CNN

Bush was drunk till he was 40 years old and had a drunk driving rap, and wasen't a teenager when this occured. Obama was honest and told us about his experience with drugs in the primaries. So what's the big scoop??

Um, Dal CA, when you call people "IDIOTS," you're the one spewing hate. It undercuts your credibility, at least to intelligent people.

Wow, people are deeeeesssssspppperate!

DOES ANYONE EVER GO OVER TO FOX? THOSE PEOPLE OVER THERE...ARE....LETS JUST SAY THEY ARE DEVOUT,NOT RATIONAL JUST RABID!

All these issues have been addressed in a publication already. This means that people that are willing and able to read can know this knowledge for themselves. And why is something you did in high school important at this stage in his lfe? Oh yeah, because the opponent is like way behind in the polls! Bury them Barack!

OBAMA '08

Oh come on! We've all done stupid things when we were young. Republicans and Democrats alike are equally guilty of making naive mistakes in their younger years. Hey, I'll even admit that I've gone through a "pothead" phase in my own life. But the point is that I got out of it once I came to the realization that it was a detriment to my future success. I'm clean now, and have a graduate degree in engineering. None of the people I know, even my own family, hold that against me. I refuse to hold adolescent indiscretions against either candidate. Neither should any of you! Especially any of you out there who have ever "experimented" at any point in your life.

ARE YOU KIDDING ME??

I agree with all of the above comments. There was a time I believed McCain had some integrity. That time is long gone.

OBAMA/BIDEN 08 AND 12

you'd think they'd want to distance themselves a bit from guys named "Keating".

So what?
Our current president is a recovering alcoholic, Palin admitted to smoking pot, etc. . .
Does Senator McCain and his surrogates not have anything tangible to say to us? Why is their topic and subject Senator Obama?
GM shares tanked, the DOW keeps falling. . .Sigh.
Anyone voting for the McCain/Palin ticket must be a low-information voter.
I just don't have any other explanation.

This is so ridiculous, if McCain, Palin and their desperate, pathetic followers were not so pathetic, it would be funny.

OUR WORLD IS FALLING APART & THE SAME

SCUM BAGS THAT CAUSED IT ARE OUT THERE

NAME CALLING IN ORDER TO ELECT ONE OF THE

PERPETRATORS. FOLKS LETS VOTE THEM ALL OUT.

Once again we have these hypocrite Republicans throwing stones....real Christians!!!! They are a joke!! Against abortion but for war and capital punishment....hello morons! It is ALL killing!

McCain is a man who has become totally devoid of any integrity. He continues to lie, lie, lie. And why bring up these issues from the past. Everyone has some things they are not proud of in their past. What matters is how someone overcome these and lives a positive and honorable life now.

McCain has no honor. He is so anxious to get into power as president, he has lost all sense of reason and decency. He is shameful and has soiled his military honor as well by doing this. Remember this is the man who said in an interview with the DesMoines Register:

“I’m not saying this is the perfect answer. If I were dictator, which I always aspire to be, I would write it … a little bit differently.”

Dictator right!! I am sure that was an honest slip of the tongue. This is exactly what he would be.

No McCain No Palin unless we want the country to become a banana republic.

ok why is that so important about what he did as a kid ,instead what he is doing now as a man

Let me see if I understand this. Obama admits to experimenting with drugs, not an UNHEARD of event for teenagers, and others, in this country. Yet, because he discusses it in his book, and obviously did NOT become a "junkie" or "pot head" but instead went on to Columbia University and got a LAW degree, this is a knock against him???

Now he's being slammed by McCain/Palin and surrogates for being HONEST?? For being and EXAMPLE of what a person can achieve when they resist/overcome the temptation of drugs??

Yeah, sheesh...wouldn't want to set a GOOD EXAMPLE, now would we, McCain/Palin??? Much prefer to sling mud in your desperation.

The McCain campaign is in full desperation mode. The democratic primary already vetted Obama in case they were'nt watching. The McCain campaign has been out manuevered and overmatched from the start. They have run out of any legitimate ideas and frankly it is sad.

Is this the Keating that Mc Cain was on trial with about loans and moeny from the biggest Banks.....boy do they think we are dumb

About 75% of America is with Barack on this. If you have not tried drugs you are very much in the minority. This did not hurt Bill Clinton AT ALL!

Yeah, and Bill Clinton smoked pot (whether he inhaled or not) and I'll take 8 years of Clinton to 8 years of Bush (who was an alcoholic no less).

I don't think most people care about what he did when he was a teen or young adult. I mean come on, how many of us did some form of drugs or drink a lot in college?

I smoked weed, did mushrooms, and drank like a fish in college. Now, I am 33 and a parent and haven't touched any drugs since college and I drink socially. But according to Republican logic, my past makes me a bad person for life. How pathetic.

Most Americans will realize these are all pathetic smears and highly obvious ones at that. All the more reason to get rid of as many Republicans as possible and replace them with Obama as President and a 60 seat majority in the Senate. That would be such poetic justice to reduce the Republicans to an irrelevant minority in the Senate that wouldn't be able to filibuster!!!!

Is this Keating any relation to Charles Keating, the S&L banker who was a personal friend of Senator McCain? The fraud & mismanagement of Lincoln Savings & Loan was bad. Senator McCain was (surprise) front & center in helping the S & Ls stay deregulated while his pal played fast & loose with uninsured depositors funds.Keating was sent to jail. McCain got off with a reprimand from Senate Ethics for trying to stop the investigation.

I' m from OKlahoma and Keating is not highly thought of in this State.......what's that tell you? So what if he did experiment with drugs, a lot of people have but wouldn't admitt it......Obama did admit it so that makes him an honest man in my opinion. With all this trash the republicans are throwing it is all going to come back to them and hit them in the face on Nov.4.........this is not helping McCain get the undecided voters or the women voters, he is turning more away than he is getting to vote for him.

You know, really!! He who is without sin, let him cast the first stone. There have been other presidential candidates who have done similar activities yet went on to the White House.

This is between Obama and his God! Judge not and be ye not judged. For all the Bible reading the right wingers claim to do, they sure do not walk the talk!

Now is the time for serious prayer for Sen. Obama and Sen. Biden. The devil is busy. Unfortunately the pastor that prayed over Gov. Palin could rebuke the spirit within. So now it's up to the rest of us to band together and rebuke the evil spirits within the Republican campaign.

The prayer of a righteous man availeth much! Let us pray....

I don't even have words for this. This white women is disgusted with the GOP. I guess I should say my own race.....that would describe the republicans...an all white group of thugs.

Mccain is really sinking to the lowest level possible. He's drowning in defeat and he's reaching for a life line..which apparently is digging dirt on Obama. DOes he not know that it will not work. He's just making himself look desperate.

Let everyone that has never used some kind of recreational drug cast their stones. I sure won't be throwing any in the ring. Who cares? It sure didn't hurt that super intelligent brain of his. It's irrelevant as far as I'm concerned. I'm pretty sure even McCain smoked his fair share of pot back in the day. Vietnam? Or sure! Get out of here. Bunch of hypocrits is what they are.

Obama/Biden '08

I don't remember George Bush discussing his alcoholism to anyone when he was running for president.

To Obama 08 I notice I was using the same post name as you were so I have changed mine to Obama 2008. Keep up the good work!! :)

Come on...who hasn't experimented with drugs in some form at some time in their lives? This is just another Republican ploy.

I'm waiting for Six-Pak Palin to claim that Obama is possessed by witches and needs a cleansing like the one she had from her personal Witch Doctor.

why even bring this up?

It's sad to see the Republicans disgrace America because they are so desperate to maintain their grip on power. If their myriad failings of the past 28 years don't convince voters it's time to truly change the direction of America, then certainly the disgraceful, despicable and disgusting rhetoric spewed by the Republican Party in recent days certainly should.

Has John McCain lost his mind???? Here was a man, who by all reasonable accounts, came into this election as the front-runner. He has the experience, he is a distinguished veteran with a record of bipartisan cooperation, he was not the same kind of Republican as George W.... How has it come to this? John McCain and Sarah Palin have brought shame to themselves in this campaign. How can they solicit votes from people who are silly enough to get caught up in smear campaigns when our country is in a serious crisis? I guess John McCain really is as out of touch as everyone says.

It will have no effect. This does not worth news. As long as Wall Street is in trouble, people will not pay attention to any thing else.

I get it! Ayers (who, by the way was Citizen of the Year in Chicago in 1997), "ohmygod Barack took some drugs when he was an adolescent"–It's becoming clear now, with the increasingly desperate and ridiculous tone of McCain's campaign: McCain is still living in the 60's! The Weathermen, anti-Viet Nam protests, etc. etc.–McCain is still THERE. Get over it, John. We know you came from an Admiral's family, we know you were among those who volunteered for service, we know you were shot down and tortured, but Viet Nam is OVER. The Weathermen are FINISHED. Viet Nam was an ILLEGAL WAR. People TAKE DRUGS AS ADOLESCENTS AND ARE STILL OK AS ADULTS.
Time to move on. Obama, who lives in the present and beyond, the future's yours.

MAY GOD HAVE MERCY ON YOUR FOUL SOULS

FOR WHAT YOU HAVE DONE & WOULD LIKE TO

DO TO THIS NATION & HER BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE !!!

OMG you idiots... this has all been covered before!!! Obama even discussed this in his autobiography!

MCCAIN AND HIS CRONIES ARE DESPERATE!!!

America is speaking through the polling data we're seeing... this is not the kind of politics we want or leader we need. If McCain keeps this up, it's going to be an Obama landslide, and that's FINE BY ME!

I hope McCain loses and then loses his senate seat next election after showing the people of Arizona what an tool he is!

Obama/Biden '08 by a landslide!!!

Down in the polls.......the "swift-boating" has begun by the McCain camp!!

I wonder if there are things in McCain and Palins past that they would not want to keep responding to – In McCains case what about the problems around his first marriage – maybe we the voters would like to have a full and public debate about that – this stuff is so nuts on so many levels – it just goes to show us how desparte the repubs are to having there guy win at any cost – shameful. How does McCain sleep at niight – on a corkscrew I think.

Every wine barrel has dregs at the bottom. They don't go down very well, and neither do the pathetic attempts by the McCain folks to dredge up scum. The Arizona patriarch never fails to cash in on his POW days. He tries to distance himself from his record of helping the Vietcong in its propaganda against our country, and no one doubts that he did it unwillingly, but while there's no disgrace in breaking under torture there's no heroism in it either. He, like any of us veterans,is deserving of the gratitude of his fellow citizens but it doesn't entitle him to a seat in the Oval Office. History books last longer than sleazy sound bytes. He should remember this, and try to preserve what little respect he still has left.

Throwing the kitchen sink. This info has been available for years, and now it comes up?

The fact that he admitted to drug use actually makes me respect him more vs. someone who tries to hide it.

More off issue wind from a struggling campaign Look, Obama came as clean as one can without providing film footage. There are precious few Boomers and post-Boomers who can say they have never tried a single illegal substance. I appreciate his candor just as I appreciated our current President- a former cokehead boozer himself - for not giving us ye olde "I didn't inhale".

I would LAUGH if the stock market had not eaten up all my stocks, if I did not have trouble paying my mortgage, filling my gas tank and just managing my everyday life. These people are so insane I could cry indeed.

Sure, it's in a book.

What he's really saying is that McCain supporters are illiterate.

I'ld be more concerned about Obama's past legal services helping the ACORN organization. His involvement in that as an adult in something that Americans should be concerned about. All the voter fraud is terrible. What a great American right we have and to see it abused is pathetic.

Honestly who cares about this petty crap??? What about our economy, our gas prices, the wars we are involved in and the weird actions of Russia, Iran and now North Korea?? Are these guys running for a highschool popularity contest or the presidency ??
Bring Hillary back, please, and get rid of these 2 stupid, childish men .
Kathryn, Springfield MA

Keep Diggin' John

Who cares about Obama's past drug use, and who cares what Keating has to say about anything>

Obama has never tried to hide his past mistakes. That is what sets him apart from many other great politicians and not so great politicians. What a relief to finally have a politician who is not only imperfect, but admits that he is not perfect.

The McCain/Palin ticket obviously needs to tie a rope and hold on. The ship is sinking and the camp's efforts to bail out are inevitably useless.

Where has this guy been? He must not read much. Obama talked about this in his book. He explained that he was going to be up front about it in his campaign. He talked about it on tv early on in his campaign and answered host show questions about it i.e. on Larry King Live. And I don't see why that would matter now. There are MANY younger voters who have been a part of that scene and would understand where he is coming from. Those of you who have children who are now around 35 know what I am talking about. I know the pressures my kids went through in high school and college. I wish they hadn't felt a need to fall into peer pressure, but they did. However, they are very productive lovely adults now. And it is very obvious none of it affected his brain – he is sharper than most. I appreciate his natural gifts for leadership. He definitely is a natural. I agree with Michelle Obama when she said he can see a complex situation and understand it – and explain it in terms most people can't.
People ask the wrong questions. How could he have taken drugs?The question should be, did he get past it? Cindy McCain seems to have overcome her drug problem. Are you going to dig that back up too?

Hey Keating, this is not going to work this time, people of good will are so many , your scare tactics got no match with the crumbling Economy which may be you and your few friends think is not an issue no wonder Mccain/Palin foreign policy is nothing but surge is working and General Petraues MY FRIENDS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

What TRASH!!! At least Obama was honest about it ... and I have to add that I bet he didn't STEAL it!

The question I have is why the heck is Sarah Palin's stooges who resisted a valid subpoena not in contempt of court??? I heard a law professor (from Gtown, I think) interviewed saying that this was the first time in the history of the Republic, that a person running for P/VP has resisted a subpoena. WHY is this ok???????

I'm voting for the SMART one!
Obama/Biden 08 and Beyond!!
Turn VA Blue!!!

Is this keating related to the keating of the keating 5 that mccain was involved in or with. The ones who lost all that tax payer money when
those savings and loans went under and mccain got sensored?

Sham on you cnn for cutting my comments...... wash brain...... your game will not work............... I am democrat but we will vote McCain

As a Registered Independant, I'm starting to think there is no way I can vote for McCain...He has sold his sole to the devil, and is consoling with him in the disguise of Sarah Palin....She's mean (and I know this from living in wasilla) and he is unbeleivably inconsistant in his plans.

From what I'm watching on T V at the McCAIN RALLIES those people are acting worse that I have ever seen people behave in my many years of experiencing elections. Maybe thats what desperation does to people.

It's like theres a black evil cloud over those rallies....and Obamas rallies are light, seem very positive and stick to the issues.

Barack Obama has been very open and candid. The problem is that McCain and party have been deaf to what Barack Obama's openness, just as they have been deaf to the mainstream American people.

McCain can READ???????

I live in Arizona and they sent me forms to mail in my vote and I told them no because I don't trust the republicans, and they may throw my vote in the trash, I am 65 with bad knees I rather take a chance on losing my legs by standing in long lines to cast my vote for Obama.
My grand-children lives are at stake here and as the great Martin Luther King said a person that sit down and take anything will stand up for nothing. Well I will stand to make sure my grand-children has a chance to live a productive life.

Why isn't anyone the media talking about the mob atmosphere at McCain/Palin campaign rallys? After being incited by McCain and Palin, the mobs surrounding them appear ready to get a rope and lynch Obama!

This has to be the nastiest, most unAmerican campaign I've ever seen. Aren't there laws against inciting riots? These two and their supporters are threatening to destroy this country, and the media seems happy to urge them on.

How about the Republicans discuss the economy, or something that just may be important. I was a republican, but guess this year I vote Democrat.

Congrats Obamamaniacs!

You just got conned by the biggest con man in American political history...Dear Leader Obama!

Learn Your Obama Songs!

Let's see.. doing drugs to hurt oneself or stealing millions from average folks. If not mistaken, he once compared some church leaders to the Mafia. Perhaps, saint Keating thinks that he is infallable, or, is he? Let's not forget 1990 through 1997 Keating had accepted gifts of nearly $250,000 from mutual fund pioneer Jack Dreyfus. I guess it is not crime to be greedy.

Democrats are totally responsible for economy crisis inorder to elect obama. Sham on you....... This will not work...............
I am a sham to say that I am democrat............... McCain this time and Hillary next time

Sigh.........

the closer Obama gets, the more desperate Mccain will become.

(funny, i don't remember drug questions coming from the right when it was "W"... do you?)

Just seen Bae B. on Campbell Brown spinning it even further, she had the nerve to question if Obama may have actually "sold" drugs!! OMG! When will the Republicans get back to the issues & stop the lies? Unbelievable, I don't know how these people sleep at night.

I think that the message here is,honesty ,transparency and a willingness to admit to mistakes.Hmmm... does this sound likw the exact opposite of the current administation? If so I'd say,this has got to be a CHANGE, instead of MORE OF THE SAME!!! Canadian for Obama/Biden

Obama 2008-12
Biden 2012-20

This is sad. Obama spoke about his drug use in his book and even used it as an example when he spoke with high school students to help inspire them. This is what Obama is about, inspiring hope which will bring about change.

Go Obama/Biden 08

wow! i cant believe the kind of garbage the republicans are trying to bring up. This clearly shows desperation. Get ready mcsame and take it like a man.

Obama '08

I don't believe that G.W. Bush ever told us much at all about his drunken and drug using past. I've known people in Houston that grew up right next door to him, and they could tell you pretty interesting stories about his affinity for blow.

The fact is that a majority of us experimented with drugs of one sort or another when we were young. We all made mistakes, but what's important and relevant is what we made of ourselves and who we are today.

Sen Obama already wrote about this in his book! Very weak of the Repubs. to try and use a small chapter of his book to attack instead of reading the whole book and understanding the person and their life so you can have a clearer picture of who Sen Obama is. Everyone has had their ups and downs and he has learned from his mistakes and admitted so! Takes someone with Integrity and Courage to do that!!
Its Old, Stale News and thats NOT going to fix our economy! Interesting how the Repubs. forgot to mention Sarah Palin's affair with her husband's business partner- Now moving forward..
All this personal attacks on Obama and the tumbling dow has only driven Sen Obama up in the polls why... ITS THE ECONOMY- STUPID!
And if the rest of you weren't stuck on color you'd see the best candidate for this job after the last 8 yrs is Sen Obama!

