Both candidates are good on their feet. It just comes down to whether or not McCain dances around the issues like he has done since he cinched the Republican nomination. He wasted weeks while Hillary and Barack campaigned down to the last primary. Obama has continued since Primary election days to campaign on the issues. McCain wasted time and now has no answers. He didn't even see the looming crisis on the horizon. Will see if he can even converse about solutions. America is waiting.

The third debate is in New York.

Yes, I agree, of all the people to talk about character, Palin has a lot of nerve. She's the only one of the four candidates who has a subpoena. Hello?

FRANKLIN RAINES - Raines works for the Obama Campaign as Chief Economic Advisor
TIM HOWARD - Howard is also a Chief Economic Advisor to Obama
JIM JOHNSON - Johnson is Senior Obama Finance Advisor and was selected to run Obama's Vice Presidential Search Committee

FORMER OFFICERS OF FANNIE MAE AND LEHMAN BROTHERS, FOUND GUILTY OF WRONG DOING.

OBAMA PLANS ON CLEANING UP THE MESS -

Would you trust the men who tore Wall Street down to build the New Wall Street?

THIS IS REALLY SIMPLE-
MC CAIN IS AN ANGRY OLD MAN- YOU CAN EVEN SEE IT IN THE INTERACTION WITH HIS OWN WIFE
WE HAVE BEEN FOOLED BY BUSH- SHAME ON HIM- IF WE GET FOOLED AGAIN BY MC CAIN - SHAME ON US.
SARAH PALIN IS A JOKE- A SKIRT WITH NO SUBSTANCE- WIND UP THIS BARBIE DOLL AND SHE WILL DO AND SAY ANYTHING THAT HER HANDLERS TELL HER TO SAY.
SHE SHOULD BE AT HOME TEACHING SEX EDUCATION TO HER CHILDREN- SHE SHOULD LEAVE THE WOLVES AND THE CARIBOU ALONE. DO NOT GET FOOLED BY THE GOLLY GEE DAISY MAE AW SHUCKS ROUTINE. SHE IS DANGEROUSLY STUPID…
SHE REPRESENTS THE WORST OF AMERICA PLAIN AND SIMPLE

I just hope Obama has extra security, after all those calls for his death yesterday at McCain and Palin rallies. Reminded me of another time in history when a crowd demanded somone be crucified.

Only fraud can save the McCain/Palin ticket now. They talk about terrorism, and yet they're inciting a mob mentality upon their consistuents. If they become the minority opinion with a destructive cult mentality, then who will be the terrorist then?

ONE NATION

Waht else MacCain knows exept Bomb Bomb and we will stay 100 years. Obama said this and that. Creat a future program. MacCain you are not going to win by smearing the campaign from the real point. While you are talking about Obama's behaviour when he was child the country is going ahead with Obama who has a vission for the future. Stop your bitterness and show us a little honest. Red is turning blues. What about that? I meean Arizona is turning blue to if you don't stop your bitterness.

You know, you McCain supporters who disrespect the American legacy by shouting, fear mongering, and lying are only trying to run the same ole tactics from decades ago. If you haven't noticed, America is not listening to you this time. We've been lead down this road before. It is evident in the polls, that no one is listening to you. Try getting NEW and POSITIVE ideas to make the case that your man or your party deserves to be in power. How about trying to recruit young people, diverse people, forward thinking people before your party becomes extinct!

McCain keeps telling us " we're in trouble, I know how to fix it". Well, how do you expect to fix it Sen. McCain ? All we hear from you and your pit bull every time you open your mouths is smears and lies. But I guess when you don't have a plan about the economy or anything else that is affecting the American people all you have left is to attack your opponents in the hopes that Americans will fall for it. Guess what McCain we are smarter than that. Can't wait till early voting opens Oct 20Th. I will be at the polls first thing in the morning to vote for the next President and VP. Obama/Biden.

@Carole October 7th, 2008 11:10 am ET

All Americans have been praying since Bush was elected and got us into an unjust war in Iraq, leading to thousands of American deaths….and the Repugs have gotten us into this nightmare of an economy….high gas prices….stock market downturns….housing market collapse….job losses….and now McBush? We ARE prayed out!
God help us……….

My first question to McCain would be–Why is Sarah Palin breaking the law by not answering her subpoena? My next question would be about his wife's absent tax returns.

What do you think would happen if other Americans ignored subpoenas. Sarah should respond and Karl Rove, but I guess they're above the people.

Obama/Biden 08

When all is said and done, Obama goes down in November because of two issues that won’t go away:

1. Jeremiah Wright
2. Michelle Obama

While speaking in tongues for nearly two years now — and since voters REALLY don’t know much about Obama –or what he REALLY stands for — these two issues will stick!

I would like to ask who chose the debate venues.. hardly fair. You send Barack first time to Klan country , now red neck Nashville.. how fair is that? It is okay though because Obama has the goods..he operates on his love of America and his belief in change and hope. Goodness will reign in America again. McCain and Palin have so much hate, anger and bitterness they make no room for change. New life and hope cannot grow where there is so much negative energy. I cannot wait for November 4th. PLEASE POST! Thanks

Hey Sarah,

"Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor."

IT'S THE NINTH COMMANDMENT!

EVER HEARD OF IT? Or are we too busy talking in tongues and casting out witches to get back to the basics???

I smell the reek of something bad underneath these Obama bloggers posts. I smell groups of hired Democrat hitmen sitting behind their computers being fed smear tactic quips so they can submit them to all blogs that come up. This is an orchestrated effort to sway the vote. We all see the TRUTH about Obama and it exposes him for the Socialist Liberal that he truely is. And you cannot blog it away! In your face!

Palin is married to a secessionist who hates America and thinks Alaska should secede from the US. Todd Palin has been a member of the Alaska Independence Party, whose motto is "Alaska First, Alaska Always". If Barack or Michelle Obama had been in a group that had a motto "Chicago First, Chicago Always", you can bet you'd hear about it. Palin and her husband are anti-American. Notice how whenever she isn't wearing her big gaudy flag pin, she's wearing a big gaudy pin that says "ALASKA". And McCain doesn't wear any pin at all.

Who is putting Country First? Not McCain-Palin.

Ever notice how the liberals always revert to calling republicans racist when they have nothing left to defend an issue such as Obama's friends and cohorts, his lack of experience/judgement on everything. And now this HJ like programs of his which is frightening.

