How seriously stupid it is to suggest Senator Obama should speak candidly about his experience with drugs and alcohol to the American people when he has already done so and even written about it!

I'm used to the media putting up with smears, stunts, and lies but REHASH is taking it too far.

Its bad enough to be fraudulent but to be boring and lame should be unacceptable to the media.

The Republicans are lint in the dustbin of history already, all they have is retread mud already thrown and washed off.

McCain/Palin its time to call it an election. If you're going to be soulless shameless muckrakers then you must at bare minimum get fresh muck.

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOO the lame McCain/Palin ticket BOOOOOOOOOO!!!

The country's financial institutions are collapsing, Wall Street has crashed, millions are homeless, millions are unemployed, the elderly are unattended to with program cuts, children's programs are being cut, the banks need bailout, the American auto industry is on the brink of extinction, our children are fighting and dieing in 2 wars.

With the world crashing down around our ears a 1960's radical is all McCain can talk about?

McCain is a failure.

Now they are attacking Obama on his drug experimentation in college.
But what about Cindy being a pill junkie as an adult.

It's only going to get worse until they whip themselves into a desperate frenzy trying to pry voters' fingers off Obama's lever in the voting booths on the 4th. Hopefully not literally, but you get the point….

America, we ARE better than…this.

-Peace

mcsame/palin u lost my vote today.shame on u meet at ohio .shame on u.

obama 08 012

Same old smear tactics, dirty politics and Mccain/Palin call themselves the reformers? Republicans better be careful raising Obamas teenage drug use, Cindy Mccain was stealling drugs from charity to consume them! What goes around, comes around!

Here we go
Barack/Biden the true reformers

You know I think ti's amazing to watch the Obama campaign stay focused on the issues. So since they won't say I'll pose the question. I watched Sarah Palin rail against Obama and his ties to Ayers, mean while she's married to a man that was a member of the Alaska Independence Party till August of this Year! Now this is a party that wants to secede from the United States, look this up people. Next we have McCain who's been closely tied to Charles Keeting and was a member of the Keeting 5, or his service on an advisory board for Council For World Freedom, a group with very controversial aid to the Nicaraguan Contras.

Okay here's the new plan for McCain, obviously he has completely abandoned his honor in this race so he has two paths to the presidency. A. all this fear mongering actually works and Americans take a complete leave over their senses and vote for this man, or B. one of these whack jobs at his rallies decides he's going to save America from a potential terrorist becoming President. This is a very very dangerous game McCain and Palin are playing; I just hope that people realize this for what it is; the desperate maneuvers of a loosing campaign. McCain should be ashamed of himself!

The more the Republicans smear, the more they drive voters to vote for Obama. How stupid do they think we are? Americans are tired of this crap.

John McCain and Sarah Palin have turned into a cancer on the face of America.

Will it ever end?

They really need to get over this 60’s artifact and start arresting the Wall Street criminals responsible for our financial meltdown.

Desperate and Pathetic. Looks EXTREMELY weak, McCain……………….

McCain guru linked to subprime crisis
Source: POLITICO By LISA LERER | 3/28/08 2:06 PM EDT
The general co-chairman of John McCain’s presidential campaign, former Sen. Phil Gramm (R-Texas), led the charge in 1999 to repeal a Depression-era banking regulation law that Democrat Barack Obama claimed on Thursday contributed significantly to today’s economic turmoil. Gramm’s role in the swift and dramatic recent restructuring of the nation’s investment houses and practices didn’t stop there. A year after the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act repealed the old regulations, Swiss Bank UBS gobbled up brokerage house Paine Weber. Two years later, Gramm settled in as a vice chairman of UBS’s new investment banking arm.
Later, he became a major player in its government affairs operation. According to federal lobbying disclosure records, Gramm lobbied Congress, the Federal Reserve and the Treasury Department about banking and mortgage issues in 2005 and 2006. During those years, the mortgage industry pressed Congress to roll back strong state rules that sought to stem the rise of predatory tactics used by lenders and brokers to place homeowners in high-cost mortgages. For his work, Gramm and two other lobbyists collected $750,000 in fees from UBS’s American subsidiary. In the past year, UBS has written down more than $18 billion in exposure to subprime loans and other risky securities and is considering cutting as many as 8,000 jobs.

once a drug user and a liar always the same so goes the same for his friends… people wake up"< this man is a joke .. not to mention a danger to all of us .. vote Mc Cain/Palin.. whats is wrong with all or you

If Ayers is a terrorist why is he a college professor? Walking free in the streets of Chicago. How about McCain and his republicans friends lock him up?
I guess it's not that big of a deal.

the executives who have this country in the current economic mess are terrorist!

I'm sick of how this election has turned so ugly. Shame on you Obama!

And this is going to save the economy….HOW??????

How does talking about Ayers help me with my loan situation? Seriously, I couldn't care less about Ayers. I want to hear answers to the issues, namely the economy.

P.S. All this talk about Obama's past makes me want to get this book. Thanks Republicans for stirring my interest.

ACORN SHOULD BE FULLY INVESTIGATED AND I BET YOU WILL FIND THAT IT IS THE REPUBLICANS BEHIND ALL THIS VOTER FRAUD.

This is all they have to work with now? Come on, is everyone who makes there way in Chicago a bad person? No. Just because you work with someone doesn't mean accept their values.

Perhaps in the future the two sides (republican & democrat) can clone a baby from perfect parents with perfect family lines. Then each side can put the baby in a box and feed them nothing but media from each sides prospective. Then when the child reaches about 56 years old they would release their canidats and present them to the world on an election year. There would be nothing the other side could say bad about them. Wow what a Brave New World it would be.

