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McCain should take a little flack over this because it doesn't punish the loan companies in any way for doing this to us. There is not enough accountability but this is still a great plan. All he needs to do is tweak it a little.

If the original loan was for $300k subtract what the home owner has paid from the loan. Say one year's worth of payments at $1500 month. So that would be 300000 – (1500*12) = 282000. The 282000 is what the government would buy the loan from the company for and then they could refinance it at this rate through the FHA. The company that gave the bad loan would loose the interest money they acrued during the life of the loan and the government and the tax payers would make a profit over the life of the loan.

Folks, any idea what we can do about fradulent acorn. ? I would like to see obama win this election legimately , not stolen because of voting fraud.

Why don't you report about McCain's Ayers ad?

Senator McCain is making a tactical error, and is severly limiting his recruitment efforts in my opinion.

His current message seems to be inspiring persons that feel strongly about race to the point of hatred. But I believe the number of Americans who feel this strongly about race has been steadily diminishing.

Most Americans (not just Democrats) try to distance themselves from these groups. It would seem to me that Senator McCain would not want these groups to organize in support of his canidacy.

The above comments made by David Duke, and Dorothy from West Palm beach, support my viewpoint.

AIG executives spend $443,000 on 1 week spa resort a week after bailout from us. People we can't let this abuse continue with our money. I still don't know why the gov don't give us the money and we will stimulate the economy. It would cost less then 700billion because there are only 300million of us according to the last census and that includes children. If they gave every adult over 18 it would cost about 200 million far less then 700 billion.

I'm wondering why alot of news stations aren't saying anything about McCain and Palin allowing people to yell "Kill Him" and so on in their rallies. Are we in the 40's, 50's, 60's I mean what is going on in America? There are so many people of minority serving in the military and to allow so much hate to go on when they are defending this country just like everyone makes you wonder what will happen when people of minority say enough is enough and America is left with less to defend it? A lot of people want change and taking us back and not pushing us forward is why America is on the down fall now. Americans need to stand up and fight agaisnt this hate that the McCain and Palin campaign seems to keep tolerating at their rallies!

OH ,,,and ACORN has been raided by Officals in Ohio, Nevada and i think Conn. …..on VOTER FRAUD …and ACORN admitted it. ….CNN did post voter Fraud this morning but they didnt say who the Agency was that was raided…They may have now stated it ….BUT ANYWHO…Accorn is tied into the DEMS and Obama and wil be losing 10,000 of thousands of Votes.

John please turn in your resignation now to runfor office now .

This is why the McCain camp is in trouble.

• 1st – he wanted to suspend the gas tax (This would have lost millions of American jobs on top of putting American roads a total disrepair)
• 2nd – his choice for VP (His wife would have been a better choice)
• 3rd – This mortgage bail scheme (Must have been cooked up by someone with a Journalism Degree Idaho State Community College)

The list goes on and on!!!!

Anyone with common sense could see that he is not more qualified then Obama. Palin would even be qualified to be in anyone cabinet

Who is his advisor? And would his administration be run like this?

I look at the comments on this forum, and I am pleasantly surprised. Even after all of the comments by conservative organizations blasting Obama's alleged "ties to domestic terroritst', the people still believe in him. I am shocked. As for McBush, we the taxpayers already gave the financial sector $700 billion, and now, you want to give them more? I think not. Buying up bad debts at taxpayer expense is a great fleeing of America. This is noting more than lining the pockets of poor managers and bad businessmen—the very people who got us into this mess in the first place— with federal dollars. That is nothing more than another way for more greedy businessmen and women to get their grimy paws on the federal treasury.

Not here. Not now. Not ever. Obama/Biden '08.

John McCain – Can you HONESTLY look yourself in the mirror and still call yourself a Maverick?

OBama is a joke!!!!!!He sickens me. Who does his "beautiful wife"resemble, I will tell you "Dr. Zira", just watch the Original Planet of the Apes and you will get the picture. She certainly would not have to wear a mask at Halloween (at the White House) she could just go "A'Natural". OBama you won't screw my life up, just continue screwing others up and then they will know you for what you are–a
radical. Betty Phillips

Why should I, a responsible home owner who bought a house I knew i could afford, bear the burden for those greedy folks who wanted to live in homes that they knew were way out of line for their income?
I say, let them foreclose!
If I lost my job and could not make my payments, no one is going to bail me out!

Fact Check: Does McCain's tax plan give tax cuts to CEOs?
Verdict: True

Nuff Said!! The geezer once again taking from the poor and giving to the rich! This man is so anti-american it hurts!

Obama is for the people, not the rich!

McCain is a sell out! He did it in vietnam when he committed treason, he did it to his wife and family upon return, he did it to his fellow veterans voting against all their benefits as a senator, he did it to workers by sending their jobs over seas, he did it to the economy in deregulating wall street, and he will continue to do it to the whole country and world if he is elected. He's the biggest threat to america we currently know of.

The republicans picked a couple of patsys to fall on Bush's sword.3 more weeks untill their 15 minutes are up.Thank God.

You're top story shouldn't be "McCain continues to attack Obama." It should be "CNN continues to give McCain conspiracy theories legs". Shame on you CNN. Just like McCain's campaign has become 100% negative, CNN has also covered 100% negative. John McCain couldn't have done it with out you. He owes you guys big time. "Cindy McCain goes on attack"? Who gives a crap?!

Like with his health care plan, McAin't wants to giveth with one hand, and taketh with the other. Oh, and he asks, Who is Barack Obama? If he doesn't know by now, that's one of many reasons why he deserves to lose this election.

That One has my vote this year. Like there's any other choice…

I hate to say this but McCain is a liar and it behooves me why folks even believe him. But here is the real question I have for the McCain supporters and those who for what ever reason can't seem to make up their minds. Have the last seven years of the Bush administration been some sort of dream you guys wasn't apart of? Have you really forgot the lies that were shoved down your throats? Let's not for get McCain represents the GOP and no matter how much he says he is this Maverick, he stand on that platform and that platform has not been for Middle America since they been running the White House for the last seven years!!! So, now we have McCain who has yet to present anything that will help Middle America during this campaign. The man still wants to keep in place all the Bush tax and deregulation polices that have got this Country into the mess we have today!!! I have yet to see from McCain anything that will help me in this time of crisis. I think the only reason they can't see this is because they see Obama color first!!! The only thing I've seen and heard from him is more lies and games he uses to win at any cost. My Friends Country First is the last thing McCain is thinking about in this Presidential Race and it seems his supporters are the same way!!

What concerns me about Senator McCain's plan is that it is it seems kind of, well, not well thought out. It does not jive with his message of spending freezes. He plans on buying this much bad mortgage paper, which I thought was the purpose of this accursed bailout in the first place, while giving more huge tax breaks to big businesses and while subsidizing the Iraq war at over 10 billion dollars a month.

We are going to have to sell off Alaska to the Russians and Hawaii to the Japanese to pay off this mountain of debt. We may have to even throw a bit of California to the Chinese as well. This man is dangerous folks. Who is John McCain?

obama never goes onto details about his so-called progams. why?

WHERE IS THE BEEF???!!!

I feel sorry for the Liberals… they are not even ready to wait for the details of the plan. First of all even Obama does not know what to do.
Details of every plan has to be worked out by some commette. It is just Maccain bashing. Here goes another liberal negative…

You know the people that really amaze me…is Ohio…they have voted republican in the last two elections…and look at their economy. And these people would vote for them again…sorry but I dont feel sorry for the people of Ohio, You reap what you sow. If you vote for the repubs again…you will stay in your depressed conditon if not get worse. Wake up Ohioans. McCain is bush all over again and Palin is worse. When do you learn????

Did you guys see how he walking in the debate, he need a walking stick or The COSMOS and McCain ROCKS!!! will become his walking stick, you old bigots, your time is up, stop fear politics its not gonna work this time. we had enough.

ok I was going to vote Rep. but all I see now from the Rep campaign are cheap shots to Obama. they are trying to get us to hate Obama instead us talking about the biggest problem this wonderful country is facing. Come on Mccain!! what happen to you… Oh and your plan of buying all the bad mortgages is not your plan, nor bush's plan, nor Obama's!! it was Sen. Clinton…she said a month ago when she was being interviewed on CNN….Mccain you lost me when you picked that girl from alaka…

Sen. Barack Obama did not initially react to McCain's bold stroke, but today, his campaign rejected the idea out of hand on the helping people keep thier homes on forecloser.
The trouble for Obama, however, is that he was advocating much the same idea just two weeks ago.
FLIP FLOP …..FLIP FLOP …FLIP FLOP

No banker left behind!

BS Express keeps rolling

McCain's attempt to tie Obama to Ayers is the sleaziest campaign tactic I've seen in my many years. Does he have so little to offer that all he can do is mention a terrorist group that was in operation when Obama was only a child. McCain is pathetic and anyone who buys into that crap is also pathetic.

This has got to be the most stupid ad I have heard of.. If the govt buys the bad debt, not for what the bank thinks its worth, but what property value now is and re-negotiates with the borrower then people will stay in their homes, banks will have money and credit crisis solved. This will help taxpayers and not lenders.. Good try Barack.. Better luck next time…

Definition of a 21st Century republican:

Race baiting, hate mongering white guys (and gals) wrapped in an American flag with a bible in one hand, an M-16 in the other chanting "USA, USA" or "Drill baby drill" who keep their pointed white hoods in the closet…

His so called 300 billion plan is absurd….

What about the responsible people who had already paid off their mortgage- or those that are paying for their mortgage because they can afford it?

His plan bails out the failures who did not have the down payment- were neglectful- bought new cars, took vacations- knowing they couldn't afford that 300k home to begin with

His plan alienates those who struggled to save their 20% for their homes

McCain— pathetic.

The COSMOS and McCain ROCKS!!! October 9th, 2008 11:25 am ET
»"CNN-OBama" only posts the pro-Obama comments!!! SAD for you!SHAME on you!!!» Are we in Indonesia or are we in AMERICA?!?!?!??! JOHN MCCAIN=A TRUE AMERICAN WITHOUT a ARABIC(!????!) NAME!!!!
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You're a genius as well as a true credit to your candidate and vivid reflection of a McCain/Palin supporter.

Now go and drink up the rest of your $1.50 six-pack and finish beating your pregnant underage girlfriend before your 300lb wife gets back from Walmart.

And also Ms. Carolyn Green you are incorrect about the voter fraud investigation. Acorn is being investigated in Missouri, Nevada, and Ohio for fraud. In fact, their offices have been raided. You know the office they get from all the money big Barry funnels their way.

I know you are an intellectual….probably have a Ph D in 19th Century Slovakian Jewish finger paintings or something like that….but please just do a little research on your own before you spout out nonsnese.

It's always better to have no plans…, as long as the corrupt media isn't reporting it that is…

John McCain's Straight Talk Express has NOW become the Trash Talk Desperation Train Ride to Now-where.

to this person, The COSMOS and McCain ROCKS!!!, judging from your comments, you fit the description of "racist".

Anyone else here sick of the names they keep calling Obama; this whole elitist crap, pals of terrorist and other various lies? Seriously, who in their right mind doesn't want their kid to achieve what Obama has? It's truly sad that McCain/Palin wants to bring out the worst qualities in their constituents and incite hate filled rhetoric. Liberal scum, kill him, terrorist, traitor, some of the few names being spewed by these so called "Christians" who support McCain. Where did your God go? Or does your God condone such behavior?

hit hip obama hit him hard!!!!!!!!!!!

When the future generation reads their history books, and reads about these pathetic attempts of John McCain, they will laugh at his desperation. Hands-off government 1 day, socialism the next. This guy is outta here.

Good idea John McCain, but since it not your idea I want Barack Obama to implement it and sign it Presidentially!
As a side note: Why is Cindy McCain talking mush? Is she a politican now? Who will McCain put up there next to desperately turn the awakening… probably his gardener in mansion #6 (so he can show he wants the spanish vote!)
Leave the slinging to politician Palin please and get back to the issues!

Vote Smart America
Obama/Biden in 08!

CNN
It is a shame to allow all these racial comments against a certain race or religion from mostly ignorant people who never read about Islam or Arabs from respectful sources other than Fox news and the similar. It will be a shock to many of them to learn that Arabs saved whole Europe from the dark ages during the 711 and 1492 period when Al-Andalus was established in Europe (in today's in Spain).
For decent people who want to learn more, please type Al-Andalus under wikkipedia.

Some of those racist forgot that the bloodiest wars in history where done by races other than Arabs (as a hint check the stats of world wars I and II and the 18 crusades that came out of Europe). Does that mean that All European (who happened to be white) are boold thirst people or terrorist?

It is a shame that the few individulas who did these shameful acts and who happened to be Muslims hijacked the reiligion of 1.2 billions Muslim people. What is even more unfortunate is that the media made them the hallmark of that reiligion? but again mystery is solved if the eaders try to find out about the back ground of the owner of these media outlets (one of them carry other nationality)

Peace.

TIME TO WAKE UP TO THE LIES!!! NOBAMA!!!

I'm tired of people talking about these things without investigating them. All you McCain supporters need to stop listening to FOX news and the McCain ads / lies. If you truly feel McCain cares about YOU and not big business, I feel sorry for you.

Anyone else here sick of the names they keep calling Obama; this whole elitist crap, pals of terrorist and other various lies? Seriously, who in their right mind doesn't want their kid to achieve what Obama has? It's truly sad that McCain/Palin wants to bring out the worst qualities in their constituents and incite hate filled rhetoric. Liberal scum, kill him, terrorist, traitor, some of the few names being spewed by these so called "Christians" who support McCain. Where did your God go?

Send a message LOUD and CLEAR to the McCain Trash mouth campaign by VOTING EARLY. This will quiet down his non-sense and make him focus more on the issues which people care about most.

Definition of a 21st Century republican:

Race baiting, hate mongering white guys (and gals) wrapped in an American flag with a bible in one hand, an M-16 in the other chanting "USA, USA" or Drill baby drill" who keep their pointed white hoods in the closet…

He stole this one from Hillary

To the pinheads that say Hussein Obama is/was not a Musliim

On January 24, the Obama campaign released a statement, saying, “To be clear, Senator Obama has never been a Muslim, was not raised a Muslim, and is a committed Christian who attends the United Church of Christ in Chicago.On March 14th, in a statement to The Times, the Obama campaign offered this statement to correct their previous statement, that appears to be a bold-faced lie:”Obama has never been a practicing Muslim. The statement added that as a child, Obama had spent time in the neighborhood’s Islamic center.”And, the original statement began, “To be clear …”So, in three months, Barrack’s campaign has gone from describing the U.S. presidential hopeful as never having been a Muslim and never having been raised as a Muslim to now never having been a practicing Muslim.What’s with the semantics? Statements from Obama’s campaign appear to have evolved, to say the least.

Check the facts.. Stop being sheep. Come clean Obama

maccain is saying the truth and he is trying to fix by saying that fixing the housing market the rest will be fine ,but obama is trying to make magic and saying he will fix it without any brain and he is wrong and it will never work out.

…very sad that all McCain/Palin have are the onslaughts of slandering comments…is that the best that they can do and our country was/is on the verge of bankruptcy? Good for us "SMART" Americans we are voting for real people with real change. McCain does not care about real people he showed his true colors at the last debate.

Obama/Biden08

God, looking at all these comments make me feel like this is MySpace wars for 40 year olds. All of you need to put up or shut up!

McCain and Palin are inciting hate and bigotry in their latest attacks on Obama. They need to stop. We have enough problems with the state of the country and the financial problems people are having.

LET'S ADDRESS THE REAL PROBLEMS THE COUNTRY IS IN AND STOP SPREADING LIES. SEEMS LIKE MCCANE HAS LOST HIS MARBLES.

CNN is so prejudiced against McCain, or any other Republican, that it makes it difficult to understand how this broadcasting company can continue in 'good faith'. Where is the fair and impartial broadcasting? The name should be "Pro Democrat' rather than CNN.

Go Bob Barr '08
Enough of the puppet show of the two-party scam and it's bought and paid for candidates.

Guess who is going to be McCain's NEW BOSS…….That One.

"SARA PALIN REPRESENTS A FATAL CANCER TO THE GOP"

-A fellow republican.

Obama is so screwed up in the head. He needs to know how the people feel about ACORN. Why does OBama not refund the monies he took from Fannie/Freddie, he is no more than a BLACK Hippocrit in the lowest of the lowest. Today they are checking Voting fraud and the Acorn mess in Ohio, Our country is in a terrible mess, maybe some good will come out of this, lets hope it does. I have been so baffled that OBama refuses to talk about his education, Maybe we should just sit and chat with AYERS, Wright and the other radicals, I am certain they could share more than we would need to confirm that they have attempted to put a TERRORIST in our beloved White House. Hillary should have told the truths about OBama , the Snake. Shame on her.
Betty Phillips

Quit crying about Voter Fraud. There's no link between Obama and ACORN, and WE Haven't Voted Yet! You want to talk about voter fraud, let's examine Florida 2000, Ohio 2004. Go over to Fox…I've read their message boards…so much anti-American sentiment.

Also, Quit voting on social issues! If Bush couldnt get abortion outlawed or a Marriage amendment, what hope do you think Mccain has(he doesnt support either btw)? Vot for the economy, vote to keep our freedoms. This is America, act like you care.

I've never got a comment up on Cnn, so I don't expect this to go up either…but hopefully someone reads this

Carolyn Green……

Ummmmm…..duhhhhhh…..ummmmmm

Then I guess he worked for ACORN!

When I hire a lawyer he works for me.

UMMMMMM DUUUUHHHHH UMMMMM

Let me guess your an Obama intellectual

Geat plan. all in for this one guys

I see many people complaining about the plan because the 'tax payer" will take a hit. We just took a 700billion hit to bailout greedy wallstreet. What is wrong with helping the people who actually need the help. If the homeowners were not suckered into buying a home with a loan they could not afford we would not be in this situation. Waht is Barry's plan?

My family is voting early for THAT ONE

Go Obama/Biden

If you are unhappy with the candidate of your party, please google "votepact". It's a good way to express your concerns without swaying more votes to the other party.

Video is circulating of interviews with McCain/Palin supporters in their views of Obama as a terrorist.
Truly scary stuff.

OB08

I am one of the ones with an "upside down" mortgage. My home is worth considerably less than when I purchased it. However, I was responsible and bought a home for much less than I was approved, did not go for any of the "gimmicks" and as a result my mortgage continues to be paid on time as it should be. What really burns me up will be if this stupid plan by McCain means I will have to help foot the bill for people who bought more home than they could afford, paid lower interest rates for those homes, until reality came crashing in. So they get a reduced mortgage at a lower rate and I get to slug along at my higher rates because I was responsible????

I DON'T THINK SO.

I hearld so much about bad mortgage over the last month,how about a good investment in finding a Earth like planet and seeding it so our kind will have a better chance suvivor because at the rate we are detroying" that one:" we want have a place to go.

WHY CAN'T THE OBAMA SUPPORTERS REALIZE THAT OBAMA CANNOT BE TRUSTED. LOOK AT HIS PAST, WHERE HE COMES FROM AND ALL THE BAD PEOPLE THAT SURROUNDED HIM THROUGHOUT IS LIFE. NOT ALL THE INFORMATION CAN BE FALSE.

WAKE UP!!!!!!!!!!!

Thank you Vincent from Great Lakes, no one in the mainstream media will even mention the fact that as a prisoner of war, MCCAIN
AIDED AND ABETTED THE ENEMY!!

US Servicemen died because Songbird could not stop talking to his captors!!

That is called treason. He is a traitor. Heck, Palin is more qualified to be Commander in Chief than that traitor!!

Google Songbird McCain!! He became a hero, while others went to jail – all for the same offense. Guess it's good to be the son and grandson of admirals.

The contrast w/ McCain/Palins hatefest rallies is striking. While they wallow in the bile of their base, Indep are turning off in record #’s to the cries of “terrorist, kill him!” and “sit down BOY!” Moderate people are terrified by this kind of thing and moderate people are the key to this election.

Conservative Socialist???? Is that like an Under-cover Klansman?

Its funny how these people are claiming that cnn is only posting obama sapporters comments,yet there stupid comment is on there, If figures considering there they are voting for mccain . They truly have no clue what they are saying and thinking Get A GRIP mccainers, you sound like a bunch of babysssss!

With everything you read and everything you see, with the country in financial crisis, it's amazing how divided and polarized we all are.

Maybe the United States has just become too big to run as the democracy our founding fathers thought of. Maybe we'd be better off with the left coast states, the center states and the northeast all being their own independent countries, with a loose federation between them.

So… McCain wants to buy the failing mortgages at loan value rather than current market value. Sounds rather stupid to me! Why buy a mortgage for a house witha loan for $300,000 that has a current value of 150,000? I prefer the treasury plan- buy the mortgage securities at current market value, then when they go up, sell them. Maybe we'll get enough back to reduce the deficit a bit and stabilize some of our programs.

I like reading the bitter comments from dead-end McCain supporters who can't seem to get over the fact that the smear campaign put on by their candidate is backfiring, and the campaign has flat run out of ideas.

The William Ayers smear is nothing more than a desperate campaign lashing out violently in response to its flagging and failing efforts. You can't pick and choose who sits on a board of directors with you, and you can't control what someone did 40 years ago when you were 8 years old. How about Palin's husband belonging to an organization that supported the overthrow of the U.S. Government? Shall we fact check that one?

So neo-cons, is fact checking only valid when it supports your case? Or when it doesn't support your case, just dredge up that "liberal media" myth? Face it, you're all on the wrong side of this argument.

black libertation theology claims:
Capitalism MUST be replaced with democratic socialism in an effort to eliminate racism.
so in order for racism to no longer exist in this country, all people can only earn the same amount of money and havethe same amount of educations, cars, etc so that no one claim preference.
so only when this country becomes truly socialist that racism will end
?

I think Obama needs to worry about his own state if IL. It's sad when the Sheriff of Cook County has to speak up about the forclosures in IL. I see all of the problems IL is having. Why isn't Obama concerned for his own state?

Barry Obama is a LIAR..

McCain/Palin '08

Go for it Obama, I see my $5 donation to you working, thats all i can afford and i am so proud of my participation in this process for the first time . Good luck to you, God bless America

Now I understand why Howard Dean said "The white party…sorry, the Republican Party…"…
"That one" 08!

Obama: Hear my plans.

McCain: Pull my finger.

This thing has become ugly. McCain and his crew have started a fire that must be stopped before it gets out of control. They know Obama is no terrorist but he and Palin don't care about truth. They are attempting to incite the nuts who adore them and thev have acted unpatriotic in the process. A person who loves this country and what it stands for would not get upon a stage and call another candidate unamerican and a terrorist unless they actually beleived that to be the case. This country has nuts in it who listen to this dog doo and it is not far fetched to beleive they would take action. It has been suggested that when speaking Palin and McCain may not hear the outrageous threats and statements. Bull doo.. when McCain was speaking and a follower called Obama a terrorist he heard it and reacted. He didn't call out the follower hoewver he just continued. When a follower said kill him during a Palin speech she herard it and seemed to be proud of the reaction she gat. McCain and Palin are attempting to stir up their crouds like a lynch mob. They should be ashamed and should be exposed as the unpatriotic people they are. Shame on them and those who excuse their behavior. That is not wehat america is about.

Ayers…explain it Obama. Explain it truthfully. You have shown that you would make a deal with the devil himself if it would further your own self interests. You knowingly got in bed with Ayers and satisfied your desires. Sick man.

I cannot read the insanity on these blogs anymore. Have you noticed that centrist people do not comment anymore, let alone conservatives. The meaness spewed against John McCain and Sarah Palin are disgusting!!! Let anyone question the prince Obama and the liberals are screaming rascism. Make fun of O and his ridiculous wife, and then we will call it fair.

Cnn post all comments just like fox does fortunately most people realize that McCain/Palin are not what this country needs right now. So most McCain/Palin supporters have packed up and are trying to see how they can win in 2012.

