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As the saying goes "Never argue with an idiot. He'll drag you down to his level and beat you with experience."

The McCain/Palin camp wants to get into silly mode because they do not want to have a serious conversation about the real issues that face all Americans. Palin can't understand the issues and Mccain is too out of touch.

Anyone who says that Obama was 34 when he was Ayers living room should also say that McCain was a key figure in the Keating 5 S&L mess that cost tax payers millions when he was a senator.

Like most Americans, I have been so impressed by the celebrity, charisma and good looks of Barack. He really has a nice personally and will make fun president. I don't understand why the evil Republicans keep harping on Baracks experience, background, princples and his voting record in congress.

Sarah Palin and John McCain are demonstrating that the Bible has a place on their shelves collecting dust and nothing more. Exodus 20 and Deuteronomy 5 both list the 10 Commandments and in both place the 8th Commandment reads "Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor"

Both are guilty of this smear and McCain is a hypocrite because he was the one in 2000 who was screaming mad at Steve Schmidt and Karl Rove's tactics against him in South Carolina. I guess since McCain is now paying Steve Schmidt to do to Obama what Schmidt did to McCain's daughter 8 years ago tells me more about McCain than anything else I've seen.

The possible responses in kind against Palin and McCain are numerous but none address the real issues facing us anymore than accusing someone of consorting with folks accused of terrorism 40 years ago. Obama was 8 years old then so give it a rest as McCain and Palin only destroy their own credibility.

McCain and his Bimbo running mate can't beat Obama politically so they have to come up with a smear campaign, sooooo George BUSH style. Obama is smart, honest and has a good character.The grumpy old mean man McCain should look in his own back yard if it comes to his own character. Left his first wife for a young, rich wife Cindy Hensley, after cheating repeatably on his first wife Carol. Carol who was handicapped after a car accident while he was a POW. She wasn't enough for him anymore, a cripple, it's all about image for him. He called Chelsea Clinton in 1998 UGLY. A grown man calls a little girl that, which she is far from ugly. He is the ugly one, inside and out.

This is absurd.

The McCain camp is trying to get us to believe a sitting U.S. Senator has ties to terrorists, when the so-called terrorist is himself a college professor at a major university?

Meanwhile, Sarah Palin's husband was a member of a political party that promoted secession of Alaska from the Union. How patriotic is that???

So if he was committing terrorist acts at 34, why was he not in jail? Why is this man professing at a well-known university and roaming the streets as a free man? I can't wait, and sincerely hope that Obama calls McCain out for this on tuesdays debate. I want Obama to tell him how low it is to suggest a fellow senator is "paling around with terrorists." I'm sure he will answer that his Pitbull was simply citing a NYT article, but then why did she fail to mention the conclusion that Obama and Ayers had no close relationship? I guess when you read "All newspapers and magazines" you don't have time to read the complete articles. This will backfired on Republicans big time. They lost many votes after the "pedophile" ad, they will lose even more with this one.

The slash and burn tactics of the McCain campaign will not work this time. American voters are interested in a plan to help us with our bills and the cost of living. We are interested in getting out of the war and saving the lives of our brave soldiers. We are interested in healthcare. We are interested in saving our retirement accounts. We are interested in a President that talks about the issues are not about trying to tie his opponent to someone he barely knows. Senator McCain had better be careful or his past may come back to haunt him. The Keating Five is a time when Mr. McCain showed bad judgement. As a matter of fact his choice of VP shows very poor judgement. We want to hear what he is going to do about the economy, the war, the climate change, jobs, education and healthcare. Just having Palin trash talk and wink is not going to win him the election.

It's obvious to even a blind man that this Republican party will do anything to stay in power. They themselves admitted they want to smear his character instead of arguing about issues that is important to the American people! This party is an absolute disgrace. They are attempting the fear tactic and if they doesn't work I wouldn't be surprised if they tried to use force to make sure they stayed in the White House.

JC October 5th, 2008 7:29 pm ET

Obama is distracting from the issues by CONSTANTLY accusing his opponents of trying to distract from the issues. I am so sick of Obama, the candidate who contradicts himself over and over again and gets caught in his own hypocrisy! Anyone but Obama!!!
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You have just proven that McCain supporters are not mentally stable. Your campaign has been going around smearing Obama for months now, but Obama shouldn't stand up for himself? What hypocrisy?? Your campaign is one of the most hypocritical that I've ever seen! McCain boasts about loving Veterans, but cut off funds for troops and voted against every single initiative that would increase Veterans' benefits or their pay! You all are the hypocrites but you're too blind to see your own hypocrisy! Stop whining and ask your candidate to talk about the issues which he can't do because he's a clueless, lying, pandering nutcase.

I can't believe the REpublicans would actually spent money on issues that have been debunked for months. Don't you think if there was ANY dirt to be found Hillary would have found it. This is all just distraction. Shameful and pathetic.

Obama/Biden

Obama needs to stop crying and whining when his opponents make comments like this. If he is elected CNN and other main stream media will still be critical of his every move. Are they tearing down the country when they do this?

McCain has the right to critique and make his comments. Personally I do not agree with voting for someone who is a 'baby'.

I'm voting for McCain/Palin.

The maverick and change experience that's what we need in Washington.

I say Obama and Biden stay on message on the economy. We're sick of hearing crap that McCain has.

Besides, McCain IS chummy with Keating AND G Gordon Liddy (Watergate crook...spent 4 years in prison and in 1994 threatened to shoot federal agents)

McCain is using stupid attacks that don't hold water. Obama was 8 when Ayers did that and changed for the better. But we all know now about McCain's Keating and G Gordon Liddy!

Say it aint so, joe, there you again, pointing the finger backwards . . .

Two words McCain....Keating Five.

Well, well, well, OBVIOUSLY Obama and all you Obama-bots will be out in full force, because YOU KNOW his connections to terrorists, a radical preacher, and shady real estate moguls ARE REPRESENTATIVE OF HIS LACK OF JUDGMENT!!!!!!! You liberal lib-tards just can't have it both ways, accusing Bush of poor judgment on a number of issues when your own straw puppet Obama is the worst of them all in terms of judgment. This guy IS THE MOST LIBERAL SENATOR ON RECORD, and has COWARDLY chickened out and voted "present" at least 94 times in the Senate!!! Wow!!!! What a hard decision...hmmmm, should I vote YEA, or NAY??? Uhhhhhhhh, errrrrrrr, ummmmmmm.....arghhhh! I just can't do it!!!! Oh well, I'll just vote "PRESENT"!!!!!! Way to man up and take a stand for what you believe in NOBAMA. When will you idiot liberal lemmings wake up? Oh wait, lemmings don't. When your shady Chicago Teleprompter Speech named Obama has lost the election and is plunging off the Cliff of Poor Judgment (located on the Isle of Inexperience), you lemming liberals will all be screaming aaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

this is all mcbrute knows to do

blame others
be a bully
be negative
and say lies

fight me fight me fight me

oh please mccain we americans are not as dumbs as your VP

sorry fear adn smear will not work this time like your predecesor mcbush
people are tired of this circus...

Beverly Nelson October 5th, 2008 7:30 pm ET
I want to comment on the lopsided journalism and the press. I used to watch alot of CNN but I feel it has not been as fair as it should be with both our Presidential candidates. It seems to me that the press has been in Obama's pocket and the liberals have the cards stacked. I have been talking to alot of people who feel the same
** Watch Fox News**I am sure you will be Pleased!!!

Mccain said at first that he'd run a 'clean' campaign because he thought American people would fall for hus mess. Now he's grasping at straws...and trying to find anything because his campaign is at an all time low.

stacy October 5th, 2008 7:30 pm ET

smear my foot, what about all the millions of contributions Obama
campaign has received from foreign countries?
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show me the proof sheep. I guess you believe everything the Republican party says, huh? Show me where you found this information and stop spreading lies.

dear Mr. Mc Cain,
we're tired of this lame tactic. IT WON'T WORK. go back and study harder for your debate. that's the problem when one graduated 894th from 899. we don't want Joe Sixpack. we want SMART people to run this country. PERIOD.

Obama has the plans for a brighter future!! Mccain wants to ignore the issues and play high school politics.

I have always been an Independent. I have voted base on the character of the candidate as well as their position on the issues. That being said, McCain's past has proven how issues can get muddled during a campaign. Our country needs direction and guidance, not mud slinging ways of the past. I will not vote or support a person, male or female, that has betrayed their wedding vows If God and family is not first, how can you lead our nation?. He cheated on his first wife (who was actually married when he met her). Think about the Clinton years and you can see why I'm not supporting his candidacy.

Old stale tried and failed dirty politics of McCain-Palin has reared it's ugly head again. No worries the American people will surely reject them once again. It's ALL about the economy stupid !

Everyone who has half a brain already know that this kind of nasty tactic of McCain-Palin is a LIE and has been debunked many times. But I guess if one has an evil heart, if one is unqualified to be VP and president, and whose campaign is in the toilet; then I guess it's the only thing one can try to dig up and make every effort to try to turn the page on the economy.

So if they want to focus their attention and energy in this direction, then I hope ALL of the American people will completely reject them.
I am glad Obama is revealing truths and staying focused on what the American people need !

The America people will definitely have a real clear choice – to vote for a campaign [ Bush-McCain-Palin ] that focuses on LIES, rather that putting forth an economic plan that will benefit the lives of the America people, and put the country on a better path. Or vote for the ticket [ Obama-Biden ] that has manintained focused on an economic plan and vision to bring prosperity and justice to ALL of the American people and NOT just the wealthy and well connected.

It's time for the American people to get it right and NOT vote for McCain-Palin, instead vote for change. It's time for this country to turn the page and seek a new and better future for ourselves and our children.It's time for REAL change in Washington, it's time to elect Barack Obama for president !

Obama-Biden are the wiser and stronger team to solve the crucial challenges we have in this nation and abroad !

Accusations=Accused=Allegations. These are NOT accusations or allegations, these are the hard facts Mr. Barack Hussein Obama. Evidently, you think that people do not care about your character, but they do and the people you surrounded yourself with formed your views of this country. I cannot think of another presidential candidate who surrounded themselves with the likes of Bill Ayers, Tony Rezko or Jeremiah Wright, other than Bill Clinton. The truth hurts Mr. Obama.

Summerlover, Please tell us how old McSenile was when he was laying in Cindy's bed, while his three children and disabled wife waited for him at home. I believe that Jesus tells us to forgive others or He will not forgive us. John McSenile and you may want to think about this. OBAMA/BIDEN 08
Connie from "BLUE" Indiana

he pals around with a terrorist, listens to a racist anti american minister on sundays, campaigns for a brutal communist in kenya, accepts donations from the middle east (illegally), and votes to kill infants who survive abortion. wow i can sure see why the loony lefty media are slavish in their adoration of the morally bankrupt no body. he has no judgement, no character, and no morals. hey obama ....you are the weakest link.....goodbye.

Let us make this very easy to understand. B. HUSSEIN I = ACORN = Fannie Mae = Freddie Mac = Ayers = Disaster for America.

McCain what are you doing? You have made your campaign into a "win at all cost" strategy game. We the voters were so excited when you and Obama won your primary campaigns, you both promised to have a clean campaign just the issues and no mud throwing, what happened to that? The first strike was McCain celebrity ad. McCain don't you remember when Bush did that dirty campaign strategy on you, and Bush won, now you have as your strategy team the same people that Bush hired to go after you, " Win at all cost" huh?

Come on repubs:

CNN is pushing Sarah Palin for president, because old McSame wont last 4 years.

This is the real gamble and americans won't stand for that,

Go blue america, lets leave the bush area behind you.

Obama / Biden 08

Republicans are so desperate they will do anything......such a disgrace!!

Obama, bring up Keating 5!!! Bring up Cindy doing drugs and stealing from her charity!!! Bring up Troopergate!!! Hit em back and hit em hard!!!

It is clear that McCain and Palin will do anything to win the election. This people are scary . They are acting like dictaters who won't mind taking any measures to win. Beware everyone.. Why they are not talking about Todd Palin's past.

Obama is the major distraction to the good of the next presidency. He is saying all that his foolish followers want to hear, knowing in his heart that he cannot deliver because at least 1/2 this country already has decided to stop him.

McShame/Failin should both take a good hard look in the mirror and ask themselves if this is really the road they want to walk down. If that's the case, they don't need to look any further than their own back yards to find their own dirty dealings. I'm sure the Obama/Binden campaign can find enough of their own "facts" such as Keating 5, and there's the Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac "former consultant" who is currently working on McShame's campaign AND as recently as this August 08 was collecting $15,000 a month from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Look it all up, its true! The last thing Obama wants to do is detract away from the issues, he knows the country doesn't want to hear the BS, but because McShame and his "Gee Shucks" Sidekick show have proven they "GOT NOTHIN", they want to discredit a good man. Shame on you McSLIME and FAILIN. They are both betting they can get the country to bite on the Republican ticket once again, they may be right since we were stupid enough to vote in Bush for 2 consecutive terms. Not this time! Not me! You have screwed this country enough and if God Forbid McSLIME and FAILIN get voted in again, it won't be because they were the best choice, it will be because Americans are just that stupid!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sometimes the truth hurts!...It is time for Obama to feel the pain instead of inflicting it on others!
Maybe the truth will set him free!...

Obfuscation, Prevarication, arrogance, narcissism, power lust, historical ignorance and schmoozing manipulation are heavy burdons for guy to carry!...

All he has to do is look in the mirror, he is a distraction. a distraction from fixing this nation.

Beverly, any dip that has the audacity to say Fox news is fair and biased deserves to lose their right to vote. Keep drinking the Kool-Aid girl keep drinking the Kool-Aid.

Sometimes the truth hurts!...It is time for Obama to feel the pain instead of inflicting it on others!

Maybe the truth will set him free!...

Obfuscation, Prevarication, arrogance, narcissism, power lust, historical ignorance and schmoozing manipulation are heavy burdons for guy to carry!...:(

You want to talk terrorism? Let's talk about McCain, Palin, and the rest of the Republican party - gathering votes by TERRORizing the people. So stop with the scare tactics, Republican Terrorist party, and get back to the gorram race.

It amazes me, that people who can hate others because of the color of their skin, their religious beliefs, their sexual preferance, etc., can have the nerve to sit in judgement of others, judge not, least ye be judged. Those who judge don't matter, those who matter don't judge, and Mcain and his supporters do not matter!

Watch out Dems. It's all coming to a head. Terrorist Pals, Illegal Contribitions. There are plenty of other things in the closet.

STACY: APPARENTLY YOU HAVE OERLOOKED THE MONEY McCAIN HAS ACCEPTED FRON FOREIGN PARTIES. THE SMEARS, LIES AND DISTRACTION ARE DISGUSTING AND SHOW THAT THE ONLY WAY REPUBLICAN KNOW HOW TO WORK TOWARD IMPROVING NUMBERS IS TO PLAY DIRTY. McCAIN WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A SYMBOL OF HONOR AND EVEN I AS AN OBAMA SUPPORTER RESPECTED THE MAN AND THOUGHT THAT EVEN IF McCAIN WAS IN THE OFFICE IT WOULD BE SO BAD.

BOOOOOY HAVE MY VIEWS HAVE CHANGED!!! McCAIN AND HIS CAMPAIGN LACKS HONOR. BUT I GUESS THAT'S WHAT HAPPEN WHEN YOU USE THE SAME PEOPLE WHO BACK IN 2000 TOLD PEOPLE McCAIN HAD AN ILLEGIMATE BLACK BABY – OF COURSE SPEAKING ABOUT THE DAUGHTER THEY ADOPTED. AS THEY SAY, YOU LIE WITH DOGS, YOU ARE BOUND TO HAVE FLEAS.

DISGUSTING...

I don't care who you support. The notion that any campaign would link low enough to inject smears and racial slurs into politics is disturbing. Not only has this claim been proven false and baseless, it is another way to point out differences within the American people. Focusing on such lies is just another way to divert attention and ignite the issue of race once more. Quite honestly, I am disgusted by the turn this presidential race is taking. What happened to instilling unity in people and genuinely presenting solutions?

Please – Obama is a distraction, who the DNC bamboozled into his spot. America does not need or want a sleaze lawyer like BO in office. His foolish followers are ready to follow him off a cliff because their are blinded by his flash of celebrity. They are not wise enough to see he is a wolf in sheep's clothing. His racist church, terrorist pals, and back room sleaze deals with shady businesses are loathsome. Looking forward to BO being out of the political spotlight and the O-Kids can have him on daytime t.v. come November.

America, I beg you do not let the repubs do to this election , what they have done in the past two, steal it. Gov. Palin I believe will be more dangerous than Cheney,she is not intelligent . John McSenile I think is losing it. OBAMA/BIDEN 08
Connie from Indiana

OBAMA IS A GOOD SALESMAN.

HE IS TRYING TO SELL "HOPE " WHEN THERE IS TURMOIL

Don't believe McCain is patriotic. He is an arrogant hypocrite who care only about his ambitions.

Summerlover October 5th, 2008 5:54 pm ET
The next time anyone hears that Obama was only 8 years old when Ayers was committing his terrorist acts, please point out that he was 34 years old when he was in Ayers living room!
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Doing what Summerlover, let me guess .... committing his terrorist acts ... LOL .. boy you Repugs are DESPERATE >>> LOL!!!!!!!!

Once again.. even after this was fact-checked and found to be an outright lie... Tucker Bounds is right there spewing his garbage. I said it in a previous post, and I'll say it again. I wouldn't hire Tucker to sweep my floor. The man has no integrity.. and therefore found the perfect campaign to work for.

And I love the post above saying that now the RNC is going to try to comb through all of Obama's contributions. I think the DNC should comb through all of McCain's contributions simultaneously... since McCain has already been caught taking contributions from the very same source as he's accusing Obama of taking contributions from.

Telling the truth sure is a distraction for Obama and the democrats. To the people who says he was 8 years old when Ayers did all that stuff. Obama was not eight years old in 1995 when He ussed Ayers to launch his political career at Ayers home. He was not eight years old when he tied up with Ayers and stole millions of dollars that cannot be accounted for while he was a state senator. He was not eight years old when he got that sweet heart deal from Resko the convicted felon who donated money and was a fund raiser for him and got his home property. You people are peeing in the wind and are hoping some stupid person is standing down wind.

The "Repuppetcan Party" is the greatest ventriloquist act ever. I really think the transparency of McCain and Palin should be enough to convince common sensible types that it's all an act, however I don't have that much confidence in "Joe Sixpack" having the intelligence to figure it out.

McCain is the blindest doofus ever. He's a senile old freak. And I hope Obama will kick his a$$ in around a month.
McCain has NOTHING to offer, but an out-of-touch hoe called Sarah Failin... she's a know-nothing, like he is!

Come on, this country is smarter than this dumb campaign. He can try what he wants to, but whether Clinton got it successfull, nor will McCain. Obama has the ideas, the clue, of what needs to be done. McCain has just Obama and his own "maverick"-story. He's that old man, at the end of his life, always telling the bla-bla-stories over and over again... come on. I can't see why ANYBODY whose IQ is above the temperature in the room he/she is in, should vote that clown our President???
If you still need one, not to do...well let me mention: KEATING FIVE!

Obama/Biden by landslide

Bill in Charlotte, NC : You are right, Sarah Palin is a female Pitt Bull. Also known as a b!tch.

I SAY , IT HAS BEEN OUT THERE AND THE MEDIA HAS BEEN COVERING IT UP. NOW , NOT ONLY IS IT OUT , AND ON FOX THIS DAY , THEY SAID IT IS OUT THERE AND IT MUST BE BROUGHT OUT . SO NOW YOU CAN HEAR HOLLYWOOD SCRAMBLE , WORKING OVER TIME TO PROTECT THERE FAVORITE STAR . THEN THEY CAN UNCOVER MICHELLE TTHESIS FROM PRINCETON , WITH HER RACIST REMARKS . THAT WAS NOT TO BE RELEASED TILL AFTER THE ELECTION.

AND SHE REALL HAS A CHIP ON HER SHOULDER/ SHE STATES ,
THERE IS NO DOUBT IN MY MIND THAT AS A MEMBER OF THE BLACK COMMUNITY , I AM OBLIGATED TO THIS AND WILL UTILIZE ALL OF MY PRESENT AND FUTURE RESOURCES TO BENEFIT THE BLACK COUMITY FIRST AND FOREMOST.

AND THERE IS MUCH MORE. OUT OF 400 BLACK STUDENTS ,
RECEIVED QUESTIONNAIRE ? 89 STUDENTS RESPONDED.

NOW DO YOU WANT A PAIR LIKE THIS IN THE WHITE HOUSE ????? OR ARE YOU WAITING TILL THEY MOVE IT.

WAKE UP CALL . OBAMMA NO , NO NO

this is shamefull sahra can't name a newspapers she reads and maccain don't have a new ideas. this time is barack obama no maccain no palain .

Let's get into the MUD!

And when the RNC is done lying, hoodwinking, bamboozling, fearmongering and throwing the kitchen sink (with the pots and pans), they'll claim to have found some type of contribution error in the internet donations, and the Obama campaign will be under investigation going into his presidency. Then the RNC will continue to instigate, and investigate, and insinuate, and adjudicate, and playahate for the next 8 years. I don't know about you, but I am sick and tired of being sick and tired of the Karl Rove style politics. McCain/Palin's got to go.

Senator McCain, can you say "Keating Five"? Governor Palin, can you say "abuse of power"? Desperation is not attractive and GOD does not like UGLY!

Summerlover-

That's fine. We'll just point out here that McCain was 58 years old when he accepted 112,000 in political contributions from Charles Keating who was convicted, and that McCain was addressed by the Senate Ethics Committee of having "poor judgement". McCain was trying to gain favors for his friend Keating we all know it. Not to mention the poor moral judgment he showed after he left his wife, among other things. I'm sure Americans will feel better that we could be putting a man in office who tried to manipulate regulators.

Fact Check has twice the corrections on McCainPalin lies than those for Obama.

McCain then distorted what Fact Check said, and when called on it, McCain said that the truth didn't matter.

Fear and smear: McCain doesn't understand the economy, stated he wants to deregulate health care, just like he did the banks, does not support veterans or their issues, had a flaming affair as a married man and was not even at home often enough to notice his wife has a severe drug addiction.

I will not vote for someone who lies to me: Palin started her lies in her first speech – lied about bridges and earmarks ... and still does!

