah's" fault! Get a clue guys, your pick as a crook who employs crooks.

CNN, why are you covering the McCain's reaction to the NYT Piece? Americans deserve to know the facts so that they can make a well informed decision when they go to the polls. Please present the facts. Also, I have seen some posts on other sites trying to balance this article out by blaming Obama for taking money from FM & FM. Obama received money from EMPLOYEES of FM & FM . McCain received money from EXECUTIVES & LOBBYISTS of FM & FM. Also Jim Johnson only worked for a week on Obama's VP Team. Raines was never an advisor to Obama. Please CNN. We're counting on you to tell the truth to the American people. Covering this up is criminal.

If it's true, it's not bias, it's just reporting. They reported all the Rev. Wright stuff during the primary season when Obama was under the hot lights. Now it's McCain's turn. He has to suffer the consequences of his past actions and statements now that he has changed his tune and is spouting platitudes that are so far from his prior positions. Hats off to the NYT for not backing down. Let's look at the TRUTH.

Yet, Another CROOK exposed! McCain has cozied up to all the wrong people.

This is no lie. This is why Freddie Mae and Mac is under investigation by the FBI right now for fraud along with AGI Insurance. Mccain Aide's firm was paid $15,000.00 dollars a month by Freddie Mae and Mac. The payments stopped last month when they knew this crisis was about to be exposed. Mccain and the Republicans knew this would come to light soon!! Now they are turning against their cronies because the election is at stake!!

How many lobbyists does he have on his payroll...

Ya, lets takea look at the others and see who is REALLY giving advice to McCain.

If this is who hes got as one of his top advisors whatthe heck can we expect out of his judgement on anything relating to the economy?

Republicans!!! Your eight years in office, being the worst eight years in our country's history have made the good citizens here sick. You steal from those who have less to give to your power hungry lot. The republican party is fast becoming history, and a sad page it is in our USA.

This is ridiculous!!!!
Ever time the McCain camp is criticized, the person is somehow in the corner for Obama. It would be nice for once to have the McCain camp simply dispute or explain a situation instead of accusing everyone as in the tank for Obama. This seems so CHILDISH!!!

This Republican ticket is an absolute mess.

Rick Davis was getting paid $15,000 for layaway influence with a McCain administration! He is clearly an incredibly crooked person and John McCain is a LIAR and a hypocrite. If you think that John McCain's White House wouldn't be run by lobbyists and the highest bidder you are CRAZY!

Three is a lot of hypocrisy in this matter. Obama receivced a lot of money from Freddie Mac/fannie Mae. And Axelrod was a lobbnyist who indirectly received money. NYT should focus on what should be done now given the state of the economy.

Boy the Repugs can sling mud but can't take it... they flip flop so much and they are such liars .... I am so over the cover up and lies.... heck the Iran President is giving us advice on Larry King last night what is up with that? Let take are country back from the liars and cheaters... this is the best Democracy in the world .... yes they cheated (Republicans) their way into the white house the first time and the verdict is still out the 2nd time but hey American we can not afford a 3rd time...... Rock the Vote and vote for the sake of America .... Obama and Biden 2008!

A voice in Va.......you are using Glen Beck as your "objective" voice........is that a joke?

I thought McCain was under the impression that the media were his favorite fans.

The only news item here is that someone doesn't think that the NYT isn't in the tank for Oh'bama.

Noah September 24th, 2008 10:59 am ET

The NYTimes investigating a McCain advisor when they refused to investigate Obama's ties to William Ayers, Reveren Wright, Richard Raines, or any of his other friends??? So transparent…. Journalism has officially died.

NOAH, STOP WATCHING GETTING YOUR INFORMATION FROM FOXNEWS.

I can't believe all of the Republicans in this country who keep burying their heads in the sand and continue to believe the crap that the McShame camp keeps spewing ......How many time must they be caught in their lies and distortion of facts.....McShame is a timebomb waiting to EXPLODE............Wake up America, McShame is a Jekyll and Hyde............Hoooray to the NYT and Newsweek for bringing this information to the public......this country doesn't need to be manipulated with lies and fear for another term...............we need change not more of the same....Vote Obama/Biden on November 4, 2008

Note the second entry above.....the writer pleads to research the topic using Glenn Beck as the source of truth. Wouldn't be easir just to listen to Rush Limbaugh...that way you have to read or even think.

No wonder we have so many dummies supporting McBush.

Yeah, blame the media for your own actions. I'm so tired of this. Maybe if the McCain camp didn't behave the way they do, there would be nothing to write about.

Davis's firm received $15,000 per month from Fannie Mae until last month. He says that he did not draw money from his partnership since 2006. Big deal. He still has at least a 50% interest in Davis Manafort, and his share of the $15,000 is still waiting for him once the campaign has ended. At that point he can benefit to his hearts content from the Fannie Mae money. And McCain Davis wants us to believe that Fannie/Freddie has no ties to his campaign. If you believe that I have bridge in Alaska I'll sell you.

So FoxNews is a McCain campaign mouth piece? Do you hear Obama whining about that? Nope! Come on McCain, quit complaining, whining and grow up!

Davis' shady gold digging is the subject. Rather than attempt to present his case and speak to the issues he attacks the messenger (the New York Times). No wonder he is working for McCain.

I don't see where he denied getting the $15,000 a month paid to his firm. Seriously, who pays $180,000 a year for no work? I own 2 businesses and if I paid out that kind of coin I would certainly be expecting something. Rick can try and divert the attention by calling the Times partisan or biased all he wants. But what was the money for? Why did he/firm accept it? What invisible strings were attached?

Freddie Mac paying $15,000 a month to a “friend” for nothing?

Isn’t that what McCain now says he’s against? Good old boy networks that pay each other huge sums of money but tell the public it’s not for anything? We know there was huge corruption going on in Freddie Mac. I want answers. So should you.

right! Fox news is leaning so far right, they can't see straight

So, when truth is spoken, when the press raises questions, the McCain camp raises eyebrows, voices and speaks with gritting teeth.

The only "mission" here is the Republican objective of denigrating the credibility of the media, so that they can dismiss any legitimate investigations into their hypocrisy and corruption.

You'll notice they didn't deny any of the facts in the NYTimes piece and simply attacked the paper for daring to investigate in the first place.

No, they are just not buying your bull!

Thomas September 24th, 2008 11:02 am ET

Better we find out this stuff before we make the mistake of electing Senator McCain for President.

Citizens of Arizona, Are you watching this stuff?

It is up to you to kick McCain out of the Senate.

All we can do is prevent him from becoming President.

You have to handle his Senatoral position.

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You might want to change it to the people od Il.

BYE BYE MCPalin! You are not liked by most of the world!

Did the McCain campaign refute the charge? Or do they know it is true. Didn't McCain on Sunday invite the press to investigate Davis? Then when they do they are slammed as partisan?
I think the McCain campaign shows the similarity between itself and the Bush/Cheney administration all too well.

To the clown who thinks the surge worked:

It is not responsible for the die down in violence. It is the tribal leaders the The Awakening which has been responsible here. And now that the Iraqi government, in concert with the US Bushies, are cracking down on them and trying to prevent them a voice in the government, they are rightfully refuting their support of the US and Iraqi government and will allow Al Queda free reign once again.

The surge working is a propaganda play from Bush, McCain, et al.

Funny, FOX has always been the "Pravda" of the repug party and nobody from the Obama campaign whines and cries like a baby about it.

FOX gets it's daily talking points memo from the McCain/Bush people and they follow them to the tee. Now that the NYT is doing some investigative reporting on the "fear, smear, mock and LIES" that the repugs are spreading around suddenly they are not a news organization?

Hypocrites all at the Palin/McCain (OOPS McCain/Palin) campaign HQ.

The real shame is a large portion of the media are liberal, and Obama still can not get an even deal in the media. White media has so much covered or not so covered up racisim towards Obama, they do not care that McCain will be another Bush and that Palin is just a mess. The economy is so bad that the tax payers are bailing out people that should be put in prison for life! This mess on Wall Street did not happen over night. How long did it take for this company to get 700B up side down? PEOPLE SHOULD BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE. The liberal media should start holding the GOP accountable for this wreckless behavior Wall Street has been getting away with under their watch. Liberal media would rather keep feeding hatred and racism into the ego of society all for ratings and what ever sick reasons people who think like that have. REGISTAR AND VOTE EARLY! GO OBAMA!!!!!08 AND 2012.

Is the McCain campaign trying to look like a bunch of gangsters? No questions for the VP selection, no questioning its employees faulty connections, and all the while making false allegations toward its opponent. I think we see clearly how they would run this country: like a bunch of thugs.

The New York Times is a shameful propaganda newpaper that ought to be shut down. They are a far left fringe liberal group hell bent of seeing Obama elected. This newspaper is dangerous to society and a threat to freedon of political thought and expression. It should lose its first amendment rights unless it comes clean and discloses how many hundreds of thousands of dollars it has raised for Obama secretly.

Voters should read the paper for what it is - An ongoing continuing democratic advertisement.

In other words, "HOW DARE THEY TELL THE TRUTH!!!!

Thou shall know the truth and the truth shalt keep thee free!

So...let's see. Is the McCain crowd denying that Davis took money from Fanny Mae and Freddie Mac to lobby against reform and or restrictions?

It's an established fact that he indeed did.

The McCain make the lying Bush crowd look like.....wait a minute...they are the same people.

McCain and Palin...they belong together. They are pathetic liars!!!