OMG....can they get any lower?!?!?!? NEGATIVE ADS DON'T WORK!!!

OBAMA '08

EVEN OLD MONEY RUNS OUT...... THE REPUBLICANS IS CLUELESS OF GOD WRATH.

Why is this an issue? That was 30 years ago. Jeez. The Mccain campaign is cornered and has nothing to bring to the table besides irrelevant minutia from long long ago. I bet if Obama's campaign looked into Mccain's past they would find a lot of objectionable things he may have done, but again, Obama is not about negative campaigning. Lets get back to the issues that really matter!

Why is it that McCain has to get OTHERS to do his down in the gutter politicing and then ACTS as if he has nothing to do with the remarks that are flowing out of some of these people mouths.......and then he thinks we are dumb enough NOT to know he sent them out to say these PAST and dumb thing and then pretends he knew nothing about them making these remarks and them LIE and say they are UNEXCEPTABLE?????

Is this the type of President McCain will be. When a Country don't do as he say, he will USE his family and friends to talk about the Countries Leaders PAST?????? This is what is UNEXCEPTABLE…….Sorry McCain, but WE are LOOK forward to the future......judging from the last couple of weeks of actions by you and Sarah, neither one of you are PART of American future…….

We are sick and tired of McCain kitchen sink strategies. The voters are not going to reward these senseless attacks by electing a dishonorable and incompetent president like McCain.

Shame on the media for reporting these desperate attacks instead of focusing on the issues that matter to the voters!

If McCain and Palin want ANY chance of winning this election they should focus on policies – why they think they are the right choice and Obama is wrong.

I think the American public will forgive teenage indiscretions that have already been admitted. It seems the McCain campaign is scraping the bottom of the barrel. Do they have anything recent to expose?

WILL MCCAIN JUST RUN HIS CAMPAIGN INTO THE GROUND?

What on earth are you people reporting on? McCain specifically stated during the last debate that the $300b he would use to purchase those bad home loans, those homes would be purchased at the homes current value not the homes purchased value? Why don't you people get all your facts straight?

Oh, come on, only a very small part of the US has NOT did drugs. This is not an issue to me. I did drugs in the 70's but haven't since then, I run a successful business and I don't need a bail out. McLost needs to give up.

Very desperate tactics (not strategy) by Republicans.

George W. Bush admitted to using drugs including pot and cocaine, as well as being a heavy drinker. "W" was arrested for DUI on at least 2 occasions.

I'm disappointed that CNN would bother with this story.

McCain and his surrogates are pathetic and dangerous....his wife is out there, his VP pick is out there, his mouthpieces are out there, all spreading hatred; inciting if not actually encouraging those at their rallies to yell threats of violence while they are speaking at the podium. I saw Palin actually smiling widely when some of this went on....and following up with more. McCain is allowing the hatred to continue with the reasoning that this is the only way he can win. The fact that he considers this an acceptable path to the white house really shows me the character of the man and the team.

If McCain really was all about "country first" he would bow out now and wish Obama and the country well....

Desperation. By the time we get to the election, they'll be claiming it was Obama that orchestrated 9-11.

One would think that the Republican party would be ashamed of their Geezer (adultry, lying in own autobiograpy, USS Forrestal incident that left many dead, flipflopping all over the place about what he says he said, disrespecting other candidates, etc.) and Gidget (who is being investigated as I type for abuse of power, has made a speech for a seperatist group, and has just made a mockery of women who are in politics and personally intelligent women anywhere, etc.). The way they conduct themselves has nothing to do with being presidential or vice presidential. If you think the independents are responding well to their hate filled campaign, check the polls. On second thought, I guess maybe the Republicans don't care. Cheney and Bush aren't exactly role models.

At one point I really did think McCain would be a good choice for president (yes I had drank the kool aid), but now I don't even think he knows what is going on. Do you guys really think McCain knows what is going on around him and his campaign? Everyday day is a bag of surprises and still no clear message from him how he is going to get us out of this mess. I think we lost him right about when he said we should be able to deliver hot water bottles to dehydrated babies........

Somebody really needs to call the people who publish the Oxford English Dictionary, because the McCain campaign is redefining the word "disgusting" on an almost daily basis.

NOW YOU KNOW HE IS NOT "THE ONE", IF HE WAS HE WOULD BE PERFECT. SO, IF YOU ARE WITH OUT SIN, PLEASE CAST THE FIRST STONE!
OBAMA 08

How about that ! Face the facts McSame if he can fix the economy it don't matter if he smoked dope or what ever, and remember the great george W bush was a cocaine freak for a while and has one dwi, Cheny has 2 dwi's-–try agin---Obama 08

I sometimes wonder how dense the McCain staff think we are. It is amost funny to watch someone get up in a campaign speech and ask John McCain why he doesn't get tougher and then he stands there with a soft smile and acts like he is "holier than thou." Then Governor Keating brings up something like the teen drug phase which Barack Obama has already stated it happened and was a mistake that is long past. What what McCain's parties and almost flunking out of military school? They are even so dumb to state they are going after his character. I don't think they even "get the fact" that we are onto them.

let the numbers speak for themselves on GALLUP

Gallup Daily: Obama 52%, McCain 41%
October 9, 2008
The latest Gallup Poll Daily tracking report shows Barack Obama maintaining a 52% to 41% lead over John McCain, unchanged from Wednesday’s report.

And, yet those raising the issue of Obama's minimal drug use are the one and same who elected a former alcoholic and cocaine abuser, yes, I'm talking George W. Bush! And, what about that Rush Limbaugh-and what about Cindy McCain, and so on and forever.

In other words, stop it all you mudslingers-your time is up! Oh, and, of course, once again, McCain did not approve this!!!!

Instead of discussing Obama's drug use from his TEENAGE years, can the McCain campaign provide us with solutions to HELP the American people, during this rough economy.

This is getting really old – really fast.

The Republicans are sad, pathetic, desperate people. And I've been a Republican all my life (59 years). I'm voting Obama for the change this country needs.

This is ridiculous, what should be the issue is that as a teenager Obama may have experimented with drugs as many many others also did but turned it around, turned his back on it and went on to become a successful individual that made it his life goal to work for the good of citizens. If these individuals want to bring this up than is it not fair bring up the drug use Palin's 2 older children that was talked about by other teens in their town that partied with them or the fact the town Palin was mayor of has more than it's share of meth labs . Stop the nonsense and have your candidate focus on what matters, oh sorry I forgot he has no real policy to focus on just a hate filled campaigin so he does not have to discuss real issues.

Obama, you know you must be doing something right when these slim balls are trying to attack you. Hilarious!!

I'm going to donate more to Obama right now.

Go Obama!! Go!! Unite this country!

Obama/Biden '08

Drug use? Unimportant. Would improve both candidates if they did.

Bailout NOW and it'll save the economy? Serious blunder.

Ignore what the American People WANTED? Fail.

Can anybody say 'oops'?

Since when has drug use/abuse been a liberal or a conservative issue??? Do conservatives REALLY want to go through the litany of their greatest hits in this regard????

Home ownership seems out of the question now. Talk to me about how I'm going to be able to afford groceries to feed my children, gas for my car, savings to pay for college - not this hogwash.

McCain and Palin should realize that when they condone people shouting "KILL HIM" about Obama, they are tacitly giving their approval to somebody who feels lik killing them. By incouraging such behavior, they may reach some nut case or really angry person who may not be thinking clearly, and possibly participating in a murder! And for Palin to tell those fools "you get it" shows how unworthy she is to be allowed on the repub. ticket.

He hasn't been "forthcoming"?! He wrote about it in a best-selling book, idiot.

I hate to agree with the New York Times, but thi has beome the nastiest, dirtiest, lowest Republican campaign, ironic after McCain promised not to go down this route. There should really be laws that prevent misrepresentation of facts and lies in any publication. Freedom of speech should be limited by the ability to prosecute for libel.

Desperate MacPalin, what a bad and ugly team, they lost all our respect.

oh my god john you have keating as a co chain of your campain , keating the man who was found guilty of stealing millions from the elderly took there retirements , and almost caused you to loose your senate seat, but the senate gave you a slap . for fighting to keep every one away keating , at a time when this country things are so bad and money is the biggest problem we have, and you have one of the biggest theifs in history as your co chairman, this is why tou are looseing, the poeple you keep.your anger is now showing ,im shure cindy will not be that happy that she is looseing millions also, but oh yes her family did sell the beer company to another country, yes mc cains love america, as long as they see the america he wants. john you have allready lost all this is going to make it worse for you , your an angry old man. it is sad , the presidant of america can not be a angry old man , remember barry goldwalter lost also. ken

This is clearly a sign of desperation and action of a loser. Why did not any of these people call Bush the same for his experiment with drugs? Are there no whites who are street guy? Come on! give me a break. If you do not have something to say about the issues get out of the way.

Well....guess the "McCan't Tell the Truth" and the "Palenty of Lies" just doesn't know how low they can go. At least Barack was honest and forthright with his mistakes. Obviously McCain and Palin dont make them....ooooppppsss forgot about his cheating on his first (non-$100 million dollar) wife and Palin's daughter''s situation.

It is so obvious that the McCain campaign is running out of ideas, so they are sinking to this low road political strategy. It's sickening. But it is very telling of what type a man McCain is and it calls into question his 'honor.'

McCain is desperate and so are his supporters and it shows!

I hope that people will pay attention to the non talking McCain without a plan. McCain will not talk about issues when asked a guestion but will be quick to say that Obama is this and that. Now how can a grown man play childlish games. Get a plan McCain. Get a Plan

Anybody remember the lovely little sitting Obama and McCain had at the church in California? As I recall, Obama didn't need a question to bring it up and describe it as his darkest hour. Asked what he most regrets, he said blatantly and to the people, my youthful transgressions and experimentation with drugs. This really is getting shameful but I fear Americans might just be afraid enough to fall for it.

Man-o-man...the mccain is now on empty and they're are beyond desperate.

Are you all Repubs illiterate? Get his book and read it and you can find all the answers about him in the book !

I don't care about Obama dabling in drugs during his teens! I care about the man he has become, a leader and a leader I have confidence in supporting.

so you attack the guy for admitting it.....saying, yes i did experiment and inhaled and snorted and repented because of it.......well, mccain has not repented for his advisor charlie black and his being on the payroll untill last month from fannie and freddie.......mccain is another bush....he does not admit mistakes he just keeps trying to tell people he is right.....we need accountable leaders, thats obama

Pathetic.

Major American companies are going down the tubes, people can't pay their mortgages and what do we here from the McCain campaign? Personal attacks that have been reheated from the primaries. It didn't work then and it won't work now.

Barack offers calm confident leadership in difficult times and has laid out thoughtful well crafted policies while McCain has been all over the map.

We'll see where McCain thinks the wind is blowing tomorrow and adjust his policy views from there.

Obama 08

Who cares about the drugs in high school. Lets talk about his ties to Ayers, Odingo, and ACORN. CNN is way behind on Fox reporting on these stories. Why?

ALL.TIME.LOW.

I cant imagine them getting any lower... but then again... i said that 4 weeks ago, as well.

This goes to show you how long it took for the McCain/ McSame campaign to read Obama's book and actually have it register in their feeble old minds. LOL

OLD NEWS MCCAIN. BUSH DID BOOZE AND BLOW TOO– WELL AFTER BEING AN EXPERIMENTING TEENAGER.

Big deal, i have lost total respect for McCain after the last debate...
I will never forget how he referred to Obama as "THAT ONE"....
That was a low blow and will be remember by many independents.

Obama 2008

This is so ridiculous!!! They will bring up every negative issue that Senator Obama clearly discussed either in his books or on the campaign to try to make Americans avoid the issues! How sad for the McCain campaign and the Republican party as a whole for lowering themselves so much. They continue to set the tone for a major collapse in November. Americans will decide to vote for a serious candidate who wants to deal with their problems, rather than a politician who sold out his "maverick" values and lost his way.

This question should be raised with all of our Republican brothers & sisters...

If John McCain is so great, why didn't you choose him in 2000? (Resoundingly so I must add.)

Also, if W. was a better choice then, then why on earth would you vote for him now?...

At least Obama is honest enough to admit a weakness that he had as a youth. Unlike the rest of these crooked people who have ruined our country with lies!! I find that very refreshing and I forgive him!!

America needs an honest leader, unlike Bush and his party who continue to lie and mislead the American people into the dark times we face right now.

Honesty is what America needs right now, more than ever. Obama was able to rise out of his dark time to achieve an outstanding success. If he can do that for himself, and be honest about it, think about what he might do for our country!!

No more lies from Republicans who have run the average American into the ground for the benefit of the rich!! It's time we face our dark times, like Obama did, and rise to success! As neither a Republican or a Democrat, but just an average man – I stand with pride knowing an honest man will lead our country!

Again, I forgive him and I bet America does to.

Obama landslide and lets all forget about the miserable people who have lied to us for so long!!!!!

CAn we look at McCain's rebel ways while he was a Naval Aviator. That would real be something to look at as well if you IDIOTS go forth spewing HATE and being so unstable like your leader McCain.

Why, Bush has kept his use secret. Obama experimented with coke, Palin with Marijuana. To most voters under 60 these are not big issues. They are especially small, given the country current problems. Both Obama who is on the left, this is not a secret. and McCain who has a very right wing voting record, have moved to the center. If you can;t believe one, why should we believe the other.
Obama knows a 60 radical, Palin;s husband belonged and Palin herself is sympathetic towards a political party whose founding father was buried in Canada because he hated the United States.

None of these are important issues in this election. Everyone has blemishes in their record.

Oh Please save us the drama.... Tell McCain's surrogates to tell us all about McCain's PTSD ( Post Traumatic Stress Disorder ). " Hello my fellow prisoners..." – John McCain!

Obama/ Biden 08' and 12"

How does the McCain know what the American public want to know?

Let talk about your economics, foreign policies and so on. Give us an indication on you are gover this nation as opposed to telling us that you know Reagan, Leiberman, Gen Patreus. Stop telling that you know how to fix things and tell us how you are going to do it.

We do not care what Obama did when he was 8 or 16. Get It.
What with this washed old men and their old ideas?

Another Stunt from the desperate McCain.

That's normal because it's part of college life

Vermont= Obama/Biden

Oh my goodness, I respected your network for so long as being a respected, news network. What I have been watching lately is worse than any trash magazine I have come across in the grocery lineup. I think that you have to realize that you had so many comitted viewers who looked to CNN for a fair view of the debates for the next president. It is obvious who the network (CNN) is voting for and it may not be who many of your loyal viewers agree with. Unfortunately, no longer a viewer and so sadly disappointed!!

And they are Christen folk making these ads. SAD!

Republicans doing the Devils work!

are you kidding me? who cares. i think cheating on your disfigured wife and kids with cindy is WAY worse. and then we have her stealing drugs from her charity.... looks like obama at least paid for his!!!

How do you spell desperate? Ok, this is fun...I'll tell you???

M-–C-–C-–A--I-–N
-- A-N--D–
-P-A-L--I--N

On November 5th all the social conservative, republican loving, right wing electorate should prepare for a new adminstration. Its our time. Obama will win and he will be an excellent president. Get ready for 8 years of Democrats y'all. It's coming.

Obama/Biden 08/12

Nowadays the only time Obama is around dope is during the debates.

Obama does not have to explain nothing, didn't we all see the The Life Story Of Obama's upbringing on CNN? Oh My People, I'm sure those in Office probably tried someking of drug in their lifetime.

Don't you hate it when the things you've said and done come back to haunt you?

Folks, if you can, every time you see this ad on TV, donate $5.00 to Barack. (if you have a lot of money, donate every time McCain says "my friends")
Something good should always of something bad.

Oh who cares about this Bush used drugs when he was younger to.

This shows the desperation of the Republicans. This also shows how unethical these supporters of John McCain have become. As well, this also shows how the Republicans out of touch – Obama addressed this issue during the primaries, and it was recognized for its significance – a non-issue.

This Keating should crawl back to the hole in the ground that he came from. We don't need slim like you.

"An aide to John McCain said Keating was not directed by the campaign to make the comments."

Riiiiiiiiight.....

Please. Try harder McCain. Wait, don't. You're an epic failure.

How about his Packistani "Occidental College" roomates????

If you put in a book, then is that not being straightforward? Or do McCain/Palin followers not read books?

and he is still running around with the crook keating. so he should concentrate on what he is going to do after the november election.

McShame is disparate. We should talk about Cindy's drug habit and she actually stole the drugs from the charitable organization that she was working for. And everyone should read the new article out on McCain in the Rolling Stone magazine. McCain is so much like baby bush it is frightening.

Does this guy have any relationship to the Keating 5 scandal?

Old CNN – this is not new – it's irrelevant – why are they wasting taxpayers money on these things?

Obama/Biden '08

Man, these negatives things turn me 180 degrees away from the party doing them – ha ha ha ha ha

These people are "kettle calling pot black" talk about drug use, what about cindy McCain who was addicted to pain meds and hid that from her husband a couple of years ago. I loved the McCain that ran for president in 2000, I do not know what is wrong with the McCain that is running for 2008 president. MAYBE AGE IS GETTING IN THE WAY OF HIS THINKING

To: Veteran for OB

You are so right. Their ilk like James Dobson prayed for rain on Obama at the DNC and guess what, Hurricane Ike squashed their 1st day. All they do is cast stones, acting like they are perfect. They do act like Pharisees. Obama spreads love, they spread hate.

Obama/Biden 8/12.

. . . . . Then he went on to Columbia, Harvard law School, became a
Constitutional Scholar, A law professor, and a US Senator, and
President of the United States.

I would compare those credentials to McCain and Palin's anyday.

it's hard for a man or woman of prominence to disclose their wilder, woolier past years to the public. I haven't much good to say about Palin, but I have to tip my hat to her for disclosing her use of pot in her youthful days also.