Of course CNN won't post this, because I'm not kissing Obama's behind. But, now that we are beginning to see the light on what happened with the Fannie Mae and Freddy Mac debacle, and how it appears senior Democrat’s pockets were being lined by these major financial institutions, will the liberal media address this issue. Or will they sweep it under the rug as with any negative Democratic issues. How IRONIC that it was the Bush Administration that made SEVERAL attempts starting I before 9/11 to warn Congress of the impending threat of these “no regulation mortgages”. And, how IRONIC it was the Republicans that tried to push Regulatory Legislation through to STOP these financial institutions from this Tran Wreck , THREE TIMES! And EVERYTIME the Democrats shot it down! Several videos available of Barney Frank and Chris Dodd rejecting any consideration of these banking regulations that may have stopped or curtailed the disaster we now face.
So, what c CIRCUS it was to see Pelosi, parade Barney Frank and Harry Reid weepingly praising Chris Dodd for their roles in the “bailout debacle”. WOW!! Stand by Webster’s, the definition of Hypocrisy has been redefined! Unfortunately, with the Democrats in the house and the left wing media in power, these Crooks like Frank and Dodd have nothing to worry about. Their scams will be swept under the rug.

So, in the next few days I am promoting this and other related info on my blog, Facebook and Myspace page. Then no need to be concerned about CNN’s censure and anti-Obama comments policy.

To Aware:

Do we always have to do your research for you? The policies for the last 8 years have been Republican's, not Dems.

Get used to saying President Obama!

The McCain camp is now just a bunch of desperate losers

What a joke ...

McCain is a senile, desperate old fart and Palin is hanging on to his coat tails. These two individuals are absolutely PATHETIC.

Regardless, Republicans will NOT be in the White House come this January.

how do you know when the McCain campaign is lieing? Their lips are moving!

CNN is clearly still pissed off about being snubbed by McCain after Cambell Brwon started a witch hunt for Palin following her selection for the GOP VP spot. CNN's converage now meets or exceeds the biased coverage one sees on NBC or MSNBC. . .Toobin and Bagala are CNN's version of MSNBC's Oberman and Matthews. Meanwhile Wolf just wants to hear himself talk and Cooper's obvous disdain for reporting on anything less than a hurricane is apparent.

CNN used to be my favorite news station.

It is a very sad day that Americans running for public office like John McCain and Palin have to act in this manner. Am a retired US Army, Airborn Soldier of tewnty-three years of service and a war vet. And I will not vote for someone like McCain & Palin because of how they are acting. Its just sad !!!!!! I think the two of them would hurt this great nation than help fix it because of there track record of telling truth.

summerlover is right on. Wish i could have thought of that first.

the next time anyone hears that Obama was only 8 years old when Ayers was committing his terrorist acts, please point out that he was 34 years old when he was in Ayers living room!

And he was 44 listening to Reverend Wright. What a sleeze ball

this is pure desperation from McCain and he is beginning to show his true colors. 1st were the gimmicks Palin, suspending his campaign that wasn't suspended any thing to keep the conversation away from the real problems that need real leadership. It's quite pathetic that a once honerable man cannot have a real thoughtful conversation with the nation. I suggest everyone check the Rollingstone 'Maverick' article it's quite an eye opener.

Oh come on, good ol' Sarah didn't mean anything by those remarks. Good golly, gosh darn it, goodness no. She just wants to lead America in the white direction.

Does Senator McCain have anything relevent to say? He still hasn't proved to me that he and Palin has any ideas for this country. All they want is power.

McLame and Palin please stay on task and talk about the issues. Stuff is way to serious right now. It's not about Obama or you guys it's about this country. You are too old and washed up and Palin is an absolute joke.

Obama/Biden '08

smear my foot, what about all the millions of contributions Obama
campaign has received from foreign countries?

This on top of the RNC demanding an audit of contributions. The republicans will stop at nothing to get McCain elected. As far as the Ayers story, it's been proven Obama was only 8 years old at the time, and not only that, but people change. What Ayers did when he was young as nothing to do with the kind of person he is now. We all did stupid things when we were young. Sit-ins inresponse to the Viet Nam war, drugs, etc. It's called experimenting. If you've never done anything you shouldn't have, go ahead and cast he first stone. But...I would be willing to be that even Republicans have done things when they were young they wished they hadn't.

I've never had a strong feeling about the opposition's candidate until this race. I actually hate Palin and McCain and hope they crawl back under the respective rocks they came from. To try to divert our attention from the most serious thing to hit our nation in years, they are throwing dirt. When will they realize they could get more votes if they just addressed the issues like Obama. McCain has the most stupid campaign manager ever.

John Mccain was a senator form Arizona when he got involved with one Charles Keating and his wife Cindy and her dad made deals with this corrupt man who was over Silverado Savings and Loans that cost taxpayers 3.4 billion dollars to bailout . His wife started doing drugs and stealing from her charity foundation. Any poor person would have had to serve time in prison but she did not. And John Mccain had to appear before a committee that found him to have not used good judgment. Charles Keating served time in prison. Talking about corruption.! Some maverick!

Tucker Bounds is a fanatacal wack job and part of why the McCain campaign is struggling so much.
Where is the 'Mavrick' of 2000?
He sold his soul to the right wing of the RNC.

Sad days for him.

Go Obama/Biden

Obama quit crying and quit lying about McCain's record.

You obama are a gamble and a dangerous risk to all good Americans.

You will tax us and tax us and give the money to the New Welfare Queens and the homeless in Kenya.

obama will win and mcdrill will suffer. palin will be punished by god

I want to comment on the lopsided journalism and the press. I used to watch alot of CNN but I feel it has not been as fair as it should be with both our Presidential candidates. It seems to me that the press has been in Obama's pocket and the liberals have the cards stacked. I have been talking to alot of people who feel the same way I do and I think there will be a backlash against the bias press. I now get most of my news from Fox News and they seem alot better keeping things fair and balanced. No matter which candidate wins the losers will be the news media. Try not to be bias and try to be fair .

Not even taking into consideration the long list of horrible things Mccain has said and done, the number one reason for not voting for him is, out of all the brilliant talented women he could have chosen for a vice president he chose this pathetic knucklehead

Obama is distracting from the issues by CONSTANTLY accusing his opponents of trying to distract from the issues. I am so sick of Obama, the candidate who contradicts himself over and over again and gets caught in his own hypocrisy! Anyone but Obama!!!

Palin please dont show up for the TV Interviews becoze You might loose your governers job if you speak more and more... If you become a VP of this country, terrorists will come here and take over WH and Macsame will become a POW again.

The Democrats should fire back with attack ads about McCain's adulterous affair leading to his latest marriage to a prescription drug abuser, his history with the Keating 5, his running mate's support of a fringe political group striving to separate Alaska from the United States, and the ethics investigation into his running mate's possible abuses of power.

Try as they may, the republicans are desperate for some good news, the McSame/Palin ticket is a sure looser, " a drownding man will grab at a straw " anyway, even if everything they say about him is true I'll still vote for him over that Bush clone. May I call you Sarah is doing Obama more good then harm, I hope she keeps it up.

Keating!

I tell you. the real battle is with McSame and Pafalain, she knows that it is a GOOD OLE possiblity that she will become president and she's giving this her best SHOT. I's amazing how she is trying to run things with Mcsame's help. But, both of these people are power hungry. And every time i hear about the investigation in Alaska, it really upsets me because i know that if it was any of American besides Mcbush, Mcsame or Pafalain you will NOT COLLECT TWO H;UNDRED DOLLARS .....STRAIGHT TO JAIL YOU GO So dig on folks!

Obama said he was only 8 when his friend Bill Ayers committed the domestic violent acts. My daughter was 8 when Osama bin Laden attacked us on 9/11. Does that mean it's okay for her to be friend with Osama when she is 47 years old? If she did, I would feel ashamed.

I am not going to vote for a conspiracy theorist like McCain, that's for sure. What's next? Is he going to accuse Obama of being a reptilian?

A 90 year old woman in Ohio shot herself for her mortgage crises and all McCain can offer her is same attack George Bush used in 2004 against John Kerry. McCain, tell this woman who is very much your moms age how you plan to help her than attack your opponent. The world has started to feel same economic pinch as we Americans are. Send them a signal how you plan to stop the bleeding and help them than attack your opponent.

I can't wait til this is over. Where have all our leaders gone? No leadership, just a lot of finger pointing. After 4 years you all will hope that GWB was still President

You really cannot believe a single word that comes out of Tucky Bounds's mouth. Usually, whatever he says is diametrically opposite the truth. He can do it with a straight face because he's a Republican flack.

desperation tactics is all McCain has left – does he really think Americans will fall for this again? burnt one, shy twice, but not this time. enough is enough.

Shame on you McCain.....you offer no new resolutions to getting America out of tis fix.....So you will try to smear Obama to try to take america looking at you for some resolution.....You are a joke sir and you should be ashamed at yourself.....America will suceed and pervail with Obama.....

With the polls showing McCain and Palin going down we knew this would happen. Since they have nothing else to run on of course the smears are the next step. Just speaks to their real character or lack of it.GoObama/Biden!!!

Barack was 8 years old when Ayers was bombing buildings and had nothing to do it.

John McCain was 56 when he was indicted by the federal government for his involvement with the Keating 5.

This is a distraction, and people see right through it. Lets stick to the economy, our wars and the other issues. Or is that more 'gotchya' journalism?

William Ayers is and has been a respected professor for years. Of course Obama would have known him when he was a community organizer. McCain was part of the Keating 5 who got off, does that make everyone who knows him now a sympathizer? It appears that people will believe whatever blather is spouted by McCain and Palin, no matter that 99% is lies. I know, she's cute. Can you imagine what would have been said about Hillary's Presidential aspirations if she had spent a debate avoiding questions, talking hillbilly, and winking? The woman should really grow up, go home, and take better care of the children she says she loves so much. I'm not seeing anything that she loves except herself, and I'm certainly not seeing any qualifications to be VP.

This is another tactic from the Mccain camp to have us look at one hand while the other does something else. He throws out Palin, (what a joke), then tries to suspend the debate (to throw on his red cape and 'save' us), then now instead of dealing with REAL issues that Americans are concerned about and that are at our forfront Mcchaos starts to pull more bull out of the hat to distract those who are so star struck on Palin and the fact he was a POW. It's another dog and pony show. Wake up those of you who believe this bull. We have already had 8 years of the pony show that has led us to nowhere. Time for a change.

Vote blue or get in the end of the bread line.

McCain at Columbia University during a service forum featuring both candidates.
"It's easy for me to go to Washington," said the Senator, "and frankly, be somewhat divorced from the day-to-day challenges people have."

...mavrick. reformer, heh!?...mavrick. reformer, heh!?...mavrick. reformer, heh!?...mavrick. reformer, heh!?...

Palin should look at her husband first who was affiliated with a party that wanted independence. i don't understand why obama campaign won't bring that up. SHAME ON PALIN

They will make up any lies they can because they can't say what they really mean.

I talk to a lot of middle to high income people in my area and "republicans" is the new slang for not in my backyardigans.

They are afraid of Obama because he's new and black and not on their side. They believe that he will fight for the average american and level the playing field for opportunity between the wealthy and the little man.

This scares the dividends out of most "republicans"

Same greedy bunch that drove our economy into the ground and made the rest of the world think of americans as Arrogant.

Well.. Americans are NOT all arrogant. We are not all Republicans.

Former Republican.
Now Independant

Stop the lies. Youre being played for fools America. O/08.

No wonder they will do it.
If this election is about character not about issues, democracts should go negative also. Nothing should be gone unchallenged. Here are some suggestions that they can use:

- Find Mcmoron's first wife and let her tell what happended with the first mariage
-KEATING 5
-First dudes' tie with separationists

C'mon McCain. Act like an adult. You're 72 and erratic.

Palin is evil. She's simply a hunter, a liar.

Reject and denounce McCain/Palin LIES.

"McCain: The Most Reprehensible of the Keating Five"

If McCain wants to take the American people's mind off of the economy why doesn't he talk about Keating Five?

CNN – Why not break open your news vaults and enlighten your readers as to what took place back then? The story has all of the right stuff to be a good read. Money, shady people, bail outs, jail time etc. The William Ayers story is a blast from the past. Lets stick with tradition and revisit the Keating Five drama. That should stir things up.

what kind of jokers are manning this site................... you only post junk or long winded things that I begin to suspect come from your own studio...... sorry...... I'm tired of reading stuff that is no better than my own which does not get posted.... even when I am the first here.... too bad.... I used to think this was fun...... I think getting a pencil stuck in my eye might be more fun...... bozos.... .*grin*

e, it's simple, Republican McCain supporters are only intelligent enough to read headlines and look at pictures, they don't actually read the article. Ask a McCain supporter why they support him and most will give you a 3 or 4 word response. If Ayers was such a terrorist 43 years ago, why was he not incarcerated or imprisoned or exiled? Why has he been allowed to teach at U of I for over 20 years? You see, they can't answer these simple questions.

KEATING!!! KEATING!!! KEATING!!!Now i know that the Obama campaign does not want to resort to smear tactics, but all of us, all of his surregates, all democrates just continue to bring up KEATING FIVE, John's gambling, Sarahs illegal firings, etc. everytime they try to smear Obama...Maybe it will be a wash, then OBAMA wins since he is so far ahead in the polls...AGAIN..EVERYONE, ANYTIME THEY MENTION OBAMA SMEARS, TAKE IT RIGHT BACK TO THEM...KEATING KEATING KEATNING...PLAY THEIR GAME!!!!

OUT OF TOUCH --NO IDEAS and RUNNING OUT OF TIME!

America gets it no more of the same! Gee Golly thats simple enough if you like where we are at now, continue the Bush/McCain policies.

Lets get it right and get smart-----Please no more dummies regulating our country! We just can't afford it.
Oh by the way Palin needs to TCB with TROOPER GATE why not co-operate if your not hiding something? Please no more crooked folks!
When you throw stones it makes America wonder about YOU!

McCain is really desperate now, using Swift-Boat tactics. They won't work, this crap has all been disproved.

Obama/Biden 08.

Palin or Todd needs to be home with those five children. They both are on the campaign all the time. I feel sorry for her little 5 month old baby. He is constantly being tossed from arm to arm at these conventions. She even had the little 5 year old holding him. Shouldn't family come first?

Also, this election is serious. Whenever Palin in speaking or in a debate, for some reason she thinks it's Comedy hour. Hello!, people are losing jobs, housing, can't afford to buy food or gas. I can't see what is so funny. She is not taking this Country serious. What is wrong with Americans today.

WAKE THE HELL UP AMERICA.

WHILE PALIN AND MCCAIN ARE GOING ON A BINGE FOR TEH NEXT MONTH OF LYING, CHEATING, WHINING, ETC. REMEMBER THAT ON OCTOBER 10TH, THE RULING ON THE PALIN INVESTIGATION, "TROOPERGATE" IS SUPPOSED TO BE ANNOUNCED.

ASK YOURSELVES WHY PALIN AND THE REPUBLICANS ARE SUING, ASKING FOR A DISMISSAL OF THE CASE, ETC.

FOR SOMEONE WHO HAS PROCLAIMED HER INNOCENCE FOR SO LONG, ANY PERSON ABLE TO THINK FOR THEMSELVES KNOWS TAHT PALIN IS GUILTY.

WAKE UP AMERICA!

Someone needs to remind Sarah Palin that her husband belongs to an organization that thinks Alaska should leave the union. Who is the real terrorist there?

I feel bad for McCain! I think that McCain would have liked to keep his promise of running a clean, respectable campaign. Unfortunately, he's stuck with a party that's expert at playing dirty, distracting the public, and polarizing Americans rather than uniting. While I respect McCain very much for his sense of duty for this country, he will not become the next American president. He is definitely way too similar to Bush and plays the same divisive game. Let's FOCUS ON WHAT WILL CHANGE AMERICA rather than what will DIVIDE AMERICA!!!

OBAMA/BIDEN 08/12

I just had a conversation with a friend of mine in down-under who happens to be a stock-broker. He mentioned that the untold story of today and the upcoming months will be the worst recession/depression in the history of the global financial market.

Some minutes later I have to read that smear of Mrs. Palin&Co..

I feel really sick and very very angry.

Good night from overseas.

McCain has proven he is not trustworthy, he stated he would run a honorable campaign!!! Why can't he run on the issues?

He is asking to be the president of the United States, not just a few people / his base.
I see racism not just against blacks,in there gatherings why is it when Palin is at rallies all you see is mainly her surrounded by white females? Thats not being for all the american people!!!!!

Oh, I get it..........this is just part of McCain's GIMMICK FIRST campaign.

@ Scott L--Busted? There is no proof that anyone did anything wrong. Did you read the ENTIRE article? Critical thinking in this country is at an all-time low.

So McCain and Palin want to talk about "character".

Do we want a man for President that had a wife with a crippling condition, proceeded to have an affair behind her back and then dumped her to marry his current wife. Is this the sort of person that we want leading this country???

What Palin, who is married to a man who was a member of the Alaskan Independence Pary, which wants to seccede from the United States, taking all of the oil and gas away from this country, as Palin keeps talking about.

Or we can't forget that Palin commited to cooperating with the TrooperGate investigation, and then didn't.

Clearly both have the moral fibre that this country needs ... NOT!!!!!

Yo, McCain/Palin, Instead of lies and half truths, show us how you intend to help this country. But you can't, can you?

Way to go Sen. McCain. If you can't win, make sure you do enough dammage to the other guy that he wont be able to lead effectively and get us out of our multiple crisises that you helped create with your ignorance. Keep on putting your country first!

TO- Dan J October 5th, 2008 6:42 pm ET
People here in Chicago know that Obama had a few shady relationships, and that his relationship with Ayers far outstretched the "mere acquaintances" position that he is claiming. Obama cannot be trusted on his word. Therefore he cannot be trusted, period.
You are an IDIOT!!!! TRUST IN GOD NOT McCain and Palin

Say it aint so Joe, we are going to go forward not backward we will not live in the past. There you go again Joe bring up that past suff again. Dang just can't get you to do right.

We should also wonder if we should turn the country over to a man who was one of the Keating 5...And also the man whose campaign manager up till August was receiving money from Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac to get them access to John McStain

The lie about Ayers is no match for Sara Palin's pastor's sermon about
Alaska being a refuge in the last days, Her husband wanting to suceed from America and witch hunting. This woman is far more scarier than Ayers. And besides, when I go to fill my
gas tank up at $4.00 a gallon, Ayers is not standing at the pump,
but the Republican ghost is. They are the one's we should fear.
Palin is anti-woman, bans books, no foreign policy credentials, and
a threat to our national security. Sara "Harry Potter" Palin is what can REALLY hurt Americans and for this we should be fearful.

Print the truth CNN.

McCain, can not do nothing to help himself so he want to use
Palin to do his dirty work and he loose the election,he will leave
out to dry when she answer to firing of her ex-brother and law.He
is using her to get elected because he don't know how to defeat
Obama. Palin, is being used and she don't see it because she
want to be vp and don't have the experience.

That's all the McCain campaign has to offer is distractions:

- Gas tax holiday gimmick
- Picking the Alaskan Ice Princess as VP
- "Suspending" his campaign
- Tying an 8 year-old Obama to terrorism

What next? Maybe I shouldn't be asking that.

John McCain was a decent man, who sold his soul in this campaign.

It's not a smear if it's true. Ayers is a terrorist. Obama dismisses his relationship with him by saying, "He lives in my neighborhood" which is exactlly what pro-Obama CNN says whenever they report on it. They sat on a board together and therefore had to work closely together. Ayers hosted fundraisers for Obama in his own home. The real story here is as it was with Rev. Wright: When it comes to Obamas' own poor judgement he tries to diminish his relationships with these people (Wright, Ayers, Rezko) as tangential. This is a lie. Obama is a liar. He doesn't have experience so he runs on judgement and integrity. He's betrayed both.

John McCain will be no match for Senator Obama at the debates.
John McCain will attempt to smear with lies. Obama will hit him with
the truth. Match Over. Didn't McCain learn from the primaries that
smear doesn't work against Obama?

Obama's relationships are a bit scary – Ayres, Wright, Rezko etc. etc.
They should be investigated thoroughly. If there is nothing there, so be it and the accusations should stop. If there is any doubt – let the voters decide.

Sen. McCain is addressing Obama, who is the country's problem.

it's so obvious what the the McOLD and Beauty Queen ticket is doing.
They are so desperate,but what's so pathetic are the people that will fal for this BS....
This is what LOSING looks like......

Hey Dan J/ Scott L /and Aware:
Do us all a big favor, with your eyes wide open. Stand up and bend over, thats right spread them as wide as you can. Because the McCain/Palin ticket has got alot of smoke to blow and your just the kind of people they are hoping to get. But remember not to exhile: we are still tryin to protect The O-Zone.

McCain is desperate. He couldn't come close to Obama in popularity. Remember when he bussed in people to attend his speeches? Remember when he lied with inflated attendance "records" at a stadium and the stadium's capacity was tens of thousands lower? McCain can't win on the issues and can't cut Obama's momentum so he has surrendered his campaign promise to not run a dirty campaign. McCain knows the only shot he has is to dig dirt and make up stories to turn off the voters.

But the problem is it's 2008. This campaign won't be won on the little issues McCain. We are focused on the real problems because it's interferring with our every day lives. McCain clearly doesn't care. If he did he would be campaigning hard on the issues and solutions to the problems facing this country.

If Ayers is such a bad guy, what's he doing teaching and the University of Illinois, serving on charity boards and living undisturbed in Hyde Park? He was acquitted - just like Senator McCain was acquitted of his involvement in the Keating 5.

Obama may not win in November despite the majority. The U.S. needs to do a few things to restore Democracy. First, we need to ban electronic voting machines. Companies such as Diebold/Premiere have admitted problems and have been caught applying last-minute security patches to only a few systems. They should be in jail for treason and voting machines should be banned in all elections. Also, an international election inspection team should be allowed into the U.S. Last time Bush blocked it because he was cheating.

I can't wait to see a commercial where Obama, shows up to "straight-talk express" with a tire gauge.

Obama will be our next President!

Mr McClean and his b.s. promise for a "clean" campaign. What a desperate and sad group of people. Palin and her "terrorist" comments just shows that behind that smile beats the heart of a person, like John, who will say or do anything to win. Palin is living up to her self-proclaimed nickname... "pit-bull." In this case a female one!

McCain is desperate and for the next month there he and Palina re going to LIE, distort, and anything they have to do.

Anyone who is so ignorant and cannot see what McCain is doing and why is beyond hope. He and Palin are going to use every opportunity to avoid talking about the isseus, as tehy ahve since Palin was put on the ticket, Palin will give NOT MORE INTERVIEWS, will answer only the questions she wants to answer and the hell wtih everything and everyone else.