Why is truth "disgusting" to so many of you?

Why is Obama so great again? I live in Chicago, explain to me how he has made our public school systems any better. I'm going with the unpopular vote because I've seen these promises broken first hand. Of course, living in Illinois my vote will not count, but someone please explain to me what gives you confidence he can run this country? I feel so many people are being brainwashed and I hope you brace yourself for broken promises if he gets your vote. Of course, I will support him if he gets elected because he will be our President.

I find it amazing that all of you are so brainwashed that you can not even grasp the magnitude of the Ayers situation.It is about his judgement. If in his personal life he surrounds himself around people like ayers, wright and all the others what kind of people will he surround himself with when he has the power of the u.s. presidency. It is a legitimate question folks and one you yourselves should be asking and thinking about.

Time to denounce and reject the Annenberg Foundation for appointing Ayers to its education board. How dare them choose a rehabilitated, unconvicted, never-killed-anyone failed terrorist who won a citizen of the year award forty years after he turned himself in!

Both Obama and Ayers served on the Annenberg Foundation board. Isn't Mrs. Annenberg a major bundler, fundraiser for McCain? How come that is not brought up to the McCain campaign?

Is there any depth McCain and Palin won't sink to? I guess they are trying to distract us from the Palin ethics violation report due tomorrow - the one that is going to be really bad because her husband admitted the vendetta…….

It is still unfathomable to me why anyone would pick someone being investigated for ethics violations as their running mate. It makes no sense whatsoever! Or did every other republican and independent in the country say 'no'?

Yeah real stupid, its normal for good people to have friends like Ayers! You are who you hang out with, period!

Why Obama doesn’t want to talk about his life from 1981 to 1983 and 1985 to 1987

Because he can’t get vote from single mom

This line of attack didn't work for Hillary why in the world do they think it's going to work this time around?

Why is this not important to you people? Obama has close ties to this man. Not only did they launch Obama's political career at Ayers house but Obama's wife worked with Ayers' wife at her lawfirm. They served on a board and worked closely together. Obama out and out lied when he said "he's just a guy in my neighborhood". Obama also listened to his radical preacher for over 20 years without knowing that he preached hatred for America. You have got to be totally ignorant to think that there isn't a connection. Obama hangs out with people that hate America. These are facts. It isn't "supposedly" - it is! For all of you to say that it doesn't matter when it so directly points to Obama's character and judgment is wrong. And it should be an important issue in this election, just as the economy and the war in Iraq. Can you honestly say you have absolute trust in Obama and his judgment to do what is best for you and me? I can't.

What is the game plan total civil unrest? Are we going to return to riots, hate. Is that what McCain/Palin are seeking? Is it that if I am losing I will seek and destroy everything. I am frightened. This is not the way to lead. Hearing a person in a crowd to shout to kill someone and you not call that type of behavior unacceptable is definitely not acceptable to me and should not be acceptable to any American.

How come know one ever say's anything about the Judge in the Ayers case? If someone is putting bombs under police car's and trying to bomb Goverment buildings, they should still be in jail. 40 or 50 years later. This is'nt Obama's deal it's the Justice system's deal.

The Obama Ayers relationship is a real stretch. However, Palin's involvement in the radical anti-American Alaska Independence Party goes deep and is documented.

Liberal hypocrites. If McCain was buddies with Ayers, he would be crucified by the media.

Not sure who is being polled but liberals are in for a rude awakening when Obama gets destroyed by McCain in the general election.

I feel bad for Ayers, this man has turned his life around and done a lot of honorable things in adulthood but now he is getting trashed! I bet he never expected to have a campaign ad based on him…

I would challenge anyone to find one person involved in the support of education in Chicago (especially involved with Annenberg) who doesn't know William Ayers.

Annenberg's widow just endorsed John McCain over the weekend. She thought Ayers was a stand up enough person to allow him to serve on the Annenberg board.

Does that make Annenberg a terrorist, too? And therefore John McCain is a terrorist as well??

This whole thing is so ridiculous.

If McCain and his campaign are so genuinely concerned about this connection, why are they just now talking about it?

I'll tell you why. They know the accusation is ridiculous, and they're afraid they're going to lose.

McCain is now running the nasty campaign he swore he wouldn't.

Senator McCain, how many times have you committed an act of ADULTERY?

No doubt too many to count.

so palin is under investigation and now mccain

hmm…

are we supposed to ignore this?

OBAMA/BIDEN '08

MEMO TO JOHN MCCAIN:

YOU HAVE LOST !!!

IF YOU EVER LOVED THIS COUNTRY,

IF YOU EVER LOVED HER PEOPLE,

IF YOU EVER REMEMBER HAVING HONOR,

STOP !!!!

WE ARE IN TROUBLE & DON'T NEED THIS.

And the Republicans were supposed to be the righteous one!!!!

What a sad day to see a decorated war hero reduce himself to this. Is Jerry Springer running his campaign?

Silly

The RNC ticket is living in the past. We want to know what are their plan for now and for the future economy. They seem to stuck in the past trying to tie Barack to staff that happen when he was eight years old. McCain was an adult when Keating 5 happened. He knew what he was doing and we need to question his character and Palin character for firing that guy because he refused to fire her ex brother in law.