What is there to say. Drugs are fun. But like most of us, Obama left them behind as he matured. This is really a non-issue, except for those trying to detract from the current issues.

I think that the McCains should also speak candidly to the American people about Cindy McCains drug addiction and illegal prescriptions. See entry cut and pasted from Wikipedia.
Prescription drug addiction:
In 1989, Cindy McCain became addicted to Percocet and Vicodin, opioid painkillers, which she initially took to alleviate pain following two spinal surgeries for ruptured discs, and to ease emotional stress during the Keating Five affair.[38][39][39][40][41] The addiction progressed to where she was taking upwards of twenty pills a day,[15] and she resorted to having an AVMT physician write illegal prescriptions in the names of three AVMT employees without their knowledge.[38][42] In 1992, her parents staged an intervention to force her to get help;[22] she told her husband about her problem, attended a drug treatment facility, began outpatient sessions, and ended her three years of addiction.[39] Surgery in 1993 resolved her back pain.[39][41]

In January 1993, Tom Gosinski, an AVMT employee, who had discovered her illegal drug use, was terminated on budgetary grounds.[43] Subsequently, he tipped off the Drug Enforcement Administration, and a federal investigation ensued.[38][43] McCain's defense team, led by John McCain's Keating Five lawyer John Dowd, secured an agreement with the U.S. Attorney's office for McCain, a first-time offender, that avoided charges while requiring her to pay financial restitution, enroll in a diversion program and do community service.[38][10][43] Meanwhile, in early 1994 Gosinski filed a wrongful termination lawsuit against McCain, which he told her he would settle for $250,000.[38][43] In response, Dowd characterized this request as blackmail and requested that officials investigate Gosinski for extortion.[38][43] In the end, both Gosinski's lawsuit and the extortion investigation against him were dropped.[38][39]

Knowing that the DEA prosecutors were about to publicly disclose her past addiction, McCain preemptively revealed the story to reporters saying she was doing so willingly: "Although my conduct did not result in compromising any missions of AVMT, my actions were wrong, and I regret them."[38][39][10

And what about our dear Presidents George W. Bush and Bill Clinton's drug use? Remember the "I smoked but did not inhale" act of Clinton's marijuana confession? Only Senator Obama is more honest about his past drug use.

More issues, less smear tactics please.

Did McCain blow weed in the "Nam? Probably? You know what else...who cares. If he did or didn't ..I still wouldn't vote for him.

Did Paiin or the first dude ever do dope? Who cares! I wouldn't vote for her either.

So if Obama did drugs in college....who cares. I did!

Sheer and utter nonsense.

Hmmm if I was McBush. I would not want the name 'Keating' coming up in my campaign. Considering McBush is a lifetime confidant of the Corporate Swindler Keating who bilked people out of Billions of Dollars. The McCain familiy and Keating Family took many vacations together over several years. McCain led the De Regulation that allowed Keating to commit his despicable crimes.

Keating ... Keating ... That name reminds me something ....

Oh yeah, the McCain Keating 5 scandal !!

THEY ALL SMOKED A BIT AND DRANK A LOT.
BUT ONLY OBAMA HAS WRITTEN A BOOK IN WHICH HE BOLDLY TALKS ABOUT HIS LIFE EXPERIENCES.

THERE IS NOTHING LEFT TO TALK ABOUT MR. KEATING.
I READ THE BOOK AND SO DID YOU. SO WHATS THERE TO TALK?

Another non-issue that has absolutely nothing to do with my life or the prosperity of my family, just like the silly "60's radical" nonsense the McCain campaign has been pushing...noticably absent from all McCain's negative campaign rhetoric is any reason why the voters should want to support any of his issues or positions, or why we should believe that he or his perky sidekick should be considered to lead the country.

"The other guy is a ...(fill in the blank)"...just aint getting it, as the polls clearly show.

Yeah, I guess he should come clean just like George W. Bush did. Stoooopid hypocrite.

Why are all of you shocked. This is a non-starter. Lets see, stock market down 678 POINTS!!!!!! People are losing their a–es and the Republicans talk about OLD NEWS WHICH HAS BEEN DISCUSSED. November 4th can't come too quick to put the Republicans in the minority and we can finally address the huge problems we have.

A DROWNING MAN CLUTCHES AT A STRAW. HOW MUCH DESPERATE YOU REPUGBLICANS WANT TO LOOK? OBAMA WILL BE THE PRESIDENT WETHER YOU VOTE FOR HIM OR NOT.

McCain is sleaze king. His sidekick is an empty brain that can be programmed with a smile. It's so depressing for a person like me who wants to vote Republican. I'm a conservative, but I have no choice but to vote Obama. He's the conservative, reasonable force of our times–strange but true. j.Day

Keating ??????

He was a friggin teenager, get over it. We all made stup!d mistakes at some point in our youth..... some are old and STILL are!

We have big economic problems. Why is the GOP focusing on 40 years ago and not the last eight years? What hypocrisy from the Mccain camp.

This is getting totally ridiculous..............Why is it that the Republicans are always the mudslingers, while the Democrats stay on the subject at hand.......all of this crap McCain is bringing up has nothing to do with the election.......the way a person is today........he is desperate........he knows he's losing the race........what better way to go out........do a little mudslinging......like a spoiled brat child.......throw a tantrum McCain......you and that thing who you have as a sidekick........you both have eyes of an insane person........nervous as a cat in a room full of rocking chairs...........people are tired of your antics.........believe me.

I wonder if he inhaled?

It is difficult to watch the news anymore. I'm freaking out about the market and what is happening to my retirement which was already little as it is and these idiots are going off about smears on Obama's characters. All respect that I had for McCain is out of here.

Obama’s past drug use has really nothing to do with the current campaign. McCain’s campaign should not bring up events during Obama’s teen years. His drug use can be understandable because his father had died and he didn’t know what to do. Another possibility is that McCain has done drugs himself. After all he did serve in Vietnam and no offense to any veterans but there were lots of drugs floating around over there. Even my dad experienced it during his service. All I’m saying is that it wouldn’t be hard to believe that McCain has done some experimenting of his own.

Non issue... not worth a response.

Wow, they are real desperate now. Seems they're gonna go out fighting. Only 26 days till Mcshame goes away.

Former Governor Keating, did you request an investigation into Sarah Palin's background? It seems the officials is Alaska are dragging their feet. Of course you didn't. Sarah Palin would never do the things she's been accused of. The way I see it, it's black and white.

old man mcsame is desparate. he will do anything to win. they are telling out and out lies about PRESIDENT OBAMA. mcsame doesnt have any ideas for the economy, health care or anything else. it is so very sad. desperate old man.

Good lord! Perhaps he should flagellate himself in the public square. He was stupid and young AND HE HAS ADMITTED IT! I read the books also but apparently I understood them. Someone should explain to Mr. Co-Chair that these books are what honesty looks like. If I had the behavior and academic record of Johnnie-Boy, I would tell anyone speaking of my opponent's youth to shut up! I'd say Mr. McCain fits into the definition of reckless better than maverick.

Its about nightfall now for the McCain campaign and the the sewer rats are emerging attempting to nip at our intelligence. I want to say this once: ITS THE ECONOMY STUPID!!!!

Uh....I think he has talked about it openly. I don't think you write about your drug and alcohol use in a best selling book and expect it to be a secret. McCain is really getting desperate now. Obama has been fully vetted during the primaries. This has all been covered and re-covered. If it were an issue with the American people, Senator Obama would not be the democratic nominee.

Is this guy kidding? Is this what these morons resort to when they know it is a lost cause for the republican party? I wonder what this jerk has in his skeleton closet. Actually I really don't want to know, I am sure he is as pathetic as any other jerk with blatant double standards. Why does the press continue to dignify this junk by giving it a voice? Wow, McCain's posse is just exemplary in their vaccuous ineptitudes.

I think Obama did talk to the American people when he wrote about his drug use in his book which is available at almost every bookstore all across the country! The McCain camp is very obviously getting really nervous now that sophomore comments like this are being made. Geez...

so disgusting. They don't want to talk about the issues. They admit they don't want to talk about the issues. 100% of their television ads are NEGATIVE ads. 1/3 of Obama's television ad's are negative ads.

people that support McCain/Palin should be ashamed of themselves. This much negativity is NOT what this country needs. Have you seen the type of people they are attracting at their rally's? People screaming disqusting foul language about Obama and McCain/Palin is saying absolutely nothing about it.

DESPICABLE!

Desperation has set in for the Republicans. The fact that Obama wrote openly about his teenage drug experimentation only makes him more of a real human person to whom many can relate. The only people who would profess to care about this as an issue in the election are the tiny-minded minorty of Ultra Right Christian Conservatives - many of whom, as we've seen, are hypocrite.

The more you guys continue to talk about these issues you are gonna lose. Americans please don't be fooled these supporters who are asking these questions have already done well for themselves, they are not feeling the pressure like me and you McCain needs to start talking about what matters to me, I will bet you that he will lose if he can't tell me what he is going to do for this country.

Frank Keating was the governor of my state for several years, and he ran the state into the ground. His opinions, obviously, carry very little weight with me. The McCain campaign is grasping at any straw they can at this point, because they are desperately losing. Maybe they need to come up with some concrete plans for the US instead of just their sad and increasingly hysterical negative campaigning.

I knew that was going to come up!! I was just waiting for it to happen! Give me a break!! McCain can't win on pure issues of what we are going through right now so they have resorted to this. I don't care if Obama did drugs in his past. Just as long as he is not doing them now. For those of us who have lived long enough, most have something in our past that was stupid, so find something else to talk about!! I wonder what skeletons Keating has that have not been dug up yet. He sure is old enough to have plenty!

Last time I checked, our current Commander in Chief used cocaine and is a recovering drunk. Try again conservatives.

While I'm on the subject, and CNN, please post this, Kelsey Grammer was on Glenn Beck tonight and I find he's an excellent example of why conservatives have no right to cast stones. A drug user, married to a stripper, then married to a Playboy "model" and he wants to set an example for political thought. Hmmm.

How much more public can Mr. Obama be about his past use of substances then to write about them. Sounds like he learned from his experience and may actually gain the respect of youth who wander down the same path...heres an idea Mr McCain, how about discussing your ideas instead of slinging mud?

What is it with McCain and his attraction to people with the last name Keating?

Whatever. This guy needs to sit down and be quiet. Everybody knows about Obama's drug use when he was 18. So? My professor admitted she smoked weed back in the late 60's. Do I care? No. She's still a great professor. And Obama is a great candidate with great solutions.

They really are pulling out anything they can launch. Drugs, Ayers, Rev. Wright, Rezko, bitter-gate, flag-pin, white toilet paper (instead of black toilet paper), etc. I guess when you're losing....

I sure wish the John McCain who promised a dignified campaign focused on this issues would return. It is so sad to see a good man sell his soul in his floundering attempt to gain the White House. Each dumb personal character attack just moves more undecideds to Obama-Biden.

What a tool! Obama has already come clean about past drug use. Is there really anything more to say?

Who cares? What does it matter? It's common knowledge. Look closely, Republicans, and you might even detect that Obama is not white.

If Senator Obama talks about past drug use as a teenager then McCain should have to talk about womanizing, adultery and anger issues.

What else could we expect from the Republicans?

Republicans will only smear because they have nothing to offer the country...have you heard one good idea coming from them in the past week? No.

Disgusting! How low can the McCain campaign possibly sink? Obama has discussed this openly and honestly. What more needs to be said?

Given McCain's ridiculously inept and negative campaign, and the current state of the nation after 28 years of conservative economic and foreign policy, it astounds me that anyone could even consider voting for this sad and bitter old man.

Obama/Biden '08

Can't talk about the economy, so bring up something Obama has already written about...so what!

Sorry for the typo.........
I'm just sick of the character attacks.
Please grow up.

You have to be kidding! This is important? Not! First of all it happened years ago when he was a teenager. Even McCain admits he was a hellraiser during his teenage years. What does this even have to do with running for President. He already admitted it in his book. I wouldn't call it extreme for someone to experiment with drugs. Whether right or wrong, the majority of kids do experiment. This guy is out to lunch. The McCain campaign and his supporters are so looking for anything at all to try to discredit Obama. Ain't going to work folks. First, it's whay Ayers did when Obama was 8 yrs old and now this. Will they never stop!

Wow I tried smoking dope when I was younger to. I think that's nothing compared to our republican candidate. He's on kick that puts him on a pedastle. John McCain is a natural looser and has no business running for president. The only attractive thing about his ticket is Sarah Palin in a skin tight set of leather undies. That would funnier than all heck. Better yet let's see him do it. Will Farrel could play McCain and Palin could play herself on SNL..

Dear God.....what will they come up with next......Sen Obama has said he experimented with drugs as a younger man to a bunch of High School Students!!!
Will these relentless pieces of crap never end......if that sad old man McCain has nothing better to do than add this nonsensical rubbish....he needs to get out of the race!!!
Where is his concern for the economy and the American people.....I'll tell you where.....at the VERY BOTTOM of his list right now.....lets get Sen Obama at all costs...to hell with country!!!!
SHAMELESS.....SHAMELESS....well I am beyond words as to what I really feel for McCain and the rest of the guttersnipes in his campaign.
I just hope America have seen enough of the LESS THAN HONORABLE......COUNTRY LAST.....McCAIN......this country does need to be anymore divided and they are sure as hell trying their best to keep it that way.

This is getting beyond ridiculous. Have these idiots noticed what happened with the markets today?? Are they aware that there was a loss of over 150,000 jobs last month, or that several states are poised to run out of money to fund unemployment insurance in the next few months? I could care less what people did when they were in their teens or 20's. What I do however, care about is if my world is going to fall out from under me. I am pretty sure that plenty of others share my sentiments. What is it going to take for people to realize that there are much bigger issues of importance? America WAKE UP!!!!!

Obama is so much closer to God ....and it's obvious.

Headline on article about charges against John McCain: "Obama personally attacks McCain."

Headline on article about charges against Obama: "Obama's Past Drug Use Raised."

Love the blatant bias, CNN.

How badly does CNN want this race to remain close?

BIG LOOOSERS GET OVER IT .

oh noes...he did drugs...so did Bush.

hell he even had a DWI / DUI when he ran...oh the hypocrisy of the repubs

mr keating what a jerk you are. are you sure your not from alaska as you sound like a PALIN. Obama is a good person and he cares about the american people. ask mccain about his gambling problem and about his being involved with the iran contro

Keating this is old news. He has already written the book and this has been hashed out during the primaries. You have gotta stay informed. No wonder our economy is in such turmoil. You are outta touch. And do you honestly think McCain's therapy for post traumatic stress disorder was a hope and a prayer and no drugs were involved. And what he didn't administer his wife sure did. Please. This is no time for your confessions. Now lets discuss substance. What are you going to do about my rising heating costs, gasoline, cost of living increases, etc.?

Keating found out about the drug use from where? Obama's book. What part of writing a book doesn't Keating understand to be "talking about it"?? Wow, the right is getting even more desperate than I thought.

Again, this falls into the category "Anything Barack can do, John can do better". John's exploits in the academy and as a young officer could be the stuff of legend. I don't think competing on who screwed up the most as a youth is a competition that John would want to get into, never mind that it does nothing about the economy.

sure, let's talk about it. why not? who doesn't already know this. turns out, no one cares. he was a kid.

Sure, because no Republican has ever done anything they regret!

These guys are desperate!

And yet managed to get excellent grades in the Ivy League, as opposed to the current president, who did his share of cocaine, which I neither indulge in nor oppose, and end up pretty average, except for these awfully unaverage past eight years.

its too late johnny McLost...
its too late trying to dig up obamas past.
i have an advice for you....
johnny boy, your in a hole..so stop DIGGING

Did someone tell these idiots the story has already been told, more specifically by Obama? McShame and his group of yes boys and girls are stooping below the level of desparation. They are appearing downright stupid.

When your down by 10 percentage point... Throw a hail mary!

Wait, this is news? I believe he wrote a book about his drug problems. Republicans are out of ideas already, it seems. It shows in their attacks and it shows in their policies.

Next thing you know, they will bring up his skin color and his pastor again. Wait a minute...

and what about Bush and his coke snorting and alcohol use. Does anyone bring up that or maybe Cindy McCain and her prescription drug thefts for her personal use. Ill take Obama over either of those anyday.

who gives a rat azzzzz ??? As I remember Bush was a well know coke head and drunk in the 70's

And this has what to do with that state of the nation? Are we seriously talking about this? Haven't most of us done things in those awkward teen years that in hindsight weren't too smart? You grow from your experiences, good and bad. I'm still voting for Obama.
Obama/Biden '08

This is a non-issue. Let's talk about important stuff.

Yeah! And let's hear John McCain talk about his adultery!

Barack HUSSEIN OSAMA Obama is a Radical Leftist LIAR with friends like Terrorist Ayers, Madcap Loony Wright and scum like that who hate America! Hussein Obama better run in Kenya, Saudi wherever they like him! Very few American Soldiers will ever Salute the Liar Obama! Wait and see!

What a disgusting campaign being waged by Republicans.

Wow..then let's bring up MCCain;s adultry...i will be happy to discuss that.

"Cocaine", "Muslim"... they're all just code words to remind voters that Barack *Hussein* Obama is black!

This just in – he IS, and _it doesn't matter!_

The McCain campaign is simply using racism and fear to besmirch the other candidate: the BETTER candidate – and a fine human being! They are trying to create a race war where none exists.

The Republicans are acting retarded.

It doesnt matter wheather you print it or not you saw it.

The McShame campaign is trying "all of the above" tricks to smear his candidacy. Yes, he used drugs, but has recovered and has been open about it. How about McCain's and his past alcohol and drug use? Read his book, it won't see written in any page!

bottom of the barrel reached...

bottom of the barrel breached.

Obama admitted youthful drug use thirteen years ago. He hasn't hid anything from anyone.

And does McCain really want to get into a battle over drug use? Considering his wife's history of painkiller use and charity abuse.