The Obama campaign's initial reaction was a version of "me, too," and his press aides circulated a quote from last month when Obama had floated a similar idea while stopping short of formally proposing it.

"We could consider giving the government the authority to purchase mortgages directly instead of simply purchasing mortgage-backed securities," said Obama while campaigning in Clearwater, Fla., on Sept. 23. "In the past, such an approach has allowed taxpayers to profit as the housing market recovered. But, this is not simply a question of looking out for homeowners, it's doubtful that the economy as a whole can recover without the restoration of our housing sector, including a rebound in the home values that have suffered dramatically in recent months."

McCain is a SMART man. An ingenious plan that puts foreclosures back into the hands of the resident instead of a new buyer.

Someone seriously needs to stop Sarah Palin. She boastfully regurgitates stuff she doesn't know ANY THING about. I agree with Rich from Silver Springs, John McCain is simply using her to do all his dirty work to win him the election. Shame on John McCain. My mind has already been made up since the primary and nothing will ever change that. I think if you are for Obama you are for Obama, nothing else. McCain campaign is racist and this is what America is trying to move away from. We are a very diverse country and to think as does McCain that only his kind should have a say in this country is such a shame. I would never vote for a man like him. America does not need to go back into the 60’s. Come on!!!!!!. He could never be a commander in Chief. Hell No. Bush was enough. No more of the likes of him especially that "No Clue" Sarah Palin. Sorry!!!

OK OK OK JOHN McCAIN.
Lets look at the problems.
Who created those BAD LOANS….. LENDERS (BANKS) They were greedy.
Now you want us to bail out the BANKS again. We have already given them 700 Billion.
Let them BUY those BAD LOANS BACK.
John Sidney McCain has gone SENILE! Or is it that bimbo is making his head all engorged with blood.

Beck can blabber all he wants, but looking at the comments below makes me sad that in the year 2008 there is still so much racism in this country. You can plainly see folks voting against obama simply because he is black and/or his middle name. So what people.

McCain:

Ready…Shoot…Aim!

What plan, McCain has no plan just a reaction.

CNN as an African American i find your moderation system terribly flawed, you choose not to post comments of substance yet post the most vile examples of racism and stupidity from McCain's cult like followers…please explain

McCain has gone off the deep end. The Republican Party is out of touch nominating him to be top of the ticket. For Republican families, Obama provides a better vision. Unilateralism, the hallmark of the Bush era has damaged our country and until we toss out there unilateral bigots like McCain, then we can expect more of the same that Bush gave us. As for Palin, she does not have a clue she is just a bobblehead.

mccain for president. yes i have already said this but will you post it?

Thanks, McCain, for at least having the guts to provide a plan. Obama's strategy this whole election cycle has been mainly to talk up the negatives from the margins instead of getting in there and actually trying to do something about the problems we face. Nor has he admitted his deep involvement in the practices that brought this mortgage crisis to a head: government pressure on banks to give loans to high-risk individuals. It's time for Obama to take responsibility for his own active involvement in this crisis. It's really true. McCain is the only one who has fought this corruption in the Senate. I think he deserves to win this thing much more than someone who has actually profited signficantly from Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae and the Democratic congressional policies that allowed those two mortgage giants to stick it to the rest of us and then feign shock that those policies have just as much to do with this mess as the greed they keep pointing to on Wall Street. Obama, Frank, Dodd, and Schummer all profited significantly from their resistance to any action by the Republicans to shine light on this corruption during the past 6 plus years.

Its so funny that all of the hateful McCain supporters insist that CNN ONLY post Pro Obama comments. Has it just not dawned on you people that its just MOSTLY Pro Obama people posting? You may hate Obama and maybe your post is just so nasty they moderated it out. I've had my Pro Obama posts not posted, so I think they are doing all they can to be balanced. Its not their fault that most folks are supporting Obama.

This "new" idea of McCain's does not even sound Republican. It sounds Democratic and this is because Sen. Clinton was talking about this back in September. For all the rhetoric that McCain/Palin spew about BIG GOVERMENT, this is a BIG GOVERMENT idea. Does he plan on doing this before he puts the freeze on spending? McCain needs to think about if he is REALLY SERIOUS about becoming President anymore.

obama/biden 08

WE CAN ONLY JUDGE PEOPLE BY THEIR PAST.

MCBUSH HAS WORKED FOR 26 YEARS TO ENRICH

HIMSELF & PEOPLE LIKE HIM, AT OUR DEMISE.

If this campaign was decided by who gets the most voters to pull his finger and be surprised, then it definitely would go to McCain. If it's decided on issues and what's next and what's BEST for America, Obama by a landslide.

McCain is nothing but the same old politics with the same failed policies. Wake up America, there is no turning back. US, Europe and the rest of the world must move foward!!

Let's go!!

Obama/Biden 2008.

mccain for president

Earlier, "Rick" said:

Hey CNN, once again, spare us your "fact check". Nobody even has to read it. If the issue is pro-Obama or anti-McCain it's going to be "true". If the issue is anti-Obama or pro-McCain it's going to be "false".

It's laughable that you call yourself a "news organization" rather than a branch of Obama's public relations team.

Rick, take a cue from Senator Biden: "Facts matter." If the Republican ticket would quit lying so much, maybe fact check would come up with more "True" verdicts.

Its not CNN's fault that everything McCain says is negative… they can't make stories up like McCain does

The reason everything is positive about Obama is because Obama only says positive things, and please don't say this is a negative ad, it is a negative policy ad not a personal attack which seems to be the only thing the McCain campaign can do

Obamas biggest special interest donator—Fannie Mae and Franklin Raines…no experience–No Obama./.

Barack doesn't want this. It helps ordinary citizens not the government funded BS programs.

A maverick is– a person who thinks independently; a lone dissenter; a non-conformist or rebel.
–Wikipedia

We don't need another maverick in the White House. Haven't we had enough of the that with George W. Bush? He "mavericked" himself to torture people, which is NOT American.

We want someone in the White House who will follow the law and not bend the rules to start personal wars.

Where can you be a maverick?
On the DANCE FLOOR! Not that we have anything to dance about, yet. But if Barack Obama and Joe Biden win the election, I plan to get "mavericky" on the dance floor. When you dance, you should be a non-conformist and just let the music move you.

On November 4th get "mavericky" folks, and do the "maverick" dance all night long.

Obama/Biden 08

BK, either take your meds or go hang out with the freepers on their website.

LOL – the comments here are great. McCain / Palin finished. Let's get over it and send them packing. Maybe Cindy can walk in someone's shoes while they are out of office…

"MY FELLOW PRISONERS",

WE HAVE TRIED STUPID,

ARROGANT & NOW WE WANT

TO ADD INSANE & SENILE?

MCSENILE IS NOT PLAYING WITH A FULL DECK.

IN FACT, HE IS NOT PLAYING WITH 1/2 A DECK.

My home has been paid for since 1989 due to a large insurance settlement.My children are in their 30's,so my wife and I are empty nesters.My "mortgage payment" is insane tax amounts for schools mostly taken up by illegals that are also destroying social security.My 70k home has "increased" in value to a 160k home,although independent estimators put it closer to 110k.Please America,wake up and take the lobbyists and corporate Amerika out of D.C.We truly don't need to bail out the elite for greedy,shark-like lending practices.It seems that ALL politicians have become ugly little thugs that are constantly fighting "turf"battles.How about a little help from the Media ,instead of only receiving newspeak?

BK

Look at JR's comments before making any FALSE STATEMENTS. This is the problem, all lies from the Republican side. I guess you people are so desperate…..losers!

We are not stupid. We read, we do our research, we listen to various news channels (and not just FOX news) and make sure we have the right facts. You might want to do the same, educate yourself before posting such lies and remarks.

People who claim in their posted comments that CNN only posts pro-Obama comments are hilarious idiotic.

Noel, get a good grip on reality. Your comments dont have anything to with the issues that our country faces. No one here wants to hear your, 'I'm racist' comments. You have been making unncessary remarks about Obama's ethnic backbround and you seem to have been drinking too much haterade. He is half black, half white and that is in black and white. Why state "the blacks still don't have their dream realized." Many Americans, white black, asian and hispanic are voting for him; it's not a black thing.. it's an American thing. Take your hate and racial comments back to the 1940s!!!!!

McCain's age is being manifested too much in this decisions and also in the body language at the time of second debate . I would have voted for Mccain if he had contested atleast 8 years ago. He has lot of accomplishments in life, but not fit for president in his weakening time.

What is an "American" name? McCain is Irish. Obama is African. Even a name like Smith is euorpean. If you want to get stupid about what an American name really is, then it should be more like "Geronimo" or "Sacagewea".

Military funding bills McCain did not vote for

6/26/08 HR 2642 Iraq and Afghanistan War Finding/GI Bill
5/22/08 S Amdt 4814 Funding for Operations in Iraq and Afghanistan
5/22/08 S Amdt Finding for Operations in Iraq and Afghanistan with Provisions Regarding Conduct and Congressional Oversight
3/14/08 S Con Res 70 Concurrent Budget Resolution
1/22/08 HR 4986 Defense Authorizations Bill
11/16/08 HR 4156 Supplemental Appropriations for the Department of Defense and Timeline for Withdrawal
11/16/08 Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for the Department of Defense
10/1/07 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008

I like the idea of suspending all foreclosures and forcing the banks to renegotiate mortgages for primary residence and the owners that can afford them – BUT only if the bank or lender takes the loss. It sounded good when Hillary said it months ago and is part of the Obama requirement in the $700B rescue plan. Guess that makes McCain's original idea the part that punishes taxpayers.

John 'the Gambler' McCain thought he could toss this idea like it was dice . . . everyone would follow the dice and not see straight through his attempt to fool people. He has become a laughing stock. Not even Republicans want this faker. He's as fake as his wife's and running mate's hair color.

Hello CNN! I don't see my posting. Where did you put it? I am expressining true opinion about the hatred being incited by McCaine and Palin. They are going to get someone killed. Whoever this Campell Brown….should be worned and repudiated by the remarks said or written in any mediam form.

McCain, if you are a grown up man. Stop this madness in your own house. Don't be a grown up moroone. Are you McCaine? If you are not, why do you impress your VP Palin call someone a terrorist and inciting violence and killings. McCaine, how studpid and ignorance are you? You don't threatned someones life like that. Are you a racist or what McCaine? What has gotten into your old age? Do you have some psychological problems or what? Compose yourself and condem those remarks made by Palin and Campbell Brown.

Remember, I am a Republican and I will never vote for you. You are not making sense. Threatening ones life is not an answer to winning the election. You know what McCaine, if anything happens to OBAMA, you will be solely responsible.

CNN – Please post my posting. Thank you. This is not a game when it comes to someones life. Especially OBAMA. This election is very important. I am a REPUBLICAN VOTING FOR OBAMA. HE HAS A COMPRHENSIVE FACTS ON THE ISSUES.

John McCain "Conservative Socialist?"

It is irrelevant what John McCain's mortgage plan is. If the Republican
base is composed of bigots and hate-mongers, as lead by Sara
Palin, it is time for me to join another club. It is safe to say that I will
vote Democratic this year. Thanks, but no thanks, Palin.

The scarry thing is that McCain in nothing more than a right wing biot who has an uncontrollable temper. The man with his pitbull admitting to be mavericks is admiting nothing more that they are loose canons ready to go off. With the US economy being an absolute shambles god help the free world if McCain and the pitbull win – the US has so much more to offer than the republicans. These trying times requires a man who is open minded, who is not tied to the past and one who can see the future where the US once again will be able to claim it's rightfull place in the world – this is what Obama is capable and can do. This is our generations time and the old guard should simply acknowledge that their use by date has expired.

I would like to find out how Mcpain voted in the 80's for sanctions against South Africa's apartheid government…some food for thought and maybe we will see what he is mad of. he is a bitter desperate old man who shuld face the facts that he is done.

I'm voting for the White guy!!

The KKK will rise again under John McCain!

McCain/Palin '08

McCain's so-called proposal is already part of the bailout package.

Does McCain want to borrow more money?

Eight is enough.

I LOVEEEEEEEEE! MCKEATING5 EXPLOITS comments >say it again Sam!!!!

Republicans, keep your hatred at home where it belongs.

Where is the outrage on ABC, CBS, CNN, MSNBC, FOX, NYTimes, Washington POST, etc….?

There is no outrage because hate and racism creates ratings!!!

I'm really PROUD of America!!!

These are the people that are capable of the killing the President of the US!!!

truth of the matter is obama would not make a good president. We dont need any new taxs or raised old ones. If you want to be liberal give your own money away not mine…….

I have totally lost respect for John Mccain. At one time I was thinking of voting for him when I thought Huckabee or Romney might be his running mate. But he picked Palin a vicious woman who gives Christianity a bad name

I have watched the debates and I see hate etched on Mccains Face

He says he will do a freeze to help the economy then gives out a socialist plan for mortgages

Hey I got a mortgage 2 years ago , We researched and found out ARMS are way too risky so we went 30 year and sacriface a bit and pay our mortgage on time. Our property has lost $10,000 in value since we bought it. Wheres is my Bailout. I will take $20,000 thank you I think that would be fair since we are going to give money away

One thing the US Goverment could do for the one's that are losing their homes is to re-morgatage and give these poor souls a 40 yr. fix term at 0% for 3 years and then raise it 1or 2%.

This bail out should provide for this. The banks that hold the loans would do better with a little return then zero.
In our little town in MI needs this NOW.

Peter & Fran Schaefer
Lapeer, MI

I really don't want to hear McCain anymore he have change the way a person run for the highest position in the world. God help him! The sad thing about it is I don't think he even know.

NEGITIVE ADDS HURT EVERYONE!!!

When McCain keeps using these CHEEP SHOTs it hurts everyone. He is saying to YOU that he thinks you have no BRAIN. He is saying that he thinks everyone is STUPID and he can say anything at all and you will SAY AMEN.

Do you want to be treated like that? DO YOU WANT TO BE TREATED LIKE THAT?

If you do have a brain and you want to have a future for your family and your children Ask who is McCain and what has he got for a PLAN for the future. His PLAN IS 4 MORE YEARS OF THE SAME THING. IS THAT WHAT YOU REALLY WANT?

Obama has a plan to help you but he needs yor help first.

Tony, at least the ad attacks McCain's policies and doesn't make up a bunch of lies smearing McCain as a person. And in terms of morons, I have a Master's Degree in Communications, what do you have? a GED???

CNN is pro Obama, Never do they mention anything that may hurt Obama! Definitely biased news reporting!

And another thing…why all the investigations of Republicans like Ted Styevens of Alaska? Why not some Democrats like Nancy Pelosi and her hiring her husband and paying him outrageous sums of money for what? How about Rangel and the sweet heart deals hje is getting for rent on his apartments and the list goes on and on…how about it CNN? Do some reporting on the "other" party that you represent.

If John Mccain is truly a maverick he should vote for Obama. Isn't that what a maverick will do?

The day Fox News becomes "Fair and Balanced" will be the day hell freezes over. The only probelm with institutions like that is that people like Noel form their opinions only from their supposidly "Fair and Balanced" reporting and never bother to seek out the truth. Any person who doesn't have their head buried in the sand knows Obama isn't Arab, but the ignorant keep showing their ignorance by saying he is. Yes race relations have come a long ways in the United States, but the closer we get to election day, shows me we still have a long ways to go.

Still for Hill, but voting McCain::

THE DREAM IS REALIZED IT IS CALLED EUROPE.

BTW the people in Europe are living very lucrative and stable lives and their currency is doing way better than the dollar. You are so naivete…..Just like your two stooges that you are voting for. One with no brain and the other that desperately needs a hair transplant while thousands in this country are without home and some without food.

GET REAL

ALL OF OHIO FOR OBAMA

I watched Michael Moore's movie the slacker uprising last night and found it very disturbing that a group of young late teen or early 20 people were protesting at his rally.

I didn't find the protest disturbing but rather the logic used by these young people for doing the protest. There were signs there stating "I love war" and quotes from protestors saying God speaks through George Bush as well as calling Michael Moore the anit Christ.

It has to be alarming to ordinary sensible people that an upcoming generation has this type of mind set when they are charged with the future of America.

I am not sure what percentage of the American youth these people represent but it appears there are a large segment of America's youth that are missing the necessary tools to cope with their futures or the future of their country and for that matter the world.

If nothing else this scenario deserves some concern from a society if they hope to live in a modern and tolerant America that practices a degree of moderation in all segments of life.

the blood of Obama will be on the hands of McCain & Palin if someone kills him..I would not vote for anyone who did not denounce persons who yell out "kill him" or anything like that the moment such a statement is made. It appears that they are allowing hatred to surface this late in the game.

I'm just waiting for the day before the election:

"Americans are hurting, and I have a plan. Vote for me and I will give you one million dollars. I can do that, because I will have the Fed print one million dollars for every American. Everyone will have one million dollars. To be fair, all my rich lobbyist friends and ex-CEOs will get one billion dollars. It's a courageous plan, but my friends, it's the kind of mavericky thinking this nation needs. My opponent "That One" will tax your family with a taxing tax. Taxes are bad. He will also surrender to every country in the worldm while also invading them. I'm John McCain, and I approved this message. "

After the VP debates all I hear was how informed Biden was: well he as usuall was misinformed. These weren't insignificant errors, such as when Biden said, "Look, all you have to do is go down Union Street with me in Wilmington or go to Katie's restaurant or walk into Home Depot with me where I spend a lot of time, and you ask anybody in there whether or not the economic and foreign policy of this administration has made them better off in the last eight years."

It turns out that Katie's restaurant, where Biden gets his feel for the average American, closed 20 years ago. The only evidence that he spends any time in Home Depot is that it appears that a pipe wrench fell on his head one too many times.

Let's not forget about Hezbollah being driven out of Lebanon. What planet is he on.

I am constantly amazed at how people can continue to believe in the Mcshame Doctorine. "I'm suspending my campaign" "you can't just phone it in". Maybe you should have. The bailout has failed to calm fears. People are still being evicted. It's time for us to be the Country we can be. When we pull together as a Nation we can do great things. Think about our Natural Disasters and how communities come together and how little help we received from political appointed flunkies. It's time for us to quit being red or blue. Fix this mess. Being a "maverik" and not liked by your own party does not make you more likely to solve problems or "reach across party lines" when you cant reach out to your own party. As for Cindy and "that one" from Alaska, you talk a lot about the company Senator Obama keeps. If that's what is important and you're the company Mcshame keeps. I'll take Mr. Obama anyday.

Another knee jerk, hare brained idea from the Republicans, this would be funny if not such a tragedy to so many people. I believe we need to help those who face foreclosure, but McCains plan is a insult to those of us who did not buy something we could not afford.

McCain is TOAST!

McCain can not be trusted

CNN has disappointed in their reporting more than once in the past, but for those of you who lash out that the Network is pro-Obama and only posts pro-Obama articles; further suggest that even FactCheck.Org is pro-Obama, please ask yourselves this question… Why can't McCain/Palin tell the truth and stop with the ridiculous lashouts? I would think that then CNN and others then be forced to report positively about them.

To: noel……….Barack Husein Obama…the next President of this UNITED STATES OF AMERICA and COMMANDER IN CHIEF

it feels great to say it!!!!!…………not your racist and ignorant comment

cnn post this please stop put me holding moderation

October 9th, 2008 11:42 am ET
Your comment is awaiting moderation.

It sound like the Repubs are for welfare. This guy (McCain) has become a big joke and he is making the aamerican public look like idiots.

It sound like the Repubs are for welfare. This guy (McCain) has become a big joke and he is making the aamerican public look like idiots.

It sound like the Repubs are for welfare. This guy (McCain) has become a big joke and he is making the aamerican public look like idiots.

As we are now seeing, if the McCain/Palin ticket cannot sway voters on the real issues (jobs, foreign policy etc.), they and their Republican helpers are using the "Swift Boat", "splatter theory", CREEP tactics to try and get themselves elected.

This will not work – people want to hear aobut the real issues.

Obama/Biden 2008

Ok people… I have read these comments and even laughed at some, irritated by others. I'm serving in the military and been had my mind made up in the beginning not to vote for someone who will even mention putting the military in war for 10,000 or however many years. I'm fine with fighting go rmy country when needed, but let's be realistic. From that point on, more and more mindless ideas on how to slolve america's problem has trinkled down from the .McCain/Palin trail If they can't stay focused on the real problem now, what will they do in full power.. Some of you need to get a clue.

Also, I'm sick and tired of people making this about race, grow up and stop living in the past. It's not about race, but who can properly run this country.

Acorn has nothing to do with what is going on in the swing states.
Voters were perged from the system by the states' respective election departments. Apparantly, the election departments were unclear about the 2002 voter registration law, which says that you cannot purge voters 90 days prior to election day. Also, Barack Obama never worked for Acorn, nor was he ever involved in Acorn. The law office that he worked for represented Acorn in a lawsuit. Barack Obama was the attorney appointed by the law firm to represent Acorn. Please get your facts straight, but I guess you don't want to hear the facts.

COSMOS – You really need to take your head out of your A$$ and jump in your pickup truck and head down that long dirt road from that mountain top and realize that there is a whole new world outside of your trailer park. It's called DIVERSITY. Look it up.

I don't believe that the McCain camp has come out with one decent idea or solution for anything, unless of course you count "bomb,bomb,bomb Iran"! wink,wink,nod,nod,wink. Betcha

VOTER FRAUD!! REPORT IT CNN. OBAMA TRAINER AND LAWYER FOR ACORN. OBAMA CAMPAIGN PAYING ACORN!

Does anyone notice how McSame acts when he's attacking Obama? He always has to stop and put that sneaky little smirk on his face that says "I'm enjoying doing this." It completely destroys any credibility in the attack! (Ha). The same for Caribu Barbi, rather than any "outrage" over what they're trying to spew at us, they're just enjoying the show and the thrill of working the crowds! It is so not believable.

This is the same John McCain who a several months ago expressed ambivalence toward those who "foolishly" purchased homes that were not able to afford, and how it was not the government's responsibility to bail them out. This latest ill-advised proposal is proof positive that he's making this up as he goes along and doesn't know what he's doing. He is unfit to be president.

I swear…the next IDIOT that uses Obama's middle name as a reason to not vote for him is going to earn themselves a ride on the end of my foot. There are legitimate differences between these candidates. If you do not support Obama, please intelligently explain why. His middle name is of NO consequence whatsoever and those who keep invoking it demonstrate everything that is wrong with this country as well as the reason why we are laughed at the world over. KNOCK IT OFF and act like a grownup! This isn't name calling on the playground! It's a Presidential election!

MCCAIN/PALIN IS THE "TICKET TO NO WHERE MY FRIENDS"

OBAMA/BIDEN

I am an Obama supporter. But I actually liked the idea. But he did not have any specifics so the idea becomes an empty gesture.

The gop has lost it- lost touch with America, lost touch with the world, and lost this election.
I can't wait until November 4th!

McCain is pandering to undecided voters with his SHAM plan….this will not work, otherwise it would have been approved by the Senate and House during the initial bailout vote. Where was McCain's BIG IDEA then? SHAMELESS PANDERING and it will not work. Americans are smarter than this! OBAMA/BIDEN 2008

My sister is one of those who bought a house within her means, but with a subprime mortgage.The rates kept going up. Her bank told her she can refi when the time came and that her mortgage come down.

She wanted a 30 year fixed in the first place, but they convinced her a subprime was in her best interest.

When she tried to refi the bank told her she couldn't because she didn't live in the house too long.

I blame the banks, she trusted them and now she's going into foreclosure because of their greed.

Is everyone that works for cnn support Obama? This station is so bias. I would like to hear some good things about McCain and Palin. Has Biden and Obama lived such perfect lives that you have to bash McCain and Palin about everything.

As an Independent it is pretty disheartening to watch Mccain's fall from grace. I was a teenager when Mccain was considered a "Maverick" so I had high hopes for his candidacy.

