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McCain = Experience? Um, I've had all the "Republican Experience" I can afford. Thanks but no thanks to Republican Policies!

Anybody who believes Obama will make a good prsident are idiots.
He is dangerous for the future of America.
You vote for him and america wil never be the same. Socialist, 3th world country. that is the future with Obama! –Nani
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Anybody who believes Obama will make a good president is an idiot. He is dangerous for the future of America. If you vote for him, America will never be the same, but a socialist, third world country. That is the future with Obama! –Correction
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Dear Nani,
I tried to correct your grammar, but had a difficult time. If you vote for Obama there will be extra money in your pocket so you can return to school.

Obama/Biden 08

Now let me try to understand this, if you are a top manager of an American Corporation you can receive a huge pay out when you are let go from your job, but when you are on the bottom and you are let go from your job all you get is let go!

Will someone please tell me how can I get one of those jobs that pay a lot of money when I'm let go?

McCain = no change

Obama/Biden 2008

This is an ultra left wing blog. To bad because, there is no one able to discuss things rationally with. It is a big turnoff. I am trying to weigh all the issues with an open mind and with some integrity. This blog has a lot of like minded angry people – if that is not scary I don't know what is. How can you use reason when no one has ability to dicuss issues rationally and with a degree of professionalism – very boring. I'm a Independent – still undecided but people like this make me feel we need a counter weight to fend there hate off.

Re the Meredith Viera interview...Has John McCain lost his mind?? Why would he say that??? 20,000 people lost their jobs and she performed well and deserved 42 MILLION dollars?????? He is lost in a barren land of saying things and not backing them up even a little bit..... How very sad.

On a completely different note – Do Sarah Palin's children not need to go to school? Why are they flitting around the country with their mother? Shouldn't Todd be making sure they are in school and looked after – just like the Obamas?

McCain can support a whole bucket, scutter bucket, of crooks and it's ok. Why? You know we are at a place where alot of you people need to face your prejudisms. Don't degrade Baracks character because you are a bigot. Face the fact that you are one and vote for the grumpy old white man. Barack is a man of integrity and he's smart as heck. He has had to face the toughest challenges and he has overcome them all. Being black is the biggest one of them all. He hasn't given up and is actually winning. That's a leader. All Mccain had to do was show up. If Barack was white we wouldn't be having this conversation. No one can take that away from him, even if he doesn't win. But If he doesn't win it will be your loss not his.

When the Today show had an interview, they asked him about this Golden parachute, McCain's reply was that she earned it!!!

Had enough yet???????

I thought McPhoto Opp. suspended his campaign till the bail out crisis was taken care of. What a farce!!!! Instead he showed up in Washington to save the day and hurt it more by slowing down the talks. Plus he has his Vice President at band camp.

Save us Obama/Biden 08'

"... she said neither John McCain no Sarah Palin was qualified to run a major corporation."

The exact quote was that neither could McCain, Obama, nor Biden. Funny how CNN and mainstream media ALWAYS leave out the part about Obama and Biden. Fiorina did NOT leave that out.

At least McCain and Palin have run something in their lives - that's a claim that neither Obama nor Biden can make. McCain was the head of various squadrons, including overseeing spending and performance. Palin has run small businesses and a city and a state.

To The Former Hillary supporter:

Are you that bitter you would be so stupid to vote for McCain/Palin when these two stand for everything Hillary is against. Shame on you for be so bitter. I hope the bitterness you have in your heart does not lead this country to even more financial ruin. You should be ashamed to call yourself a Hillary Supporter and say you are going to vote for McCain.

Not long after moving to Houston, the electric company (HL&P) laid off maybe 1,000 workers. Right before Chirstmas no less.
One of the chief executives go what I think was a $5 million bonus.

It seems to me that they could've saved half the workers, slashed the exec and saved even more money.

It's really sad what happens.
And specifically with Carly, Compaq lost a LOT of jobs after HP took them over. 15,000 if I remember correctly.

And to Clinton Fringer,
if she did get 60,000, good for her.
Only numbers that matter right now are the poll numbers, which show her opponents up.

The whole parachute angers me. We are all raised to work hard and you will be rewarded for GOOD work. We are now setting the standard that taking a company under and make it attractive for purchase, is a job well done.

Since when have Companies become a 'good' to be purchased? Why are CEOs being rewarded for making companies that are financially unstable and attractive for purchase?

The bail out is still going to have these parchutes in them. But somehow the hard working americans are supposedly being protected. Finally, don't be fooled that the companies that will get the bail out won't cut jobs. They will, the bailout is not going to fix greed! The president is full of it to say that it will save jobs...it won't. They still will get cut so the CEOs can make even more!

"Fiorina had been a prominent surrogate for McCain, but she was promptly removed from the cable news circuit earlier this month after she said neither John McCain no Sarah Palin was qualified to run a major corporation."

And she would know!

In a widely-circulated interview, Matt Damon said of Palin, "I need to know if she really think that dinosaurs were here 4000 years ago. I want to know that, I really do. Because she's gonna have the nuclear codes."

Don't drink the cool aide. Carly Fiorina was elected to her position by a Board of Directors, who also approved her salary, who also approved her severance package. I understand the message, but there are countless CEOs (Republicans and Democrats) that are being paid this much money. To single Fiorina out is a low blow. To single her out shows a lack of leadership, and demonstrates a distinct difference between preaching about change, and actually providing change. Actions speak louder than words.

Hmmm, that's about 50 million less than Raines got before he sent Fannie Mae (and as it looks now, the economy) spiralling to a crash.

See Carla, if you coulda just tried to get that extra 50 mill, then Barry would have been courting you for his side. But, looks like you weren't enough of a criminal sneak. Maybe if you woulda been good friends with Oprah, Rep. Frank, or Senators Dodd and Schumer.

Vote Obama/Biden, and continue the crash course America is bound for.

Dems are the ones who tanked any chance of recovering. And typical Dem fashion, they point the finger and blame others. Just like the spoiled little babies they are. And those of who dim enough to blame the Republicans just show how much intelligence you do lack.

Well... if you can get that kind of pay out... good for you...

Like anyone here would ever say... nahhh... you guys keep it...

What the hell is wrong with Obama? Why would he do such a stupid thing as put this ad on when one of his advisors is Rubin. Tech companies have less to do with this mess than Rubin's Citigroup and all its bad CDO. How much did Rubin make over the last several years, $150 million? What kind of advice was he giving when he was advising Citigroup and yet he's still at the firm.

I think these negative posts by so called Clinton Supporters are all lies. They repubs in disguise!
I supported Hillary and I still support the Clintons.
But now I proudly give my VOTE TO OBAMA.BIDEN.
And so do do many other Clinton supporters.

I love it. When confronted by a truth...McCain employs those who have profitted by the economic meltdown...McCain supporters don't DENY the allegations, they try to shift focus away from the facts by stating Obama's got CEOs on his team. Address the issue: Is McCain's campaign staff littered with corporate insiders or not? What's your answer: yes or no? I can't hear you McCain supporters...is it because the answer is yes? Then deal with it. McCain is for the corporate CEOs. He advocates trickle down economics (which has NEVER worked with ANY of the Republican administrations). Deal with it. Vote Obama.

Get'em dogg get'em!!! Have you noticed how Obama sticks to the issues affecting America while McCain is trying to destroy his opponent?
And how many times did Obama say "That's not true" during the debate? If you stick to the issues, the Democrats would win everytime. If you look at the record you would see that the Democrats do a better job governing America. We should all be voting for Democrats.

VOTE FOR DEMOCRATS
VOTE FOR OBAMA

It would be best for Senate McCain to reliase that its over, the is no way he is going to win this election special with his lack of Economis experience . America is facing a very Serious problem and the people are not willing to gamble on this one as they have done with previous Election, they want somoene to get them out of the situation they are facing at the moment, its he is not the right candidate for that.

If McCain wins this election than America will deserve it. Americans will have a president who won't look at them, will stomp out when reporters ask him tough questions, will dismiss questions, will not feel the need to understand people who have one home, and one car, will veto every bill that benefits soldiers, and will continue to wage war on practically everyone. If you've enjoyed the last 8 years, fasten your seatbelts because the next 4 will be great.

Obama/Biden 08
The sensible choice.