I keep reading that many people will not vote for Obama simply becasue he is BLACK. He is BI-RACIAL people so wake up. For anyone who casts their vote for McCain for no other reason than racism does not deserve to have a vote. It's almost 2009 people. Stop living in the pst and do the right thing.

Should McCain and Palin win you can kiss your job jobs, pensions, 401(k)'s, etc. GOODBYE!

So Now you and the Republican party want to include YOUNG people into this election.......judging from this comments it didn't WORK, Ignoring them and not taking them serious. They are the same people who stated on national TV that Obama was crazy reaching the young voters, because they NEVER register and if they did they NEVER follow though and VOTE. Obama BELIEVED in you, NOW you can BELIEVE in HIM……

"debriefing camp in ALASKA".........Didn't work for Palin. Young people don't listen to these dumb people on here commenting……..RESEARCH the INTERNET FOR YOURSELF.......SOMETHING they DON‘T understand how to do......then MAKE your OWN decision. NO ONE cared about you and your RIGHT to vote until Obama made it his mission to let you KNOW you are important to our Country.

Obama/Biden 08

our economy won't matter if our national security is compromised by a naive, terrorist sympathizer.

Neocons will destroy our country if Obama fails to win. Obama – Biden 2008

Obama fishing for yet Another EXCUSE TO AVOID TALKING ABOUT THE ISSUES.
"O"bama
"O" = zero

To "aware" Obama is NOT full of himself...he is full of EDUCATION!!! Something that you need to get full of.

What will McCain's next stunt be? One can only wonder what his handlers will come up with next. It literally could be anything-he could jump into a nudist colony to campaign for the clothing optional demographic. Would that be enough shock value? Wow, go maverick.

All they have left is negative attacks and it's not going to work this time!! Obama/Biden 08

GO OBAMAAA, YOU ARE A WINNNNNER.

OBAMA cult followers = IDIOTS.

You don't even know the sleazy politician.

From Summerlover:

"The next time anyone hears that Obama was only 8 years old when Ayers was committing his terrorist acts, please point out that he was 34 years old when he was in Ayers living room!"
-----------------------------–

And how old was McCain when he knowingly fell in line and became one of the nortorious Keating 5, famous for being a part of the major S&L financial scandal? Wasn't McCain around 50 years old??

MCCAIN........AND....PALIN..............ARE.............SCARED!................THEY

.........HAVE...........NOTHING.............LEFT!.....................LOSERS..............

Scott L October 5th, 2008 6:06 pm ET
"and while no organization is completely protected from internet fraud,"
Quote unquote from Obama campaign release to Federal Election Committee investigating claims of illegal donations to the Obama campaign. BUSTED!
__________________________________________________
You are not serious, are you? Logically challenged or just pathetically desperate like your candidate?

The McInsane campaign is crazy! Why do they always try to scare people into voting for them? We fell for it in 2000/2004. We're tired of the lies. What about the economy? John McOutofTouch just doesn't get it? He has no ideas about the economy so the wants to distract. I also tired of his pitbull with lipstick. She is getting on my nerves. With the number of foreclosures, job losses, stock market crashing, high gas prices, retirement losses, etc. etc. Let's stick to the issues. Remember American John McCain has 7 houses and 13 cars. He doesn't care about the average American family. What about the Keating 5?

The Oil wealth keeps flowing in from the islamic terrorists. Obama is a joke...
you want to give us a black man for prez? Then give us Powell.... you can keep Obama.

Where's the BEEF?
NO BEEF, NOBAMA!!!

Ayers is old news and the truth came out a long time ago.

McCain has been looking for distractions from the real issues since Obama won his primary. The big whopper distraction started with his choice of the winking beauty queen who he barely knew. There are many smart, qualified Republican women he could have called upon. Instead, he goes to a sexist, tired tactic-sex sells. He's been spiraling down since.

Now, thanks to "Sarah Six Pack" , who thinks it's cute to talk in an unintelligible manner, the door to personal attacks has been opened. Could she and McCain explain how a man who cheated on his injured first wife with a young heiress be a man of character? Could she truthfully explain the term Keating 5? Is it true that she is married to a man who wants Alaska to secede from the U.S.? Perhaps or perhaps not, her former brother-in-law was a brute, but does that give her the right to abuse her power to retaliate by firing this man's boss?

I am counting on the MSM to keep digging up the facts on all these candidates. Also, if Sarah Palin keeps hiding from the press, I think like others that her events should not be covered. Why should she be able to launch false attacks but not answer to the American people?

A Social Conservative Woman Voting for Honest Change

To Obama the Truth is a distraction. It keeps getting in his way.

The magician of distractions turning it on to McCain. What a joke.

Obama is dangerous, scary and just WRONG for this great country.

Check out CAUCUSCHEATING.COM

You would vote for a cheat, a liar, a sleazy politician? You'll regret it one day.

Obama and Ayers are cut from the same cloth; both are using America and Americans to reach their own selfish, megolomaniac goals and they don't care who gets hurt as long as their socialist agendas triumph. .

This is regarding the RNC looking for illegal contributions to the Obama campaign. Let's also check all of the contributions to the McCain campaign. And while your at it, let's have an investigation into what actually influenced the conflict between Georgia and Russia.

It seemed to help the candidacy of John McCain during that time.

Probe on......

CNN censures my comments, so I'm submitting the same one until it goes through. SUBMISSION #4

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I can't wait for the extreme liberal left to attack McCain for preparing for his debate with the inferior opponent. Obviously they are worshiping Obama. Instead of talking about Bidens 14 serious mistakes in his debate, they want to talk about Palen's 2 minor mistakes (mispronounced a name!). Instead of saying "Palen won the debate because she sounded better" just they do with Obama, they say "Biden had the edge because he has experience" yet the hypocrites don't apply that to McCain.

I really cannot wait until Nov. 2 when McCain wins the election. There needs to be a shake up in the extreme liberal news media to prevent so much bias towards Obama. 2008 – THE YEAR UNBIASED JOURNALISM DIED.

McCain 2008!

McCain was a cheater. Cindy wasn't his first wife. He is a known womanizer. However, I am voting on issues here. I will not be distracted by this petty slander.

Watchout parents, your 8 years old may be tie to torrorist. Mccain want to tie or link kids to torrorist even though the kids are in school miles away from where crime was commited or don't know what is torrorist.

That is true by John Mccain standard. pitty that Mccain is very patiotic, by smearing his fello american.

Yeah to be patriotic by Mccain standard u have to smear your own country man or kill their soul. None sense Mccain u are dumb and doom.
Mccain does not get it. When people have no hope u don't kill their hope by smearing other , u have to reason with them and find solution.

Can you say 'desperate,' boys and girls?

MCCAIN IS THE FUTURE

EIGHT IS ENOUGH !!

The lie about Ayers is no match for Sara Palin's pastor's sermon about
Alaska being a refuge in the last days, Her husband wanting to suceed from America and witch hunting. This woman is far more scarier than Ayers. And besides, when I go to fill my
gas tank up at $4.00 a gallon, Ayers is not standing at the pump,
but the Republican ghost is. They are the one's we should fear.
Palin is anti-woman, bans books, no foreign policy credentials, and
a threat to our national security. Sara "Harry Potter" Palin's ignorance is what can REALLY hurt Americans and for this we should be fearful.
I will not dare vote for this woman.

What really upsets me is that Macane and his cronies does not respect the intelligence of the american people. To think that we can,t see through his line of carnival politics is ludicrous

Trying to smear Obama because he served on some board with Ayers is equivalent to smearing McCain because he served in the same organization with Larry Craig, Ted Stevens, Tom Delay and Mark Foley. The main difference, however, is that Ayers realized the error of his ways and became a respectable citizen 25 years ago. The same thing can't be said for McCain's cohorts in the US Senate and House.

Keating 5 is on its way McCain, you destroyed 21,000 people.

Obama/Biden '08

NY Times already said that there is no close relationship, they just happened to have been in teh same place at the same time.

Also, if Ayers is STILL a terrorist, you think he would be out of jail? Think he would be teaching and keeping a public life?

Wanna know who real terrorists are, look at Timothy McVeigh, the KKK, the bigots in Alabama who think lynching is fun. Guess who those terrorists support? I'll give you a hint, it ain't Obama.

When a campaign is losing like McCain's, anything will get said to divert attention. That's all it is.
Thanks CNN for your Truth Squad. Palin's comments are baseless. Now the RNC wants to investigate contributions. Same thing. A diversion and a stab in the dark. Go ahead. Investigate. All that time the GOP spends investigationg is more time spent not addressing about the REAL ussues in this country.

The GOP is on it's last leg,got to do something to change the game huh?

Looking for distractions..............hmmmmmmmmmm

what about the charges that you have been accepting donations from foreign nationals. The fact that when identified, you returned $33,000 from the donor in GAZA.

Some of these foreign national could be backers of Osama.
Now we know why you, Se. Obama, are looking for distractions and why you are doing so good just because of so much money that you pouring to win this election, financed by you internet donors, some of whom, are "FOREIGN NATIONALS" as charged.

YOU DECIDE...............................that is, if it ever gets posted on this liberal blog.

OBAMA IS A LIAR

Speaking of smears, it occurs to me why so many Democratic women feel such an unnatural hostility toward Sarah Palin:

1) She has never licked another woman's genitals,
2) She has never groped her way through Bill Clinton's zipper,
3) She's never even had an abortion.

In other words, she seems to have nothing in common with the vast majority of Democratic women.

in my comment i mean we are going to bleed

I think the McCain campaign has made a huge mistake by trying to tie Obama with "terrorists". It is obviously another gamble like the one McGramps tried to pull last week (Mr McCain goes to Washington) which fell flat. What the McCain camp fails to realise is that the American people are still very much focused on the economy and not lipstick politics. I believe this new strategy of smear politics will work very heavily against McGrumpy and Palin. Instead of trying to come up with a programme that helps the people all he does is attack, attack, attack. And to think he said he would run an honorable campaign. Ha! The only thing honorable about McCain is his age.

McCain will do anything to talk about something other than the facts and what he will bring to the America people.

A man who wouldn't shake Obama's hand on the Senate floor when Obama crossed the aisle to greet him is an angry white man. Is McCain going to do that with our enemies? Oh, that's right, he'll attack them first and then try to talk with them.

McCain hates Obama and treats him like he's dirt under his shoe. McCain thinks this election is owed to him, plain and simple and he'll throw any garbage he can to see how much sticks. If you want to swallow his garbage you deserve what he will do to you. I'm voting for Obama because I'm reading the pro articles and the con about both candidates and McCain has yet to prove any of this allegations against Obama. I'm waiting for the night McCain calls Obama a black man and then you will all see the real John McCain. Palin the Puppet we already know is a racist, we're just waiting for the fuse to pop out of McCain's mouth.

How is this news? McCain is desperate for votes. Period.

When McCain say to the people ( My Friend) American look for a cut in your Back because we are going to blood (McCain/ Palin) = No Jobs, No Healthcare and not able to take care of your family. Sarah Palin talking about who Obama is running around with which she is a liar.
What about her running around with her husband business partner Oh!!!!!! it got so good guess what! !!! you know it they had a LOVE AFFAIR talk about trustworthy she don't have she can't be true to her own husband. How is she going to be truthful to the American people!
It time for her husband todd to come out with the tell all book. Todd and Mrs McCain better watch them both if they have cheated before
Sarah Palin is alway talking about shaking up the white house she just might shake up your (HOSEHOLD ).

McCain/Palin are desperate because they're losing. They are showing their true colors. I have no respect for her and I've lost it for McCain.

I wouldn't vote for McCain/Palin Now if they were the only one's running. Not only do I not agree on the stance their taking, I don't like Palin's stance on the Polar Bears... Alaska is suing because polar bears were listed as threatened. Google it. Palin policy allows Aerial Gunning of Wolves in Alaska. Google the video. Ms. Winky – Golly Gee Wilikers has a new name: Appalling. When it comes to Alaskan wildlife, she's the terrorist.

Ron L: Yes Palin has only run a state with 650k people. What has Obama run besides his mouth?

This Ayers crap has already been disproven in the SAME article in which it was first brought up! How many radical right wing nuts has McCain shaken hands with? how many crooks has he met at a coctail party. You think Palin hasn't met her fellow Alaskan currently being investigated?

What a joke.

Any chance CNN will look at Sarah Palin's best pal, Todd Palin and his Alaska separatist views? I think the Palins could be up for Treason.

Has Obama renounced Ayers yet? Or does Ayers need to go on
national TV like Rev Wright?

McCain/Palin just following the lead....
"I do not recall." – Ronald Reagan.
"Read my lips, no new taxes." – George Bush
"I did not have sex with that woman." – Bill Clinton
Bush, McCain/Palin – everything that comes out of their mouths. LIES LIES LIES. This presidential race shouldn't be close. Why is it close?

Typical Rovian, Lee Atwater politics. I kind of hoped McCain would be different and not get into lies and distortion. But, he has turned out to be a frustrated and erratic old man wsith no answers to our problems. Hope the people do not fall for this.

If McCain was elected, he and his complete idiot VP would further bring this country down.

Beware, Rove's "event" and the usual Republican October Surprise. Beware the Ides of October!

The McCain campaign motto:

No ideas? No substance? No chance? Attack!

Here we go again,
the McCain/McPlain/Insane/Mcvain have no plans for, let along an exit stratigy for Iraq, a plan for the economy, health care, job lost or anything else. As Obama said, they have no new plan, new idea and they are running out of time. All they have is a bunch of lies and they're ill tactics towards (you) the veterans who are truly Mavericks, hardworking-taxpaying, college students wanting the best for their lives and good jobs when they finish their education. America I know you are awaken, and you have awaken from this long 8 years of a nightmare. Enough is enough already.
The Children of Israel wandering in the wilderness for forty years, During that time God kill off those who were of unbelief, and God took those in the Promise land that beleived.
It's time to make a change, change we the people believe in, and thats in God.

People here in Chicago know that Obama had a few shady relationships, and that his relationship with Ayers far outstretched the "mere acquaintances" position that he is claiming. Obama cannot be trusted on his word. Therefore he cannot be trusted, period.

The so-called list of "issues" are the real distractions. They're always going to be there, they never really change, both sides will claim explanations and solutions for them that appeal to their followers, etc.

(Yawn...)

The only thing that ever really matters is quality of character. Stop being afraid to answer questions, or calling it "smear" when the questions are raised.

Tucker Bounds is a shameless, unrepentant liar. Whether these jerks like it or not, Ayers paid his debt to society and has become a legitimate figure in Chicago. Further, Obama's connections with Ayers are slight; a fund raiser at Ayers home and serving on one or two charity boards together. Anything to try to discredit since the McCain-Palin ticket is pretty bankrupt otherwise, especially on the issues most important to America.

The republican party has just shown how low, dishonest, unworthy, sneeky, sleezy, and the biggest bunch of liers in this country.....and for anyone to vote for McCain they must have the same standards that he has, that Palin has and the whole of the Republican Party. MCCain is putting little miss joe six pack out there to do his dirty work and she is so stupid she can't see that......he is using her. Every time she opens her mouth, Obama goes up in the Polls, every lie they tell makes Obama win another state.........so GO PALIN GO

Desperate times call for desperate measures! That's the new STRATEGY of the MCCAIN/PALIN ticket, and a tactic is to SMEAR Obama anyway they can! See Sarah? I know the difference between a strategy and a tactic, ya betcha! When God was giving out BRAINS , you thought he said TRAINS, and decided to take the later one!!

I am not a voter.
Neither am I an Obamafan.
But I am a fan one can say of straight on politicians who represent a certain level of values.
I am Dutch and we have a worldwide reputation of sticking with our both feet in our muddy ground when it comes down to making judgements.
My judgement is that the average American with a minimum of common sense in his head does not accept that this cheerleader by the name of Palin smears the reputation of American people abroad.
Because not only me, but many others here (may be you don´t care about that, but let it be said) wonder how it is possible that a politician makes such a completely irrelevant and immature foolish statement while the country´s financial system is at stake as well as the stability of millions of households.
Be proud of the US and let this lady sell hotdogs before a hockey match or something...

Summerlover, McCain was 58 years old when he was sitting with Keating. Remember Bush used scare tactics but it's not going to work this time. The American people realizes that McCain is trying to avoid the truth by slandering Obama's character (another Bush tactic) and if he becomes president he will try to promote policies by also using scare tactics (WMD = Bush tactics =Iraq). Mcain and Palin represents a ticket of Bush's scare tactics. They are the ultimate hypocrites! (Keating 5, toopergate, married to a known successionist, witch doctors, distortion, lies, betrayal). Bring it on......

To all the McCan't supports, you guys are super silly, you really think this country and everybody and everythings in it belongs to you, and everybody else would be useless because you cut them a check. Word to the wise, without us there will be no you, silly.

What is Obama afraid of? He picked his friends, friends that normal people would stay away from. How many people would have stayed in a hate filled church for 20 years?

McCain is hillarious these days. He talks about how important judgement is over experience and how he'll bring about Change. He tries to pressure the judicial system in Alaska to halt the probe into Palin's abuse of power until after the election, and I for one would like to know if it's true that Sarah Palin had an affair with her husband's business partner, making both her and McCain morally corrupt. McCain knows a thing or two about affairs and running a dirty campaign that's void of honesty and full of hypocricy.

Why is no one bringing up Palin and her husband Session plans for Alaska.

And they called Obama unpatriotic for not wearing a flag pin.

But everything McCain and Palin does is just fine

People get real

Palin is like a pesky snag in a good sweater.......she just keeps unraveling all the good that women before her have done,

The suffragists are rolling in their graves.

HILLARY needs to speak out and put the"hockey mom" in her place. Obviously no man will be able to call her on the carpet.

DNC women leaders.........take her on NOW!

Didn't they debunk this during the primaries? This is old news.

desperados at work

Hello McShame...
people out there are losing their jobs, homes, health coverage and even their cars. And your response when not erratic is to recycle issues long debunked and descredited. Are you interested McBush in discussing the economic crisis we are thanks to the economic ideas of George Bush that you subscribe?

AWWW, poor McSilly & Sarah Pathetic!
He just wants to rise to a better position in life before he dies. His Dad & granddad were high ranking military officials, McSilly was not.
Here is his only chance of becoming something bigger than they were.
And then there's Sarah...what can you say?
Someone told her that she has a chance to actually be President. McSilly will 'gracefully' disappear due to medical reasons. Then VOILA...Madame Prez she would be!

Ok America it's time to get serious, neither of these nutjobs need to hold office. Get over your 'discomfort' accepting a Black man as President! It can't be any worse that the current White man, that has thrown our hard earned money out the window & to the Iraqi people, among others.
Obama/Biden '08/'12

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McCrypt has been caught more than once checking out Sarah's "resume".
Was the fact that he got a woody without the Viagra, now part of VP qualifications
When people are hurtin’, they need to tap those resources and get those sources flowin’,”
From the look on McCain's face, something's flowin…(Sorry, it's just so blatant)
It's obvious why McCain chose Sarah to be his running mate….I have to wonder if Cindy sees the same things in these photographs as the rest of us? What a Perv..
Look at him.. Every picture of him since he pick her as VP shows him staring at her junk in the trunk..**

Misdirection, deception and propaganda this is the Republican way. Wake up America and vote for change.

Palin, my husband thought you were winking at him too!(lol)

Of course Palin's comment is a distraction! Obama knows about desperation and distractions. They are the ones who did their best to smear the Clintons. Remember, they were the ones to turn Bill into a racist and they are the ones who were behind spreading HIllary's Bosnia lie AND her RFK remark. I find it comical that Obama want to complain about the very same tactics that he and his campaign used against Clinton!!

This is absolutely PRICELESS!

I guess the people blogging on here are really open and fair. Those talking trash about Obama, I don't here you talking about Palin trying to be above the law with her investigation or how McCain said he would not run this type of campaign. Ask yourself why they weren't bringing this up a month ago. Get real, it desparation time. That's the only reason they're trying this tactic.

Why isn't McCain and Palin talking about the issue the country wants
to talk about. Because they don't have any answers.

The minute Palin shows up for her court hearing then she can throw stones. That Gee yaw winking crap is not cute

Perhaps McCain would like to open an investigation as to what happened on the deck of the USS Forrestal in 1967, or his violation of the military code of conduct for prisoners, or his involvement in the Keating 5 scandal, or the circumstances surrounding his adultery, marital misconduct and divorce. Heck yeah, let's investigate this guy!!!!

Does Obama ever offer even one solutions to the Economic crisis?

Never, side a sidliner, never has a SOLUTION to anything. Just a talker.

His idea of solving the world's problems, is to talk.

If that doesn't work, then lets' significantly increase the taxes of our businessess and individuals, so that fewer of us are employed and more have to rely on government to pay our rent.

His idea for all the problems is to throw our hard earned money at them. Since when has government helped when they get more involved in anything. Socialism doens't work

McCain will at least do something, and not just point fingers and look in the past.

OBAMA DOESN'T GIVE A HOOT ABOUT THE FUTURE OTHER THAN HIS OWN AMBITIONS. NAME ONE SOLUTIONS HE HAS GIVEN THE AMERICAN PEOPLE FOR THE ECONOMIC CRISIS OR FOR ANYTHING. His idea of a solution is to talk about what he wouldn't have done in the past. Fine, so what will you do for the future? Answer from Obama: I don't want you to learn what I would do, I just want your vote by me saying what I won't do for the future. What a weak empty suit sleazebag.

I care about the future and that is why I am voting for McCain and Palin.

McCain\Palin and Hillary 2008 supporters 2008

Not this time.

Did Ms.Palin mention the about3Decades lasting Business connection between d Bush&binLaden Family&their frindship?and the day after9?11when all Flights where Grounded,that one Privatairplain,had been flying around with Bushs Blessing to collect Members of the binLaden Family,because Bush was "Worryed"for their safety and had them to fly out d US?What had been that?How would Ms.Palin call that?

I can not believe that Palin received her degree in journalism and can not name one newspaper or news magazine. Oh yeah, I can believe it.

Not all republicans but the mcCain group have serious mental and moral issues,there purely sickening.

This is all the McShame ticket has left. Pathetic. Get out and vote everyone, we know what will happen if the election is close.

Obama/Biden 08

Summerlover October 5th, 2008 5:54 pm ET

The next time anyone hears that Obama was only 8 years old when Ayers was committing his terrorist acts, please point out that he was 34 years old when he was in Ayers living room!......FOR COFFEE

To Scott L.