How can we expect the media not to be biais when the canidates put out lies. Do they expect the media to just repeat their lies?

I am going to vote for Obama but I have had it with politicans. They are a lying group of money hungry bottom suckers.

Some how we have got to bring honesty back into our election process.

Please. McCain's campaign/uber lobbyist, Rick Davis, got caught in another bold-faced LIE.

Thanks, but no thanks!

The McCain campaign:
YOU can't handle the truth!

Starting to get annoyed here – identical posts on mutliple articles. Are y'all using bots or just cutting and pasting? And where is the moderator? many of these early posts are clearly "off-topic".

To A Voice in VA: why would we want to hear anything Glen Beck has to say? That would be like saying Rush Limbaugh talks accurately about stuff!

The republicans screwed up, period. And now they are trying to blame this financial crisis on the democrats? For 8 years, Bush (a republican) has been the president. And even if some freaky republicans want to say otherwise, the democrats have only held a majority (very narrow) in Congress since 2006.

Anyone without their Obama-blinders on cansee that this story is true and has been for a long time. Just remember the way the media treated Hillry differently than Obama.

Seems to me that any "mission to destroy" Satah Palin is coming not from the media or from the Obama supporters, but from the John McCain campaign or the Republican party. By not allowing her to speak to or be questioned by the media on behalf ot the American people, her image will continue to diminish. If she can't speak to us or answer our questions, then we can't vote for her - simple enough!

So if the facts are correct – attack the source.

Tell us the article is wrong and provide proof, or apologize, change your ways, and move on.

The real problem for the McCain campaign: the truth is stacked against them – not the pundits.

Senator Barack Obama – better candidate, better ideas, better vision for America. McCain has an image (patriotic/maverick/POW), spin, lies, and a truly reckless VP selection.

McCain needs to be real careful about picking fights with people who buy ink by the barrel, paper by the ton and video tape or DVR memory sticks or whatever CNN et al use now.

BTW - Fix News is not exactly the most "Fair and Balanced" news organization either.

Sorry McSame, but Newsweek and other reputable sources have already confirmed the Times reporting as accurate. You've lied to America yet again, and this time your lie is such a bold-faced whopper that you can't simply talk your way out of it with more lies of the same.

Excerpt from Newsweek: "Davis himself approached Freddie Mac in 2006 and asked for a new consulting arrangement that would allow his firm to continue to be paid. The arrangement was approved by Hollis McLoughlin, Freddie Mac's vice president for external relations."

Quote: David Donnelly, director of the watchdog group Campaign Money Watch noted: "John McCain's campaign manager and Freddie Mac essentially had a secret half a million dollar lay-a-way plan. For almost three years, they made secret, monthly payments of $15,000 to Rick Davis for apparently no other work than for him to provide special access to a future McCain White House in exchange. If McCain knew about this, his presidential campaign should be over. If he didn't know about it, he ought to fire Rick Davis immediately."

And that is why McCain-Palin campaign flocks to that castle of journalistic neutrality and supreme reporting objectivity -FAUX NEWS!

Always follow the money......Computer systems and the ability to query data has been made so easy that this type of back and forth is idiotic.

This will give McCain a chance to flip-flop once again, when it's found out that this guy maybe didn't get it directly but his firm did because of his ties to Sen. McCain.....I'm just saying. Sort of like the 20+ million dollar road to nowhere. It's there but it's not really there.

Stay on there backs and make them "squeel like a pig"

"Seek and ye shall find"

Seriously... STOP ACTING LIKE CRYING LITTLE BABIES. This is a campaign for big boys. The Times is calling you out on your LIES and you call them an Obama advocacy organization...? Please. Grow up and start running a respectful campaign or else you are going to be losers before you know it.

They sound frustrated- perhaps they've seen the latest poll numbers

i guess we need somebody to balance fox news. actually, no amount of left leaning of the media will counter the head exploding, right wing talk shows & radio because they are so right wing.
it's crazy that even cnn has brought that nutcase glenn beck to address a market segment.

@NYT is a rag Why aren't they reporting about Obama himself being on the take from Fannie and Freddie!
Obama recieved the 2nd highest donation from Fannie and Freddie why do you think that is, nooo they weren't expecting any favors, of course not .
Same with Rezco he bought the property next to Obama because Obama couldn't afford it and then turned around and sold it to Obama for half the price he bought it for.

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It is sad that as long as this story has been out you still don't know the facts. First of all if you've ever contributed to a campaign you would know that you have to list your employer on the form. Corporations are not allowed to donate to campaigns, however individual company employees (regular workers) can donate to anyone they want. Secondly, Obama didn't pay half the price for the land he only purchased 1/6 of the lost so he paid 1/6 the cost of the total property. This story has been ran in every newspaper, news organization and even Fox's Oreilly show! With all the facts out there why continue to be ignorant on the facts.

These McCain freaks seriously wish that America was North Korea. They behave almost as if it was and they were Little Kim himself!!! Accusing newspapers of being biast when they themselves run a completely GOP based news outlet themselves (FOX NEWS, or as I like to call it: "BUSH ADMINISTRATION & GOP TALKING POINTS")!!! First of all, the New York Times is not an advocate of Obama. The McCain camp is rotted with so many lies and cons that every sinlge news orginization on the entire planet could be considered an Obama advocate, if the only qualifications for being so is running a story about one of McCains scandals.

LIBERALS ARE THE ONES WHO ENDED SLAVERY, GOT WOMEN THE RIGHT TO VOTE, PUBLISH , ETC.

LIBERAL IS A GOOD WORD, IT MEANS TO BE PROGRESSIVE.....
THANK YOU FOR CALLING ME A GOOD NAME.....

RIGID STUCK IGNORANT THAT IS WHAT IS OPPOSITE AND IT PROVES TO FIT THE LABEL....
HATERS, WHY SO MUCH OF IT///// SEARCH YOUR SOUL

THE WHOLE WORLD CAN'T BE WRONG, MCCAIN. MAYBE IT'S YOU!

The clain about the NYT is true. Obama has former Freddie/Fannie Exec's working for him. The NYT should be reporting the court case against Joe Bidens Brother and Son for wire and mail fraud in the NY Supreme Court.

McCain: "hmmmmmm... did I mention I was a POW? I can talk about that the rest of the campaign"

"a Communications major minor in Journalism" who can't spell Cronkite correctly?

How many schools did you go through before you graduated, "Mary?"

Say, around 5, maybe?

McCain's campaign to be President has been full of lies. From his VP nominee to his campaign manager! Bush lied to the American people and got the nation into Iraq war, that has ruined the economy. This nation cannot afford to be lied to again.

This is typical of the Republicans – let’s now cry foul of favoritism being given to the Democrats. Here we go again with another smoke screen attempt to distract Americans from the real issues affecting us at home. John McCain has no plan to help Americans and neither does his facade of a running mate, Sarah Palin. The only way they feel they can win this election is to claim that there is a bias in favor of Obama in hopes to steal votes away from him.

There is a new political model in America, John, it’s voting for the candidate who has the pulse of the people and real concern for issues that affect good hard working Americans in this country!

If he's dumb enough to leave a paper trail then he deserves to be caught! Everytime things don't go the Republican's way they blame it on "partisan organization"! Can't the NYT just be a newspaper seeking the truth?!

Fox news is a conservative machine. That can not be argued. They have single handedly erased any sense of modern journalism in America.
So they make up stories and challenge anyone who holds a different opinion... or god forbid... anyone who is brave enough to investigate on their own. They get called "liberals"... as if that's a bad thing.

Papers like the NYT are about the only reputable news organizations around.

The American people need to wake up to the real war that has been waged against them in the past 8 years.

The War on Intelligence.
The War on Science.
The War on the Media.
The War on Individuality.
The War on American Freedoms.

Wake up, people... we have been had.

How can a normal human being with a reason and common sense support McSame with all these lies, coverups and controversies.
I will be ashamed now if I was a Republican.

The Republicans choose to walk down a dangerous road; to call any paper or news organization "liberal" whenever they criticize you on an issue is obscure at least, this shouldn't be something a political campaign cannot deal with, e.g. by offering answers to those criticisms. Denying any criticism by calling it off as liberal enables you to do whatever you want. I think this behaviour explains the unusual ugliness of McCain's campaign this year, but it is downright dangerous – I think all the news organizations have an even greater duty to keep a close eye on this.

»McCain/Palin 08=Presidential DREAM TICKET!... Yes.

I mean BRAIN – wow, see how silly we can be in our heated defenses....
we should really come together as a country because we are getting so screwed by big business it is not funny. now we bail them out!!!

DIVIDED we FALL. we must be UNITED and stand against washington corruption. we need so much reform it is not funny. down to the amount of money both candidates are spending .. = cap it.....over with these crazy presidential catfights. real issues next time ,, not the fun fun – entertainment of it the millions that could go to good things....

and really lobbyists running your campaign, it is foolish to vote for McCain. REALLY FOOLISH>>>>>> OPEN YOUR MIND!!!

That's because McC keeps feeding them (NYT) with good stories! Look at the latest! McCain is the biggest advocacy org for Obama.

So the Repubs label the NY Times a 'Failing Business', then under a McBush Dictatorships rules. The CEO of the times can be fired or imprisoned by the Government of "America First'. Watch out Free Press !