Then McCains wife should speak up about her drug abuse . Getting her drugs thru Africa!!!!!! I think the poor baby gop should look in there closet before casting stones at the democrats! Irancontra, Keating Five McCain's advisors.. What a bunch of cry babies they are!!

He has spoke candidly about it. Obama has been nothing but honest while the angry McCain has been nothing but a sleazy liar.

Two names: Bill Clinton and George Bush. These hypocritical self righteous Republicans are a joke. I don't see how anyone who claims to be a Christian can be a part of "that Party."

Evanglicals = Phrisees = Hypocrites

Trying to pull yourself up, by tearing a man down. That's Christian principles right? Republicans.....put the stones down. You in no way represent Jesus Christ.

If Obama talked about it in his book, then it can be discuss.

Obama had it in his past, he explained it and got past it... Just like McSame's drug using wife.
what is the big deal? Another 'holier than thou' rebupliCON who wants to cast stones.

republicans are disgusting, if they bring this up, i want to know when did john mccain really learn about cindy's drug use which cost people their jobs and a charity to shut down.

and what about Bush and his coke snorting and alcohol use. Does anyone bring up that or maybe Cindy McCain and her prescription drug thefts for her personal use. Ill take Obama over either of those anyday.

Is Keating also asking McCain to talk about his gambling problem, his life spent as an adulterer, and binge drinker while in the Navy. This is the all time low. And besides Obama has been truthful to the American people and has already talked about this in his book. Maybe Mr. Keating should read about it there.

I GUESS THE REPUBLICANS PREFER THEIR PRESIDENTS

USING DRUGS CONTINUALLY, LIKE BUSH. THEN WE HAVE

MCBUSH, WHO GOD KNOWS, CAN ONLY IMPROVE

WITH SOME DRUG USE; BUT TRUTHFULLY SEEMS

MORE LIKE AN ANGRY ALCOHOLIC & LETS NOT

FORGET HIS DITZ THAT STOLE THE PAIN PILLS FROM

SICK POOR PEOPLE. BOYS YOU CAN SHOVE IT !!!!

These people are getting desperate. Next thing you know they will want Obama to talk about why his mother had sex when she was only 18. I mean can someone please tell me how we are going to fix the economy!

Obama/Biden '08!

No new information here...this stuff has been part of the public record for years.

Folks, you're either going to vote for the guy or not. It's as simple as that at this point.

At least he's honest about it.
I mean, he obviously is not the only politician who has done drugs! He admitted it, it has never become a big deal, so why bring it up now?
If you're going to attack a candidate, attack their views and plans, not the person they are!
What are we? A bunch of 12 year olds?

You are kidding me right...I am glad to see that McCain and the Republicans are keeping "Country First" with their attempt to tear down a fellow American! There are few people that get into public life for the "celebrity"...wait when last I checked nobody gets into it for that! If John McCain, a man that I truly respected prior to this campaign continues to try to tear Senator Obama down it is going to tear this Country apart.

I beg you Senator McCain put your "Country First" and stop this foolishness. People are losing their homes and you want to talk about drugs and alcohol. At least Senator Obama was man enough to say he made mistakes as a youth.

Bush and Clinton have admitted smoking. This is a non-issue

Go Obama

Ok tell us something new, we already know about this. like your goofy behind was innocent and pure when you were in your teens and twenties, give me a break. It is amazing that the Republican's will stop at nothing to change the subject in this election. It is amazing they care nothing for what is going on, they only care that their man wins at any cost. For these very reasons they will lose, this is about the suffering of the people not John McCain and the Republican Party holier than thou attitude.

Wow, these people really do have no shame. Here we are with an economy in shambles and all they want to talk about is stuff that the American people have already heard time and time again. It just goes to show that the McCain campaign has nothing to say about where they want to lead America. Just sadly another campaign of fear.

well folks it the time when you see crowds at mc cain rallys now being able oto speak out, on how mad they are , well its more like we are so darn far behind that there is no way we can win , but if the public sees us going over the edge with there leader, the fact that keating a man who tooo0k million from thousands of bpoeples grand parents , he was a theif , a very, very big theif just like the ones we have now. yet john has him as a member of his campain, it seems john is still buddy, buddy with this big theif , who almost cost him his job in the senate, is working for mc cain it seems we have to check mc cain out to the same way he is obama, perhaps keating is his new accountant.
this is so sad , its not funny , they are looseing very ,very bad so now mc cain is selling his soul. well john bring it on , john you lost to this race and your the one who caused it. you will day by day you will loose , you will bring your scum , like keating , a theif who stoled thousands of poeples retirements, just at the right time for a man like keating to pop his heah up when he smells money, let more of the real angry john out the more you do the more the poeple will see who you reall are. ken

So Keating as co-chair of the campaign did not direct himself to say it.

PS any relation to the Keating 5?

Sheer panic on the part of the Grand Old Party. Why was then Governor Bush's legendary partying not an issue in 2000, or 2004? Why isn't Cindy McCain's federal drug investigation, courtesy of Nancy Reagan's DEA, an issue? Perhaps because Joe Six Pack has bigger things to worry about than what our next President did in his 20s.

Should ANYONE by the name "Keating" be out there supporting McCain?...that is not what McCain need right now....Ring a bell?...Keating?

This old information is completely irrelevant to the presidential race. Another pathetic attempt at a smear. The republicans are really out of ideas at this point. Give it up and talk about the REAL issues, GOP!!

OBAMA-BIDEN '08

The last two president have also been down that path. This is a non-issue.
Go Obama

George Bush admitted to drinking too much as a young man.

I don't care who has done what in their past, as long as they've learned from their mistakes.

We all have something in our background that we usually outgrow. Obama has matured. Keating is a smearer. He is very low. Obama HAS leveled with the people in his book. What does this despicable creep want...him to make up situations until Keating is satisfied even if they are false...What a creep.

Well Mr Keating and McCain. Your 15 minutes are ALMOST up!! HAHAHAHA!!!

America, behold a Democratic majority in all the houses of government!

BOO YA!

Arizona for Obama 2008

Did Sarah Palin invite Joe six-pack to the McCain rally today or did he make his way there all by himself? I sure hope he wasn't driving!

All this show that McCain campaign is absolutely empty. No direction, no ideas, only ignorance and extremism. I never thought I'd see something worse that Bush/Cheney. But here they are: Cheney/Bush (reversed top/bottom), with even more bad temper, arrogance, ignorance and extremism.

Obama/Biden 2008

Oh for Crying Out Loud McCain!!! Just give it up already with the mud!

Just be a man and try to say something nice about your next President of the United States!

Once again "Racism" rears its ugly head at the base of the RNC. So what Obama did drugs so did Bill Clinton, George Bush and 90% or the world at one time. He tried it and he got past that nieve stage that just about everyone goes through in life. I can't pay my mortgage and I don't have a job and these fools keep spreading this underlining racist message. Forget the old hags, the racist bums and the dumb bimbos.

Obama 08

Obama has been very forthcoming about his past drug use, unlike George W. Bush was during his campaign. The Republicans are really grasping now. It's great that Obama already talked about this, so it's not like it's a skeleton in his closet.

Remind me again how this is relevant on a day that the Dow dropped below 9,000 for the first time in five years?

What about Gov Sarah Palin Abuse of Power:

An investigation into Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's firing of her public safety commissioner can proceed, Alaska's Supreme Court ruled Thursday, clearing the way for a Friday report to the state Legislature on the issue.

Do America need another VP Dick Chaney?

Who cares about what he did during his teens?

Hello all,
I'm sinking in.

Best Regards

What? Is Mrs McCain wanting to share a line?

I look at that Keating guy in the pic and I immediately think "Republican". I mean, are they all white, old, and racist?

I lost my job and all these idiots are doing is mudslinging each other.....Do they seriously have a plan to help me.....???

Please create a bailout/rescue for me..I have been paying taxes for a while now...

McShame..Barbie Palin...nobama...average joey...a helping hand here please...

This is hitting below the belt. If McCrazy has any decency, he'll reject Keating's comments. But, then again, the McCrazy campaign hasn't shown much decency.

There's nothing too low for the McCain Palin campaign to go. First of all, it once again points out how old McCain is because Obama admitted his mistakes and this is like something out of an 80s campaign. Second, let's hear about Sarah & Todd's drug history. Somehow I suspect they've experimented like many other people did. Third, there's lots of rumors of Bristol Palin experimenting (pre-pregnancy) and who knows about McCain and his kids. This is a loser issue for a loser campaign.

Unlike Bush, at least Obama has been honest about his past drug use.
Maybe McCain should start talking about his gambling.....

We know all this already.... I read somewhere that Sarah Palin did the same thing when she was younger... Can someone confirm this?

DESPERATE..............I was a guy of the street? What the *%^&* is that supposed to mean? That sounds pretty racist to me.

Also, the fact that he experimented with drugs as a teen and got past it is something that should be seen as a positive. He obviously recognized that going down that path would lead him to ruin and turned himself around. Look at him now, he's on the path to become President. It's a story that many hopeless people who are down can relate to. I don't see it as a negative at all.

McCain gambles a lot.....that's an addiction too. The difference is he has continued to do it throughout his adult life and obviously doesn't have the strength of character to stop himself. Also, Cindy STOLE from a charity to get her drugs. Shouldn't she have to admit she was a criminal and a drug addict too under the Republican's logic?

clearly, this is just another example of mccain and his merry followers grasping at whatever straws they can find in the eleventh hour of this campaign.

it's incredibly pathetic and obviously the mccain mob is scared stiff at this point. as well they should be.

Running out IDEAS...Game Over Go HOME

This is becoming pathetic. I think this squad is a disgrace.

Obama was underage, so it is irrelevant. Bill Clinton was in college but it still didn't make him lose election. I would much rather hear about Cindy McCain's very adult drug addiction!

This is stupid...and already has been talked about in the primary...same with wright, ayers etc. Get over it GOP. You are going to lose!

The problem is that Media just like CNN for reporting this nonsense. The McCain is using this smear (1) to divert the attention from the economy crisis, (2) to have free media talking point. If all media ignore them, they will stop. Shame on you CNN and all media.

Does this rule apply only to Obama? Governor, I dont' recall you demanding such explanations from the former coke head and alcoholic who is currently running the country into the ground. Then again, maybe that is why you a requesting it now...

Now using drugs is a "left" thing, that is too funny. Another old dude moving his lips and ain't saying a dang thing.

I lost my job and all these idiots are doing is mudslinging each other.....Do they seriously have a plan to help me.....???

Please create a bailout/rescue for me..I have been paying taxes for a while now...

McShame..Barbie Palin...nobama...average joe...a helping hand here please...

Well here you have it, the final card has been played by the Republicans. Obama has written about this. He admits, like many other young men in the 70's and 80's, that he did drugs when he was young and it was foolish and irresponsible.

Obama's drug use 20+ years ago does not affect my paycheck, the economic crisis facing us or the looming Social Security crisis. Can we get back to the issues?

Wow, I think he already spoke about it during the primaries. But what this does show is that the McCain camp is looking for anything negative, anything at all, that they can throw at Obama and hope it sticks.

That, my friends, is call the ultimate act of desperation. If you can't campaign on a high note, then by all means, drag the other guy down with you.

How pathetic.

Obama needs to be checked out – before it's too late!
Wright, Rezko, Raines, Ayres – ACORN – now drugs – is this guy really someone we want to lead our country????
All these corrupt type "friends" – this is scary – we need to know the
TRUTH!

May God Bless America

Is this the best they've got? This is very sad to watch.

McCain's campaign is really showing it's desperation rather than a platform to move the country forward,not a good thing for one seeking the presidency.

These kinds of attacks are exactly why I will not vote for McCain. Every day McCain's campaign gets uglier and more desperate while the American people watch their future grow dimmer and dimmer. We're tired of empty slogans, the politics of division, and lies from Bush/McCain. McCain never proposes any fresh solutions for the future of America. He should retire quietly in Sedona and start writing his memoirs.

So, I guess this is the latest attack on Barack's character...

I know you want a horse race CNN, but to stoop to this horse doo doo is a bit much. Between the Ayers stuff and this, I wonder when the McCain check cleared.

Yeah... so? It's not like this is new information. The guy read Obama's book and noticed that no one has brought it up in the past month. This is sooooo sleezy! Talk about the issues GOP!

OMG! They just keep getting more and more desperate. It's laughable. You just know they're going to start in on the racial insinuations soon. What a bunch of sickos.

Millions of Americans have tried pot – so what? Add that to the millions of alcoholics in this country (oh, don't forget Palin's pals the Joe 6-packs) and the millions hooked on prescriptions drugs and let's face it – most of America has some kind of problem.

i guess this wouldn't be a good time to bring up the decriminalization of marijuana? just asking.....

Obama a doper? How shocking-NOT!

Whatever. He was a teenager. Your children have probably done worse. It was decades ago. Should they now be shut off from public service? Are you telling me that neither you nor any of our politicians have done nothing 'suspect' when it comes to drugs?? The finger pointing should stop. I'm tired of this.

Did it matter to any voters that Bush had a MAJOR cocaine problem...? Or had 2 starter businesses go bankrupt before his dad pushed him in to politics...? Obviously no one was digging so deep in that election, or people just chose to vote blind.
Obviously the McCain party is trying to use EVERY desperate move they can think of. The MAJOR difference is that Obama is putting his past out there for everyone to know, and is talking about it as an example of learning from mistakes...while "others" fib and fabricate their true past. Says a lot about some people...

Give me a break! Stop harping on these petty things from Obama's childhood. We've all done some dumb stuff as kids, but turned out as fairly reputable citizens ... didn't we? If you want to get snippy, slam Miss Beer Heiress for her addiction to pain killers (and doing community service for getting them) as an ADULT. She should have known better as a so-called grown up. What a wonderful image for a first lady.

Maybe these republicans that support McCain need to learn how to read and read about it in Obama's book! Obviously they aren't smart enough to read if they are making these wild accusations. Come on McCain – we have serious problems in our country. We don't need petty politics. Where did your straight talk express go?

Oh hahahahaha...McAin't's "surrogate" is giving Barack Obama advice on what to talk about to voters? Am I going crazy here???

Wow, they're really digging deep for something aren't they.

So let me get this straight, they are saying "Hey, everybody, pay attention to something that you've already known about for a long time! Now you shouldn't be okay with it anymore because we're losing".

So what's next, McCain is going to ask Obama to quit campaigning and leave the presidency up to a rock, paper, scissors match? Wow, so desperate. Especially on a day when the dow lost 600 points. Yeah McCain, that's what I care about, past drug use.

who cares what he did as a child? im concerned about what he will do for the economy, healthcare, iraq, taxes.....and what mccain won't do.

Seriously.............We are SMARTER than to believe that if Barack Obama believed his"prior drug use" was an issue to be reckoned with he would not have written about it in HIS own book. I even more than before admire the man for "owning up". Who was it said "Jesus loves a sinner"? Hate the sin, but love the sinner. I LOVE BARACK OBAMA. As a long time voter, I can attest; all of this sillyness is ridiculous, Please John McCain, throw in the towel while you still have a shred of decency left.

As a Rep I am ashamed of our party!

We have been beat fair and square and have been out hussled by a young person with a message that people want to hear.

The party should stop ALL spending right now and start the search for 2012... and for the love of god please DO NOT include that half wit woman from Alaska!

This party has 100 more qualified women (yes older) who could have complimented the ticket and I am not in favour of beauty queens who have absolutely no clue what she is talking about!

Saving my money for 2012

Seattle.

Republicans really have become scumbags.

I just lost about 40% of my modest, to begin with, retirement investments.
But this is of little importance, of course.
What is really my priority right now is to know what Sen. Obama did when he was 17 years old. Yeah!
It is an economy, it is an economy, it is an economy, um, Sen. McCain!

This guy looks like the walking dead, too.

Perhaps they should have a club.

Scary.

Wow!!, They truly are desperate!!!

And so the desperate measures continue. We have Cindy McCain go on stage and give her poorly rehearsed performance. Now we have for Governor Keating trying to bring up issues that have already been revealed. You people are so desperate. It's going to happen, no matter what dasterdly deeds you try to come up with. Barack Hussein Obama is going to be the first African American President of the United States.

Well now, Senator Obama already revealed that story, so what is the big deal. He was teenager then. Next thing you know, you will say he wet the bed at age 5. Are you going to tell the story about Cindy McCain and her drug use and how she stole them from her own charity? She got a slap on the wrist, the rest of us would have went to jail. Are you going to tell about Senator McCain's infidelity? You are just going to far and are totally trying to destroy Senator Obama. Why don't just dig up everyone's past, after all George W. was abusing alcohol and he is still the President!

This is really ridiculous..... Conservatives are just going to let any comment that digrades Obama's character slip through and destroy any Honor left in this campaign... The Republicans really are stuck in the past........ Very sad..... I and all Americans should pity them......

Are they serious? This is getting way beyond the pale...

How can a campaign where its top gun treated his 1st wife so poorly start down this kind of road of personal attacks? I truly don't understand.

It's not as if Obama has ever made this a secret, but the manner in which it's brought up now... I am disgusted.

Obama/Biden '08

why does admitted drug use while a teen automatically make Obama "a guy of the street". If that's not a racist statement, I don't know what is.

Past drug use by George W. Bush has been off limits. Why bring it up in regards to Barack Obama? Is there a double standard? Barack Obama has been candid about his past. There is no reason to discuss it further and be distracted from the real issues, like the economy and national security.

"Speak with Good Purpose"
I am a teacher and a counselor. I am saddened by the irresponsible language currently produced by Palin and the McCain campaign. We teachers spend our long hours and years trying to instill character and encouraging students to speak with good purpose. I do not believe that McCain-Palin quite understand the seriousness of the problems within our country right now .

This is the best they have?

They plan to lead the country based on their ability to rumor-monger?

Drugs are but one more thing that Barama does not recall or refuses to discuss. How he paid for college, his friendships, support of the Freddie's, etc.?