You mark my words.. the republicans are pulling everything from their B.....tts to distract Obama's momentum. You know you don't succeed with dirty attacks. What comes around goes around. I hope that Obama proves you and everyone that HATES him for no reason other than the fact that he is Bl_ck.

Obama don't let them distract you!

Keep up the lies, McCain, with the help of Sara "Harry Potter" Palin.

Obama 50% McCain 42% Go figure.

Dear Summerlover (October 5th, 2008 5:54 pm ET) who wrote:

"The next time anyone hears that Obama was only 8 years old when Ayers was committing his terrorist acts, please point out that he was 34 years old when he was in Ayers living room!"

Yes, we all heard this talking point from the desperate conservatives on the talk shows this morning. When Obama was in Ayers's living room, it was the living room of an education reformer and a revered professor of English. Obama had been brought there by his political mentor as a sort of coming-out event. Ayers had long since rehabilitated his reputation and was/is an upstanding member of the Chicago community and has been contributing positively to society for decades.

John McCain should understand better than anyone else that people's lives have second, third, even fourth acts.

So Obama was in the guy's living room? So??? You seem to be suggesting that Obama should have vetted Ayers more than McCain did Palin!

Peerhaps McCain wouldn't mind opening an investigation into what happened on the deck of the USS Forrestal in 1967, or his violation of the military code of conduct for prisoners, or his involvement in the Keating 5 scandal, or the circumstances of hios adultery, marital misconduct and divorce. Heck yeah, let's investigate this guy!!

How old was McCain when he met with Keating? How old was he when he cheated on his wife? How about the absolutely dishonorable campaign that he is directing now (If he is not directing it, then he is the puppet of the Karl Rove wing of the party).

I have no respect or confidence in McCain any more. He had the chance to run a respectable, serious campaign which addressed the issues and really put Country First. Instead he threw the dice and picked Sarah Palin (for effect) and let loose the smear machine. All antics to help him win at any cost.

Wake up, America! Let's take our country back. Obama-Biden 08

There is little else for McCain – Palin to get o hold on, there are taking the less honorable low road again. Desperation should not push a nominee to desperate measure.

America deserves better. The McCain – Palin is digging themselves a bigger hole than the abyss the are already in now.

The repubs are doomed this year.

Obama/Biden 08/12.

Two words: Keating Five. Check mate!

Americans are not as stupid as Palin thinks they are.

Wait! Is it the other way around?

Palin is not as stupid as Americans think she is.

Hmmmm....let's see. The former statement puts millions of voters on the left side of the argument. The latter statement puts one person over there...... all by herself.

Message to all Dems stop begin weak and fight these guys back hard over next 4 weeks

tucker bounds is a douchebag. I pity his existence

Summerlover- You're blinded. Go ahead and follow the rest of the fear-mongerers off of the 'Cliff to Nowhere'.... Repubs have no chance left, so they're savoring the sour grape drink.....

McCain has to win this election – it's that or go home to Cindy. If he loses i think that's the last place he'll want to be. If he doesn't get her in the white house he'll be in the doghouse. I'm so tired of his condescending tone. Actually it creeps me out just to look at the man – do you republicans actually thing this man is normal. Do you think he can make the right decision in a split second decision when that phone rings at 3 in the morning?? God forbid if Palin answers it. She'll have to wake up Todd and ask him what to do?

Perhaps McCain wouldn't mind reopening an investigation as to what happened on the deck of the USS Forrestal in 1967, or his violation of the military code of conduct for prisoners when he signed the statement renouncing the United States, or his role in the Keating 5 scandal, or the circumstances of his divorce, adultery and marital misconduct. Heck yeah, let's investigate this guy!!

John McCain is now without honor. He is becoming a silly old man, pouting over the fact that Obama is ahead of him in the polls. I hope the Obama campaign maintains the high road. McCain did nothing to support John Kerry when the Swift boaters attacked him. Bringing up his Keating Five problems and the fact that Sarah Palin's husband ( and perhaps her too) were involved in the radical Alaskan Independence Party, seeking to have Alaska withdraw from the United States, would be fair game but I really do not want the Democratic campaign to sink to the level of the Republicans. Republicans tell you government won't work. Then they cheat and lie to get elected, then prove government won't work.

Summerlover October 5th, 2008 5:54 pm ET

The next time anyone hears that Obama was only 8 years old when Ayers was committing his terrorist acts, please point out that he was 34 years old when he was in Ayers living room!
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And how old was Mccain when he left his first wife and cheated with the second. How old was he when he took money and other favors from Charles Keating?

Also, please tell me how old Mccain was when he sat on the ultra right wing racist board?

And finally, please tell me how old Palin and her HUSBAND were when he was a member of the AIP???????????????????????????

If Barack Obama was a white man with a dull name like "Richard Smith" or something, this "terrorist" charge would have never been made.

Sarah Palin and Tucker Bounds are taking unfair advantage of Barack's name for their own means, which is RACIST. John McCain is moderate, even if he's begging on his hands and knees for the conservative community to accept him.

But Sarah Palin; she's the most conservative conservative I've ever seen. From hunting wolves from helicoptors to asking librarians to ban the book "Pastor, I Am Gay", she's a conservative through and through.

CNN never prints my comments but I'll try again. I find it odd that the McCain camp is using Sarah Palin to make these charges against Obama. Her own husband was a member of an Alaskan separatist group for many years. Sarah spoke at their last convention. The hypocrisy of the McCain camp is unbelievable. The Palins don't love this country. They don't want their home state to be a part of it. They have no right to criticize Obama's limited ties to a 60's radical.

Palin is facing legal issues, Obama is not! The more Palin talks, the more everyone sees that she is not a bright woman. Her wink, wink, got her the job as Governor! Watch out Cindy!

Dear Summerlover,
Like Ms. Palin, I don't care whether you like what I say. I am speaking directly to the people. OBAMA WAS EIGHT YEARS OLD! OBAMA WAS EIGHT YEARS OLD! OBAMA WAS EIGHT YEARS OLD! Had enough yet? OBAMA WAS EIGHT YEARS OLD! McCain was in his 50s when he benefitted from his close relationship with the convicted Keating.
And so what if Obama was in Ayers' living room. That makes him a terrorist sympathizer? I was in the same room as George Clooney once, so I guess that makes me a movie star. The utter piffle being propounded by desperate Repugs is yet another sign (of many) that Palin/McPain are doomed. One last observation. How will McCranky and Loserman look next year when they are on the short end of a 60-plus Democratic Senate majority?
McCain: dead cat bounce.
President Obama: Get used to it.

"Out of touch, out of ideas and running out of time." Good quote, and dead on.

Don't be too sure this won't work, though. Yes, they're desperate, yes, they're divisive, yes, they're lying through their teeth, and no, they have nothing left to run on except appealing to voters' fears and prejudices. But don't ever underestimate the power of these things. "The American people are smarter than this?" So hoped McCain in 2000 and Kerry in 2004. Look where that got them. I hate to sound like a cynic, but I wouldn't overestimate human nature.

The Mcain/McPlain/Insane have no new plan, new ideas, and are running out of time. All they can do is hell out a bunch of lies and they're ill tactics. The Old Washington regime is going down into the pits of hell. McCVain say hello to your little friend, Osama Binladen

Mccain,
So you want to stay in Iraq even though we are wasting lives, money and time? The Iraqi war can't be won and was never a good idea in the first place so suck up your American Ego and face the facts.

"The next time anyone hears that Obama was only 8 years old when Ayers was committing his terrorist acts, please point out that he was 34 years old when he was in Ayers living room!"
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So what? John McCain was in a room with communist North Vietnamese many, many times. Does that make him a communist?

mcbush, i guess you don't have any idea how to get to the white house, except through smearing other good people.

americans aren't that stupid. why don't you even have a plan to help the average americans through the economic crisis.

you brought palin to distract us.
it won't work. you are so transparent.

obama 08

McCain has nothing to offer American people, all he can do now is to decieve people by personal attacks and distractions. Americans can no longer be fooled to embrace Bush's third term.

McCain and Palin are setting terrible exambles how a true Christian should conduct oneself. All Palin has to do is have her witch doctor cast some evil spells on Obama.

Of course McCain is looking for distractions. If Senator Obama's campaign was tanking like McCain's he'd be looking for distractions too. This is John's last shot at the Presidency. He's not going to let anything as trivial as the issues distract his smear campaign. He ran on the issues and was getting rejected. He chose Governor Palin and that didn't work out either. He has nothing left BUT distractions to run on.

John McCain and Sarah Palin are really a pair. She might have attracted more people to Republican events, but she has "brought him down" as a man of character and respect. She doesn't care what she says as long as she can say it with a wink and a heck or darn. The woman is a master of deception! She is very talented at memorizing and regurgitating what she has been told to say; ask her a simple question she hasn't heard about before and she falls apart.
Her folksy attitude is a result of much practice. In televised debates in which she particpated in Alaska, she was quite composed and didn't utter a single heck. Picturing her as president, should McCain be elected and something happened to him, is like making a two-year-old President of Harvard .

Keyword: Gambling, mccain is a gambler, that is why he acts and think later.

John and Sarah, it is over. Give up the smear and petty, paranoid lies.

Summerlover, and mccain was in his 50's when he was a part of the Keating scandal, so what is your point? And unlike mccain, they never had a reason to investigate Obama but they did john mccain. People quit with the lies and smears. Your desperation is showing and it's ugly. I understand it is the rethuglican way to attack when you have nothing positive but try and rise above that for once.

you must be referring to the atrocious terms during reagan, bush sr. and now junior............the economy tanked, period

and your idol the pitiful old warmonger: KEATING 5 KEATING 5

Quite obvious that the McCain campaign has shifted into the smear mode, for them is not about issues that are affecting ordinary people. They want to make the campaign thus: McCain a POW and Palin the conservative ordinary down to earth Govenor versus Obama the radical, elitist, communist, antichrist who is anti American. That play book by the Republicans is very old. You can fool your constituency, you cannot fool the rest of us. It's about jobs , healthcare and other pocket book issues that McCain doesn't understand. Obama/Binen 2008.

John McCain has sunk to a new low in my opinion by using Palin, a woman, to do his dirty work. She cannot speak with any substance on the issues that are impacting Americans. I have lost all respect for McCain.

Yep, and meanwhile, Karl Rove is over here saying that according to his calculations, Obama will have 273 electoral votes. He's trying to neutralize all the voter registration drives, the surge in new voters and supporters for Obama, and the overall shift towards Obama being the BETTER choice for voters in this election! Don't believe the hype!

OBAMA/BIDEN '08

I hope all the students who have been taught by William Ayers will get a refund and be transferred to a debriefing camp in ALASKA because they have been schooled by a terrorist.

I think it's funny that "Mr. War Hero", McCain, is too much of a coward to say any of this stuff himself. The campaign sends stupid, loudmouth, Sara out there because they know that she's dumb enough to do it. McCain hides in the background.

What a sleazy bunch of losers.

its like Mcsame is shameless, this terrorist accusation wont work. why wont his advisers advise him on more super ways to talk to voters than balbing like a weeping downcast dollbaby. infact this politics of a thing can make people think through their anus.

George Bush and Dick Cheney are the world's biggest terrorists

It is estimated that anywhere between 100,000 and 500,000 INNOCENT Iraqis have been killed by the war these two started. The US is responsible for those deaths no matter how you spin it.

to the Obama/Biden camp:

Keep the hits coming and harder and not only to mcc, you know who do we mean.....she is fair game now............sexist, chauvinist is out the door now, hit her harderrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

Alaskan Independence Party.....palins members

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just laughing at ayers and the mccain / palin ticket. why don't they just say it like it is. they got nothing left but negative attacks, nothing to help turn this country around. its there only shot to stop what everyone knows is best for america.

"and while no organization is completely protected from internet fraud,"

Quote unquote from Obama campaign release to Federal Election Committee investigating claims of illegal donations to the Obama campaign.

BUSTED!

I AM SUPRIZE THAT MACCIAN DOESN'T KEEP HIS WORD I QUOTE(WE ARE GOING TO RUN A RESPECTFUL CAMPAIGN) HIS
RESPECTFUL CAMPAIGN IS TO THROUGH TERRORISM ATTACK AGAINST HIS OPENENT BECAUSE THE POLLS ARE NOT IN HIS FAVOR AND HIS BEAUTY QUEEN OUT THERE SAYING THE ONE SHE KNOWS AND THE ONE SHE DON'T KNOW I CAN'T WAIT TO HERE THE END RESULT OF THE TROOPPER MORNIGA'S CASE TO ME, THESE TWO FELLOWS ARE COMPLETELY OUT OF TOUCH WITH THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AND CANNOT RUN A CAMPAIGN OF SUBSTANCE BECAUSE THE EXPERIENCE THAT JOHN MACCAIN CLAIMS TO HAVE IS NOT THE KIND THAT AMERICAN PEOPLE NEEDS HOW CAN YOU CLAIM TO HAVE THE EXPERIENCE AND YOU VOTED 90% OF THE TIME WITH THE MAN THAT KEPT THIS COUN TRY IN A SITUATION LIKE THIS TO ME JOHN MACAIN NO DOUBT ABOUT HIS EXPERIENCE BUT IT IS THE KIND THAT WILL DESTROY AMERICA THAT IS WHY HE IS DESPERATE TO BE IN WHITE HOUSE WERE HE WILL FINISH WHAT BUSH HAVE REMAINED.

The McCain/Pallin campaign is desperate. It's too bad Palin doesn't realize she is doing McCain's dirty work! That's because she is a ditsy hockey mom! She doesn't have the wherewithal to figure out what is happening!

McCain doesn't have a clue about the economy nor anything else!

McCain/Palin are going down because of their inability to see the whole picture. You don't have to trash your opponent when you have worthwhile plans of your own!

Palin will go back to Alaska and McCain will discuss his time as a POW with whomever will listen!

Obama/Biden '08

if you can't beat 'em then smear 'em! That's a typical Republican tatic that they have been using for years. Bad thing about it is that a lot of times it works because most people don't take time to look up the facts. I guess Gov Palin's claim that the GOP is going to look forward and not backward has been changed since so far all the stuff they claim to be coming out with is from Sen Obama's past. From some of the threads I've read though perhaps this time it won't work.

Obama continue focus on issues and will suceed.

How disturbing it is to read of John McCain and Sarah Palin and their recycled and lame attempt to connect Barack Obama to William Ayers. Palin states Obama is "palling around with terrorists." What's even more outrageous than the utter stupidity of their bogus claim, is that McCain and Palin show more concern for Obama meeting Ayers than they do for this "terrorist" who is actively employed in Illinois and teaching at a Chicago university. I guess they aren't too worried about terrorists. What does that say about his judgement?

Sounds like the McCain camp continues to struggle with priorities. A painful and dismal display of desperation by McCain's campaign, but not the least bit surprising.

It's pathetic that Sen. McCain thinks so little of American voters that he thinks this is the only way to win. However, voters cannot underestimate the tactic because that's how President Bush won his second term.

It won't work this time !
The Republican ship is sinking and i left a long time ago.
NO way NO How , Now McShame and Lady Failing

Let there be facts about the issues not about the trash that Mc is talking about, face it there are many questionable characters in Mc past.

Once you have decided who are you voting for VOTE EARLY.

Questionable judgment? From the Keating Five to the bailout, McCain has shown that he is erratic, irresponsible and dishonorable, especially during a crisis. He can't even look at a debate opponent; how will he face down our enemies? We need a steady hand and someone who will look our enemies in the eye, like Obama.
President Obama: get used to it.

darn right, Obama!

Please mention this Tuesday in your debate with McCain.

This is typical REPUBLICAN politicing at it's worst. When all else fails let's start the "us against" them argument. We went through this during the primary, can we please move on and stay on what it really important like this:
The total Governor Palin total resume is: 4 years on the city council and 6 years as the mayor of a town with less than 7,000 people, 20 months as the governor of a state that is very oil rich, with only 650,000 people.
Now almost everyone in the Republican party feels she is qualified to become the country's second highest ranking executive and next in line behind a man in his eighth decade.
WHY aren’t we DEMANDING MORE indepth interviews on CNN’s –ELECTION CENTER; NBC’s -MEET THE PRESS; ABC’s – THIS WEEKEND; CBS’s -FACE THE NATION; CNN’s -THE SITUATION ROOM before the end of October. Have we lost our MINDS??
THIS IS EXTREMELY SERIOUS!!! So while we are pressuring Senator Obama about his past. Why don't we continue to apply pressure on the McCain campaign about why they are AFRAID to allow this "ready to be Vice President" Governor to do more unscripted interviews by some of our countries most skilled UNBIAS anchor persons???
Do NOT LET UP ON THIS!!!!

It is shameful the way McCain's camp has ADMITTED that they are going to focus on the personalities of the candidates, and air attack ads based on these smears instead of addressing REAL issues. I want to know where McCain is going to differ from Bush on the economy, war, health care etc and I'm not getting that kind of "straight talk"....I think McCain is going to find that, this election cycle, the fear card isn't going to play.

I guess this shows how desperate John McCain is to get to the white
house. I find it very sad, how low he has sunk, this isn't going to
work, the American people are smarter than this. How sad he
doesn't have anything to off America instead of smear tactics.
I'm voting for a leader, Obama has proven he is that leader.
I hope this backfires, and Obama wins by a landslide. We need to
tell these Karl Rovians we are finished with these kinds of tactics.
We are taking our country on a higher road! Obama / Biden

Palin showed disrepect for the moderator as she has shown that she and first dude are above the law. She stated that she will not answer the questions the way they are asked. That's because she memorized everything for the debate after being sequestered since being picked. I would like to see her interviewed again by Katy Couric.

Oh yeah and Ayers lives 3 blocks away................................anyone for coffee.

McCain/Palin 08

Rick Davis, Charles Keating, Jack Abramoff... 'Nuff said

ONE NATION

Unfortunately, Obama's formation has resulted in a guy not in sinc with Americans or American values!

We have been in recession bordering on a serious depression before, and we have spent many years recovering from strategies similar to Obama's! He is so full of himself that he just doesn't get it!

"True facts" versus what other kind of facts? McCain's campaign wouldn't know the truth if it was right in front of their faces. And McCain was the one that said he wouldn't run this kind of campaign. Shame on you John McCain. Shame on you.

McCain/Palin 08

True smear! Let the silly season begin. Why isn’t anyone asking John McCain about his admiration for Osama Bin Ladin?
John McCain stated in his last debate that he regrets the fact that we quit supporting the “freedom fighters” of Afghanistan after they chased the Russians out of their homeland. Now I know that ever since Ronald Reagan, Republicans like to refer to these rebels as “freedom fighters”, but they preferred to call their conflict with Russia the Mujahideen. They considered themselves mujahids, which translates, Muslims fighting in a jihad… Hmmm – Doesn’t that make them Jihadists? Since many of the Jihadists were from outside of Afghanistan, I prefer to call them terrorists.
The Russians left Afghanistan in 1989 in large part due to the United States’ support of the Jihadists. We supported the Islamo-Fascists then because their enemy was our enemy. But hey, by today’s definition, wouldn’t that have made us State sponsors of terror? Does McCain really regret not supporting jihadists since 1989? Doesn’t John know that Bin Laden was a prominent member of the Mujahideen? Does McCain really regret not supporting Osama Bin Laden since 1989? And, why in the world, does McCain regret the US not being a State sponsor of terror anymore?
John McCain just doesn’t get it. You have to know a little history… You have to know that the Shia and Sunni have a long history of violence towards each other. You can’t make naive decisions based on your gut without conducting thoughtful research and analyzing the situation carefully. It appears that McCain is unable or temperamentally unwilling to do either.

Sara Palin's remarks represent division, not vision.

Not this time McCain. You and your p.o.s. babbling mannequin can try all the swift boat smearing you want. We the People will have our say on Nov. 4, and you and all your extreme right wingnut evangelical warmongering-moneygrubbing -bushloving-earthdestroying-economywrecking scum can go down with you.

CHECK OUT 08-CV-00004083 we will see about the swift boats////////sometimes the real TRUTH just hurts/

MCSAME SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF HIMSELF...AND HIS SPOKES LIAR TUCKER BOUNDS IS JUST STUPID...OUT OF TOUCH PARTY

Bring it on Republicans. Obama is not Kerry, Gore, or Dukakis. If you think yelling "Ayers" and "Wright" are going to sway people's mind, you are sorely mistaken.

We have a terrorist right now as president **cough Bush cough **. They are scared and they should be. It's judgment day for the republicans. They have done nothing but take this country apart and they will pay.

You're little Mrs. Palin is currently involved in an investigation of her own and spoke as late as 2006 at the Alaska Independence Party's convention (Secessionists). Country first huh?

I say bring it on Republicans.

Obama/Biden 2008/2012.

If you can't win the game, attack the player

Of course the McCain camp is resorting to lies and smears, they have nothing else but an broken down, bitter old man and a complete moron with no morals. They are banking on the republican philosophy that American's are stupid. Patriotism at it's best, right Sarah?

Will someone please look into her and her husband anti- american activity and her past pastor.

So now we are back to the lies of McCain/Palin.

McBush and Palin are liers and still spread deceit to the American people. And this newest accusation, which I was wondering when it would come out. As long as they were fairly okay in the polls, it wasn't brought up, now they are losing ground they still rather attack character than talk about what's most important to Americans. Figures. I didn't fall for it 8 years ago, 4 years ago and now. Learn to see through the bullsh...t people. Unless Obama was bombing alongside Ayers, or reports of them in some kind of anit American organization I could see it being questionable. But a charitable committee? I guess all the other people on that committee are terrorist too.

CNN.COMMENT POLICY:

WITH THE RECENT STATEMENTS FROM SARAH PALIN;

IT SOUNDS AS IF SHE WILL BE THE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE, AND JOHN McCAIN WILL BE THE VICE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE.

THERE IS ALREADY A POWER STRUGGLE IN THAT PARTY.

W.HICKS

The next time anyone hears that Obama was only 8 years old when Ayers was committing his terrorist acts, please point out that he was 34 years old when he was in Ayers living room!

The last time Republicans tried to tie Democrats to terrorism, the next day, the Democrats reclaimed the House and the Senate. Here's what McCain does not understand he cannot run a negative campaign like Bush does because he does not have the same political elements that Bush had to work with. He did not have a war that is being perceived as successful, and he did not have a terrorist attack. Bush was able to kill people with smears such as this, but I'm sorry, McCain, time is up.

Republicans who want educated people such as Obama running the country.