I dont consider Nashville main street ,sorry.It doesnt have the diversity of opinion needed for that title.Its still a redneck run city with more cultures than before,but they dont have a voice in government.

WELCOME TO NASHVILLE MR. PRESIDENT.

AMERICANS DON'T VOTE STUPID & HATE. WE

DESPERATELY NEED LOTS OF INTELLIGENCE & SOME LOVE.

I hope both candidates will try to stick to the subject tonight. We want to hear about the economy, and other topics that effect us on Main street and our side streets, We don't want to be lumped together as Hockey Moms and Joe Sixpacks (a term I find offensive) We are people with real struggles with high gas prices, lost jobs, higher grocery prices, poor or no health care benefits in the face of rising health care costs. To refer to us as Joe Sixpack makes us all sound like a bunch of rednecks who have nothing better to do than sit around and drink beer and talk about how great everything in America is. (It may seem that way after a few beers but get with reality people.)

McCain and Palin are horrifying in what they are trying to do. Their groundless statements and inuendo should alert people that No it is not Country First for McCAin, it is I want to be president at any cost"

Remember what the Egyptians did when they were facing a famine.
They hired someone who did not look like them to get them through the crisis. Vote Obama.

Oh Carole for the love of God, think before you speak. First, start making the diffrence between hating America and attacking some of its positions. Wright does not hate America (hint hint, he served in the military), he hates its foreign policy. Ayers does not hate America, he hated the Vietnam war and his bombings were always done while preventing people first to make sure to do no harm. You can disagree with his actions or Wright's positions, but there is not an ounce of hate in these. Now, compare this to Palin's preacher who drove countless women to insanity by attacking them and calling them witches. Or Haggee who thinks NO flooding was because of gays and sexual activities. That is pure hatred. So start drawing the difference and stop spreading you own hatred in blogs like this one.

In addition to the Keating Five,

McCain sat on the board of the U.S. Council for World Freedom with John Singlaub, who was affilated with a group that were extremists, racists and anti-semites.

McCain spent his 70th birthday partying on the yacht of convicted felon Rafaello Follieri.

McCain climbed the political ladder with money from Cindy's father's mob connections. Google, Kemper Marley.

And there's plenty more on self righteous McCain!

The Iraq and Afghanistan Senate Veteran Report Card has been released. Please check it out and see how your Representatives scored.

It is not biased, it is based on voting records for various bills.

McCain - D
Obama - B

If seeing is believing, check out the link below.

Obama states he didn't know about Ayers past. Obama stated he didn't hear Wright talk negative, THEN later Obama said he did hear Wright's sermons. Is Obama lying, again?

Sarah Palin's speeches are indeed insighting racial hate. She comes out with the most totally disgusting things. I have never witnessed such hate. She is a Christian?? I can tell you she sure does not act like one. I fear for Obama's life now.. this woman and the old man have rallied the Klan and it worries me sick.
The Klan and celebrating this "folksy" hate monger and Mc Cain the war monger..nice ticket… God have mercy!

I see that as usual the right-wingers are out with their scurrilous and unsubstantiated charges. They don't really care about democracy, just about winning. Some of them pretend to be Christians while bearing false witness. All in all, not a reasonable bunch represented here.

by the way, i don't think any americans need someone who's good at only making petty jokes or winking. we need someone who can talk about crisis, policies and future with substance.

"i will pray for you all" stop using God's name in vain! You will not be miss if you do not get up morrow because of your blatant lies! Bush's family have ties with Bin Laden's family and you never questioned that, but you have supported going after those that never did anything to USA, what a hypocrite you are and you call your self a CHRISTIAN?

To his credit McCain has been open about his role in the Keating 5. He admits that he took money to fight against regulations that prevented Keating from running scams to steal the life savings of elderly investors. He also admits that he helped to cover Keating when he defrauded his investors to the tune of over 3 BILLION dollars. He was not exonerated, he was simply not severely punished. This is relevant because even after this life lesson, McCain continued to champion AGAINT banking regulations and the results of his efforts can now be seen on the front page of every newspaper in the nation.

Mcliar and the cookie mom,

HYPOCRITE!

ANGRY!

BITTER!

ARROGANT!

ERRATIC!

I haven't heard a word out of Obama's mouth that was anything near the hate talk of McCankous and cookie mom's mouth.

Does Obama have any friends or family members who are not Anti-America??

With 2 wars FAR FROM being won, the economy getting worse from day to day, the Dow Jones below 10,000 and voters worried about keeping their jobs with the added prospect of losing their health insurance coverage, the decision of McCLOWN and his CLUELESS Vice President to attack Obama is the clear sign that these two FAKE "mavericks":

(1) Follow OLD Washington politics,
(2) Have nothing CONSTRUCTIVE to offer and
(3) Are in full PANIC MODE.

It is no wonder that Obama is increasing his lead: voters are sick and tired of KARL ROVE's style smear tactics.

By doing so McCLOWN's looks more and more like a CARBON COPY of G.W.BUSH.

YUCK!!!!!

Everone needs to contact and flood the phone lines of Sarah the Moose killer in AK. Sarah you can take your heels and gloves off. You made a comment that Obama needs a teleprompter to talk? What about while you were here in Florida I saw the prompters with my own 2 eyes. Go straight to the DEVIL you hatefull WITCH….Stay the heck out of Florida we don't want your sorry arse here at all…LIAR

Blue wave is sweeping across the nation almost coast to coast. Enough of voodoo Republican trickle-down economics…time for a regime change = McCain/Palin has gotta go.

Be sure and remind your college students to Vote on election day if they are registered. I can not think of one college student who could not use that $4000 Student Tuition College tax credit Obama wants to give them.

Which McCain are we going to see Tuesday night? The Liberal anti- Bush, anti-lobbyist, anti-earmark, anti-Wall St., maverick reformer who represents Main St. or the angry lying conservative right- wing, war-mongering Bush loyalist that we've all learned to dispise.
After eight long years of the Bush administration, America can no longer be held hostage to the values of conservative extremism to which John McCain and Sara Pelin cling. McCain still wants to invest Social Security funds in the stock market, he still supports deregulation of the banking industry, he still supports the Iraq War, he still wants to spend trillions of dollars there, he still supports corporate welfare, he still supports tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans.