How many idiots live in this country? Obama was honest and outspoken about his youth, his struggle with identity and his mistakes. So clearly, because the repthugs can not come with a campaign that has a glimpse of a plan, they are asking Obama to basically try to scare the voters away by reminding them eveyday he did snort cocaine when he was young. Can someone explain how this dummy's views are of public interest. Oh yeah, he's McCain co-chairman. Great.

So Barack was a kid and then he grew up. So? He hasn't tried to hide it - even put it in a book. What more do you want to know? Grow up.

I love how the conservatives conveniently forget about George Bush's past drug and alcohol abuse issues. Oh - excuse me - it's ok if a conservative does it, just not if a democrat does it? Hypocrits.

NOW THE RESIDENT GENIUS PALIN

CAN REMEMBER THE BUSH & MCBUSH

DOCTRINE WITHOUT ANY MENTAL FATIGUE

IT'S CALLED "THE DESTRUCTION OF AMERICA".

Oh, that's right. ...and Keating is as pure as the driven snow.
Nice try slime-guy.

Ok, this is low. I am a conservative teenager and I can say this very seriously. Obama has already said that he regrets his choices and did them impulsively. He can't change his past, nor should he. He did drugs, and that was dumb. But to bring it up after 30 years is even worse. Mccain is really pushing his luck if he thinks that his friends can get away with this kind of moronic smears. It's like saying, "Senator McCain is a bad choice for President because he left his wife all those years ago...." Stop looking to the past. Let's try and fix the FUTURE!

The more we know about Obama, the more worries me. Who is this guy, surrounded by drugs, former terroist firend, radical group like Acorn. And his middble name. Of course name is not that important, but if you don't feel you are part of a religion, I am sure that you could change it, it is not that hard to change a middble name? Or even drop it. If Mr. Hussein becomes my president, I am sure it will bother me a lot.

It seems to me that the Sheriff of Cook County is right. The Banks being interested in getting their money (supposedly) should collect the rent these people are paying the homeowners, and then deal with the homeowner on a legal basis. Can not a lease to own plan be setup for these honest people who pay rent on a expected basis? An empty property does nothing for the citizens, community or the financial institution.

Are they prepared to talk about John McCain's use of alcohol, are they prepared to talk about anything that John McCain ever did that some people might regard as reckless..his affairs, etc.
The fact of the matter is that Sen. Obama does not now engage in reckless behavior...yeah sure, talk about it, but in order to bring his past into this campaign we must have an open book for Sen. McCain as well.

Give me a BREAK!

This is so yesterday. Obama has already admitted this and discussed it in his book... Isn't this old news? Come on CNN give us some real news! Stop being a vehicle for McCain talking points!

THIS IS A DISTRACTION!!!

OBAMA/BIDEN '08 & '12

When will the McCain campaign get back to the problems with healthcare, energy, "the economy"? C'mon McCain, is this the best you can do?

Has our current president ever used cocaine? Has he ever come clean about his drug use? I believe he refused to answer the question.

Actually, he has spoken candidly about it with the American people. It's called a book; Sarah Palin might not read them, but I'm sure someone in the McCain camp could. In all seriousness, the kitchen sink attacks by the McCain campaign have gotten pathetic. Are they even capable of giving a reason to vote FOr their candidate rather than against Obama?

What's the problem, that he tells the truth? SO WHAT!!! He eventually went on to Harvard Law school too! This is soooo idiotic to the poin that it is laughable. This highlights the fact that they have NOTHING to talk about. This is an obvious attempt to DISTRACT voters HOWEVER, STATES CONTINUE TO TURN BLUE...

Oh, puh-leez !!! Can the McCain campaign minions spell D-E-S-P-E-R-A-T-I-O-N! If you want an examination of Obama's past ... are you prepared for the heat when your past John McCain ... and your wife's past ... and Sarah Palin's past ... and Todd Palin's past ... are put under the microscope?

Get real. He wrote about it in a book! How much more candid and forthright can a person be?

geeez read his books, idiot!

He never tried to make it a secret.
Well guys, President Nr. 43 hat some cocaine AND alcohol abuse...and well, America voted him twice.
So from that, it might not be the worst skill, to become president lol.
No, truly, that's NOT a point of the campaign, simply not important!!!

STICK TO THE ISSUES; Repugs!

Obama/Biden in a landslide

what is next mcnasty?

your patheticness is showing.

get a life.

Nobody cares about McDumb's character attacks against Obama. The lies the American people care about are his fraudulent "fixes" for the economy that further victimize us taxpayers.

And then you met Ayers in the early 80's and he got you educated.......litterly by paying for it. The rest is history.
By the way, he's waiting for you to pick him up,along with Rev.Wright, down on the corner.

Sad, desperate attempts from the McShame camp.

this is crazy. the mcshame group have these people put lies and barack past on front street, but then say...oh we didn't approve that. cindy have a past drug problem and stole money to support her habit (a lady who is rich). cindy is fair game since she is in the attack mode now. Obama Rocks!

Who gives a rats toot!!!!

This bunch is so buys trying to distract us all from what is important it just is annoying. Hasn't everyone wised up yet? McSame and cronies are doing the same ole crapola as the Busheys. GET WISE America, quit being DUMBED DOWN.

mccain should open up to the american people about his unabashed chauvinism and infidelity...sex, its one hell of a drug

He wrote it in his autobiography. How much more candid can you get??

Obama/Biden '08

OMG these JERKS are doing everything to try and stop this win...its sad and yo know what....I hope race relations go down the tube in this country!

Let's see how many republicans make this a big issue. They have to read about it online to know he did even though he wrote about it in a book that was published years ago. I don't care what someone did in their youth. I am sure alot of us did things we shouldn't have....including our current President.

The more we know about Obama, the more worries me. Who is this guy, surrounded by drugs, former firend, radical group like Acorn. His middble name. name is not that important, but if you don't feel you are part of a religion, I am sure that you could change it, it is not that hard to change a name? If Mr. Hussein becomes my president, I am sure it will bother me a lot.

Well, he HAS candidly talked about it. You would know if you ever watched his speeches.

GOP look very desperate... digging dirt from the past when the economy is in turmoil. Shame on you guys. Talk about the issues if you can.

LOL. Obama has talked about it - on the trail... in books... He used drugs in the 70s?! Umm, hello! Lots of people used drugs in the 70s! He's talked about it as a period of life where he made a lot of mistakes. And all that is in the past anyway. John McCain has mistakes in his past too. Okay. So who are these guys NOW, and what will they do for this country as President?

whats the big deal?did'nt george bush admit to alcohol and cocaine use?he's changed his life since the early days of college.this is an old trick that does not work like it used to .the mc.cain campaign is stooping pretty low.thats a sign of fear..

wow they really are desperate. Is this the same Keating?? If not, sucks to have that last name . How about Palin's recent pot use and Cindi McCain's drug addiction. I don't think they want to go there. Obama was a teenager. I'm sure McCain used some drugs too. The internet is a powerful tool.

What a non issue. Are the Palins going to talk about their drug use? They admitted to using drugs before their first child was born. What about Cindy McCain? Is she going to talk about her drug use? I almost bet you too John McCain has had morphine one or twice along the way. What about his drinking?

The stock market drops another 7% in value, and THIS is all the McCain surrogates have to talk about?

They really do have contempt for the American people don't they.

Nothing else to post CNN.? This is old news, and nothing that millions of teenagers haven't tried. Print something worthwhile.

They've written articles about how Obama EXAGGERATED his drug use claims, how they couldn't find anyone who saw Obama use drugs, my gawd...

Guess it would be hard for the Obama campaign staff to respond to their boss drug use. Unlike Bill Clinton, obviously Obama did inhaled, snorted or shot up drugs? Nice to see he did CHANGE his drug habits around.

Didn't Sarah Palin make a point of castigating Joe Biden for bringing up the past; that the McCain campaign was focussing on the future? So far, all we've heard from them concerns the 60's and 70's.

Why isn't anyone talking about the mob atmosphere at McCain/Palin campaign rallys? After being incited by McCain and Palin, the mobs surrounding them appear ready to get a rope and lynch Obama!

This has to be the nastiest, most unAmerican campaign I've ever seen. Aren't there laws against inciting riots? These two and their supporters are threatening to destroy this country, and the media seems happy to urge them on.

Yawn!
Another day, another pathetic attempt by the McCain campaign to take the focus off their lousy campaign and hapless candidate.

There goes the GOP smear machine into action – nothing surprising so far.

This just gives one an insight into how scared the Republicans really are. I am sure these guys are waking up in the middle of the night with their pants wet.

wasn't this address already? please get a life

RNC is a sinking ship, this is just another evidence...

you just have to love the desperation that you're seeing in the McCain camp..in fact it is on the border of becoming ridiculous. Maybe the Obama camp should dig up some of the stuff McCain may have done when he was in the military, his cheating on his first wife, I'm sure he was no angel. When the country is in the shape that it is now, they have to see this witch hunting is not going to work.

wah, what else would we hear next?
1,200 pages of McCain's doctor report? Don't they know the history of their president - Bush?

The incompetent we have in the White House denied he used cocaine, alcohol and other drugs and the conservative fanatics, including this guy, were fine with it, but not it really matters to them because Obama is a Democrat who is beating the crap out of old McCain.

In these times,with the world in such a turmoil,HOW LOW CAN THE McCAIN CAMPAGIN GO. Anything to win!!!!!!!!!. McCains to damm old & not in the best of health& Palin there are no words to even tell you how we fell about her,there low down dirty mud slinging is really no different than the way the gop always relates to the thought of a loss,win no matter what you have to do. America please you could end up with SARAH PALIN as you president,and the first dude as her side kick. If McCain wins I fear what the end results will be.

Obama HAS spoken candidly about his drug use as a kid, it is a very well established fact. The Republicans have no moral ground on this since they were all too willing to overlook far worse behavior in George Bush. Now they are just being hypocrites.

I guess when you've got no platform you have to rely on smearing people. What a pathetic lump the Republican party has become. Grand Old Party indeed.

LMAO! Grasping at straws eh? lol

It's so clear why this, Ayers, Wright, etc. are all becoming issues now. When the campaign began I'm fairly sure John mCCain wanted to run the game clean, about the issues, all the stuff he complained about in 2000 when he lust to Bush Jr.

But now that he's losing, and losing big with no way to turn this around in sight, McCain has chosen to sell his ideals to the lowest bidder with the hope that sleaze politics just might resurrect his dead campaign.

To fall so far....

Senator Obama has been very forthright in his acknowledgement of his drug use in his past. What a silly comment for Mr. Keating to make. He obviously hasn't watched any of the "life of the candidate" programs.

Shall we bring up McCains "past sins" also? What a royal waste of time and energy from a very desperate Republican party.

Obama has always been candid about this & frankly,I know there are many of my generation (60 yr. old) & after who experimented or sporadically used alc.,marijuana or cocain but when we moved past our teens ,we got on with the business of careers & family life as law abiding productive citizens. Is this a relative of the Keating who McCain solicited bailout for in the late '89's ??
While we're talking about being forthright ,can we hear about the maverick's propensity for crashing planes even before Vietnam & lying to cover up some of them ?

And this matters to me how?

desparate campaign.

Actually this is a point that I actually like about Obama. Not that he did drugs but that he is transparent. I'm confident that many of our elected officials and past presidents have. They are just good at lying and covering up there indiscretions. John McCain has done things in his past that he's not proud of and he's not man enough to own up to any of them.

SHAME ON THE MCCAIN CAMPAIGN!

You guys are simply disgusting. With our economy in shambles, people's retirement accounts imploding, and workers being laid off, this is what you are focused on?

Get a clue! We are not stupid. Talk about the issues we care about. I am more certain than ever that Barack Obama will provide our country with the leadership that we desperately need. He actually talks about the issues we care about!

STICK TO THE ISSUES! No one cares, and furthermore, Obama has said plenty about it. McCain has alcohol, adultery, and "poor judgment" with taxpayers money in his past. Everyone makes mistakes and moves on.

Meanwhile, our economy is tanking and our "leaders" are giving more of your money away to irresponsible business. On top of that, McCain now wants you to bail out irresponsible people who are living far beyond their means.

Someone please bring back the conservatives! Kick this current group of liberty hating, big spend, faux conservatives out on their wrinkly old bums and get us real conservatives back in office.

Gov, why not bring up Sarah Palin's admitted drug use, too, while you're resurrecting these irrelevant things of the past.

Must McCain's surrogates rely on smears to push him over the top?

That is right if you disagree or raise questions about Obama you are a racist and are deamed erractic.

Is Obama erractic because he changed his mind about his offshore drilling? How about his plans for Iraq? How about his opinion of the surge- boy that changed really quickly didn't it? What about his plans for withdrawl- remember what he said in the primary? He would have troops out with 60 days.

Please define erractic Sen. Obama.

Give a break. Tired of your stupid and pointless suggestions. McCain and his will have to come forward of their drug use.

Yes, let's make an issue of Obama's light drug use as a teenager even tho he never developed an addiction and was able to put it behind him on his own when he grew into adulthood. Then let's talk about Bush's alcohol addiction that went into his 40's and Cindy McCain and Rush Limbaugh......etc etc etc. Frankly the Democrats can't begin to compete with Republicans when it comes to substance abuse whether it's on the "street" or the CEO office.

It's so pathetic, almost as pathetic as Dennis Miller wetting his pants on 9/11 and disavowing his politics because he came to the realization that he's a scared little girl.

Haha, the Republicans really have no where to turn but to things that Obama has already admitted to doing in the past? This is pathetic. Republicans don't know how to govern anymore, and their slimeball tactics are being rejected by the American people thoroughly.

nice try. no one cares. there is way too much going on right now for scare tactics and digging up dirt to matter one bit. People are losing their homes, savings and hope. We need change. Obama/Biden 2008

Grasping at straws......this is not new!

The McCain campaign is getting desperate because they can feel the election slipping away. I am feeling more and more confident in Obama's candidacy every day.

Obama '08

obama=acorn=ayers=rezco=cocaine=corruption=no surprise!

Okay, here we go. Look at what Barak Obama had done with his life. He had a rough start and he overcame enormous odds. Good for Obama. Obama is a inspiration much like John McCain is an inspiration for POW status.

LET MCSHAME TALK ABOUT KEATING 5....AND WIFE SHOULD TALK ABOUT HER DRUG ADDICTION...AMERICAN'S YOU'VE ALL DONE DRUGS IN YOUR TEENS....SHUT UP!!!!!!!!!!!!

This is just another example exposing the McCain campaign's desperation. Obama was in high school at the time- give me a break. I couldn't care less that he smoked marijuana and drank 30+ years ago. Let's focus on the issues at hand please!!! Not teenage character mistakes.

Is Obama a smoker, then the White House is off-limit?? He should have looked straight into the eyes of the American people and tell us his "job-resume," experiences, records, achievements and qualififaction as commander-in-chief in a dangerous world, after 9/11 of 2001, instead of hiding behind a seasoned senator named Joe Biden. Wonder how seasoned leaders such as Vladimir Putin of Russia, and others from China and North Korea, see Obama as a world leader? So much for American pride, and might, in the history of the world.

The fact Obama has been so open about his past drug use is the main reason he so much credibility. Matter of fact, when asked if he ever inhaled marijuana, he candidly said something to the effect "Duh, isn't that the point?"

Alcohol is also a drug and I guarantee there are many politicians on this drug. I wonder if Keating has ever used drugs, alcohol, or peeped at a dirty magazine. These politicians are so darn perfect!

Desperation brings out the worse in people. They are bent on ruining Obamas character. America won't listen to hypocrisy.

Thanks for the clean campaign Sentator McCain.

And this is relevant why? He has already shared this information with the world in his book prior to running for President. He need not clarify it anymore. And just in case you've forgotten, our current President had a strong taste for cocaine and booze, and he had the means to get much more readily than Obama. Cindy McCain had "surrogates" liberate prescription drugs for her from her own charity to get her fix and ruined lives to cover it up. And John McCain is addicted to the drug with no smell, gambling. You see the problem that the GOP faces is that Obama has nothing to hide. It's all out there already and has been for the last 20 plus months. This swift boat won't float!

Obama/Biden 2008!

give me a freaking break!!! who hasn't experimented with drugs??? if he hadn't, then he should say something, because THAT would be unusual. i don't remember george bush admitting his problem to the american people. get over it. losers.

And you democrats were complaining about Todd Palins alledged DUI 22 years ago. LOL

When people have no intellectual integrity left, they cling to sling mud. If this criterion is used for one side then let us apply it to the other side as well. Did it bother us when W who is a reformed alcoholic who alleged experimented with "harder" drugs? What about Grandpa who has a gambling addiction? How about his wife's plagiarism? Or Sarah stupidity?

Nothing left to use to run a campaign of honesty, eh, crooked talk express?

aleast he was not guilty of a crime in the 80's

OPRAH PLEASE HELP HIM!

OBAMA OR MCBUSH, EITHER WAY DAMAGE IS ALREADY DONE THANKS TO BUSH, JUST HOPE THE MARKETS DON'T KEEP FALLING FOR NEXT WEEK

HOW LOW ARE THESE PEOPLE GOING TO GO! This is past ridiculous. Deperation is never pretty, but this is just too ugly to look at. You have the Republicans out there saying any hateful, dreadful lie they can think of trying to scare people. You have Michelle and Barack Obama saying that these attacks don't bother them. That they are more concerned about the trouble America is in. Trying to give people hope for a better country and world. WHO DO YOU WANT TO LEAD THIS COUNTRY?

Obama/Biden

Really?? Is this REALLY the best you can do? Obama's already admitted it. This is just despicable.

Why are the repubicans rehashing old news, when they should be working on solutions to solve these troubling economic times.

America You have got only one last shot........and that is Nov. 4

dont get fooled for the third time...............

The real reasons to elect someone president. What they are going to do to address the issues that are most important to you – For me the top three are the Economy, the Wars and Education.

In one of the other pieces I read how a person thinks the markets are dropping because Obama is winning. My question to that person is are you living in the same country we are????