Team America

It is not a low blow. It is showing the hyprocricy of the republican party. The economy is in a mess because of the republicans deregulating the markets. While the banks are being merged or become crash the ceos continue to get their golden parachuetts and their bonuses while the average worker loses everything. It is not fair and people need to be reminded of the republicans continuing to be for the rich. Republicans still are running on more deregulation although McCain says he is for oversight he continues to want deregulation including healthcare. They also want to continue the taxes for the rich. It is time to call out the two faces of the republicans.

Clinton Fringer,

If you want to keep believing the malarchy about 75,000 people coming out to see a talented but little-known indy rock band (instead of Barack Obama), that's fine.

There was no rock concert in Springfield, Illinois on the last Saturday in August - just 90-plus temperatures, high humidity and a blazing sun - and Obama and Biden still drew 35,000.

By the way, which rock concert is helping Obama pull away in both the polls and the Electoral College?

People say Obama is not a leader or does not demonstrate leadership traits. Well here are some definitions of leadership:
1. Influencing and directing the performance of group members towards the achievement of organisational goals.
2. The ability "to get people to follow voluntarily."
Obama embodies these traits, so to say that he is not a leader because he puts out a suspect ad is erroneous. I might be able to accept a comment that he displayed poor judgement, but not poor leadership. Some folks on the McCain side need to differentiate and understand what the art of leadership is before making false claims.

Is obama not guilty in that area? Don’t forget obama campaign has 3 people in the campaign from mac and Freddy and there not poor they make lots of money from this fail mortgage companies.

I'm glad they finally said something about that. Bunch of greedy pig incompetent executives. I hope they all end up in the street. See how they like it.

YOU CAN TELL THE PROFEESIONAL BLOGGERS WITH THEIR TYPICAL GRAMMAR , LANGUAGE , SAMENESS AND CLICHES
OF POLITICAL MUDSLINGING. AND YOU CAN COUNT THE PRO-OBAM,A BLOGS BY THE HUNDREDS WHEN YOU SCROLL THRU THE BLOG SITES. FOLKS, THESE ARE PROFESSIONAL (PAID AND VOLUNTEER) BLOGGERS FOR OBAMA WHO IS DOING WITH RHETORIC AND ADVERTISEMENTS , WHAT HE LACKS IN EXPERIENCE , JUDGEMENT AND A PEPER THIN RESUME'.

NOT only Carly Fiorina receiving EXCEPTION and WEALTHY WITH SPECIAL benefits.. Palin depicts herself as a pit bull fighting good old boy politics in her years as mayor she and her friends RECEIVED special benefits. Palin needed to sell her house during her last year as Wasilla mayor, she got the city to sign off on a special zoning EXCEPTION…and did so without keeping a promise to remove a potential FIRE hazard. She gladly accepted gifts from merchants: She asked the City Council to add a friend to the list of speakers at a 2002 meeting…..and then the friend got up and asked them to give his radio station advertising business. She tried to help a neighbor and political contributor fighting City Hall over his small lakeside development. Palin wanted the city to refund some of the man’s fees, but the city attorney told the mayor SHE didn’t have the authority. Her actions after being elected mayor in 1996 raised possible ETHICAL RED Flags.

Is it true she has a 80% approval rate?

Obama/Biden 08

Fiorina has a point. Neither McCain nor Palin are qualified to run a major US corporation. Neither is Fiorina. We must point out that she was fired from HP. Neither are most of the CEOs who currently running them. Look at the mess they have gotten us into.

Our business leadership may have an occasional Bill Gates, but those highly capable individuals stand out because there are so few of them.

If only CEO accomplishment matched CEO self-esteem, the nation would be very prosperous.

September 29th, 2008 1:57 pm ET
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It doesnt matter what Obama and the DONKEYS are going to do. The Donkey TEAM has never recklessly MESSED up an economy and hold the Constitution hostage, to serve a few.

If you want long-term planning and restore America's greatness, pick Obama.

If youwant short-sighted planning, restoring only the elites, pick McCain.

We have given them eight years, and their policies flopped, endangering a whole international-level of economies.

According to the Bible, God is going to ask you why you didnt treat people fairly.

Has Obama, mentioned his sweetheart mortgage for his 1.3 million dollar mansion. NO? He has be a Senator for how many years and is so dam brillant how come he did not say YES, I'm guilty of influence peddling too. He still is having a hard time closing the deal isn't he, hmmmm, maybe he should come clean with his history FIRST.

2012

Noah: September 29th, 2008 1:30 pm ET

Of course Obama's ad would never mention Jim Johnson or Franklin Raines who cooked the books at Freddie Mac so they could make millions of dollars in bonuses. His ad would never mention them because they are advisors to Obama. The Democrat Party has become the party of hypocrisy and double standards
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Noah....as an informed voter, you should check your facts before accusing the DNC and the Obama camp for things that are simply not true. At no time Jim Johnson or Franklin Raines have "advised" the Obama camp on any of the political matters. Check it out for yourself, and don't listen to the misleading McCain ads. Do yourself a favor.

I think Sarah will do a good job because her bar is really, really low. All she has to do is speak in complete sentences and they'll say she won. What a farce.

My ten year old could win if he went against a seasoned Senator and spoke in complete sentences. The audience will root for the underdog, and the underdog is CLEARLY Sarah-why-did-John-pick-her-Palin.

Obama/Biden 08

The McCainnites and their cronies are dropping like flies. Palin may have to call in sick on Thursday.

Obama for president!
And I approve this message.

Why hasn't CNN picked up on the Obama "Truth Squads" intimidating dissenters in MO, PA, and other places? Surely, if a governor feels compelled to respond to the Obama campaign, the "World Leader in News" would run something on it, right?

What's Carly going to do in response to this ad? Scream "Sexism"? That's all she's been good for in the McCain campaign. She was a drain on HP and now does nothing useful for the McCain campaign. She's useless (but rich!) Pathetic.

At least Sarah don't need her sute like G. Bush. She has a lot of hair to hide the microphone thats in her ear.

McCain PROVED for all to see that he DOES NOT PUT COUNTRY FIRST. He said that he would not participate in the DEBATE until there was a BILL for the resque plan. LIE as soon as he saw that his BLUFF was CALLED he BLINKED and ran to the DEBATE.

If he really MEANT WHAT HE SAID AND REALLY WANTED TO PUT COUNTRY FIRST he would not have gone tohte DEBATE he could have made more ploitical gain that way.

But now everyone can see it was just a ploitical STUNT. and McCain will do anythng to get a VOTE.

It is interesting that the Republican President is pushing for a bailout of Wall Street.......

And rumors have it that McCain will vote against the bail-out legislation?

If McCain suspended his campaign to help push Bush's bailout plan along, why would he now not vote for it?

Fiorina is typical of the people that McCain wants to protect. He does not care one hoot about middle America and doesn't even pretend to. If you'll notice, all of his rhetoric is AGAINST what Obama wants/does, etc. NOT about what he plans to do for us. Also, I hope that Biden lets everyone know about the millions of dollars that Palin got in earmarks since it was not appropriate for Obama to respond and highlight them during the Presidential debate.

YOU HEARD IT HERE FIRST PEOPLE!

PALIN WILL NOT DEBATE BIDEN ON THURSDAY EVENING. THERE IS NO WAY THE MCCAIN CAMPAIGN WILL LET HER LOOSE FOR A FULL 90 MINUTES ON LIVE TV.

EXPECT SOME BOGUS REASON EITHER TOMORROW OR WEDNESDAY AS TO WHY SHE WON'T BE ABLE TO DO IT.

PAY ATTENTION PEOPLE. THE MARKET IS DOWN OVER 600 POINTS TODAY, SO IF YOU DON'T WANT MORE OF THE SAME, VOTE DEMOCRACT!

hypocrit...Obama should take a quick look at thieving ex-CEO's in his own camp.

Why didn't McCain select Romney for VP?

The Republicans are great at winning elections (because they're ruthless), but surprise, surprise, they're not good at governing. Even John McCain said they spent too much money.

When will America wake up and see that the Republicans have been labeling the Dems as the tax and spenders, but we had a surplus with Democrats and not the GOP.

Wake up America, it's not too late.

Obama/Biden 08

WORDS OUT THROUGH SEN. SCHUMERS OFFICE THE VOTE FOR THE BALE OUT WAS DEFEATED JUST MOMENTS AGO!!!!