The republicans are just a bunch of nasty liars who still live in their own world thinking they are still 'grand' and 'old'. the more smearing and lies they put out the more disgusting they are becoming. Get over your political goals. the country is in trouble, people need help! They should just shut up from now on to save some dignity!

"Obama you make me sick. You and your dark past. How anyone can vote for you is beyond me. If the African Americans wanted to have a black President for the first time in history you would think they would pick one that did not have ties to people that hate America."

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So Sarah Palin's ties as recently as this year, when she supportively addressed the Anti-American, Secessionist group her husband openly belonged to until 2002, doesn't bother you?

John McCain's documented former ties to the U.S. Council for World Freesom, a group that openly supported and supplied right-wing Death Squads and former Nazis and Nazi sympathizers during Iran-Contra - that doesn't bother you?

I'll take a guy who served on the board for a charitable trust and once entered the home of a former Wetherman who is now all grown up, over a woman with ties a hair's breadth from treason and a man who sided with nazis and death squads any day. Dark histories, indeed!

What is amazing with american journalism, which is among the worst among the world, is the idea of neutrality. I do respect Campbell Brown for pointing it out clearly recently. This is the idea that reporters should only report the news without commenting it or putting it in a broader context. The end result is truly pathetic. As an example, you end up hearing Crowley saying both campaigns attack their rival's character. Of course it is totally b.s. analysis. You have one campaign where supporters scream "kill him", following hatred being stirred by Palin and McCain themselves, and then you have Obama attacking McCain's policies now and before (Keating five for example).

The two campaigns are completly different but because journalists completly miss the difference between being objective (not taking a partisan point of view) and being stupidly neutral, you end up with statements from journalists that bear no ressemblance to reality.

As Jack Cafferty book title states it's getting ungly out there. I hope this election don't divide us as a nation but it's getting ungly.

Carole, if Obama makes you sick then you had better prepare to walk around with a portable potty for the at least four more years. As to Palin drumming up support from racists - their days are numbered. The face of the world is changing ever so slowly, but slow wins the "race".

Thought everyone might like this……..

Throughout the campaign this year, McCain has tried to make the contest about honor and character. His own writing gives us the standard by which he should be judged. "Always telling the truth in a political campaign," he writes in Worth the Fighting For, "is a great test of character." He adds: "Patriotism that only serves and never risks one's self-interest isn't patriotism at all. It's selfishness. That's a lesson worth relearning from time to time." It's a lesson, it would appear, that the candidate himself could stand to relearn.

"I'm sure John McCain loves his country," says Richard Clarke, the former counterterrorism czar under Bush. "But loving your country and lying to the American people are apparently not inconsistent in his view."

America is ready for REAL change and a President for ALL Americans - yes we can and we will Vote for Obama and Biden ….. I come from a large diverse family Dems and Independents and guess what? we are all skipping happily to the Polls this time and voting Obama into the white house…. first time when I voting straight from my heart and not the lesser of two evils…. I will be Proud to have Obama as my President … love his intelligence, poise and presence …. he has with stood diverstiy and still standing tall. why? he can be a rich man and living a happy life with his family but he is fighting for us!!!! You and I! God Bless him and God Bless each American … now don't forget to vote and make a change.

Obama and Biden 2008!

To BK,,,,Fastcheck is your friend, they already report this claim to be FALSE! McCain istrying to take America's mind off the issues by slander adds, good thing it isnt working, America isnt that stupid, McCain lost even more Electoral States today, and is beginning to panick, sad thing is, noone,,,,is buying his lies…Obama // Biden 08

I am wondering if the 3rd debate will be in a more Obama-friendly atmosphere? First MO, Now TN - what gives?

Now the true colors of the McCain campaign are coming out. They are down right RACIST. They have not repudiated or denounced any of the racial comments their supporters are saying. They must share the same views.

McCain/Palin = RACIST, RACIST, RACIST

Obama is supposed to have great judgement. That's what he is running on, it's not his record. It is very important to see who his friends were and what they believe. Did you ever hear the saying, "birds of a feather flock together". If you really believe Obama hung around with people like Jerimiah Wright and Ayers and Rezko and didn't know what they believed, then I have a bridge to no where I want to sell you.

THE ECONOMIC CRISIS IS THE FAULT OF THE

AMERICAN VOTER FOR ELECTING A GREEDY

MORON IN OFFICE, AS SOME WOULD LIKE TO

DO A THREEPEAT. SOME FOLKS RIGHT HERE

ON THE BLOG STATE THAT MCGREEDY WAS NOT

A MEMBER OF THE KEATING FIVE. HE DEFINITELY WAS.

HIS SLEAZY FRIENDS KEPT HIM FROM GOING TO PRISON.

NONE THE LESS HE WAS & HE GOT SLAP ON THE WRISTS.

MCSLEAZY'S NO VOTE FOR VETERANS WILL TELL YOU ALL

YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT HIM. HE INVOKES HIS LOVE FOR

VETS BUT AT EVERY TURN HE VOTES NO ON VET BENEFITS.

BUT ON THE OTHER HAND WE CAN SPEND $12 BILLION A WEEK

IN IRAQ, WHICH IS PART OF WHY OUR ECONOMY IS COLLAPSING.

Carole, you are so misguided, but I'm sure your a christian. Only a christian now days can lie, decieve, be a racist, extremist, and simply stupid, and still be respected by their own kind. No one else in America has any use for them, except when making a joke.

All together now lets take our country back, back from the cliff that
will doom us all. Let all of us vote for the next president knowing that
we are voting for the person who is the smartest, has the best ideas
about how to end war, change the climate regarding our friends and alies, and speaks to friends and foes alike…

Vote Obama……please

Yup its that old-white-retired guy from Ma. A FORMER REPUBLICAN

Bruce

Hey Wendy, have any idea who your daddy is?

American voters should vote wisely. We are in financial crisis and we need a President and Vice President that knows the needs of ORDINARY people. Homelessness is a growing part of our society and it's a shame. This kinds of problems only happens in the THIRD WORD COUNTRY NOT IN THE RICHEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD (?). McCain/Palin will not care about your lives because they did't have the experienced going through tough times.

Sen. Obama please keep your positive campaign.