Just because the blunders of you and your party are being covered by the media does not mean that they are against you. I know journalists. I speak to them and email them on their articles and reports, and I have never come across an individual journalist who attempted to be biased. Each one of them expressed or implied a strong desire for themselves and their work to appear to be unbiased.
You control what the media says about you. They are only going to report what they see and hear. If the Obama campaign looks and sounds good, that is what they are going to report. If your campaign spews lies and smears with no plan or actual substance, THAT IS WHAT THE MEDIA IS GOING TO REPORT.
The McCain campaign has gone from the "Straight Talk Express" to the No Talk Express. Honestly, what kind of national politcal campaign refuses to talk to the press? If I were a member of the press, I WOULD CRUCIFY YOU in my reports. (that makes me biase and that is why I don't report the news)
I don't like the rethugs they have screwed the nation.

VOTE FOR DEMOCRATS

palin chose to run, that gave the press the right to learn all about her life, she hides like a scared chicken, cnn can't destroy palin, she's destroying herself.

CNN please investigate the agreement on Iraq withdrawal.

This is BS and everyone but the Republican campaign for McCain know it.

Bunch of whiners when they don't get their way, aren't they?

I can't believe all of the Republicans in this country who keep burying their heads in the sand and they continue to believe all the lies that the McShame camp keeps telling...................His whole campaigne is based on distorted truths and loaded with fraud....Hooray to the NYT and Newsweek for bringing this information out in the open..........McShame is a timebomb waiting to EXPLODE........we need change not more of the same

Vote Obama/Biden on November 4, 2008

Wasp Member – Great Idea! But you need to ask them why they are not investigating Obama since he is the one who was pressing the Iraqis to push out the timeline so he could get credit for bringing the troops home after he won the election.

Conceit with deceit...

Voting for OBAMA is like playing the lotto – you will NEVER win with him in office......

WAKE UP DEMOCRATICS – OBAMA IS EVIL-EVIL-EVIL-EVIL-EVIL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Attacking the New York Times is a sign of how desperate the McPain campaign has become.

You can fool some of the people all of the time, you can fool all of the people some of the time, but you cannot fool all of the people all of the time. Abraham Lincoln said that and he knew a little something about politics and life and honesty and truth and integrity. And he truly put Country first. McCain/Palin are a disgrace to the legacy of the Republican Party.

Bill S190 in the Senate in 2005, noted that this is not reported in the major news, I suggest it be researched a little to see who's really in bed in Fannie and Freddie.

Cry me a river!

Both sides have some people that did benefit or are still benefiting from mortgage companies. Good grief, Obama's point man for his VP search had to step down because of his connections with Countrywide (if you really believe he stepped down....yeah right...wink wink!). Thes people are all connected to the money. If you think otherwise, then you're getting jobbed. The two-party system is a sham.

Glad to see so many Republicans on here still adhering to the Gipper's wisdom, "facts are stupid things." Of course, that's how we got into the Iraq mess and the current Wall St. debacle, because the GOP thumbed its nose at "the reality-based community" and decided reality was whatever it wanted it to be.

If the NYT is such a propaganda organization, then why has the McCain campaign repeatedly cited it in its political attacks? And whom did the Times endorse in the GOP primary? Wait for it...John McCain.

Now that the house of cards and web of lies are simultaneously coming apart at the seams, all that's left is to attack the messenger. Let's not forget folks, that it was McCain who attacked Obama for supposedly having ties to a former Fannie Mae exec who turns out not to have been an Obama adviser (oh, wait, maybe the Washington Post is in the tank, too). Then it turns out his own campaign manager and transition guru have been getting payoffs for years from the mortgage lenders? The McCain hypocrisy stinks as much as the mess on Wall St and people are starting to notice the stench!

WAAAAAAAAAA the NY TIMES doesn't like us. WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

THEY WERE IN CHARGE FOR 8 YEARS.

THEY DEREGULATED BANKING SO THEY CAN

* * DO EXACTLY WHAT THEY DID.

MCSENILE WANT TO GET RID OF THE REGS ON

HEALTH CARE. HE MAY DENI IT TODAY,

BUT WE HAVE HIM ON VIDEO. THIS IS A SHELL

GAME. THEY ROB THE BANKS. YOU PAY FOR IT.

DEREGULATING IT MADE IT LEGAL.

Obama is a socialist...

The only thing "in the tank" is what's left of the Palin/McCain campaign's chances.

Oh, and somebody said Faux News was the most impartial? Puhleeeze.

Gee, if the press were such biased people, why did John McCain call the press "his base"? Why didn't he kick them off the Straight Talk Express years ago when he saw that they didn't put "country first."

Seems to me, McCain was loving it when the press thought he could do no wrong. Now that they've begun to open their eyes, he's ready to throw them under the Straight Talk Express.

McCain Aide:

WAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!

WAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!

Awwww, poor baby..........

This is for the Idiots who keep asking why isn't it being reported about Obama taking money from Frannie and Freddie, because if they did they would have to explain that the money he got from frannie And Freddie came in the form of campaign contributions for its employees. you know working people like us. Then they also would have to explain that Mccain actually took more from Fannie and Freddie. only difference is that the money he recieved came from the shareholders, Board of Directors and the Lobbyist. So yeah they could report that it they chose too but it would hurt McCain more than Obama

Mccain is supported by former lobbyist and they are former but do you really believe they would want to change something that made them very rich? The only thing Mccain is going to shake up is more money out of our pockets because were already upside down in this economy. Do you really believe they had a change of heart to better us. Think about it Mcaain could have put up a diverse team of experts, yet he chose his senior staff with seven seasoned( and i'll be fair) former lobbyist. 1,2, maybe 3 but 7!!! C'mon who is he fooling. All they do is try to smooth talk legislation and it was never to benefit the american people. All they talk about is Obama. I'm independent leaning OBama because Mccain says nothing concrete Palin says nothing because she's on lock down. I never met a candidate who didn't speak to press with infrequency. I don't know her. I think's not liking what the republicans look like now. So chaulk up one and maybe two more O&B.

How Rovian of a response.

"Why aren't they reporting about Obama himself being on the take from Fannie and Freddie!"

Can we be serious here? The support Obama received was from rank and file employees of Fannie and Freddie; it was McCain that took the big contributions from Fannie and Freddie management, the ones who were in actual control of the daily skullduggery.

A very transparent example of the "You're one too" defense the McCain campaign trots out when they get caught with their hands in the cookie jar.

Rick Davis = Washington Scumbag: How stupid does this guy think we are?? 40+ days and counting until the McCain campaign wakes up and realizes we're not that stupid at all. McCain, Palin, Davis, Black – the whole slimy entourage that is the Republican ticket just totally disgusts me...

They will not win on November 4 – forget these polls, Democrats are going to win and send the Bush, Cheney, Rove legacy right out of Washington.

Shame on John McCain – he sold his soul to the devil.

MC CAIN HAS BECOME A DISHONORABLE MAN !! OBAMA/BIDEN2008

The reason McCain is always pounding something – a lecturn, podium or the iar – is because fisting hides his dirt encrusted hands from lobbyist money or shaking their hands, and dirty nails from pawing and digging through the dirt. What a maverick hahaha words are supposed to have meaning.....as Bush buddies Karzai et.al. tried to explain to Palin

Rick, I noticed you are not denying that your firm received the $15,000 a month. Since Freddie Mac was just being generous and your firm was not performing services on their behalf will you be giving the funds back? I can provide my address if you need someone to take it off your hands!

The problem THE BUSH AMDINISTRATION did nothing about it...Who cares if they warned for 20 yrs...THEY DID NOTHING

Rick Davis is another one of McCreep's LIARS!!

Stay as far away as you can, dear Americans, from this McCain mess...IT SMELLS BAD!!

»The GREAT man John McCain will WIN,of course. And the WONDERFUL Sarah Palin will be our next Vice-President. YES.

And yes,

Before you 250,000 a year elitists start condemning the Times, check Fox News... it's McCain-Fox News.

And didn't a recent reporter refer to Obama as a thug because he gave his wife a "pound" fist bump?

I guess it sucks being on the receiving end, The Obama campaign has been there for over a year.

Welcome to the club GOP. I know you're not used to it.

The NYT and Huffington Post are liberal rags and have put out false information before on McCAin himself never mind an advisor. I wouldn't put a grain of salt into what they have in print.

Investigations! Investigations! Investigations!

So much to investigate these days, including the Joe Leiberman's playing John McCain's sidekick with the aim of translating a McCain victory into a continuing military presence in Iraq. Now that's scary!!

ALL YOU PEOPLE FOR MCCAIN AND HIS LYING SIDEKICK NEED TO BE ON FOX.COM NOT CNN WE HAVE THE SENSE AND THE JUDGEMENT THAT GOD GAVE US...............

OBAMA 08

You guys have no clue what you are about to do trying to vote for McCain! I am an Obama supporter but I will rather vote for 8 more years of Bush than vote McCain in. Are fellow Americans crazy? The difference between Bush and McCain is that John thinks he knows it all and is insane. Bush as a cowboy will shoot first and ask questions later to his advisers, McCain will shoot first and ask "Why are Americans asking me why I shot, I shot because I shot end of story". Look at McCain's track history of saying crazy things and then back-tracking and imagine if it was war because you don't get second chances to back-track and backtracking isn't McCain MO when he feels he has all the POWER.

Please HELP! Please HELP! If we ever elect McCain the republican party will no longer exist or have the guts to talk about winning the Presidency for the next 50 years and they know it and rightly don't trust McCain.

Lobbyists will run McCain's office if he elected and this will be a huge misstake not only for us but for our children and our grandchildren. I know I cannot be responsible for picking McCain as president and being responsible for messing up my children and grandchildren's future.