CNN PRO-OBAMA EMPLOYEE ONN THIS BLOG WILL NOT POST COMMENTS THAT ARE ANTI-OBAMA. IF YOU ARE NOT BLACK, YOU CANT POST COMMENTS ON CNN, LIKE NBC.
THE BAILOUT RESCUE PACKAGE IS TOO LITTLE TOO LARTE DUE TO DEMOCRATIC CONGRESS DO NOTHING SESSIONS DURING THE PAST TWO YEARS NOW AMERICA IS IN DEEP RECESSION AND MANY BAMKS ARE FAILING AND GOING DOWN THE TUBES.
THE IS NO MONEY FOR TRADE AND BUSINESSES, AND LOANS FOR HOMES, CARS, CREDIT ETC. ETC.. REPUBLICANS ALSO ARE TO BALME AND ARE DELAYING THE VOTE AND HENCE THE BAILOUT PACKAGE.

McCain, a man who loves to hang with big rollers and live the big life.

Its about time,now this is the kind of add that works,good job Obama camp.

The decline of America started with Trickle Down Economics ... also called Voodoo Economics by Bush 41.

Reagan cut taxes dispproportionately beneficially for wealthy folks.

Having free money with no additional work on their part, they spent the extra money on Rolexes, Rolls Royces, etc.

This begain an era of McMansions and conspicusous consumption which led to an elevation in the superficial, celebrity crazed, "instant gratifications" society we have today.

So refresh me again, how does anything about HP translate as relevant to the credit crunch? Oh, that's right, if Barak Obama says there's a connection, there must be one, just the same way tax breaks for 81% translates to 95% in Barak-ese.
Please give me a break.
"O"bama
"O" = zero

This is SO not your DADDY'S Democratic party! I LOVE it!! I know some people disagree, but John Kerry and Gore tried to take the high road to these crooks and look where it got us.

Hit 'em and hit 'em HARD on their extreme hypocrisy. Unfortunately, for the sake of the WORLD, we need to roll in the mud with these CREEPS!!

Obama/Biden 08!!!

Watch , I bet Palin is MIA for the V.P. debate..She will have a dire emergency that day .Which could be a good thing , we'll hear from Biden ,at least he can answera question intelligently

@Uncle Sam...its probably the same place McCain left his 'civil' campaign

Do we really want a VP that has no knowledge on how to run a country in office? Hopefully the American people want the change that Obama can bring to all of us. He will rise to the challenge and prove that Democrats are and have always been hard working citizens that actually care for others. He will shine and all of us will reap the benefits!

Yeah okay Obama I don't see you, Dodd, Kerry, and even Sen. Clinton giving back your Fanny money from contributors either. This is a silly add and makes you Dems. look hypocritical.

This is the most money given to one person (Treasury Secretary) in our country's history. We have got to wake up Americans. We are being scammed.

Let's not forget our Congressman and Senators–whose pensions (gratis the taxpayer) is also paid regardless of their success or failure.

SARAH PALIN IS THE OCTOBER SURPRISE – CLUELESS! and all others....go to huffingpost.com. They have more links.

Carly Fiorina is about as qualified as Sarah Palin to run anything...

and since Fiorina says Palin isn't qualified, that pretty much sums up herself

How much was Paulson's payoff when he left the corporate world to take over ... um on government?

Its amazing to me to still find Clinton supporters ranting and raving here. Let it go, she's history, move one. For someone to say that Obama can only draw crowds by headlining with free concerts is just plain ignorant.

So whats wrong Hillary supporters? Now that you've seen the fraud that is Sarah Palin, you need another reason not to support Obama? If you are stupid enough to Vote McCain because you are salty about Hillary losing then you'll deserve every bad thing that happens to you if McClown does win.

Something tells me that NONE of these people posting here would turn down millions of dollars if they were in a similar situation. What hippocrits.

You know what's funny is how McCain gives himself nicknames. I am a maverick. I am a sheriff. I am not miss congeniality! I am a "teddy roosevelt" republican (of course .1% of the population gives a crud about any similarity to TR). He's starting to remind me of George Costanza trying to nickname himself "T-Bone"!!! In the end he ended up w/ the nickname Coco the Chimp!!!

Listen to Our Children – instead of listening to your rethuglican masters you might want to actually check factcheck.org and take a look at Obama's accomplisments SINCE he's been in the Senate. You will be surprised. Question for you though, I know the rethuglicans tell you what to think but do they also tell you what to wear also or do you pick that out yourself?

WAKE UP PEOPLE.

THIS FOOL PAULSON WHO IS RUNNING THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT LEFT GOLDMAN SACHS AFTER JUST TWO YEARS WITH CASH AND STOCK OPTIONS WORTH $140 MILLION DOLLARS.

THIS IS NOTHING NEW. THE PEOPLE WHO DO THE MOST DAMAGE ALWAYS COME OUT ON TOP. WHY DO YOU THINK THEY LINE THE POCKETS OF POLITICIANS SO THAT IN TEH EVENT OF A CATASTROPHE THEY MAKE SURE THE LAW PROTECTS THEM.

MEREDITH VIEIRA, NBC TODAY HOST: About Wall Street. You said you promised to crack down on CEOs who walked away with huge severance packages. And yet the person that up until recently was your public face, really, on your economic policies was Carly Fiorina, she was the former CEO of Hewlett Packard. She was fired in 2005. But she left with a, I think, is a $45 million golden parachute while 20,000 of her employees were laid off. She is an example of exactly the kind of person you say is at the root of the problem.
MCCAIN: I don‘t think so.
VIEIRA: The CEO—how can you say that?
MCCAIN: Because I think she did a good job as CEO in many respects. I don‘t know the details of her compensation package, but she‘s one of many advisors that I have.

Just another example of McCain being totally unable to tell the truth.

She said being a mayor is a lot different from being a CEO!!!

I love how you all spin things.

I just went to the store to buy some Koolaid for my kids. They were sold out !!

"Call me if you need me, I'm too busy trying to make my competition look worse than me. I have nothing else to offer, but sweet talk. I have a lot of work to do in order to keep the attention off my relationship to ACORN, Fannie and Freddie."

The problem is that when there should not be a single American who would vote for McCain except for those greedy people, he is still getting over 40% in the polls. The direction of this country is determined by the majority. Bush didnt come from sky, majority of Americans elected him twice. Now they with the rest of the people pay the price for that huge mistake. The real question is, does the majority of this country is in one side to prevent this country going to to hell. Still however much we talk, how every we dislike the current situation, majority of Americans may decided to put this country in harms way. So it will be interesting to see what choice they make soon.

obama – stop looking in the past – all you do is blame things in the past. Im sure many of your supporters/advisors have gotten these payments. We now know that these payments wont be happening again, so just get over it.

Hey,
She did get a golden parachute from HP, when their sales were declining...check that out! I would have to agree with this ad, it does make a point??

Obama/Biden 08

She also included Obama in that statement!!!

Carly Fiorina is an idiot and only helped prove how derailed the McCain straight talk express is. His pick of Palin is and insult and speaks volumes to his lack of judgement!!!!

Noah September 29th, 2008 1:30 pm ET
Of course Obama's ad would never mention Jim Johnson or Franklin Raines who cooked the books at Freddie Mac so they could make millions of dollars in bonuses. His ad would never mention them because they are advisors to Obama. The Democrat Party has become the party of hypocrisy and double standards
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These men are not advisors to Obama. Johnson was hired to vet Obama's VP, but was quicly excused once his connections to Fannie Mae were discovered. Raines never had anything to do with Obama's campaign.

Carlie Fiorina got McCain in trouble about the health insurance companies paying for Viagra but not covering birth control pills. Then she got him in trouble for saying that Palin was not ready to be a CEO of HP. She had it coming. She was given a huge severance package from McCain camp. People are not deaf/ blind/ mute. We can see how corrupt lobbyists and greedy CEOs are the fabric of McCain Camp. We need a fresh start and McCain is stuck in the past with war on his mind.

uncle sam,,,,
As soon as you can tell the truth

i honestly think that obama is doing the right think and i know he is going to win.but mcain is right on his tail with electoral votes.

go obama!!!!

John McCain is not ready on Day #1. He's been in senate for 26 years and he has proven to be an utter failure in all he does. Surrounding himself with the likes of his campaign is proof positive that nothing has changed and he is still a disaster in the making, but we can make him a disaster of the past...let's get him out of washington..he is USELESS.