Sir HE WAS ONLY 8 YEARS OLD ……CAN YOU READ ME……KEATING 5 WHEN YOU WERE 50 YEARS OLD. THE ECONOMY STUPID.

shame ou you Mccain.
we have 26 more days left for this mess to stop
i can't take this anymore.i am tired and sick for all this negative campaign.don't worry it will all be over very soon

So as the economy is tanking Cadaverick want to throw mor mud and then hide behind moose burgers skirt…he won't do it to Obama's face

Yeah, Obama! At least he led a normal life, The Republican party is and always has been a fear mongering, morally corrupt group of big mouths. Their attempts to 'control' the population through the use of SS tactics (read National Security Agency) and other extreme dictator-like practices is well documented throughout the entire history of the party. Their lies, unethical behavior, condescending attitude and propensity toward 'do as I say, not as i do' is legendary. Throw out the bums while we still have some semblance of freedom.

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

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

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

Democrats Rock!

John McCain is the lowest person and the most desperate person i have ever seen. McCain!! Here's a Advice give people reasons to vote for you and Lay off Sen.OBAMA… Americans are smart and it hurt me so much that all you can do is try to slam Sen. Obama… Same on you John McCain… Have some dignity and honor in you old days….

I am sure this will make it on the liberal CNN blog…

love you Barack… you are everything this country needs….
(wink, wink)

let's see.

No Hillary = No Obama October 9th, 2008 8:22 pm ET

Ayers is a self-righteous radical, always was, always will be. He should have been jailed and it was just fumbling of the evidence that he wasn't. We call that a criminal.
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Sounds like McCain you're describing, he got out of being put in jail because of his connections in the Senate, McCain is still a criminal who got off.

As I watched my 401k lose $10,000 in ONE day, McCain is talking about this crap. How about a workable solution or don't you have one?

Stop this stupid stuff. The American people are losing.

what a joke the mccain and palin ticket is. They are definitely changing the subject on the economy. America is not stupid maccain and palin are disgusting, old angry man, she kills moose, kills wolves from helipcopters, she has no knowledge or experience how come no one is taking about todd palin he admitted to trying to fire the state trooper,
this is disgusting.,

If the shoe fits Obama junkie boy. You are pathetic and nothing, NOTHING but a egocentric arrogant S.O.B.

I didn't fall for your hype and I am ashamed that so many of my fellow Americans have.

Where's the BEFF Obama boy?
NO BEEF, NOBAMA!!!

NEVER OBAMA wrote on October 9th, 2008 8:32 pm ET

Also, Michelle obama and Ayers were co-workers together at Sidney & Austin.The four of them were friends.
Ayer's paid for obama's education. No one knows for sure if he even attented Columbia.The records are sealed.
What was obama doing in the early 80's in Chicago?
He also was a lawyer for and trained ACORN.
———————————————————————————————-LMAO - "Never Obama" u r too funny. are you even serious??? I can't stop laughing…LOL

That one 08′

Is this really what our country has come down to. Noone is really looking at the big picture here. Here we have someone running for president that is getting slamed for someone he knew in the past. Has anyone forgot that Mccain has been in the White house with the one and only George W. Bush standing side-by-side next to this man for the past 8 years even after losing to him twice. All I have to say is there better be something in everyones mind about that. You gotta love this country. God help us.

cry me a river GOP you guys lost this time sorry it wont work. DEMS 08!!

Pure republican sleaze.

All the skeletons in unqualified Obama's closet are starting to surface. Well, at least we are beginning to know something about this guy other than the fact that heis a great speaker.

For everyone who believes this is swiftboating I have one question to Sen. Obama
Would you forget and/or work with Bin Laden thirty years from now?

There is no political connection between Barack and that man. Keating 5 did put some money into McCain pocket.

The Dems should counter by re-releasing the flyers from the 2000 election that suggested that McCain fathered a black baby out of wedlock. Hey, Bush said it was true and Bush and McCain are great buddies so he would never lie.

I had great respect for you McCain and now I hand it over to Obama. I am sorry.

Too many shady characters in his past… and they would still be around IF he hadn't been called on it.

OBAMA = ACORN =SUBPRIME LOANS =VOTER FRAUD

How can anyone in good conscience vote for a man who is so far left, that is beyond liberal?

Republicans have NOTHING on Senator Obama and it just KILLS THEM!!!!!….and I love it!

THAT ONE AND THE OTHER ONE '08!!!!

I've stuck to the center in this political campaign for a long time, but these low, muckraking tactics are starting to build up for me. I'm not sure I can handle much more of this before I make a solid choice to vote for Obama/Biden.

Obama/Biden have had their own issues with politics of integrity, but their muckraking slams have been a gust of wind in the hurricane of McCain's politics. He's not the same man I respected in 2000.

They smile in your face, all the time they wanna take your place, The backstabbers. This is getting worse than ugly, but as they say alls fair in love and politics. Or is it? Who will pay? As always the taxpayer.

I am sick of hearing about Lew Ayres, Rev Wright,(Im surprised they didnt bring up Lewis Farrakhan) Im sick of people trying to make Obama look bad Why dont they stick to the issues and stay on them and never got off of them

I cannot wait to vote on election day! Every time that Mccain/Palin release a new ad, they drive more and more people away from their campaign. The republican ways of the past do not work with the people of today. People are smarter now and read into things instead of believing everything that the GOP says on a bogus ad. It has been their strategy for years and years. Make up so many lies about the other party with hopes that enough americans will not read into them and believe enough of them to vote for us. Instead of spending millions of your dollars you received trying to belittle the better candidate, why not tell us what you want to do with the economy, the country, and the world. We have heard plenty about how little you think of "that one" but nothing about what you and "short bus rider" Palin, but what about what really matters in this country. Education standards being raised, money pumped into technology that the rest of the world has had for years, Economy being lifted instead of weighed down. If you vote for McCain/Palin this election, you will be hating yourself in about 6 months when you realize how terrible your decision was. Instead of basing your decision on race, or gender, base it on the principles and policies that really will help this country become what they have claimed to be for its entire existence: "The Greatest Country in the World.