The only thing that matters is whether the allegation is true. The McCain camp should stop with the constant spin. It is becoming monotonous and it is unbecoming of a presidential candidate. John McCain, the maverick, where have you gone?

McCain's campaign now is saying that Sarah's investigation is "CONFIDENTIAL"- Yeah of course, we're not surprised - His choice of Sarah only shows us one thing about Mccain, complete lack of JUDGEMENT!!!!

AND WHAT WOULD YOU CALL...........FAUX (FOX) NEWS???????????

HANNITY,RUSH, SAVAGE, REAGAN, OREILLY........ ETC., ALL MOUTH-PIECES FOR THE REPUBLICANS!

OUR NATION IS RISING UP AND SHOUTING .......ENOUGH!

ENOUGH TO THE POLITICS OF HATE-FEAR-WAR- MONGERING!

WE KNOW WHO THE REPUBLICANS ARE NOW AND WE WILL NOT BE FOOLED AGAIN!

Ok I will conscede the point that the NYTimes does lean liberal and is not always objective. However. the story is still TRUE!!! and as far as Obama I get the NYTimes at home. and they reported plenty on Rev Wright. However when it comes to Ayers and Acorn their really isn't much there. And Alan comes made a very good point last night on Fox (Fix)News He said that some high profile Republicans who support McCain were on the same committee that everyone uses to link Obama to Ayers... so does that make McCain a radical. Come on people stop with the silly. I think that the NY TIMEs actually dropped the ball for McCain during the Rev. Wright stuff because they did very little reported on McCain's Pastor Problems.

NOAH.................

Get a life dude. This has NO RELATIONSHIP to the SILLY UNIMPORTANT TRIVIA you are throwing at Obama. WE ARE GOING BANKRUPT because of your party !!!! The good ride is over my friend...the time has come to pay the piper........AND THERE IS NO MONEY !!!! Is that REV. Wright's faulty ??? Those are not issues now nor will they secure your job or home. Think as American ...

Its funny how we ran a soap opera about Obama, his family and everyone who knew him. And no one is even allowed to do any investigation of McCain/ Palin without it being some "liberal" conspiracy...you can say what you want, but truth is truth...let it all come out.. Fox all but called Mrs. Obama "a baby moma" and that was ok, but you say something about that "palin" woman and its sexist. GUESS what this is politics, let the broad hold her own...let mccain be investigated...let them all be investigated..but dont start calling names because your candidate LIED and now is being called on it... Let us decide which lies or whatever matter. But you know what AMERICA I hope you can see your true selves.. this election is not about democrats vs republican...this election is about "change" vs. the same... and the undertone of that statement is the key...

Guess what we are a nation of immagrants, which mean you pure folks..aint pure...that means in order to survive in this nation we all have to live together no one race above the other. Everybody work hard for what they want...CAN you conservatives...conservators...keep things as thet are folks handle that? Can you handle that people dont give a care no more about what people look like all they want is to live...AND WHATs so funny is that everybody see that it isnt a select few that the government will screw over...its you too...anyone to make money...SO you live with that....

If the Republican don't have anything to hide and is true to their words, then why are they defending everyone instead of making sure everything that the news say is true. The Repbulican have a lot to explain to the country on two key issues: 1) Sarah Palin 2) Why it is okay to put out false ads and then wait for Obama to speak on issues and they craft what he says to look like the Republicans are on target. That is so childlish and if they keep doing this then like yesterday McCain will not be able to back up is talk. This pledgarizm from the McCain camp.

I guess the NY TIMES is too intellectual, too many smart people work for them, so elitist to have a brian.

Mommy, why do Republicans hate facts so much?

I used to respect John McCain, but he and his campaign have become a bunch of snivelling whiners. What a shame!

The GOP is crying like a bunch of babies! After 8 years of madness, America, including the New York Times is just fed up with the Republicans and their thuggish tactics. We have had enough!

END THE DRAMA, VOTE OBAMA!

All news media have now confirmed this news. Mc cain= Dick cheney+Bush.

Palin=Cheney +Rove

Davis=Rove
........

McCain campaign = Crooks. PERIOD.

Such HYPOCRITS! Everyday is another lie and/or deception coming from the McCain Campaign and we want FOUR more years of this?

joe

A sure sign of nervous desperation – lashing out at the press. Grow up boys (and girls)!

What are you McCainanites all idiots?

Ayers, Wright, etc? Ummmmm the Times and many other periodicals already investigated and printed months ago.

Get your facts straight gentlemen. Hoprefully, some of you are writing McCains debate answers. HA!

Obama 08

I was hoping by now the , "Gray Lady" would be a Spanish only publication.

I don't rely on the NYT anymore than I rely on cable news for information. They are all biased. I listen to local news casts since they do not editorialize. They report the news and let me decide how I feel. I read CNN.com since I don'e have to hear the arguing from the panels they have on TV. Everyone wants the last say so you can't hear anyone. I think all media is leaning liberal this year – just hope they can live with what they get.

You guys defending McCain are really dense.... What about Keating 5? doesn't this tell you anything
WHY on earth would you want him and a woman who knows nothing about international politics in the white houe? are you masochistic?

This whole Ayers Rezco thing has been played and overplayed, the swiftboaters are texas billionaires, don't you see why they do not want "business as usual" to change, they will not make their huge huge absolutely ridiculous amounts of money.

You guys supported Bush and the war and now look.
you want to say Barak Obama is arab , a white hater, it is so silly.
look at Palin and her church she thinks the world will end and Alaska is the chosen place for the saved....what is that about? I do not want her anywhere near the white house and decisions about war and the world.

Please adjust yourself and stubborn position and realize we have the chance to have (FINALLY) a good president who is the only one who can clean up 8 years of a mess of lies.

PLEASE VOTE SMART>>

Time and again McCain has shown POOR JUDGEMENT. Be it selecting people for his campaign team or calling for invasion of Iraq or calling for De-Regulation in the financial industry, McCain has shown poor judgement.
McCain boasts about his foreign policy experience, but, recently he had confused Shia-Sunni and Iran-AlQaida equations in a speech during his last visit (photo op) to MiddleEast.
If after US Army being 7 years in Iraq and McCain being 26 years in Washington does not understand this basic equations in the MiddleEast, what kind of Judgement he will bring to the White House. For sure, it will be a DISASTER to have McCain in the White House.

Sorry, but Mary is sadlly mistaken if she thinks FOX news is fair. Only an anti-Obama person could possibly think this!

Davis needs a Rosetta Stone course in "Truth and Diplomacy"

Liars.. I can't believe McShame is still in this race.

John McCain: Government of the lobbyists, by the lobbyists, for the lobbyists... Shame on you! Who is the reformer now? Who is the "real" maverick now? Who is the elitist now? Shame on you...

@ NOAH...

OBAMA STILL WON THE PRIMARIES AFTER THE WRIGHT, AYERS, REZCO NEWS...THIS IS OLD NEWS...YOU PEOPLE HAVE TO KEEP BRINGING UP THIS OLD NEWS CAUSE YOU GOT NOTHING ELSE AGAINST OBAMA....IT'S NOT GONNA TO WORK THIS TIME OR DID IT STOP OBAMA FROM BECOMING THE NOMINEE....SO PLEASE LET IT GO.....DON'T BE A HATER BECAUSE THERE IS NOTHING ELSE YOU PEOPLE GOT AGAINST OBAMA.....BUT MCCAIN & PALIN...NOW THEY HAVE DINOSAUR BONES IN THEIR CLOSETS....LOL

A Voice in VA September 24th, 2008 10:58 am ET

TOO LATE, AND AGAIN THIS MORNING I WAS PRAYING BUSH BE IMPEACHED.

what is the difference between investigating this allegation as opposed to investigating everyone Obama has ever spoken to in his lifetime?

ENOUGH

No more of this garbage.

OBAMA-BIDEN 2008

SHOCK: FREDDIE MAC PAID MCCAIN CAMPAIGN MANAGER'S FIRM THROUGH LAST MONTH!

Rick Davis was on Fannie's payroll until just a month ago! McCain lied about it and so did this little weasel Rick Davis.

Sorry, McCain camp, but you can't blame the media for the mess you put yourselves in.

I note that the McCain campaign's comments very carefully avoid the claim that the Times report is factually inaccurate. They impugn the Times' objectivity, yet refrain from accusing them of falsifying the facts of the report. They attack the press without actually defending Davis.

Curious how they're not exactly denying anything about Davis, isn't it?

Here's an idea for the McCain camp: Stop lying, and then the Times will stop reporting that you're lying. It's really simple.

OBAMA-BIDEN '08

oh BOO HOO... and Fox news is an arm of the GOP.... big deal

And Fox News is an advocacy group for the Right. Take a look at news organizations in other countries, there are always left leaning and right leaning outlets. There is no such thing as "objective" journalism anywhere.

Obama is not whining about the slanted Fox coverage. McCain should stop being a little cry baby and take what the Leftist media has to say about him.

I think that it is time for the American people to SUE for journalistic MALPRACTICE against companies like;

Time
MSNBC
NBC
CNN
ABC
CBS

because they are all in the tank for Obama. Just look at how he is being covered / not covered. and when.

I know now why I watch FOX news 95% of the time

The GOP Strategy is nothing new: Bash the media as much as possilbe in hopes they will back off on uncovering the truth. George Bush I and II did it, Ronald Reagan did it. Blame it all on the media so when the media digs up facts about you or uncovers your scandalous activities you can call them names and hope the American people will fall for it.

