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At least three of McCain's GOP colleagues have gone on record to say that they consider him temperamentally unsuited to be commander in chief.
Smith, the former senator from New Hampshire, has said that McCain's "temper would place this country at risk in international affairs, and the world perhaps in danger. In my mind, it should disqualify him."
Sen. Domenici of New Mexico has said he doesn't "want this guy anywhere near a trigger."
And Sen. Thad Cochran of Mississippi weighed in that "the thought of his being president sends a cold chill down my spine. He is erratic. He is hotheaded."

How many times will McCain say "my friends?" Any bets on him at least alluding to his Viet Nam service? Any bets on how many times he will erroneously speak about Obama's tax stance?

Great, let the desperate old senator bring it up. That will give Senator Obama one more chance to explain his relationship, such as it is, with Ayers once and for all and on nationwide television. I'm sure he welcomes the opportunity. McCain will be the one left with egg on his face...not Obama. And I hope while McCain does it he keeps wandering around, like in his last debate, so he looks like an Alzheimer's patient after sundown.

Hey Biden, let your old friend bring up Ayers, Wright, Acorn who gives damm?

I am not voting for McCain, I don't even think the Wright things is that big of a deall because Wright said what he has experienced so what, he is a nut but, what other pastors out there are clear and clean of not being prejudice? You have catholics who not long ago was melasting children, you have Pailns religion condeming the USA and wants to be seperated from us. So who care. Aryes is guilty, but he is a professor minding his own damm business, what is he bothering. Did anyone condemm and want to band Bush for starting a war in Iraq and they didn't cause 9/11? Hell no so Republicans can go somewhere with the prejudice, lieing, stealing, corupt behinds.
So bring up whatever you want, if you want Obama to answer go for it, it won't stop his stride, nor his VICTORY.

Remember whats for you, know one can take from you!

Hey Vic, get your facts straight – Biden properly CITED that speech at least a dozen times...but then there was in fact one time he forgot to cite the source (for which he has since admitted his mistake). Big difference from "stealing the contents of an article".

Nice way to stretch the truth though – perhaps YOU should enter politics!

let mcbush bring up ayers its time to set this idiot straight ketting five in 26 years in congress mcbush had better be carful of throwing stones

you know what "Bridge to Delaware" Joe, We're disappointed in your
FLIP FLOP, I voted for Iraq, but I didn't want to. now I know I was wrong, to Plagiarism.This is your last shot to tag along with Obama and hope that you get to be his VP. You're a has been. GO BACK TO DELAWARE AND TAKE OBAMA WITH YOU!!!!!!!

Gloria, NY,

What you have said is one of the dumbest, most ignororant statements I have read, and everybody is just a little dumber for reading it.

Have you been noticing that Sarah Palin under investigation for power abuse, and God knows what else, or are you sleeping under a rock.

The woman is a whacko that thak God will bring McCain down.
Plus Republicans are not at their best with women and minorities, the Democrats are the one with a big ent policy, not the pale old corrupt white men Republican policy.

Barack is a typical limousine liberal. It's ok to hang out with terrorists when they blow up the Pentagon.... so Barack, why don't you hang out with KKK people who intimidated blacks with bombs.... where is the moral difference? Isn't Ayer as bad as they were?

Obama ought to bring up Keating 5...but he probably won't.

Oh and regarding the ACORN thing? They work with the GOP too. I see that as far back as 2003 John McCain participated in an event in Miami-Dade of which ACORN was a sponsor. It's ridiculous that because a bunch of bad apples decided to take action they thought would help their candidate, it's somehow his fault. If that's the case I am sure the Obama campaign can come up with 2x examples of "bad" Republicans.

But, why bother. This is McCain's last gasp. If he had anything to "win" on, he'd use it.

Gloria, had it not been for McCain, no one would have even heard of Sarah Palin – as I think, maybe that would have been a good thing!

Folks….. do you want to know who Barack Obama is? Put aside all the rhetoric and listen to the messages he is giving.
1- Listen to Obama's response the plumber. Obama told the plumber that he wants to "spread the wealth around".
2- Look at Baracks history with Acorn, Ayers, Rezko and ??? Shady at best
3- look at Obama's past record. He does not have one other than to vote to raise taxes
4- He wants to give welfare checks to those that pay no taxes. He calls it a tax break.
5- He is proposing $1 trillion in new spending. This is a Socialist policy.

Folks,
BARACK OBAMA will take this country into SOCIALISM. Is that what you want?

I have never been proud to be an American. Words of a Obama family member. Then the Ayres connection comes up, hmmm, and the the denial of acquaintence, and now they are both found saying, Americas Stain on slavery. Come on, all plumbers strike a blow for McCain and Palin

McCain's got issues!!! Yet he can't even address the ones that are affecting the US. Therefore, he can't have any solutions to our problems. In the inimitable words of whomever, McCain – "you got nuttin"

For all of you who are so supportive of Palin apparently you haven't stopped to realize that she is just an empty skirt that McCain put on the ticket in hopes of getting the Hillary voter. Thankfully, the Hillary voters are smarter than that.

Also, her crowd size has been overestimated. The appearance in Virginia Beach boasted of having 25,000 when the place she was appearing would only hold 16,000. The fire marshal of Virginia Beach stated that there were only 10,000 in attendance. Haven't you ever heard of "rubbernecking" when there is an accident..........It is the same with the Palin crowds...........people are only there to see what an accident she is, and, she always delivers!!

I hope that Bill Ayers is sitting in the front row, so we can put this thing to rest. Maybe, he will not be afraid to speak to the media Elite.

Sarah Palin president in 2012? Maybe of her grandkid's PTA. She's a reason McCain is going down. I'm one Republican who switched as soon as she picked him.

@ SARAH IN NY:

PALIN'S 15 MINUTES OF 'FAME' IS ALMOST UP. SHE IS A JOKE.