OBAMA/BIDEN for change, for hope, and for future.

Desperate people do desperate things and McCain is desperate!

If Sarah Pelins, husband Todd belonged to the radical group that advocated for Alaska recession from the United States as late as 2002. Don’t they really get a shamed to be talking a bout Obama’s relationship with William Ayers, then Obama was 8 years old what connection was there? And then William Ayers is reformed professor now
Todd Pelin was member Alaska independent party as late as 2002 that’s scarier than the rubbish they are trying to smear Obama with because that lady will be a heart beat away from being a president. And the Husband was registered member of AIP- radical group that was pushing for Alaska recession from the United States.
Can Sarah Pelin answer something.

Okay, John, so Obama is not perfect, but we heard you lived with Communists for 5 years.

My advice is go positive or lose. No one believes your inuendo or considers it important anyway.

You Obama supporters are ridiculous. It doesn't matter what the RNC has to say because you left wing nuts aren't going to listen to anything.

Your Democratic lead Congress has done nothing to fix the economy, nothing to end the war, nothing to help you. And you sit here bashing McCain.

McCain is not Bush. And Obama is not Clinton.

It would be nice if CNN would report on Sarah Palin's connection to the radical Alaska Independence Party.

McCain, every time you ask "Who is Barack Obama?", all I can think of is "The next President of the United States."

Tired of the smears, the fear tactics and the nasty campaign…which gave me much motivation to go out and vote today.

Obama/Biden….all the way!!!

Something is fishy here. Our economy sucks, yet, Obama says the majority of his money is coming from everyday people. People are whinning but can still send Obama money? Someone is not telling the truth.

Obama's camp needs to respond to these false propaganda. FactCheck.org clearly stated that these allegations are false. Air a counter ad before this gets out of hand.

Obama 08

my friends
this is the only think joe mccain and the republicans guided by rove adn limbaugh know to do

oh yes palin too.

the more they attack the more they appear like bush
the more they attack the less people want to have them in our government

. . . When I was a teenager, I smoked a little pot, Ate pop rocks
without dying like Mikey, turned my eyelids inside out, popped wheelies
on the freeway with my motorbike, drank beer, did a little LSD(while
listening to Seals and Crofts Hummingbird), rang doorbells and ran.
AND THEN I GREW UP.

I am now a chief neurosurgeon at the best hospital in the country.

(I won't say which one for obvious reasons).

Democrats Rock!

If Sen. Obama Is "Palling" around With Terrorist, What Does That Say About The "NSA" And The "FBI"!

TO Never Obama

What planet are you from??????? Didn't graduate from Columbia? Didn't graduate from Harvard? Wow, just think how many people would have to be in on the biggest conspiracy plan in the world.

Why are you afraid of an educated person leading this country?

Why are you showing your lack of understanding of the real issues?

Why have you never gotten on other sites on the Web than weird blogs? Try Wikipedia: Barack Obama for starters. Or is an encyclopedia lying too?

I am an Obama supporter. I hope McCain keeps going because all of the Bush supporters I know are livid about the economy and dont care about Ayers. I thought for sure these folks would jump on this trash like they did Wilie Horton and the swiftboaters but I was wrong. They want to know why he voted for he bailout. They are feeling raped by this administration. THey are critising his nasally voice and oveuse of "my friends". As depressed as I am about my own investments I warms my heart that for the first time in my 46 years I am on the same page as my republican family. They won't vote Obama but they won't turn out for MccAin either. Keep going with your winning strategy and Obama will win in a landside. You don't get the pick the questions McSame. It the economy stupid!

This is the same crap they tried in 2000 and in 2004…
same old, same old…….
Don't fall for it this time !!!

VOTE for HOPE!!

Its not going to work McCain! Come November I am voting to send your racist heart down the sewer where it belongs. While your at it, take that idiot Palin down with you.

"Old" (like McCain) tactics that won't work (like McCain) this time around.

Well, no ideas or solutions from McCain/Palin…just inciting riots and violence. I thought that if one did that, one would be searched out by the Secret Service and jailed, but I guess not McCain/Palin.

Those republicans are going to be awfully dissappointed!!

Palin claims to be this christion woman, well God is love and not hate why did she allow such hatred to be yelled out at her rally. She should have immediately made a statement rejecting any type of hate. Shes fake

In 2000 McCain, while talking about Bush and Rove, said:
"Sooner or later people are going to figure out that if all you run is negative attack ads you don't have much of a vision for the future, or you're not ready to articulate it."
He spoke his future…google the quote yourself

Up until the last three days or so I was on the fence and consider myself to be a John McCain fan. He has sold his soul and his character is completely shot. He is getting worse everyday and the ridiculous attacks on Obama have caused me to puke. I will not vote vote for him and will ask everyone I know - why they would. He's a BS - bully. Address the issues, answer the questions or just fold it up. Not even a pretty girl from Alaska helps - that's a stunt as well.

What McJoke!!!!!!!!!!

We need a real leader!

Sarah would be in jail in Canada - if she came here!

Section 319 deals with hate speech:

"If it can be shown that the speech was so abusive that it was likely to incite listeners or readers into violent action against an identifiable group, and if the the speech was made in a public place, then a person could be convicted.