They have done it every election cycle for the last 3 decades. When are people going to finally wake up?

Someone please give this man a pacifier.

He sounds like a colicky baby, sans binky. The whole McCain camp is fast becoming a campaign of whiners- What happened to the cowboy war hero tough guy?

Gotcha Davis!

CNN WHY ARE YOU NOT REPORTING THAT McCAIN'S CAMPAIGN MANAGER WAS TAKING 15 GRAND A MONTH FROM FREDDIE MAC AND FANNY MAY UP UNTIL LAST MONTH! ALL THE WHILE McCAIN WAS SAYING HE WAS NOT. LIAR! CNN DO YOUR JOB! PRETEND IT WAS OBAMA CAUGHT IN THIS HUGE SCANDAL AND REPORT IT! McCAIN TELLS SO MANY LIES BECAUSE KNOWS THE MEDIA WILL GLOSS OVER THEM AND INSTEAD TALK ABOUT SARAH PALIN'S POPULARITY. I CAN'T WAIT TIL THIS ELECTION IS OVER SO I CAN STOP WATCHING CABLE NEWS FOREVER!

if people don't understand EVEN AT THIS POINT that the republicans are not out to help you, then there is really no point for them to read articles in the new york times. if folks are still sticking to the republican ticket, as it's CLEAR that the republican platform is to help only the top 5% of this nation, then no article will ever sway that voter to another candidate. this is just complaining on the part of a terrible campaign's staffer. the nytimes is writing the truth, which is uglier than mccain's 72 yr old rear end. mccain has supported deregulation for DECADES. that's what we're seeing today. the result of failed republican policy to enhance deregulation and stuffing the wallets of the top 5% with golden parachutes. wake up america. vote obama.

It has come to this? I can not believe how low McCain and his advisers will go. They are airing an ad in Colorado every few minutes which alleges Obama was responsible via his connections for the Fannie Mae/ Freddie Mac debacle despite several of the connections alleged being disproved. Now that the New York Times has uncovered a real McCain connection and McCain's team is alleging the New York Times is a working to undermine McCain. Please, McCain can do that all by himself!

Well, thank goodness Rick Davis is not running for president! And thank goodness the mighty Democratic Congress, in power for the past two years. One of these two needs more attention in determining who really is responsible for getting us into this mess, and my money is on our present Congress. Remember voters, Bush didn't do all this damage by himself. Now is no time for inexperience.

It sounds like the McCain campaign is trying desperately to find an ideological niche since the Republican Party is failing.

The NYT is a newspaper...either you believe them or you don't...The National Enquirer was not considered credible but they broke the story about John Edwards and that turned out to be true!!

Just because you don't like the messenger doesn't mean they are lying on you..Rick Davis is an idiot and is mad because he and McCane are directly tied to lobbyists...funny he didn't dispute the DETAILS of the story....

What about Obama's financial advisor who once headed one of the fannie flunks?

shoot the messenger but don't dispute the charges.

laughable.

it's like i'm not getting that money! my brother is.

what a crock.

Hey CNN, why not grow a pair and actually report on the story instead of the coverage of the story?

to: voice in VA

Like I am really going to go to a commentary or evidence produced by Glenn Beck to prove that Bush is not to blame for this mess. He is not a credible source to base any information on. He's just another conservative commentator who gives his opinion on everything and I wouldn't take his word for anything any more than I would Sean Hannity. Get an objective source.

WHY HASN'T McCAIN ADDRESSED THIS ISSUE DIRECTLY! LET'S HEAR DIRECTLY FROM McCAIN AND FROM RICK DAVIS!

WE HEARD YESTERDAY THAT McCAIN WOULD ONLY MEET WITH COMMUNICATIONS COMPANIES WHO RETAINED AND PAID MONEY TO RICK DAVIS.

McCAIN AND RICK DAVIS CONSPIRED TO INFLUENCE PEDDLE! VERY SERIOUS ALLEGATIONS THAT McCAIN AND RICK DAVIS HAVE NOT DENIED. WHY NOT .... ARE THEY BEING INVESTIGATED, AS IS PALIN FOR USING GOVERNMENT POWERS FOR AN IMPROPER PURPOSE!

LET'S HEAR FROM JOHN McCAIN AND RICK DAVIS ABOUT THIS ARRANGEMENT! THEIR SILENCE IS DEAFENING!

I guess the Times "won't" be invited to the next Bar-b-que in Sedona, huh?

Looks like McCain's campaign needs a diaper change like the candidate himself. Good thing Palin on boord with all her diaper changing "experience".

Lots of complaining from the McCain camp ... but no denial about the factual information in the NY Times story.

Sounds like McCain's campaign is trying to change the conversation.

All you people bashing the NYTimes need to go actually read their articles. They're much more in-depth and better referenced than the vast majority of other newspapers. Most, but not all of it, is great journalism.

Rick Davis is just upset that reality has a liberal bias.

Noah, your ark (complete with all of your right friends and other reptiles) is sailing-be on it!

John McCain campaign manager Rick Davis skips lunch with reporters
By Lynn Sweet on September 24, 2008 8:59 AM | Permalink | Comments (7)
WASHINGTON–John McCain campaign manager Rick Davis–under the spotlight because of his work for mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac–is skipping a Wednesday lunch with reporters sponsored by the Christian Science Monitor.

On Tuesday, word came that McCain political director Mike DuHaime will substitute for Davis because he is "heading out on the trail" today.

Just goes to show that the ethics and morals values are coming home to roost for the McBush campaign. They started this nasty fight – now they must reap what has been sown.

When you can't denty the truth of the allegations, attack the messenger. It's a time-honored Republican tactic.

We won't get fooled again.

Now, this is really dumb.

We are talking about the New York Times, perhaps the most respected news organization in the Entire World.

Currently, the NYT is on the case of Charles Rangel – talk about biting the hand that feeds you!

Last time I looked, Charlie R. was the Dean of the New York delegation. A record in Congress of bringing home the bacon for New Yorkers that is second to none.

And he is black.

None of this is causing the NYT even a moment of lost sleep in their pursuit of "truth."

Do you REALLY think Obama is beyond reproach in their eyes? Go back and read a few older columns. And p.s., they endorsed Clinton over Obama in the New York primary.

Do you REALLY think McCain is a "victim" here?

Get Real!

And Obama has a former Freddy/Mac CEO on his capaign staff that help picked Joe Biden so what? Both sides has questionable staff advisors. We just don't need an Obama administration that may seek advice from the likes of William Ayers, Rev Wright, Oprah ect.

This is how the GOP works. They throw these allegations around about the "liberal media" to make them gun-shy about reporting on the negative GOP news. For example, last Friday, the Wall Street Journal derided McCain for his response to the economic crisis. This was a major story, but CBS evening news never mentioned it! This is due to the GOP crying about every negative, but true, story about republicans. Whenever the media starts showing some backbone, the GOP just tries to break it again.

The New York Times is doing the job all media/ap should
be doing. Thank goodness we can rely on at least one
newspaper to expose the truth, as Mccain gets a free
ride from most.
As long as cable, reporters, commentators remain in
Mccains camp we cannot expect fair and trustworthy
reporting.
Their problem is, we are not stupid and can see through
their bias.

Um, no, Rick... you're a crook and McCrypt's whole campaign is a crock of lies.

the NYT did not accuse Davis of lobbying just that the firm he owns has been receiving these payments. His firm receives this payment for future obligations due to his closeness to McCain. So it's a bit of a sleeper deal in that should McCain be successful Davis then would have his ear. It's still the old boys club the way of Washington and influence peddling which McCain is now defending quite forcefully. This is exactly the kind of politics Obama is running against and for good reason.

Palin/McCain are angry that they are being "called out on their lies". We the people have a right to know about each Rep/Dem that is running for the highest office.

So they should not throw a rock and hid their hands.

It sounds like McCain is trying desperately to find an ideological niche that it can defend since the Republican Party is failing.

How very Republican. Cover it up, lie about it, refuse to answer questions and subpoenas and if that doesn't work, just blame it all on somebody else. I can't for President Obama to start cleaning this crap up.

JUST- ANSWER – THE – QUESTION – RICK – DAVIS – ARE – YOU – STILL – A – PAID – LOBBYIST – OR – NOT!!

STOP – TRYING – TO – DEFLECT – AND – DISTRACT!!!

THAT – ONLY – WORKS – FOR – THE- GLENN – BECK – BOOT – LICKERS!!

Here's an idea, GOP. Stop walling off your campaign against everyone who casts any doubt on your actions and choices? How about being honest with us and show us the evidence to the contrary?

By declaring war with people who buy their ink by the barrell, all you're doing is accelerating your demise. Yes, there are the 27% of us who STILL say Bush is doing a good job – you can count on those few believing whatever you're selling 24/7. But the rest of the American people are smarter than that.

boo hoo, when behind lie or throw blame. typical

Grow up McCain. You guys are whining like little kids. You are suffering a mental recession. Nobody is picking on you. They are simply not buying into your propaganda anymore. Your word is no longer taken at face value.

Your credibility is poor, so everyone fact checks your claims. And they report the results. Camp McCain frequently makes misleading and false claims. Camp Obama is guilty, too. But, you guys are off the charts. Suck it up.

Typical RNC.

Instead of demonstrating with documented proof that the Times is wrong, they instead do what they always do... say that it is political.