Her husband, was a member of the Alaska Independent Party from 1994-2002!

GOOGLE: ALASKA INDEPENDENT PARTY

And SARAH PALIN spoke at their convention this year!

The Alaska Independent Party is a movement to break away from the United States of America!

Do you really want a person as president who would lie, abuse power, incite violence?

Thanks........but ..............NO..........thanks!

McCain's got issues!!! Yet he can't even address the ones that are affecting the US. Therefore, he can't have any solutions to our problems. In the inimitable words of whomever, McCain -
"you got nuttin"

bomb bomb bomb iran

You know what? Let him bring it up. That way America can hear the audience and moderator groan, Obama can mention he was 8 years old when it happened, and life will go on. Sheesh.

McCain has his own shady characters he's palled around with. If he looks at the polls and he hasn't risen riding this Ayers wave, maybe he shouldn't do it at the Debate. He will be booed, the debate is in NY!!!

Well..............will see if Mccain can look straight to Senator Obama eyes and ask him of what he's been saying lately like who's Barack Obama? Obama/Biden are the hope for this great Country. No doubt.

Yes, Charles Keating............and McCain friend who LOVES Hitler............G. Gordon Liddy (helped plan the Watergate break-in that would cost Nixon his presidency and landed Liddy a four-year jail sentence).

IF I make a left wing nut job comment insulting Palin will you post it?

What a stupid question I ask.

IF I make a right wing nut job comment insulting Obama will you post it?

NO NEVER NO WAY NO HOW!

GOP is desperate! They'll stoop to anything to win. GOP cannot fool the American public anymore. Why would we want another Republican administration. It's time to get the broom out and sweep the White House clean of Republicans. A change is coming!

Halleluja...

It's okay, Senator Biden.

The fact that McCain wants to play this card simply underlines his inability to bring up anything substantative in his campaign.

Voters are swarming to Obama in droves. . .which should tell McCain that he should finish his campaign with some gracefulness. Otherwise his name will be mud for most Americans.

In a way it is quite sad that his career will end in such a sad state.

The campaign's going down the negative side. The "real" issues are no longer talked about

@Gloria NY – I hope for the sake of our nation you are not serious. Look at the damage GW Bush and Cheney have done to this nation – and you want that halfwit in charge? If we're not a third world country when mccain is done, we will be if she's ever president....

McCain/Palin for Change.Like every 2 seconds.My head is spinning.Well after 8 years of torture my fellow prisioners,whats another 3 weeks of republican torture.

To Bobbie in NH:

So . . .

"25,000-50,000 people show up to see Sarah Palin at a rally"

that's great . . . and 80,000 watch the Wiggles every morning,
and 100,000 go to NASCAR every Saturday.

And 99% of Palin supporters appear to have been lobotomized

Is this all the Republicans have, 6 degrees of separation connects me to Mao Tse Tung, grow up McCain...

...oh sorry, you're prime was the Keating 5 scandal.

Go watch Jeopardy on a rocking chair, and leave the country to younger, brighter, smarter, and more trustworthy men.

It was brought up and is interesting that McCain has few Republican leaders stumping for him. I've seen a few, but Obama has a laundry list to thank before every rally.

Maybe McCain has been set up given many Repubs never liked him and this has got to be the worst environment for an incumbent since Carter.

McCain – keep your mouth shut during the debate. You and palin has said enough stupid things.
Ayers – Liddy
Wright – AIP
cindy & Palin- that is too much garbage. So shut up.

Bobbie, New Hampshire October 14th, 2008 5:53 pm ET
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Same for McCain, his number of crowds with out Palin and her hate messages to the type of crowd that she draw, his number was about 100. Most American's are WELL above racial and hateful gatherings....ops...that right, so what they are mean, hateful and racist, as long as you and the Repubs can brag about a crowd, that all that matters.
Betcha Bobbie JOE.........................

I am not surprised in the least. It obvious to me and those whom I know that McCain has tremendous disdain for Sen. Obama.

You can tell a lot about a person when they are down, and McCain has demonstrated that he is vile, mean and rude.

Actually, I hope McCain does bring up Ayers, so that Sen. Obama can answer him.

Republicans are going to find out very soon, that we, the People, have rejected their....... lies, hate, division and fear politics!

Hey did you hear about Biden calling Obama (BARACK AMERICA)
Yes thats right. You guys are worshiping a cartoon the great (BARACK AMERICA).

After all he is very funny.

hey, cnn....where's my comment???Am I voting for the wrong guy or something?...talk about "controlled press."

Talking Sarah Palin and her political future. Looks very likely to be a spell in the Alaska state penitentiary.

Regarding Ayers – the Annernberg Foundation was from a Reagan devotee!! Also, wasn't Ayers named Citizen of the Year by the City of Chicago??

BTW – all charges against him were dropped due to misconduct by the feds . . . .

We have the History on Our Side... A Granddad....
Barack Obama is a Liar.... He is a Muslim from Somalia... Whe he tells the Truth...... Then ?????????????????// But he won't..
Until he Married the Lday he calls his wife now.. He was an ALIEN>>>

Biden? Do you mean Joe Who?

This is a lonely guy who can't draw anyone to his speeches. Sarah Palin has more people in the front row for her speeches than Joe Who can get in an entire auditorium.

This is one sorry guy-let's call him Mr. Lonely from now on–

Yes, truly a disappointment, yet not surprising given the behaviour of McCain and his running mate. Senator Obama will maintain his composure and will be prepared. This is truly a sad day for Republican policitics.
Obama/Biden 08

Who builds people house for free? Palin can you recommend your friend to me.

My nam is –
My address is –
My phone # is–

Just send it to my e-mail or your website.