Barbara; I did the math and I see 7 more blooming idiots in your family. As for my family of 37 none of us are stupid enough to vote democratic any longer. Why should I let the Government take care of my family or my parents or my kid's parents. That's our job. We don't need food stamps, welfare or any of that crap. We got our public education and learned to read so we knew up front that if we didn't pay our mortgage someone was going to take our home from us. The same with our vehicles, either pay as agreed or lose them. No, I guess we could have said we were mislead and too stupid to read the contracts and maybe this would have qualified us for Governmant bailout but we are too proud to pull those shananigans. And besides we are white Americans so we wouldn't have been able to play the race card as majority of the democrats are doing!

McCain is fascist pig who would not know the truth if it slapped him on the face. He had his roll in the Keating 5 scandal and where was his leadership in the enron scandal. McCainb like most neo conservatives have sold out the average working person for the corporations. Obama might have his own personal faults, but he seems more honest than most other people, who have had the ambition to run for president of the USA.

First Sarah Palin can't name one newspaper, and then all of the sudden she reads the New York Times????
First the New York Times and all others of the press are elitists, and now all of the sudden it 's not????

Let's keep an elite score card
McCain: Rich beyond imagination
Elite soldier
Married into an elite familiy
Is from elite military descend

Obama: is an elite student of Harvard.

I am praying for this country , God is the only one that will take care of
us. He will have the last word. Please God help all of us to repent.

God is in charge and you want to know the trurth look in God word it
will tell you what way the world is going . We are living in the last days

God is on his way back, be ready, get rid of your sins be ready.
you must be born again. Don't be a fool and lose your soul. God gave
his life for us ' nobody on earth love us like him. repent the kingdom of
God is at hand. Get ready HE IN ON THE WAY BACK. . PLEASE

And they wonder why they are the punchline of so many jokes.
Go Inbreeding! You betcha!

I really believe that OBAMA has already won this election on the issues-and because the gop knows they can't win on issues, they increase the fear and smear they do so well.
Barack Obama will help our country get back on the right track-this debate will only strengthen this opimion!

ayers
wright
rezko
pflager
meetings without pre-conditions
no leadership during economic crisis
iran not dangerous/iran is dangerous
biden- 'no time for on the job training'
hillary-'obama has a speech he gave'
democrats have lost their b*lls and their credibility

Senator Hagels wife will endorse Obama…YAY!

MCGREEDY WILL NOT ANSWER THE QUESTIONS !!!!

AND IF HE DOES IT WILL BE WITH A LIE, OR TWO,

JUST LIKE HIS PARTNER IN SLEAZE.

Seriously? The only two black men you show in the entire spread are on the side of the road begging for tickets?

In the last debate …McCain was a patronizing old man…who didn't show any respect for Obama…..I hope tonight he at least has the guts to look Obama in the eye ….when he's lying to him !!!!

Is CNN not going to report that McCain belonged to a radical private group involved in the Iran-Contra affair, that wreaked havoc across Latin America and once were Nazi collaborators?

Or, is Obama's six degrees of separation from Bill Ayers a topic of discussion?

I blog with lots of names to make it seem like there are a lot of McCain backers,when in fact, its just me,A follower of Rush Limbaugh,my savior.Rush is so clever,his Chaos operation worked so well hes sorry he did it now.

If I had to guess, McCain has lost but they are trying like the devil to prevent Obama from receiving a Mandate from the people. He is definitely headed there. If Obama wins, the Dems take a majority in Congress and Obama gets a mandate, things will change. And about time! Obama 08

Anyone who seriously believes that the economic crisis is the Democrats' fault needs to understand the following simple equation:

2 Years in Congress + Countless Bush Vetoes = Economic Crisis.

Republicans are at fault. Don't let them fool you, America.

O-JOE 08.

Obama you make me sick. You and your dark past. How anyone can vote for you is beyond me. If the African Americans wanted to have a black President for the first time in history you would think they would pick one that did not have ties to people that hate America. Pick one all democrates would want to vote for.

I have left the democratic party as I know several other people must have done the same after this botched up election.

You think the market is bad now, just you wait and see what happens to all of us if Obama gets in. Start saying your prayers now people.

PALIN'S RALLIES HAVE TURNED INTO KLAN RALLIES. SO IT SEEMS.

IT IS AMAZING HOW RACIAL CHARGED HER SPEECHES HAVE BECOME.

ALL SHE NEEDS IS A WHITE SHEET AND A BURNING CROSS, AND YELL OUT THAT SHE IS THE NEW SELF PROCLAIMED GRAND DRAGON OF THE KKK,KKK,KKK,KKK,KKK,.

Coming from TN, I can say that the most hateful, and divisive politics are practiced in this state. Nashville is the capital and team leader. The Tn repugs are the nastiet sort…..

Nashville is the good ole boy capital of the US.

Good points…W.Ayers was not convicted of anything but McCain's friend, Keating, was convicted. Palin appears to be using the same tactics that most radical, communistic groups do…spread fear, feed hate and enhance ignorance. Way to go Paliin. This is really who you want leading your country when "Putin rears his head over there". Try giving the 'real' American people a break and lay off the pork barrel requests and use your own drill and kill money in Alaska to pay for your children's travel. Oh by the way, who is nurturing your infant son while you run all over the country claiming to be an advocate of special needs children?

McCain is an idiot. He gives stump answers such as "I will take care of you, I love you". Give me a break. Americans can take care of themselves, we just want good leaders to work for us. We don't need a daddy.

And speaking of daddy, how much did he "love" the kids that he abandoned?

My vote goes to Barack Obama who doesn't treat Americans like children.

Obama/Biden 08

How can anyone take Obama seriously? Just look at who he cavorts with — hollywood, domestic terrorists, extreme librals. When he talks you can tell he doesn't have a clue about how health care works, the economy, business, or national security. The only thing he leads is the "blame America" crowd. It will be worse than Clinton if he is elected.

what an idiot and you think that this economic crisis just happened over the last 2 years…Wow that point of view has got to hurt……

The republicans have had the majority in the house and senate for 10 of the last 12 years……hello have some coffee….wake up….

MCSHAME WAS PART OF THE KEATING FIVE !!!!!!

GOOGLE IT BEFORE CALLING ANYONE A LIER.

This is very creepy and just goes to show you Palin's appear to men.