And the speech would have to ocured in Canada…

To No Hillary= No Obama and No Obama

Sarah Palin and Todd Palin were part of the Alaskan Independence Party and quoted that they should continue doing a good job. By they way, I call them a terrorist and a CRIMINAL.

Do your research on these people before bashing Obama. I guess you are no educated enough to read and understand

I would suggest you Obama lovers go to Foxnews.com and read about ACORN's attempts to register voters mutliple times. I am from Ohio and this article makes me want to puke! I am tired of CNN not getting out the important issues like voter fraud! Anything to keep Obama on top!

You can always tell a man's character by how he reacts when the chips are down.

Well, McCain has NO Character!! His is a very dishonorable man. How could he stoop so low!!

Obama/Biden '08

I am so happy that I just convinced two demacrat freinds to vote McCain…….. The work will not stop……. Obama is empty and Democrat are responsible for us crisis….. Bad game.. Pushing obama will put you in history, well I prefer Palin history……… By the way cnn people saying that obama is very smart because he went to harvard……… think about this lie….yes he went to harvard because he belong to ……………

Mr. Ayers was a vietnam war protester who took it too far, of course, 40 years ago. 40!!! What does that have to do with wall street bottoming out and me wondering what my heating bills are going to look like this winter, and whether my retired mom is going to see another decrease in medical and ss benefits? This is beyond absurd. This is dangerous, and McCain knows it.

GOP=Cowards
Someone tell me if the GOP still has any adults or backbone for that matter.

Oh Gimme a BREAK!!!

All this has been covered. Obama has been open about this.

NEVER OBAMA, you dont even have a clue what you are talking about.

We are not surprise at the bush-mccain smear tatics..Go Obama/Biden 08

Here we go again….

The McSame camp going LOW..LOW. ..LOW.. LOw.. LOw.. Low low low….

HEY GIA IN LOS ANGELES, CA…………………….NO, THIS IS NOT swiftboating. THIS IS TRUTH THAT YOU JUST DON'T WANT TO HEAR OR ACCEPT ABOUT YOUR PRECIOUS FRAUD OBAMA. HE's a LIAR AND A FRAUD …………BOTH OF WHICH YOU SWALLOWED!!! LEARN TO READ……..EDUCATE YOURSELF. DON"T SPEND ALL YOUR TIME PLAYING HOOPS WITH THE KOOL KATS LIKE OBAMA…..

Not gonna work this time! When an ARG poll shows that Obama is ahead by 8 points in West Virginia, it's time to be very concerned. Let's not take this for granted, BARACK THE VOTE!!!!!

Just be prepared for EXTREMELY disgusting attacks by the repubs in the next 27 days!

You know Obama needs to address this there is to many cretins out there that just eat this stuff up, never questioning or doubting that its true. I find it amusing that in 1997 Ayers won citizen of the year from the city of chicago. Pick up a Chicago newspaper and see what they are saying about Ayers you ignorant morons. Obama and Ayers served together on the Anberg Foundation as in Walter Anberg a righty supporter and as I understand a good friend of Ronald Reagans. This info has been vetted and is old news! John McCain has worked with Robert Byrd a senator with long ago ties to the KKK does that McCains a member too. Of course not, this kind of logic is BS, you right wing nuts need to go buy yourself a clue.

This is what I call desperation at its highest. Silly Old man has nothing to tell us and he is hoping that swiftboat tactic will save him. Not this time around. Sorry old man. YOu are out of touch with reality. Serious issues are killing us here and you are talking about Ayers. What about you and the keating 5. Take the log out of your eyes before you can point at another person. Old man you need to rest because Yes we ca.

…. that is all McCain and his team can do to help the economy? They are trying to change the topic of the day when millions of people in america lost a LOT of money and their solution is what? Attack ads on Obama over something that is so irrelevant today.

To McCain and the republican party - you are the party of yesterday!

McCain is done. He has no honor left.

My god, MCCAIN/PALIN ARE LIARS, HYPOCRITES, AND FRAUDS! I am getting sick of tired of them since they got nothing to talk about but attacking Obama.

oh come on!

my stocks have plummeted and I'm feeling poorer than ever and all McCain's camp is doing is nitpicking issues that we already discussed 10 months ago???

We've talked about Obama's name before. We've talked about drugs before. We've talked about Obama's religion before. We've talked about Ayers before. How about we talk about the ECONOMY now and figure out how I'm supposed to survive this economic crisis.

What in the world is McCain thinking, allowing this kind of trash to subjugate the economic crisis? Who cares if Obama knows Ayers.

Why in the world would McCain allow shouting threats from his rally people? what is happening to Americans?

This is a terribly sad commentary on the public on either side that would yell death threats to anyone!

I am so worried that people live on blogs, don't read good periodicals, take the word of any e-mail and close their minds to what the other side has to say.

What is happening to America? iNDYCATS

Did William Ayers cause this mess on Wall street?

Did William Ayers deregulate the banks in this country?

Did William Ayers cause my 401K account to lose over 66% of its value?

Get real republicans, your corruption has stolen our retirement - what do you have to say about THAT?

First…I would like to know why CNN keeps closing the comments once a couple of republicans get on.

Second…could you imagine if McCain had these ties…or used drugs?!?! The dems would be all over it and Obama would benifit from it too. This whole election goes to show that the media really does control American thoughts. Please people…think for yourself!!!

Any politician who tried to slag his opponent with such asinine ads would never win here in the Great White North. It certainly doesn't look very Presidential to see Senator McCain resort to such blatant mud-slinging. Not the side of you that you want to the world to see.