This whole 'affiliated' thing is out to lunch.
If we want to talk about voter fraud, and questionable affiliations, though, let's look to the republican party.

Questionable affiliations: McCain's advisors were both lobbyists: one to lobby against regulating Freddie and Fannie; the other lobbied against more regulations in our financial systems.

These are not men who 'lived on the same block' with McCain, these are men who took money as recently as 2 months ago; and where did all this lobbying lead us?

The worst financial/economical mess this country have ever seen.

NOW, let's talk about voter fraud – beginning in 2000, when so many black voters were disenfranchised, not allowed to vote, or the polling place didn't have enough ballots...whatever the reason, the rigging favored the republicans, even to the supreme court, where daddy's and grand daddy's money basically bought the supreme court and gave the election to the republicans.

And, after Rove, Cheney and the whole lot of thieves basically desecrated our country, our young men and women, our economy; they are willing to wage war via tactics of lies and deception and fear.

Frankly, McCain doesn' fall very far from the diseased tree.

And, rather than actually doing some real THINKING, his campaign is willing to sling mud in preference to pondering any real workable solutions; and cry foul and voter fraud when his old worn out message does not translate into polling success.

Biden was just criticizing McCain for not saying it to Obama's face. Now when McCain decides to do it, Biden is disappointed that McCain is going to say it to Obama's face. I've seen flip flops in the Obama/Biden campaign, but that's a pretty quick one.

I would expect Joe Biden to ask McCain about HIS relationships with Keating . . . how about Jesse Helms and Strom Thurmond? How about Byrd (a member of the Klan)

Any why is no-one concerned about the Troopergate report??

McCain is desperate and it shows!

Obama should bring up the AIG and the Iran Contra subversive group that McCain served as a board member and oh yes, about his earmarks that no one discusses.

Joe, you didn't really expect him to talk about any of the important
issues that this country is facing did you?

Darn!!! It is rough to watch the old McCain going down the tube. Once a war hero (at least according to his father the Admiral) and now a shadow of his former self. NOW a coward, sending out a woman, the floozy from Alaska, to do his dirty work. Hardly a show of leadership and strength Senator.

I hope that the McCain camp will finally realize that the American people areTIRED of these lies & innuendos!!
My state is going BLUE, so my husband & I have been going into PA for the last several weeks to help out in that swing state. It's looking good there, too!!
THINGS LOOK GOOD, PEOPLE, BUT WE ALL NEED TO GET OUT & VOTE FOR OBAMA/BIDEN IN NOVEMBER!!!!

As long as McCain addresses his part in the Keating's savings and loan debacle and Palin's current ethics violations, I have no problem with Obama discussing what happened in this country when he was 8 years old.

McCain is obviously soiling his pants he is so terrified that he is going to miss his last chance to be president that he is willing to forego his morals. Let us hope our once proud hero thinks better of bringing up negative attack after negative attack and instead will tell us about his plans for the future of this great country.

his own party members has told him he out of touch they
do not even stump for him that says a lot

This is what I call "Republican Transference". Think about it, they did this in 2003, they morphed Osama Bin Ladin into Saddam Hussein. Now, they are morphing William Ayers into Barack Obama into Osama Bin Ladin. I know, it doesn't make sense to a normal human being...but to the red meat, fire and brimstone crowd...stoked by Yosemite Sarah...it makes perfect sense!

Pathetic the McCain camp is. The more he brings up non-sensical topics the more points he's losing. I guess that's the only thing left the McCain camp has. They just don't have the answers to what matters most to the American people. How sad.

NOBODY cares what Joe Biden has to say--have you seen how many people show up at his speeches?–about 2,000 on average.

Sarah Barracuda signs that many autographs from the 25-60,000 people that show up for her speeches.

Once Sarah gets that albatross (McCain) off her neck, she'll win the presidency in 2012.

"Maybe Obama can explain how he's been "stretching the truth" in describing Ayres as an "acquaintance". This guy hand picked Obama, and started his political career!!!"

This is a flat-out lie. The very idea that a $200 contributiuon to Obama's re-election campaign when he was in the Illinois state legislature is beyond laughable. Your post further demonstrates how difficult it is for Palin supporters to recognize or tell the truth.

We need to keep Senator Obama lifted up in Jesus name. Amen.

This is Sen. Obama's chance to address McShame's slander head-on.

We will not be disappointed.

To echo another call on this board.....Don't stop your donations now! Barack Obama needs our help through the finish line!

Another Marine family for Obama/Biden 08!

I think on Times and Fact Check etc... already gave people the whole picture about Ayers. McCain just grab a straw to save his campaign.

Hasn't anyone heard of the mighty Joe Biden stealing the contents of an article by a British Parliamentarian and presenting it as his own? And he did this, not once but twice, although lifting it from another author. So I'm sick of thieving Joe being so sacrosanct when it comes to slamming his so-called friend John McCain. Perhaps that botox treatment to his brow went a little deeper than planned.

McCain is lashing out....just like a wounded animal would.

I hope Obama brings it up first and shocks the hell out of McInsane. Bring it up on his own terms and set the tone for the debate – he's not there to mess around – he's there to show he is our next POTUS.

As registered democrats, my husband and me really liked McCain before this election season and could have even seen ourselves voting for him. This election season has totally and thankfully opened our eyes to the trashy campaign McCain/Palin are running under the guise of "family values" while simultaneously showing none themselves to speak of.

How is a capital gains tax cut going to help really? There needs to be more than that. Capital gains/losses are not realized until they are sold. How many people are getting the advice from their FA to sell their stocks. Now is the time to buy not sell. The only real benefit is to seniors that are drawing down on their investments for retirement and again in that case why are you using a "hatchet" instead of a "scalple...Talk about overkill...

Let McCain go at it. It's the bottom of the 9th and Johnny Mac has two strikes, two outs and is down by seven runs! Oh by the way, don't be surprised if the Keating 5 comes up as well!