Richard A. Lowry is editor of National Review and a syndicated columnist. He regularly appears on the Fox News Channel. He has guest-hosted on Hannity and Colmes and Fox & Friends, and is a guest panelist on PBS's The McLaughlin Group and Fox News Watch.
This is what this creep said about the Sarah Palin debate with Joe Biden…

A very wise TV executive once told me that the key to TV is projecting through the screen. It's one of the keys to the success of, say, a Bill O'Reilly, who comes through the screen and grabs you by the throat. Palin too projects through the screen like crazy.I'm sure I'm not the only male in America who, when Palin dropped her first wink, sat up a little straighter on the couch and said, "Hey, I think she just winked at me." And her smile. By the end, when she clearly knew she was doing well, it was so sparkling it was almost mesmerizing. It sent little starbursts through the screen and ricocheting around the living rooms of America. This is a quality that can't be learned; it's either something you have or you don't, and man, she's got it

palins=HATE AMERICA! AIG AIG= ANTI=AMERICAN INDEPENDENT GROUP IN ALASKA come on cnn you claim keeping them honest please do investigate into the palins anti-american group and how the HATE AMERICA and dont want alaska part of it CNN KEEP THEM HONEST!

LOVE NASHVILLE.

LOVE OBAMA.

LOVE MY HURTING AMERICA,

AND ALL AMERICANS IN IT.

LETS HOPE FOR SOME RAIN AFTER MCGREEDY

LEAVES TO GIVE YOU A MUCH NEEDED CLEANSING.

I agree polls mean nothing Kerry was ahead of Bush right till election day. Bottom line if people want to be taxed to death on top of the bailout vote Obama. If you don't want your taxes rasied and even get a little incentive back vote McCain. Investors on Wall Street are laying low because they don't want to be taxed on their capital gains if by chance Obama gets in. Obama can tout the big companies making money, but they employ thousands of people and if they are going to see higer payroll, capital gains because Obama wants to give these tax cuts, there will be more and more layoffs after the election he gets in.

Obama=taxes
McCain= no tax hike

Only a fool would vote for maccain,nothing but a fool

Looks like over-population in Nashville to me,a subject everyone is afraid to touch.Maybe its time to close the wide open border?

I thought I would NEVER see a politician that I disliked more than BUSH. Then,suddenly over the horizon comes Gidget on Mooseback. Spreading lies,stupidty and hate.

Wow! A party of two of histories worst candidates- Bush and Palin.

The US Presidential election is a joke to the world. How could candidates for the highest offices in America be is bad as McCain and Palin?
Ubeleivable! Only in America?
Obama 08

Only 28 days until "We the People" decide whether or not we want more of the same, or we "Run them out on a rail!" Focus on the issues, not the rhetoric and we will win. Remember, together YES WE CAN!

MEMO TO OUR NEW PRESIDENT:

WE LOVE & RESPECT YOU, AND

NO MORE HONORS FOR MCGREEDY.

HE DOESN'T RECIPROCATE AND

HE CERTAINLY DOESN'T DESERVE THEM.

obama hatred at McCain Palin rallies……terrorist, kill him

pumpkin eater: The current crisis has its cause in the climate of deregulation that goes back to Gramm Rudman in 1999 which John McCAin co sponsored. The Bush years saw that climate of deregulation only get worse. With decent oversight and regulatory enforcement, this may have been avoided. There is blame on both sides, but the budget that appropriates dollars to the enforcement agencies has been in Bush hands since 2000.

"jr smith": Obama is a liar. We cannot trust his words.

Did Obama lie about McCain being part of Keating Five that costed tax payers over 125 Billion dollars? Obama relationships never costed Taxpayers a dime, that is the difference!
McCain's relationship retired Army Maj. Gen. John Singlaub right-wing fellow at the head of Iran-Contra scandal, costed USA prestige, money, and lives of latin Americans, but none of Obama relationships with anybody costed USA or Taxpayers a dime , that is the difference!

LIES LIES LIES! It will come back to hunt McCain/Palin!

I LOVE NASHVILLE, VOTE OBAMA-BIDEN!

John McCain should do one last honorable and good thing for his country and lose this election. Palin is a joke, the RNC is a joke. they will not have another president in white house for 100 years after this. and they can than George Bush for that.

tennessee is full of racially biased white folks. just like here in arkansas.

McCain will probably ask for a moment of silence to let "ELIVIS IN THE BUILDING"! LOL

Bullwinkle, Barbara in NC said she and her family (all 7) are voting for Obama. Did you misread her comments? The numbers she posted also favor Obama if all Dems vote for him, even if he doesn't pick up any independents, which he most likely will.

Go Obama/Biden!

Has anoyone taken noticed that the McCain camp has not ONCE ackowledged that Senator Biden's mother-in-law died? I mean come on folks — you can be politcal rivals but to put forth such a severe lack of common decency and courtesy — are those the ethics and morals we really want in a President?

I still don't understand why the economic crisis is being blamed on the Republicans. The Democrats control the congress, and have for the last 2 years. Has anybody told them? They didn't even seem to know there was a crisis until President Bush went on the air to tell the nation. They didn't even want to take any action unless they could get the majority of Republicans to go along, and the Democrats are in the majority. How can John McCain be blamed for wanting to do something about a financial crisis that is now affecting the entire world? How can Obama and his party be praised for not even acknowledging a crisis, and then not wanting to actively take charge even though they are in the majority?

sarah palin should have to answer for the smut she is spewing like water. she is filled with self centered power hunger and is dangerous to this country. her beliefs are disgusting and her ignorance to world issues is unbelieveable. she knows nothing about forign policies and will destroy our credibility in this world.
john mccain has sold his own soul to win this election and could not care that we are suffering from job loses and high gas prices and most of us can't take our kids to the dr. when they are sick. mark my words he thinks of nothing but wars and will have us in more in a very short time. he will ignore the american people for his own ego to be a winner in his game of war and more war.his judgement is gone and he lives to get even for being captured in another war we did not win.

To "Truckers for McCain" and other fearful Republicans.
You have been swept up in the Republicans' campaign of fear and hate. Is this how you want to be thought of: a fear and hate monger?
All politicians have skeletons in the closet. They all have to compromise their personal values sometimes in order to "work" with other politicians that they may not agree with, morally.
Such is the case of Barck Obama working with Bill Ayers.
This is an example of talking with everyone, even your enemies, in an effort to solve a problem.
And, please, don't give me the other Republican message of "experience". I won't mention all the Presidents with no real federal politial experienc, except one: Abraham Lincoln.