Rick Davis: In the Doghouse
It's only getting worse for John McCain's campaign manager, Rick Davis. Following the news that Davis was paid $2 million over five years as president of an advocacy group set up by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the New York Times now reports that Freddie Mac paid Davis's lobbying firm $15,000 a month up until last month. The firm was kept on the payroll because of Davis's close ties to McCain. The news comes after McCain insisted that Davis has had no involvement with Freddie Mac for several years, leading progressive bloggers to wonder whether McCain lied to Americans or whether Davis lied to McCain. Either way, liberal bloggers are irritated by the lies and secrecy and the fact that Davis did next to nothing for the money he received. They're also skewering the statement McCain spokesman Michael Goldfarb published denying the allegations, calling it a "nondenial" and a "complete mess." One blogger says the news should be "absolutely devastating" to the campaign. It's unclear whether Davis will continue as McCain's campaign manager.

OBAMA/BIDEN 08

The WaMu guy was there actualy just " 17 " days, a little over a million a day. This bailout stinks and it will lead to more and more bailouts, you will see!

If I'm not mistaken, the head guy at WaMu had only been there 18 days.... Got over 7 mil as sign on and then over 6 mil when they shut the doors. I could handle that.
What about the head of Bears Stern? I heard he got around 61 mil golden parachute when they were sold to BofA and the head of Lehman Brothers sold his stock options 2 WEEKS prior to them shutting their doors for around 61 mil. Talk about insider info – isn't that illegal?
Businesses go under and the 'Big Guys' walk away with millions while the workers who were the foundation of the business lose everything – been there, bought that tshirt and it's not fair in any way!

Nani:

we're already becoming a socialist country thanks to the $700 billion bailout deal aka Welfare for CEOs. and it's 3rd, NOT 3th. Moron.

Obama is the final piece to the fall of the U.S.

These CEO payouts must come to an end. This is money that could be spent on Main Street. Imagine what can be accomplished with 42 million dollars. Imagine how many starving children across america and the world that 42 million dollars could feed. It's an abomination of humanity to continue these big CEO payouts. It's time to stop them for good.

Most if not all golden parachutes are negotiated PRIOR to said senior executive actually hiring onto the company. In other words, they negotiate their compensation package much in the way the average professional sports star does.

Whining that Fiorina got an eeeeeeevil golden parachute is dumb. Instead of blaming the recipient, why not blame the idiots who offered it to her in the first place?

Again, this is an example of simply dumb liberal tactics. Oh another thing you mainstream media wonks... keep making snarky comments and cutesy little routines about Palin... the voting public will reward you much in the way they rewarded the media in 1980 and 1984 with the back-to-back landslide victories for Ronald Reagan. Really, keep it up... you're the best advertising conseratives could ask for and to top it off, you're doing it for free.

Palin shames women— I'm voting for Obama!!

Palin is a subpeona dodger!

A liar! And ignorant!

I like how she was fired but is now somehow some business tycoon. Her acquisition of Compaq made no sense to me strategically. However, operationally, it was a huge failure. She's not even qualified to run a major company.

I would like to say that I do agree with her. Being a CEO and being a President of the United States are two different roles that require different strengths.

The TRUTH HURTS. CEO's get Golden Parachutes while employees and shareholders get paycuts or laid-off. Nice to know where McWarmonger and Caribous Barbie stand and whom their friends are.

Would you go to a brain surgeon who learned everything at a 3-day Brain Surgery camp????

Didn't think so.

Who is talking to who??? Tony Rezko? Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac? Obama, did you have a chance to look at yourself in the mirror and feel that you are an honest man????

NO WAY, NO HOW, OBAMA!

Palin shames women- I'm voting for Obama!!

Palin is a subpeona dodger!

A liar! And ignorant!

In May 2007, as Mr. McCain’s presidential bid was floundering, he spent a weekend at the MGM Grand on the Las Vegas strip. A fund-raiser hosted by J. Terrence Lanni, the casino’s top executive and a longtime friend of the senator, raised $400,000 for his campaign. Afterward, Mr. McCain attended a boxing match and hit the craps tables

McCain...you are a reflection of those you hang with...liars and cheats, Bush and Chaney and the rest. we see who the real McCain is

Sarah Palins interview with Katie Couric solidified my position, what a trainreck!!

this lady is a crook i was watching documentry on youtube how she makes false informations about people.

I've switched my vote to Obama after absorbing the last couple of weeks. Very disappointed in McCain and my party.

She said none of the 4 candidates could be CEO of a corp. not, just the Republican ticket.

Brad Sherman, a Congressman from Sherman Oaks says that the bailout is like a thirsty man demanding water in the desert. When Congress gave him water, the man gave it back and said he wanted Perrier with lime. Congress gave him the Perrier, but kept the lime.

This deal could have been better if Congress had not rushed to implement it.

Mccain could not look at Obama in the eye in the debate Friday, because Mccain know that he has LIED so much about Obama Mccain could not look at Obama. Mccain performance at the debate was very poor!!!

What scares me is what Sara Palin will do to the women in this country....so far I do not see that she is very quailified to be VP and God forbid if something happens to McCain and she has to step into the President's shoes.....if she doesn't pan out as VP she will be setting women back in this country for years.....who is going to want to vote for another woman for VIP or President if McCain and Palin get voted in and she can't do the job.......wake up women it took women a long hard fight to get the chance to vote in this country, and we have been trying to get equal pay and opportunity for far to long, don't let this woman set us back 200 years.......

How anyone can support mccain/palin who makes less than 5 million a year is beyond me. The repuglicans and largely mccain who supported those corporate tax breaks and deregulation (which got us into this mess) have contributed to the huge job loss, jobs shipped overseas and the bail out mess we are dealing with now. And yet people are still considering voting for the two pathological liars because they can't bring themselves to vote for the best choice, the most educated and intelligent person with brilliant judgment. How pathetic you people are. I wish GWB had an island and all you could go live together.

It’s just too bad that the only Americans apparently qualified to advise John McCain on how to deal with the world are those hopelessly corrupted by hundreds of thousands of dollars in recent payments from foreign countries, such as beleaguered Georgia. Good thing that guys like Randy Scheunemann (at right, with McCain), whose two-man lobbying firm took in a cool million from Georgia since 2004, have a superhuman ability to separate their analysis from any financial considerations.

How is this McCains fault?

To Joe September 29th, 2008 1:31 pm ET

I understand what you are saying, and I wish everybody could see things the way you do! But that's not the case, unfortunately, there are people out there who are ready to believe anything they see on ads, wrong or right, truth or lies, they believe it and act based on it!

McCain started this nasty game as you call it, but it's not as nasty as you think, it's the game, and you don't have a fighting chance to win if you don't keep it up! And that's exactly what Obama understood he should be doing, play McCain's game and target the same undecided voters who need those ads to make up their minds!

It's politics. As I usual read it in here, "if you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen".

Being nice is a great thing, but don't let people to fool you around because of that.

Obama has to away. He has nothing to talk about himself because he has done nothing to this country. He wants to bring these negative points in TV ad to score points. It is not going to happen. This is about the President of our great country and he ahs to be decent and well-experienced to handle challeneges. Obamna cannot do that. he is a Zero.

Sarah's response when asked about her relationship with Russia.

"We have trade missions back and forth," said Palin. "We do. It's very important when you consider even national security issues with Russia. As Putin rears his head and comes into the airspace of the United States of America, where do they go? It's Alaska. It's just right over the border. It is from Alaska that we send those out to make sure that an eye is being kept on this very powerful nation, Russia, because they are right there. They are right next to our state."

Obama/Biden 08
Vote the smart choice

Look, this is as plain and simple as it gets. McCain HIMSELF said in the primaries that he doesn't know anything about the economy. Palin's record is that she began as mayor with a huge budget surplus and left with an enormous deficit (sound like some one else we know?).

The current financial crisis is being blamed on everyone from wall street to Washington to mortgage brokers to individual home owners but the common denominator is that more and better regulation would've prevented ALL of those responsible from visiting this madness on the rest of us. McCain has been an unequivocal DE-regulator his whole life.

Forget about the culture war issues – just look up at the roof over your head. Do you want it to still be there in 4 years? For God's sake, vote for the candidates who have ALWAYS been in favor of tighter banking regulation and oversight. Obama warned off this day 2 years ago. Like him or not, he's on the ball where the economy is concerned. So whether it's with a smile or holding your nose or just a shrug, vote for him!

Obama/Biden '08!

what about the 20,000 employees she laid off and replaced them with employees overseas? hopefully that will be in part 2.

I have personally asked McFlyBoy for his medical records and Sarah's tax returns in return for my vote. i won't be holding my breath.

Seriously though, how many married men here have ever referred to another woman as their "soulmate" in a public setting? Hands please. It's a good thing they have 8 houses because there is no way she wants to be around him right now. And Todd can't be too pleased either and he hunts.....might pull a Cheney.