Don't worry, Joe. McCain is a coward. He can dish it out but can't take it. So let him bring up Ayers, Wright, whatever... then I sure hope Obama will calmly ask McCain about his "palling around" with Charles Keating who has been sent to prison, about Palin's connection with the AIP who despises America and wants nothing to do with this country... Ask McCain if that disqualifies him as a contender for the president's job.

MaryLou said "If McCain brings up AYERS then Obama can look McCain in the eye and address it ", but how can you look in someone's eyes if they don't have enough guts to look back at you?
I'm NOT registered with a party, and when I look at these candidates, I see one who has a plan and hope; the other who has rhetoric and a call to fight a war that is ravaging our country's economy, with a VP who has already been deemed as unethical by her own State. Yikes!!! The choice is clear Obama/Biden for change.

Be a real news network like FOX. I hear they are kicking your butt in ratings. Fox reports the news without taking sides. WOW what a concept.

President Obama has nothing to hide.

Everybody watch the debate tomorrow night. McCain is going to bring up Ayers, ACORN, and question Obama's character. He is going to seem like a loser and that he is throwing a bunch of theories out there to hope that one of them will stick.

Obama will clear up the whole story about Ayers and ACORN and he will return to the issues, while McCain will try and draw Obama back to controversy. McCain will eventually get mad at Obama and express his hotheadedness. He will tank his campaign and that will be the end of McCain.

Palin however will lose this race and if not impeached in Alaska, she will lose reelection in 2010 in the Alaska gubernatorial race.

Obama Biden 08.

Joe WHO?

25,000-50,000 people show up every time Sarah Palin has a rally.

Joe WHO? is lucky to get 2,000.

Nuff said?

I now think John McCain is a pig. I reserve that word for only a select few people and used to hold John McCain in high regard. I'm a former Republican.

how many other "terrorists" sit on the advisory board that consists of repubs. dems. and independents. shouldn't mccain go arrest them.

I am a Canadian citizen and I am disgusted in the fact that the republicans think that Americans are so stupid to fall for their bitter and dirty tricks. McSame and Caribou Barbie need to leave all the hate mongering behind and talk about what is really important. THE ECONOMY!!! OBAMA / BIDEN

I notice that you have not posted my comments but yet you have posted others in support of BO. This in not acceptable and I expect my posts to be posted immediately.

McShame and Hockey Mom are about out of time. Obama will take the "old boy" back to school in this final debate. If he brings up Ayers, Obama will remind him of Keating 5. Enough Said.

Obama/Biden 2008

News Flash!

I just learned that Obama has connections by way of his ancestry to people who bombed buildings and ships, tarred and feathered and hung people, shot at and killed troops, burned the homes of their neighbors, destroyed property and livestock, and destroyed tons of tea in a harbor!

That does it. We can’t elect Obama now. He is a direct descendent of terrorists!

I guess McCain is true in the sense he is a fighter. FIGHT FIGHT..LOL!!Unfortunate for him and Ole Winky they don't stand a chance of winning this presidential race. I pray to GOD.....he does not dig up Ayers again!!! I'm beginning to feel sorry for him.

To "Does Obama Palin Comparison" Get your facts straight, The Senator that was retiring her seat picked Obama to replace her, and she asked Ayres to have a meet the canidate at his home. Barack was 8 years old when ayres was involved in anti-war stuff – he served on a board with him for a charity – do you know everyones background that you serve on boards with? Ayres lives in Baracks neighborhood – they last saw each other 3 years ago walking in that neighborhood – get over it – talk about real issues!!!!

Eugene – So what if Obama was 8 when Ayers did his acts of terrorism and so what if he is a professor now. What do you think he's professing? Could it be the same thing Wright preaches? And what about Rezko? What part of stupid don't YOU get?

John McCain is the most stupid old man in the entire universe.A real dead MUGU.

"Does Obama" goes beyond stretching the truth he/she has written a verifiable lie. Ayres neither 'hand picked' Obama nor started his political career.

Rather, an Illinois State Senator named Alice Palmer, who decided to run for Congress, initially endorsed Obama to replace her in the State Senate. As part of that endorsement, PALMER organized a small fundraiser to introduce Obama to the community as the candidate she wanted to replace her in the State Senate. PALMER or her people selected the Aryes home for this small gathering. These are verifiable facts.

Stop spreading the LIES, Stop spreading the HATE, VOTE OBAMA/BIDEN '08

Let he who is without sin cast the first stone. John McCain is about to make his last stand and is about to open the gates of hell for himself.

CNN is a fake left wing obama propaganda machine. However you are a little better than NBC and MSNBC but that does not really say anything.

Someone mentioned Lou Dobbs. I stopped watching him a year ago
when I realized he was full of himself and his "always right" ideas. It looks like voters are not listening to him, either. He reminds me somewhat of McCain.

Hey "Does Obama Palin Comparison?":

You really need to stop watching so much Hannity and get your facts straight. Does it make it feel good to be so hateful?

I think Obama should just brush his shoulder as he did before. It works and gets all the flies resting for good.

I sort of hope McCain does bring up Ayers in tomorrow's debate. Maybe his campaign will get all those sour grapes out of its system, and they can start talking about things the voters actually care about.

Also, now that Obama has had all this time to come up with a response to the comments or accusations McCain has said he's going to level during the debate, I'm looking forward to Obama revealing McCain as the petty little man he is.

"Biden has done a number of national and local interviews since being tapped as Obama’s running mate, but his staff has kept him sequestered from the reporters that travel on his campaign plane...."

Why on earth would Biden be sequestered from the press corps?
That makes no sense whatsoever.

Mr. Biden would like the American people to overlook Mr. Obama’s past. Mr. Obama is ashamed of his shady past and frightened that the American people will learn the truth. Both of these men would like each and every American to vote for them and not ask questions.