The posts that say that Obama is dangerous for America and our troops crack me up. If Barack had been POTUS then there would have been no Iraq war. And the other nations would have been helping us.

Who puts our troops in danger more: the maverick who votes to attack,attack,attack even if the Math is Fuzzy or the leader who says we should concentrate our troops more efficiently elsewhere to have greater gains and success?

The Surge is Working(Barack's and Biden's that is!)
Vote Smart America and Vote

welches, oregon, Obama continues to play the race card. Look back when he called out to all black fathers. There was no reason to add that description of "black" father. Why couldn't he just call out to ALL dead beat dads? He will not change the race status not now not ever not as long as he still differentiates between races.

"I will pray for you all" ….
you better pray for yourself.

DOn't try to fool people into your religious games.
But if that is what you want you can say "Vote for a muslim and you go to hell" sounds to me like you are more extremist than those who attacked us. Or equivalent. IF there is one thing you need to pray for is yourself, because I don't think God approves of ignorant people.

SO again…Don't pray for us, Pray for yourself. We are too busy changing our lives to waste time with prayers. God helps those who help themselves!

Truth October 7th, 2008 10:43 am ET

Dear CNN, why don't you guys do a story about John McCain's involvement with a terrorist group that employed death squads in Latin America? John McCain sat on the board of…the U.S. Council for World Freedom,"

Hey Truth I remember that! Didn't Martin Sheen and a lot of other people against us training those death squads get arrested outside Fort Benning in Columbus GA and several other places protesting our involvement in that?

"By contrast, Barack Obama has been fundamentally dishonest about his friendship and work with the unrepentant terrorist William Ayers,"

They were on a community improvement board together, along with a variety of Democrats and Republicans who were looking to improve Chicago schools.

Yeah, next time, how about you do a little research?

I just want to know what each of these candidates think about the new 527 ads that have begun appearing on tv? I think that these are a terrible distraction from the issues that real Americans care about and do nothing to further the political debate.

I have been following the campaign for a long time. I see Obama more organized than McCain. I also see Palin not experienced enough to handle the position of a VP or President. Americans should give Obama/Biden the opportunity. They have more to offer Americans than McCain/Sarah.

I am neither Republican nor Democrat and voted for Bush and in my home state of Texas, Rick Perry.

However, what has distressed me about the Republican party recently is their inability to listen to what the PEOPLE want rather than what THEY (Republican party) wants. A majority of people in Texas want VLT's at racetracks but the republicans have blocked attempts to put that issue to a vote in Texas. One republican legislator stated that "the people did not know what was best for them."

Also, in my own hometown in Texas, the republicans ignored the citizens of that town on an issue and instead of putting it to a vote on the issue, they found a loop hole in the law to be able to go ahead with that project without a vote.

That is my concern about the Republican party…..They force their morals or ideas on Americans whether you like it or not.

Leaning towards Obama in Texas.

Karen
Texas

Why wouldn't McCain use this tactic ;it has worked so well for
Bush and the Republicans the last 8 yrs.

Hopefully this time people want fall for it.

A vote for Obama/Biden and other Democrats will get us started in the right direction.

Barbara form NC…..
Thank you and people alike you have been abused by the currently economic situation. You and other older& wiser Americans are in our thoughts and prayers through these tough times……
My friends parents just lost their 401k (82% reduction) and they planned retirement next year. Very sad time in deed…..
Good for you Barbara from NC.

Why have the first two debates been in states that are known for racism and segregation. Why havent they been in main stream america. This town hall format will only draw those who do not think for themselves and have become bobble heads for McCain

IMHO, Mc Cain has taken the crazy train express in this campaign.. he is losing ground . Too much attacking, not enough substance. And I like Mc Cain before this presidential race !!
McCain/Palin Campaign? A Swift Boat to Nowhere…

Autumn ~ Independant , 40 ish, former Hillary supporter, PT job, PT school- ex army wife, no health insurance and Child with Autism.

OBAMA/BIDEN '08 !!

I live in Nashville. We have a Democratic Mayor, Karl Dean. Tennessee has a Democratic Governor Phil Bredesen. Mr. Bredesen was also mayor before he was elected Governor. Not all TN is republican. The Vanderbilt area and Nashville as a whole are liberal like most universities and larger cities. It is a very nice place to live.

America deserves Obama. He will run this evil nation into the ground, and it deserves it.

No Bush Third term.

Tennesee is one of the few states McLiar will carry. I guess it's true that it's still filled with backward, racists morons!

Dear CNN, why don't you guys do a story about John McCain's involvement with a terrorist group that employed death squads in Latin America? John McCain sat on the board of…the U.S. Council for World Freedom," said Begala, "The Anti-Defamation League, in 1981 when McCain was on the board, said this about this organization. It was affiliated with the World Anti-Communist League - the parent organization - which ADL said 'has increasingly become a gathering place, a forum, a point of contact for extremists, racists and anti-Semites. The USCWF was founded in Phoenix, Arizona in November 1981 as an offshoot of the World Anti-Communist League. The group was, from the onset, saddled with the disreputable reputation of its parent group. The WACL had ties to ultra-right figures and Latin American death squads. Roger Pearson, the chairman of the WACL, was expelled from the group in 1980 under allegations that he was a member of a neo-Nazi organization

PS: C'mon CNN you will get all the ratings if you BREAK the story?

Can hardly wait until to night-McCain blinking,no winking, when he speaks. Sounding caustic and bitter with nasty comebacks. Telling lies that the voters now know are lies.Complaining about Barack more than stating his plans. Trying to scare the America voter outof their wits in an attempt to get their vote. What kind of candidate does that? a losing one!

A man distraught because he could not find work shot and killed his mother-in-law, his wife and three sons and then killed himself inside a home in an upscale San Fernando Valley neighborhood, police said.

This is what the American Care about so McPalin Stick to the issues!!!

Obama/Biden '08 '12

the party is over

To include 5 million people in McCain's health care plan, even though 47 million are without healthcare, McCain will pay for it by cutting $1 trillion from medicare.