Aside from the distatsteful campaign run by Mccain/Palin his campaign is truly baseless and empty. I can't even bend my brain around his new housing plan. Not so much that I disagree but what is he trying to do? Rally Democrats by using their ideas? His last shot at the white house is finding out Obama is literally a terrorist which seems like a stretch, at which point people wouldn't even believe him thanks to his desperate attacks lately.

while my mother's nest egg (like millions of other baby-boomers) goes down the toilet, credit tightens for all of us main-streeters, and the job market looks bleek for america's next generation, the repuglicans and mcshame pander to america by putting forth a plan that rewards financially irresponsible home owners (how unrepuglican), look at ways play up obama's minimal connections to a sixties radical, and paint him as unpatriotic due to his unwillingness to ferverantly support throwing away billions upon billions of dollars a month toward an unnecessary and never-ending war.

MCSHAME/PHALIN' = DIRTIEST CAMPAIGN THIS 29 YEAR-OLD CAN REMEMBER.

OBAMA/BIDEN 08′ & 12′

stop bashing cnn if you actually watch the coverage you will see that cnn is very non partisan. you can tell the people that actually watch cnn as opposed to those that only visit the website and read the comments. Faux news is so Red it's sad and their website is terrible.

So welcome to CNN where the news is Fair and Factual and the people are not walking around with "Joe Six Pack" Goggles on.

how can McCain be president? he wasn't born in u.s.a.-from another planet

I cannot vote for a pro-abortion candidate, but I have had it with McCain. My wife and I bought a house that we could afford in 2001, but it was a construction zone for 6 years while we made renovations as we could afford them. We moved in 2007 and have not been able to sell our house – through no fault of our own. We have been paying the mortgage on that house – a conservative 15 year, fixed rate loan – while paying rent in our new location. Our family of 5 had to live in a two-bedroom condo for a year. Now McCain wants to bail out the irresponsible homeowners and lenders who created this situation. To add insult to injury, I as a taxpayer would have to pay for the bailout. First, Bush make me bailout investment bankers. Now McCain wants me to bailout these people. What about us? I cannot sufficiently verbalize my anger. Buddy, you lost my vote. I guess that I will not be voting for president because I firmly believe that it would be grave sin to vote for an abortion candidate like Obama.

The absolute stupidity of people like Noel and Cosmos never ceases to amaze me. And these people are representative of the Republican party, the people that want to run this country for the next 4 years. God help us all!

As for the McCain bailout plan, the Rebublicans in Congress and the Republican pundits are bailing on John McCain because of this plan. The Republican Party is based on "SMALLER" government and this plan just adds to it.

The truth is, the McCain/Pailin ticket is simply a trainwreck and come November 4th, the American people will elect Barack Obama the 44th President of the United States!

And now his bailout for homeowners is Hillary, Chris and other Demo's but he thought of it first, even though they said it a month ago.

Guess he thinks independent voters are as dumb as Republicans appear to be, In working for Barack, I have learned several smart Republicans are voting Obama

Just about 3 more short weeks left before we can finally say good-bye and good riddance to John McCain and Sarah Palin. I have had all I can stomach from these two. Enough is enough.
Oh, and while your leaving………….take Bush with you.

This is a recycled Hillary Clinton idea. Obama also threw this idea out. So it is not an ORIGINAL MAVERICK MOVE!!

Most Republicans are so full of fear and hate that they're spewing nothing but nonsense and sound bites from propaganda talk shows. The members of my party never come up with a factual argument. Just generalizations (McCain has the experience, even though I never state one thing he's done), degredations (Obama is a Muslim and leader of a radical front), and flat out stupidity (poor spelling).

ONE NATION

Cosmos, if you don't like the message, you have the freedom to turn to Fox. Now there's a real unbiased network! The problem with conservatives, they don't hear both sides on CNN as it IS presented. The differance is, CNN tells EVERYTHING and FOX tells the Democrat negatives over and over and the Republican positive over and over. Do you ever hear any Republican negatives on FOX? I am SO TIRED of hearing the same old complaints that the media is biased. It has been the theme of the Republican party for at least forty years. The duty of the media is to give us the news like what you hear of not.

The Cosmos-idiots like tou saddled the US by dumb president like George Bush! This indoneisa thing is idiotic and poorly-veieled racist comments.However, you shot-down pilot McCain is about to be handily defeated, and I hope you have a life aferward and cease to be a pigot!

Mitt Romney would have had a plan for the economy, but he looked to good standing next to McSame. Country FIrst, huh.

Hey COSMO ROCKS LAY OFF THE HANNITY SHOW WILL YA HANNITY AND PEOPLE LIKE YOU INSULT AMERICANS INTELLIGENCE HANNITY AND FOX NEWS AND PEOPLE LIKE YOU ARE A DISGRACE TO THIS COUNTRY TAKE YOUR POST OVER TO THE IDIOTS ON THE FOX NEWS BLOG!

The entire Republican campaign is getting uglier and uglier.

God Save America…….the people of this country are suffering like we have never seen before. We have one canidate (McCain) and his VP going around this country insighting fear,hate, racist marks, telling lies about the other canidate (Obama), We don't know what McCain stands for anymore we never know from day to day what he is going to say or do………

If you fell in a lake and the only person standing on the bank ready to throw you a life jacket to save you life was a Black Man what would you do? Grab on to the life jacket and let this Black man save you from drowning? or Let the life jacket float on by because you don't want a Black Man to save you……..hopeing some White man might come by and give you a hand? You better hope that man isn't McCain cause the way he changes his mind he might just decide to let you drown anyway………

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Veteran for McCain:

NRA endorsing mc cain. whooptidoo. its not news. its old. they always endorse the gun-happy war-happy republicans

Can John McCain please tell us what Party he is really campaigning for?If he 's not campaigning for the Republican Party then he is FLIP-FLOPPING as he's been doing all the yearsof his life.

As "cute" as McCain's plan sounds, it is very dangerous to have the government continue to rescue everybody! For example, is this plan open ended? for how many years? who qualifies? Who does not qualify? if someone sells their home in the future after being bailed out by the government a few years prior, then who keeps the profit? the governemt? the homeowner? Are profits shared? Who is going to administer the whole program? What is the lag time prior to instituting it? These are all very very important questions, and McCain has not thought them carefully. He basically just threw a "Hail Mary" because he knows he has no real answer for the economic crisis. Mr McCain, please give it up! You are old, erratic, thoughtless, and frankly utterly disorganized! Bye Bye…

Emperor Palpatine is filled with teh crazy!!! The hate flows through he!!! Princess Leah may have been brainwashed but but we shall not be fooled!11!!one!!

I am so fed up with the taxpayer getting screwed! We've payed our bills on time although it certainly not been easy! Now this surprise "plan" from McCain! Forget it!! Seriously, we have no credible candidate running for President this time! Pretty scary!

"Sidney, when will you pick me up from Shady Brooks Nursing Home? I've been waiting on you and Carol for days now. Come and take me home. Sidney, are you there?"

WHo cares if Obama is CHristian, Muslim, Arab. Don't you understand, no one cares when their bank accounts are being emptied. You just look and sound stupid, so stop humiliating yourselves.

I feel sorry for MCreepy and Elvira pricess of darkness. They have no plan.

Hey Cosmos, would you rather eat dirt or be saved by someone with a funny name, you are nothing but a moron, and we have no place for in America, just stay where you are please, "that one " is the one.
Obama/Biden o8

"*LOL* Could liberals be any more mindless scum if they tried? You morons are going on and on about how dirty a campaign McCain is running when this is an OBAMA attack ad."

since when are ads speaking about issues dirty? there's a big difference between ads targeting an opponent's stance on issues, and ads targeting smearing somewhere's character. but, perhaps such distinctions are lost on you … kind of funny coming from someone calling others "morons" and "mindless scum."

U WOULDN'T DO ANYTHING BUSH & MCBUSH

RECOMMEND. IF THEY SAY GO TO THE RIGHT,

I WOULD GO LEFT. BOTH MUST HATE THIS NATION.

McCain wants America to bailout bad loan debt for 100 years too. If the government buys up millions more failed mortgages and renegotiates them to their current appraised value – We the taxpayers would be taking the hit for billions of dollars.

AND these values will go up in a few months or years, while the taxpayers are stuck with the additional debt – thanks to John McCain.

What a ridiculous plan, indeed!

John McCain has lost honor and creditibility. No Maverick in the history of the United States has ever LIED, CHEATED, DECEIVED, AND USED SO MUCH DECEPTION to win anything. John McCain is less than honorable. I makes actions make me question his past acts of heroism. I am sure digging in his past you will find some unsavory facts about his man.

Cindy McCain speaking against Obama about his vote about somthing to do with troops equiptment said she was outraged.. what did she think about John who voted No on the same bill.. the veteran organizations have given John McCain a D for his votes on veterans and troops and Obama a B

It sound like the Repubs are for welfare. This guy (McCain) has become a big joke and he is making the aamerican public look like idiots.

It sound like the Repubs are for welfare. This guy (McCain) has become a big joke and he is making the aamerican public look like idiots.

It sound like the Repubs are for welfare. This guy (McCain) has become a big joke and he is making the aamerican public look like idiots.

Oh, and way to go McCain…I'm sure all of the other people who aren't "American" (whatever the heck that means) appreciate how you're stirring up the fear of everyone with an unAmerican name. have a German last name. Should people be afraid of me or am I OK? And why is one talking about Gov. Palin quoting from a known racist and American-hater at her rally the other day?

Can't Obama, they all american hater just drop out of this race. I wish Obama would put his country first and leave. If Obama wins we will all be broke. STOP american hater Obama.

The banks should be renegotiating these loans at either temporary lower interest rates, temporary interest only payments or keeping the interest rate the same but extending the payback time.

That will resolve almost all of these issues.

Keep the Government out of this and let the banks and borrowers fix their issues.

Noel,
Kenya is in Africa. In fact, it's in the southern part of Africa, near Tanzania and the Congo. Obama is not Arab but he is also not African just because that is his heritage. He is an American. He does have a birth certificate in Hawaii and even a newspaper birth announcement. The facts are available, please use reliable sources for your information.

McCain needs to get a grip. Wasn't the whole concept of the bailout not for the tax payers to bail these companies out but the government to do so?

I can't wait until November 4th. Obama will be president no matter what….. If, I have to write his name on a blank sheet of paper and put it in the ballot box myself I will vote for him

So if I do what I'm supposed to do and buy a house that's within my budget and pay my mortgage every month, I'm going to be punished by having my tax money pay for irresponsible people's mortgages? No thanks. And I'm not talking about people who couldn't pay their mortgage because they lost their job or had medical bills that bankrupted them. I'm talking about people who knew they were buying outside their means and got in over their heads. Is there any plan to differentiate between the two when the government buys these mortgages?

McCain doesn't know what he's talking about, if he did, we wouldn't be in this situation in the first place.

Just another Republican plan that benefits institutions, like banks, and sticks it to the taxpayer. That's why McCain is sinking like a lead balloon! The guy just doesn't have what it takes, and neither does his running mate.

Obama/Biden '08

The conservatives will love this latest McCain folly.

The McCain campaign needs a bailing out, but no one wants to get near this sinking ship.

yesterday he said the lenders would take a loss
today he said the taxpayers would take the loss
where does he really stand. Can you say erratic.
this man does not know what he is talking about and if anyone judge him base on the issue and where he stands they would see he is not fighting on their side.

New website: thatone08.com
You can purchase "That One" shirts.

Keep doing what your doing Grandpa McSmurf and your negative campaigning! If you go to RealClearPolitics.com, Virginia is now leaning for Obama!

"I can take four more weeks of John McCain's attacks, but America can't take four more years of John McCain's Bush policies." — Obama

Obama says it best.

$300 Billion on top of the $700 Billion we are already spending for the bailout. Where is he going to get the money? Obviously not from the top 5% who will get a tax break under his plan.

Palin will go down in the history books for sure, but not for being the first republican woman ever on a presidential ticket, but because she is the most incompetent, incoherent dimwit every to named to a national ticket.

When Palin gets shipped back to Alaska (God help Alaskans) she will NOT be re-elected Governor. Her lunacy on the world stage over these last weeks has made her little more than a natinonal JOKE!

According to McCain, if you can't pay your mortgage- lower the price of the house and set a new payment. Sounds good but it only helps that person while bringing down the value of the homes around them.
What it also does not take in account is that as the market turns around that person has now been given additional equity in thier home – courtesy of the government while the people that paid on time, on higher mortgages, suffered short-term value loss and now have less equity than those helped.
It only take one John McCain plan to destroy a village.

Nice one Obama… "take 4 more weeks… but can't take 4 more WEERS of the same" You can bet Letterman won't run this one on great moments in not presidential speeches. Is the little darling messiah of the dumocrats cracking under the pressure?

I wish Cindy McCain would put herself in the "shoes" of McCain's first wife that he was running around on and left for Cindy Howmewrecker!!

Neither candidates get it, dem or repub

None of our elected officials truly represent their constituents or none of them would have voted for the 700 billion deal much less the 760 billion deal once more hoss manure had been ladled onto it.

Government by the people and for the people doesn't mean allowing less than 600 elected billionaires (or soon to be) to do all our thinking for us and then deciding what we want despite what we tell them.

McCain's plan is to reward banks for making bad loans by buying the loans at their full value and then reduce them to the reduced value.
No way for tax payers to get their full money back. It's only a gimmick to alow the lenders to get their money and have the American tax payers to pay for their bad judgement.
Under the current plan(rescue plan enacted) the treasury will re-nogociate the value and buy them at that value and be in a position to get repaid when the property is sold or the loan is worth what was paid for them, by selling the loan at that time.
I don't think the McCain people even understand what the "rescue plan" they voted for did! Another example of McCain not getting it!

Can we vote already?

ONE NATION

Why is CNN not talking about the voter fraud related to ACORN? I would like to hear about the facts related to this story and Obama's previous involvement in this organization. If there is already talk about voter fraud, how can we trust the election results in November? Oh, by the way Obama, while I wait for CNN to report the story, this old southern gal will continue to cling to her "guns and religion".

No article about acorn. No mention of voter intimidation and fraud. Not one thing about Ohio voting early.

Welcome to the United Socialist States of Obama .

As soon as McCain said this at the debate, my wife turned to me and said "why should the taxpayers be responsible for these bad mortgages". She was very upset by this idea.

McCain's proposal is one of those sound good on the surface, but the mechanics of it are not sound. It has nothing to do with Obama. It is McCain's plan and it is a bad, bad plan.

Three things are crystal clear where this Cosmos clown is concerend:

1. He is a die-hard republican who only votes part, as most of them do, irregardless of whether or not the candidates are good for the country;

2. He has not followed the issues and is just shooting off his mouth because his PARTY is about to be thrown out of the White House, the Seante and the House.

3. He is a racist.

26 days and their time is UP! DEAL WITH IT!

McCain's mortgage plan is very simple: scare people about Obama so that McCain gets elected. Then he'll solve the mortgage crisis because, well, he's a hero who's always put the country first. I'm sure during his time as a Vietnam POW, McCain gave lots of thought to how to solve national and global financial crises.

There are 2 things you cannot choose.
one your name
two your neighbors
Just admit you dont like him. Dont use the name excuse.

Wow, seems only CNN posts anti-Obama stuff when enough people rant about it. Guess the back office liberal druid "filterers" have to have their managers slapping their wrists and ensuring ALL SIDES GET POSTED TO THESE CHAT BOARDS. I've never had so many comments…none with bad words…get "filtered" by the "objective" media. CNN is in the tank for Obama and it's plain as day. They are helping elect the MOST LIBERAL SENATOR SINCE GEORGE MCGOVERN.

Do you McCain-Palin supporters seriously read the crap you write? And what's even more mind boggling is that you actually believe it! It's like you people are completely brain-washed. Have you not heard or seen the McCain ads and comments? Then you've probably only seen them through the "fair and balanced" lens of Faux News. How 'bout read all of the articles talking about how 100% of McCain's ads are negative.? Whoops, sorry again. Why would you read and learn for yourself the truth when you can listen to people spew complete lies with a deadpan grin and wink? They are much more believable. The depths of stupidity are too incredible for words. If McCain does win as a result of people like some of you voting for him because you are scared into it, then just like the last 8 years, you deserve what you get. Of course, you probably aren't sufering anyway, which is why you can afford to make such a dumb decision. It's the rest of us, but after all, it is all about you, isn't it? It's the Rebublican way.

John McCain –

I'm going to reign in spending in Washington…until I don't

I think we should freeze government spending…until we don't

When he said the economy wasn't his strong point, he wasn't kidding.
$700 Billion bailout already has that in it. Or did he forget he already voted for that bill, like his wife Cindy forgot to mention, he also voted to not fund the troops because the bill had a timeline for troop withdrawal from Iraq.

How cold was her body temperature from that revelation? Maybe she swap shoes with her husband for a day.

Come on McCain. Give me a choice this election. Bailouts? Government run mortgages? What happened to personal responsibilty? Just Say No to a socialist government. PLEASE!!

What is McCain think the basics of economics buy low sell high so why should the tax payers buy homes above market price from the banks. The government should have the banks go back and renegotiate payment terms on primay homes only not 2nd home, vacations or investment properties.

Obama 08

Noel

I guess you are part of the KKK. How low can you be. I guess you are not an educated individual or might be from a small town that has no diversity.

This is disgraceful..where did these people come from.

Who cares if his name is Hussein or whatever it may be, for god sake, look at this election as who would be the right person to change our current situation around.

Otherwise, yes let's join India, China and the rest of the 3rd world country. So much hatred due to race and this has all been instigated by the McCain Campaign. Why is the media or other Republican Senators not speaking up…we are not going back to the slavery days for crying out loud, grow up PEOPLE! Go and learn, travel, meet people from other cultures, there is so much more than the WHITE RACE!

New bumper sticker for Alaska: Impeach that b**ch!

this type of comment only goes to help make more people wonder if McIll realy needs further medical test……

He does not seem rational anymore…..very sad.

Palin ,of course, with her "hate speech" borders on needing to have jail time……..inciting people to hate……

The republician party is gone…………….

Mcdirty, the same old dirty political tactics, no substance.

Barb I understand what you are saying about the value decreasing however my understanding is that these loan mortgages would only go for people that bought their houses for living, not vacation homes, rentals, flipping and alike. Why not work with these loans on the 300 billion and why not extend the loan mortgage period for 40 years instead of 30 years with a lower interest rate. I still think that this money should be looked at to start helping our neighbors starting now, waiting until Jan is too late for some and the way that Obama takes his time on things, there will be many more homes lost! Sometimes patience is a virtue, other times it isn't!!! You have to be a little of both with being President!

This whole "bailout" mess STINKS ! We the TAX OAYERS didn't get OUR VOTE. We have been TOLD that WE have to PAY for Wall Streets BIG business failures – like it or not ! This is unAMERICAN ! The only "guys" making out are the CEO's and the Democrats that were in charge and suppose to be WATCHING OUT for us. Those guys at the TOP may have gotten away with lots of money but GOD will give them their DUE. That's OUR only recourse. We will survive this by tightening our belts and forging ahead. We are AMERICANS and we are resiliant. That's why AMERICA is the GREATEST NATION on the planet. I will be voting for John McCain because he has the experience and the tenacity to get us out of this awful mess. We need a PROUD tencaious maverick to do the job. This mess calls for experience.

McCain/Palin are nothing but a re-hash of George W. Bush and his neo-con thugs policies. Four more years of McCain/Bush policies would totally ruin this country. America is already on the edge after Bush and Co. have run it into the ground with all these needless wars, Katrina, condoning of torture, all the corruption, greed and deregulation that created the problems we are now in, the Patriot Act and the shreading of our beloved constitution and our civil liberties and a growing police state, the list goes on and on and on… these neo-cons are the one's that got us into this horrible mess… McCain and Palin would just finish the job of bringing America down. Anyone who is even THINKING of voting for McCain/Palin… I implore you to re-consider your decision.

Are you kidding me..

Sure, let's turn the US Government into a lending institution and see what happens.
Hmmmm…

Market values would be determined by the Government, who of course would aim low to save money. Result: the other %90 of the taxpayers who ARE paying their mortgages would now be devalued further. Net result…more loss to the good taxpayers, both in home equity and increased tax burden. Bonus: You're gonna be writing your monthly mortgage checks, thru the FHA, to the same bunch of wahoos who got us here in the first place.

Lightning round…How much regulatory oversight does the FHA currently have after years of approving loans for, you have to admit, people who could not qualify for or afford a bank loan?
FHA terms contain early payment fees, terms that DEMAND refinancing later and restrictions on what you can do to improve the value of your home.

John McCain, you didn't offer a solution, you just renamed an already know problem and twisted the definitions to suit your own goals.

I'm not buying it and neither are the rest of the people who have tried to survive FHA regulations and become your "fellow prisoners" in their own homes!

TAHAT ONE IS going to change Arizona blue.

Noel said:
"You go democrats …a multiracial Arab/American will be voted into the White House…the blacks still don't have their dream realized."

You are so ignorant.

I would invite everyone to go read the comments on here by V Obama (10:01) and Anonymous (10:02) to get a feel for the abject idiocy and bafoonery that drives people to vote for G. Bush twice and then want to repeat the same mistake yet a 3rd time by voting for McCain. These people do not support McCain becasue he is a maverick, they support him because he is NOT as maverick — they support him because thaey want him to continue the horribly failed neo-[R] policies. The issue isn't so much that McCain is Bush, but that BOTH promote the nearly the same intellectually bankrupt neo-[R] policies that are driving this county back to the dark ages. And there are plenty of neo-tards like V Obama and Anonymous who worship this [R]ightwing dogma unquestionably……..that's how you get logic that says despite 6 years of complete [R] control is Washington, everything bad that has happened is somehow the [D]s fault. Of course the ultimate hypocrisy is that this comes from the very people that claim THEIR party is the party of personal repsonsibility. Nothing could be further from the truth. The modern day [R] party is a joke with no remaining substance……they have become the party of the vaccuous over the last 20 years, and now they are paying the price.

Noel
on October 9th, 2008 11:09 am ET
YOU SAID

You go democrats …a multiracial Arab/American will be voted into the White House…the blacks still don't have their dream realized.

You miss the point that America is a multiracial population and any body elected can end up in the white house. I should ask where are you from originally? because here in America everyone is from somewhere, if you are not the you are not American.
What is wrong with a well educated smarter then you Arab/American!!

People who still think like you are in the bottom of the food chain, bias by ignorance, uninformed and Not very well educated I presume.

The biggest joke yesterday in PA was when John McCain said "my fellow PRISONERS" .Could somebody please tell me who this idiot was speaking to?

When he said the economy wasn't his strong point, he wasn't kidding.

Question, why does Mccain not address people in his circle about the threats he receives from his crowds who have gone as far as to call for him to be murdered. Generic statement his campaign gives is not sufficient. Either he doesn't care or is hoping for it. Of course he'll deny ever hearing any of it at the rally's.This truly makes him irresponsible and dangerous.

This is just McCain’s plan for the day and again (as in the past) it places the burden on us tax payers. If you don’t like it, just hold tight and he’ll have a new one for us tomorrow as he’ll FORGET the one he presented today.

By the way, John and (nurse) Cindy McCain will be auctioning off one of their homes this month. If you want it, it’s 13 bedrooms and 14 baths and sits on about 2.7 acres. Yap, he is just like us and feels our pain.

He's about as smart as Bush.

At least, the Obama Camp is doing their best to prevent the undecided not to fall for another LIE… and it really saddens me that it has come to a point where Sarah Palin and whoever that officer is are instigating violence, it doesn't show any sign of moving forward in this country at all. to smile foolishly when racial slurs are thrown around to the extent of kill him while she smiles along is frightening *sigh* Palin however still looks clueless during her ranting, and if this is the mindset of 40% of Americans today,i doubt we will ever move forward because this has been going on FOREVER…

Obama/Biden 08 — Please give America a chance to move forward.