On my site obama.jjamm.com I have an article that was provided before the markets took this last dive that talked about how the DOW has returned 15%, the NASDAQ -18% and the S&P 6% not this year but the entire two terms of President Bush. If you diversify across the three that nets out to a 3% gain in almost 8 years. You would have done better earning 1-2% in a bank despite financial analysts trying to sell you 10% returns in the market.

And, by the way it is well known why the last drops have occured and it has very little to do with who will be President. Last I checked no one named Lehman, AIG, Washington (Mutual that is), Wachovia, Merryl or Lynch etc were running for President!

Low Low how low can we go? Which will go lower the Dow Jones or John McCain's campaign?

And are we forgetting that "W" was a cokehead and an alcoholic?

We've all made mistakes in the past and that has absolutely no bearing on what is important now.

It's typical of the desparate Republicans to try and distract from the important issues that face us now.

Cheap shot, but it's not gonna work.

I am so sick and tired of these negative comments about Obama, I could scream. Get a life and accept the fact that in all likelihood, we will have an educated, knowledgable and articulate BLACK Man in the Oval Office.

no big deal. this is America, like it or not, teens experiment with sex, drugs, and rock and roll.

we are the better for it.

Ummmm...OLD NEWS!

Republicans are the most pathetic people...they will even kill to win! they have no shame or dignity...power hungry, gun-toting, war-mongering...they are the ugliest part of America!

Thats fine , If we can bring up John's playboy ways and his past.

are you kidding mccains a joke

I just read this article what a waste of time. Of course, Governor Frank Keating would bring up Obama's past drug use. If he would have taken a little time and researched Obama's book. Obama himself discssed this matter. Of course again, the McCain campaign is drawing at straws to come up with anything to smear Obama. John McCain and Palin at their rallys have been trying to smear Obama's character and policies. They are asking "Who is Obama?" I think that they lost the voters on that one. Obama has been vetted over the past 3-4 years. I think that the voters know him very well. As far as the Ayers relationship that has been researched and look at over and over again. Obama himself stated that he did not have a "palling" around realtionship with Ayers. I think that Palin needs to come up with a better line. Maybe it is about time that CNN and the other media take the time and research and look into John McCain's legislation and policies and "who is Palin?" It is kind of scary to think that John McCain, who doesn't seem to know what his policies are and the truth is. Also, to have a vice-president Palin that seems as radical and non informed about our governement and John McCain's policies. The press and CNN are afraid to interview her to find out what the real Palin is about, because you are afraid of the "sexism" charge. By the way there has been no "sexism" done to Palin. Again, "Who is John McCain and Governor Palin?

Senator Obama should speak "candidly" about?! I thought he did in his book. Either way, how come Obama does but Bush did not? Bush used Cocaine AND had a DWI arrest, all while he was an ADULT. Getting a little tired of the double standard. IT was important to know that Clinton "inhaled." IT was NOT important to know about Bush's snorting past-time, or the extent of it. And NOW it is important to know about Obama's past drug use. I guess the rule only applies to Democrats or NON – born again Christians?

Take Note Good America, Why Now!

Give me a break.....You people have stooped to an all time low. John McCain, the one who said that this campaign would not be "dirty politics." John, what planet are you circling. By the way, getting your wife and Sarah to do your dirty work...Nice guy....You can't even look Barack in the eyes. Something wrong with your self esteem?

McCain is so desperate that he is throwing everything he can find at Obama. BS Keating didn't get this cleared through the "McCain campaign". It was no. 50 on their list of negative talking points. Funny thing though, Obama hasn't even begun to list McCain's numerous shading dealings and liaisons – some with the same folks he is calling terrorists. Wait until McCain's truths have floated up from the muck. This is a re-hash of stuff gone by!

McCain may not be responsible for his actions. He behaves like people I"ve know who suffer from alzheimers.

How pathetic is this? When the market is down 678 points today alone, who cares about this. Hey McCain, Palin & your supporter.... tell us your plan to help the economy. That is what I want to discuss not some past drug usage as a teenager. Which when you think about, there are a lot of people who have experienced drug usages in their teens.

This is a nonissue, as Frank Keating well knows. But as long as he's on the subject, perhaps he should ask Cindy McCain to be "more forthright about her background and former drug addiction," hmmm?

How many more dead horses are we going to drag out.to beat??? None of this is helping the American people.

OMG....this is utterly getting ridiculous! He admitted it, so therefore let it rest. My goodness, Bush denied and denied about his drinking problem and his DUI...if he overcame it, so be it. This sounds like desperation to us!

Look, he's been upfront about it from day one. Not like Bill Clinton, the slick politician; I smoked but didn't inhale!!

why don't mccain stop, obama already admitted he used pot in his teen aged years.

mccain you are a sad old man and we see now you will do what ever it will take to win. You are a waste of a man on God's earth....take you but home or why don't you go to Iran

He wrote it in his books. It has been covered in the primaries. Those who are democrats or undecided (and actually educated to understand all issues) know this. I don't see how this is going to be an issue.

Palin also admitted to using drugs in her youth. Why doesn't he talk about that?

shame on you mcshame.move on old is bad .

McCain and Keating can't find nothing on Obama so they start digging in his book that he wrote about him as a teen in high school . i want them to stop their digging they are not going to find anything.McCain now know that he is far behind in the race,and no catching up

Guess what...!

HERE COMES THE OCTOBER SUPRISE.......FROM MCCAIN

I knew this was coming

More senseless blather from the exhausted cabal of old white men. New Blood please! With all that the Bush crowd has to atone for, it is obvious that the only way to help them reflect honestly is to send McCain and all the other members of the discredited, dishonest and irresponsible right wing packing, far from power.

Yesterday Obama was an elitist, today he's a guy from the street.

The Whole Repub. Base Is Erratic!

Sweat Poping Everywhere, Cross Burning Next?

Some Of The Remarks Coming From The Repub. Rallys Lately

Are So Evil!

The Repubs Are The Ugly Americans

Is this even relevant? The past is the past, teenagers always experiment so it's not that surprising. Despite the fact Keating (is that a coincidence?) apparently wasn't told by the campaign to say this, the McCain camp is getting REALLY desperate.

One used drugs, the other fought in the war and stood to his nation. Make your choice, America.

We have come to expect this of the "McCaine" camp – Desperation on steroids or Mrs. McCain abusing prescription medication?

I digress – Obama will win this election handily; if you doubt it ... ask the Clintons. They too took a beating not very long ago.

Obama/Biden '08.

I am originally from Oklahoma and many, many people in Oklahoma didn,t like this jerk then and I am certain they don't like him now.

Where has this pinhead been up until now!!!

things that make you go ...hhmmmmmmmmmmmm

This is pathetic. Obama already admited this in a book. It's publicly available. What more do they want? Oh, I know. They want Obama to stand up in fron the American people and say, "I'm not fit to be president." That's what they want because as each day ticks by, it's more likely to be the only thing that will keep McCain from losing this election.

Of course, the McBush camp can say and do whatever they like.... they are pure as the driven snow.... you know, it is Obama who has run a dirty campaign. I believe McCindy said the dirtiest she has ever seen.

HAVE THESE PEOPLE NO SHAME! I guess not! Desperation brings out desperate acts.

Can we talk about the number of planes that John McCain crashed too?

YOU HYPOCRITE! A KEATING! READ THE BOOKS! YOU ARE RIGHT! HE HAS ADDRESSED THIS TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE! YOU CREEP!!!!!

I had no idea he was a past drug abuser and described himself as a junkie.

He didnot try to hide this. He was honest about this in his book. Get a life old man. The republicans are not the saints that they claim to be.

If there's a question of moral character it should go to the McCain camp and their dirty campaign. Why talk to the American public about what solutions you have to our financial crisis, heathcare, eduction etc. when instead, as the McCain campaign is doing big time, fuel the flames of gossip, innuendo, and racism .... Frankly, I see the story of a teenager who could have easily turned down a permanent wrong path and instead makes higher choices and eventually becomes a candidate for President of the United States as a story of integrity, triumph, and the American dream.

How has he NOT told us about it, if everyone knows about it? Jeez McCain (and surrogates), be a little more desperate.

Good grief! Will the McCain campaign trash talk ever cease? This is old news that has been covered long ago.

McCain and his surrogates are sounding more and more like angry old men.

Well, well..how selective this McCain surrogate appears to be. Why not disclose everything...let's start with McCain and the Keating 5, come on let's hear the truth. Next, why doesn't America's #1 Hockey mom come clean and testify in "Troopergate". Answer some questions Palin, after all the American people want to know the truth. Between McCain's "Bomb Bomb" comments and Palin's Bridge to no where and I did nothing wrong, but I won't testify approach in Troopergate, not to mention her husbands DUI...I think that there are a lot of issues that need addressing on the Republican side before they open up someone else's closet. Oops, maybe McCain doesn't want to remember how many homes he owns because there are a lot of closets there.

Obama also needs to explain why he smoked cigarettes until 4 years ago

Is this man related to Charles Keating? What about Bush saying he couldn't remember whether or not he used coke coz he partied so hard in the past?

well well well, Here comes another frend of Mccain......I think american people have seen and heard enough from McCain camp and his party.........we have seen this movie twice in the last 10 years back in 2000 and 2004 elections.........all they can do now is teliing a

LIE after LIE LIE after LIE LIE after LIE LIE after LIE LIE after LIE

until Nov 4....its up to you americans dont get fooled this time.......

why are they even bringing it up? Obama HAS spoken about this and that should be the end of it -

Desperation is setting in. And shame on you CNN for "reporting" this dribble. It is old news and you have become a pawn for the GOP hate machine!!!!!!!!!!! Is this the best they have? Bringing up attacks that Clinton used first???? McCain and his camp are becoming more disgusting by the day...................... 27 days and counting.

You can just smell the desperation coming from the McCain campaign lately.

Here's a hint on what to focus on instead:
"It's the economy STUPID!!!!!"

"We didn’t ask him to do it,” the aide said. Wink wink.

“He didn’t clear it with us" the aide said. Wink wink.

Keating: "Obama should admit to the past drug use he's already admitted to."

Moron.

The McCain campaign is starting to become disgusting.

Keating is the guys name. Kind brings back memories doesn't it Mccain?

No more ammunition for the Republicans; George Bush did same b4 he was ellected to the White House.....All you can be doing now is to organise a send off party for John McCain....away from the Senate and White House.
What you started talking about now will only hurt John McCain more.

This is absolutely RIDICULOUS!!!

Obama has written and talked about it already and been more forthright than McCain has about the circumstances of his divorce and filed of a marriage license with Cindy in AZ before his divorce was even final.

McCain, through surrogates or otherwise, really doesn't want to have a character debate with a man who is still married to his 1st wife, owns 1 house, is worth less than 1million dollars, has not been censured or investigated by the Senate ethics committee and has not hired people to work in his campaign who previously referred to either of his daughters as illegitimate (Steve Schmidt and others worked for Karl Rove when Rove started the phone campaign in SC 2000 primary saying that McCain has an "illegitimate african american baby out of wedlock") If McCain would sell out his own daughter by hiring the people who smeared her and his family's name like that, he has no business trying to debate character with Obama or Biden because they are way out of his definitely minor league

Can't believe this issue is being raised by a surrogate named KEATING! Obama already discussed his early drug use in "Dreams from My Father" (1995, 2004). Now, let's hear McCain acknowledge that his wife not only abused drugs but STOLE THEM FROM HER CHARITY!

let me a replublican they are pathatic

It is the republican way. Smear, kick, and kill the spirit of the American people is the way to win elections. However it is a way to set this country back to pre-slavery days. I appreciate those wise Americans who believe we can overcome racism, a bad economy and stupid politics to make this world better. The ones who believe in the best America, must be the people who must get up and stand up for what is right!!

At least Obama is open and honest about his rough patch. I don't think the McCains actually want an open discussion about drug use, not with McCindy's history.

Someone please POLL the RED States. Most of them have not been polled 2nd week of September some the 1st week. I would like John McCain see the light

What's wrong with somebody telling the truth. MCSame won't admit it but I'm sure I did use drug one in his lifetime.

Obama 08

The GOP is out of ideas, out of time and increasingly, out of slanderous attacks. Now they have to extract an honest politician's admissions of past weaknesses and mistakes and try to smear him with them?

Enough garbage – bring November 4 on.

This is much ado about nothing. This has nothing to do with the election or the way Obama will run the country. How many americans have used some kind of drug recreationally in their teen or early twentys. I would say a very large majority has and does it effect the way they do their life or work no it doesn't. This is another repuklican attempt to dicredit Obama and as usual it will have no effect on the outcome of the election. Repuklicans go hang it up you are finished.
I AM VOTING FOR THAT ONE
DOLLORBIL

Meh, this is old news. Obama has been candid about this– more so than don't-remember-the-70s Bush, for sure!

This is just unbelievable! Is the McCain campaign begging to have Cindy's past problems dragged into the limelight? I would have never voted for McCain, but at least I THOUGHT he was a man of integrety. Boy, was I wrong!!!!

HE ALREADY DID, Mr Keating. And Dennis Miller, you still have a job???

No surprise there! Thank God the Repukes have such a bad candidate. I swear the Rebublicans will try anything to win.

I don't understand why CNN won't publish comments by a military wife and soon to be ex-Republican but I will try again.

This is the kind of stuff that has made me turn my back on the Republican party after 20 years. This is not the party of family values any more. It's the party of low ball tatics. There is not one shred of Christian values left in the Republican campaign.

Between the now hate rallies and truly IGNORING every issue in favor of negative campaigning is the last straw for me.

But this is to be expected I guess of the party that treats life as sacred while it is a fetus. Once he or she is born, the holier than thou party doesn't care one once about what happens to the individual. Disgusting!!!

D_E_S_P_E_R_A_T_E.

Poof be gone!

Seems like a non-issue since he's already addressed it in his books and in public, but what else to they have? I guess that's what desperation looks like.

Soon enough all of the straws that McCain's crew are trying to grasp will be gone.....................and Obama's crew will WIN!

What is going on here with the neo-cons,fox news has linked Obama to another terriost from the PLO,now they are trying to call him a drug addict,this is getting out of hand,the media needs to call the Mccain camp out on this before it gets to out of control~~~

A. Far left liberal doesn't make you a junkie. That'd be like saying being a far right republican makes you a blood sucking leech.
B. Atleast he admits his mistakes, GWB should apologize to the world for his actions or ignorance that have caused global instability in financial sector.

More the reason to vote for him. Maybe he'll end this stupid war on (some) drugs. I thought everyone who did drugs never made it anywhere in life? I guess that false propaganda was wrong.

Wow, the Repugs are really afraid. I thought we were over this MONTHS ago.

Sounds like a normal youth to me! It's alot like my life during that age. I'm glad he's never denied it!

I know this is a different "Keating". But maybe a bad choice for a surrogate, eh McCain? Every time this guy goes to bat for McCain it just reminds us of McCain's involvement in the Keating 5 incident.

Oh, and good luck distracting us from the economy using facts that have been well known for YEARS!

Obama has actually already COMPLETELY covered this. The reason we know about it, is because he's been up front.

Keep fishing, Repugs... there's simply nothing else to find.

That so stupid. I think writing a book that anyone can get their hands on and find out about you for themselves is as candid about the issue as it can be.

It's getting dirty out there....but the truth would prevail. Seems to me like these republicans do not have the a rententive memory.....They are trying to use the kitchen sink, I guess they need a piece from Hillary Clinton.

Obama Is UNSTOPPABLE....Change is coming

I'm glad that God forgives us for our mistakes when humans don't. I don't judge people for their past, but the present. He without sin.....let him cast the first stone.

McCain is down and god forbid he ain't out...

Wow, it's just getting dirtier and dirtier Right over there...

Too late...he's already discussed it. Gee golly guys...are ya getting desperate??? lol

I really don't care.

SO WHAT-- PEOPLE EXP THINGS IN THEIR YOUNGER DAYS!!!

He did for the last 2 years. I guess when you get old you tend to forget. Remember the NY Times when the REpubs. questioned his use of drugs. They said a year ago the he lied in his book and did not use the amount of drugs stated that he did not use drugs and that he lied in his book. So which is it he did use drugs as a youth or he did not use drugs as a youth. My head is starting to spin everytime a repub talks.

McCain should try to distance himself from anyone named KEATING...this is another non-issue...is McCain going to discuss his "wild days" too? I'm sure that he is not clean by any means of the imagination...

When will the horrible facts about Obama's character stop coming out? Why are people voting at all for him? What type of president do they think this man will make? Didn't we learn to be more careful after slick Willy? Wake up America!

OH please- he admitted past use- what more do we need to know? God Lord -the McCain camp is getting very desperate! Worry about todays issues!

Drug use didn't affect Bush's ability to get elected. Republican's didn't care about it then.

conservatism and comedy dont go together

If we let President Bush get into office knowing he used Cocaine and a fall down drunk, do you think the Conservatives should be pointing the finger at anyone? A Mr. Miller I worked several of your shows in the Late '80's and early '90's, you are not one to talk.

Hey Keating-sod off. He already talked about it in his book and in the primaries, what more does your grasping at straws, Karl Rovian effort want?

Wow!!! At this point really can't take it! He put it in his book! It's no secret..Who the freak cares..McCain s really reaching! Should we bring back up his affair with Cindy?? That show a lot bout his character!

Sorry John, he has been candid. He admitted his past history years ago.

Wow, McCain's camp sure is desperate!

Really... I like recycling but this is ridiculous (to quote Al Gore)

Hmmm, stick the name "George W. Bush" in that story and it work just fine too don't you think?

This is pretty much a waste of good bandwidth.

Senator McCain should openly and candidly discuss with American voters his conduct as a prisoner in Vietnam; providing information about military flight paths which resulted in US planes being shot down by the Communist N. Vietnamese. I would also like to know about his problem with anger management, specifically what he has done with therapy and medication.

This must be a BARACK HUSSAIN OBAMA ticker nothing bad being posted here, or anywere that I see on any of the tickers. Socialism its already started.