You know what worrys me a lot.The question is what about the bread and butter? MacCain doesn't understand what affects more Americans. He is even out of touch when he said we should stay in Iraq for 100 years. When he sang Bomb Bomb. He is an agry and bitter old man. MacCain is past Obama is a future. I don't buy any thing he is talking about. How can he understand when he can not remember how many houses he got? In his mind he thinks we are all fine. No we are not I am always worry if I could make through today. I don't even know if I could have bread and butter tomorrow. MacCain is for the rich for thos who may not remember their houses.

A 3RD GRADE EDUCATION IS NOT GOING TO FIX THE ECONOMY, SO CONSIDER YOURSELF ON YOUR OWN IF MCCAIN/PALIN WIN THIS ELECTION.

America the debate is on at 9 PM tonight turn in and see for yourself.

Johnny - this just in, American's don't want dick cheney in a dress! Take Sarah palin and go back to Alaska with her, we don't want you either.

Nashville is a great city–my daughter and family live in Hendersonville. Go Obama!

McCain supporters love to spout off about how polls dont matter, and how Kerry, and Gore were leading, yet they fail to mention Clinton was leading also, and he won 2 terms. It is more important to look at how Obama is GAINING ground, not only leading.

Don´t be surprised that Obama even has more margin than what you see on polls today. Obama is going to win big!

A word for Obama: Stop the comment."McCain was right" or "you agree with McCain" statements in your 2nd debate.
Goodluck Boy.

Bullwinkle:
Stop acting like a nut.

Thanks Barbara for your support.

If Obama just keeps doing what he has been doing alll along, he will win this debate. I still haven't heard a single thing out of McCain and his pitbull telling us how they are going to change the direction this country is going in. Obama's website has details on how they will take America in the right direction.

I am telling you America the GOP ticket choose to talk trash than address the issues at hand. They are out of touch and we need to tell them that we are not stupid. Politics is the last thing that we need right now. W e need someone who can address the economic issue facing the country. Politics will not put money in our pocket or pay our bills. The GOP ticket chose to ingore the economics issue and talk about nonsense issues. Barack Obama/Joseph Biden know your struggle when it comes to the economy that is why they choose to talk about bringing a solution to this crisis. America the final score is in your hand and you must score the right goal.

Obama does not have the experience to run our country, the democratic ticket should be reversed and then you might have a chance.

Leader with substance.
OBAMA/BIDEN 08

Questioning Obama's patriotism is another form of racism. Which Palin played the race card in her comments about "him not seeing America like the rest of us". That is a racist statement that has been perpetrated on black people for centuries. In some ways, it is true because America has been very different for blacks as it has for whites. Blacks have not enjoyed all the privileges that whites have. Think about it, if someone treated you with disdain as America has treated black people, would you like them or not?

The American people have obvious choices. Whomever we vote for would not be a chance occurance. We will have ourselves to blame whomever we choose so we should lift ourselves above the mudslinging and sentiments and focus on what means the most to us all.

In that way we'll be able to deal better with whatever we are given by the next president.

Look at what George Bush has done to us!!!!! We voted him in. We should be ready to pay.

OF COURSE, Nashville is what THE REAL AMERICA is all about. All of you hippie druids on the east and west coasts can bite the big one. You liberal druids are about to see a major awakening, starting with McCain SPANKING Obama at the debate tonight. You all can steal yard signs as your cheating party does every election, commit vote fraud by the thousands, give illegal money to your Democrat campaigns, and shuck and jive the truth about Obama…it won't matter. IT IS ALWAYS THE TRADITIONAL, CONSERVATIVE, CENTER-RIGHT AMERICANS WHO MAKE OR BREAK ELECTIONS, and WE ARE WAKING UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I hope Tom Brokaw is as unbiased as Gwen Ifill was in the VP debates. I suspect he is going to do everything he can to help McCain. Let's see if he has character and integrity.

Morning America ..they should be put of the air the way they made fun of palin this morning . they think people are all stupit like them.. well we got news for them.. palin got the brains and they want people to think shes not all with it. CNN NOT ALL WITH IT.. WE SEE THROUGH THE LINES WITH THEM… pay back they say well come and I think they all got children and hope to god someone dont come on CNN and say they got daughter thats knock-up.Shame on you CNN ,..

I sure do like the gain Obama has made in the electoral map. My husband and I have never contributed to a campaign before, but he says send Obama $25.00 and we are on a fixed income. I just hope our state of NC goes for obama. Sarah sure was doing some dirty attacking yesterday and low and behold Obama gains points. Sarah keep it up we like to see the gains going for Obama. I just hope the Debate goes well to night for Obama. I just hope The Mccain camp hasnt prepared the questions for the audience to ask that will favor Mccain. Like the forum out in california where John was supposed to be in a cone of silence and he answered the questions before they were even finished. The audience was mostly rebulbicans.

Obama, winner is your name

Obama, winner is you name

In this day and age, I cannot believe some of you still believe that Obama is a terrorist. McCain and Palin lie so easily I cannot understand how anyone could believe anything that comes out of their mouths.

LETS GET READY TO RUMBLE!!!!

MY TAKE ON TONIGHT
McCain will be mostly character bashing, we can see from many of his erratic decisions that he has no strategy e.g. his views on the economy, his acceptance speech, his VP pick, his VP's view on the economy. His decisions are erratic as we'll see in the debate tonight as he tries to reiterrate the information crammed into his head by his team. How can people support McCain on the basis of war victory when he's having a hard time gaining a victory as President due to lack of strategy.
As for Obama, if he doesn't get too caught up in clearing up every accusation McCain throws, and stick to his views and his strategy for fixing the economy. Then he should be fine.

28 more days of listening to all the crap will have taken it's toll on the American people, and will have caused more distrust than any previous election except when Bush stole the election in "04″. I hope the American people remember who went negative first, even after he said he would not run his campaign like that. Desparation causes people to do desparate things, even deceptive things. They are called "LIES". I don't want an outright liar as my president. We have enough sicko world leaders that lie on a regular basis. They are considered to have the least amount if character on the planet. Well let the McCain camp join those ranks. What sickens me even more is that they do it with the bible clenched between their teeth. Religion is so dangerous.

This will only be another farce. The media will claim after the debate that Obama won the debate just like they did between Biden and Palin. Even though Palin won running away they said the more experienced Biden showed her up. Well McCain and Palin is far more experienced than Obama. I'm tired of all the media hoop la over an unqualified , lying, gangster in the likes of OBAMA. McCAIN/PALIN 08

Barbara: I did the math…GOP and Independents for McCain= 3,294,939!!!!