Go Obama! You were great in the debates and looking at how angry McCain was it showed the world why America is in the mess we are in. No world leader would want to sit down with this small angry little man.

I wish they wouldn't just talk about how much these people are paid, but what percentage of their income they pay in taxes. For someone in a 45% tax bracket who makes less in a year than they do in a few hours this would be a huge sticking point for McCain's new tax breaks for the uber rich.

I suppose the outrage aimed at our elected officials will diminish over time. I'm sure they are counting on that.

Are we headed to a time when we don't trust democracy anymore?

The politicians keep telling us good things, but we keep seeing things far differently. They have drivers, free food, large expense accounts... all paid for by their voters. And they spend our money as if they were doing us a favor. This is just the wrong way to run a country.

We cannot afford two wars. We cannot afford to pay social security in the future. And our elected officials keep ignoring these problems.

I think it is time for a change. Either the people demand change, or it will be forced upon us. The former option we can control. The latter option will be painful to accept.

That coming from a guy who let's his brother live in a shack?!

Yeah we can trust Obama to be our brother's keeper...

Anyone who saw that debate and thinks Obama won is either a liar or they didn't see the debate!

LOL
Team America...
You backtrack and cover as well as your candidate. If that had been an Obama advisor, you'd be OUTRAGED!
hypocrite

OK no doubt she had to reason to get all that money. What does that have to do with McCain though?

McCain will sink the ship and throw his wife overboard for Palin. People wake up because Palin came fart without McCain correcting it for smell.

I think the obama campaign is saving the best for last. which is: Mcain's involvement in the S&L Scandal and the Keating Five scandal. In 2004, McCain lost the South Carolina Primary. Bush went on to become president through a recount in Florida, helped by Eskew, Tompkins, and Rhodes, called by one McCain adviser, "the darker side of our party." Same people with bush 2000? now with Mccain 2008? is this a dream?

I think you forgot to add another sentence on your ad: By the way, I am Obama and I received $500,000 dollars from forks within Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac.....

Obama, you can run but you cannot hide.

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$ 700,000,000,000.00

The taxpayers should at least get to see some some CEO & upper level execs take a "perp walk".

The taxpayers deserve to see 1000's of execs being escorted out of their buildings with their belongings in a cardboard box.

BUT... if they leave at all, it will be with a golden parachute.

$ 700,000,000,000.00

From your pocket.

How on earth did McCain think it would ever be a good idea to get advice from someone who bombed a corporation, took a $42 million golden parachute and then said he was unfit to run a corporation like HP? Her saying that simply proved her arrogance, thinking she was qualified to run a company (into the ground) while her P/VP pick was unqualified.

If a toxic, greedy CEO thinks she is more qualified than McCain or Palin, well that just says some really bad things about all three of them – Palin, McCain and Fiorina.

I guess bad things come in threes?

That's an African adage that says "while the monkey is working the baboon is eating". We work 16hours a day to make ends meet while my boss is getting my two annual salary combined per hour. Life may not fair but at least I know it to be just. And we are thaving a taste of it first hand.

One of the giant mortgage companies at the heart of the credit crisis paid $15,000 a month to a firm owned by Senator John McCain’s campaign manager from the end of 2005 through last month, according to two people with direct knowledge of the arrangement. The disclosure contradicts a statement Sunday night by Mr. McCain that the campaign manager, Rick Davis, had no involvement with the company for the last several years. Mr. Davis’s firm received the payments from the company, Freddie Mac, until it was taken over by the government this month along with Fannie Mae, the other big mortgage lender whose deteriorating finances helped precipitate the cascading problems on Wall Street, the people said.

growing number of Republicans are expressing concern about Sarah Palin’s uneven — and sometimes downright awkward — performances in her limited media appearances.

Conservative columnist Kathleen Parker, a former Palin supporter, says the vice presidential nominee should step aside. Kathryn Jean Lopez, writing for the conservative National Review, says “that’s not a crazy suggestion” and that “something’s gotta change.”

Tony Fabrizio, a GOP strategist, says Palin’s recent CBS appearance isn’t disqualifying but is certainly alarming. “You can’t continue to have interviews like that and not take on water.”

“I have not been blown away by the interviews from her, but at the same time, I haven’t come away from them thinking she doesn’t know s—t,” said Chris Lacivita, a GOP strategist. “But she ain’t Dick Cheney, nor Joe Biden and definitely not Hillary Clinton.”

In May 2007, as Mr. McCain’s presidential bid was floundering, he spent a weekend at the MGM Grand on the Las Vegas strip. A fund-raiser hosted by J. Terrence Lanni, the casino’s top executive and a longtime friend of the senator, raised $400,000 for his campaign. Afterward, Mr. McCain attended a boxing match and hit the craps table
Only six members of Congress have received more money from the gambling industry than Mr. McCain, and five hail from the casino hubs of Nevada and New Jersey, according to data from the Center for Responsive Politics dating back to 1989.

This is not an entirely Republican problem. The Democrats have done nothing in the last 8 years to address the problem and even longer. This problem started in the mid 1990's – no one did anything then, Republicans or Democrats. Several high ranking politicians were on the boards if not directly involved with these companies and still are high ranking politicians (Frank and Dodd). I say after we get grounded we need to make sure those involved are held accountable and never hold a position in government – possibly give up there benfits for failing to fo there jobs. Pay back time. An Independent.

What is sad about this is not that she is on the McCain campaign, but that the CEO's of companies can actually do a BAD JOB and STILL get so much money when FIRED!!!!
...PATHETIC...PATHETIC..PATHETIC...
And I bet she thinks she deserved it???

I know this is going to resonate with a lot of voters, but I don't see how it can be combatted legally unless:

1) CEO pay restrictions are worked into any agreement for govt. bailout, or
2) the income tax code is made more progressive. Back as recently as 1960, the top rate was more than 75%, double today's rate.

I don't see how legally the govt. can limit CEO pay but not the pay of pro athletes, entertainers, etc., except through far reaching tax reform.

When mccain said he would put a freeze on goverment spending does that mean he will STOP SENDING BILLONS OF DOLLARS A MONTH TO IRAQ? and since some feel he saved the day and made the deal happen in congress WILL HE SAVE SOME MORE OF OUR MEN AND WOMEN FROM DYING SENSELESS IN IRAQ will he END THIS WAR and stop killing our men and woman and driving our economy futher and futher in debt because of it MCCAIN SUPPORTERS ASK YOUR SELF THESE QUESTIONS and then look at mccains policies!

McCain needs to stop selling himself short and confess about his own policies and how they are against Obama. At least one import ant thing about Obama plans is that if you have an percondition illness you will be able to get insurance. McCain you will have to puchase insurance and if they are what it looks like at my job, I pay more for premium and deducible and get less of a choice for doctors, so Obama plans is the best Health Care Plan around. Don't be fool people McCain don't have a plan only looking at Obama works and stealing the phrases,.

Where's Ms. Fiorina been? Holed up with Sarah, maybe? Oh, maybe Botox Barbie McCain is giving them social grace lessons – like she would know anything about that!

Yes the RICH get RICHER and the POOR get . . . .

Time to get a new wind in Washington DC. Need to get the SAME OLD SAME OLD out. A prety face does not mean a change for the better. We need someone that will STOP and THINK about a problem. McCain tends to SHOOT first and then try to understand what happened. Just like Bushd so what is the difference between Bush and McCain: NOTHING

Obama, finally, you have shown your true colors. You are hostile to women who are socially conservative; you are never tolerant or understanding. You deplore race baiting; but you inject race by telling your surrogates what to say. You say to believe McCain is a hero; but you call him "John" as though he were your equal. McCain is more than himself...he is a man! You are not!!!

Rick Davis, McCain's right hand should be in this commercial also, with his monthly stipen of $15,000 from Freddie Mac. And all the other lobbyist on McCain's payroll. I am sure they are not on his campaign for free.

WOW....McCain=MORE OF THE SAME PROBLEMS!! HOW MANY OF YA'LL GOT 42 MILLION AFTER BEING FIRED...........HMMMM, WAITING...........

STILL WAITING...................

When McCain says country first he is just setting the order in which he would like things to collapse. He would rather ruin the country than lose the campaign. His choice of running mate makes this crystal clear.