From Canada I send this message – Barrack Obama's past drug use should be considered like everyone else of his generation – part of growing up. He is not connected to any drug rings, nor is he a current user, and he has nothing to apologize for. How many people were using in the ir youth? How many are now sporting suits and executive jobs?

I sincerely hope that the American voters put Obama in the White House. He is honest and well educated and deserves a chance to make some changes. He strikes me as someone who views conflict as an opportunity to communicate. He does not go on and on about 'winning wars'. It's not about winners and losers – it's about peace and negotiation. Go Obama, go!! We're rooting for you!!

So what.. we're not called liberal for nothing. I'll take a guy with some experimental use in his past over an alcoholic gambler present day everytime.

As a teen, I smoked pot, drank beer, ate pop rocks without dying like
Mikey, turned my eyelids inside out, tried a little LSD(while listening to
Seals and Crofts Hummingbird), popped wheelies on my motorcycle,
BUT THEN I GREW UP.

(I am now the Chief of the neurosurgery department of the best
hospital in the country).

I won't t tell which one for obvious reasons.

Democrats Rock!

Petty remarks. Repubs searching for straws.

Elizabeth Hucklehoff is on a mission to single handedly help McCain win. You should have seen her little pouty face today, determined to "expose" Barack. She got her head chopped and served on a platter because Sherrie, Joy and Whoopi were ready for her.

Sorry Elizabeth, all those dreams of returning back to the White House dinners are slowly evaporating. I hope they keep you out of there for 8 long years because you are a pill.

Obama/Biden 08

And what does this have to do with the economy and the fact that people's pensions are being lost! Homes are being foreclosed at such a great rate. I am pissed off that he wasted his own time with such nonsense! "Out of touch, out of ideas and running out of ideas"

Another reach for anything to help distract people from the situation we are in NOW!

What happened years ago has no bearing on today. Most kids tried drugs in high school or college. Big deal!

The republican creeps keep getting creepier. Rush Limpbaugh is a drug addict and divorced three times, does the far right give a crap about that? No, they keep listening.

Sarah Palin's foreign policy advisor was a lobbyist who sold the Iraq war to the American public (or tried) I think that is more relevant than anyone's drug experiment when they were a kid.

Jeez.... Give it a rest....

Obama doesn't have to do anything, The republicans are panicking and are finding everything they can to use against Obama to make you fear him. Don't be fooled America

Oh, for crying out loud!

Read the book, STUPID!!!!!!!

Has he overcome those

"emotional struggles"

This is dumb and they are desperate!!!!! OBAMA 08

Wow! The DESPERATION is really blatant and quite PATHETIC from the "right." Why don't we talk about Palin's Troopergate scandal or McCain's Keating 5 involvement. The GOP is really scraping the bottom of the barrel....and just when I thought they couldn't be any more despicable.

I find it sad that McCain and his friends are questioning Sen. Obama's past when the questions that have been asked and answered.

Does Palin want people to confront her on her past? How about rich Cindy? Sen. McCain how will history remember you? This is not the behavior of a leader or a man in control of his campaign or house.

Get it together, what are your plans to get us out of this economic mess?

So...Democrats should tell all of their 'misdeeds' forthrightfully.

But Republicans should wait to be supoened first and then hide behind lawyers and 'executive priviledge." Thanks for clearing that up Keating.

what other surprises does Obama have hidden away

Talk About Sweating Bullets!

Wow!

The Ugly Americans

What a surprise. H Obama has no honor, no character, no experience,
no values, and should not be trusted. He should go back to IL I hear there is a community organizer job needing his help. (ACORN)

Stay strong Senator Obama. Victory is near and I believe you will prevail. God bless you and keep you safe.

Now let me get this straight. Obama should tell us again like he did when he wrote the book in 95, and like he has said before before he declared and even after that he did what ....1 line as opposed to 5 of cocaine. Or maybe that he nerver rolled his own joint but used a bong or something. Why does this matter? We don't care. The only thing I want to here from Obama is how he's going to protect my 401K, because at 46 I hadn't planned on starting all over again. IT'S THE ECONOMY STUPID!!!! All the other tricks won't work this time.

That strategy didn't work against Bill Clinton, and it's not going to work now.

At least Obama admits his past mistakes. We love Obama and excited about the postive impact that he's brought to this process. Obama and his team has ignited and inspired many people of all backgrounds to get involved in the election. This country is in need of real change and we believe that Obama is capable of making it happen. We like some of McCain's positions, however after 8 years of the Bush Administration, we think that America needs to try something different and that change is Obama. It appears to the American people that McCain's team is so desparate and trying to hard to distract the media away from the issues. The issues are more important than what Obama did when he was a teenager.
America is smarter than you all give us credit.
Suzanne

Well, CNN, thanks for one measly article bringing up anything bad about Obama, but you're just covering up far worse. Where's the story about Obama suing Citibank to force them to give bad loans? You'd think with the economy in shambles that might be important!

Why are CNN posting my comments? I'm tired of the McCain people being able to say anything they like and spread lies about Barack.

Give me a break! So what he used drugs when he was younger. How many young kids do the same thing. What the fail to mention is how he grew up changed his fate by taking command of his life and applying himself in school. I have all boys and I know I have raised them right but I also know that they will do some stupid things along the way. If I raised them right they will get back on track and remember what I taught them. The only difference between Obama and McCain is that he tells the truth about what he did instead of acting as if he is not someone who made them. If McCain could admit his mistakes by being truthful the polls might change

Oklahoma Gov. Frank Keating???

Shouldn't the McCain camp issue a GAG order against anyone who has a name that calls to mind McCain's past indiscretions???

Truly hilarious!

KEATING 5 ---- Hello?

Yawn.....boy McCain't is REALLY reaching......

Wow, and this coming from "BumbleFrank" the level headed man who thinks he is above the Supreme Court. "BumbleFrank" also has quite a shady background with almost $250,000 in "gifts" from Jack Dreyfus, founder of Dreyfus Mutual Funds over the course of the past 10 years.

"BumbleFrank" also believes that creationism should be taught in schools and when told that the Supreme Court already ruled against that he indicated that he would "dissent".

Now we are to believe that this man has any credibility on the national stage when his own party ignored him for a post in Bush's administration, that's a great resume!

Again the Republicans are proving they have no PLATFORM or plan to stand on so they resort to mudslinging. How original. They need to go away already.

He has admitted it. On to the issues. Case closed. Could we maybe run against the independent candidate for a while and avoid this stupid trash.

I this the best you lames can do! Seems like you idiots are related to Rip Van Winkle, finally waking up from a long lost snooze. You people have gone beyond desperation to try and turn around the failed McCain-Palin junket. The people stopped listening to Dumbya long ago so what makes you think that we're going to listen to slime balls like you!! Dennis Miller and all you other monkeys, go back to the tiolet zoo from whence you came!!

OBAMA/ BIDEN '08

For the love of God, what is wrong with these people ? Resorting to attacks way back even further to Obama's teenage years ? They are not bringing up anything new. It really shows the desperation here. This is unbelievable. People wake up !! He already came out and admitted he made a mistake. It's like they want him up on a cross, it's horrible. Will McCain please just go ahead and concede please.

Obama made a book about this so it's not something he is hiding. It just goes to show and give hope to people who have issues and may be down and out that they can overcome and become a great leader and give inspiration to others.

We already know about this. No new information here. The Repugs just don't get it. They just don't get it. The Dow loses another 7% and they can't figure it out. It's akin to a group of people who are all trapped in a burning house and a couple of idiots are trying to get the rest of the group upset about the wallpaper design or the diagonal tile flooring.

Obama "ought to admit" his teenage drug use? Um, when was he hiding it? It's in his book. Talk about grasping at straws. I await Gov. Keating's to publicly call on Cindy McCain to admit to her past drug use. Absurd and desperate..

Old mcBush and Old Cindy are all that free from the subject? Obama clearly stated his youth errement. Who hasn't? Obama 08
Nganenu

Great! He is honest... not many are willing to say these things for fear of retribution...

but come on... they have ALL done it.. maybe not the older presidents...

the 60s... hello!?!

so what's the different between what you did and obama did in writing about it. you both made it public and don't condone it. we all know you just want to jump the subject of what's going in currently in the US.

I hate to say it but this republican is just not gonna vote this year.First he picks a VP that in my opinion would be scary if she become president.If McCain was the straight talk express,than why is everything his campaign dose is so negative.I guess you can be to old for some things and its obvious to me he has lost his mind.

Perhaps McCain, Palin and members of his campaign should read his book. Maybe they will find the answers you are looking for. If it didn't matter with George Bush why should it matter with Obama? How about McCain focusing on how to clean up the mess that Bush and the Republican party has left this country in. How about McCain tell us in DETAIL what he plans to do to help everyday people get through this financial mess we are in. How about McCain tell us what his plans are for Iraq and Afghanistan and the fact these wars are bankrupting our country.

Backfiring. The only people who care about this common knowledge are people who aren't voting for him anyway. Does anyone believe McCain, the partying pilot, hasn't been a pothead.

Nobody cares.

Funny, the same people who take issues with Obama's past seem to be the same people that didn't have a problem with W's coke and alcohol filled past. And didn't McCain's wife take a lot of pills back in the day?

It's time for us to start asking what McCain is hiding in his medical and navy records...

"We didn’t ask him to do it,” the aide said. “He didn’t clear it with us, but obviously he’s read Senator Obama’s books.”

Where's The Leadership In This Statement!

The Repubs. Are Riding On A Bridge To No Where!

If this is the same Keating who was involved in the S&L scandal of the 80's and went to jail for it, I think his being a co-chair of McCain's campaign proves a much greater link between them then McCain has let on.
Why would anyone have a convicted felon who almost cost you your political career co-chair your campaign if he wasn't a very close companion?
McCain must be very happy that the Senate didn't have the right to investigate his actions and involvement with Keating while he was still in the House.
Criminals all.
At least Obama has the honor and honesty to admit what he has done.

Figures. McCain's big on "Keatings".

They just don't get it that american people have no time for all this bull..we want change and OBAMA is change we can believe in.

Good one, wait until 27 days before you express concern.This will surely backfire as once again republicans think people are stupid and continue to insult the intellegence of Americans

wow do you think people are idiot like McShame

And his last name is Keating.

ENOUGH said!

OBAMA/BIDEN 08/12

Seriously? The economy is tanking and this guy is trying to make something out of teenage drug use that Obama detailed himself in his own book... I'd like to hear more about Cindy McCain's illegal drug use as an adult that almost landed her in jail but for her connections....

My personal advice: SPEAK TO THE PEOPLE ONCE AND FOR ALL ABOUT IT. It is good for teenagers to know it is wrong and not to go down that path. It will also clear things up once and for all. It is a non-issue for those of us who support you-but since they want to talk about issues-let's give them this one. The point is-look at how far Sen. Obama has come since those days. Unlike the American Gigolo (J. McCain) and this skeleton who obviously is constipated by the looks of that picture.

I guess this is what is meant by "going negative."
Irrelevant, of course.

Hahaha...same old republicans. Laughing stock of the world.

This is not an issue, he already has spoken "candidly" about it on several occasions, including the Saddleback forum.

Next.

How stupid can you be.. oh wait this is the McCain camp we are talking about...

He even had his drug abuse in his book, go read it

The news broadcasters and pundits have finally helped me make my choice in this most important election probably of my lifetime. Thank you all.

I will NOT vote in any election again. You have convinced me that we "the people" are a bunch of corrupt citizens spending millions on electing someone all of you newscasters and pundits tell me are horrible people. But let us not forget the candidates themselves. Always showing us the worst part of our country.

My vote doesn't matter anyway. This country is doomed to fail.

What don't you understand. Obama already confessed in his
Book. Question for the rest of you poloticians in the
Whitehouse. How many of you are alcaholics?Or rehabs,

b

Instead than talking about Barack Obama, I would like some of these GOP people tell me something about their beloved George W. Bush, and how he made this country great. Was he good, huh?

So good that I should trust them again and vote for McCain, huh?

What a shameless distraction.

I would think that the McCain campaign would be very unwise to have anyone with the name Keating speak for them.

This is a specious attack. But the fact that they need someone from OK to attack Obama means they are now so worried about the reliability of their base that they are desperate.

BTW, CNN, where's the report on the AK Supreme Court decision today okaying the release of the Palin investigation findings?

Someone needs to investigate Sarah Palin and her past. It is my understanding that the only real vetting of Sarah Palin that took place was on a dirt road in Alaska and the only ones envolved were Cindi McCain and her husband John .

FRANK KEATING OF THE GOOD OLD KEATING 5 QEUSTIONING ANYONE IS PATHETIC!

WHAT A NATIONAL JOKE MCCAIN AND PALIN ARE.!

Wow. GOP is starting to get just plain pathetic .....Don't worry Good Ole' Party the end is near

Looks like the MCSAME slim machine is at it again..
Mcsame can't admit he is lost again on economic issues
and a lot of other issues. He is just pathetic at this point and
driving a lot of conservatives far away with his rhetoric and even seems to be alienating a lot of GOP folks also.

I am so PROUD of Obama. McCain and camp are so PATHETIC.

I love it this is WHO?????? Part of the KEATING of millions of STOLEN dollars from the elderly with McCain POCKETS.

Former Oklahoma Gov. Frank Keating let's not forget you were committing crimes when Cindy McCain let a doctor lose his job while she was stealing and getting HIGH with stolen pain pills for her addiction.

News CNN, would be if you can list some of the things by McCain camp and supporters about their GUILT of SERIOUS CRIMES THEMSELVES.....I want him to tell me how and what he did to become a criminal years ago.........

These people are out of their minds. I wish someone would look into this fools closet and bring out the skeletons!

What about W. didn't he use cocaine and the Rebubs said no big deal as did the American people. What did Mr. Keating say about W.? If he said nothing then he is a hypocrite. But now that it is a Dem who used drugs suddenly he's grown a conscience and wants Obama to bare his soul. Wasn't it W. who said I ain't talking about that.

What in the heck does this have to do with my bank account shrinking, or me not being able to feed my family, or me not being able to pay my mortgage, or anything that the American people care about! I AM SICK OF THESE DISTRACTIONS FROM THE REAL ISSUESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS! WHAT ABOUT PUTTING COUNTRY FIRST?

so? obama has already talked about this! c'mon this is NOT news and it wont change the outcome of this election: electing Barack obama)

Clearly past drug usage is of no issue to anyone in the Republican party. They voted in GWB TWICE and Cindy McCain is a recovering addict who commited crimes to get her drugs. She was never penalized, but the doctor who helped her lost his license to practice medicine.

obama has been honest about his use of drugs from the onset.this is old and tired news.where has this man been,under a rock?

Old news – he wrote about it in his book two years ago. DESPERATION!!!

Why do the republicans think that we are so interested in someone's personal history.... Especially from over two decades ago.... Really, we have an economy tanking, someone who used drugs during their teen-age years will have just as much competence in dealing with the crisis as much as someone who did not. If he were a current user, I would be concerned, but its completely obvious that he reversed his lifestyle.

Uhhhh...ummmm...Obama has talked about it. I remember it being brought up during the race for the Democratic nomination. And he also discusses it in his book. Repugs: you are just looking more and more desperate with each low-ball, dirty thing you can come up with. Most Americans are fed up with this nonsense (at least the ones that are not hard-core to the right conservatives). I'll be so glad when November 4th is here!

These people are so desperate that it is increasingly uterly pathetic. Is this all the McCain camp can come up with. Make things so bad, they think that the American people are igmorant enough to fall for this non-sense. It's over McCain and company, go home.

Obama/Biden 08

Considering what other politicians have admitted to in the past and not admitted to, this really shouldn't be an issue. Our current president Bush had a DUI record and there are rumors about drug use by him as well. Other Presidents have had their weakenesses while IN office. At least Mr. Obama has come to terms with himself and it shows by his wife and family and admirable campaign, that he is more than capable of running the country.

uhhh, the man wrote a book. how much more open and candid does Keating thinks Obama needs to get.

What else is the McCain campaign going to talk about? They have no decent ideas, and they cannot discuss the fitness of McCain and Palin.

The Republicans think that going 100% negative is going to save them in November. They are wrong. Americans remember how George W Bush got elected.

Voters are not going to make the same mistake again. McCain and Palin are not fit for office, especially at this critical juncture in history.

How is this news? Obama wrote about it openly in his books. Big Deal. Bush also used cocaine, Palin admits smoking/growing marijuana. The republican campaign is SERIOUSLY out of ideas, aren't they?

America, expect John McCain and his surrogates to stoop lower than Whale poo and we know that is on the bottom of the Ocean. A desperate campaign is floundering.

Wow, that reek’s of desperation!

Does anybody really care about this?

What is McCain's campaign going to come up with next? That Obama didn't do he's homework when he was eight grade. Maybe if McCain experiment with drugs when he was a teenager he would be so dam uptight now.

JUST WHEN YOU THINK MCCAIN CAN'T SINK ANY LOOWER, OUT COMES ALL TEH SCUM FROM UNDER THEIR ROCKS.

WHAT A PATHETIC, DESPERATE OLD MAN!

wonder how he afforded drugs? did grandmother give him the money
or mother who was on food stamps?

Well this fair.. since the senator from MO Claire McCaskill said McCain's age is fair game.

Wow, and this coming from "BumbleFrank" the level headed man who thinks he is above the Supreme Court. "BumbleFrank" also has quite a shady background with almost $250,000 in "gifts" from Jack Dreyfus, founder of Dreyfus Mutual Funds over the course of the past 10 years.

"BumbleFrank" also believes that creationism should be taught in schools and when told that the Supreme Court already ruled against that he indicated that he would "dissent".

Now we are to believe that this man has any credibility on the national stage when his own party ignored him for a post in Bush's administration, that's a great resume!

This is a big nothing. He admitted it. Time to move on.

Oh, Lord, McCain and his people are coming apart at the seams! Folks, we have GOT to put them down by voting for Obama, and I mean in droves! A serious, butt-tootying, talked-about landslide victory for the ages is needed here, and NOW!!

D E S P E R A T E !