Thanks for pointing out that the TImes is a liberal newspaper, we did not know that.

Now please provide evidence that what they said is incorrect.

You see, after the invasion of Iraq, Katrina, Gonzales, Palin, and now the absolute 100% blackout on allowing the public or press to even speak to you, we just don't believe that you are telling the truth.

You've consistently been caught lying, now prove it to us, the people who pay your salary, that they are wrong.

Peace.

" The truth will feel like it's hell" Don't shoot the messenger!

Obama/Biden '08

CNN, why don't you actually cover the story instead of the McCain camp's reaction to the story. This type of coverage is exactly why they react like this to damaging stories. Why is your coverage more concerned with printing phrases like 'explosive reaction', 'lashed out', or 'skewered' than with reporting the real stories and allow voters to decide based on the issues?

McCain is getting desperate!!! He is trying to pull the media's strings to make them dance for him only when he wants. He doesd these bogus photo ops for Palin but won't allow her to answer any questions. He used to be buddy-buddy with his press corps until they started doing their job and fact-checked his lies and looked into his ties. for all of his claims about the media not looking into Barack, he needs to revisit the media's coverage of Barack during the Democratic primaries. McCain's nomination was secured far earlier, so he did not recieve the intense vetting that he would have gotten if it had continued!

The Republican party is very good at labels- The Liberal Press- the liberal conspiracy, the gay agenda, Axis of Evil.
Most , not all media is controlled by very conservative men who are controlled by stockholders that tend to be convervative as well.
Republicans have managed to take the word Liberal and make it sound "dirtry". the fact is if you look at a dictionary the description is open minded, willing to consider new ideas.
Then look up conervative. It's a very different description. Oh no! Webster' is a liberal!

Funny how no one reports about the money
Obama has made from Fannie.

Not at all surprising though.

This story has now been verified by Newsweek as well. It has legs and the McCain campaign needs to come clean

Um, CNN, how about you report the actual news – that the Company Davis owns was receiving huge sums of money from Freddie Mac in order to provide access to McCain – instead of repeating the McCain campaign's shoot-the-messenger talking points.

Or are you afraid that scary John McCain might label you a "obama advocacy organization" too?

McCain invited anyone to look at Davis' relationship with Freddie Mac, and it turns out, surprise, Davis and McCain had been lying about it. AND they tried to pin the Freddie/Fannie meltdown on Obama, despite a complete absence of evidence in support of their accusations. Now they're shooting the messenger, because they don't like being called out for lying. If McCain becomes our president, God help us.

A voice in VA..

DID YOU REALLY JUST CITE "GLENN "MAY-AS-WELL-BE HANNITY" BECK ??

Oh suck it up McCain.. you have all the hate mongers on your side Haney, Limbaugh, Glenn Beck , Fox news so give it up. Just because the media calls you and Miss Muppet Palin out on your lies it makes you mad. We all know about you temper now don't we?

You don't win a paper's trust by accusing it of partisanship.. and McCain thinks it unfair of the paper to write negative stories towards him after he keeps slamming it?

And Fox news is "fair and balanced"

Distortions and lies will not win the election this time.

Obama – Biden 08

PAT F- The surge worked huh?? Have you been to Iraq lately????
Worked is a relative term and to be perfectly clear no it has not, not in the terms in which you view it- you know how they got violence down in Iraq? By the Sunni awakening... where Sunni extremists are now being paid by the USA to fight on our side!! So its not so much the surge as we just paid off the biggest point of turmoil in the country- and that is still only a bandaid on the issue.

Our men and women are still in Iraq- and still dying for no reason... so do not say that there is VICTORY or SUCCESS or anything has WORKED until the last soldier has left the Iraqi soil and returned home!!! Republicans are soooo for war but not for the consequences of that war!
And for the record- no matter what our soldiers will come back with HONOR... they fought a war that they shouldnt be fighting- but went anyway...that is TRUE HONOR... because here is a news flash there is no winning this war- its Vietnam take 2.
These countries will never be the democracies we try to force them to be! Do some history studies and learn some facts. Obama wants to spare more lives and John McCain doesn't care either way because he suffers from PTSD and wants to WIN WIN WIN- even when there is no definition to the word WIN!
Give me a break please... respect our fallen soldiers and end this war!!!!!!

McCain/Palin bought & paid for by big business. I'm sure now that Mr. Davis has been caught with his hands in the cookie jar he will step down, not holding by breath though. I hope the FBI investigates
Mr. Davis as well.
Republicans= The do as I say, not as I do party. On November 4th this voter will say thanks but no thanks to Mccain/Palin and their crew of liars.

Oh, because they tell the truth, is that what you dont' like. The New York Times is right. This man is a bum and we will not vote for his boss and Gidget in November.

Obama/Biden 08

This just enforces the Keating Five history of John McCain and his involvement with another economic/financial disaster, that he claims he didn't know anything about. This time the Straight Talk Express is getting derailed and coming off the tracks. The Straight Talk Express is starting to look more like the Midnight Express..Take-em all straight to prison!

This just adds to the fact that the McSame ticket is a total joke.

Not only does he have a totally unqualified, unprepared, and incompetent VP pick in Caribou Barbie, he also has a staff of idiots including Rick Davis, Tucker Bounds, and Carly Fiorina.

Misery loves company and this is a freakin' circus. Lying, misdirection, diversion, and phony issues are only some of their skills. They're a total joke and we can only hope that voters will see this by November 4th. Let's wake up from this nightmare.

Just say NO to Bush 44 and Caribou Barbie.

Go Obama/Biden!!!

NYT (or any news outlet for that matter including CNN) is not in tank for BxO?

puhleeze! LOOL!!

of course they are!

all "reporters" (journalist is too kind a word) should be ashamed of themselves. i'm sure none can look their journalism professors in the eyes because of their actions during the 2008 elections.

-gays4palin

The story has also been featured in other publications.
So what, the NYT is for Obama...what else is new?

I wonder if you are allowed to mention "Bill Ayers" at the NYT.

More crybaby lies from McLiar & Daily Scandal Palin's campaign. I've been watching politics for a number of years, and their campaign is by far the most scandalous. I'm a registered Republican by the way.

I MEAN REALLY STOP WHINING..................!@!!!!!!

LETS GET REAL PLEASE

That kind of talk probably fired up enough people to have an effect in the last eight years, but I think people are getting sick of it.

GOP-

COUNTRY FIRST!
COUNTRY FIRST!
COUNTR.......ooops...

vote for barack and joe '08

SORRY JOHNNY-

IT SHOULD BE CALLED THE 'NEW YORK TRUTH'

NOW LET'S TALK ABOUT THE HUNDREDS OF CONSERVATIVE PROPAGANDA MATERIALS FLOATING AROUND OUT THERE...

SHALL WE?

The fat lady is going to start belting out a sweet tune any day now. The crooked back room deals will continue to surface. Just wait for the troopergate report. These guys have been whelling and dealing for 8 years. I hope they go down in flames.

"Pat F September 24th, 2008 11:02 am ET

Is there anyone in this country so stupid as to believe that the NYT is objective? Probably – they are called "Democrats".

Just one example: The NYT spread the propaganda that Iraq was in the midst of "civil war", and now they don't have the guts to report the truth – THE SURGE WORKED!!!!!!!"

we go into a country, create a "revolution from the outside" ... causing chaos in a world where religion trumps secularism and democracy 24/7 ... and you think something is working..

the war is a neoconservative buisness deal and you are stupid not to see that.. stupid stupid stupid.. 4000+ lives lost so that some neocons could make some money.. how stupid are you.. btw.. neocons are in the buisness of nation-building.. still stupid?

Attcked the messenger but did NOT deny the facts!!!!!!!

Whoever posted as "A Voice in VA" should know that citing a Glenn Beck article defending the Bush administration is utterly pointless. Glenn Beck ranks up there with O'Reilly and Limbaugh when it comes to objectivity. They serve only the far-right extremists of the republican party.

****NEWYORK TIMES INVESTIGATES McCAIN SENIOR ADVISER.****

McCain has no explanation besides branding the reputable media organisation that once endorsed John McCain, as an "Obama Advocacy group". How sad!.

After all these years in Washington, John McCain must know that the Truth always comes out in the end. His Advisors Lobbied for Freddie and Fannie.

Vote for the Truth, Vote for Peace, Vote Prosperity, Vote for Real Change, Vote OBAMA.

So we're supposed to believe that the NY Times is the big bad bully picking on McSchmalin and company, the good little boys (and pit bulls) playing nice in the sandbox?

PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!

Poor Poor mccain you see mccain there is an old saying when you start spreading lies about people it forces the truth to come out about you! mccain campaign have really turned into a bunch of frauds and liars!!!

Every time McCain gets bad press they whine. The NYT has printed many stories, etc on Obama and the democrats. I guess the McCain camp want to use the news and press to bolster the VP pick and print things about her cuz she is so off limits, but when they actually print news that effects the voters they cry "unfair". If they aren't thick skinned enough for the NYT they'll never make it to the white house, cuz it's not an easy job being prez...and there will be more exposure coming out of washington than the NYT could ever print.

The Truth about McBush and Fannie Mae is finally going to come out. The unbelievable two faced Liar McBush will have to face his demons and stop blameing everyone else. He shies away from Bush like a leper when in truth it is McBush who brought us to this economic precipice. Bush actually tried to regulate Fannie Mae but McBush's Campaign Manager Rick Davis Lobbied succesfully against it and was paid twenty two million dollars in crooked Fannie to do it. You can lie to the voters but a Federal Investigation will be less naive and will not want to hear your war hero stories.