If McCain had been a pal of a terrorist you would all crucify him. What a bunch of hypocrites! Obama has changed his story on his affiliation. Why the flip flop?- he has something to hide.

Sen. McCain And Gov. Palin, How Many Times Have You Look Into The Camera And Lied, Smear, Distorted, And Spinned The Truth!

By The Way Gov. Palin, We Haven't Forgotten About Your Ties To "AIP"!

Where Just Waiting For The Right Moment To Release iT!

Remember How Fast, The Keating Five 10 Minute Video Showed Up!

Unbelievable and such hate. McCain has just lost this election. How can he even think we American's want this type of character leading and respresenting us! Such a shame…

I think the more appropriate question is why did Ayres pick Obama? What is it that Ayres saw in Obama that he liked so much?

How did Ayers stay out of Jail? Boy, if he did something like bombing the Pentagon in these times, Ayers would be put under the jail, for the rest of his life. That's exactly where he belongs now. How does this Terrorist get to TEACH ???? Makes No Sense.

NEVER OBAMA…you're a lying sack of crap!!!!

I can't vote for a man who'd cheat on his wife over and over again with various women and then cheat on her for 9 months with Cindy before getting a divorce.

I'll be voting for "that one" in November.

I've got enormous info (negative and positive) about Obama from all the media and sources during this long election season, then I got to know about him enough to figure out who he is, and I got to like him enough to vote for him. BUT actually I really DON'T KNOW about MCCAIN and Palin and Cindy. Mccain says he knows how to fix economy, how to win war, how to do this, how to do that…But What did he fix in the ecomony during his long years in Washington? Which war did he win? Is he a real war hero? Was he really tortured in prison? Who proved that? Was he a good pilot? Why did he crash down 5 planes? How dare he cheated on his wife? How smart is he? Is he smart enough to lead the country? Is he really healthy? How much does he know about Palin? Does he really love America? Does he really care about the people? Why doesn't he explain of the KEATING FIVE in front of the public? etc.

cnn post this please dont put awaiting moderation on me
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JOHN McCain!! TELL ME ABOUT UR STORY OF KEATING 5!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WE WANT TO HEAR ABOUT THIS!! I KNOW JOHN MCCAIN IS VERY DANGEROUS AND STEALING MO MONEY .. I DO NOT TRUST JOHN MCCAIN!

VOTE OBAMA 08

Unreal. The more of this I hear the more money I send to Obama. Saw McCain today and he looks and acts like he's confused. can't even read from his notes.

It's funny to see all the Dems up in arms over this — yet if it were McCain in this EXACT situation, all the Dems would be applauding the whole thing.

is it not a crime if a felon is a co chairman of a presidential campain, if so why is charles keating the co chairman of mc cains campain. when this country is in such a bad is a man with a criminal record of stealing money , millions of dollars ,and almost cost mc cain his seat how can he be in this position,when he has a felenoy . ken

Who is this Annenberg person who endorsed McCain? Didn't she serve with Bill Ayers on some Committe? Well, well, well… I guess that means McCain is palling around with people who pal around with terrorist!!!

People take this one and run with it! The GOP is in for a rude awakening!

It's more alarming that Sarah Palin's husband wants Alaska to succeed from the USA — that's treason.

Dear Never Obama we need intellectual's to run our country if you want to excel. McCain and Palin does not appear to be. Look at the way the run their campaign and look at Obama's. If he McCain cannot even manage his campaign well, how is going to manage American when she is in financial turmoil. It does not matter if a man is black or white if he has the capability we should vote.

SWIFTBOATING WILL NOT WORK THIS TIME!

WE ARE NOT LOW-INFORMATION CITIZENS!!!!

GO OBAMA/BIDEN 2008!

YES WE CAN!

Gov. Palin And Her I Hate America Pals, "AIP"

NEVER OBAMA, IN THE EARLY 80′S OBAMA WAS A TEEN YOUNG ADULT MAYBE MADE SOME MISTAKES IN HIS LIFETIME…BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? I'M SURE EVERYONE AT SOME POINT AND TIME DELT WITH SOME UGLY PEOPLE AND MADE A CHOICE TO STEP AWAY WHEN THINGS BECAME CLEAR ABOUT THEIR CHARACTER. SO DON'T ACT LIKE YOUR POOP DON'T STINK.

McCain and Palin are desperate and disgusting.

Never Obama you must be on something. They didn't even meet until after Obama finished school. I won't even bother with the other obsurdities you are spewing.

SHAME ON MCCAIN AND THE RIGHT WING REPUBLICAN PARTY. THE PARTY HAS SOLD OUT AMERICAN FOR THE ILLUSION GAME. WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO COUNTRY FIRST AND NOT CAMPAIGN FIRST.

AMERICAN HAS REAL ISSUES AND WE NEED REAL LEADERSHIPS!!

OBAMA/BIDEN 08

IN CANADA

SARAH WOULD BE BROUGHT TO TRIAL

The Criminal Code of Canada: Hate Propaganda:
"Hate Propaganda" section of the Criminal Code of Canada (Section 318 & 319) prohibited the expression of hatred against — or the advocacy of genocide of — four "identifiable groups:" people distinguished by their "color, race, religion or ethnic origin."

The RCMP will get her if she crosses the border!

This is the reason I'm voting straight Democrat this year. Weed out as many of the Republican liars and do-nothings as we can.

Methinks it's time to call Pastor Moothy back in to try cast out the witchcraft which has permeated the entire McCain campaign! This time, though, we should add a Jesuit Priest to perform an Exorcism, as the campaign has morphed from ugly and nasty to pure EVIL!