Mccain has ran one of the dirtiest, sleeziest, lobbying ran campiagn I ever seen. Mccains top Campiagn manager Rick Davis was lobbying for Mortgage company Freddie Mac until last month when it crashed. His top economic advisor Phil Graham is the King of deregulation which put Americans life savings at risk and said this nation is a bunch of whiners. Mccain says he agrees with Bush 90% of the time. How can you trust this fool??!!?!?

McCain and the 1st Debate!!!

Interesting…he wouldn’t sit down with leaders and couldn’t look Barack Obama in the face. Constantly travels with & stands behind Palin on stage all the time.
What is he hiding from? What’s up with this man? Can't make it on his own?

Some call them elitiest . . . . John McCain calls them advisors, friends and peers.

Let us not forget that she was FORCED out for spying on her employees. Hmmmmm, fits right in with McCain / Bush

WAY TO GO #1 COMMENT!!!! A freeze in government spending will be devastating to the national economy. Any sensible economist will tell you that government spending is healthy for the economy...generates a tax base for employees and contractors, who in turn, spend their wages and recycles money through the economy. McCain just doesn't get it. ECON 101, ECON 360 (money and banking). McCain, go back to school.

We need to see the tax returns of Sarah Palin before the debates, because I am certain that uncle Ted Stevens has given her money from her friends.
We need all tax returns.

I am concerned that McCain's advisors are tied to Gas, Oil, Gambling, and Banking organizations, and I am sure Cindy and her $300,000 dress has some of it.

Tony

Gidget does Fairbanks will replace him as the biggest laughing joke in the history of American policitical elections!

Say thank you to Sarah, Dan and wipe than smile off your face, republicans will say your "sexist"!

I was hoping Obama would make on ad of this type. Where is Rickc Davis now to cry foul? Hiding with his ill gotten Freddic Mack and Fannie Mae money!

That is shamefull, lets have afull fledged investigation of the group of people who ran Freddy Mac and Fanny Mae into the ground but cooked the books and took millions and millions away. Exactly who in the Govt. refussed to regulate these entities back in 2003, 2005.

When are Barney Frank and Chris Dodd going to hold hearings on the failure that put up to 5 TRILLION in sub-prime mortgages on the backs of the taxpayers...Oh yeah, they were the ones who said all along that they were absolutely safe.

The names Raines, Johnson and Gorlick took the money from Fannie and Freddie and are advising the Obama campaign on economic and housing issues! What a crock, the Dems and Obama will say and do anything to get power. I hope the american people wake up and stop them.

What took so long for someone to recognize this? They should have been pounced on this. Fiorina was allowed to freely advertised with little or no scrutiny. She was the biggest fish on the campaign that was fair game with being a fired CEO. Political red meat to a pitbull is who she is.

To Tgram – the "Wamu Guy" was actually only there for 3 weeks! which is worse in my opinion that he has done ANYTHING, good or bad and walks away with 18 million? Wow, talk about hitting the lottery

Talk all you want about how we have a republican President....
Just remember democrats control congress, Bush didn't create this mess all his own.

Obama tells you what you want to hear he has great ideas but is he a doer? Who can tell he hasn't been in the senate that long and the time that he was there he voted present. Good to know he showed up now if we could only get him to vote yay or nay....

great ad......I think more emphasis should be put on the fact that Mccain has 13 cars and 9 homes.or something like that; and he would continue tax cuts to the wealthy.. people like he and his wife......the fact that he has not released his wife's tax returns, the fact that is son formerly worked fo Wamu.......

Time for a change..The GOP needs to take a long rest . They have ruined our country . And why is Sarah now hiding in Arizona ? She's stupid no matter what state you try to hide her in . I bet they cancel this debate , because she's just one hot mess thats sinking McBush even more than his old outdated views .

John McCain actually feigned ignorance about Carly's golden parachute in a recent interview with Meredith Viera of NBC's Today show. How many of you honestly think he didn't know this ????

He then went on to rail about CEOs that get payouts for failing. McCain is a big LIAR

I would be ashamed to have John McCain and Sarah Palin as my President & Vice President. We deserve better

I am disappointed in McCain. He keeps talking about being a POW and his service in the military but what has he done for people in the military. He says military people know that he will take care of them. McCain's voting record speaks for itself. He didn't even vote for the GI bill. All talk and no walk.

And spending freeze? The largest portion of federal expenditures is defence (mostly the Iraq war) and I doubt McCain has any intention of bringing the troops home from Iraq. By the way, on Saturday three carside bombs blew up in Baghdad killing US soldiers – this war has been such a success?????

I don't understand why CEOs make so much money? Doesn't that money belong to stockholders? How can they approve such compensation? If one man discovers a cure for diabetes or cancer then they sure deserve 40 million dollars in comp and reward because they would save so many lives. But what does a CEO do that they deserve such compensation? I am baffled, I don't get it.

Carly Fiorina makes a good target. As a fired CEO with a $42M parachute, she exemplifies the pay-for-incompetence mind-set on Wall Street - and in McCain's campaign.

It's time someone targeted Fiorina. She's been incredibly vocal against the Obama camp, decrying everything they (and SNL!!!) say with reference to Palin as "sexism."
McCain is erratic and has incredibly poor judgement: in choosing an unvetted VP, in choosing terrible advisors and in trying to politicize every aspect of this election.
America can't afford 4 more of the same!

Oh no it's sexism, how dare you ?

This is for McCain and Palin,thanks but no thanks.

Senator Obama needs to do a video on the Keating 5 featuring Senator John McCain. the world seems to have forgotten.

This current bailout is all about the fat cats getting fatter just ask President Bush ..... and Dick Chaney will be on of those who gets a golden existing bonus..... from big oil.....

Time for a change..The GOP needs to take a long rest . They have ruined our country . And why is Sarah now hiding in Arizona ? She's stupid no matter what state you try to hide her in . I bet they cancel this debate , because she's just one hot mess thats sinking McBush even more than his old outdated views .

Old man / young idiot ticket== no way

I like this commercial more than the others because it has less attacking and it focuses more on Barack. Judging from the way the audience reacted to the debate, they don't like attacks. I think the Obama camp saw this too and made a good decision.

OBAMA/BIDEN 2008 The Original Leaders of Change

mccain keeps defendind fiorina. This weekend he said he was proud of her. republicans can try to hypocritically explain that to the 24,000 people at HP that are losing their jobs while she gets millions for running the company into the ground.

Tell me again when the new kind of politics Obama promised begins. I'm still waiting.

Obama, I personally can name a list of bad people who you have received money from. You think Americans are blind on your dirty money trick? LOL!

I watched Chris Rock on Larry King, and he made a serious point. He stated how he felt that African Americans have supported the Democratic Party in lock step, for mostly white candidates. Now that the African American Community has a qualified candidate, it would be a shame if any white democrats specifically did not support him just because he was black. He basically stated that if the party is together, then the white members, not just the leaders, should show black members that they can vote for a qualified black candidate. I myself have no problem with voting for a black candidate, or a Hispanic one for that matter. I think if he or she is qualified, and the best to help the country, we should support them. However, I think Chris Rocks comments were particularly reveling for democrats.

With the country facing one of it's most important economic crisis decisions, how can it be that "Palin" is in the mind of ANY average American? She is (at this point) not even an afterthought.
CNN, please keep an eye "on the ball"!!!!

My rich uncle came to live with me for awhile. It wasn't long after that when I began to notice I didn't have as much cash. Soon, other things began to disappear as well. My car suddenly vanished, but I couldn't afford to buy another one. When I could no longer afford to feed my wife and kids, I figured my uncle would help out, but he just told me to get a second mortgage, which I did. Well, my wife and kids moved out once the money ran out, and the bank snatched up my house. Now some other dude is taking care of my wife and raising my kids while I'm struggling to feed myself because I have to pay all of this alimony and child support. So if you see some old guy walkin'around tellin' you that he can make you rich if you just give him a few bucks to invest, don't fall for the scam, it's just my rich Uncle Sam.

She Failed as an Exec!

There is no reason she should have ever been trying to lend executive credibility on behalf of anyone.

Thats like mother teresa getting O.J. Simpson to do her public relations.

Hey "McCain is a Liar" to answer your question, McCain is a corporate candidate, CNN & All The news media are owned by corporations. That's their man, he will be protected. It's sad these people call themselves journalist.
And to the person approving or denying this. Let it be shown and do show it to your producers, have some fair reporting for once!

McCain on the stump this morning. . .they are only lies if they come from Democrats?

On another board. . . To Reality Check,
You are a gay man who is NOT going to vote Democrat? Are you unclear about the position that the Republicans take against your sexual orientation? Voting for McCain / Palin will take your rights back many, many moons.