The McSame/Caribou Barbie campaign has figured that they can't win on the issues, so they're going to smear the character of the Democratic candidate...If they want to do this:

John McCain left his wife for a trust fund heiress...
John McCain was a part of the biggest S&L scandal ever in the Keating 5...
Caribou Barbie directed a government employee to fire her brother-in-law who was going through a divorce with Barbie's sister...

We can go on and on...

The most important for the Americans is the future !!!A bright future , with a clever and smart president : OBAMA 08

After 8 years of Bush Maccain, we can not afford 4 more Years of Same O-KE-DO=KEE ....Maccain's Swift Boat Tactics would not work this time.
Obama/Biden 08

That's what happens when the McCain campaign runs out of any original or thoughtful ideas to put forward. McCain's campaign is also charging that Obama's campaign is raising $ illegally. Jealous much McCain.

It is becoming scary to think that McCain is becoming so desperate! I can't vote for someone who refuses focus on the issues that are important to me and other Americans. If he doesn't care now.... then he won't if he gets into the White House!

it is obama who is distracting the American People form his qualifications, judgement and what he has done in his entire political carreer from when he started as a community organizer to state legislator where he voted "quote"PRESENT" unquote on legislation in the state senate.. he has done even less in the U.S. senate.
obama talks, talks, talks about economics about which he has no formal education, experience , nor even drafted anything about it.
it is all written for him and speakes from the teleprompter on the rostrum.

Obama will look for anything but the kitchen sink to throw at Senator McCain in order to gain a Vote. Obama is lazy and shiftless and can only think of the perks that he would get if elected. "Something for Nothing" should be Obama's Campaign Slogan, especially since Obama has little or no qualifications or experience to even be in the campaign. That the so-called 'lion of the senate, Kennedy' had the nerve to back such an unqualified and inexperienced person in his party's race was irresponsible, when there were so many well-known and proven Leaders in Washington. Same thoughts prevail about Oprah...who did not support Senator H. Clinton. How dare that woman!!! Let's hope when Obama loses............that he loses big-time and with a huge loss! Who would trust this man to be president, anyway? No One.

John McCain was the victim of such disgusting trash politics, inuendos and outright lies during the primaries in 2000, at the hands of the Bush campaign. The fact that he is allowing his campaign to resort to the same vile behavior this year speaks volumes about his character.

I respected McCain in 2000, and have respected him for his military service. But the man who I respected is nowhere to be seen. His good character is gone, as far as I can tell.

I am going to ignore this garbage, and focus on the huge set of issues facing us as a country. There is only one ticket focusing on those, and that is who I am going to vote for. Obama/Biden.

We shoud not be surprised by McCain's desperate attempts. Here is a snotty, ugly, old fool who will resort to everything in order to win an election. Well he will lose, and big.

McCain's sleezy tactics are a disgrace. Because McCain cannot win with issues, and the respect he owes to the American people, he is Gov. Palin will do it with cheep smear.

My friends, McCain says he also knows how to win wars. What war did he win, my friends? He admitted that he knows nothing about the economy as well. That's why he believed the economy was sound!

They're getting desparate now...
This is all they have now? Come on!

Wow...pathetic. The McCain campaign is working overtime brewing up false accusations during the worst financial crisis to hit the American people since the great depression. One would think their time would best be served dealing with the economic issues rather than making up lies to distract people from the fact that they don't have a CLUE how to fix the economy. The questions is: are the American people stupid enough to fall for this desperate "TACTIC'?

I can't believe they are....but I guess time will tell.

McCain and his bimbot should get to work and deal with the issues. They look ridiculous running around repeating rhetoric that has been proven to be lies, while Obama and Biden are facing the issues head on with honesty and integrity.

criminal, dishonest, mean-spirited, ignorant and abusive behavior...McCain, Palin and the RNC!
So you can't win fair and square so you cheat. America deserves better.

I will worked extra hard for our country's future and hence, our next president Sen. Obama

Its is soooo sad, but completely true. McCain at one time (8 Years ago) was a stand up person that had true ideas and really would have been a good President. Now he really is only attacking, which I thought he said he was completely again at the begining of all of this. Sorry old man, but you really should have stayed positive and you would have had my vote. I am just staying home this year...
I dont think I can go out and vote for OB, but I def am not voting for McCain and his useless distraction (Palin) that is now backfiring on him. Is this really all we have?????????

what im wondering is why on youtube.com ,, where they had 7 videos of "mccain,, the videos he doenst want you to see" arent there anymore,, makess one wonder why or who erased em,, the scandalish ways hes gottin to where he is today,, ummmmm

I imagine in his day, Bill Ayers was considered quite the maverick. Perhaps a good read for these days is Cheryl Dellasega's (author of REVIVING OPHELIA) MEAN GIRLS GROWN UP, adult women who are still queen bees, middle bees and afraid-to-bees. Recognize Palin? Yes, it is time to get out of the high school girl's locker room, and engage in discussion of issues.

Ahhh McCain. The great pretender. He knows his time is ticking. November is right around the corner. Smearing Obama is the dumbest possible move you could make. Tell the people what you will do for them as President, McCain. Stop trying to tear your opponent down with childish remarks and baseless claims. You make him look better every day. I would much rather a young intellectual for President than an old fogey who is ripe for the nursing home. You can tell someone is going senile when they revert to childhood.

Obama is right. You don't hear his campaign workers bringing up things like Palin's supposed affair with her husband's former business partner. They leave that kind of stuff to the tabloids, and stick to what matters to the voters, like the economy.

I think McCain & co. are gambling that the American people would rather hear about dirt and deception than about the real problems that exist. Will the gamble work? I guess we'll have to wait a month to find out!!!

STICK TO THE ISSUE MCBUSH!

You can't swiftboat your way out of this one.

OBAMA/BIDEN '08

Wow, unbelievable. These republicans are pathetic. I swear, if this works again this year, I will give up on this country.

My wife watched the VP debate and had very little rwaction pro or con about either Palin or Biden. Then...after the debate, her chin hit the ground when she saw Palin's 6 month old Downs Syndrome baby brought up on stage as a prop. It was like 11:00 at night, why wasn't that baby in bed??? Palin patted the baby on the back in a weird unmaternal way, then quickly dumped the baby into the arms of her little 6 year old girl. All this on a stage in a big room with hundreds and hundreds of strangers. My wife flipped out and hasn't stopped talking about it. Someone needs to post this clip on YouTube. It's disturbing.

Of course McCain will try to distract people with non important stuff. He doesn't have any good ideas or issues to run on.
Everytime McSame/Pailin mention Wright, Rezko, or other antique crap I hope someone asks about Troopergate, Iraq Judgement, and the Keating 5! Then ask for an idea to fix this economy!
Voting Smart,
Obama/Biden in 08!

The Republicans are running scared. They obviously don't realize they are making complete fools of themselves (as if they hadn't up until this point anyway).

Thank goodness Barack Obama is focusing on the issues and hitting them right back between the eyes with their lies and stupid statements.

Sarah needs to go back to Alaska and John needs to retire. Stick a fork in them both – they are done.

My thoughts and prayers are with Barack as he tackles the Republican lies and with Joe and his family as they face family illness.

Obama/Biden 08 & 12

Good job to the Obama/Biden campaign in not letting the smear tactics from the McCain/Palin camp deflect from their message of change! Keep on track and Obama will win in a landslide since people will be getting more and more turned off and will shut out whatever McCain/Palin say.

CHANGE WE CAN BELIEVE IN!

I guess I have never been more disappointed in anyone than I am with our governor, Sarah Palin. I at least thougt she had some substance, and that professing to be Christian should would at least stick to honesty. What a sham, she has proven she will sink to any depth to climb where she wants to be personally/politically. It seems her religion idolizes Sarah, who makes her own rules as she goes without a care of blatant lies and misrepresentations. Please send Tina Fey to Alaska, she will be a superior replacement by a long shot. All of those registered voters who think well of Simple Sarah, be careful, we found out first hand when she abandoned us, hid from an investigation and hides in the McCain-Pain camp.

Every time I see Tucker Bounds' name in a quote, I know the opposite is true.
It is a smear....legitimate news sources say so. So, why does the McCain campaign keep lying? Maybe because they don't have anything else.
Smart people will see through this to the truth.

Somehow the past will always catch up with you. So, now it is time for ZERObama to face the music. Stop hiding behind the decency of his grandparents from Kansas. The rest of his past is way too shady!

McCain is losing in everything he has done so far, now he wants to shift his campaign to smear the best hope America has left. What a sore loser, he is. I can't understand how he thinks that the country should be handed to him, especially after he picks that loser of a running mate to join his ticket. Does he really think that we would vote for his out of touch, old, W. Bush backing, presidency? When a heart beat away, we would have this dumb, know nothing, can't answer the question, running mate as a president? I am sorry to say, but I am taking my chances with Barack. Barack gives you that feeling of trust. He genuinely cares about America and what we represent. He will restore our respect across the globe. America has been snakes, theives, and other things the rest of the world has described us to be. Now, its time to restore those moral values in what we have always represented. America is home of the brave and land of the free. Everyone in the world will, again, envy of not being an American. I am excited about what will happen when Obama is president. I am excited to say President Obama.

He will have a huge mess to clean up behind the corruption that has plagued our country. But if no other person can take on this challenge, it is Obama/Biden. Obama will clean up our country and restore its trust and values. Biden will take care of our foreign affairs and restore our trust and values with the rest of the world.

That is the ticket that will bring success. Ignore the swift-boat tactics that John McCain and his lousy campaign is trying to paint. They are all lies. Check out factcheck.org and they will say that everything McCain/Palin has been about is lies. They are liars. Why vote for liars?

This election will prosper and I encourage everyone to be registered so you can vote Obama/Biden '08. Our opportunity for change, change meaning improving, in America.

vote Obama/Biden 2008 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The republican party is also becoming increasingly racist and divisive. America's reputation around the world is very low. Electing a party with such racist views will put the world off for ever against America. We on the other side of the pond can see clearly who has better judgement,character and honesty. Mc Cain cannot develop policy. All he does is to manufacture more smears and leaves his wind-up doll to spread more lies.

SARAH PALIN NEEDS TO BE SUED FOR HER LIES ON MR. OBAMA.

I am so sick of Tucker Bonds that I could puke. I am tired of the hypocritical rhetoric that accuses the Obama campaign of the things they are doing themselves. I am tired of being told that my choice for President is a dangerous choice with ties to terrorists. I am tired of being ridiculed and condescended to. I will never support McCain as president, even if elected. I will follow the laws of the land, but will not respect the man who has made a travesty of this campaign.

This is all McCain and Palilin have left. The politics of fear and smear does not work anymore. We want solutions and McCain has none other than to offer he was a POW. OBAMA/BIDEN 08!

Hey Obama, if the shoe fits then you have to wear it. Sure you were only 8 when Ayers did his nasty deeds but who in their right mind would go to this guys house and have coffee with him. You were old enough to know better then but still did it. There had to be something in it for you. You are a hypocrite and still have a lot of other questionable relationships. This is something the American people deserve to know that says a lot about your lack of judgment.

"True Facts!" You Wish! Every so called true fact they're put out there so far has been proven to be false! Gimme a Break! The True Fact about the McCain Campaign is they don't have any Truth, or a Course or a Plan for American's Future. They're wandering around in the Desert like lost nomads trying to find water to quench their thirst for Revenge! Drill Baby Drill!

and it is true john mcwar can bet obama on economy on healthcare or national security so now he is going negative to bring obama down well america will prove him john wrong.

I find it interesting that CNN chooses to close out comments for artilcles relating to Sarah Palin's "paling around with terrorists" statement. CNN post their own article saying her statement is not true and closes any discussion. What they neglect to tell people is this...Michelle Obama worked at the Sidley Austin law firm in Chicago with Bernardine Dohrn, the wife of terrorist Bill Ayres.

Also, Willaim Ayres, the terrorist, chose Barack Obama to be the first Chairman of the Board on the Woods Fund.

Obama worked directly for Ayres for eight years. These two were more than just a casual relationship.

So from 1980 when Obama met up with the Ayers family right up to 2002 when they served together on the Woods Fund board of directors.

And it was in 1995 at a meeting in the home of the terrorist Bill Ayres and his wife Dohrn, Barack Obama was first inducted into Chicago's "progressive" politics and launched his political career.

There has been absolutely Nothing uplifting in the Republican campaign...Downright depressing.

THE MC CAIN CAMP BETTER THOURGLY VET ANY AND ALL "SMEAR" AND "FALSE" ACCUSATIONS AGAINST SEN OBAMA AND SEN BIDEN BEFORE THEY RUN THEIR MOUTHS. OF COURSE THEY WILL ONLY CHECK THE FACTS TO THE EXTENT THEY VETTED PALIN.

Since the McCain campaign is so busy digging up dirt and distractions why not mention John McCain's unethical past. In 1979 – while still married to Carol – he met Cindy at a cocktail party in Hawaii. Over the next six months he pursued her, flying around the country to see her. Then he began to push to end his marriage. He did this because is wife was disfigured in a car accident and Cindy was so much better looking. He is a CHEATER that has not changed. Why else would he pick an ex-beauty contestant for a running mate!

When we Obama be truthful about his various Chicago relationships? We are still waiting!

Distraction, distraction. They would like to think it works, but, it's only getting annoying.

The McCain camp is truly running out of ideas, it would appear. Don't listen to me, do your own fact check about Obama and this "terrorist" he has "ties" to. With such "strong" ties as this, I guess we can say McCain has ties to the communists in Vietnam!

Sad!

Those attacks are not true facts- John McCain and Sarah Palin wouldn't know TRUTH if it SMACKED them in the face!!
I want to ask- I am sure there are people you work with in the same office- does that mean you agree politically or personally with every person you work with?? NO but that is the justification of this smear. Than b/c he and Ayers worked on a common committee together they must share principals and ideas? That is complete BS and Americans are not going to fall for the dirty Republican tactics anymore. If they were truly the better people for the position then they would debate on the issues- but because they cant they are going to spend the next 30 days throwing mud...and Americans have to show them that we will no longer be manipulated on November 4th- that is our only option!!!!!!!

No Way No How No McCain and Definitely No Palin! Incompetance is no longer an option!!

Obama/Biden 08

Can we afford to have the modern day Robin Hood, aka Barack HUSSEIN Obama, be our President? America wake up. If elected will the Rev Wright attend the White House prayer breakfast? How about Mr Ayers in charge of Homeland Security? How about Resco as Treasury Secretary? The list goes on and on.

Katy Couric exposed Palin for her kack of knowledge. Why is she avoiding one on one interviews?

|The republicans can no longer talk about judgement after picking palin as their VP – she is a joke! She is making America a laughing stock around the world.

Perhaps since Senator Obama is a novice at what usually takes place during a heated presidential race, he doesn't understand the nuances of competition at this time in said race. Perhaps where he's concerned, he calls it by another name, but to be sure, Senator Obama and his campaign is doing exactly the same thing to Senator McCain. For us lay people, better known as constituents, this is when it gets really exciting, and both candidates should understand that we are very adept at keeping score as to who has promised what, and will follow through on who is likely to deliver. May the best man win!

Price for plane ticket to niece’s wedding - $372

Price for wedding gift certificate to Macy’s Bridal - $500

The joy of watching my 17 year old niece walk down the aisle in a black empire gown because she is 7 months pregnant, while followed by all 6 groomsmen forcibly carrying the soon to be loving husband to the alter to happily join in wedded bliss - PRICELESS!

This is what the RNC is known best for a smear campaign. Lies, deceptions and invoking fear. It worked in the past, so they figure why not try it again. But this a new day, the American people have spoken and said enough is enough! We are stronger and wiser. So let's get back to the economy, healthcare, and restoring our standing in the world. This is what matter the most, but if you want to play dirty then you better clean your closets.

McCrypt already has one, her name is Paris Palin. An example follows:

Price for plane ticket to niece’s wedding - $372

Price for wedding gift certificate to Macy’s Bridal - $500

The joy of watching my 17 year old niece walk down the aisle in a black empire gown because she is 7 months pregnant, while followed by all 6 groomsmen forcibly carrying the soon to be loving husband to the alter to happily join in wedded bliss - PRICELESS!

ayers,rezko,rev wright and the columbia professor who is a jihadist all are part of obama advisory group

McCain has proven he is not trustworthy, he stated he would run a honorable campaign!!! Why can't he run on the issues?

He is asking to be the president of the United States, not just a few people / his base.
I see racism not just against blacks,in there gatherings why is it when Palin is at rallies all you see is mainly her surrounded by white females? Thats not being for all the people!!!!!

It's a pitty to go low and attack a candidate on false facts rather than addressing the core issues that interess the people. This is what people don't like with politics. What we need is to deal with matters, propose a constructive plan for the future instead of distracting us with distructive plan for the campaign sake. The United States deserves something higher than these shameful tactics in politics. That is why wa are all happy to commit ourselves to Obama/Biden.

McCain campaign and RNC continue to throw dirt, spout lies, misrepresentations, and smears. Shame on you, McCain! Joe Klein (Time Magazine) wrote in his article ‘The Lying Game’: The McCain camp had decided that its candidate can’t win honorably, on the issues, so it had resorted to transparent and phony diversions. …Worse than lies have been the smears. …These dreadful weeks should not be forgotten. McCain has raised serious questions about whether he has the character to lead the nation. He has defaced his beloved military code of honor. He has run a dirty campaign.’ I support your opinion, Mr. Klein. I sincerely believe that McCain is the worst candidate for president in the US history.

SHAME ON MCCAIN AND SARAH. YOU SEE WHERE LACK OF IDEAS AND IDEOLOGY BRINGS YOU. CONVICE US VOTERS ON WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO ABOUT THE ISSUES, THIS IS NOT TIME FOR DISTRACTION, THE STAKES ARE VERY HIGH. YOU'D BETTER SEND SARAH TO SHOOL FOR UPCOMING INTERVIEW.

Heavily Catholic and anti-abortion New Mexico favors Obama-Biden, even though McCain-Palin oppose abortion, while Obama-Biden will provide free abortion, on demand. This doesn't say much about the true religious conictions of Catholics anywhere, especially in traditionally Catholic New Mexico.

I am deeply disappointed with John McCain's campaigning on "SwiftBoat" style lies and deception and mistruths after commencing his campaign with the idea he would be honest and factual.

He appears to me to be a deceitful person who would lie and direct Sarah Palin to lie to win an election because he is devoid of the leadership necessary to lead this country when we have the worse economy since the depression.

Thank goodness CNN and others have responded against Swift Boats with quick fact checking so as to support the people of this country with true facts

All the Republicans can do is reach down into the cesspool for their dirt.

Governor Palin, you're beginning to smell less than feminine. Could it be the filth you've been grubbing for?

Some of us never expected anything more from you. Thanks for living down to our expectations!

Obama is rigtht! McCain and Palin don't have a clue as to what's going on with the Economy. All they can do now is what Republicans always do, make false statements about Obama and Biden. McCain stand there with that grin on his face like Bush and just keeps saying the same thing over and over again. Just recently, he stated that the Economy was strong. The sign on his podium says "Country First." Which Country is he talking about? It certainly isn't the United States. It must be Iraq. He's been out of touch with the American people for too many years. There's no turning back for him now. We're also tired of his time in Vietnam as a POW. At least he got to come home and marry into money. Many of the soldiers and journalists are still MIA, and many are still homeless because this Country was ashamed of the Vietnam War as they are about the war in Iraq. Someone should tell McCain that. He also stated that he can't wait to introduce Sara Palin to Washington, yet he kept her hidden. NOW WE KNOW WHY! She just goes around the Country blabbing and blabbing about issues she knows NOTHING about. What we need is what Obama and the American People have been talking about for years, and thats alternative sources of energy, not Drilling for more oil in Alaska. Brazil in oil independent. We have many other sources for fuel, but then the Republicans wouldn't have any reason to go to War for Oil. We need to stay focused on the Issues. Times are too hard for the American People to be listening to someone with NO experience whatsever just talking for the sake of talking so that her and McCain don't have to face the Issues because they're unable to!!!!!!!!! The Media is at fault also for giving her so much coverage. Please give us break.

If the republicans are able to trun this election using smears and lies, then it is up to us to hold them accoutable for the damage they have done too this great country.

That means not just the republicans who take office, but the republicans who vote for them as well.

Is John McCain trying to say that Barack Obama is not as much in love with this country as he is?? Hog Wash!!! McCain start talking about substance! And, send Sarah Palin home to rest!

EWhen you have nothing of substance to say, of course you attack, and that's what a Palin/McCain ticket will do is cost us more money to fight more unessary wars.I said it right. Palin/McCain. It appears that she is calling the shots, her and the first dude.If McCain should by chance win, he better have Cindy do a taste test.

Americans please see the Repulicans for what they are... desperate!

Obama and Biden would be within their rights to bring up the Keating Five, McCain's first marriage and his over the top zeal to invade and occupy Iraq. But they likely won't.

There is no comparison in character, Obama has some and McCain lost whatever he had 8 years ago.

As for judgement, anyone who would employ Tucker Bounds and appoint Sarah Palin tells you all you need to know about their poor judgement.

It's getting close to the finish line so there will be a lot of mud-slinging going on.I believe that Sen.Obama is way too smart to get "swift-boated".I believe that Sen.McCain is way too clever to do it.It's the GOP campaign that concerns me.The truth is both candidates are qualified to be president,but their policies are the exact opposite.It just so happens that Barack Obama's policies are more in touch with the average American family.That's why he's leading in the polls.

Little Record?

Sponsored hundreds of bills.

Graduated with a Juris Doctor (J.D.) magna cum laude.

First ever African American to be elected President of the Harvard Law Review.

Written two books, which he wrote, not a ghost writer.

Illinois State Legislator 1997-2004.

U.S. Senate 2004.

McCain Keating 5?

Read the encyclopedia and you will find everything you need to know, unbiased and factual.

Angry bitter biased people looking to win at any cost are probably not your best source of information.

Don't be ignorant, educate yourself.

It is too important to be scared like in the past. Imagine what the country would look like had Al Gore won...I bet we would not have doubled our National debt to almost over 10,000,000,000,000 (TRILLION).

"The McCain campaign shot back on Sunday, saying its accusations are 'true facts,' and not 'smears.'"

. . . as opposed, say, to "false facts"?

Maybe if Obama didn't have so many ani-american friends the american public would not ask but the truth is he has and it has hurt his chances of getting elected. How can we elect someone like this. At least with Hillary we knew she was all american...We picked the wrong democrat to run.....