McC and company are starting to look very pathetic.

So if he read the books, heard the comments, know it was talked about, why beat a dead horse?
-Oh I know McCains the horse and he's still kicking.
-Really though it was talked about, and decisions were made after the fact.

- Now if he was a D average student, with a drinking problem, a coke head and found ways to avoid the military using he's dad position then Id be afraid, Id be very afraid.

Predictably as things get worse and worse for McCain, he abandons his pretenses at an honorable campaign and he and his surrogates go for the groin. I am offended that he wants to pander to the lowest common denominator. In doing so, he, his supporters, and the not-delightful Governor Palin are only validating the prejudices and low road values of the extreme right. I am appalled that attendees of your and Governor Palins rallies are shouting hate slogans and racist words.Too bad, Mr. McCain, that Barack Obama appeals to us to find the best in our selves and believe that together, the change we need is possible. Your only appeal is to the lowest of the low who are already prejudiced and divisive and your only hope to win seems to be your encouragement of that. We need your ilk like we need the plague.

This smear tactict didn't work for Hillary, and it won't work for John.

First of all, Barack was in his twenties. Secondly, John McCain left his wife and kids in his forties–his FORTIES. Do you really want to go down this path? I don't think so.

I'll see your drugs and raise you one abondoned wife and three kids.
–John McShame

I mean, really.

As a native of Arizona, I am quite ashamed of the McCain campain. I witnessed Cindy McCain's drug addiction. As an adult, she stole from a charity in the name of her addiction. She was never prosecuted due to the special treatment afforded the wife of a POW. It is unbelievable that the RNC would even speak upon teenage experimentation while hiding Cindy McCain's adult addiction under the rug.

Shame on you John McCain.

Please tell us this is not THE Charles Keating, who was indicted, served time in Federal Prison for over 4 years as a result of the S&L banking scandals of the late 80's early 90's!. Please tell us that this is not the same man working as a consultant on a presidential campaign that continues to spew negative barbs in the direction of the Obama campaign. If it is the same, sad that a convicted felon has been given the opportunity to make comments. What he should be doing is apologizing to the American public for the loss of billions of dollars years ago. Does that ring a bell today? Shame on the McCain campaign

This is going way too far. Has these surrogates not examine John Mccains past? If you want to bring these things up from the past then dont have that clueless VP Palin lecture Biden about always going to the past. If Im suppose to believe that a persons past defines there future then I wouldnt have faith in any of these folks. Im a first time voter and now I know why Ive ignored politics all this time. Obama is inspiring and if nothing else, these people should be grateful to him for opening up young folks mind. Remember, The young people are the future.

I could actually hear his studdering and stammering as I read that last paragraph.

You mean you want Barack Obama to tell the truth? Again? I knew you republicans don't understand the concept of speaking the truth. He has already addressed this issue. He wrote about it. He does not deny it. If he didn't mention it, we may not even know anything about it. The truth, it's obvious you guys can't even recognize when it's staring you in the face.

Obama wrote about his experimenting with drugs. He is clear, forthright about it. There is nothing further to talk about, trying to turn it to McCain's advantage by asking him to repeat what he already said isn't going be any help.

Dennis Miller is the worst of the worst when it comes to the media. He should have stayed on the comedy circuit. In one word he can best be described as an idiot and this report on the ticker says one simple thing – McCain is so desparate, he is pulling at straws.

This is laughable. I was a stronger McCain supporter until last week. I am truly ashamed of my party...

who cares? Bush jr did cocaine, didn't stop us from electing him!

Ask Cindy...

Why should Mr. Obama tell us again, what we already know..??

Even Mr. Keating5 knows it; as he stated it so well. Barack has returned to the center.

Mrs. Mc Cain has done drugs and committed comingling and embezzlement of trust funds.. But She stayed to the right.

Should she tell us all as well?

Obama has already commented on using drugs in his youth. This is old news. More desperation from the Republicans! Nothing new to see here.

. . . Then he went on to Columbia, Harvard law School, became a
Constitutional Scholar, A law professor, and a US Senator, and
President of the United States.

(I would compare those credentials to McCain and Palin's anyday).

Obama has an hour long program that runs concurrently 24 hours a day on my dish sarelite service where he clearly states that he drank and used drugs when he was a teen. What else more can he say about it. Goodness! The republicans needs to get a grip.

Uh, he already has. He wrote in in a book. Now, back to the issues- like another triple digit loss in market.

They're all just crawling out of the woodwork now, aren't they. What about the issues McCain and Palin? We're sinking and all you care about, Senator McCain, is winning at all costs. Pathetic.

Our sitting president has a history of alcohol abuse and cocaine use and you're a member of his party.

Its getting increasingly desperate on the GOP side of the fence.

Barack's admission of past drug use and his subsequent recovery inspire me more than Nancy Reagan's "Just Say No" War on Drugs ever did. Barack has street cred. Good for him for turning the corner.

This is SILLY. Stop it!

Please! Enough of this nonsense. John McCain is not snow white! Read the article in Rolling Stone. Compared to Senator McCain's youth, Senator Obama's was mild!

Give it a rest republicans this is starting to get on my nerves. You people know absolutely nothing about real issues facing Americans, otherwise we wouldn't be in the mess we are in. Keating, you and McCain need to share the same room at the old folks home.

Republicans are disgusting. Seriously. Get a life.

Were all so sick of Obama we could Puke!!!! Obama is a bad person face it Folks!!! Obama will run this Nation into the trash can!!! Were voting for McCain and Palin !!!

Go McCain and Palin !!!!!! 2008

And McCain's wife has admitted she was addicted and, in fact, stole drugs from a charity. She was an adult at the time. Do we really want to go there?

McDESPERATION:

I am still voting for "That One".

Yesterday Obama was an elitist, today he's a guy from the street.

The Repubs Are Evil. These Ugly Americans Gov. Pailin Included Will Start A Race War, If This Keeps Up!

Saying A Sitting United States Senator Is Palling Around With Terrorist Was Very Hateful. Now He's A Thug Elitist,

Relax GOP, Lets Not Set The Country Back 60 years!

Yep... Bill Clinton smoked pot (but didn't inhale.yeah...right.... He probably choked!) in college. Let's not forget about George Bush's frequent rides on the White Horse. You can come up with something better than that Mr. Keating. This is the 21st century.

Keep grasping at straws Republicans. Lets not forget that the President had a run in with the white lady as well. Is there any chance that the economy and McCains "newest" plan can become the focus?

Barry got into trouble from time to time, but always seemed to talk his way out of it!!

Look at the people at the McCain rallies. Look at the incredible hate.

McCain and the Republicans now have NO MORAL GROUND WHATSOEVER to stand on. There is no honor left in the Republican party.

What the McCain camp is bringing up now are all things the public is/has been aware of and he has never tried to deny his experimentation or how he was on the wrong path at a young age.

Despite this, he is still ahead in nearly every poll and the Republicans can't stand that honesty is prevailing. How upsetting it must be for the them that they have been lying all this time and they could have just told the truth and still win an election.

Can't wait to see "That Guy" in the White House.

McSame and Palin = say anything @ hate rallies

He used cocaine. Then graduated from Harvard Law. A guy of the street?

Obama 08

Senator McCain and his surrogates are clearly bankrupt of ideas, vision, energy, and now obviously, morals. The levels to which they are sinking suggests profound desperation at the growing tide of change that this country is hungry for and that Senator Obama represents. The McCain/Palin campaign is a disgrace to democracy and decency. They cannot possibly run on the failed policies, incompetence, croynism, and criminality that 8 years of Bush, Cheney, and Republican rubber-stamp majority have wrought on this great country, that McCain willingly went along with and Palin didn't have a clue about until 5 weeks ago. They can't run on their record, so they denigrate a sitting United States Senator, accusing him of all manner of vile and untrue things. McCain is no man of honor. He is no "maverick." And he is no one I want as president. Stop this madness, Senator McCain and Governor Palin– your vile rhetoric is inciting a very dangerous sort of ugliness and panic in some of your rabid-dog followers– you have no idea what you might unleash in some unhinged supporters of yours. Pull BACK from this abyss. Preserve what little dignity you have left. If you have any.

Is this the same Keating that stole around two billion dollars, was instrumental in the S&L scandal, and went to jail?

And what is it exactly they want him to say about this that he hasn't said a long time ago? Gimme a break. What's next? He's addicted to sports and trail mix? We know that too.
Desperate tactics. Pathetic.

P.S. They are bringing this up in order to deflect attention away from the troopergate findings, which will come out on Friday... and to keep people from seeing how desperately they are losing to Obama on all the issues that Americans care about.

...and how many of our leaders drink alcohol? Would you care to examine the health effects of marijuana vs. alcohol? I'd be happy to walk you through the statistics.

I've always liked that Keating!

Another reason why i get more and more convinced that i wont let these Dirty & demonizing Republicans my Vote. Senator McCain had all my respect but as this process plays out my anger for him has only increased and now i'm happy that last week i switched my status from being a Republican to a Democrat. The Democratic party is not perfect but Obama to me seems above the average Politician.

These outrageous accusations about Obama's "friendship" with Ayers who bombed Pentagon 40 years ago (and never actually killed any one) while our current president Bombed the life out of Iraq and killed a Million Iraqi's just goes to show how astray the once Great Republican party has gone.

Mark my words, Obama will not only unite this country. He will also unite us with our allies and bring about change on a global scale. God Bless America & the whole of Mankind!

More useless MUD

Obama copped to this long, long ago. He discussed it in his book and needs to go no further than that with it. Gov Keating is reverting to the same low tactics that Cindy McCain and Sarah Palin have stopped to in the past week – That is bringing up "dead horse issues."

How sad that McCain's campaign workers and supporters think this is the way to get their candidate elected on Nov 4.

I'd rather have a president that was once high on cocaine than one that was once sleeping through discussions on the war in Iraq. And they asked who would be awake to answer that 3 A.M. phone call.

A man admitting he did cocaine or voting for McCain

Which is more dangerous?

You decide.

Bush drank, McCain gambles, Cindy stole pills, Palin just lies...So what!? You will never find anyone without skeletons in the closet!

Old news, who cares.

Is he using cocaine now? Last 10 years? No? Then who cares?
NOT ME.
The question is, what is McCain using now? What are his prescriptions? Could any of them affect his mood, judgment?
THAT IS A MORE IMPORTANT QUESTION!

Now he already knows about the drug use because Obama wrote about it in his book and he has talked about it in his speeches. So what is it more that he wants him to say about it? Just like Ayers. He admitted he worked with him, lives in his neighborhoo, even "friendly" to him. So what more is there to admit? What am I missing?

This is old news. When are the GOP talking heads going to start talking about what matters to Americans?

Also, if they want to bring up Obama's admitted drug use as a TEENAGER, then perhaps Mr McCain's gambling addiction and his temper and his treatment of his wife AND HER drug addiction should also be on the table. Fair's fair.

When the GOP demonize Obama, they demonize a LOT of people who have gotten past their teenage problems and are getting on with useful, productive lives.

What does this has to do with with the price of gas and the economy? Please tell McBush/(Pain)lin Campaign to please stick tot he issues. Stop reaching from the bottom of the barrell because that where you will be stuck down there with the rest of the nonsense garbage.

So he used drug before...so did Bush...and we elected him twice. YOu point it RNC?

Come clean Obama. Tell us the truth about Bill Ayres and Tony Rezko. We need to know the truth.

I thought he already has spoken about it. I don't think it's really an issue anymore kind of like the whole Ayers thing.

Great job, republicans...Keep up that good work of helping Obama..

Everytime you talk of Obama, you miss talking about vital national issues...That is good for Obama..

Hay nobodies perfect he has to purchase air time….. Spend more money…… he is addicted to the political system at are expense now that’s freedom!!!!

You don't think Dennis Miller did or still does drugs???

obama's 30 min blocks of time is that from campaign funds from foreign countries?

Wow, these idiots come in bunches!!!!!!

Sleaze...Sleaze...More Sleaze.

This is all the GOP has.

Maybe we should talk about Cindy's pill popping HABIT...you know the one where she STOLE drugs from a childrens charity?

Why should he go into details if hes already himself mentioned it. I reall hope this isnt the same Keating who stole 200,000 people life savings..if so, Mr.Keating you have no ground to talk about morals. even clinton and bush jr experimented with druges during their adolescent times. most kids have experimented with drugs or binge drinking during their h.s or college times...and majority stop before becoming of adult age.....I swear rupublicans act as if they are saints...after all the corrpution and not answering to supeanos, buah and his party Believe they can get away with murder and all they have to say is a democrat did it

How is this even relevant? They are just trying to distract the American people. The Mccain campaign is so stupid. No one is going to care about this when our economy is going down.

This is really getting old. Obama spoke about this very openly with Diane Sawyer, approximately 2 Fridays ago. Not too mention, in book and during other interviews. Who hasn't made mistakes??!! Perhaps the supporters of Obama should discuss McCain's extramarital affairs on both his wives. His stupid acts as a teenager and early adulthood, let's see his crashing plans, etc. I forgot those records are sealed.

I don't know that one can be a Christian and a politician in America anymore.

These folks cannot run an honest election! They are trying every trick in the book to trash Obama. Shame on you!!!

Obama doesn't owe anybody an explanation. He has written and talked about it previously, which is good enough. You never improve as a person without making some mistakes.

This is absurd!! The McCain camp is grasping for straws as they try to win by not focusing on the issues that America cares about most!! Well, I want to inform them it is over!!!! America will not fall for 4 more years of dangerous policies. I am a lifelong republican ashamed of my party and proud to vote Obama/Biden this November 4th. I talk to many Republicans who feel the same way. I sense a landslide victory for Barack Obama and the nation this year!!!!!

Obama/Biden 08' and 12'

He has been forthright about his past drug use.... He's not trying to hide anything so quit trying to make it seem like he is. He disclosed his past drug use in his books and address the issue during the primary. Besides, I know I for-one don't care weather or not he's experimented with drugs. . . I wanna know how I'm gonna heat my house this winter, or how I'm gonna make my car payment once I get laid-off. This econom,ic crisis has my employer talking about poss. lay-offs in the next month or two!

For some reason, because he's a Democrat, writing about it frankly doesn't count as being open anymore. What's he supposed to do? Compose an opera about his drug using days?

Aside from Clinton's "I smoked, but I didn't inhale" I can't remember any other candidate being anywhere near this open about the topic.

He has admitted it. Over ten years ago. Where was this guy when W was running in 2000 and refused to talk about his past drug use?

I'm confused. Are we supposed to look to the future like Palin said in the debate or look to the past? Didn't Obama already cover this in his book? Can't America read? Or is reading a Democratic virtue.

You can smell the desperation in the McCain camp. And it stinks.

A lot of us have been there(myself included), I think it makes him more human.

Obama has spoken about it. Why don't you Republicans let go of old issues and talk about what matters most to the voters? The economy should be the issue. Are you afraid?

He should be candid and admit it? Keating, you only know about it because he told you about it, and America, in one of his books (not that you read them!).

As a Republican from Oklahoma, I am changing my vote to Obama...Frank Keating was no prize governor for this state and as the weeks have gone by I have witnessed the most appalling ads by McCain and his cronies....I have had enough....I am ashamed to be called a Republican...and I will not be voting for McCain...

That's weird–he's admitted all of this in his books and in speeches. How can he be any more candid?

At any rate, he's been more candid about it than John McCain's been about his womanizing, gambling, and drinking.

"He ought to admit, ‘You know, I've got to be honest with you. "

Barack already admitted to it in his own book in 1995?
With the stock market dropping 500 points a day, wouldn't it be better to focus on the real issues facing this country rather than engaging in Rove-like smears? Enough already.

This is funny. McCain is trying to make an issue out of an openly discussed bad decision that he made as a youngster. We all make mistakes when we are young. The problem is that McCain is still making horrible mistakes that effect many more people than just himself. McCain made a terrible mistake by voting to fight a war in Iraq. Many many people have died because of this. McCain is still making bad decisions.

How low can you go, McCain ?

Let me get this straight, Frank Keating thinks that Obama is hiding his drug use by writing about it in a book?

Interesting.

Back to reality. Go Obama/Biden.

One man, one vote.

So, this is the absolute BEST argument the republicans can come up with to win the White House? Seriously??

This is still dragging up the past. The GOP is trying everything possible to change the course of this election.
Everday they come up with something new. Makes me really wonder if I would want a man like McCain in the White House when all he can do is throw crap on the wall and see what sticks.
Obama still takes the high road.

This is why McCain will lose the election..... Looking at everything that is not relevant now... John McCain, get a grip and try to be the man you used to be!!!

This is so not presidential material. His only plan is to sell our country down the river!!!

I wish Keating were running!

If he wrote it in his book and put it out there then why does he have to come out and say it. Would that be Redundant.....They are grasping at straws.

Oh good grief. This is just getting absurd. Will the Republicans bring up the time Obama stole candy money from his mother's purse at age 7 next? We're laughing at you out here in America, McCain campaigners. Laughing.

Guess that opens up Cindy Lou stealing from her charity for years for her habit.

HA HA HA HA HA HA

I think that is one of the requirements to be president. Let's see Bush, Clinton {he didn't inhale though} so do i really care? Now what about stealing drugs from people who doesn't reallly need them and not spending any time in prison!

Pathetic McCain surrogates at it again. I guess Cindy McCain stealing drugs from her charity to feed her drug habit is ok but teenage experimentation which 95% of American have done is horrible.

Just as soon as McCain talks about his gambling and his wife's drug use.....Keathing 5, and US Council for World Freedom.

Who cares? I don't care about the past. I want to know what the candidates offer for the present and the future.

Let the garbage continue .... What about McCain's gambling and adultery ?

Seriously it is sad that the campaign of McCain has gotten so low.

Everybody makes mistakes, especially when their young. "That One" in 08

Are they really going after drug use...really!?!?

If they want Obama to talk about his Drug addicting maybe Cindy McCain should talk about her past drug abuse.

uh....Cindy McCain was addicted to pain killers. Nice try though.