You will mastermind your own demise. Beware!

If McCain doesn't have the cabin that Palin is going to debate school in listed on his senate records then either he lied on his Senate financial disclosure records or this cabin has to be considered an outsider contribution under campaign finance laws. If Cindy McCain's corportation is listed as owning it and they don't report it as a corporate donation then they are breaking the laws. I smell something fishy going on here.

what do you expect when you talk the talk for 26 yrs even his runningmate cant point out one regulation Mccain put in place in washington
SHAME McCAIN SHAME ON U get you own slogan and leave Obama's change stick to your reform pls...

OBama/Biden real change...

This is why Joh McCain is for capatilism and deregulation- no transparency or accountability!!! That's what John McCain is betting on!

mccain wanting a freeze on spending is his whole economic policy!

If you will listen closely to him, you will notice that he has no new money coming in, but he wants to continue the 10 billion dollars a month for the Iraq War.

Where will it come from? It's not coming from the Defense or Entitlements Budget. It will be early childhood education, senior programs, etc.

John Mccain is NOT responsible for the huge salaries that these CEO'S make, the companies that hired them are!!! Apparently, she is a smart woman or she would not have been in this position. Who of us would turn down this kind off money, I wouldn't.

Also, you Democrats must keep CNN'S Ticker pulled up all of the time and you comment on everything negative about Mccain/Palin. I actually think that you "copy and paste" because I have seen the same postings on different subjects. You need to get more creative!!!

If Sarah Palin is going to Arizona for "debate camp", Joe Biden is in Deleware preparing for the debate. If he is so experienced and smart, why does he have tio prepare??

TGRAM...it was 3 WEEKS not 3 years.....even worse!

GO OBAMA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Palin sucks, and Mccain is using the finacial crissis as a plitical move to seem like a hero. Get over yourself, John. "He doesn't understand"...Why was he so condescending to Obama at the debate.

McCain and his people are scuttling around like little bugs whose rock has just been lifted off of them to expose them for the first time ever as they truly are for all the world to see and it's not a pretty sight.

I was wondering when someone was going to get around to the fact that this woman is responsible for running HP into the ground and was FIRED!

McCain is such an elitist. His voting record makes me ill. His lies make me ill again. He's the one that doesn't understand.

... and Tgram,
The wamu guy was only in charge for 3 WEEKS!

Let me predict the GOP response.. "THESE ATTACKS ARE SEXIST AND BASELESS" lol

I think this ad is extremely relevant.

McCain himself picked his campaign team of lobbyists, Washington insiders, Rove strategists, and rich CEOs like Fiorina-
the very people he claims he and Palin will target if they are elected.

Does he really think the American people are stupid enough to believe this?

Change is coming McCain, and it's called Obama/Biden.

I sure wish I could screw up at my job, run the company into the ground and make millions. Just another example of why we need Obama.

Obama/Biden 08!

Actually, the WaMu guy was only in there for THREE WEEKS. Astounding that he'd get $18M – that's $6M PER WEEK.

Fiorina – 42 million – RICK DAVIS – STILL BEING PAID FROM FANNIE AND FREDDIE – PLS MCCAIN STOP, no one believes your LIES anymore.

She was a disgrace to HP and drove its shareprice down. Shareholders should not have to put up with this. The problem is that the board of directors all sit on each others boards and take care of themseleves.

For McCain to have had her as one of his financial advisors just proves how out of touch he is. Too old, makes poor choices, and unworthy of the job of President.

Enough is enough!

Say no to:

More War McCain &
Taliban Palin.

Anyone who wants to do a little homework on this mess should look at the following:

1. 1982: Garn-St. Germain Depository Institutions Act
2. 1987: Keating Five
3. 1999: Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act
4. 2000: Commodity Futures Modernization Act, which led to the rise of Credit Default Swaps

The common thread? John McCain was involved in all of them.

This mess goes clear back to the 1980s, folks. It flared up a few times, but has now become volcanic. It can no longer be ignored, hence our current situation.

If I'm not mistaken, Obama, whom Mr. McDenial has accused of this mess, was still in college in the 80s.

It's sad….. give it up, Grandpa.

Don't let Mccain fool you, he is part of the problem!! NOT THE SOLUTION, although he's been trying to proce otherwise!

In his wise judgment he selected Sarah Palin a dodger of subpeonas- what normal person that you know of would be allowed to ignore a subpeona for the coutrs and still be allowed to continue a campaign instead of being put IN PRISON!!!!

MCCAIN/PALIN- THANKS BUT NO THANKS!!!

It's easy with NO EXPERIENCE to point fingers at people, it's hard with NO experience to fingers at yourself and say I have generated NO legislation in the 143 days since I took the Senators office and NO practical experience with foreign affairs outside of my world wind trip recently and can take office on day 1 with OJT as my #1 goal

I said I was for change and you get what you see and my running mate who's been in Washington D.C longer than John McCain...but if I can continue to point my finger maybe you'll forget who really has the EXPERIENCE to start on Day#1 with action not WORDs..

That's John McCain

Please listen to our children and don't vote away their futures ..VOTE NO on the BAILOUT BILL...or I'll vote NO for you!~

John McCain scares the living daylights out of me. If he's proved one thing... it's that you have no idea what he's going to do next.

He says one thing and does the other. He proposes a plan and then changes his mind on it the following day. He goes to Washington to "help" and derails the process. He has the choice of 100 qualified candidates for VP and picks Sarah Palin. He gets word of a hurricane in the gulf and threatens to postpone the RNC.

I'm beginning to think he might not be the second coming of George W. Bush — he'll be far, far worse! John McCain cannot be relied upon!

Obama/Biden '08!!!

Give them Hell Barack!!!!!!!!!

yes CEO is who he looks out for

Anybody who believes Obama will make a good prsident are idiots.
He is dangerous for the future of America.
You vote for him and america wil never be the same. Socialist, 3th world country. that is the future with Obama!.

What about his campaign manager being on the payroll to lobby for Freddie and Fannie up until last month? Newsweek just broke the story fully by following the money trail.

Alan Fishman hasn't been there 3 years. He's been there 3 WEEKS.

MRS FIORINIS SOLUTION FOR HEWITT PACKARD FINANCIAL PROBLEMS WAS SO FIRE MORE PEOPLE.SHE HOLDS A DEGREE IN ENGLISH I THOUGHT . NO WONDER THE COMPANY WENT DOWN.AND YOU WANT US TO TRUST HER WITH ECONOMIC CRISIS OF TODAYS.NO THANKS

mccain and palin don't bother with the truth anymore. Keep telling people lies and they will chant USA, USA, USA. pain is mired in an investigation that she has stone-walled since being nominated. Is this the "transperency" she and mccain want to bring to Washington? mccain says everyone wants reform and change and he is right. The problem with his argument is he and his republican party are the culprits and America wants to change from their lies, corruption and deceit. It is glaringly obvious that mccain did not trust palin to run the campaign for 12 hours while he was having dinner with the traitor lieberman why should we trust her to be VP and possibly the president?

The ultimate war ticket...
McCain: POW
Palin: MIA

No way. No How. No McCain. No Palin!

Anyone who is a Republican and tells the truth is not espousing the GOP platform. McCain and Palin keep telling the same lies over and over again long after they have been exposed as lies.

The entire McCain campaign has been designed to attract the most gullible of America's society and leaves the inference that they think voters can't figure out anything for themselves.

of course with the GOP powerful effectively continuing on with their abuses of power in the Alaskan scandal of troopergate where Sara's appointed Attorney General advised people subpeonied they didn't have to comply kind of sounds like the way Bush's main man Alberto Gonzales corrupted the justice system throughout the rest of America.

Every bit of it is about greed.Not the average worker American.

As a result, Ms. Fiorina has been buzzed about as a potential commerce or Treasury secretary or even as a McCain running mate, although some Republicans close to Mr. McCain swiftly dismiss the idea of her as vice president. But the view within the campaign is that it can only help Mr. McCain’s standing among women to have Ms. Fiorina mentioned as a possibility for high-profile office in a McCain administration, particularly when he is trying to win over the supporters of Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton.

42 million? Who qualifies to be in McCain's "elitist" group? "Maverick," "elitist" and oh, "liberal." The McCain camp has got to come up with some new catchy words.

tgram++++++++I understand that Alan Fishman was only at Washington Mutual 18 days. But he was probably a Republican and you know how much they are worth.

How many houses and cars does this failed CEO have?