We have seen a constant slant in most major publications during this election. It is clear they can no longer be trusted to be impartial. Anyone who thinks otherwise is kidding him/herself. I was a Communications major minor in Journalism and can't believe how immature and reckless the press has become–a far cry from the Kronkite era. It is a sad day when Foxnews is the closest we can get to fair and balanced. : (

Sorry GOP -

Picking on the media won't work anymore ... we won't be distracted ...

Mrs. Palin his being shielded from the common man ... not even your hand picked attendees at these socalled "town meetings" can ask her so much as "what time is it?".

You can make the media the bad guys to excite the GOP base but to have any postive influence with truly independent voters will require unfettered access by the citizentry. Simply managing her image for the next 6 weeks won't be enough.

We also won't let you set the bar so low that all she has to do is show up at the debate.

Once again, McSame jumped the gun and made a so-called 'plan' for the bailout and tried to say he trumped Obama as he had no plan. Well it looks like no one in Congress has a plan nor does the SEC Paulson guy who just says..'give me the money'. Whattt???!!! Please vote for McSame so you can have more cowboy politics like this, he is a disgrace to his chosen career. But vote him in you will do.

If they are an advocate for Obama it could be because is the better candidate. Unlike Fox News who has been campaigning and covering up lies for McCain from the beginning.

Obama/Biden 08

media reporting about the other media?

CNN tell us the news!

Sorry McSame, but Newsweek and other reputable sources have already confirmed the Times reporting as accurate. You've lied to America yet again, and this time your lie is such a bold-faced whopper that you can't simply talk your way out of it with more lies of the same.

Excerpt from Newsweek: "Davis himself approached Freddie Mac in 2006 and asked for a new consulting arrangement that would allow his firm to continue to be paid. The arrangement was approved by Hollis McLoughlin, Freddie Mac's vice president for external relations."

Quote: David Donnelly, director of the watchdog group Campaign Money Watch noted: "John McCain's campaign manager and Freddie Mac essentially had a secret half a million dollar lay-a-way plan. For almost three years, they made secret, monthly payments of $15,000 to Rick Davis for apparently no other work than for him to provide special access to a future McCain White House in exchange. If McCain knew about this, his presidential campaign should be over. If he didn't know about it, he ought to fire Rick Davis immediately."

This paper is Obama's tools. They have an army of cheap thugs writing anything at all that makes Obama looks good! paper Do I waste my money to buy their paper? Hell No! The Internet era will soon replace the biased papers like The New York Times!

Why aren't they reporting about Obama himself being on the take from Fannie and Freddie!
Obama recieved the 2nd highest donation from Fannie and Freddie why do you think that is, nooo they weren't expecting any favors, of course not .
Same with Rezco he bought the property next to Obama because Obama couldn't afford it and then turned around and sold it to Obama for half the price he bought it for. of course Rezco wasn't expecting any favors either.
FACE IT OBAMA IS LIKE EVERY OTHER POLITICIAN!!

New York Times investigates senior McCain advisor...now that's funny!

Hot-heads! A clear example of the kind of people working with McCain and a reflection of McCain. He is hot-headed and his staff is hot-headed including Palin.

Basically anybody who is against McCain is an "Obama advocacy organization".

It's clear what they're trying to do, they're casting New York and anything in it or from it as something dark and scary for the voters in Middle America. The truth is that the NYT has actually been critical of both campaigns, but the McCain campaign has done more to criticize.

If somebody steals 20 bucks and somebody else steals 20,000 bucks, it's not media bias to say that the second guy stole more then the first.

How can they defend McCain with a straight face? McCain lied and his campaign manager was taking money from Freddie Mac. IT'S AS SIMPLE AS THAT!!

McStupid has always had this DRAMA with his campaign.
Getting sick of him and his side kick.

I notice they failed to deny the content of the story. I never read that he lobbied for FM and FM he just was working on a retainer. Although he is not currently drawing income from the firm (sic). We all know how that denyability works by now after the Chaney / Halburton divorce.

Obama '08

CHECK YOUR VOTER REGISTRATION CARDS !! mine came in with name mis spelled !! that could have prevented me from even getting to vote ! cards MUST match your iD"S this year..will be more voter denial, fraud than ever nefore..
CHECK YOUR CARDS...

A Voice in VA:

GLENN BECK?!?! yeah, that's "Fair and Balanced"

Do your research, GB is a right wing, Lipstick Limbaugh wannabe.

Clearly the Times should get permission from the McCain camp before the investigate stories about him. Don't they know that's how journalism works these days?

FOX NEWS: A McCain Advocacy Organization

See my point?

Life is a two way street and it goes both ways...

Veterans for Obama

the liberal media is out of control... if you want REAL news from OBJECTIVE sources then turn on sean hannity or rush limbaugh. or better yet, just go straight to the mccain campaign.

You tell'm McCain! To hell with all those soul-less twerps that force you to acknowledge reality! They're going to lose the election for you! Imagine how pathetic it would be to let something as petty as freedom of the press prevent you from obtaining the highest office in the country. You're what's right for the country, and the Times, washington post, or Wall street journal should just keep their smearing noses out of this. Go report on weather or sports or some school-teacher molester like nancy grace does you meddling journalists!! that's what real americans are really concerned about anyway! so shut your mouths, and let me do what i want!

What a cry baby!

If he can't stand the criticism and scrutiny, why is he running for public office.

So the press is fine as long as it loves and adores him.

Perhaps if McCain and his running mate would make themselves more accessable to the press for more than 30 seconds at a time and stop with the lies the press can verify, they may be painted in a more positive light.

McCain:

Its not the Media's fault that you fail.

NYT is the most respected newspaper in America and through out the world. More respected than any right wing slanted newspaper.

Being front page and such high circulation, this is bound to help some people realize what the whole McCain campaign is...a bunch of crooks!

Heh, the NYTimes endorsed McCain too.

Uh – Was the McCain aid confusing the NY Times with Fox news?

HA! And to the person who is citing Glenn Beck. This isn't your target audience. K

Hussein Obama voted twice for the bridge to nowhere.

MCCAIN/PALIN 08!

Mack is going to win this thing by-god almighty! First we are going to take Louisina, then Utah, then Wyoming, then Alabama, then Oklahoma, then Arizona....Whoooo!

The surge worked!!!! the irresponsible decision to invade the country to begin with did not. dont erase 5 years of failure.

Politics is just a game according to the Republicans–a game where it is OK to lie and cheat–anything is OK in the quest for the Presidency. Folks, this is not a game. Our country has been sold out by the neocons and if they are re-elected you can expect more of the same. The McCain campaign has sunk about as low as it can get. But I will not be surprised when I see more lies over the next five weeks. It is amazing that a large portion of the country continues to be suckered. You can be sure the McCain campaign is laughing non-stop at how gullible the American public are. Show these clowns the door.

well here wwe go again...deflect...deflect...
Instead of talking about what he would do, or how he would do anything, why anyone should vote for him..all McCain and the campaign can do is try to deflect things from the issues...
If you cannot take the heat of the press, then drop out....
I am tired of the Rpubs and all the whinning...
it has cut both ways,. but maybe if McCain/Palin were not so secretive and constantly changing poistions to match which way the wind is blowing we would know where they stand.
I can see him voting against the bailout...becaue he is a maverick...LOl...more because he does not ahve a clue...and if they get guarantees on things,it is the only answer....
Think I will start calling him McHoover

C'mon CNN! Many other outlets are reporting this as well, including Newsweek and Roll Call. Get with it and report the facts...not the controversy created once again by McCain. How many things is he at war with now...let's see...Irag, Iran, Russia, NYT, Cox, Wallstreet. Please MSM please call him on his deceipt of the American people once and for all. This is not a game.

No wonder they refuse to talk to ANY reporters, they consistantly get caught in lies.

I remember when McCain first became the nominee, there was a lot of talk about what a great relationship he had with the press being the "straight talk express"

Now they are the NO TALK EXPRESS!! Figure it out for yourself!

The louder they scream, the more it stinks. Yelling to deflect ... the usual day in the life of a Repub operative.

EVERY PARTY HAS THEIR BACKERS . MCaIN FORTUNATELY HAS A LOT LESS. THERE IS A GOD AND HE'S WATCHING , NOW MORE THAN EVER

Cry Babies Cry Babies...give me a break.
The McCain campaign has pissed off essentially every media group there is with there lack of transparency...yea but I really believe with all these Bush tactics and advisors- they will bring transparency to washington!!?? Give me a break please!!
They are mad at the media for finding out the TRUTH on their Top Advisor- the truth always prevails... hopefully now we will vote to send John McCain to his private retirement home, Palin to face a jury of her peers in Alaska and keep both as far away from the White House as possible!!!

No more lies, no more secrecy... no more Republican regime!!!
You can put lipstick on a pick but its still a pig, you can put roses on a pile of poo- but its still poo!!!

Obama/Biden 08

The American taxpayers deserve honesty since we are bailing out these financial firms. We anticipate nothing less than the truth.

My daughter went on a field trip to the UN. Does that mean my 12 year old can be vice president, or is she over qualified, because she has also been the the easter egg roll at the white house.

The amount of whining about the press from the McCain campaign is beyond annoying. Grow up, already! Maybe if you guys did more than one press conference every 6 months, the press would be more forgiving. Constantly claiming falsehoods, crying wolf and false outrage is pretty poor strategy.