McCain's naivety was vividly and persistently expressed in his insistence that age should be a key consideration for voters, forgetting that he's getting out of age. Palin has quickly found the same feat in inexistent terrorist issues. What bones without flesh! Rightly distractions as Obama says.

It's a good thing the Obama campaign is alert to the Rove style of Swift boat dirty tricks that caused the defeat of Kerry. McSame is so desperate that he will try anything to steal the election. Winning is more important than integrity to McSame and his crowd. This time, the American people are wise to those tactics. Fool us once, shame on you. Fool us twice, shame on us.

Palin's approach is – as AP described – racially tinged. Nobody reacts to McCain's ties to G. Gordon Liddy, connection to Keating Five, or Todd Palin's connection to the Alaskan Independence Party. The average voter nevertheless raises eyebrows when Obama is linked to Ayers, because he is black.

Just imagine if Obama had John McCain's record:
(i) a broken first marriage, ending up in an affair,
(ii) a wife who is addicted to drugs,
(iii) former "terrorist" friend G. Gordon Liddy,
(iv) linked to the Keating Five scandal,
(v) a vile temper, known to use foul language.

or if he had Sarah Palin's record:
(i) a pregnant teenage daughter,
(ii) a mediocre degree,
(iii) a secessionist sympathizing husband,
(iv) a nexus with a Kenyan witchdoctor,
(v) an abysmally low IQ and lack of basic understanding of economy & foreign affairs.

John McCain: the American People are tired of attack politics and smear campaigns, we want to hear your ideas and solutions for America, not more George Bush politics!

It is sad that Mr.McCain is stooping to such tactics, and uses his pit bull to try to divert attention away from his failing campaign. Shame on both of them. Would a male governor of Alaska, with the same experience and record, have been chosen as running mate? I don't think so. It's a patronising insult to women that such an uneducated, vacuous, woman was chosen to pander to the female vote simply because of her gender, not her qualifications.

McCain and Palin are pathetic!Palin needs to go back to Alaska and answer questiins about troopergate. Why isn't she talking about the "Bridge to Nowhere"? She has destroyed her credibility. What is she and her husband ignoring supoenas? What are they hiding? If nothing to hide, why not get it over with? She has the audacity to throw stones with a withccraft praying preacher.
John McCain, what about the Keating five and your erratic behavior?

Tucker – the short answer is yes, we are willing to turn our economy and national security over to Barack Obama. If your candidate or his campaign had any substance, you would not have to resort to this kind of crap.

obama slam them hard!!!!!!!!!!!!

a) it's sad they're trying to blow up this bill ayers thing, when like 10 newspapers have already declared that there's no real relationship between the two

b) i never really realized it until now, but obama's totally right about the mccain campaign being all smears – i've never EVER heard them talk about their plans, just rumors and negative things about obama... the only time they talk about it is when obama attacks their plans, and even then they don't usually address it for long before changing the subject.

Senator Obama,,,,if McCain continues his attacks on you. Fire back. Remind him of the KEATING FIVE,,,,,,,Tell the whole story on him. This should put some holes in the tires of the straight talk express.

The McCain is just examining the character and judgment of Obama, and that really doesn't constitute anything I would call "character as*sas*sination."

YOU ARE KNOWN BY THE COMPANY YOU KEEP AND THE CHOICES YOU MAKE. Or, as they used to say, "Birds of a feather, flock together".......or..... "To know who a person is, just check out who his friends are." All say the same thing....and relate to a person's character, judgment, values, morals, beliefs, etc.

Or as I like to say....."Life is a Rorschach." (If you don't know what that means, you'll have to look it up.)

McCain-Palin – 2008

A man is judged by the company he keeps. And a Chinese proverb states that you are judged by the experience of your friends if you don't have experience of your own.

Sorry Obama, not a smear, just pointing out some dubious relationships.

Oops...almost forgot....

ACE IN THE HOLE!
The Nevada Republican Committee's Convention on April 26th, 2008 bogus convention where the McCain operatives subverted their rules and placed unelected delegates into the RNC Convention, had Ron Paul supporters followed by "Black Hats" and the Nevada Second District ballots mysteriously were not counted.

I think the term you're looking for here is "election tampering." It's got teeth.

Have a nice day.

What else is new with Republicans these days? It's all they got, so they'll try to win by smearing and scaring. Hey, it worked for Bush.

"McCain opposes federally mandated universal coverage. He believes competition will improve the quality of health insurance." See, this is where idealogy interferes with reality. WE ALREADY HAVE "COMPETITION" – this is why we are in such dire straights as it is! What planet is McCain on?

Accusation? I do not think that it is so vague.

It is true, end of story.

GOP, how about you just tell us what YOUR plans are on ANYthing. Not a sentence on how you are going to create jobs - that is a grade 5 kid doing a project. Substance, specifics, documents, you know...
plans. I have not heard nor seen a one.

Obamas are on his web site. All of them. They have been reviewed by economists, foreign policy experts, health care professionals.

Where are McCains medical records? Why is the press not allowed to question Palin?

Your lies, corruption and self-serving illegal activities, Mr. McCain are over. You will not be allowed to finish the job of ruining all that is really american (freedom of thought, race, religion, and the chance of prosperity).

So please, for the dignity of your country, take your hatred, take your nonsensical views, and really, take that dangerously ignorant cheerleader and go away.

Be a real man for once in your life (yes I said it, read the Rolling Stone interview with McCains POW friend) instead of buckling to the lowest common denominator.

Peace.

McCain is such a douchebag. He is below scum.

Desperate time calls for desperate measures....

It is so obvious some people feel the battle is slipping away...
Deception, lies, fear... Anything else we should expect in the remaining few days?

Obama/Biden '08

It's pretty sad that McCain's ethics are so lacking that he would charge a fellow senator with consorting with terrorists. Between his poor judgment in picking a silly but nasty and incompetent woman for VP to his lies on not accepting pork laden bills in Congress – he apparently can't do anything but try to tear down Obama.

RNC – look what you have become... We can thank GW and now John McCain for the destruction of the Republican Party.

As usual, Obama is right and mccain just doesn't get it!

"Show me who your friends are, and I'll show you who you are."

How is that a distraction? There's more to the Obama/Ayers relationship than Obama will admit to, and the proof is out there.

"Sen. McCain and his operatives are gambling that they can distract you with smears rather than talk to you about substance. They'd rather try to tear our campaign down than lift this country up,"

Truer words have never been said. I pray the American public will see through the McCain/Palin campaign's smokescreen attempt.

OMG...what next? McCain / Palin desperate! even using old news...This is not true. Just look at the past articles, they already tried this. It did not work back than it will not work now.
This is the kind of politics I hate! And again why I would never vote for McCain "the oh so very honest & forthright canadate" Yeah right! I really hope & wish the campaign people would actually credit us with some sense...I do not know why they think the american people are dumb & short sighted & forgetful! We are not!

Palins family is linked to a party which wants to break Alaska from the United States. Why would somebody vote for UNAmerican low life like Palin and Mccain. AND ALSO i dont want to vote for somebody who cant teach their kids to keep their legs closed. what happened to american values i dont want my kids to think it is ok to get pregnant at 12
Vote Obama

Quote from above:
The McCain campaign shot back on Sunday, saying its accusations are "true facts," and not "smears."
Unquote

The McCain campaign wouldn't recognize a "true fact" if it hit them in the face. They are so busy creating gotcha moments for TV spots or digging up old lies and smears about Obama that they don't even know anymore what the prize is – they are just competing for the competions sake.

When are we as Americans ever going to wake up!!!! When are we going to stop pointing the finger of blame at one man who only gets elected to a 4 year term of office, and serves at best for 8 years in Washington on a two term of office if lucky enough to get re-elected?

Why do we have such adolescent thinking on this subject in regards to this Office when in fact it’s not the man/women who could get elected to this office that we need to be blaming, but ourselves?

When are we as Americans ever going to wake up and accept the responsibility that our what Forefathers bestowed upon us? Yes freedom came to us with great hardship, and we must all work to keep it and that means ownership, and work is needed if we are going to maintain it. So Instead of taking our freedom just so casually thinking somebody else is looking out for our best interest, we need wake up and work to apply it, so that it works for us when we vote! It’s not too late, but we need to take the next steps now that will work to preserve our freedoms by using our right to vote in a way that will make a difference? Let’s face it, we have to stop kidding ourselves and start taking action for ourselves now against all political incumbents who are in Washington. These incumbents are the ones who are really to blame, again thanks to us because we keep re-electing them to the office. But its clear these incumbents regardless of party line must go. After all they all are the one’s who really don’t get it, and they will never get it, and even worst they don’t even care about us. But they will begin to care when Americans like us wake up and start thinking and say Yes, I can make a difference, and then Act each and every time we vote going forward, starting now by saying NO to all political Incumbents regardless of Party.

We as Americans need to make a promise with each other that we will Vote to make a difference, and will work to take back America? We can all do this by ensuring No political incumbent candidate ever gets re-elected to a Congress and or a Senate Seat regardless of Party. We need to make our voices heard loud and clear so everyone understand we want Term Limits on all these Political Seats and we want a Line by Line Item Veto Power given to our President, and we will continue to vote this way until we unseat all incumbents at every election until these issues are accomplished. In doing so we will wipe out the corruption and pork belly spending that is killing our Country, God Bless America.

How NOT surprising that McCain/Palin is left utterly grasping at straws now that it's been made so evident that America is not interested in what they're selling. Palin's attack is laughable, like a shrill temper tantrum from a mind that can't conceive an actual well-founded criticism of Obama. I wonder how low they'll stoop now that they have nothing to lose–"paint the White House black" ads or something? Give me a break, give US a break, and PLEASE let Nov. 4 come quickly so that these fools can get out of our faces and we can get on the track to making this country right again.

Obama/Biden '08 is in the home stretch of a commanding victory. We've almost done it!!

I think John McCain, and his campaign will do anything to get the attention from the real issues. William Ayers, is not a friend of Barack Obama, he was 8 years old when Ayers, was involved in the undergroung movement. I trust Barack Obama, more than John McCain. I think the Obama, should starting using the keating 5 scandal on John McCain. Sarah Palin, she should not call any one terrorist what about the troopergate scandal.

hey folks,
these aren't distractions, these are facts, all obama wants to talk about is economy, economy, economy, that's it. fact is he has no idea how to defend this country from terrorist attacks. There's no reason to even talk about economy if you can't even or don't want to keep terrorist out of our country. If it get blown up there's no reason to talk about it.
McCain has the experience to keep america safe and that's bottom line.

The whines of a losing and desperate campaign strategy. When your guys, McShame and Miz geez, lack intelligence, character and intigrity and are full of nothing but b s and fluff, you got to have something to say.

And all this from the party of so-called Christians! The overwhelming majority of Americans see the GOP for what are are...nothing!

And who is the candidate who has had his friend go to jail for stealing billions in the S&L scandal?

Attacking Barack for knowing someone who supposedly did something bad in the 1960's and is now a college professor won't cover-up that McCain was involved in the S&L scandal of the 80's and a good friend of his went to jail because of it.

The S&L scandal was clearly an act of domestic economic terrorism.

Hypocrisy=McCain

Newsflash, Barak!

This entire campaign has been wrought full of McCain distractions. It's his stock in trade.

The DNC Convention went out of the news media's eyes a day later when McCain named Sarah WHO? as her running mate. 4 weeks later and we're still saying "Sarah WHO?"

He over dramatized his trip to Washington to distract everyone from his slumping poll numbers. Probably not the smartest move, but what can you do. He was playing the House and the odds beat him there.

Sarah WHO?'s numbers began dropping after her Couric interviews. Perfect bait and switch tactics there. Sound like a putz so the ratings spike for the VP debate. Why? Everyone loves a good train wreck and she was positioned to be one. 70 million NASCAR fans looking for a collision. It wasn't about who won, it was about who didn't DQ.

Now it's going to be about the Palin statements today. Why? So we don't see the economy as topic number one for a few days. She tossed the first salvo in the "Swift boating" tactic...CALL IT WHAT IT WAS! Don't call it something else like "erratic" or "desperate. Remind everyone what happened last time and see what hppens when they sue their own good sense.

Stay on target, Barak.
You have a game plan. Do not become reactionary. As a poker player, you know better than to act on the other guy's cards...play the ones you're holding. You have four aces...the economy, falling support for the wars, health care and your level headed persona.

McCain has his cards and he's calling "joker's wild". Too bad it was AFTER the dealing was done.

Aces win.

"The last four weeks of this election will be about whether the American people are willing to turn our economy and national security over to Barack Obama, a man with little record, questionable judgment, and ties to radical figures like unrepentant domestic terrorist William Ayers," McCain spokesman Tucker Bounds said in a statement.

correction, Tucker- this pathetic, BASELESS smear campaign is what your people would LIKE the last four weeks of this election to be about.

McCain would prefer we forget about the terrible shape our economy and our foreign situation is in, for THIS?????

Do you really think the American people are that STUPID?

Not this time...
you guys aren't going to have us at your mercy any longer...

I HOPE this comes up at the debate.

Of course they are looking for distractions. Thats what Republicans are famous for doing. Avoid the issues and distract the people with divisive issues or finger point their way out of an intelligent debate!

stay focuse america thay are comin with the kitchen sink OBAMA/BIDEN

Mccain a once preceived respectable man has lost all respect with how he continues to conduct hisself.

The GOP are certainly reaching. I wish they would focus on the issues. I haven't heard HOW McCain plans to help us out of the financial crisis; oh, wait...does that mean he doesn't have a plan? Absolutely pathetic!

I see HONOR is one thing McCain lacks if he can't get the votes by having a woman an inexperience woman by his side he has to smear Obama to get votes. What kind of person reduces his integrity by going to smear tactics. Where is his self repect his code of honor. When Bush smeared his name he cried foul and said he would never sink to that kind of low. But with his straight talk he lied America .....he lied. Obama was 8yrs old when Ayers did his dirt. I guess at 8 he had that much clout. If you really need to look at the man and wonder does he make sound judgements? He left his crippled wife for money. He has the same stubberness i see in George Bush thats scary to me. If you want to be scared look at the man and see the cockyness that Bush displayed you will see McCain can we go 8 more years of a person who thinks that its his way or no way. Palin cant even have a thought without him coming to her rescue.. she is programmed to recite his mantra and she will do it because she knows that McCain will probably not survive his first term and she can have all the power she craves.

oh please McCain camp...haven't we had enough from all your lies....what on earth would make you think that you the Republicans wouldn't have skeletons in your closet....Phil Gramm ring a bell? Please name these true facts..NOT LIES...I'd love to hear um....

Then quit trying to blame all the economic woes on Bush, McCain, and the Repubs. This housing crisis started when Clinton was president, and pressure was put on lenders to make bad loans in the name of equality. These in turn got sold to Freddie and Fannie, and there you go........ Bush's policies DID work for 6 years, then the housing crisis hit. Keep up the same, and also start to reduce spending on the war.

Her & Todd along with McCain are now getting desperate and would say & do anything to win this Election. Is that what we really need?

Obama Biden have won

Distraction are what they are

the fact remains, M/P have loss

it all a matter of how bad at this point. McCain go negative and more will question his judgement.

I am not trusting you ( CNN,to acknowledge this comment),but I am going to send it any way.As I have written to CNN several other times,without any response!! The mccain,camp is pulling for straws,just remember to give Equal Postive coverage to Obama/Biden as you do to Mccain.The republicans are filled with known LIES,Deception,and Trickery.But perhaps your station,will Start to use Diversity in your reporting (More Black and Hispanic jouralists.This will help to have a more Fair output of opinions.Mccain's camp shuold think about why his grandfather/father had his war records sealed,and why has CNN ,not talked about that,and what is palin hiding from in Troopergate,you don't even mention that,why.That camp is and always have been Crooked!Be more Fair in your Reporting,and using other ethinic journalists,on a daily bases.
Mary Perry

How could the McCain campaign say their accusations are "true facts"... Are the serious?
Are they not accountable for the words they speak, even when their accusations have already been debunked by the media outlets?

Wow... Who in their right minds could vote for them?

McCain has given up in Michigan and now he is giving up on the main issue: the economy, the financial crisis.

The final and definitive bankruptcie for the McCain/Palin ticket.

"It's the economy, stupid!"

So much for the decent campaign McCain promised. How unfortunate that they must resort to smear votes to push them over the top.

McCain and Palin must be prepared for voters to revisit their own archive of controversies– from infidelity to Keating 5 to Troopergate.

If the McCain camp steps up their Swiftboating, the Democrats should fire back with attack ads about McCain's history with the Keating 5, his adulterous affair leading to his latest marriage to a prescription drug abuser, his running mate's support of a fringe political group striving to separate Alaska from the United States, and the ethics investigation into his running mate's possible abuses of power.

Amazing that the party that is trying to stop any attempt at getting to the truth about Troopergate is doing everything it can to pin false and debunked accusations against Obama. There is no compelling reason to vote for John McCain.

Yeah right! How can we trust the judgement and honesty of McCain. Keating 5 ring a bell? Economic crisis ring a bell. How does he blame Obama for that one?

The man who picked Palin as a running mate is questioning Obama's judgment? In my 43 years, I've never witnessed a more absurd campaign as that waged by McSame. It saddens me that enough people support this old fool to make this race as close as it is. If you voted for W. twice, you might want to sit this one out and let those of us with good judgment help the country rebuild.

Thats all Johnny Angry has left, Distraction. He needs to distract the voters who now realize just how bad the ceconomy really is. And that the De regulation policies pushed by McCain are what have brought this disaster upon us. Angry old johnny and Gooly gee Gomer Palin cannot turn this mess around.

John McCain, we the people of the US are not interested in your smear tatics. It will not work this time around. Believe me when I tell you this strategy will backfire on you! Stay on the issue Obama we are behind you 100%.

John McCain is the desperate and decrepit leader of a foul and twisted campaign. He has completely abandoned the alleged honor and integrity he once professed to possess. He can't win on issues and engages in outright lies which only his ignorant "base" will believe. The self-righteous right wingers and the NASCAR faithful will eat whatever he serves up. Palin is no better...she is the standard bearer of the ignorant. She is the voice of those who see no fault in America, claiming that to see fault is unpatriotic. They see nothing wrong with America, because they've brought us to where we are now. Lack of regulation, free reign for corporations to do as they please. McCain is a fool. Palin is a joke. The RNC is desperate. And many will support them, not because they like McCain, but because they continue to be the sheep that they are.

........AND THE SELF-PROCLAIMED MAVERICK WILL NOW CONFORM TO THE GOOD OLD ROVE/GOP DIRTY TACTICS OF SMEAR AND UNTRUTHS.

Of course that's what McCain is doing–it's the only tactic he has that gives him a snowball's chance in you-know-where of winning the election. I was going to vote for McCain, then wasn't sure after he picked Palin. After seeing her, and what he's become, there's no way I'd vote for him–I'm glad I've had a chance to see all of this before I voted.

Character is important, judgement is important.
When a candidate is so unknown and so new to the national scene, it is very important.
The general media has not given us enough information about Obama: how he used legal loopholes to get ALL his opponents off the ballot when he first ran in Illinois for example. Is he going to run the country by finding legal loopholes? (like his campaign has done now in Ohio!). These are primary issues of high importance not a smear campaign!!!

A 90 year old woman in Ohio shot herself because of her mortgage crises and all McCain can come up with is personal attacks on Obama. I am sure that elderly lady wouldn't mind at this time who helps her with her with the morgage crises: Obama or McCain. Instead of McCain to tell this woman what he can do to help her he is tearing down the opponent. Go figure America!

McShame.. get a life. We wont fall for this.

"True facts?" McCain is seriously trying to claim that it's a "true fact" that Sen. Obama "pals around with terrorists?" Now, the RNC is trying to suggest that Obama's campaign contributions violate regulations. The only thing they haven't done is offer one shred of evidence for either claim.

Is there some reason McCain and the RNC doesn't want to talk about the economy, health care, education, the environment, FEMA, mine safety, diplomacy, International relations, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan.....

You betcha, by golly, there's a reason! Doggone it!

Distractions? How about swif-boating? Too many people have been directly affected by the current administration. Let's take away the spotlight from the inadequacies of the current administration and maybe if we bring up something else the American people will forget that the Republicans were the majority vote in congress for 6 of the last 8 years and that Bush was president. Does McCain really think the American people are that dumb? Fool me once shame on you, fool me twice shame on me...now the American people are bright-eyed and will not get fooled for a third time.

Cbama/Biden 08

I am far more concerned about the right wing Christian extremists with whom Sarah Palin is closely aligned than I am a guy Obama served on a Board with a couple of years ago.

Shame, Shame, and Shame on you McLame ... I am not surprise with your party's action. When you have a lame duck and clueless man as the head of the party, the only thing they can offer the public is distraction and lies...

Obama we are with you all the way and I hope Americans will make a good choice and not fall for Republican's tricks

aurelia- toronto, Canada

The filthy Republicans have nothing else than their standard old fear and smear campaign. And the stupid part of the American public beleives every bit of it, and they are also a big voting bloc. Can the smart people of America mobilize and take our country back from these buffoons? Please?

I could have done better, I think if not for this nasty upper and lower respiratory infection! found fathers = founding fathers and wonder instrument = wonderful instrument. I can't sit up for long. But it feels important to add my two cents! Teachers don't make enough money to give much in donations to a campaign, but I can speak my mind when I have an opinion. Put it in or not. As my old Uncle used to say, I did what I needed to do in good conscience.... what they did with it is on their conscience. I come from good souther stock with lots of NA ancestry added to is. There now.... I'm exhausted. enough...

Gee, could it be that he is just trying to do what the main stream media did not?? I guess you bought them off but you can't buy McCain and the republicans off.
All your dirty laundry will be aired for the world to see this month.
McCain/Palin 08

Americans cannot afford another 4 years of Republican rule......McCain keeps saying the surge worked......for who? not for Americans .....we're almost bankrupt and the world economy is suffering......The Taliban said they would hurt Americans where it counts......many lives have been lost and this war that McCain wants to continue is costing us more than we ever expected........
lost jobs, failed economic situation, poor infrastructure and even poorer heath program.........

Great ad, and it is the truth as well ( a rare thing in these ads...).

McCain must be really desperate and stupid. Desperate to try and fool the votersabout this crisis and stupid to think that the voters will not notice and actually follow his BS arguments.

Sarah Palin is a distraction.

all negatives for barack- rezko, ayers,michelle obama,rev . wright(barack not 8 years old) the list goes on . THIS IS RELAVENT TO THIS COUNTRY

Tina Fey pretty much exemplified the talents and abilities of S Palin on last night's Saturday Night Live.