When we stop asking questions of those that lead and want to lead our nation, we become a lesser America. It is the duty of every American to ask questions and make an informed choice when voting.

McShame is so pathetic.

If McCain is going to raise the Ayers, Obama MUST RAISE his long relationship to GORDON LIDDY, who was convicted in the Watergate scandal, was planning some bombings of his own, was going to kidnap protesters at the GOP convention, and who admits to no remorse whatsoever.

Yes well then if McCain goes there...how about revisiting his Congressional Ethics investigation re: Charles Keating and his role manipulating federal banking regulators

I want McCain to bring it up. That way Obama can answer the question and put all of this to rest.

I like fox news you know fair and ballanced. Not just all Obama all the time news. Pretty sick to watch.

Really you need to change the name from CNN news to propaganda.

This is an issue–to millions of us–and therefore, also to John McCAin.

Today at Palin's rally someone in the crowd yelled "kill him." McCain/Palin should be very careful!

You know....this is not the Wallace and Dr. King's era. This is a new era with new people who has learned from the past.

Be careful McCain/Palin.

Why would this suprise anyone. The Republican campaign is in the toilet and they're trying to take everyone with them.

get ready to SHARE THE WEALTH baby!

What good has negative campaign done for the marverous?

I guess he is too old to learn.

All I can say is 3 more weeks. Nov.4th can't come soon enough for me...

It didn't work for Hilary

Well it's kind of late in the game for that stuff and besides that it's just old news I don't see as a game changing move at all

Dear Eugene,

I guess they don't get you!

I'll say this again. Joe Biden if he is such a "friend" to you-why don't you go and join his campaign? Only the serious need apply here. If McCain does bring up Ayers you can bet your last dollar it will be in a very respectful way as he knows Obama will put him in his place real fast and he won't like it on national t.v. A lot of us question McCain's "friendship" with Cindy while he was still a married man. Why don't you explain that to the public McCain. Oh that's right-that's off limit.

You may be dissapointed, Joe, but this would be no surprise. For a man who has lost his honor, his dignity and his integrity, don't be surprised at him scraping the bottom of the barrel. Let's see what he has to say baout G. Gordon Liddy, the convicted felon friend he is so proud of that has had fundraisers for him!
OBAMA/BIDEN 08!

Really can anyone be shocked about what McCain does in this election anymore?

John has nothing but smear and fear the war monger has nothing when the ecconomy is all up in your face... no worries there is so much dirt on the old man one can just start with the CNN special that revealed his true self.... liar, cheat, etc......

I am voting for that one!

Obama and Biden

PS: Like we say in the neighborhood John.... don't start no mess won't be no mess... in other words open up that tired can of Ayers worms..... it will be your down fall.

the question remains; being a heart-beat away from the top office in the land, where is mr. cheney..

Obama should do a scolding as memorable as the Joe Welch/Joe McCarthy confrontation in the early 1950s

"Shame on you McCain for attacking by character and ethics over an individual who is peripheral to my life and is separated from me by a generation. Rather than discussing the issues you have to stoop to petty distractions. I've never brought up your lack of judgment in the Keating Five – a criminal corruption case."

Even more hypocritical is the Republican whining when the media investigates Palin's links to a radical separatist group and "Troopergate." Somehow that's yellow journalism.

I hope he brings up Acorn – that is more relevant to me. Did Obama cost Hillary the primary? 800k is a lot of votes to buy apparently – 1.3M of them!

PLEASE PLEASE ash MCSHAME about PNAC and how he and others want to OBTAIN WORLD DOMINANCE through WAR.

You know, when I was building pipe bombs and shooting heroin with Barack in my basement, we used to joke about how one day he was going to con unsuspecting evangelicals into voting for him as president.

Good times...good times.

First off, there was nothing wrong with Obama serving on a board to help schools in Chicago...to say there was, insinuate Obama "pals around with Ayers" or that Obama kicked off his campaign at his home are out and out lies!
After the election, in which the McCain/Palin ticket goes down by a landslide, she will return to Alaska. If the Legislature does not bring articles of impeachment, she will serve out her term under investigation for having the same contractor who built her home, then given a contract for the Wasila sports center. Disgraced and in jail!!!

Just a few of McPalin's skeletons:

Charles Keating, G Gordon Liddy, US Council for World Freedom, Jesse Helms, Strom Thurmond, AIP, drug use, stealing to support drug use, adultery, teenage pregnancy, Troopergate, lawsuit over building the Wasilla sports complex on land that did not belong to the town, bridge to nowhere, shooting wolves from planes after voters voted twice against it......

Ayers? Really? Does McCain really want to go there?

So far, there has been no election fraud because there has been no election.

My experience with voting is that you are asked for identification when you go to vote and at that time you sign your name and initial the form.

If the workers at the polling places are doing there job, how can someone vote more than once? How can a dead person vote?

Mary
St. Louis, Missouri

I WANT MY GAS FREE TAX HOLIDAY MCCAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Don't worry about it, Joe! The McPain ticket is simply lowering itself to the level of vermin by continuing its character attacks on Obama. Surely, by now, the American public is wise to these sorts of slimy Republican attacks (hey, do you REALLY want another 'Bushie' in the White House?).

Go OBAMA!!!!!

TRANSLATION:

Oh darn, Barack Obama is going to be exposed....

PUMAS 4 McCain/Palin
2008 !

Great! Obama will be ready with response...no worry!!!

Even though ,whatever went on ,Ayersis still standing and free, if he was a terriost, why did we as americans give him a chance to teach our childrens . Why no prison time> he have been among us and our childrens for decade, why now. Still no arrest,it is said he is a terroist.go get him.
PLEASE AMERICA ! LETS BE FOR REAL WE LOVE AMERICA!