To Noel

GO TO HELL YOU AND THE REPUBLICAN PARTY, IF YOU DON'T WANT TO VOTE FOR OBAMA DON'T THAT'S YOUR CHOICE BUT STOP BEING A DUMB A$$ ALL YOUR LIFE

"my fellow prisoners"…….oblivious even to what he utters

"did I say that"?….suffers from CRS…can't remember s__t

palin/mc cain ticket……it looks that way, doesn't it?

I just sent 250.00 hard earned dollars to the Obama campaign….and it feels good!

DONATE and MOST IMPORTANT…VOTE….VOTE….VOTE

I find it interesting that John McCain is talking about doing what FDR did during the great depression of the 1930s. Actually, this is very liberal for John McCain and something I think Obama should consider also.

Bill Clinton has spoken of doing this, mentioning FDR did it during the depression, and the government made money. Again, something to consider when the new president takes office.

However, John McCain coming out with this seems to be a desperate move for him, and seems to be copying ideas Bill Clinton has mentioned quite recently on some talk shows. (The Daily Show for one.)

An interesting idea…but not a game changer for me. Obama/Biden 2008.

John McCain – WILLING TO LOSE A NATION IN ORDER TO WIN AN ELECTION!!!!

Arizona is going to turn blue.

You expect something different from a Republican. Protect the big shots and their money. Shaft the taxpayer AND all those who acted responsibly and are making good on their debts. Pretty shabby way of trying to buy votes with other peoples money. This guy should pack it in.

Draft Perot/Ventura -08

What about the rest of us responsible and honest taxpayers who did not buy above our means and have kept up with our mortgage obligations? This isn't socialism, it's theft of my tax dollars.

AMERICA YOU ARE A BETTER COUNTRY THAN THIS MCAIN CAMP STUFF. DONT LET NATIONS LIKE IRAN LAUGH AT YOU. SHUN MCCAIN DEVILISH MARADONAIC PLITICS.

noel, obama's father was from africa you idiot!!!

I'm not a person that judges a book by its cover, but looking at Cindy and John together remind me of that cartoon " Boris and Natasha" from fractured fairy tales. Now that they have become more negative and bitter it almost feels as if the narrator in the next debate should be Bullwinkle and Rocky the squirrel

John McCain has become absolutely despicable and the bimbos beside him are happy to throw out vicous race-baiting lies. I am amazed that the media and other politicians have not stepped forward to hold him accountable for his reckless incitement of violence, but it looks like they are all terrified of irritiating Tucker Bounds and Steve Schmidt. They have allowed McCain to bully the coverage of the campain, and have served a complete disadvantage for the American voters.
The American people are smarter than that.
You are no Maverick, Sir. You are a sham, an opportunist, and a complete sellout.

My vote goes to Obama/Biden – the REAL "steady hand(s) at the helm" (McCain's own words)

Please,can somebody ask senator McCain demand why he says coutry first? To me we have it the country we know that, but what we do not have is that the financail regulation. It had been taken away by those who been called CEO and bush politicians. McCain should change his signs to economy first. And the time he has been in Washinton didn't see the economy problems so now Obama got it too late for senator McCain.

I guess one of McShame's advisors gave him that little tid-bit before the debate and told him to run with it! McShame has been quoted as saying he knows nothing about the ECONOMY. That must have been the same advisor who gave him the words, my friends, maverick, shake things up in Washington, reform Washington, veto that bill and you will know their names. McShame you are all slogan with no real solutions. Senator Obama already has his transition team in place. McShame says he'll worry about it later!!!!!!! It is sad to see what has happened to the man I used to admire! It really comes down to the fact that McSame some how feels "Entitled" to the presidency. We are here to tell him he's not……………..

McCain is a Old Pimp getting his chicks to do his dirty work…Or am i wrong?

mccain=say anything to get elected then just like bush govern how he wants to.

There goes McSame again, a few billion here, a few billion there, just throw a few billion at the problem and let us tax payers pay the tab (which of course means those who make less than $250,000). Maybe if he was throwing his air head heiress wife's billions into it he he might think twice about it.

Ha ha someone wrote, 'where is CNN's big headline about the NRA endorsing McCain?' CNN, where is your big headline about the sky being blue?

This whole election stinks – McCain with Bush at the end? And Obama calls foul every time we put a picture of him and Bill Ayers or Rev. Wright up?

I could care less about the ad; smearing at this point puts more dirt on you than on the person you're trying to affect.

Hey CNN ? your better report about McCains Klan friends, they are
vigorously campaihning for McCain and Palin,

I am more and more concinved that Mc Cain and Palin are racists.

I hope americans don't buy in to McCains tactics and vote for Obama/Biden.

@noel: "You go democrats …a multiracial Arab/American will be voted into the White House…the blacks still don't have their dream realized."

noel, for the last time BARACK OBAMA IS PART AFRICAN, NOT ARAB! Are you listening? I feel like I'm talking to my 5-year-old.

It's your kind of ignorance that leaves the republicans firmly planted in the past.

CNN TICKER:

John McCain – Bad
Cindy McCain – Bad
Sarah Palin – Bad

Barack Obama – Good, if not Godlike!
Michelle Obama – What a Saint!

Give it up CNN, You're preaching to the choir here. 90% of the ticker readers are Democrats who are hearing just what they want to hear!

You're going to be surprised on November 4th that your strategy didn't work!

This idea is not actually bad if you do the math. That's if the person critical to the idea does understand MATH. Taxpayers is not going to lose money out of this so here is my personal take:

Orig home loan $370,000 at 7% for a morgage payment of $2,400 + home insurance $70 + property tax $400, for total payment of $2,870. To pay this off in 30 Yrs will be at around $864,000+. Now that the home value is $320,000. The government will buy up the home value and take over the loan and give it at 6%. Your payment will be lower by around 20% at around $2,300 per month. At 30 Years, the government will take $684,000. An income of $364,000 for the goverment. This is a win win situation for the Goverment.

I am not voting for McCain nor Obama. And yes, I am a registered voter here in U.S. and not Canada. I am just throwing this to all to understand rather than be critical to all ideas.

26 more days of the Botox Barbie, old man Ken, and the Backwoods Skipper . Can't wait to see what they come up with next what Rik and the Tuckers come up with next. Maybe old man Ken will claim to be half hispanic.

Mavericks don't hide behind women to do their dirt !

What do you expect?????????Mccain is confuse already that's why???he let Cindy and Palin to bark all over the place and poor women doesn't know what their barking for…………We deserve to have an intelligent and diplomatic leaders in this Country. Obama/Biden our hope and for the next generation.

Hey Tony –
Liberals are mindless Scum?

Look in the mirror, jerk

Gee, with McCains new mortage plan, I might as well stop paying mine since the government is going to be bailing me out! He truly is a maverik… a socialist republican!!!!

McCain's campain is getting out of control! Everytime I hear their speaches and the audience reactions, it's like im hearing them chant white power! white power! Im tired of the bs and hope people get serious about the issues. America, we are not this ignorant and we should not be this close minded!!!

Obama/Biden '08

Poor brainwashed Noel! We are not looking for a yellow, red, black or multi-colored President. We are looking for someone whose content of character speaks volumes. Get your box of Kleenex ready!!

John McCain does and says whatever just to grab attention. No one should take his mortgage bailout plan seriously, he will soon abandon it in a heartbeat, with the slightest hint of opposition from the GOP, just like he did his immigration bill.

I am shocked at that Cindy McCain (with a child of color) would insite such negativity against Obama because of his race.

McCain is constantly stealing somebody else’s ideas or have no ideas at all. He has no clue; just spit out gibberish as always.
It is about time for McCain to get a psychiatric treatment. He is losing his mind. He called his opponent (potential President, a respected Senator) ‘that one’, and he called his supporters ‘my fellow prisoners’. However, it is true; many of his supporters ARE prisoners of hate.

I am not surprise that such plan is coming from MCcain.It's seem like he is so desperate to win the election, he will trhrow out anything to get a vote !

I don't knpw what to say to these McCain and Palin supporters anymore. Delusional would be a great start.

Vote Obama/Biden for Change you can believe in!

I'm surprised none of you McCainiacs are screaming "kill him!" like the hate Palin is inciting in her hate rallies. How Christian of her!!!

All I have to say is:

Songbird McCain.

Next time someone tries to link Obama with ACORN, dont.
McCain is not coming up with some new idea. In the Rescue package the Secretary of Treasury has the power to buy bad loans already.
McCain did not come up with his own idea.
McCain supporters need to look at the issues carefully and concisely and do not let race or ideology lock you into another Bushian administration.

MCCAIN AND PALIN HAS TURNED AMAERICA BACKWARD BY 100 YEARS WITH THEIR RACIST CHANT TENDENCIES IN A FREE COUNTRY LIKE AMERICA. MANY NATIONS WILL LAUGH AT AMERICA IF THEY MISTAKENLY ELECT MCCAIN/PALIN

His plan seems alittle like… Obama's plan…? Hmmm… interesting. McCain drops in the polls then he decides to run on a 'Change' theme (like "that one") , rises alittle in the polls then drops, only to copy a pure democratic strategy for the financial crisis? Looking at somebody's answers during a test is one thing, but to announce those answers as your own afterwords is desperate and lacking honor.

It makes my blood boil to even think about the possibility of taxpayers footing the bill for homeowners that made bad decisions. What about those of us that have lived within our means and bought houses we could afford? Obama realizes what a horrible mistake it would be to attempt to buy all the bad mortgages out there. He is the only candidate with any common sense. John McCain's plan is pure socialism!!! It's time people started owning up to their mistakes and taking accountability. McCain/Palin would be disaster for this country. Go Obama/Biden!!

McCain just lurches from one idea to another. Politics first. We need a steady hand to guide us through this mess which is a direct result of the failed policies George Bush and his sidekick, John McCain. Senator Obama has the strong, steady, even-tempered, calm leadership to put his hand on the tiller and lead us out of this disaster.

This isn't an attack ad???? An ad about policy differences???? McCain's head must be spinning trying to grasp the idea of an ad that doesn't include a personal attack on the opponent. This is what Americans want, we want to see the difference between what you are going to do for us and what Obama is going to do for us. Since you won't tell us and continue to attack, that makes my choice easy. Obama/Biden 08/12.

gee…. what is wrong with simply stating common sense?

that isn't allowed by the moderation here?

don't borrow don't loan

and when in debt the notion of borrowing your way out of said debt is a foolish one

"live within your means" used to be the American way

too much brutal truth for America?

Noel, get a clue. Why do you have to be told over and over again that Obama isn't Arab, he isn't Muslim, he isn't a terrorist, and all of the other labels YOU choose to put on him. Are your minds so small that you just don't get it? oh yeah, but either does your candidate.

I am not voting for this one(McBush/pitbull)i am voting for that one (Obama/Biden 08/12)

GO OBAMA/BIDEN 08

Hey Pitbull,Cindy is not big help for you,put her on E bay,she looks like old Barbie,you might get a lot money for her(with profit)

Those of you commenting on the Ohio rally really need to watch some of the videos floating around about the crowd…..it's really scary to watch…

John McCain wants to buy back the bad mortgages. The problem is that many of these houses are no longer worth what is still owed on the loans. So the refinanced loan would be for the current value of the house. For example, if the borrower owes $200,000 and the house is now only worth $150,000, you the taxpayer will take the hit. Is that the kind of plan you want? THINK ABOUT IT TAXPAYERS. YOU ARE PAYING FOR THE MCCAIN PLAN!!!!!

Is McCain going to spend the $300 billion before or after he freezes all spending? He is pathetic!! And the race baiting that he and Sarah Palin are championing at all their rallys is truly disgraceful. All that's missing are the white sheets….

Horrible plan. It artificially props-up home values which is making the problem worse. The real estate bubble needs to burst. Quit trying to give out corporate welfare to the real estate vultures like your pal Charles Keating that is sitting in prison still.

Obama now has a new slogan, Vote for – "That One". — Great bumper sticker —-

Check the interview of Michelle Obama made by CNN. How smart, intelligent, amazing is that woman to be the First lady!

because of your stupidity and lies you are now history.
mcbush take palin and let her know how stupid she also is.
both of you are not mavericks. just ask the original family. they are piping mad at you for misusing it.

obama

I don't care what political party the President belongs to as long as the opposing political party controls congress and there is a degree of checks and balances.

You melon heads in the tank for Obama regardless of any facts will have a sombre day of reckoning if this radical leftist is elected president along with a Democratic congress unless you melon heads in the Obama tank are also radical leftists.

Sorry Obama zombies but the Democrats are fully responsible for the mess we are in today. Back in 2006 we were doing fine. Since Democrats took over Congressional majority we have gone straight down the toilet. Face the real facts you mindless idiots.

Wow, there goes McInsane ordering people around again. He ordered Obama to suspend his campaign now he is going to order the Secretary of the Treasure to buy up loans. Don't America, nobody's paying attention to "The Maverick Joe Six Packer", just a bunch of smoke.

For halloween McShame should dress up as Pimp with Miss Alaska and the Botox Queen dressed up as themselves, you know!

All this time Obama has been saying that McCain is out of touch and doesn't care about the common man…and then when McCain proposes something that will actually, effectively, in real time and not rhetoric, do something to help the common man….Obama blasts him for that too.

It seems that McCain's proposal would be something we could normally expect to come from Obama. I applaud McCain's willingness and ability to adapt to the situation at hand. Yes, conservative ideology says the government shouldn't interfere, yes McCain has supported that ideology. But right now, we're in crisis and he's trying to respond to that crisis.

Many of the comments posted here from both sides sound really crazy to me. Yelling and screaming about who is ruining our country, who is to blame for it all, who is evil under one definition or another doesn't seem productive, or relevant to me. Many of you seem to be contributing to the politics of this campaign. Don't you want better answers than that? Don't you want truth more than distortion and rhetoric?

I am an undecided voter, though I lean in McCain's direction. I wish the blahblahblah would stop and we had real answers.

gee…. what is wrong with simply stating common sense?

that isn't allowed by the moderation here?

don't borrow don't loan

and when in debt the notion of borrowing your way out of said debt is a foolish one

"live within your means" used to be the American way

I'm responding here since I cannot on the Cindy McCain story. She is going out on the road and attacking Obama about the Irag war, because her son in in Iraq. Palin is telling protestors to shut up because her son is fighting in Iraq. Who is next, his mommy.

I guess I didn't realize that democrats are not in Iraq fighting.

With the McCain Camp, every question and every issue is "gotcha moment"….

McCain proved two things that Obama laid out tat the convention.

1) McCain's erratic behavior during this entire campaign and current crisis proves with out a doubt that he doesn't have the TEMPERAMENT to be president.

2) McCain could have picked Romney, Huckabee or Kay Bailey-Hutchinson for his VP pick. But what does he do? He picks that BIMBO PALIN.

Conclusion: McCain doesn't possess the JUDGMENT or the TEMPERAMENT to be president of the United States…

Obama, in his book, "Dreams of My Father," stated that he picked his friends very carefully: "To avoid being mistaken for a sellout, I chose my friends carefully. The more politically active black students. The foreign students. The Chicanos. The Marxist professors and the structural feminists and punk rock performance poets . . . . we were resisting the bourgeois society's stifling contraints."

Obama was friends with William Ayers, Tony Rezco, and Rev. Jeremiah Wright. All three of these men are extremely radical. Rezco is in prison for fraud, Ayers is an unrepentant terrorist, and Wright is an anti-Semite and anti-American.

For Obama to say he was not aware of these people's past is an outright lie.

ummmm……

Obama voted for the bailout too. and there is authority in it to do some of this.

McBama should keep pointing fingers at each other because they're BOTH responsible.

Only Bob Barr has been against this "bailout" since the beginning.

McCain has lost all his marbles. He wants to buy all the bad mortgages and readjust them to market price, so if I bought a 400,000 dollar house that can only be sold for 200,000 now, my morgate will only be for 200,000. Guaranteeing a loss for taxpayers.

I am voting third party

But Mccains a maverick…..He knows how to do this…… Hes a maverick……
The truth hes no maverick hes far for the definition of a maverick. When you vote 95 % with your party the party that is in power YOUR NOT A MAVERICK….. He doesn't stand up for the little guy, give me a break. He is turning into a dirty politician and everyone whos has true
faith and integrity can see this.. Mccain needs to retire…Even republicains are turning on him
I am voting for change not just for me but for the sake of my children..
Vote Obama /Biden 08

McCain..so does this mean the government will control the banks and the mortgage companies? I am confused.

Noel, you are obviously a "Joe Six Pack". Put down those beers Joe, they are bad for you when consumed a six pack at a time. Oh, and the term is no longer black, I am African American. Hope that's to many syllables for ya!!

IN RESPONSE TO SOCIALIST IN AMERICA.

Who do you think McCain is. He calls himself a republican but he wants to build bigger government and take tax payers dollars and invest it in the housing market. He says he will not raise taxes. What does he think this war is? We have to pay for it, therefore it is a tax.

gosh, I love hunting and fishing and the outdoors and I think obama will protect these rights, just joe six pack. fact check john mccain you're angry and sad. I'am 40 and p—–ed off I hope the nation fails because of your ideas.

Give us a break Obama.

He will do nothing but twist anything says, any kind of proposal McCain has into some kind of bogey plan.

This was the same kind of plan that Hillary supported.

He's requested nearly a billion in earmarks compared to McCain's $0 and he wants to talk about waste of taxpayer dollars?

The truth is that stabilizing home prices and making sure that people stay in their homes is a net win for everyone.

McCain is like many of the privaledge holders of a lofty position.

He's not very creative and does not possess problem solving intellect.

He's a manipulator though and seeks to grab the ideas of others and in particular take credit for people that he thinks are "junior" to him. He learned this lesson well.

We've all seen in our jobs. We've known someone just like McCain who seeks to grab his glory by standing on the smarts of someone else.

We can't afford to let that happen this time. No more pretenders, please…

McCain..so does this meant he government will control the banks? I am confused.

Cindy McCain has a lot of nerve, is she back on drugs??

I would rather 300 billion go toward helping people refinance their mortgages(not giving any freebies) so they have a roof over they head instead of businesses like AIG and others enjoying our tax money on conferences and alike. Why can't you people for once stand up for the people who are your neighbors, friends and the ones who will be there when things go wrong and not your "Obama Leader". He talks about helping others but he has not stated a firm plan on helping people. Also Why wont CNN post anything about the scandal with ACORN and NRA endorsing McCain! Talk about respective journalism, CNN does not fit in that category. At least give the American public viewers all sides of the stories so we can make our own minds up, not what the media wants!!!

@ Manny
I agree it is a good idea to keep people in their homes. That isn't the question. McCain's plan shifts the losses off of the companies that made the bad deals to the tax payers, thereby removing any negative consequence from the poorly-managed lending companies. I believe they are the ones who should take the hit for the loss. Tax payers should not have to take the hit.

Concerned Voter:

My god, how illiterate can you be. If there was ever voter fraud it was in Florida when Bush beat Gore, when Bush's brother was Governor of that state.

Do you believe everything you read on the internet? Obviously you do! Educated people check on these stories by going on verified sites. Don't you think if there was truly voter fraud, it would be all over all the news channels. I think so. Even FOX news which supports McCain is not investigating these alleged frauds, so don't blame CNN and the others for not doing their jobs. This is all hype put out by people like you that don't have a clue.

As far as the 300 Billion buy out proposed by McCain. Whatever happened to the days of personal responsibility. I do not want to pay for those people that bought houses they could not afford, or that kept refinancing year after year to pay for new cars, vacations and more because their homes kept going up in value, and who were living beyond their means.

I live in an upscale area and most of the homes currently in "short sales" or foreclosure were originally $700,000 or over when they were purchased, and there are a lot of them. The area used to be called Happy Valley and realtors now call it Death Valley. Why should I bail out these people that took on too much debt!

CNN, what is this duplicate comment remark I keep getting. Please post. I have not made this comment before

How funny that repub supporters want to blame democrats for financial crisis who are just 2 years in congress before that it was repubs in majority. shame on you guys, because of you people country is in crisis and still want to defend your acts. if you vote for mccain then there is no future for you and your kids.

Hey CNN, once again, spare us your "fact check". Nobody even has to read it. If the issue is pro-Obama or anti-McCain it's going to be "true". If the issue is anti-Obama or pro-McCain it's going to be "false".

It's laughable that you call yourself a "news organization" rather than a branch of Obama's public relations team.

CNN why don't you post my comments?
This is ricidulous? There is no profanity in it, no racism, nothing..
I am simply stating my opinion..

Why are you such a bias news.. Play fair please..

McSame knows nothing about the economy and him and that most illerate/witch craft potential VP are trying to incide racism and hoping someone does something bad to Obama..

How pathetic… so sick…

I like how Obama sticks to the issues at hand. The McCain campaign could learn a thing or two about this concept.

NEW YORKER, the Fact Check "Fact Check: Does McCain's tax plan give tax cuts to CEOs?" is right below this post on the Ticker and guess what, John McCain WILL give the CEOs big tax cuts on this. What a lying old man.

I heard McCain's Klan rally went off without any problems last night. That's good news for McCain knowing he can rally his base and entertain his skunk trenched campaign staff.

How about the story yesterday when McCain called all the people at his rally "his fellow prisoners" and NO ONE changed it!!! THe man is loosing his mind!!!!! Cindy better check out the facts before she opens her rich little mouth!!! McCain voted against a bill just like it that would have brought the troops home!!! Veterans Administration report card–McCain got a D and Obama got a B. The vets know who will help them. Obama/Biden

Obama's factchecks are mostly honest………..lol. Can you read mitch?

At least I am intelligent enough to see (and read) how much both of them lie. They are both politicians. Vote on the issues because barack is no different than any other politician.

This plan is a ploy to get votes. Republican Sonny Perdue did the same thing in Georgia to win the election. He all but promised to have Confederate symbology reapplied to the Georgia flag. He got alot of support for that from the White, conservative Georgia voters and won the election. Please note that Democrat Mark Taylor was elected Lieutenant Governor.

Once Sonny was elected into office, the GA legislature had a vote on the flag. Sonny lost the vote. And Sonny let the flag issue die. But… he was now in Governor's office.

And look at the shape Georgia is in now. High foreclosure, poor education, etc….

GRUMPY OLD MAN MCSAME .

WERE SO TIRED OF YOUR NEGATIVITY AND YOUR BIMBO RUNNING MATE

Well, we see now what that "Ownership Society" that "Deer Leader" was harping about the last eight years looks like now!

Breaking news! RCP just moved Virginia into the "leaning Obama" category, giving Obama 277 electoral votes, more than enough to win the election. If these results hold, we'll be saying "President-elect Obama" in less than a month.

I was once undecided, then leaning obama. After McCain announced Sarah Palin, I was strongly Obama. When McCain/Palin started there mud slinging, I became an Obama donor. After this weeks disgusting attacks, next week I will be an Obama volunteer.

How about we discuss Palin's far right wing religious philosophy, her connection to an Alaskian seperationist group (that she spoke to this year by the way) and the investigation she is under.

Get him Obama it is time to expose those Lying Republicans they are trying to take Obama down they are Just mad we are winning this year it will be a landslide victory for Obama

I, while understanding that a bailout of these home owners is somewhat necessary, would really like to be rewarded for NOT buying a house I couldn't afford. Instead, I lived with my parents and saved my money, so that I could afford a house when I was ready (with savings for the down payment). What this tells me is that if enough people make a mistake, the government will come in and fix it…shouldn't the government be rewarding those who did the right thing? How about a tax break if you save more than x% of your income so we could get the savings right back on track?

McCain was rude to Obama again …referring to him as 'that one' Well now…..Democrats…..we can wear a T shirt that says………………
"I"M VOTING FOR 'THAT ONE'…..hopefully it will send gramps over the edge and we can thank him for a nifty new slogan!!!!!OBAMA/BIDEN08

I heard McCain's Klan rally last night went off without any problems. That's good news for McCain seeing his last stand is with his Klan friends and his skunk trenched campaign staff.