Ayers who? Never heard of him.
Waste your $$$ GOP, whiling going negative, for it will get Obamma even closer to the W.H.

Go Away McSame & Failin - PLEASE For The Sake Of This Great Country
Obama/Biden 2008

That all you got?

Pathetic.

If you can't win on the issues, take the low road and try personal attacks to distract the voters. The republicans know they have put us in this financial situation by deregulating the financial industry and can't argue their stance for improving the economy. The trickle down theroy hasn't worked. This is their last ditch effort to divert the publics attention but it won't work this time.

Obama/Biden 08

McCain you are scum of the earth.

There is nothing as dangerous or pathetic as a demagogue - Palin and the McCains. This has to end, they are inciting trouble for their own benefit. These are difficult times that need character, honesty, integrity and smarts - Obama and Biden. America, this is to important for games and the dark side of human nature. We are better than this!

CNN I betcha if you find out what was promised or paid to the first dude to take the entire BLAME for the abuse of power case in Alaska, you would get extra credit? wink…..wink!!!!!

At least Ayers has been vetted, and is now a Professor at a major
university. Who is Sara Palin?

(We still don't know.)

Yet they fail to mention that Obama and Ayers met at the house of one of McCane's CURRENT supporters……………

This has become pathetic, I am an Independent and I was hoping the issues would be discussed. McCain and Palin just want to divert from the issues. I now know how I am voting. Keep it up and you will alienate more independents.

It is pretty sad that Obama supporters are pointing the finger at McCain and Palin when it is clear that Obama admitted he used drugs in his book. We should be concerned about every aspect of our canidates character . I would much rather have a president who has served our country with honor, experience and integrity. As well as a vice president who keeps it real and tells you the truth not what you want to hear. We all need to stop listening to the media and the rhetoric. Its quite obvious that the media has been bought by the Obama campaign. As far as Obama's campaign strategy its ironic how there was a fundmental difference between the two campaigns at the start of this election and now Obamas plan has changed to the point of it sounds alot like McCains…. or is it? Is Obama telling you what you want to hear, just to get elected the first black president?

AMERICA…WAKE UP..Do not let up the pressure on the McCain campaign to allow the GOVERNOR SARAH PALIN to do interviews on the Sunday morning NEWS show, WITHOUT DADDY McCain by her side. If she is so qualified there should be NO FEAR in allowing her to meet with Wolfe Biltzer, Campbell Brown, Tom Borkaw, etc. BEFORE the election….DO NOT LET UP…KEEP COMPLAINING..it is only the way it MIGHT happen. this is a woman that COULD become the Vice President and/or President of the greatest nation on the planet!!!

I would challenge anyone to find one person who is actively involved in education support and reform in Chicago who doesn't know Ayers. This is pathetic.

I also think it's interesting that this whole Ayers thing hasn't been important since the nominations were accepted…

IT'S IMPORTANT TO MCCAIN AND PALIN NOW BECAUSE THEY'RE LOSING!!!!

This has nothing to do with them being "concerned" about the issue… It's a campaign tactic and nothing more.

Can anybody say "desperate?" McCain and Palin, it's over guys. Make this your farewell tour, thank the fools that were voting Republican yet again, and ride off into the sunset. America is better off without either of you!

It's about time the RNC publicized this issue. The American People have a right to know each and every single fact about Barack Hussein Obama. Obama has received a FREE RIDE as a Democratic Candidate and has the networks pulling strings and backing his every word. Obama is NO SAVIOR and he is NO ONE SPECIAL. Obama is just an unqualified guy who's a COMPLETE Fraud playing a Kool Hoops Playing Kat trying to grab the POWER and the PERKS of this office. Obama is the very SAME AS "I smoked marijuanna, but I did NOT inhale!" Americans have had enough. This is OVER!

People are struggling we don't care about ayers. If McCain knows that the american people care more about economics than smears why won't he stick to the issues? Why try to tear someone down or attack them with lies? Obama is dueing a great job with not responding to this nonsense that has nothing to do with our future.

Could we please hear some ideas from Mr. "I don't get Economics" and Josie Six Pack on how they are going to get us out of the downward spiral we are on?

2 words: Keating 5!

Factcheck.org found this to be false. It didn't work for Hillary and it won't work for you now!

"That One"/Biden '08

Political stunt scorecard:

Picking Palin: FAILED
Suspending campaign to save the country: FAILED
Showing understanding of the economy: FAILED

Calling Obama a "Bad Person": …….

All You Gov. Palin Supporters, When's The Next "AIP" Flag Burning Event. I Here Gov. Palin Never Misses Them.

She Never Lets Her "AIP" Pals Down She'll Be There I Sure!

These are the Christian so called Right wing of Americans. Racist, sadistic, wealthy and dont care one bit about the issues facing the American People. Shame Shame Shame on McCain.

I'm litterally sick to my stomach at this point..can you just pls say what you can do as President, and save us all this mess.

It is so sad to watch the McCain train wreck speeding forward. Just when you think McCain/Palin can not sink any lower, they trot out this stuff. Is the prize that seductive John? Important enough to make you a laughing stock who is despised and pitied?

So has CNN become the McCain newsnetwork?

Stop trying to make this race close by pushing his propaganda.

McLiar sure is getting desperate. It's so blatantly obvious.

Yeah, that's great news! Well I'll tell you all what's up; everytime Democrates hear these slime, we give more.