Lets talk about all of Obama's past buddies. Ayres, Wright, Acorn. John McCain should even ask about this quote from Barack Obama's book Audacity of Hope: 'I will stand with the Muslims should the political winds shift in an ugly direction". I would really like to know what Barack meant from that.

Let 'em! I am sure Obama is ready for an attack that will put McCain back on defense as McCain has been for several weeks

McCain, his people & Fox News has ran this crap about Ayers in the ground & the only people who belive this mess is the Republican who wasn't going to vote for Obama anyway. So if he thinks that by saying it in the debate will change Obama supporters on voting for Obama, McCain is preaching to the choir!!!

I think yes it is time for obama to sguash this bug and take the remainder of McCains votes and take this country in a new direction! Go Obama 2008

2nd post attempt.........
Ayers must be brought up at the debate. Acorn must be addressed by Obama because of his link with them. A legitimate election is at stake here, people.
McCain is in a position to ask about all this at the debate.

sen biden dont be alarmed about ayers because the surpise for mccainbush is that he surrounded himself with the woman that bombed medical clinic's and the annegbergs which the mrs is one of the main contributors of mccainbuch. palincheney has been tied to separtise party. sen obama was 8 years old when ayers done his thing, but mccainbuch and palincheney were adults so thier actions on judgment out ways sen obama. after all when you meet someone do you ask them , hey before i speak to you what's your life history?

It's OK Joe!!!

Barack will STILL beat his 'you know what'.

McCain WILL fumble the ball.

WE, the AMERICAN PEOPLE, KNOW what McShame is ALL ABOUT.

WE don't listen to a word he or HIS PIMPED OUT PRINCESS have to say anymore.

We have a LAME DUCK President and we can call the PALIN/McCain ticket a LAME DUCK CAMPAIGN.

Yes by all means...lets talk about the Senators previous connection with terrorists groups and the incident involving his ties to previous savings & loan scandals. Meanwhile, I'm sure the "other" Senator..."That one"...can explain knowing a Chicago professor and citizen in good standing...When it comes to skeletons McCain has a WAY bigger closet than Obama.

These bloggers sound deranged and in denial of reality, " Lets's keep praying and donating" your praying and worshiping a false leader.

Maritza

Obama can just bring up McCain's involvement with Charles Keating. McCain can't use the excuse that he was 8 when Keating committed his crimes, he was in his early 50's. And McCain has continued to demonstrate an affinity for the type of economic policy that Keating loved taking advantage of. But it doesn't matter. Only the right-wing nuts happily swallowing the psycho GOP kool-aid are buying into the Ayers stuff. McCain is going down, hard.

Sorry you are disappointed Joe, as I am not, because I know that McBush is low and has no morals. If he wants to start that battle then so be it, he was directly involved with Keating and the fact that his pathetic pick of a VP was found guilty of abusing her power and being unethical speaks volumes for his character. Your done McBush, so if you really want to put country first, pack up your stuff and go back to Arizona. While your at it buy eskimo barbie a one way ticket to Alaska and tell her we don't want her back in the states!!

Obama/Biden '08

Don't be disappointed, Joe. it gives barack Obama the chance to call the old goat out in front of 60 million people! And he NEEDS to be called out, and soundly. What a piece of s**t!

Bring it on McCain, we will be waiting for you to bring this up so we can raise the issue about the head of your transition team, William Timmons, aiding and lobbying for Saddam Hussein. Since the media wants to focus on ACORN and AYERS, let's focus on SADDAM HUSSEIN and TROOPERGATE!!! AND, the fact that the McCain/Palin ticket is the first one in history to have both candidates convicted of ethics violations by their peers while in public office.

Can we bring up John McCain's first wife–the one he abandoned after she had a horrible disfuguring accident? The wife he cheated on with his current wife? The long time she spent faithfully waitng for him to return from Vietnam only to be dumped for a younger, wealthier model says more about McCain' character than any incidental contact Obama may have had with Ayers.

My Friends, Jon MakCain may as well start working on his concession speech. This race is over. MakCain has been over his head from the beginning.

WHY IS CNN CENSORING FREE SPEECH – HERE IS PART OF JOE BIDEN'S INTERVIEW CNN DO NOT WANT VIEWERS TO READ:

“I think it was Bill Clinton said, all campaigns are about tomorrow, not yesterday. And I’m paraphrasing him. And I think that’s what people want to know. And I think when you don’t talk about those things, when you don’t lay out, when you spend more time talking about your opponent than you do what you’re going to do, then I think it’s fairly transparent.”

On the final presidential debate tomorrow, which some pundits say is McCain’s last chance for a breakthrough moment, BIden said he expects Obama to win. ”I think what the debate has shown, the last two debates, is a guy who’s confident and steady, and a guy who’s not quite sure of where he wants to take the country,” he said. “All Barack’s got to do is repeat the performance he’s had the last two times out. I feel good about it, I have total confidence in him.”

AND BY THE WAY, HAS PAIN-LIN EVER DONE ANY INTERVIEWS? OR IS THIS POWER-ABUSER BROAD EVER GOING TO ANSWER QUESTIONS STRAIGHT-UP TO NEWS REPORTERS ON THE TRAIL?

I DOUBT IT!!! – POST THIS COMMENT AND LET FREE SPEECH REIGN FREE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Timmons, McCain's Transition Chief worked for Saddam Hussein to get international sanctions lifted! He also lobbied for Fannie Mae. Please, my friend, bring up the Ayers stuff. Apparently that's two people you forgot to vet.

If McIdiot brings up Ayers, Obama can bring up Keating 5 and G. Gordon Liddy, the latter is much more recent!

Why Senator Biden? Why are you disappointed? Yes if it was the Senator McCain that we all knew, the one I gave money to, yes then there would be a reason t be disappointed. But not with the new Senator McCain.