I used to think that Schmidt was pretty smart, but my respect for him is certainly waning.

WOW... and the McCain campaign thinks will help them show how well they can work in a bipartisan world?

Americans say to McSame/McPalin– THANKS BUT NO THANKS!

Keating Five – need I say more?

Not sure if the story is true or false.

But I love how the McCain camp complains about some news media being in the "tank" for Obama but has no problem with the Fox News in the "tank" for McCain and the continuous racist comments by the Fox News commentators (especially Hannity and O' Reilly).

The republican double standard in full effect...AGAIN!!!!

it seems like the republicans think that they have the right to be apalled by the legal investigations into their many crimes and lies.. for shame on us for not all being blind stupid sheep.. for shame..

republican political supporters are greedy stupid soulless warmongerers

Man, you guys keep hoping the same trick works with everyone. Didn't you guys quote them the most when it suited your needs?

Trying to bully the media again is only starting to piss them off.

Of course if any of the press ask for 'clarification' of the points you're trying to push then they're 'in the tank'.

No transparency. Same old business. No McCain/Palin.

No more dumb presidents. Give the Constitutional professor a chance.

NY Times endorses Hilary Clinton and John McCain during the primaries. And now they get yelled at for simply DOING THEIR JOB.

Notice how team McCain can't deny the facts of the report? Does Rick Davis still have a financial stake in the firm that has received 15K each month since FOREVER??!?!?!?

crickets!

Obama/Biden '08

Oh PUHLEEZE...You are the ONLY network with such "dire" poll results for McCain....and for DAYS you've been saying it when the facts don't show it. The polls have not changed...ups and downs for both sides...same dead heat.

I find it interesting that Biden can say that President Roosevelt went on TV in 1929 during the depression (before television...and he wasn't president) and the liberal media ignores it. If Sarah Palin had said it the entire would have stopped spinning on its axis and you'd be crowing from the rooftops. You'd all be hyperventilating with horror, fainting dead on air and begging the Americans to vote for Obama. Oh wait...you do that anyway...my bad.

The closer it gets to the election...the more you lean to the left. No stories on William Ayers. No stories on the Obama campaign paying groups to smear Palin online (proven fact...you're not reporting it)...no stories on Obama begging the Iraqi presidet to delay troop withdrawals during his "European rock star tour"....Nope. None of that.

But you have time to interview the Iranian President by golly...couldn't miss that. I think it's pathetic and you should all be ashamed of yourselves. And all 5 bloggers of the Obama campaign who are on this blog responding with FAKE names to slam McCain should be ashamed.

John McCain will win this election. Americans are not fooled.

YOUR CAMPAIGN MANAGER WAS CAUGHT RED HANDED! taking $15,000 a month so Freddie/Fannie could have access to a McCain administration. McCain – you lied straight to the American people's face on 60 Minutes! WHAT ELSE ARE YOU LYING ABOUT? I wonder.

The only defense you have is to try to kill the messenger before the message gets out. Wow!

O McDonald had a farm – (a ranch, plane, 8 houses and 13 cars) and what else?

I believe the NY Times or the Podunk Herald over anything that comes out of the McCain campaign, the RNC, or the Bush administration!

Good thing we have good 'ol non-partisan Fox News to keep us voters informed about what the facts really are.

A Voice in VA - Oh yeah Glenn Beck is real fair and balanced give me a break will ya.

The New York Times has been critical of BOTH campaigns! In fact the McCain campaign has used it as a reference in many of its attacks against Obama.

McCain = fair weather news friend

Obama/Biden '08

way to go NYT... show us what kind of dirt they sweep under the carpet. I expect there still a lot of bad things. And each day until Nov. 4th it gets worse for McSame-Failin...

Obama/Biden by landslide.

A Voice in VA . . . Glenn Beck has about as much credibility as Rush. Give us all a break.

NY times, along with the rest of the liberal news media, do nothing but paint the Messiah in the best light possible, never ever questioning his past, the fact that his own state has a high tax rate, the high unemployment, and the fact that he has done NOTHING for his state to change anything. he is as corrupt as most chicago politicians and does everything being pushed by someone behind him with their own personal agenda.

If the NY Times is serious about the accusations, then they will produce the proof (check copies) and print them (minus the account numbers).

As is the entire progressive media. All clearly advocating on Obama's behalf. And only the wild-eyed kool-aid drunken liberals themselves believe otherwise.., see above and below.

Hmmm....or NYT is actually reporting ACCURATELY...something few news media outlets seem capable of doing...

The evil that men do live"with" them.The law of KARMA is a living truth.

McCain's campain manager owns a firm that has been receiving $15,000 a month up until this last month. The McCain campaign seems disparate to try and discredit the NY Times for uncovering this. What happens when other news organizations also confirm it (some already have)?

Pretty soon McCain's team are going to have to get their own special secret service agency, just to cover their tracks. Otherwise people aren't going to buy their lies!

Oh, no! Not another Great (blank) Wing Conspiracy!

McShame knew he was up to his ears in this Freddie Mac mess. These crooks should all be sent to jail after the investigation is over!!!!!

That will not stop McPhony from lying through his teeth and the 30 percenters continuing to believe it.

Thank goodness this is coming to an end. If the McPalin administration were allowed to govern, it would be business as usual. Usually aspiring presidents and vice presidents wait until they get into office before the power corruption case.

They are trying to point fingers and distract from the truth....notice – no one is denying what the NYT is saying....they are just trying to distract voters from that truth.

that's dum from mccain camp. how much has rick davis made off freddie mac?

Better we find out this stuff before we make the mistake of electing Senator McCain for President.

Citizens of Arizona, Are you watching this stuff?

It is up to you to kick McCain out of the Senate.

All we can do is prevent him from becoming President.

You have to handle his Senatoral position.

The McCain campaign is always trying to turn away any critism of their campaign by saying somebody is in the 'tank' for Obama. The always issue a statement that is riddled with inaccuracies and are arguing points that weren't even brought up in the article to begin wit....amazing!

Is there anyone in this country so stupid as to believe that the NYT is objective? Probably – they are called "Democrats".

Just one example: The NYT spread the propaganda that Iraq was in the midst of "civil war", and now they don't have the guts to report the truth – THE SURGE WORKED!!!!!!!

I guess when you lie all the time, McCain/Palin/Davis, its hard to keep track of your fairy tales.

How many of us would forget about a $15,000 check that we received every month?

Well well well... You need to be able to take it just as well as you give it.
We need to be careful here. McCain may end up having a heart attack or something. Then what is left for the GOP... Oh right, the pig with lipstick.... or was it the pitbull?

Can we say KEATING 5 all over again for McCain. The only lessons McCain learned from the Keating 5 scandal were how to better cover his tracks.

Schmidt's right, Rick Davis did not lobby for Fannie and Freddy directly. He just ran the Homeowner's Alliance, which lobbied for Fannie and Freddy, until the mortage giants finally grew tired of the Alliance's services. I wonder how the G.O.P. feels now that they are the ones being demonized?

ONE NATION

You'll note that the McCain campaign did not deny the substance of the story, only the messenger. Too bad multiple other news outlets are independently reporting the same thing.

This can only spell more trouble for McCain... he owes everything to lobbysts and special group interests...

Good. That guy's an arrogant jerk.

Quit blaming the media and own up to the fact that his firm has still been taking money from Freddie Mac. McCain and his campaign can't keep their lies straight, so what do you do.....blame the messenger for pointed it out.....typical.

Obama/Biden '08

More dram from the McSame camp!

Obama '08!

I recall yesterday on the ticker that the guy, Daley I believe his name is, said that Sen. McLame only looks out for his lobbyists buddies. That's not a change.

OBAMA/BIDEN 08

McCain has surrounded himself with some of the most powerful Washington lobbyists in this campaign. These lobbyist know how to work the system and cover their tracks for the most part. While McCain continues to defend and lie about his advisors involvements facts continue to come out proving that McCain is lying.

The FBI should be investigating McCain and his advisors. That would surely uncover alot of scandalous activity.

I'm sure the NYTimes will dedicate hundreds to this investigation, as they should.

I am also sure that the NY Times will continue to ignore the newly released files in Chigaco that detail the funding relationships between Obama, Ayers and Acorn.

The New York Times continues its tradition of sliding into oblivion and irrelevance. They now even get scooped by the National Enquirer.

Cnn report the news stop making the news or defend your clones!

The NYTimes investigating a McCain advisor when they refused to investigate Obama's ties to William Ayers, Reveren Wright, Richard Raines, or any of his other friends??? So transparent.... Journalism has officially died.

Oh give me a break. The guy is a liar and a cheat and so is McBush/Palin!! America is finally starting to see that. Stop trying to blame Obama when the truth comes out!!

Obama/Biden '08

New York Times!! How about investigating this also??? It has also been reported that the White House and Iraq had agreed on an early troop withdrawal timeline. However, the White House came back and asked to delay the withdrawal for another year due to political considerations at home. CNN, why are you not covering the biggest loaded gun in history??? If I had a family member that died in Iraq as a result of this decision, I would sue the pants off the government!!!! CNN probably won't print this because it would adversely affect McCain, but the truth will come out anyway.

This is a very serious issue and Bush and whoever was involved should do jail time.

"From my NYC hotel room, I can see Chinatown, Little Italy, and Little Ukraine! Golly, this trip to NYC sure was a swell one. I will be an expert in foreign policy in no time, Charlie!"

McCain is a crook