Today I was approached by a lady on 5th. Ave Manhattan Who was collecting on behalf of the DNC. She started telling me all about Barack Obama and I stopped her and laughed out loud.
Lady, I said; I know more about him than you do. She went on to tell me how much I can help the cause. I showed her my BO/Biden button and siad I am a doner on the Internet.

The conversation continued for a while and she said the Internet is but one way to keep the movement going.

I told her everytime we hear the negatives from McCain and his clan, we give more. Needless to say I gave her a checque for $100.00.

This should have already be known to the Repubs, that we take this election seriously. You go on with your bad selves Repukes, we turn the red States blue.

These are the Christian so called Right wing of Americans. Racist, sadistic, wealthy and dont care one bit about the issues facing the American People.

What happened to the Republican Party I used to love?

Senator McCain, You used to be an honourable man. But you and my party have changed and that makes me sad and so disappointed.

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

THIS IS ANOTHER RIGHT WINGED REPUBLICAN ILLUSION GAME. OBAMA WAS 8 YEARS OLD LET GET REAL WITH THE REAL ISSUES FACING AMERICA. MAYBE SOMEBODY SHOULD CHALLENGE DIRECT CONNECTIONS WITH THE KEATING SAVING AND LOAN SCANDAL.

AMERICA IS BETTER THAN THAT. PEOPLE ARE SUFFERING AND THE RIGHT WING WANTS TO PLAY THE ILLUSION AND DECEPTION GAMES! WE THE PEOPLE ARE SMARTER THEN THAT.

OBAMA 08

I just donated $25 more dollars to Obama. Not a lot, and the economy is tough, but when I see this pathetic garbage spewing out from the desperate, dessicated GOP, I want to do all I can as a proud American citizen to bury this hate-mongering party, so completely bereft of ideas or solutions, FOREVER.

NOBODY CARES WHAT THE RNC DOES OR SAYS. THEIR CREDIBILITY IS NIL NOBODY IS GOING TO LISTEN EXCEPT FOR THE DUMB I ONLY VOTE REPUBLICAM AND NOBODY ELSE SQUARE HEADS. THIS IS JUST ANOTHER WASTE OF MONEY THAT COULD BE SPENT HELPING THIS COUNTRY OUT OF THE CRISIS THAT THE REPUBLICAN MONEY GRUBBERS HAVE GOTTEN US INTO.

I AM VOTING FOR THAT ONE GO O AND JOE!!!!!
TATANKA

YOU'RE A SMACK MCSAME IT SHOWS ALL OVER YOUR FACE.

From my understanding Ayers has reformed himself. Palin is trying to throw her weight around and caused people their jobs. Oh she did fire some poor guy. Not a reformer but a bully.

Doesn't McCain have a campaign advisor who served on a committee with Bill Ayers? Anyways, who cares? All this talk is backfiring on McCain because everyone can read through the GOP's lame and desperate tactics.

As for Rev. Wright- how can anyone think that Obama is racist when his mother and grandmother are white!!! Barack Obama is not only Black, he is Black and White so how can he be racist? That must mean he's racist against himself!! Think about it. The GOP is so negative and the people at their rallies so hateful. I turned from Independent to voting Obama because of all the GOP's negativity.

Let's look into the background of some of McCain's friends. Keating was a known crook, does that make McCain a crook too? I guess so.

John McCain now thinks he was set up by…wait…not Charles Keating!!! Did you know James B. Fowler, McCain's friend who was busted for smuggling heroin out of Thailand, is the same guy who shot Jimmie Johnson, an unarmed black man, and set off a movement that led to The Voting Rights Act? Ironic that McCain knows the guy whose killing of an unarmed black man led to the Voting Rights Act. Very Ironic.

the Republican only know how to talk about nothing,i can!t understand
how those peoples can go to sleep at nite,what they don!t understand is that in USA 80% of the inmigrants will vote for Obama plus most of the young American plus 60/70% of old American,Obama is already the
next president of UNITED STATE OF AMERICA.

Awww….now there you go again John, going back to the past. Dog gone it, let's focus on the issues and tell the American people what your plans are for the future of the country, and where you want to take us. What about the economic mess we're in, the two wars, energy independence, China's unchecked influence in Africa and Latin America, Russia's re-emergence, and my 401k. LET'S GET TO THE ISSUES!!!

Here we go again! The Republicans are so scared of the Economy issues they cannot face Senator Obama winning ways and Senator Obama speaking on the Economy and Healthcare and Energy and what is happening with the People of the United States of America. McCain and the Republicans along with his idot Wife Cindy and sidekick Sarah Won't talk about the Economy, Healthcare and Energy because they've driven it into the toilet. The Democrats are Of the people, By the people and With the people. The Democrats also care about what's happening with the Wall Street Mess that the Republicans made and how the Dems are going to get all of us out of this DooDoo that we are in.

Shelli13 in Georgia

it's McCain who will say anything to get elected. Even when his statements were proven lies (thanks to fact check) he still repeats them like they are true. I'm sick of him insulting my intelligence! And about Obama not voting for funding the troops…how many times does Obama have to stress that it was a timeline issue and McCain also voted against it because a timeline was in the bill. McCain and the RNC has always followed Hitler's number one policy: "A lie will become a truth if it is repeated enough times" Adolf Hitler 1941…know your history!!!

I thought it would've been a great move during the last debate for Obama to put Palin's crappy comments to McCain: "Senator, your running mate has recently said such-and-such about me. Are you prepared to look me in the eye and make those same accusations?" There's no way in hell McCain would've done it. It would've played beautifully on TV.

These two should be tried for treason.. They are grabing at straws..
It's over!!

If you don't have any content to present to the voters about how to solve the issues facing us