I guess after seeing so much negativity and hatred spewing out of the McCain campaign and it dead-ender followers, one would have to question the sanity of the 40% +/- that still support him.

A BAILOUT OF THESE MORTGAGES PRESENTS AN UNFAIR EQUITY POSITION FOR THOSE HOME OWNERS WHO ARE MAKING THEIR PAYMENTS. IF THOSE NEEDING HELP HAVE LOST THEIR JOBS, I DO NOT BELIEVE A LOWER HOUSE PAYMENT WILL MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE AS TO WHETHER THEY CAN STAY IN THEIR HOME.

IF THE REFINANCED MORTGAGE INCLUDES SOME TYPE OF DEFERRED LOAN TO MAKE THE EQUITY SITUATION FAIR TO OTHERS, THE WE HAVE CREATED A NEW DEBT INSTRUMENT OR MORTGAGE THAT WILL LOOK LIKE ANOTHER SUB-PRIME MORTGAGE. THIS WILL ONLY ADD TO THE CURRENT MORTGAGE AND REAL ESTATE CRISIS.

I TRULY FEEL FOR THOSE WHO ARE HAVING TROUBLE MAKING ENDS MEET AND CAN RELATE TO THEM, BUT THE CURRENT PROPOSAL BY MCCAIN (AS I UNDERSTAND IT) IS NOT THE RIGHT ONE AND WILL EVENTUALLY JUST ADD TO PROBLE.

Cripes. McCain has come off the rails. He makes a total blunder by annnouncing an incompetent for VP and now shoots from the hip with this mortgage insanity proposal. This is the candidate of the conservative right?

The best 3 leaders in my life were Reagan, Clinton and Nixon. The last two, despite disgraced in some ways, get A's on the economy and foreign policy. Bush jr is an 'F' across the board but the saddest part is that fellow fiscal conservatives acted like teenie bopper groupies supporting the moron. McCain is NOT a fiscal or foreign policy conservative….he's a 'whatever' with kneejerk judgement.

Thanks Obama for exposing this silly idea for what it is. McCain must think we are all foolish and ignorant, like his supporters who buy into his terrorism fears. Is this the best he can offer, this would be disastrous not to mention it rewards those who created this mortgage mess in the first place.

Barrack's cool, steady, presidential demeanor and approach is one of the bigges reasons why im voting for him. John McCain is just too eratic and trigger happy. He is too risky and i frankly dont trust him.

So say No to four more years of Bush/McCain disastrous domestic, economic and foreign policies.

Vote Obama and lets hit 350 electoral votes.

McCain is just throwing anything out there hoping something will stick…either it be Bill Ayers, earmarks, "supposedly" suspending his campaign, Cindy FLAT OUT LYING and calling Obama's campaign the dirtiest, Palin saying Obama is not like us and now this plan….

McCain IS erratic!!!

I find that now CNN allows vulgarity into its blogs. Just look at the submission CNN posted by "Anonymous" with it’s vulgar wording. This election and the opinions people post, almost is enough to make a person wonder who actually does these postings. Does anyone moderate them? I submit things like we are ALL Americans; we should treat each other with some respect. Those comments never get posted. Instead the ones that get posted are the vulgar ones. It is a shame what this election has turned into. Let us remember it is an election, not a war. We have enough going on with Bank/Wall Street failures, immense losses. 2 trillion dollars so far. We as Americans should be united not vulgar and rude to our neighbor. Let’s try some constraint. Each is entitled to their opinions, but to be so short sighted that we become offensive, is not the proper way to act. In less than 4 weeks this election will be over. Whoever wins the election will need us to be supportive during these grim economic times, to help keep our country strong, and competitive in the world’s economy.

Hopefully CNN will post this comment.

I heard the McCain-Palin Klan Ohio rally last night went off without any problems. That's good news for McCain seeing that's his last hope in keeping his base actively involved in his skunk trenched campaign.

So – my 30 year daughter who bought her home three years ago and was SMART enough to get a good mortgage that she could afford – and now her house is worth way less than her mortgage value because of the forecloures in her neighborhood – but she will get NO HELP for being smart. While McCain's half baked idea would make good on those who did NOT think ahead and just took what they could not afford or figured to roll the dice on the interest rate going up.

I'm sorry – but we should NOT bail out or rescue or whatever you want to call it – those who got in over their heads.

McCain – is the man so off the wall he can't think straight?

Wait – he picked Palin for his VP – he is not right in the head!

Obama/Biden 08/12

Still for Hill, but voting McCain…and that Sweety……….and what do you think your pitiful old piece of s..t is going to do for you????…………call you "fellow prisoners"…lokk it up, he said yesterday at one of his kkk rallies

*LOL* Could liberals be any more mindless scum if they tried? You morons are going on and on about how dirty a campaign McCain is running when this is an OBAMA attack ad.

Why doesn't anyone ask Cindy McCain how she felt when Senator McCain voted against a bill funding the troops soon after Senator Obama's vote? The McCain-Palin campaign is hoping that it doesn't get out and if it does they will cry foul!!!! MEDIA BIAS…..

Republican=conservatifs=stoborn with past ideas in a developing world

Democrats=Liberals=progressives=new ideas to keep up with a developing world.

I'm a smart Independant and will take democrats this year.

Well… we(my wife and I) pay our mortgage every month, we purchased a house within our financial means and you, McCain, want to penalize us for doing what's right? Now you propose the Government bailout all the undesirables who are less than responsible when it comes to their homes. You are bailing out the people who most likely didn't vote for you in the first place. Sounds like a bribe to me, to get the vote.

Mcain needs to think b4 he talks. Even the Republicans (his own party) dont agree with this plan.

It might sound like a good idea but for all of us to pay for it… dont think so….

Obamas plan for home owners is simple and complete. The banks and bankrupcy court judges should lower interest rates and re-work the mortgage so homeowners stay in their homes. this way tax payers wont foot the bill and in the long run the government saves money too. bc every time someone files for foreclosure it costs the governement … it wont cost the government if banks and bankrupcy judges re write the terms for payment and keep ppl in their homes

Cnn post this stop put me awaiting moderation.

Barack Obama Never Organized with ACORN

Discredited Republican voter-suppression guru Ken Blackwell is attacking Barack Obama with naked lies about his supposed connection to ACORN.

• Fact: Barack was never an ACORN community organizer.
• Fact: Barack was never an ACORN trainer and never worked for ACORN in any other capacity.
• Fact: ACORN was not part of Project Vote, the successful voter registration drive Barack ran in 1992.

In his capacity as an attorney, Barack represented ACORN in a successful lawsuit alongside the U.S. Department of Justice against the state of Illinois to force state compliance with a federal voting access law. For his work helping enforce the law, called “Motor Voter,” Barack received the IVI-IPO Legal Eagle Award in 1995. (For more about Barack’s career, check out our Obama bio.)

Ken Blackwell is best known today for disenfranchising Democratic voters in his dual role as Ohio Secretary of State and chair of George Bush’s Ohio campaign in 2004. To see him shed crocodile tears for the integrity of the vote while making accusations about Barack and ACORN with absolutely no basis in fact is disturbing.

Blackwell’s attacks against ACORN and community organizers continue a vile Republican pattern of mockery and viciousness against this noble profession. Community organizers are the very individuals Republicans should be celebrating for helping people to help themselves rather than depending on the government.

I wonder if McCain's former wife was just as appalled with him for abandoning her and with Cindy the "home wrecker"… Cindy is a joke and proves that she is not first lady material. No wonder why John offered her up to be in the bikers Padget.

Ewww…. Then again, that's about as scary of a thought as McCain winning the election…..
"vomits"

You go democrats …a multiracial Arab/American will be voted into the White House…the blacks still don't have their dream realized.

What is this?!?!!! Jay Mac wants to interfere with the GODS!!! …mmmmm….I thought u were for minimal governmental 'intrusion' on domestic finantial issues….let the "free-market fairy god-mother" fix it Jay Mac! Haven't u been preaching that for decades & decades now!!!!!!

Here in the Plains Obama has an ad running that lasts about one minute that explicitly discusses the issue of economy. He never mentions McCain's name once, and he doesn't put down McCain. On the other hand, the desperation of McCain is showing in contrast where he doesn't address any issue at all. Instead he puts down Obama for 30 seconds. They both have their "slanderous" ads but that's all McCain seems to have.

I don't think McCain knows his priorities too well in this campaign. If he did, in his ads he'd be addressing the issues that matter to all of US right now and in the future (economy, energy, education, health care, homeland security, etc.), instead of the issue that matters to only HIM right now (Obama). I've noticed McCain only really address those important issues during debates. Outside of the debates it seems to be, "why Obama is bad, and why I'm so great."

Keep playin' it cool and poised Obama.

over $100,000,000.00, 9 mansions, 13 cars, private plane, servants, diamonds, limos, the life style of the rich and famous….hell I'll trade shoes with Cindy McCain any day….it would be nice to get to be soooooo out of touch with the pains of loosing jobs, homes, watching retirement funds vanish. i would trade shoes with her, fly around in my private jet, never have to work, and just sit around the pool being an elitist like Cindy…give me that life, because this one is getting to hard

Oh please Obama is going to raise taxes himself so this ad is so lame. There is nothing in McCain's plan that says the taxpayers will have to pick up the tab for this.

To all of you that think Obama is trying to RIG the election look at what the REPUBLICANS ARE DOING. Once again we see the efforts to prevent BLACKS and Hispanics from getting access to VOTE.

MAKE SURE YOUR VOTE COUNTS GO OUT AND VOTE AND TAKE A FRIEND ALONG

A Democrat majority Congress contributed heavily to the problems we're in–there's plenty of blame to go around. It's a proven fact Obama voted 9 to 1 for more of our tax monies to be spent last year. It's spooky to think that our very liberal party could dominate all three branches of our Government since the President also appoints Justices to the Supreme Court. A registered Democrat.

Oh goody, another gas-tax holiday scheme. Mcsplain continues to court the "stupid" vote.

@Still for Hill

I couldn't have said it better myself. Obama is way too radical Socialist. I wouldn't have such disdain for the Democratic party if they'd let registered Democrats choose who they really wanted as their nominee.

I see now that if we dont vote for Obama we are considered racists, so who in his organization has played the race card again, could it be Obama himself. I will not vote for him because he is not truthful on his past so if that makes me one then I guess all of us who vote against Obama are racists. God help this country with those type of attitudes no wonder we are in the trouble we are in………….

When is McCain going to attack Obama's mortgage plan? You know, the plan he pushed for years with his professional voter fraud squad ACORN, the one that said, "Bad credit? No credit? No job? No downpayment? NO PROBLEM! As long as you have the 'right' skin color or are in the 'correct' minority group, you're now a new home owner! Regardless of ability to pay!"

Yippee! Food stamp mortgages for all!

Wreckless Robin-Hood-style affirmative action mortgage lending is why we are in the current economic state. And the short-sighted FDR-style bailout did not even mention Fannie, Freddie or the CRA, THEEEEEE very issues that enabled this mess to occur.

Flush Congress in '08… all of 'em… Rep, Dem, Ind and Socialists alike… if you voted FOR the bailout, start packing your bags now.

I'm amazed any Bush/McCain supports have the b*lls to even question the Dems. Could the Reps have put us in any worse situation than after their 8 years of total power?

Let the Dems clean up your mess just like we did with Clinton.

At least McCain has a plan. What's Obama's alternative; sit on his hands as the banks fail and the economy collapses while he talks about the rich and greedy getting what they deserve. That was the government attitude in 1929. Can you spell d e p r e s s i o n?

Concerned Voter, CNN's fact checker has probably realize that the voter fraud case is a lie. If it was worth reporting, they probably would. How can it hurt Obama or be about Obama when no one really knows who those voters are supporting? The election is Nov. 4th. After all, the republicans are registering people and trying every evil trick in the book to get McCain elected so there may be some fraud going on there.

Cindy McCain said that Obama is running the dirtiest campaign in the history of the United States. I think she's really talking about her husband. McCan't will do anything to win this election. How sad that he thought people are stupid enough to vote for him just because of his unqualified Vice-President that doesn't know anything about anything. McCain you are not going to win because the American people want to move in a different direction, a new direction that will help this country which what Obama will do and not take it down even fruther like you want to do.

Same Ol'……….McCain's plan is just as lame as the Bush.

The problem is, the Republicans do not have a plan. That is why they are trying to distract Americans with the Ayers, Acorn and whatever else they can drum up. When you don't have anything to talk about, you simply make up stuff. We saw that with Palin and now with McCain. What a pathetic bunch.

OBAMA,,,,,,TOO MANY UNKNOWNS,,,,TOO MANY LIES,,,,,,TOO MANY RADICALS!

I'd just checked on the fact check on this McBush new plan and Senator Obama is right. This McBush new bail out plan is just benefiting the wealths and like what Senator Obama has saying, it's just more of the same with Bush's 8. Becareful Americans before it's too late. Obama/Baiden 08.

It is so annoying when republicans say that we are going to ruin the country voting for Obama. Hello people! You voted for Bush. Never again can any person who voted for Bush tell anyone else they are making a bad mistake. They made the worst voting mistake ever.

Its hard to follow this McCain/Palin campaign.
First they accuse Obama of big government give aways then they offer up their own big government give away.
McCains erratic, shoot from the hip, act first think later approach is the last thing we need in a president.

McCain is running scared. Scared that he sees the election slipping beyond his reach. I used to respect McCain, but he's showing he's just another politician willing to say anything and do anything to get elected. We don't need more of the same! We need intelligent leadership for the new century!

As one Republican strategist said after the Tuesday Debate, one candidate wants to give Americans free health care and the other one wants to give Americans a free home, but America is BROKE!

McCain is doing a complete 180 degree turn with his proposal of $300 billion of taxpayer money going towards government subsidizing of bad and risky mortgages that should not have been made.

JOHN!!! I AM NOT YOUR FRIEND so Please please give that one up..but that will be hard since you say it soooo much.. And your choice for VP?? Sarah is out whoring for you John, so that MAKES YOU THE PIMP .,.. Save whats left of the USA vote OBAMA!!

Republican's at democrats troath.. all negative, Democrats running round in numbers trying to overrun Reps…

Is this true democrazy or absolute demonstration of craze.. Your country is in one of its gravest moments and all you Americans can do is go negative..

God has left America

And oh yeah, independent voters are going to tire of the semantic bullcrap of the liberal media (I don't know how many stories I've seen on "That one" yet Michelle doesn't even care), and they're going to tire very quickly of race being brought up whenever anyone criticizes Obama's policies and ignorance. Obama would be a terrible president and I think liberals are in for a big surprise come November.

Another failed "program" by our government that will actually make the foreclosure problem worse. What happens when the responsible neighbor who is struggles to make his monthly payments finds out the irresponsible neighbor just got a reduction of his mortgage principle because he took equity loans and is late? That guy will stop paying also so he can get his reduction. This is nothing more than a wealth transfer from the responsible to the irresponsible. Until we stop this, the problems will only get worse. Will a politician with COMMON SENSE please rise and lead us!!

I wouldn't think Obama could have been versed better by Hillary and Bill's meetings with Obama…..you could spend 6 years versing him and the not have enough time to implement the plan and that is if he was re-elected….BIDEN he is a THROW BACK and Hillary's know's it.

Manny,
I totally agree with you on the fact that the people losing their homes should get help, but what you didnt gather from the above story is that instead of the banks taking the loss for their irresponsiblity, McCain proposes to revalue the homes at a higher price so the banks do not lose money….The home owner may get a lower house payment, but in the LONG run that homebuyer will be not only paying taxes on the gov bailout but also alot more just to keep that roof over their head.. in essence …homeowner Taxed twice.

This is nothing more than another political gimmick from McCain…he really thinks we are all stupid and "fellow prisioners"….NOT

Bank of America is already doing this to it's Countrywide loans with out order from McCain. The last thing we need is for the Government to own our homes. They should have froze the rates of adjustable mortgages 2 years ago, this would have saved home owners and their homes and ultimately the housing market. The bail out is only giving money to the rich who got us in this mess, if they bailed out American people you would have seen a surge in all facets of spending. you would have seen less homeless, forclosures, job loss, credicard debt and a surge in spending in the end.

It is very important for Obama to stay on message and stay out of McCain's gutter.
Just listen to the rhetoric from the McCain and Palin, as well as Beck and the whole host of Fox pundits. The message is loud and clear – "Racists are people too – we are entitled to our hate-filled opinions and we have the right to vote".
The last act of a desperate campaign that has run out of ideas, run out of honor, run out of meaning and run out of time, but still MUST win by any means – FEAR!
A quick scan of blogs on just Truthdig, CNN and ABC show the following consequences of electing Obama (of course, no reasons or details are ever given):
Higher taxes
Fewer Jobs
Economic Collapse
Mexican border will collapse
All our soldiers will quit
He will fill his cabinet with radical terrorists
Israel will fall
Russians will attack us
Doctors forced to perform abortions
Women forced to have abortions
World will collapse (?)
He will reveal he is Muslim and will make us all worship Allah
Miscegenation (actually used the word Misogyny – something a bit different) will ruin our society.
He will pay reparations to all blacks for slavery
Race riots in all major cities

This just lists some of the more interesting ones. I am sure we will soon see plagues, locusts, warts, earthquakes, tornadoes, hurricanes and athletes foot cited.
What is inexcusable is McCain and Palin feeding this frenzy with racist calls to battle. "He is not like us". "We don't know the real Barrack Hussein Obama". "We should all fear Obama – we have no idea what he will do when he is President".
The honorable John McCain will have a lot of time to contemplate what he has done while he sits on any one of his 7 porches. A man who swore a code of honor as a Navy officer. A man who swore to uphold the constitution. A man who swore he would stick to the issues and never stoop to personal attacks. I hope he has a very troubled retirement.

@ looker, apparently @ Still for Hill has more education than you and understands economics.

Thanks "Still for Hill" for stating the obvious. Too bad it has to be pointed out though.

I could have sworn I heard McCain say during the debate he wanted government out of our lives and now he wants the government to bail out homeowners, some of which never should have gotten loans in the first place – give me a break!!!

Go Obama-Biden 08

Hey CNN do you monitor these boards? Do you track the ISP's for the posters. Do you have any way to detect multiple posts from the same person under different names?
I know you can but why do you not do this?
There are posts that are obviously the same person under different names just look at the syntax of their posts. Not for exclusion of any one point of view but it REALLY looks like there are a bunch of shills that post on the site. This does not provide for input by "regular" people as the board gets all posted up with the SHILL garbage than the board is closed. I could be wrong and there are no shills or straw men posting here but i dbout it.

oh boy I dont believe we can blame any one person for the problems it is greed at its worst and we are all guilty. all I do know is that I dont want barack as president. because its not just wall street nor is it just main stree

McCain's concession speech – puppy housetraining pads.

It seems the final Republican Party strategy is going to be cheating. Check today's AP article on voters being pulled from the rolls and note the states where this is occurring.

Palin and McCain are hate filled people running scared. they have incited the worst in their followers, igniting the ugliest, darkest , most dangerous blemish on the face of America…."terrorist", "kill him", "off with his head", "that one" their cult like chanters scream. the worst part is, neither Palin or McCain had the courage or decency to stop their speech to condemn such hate. Neither Palin or McCain have what it takes to bring this Nation together in such tenuous times, they are the accomplice of hate and fear….their followers, the hate filled racist, loonies and mob mentality psychos should be ashamed of themselves…but for those who have no soul have no shame, and that shows at McCain's rallies and town halls…those people should go back to Europe where their ancestors came from, that is NOT the America we want anymore. Palin McCain…to divisive, to erratic, to dangerous, to delusional to lead!!!

McCain just doesn't get it!

McSame proves what he has said all along: he lacks expertise on the American economy. The proposal he tossed out at the debate was poorly conceived, impulsive. Totally consistent with McSame's character. The man is erratic, and not fit to govern.

Hey "ONLOOKER" get over it – Hilary lost and she's backing OBAMA which is what you should do instead of wasting your vote on Mc Same. You already know he is going to lose so why even go there??!?WAKE AND SMELL THE COFFEE. ANYONE WHO VOTES FOR MCSAME IS EITHER RACIST OR OUT OF THIER MIND.

OBAMA/BIDEN 08-12

Enough education to know when to use periods and question marks.

"CONCERNED VOTER" – Please get a life. You must be involved with ACORN! My goodness, just face the fact that your McFailin will lose this election because of his divisiveness and lies. OBAMA will win with honor. He's the REAL MAVERICK. He's the one who puts COUNTRY FIRST. Deal with it and stop crying!

last i heard America was still a free country, sounds like mccain wants to be our WARDEN, no thank you mr. mccain, we don't want to be your prisoners. VOTE OBAMA-BIDEN

We need LEADEERSHIP that THINKS FIRST and then acts for the best interest of ALL Amreicans not just the RICH.

so those of us who work and do pay our mortgages get what?

Both of these guys economic plans, as well as their health care plans, suck.

Obama hasn't provided an ounce of insight into the economics of the country; all he's done is blamed the housing dilemma on the administration and Congress of the last eight years when it was legislation signed under Carter and renewed under Clinton which created this fiasco.

McCain has a lot more insight, but his plan sucks. The market is inflated and people who shouldn't own homes own homes. The market should be allowed to correct itself instead of trying to bail out banks that should be failing and people who should be foreclosed on. There are plenty of other successful banks to buy up the failing banks, and subprimers should stick to renting like the rest of us.

And oh God, don't get me started on health care. Obama wants to FINE you if you don't have health care and won't let you chose the health care you want out of state. McCain wants to encourage competition in the health care market — which will possibly lower premiums — but he also wants to TAX health care benefits. Both of these guys have it so wrong!

All this right wing drivel is disgusting, crawl back under the slimy rocks you emerged from GOP faithful, for your day of reckoning for destroying americas future is at hand

…and all the while, while Obama is hitting McCain on issues of poor judgement, bad policies, and stupid decisions that will not benefit the American people, what is McCain doing? Trying to falsely connect him to terrorists.

Someone's clearly run out of ideas. There's a reason McCain didn't bring Ayers up at the beginning of the campaign. Because Ayers isn't relevant to the current political conversation.

CNN how does this blog work? it seems that comments that are entered last , gets posted first and you start reading at the top of the blog, responses to comments that appear later on down in the blog and you see that the time posted is earlier. Perhaps the trick to not getting moderated so much is to just wait to post your comments. if it's a respones to a previous comment, it might not make sense to anyone but you but hey, it beats going into the moderation grave yard and your comment never seeing the light of day.
To "Reality King" you sound like a smart person so I want to advise you that your "blog handle" (name) I think is also used for a porn site. you might want to consider changing your name to Batman08 or something that is not porn related. That kind of kills your credibilty.
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Still for Hill…your not very bright. You sound like McCain so go ahead and vote for him. You are definitely "out of touch". With McCain's plan onbuying every bad mortgage…that will cost taxpayers way more money. He socializing the mortgage industry. You were for Hillary? Get a brain man.

I'm amazed to read the relatively uneducated commentary coming from my fellow Americans. Please, PLEASE do just a little digging, visit sites like factcheck.org & snopes for unbiased fact checking. You may not read what you WANT to believe, but you cannot rely on a single source like CNN to get all of your information. I especially urge those of you who rely on FOX to seek out one, just ONE, of these unbiased sources. Your country is relying on YOU to do the right thing.

Don't believe the hype.

"CONCERNED VOTER" – Please get a life. You must be involved with ACORN! My goodness, just face the fact that your McFailin will lose this election because of his divisiveness and lies. OBAMA will win with honor. He's the REAL MAVERICK. He's the one who puts COUNTRY FIRST. Deal with it and stop crying!

OBAMA/BIDEN -08!