I lived in Franklin, TN (one of the Nashville burbs). It was rated one of the most conservative counties in the US last election. They are so biased, that every time I went to my polling place, the sign-in sheet binder read "Republican Primary".

John McCain's idea of a real recession:
Selling the 8th house in California for a loss and his wife only pulling in 99 million dollars this year!

Times are tough Johnny we all have to make those tough sacrifices!

Don't worry though because Barack Obama and Joe Biden are on the way!

@ I PRAY FOR YOU ALL…

STOP SPREADING OUT & OUT LIES…..THE SAUDI'S DID NOT HELP OBAMA GET INTO HARVARD….YOU PEOPLE ARE CRAZIER THAN I THOUGHT….YOU HATEMONGERS…..

@Barbara - 65 yr old white female in NC October 6th, 2008 8:13 pm ET

That will be 7 more wasted votes. Repeat after me "President Barack Obama". Good! Keep saying that. It has a nice ring to it. It will not be as scary as you think. You will get used to it. LOL

Obama-Biden 08

i pray for you all ,please do that because it is going to hard for some people to accept the idea of what used to be an enslaved race will now be running the united states of america. things will change and NO we will not ask for restitution for the ills of the past.america will finally be for the people by the people one nation under GOD.

Has any one noticed that Mc Cain has NOT worn a flag pin for many weeks? He critized Obama for not doing the same………some thing about being a PATRIOT……………….hmmm!

I hope Sen Obama stay on message and continue talking about the unemployment. Stay on the economy and what you can do for the furture of Amercia. But just in case you mite want Sen McCain or Palin ask what religion Gov Palin belong to. oon one have ask this question. Then ask Sarah Palin when the Witch Doctor preform his Religious Ritual over her what demon or devil he cast out , America mite want to know. Go Obama/Biden

Mavericks for Obama/Biden!

Republican supporters of Palin/McCain are rabid. Their lack of moral judgment when it comes to their actions is uncomprehensible. Shouting to "kill him" is rather out there to say the least. This is nothing new, I heard the same at the restaurant I was at on Saturday. The lies are out of control and the people who believe them shouldn't have the opportunity to vote.

I want to comment on the article at the top of the Political Ticker, about an Obama ad saying that McCain is lying.

I am glad that Sen. Obama has an ad telling Americans about the LIES that McCain & Palin are spewing!

Its disturbing that a man (McCain) who wants to be president finds it SO EASY to LIE! Wasn't this what BUSH did to enter into war with Iraq?

LET'S TALK ABOUT THE ISSUES, THE RECORD & FAILURES OF THE REPUBLICANS. LET'S MAKE SURE THAT AMERICA WILL NOT BE FOOLED AGAIN!

Three events yesterday:

McCain has begun to try to cast doubts regarding Obama's motives - after tearing into Obama's character and saying "who is the Barack Obama" and audience member shouted "Terrorist!"

A uniformed officer introduced Sarah Palin saying that "Barack HUSSEIN Obama had something coming on Nov. 4″.

Then Palin who has now brought up Wright and Ayers and said of an Obama Presidency "I am just so fearful", brought up Obama's tie to Ayers and an audience member shouted "Kill him!".

The McCain camp has disgustingly descended even further in the tone of their rhetoric. They are now openly and deliberately stoking hate and fear and praying on deep-seeded biases. I understand the Presidency is a big prize, but is it really worth descending into such an abyss? They should be ashamed of themselves, and at this point, so SHOULD ANYONE WHO VOTES FOR THIS SLIMEY PAIR !!!!!!!

I saw McCain and Obama excerpts from their stump peech and press meeting respectivly this morning.

Once again, McCain said " we're in trouble, I know how to fix it"

Obama on the other hand, gave 4 points of a plan to actually do something.

That's why he will get my vote.

Substance over rhetoric.

Educated people aren't swayed by the lies of an elderly, sickly old man and his attack dog of no bite but of endless unintelligible bark.

Burn, McCain, and you know where.

McCain/Palin what are you two smoking????? Come up and take a fresh breath of air. Do either of you realize the US has/is gone to hell. McCain spend your money trying to help someone instead of digging up old dirt……Oh! but you are old. Sorry I forgot.

Senator Obama / Biden wipe they both out!!!!

John McCain has been open and honest about the Keating matter, and even the Democratic special counsel in charge recommended that Senator McCain be completely exonerated. By contrast, Barack Obama has been fundamentally dishonest about his friendship and work with the unrepentant terrorist William Ayers, whose radical group bombed the Pentagon and the U.S. Capitol. Nor has Barack Obama come clean on his close friendship with Tony Rezko, a felon convicted on bribery charges who subsidized the purchase of Barack Obama’s home. It's obvious that Barack Obama is frantically attacking because he knows that most voters find these kinds of friendships, and the failed judgment they expose, to be unacceptable for our next president.

McCain/Palin 08

I wish every city could be like Nashville, then maybe our country wouldn't have so many problems.

BTW … Nashville and the state of TN is largely Republican territory, isn't it?? Isn't this a Q&A debate?? Do you hear the Dems crying over this like the Repukes did over Gwen Ifill??? "Life's not fair" WAAA WAAA WAAA … give me a BREAK!! What entitled and prejudice babies!

I'm voting for the SMART one!
OBAMA/BIDEN 08 and beyond!!
Turn VA Blue!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This will not tell me anything new. I've voting for Barack Obama, I don't need another debate. McSlime and his pitbull need to crawl back in their caves.

Mr "I'll pray for you all" where do you get your facts about Obama's ties to Saudis??? That is just plain dumb. Accusing without listing your source. I really would like to see some campaign reform when this election is over. Ms Palin claims to be Christian but acts like a demon with all her accusations. I am a Christian too and I "betcha" that there are alot of democratic Christians. Repuglicans should remember that while they demand that the world adhere to their views, that Christians are not suppose to judge anyone. GO OBAMA!!

Polls are meaningless, they had both Gore and Kerry ahead right before the 2000 and 2004 elections.

As we've learned over and over, NEVER rely on polls to predict an election's outcome.

When Americans actually vote, the results might not be what everyone's expecting.

Obama could come out on the debate stage with hair curlers and a bathrobe, and he's still getting my family's votes. The McCain-Palin ticket is the most bizarre thing I've ever seen.