To put these 24 hours in context, you must remember that McCain not only knows little about the economy but that he has not previously expressed any urgency about its meltdown. It was on Sept. 15 — the day after his former idol Alan Greenspan pronounced the current crisis a “once-in-a-century” catastrophe — that McCain reaffirmed for the umpteenth time that the “fundamentals of our economy are strong.” As recently as Tuesday he had not yet even read the two-and-a-half-page bailout proposal first circulated by Hank Paulson last weekend. “I have not had a chance to see it in writing,” he explained. (Maybe he was waiting for it to arrive by Western Union instead of PDF.)

I agree with "Mccain is a liar"

Did anyone question what would happen if McCain actually DID THIS?
Talk about a knee-jerk response.
Obama, once again being calm and thoughtful, said that a scalpel, not an axe was needed.
Score one more for Obama.

Fiorina was one to talk – she wasn't qualified to run a major corporation either.

I wish there were more scrutiny an interest over the candidates' top advisors. These are the people that will be running the White House next year, and their influence in shaping policy is extraordinary. Obama surrounds himself with some of the finest minds from business and academia in the country. McCain surrounds himself with jokers like Phil "mental recession" Gramm, Carly "golden parachute" Fiorina, Randy "neocon whacko" Scheuneman, and Rick "taking money from Freddie Mac until last month to buy access to McCain" Davis. The contrast couldn't be sharper.

A spending freeze? Isn't that what you do when you get into office on the premise that government doesn't work?

A government spending freeze stops government from getting anything done. It's a way of demonstrating government failure and making failure a way of life.

sad and amazing how far the obama team has gone to the dark side to win this race. when this all began i was hoping that obama would stay away from all this name calling and nasty attacks. i had the same hopes for the mccain team. in the end both these men have proven to me that washington is a virulent pathogen that contaminates and ruins evne the best of people.

Yes indeed, IT IS TIME FOR CHANGE!!! No more golden parachutes!

Obama in'08!!

Not to mention Cash-out Carly's support of sending jobs overseas. Not to mention her slash and burn CEO techniques, where she just flatly laid out over 20,000 employees to make way for her bonus and to give the stocks "a bump". This woman should not be anywhere near the White House advising anybody on anything. She is part of the problem in modern American economics.

Thats right Obama go getem

WHAT ARE MCCAIN/PALIN TRYING TO HIDE?

WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO RELEASE YOUR WIFES TAX RETURNS SENATOR?

THE COUNTRY HAS A RIGHT TO KNOW WHERE AN ECONOMIC ELITIST SUCH AS YOURSELF HAS HIS MILLIONS STASHED!!!!!

WHERE DOES YOUR FUTURE FINANCIAL INTERESTS LIE?

WHAT ARE YOU HIDING FROM THE AMERICAN PEOPLE SENATOR???

This is ludicrous, we can't let this go on for the organizations who receive any money from the bailout!

This is unfortunate. Carly Fiorina was elected to her position by a Board of Directors, who also approved her salary, who also approved her severance package. I understand the message, but there are countless CEOs (Republicans and Democrats) that are being paid this much money. To single Fiorina out is a low blow. To single her out shows a lack of leadership, and demonstrates a distinct difference between preaching about change, and actually providing change. Actions speak louder than words.

What people need to be thinking and asking themselves is why and how Sarah Palin can attract enormous crowds such as the 60K + crowd in Florida WITHOUT free concerts. Obama can't attract that large without the use of those concerts or celebrity appearances yet she is getting that many or more on a the trail with a regular stump speech. Hillary didn't need the concerts either. Makes you wonder doesn't it? Obama = all hype.........no substance.

Right on, Sen. Obama. Once again McCain tries to tie big-money advisers to the Obama campaign while ignoring his own ties to execs who benefited from golden parachutes. And what a whopper it was for Fiorina. This woman was a horrific executive who did terrible damage to the shareholders of her company.
McCain needs to stop the lies, distortions, misrepresentations, and other dishonorable acts. This is a man –supposedly of high character– who couldn't even look Sen. Barack Obama in the eye during Friday's debate. To me, that's small, petty and shifty. This ad is more of the same. He no longer can claim any honor at all. Not after how he has led his campaign.

WHAT we learned last week is that the man who always puts his “country first” will take the country down with him if that’s what it takes to get to the White House. For all the focus on Friday night’s deadlocked debate, it still can’t obscure what preceded it: When John McCain gratuitously parachuted into Washington on Thursday, he didn’t care if his grandstanding might precipitate an even deeper economic collapse. All he cared about was whether he might save his campaign. George Bush put more deliberation into invading Iraq than McCain did into his own reckless invasion of the delicate Congressional negotiations on the bailout plan. What this really means is Obama was right when he call McCain about putting out a letter with both of there endorsement McCain saw a opportunity to make a stand first. Even if the “fundamentals of our economy are strong.”

MCMORON lies out of both sides of his dirty nasty mouth. It is amaZing that the son of a Navy admiral would have no manners. The way he treated Obama last week at the debate was disgusting. If a Jr. High kid did that it would be wrong. He loved Fiorina until she did him in. I heard him talking from Ohio this am and not one word he said was true. He was smiling and fawning all over Miss Mooseberger, idiot wife standing there like a statue, he ignores her. When Sara caribou is around he can't contain himself from smiling. Too bad he couldn't have acted like a gentleman ( remember an officer and a gentleman?) during the debate. Next time I feel sure Obama will go for the jugular and he won't know what hit him.

Of course Obama's ad would never mention Jim Johnson or Franklin Raines who cooked the books at Freddie Mac so they could make millions of dollars in bonuses. His ad would never mention them because they are advisors to Obama. The Democrat Party has become the party of hypocrisy and double standards

And according to McCain, he knew nothing of her bonus package. Just one more of McCain/Palin lies.

BO should continue to hit McCain-Palin about the economy....Use McCain's own words "I don't know much about the economy" against him and use his advisors "a Nation of winers"..."mental recession"....Just keep hitting McSame with the economy and this election will be over very soon!!!

Attack Attack Attack. McCain can not be trusted. He's just more of the same.

OBAMA/BIDEN 08

So if McCain's not qualified to run a major organization, is what's happening to his campaign explained?

The evangelical Baptists are now rushing in to rescue the McCain campaign, even to the extent of defying the law. I wonder what sort of price they would demand for their support, were McCain to win?

Maybe the moral is that if you put an incompetent in charge of the government, you thereby gain an opportunity to buy the whole thing on the cheap.

Simply the truth !

Someone has to tell McCain that this is not the time to run a campaign like a SNL skit ... If we would have known that he is such a drama queen he would not have to pick a VP based on gender.

CNN is SOOOOOOOOOOO in the TANK for McSHAME. When John McSAME comes up with a negative ad, CNN will post the link to the ad to give it more coverage; but will be biased by posting ONLY A SCREEN SHOT of Obama's hitting McSame on the issues of CEO pay and outsourcing American jobs overseas.

CNN, I demand you be fair and NOT CENSOR FREE SPEECH. POST THE LINK TO OBAMA's AD NOW!!!!

NOMcSAME-PAINLIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

it definitely is an outrage, what makes them deserve all that money?

Obama has proven he is no Kerry, he is brilliantly running his campaign. If he runs this country like his campaign America will be great again!
mccain/palin = proven pathological liars

How much did Andrew McCain, John McCain's son, CEO of failed Silver Bank get when he left 2 months prior to it's belly up and investors lost their money?

REPUBLICAN ECONOMIC POLICIES HAVE BROUGHT US TO THE BRINK OF COLLAPSE!

IT'S TIME FOR A NEW DIRECTION!

OBAMA/BIDEN IN 2008 AND BEYOND!!

Like everyone else on the McSame team: PART OF THE PROBLEM, NOT PART OF THE SOLUTION!

people need to know that the WaMu guy was only there for three years or so.

i'm thinking, let me get in there and ruin the company in a span of three years and then pay me 18 million dollars.

Why isn't there more talk of what Mccain said about putting a freeze on government spending altogather. Sure he could afford that with his 7 houses and 13 cars, he can ride it out at his new house, the white house, but what about the public school systems that desperately need help, our crumbling roads that can put more people to work...why isn't this being talked about more?

McGimmick is not fit to run a corporation, much less the most complex economy on the planet

Excellent! Obama won the debate as indicated in his sharp rise in the polls after the weekend. Now we need to keep the subject on the issues.

Tooooooooooooooo funny and sadly too true