@ looker, apparently @ Still for Hill has more education than you and understands economics.

Thanks "Still at Hill" for stating the obvious. Too bad it has to be pointed out though.

Obama is lying about:

ACORN
AYERS
REV WRIGHT
TONY REZKO
NEW PARTY MEMBERSHIP

TOO MANY UNKNOWNS.

HILLARY SENT ME!

McCain's plan is to offer chattel mortgages to people to purchase these houses. Chattel mortgages are mortgages tied not to property, but instead to a person, and often, are inheritted to kin. These are not nullified by bankruptcy or defaultment, they are inescapable, they are shackles. Do not accept a chattel mortgage, ever! They are slavery, indentured servitude, you will be signing your life over to a bank. Please, wake up, people!

WOW – NC voter registration is way up – especially D – and a lot of us are early voting October 16.

Voter Registration as of 10/09/2008
Democratic: 2,753,569
Republican: 1,965,684
Libertarian: 1,900
Unaffiliated: 1,342,044
Total: 6,063,197

SOCIALIST AMERICA, PLEASE GET YOUR FACTS STRAIGHT.

I no longer accept anything the McCains and the Palins say!!!!!! They are a sad bunch!!!!!!!!! McCain's judgement is as poor as it can be!!!!!! God help us all if that ignorant bunch gets into the White House!!!!!!!

I guess this really shows us that Mccain did not after all read the bailout plan which includes something similar to his brilliant, not so original idea, and that only proves to me that Mccain is just walking and talking and not listening and his eye is on one thing and one hting only "the whitehouse". Where has he been? who is the real Mccain?

I will buy American flag and go wave it to the Helsinki mainsquare if you elect Senator Barack Obama president! I promise to buy more American products for one year if you do what you have to do.

By choosing Obama You will gain back you moral leadership in economy, diplomacy and in enviromental issues. For example when you invest in renewable energy and gas-free car production, you will get your economy on strong basis again.

The efforts of RNC operatives on this blog are laughable. And you guys try so hard to paint Obama in a negative light. You try so hard to convince people that Obama has shown no leadership.
Everytime I read your posts, I can tell who is getting paid to do this and who is not. It reminds me of Debate in High school and college. Where you don't get to choose your postion on the issue but you have to defend it anyway…
Anytime you make a claim and don't back it up with facts, or your opinion is contrary to acutal events and history you show yourself to either be incredibly stupid or working for the opposition.
YOU ARE MCCAIN'S FELLOW PRISONERS!

McCain doesn't have a clue (neither does Bush) so he continues to fumble around with dumb ideas he hopes will SOUND GOOD to voters….

McCain's plan maintains the status quo by taking American taxpayers cash and releasing the burden from the irresponsible lenders.
People are looking for answers that outlines an approach that uses the $700 billion responsibly. That's not what will solve the problem, it's regulation, and open financial books that will stop this from happening again.

Socialist America I see you have been reading the Weekly Standard.

So your boy McCain wants to buy houses from all the people who can't afford them and hand you the taxpayer the loss and the best you got is that Obama has a stinky plane?

You conservatives really need to regroup and decide what you stand for.

McCain's Plan is a gimmick.

The only two things that Americans have to remember:

1)The Republicans and George Bush and John McCain(who both look like me and has "normal sounding names") screwed this country up without caring what I look like.

2)Since the qualifications for Vice President are the
same as the qualifications for President,
Sara "Harry Potter" Palin is grossly unqualified for
either position, bigoted, fascist, anti-semitic
spewing of her campaign garbage not withstanding.

This white Republican guy will be voting for "that one", who's name just happens to be Barack Hussein
Obama.

Once again… Someone besides Obama comes up with an idea…

Obama is going to make a lovely leader when he sits back and does nothing… Does this man have a plan or a single idea of his own??? I have not seen it!!!

All I know is we need a leader not a follower to run this country… I hope that he does not sit back and say call me if you need me!!! Everytime this man talks I get sick at my stomach… because of all the twisting and talking in circles without answering one question!!!

Clinton would have been the best choice for president… What is funny is this idea that McCain is talking about is very similar to Clinton's idea 4 months ago!!!

Wake up America!!!

Glenn Beck is an idiot- Why does cnn let him have a spot period?

THIRD WORLD POLITCS !! I HOPE I NEVER HEAR ANOTHER PERSON SAY .. WHY DO THOSE PEOPLE KILL EACH OTHER IN AFRICA AND THE MIDDLE EAST? GUESS WHAT .. WAIT FOR NOV. 4. USA WILL OFFICIALLY BE A THIRD WORLD COUNTRY. WITH THE ECONOMY IN THE TOILET, BROKEN HEALTHCARE, WARS, LOST 401KS. AT BRINK OF COMPLETE DISASTER.

To Bob from Indainapolis, My Husband said the same thing last night! HA! I guess shes giving alot of people this Impression, when I heard her talk . I thought she sounded like a baby but her eyes looked Evil . This whole republican ticket is a joke!!! so was the last 8 years! except Im not lauphing!!!!!!

Ok, so if I understand Mr. McCain's plan correctly; because I chose to buy an expensive car, ($1000 in car payments between two cars) send my kids to a college we can't afford (2 of them at that), go on expensive vacations each year, have 8 pairs of Jimmy Choo's, and 4 pairs of the one that Carrie on the Sex in the City always talks about. Not to mention the designer suits and dresses (need those for the expensive vacations). Now my husband is on strike, of course we don't have any money saved, but actually have LOTS of credit card payments, and because we are 100% leveraged on our house, because we spend too much money and the home equity line of credit is fully advanced (and yes we provided full documents and fully qualified, with a down payment when we bought the house; the value has just gone down), if I stop making my payments, under John McCains plan, that will be forgiven, and the mortgage amount will go down to below the value of the house………SWEET!!!!!!!!!!

A guy who is now 11 points behind Obama in Gallup Polls will do anything to destroy Obama but people are really paying much attention except those die-hard repugs, right-wingers and hateful religious right. Obama will pull the plug on all repugs on Nov. 4.

Well! fix the economy. That is the number one PRIORITY. When the economy is fixed, everything else will fall in place, for instance, more jobs will be added, people will have access to health-care and more home owners will keep their homes. Without beating about the bush, both Obama & McCain should come out with a viable plan to fix the economy and lay it out in front of the public. I am not saying something new but this is the truth.

There is a very important film, available on YouTube, called "McCain's Rage." Over 30 people with direct experience with his volatile and unstable temper. McCain is not simply wrong on the policies–he is a dangerous person.

@SOCIALIST AMERICA…you know it's dumb people like you that really get under my skin. You are so worried about Obama turning America into a socialist country that you don't even realize George Bush already has us half way there. Hello!…Banks are becoming gov't owned, airline are becoming gov't owned, auto industry is becoming gov't owned. The list goes on and on…

So much for the Conservative Vote?
Keep catering to the Extreme Right While ignoring the rest of the Republican party Mr.Mccain.
For the first time This republican will be voting Democrat.

Obama at least wants to punish the big spenders and all you want to do is reward incompetance.

Next article:
Fact Check: Does McCain's tax
plan give tax ts to CEOs?

In a word…. YES!

Did anyone read Roland Martin's article on this website yesterday??

Ayers is not an issue. Please read it!!

Onlooker:

I have a top 40 university education. I have 25K in student loans. I'm not asking for a government handout. How about you?

ACORN has been raided in 3 states: OH, MO, and NV for voter registration fraud.

A-llowing
C-orrupt
O-bama supporters to
R-egister
N-onexistant people

WHERE IS THE STORY CNN?

Our Nation is facing the worst economic crises of our time. And all McBush can offer is more gimmicks. McBush stole this 'buy the mortgage' plan from Hillary Clinton. It is a bad plan that does nothing but send 300 Billion Dollars of our money to the same greedy Corporate Bankers that caused this Crises !

McCain oftens talks about having honor–being a hero….. Where is the honor in cheating on your injured wife and just walk out on her for the "Barbie Doll" millionaire. That was the one thing that McCain could have gotten right and he failed. Now he wants the country to TRUST HIM. Who is the "Real John McCain"…If I were Cindy McCain or Todd Palin.. I would not trust the 'Old Fox" with the new hen (Sarah).

On Nov 5th, the Republicans are going to be screaming about ACORN and voter fraud. They are already setting it up. It will be perfect for them to explain why McCain didn't win.

One issue that greatly caused the mortgage problem, the demos and repubs open the door for subprime loans, the repubs did not shut off the flood gate, nor were their any oversight during the Bush administration, each administration should always evaluate and make any necessary changes or modifications as a incoming president.
President Bush did not do that! period dot. As a result, no oversight, no action, mortgages peaked and then crashed. This catastrophy happen during the Bush administration with 8 years to have evaluated and fixed this oncoming train wreck. McCain recent prospoal to buy bad mortagages, is exactly the problem with the Bush administraton, no real thought-out understanding of the economy.

Robert, you said "McCain needs different advisers." I say he needs different meds.

For someone who has supposedly spent his career rallying against regulation, market intervention and anything that might remotely make us socialist, Le McCain is certainly becoming quite the socialist. It's funny how sagging polls can make you do desperate things.

"My fellow "prisoners" ? McCain said at a rally yesterday..did he think he was back in prison with his other pows ??? isnt that called senile, or not ??? I watched people around him when he made that gaffe, some looked stunned, including Palin, her daughter looked like she wwas stifling a laugh..people, this IS serious..couldnt he even read his teleprompter, didnt he mean My fellow americans ? what happened there ? Looks like McCain really IS losing it now..
S….C…A…R….Y…!!!!!!!!!
independents for Obama

Sorry, Barry, you missed the boat and it's already at sea. The measures McCain proposed are already in play as part of the $700B Wall Street bailout. Did you fail to notice that when you voted in favor of it?
Just say Nobama '08

More gimmiks.. more distractions. One suggestiuon: keep your 401(k) statement handy and vote the issues this Nov. 4!
Obama/Biden

It's pretty plain to see the American people have a complete lack of trust in our Democratic Congress yet they're blindly following a Democratic candidate who has yet to spell out any viable plan on the economy or the war in Iraq. President Bush will look like a king if Obama ever gets into office.

so now the house I bought 7 years ago I should sell for less..thanks mc insane for selling out america and its future..sends a cold chill down my back that republicans won't vote for a black man..surprised that there's no cross burning at the end of the republican rallies

SOCIALIST AMERICA…..your candidate doesn't even belong in a pig sty……all three of them should be thrown in a quick sand pit

McCain's plan will hurt responsible homebuyers who weren't swayed by empty promises.

McCain/Palin's 2 for 1 campaign event: Hate Rhetoric & Lies to be followed by KKK Rally.

McCain and Palin should take pride in the hate within their supporters that they have brought to the surface.

For those of you sore loser republicans whining about voter fraud, you really need to do your homework.

The voting fraud that is being talked about is REPUBLICANS going into minority neighborhoods and telling them they are ineligible to vote and making up names, using identities of the deceased, etc., in areas where democrats are winning.

Republicans will do anything to win, to include cheat and then blame the other side. How christian of you.

Mcsame and Sarah Pain does not have any understanding of the economy. They are as clueless as all the ones voting for him and America this time will not let them win

@Sweetie. How is this mess Obama's fault? If you're going to say things like this, please back them up with a site where we can read facts. And when I say sites, I mean those with real news credentials, not Fox.

Odd comment from so called SOCIALIST AMERICA. McCain accomplished none of his objectives by the supposed suspense of his campaign, and yet critiques Obama for sitting idle. Obama was given credit by some actual sitting lawmakers for convincing them with personal and direct communication. Rather than faulting Obama for knowing how to use mobile phones and computers for commincation, woudn't it make more sense to fault deregulation and lack of oversight which is the fault of government for the past 30 years? Of these 30 years McCain watched and supported for 26 years, but it was all from both parties, not just McCain and Obama that allowed this to happen.

Another CNN your comment is awaitng moderation?
This is just another gimmick like the drill here drill now,suspend the highway gas tax for the summer. Mcain knows he is in no position to win the White House.

McCain is nothing but a rude and arrogant old man. He doen't have any plans to improve the recent cituation. We cannot take all the burden to fulfill his dream of becoming the president. I am happy to say that after the second debate even my coneservating republican friends are voting for Obama.

Example #4,618 that McCain says one thing and does another: He is pushing the William Ayers junk after saying that it was a narrative his campaign would not pursue.

A solution for the United State of American People. We the people of the United State of American start an American People Housings Fund.

At least 1 million United State of American citizens' people donate $1 dollar a week to the American People Housings Fund.

We the people of the United States of American:

1. Buy all the foreclosures and bankruptcy homes for people who brought a home within their means, before becoming sick, losing their jobs due to medical reasons and the ones that lost their jobs due to no fault of their own.

2. Start helping our children's. We the people of the USA create learning centers around the USA where teachers, parents, lawyers, doctors, financial counselors for families, anyone that have good sound skills that can teach children, parents and at time each other how to move into the world of tomorrow and the future to come, at least two hours a week.

3. We the people of The United State of American:

Please, start focusing and making more sound decisions in our today's life, and the life that's facing our children's in the future, use credit only when you need to, not for your wants.

The Adults of today USA is paving the way for our children's and each other future at this moment. Stop, breath and think about this solution to a world problem.

Mccain & Palin….are just brainless ……I can not believe that some people are even thinking about casting their valuable vote….wake up americans….just think before you vote….let us give Obama a LANDSLIDE WIN!!!

What would a Navy Officer understand about economics? John Maccain fails to understand economy 101 and he is talking about experience? What experience does it have to take this country out of economic turmoils? Obama has education and he knows economics far better than John McCain. Also, he has whole democratic party behind him which has a tack record of improving economy of this country. So, now who is more experienced to better run this country? It does not take rocket science to know that the inability to judge anything just brings our mud slinging in a person and that is exactly what John and Sarah are doing. As they do not know anything about anything, they try to demean a person who has risen above the common man and has proved himself to reach this heights. Looking to his track record of coming from a simple family and go to this level just shows how capable he is. Just being a POW and married to a millionaire does not give anyone a right to be a President. We already have a President who bankrupted his own company and now he has bankrupted the whole country. And now, republicans put up a candidate who even does not know how many houses he has. And his running mate thinks that War on Iraq is God's Will. How much BS do we tolerate before we end this?

So I have managed to pay my mortgage on time in full throughout all of this. My home value has obviously dropped like everyone else's has. I bought a place that was within my means, the smallest house in the neighborhood,so I could still make payments if I lost my job and had to work at McDonald's or something. But because I did that and have been able to pay, I get to watch my neighbors that bought the larger houses that were well out of their means now get to drop their payments to what I have been paying and keep their bigger house… while I sit there paying the same as them, having lost money on the value of my house, and get screwed over.

If you're going to buy up those loans and sell them back to the same owners that couldn't afford them to begin with, then you need to write me a check for $20k for the depreciation of my house because of all those other houses. You'd be punishing the citizens of the country that were able to keep things afloat on their own and rewarding the ones that couldn't.

I know everyone will say "it was the lenders fault for swindling the home buyers", but frankly it was explained that in 3 years your payments were going to go up because you were paying less than the interest was on your loan. They took a gamble, like everyone does in real-estate. They were gambling that the house would appreciate in value, they'd be able to sell it or have the credit to refinance, but enough people couldn't they lost their houses, and everyone lost the gamble that they'd make money while getting to live in a much nicer house than they could afford at the time. If they were all able to sell their houses for a profit before they couldn't afford the higher payments then no one would have though the sub-prime mortgages were a bad idea. The country gambled on the future and lost. We've all been effected, but you can't go and award those who gambled the most and punish those who didn't… I'll be waiting for my $20k check if McCain is elected and does this. Otherwise I'll sue the country for discrimination against people who were more responsible.

even if mccain were the better candidate (and he's NOT), but if he were, the fact he's taken the super low road just to win, is not what i want in a leader.

i refuse.

a vote for Obama is a vote for myself. Go ahead and vote for McCain, and if he gets elected, you deserve every piece of misfortune and bad luck you will absolutely receive.

@ Still for Hill, but voting McCain

I HAVE a nightmare : A republican for President :

We go into two wars without paying for them, put incompetent people in charge of conducting policies, and finally melt our financial system, leaving the country in a disastrous debt.

Wait … Oh crap !!

Obama HIPOCRITICAL come on folks Hillary is still driving his ship go ahead vote for Hillary by voting for OBAMA……He's going to go to the bailout because of the votes….You know Hillary hasn't spoke much lately….Just when OBAMA needed their help…WHERE ARE THEY THIS
HILLARY THIS BILL THIS AL……Guess what you should have let HILLARY BE THE FIRST MINORITY PRESIDENT, GUESS WHAT MORE OF THE SAME…..THE EXACT THING WE ARE FIGHTING TODAY…..!!!!

I get a laugh out of how the hate filled right is reacting.
First off, are you not the party that hates Socialism of any kind?
Were you not the party in Congress that had to add so called "Sweetners" …or (Pork) to the first $700 Billion dollar bail out, that added up to $840 billiion by the time those sweetners were added?

Now your Socialist nominee wants to now Socialize bad mortgages for us tax payers? I just dont get you Republican hypocrites.
If you are not spewing your hate filled messages of lies, then you are flip flopping on your own ideals.

What gives??

We need to do major changes in our economy before we loose every thing…McSame will go in the same direction as Bush

Obama/ Biden

Why do people think McCain can make a different in your life style when he only repeat what has been said once. People if you think that you enjoyed 8 years of George Bush then please sell your souls to hell and vote for McCain.

Sen McCain – I respectfully ask you not to refer to me as your friend – you have been a part of the inside mess 26 years. Sadly enough your claim as a maverick really hasn't changed much – unless of course you consider spewing poison to be the ways of being a maverick.

NO, NO, NO and NO!

The American people have been committed to carry the $810 BILLION rescue plan.

We should NOT be burdened and CANNOT afford to foot McCain's $300 BILLION mortgage plan.

I don't understand how McCain and his campaign will not speak about the economic situation in this country. It is an insult to all Americans. I don't care who you are voting for it is an insult to our intelligence to think you are not going to speak about this economic crisis. I also think the government should stop throwing money at Wall Street. This mess didn't happen over nite and so it's not going to disappear overnite. I think finally something has happened to open me and my fellow citizens eyes. We are sleep no more.

WE JUST FOUND OUT TODAY WITH LOSS OF OUR SAVINGS AND THE LOSS OF OUR PROPERTY VALUE, THAT WE HAVE LOST OVER HALF OF OUR" HARD" EARNED LIFE SAVINGS!! WE DON'T WANT TO HEAR A WORD THAT JOHN MCCAIN HAS TO SAY!!!!

Hey, "Socialist America",

This supposed McCain plan is being called a socialist plan. Republicans are also criticizing it. So I guess you will not be voting for McCain!!!

MCKEATING5 EXPLOITS HIS POW STATUS IN VIET-NAM, NOW HIS PEROXIDE STEPFORD WIFE EXPLOITS IRAQ. ALLOW ME TO INTRODUCE YOU TWO TO BEAU BIDEN WHO IS ALSO SERVING IN IRAQ BUT WHOSE PARENT HAS CHOSEN NOT TO EXPLOIT HIS SERVICE!…….you said it all and I may add……….to tell him that we are not his "fellow prisoners" as he said at his pathetic rally, oblivious of what he uttered as usual…..and people want still vote for this empty body????..if you can…look at the debate's video when they first entered the place….pitiful old warmonger looked as if someone had just pushed him…scared, clueless, cloud nine….

Still for Hill, but…… Oh, come on! I mean seriously! We went under FIRST!

Europe is not so bad. They recognized THAT ONE as soon as he got there! They never greated Bush OR McSAME in that way…. NEVER! Maybe those Europeans know something we don't!!! Or at least that we are just learning!!!

Oh, I forgot, they DON'T listen to RUSH LIMBAUGH!

Why on earth does anyone watch Fox News and MSNBC? I use to but not any more. I see why the shows ratings has gone down. CNN keep up the go work. I see why your the BEST POLITICAL TEAM on TV. You are so well respected. (Fox and MSNBC, take notes)

Depending on newsmedia bias,the Obama-Acorn scandle will be as big as Watergate.

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Wow, you Republicans really are that desperate. Keep hoping and wishing because the story here is more tenuous as the link between John McCain and the lady who shot at an abortion doctor.

McCain is a gambler and makes bad decisions. I thought the $700B is supposed to stabilize the market, our economy and mortgages. Why is he proposing another $300B in another socialized mortgage bailout? The discredited Maverick does not understand economics 101. This means that he lied to us from the beginning. McCain is very erratic.

Obama is the only one who has the judgement to get us out of this mess.

My husband and I pay our mortgage on time every month. Now we have to be responsible for those don't.? By the way, where are all these billion and billion of dollars coming from?!

McCain has no plan – it is his rich buddies that tell him what to do and therefore, it will never work for the 95% of Americans making >250K… go home McSame (any home 1 out of 9) we are in need of Change!

Obama and Biden 2008

I just watched CNN Mark Preston`s "verdict" about the comments of Cindy McCain about senator Obama during a campaign stop as well as Michelle Obama during an interview with Larry King

1. Cindy McCain, together with Sarak Palin, renewed her attacks full of hate but

2. Michelle Obama looked at it very gracefully and did not respond in hate and anger

Mark Preston said both attitudes are very "effective"

CNN which standard to you or your big shots apply when commenting such attacks?

Science and engineering of dot.com wasn't encouraged and protected as the subprime mortgage industry is today by our government, because you would gain more political base for bailing out homes than geeks or nerds' companies in an election year. Also, who cares about science and engineering unless there is a dollar sign attached to it short-term?

CNN HAS NOTHING BUT GOOD THINGS TO SAY ABOUT THE OBAMAS. WITH ALL THE CORRUPTION THAT THEY ARE AND WERE INVOLVED IN. TRUSTED, NOT AS FAR AS WE CAN THROW THEM.

You all are worst that MSNBC now. I'm a democrat and I see your bias. I'm not part of a Democratic gang though. Report the news!!
Report how Lake county Indiana turned in 2200 Acorn registrations and only 1100 was valid. REPORT. TELL THE FACTS AND LET US DECIDE.

Hummmmm an idea from McCain, don't get toooo excited remember he himself admitted the economy was not his strong subject.
He needs to go home and rest, he was looking old and tired the other night in the debate and that is just what the country does NOT need at this time.
I'm voting for THAT ONE!!!!!!!!

Why should we let McCain do something for us in mortagage when he wouldn't speak up for the bailout. McCain wants someone else to start the fire and then when it's time to clean up get credit for clean up. No way we need him to put more pressure for higher taxes than they are now. No McCain don't touch my mortagage.

Once again, McCain shows he is out of touch with reality.

How many times can he try to pull stunts like this and NOT remember that every plan he puts out there will be disected and fact checked within moments?

You are showing your age McCain. Not part of the world as it is, just as it was about, oh, 20 or 30 years ago.

Obama would prefer that the government send the funds to ACORN so they can be further enriched with profits, rather than a government mortgage agency (FHA?) being involved without all the profits.

To Concerned Voter:

Be careful what you ask for. If voter fraud is happening, it's happening under the direction of the Republican Party bosses to scare and intimidate senior citizens, young people and minorities from staying away from the polls on election day! If Obama loses this election the level of fraud and trickery will make Florida in 2000 look like a Sunday School picnic!

Can you obnoxious mccain supporters stop leaving comments in ALL CAPS!!! Thanks.

If the treasury by back all bad loan within three month it would have to do it all over again do to the fact most want be able to pay the new one. The whole ideal have not been though out.;"Bad ideal to say the least.

Some people are just too stubborn and will still vote for McCain despite the disgraceful campaign that he's been running. He calls himself a Maverick? A patriot? Country First? Give me a break. I've seen nothing patriotic in anything he's been saying or doing in his campaigns that is relevant to what he intends to do as next president. All he is doing is making every desperate move to discredit Obama. If he can't stick to the relevant issues at hand that the people want to hear, then he needs to step down as a presidential candidate because he's just setting himself up for failure (if he hasn't already by choosing Palin as his VP).