For Palin to suggest Obama sympathizes with terrorists for having contact Ayers years ago is the height of stupidity.

It's a relief to see that Americans are finally able to see through this charade.

An Obama victory is in the works without a doubt.

Hes right mccain knows hes not strong on the economy and obama is. so mccain will now try to distract voters on using the fear card wont work the economy is the number one issuse besides everyone knows MCCAIN AND HIS CAMPAIGN ARE COMPLETE LIARS they are desperate so instead of mccain sticking to the issuses and telling the people his plans as president ,hes going to resort to smears and lies bad move johnnie IT WONT WORK!!

Since the repugs can't run on the issues, they go back to the Karl Rove brand of elections. NOT THIS TIME!
If the American people were gullable enough to buy that- they'd derserve mcSAME- but we are smarter than that!
Again, NOT THIS TIME!

Barack, there are no distractions.You are a fraud. Don't wait for McCain to do something and criticize him. You do not have any positive issues of your own. You have no experience so what you can do but just criticize McCain. Get a life.

Tucker Bounds is a little cry baby girl. He is so annoying. He answers questions with questions and everything is Obama's fault no matter how much sense it makes or does not make. I don't think the McCain/Gomer Pyle campaign can put anything together that is not a lie, just stop and talk about the issues, be respectful of the American people atleast once in your campaign!!!

The whole world is feeling this economic pinch and all McCain camp can come up with is personal attack. Be careful what you wish for. There's Keating 5 and the Trooper Gate. McCain, tell the American people what your plans are for this economic turmoil otherwise you're not going to win this election. We are feeling the economic heat so badly I can't can see straight. And I don't care who provides me the relief I need.

Please Americans, don't let this work again. McCain is nothing but a cheap distraction. He is out of time, out of ideas and almost out of money. So, here come the lies and the swift boats.
We need to discuss the issues not the petty distraction. Come on McCain...where is your plan? What will you do to help this country . We will not be mislead by you lies.

Gosh Darn, Sarah!!! You want to use the bible to promote hate and intolerance but fail to mention that the bible also says that there is no place in heaven for liars. You want everyone to believe that you are such a moral God loving person but with all the lies you are spreading againt Obama and the so called ties to terroist that you are reserving your place in hell. Maybe you should have stayed in Alaska and in your church. But then again don't all so called Christians pick and choose what they say is right and wrong in the bible to justify their own sins as bieng ok. All the Republicans can do now is stoop lower than Bush ever has.

The republican Swift Boat- style attacks have had their day. Such vindictiveness will not put food on peoples' tables or give people health insurance or a roof over their heads. Solutions are needed badly, not more of the Republican['s venal attacks. If you want to be president, John McCain, better start acting like one.

"The last four weeks of this election will be about whether the American people are willing to turn our economy and national security over to Barack Obama, a man with little record, questionable judgment, and ties to radical figures like unrepentant domestic terrorist William Ayers," McCain spokesman Tucker Bounds said in a statement.

REAL AMERICANS DO NOT TRUST OBAMA!!!

GO GET HIM OBAMA..ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.BRING OUT THE
DIRT ON MCCAIN AND PALIN..

need to face the truth Obama!
Smear (age, out of touch, have she read the papers? are Obama style). The press has been quite silent on most of Obama shady friends and it is time for facts.

Is Tucker Bounds related to Mrs. Palin? They seem to be cut from the same cloth. However, how does Mr. Bounds justify his VP candidate's ties to the AIP as being patriotic and trustworthy? There is video proof of her speaking to them.

CNN – please do a Special Investigations Unit program on the voter suppression/interference that is going on across the country. That is a much bigger story to ask Mr. Bounds to address and more importantly, a story that your viewers should know is going on. Former President Jimmy Carter travels the world to supervise and insure fair, democratic elections in other countries but it seems that his efforts are needed there in the USA.

Not Obama, but Palin is the greatest threat to our security. She practiced a religion that looks forward to Armageddon. Do we really want a person with such beliefs to have their finger on the button that can actually bring about Armageddon? This is the most important question that voters need to consider this year.

Its ashame that McCain is pulling out all the stops! But when its your destiny there is nothing he can do about it. It is Obama's destiny to be our next President! If it was McCain's turn it would have happened for him when he ran against Bush. Sorry Maverick, not in this lifetime!

McCain has actually announced he plans to spend the rest of his campaign trying to smear Obama. McCain and Palin are shameless and disgraceful liars. They have exhibited poor judgment and a total lack of understanding of issues most important to American voters. They have no workable plans to help America. Liars always get caught and McCain and Palin have been exposed for having no character, no integrity, and found by voters to be unfit for office. Obama and Biden are good and decent men. They have shown real leadership skills during this campaign and have proven they understand the issues we care most about. They have actual workable and authenicated plans in place that will help Americans. McCain and Palin are throwing out their last shred of dignity in a desperate attempt to shift focus away from their losing campaign. This latest tactic to try to spread lies about Obama is disgraceful and disgusting and proves they are unfit for office. Obama and Biden Now More Than Ever!!!

When you don't have a leg to stand on, you attack the person rather than the issues.

Our found fathers were highly educated men, intellectuals. Otherwise, they could not have created that wonder instrument we call our Constitution! Why should we want less to run our country now?

Both Bush and McCain are simply not all that bright. It surely doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure that out! I think we deserve a highly educated man in constitutional law, a real intellectual to get us out of the mess Bush, Cheney, McSame, have gotten us into. Shucks, folks, just think about it!

He might not have a drink with you at the corner bar, but he will surely know how to run this country. And not into the ground like Bush with McCain voting with him in lock step for 8 years.

Obama himself has created his own distractions and McCain is calling him out on them. Man up guy!

Palin’s remarks about Obama palling around with terrorists is such an evident blatant lie that one wonders just how low she is willing to go. Palin is a whiner, self serving individual.

The fact that she absolutely failed to follow the program at the VP Debate is such a telling sign of her weakness in her knowledge of so many issues. The fact that she right off the get-go tells Gwen Ifill, “And I may not answer the questions that either the moderator or you want to hear, but I'm going to talk straight to the American people and let them know my track record also.” tells everyone she did not respect Ifill or honor the stage she is upon. We know about her track record, heard it multiple times over. Talk about ignoring questions put to her, only shows she is not willing or able to answer questions as put to her. Questions do not follow her notes!! Reminds me of a student that cheats at exams by hiding notes. The more I hear McCain/Palin speak only reinforces my faith in and decision to vote for Obama.

I wonder how McCain expects anyone to vote for him if the only thing he can talk about is Obama? What about the economy, the jobless rate, education and healthcare? THese are the issues that matter to me. Really, I wish the McCain and the rest of the Republican party would talk more about the issues, and talk less about Obama. I'm voting for Obama. At least I know where he stands on the issues that matter.

We need to hope that the Obama campaign has learned the lessons of the Dukakis/Kerry floundering under attack, and will demonstrate superior tactics. Let's hope Americans are a bit more sophisticated this time around -and that the younger voters, in particular, will be the "X Factor" that prevents the swiftboat tactics from achieving their goal.

"I didn't decide to run for president to start a national crusade for the political reforms I believed in or to run a campaign as if it were some grand act of patriotism. In truth, I wanted to be president because it had become my ambition to be president. I was sixty-two years old when I made the decision and I thought it was my one shot at the prize." John McCain "Worth the Fighting For: A Memoir (2002)

How many times has McNasty committed adultery? Can he even count them? Didn't he begin his political career by USING his mistress' wealth and connections? Does his sordid history scream "Character"? Obviously, the religious right is a viper pit of hypocrisy. Jesus hates hypocrites and the blindly ambitious.

What sorry tactics for a once great, man. Isn't a "maverick" supposed to be someone who doesn't cave to political pressure–someone with backbone? This is desperate and pathetic. John McCain is wilting like a flower in the Arizona heat.

of course... what else can GOP do but offer another 4 years of Bush....

GOP never talks ISSUES, just a bunch of baloney to distract voters from what's important.... and Palin is a moron to boot.

Gov. Palin, since you are starting to talk about old new, why not talk about that bridge to no where or the road to no where you built in Alaska. Better yet, talk about the debt you left Wasilla in as mayor. Maybe you can talk about those earmarks Alaska received this year. I am glad you are starting to read...or did you debate coaches put that in you speech. Gov. Palin, your credentials are weak just as your debating skills are.

It appears that the RNC is on the verge of losing its sanity on the notion that Sen Obama will win the election. They appear to be throwing the "kitchen sink" at the Sen Obama in hopes that something will stick. Sen McCain makes a claim that "he knows how to win wars" can someone please advise what wars Sen McCain has actually won that supports his claims

That's the Republican's M.O. If you can't win on the issues muddy the water. They know how to campaign but don't know how to govern. For years the Democrtas were in control of both houses and the Republicans fought them on it. They finally got their wish when they contorlled all branches of the government and what they did they do?They left us with two wars and many trillion dollars in debt. Now they are asking for four more years. If the American people can't hold these people accountable for their actions I don't know who would.

What a bunch of desperate pit bull crap. They are lying their faces off out of desperation. Do not believe anything they say! Ever!
John and Sarah are pathological liars. Just like Bush.
Slimey bottom feeders. Both of them.
Sit down Sarah and give Johnnie another lap dance.

While we watch our country slipping into the worse economy in 70 years, the GOP is wasting time and money on this mindless crap. Watch the stampede of voters rush to Obama!!!!

John McCain is despicable!

When does a True American Hero's political capital run out? I think that is the question that may be answered in this campaign.

The John McCain of 8 years ago called these kinds of attacks dishonorable and despicable. He knows their lies. Every major news organization has already debunked them.

I don't think this is how he wanted to run his campaign. I think he is letting the Atwater and Rove disciples run his campaign. His recent plummet in the polls is most likely due to his inability to control his campaign operatives. This has been McCain's greatest failure of leadership.

When will he get off that course and get back to the independent John McCain that so many Democrats and Independents, including myself, would have voted for in the 2000 election? If he does somehow pull this off, I sincerely pray he will not let the idealogues running his campaign run the country, but I have tremendous doubts now.

Why is Sarah Palin sooo interested in something that happened 40 years ago, but doesn't want to discuss the Last 8 years of the Republican administration?

Tucker Bounds had better slow his roll or else Cambell Brown will interview him again...lol! that was the funniest thing, what a joke!

It's not an accusation, it's fact.

THis is rediculous that they are trying to link Obama to terrorist.. unbelievable!!! seriously.. because obama lives in the same neighborhood. as bill ayers, and was on the same school counsil as him, and attended a fundraiser of his.. they are best friends.. I live on the same block and have been to parties with people that are not good but the cause was good.. dosen't mean that I am even close to being friends with those people.,...this is absoulutly rediculous.. this has nothing to do with Obama's judgement.. this is plain as day lies.. and griping at trying to take the trust people have for obama and ruin it.. IT literally makes me sick.. about the McCain campaign.. I would spit on sarah palin and McCain if I could.

How would Republicans feel about a presidential canidate that had ties to one who advocated shooting federal agents in the head and groin? How would they feel if that canidate went to that person's house in a fundraiser?

McCain did excatly that with G Gordon Liddy in 1998.

Funny how right wingers are silent about that. How would they justify and explain this?

We all know that "It's the economy". We feel it. We live it. There is no way that we can be distracted from this crisis.

Thats Okay the republicans are done they will never get in the Whitehouse for alongtime.Now we must talk about dismantling the republican party and making it more agreeable to fixing this country then they will only have themselves to blame for being so lame.They are up a creek without a paddle.Hey Republicans,I got a paddle for sale ha ha haaa NOT!

Swift boat McCain will not fool the American People. We are smarter than that. We can see distrations for what they are. McCain doesn't have any answers, so all he can do is attack and throw out lies and misleading/incomplete talking points.

Those with enough common sense can realize when "distractions'" are taking place. If the spotlight is not on the RNC they are sitting back crying.

When you hear speeches from Obama directly, it's related to him campaigning. He now has to defend himself constantly with malicious lies, unsubstantiated and exaggerated truths. This is ridiculous.

McCain, with all due respect has shown he is NOT in any way shape or form ready to lead our great country. He has reached his capable limits.

at a time when america faces its worst crisis ever, mccain/palin – with the help of tucker bounds – wants to turn the last 30 days of our election into talk radio – please sen. mccain – call this nonsense off

It's funny that the only thing McCain camp can find to talk about are distractions. We are in two Wars, health care is pathetic and our economy is in the toilet and this is the best you can do McCain??? Do you think the American Voters are that stupid?

Obama/Biden '08

Obama is correct about McCain being out of touch. With McCain's erratic
behavior I don't know how anyone could think he is in touch. Keeping Palin is just befuddled logic.
I am now wondering with all Palin's many, many references to Joe Sixpack if she is quite a drinker, herself. That would explain her inability to vocalize a coherent sentence when not reciting something written down for her.

they dont have any ideas so thats all they got use fear to get votes how sad . obama biden 08

I'm sure Obama would prefer to keep his skeltons in the closet.

McCain's plan is to turn the page on the financial crisis and try to claim Obama is a terrorist. This is the kind of politics that Americans are SICK OF! Give us a president who will talk about the issues. Didn't McCain say at the beginning he was going to run a clean campaign? What A Joke!

this is disgusting!!!

America please make a smart vote for once!! It amazes me how you voted bush in again...and then complain how horrible he is now. Do not make this mistake again!! If
you really love this country..vote for someone who talks about issues..and not waste time with personal bashing. Vote barack obama! Let's restore americas image in the world!

of course he is , he's is losing every day. The more Sarah and he keep opening their mouths they have to pull their feet out. They can't win on issues , they can't answer a question –who they hell is waiting for them anyway . with them we'll have more war . more debt and officially become a third world country . The GOP is the death of America. Lincoln must be rolling over in his grade .

If Obama is not guilty of anything, then he has nothing to worry about.
Seems he is worried Huh.

Vote for the best person, that you think .
'Not color, or party etc etc.
It seems if Obama was a stature, he will still get votes.
it should not be about race, and I see that. IT seems people want to vote to make this historical, that american african gets in(meanwhile he is not).
know what I mean?
Vote for who would be the best person for this job.

Also Obama quit the church ONLY because he was forced too.
This church HATES white people.

Obama idiot keeps on blaming Bush for the US economy. But the economy mess is everywhere even in Europe. Read CNN article on Europe response. Barack is an idot who deos not know anything about economy.
Economy is bad because of the greed of big corporations and people who want to billionaire overnight. People like Buffett who is investing his money at 15 % and getting shares at rock bottom prices. The money has not simply disappeared it has been stacked away by corporation who run the world not governments. Governments are mere shadows as is Obama who is nothing else but t projection of News Corporations.
If Obama wins America is doomed. Where all the money will come from? It is gonna be communism all the way with China and Russia calling the shots in weakend USA and the Western World.

There is no way that McCain put country first, by choosing Palin as his running mate, anything but the issues. Speaking of terriost, Ben-liden, Saddam Hussien, and others were paling around with Ronald, (Iran Contra) Reagen, Bush and Bush, and now McCain has chosen Palin from the United Republic of Alaska.

I used to have respect for John McCain. I even thought of voting for him if my Democratic candidate did not get the nomination. Now, I loathe him. He is running a decietful, lying, nasty campagne in order to be the President of the United States. His Vice President selection, Sara Palin is far from being qualified to run this country and he is allowing her to spread false rumours. He chose her to rally the base because they don't like him. He will do anyhthing to be President.

His main goal is not to help the American people, but to be President. Do people not have a brain in their head to see this. Independents and Republicans who still have not decided, can't you see the writing on the wall. Do you want four more years of Bush. If So go ahead and vote for McCain. I will be voting OBAMA/BIDEN.

So much for clean & issue based campaign promise by John McCain. This is another issue where he flip flopped.

You Wont Be Able To Distract Me Mccain! I Dont Have A Short Attention Span! I Am Focused Solely On The Issues! The Issues That You Just Wont Talk About Mccain! . . . Such As The Economy! Talk Bad About Obama All You Want To Mccain! He Will Still Tell The Truth About You . . . And That Hurts Your Campaign Worse Than Your Lies Hurts His!

Of course he is doing smear and lie. He has no answers to the real
issues. I hope that everyone goes out to vote this year we need
real change = Obama/Biden.

Obama you are afraid of the truth coming out again,,, you can't run from your past, you will have to suffer the consequences of your poor choices. If all this stuff about you came out sooner, YOU would not be the Dem nominee, Hillary would. So if I were you, I would stop accusing the GOP of what they have every right to do. You were not properly vetted (sadly, you know it too). You are not the man, you are saying that you are. You say that you are a Christian too? How is that working for you?

So much for clean & isse based campaign promise by John McCain. This is another issue where he flip flopped.

Obama is such a liar. Of course no one is suppose to ask this lying rat anything. Look what he did to the Clinton's when they tried.

America don't be stupid. The liberal media has guided you right to their candidate. They won't tell you the truth.

You allow this liar in office and we'll never be able to get rid of him. He'll steal the election for his wife after 8 years. Don't you think it odd that obama will and does say everything you want to hear.He has people troll the blogs and when he picks up threads of thought he'll start talking about it. The American people think wow.......he's so in touch.
If you vote for this liar there will come a time when you realize the biggest mistake of your life and why you lost your country and life the way we know it.

McCAIN'S WORDS, " I RATHER LOOSE AN ELECTION, THAN LOOSE A WAR". LOOKS LIKE THE OLD MAN WOULD RATHER LOOSE HIS SELF RESPECT AND DIGNITY, RATHER THAN LOOSE THE ELECTION.

Whatever happened to McCains promise to "hold a respectable campaign?"
also..
To Gov Palin..... Remember the Commandments dealing with lies, bearing false witness and honoring thy neighbor. You seem to have forgotten them.

If McCain wants to reach back into the past for issues related to 'character,' why don't we start with his starring role in the "Keating Five." And how he ended up a POW by being a 'maverick' and ignoring his military training. And oh yeah, how he was still married with children when he met wife #2 with the trust fund to bankroll his political career. I would think past issues of 'character' are a pandora's box he would not want to open. McCAIN IS UNSTABLE.

Tucker Bounds is the same person who couldn't even defend Sarah Palin's foreign policy experience, because she doesn't have any. The facts are that Barack Obama does NOT have ties to William Ayers, and they have never been close. This is going to be used to distract people from the serious crisis we are facing. It's nothing but desperate.

MCCAIN/PALIN === DESPERATE/OUT-OF-TOUCH

true fact huh? what about keating 5, what part did john play, and trooper gate, mccain knows hes losing and will do anything, too undermine, obama, its going too blow right up in hhis face, the american people are sick of this crap,obama is try too unite this country and mccain is ripping it apart.

Sorry Obama...your lies and distractions aren't going to work this time...
the American people are saying enough is enough!

McCain may not be Mr. Right for the job, but he's the better choice.

Dems blew it with Hillary.

McCain/Palin '08

PRESIDENT PALIN

What a nightmare–and I will never betray America.

Obama/Biden 08

Then let's have the full panoply of "true facts." Such as McCain's involvement with Charles Keating and his own improper influence peddling. Such as McCain's involvement with convicted criminal G. Gordon Liddy. Such as McCain's lifestyle, which is thanks to his convicted felon of a father-in-law, who had established ties to organized crime. Such as Todd Palin's long term membership in the Alaska Independence Party, which only ceased when his wife launched her first political campaign.

McCain knows this is it, his career is really over. Americans outwitted him. To pick someone like Sarah Palin who needs to be hidden somewhere in Alaska because she's a joke.

I hope the jokes don't stop, even when McCain loses. Dan Quayle was a joke, and after he left the office of the Vice Presidency, he remained a joke.

Obama/Biden 08

The Bill Ayers SMEAR has been DEBUNKED by every news media. McCain/Palin have sold their soul to the devil to win this election.

McCain camp should be very careful about the "so-called facts." Because there is plenty of real facts that can be exposed by Obama's surrogates.

McCain: Keating 5, Rick Davis getting paid by Freddie Mac up until a month ago, John Hagee, Pastor Rod Parsley, and HIS CONSTANT LIES!!!

Palin: Todd Palin's membership to Alaska Independence Party, Troopergate investigation, witchcraft; misuse of power; earmark queen and HER CONSTANT LIES!!!

McCain/Palin: Cheated on their spouse, laughing when someone called on of their opponents a b%#ch

SHALL WE GO ON!!!

Someone needs to put Tucker Bounds into submission. Obama is absolutely right...the only thing McCain can do is throw out muddy curveballs because he has nothing else going for him.

Bush did the exact thing 4 years ago....please tell me the American people learned their lesson.

Something to think about: If McCain chose someone as unqualified as Sarah Palin, (she doesn't think evolution is true!) who could become the president if something happened to McCain, who might he choose for Supreme Court judge!!!

Thanks!--Maya Radoczy

MCCAIN IS SO STUPID IF WILLIAM AYERS WAS A TERRORIST WHY AYERS IS NOT AN JAIL WHY AYERS IS ALLOW TO WORK AT CHICAGO COLLEGE AS A PERFESSOR SOMETHING THAT THE GOVERMENT IS FUNDING. WHY THIS SO CALL TERRORIST IS WALKING THE CHICAGO STREET. AS FOR REV. WRIGHT IF HE HATE AMERICA SO MUCH WHY WRIGHT FOUGHT FOR THIS COUNTRY IN WWII. WHY HILLARY-BILL HAD WRIGHT TO PROVIDE THEM MARRIAGE COUNSLEING

THE OLD GEEZER THEN LOST IT WHY HE JUST BRINGING THIS UP NOW WHY MCCAIN NEVER TALK ABOUT THIS WHEN HIM IN OBAMA START THEY RUN FOR PRESIDENT, THIS B/S CAME UP DURING THE PRIMARYS IF THIS WAS TRUE SOMEBODY WOULD OF BEING CHECK THIS OUT TO SEE IF IT WAS TRUE.

MCCAIN/PALIN=UNSTABLE CREACHERS

McCain is turning the "smears" over to his side-kick!

Let's see McCain ANSWER why he is resorting to these "dirty political moves".

BRING ON TUESDAY'S DEBATE..........OUR ECONOMY should be the main topic,......of which, McCain knows little.

OBAMA / BIDEN 08

I will not be able to look America in the eye if the country chooses a president based on these ridiculous scare tactics. Palin is narrow-minded unworldly, and comes across like a mean and nasty school girl who suddenly thinks she's cool to be part of the in-girl crowd at school. She has no substance. God forbid she ends up president.