I am not disappointed. In fact, I would've been totally surprised if he did not bring it up.

So let McCain talk about Ayers-a college professor with whom Obama served on a board devoted to improve education and who happened to be a Weatherman when Obama was 8 years old.

Then perhaps McCain would like to talk about William Timmons.

According to the Huffington Post : "William Timmons, the Washington lobbyist who John McCain has named to head his presidential transition team, aided an influence effort on behalf of Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein to ease international sanctions against his regime.

The two lobbyists who Timmons worked closely with over a five year period on the lobbying campaign later either pleaded guilty to or were convicted of federal criminal charges that they had acted as unregistered agents of Saddam Hussein's government."

That would be interesting.

all you idiots voting for barack obama better try to find out the truth because he is one dangerous man, with several ties to radicals and people who hate america, and once he is in the white house it is to late for change, this country will become a socialistic country and there will be no freedom anymore a matter a fact i am 100% sure this is the case and he was sent here by the middle east to destroy this country anybody can stand up and tell you lies that make you feel good and make you feel like they care but check the record i could tell you the saddest story that would make you cry and get all emotional but that doesnt mean it is true, of course he is going to be friendley and nice and relate to you and your problems thats what the television evangelists due and idiots send them money all day long, and by the way the people who knocked down the towers were nice and friendly to just ask the neighbors who lived next to them, do me a favorite leave your phone numbers so i can call you when this country is getting destroyed because you are so stupid to vote for this manaic, and cnn you should be in jail for treason not reporting the truth and endangering the lives of all american people by not putting out the truth and your station telling lies all day long.

I'm disappointed too! Why can't McCain leave what happened 40 years ago in the past? Is he ready to have the Keating 5 come up in the debate since it occurred more recently?

And the "WINNER" tomorrow night debate will be "BARACK OBAMA!!!!!!!!!

No matter how stupid John Cindy McSame will try to bring up the Ayers still the economy will demoninate the debate.

This is how debate will be read on the newspaper the day: "IT IS ECONOMIC STUPID"

Does politics means lying to or cheating voters? John McCain knows the fact that Barack has no thing to do with Ayers and does not make sense to talk about all this long . So, why is it important to bring it on the debate? Why does he try to waste our precious time watching his nonsense propoganda? I am sure the American people are smart enough to sort out the good, the bad and the ugly from the next debate. Such kind of camppaigning should not have any place in the future presidential elections.

Did all the people posting today have a talk with Howard Stern today?

No need to be disapointed Joe. Just goes to show how much McCain has changed. Really pathetic. This man has lost all his honor.

I don't care about a casual acquaintance with Bill Ayers. I was more concerned about Bush’s formal acquaintance with Dick Cheney and looked how that turned out. I already voted by mail and it wasn’t for McCain.

Vote out all incumbents for Congress. Vote 3rd party candidates for Congress.

Hummmm, McCain is going to bring up Aryes and "Possibly Rev. Wright". OK Sen. McCain. lets bring up John Keating, G. Gordon Liddy, The Alaskan Independance Party, etc etc etc.

On one hand, I feel sorry for the people who have drunk the Obama-flavored koolaid and actually believe his tax proposals. Even if he stayed true to his campaign rhetoric, how do you think he is going to pay for all of the government sponsored programs he has planned, health care, social security, etc? That's easy. He will collect all of his US Army toys and go home from Iraq regardless whether the enemy is done playing. He will then begin slashing the defense budget with more base closings. His ideas of the re-distribution of wealth, i'm afraid, will come at a cost much greater than just four years of liberalism. It may cost us our ultimate freedom. But then, as Thomas Jefferson said, the country gets the government it wants.

I wonder how many times Obama can say"uumm""uumm" when he speaks without teleprompter?

Does Obama Palin Comparison?
Perhaps then Palin can shade some light on her connection to the Alaskan Independence Party! Won't you think it fair?

After all, John McCain has nothing to offer but disdain, mockery and negative attacks. Its come down to this. The so called "great American Hero" has shown his true colors by falling prey to his stupid VP pick by following in her footsteps resorting to vicious baseless and senseless attacks on Barack Obama's character and his leadership. If McCain was really the leader that many think he is, he would definitely not be part of this dirty, mudslinging campaign the republicans are running. They have now run out of ideas and are desperately trying "anything goes" strategy to get to the White House. We have all had enough of these republican idealogues and their rotten ideas. The writing on the wall is very clear now. Out goes all of these scoundrels!

And many of us are disappointed that you sold your soul to the Devil, Joe Biden - remember what you said during the primaries: "Barack Obama is not qualified to be president?"

What else can you expect from McCain. It is better for him to talk about Ayers because when it comes to economy and other major issues there is nothing much he can say. It is over McCain go back home. Don't forget to send the Alaskan beauty back.

OBAMA AND BIDEN ARE TRUE LEADERS. MCCAIN AND PALIN ARE HATERS OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, BASED ON THEIR EVIL ACTIONS.

I think Obama should challenge McCain to crack down on corruption and unethical behavior... starting with his running mate Palin.

saw it reported on CNN that suburban woman are not liking Palin and are voting Obama!! feel the shift???? LOL Go home, Sarah......you're done here....

I am very disapointed in McCane's character attacks. For a man who was crucified in 2000, he apparently has no integrity. McCane is living in a storm of obsession–unable to see his frightening behavior. He sold his soul and is no longer an honorable man. He is now a prisoner of his own personality.