What about the people who are making every effort to pay their mortgage each month? will their rate also go down or will McCain only bale out the ones who stopped paying on their mortgage? –
to those who could not afford it to begin with. What ever happen to mortgage counseling? Live with your mistake and learn to live with less. Get rid of credit cards! If you do not have the cash to buy, put it off.

I think –>V Obama, October 9th, 2008 10:01 am ET <– just said that all poor people are black….

"They forced the banks to lower their lending standards so that poor people could buy houses by playing the race card."

So very sad. Such ignorance. And these people are proud to display their ignorance by commenting on these articles. What a mess this country is in by allowing everyone to vote. We have just seen how idiots electing idiots have affected this country. 4 more years!

In the past 8 years we been sold on American pride , when behind the scene it was all about American greed. Now our economic and political standing are becoming a laughing stock.

What is the expression on the face of the Treasury when we call China and say — can you lend me some money?.

I am so sick of John McCain and his horrible bashing of Obama.
He and sara palin and cindy mccain have stepped over the line, and are treading on dangerous territory.
Are they trying to get obama knocked off or what?

CNN please post this and not put it in moderation:

The gaul for Cindy McCain to say that Obama has been running the dirtiest campaign is just "priceless". Either this lady is hitting the medicine cabinet again, or she's high on Botox!!! Then again, she may be the spittin image of McGrampa's running mate who doesn't have clue!!! And as for the comment that "Ole Gramps" made at the second debate,which was in my hometown, referring to Obama as "That One" I found it to be belittling, rude and disrespectful!!! It was equal to going back 40 years and calling him "boy". But you better believe if it had been the other way around, his entourage would have had a all out "field day" on it. And as for these recent McShame/Palin rallies where these various speakers (including the pathetic police officer in Florida) have been calling Obama by his full name as a way to scare people…………… HE CANNOT HELP WHAT HE WAS NAMED!!THE MAN DID NOT NAME HIMSELF!!!! He was named after his father……………PEOPLE WAKE UP AND GET A CLUE!!! These Rethuglicans will do anything (distort the truth, scare tactics, etc.) to win, but the problem for them is…………IT'S NOT WORKING THIS TIME!!! My mind has been made up since the primaries and my vote was, is, and will always be for OBAMA (you know………..THAT ONE!!)!!!!

OBAMA/BIDEN '08

But what's Obama's plan? While McCain was trying to get people to see that Fannie and Freddie were headed for trouble, Obama sat back, let his fellow Dems accuse McCain and anyone else who had questions about Fannie and Freddie rascists, all the while collecting money from Fannie and Freddie. If it wasn't for such pro-Obama groups as ACORN, a lot of this might never have happened.

You uninformed, unintelligent Obama koolaid drinkers say it's the Republicans fault because of deregulation. Nice try! Yeah, deregulation just forced you all to take advantage of the system for YOUR OWN PERSONAL GAIN! Hey, how much money has Obama's financial advisor Raines given back to the poor people he and ACORN tried to help? It's not like he doesn't have 90 million dollars that he sneaked away from Fannie Mae.

But no, you all, in you state of delusion brought on by staring at Barry's halo have been blinded to all things reasonable and intelligent. You sit and spew Republican hate like the uninformed stooges Barry wants you to be. Keep it up, vote him in, then his true colors will show, and what's happening now will seem like child's play once he starts things up.

President Obama?? Be afraid! Be Very Afraid!!!

Sarah Palin is the DUMBEST person i have come across.I cant believe there are people out there who fall for this.Comon, You are smarter than that !

The money is already in the bail out bill. McCain just wants to give some of it to the American people. Do your research!

Hey CNN, why aren't you reporting the serious cases of voter fraud coming out of the Obama camp?

Why aren't you reporting that ACORN hired felons through a work release program? Now it turns out that these felons are committing identity theft.

CNN, how much evidence of curruption do you need? Your editor should be fired.

I just have to comment first on the Glenn Beck story… anti-Obama vote doesn't make you racist… racist rhetoric and joking about getting your scope out DOES, you racist pig… which is what you said and did for several shows.

That said… it's interesting how McCain's campaign made an overnight change in the homeowner bailout he proposed at Tuesday’s presidential debate, making it more generous to financial institutions and more costly for taxpayers.

The document posted and e-mailed by the McCain campaign on Tuesday night says at the end of its first full paragraph: “Lenders in these cases must recognize the loss that they’ve already suffered.”

So the government would buy the mortgages at a discounted rate, reflecting the declining value of the mortgage paper.

But when McCain reissued the document on Wednesday, that sentence was missing, to the dismay of many conservatives. That would mean the US (and American taxpayers) would pay face value for the troubled documents.

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McCain… BIG BUSINESS AS USUAL.

blueshirts0819

Obama just voted for the 700 Billion Dollar Bailout… as did McCain…

So yea… guys like you and me who pay our bills are already getting the shaft

CONCERNED VOTER

This piece is for you…the raid of ACORN office by FBI didnt reveal anything and FBI spoke person declared nothing was found. ACORN called the attention of FBI to the fraud in the first place…In case u missed the story. It was reported here on Monday.
Fraud was done in Florida remember in 2000, and 2004 have u forgotten? The whole thing here is Michigan the RNC have mailled out a lot of absentees form to so many Dems to fill out…Isnt that a fraud? Its suprising that CNN didnt report this either even though the Dem in nichigan took the RNC to court on this matter

It sound like the Repubs are for welfare. This guy (McCain) has become a big joke and he is making the aamerican public look like idiots.

Anonymous,
If you think CNN is too bias, why not try Fox news? I'm sure it'll be just you kind of tea.

This is your change McCain? Your plan will alter the mortgage system into more confusion and cause lenders to continue predatory lending, which will continue the same problem? So what's next? The tax payers continue buying mortagages? What then have you solve, McCain??

The mortgage issue started with the lender and then must end with the lender. McCain we've had a FANNIE and FREEDIE road, and look what has happen as a result of no oversight??

ACORN? Is that your October Surprise? Let's check the facts on that one, it ought to be hilarious watching the Repubs make another mountain out of an anthill!

The question should have been who looses the same taxpayers that created the Bank, Mortgage and Housing Contractors scandal…..Al Gore, Hillary Rotham Clinton and Bill Clinton….VINCE FOSTER WINS!!!

I bought a house with a mortgage I could afford, so why should I pay for stupid people and their mistakes? Great idea. Buy up their mortgages and then value the home for tens to hundreds of thousands less, so not only does the "actual" value of that house go down but so do all of the others in the neighborhood when someone goes to sell…..that is just what we need. Why should intelligent Americans keep paying for others errors? Hey, Fed Government – I am sick of paying my mortgage and oh my student loans too – can you just forgive them so I have some extra money each month to put in the failing market? When will all of this end? Vote Obama. McSame had 8 years to make changes.

I think Obama should announce that he is going POSITIVE and highlight his plans. With his attacks McCain is treating voters like they are stupid, it will bring him down. Let the old man grumble and groan. Americans have to move forward.

THAT ONE 08

Sweetie….. are you losing your mind?

This is the Republican mess, and they would not even vote for their mess to be bailed out until it was loaded their usual PORK!

Have you been in a hole for last 8 years?

That ONE will get us out of your mess, McSame will just continue to do exactly what his McBoss Bush has done: make the rich richer and the rest of us POOR!

WAIT A MINUTE ….. you fooled me there for a minute, McCindy!!!! Shame on your, GIRL!

Dear Socialist

No we made a huge mistake when we put Bush in charge. One moron was bad enough, we do not want two more.

McCain really needs to stop grasping at straws, decide what he's about and come out with a consistent message, one that's consistent with his political history. I realize that the Obama campaign is using the word "erratic" to describe McCain's behavior, but it's an apt description. This is just another example of his confusing behavior. The suggestion contradicts McCain's political record and is just pandering to voters. That's one of the reasons he's going to lose the election.

YOU MCCAIN SUPPORTERS STOP WHINNING YOU BIG BUNCH OF LOOOOSERS. SUCK IT UP YOU SORRY PEOPLE AND STOP STEALING .

John McCain and the Bush Republicans has turned so negative that it is turning people away. The other day when John McCain said "All the people I know can afford health care" in the debate, I was turn off, because all the people he knows probably don't worry about money.

I see the following happening in the next 4-weeks:

1) The Markets will continue to have problems.- John McCain will continue to show he is an Angry old erratic man.
2) People will wake up and ask themselves – Who is John McCain? Can he be trusted? Why did he lie about running an honest campaign? Why does Cindy McCain talk like that?
3) Judgment day- I see this election as a trail. The candidates will give a closing agreement in the next few days and weeks to come. We the Jury (The American People) will use our vote to reflect our judgment on the Bush Administration ….We will see how it goes.

Obama/Biden 2008-I like Joe Biden.

John Mccain has to pay attention to whats going on in the USA! As we speak,Countrywide home loans invouled in a law suit with 11 states though out the USA! John pay atention!! Countrywide has agreed to a settlement to modify home loans to people whom they loan money to without oversite! John pay atention! this money will come from Countrywide and not the tax payers!

Shame on the Mccain for allowing Shara Palin to use race as a wege between the peolpe of the USA! The world is shocked!!

Bailout the people…..? 700: 350 milj Americans = 2 milj. each!

They will buy and spent : the way to restore the economy.
Common sense here?

I cerntainly agree with the post that McShame and Miss Alaska should be charged for inciting violence should one of their crazy idiot followers do something to Obama either now or in the future, this is shameful that neither McWar or SarahLiar made an attempt to shut down this kind of carbage.The FBI should start looking into this matter.
This serious folks, lets pray for safety of "that one"
Obama/Biden 08

Again CNN whats wrong to ask where is Jack.. Why this comment is waiting for moderation, please tell us…

Good work Obama! Stay on the issues. Noone believes McCain's nonsense!

Watched the Daily Show last night and it showed a video clip of McCain wandering around the podium in a confused state while Obama was speaking. These things are important like his continual comments of my fellow prisoners. A President should have all his faculties to deal with all the challenges facing the world today.

We're in this mess because the idiots who run the country, Republicans and Democrats alike, thought the could get away forever with Print-On-Demand money and buying votes with it. And the response of the lot of them is to print more money?

Any large economy is so complex that no one can truly understand it, especially since it's what mathematicians call a "chaotic" system–it can respond in wildly unpredictable ways to what appear to be trivial events. Yet the DC politicians have the arrogance to think that they, in their infinite wisdom, can control the economy and, being total fools, just screw it up even worse.

The current crew in Washington has demonstrated, over and over again, their abject incompetence to tie their own shoelaces, let alone run a country. It's time to chuck the rascals out and give a new generation, perhaps less arrogant, a chance.

Vote against the incumbent!

Ignore parties–they just amplify the screw-ups. Lets just get rid of the lot of them–all 435 Congressmen, all 33 Senators trying to be re-elected, amd, while we're at it, every incumbent Governor and state legislator. Next election, if the country survives that long, you can go back to voting Socialist or Warmonger or Tree Hugger or whatever you like, but this election is the time to hit a big, red, RESET button in Washington.

Vote against the incumbent!

MCKEATING5 EXPLOITS HIS POW STATUS IN VIET-NAM, NOW HIS PEROXIDE STEPFORD WIFE EXPLOITS IRAQ. ALLOW ME TO INTRODUCE YOU TWO TO BEAU BIDEN WHO IS ALSO SERVING IN IRAQ BUT WHOSE PARENT HAS CHOSEN NOT TO EXPLOIT HIS SERVICE!…….I couldn't have said it better…..and to tell him further that we are not his "fellow prisoners" as he said yesterday at one of his pathetic rallies….suffers from CRS=can't remember s..t…….has anyone noticed? cindy, piglin and that other lobbyist pfotenhauer ..all three sound like a volture….man, what a bunch…and people will vote for those ITS? beyond anything that is normal…….

VOTE McCain and Palin – Now there's the team for us! They are up to the task and have proved themselves. They WILL FIGHT for us! And they have honor!

No Obama for us. A dishonorable, do nothing man (not God) with lots of words. Words, that's all. Present…that's all.

A bad idea. One that will further increase taxpayer debt to pay for those who made irresponsible decisions. Whatever happened to personal responsibility?

what i found REALLY funny is when MCSAME said he knew where bin laden was and that he was going to get him, he's saying this now? loved it when Obama smacked him down over his bomb bomb bomb bomb bomb Iran and take out N. Korea statements..the illegal occupation of Iraq is what's bringing down the U.S financially..I say impeach Bush and Cheny..demand it please

DId read about the Sheriff in Chicago that is not allowing foreclosures on rental properties because THE RENTERS ARE PAYING THEIR RENTS BUT THE BANKS WANT THEM EVICTED!!!!!!!!!!!

YOU WOULD THINK THE BANKS WOULD WANT THE RENT wouldn't you? NO, THEY WANT US TO BAIL THEM OUT WHILE THEY THROW US ON THE STREET? Sounds like a REPUB IDEA to me. Is this how John McCain turned out to be the way he is????

DO YOU KNOW ANY DEMOCRATIC BANKS???

Under the McCain plan, the first thing I would do is stop paying my mortgage. Let it go into default, then negotiate with the government for better terms. Sweet!

Thanks, McCain, for giving me an incentive to be a freeloader.

Thanks for staying with the issues, Senator Obama, instead of resorting to the "Fear and Smear" tactics of McCain and Palin.

If AIG collapsed because they made a bad judgement and took on bad loans what makes Mccain think that our entire economy would not fail and collapse like AIG did when we take on all the bad loans. He is an idiot! He is deseparate and is saying something that most people will think he is thinking of thm. It's bull!

Dear – Still for Hill, but voting McCain

You are the biggest idiot in the world. Clinton has the exact same policies as Obama.

Since you are voting for McShame you must be either racist, sexist or both. You do not deserve to have a vote.

Go hang out with your other Puma friends and cry cry about Hillary. One thing that will never happen in this country – three words "President Hillary Clinton"

McCain can buy up the bad mortgages with his own money. Mine is spoken for.

@Still for Hill, but voting McCain

So now you're a fortune teller? What education have you had.

I can't wait to watch McCain give his concession speech! Oh … what a happy day, you betcha! Can't you just imagine the bitterness and anger now? Knowing him he will probably opt out of it just like he wanted to postpone the first debate. What a pathetic baby in an old man's body.

W A K E U P L I B E R A L S !!!!! WHAT IS OBAMA TRYING TO DO? NOTHING, PEOPLE. HE SAT IDLY BY AND SAID "CALL ME IF I CAN HELP" IN THE FACE OF THE FINANCIAL CRISIS. AND NOW, HE SHOWS Z,,,E,,,R,,,O LEADERSHIP, INSTEAD ATTACKING MCCAIN'S PLAN. WHAT PLAN DOES OBAMA HAVE? TO SMOKE SOME MORE CIGARETTES ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL, MAKE HIS TRAVELING PRESS RIDE IN THAT SMELLY PLANE, KEEP THEM WAITING FOREVER AT HIS BECKONED CALL?

Obviously McCain is more qualified than Obama to be president. This will be a sad day for America's future if Obama wins. You liberal druids are about to make a huge mistake.

Depending on newsmedia bias,the Obama-Acorn scandle will be as big as Watergate.

All i care about in the race is everyone should put country first. Its alarming and terrible to race bait and raise mobsters, or get people to riot. This is not democracy this is hate and fear mongering. Its sad that people for the hunger for power will do or ignore the opponents security, and care more about votes. "Kill him" "terrorist" to mention a few…all these should have no place in this are precious democracy…The whole world is watching us closely and they know what it means when people are instigated and encouraged to go after the other person. THIS IS WRONG IN TODAY'S WORLD ITS ABSOLUTELY WRONG. Our precious democracy is slipping away!!!
DONT ECOURAGE RIOTS ITS UNACCEPTABLE!!

I am amazed that McCain is now running to the left of Obama. McCain is a closet socialist? Who would have guessed. I guess we could expect this results from McCain's elitist upbringing, being placed in the Naval academy because of his daddy, rather than on merit. Has McCain ever worked in the private sector and accomplished anything of value?

Who is John McCain?

CNN how does this blog work? it seems that comments that are entered last , gets posted first and you start reading at the top of the blog, responses to comments that appear later on down in the blog and you see that the time posted is earlier. Perhaps the trick to not getting moderated so much is to just wait to post your comments. if it's a respones to a previous comment, it might not make sense to anyone but you but hey, it beats going into the moderation grave yard and your comment never seeing the light of day.
To "Reality King" you sound like a smart person so I want to advise you that your "blog handle" (name) I think is also used for a porn site. you might want to consider changing your name to Batman08 or something that is not porn related. That kind of kills your credibilty.

McCain would like to tax our healthcare and now he wants to buy bad mortgages and tax us again.

McCain I do not want to pay for your taxes. I like my healthcare and I don't have a mortgage problem. I have no intention of letting you ruin my healthcare or have the taxpayer pay full price for these bad mortgages. No Way !

Arrrggghhh. I'm tired of all this. I wish the election would just come already!

"McCain would shift the burden from lenders to taxpayers, guaranteeing a loss of taxpayer money."

What does Obama think he signed for when he voted yes to the $750 billion "bailout" plus $150 billion more in the bill for pork barrel spending? Who do you think will be paying for that bill?

Answer: The taxpayers!

Defintely not Socialist. Worse. If the Governement was to purchase mortgages in default, re-negotiate, and hold the mortgage this would be what some are deeming socialist because the government would then be the lender and receive the interest. McCain's idea is far worse. First the taxpayer pays for the defaulted mortage and takes the loss on the difference of the original and re-negotiated value. Then the commercial banks get the loans back with government insurance in case they go into default, so the commercial banks profit from the interest. It is all taxpayer loss and bank profit. If these rediculous mortages are to be re-negotiated, the government should hold the mortgages and receive the interest so the taxpayers get their money back in the end.

Obama is surging in all the states that have voter fraud. Obama was a lawyer and a trainer for Acorn. CNN you are not reporting the news. Obama's campaign is paying Acorn. Our tax dollars are paying for this fraudulant organization. Obama is a cheat and a fraud. Report the facts. CNN is a disgrace to the media!

I thought John McCain's slogan was "Country First." Why do I get the feeling Country means corporations, CEOs, banks, etc., and the upper 1% income earners rather than the rest of us, the other 99%? This man has lived a priviledged life, most of his life, completely cut off from middle America. How can he relate to those of us out here dreading our heating bills this winter?

Three fold problem, alot of consumers are stupid and a lot of morgage brokers are crooked and a lot of bankers were greedy. A dangerous combination in any circumstance. No quick fix, however morgage brokers and banks are suppose to protect the money they are lending and ensure that consumers can in fact afford what they are borrowing (i.e. afford to pay it back). It appears that the finacial industry is incapable of following what use to be called good banking practices with out regulatory oversight by outside agencies.

Thank you oh great deregulator, your wisdom and foresight has demonstrated how much better private capitalist can do it so much better without governmental interferance in surpressing practises through governmental regulations.

I AM SO SICK AND TRIED OF YOU PREJUDICE PPLS IT MAKE ME SICK TO MY STOMACH–I LIVE IN MISSISSIPPI AND IT REALLY BAD HERE — JUST SAY YOU DON'T WANT TO VOTE FOR A BLACK MAN– TELL THE TRUE. AND A NOTHER THING — JUST LIKE FATHER PLEDGER SAID A BLACK MAN IS STEALING THE SHOW AND THATS WHAT HURTING MACCAIN. GET OVER IT– BECAUSE WHEN GOD IS IN CHARGE NO MAN ANND I MEEEAAANNN NO MAN CAN TEAR YOU DOWN. THANK YOU– AND I HOPE I SPELL THE FATHER NAME RIGHT

the whole mess would be solved once we take McStupid, McCindy & McMooseMoran out ofthe race.
Thsi is a democratic nation. McSame cannot fire nor order any one to do anything, He calls Americans in a rally speech as American prisoners .
He is so mentally imbalanced and erratic. Say and do anything for a quick fix.
No thanks and Go Awy.

McCain, McCain, you have no idea what's going on do you? You just go around making evil and sick remarks about other people. I kinda feel sorry for you – it must be painful to be so full of hate for another human.

May God look down and have mercy on you
McCain

If the fundamentals of the economy are strong, why do we need this kind of socialism. Even to his base, John McCain looks like an erratic old man.

To paraphrase James Carville from Tuesday night: Call in the dogs and put out the fire, this race is over.

Can someone please tell Glenn Beck and Lou Dobbs to take a long walk on a short pier? I mean seriously are they not supposed to be on fix news

I never did trust liberals like McCain.

While most Americans are continually struggling to maintain one mortage, McCain has 10 mortgages paid off…..and now he wants to reward the lenders by purchasing homes at the mortgage value. Good ad that hits the target.

WHY ISN'T CNN COVERING THE VOTER FRAUD THAT IS GOING ON THROUGH ACORN? DO YOUR JOBS AND REPORT THE FACTS. OHIO, NEVADA, INIDIANA ECT……

…and MCKEATING5….please get started on Moose Mom – it surely could not be more entertaining than this post. HILARIOUS

John…you busted it buddy.

As long as you had conservatives in your pocket (GOP, DEM, IND) you still had a chance.

But this idea of bailing out questinably illegal mortgage lending–and ignorant borrowers who accepted terms of loans–they knew they could not afford–is the last straw for many of us.

You can run as a conservative or a liberal–but you can't win as a chameleon. If we wanted that we'd vote for Obama.

John McCain is a joke. This man has no integrity, at least not anymore. He's been hijacked by the right-wing of this party and he will do any say anything to please them and be president. What a sad soul he’s become. I've lost all respect for this man.

Once again McCain ACTS before he THINKS! Just the kind of leadership we need – NOT!

"It says it all"
Senator Mccain should have learnt to be consistent with his plans.
I am against rewarding the so called chief executives at Wall St. who caused these problems for us.

I saw McCains daughter on stage yesterday, is she just really
fat or is she pregnant???

So I pay my mortgage on time and don't overextend, and now I have to help pay for other people who overextended themselves? How is this right? I have to help pay for Wall Streets greed on top of it? Or should I say my grandchildren have to pay! No way, No how, No McCain!

Note to Sarah….. After you lose why don't you take Chaney Moose Hunting…

Unfortunately, McCain's current strategy to be president is anything but presidential: name calling, lying, and ignoring the issues. McCain's true colors are showing and each day he reeks with desperation. Palin's addition to the ticket is one of unifying the base and hoping that enough indepents like her winking and down home talk; she lacks experience to be Sect of State, much less VP.

I liked McCain before this presidential campaign as he's morphed into everything he hates about politicians.

I applaud the Sheriff in Illinois who refused to put renters out of their houses. There seems to be a lack of common sense in the banking and financial markets today. The banks holding these mortgages are willing to forclose rather than make money by accepting the rent monies these families are paying. Seems logical to me to invest in these families while you are trying to sell these properties rather than to let the properties set idle while values decline. But then I am not in the banking industry and probably just too uneducated in these matters.

The chill Cindy McCain is feeling will progress to the agony of defeat. Check your facts before you speak ill toward Obama on the troop funding. McCain is acting less and less presidential everyday. History is rushing to record the name of the 44th President of the United States of America: Barrack Obama. GOD Bless him and our Great Nation!

Did I hear McCain right? BUY BAD HOME LOANS? If I go to the store for apples, the LAST thing I look for is a bad apple. It seems to make MUCH more sense to REQUIRE lenders, as part of the bailout plan, to reduce interest rates. As a Realtor I don't understand why a lender would rather take back a home as opposed to reducing the interest rate from say 7% to 5%….they are STILL making money on those loans and aren't getting overwhelmed with homes that people can't buy.

It seems to me that the Maverick is Makingitup as he goes.