THIS IS TO YOU NAIVE HATING SUPPORTERS OF OBAMA. OBAMA PROMISES YOU ALL THE WORLD LIKE HE IS THE MESSIAH. YOU MORONS BELIEVE EVERYTHING HE SAYS. LET ME GIVE YOU SOME FACTS IN LIFE. THERE IS ONLY TWO THINGS QUARENTEED IN LIFE AND THAT IS PAYING TAXES AND DYING. THATS WHY MCCAIN DOSN'T PROMISE HE STRAIGHT FORWARD TELLS YOU THAT HE WONT EVER TURN HIS BACK ON YOU. COUNTRY FIRST. OBAMA IS A BIG CON MAN FROM CHICAGO. HE IS A BIG JOKE LIKE HIS HATING SUPPORTERS. ITS TIME TO GET OUT OF THAT FANTASY WORLD WITH OBAMA AND COME TO REALITY. YOU WANT YOUR COUNTRY SAFE ,VOTE MCCAIN. YOU WANT MORE TERROIST INVITATIONS ,VOTE OBAMA. NOVEMBER IS DEADLINE, DONT MAKE IT D DAY FOR OUR COUNTRY

I do not want to pay taxes on my healthcare coverage. I like the current pre tax payments that I make now.

McCain does not understand the economy and he does not understand what it would do to our paychecks to be charged taxes on our healthcare coverage.

your not accepting my comments makes no difference.thank you!

Go Obama and pay deaf ear to their distractions. Americans know what they want.

I think Gov Palin has lost her credibility, and no one is going to listen to the smears and last ditch efforts of the Rep campaign, to bring down Sen. Obama. McSame lost his credibility with his erratic behavior in the last two wks relative to the new economic legislation. When I look at Palin, my mind goes back to those idiotic remarks she made about "Putin rearing his head" and the others made during the Couric interviews.

Obama, stay focus like you have in the past. Don't allow the corruption of McCain/Palin side track you in any way. I think the American public will sort it out and vote for the right ticket.. But, keep in mind you have to continuing responding to those false reports, and correct them. Most of the people in this country, and around the world are looking forward to your leadership. The world is looking for this country to lead again. I would also like to say, thanks for picking a very smart , caring VP like Joe Biden. His heart is in the right place. I hope his mother-in-law gets well.

wow . . . William Ayers from the 60s, that's awesome, ya know.

I feel so much better about my 401 K, knowing that Sarah McCheney is fighting those who pal around with terrorists.

Obama's correct! McCain and Palin are getting desperate!

And he is right. They are looking for something to talk about because they have no issues to talk about.

Obama is still talking about the issues and I respect him for that. McCain more of the same... is playing in the GUTTER! Senator McCain is running a last ditch effort don't trust his words...Let's not be a sore loser Mr McCain let's play on higher ground.

The American voters are getting sick of Mccains lies,
distortions and attacks.
We are not stupid, republicans, so quit thinking you
can win us over with your swiftboating!!
ENOUGH!!

Tucker Bounds and Sarah Palin are puking cowards, as is McCain if he has the audacity to repeat this garbage. And they wonder why they're plummeting in the polls all across the country.

McCain's campaign is coming undone, it started out foul so it was bound to end, foul.
It started with his pick for VP (Palin) someone that is very much so unqualified but was suppose to lure women votes.
It then went to political stunts (distractions) seemingly postponing his campaign. Covering up Palin's ignorance of foreign and economic policies. Blaming the media for exposing Palin's ignorance.
I'm confused about McCains affiliation to the republican party. He has ran with Bush for maby years and now distances himself and campaign from him.
Now turning to dirty tactics and lies, trying to get the attention from the economy and smear Obama.
Are they looking at the fact checks, because it's a fact those terrorists accusations are lies.
McCain needs to hope Obama doesn't retaliate with true smear about Palin.

The McCain campaign is starting to reek of desperation. First, the selection of Palin, though inspired, reveals a "gotcha" mentality rather than sound judgment. The description of the pair as "mavericks" is apt if you think of a maverick as "reckless" and "doing my own thing" with the emphasis on the my. Now, instead of coming up with viable domestic and foreign policies, the McCain campaign is simply trying to pull the wool over everybody's eyes, pointing at Obama as faulty without even offering anything of substance on their side of the fence. The McCain campaign is doing more and more to convince me that Barack Obama is the man with the temperament, the judgment, and the experience for a job that requires him to be smarter, more competent, and more of a big-picture-guy than Joe "Six-pack," Hockey moms, and all those pit bulls out there.

The GOP tactics are so cheap and mean.

Now they don't have policies and issues to run on, therefore they are desperate to coming up issues that are wrong and irrelevant.

WHAT ABOUT SARAH PALIN'S HUSBAND – HE WAS THE MEMBER OF THE PARTY THAT WANTED ALASKA BE SEPARATED FROM USA. HE IS A TRAITOR.

I would rather vote for President Obama who has the integrity, foresight and tempemant and the steady hands to turn this country around domestically and internationally.

There is no way McSame is able to handle this country with his erractic, insensitive to the American people, lack of judgement, ambition and tempermant behavior.

IT'S TRUE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

While I read the posts fairly regularly, I don't fully understand. Can someone tell me about Palin's ties to a group that wants to separate from the United States? I understand they have had issues with the American flag. How sad if true. Thanks

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Smears VS Substance...

I'll TAKE Substance over Smears anyday and... EVERYDAY...!!

Obama/Biden... 2008, 2012
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Hit him back with the Keating Five Scandal, another banking problem where some of those men went to jail and McCain got away with it. His pill popping wife and how he cheated on his first wife with Cindy because his first wife appearance changed because of some sort of cancer she was going through. You gotta hit back Obama. Hit back. This world is doomed if McCain and Palin gets into off. Palin also cheated on her taxes because governors make way more than that and so does her husband. Make the world see them for what they are worth. They are not good for this country, they just want to win and look at the way they are doing it. Hit back Obama.

It not going to work this time.

And Obama doesn't????

Mccain Is Out Of Ideas, Out Of Touch, Out Of Time, And Soon To Be Out Of Money! When You Do Your Audit Mccain Look For My Name . . . You Will Find It Several Times! Mccain Has Inspired Of To Donate Another 50 Dollars! Its Not Much, But When You Add It With Millions Of Others . . .

So does Obama........and we are for the Democrats.

Tucker Bounds, John McCain, Sarah "I don't believe in dinosaurs" Palin, that plastic surgery ridden advisor with the short blonde hair, and the Bush political attack machine are showing how desperate they are by trying to frighten the American people with false statements about the Obama campaign. Hey John and Sarah, we already heard this nonsense before....let's talk about the economy, okay.

What do you do when you don't know anything about the economy? Attack your opponent.

McCain must think the American people are stupid. Hey John, guess what...there's this thing called technology and it allows me to verify the nonsense that comes out of your mouth. And this latest attack...it's not true.

John, quit trying to distract us from the real issues. Maybe you need to go to "Economic boot camp." Take Sarah too please. She's getting on my nerves.

Mccain ...oh .. Sen mccain . The people are looking for a leader not an impulsive lying fool .and sarah seals the deale ...you can fool some of the people some times ... But you cant make them vote for bush a third time.

Come on McCain, you're a clown, get down to talk about the issues of this country, AND offer a solution or spell out your solution for once, instead of distractions that are not true .... Folksy talk about trying to be someone you are not (regular citizen aka "Joe Six Pack") isn't putting food on the table, making the mortgage, or sending kids off to college.

When you have nothing to say you say nothing. The McCain/Palin ticket is an unfortunate representation of one of our major American political parties. Reading off of note cards, winking and unbecoming personal attack behavior is not enough. This is a sad day in American governance when that ticket represents one half of the best America can consider. The Obama/Biden ticket certainly has imperfections, but they communicate their proposed programs and policies in an appropriate manner for consideration by the American public.

JOHN MCCAIN AKA KEATING 5 OF THE FAILED LINCOLN SAVINGS & LOAN $3.6 BILLION DOLLARS AND TAX PAYERS PAID WHILE INVESTORS LOST; CHARLES KEATING AND HIS SON WENT TO PRISON, JOHN MCCAIN WALKED. CINDY MCCAIN CONVICTED OF STEALING DRUGS FROM A NON-PROFIT ORG. TO SUPPORT HER DRUG ADDICTION. JOHN MCCAIN'S SON ANDREW MCCAIN WAS CEO OF FAILED SILVER BANK OF ARIZONA AND LEFT 2 MONTHS PRIOR TO IT'S CALAPSE IN AUGUST '08, INVESTORS LOST, HOW MUCH MONEY DID MCCAIN'S SON PARACHUTE WITH WILL INVESTORS LOST THEIRS AND DURING THIS TIME JOHN MCCAIN WAS IN ARIZONA EVERY WEEKEND, INVESTIGATE THAT.

boy, oh boy.! im gonna say this and leave it at that. its so disheartening for the repubi klans to stoop to the level they are. to be honest the republi klans are the most hateful group of elitist that want only their people to thrive. so when a bi racial man o fintegrity is threatning that they want to resort to all the things that got the usa in the situation were in now. hoonestly, the middle east would respect obama more than a mcsame anyway.

Isn't it interesting that when the republicans are losing they once again take the low road. What are they going to do for me if they are elected? I imagine that they will continue the Bush-Rove doctrine and completely destroy what was once a proud and good nation.

Do your homework, folks. The McCain Campaign knows full well that they are standing quicksand.

I am so tired of this, 29 days and counting...

THANK YOU SENATOR OBAMA . . .

. . . Now repeat the following several times a day for the low intensity voter so he/she can catch on and see the light.
- – - – - – - – - – -
QUOTE FROM OBAMA:
"Sen. McCain and his operatives are gambling that they can distract you with smears rather than talk to you about substance. They'd rather try to tear our campaign down than lift this country up. That's what you do when you're out of touch, out of ideas, and running out of time".

WELL SAID!!

GOD Bless America!
GOD Bless the Obama-Biden Leadership!

Tucker Bounds, man oh man, what are the chances this guy would be the new Press Secretary? He's got a way of spewing campaign rhetoric without blinking an eye.

How about checking CEO's, and Corporate hierarchial donations to the RNC. Bottom line : The RNC idiots / religious fanatics and the filthy rich are trying to change the subject from economy.

Well, it figures Obama wouldn't know the difference between a distraction and relevance. As Hillary Clinton's campaign pointed out very early in the primaries – "where's the beef" – Obama, the Pollyanna candidate.

i fully support Obama, but im seriously tired of these kiddy punches the democrats are throwing back!!!

I feel like the republicasn are throwing all these insane ridicoulous outrageous remarks at Obama, and I feel the Obama camp NEVER FIGHTS BACK!!

COME ON OBAMA, TAKE THE GLOVES OFF AND GO HARD AT BOTH MCCAIN AND LITTLE MISS STUPID PALIN WHO IS UNDER INVESTIGATION FOR GOD SAKE!!!

GO AFTER THEM HARNER OBAMA!! COME ON!!! LET'S WIN THIS!!!

We ALL know that they're trying to scare the hell out of us of voting for you, but what i dear is that SOME idiots might actually fall for it and actually not vote for you just because of the fact mccain sais you're a terrorist!

THEY did use the same tactics in 2000 and did it again in 2004!!!!!!!!!
I am SOOOOOOOOOOOO scared that they might pull it off ONCE AGAIN :(

Does anyone agreeeee with me????????

This is an understatement – swift boat tactics are all the republicans and McCain know. With no answers to the problems – they try to divert the attention.

When the chips are down, the true character of a man comes through loud and clear. McCain is shameless and lacks the integrity to become the President. We saw what 8 years of poor judgment and a lack of integrity did to the country. Reckless spending, a war that was started based on a lie, deregulation to line their pockets, and destruction of the country's global reputation are the legacies of poor judgment and no integrity.

Obama/Biden '08

Of course he is. He's seen the polls. I wonder just how low he will go with the cheap publicity stunts that have become the hallmark of his campaign. He better watch it, though, they backfired on him big time just before the debate.

How dis boy stay in da church with da Rev. Wright fo 20 years if da boy don't agree with the reverand?

"The last four weeks of this election will be about whether the American people are willing to turn our economy and national security over to John McCain, a man with little record on important issues, laughable judgment, and ties to radical morons like unrepentant world terrorist George Bush," McCain spokesman Tucker Bounds said in a statement.

"That's what you do when you're out of touch, out of ideas, and running out of time," he said.

ABSOLUTELY!!! How telling that McCain/Palin would rather tear the other side down than rise up to meet them.....I wouldn't have thought it could be possible but,

McCAIN/PALIN ARE WORSE PEOPLE THAN BUSH/CHENEY

McCain is weak.

Hero my A S S. He did not follow military rules and got caught.

More bad decisions from a guy involved with the Keating Five. History repeating itself.

Keating 5, Palin's witch-hunting minister, Todd Palin's Alaska Secession group, Cindy McCain's drug use, etc, etc,–BRING IT ON, McCain!
Obama/Biden08

Mr. Obama is perhaps the only politician in history who claims that the facts of his own life are a smear against him. Although he and the DNC have tried desperately for two years now to misrepresent, deny, discount and avoid Mr. Obama’s history and record, the facts will begin to seep out in the final days of this election.

It is disgusting that Mr. Obama and his campaign claim that any discussion of the facts of his life, even the use of his middle name, constitutes a smear. If Mr. Obama is so incredibly afraid and ashamed of his history, perhaps he should not be running for President. The American people deserve full disclosure from all candidates.

That's what you do when you're out of touch, out of ideas, and running out of time,"

John McCain campaign is just as good as dead. He can swift boat all he wants, the American people will not be deterred from getting rid of the republicans who have destroyed the economy.

Obama, continue to outline your economic and restoration plan. Americans are watching and know what they want and what they are looking for. Country first is what you can do to help the struggling Americans.

McCain's desperation is palpable. He knows it is over and so does the G.O.P.

Problem for McCain is that, even if Obama and Ayers were best friends, it still wouldn't change the fact that Obama is more qualified to handle the economy and the war than John McCain.

McCain can launch all the smears he wants. At the end of the day, people want to know they're going to have a job, that their money is safe and that the United States is going to have a future as a leading voice in the world not just militarily but also technologically, environmentally and economically.

Only Obama can deliver that future to us.

Yep, "Country First" is starting to sound more like "Obama First". I wish they come up with a solution to this economic meltdown rather than talk about Obama.

Seriously, is this the best the Republican Party, the party of Lincoln, has to offer? A crazed old man and a beauty queen? What's up next for the distractive duo's antics? Will McCain feign a heart attack and try and get the election postponed? Will his plucky air-headed sidekick unbutton another button on her blouse? Tune in, America, the two mavericks are running wild!

AMERICANS HOPEFULLY HAVE LEARNED THEIR

LESSON ABOUT THE SLEAZY,GREEDY & STUPID.

MCBUSH CAN'T RUN A PIZZA STORE !!!!

If you want to know, Washington outsiders are the most dangerous politicians. Like Bush/Cheney, they dont have any respect for the Constitution.

I laughed at Iran's Ahmadinejad for predicting the fall of America. What he failed to understand is that Bush has broken our Constitution.

This means, at any given time, America can give rise to the next Hitler. America can wake up to a dictator, crushing Iran to the ground, to make way for peace in the Middle East. (But before we get a Hitler, Christianity will have to DIE in America. So dont worry, we may just produce new improve Cheneys... Christianity will never die because there's too many of us, who God speaks to, directly)

In the Bible, Revelation prophecies of a time for peace in the MIddle East. Saddam is eliminated to make way for peace. Iran will not stand in the way for peace....

Proverbs 16
v4 The Lord works out everything for his own ENDS – even the wicked for a day of disaster...

Pure arrogance on a platter served up by Obama to a gullible public.
Good Luck with that.

Of course, it is all about distractions. McCain and Palin certainly don't want to talk issues. McCain has looked marginally demented the last few weeks and Palin just needs to return to Alaska and take care of her children. I hope those children are prepared for what the history books say about their mother.

How about Palin saying this morning that Women wo do not vote for her are going to a special hell? It is Burning up the rest of the internet blogs. Pun Intended of course.

John McCain has flushed away any integrity he may have once had. I'll see William Ayers, Reverend Wright, and Rezco, and raise him the Keating Five, Liddy, David Ifshin, Pastor Hagee, Witch doctors, the Alaska Independence Party, Troopergate, private emails, Sudanese Devestment.... the list goes on and on. Does the McCain campaign honestly believe that we have forgotten his indiscretions- which were far more direct than the strained connections he's trying to pin on Obama? Does McCain honestly believe that we aren't paying attention to Palin's Alaska troubles? And does he honestly imagine, that in a time of economic and international crisis, we would be so easily distracted?

DISTRACTIONS – McCain has no plans for America – so he is trying to change the subject. People are losing their jobs McCain, what are you going to do – keep us fighting in Iraq?

Mcain/Pailan,

What do you plan on doing for the American people? as of yet, there is no real plan. Trying to tear down your opponent when you are down in the polls just means that you are desperate. Bush tried the same thing and was able to convince the people with Swift Boat attacks. Look how he turned out. the people will not fall for this again. come with substance or go home.

Obama is looking extremely presidential right now. John McCain is running one of the dirtiest campaigns in history. His gimmick filled campaign is failing and he is trying to distract the least informed voters in a desperate attempt to win some votes. He is out of this race and I think the majority of the voters will see this desperation as gross. An Obama presidency is inevitable. Obama 08!

with the audit and obama gaining. These next 4 weeks will probably be the dirtiest on record.

McCain–the Keating Five are part of his record. Sarah Palin is an example of his judgment–and his Republican led State Dept. has no problem sitting down with Quadafi in Lybia–

IF AMERICANS ARE IGNORANT ENOUGH TO BE

FOOLED BY ANOTHER BUSH, THERE WILL NEVER

BE AN AMERICA WE ALL HAVE KNOWN. WE WILL

REACH A POINT OF NO RETURN & JOIN THE FALLEN.

Tucker Bounds is just singing the same old refrain, twisting the facts to create a false picture of reality for an electorate that I expect is becoming increasing incredulous.

Just shows you how pathetic and desperate these clowns are getting.

McCain/Palin=Unstable/Unable

"That's what you do when you're out of touch, out of ideas, and running out of time.

Obama/Biden 08'/12'

All Muslim must vote for our brother Obama. We must win this election. I ask all Muslim to vote for Obama. WE all must to give him money.

When you can't think of anything else to do smear, smear and smear some more. These guys, are all "Out Of" Bounds. But Sarah will save us, dogsledding in to there where the bad guys, ya know, are (also, also) rearing their heads. (Wink, Wink) (Smear, Smear) Watch your lipstick, Caribou Barbie. And say nothing about troopergate.

McCain's getting ridiculous. Why don't we audit all of his contributions and the RNC's contributions? Good grief.

The really sad part of all of this is that it is not only Sen. McCain, it's Gov. Palin playing right into it as well as the RNC taking their own route. If they put half the effort into addressing the real issues of this country, they would probably have a real race going instead of these last ditch efforts.

Spreading fear and smear when you have nothing else. The Bush economic policies that will be continued to be upheld by the McCain administration will do nothing to help the working people of this country. I ask Tucker Bounds to please provide an economic policy and more importantly specifics! You do neither yourself, your campaign, or the American people a service with this garbage.

The GOP still do not understand what is happening in this country. They just don't get it! The American people are tired of them. They have practically ruined us. Thankfully Obama want's to cleanup this mess.

No weapon formed against Obama shall prosper. This too will backfire. This was a grounds up movement. God Bless America.

MCSHAME IS OUT OF TOUCH, OUT OF IDEAS

& OUT OF HIS MIND.THIS NATION HAS NEVER

IN ALL IT'S HISTORY BEEN IN SUCH DANGER.

OUR OWN GOVERNMENT HAS TORN US APART.

I wouldn't have thought he would have to even point this out.

The entire McCain campaign is one continuous attempt to divert attention from his positions and the problems that we face.

McCain can't honestly defend his record or his positions. That makes him worse than out of touch.

It makes him a coward.

Another failed racist attempt by the McCain Campaign. They plant the seeds, deny any part in the matter then watch the tree grows from those seeds.

I am tired of McCain racist negative attacks. For a person who claims to be so patriotic I now see his erratic and imbalance temperament has now leaked into the campaign trail as he desperately tries to take the focus off of the economy.

Not this time McCain-Palin

And since when McCain and Palin got authority to question a court decision that cleared Ayers who is now a professor at a reputed university. Palin should also address the trooper gate allegations per court directives and answer the sub poenas and submit to the law of the land.

And if I were Mr. Ayers I would sue McCain and Palin for defamation
considering that the court cleared me of the charges

Republicans always go above the law and want others to submit to law.

Go Obama/Biden

Desperation will kill this old man. The hand writings are clear. We need better economy, better health care and no smears.

We need ideas. McBush is out of touch!

Go Obama! Keep hitting them hard and hitting them hard with the messages that economy is first and McCain offers zero solutions.

Obama 08!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
FIRED UP!!!!!!!!!! READY TO GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

United we will regain the White House!

I guess when you are drowning, you'll do anything you can to save yourself..Yes sir redy, you canna betcha yu snowtires on a that one na.
Go McPitbull/McInsane all the way!!! Don't forgetta da Kitchen sink

Do you get the feeling that, if Obama had set the bombs himself, his supporters would have excused his actions as those of a freedom fighter for America?

I will never give in and vote for Obama, he is not to be trusted and had ulterior motives as why he is running for presdient

When you are a public figure, you will come to know many races and many people of diverse background. So, I am not surprised. The important thing is that Obama does not have a record of sending 4000 people to die. He also doesnt have a record of trashing an entire world economy down the toilets of GREED.

The dems should seek an audit of all contributions given to the GOP, and McCain must attack because he dosen't know anything.

McCain is throwing his integrity away to win an ELECTION!!!

All McCain-Palin have left are distractions. They are so sad and pathetic.

VOTE OBAMA-BIDEN and let's get America back on track toward greatness!!!

Barack Obama for Radical Change

You betcha. What did anyone really expect for the RNC? Positive messages, issues oriented campaigning, solutions, or any kind of hope? Nope. I expect it to get low down and dirty, and the RNC and McVain will lead the charge into the filthiest, lie-infested swamp they can because they are loosing.

Fact Check: Would McCain's health plan leave people 'broke?'
The Verdict: Misleading. Obama cites one figure from a recent study. But the same study says the current average worker contribution for employer-provided family insurance coverage is $3,354 — less than McCain's tax credit. Another obama lie.