Most worrying is that this poorly thought out, make it up as you go plan was put together by the people who would be advising McCain if he should become president!!

It's not just the ticket you are voting for; it is the people who will be the advisors and poilicy makers. McCain's campign has been so devoid of ideas and policies, I can't imagine what ha disaster his administration and cabinet would be like.

What a waste of space most of these hate and blame filled comments are. Dems blindly blaming GOP and GOP blindly blaming Dems. Who held Congress these last two years after being voted in to fix the Bush mess? Who did nothing because they wanted the mess to stay so they could have a shot at the White House? These partisan politics discuss me. Do I believe Obama will fix anything? No. Too inexperienced. We'll have another four years of the VP running the country. I don't want to vote for either of these losers. Time for a write in campaign. GO HILLARY!! Let's unite against the Obama disaster and the McSame debacle. Write in Hillary on Nov. 4.

Hey Cindy!

Why not write a check and bail out all of us who have lost jobs, pensions, 401(k)'s, retiement accoounts, etc.?

It's nott like you and the hubby can't afford it.

Exactly, let honest hard working citizens that pay their bills foot the bill for others….The bucket list candidate and the bimbo need to be told 'no way'…….

Maybe Palin should have a visiting african priest help hetr pray that withcraft will not harm her vp bid……

What a crock….One needs alzhimer's medication, the other needs a straight jacket….

Has anyone else noticed that the GREAT WAR HERO McCain has a couple of women fighting his battles for him these days?

CNN REFUSIS TO CAST THE SPOTLIGHT ON ACORN"S OBAMA FUNDED ELECTION FRAUD> NOT NEWSWORTY OR JUST NOT PART OF YOUR AGENDA?

Republicans are beginning to throw a temper tantrum. Reminder that Republicans sent out absentee ballots in MO without any explanation that MO does not allow voting via absentee automatically–you have to meet rules/requirements. You can talk about ACORN and even if you find fraud in ACORN's actions, ACORN and the Obama campaign are not synonymous. Republicans are desperate and reaching. Do you honestly belief that all supporter/backers of the Republican party have clean hands in all that they have ever done?

The linkage Republicans are trying to draw just does not and will not work.

Obama/Biden '08

And notice you McCain supports, he is not attacking McCain personally – he is attacking his plan – he is talking about the issues.

This is hiliariously truthful. I still can't believe CNN published Glenn Beck's commentary – there is hope left (no pun intended).

"If Rush qualifies as McCain's friend, then William Ayers might as well be Barack Obama's fiancé."

the new john mccain communist party is trying everything to destroy the american dream.

So a 36 year old married man shows up at your door to take out your 18 year old daughter, do you give them your blessing our do you kick the creep to the curb?

What about the responsible neighbor with an identical house who lived within his means, saved and paid his mortgage on time? The value of his home has dropped the same amount but his reward for being responsible is to watch his irresponsible neighbor get his mortgage purchased by the government, reduced and given a new sweetheart interest rate. Essentially having the government re-imburse the loser for the value lost in this downturn while slapping the face of those of us who have bent over backwards to honor our commitments. Why should I even continue to try?

If McCain does not approve of a negativity campaign, why are Palin and his wife delivering "let's get violent" speeches…..inciting the crowds… why are they doing it? Can he control his two closest supporters? He's a hypocrite just like the Republican Party and to think that he can bring reform to America is good…let him continue to think it. However, he has shown thru the suspension of his campaign and his disdain for Obama, that's all he can do..is think it!!! His actions have not proved it. How can he boast about reaching across the aisle when he doesn't even want to shake Obama's hand. Hypocrites never win but cool, calm, steady, and collective people do.
Obama/Biden 2008

If the Gov't already owns the mortgage-backed securities, then why do they need to also by the underlying mortgages? Since the Gov't owns the securities and thus no investor lawsuits, the banks themselves are free to renegotiate the terms of the mortgages.

On a side note, I think both of these clowns are terrible candidates. Is it really too much to ask for someone with the proper executive experience and will to do what's right stand up?

Gotcha' McCain!

How do you Republicans like your Socialist nominee now??

John McCain wants to buy back the bad mortgages. The problem is that many of these houses are no longer worth what is still owed on the loans. So the refinanced loan would be for the current value of the house. For example, if the borrower owes $200,000 and the house is now only worth $150,000, you the taxpayer will take the hit. Is that the kind of plan you want? THINK ABOUT IT TAXPAYERS. YOU'RE GETTING SCREWED BIG TIME.

God save us all if Obama gets into office. Of course with no morals or ethics what need do you have for a God.

Its my plan…its my plan… flail….flail….flail….fail fail fail…

Spin the top it goes round and round…

Isn't it great that the Republicans are TOPS…SPIN…SPIN…SPIN

Yup

Its that old-white retired guy from Ma. a former Republican

BRUCE

While we are at it why not buy brand new BMWs for all our citizens with $5,000 gas cards. A vacation to a beach resort wouldn't be a bad idea either.

What a joke Sen.McCain has become in the last days of his Presidential Campaign.

Where is CNN's big headline about McCain being endorsed by the NRA???? Come on CNN let's play fair!!!!

CNN, if you are on the fence between being in the tank for Obama and being a major news channel, let me remind you that you are a news channel first. The voter fraud issues are as big a story as the financial crisis and I have not seen 1 story. You cannot ignore it and maintain any credibility as a news channel. This is the point in time where you have to stop supporting the Obama campaign to maintain your credibility and integrity in the eyes of the American people and the world.

McCain is gasping and grasping again folks. He wants us to reward the rich CEO's by buying the bad mortgages @ market value that they have set. WRONG. This guy is nuts, he has no budget to worry about as Cindy has the money for him. How can he know what to do with our lowly budgets? Answer the question with a vote for Obama/Biden 08!

at least barack has a feasible plan that is fair for all.

Republicans make me laugh. The most unhanded party talking about rigging elections. I don't agree with McCains buy out of these Morgages but I agree with that Health Cares should be a right. Every western nation that is not a 3rd world country has a plan except for USA. Think about that

The negagtive campaigning by McCain, Palin and now Mrs. McCain is "evil". At a time of great fear, they dare to incite more rage in the hearts of some fellow Americans who cannot accept a Black man in leadership. To hear the crowd shout "kill him (Obama) and that he is a "terrorist" reflect the "implied" words of this evil campaigning. This is not a light matter. If harm is done to Senator Obama, McCain and Palin would have cheered this effort. This is a very seriously poor and dangerous judgment on behalf of McCain.

WELL GOLLIE MOOSE BARBIE said obama was terriost she needs shut down if mcbush dont have the guts to do it then fcc should step in this CRAP HAS NO PLACE IN AMERICA GO HOME CARABOUE BARBIE AND TAKE YOUR POOR UNMARRIED PREGNENT DAUGHTER WITH YOU YOU SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF MAKING HER STAND ON STAGE WITH YOU BUNCH OF LOOSERS

This is one of the best way to get the economy going again. I agree that the tax payer pay for it but at least this action by Mccain will help a lot of home owner. Obama is Mr. feel good, he can talk about anything, he promised you everything but there is no action and substance to it. HIS record speak for himself. Wake up America, the future is in your hand. The main reason I WILL VOTE for MCCAIN is he has a record of working for AMERICA.
Americans are smart people, we don't judged a book by it cover, we judged by it substances.
Mccain has substances,Obama just a cover.

After 11/05/08 – - – I wonder which network will be the first to bite the cable? No more news to make up – to many people running around chasing followup failures of Cindy and Sara's stupid storys and who wants to live in New Mexico or Alaska? Maybe – just maybe – - – - after three years we will get back to hearing about what is really happening in the news!!

the repubs and mccain are at fault in this mess at the start. why would anyone believe mccain,now? they should have had someone mind the store. republican greed is costing the republicans $ ,now. the rest of us been goin broke for 8 years!

It seems both partys share the responsibility for current economic crisis. People want to blame Clinton for the housing meltdown. I disagree. They wanted homes made available to all people, regardless of race. How does the 'deregulation' of the free market promoted by the republicans play into all of this. A door was opened and the free marketeers saw an opportunity to make a ton of cash without regard for the longterm effects. The subprime lending practices were rampant and out of control. I was being sent multiple offers daily, but I never bought into any of it. I like 'known, fixed' numbers, not unexpected surprises when it comes to the largest purchase a person may make in their life.

McCain Campaign is going downhill. Here we go, the republicans purging the elections once again, did we not see this in 2000.
Can someone please check on this, I would hate to see the Republicans getting their way again.

Administration today is talking about considering equity stake in financial institution in line with what U.K. is doing. What next, auto industry? This equates to nationalization. It is an end of capitalism that we know of. We broke socialism, but ended up breaking capitalism. The lession is neither extremes of ideology seems to be working. The real equilibrium is somewhere in the middle.

McCain..you really have to make up your mind!

One minute,you're "suspending" your campaign,the next ,you finally agree to debate.

One minute,you're proposing a " spending freeze", the next, you're clamouring for government to buy up all bad mortgages!

One minute,the "fundamentals of the economy are strong", the next,you become an expert on economic matters!

The question to you is "who is the real Sen. John McCain"?

MCKEATING5 EXPLOITS HIS POW STATUS IN VIET-NAM, NOW HIS PEROXIDE STEPFORD WIFE EXPLOITS IRAQ. ALLOW ME TO INTRODUCE YOU TWO TO BEAU BIDEN WHO IS ALSO SERVING IN IRAQ BUT WHOSE PARENT HAS CHOSEN NOT TO EXPLOIT HIS SERVICE! -

That has to be the best post I have EVER read on CNN – TRULY, you are that one, yes the one who can still mix comic overtones with political fortitude!!! LOVE IT!!!!!!

If you support this plan and McCain, you're dumb.

WHAT IS MCCAIN THINKING!!!! SEE THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT DEFINES THIS MAN AS ERATIC!!

To McCain
When did I become your friend?I am not your friend nor do I want to be your friend.I am voting for "That One"

John is old like his ideas. He could hardly make it around the stage during the recent. debate And then he steals Hillary Clinton's bailout plan as if it was his copyright. He has become old and mean. I used to be a fan of his, but this McCain is totally different from the old McCain. He has allowed his staff to take the lowest road. And then he lets his wife on the stump to belittle the opposition when he voted the same way, voting against miltary fundingc. Frankly, the whole McCain approach scares me and I'm not sure I want them in charge of my country.t

Didn't Obama vote for the bailout?

I'm going with 'That-One'. The one who's steady and consistent. McConfusion is too much for me…what is he up to now?

Are the supporters of Obama delusional? Can't they read between the lines? The American people need to ask themselves if they are ready for a socialistic government, because that is what we are going to get with Obama as President. American businesses are going to suffer with all of Obama's proposed taxing and fines.  If you want to invigorate our economy, this is the wrong way to do it.  Healthcare – Obama wants to socialize healthcare, no doubt about it…. I can't believe there are so many Americans out there that don't realize this.  Or maybe the do, but they really don't understand what it means.  You think you are going to be getting more, but the end result will be us getting less and the government controlling more.  Hello???  Obama's response to Russia was to help them financially if we need to.  I don't think so. What for? So Russia can send more money to Venezuela- Chavez. Let's put our money into our own country and get us out of this economic recession. 
Obama has close ties to anti-American extremists, even within his own church. How can people have a blind eye to this?  It makes you wonder what Obama's true agenda is.
There is no doubt that McCain loves this country and will put it first.  I can't say that at all about Obama. 
Come on America, wake up!  Voting for President just because he has charisma is a bad idea and pretty idiotic.  All you have to do is read b/w the lines when Obama speaks; it's not that hard to see McCain is the better choice for America and for our future.

Cnn come on
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Cnn said McCaiin's plan mortgage is ((False!))) because John McCain steal Obama's idea last month ago..

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how is this going to play with the people who don't own a home and rent? Why should they have to pick up the tab ? This is a bad idea.

The people who are chanting socialism, get real so is social security, and public school education. So does that mean u people think that Canada is socialist?? of course not then why do you think single-handedly Obama is going to become a socialist? Also do you know that Hillary and edwards support universal healthcare too it's not just Obama.

Concerned Voter:

I have seen you repeating this claim in several blogs. Please relax. The republicans are doing all they can to make sure democrats are turned away at the poles on election day. Please see the story on MSNBC that explains how these swing states are illegally removing registerd democrats from the list. Why don't you have one of those beers that Mrs. Joe Six Pack is feeding you. If it is meant for Obama to win, there is nothing that you and this BS story can do about it. Your ranting is getting on my nerves.

Obama…..smear monger. Obama followers…..DUMB! If you would take the time to investigate Obama's politics you would never want to expose your childrens future to this slick politician.

I am a hard working single income family with a newborn. I served my country, my credit is good, i pay my bills on time, i pay my taxes. Because of men like Bush, McCain, and so many others with short arms and deep pockets I cant even get a home of my own, my retirement and investments are all gone, everything i have worked for my whole life is swirling down the drain – When a man like me cant obtain the American dream WHAT DOES THAT SAY ABOUT OUR LEADERS?

CNN won't report on anything negative going on with the democrats. Have we heard about ACORN, the cowboys and voter fraud? Have we seen the new McCain add on Obama and Ayers. Have we heard about Corsi in Kenya? I mean it's really ridiculous how CNN has just said, "The heck with reporting, we're gonna get Obama in that White House whatever it takes."

Taxpayers losing money? As opposed to the $800 billion bailout bill that we are not paying for? Oh wait, yes we are. Look, the problem with both of these campaigns is that they refuse to be honest and also place blame on those dead beat homeowners who purchased homes they knew they could never afford to pay back. I am for McCain but I am against this proposal, and I don't think it will go forward anyways. It is socialistic, but it is just one policy. ALL of Obama's policies are socialistic and will ruin this country

Just so you'd know…., CNN's fact checking is as big a joke as it's unbiased journalism.

I'm taking the day off.
I'm celebrating.
It is the end of GOP domination of my freedoms.
America comes back.
Next stop? The Supreme Court.

Progressives always win, just not as soon as I want them to.

Has anybody noticed that the angry Republicans that post here have terrible grammar? Anonymous, I suggest before spewing any more hatred, you learn the proper way to use "Your" and "You're". I won't even bother with the issue of spelling.

Maybe all those "college-educated elitists" would respect you a little more if you could type out a cohesive thought.

My monitor is covered with red ink.

Thank you DebM of Allentown!
Get out the Obama/Biden vote throughout western PA!

I'm for THAT ONE–Not this idiot . what happened to his new kind of campaign ?
The hell with the lenders–what do they want everything that everyone owns ? They have enough .Enough already–if they hadn't been so stupid to have given mortgages to people that couldn't afford them , we wouldn't be in this mess to begin with.. What do we get out of this ?

Cnn said McCaiin's plan mortgage is ((False!))) John McCain steal Obama's idea last month ago..

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Why doesn't Cindy McCain go back to what she does best. Popping Oxycontin that she stole from a charity!!!

YEAH!! And how much time did she do for stealing…NOTHING!! She paid her way out of that one, just like they did with the Keating Five!! Yeah, Cindy was a partner of Keating!!

Mccain people are full of lies!!!

Welcome to the USSA,
we got a socialist dem running against a socialist rep. all the while we have the biggest socialist president this country has known in the office right now.

Oh well, just keep voting for he "lesser of two evils" because that has worked out well up to this point.

I am not a McCain supporter. But his idea of mortgage buying needs a serious look. The bottom line is, is mortgage meltdown a $300B problem? If bad residential mortgage is a root of mortgage crisis and the estimated cost is $300B, why do we have all these bailouts costing $1 trillion? I suspect that commercial real-estate defaults are much higher than residential.

With this new proposal (which won't work) the question we all should be asking is, who is the real McCain? I'm not sure I know what this man stands for any longer. That's dangerous.

Hey Anonymous;

Why are you here if you can't take the heat. You know, not all Americans are stuck in racism. At least half the nation has progressed beyon that years ago.

It's time to grow up or go to FOX News. You may be anonymous but we know who you are!

i sold my house when times started getting tough and decided to rent because that's what i could afford. and now mccain is saying that i'm going to have to pay other peoples' mortgages? so i'm being punished for being responsible?

Mccains "new plan" was NOT HIS PLAN-it is the bailout plan-duh! Mccain's perspective on being a maverick is more like being a mimicker!

CNN am I persona-non-grata here now? My comments are as relevant as any others here — and a lot more relavent than others.

As a financially-responsible person, I live on my rather low income and I do so within my budget. I'm 66 and I continue to work because I can't afford to retire on Social Security. I have no credit card debt, I don't own a home or even a car, because I can't afford them. The idea that people who have acted irresponsibly [c'mon, predatory lenders aside, you KNEW you couldn't afford those homes!], lived beyond their means should receive government aid is appalling to me.

You want to reward the irresponsible, while ignoring the responsible? I'm sorry if I sound selfish — but who is going to help me? Will you reduce my rent? Make my budget stretch further? No — you actually want to cut social security and medicare and to hell with people like me who have worked their entire lives, lived responsibly and without greed, and all McCain wants to do is throw me to the wolves. And force me to pay for the irresponsible — whether they be Wall Street millionaires or homeowners who didn't use good judgment and bought beyond their means. It's all greed.

No, thanks. If you're going to help some of the people, help ALL of the people.

OBAMA/BIDEN 08

NONE of this matters if voters are DENIED THEIR RIGHT TO VOTE. There are problems in many SWING STATES, voters having been PURGED from the rolls..Voters need to know if they are registered, and turned away..they MUST ask for a provisional ballot and cast their vote. Hopefully there will be enough poll watchers to help with, and report this problem.

I wonder who CNN is supporting for president?

gimmicks McPalin gimmicks!!! we are not falling for your last minute "drive by economy plan" .

Maggie from Virginia–
You won't have any problem finding people who oppose this abortion of an idea..in conservative ranks..Democrat or Republican.

After 15 months–I still can't support either one of these yahoos.

Where is Hillary when you need her?

McCain is a very strange kind of silly populist.

A lot of owners will stop paying their mortgages so that they can get better deals.
Then you will see more foreclosures then ever before, because everyone wants a house for free if possible.

McCain just gave us a plan to bancrupt America.

MCCain go and give your 13 houses to poor Americans. You don't need so many.

Is there a place to get unbiased News Coverage. It seems like everyone (News) has an angle. Everytime I see one candidate play school ground politics it makes me like them less. And all the whining and finger pointing by alot of you does not help. Both candidates are extremely flawed, that's a fact. Also, all the Teachers out there, just to let you know, your State decides your pay more than the federal govt. So you need to get more involved in State politics.

McCain"s new plan is completely ridiculous. It would probably bankrupt the US after everybody stopped paying on their loans and the government bought up all the residential real estate.

McCain just really has no clue whatsoever.

Let's talk about Sarah's husband! Todd McPalin.

Two largely identical houses (think of any subdivision) bought at the same time in the same neighborhood for $100,000. One loan becomes troubled. Feds step in and renegotiate the "troubled" house for $75,000 and a lower interest rate.

How much is the second house now worth?

I have rarely witnessed such a deflationary plan where the real impact is placed upon one's neighbors so directly, and where the unintended consequences can be so devastating for innocent bystanders.

I am undecided…

I see how people look at this as a win for Big Businees but really…. This also would help "main street" if your property is inflated by 40 grand and you have a negotiated revalue of the property it would not only save you the 40 grand but give you a FHA loan at a lower interest rate saving thousands. This also does not take into account that with a revalue of the property an individuals property tax will decrease also. Ok McCain might not be great but what is BO saying he will doe to help homeowners, especially singel homeowners (most Dem proposals help families or single women, what about the single men)?? How can people be so narrow minded and only see the benefit for corporations? No matter who is elected the corporations are going to win. BO will have to make concesions in order to fullfill his promises. Either way Big Business wins and taxpays pay the price.

To Anonymous:
You are a real piece of work. You are obviously a bigot and have nothing better to do with your time then try to dethrone the Messiah!!!!!!! Go back to your backwood shanty and live out the rest off your crappy life. I wish we could do without people like you…… You give the world the impression that every American has your judgement. I bet you consider yourself a christian too huh? Thou shalt not judge……. I wonder how many people really believe the crap that is coming out of your mouth? Why don't you let the people know who you really are…… That's right, you are afraid of what people will think of you in your community that are voting for the next president. You are white-washed and would like to make the rest of us as dumbed down as you are…… Not gonna happen this time creep…….

It's a lousy plan but still better than what Obama would do to this nation.

Anonymous October 9th, 2008 10:02 am ET : Dude/Dudette calm down, if you hate CNN this much why reply to blog here. Surely there are other media outlets you can choose.

Last night, we had beans and rice for dinner..saw our electric bill rates go up, saw big losses in 401K, other investments, Janus funds , etc, no longer can do anything unless can pay cash, and trying to save as much cash as possible..we are middle income people, worked hard all our lives, now seeing our work and dreams stripped away from us..is McCain gonna let us live in one of his many houses, pay for our old age now, med problems, give us some of his vast wealth to make up for low social security and medicare, whivch he also wants to strip and overh haul ?? I think now..while Obamas plans may not be perfect, they are sure better than McCains ! we used to respect McCain, might even have voted for him until he and Palin started this despicable campaign..and he above others, being in the military, knows race can NOT be an issue ! my husband served in viet nam, along side people of all colors, and didnt care what color they were..and we dont like this race issue at all ! if Obama can save us and what "little" we have left, so be it, his plans ARE better than McCains, and are for ALL people of any race and color..so, keep that in mind when you need him to help save you too !
Independents in Texas needing help

CONCERNED VOTER. YOU ARE SO WORRIED ABOUT VOTER FRAUD WHAT ABOUT A HUMAN BEING LIFE. MRS MCCAIN AND PALIN IS SENDING OUT HATRED AND PUTTING OBAMA'S LIFE IN DANGER AND YOU ARE WORRIED ABOUT VOTER FRAUD. I AM SURE THE REPUBLICANS WILL HAVE A CONCERNED VOTER AT EVERY POLL TO MAKE SURE NO FRAUD IS TAKING PLACE. BUT WHAT ABOUT A HUMAN LIFE WHO WILL PROTECT OBAMA FROM THEIR HATRED MESSAGES.

What about people like me at 71 years old who paid off
2 mortages in my lifetime without missing a payment , put
3 girls thru college with out any financial help, and now
my IRA has gone in the tank, where is my help from
the government?

Hey, still for Hill, but voting McCain- Have you ever been in Europe? I recommend you to go to some Scandinavian country and have a good look how people live there. You have no clue what is life in Europe. My mother lived in France for 8 years and I visited her there 3 times. The difference is they have wonderful health care system(people don't get bancrupt if they get sick), they don't need to have a car to go to work ( good public transportation system) and everybody has a month of paid vacation. So you better research some facts before opening your ignorant mouth.

To Anonymous
You don't have to watch CNN. You can always watch FALSE news (Fox) in case you don't know who they are. They love McCain.

What a disaster! Make the banks whole and screw the taxpayer – are you nuts (don't answer that, you have rights against self-incrimination!).

McCain's is attempting to coverup for those banks that failed to avoid name exposures. The CEO's of all failed banks need to be investigated, call them out, name by name.

Sarah, do you think you are qualified to be Vice President? "No, but I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night."

John, why do you think you should be president? " Because age has its privledges and I deserve it!"

It was just another erratic move by McCain to save his tanking campaign.

Wow anonymous is a little crazy. I think someone should notify the secret service. Having an obvious meltdown!

Listening to the news, etc etc.
It seems to me, that this whole election is about Making history.
voting Obama so he can be the 1st African american to be president.
?
even Michelle Obama was boasting about telling her children that their father made history,

It shouldnt be about that

What is the best for the country.
who is.

If obama was a plastic doll, you all would still vote for him. because the color of his skin.
that is silly.

besides, it does scare me, when I heard the comments from his church. they do not like white people, and blame white people
so what happens if Obama wins?
will they forget the white, or non african american?