McCain.... "This one over here has not the judgement of a commander and chief my friends" Take for Instance Ayers, whom senator Obama has been palin around with and even served on a board with"

Obama..." I would like to address this issue.... John, I was 8 years old playing on the sliding board in my communty's park like many children..... Regarding he and I serving on a board together, every member on that board was trying to bring about a positive change by helping out the local community. During this same time Ayers was also serving as a professor which he still is today..... But john, I do not understand how all of this will help the American People feed their children, keep a roof over their heads, afford healthcare, create jobs.... you tell me how your question or your concern about an individual is going to uplift our economy senator"

Note: Obama and Biden not attacked in kind. We haven't heard a peep out of them about Palin's close relationship with the seditious Alaska Independence Party, McCain's close personal and political connection to convicted felon, Charles Keating or his service on gun runner John Singlaub's board.

Did anyone listen to Howard Stern today?? enough said!

Since the media won't talk about it, let's be frank and admit that with Palin candidacy, we're watching the end of the Republican party as it is. I expect Obama be the President until 2016. By then, here's what going to happen. The right-wing lunatics will form their own party, based on conservative values (lies, fears, projecting evil on anybody who's not like them).

The conservatives will have to join the libertarians, with whom they share economical ideas. On social issues, they will be midlle ground, which will attract moderate democrats.

You will have then the more liberal democrats, forming the third party.

There is no way, after the "intelligence ground zero" campaign offered by Palin, that the fiscally conservatives, who are ashamed and angry at Bush, will continue in this direction, namely to have a friendly idiot as a President.

So be it. The reign of the two parties is over.

Bill Ayres is nonnews....If John McCain brings up this silly topic during a debate, it will be the finish of him. People want to make up their minds based on real issues this country is dealing with now. The republican candidates have become tabloid.

If John McCain chooses to live in the past, that's his perogative, but he should walk softly, there are lots of ghosts waiting to revisit his past.

If McCain does go there during the last debate, it will have to be the performance of his life to have any effect whatsoever in the Polls. It's far more likely that any attempt will doom him to even further drops.

But the real question is – will he be able to bring it up? He didn't manage to during the second debate, even though he said he would. And If McCain can't even look at Obama while he's making his acusations, that only sends the messages that he himself doesn't believe that it's a real issue, and that he feels ashamed of himself for bringing it up. The third debate ought to be very interesting to watch.

Barack Obama has so many 'uglies' of John McCain's that he can pull from the hat...John McCain would be a fool to do anything but discuss the issues – No time like the present though to pull it all out in the light .... John McCain will see those things he is trying to make such a big deal of, will be nothing...but when the table is turned on what McCain is hiding, it won't be quite so innocent. And, yes, I am from Arizona.

What's to worry?

McCain has Liddy, and now Saddam Hussein, to account for.

Palin, as we learned today, has her clear bigotry to account for.

Those alone are enough to derail the Ayers conversation, especially given the obvious response for Ayers already provided from various sources.

I am praying that McCain brings them up and Obama can go to his files like the lawyer that he is and proves he has no ties to Ayers. As example A
Next example will be a list of all the terrorist that Mccain pals around with.

Each time he ask a questions about Ayers or The Reverand or Acorn for that matter pull out an example of Mc Cain's dirty dealing over the years and he will shut the hell up. May I have an order of KEATING 5 please !!!

It will give Obama the opportunity to put the McCain/Palin crap to rest. After all is said and done, McCain will be at one of his 11 homes, Palin will be back in Alaska planning a shotgun wedding for her 17 year old unmarried pregnant daughter who didn't quite understand the meaning of abstinence before the benefit of marriage ironically just like her mom Sarah who found herself in the same situation and eloped.

Go ahead McCain and you will completely fall like Rome did!

Please vote early so that your vote really counts!

The Republicans have had many people removed from the voting lists, go in and make sure that you can vote for who you want to vote for!

Your vote matters!

Biden is stupid and a joke. I wonder who he plagiarized his speech from?

I agree with Senator Biden. Whatever happened to the John McCain who wanted to talk about issues? It is very sad that this was not a race between Senator Obama and Senator McCain as we knew him in the 2000 election. Now, Senator McCain just looks like a grumpy old man who wants to be President so bad, he'll say anything. And everyday, it's a different message. Desperation is not a color that looks good on the GOP.

Another doomed strategy. I feel sorry for this man. He used to be a very respectable senator but I think he will go back to his old self and lose the election with dignity.

Lets ask McCain what he thinks about HIS VP pick?

Maggie, VT

Maybe McCain will change his mind now that Huffington Post is reporting McCain's Transition Chief aided Saddam Hussien. Guess there was not vetting there either

this is just another lame attempt by mccain to reinvent himself. Obama clearly called him out for talking about Ayers all over the tv, but then didnt have the, well you know, to say a thing about it in the debates. I hope he does bring it up, it will show him for what he is a distractor. ITS OVER MCCAIN, start trying to bring the country together instead of starting riots at your rallies.

Barak will just make him look like a OLD FOOL which he is !!!!

If I had any good "Positive" Ideas I wouldn't help you America...
You make your own Bed.. You lie in it... Obama knows what I mean

He's the Biggest Liar...

This Republican is voting for Obama!!! I think George Orwell's description is look into the McCain Campaign's entire strategy and one Sarah Palin (aka Troopergate) clearly embraces.

The adjective Orwellian describes the situation, idea, or societal condition that George Orwell identified as being destructive to the welfare of a free-society. It connotes an attitude and a policy of control by propaganda, misinformation, denial of truth, and manipulation of the past, including the "unperson" — a person whose past existence is expunged from the public record and memory, practiced by modern repressive governments.

Boy, does this depict McCain and Palin or what???

McCain just doesn't have any ideas left. All he can do is bring things up when he has no proof. What about finding answers to the economy? What about answers to why millions are without healthcare, why poverty is on the rise, why people are losing their homes and their jobs?

I'm pretty sure Obama will have an answer prepared for this question, especially now that it has been announced. So, at this point to ask Obama about it is a waste of our time. McCain, you wanna waste our time? I guess we'll find out tomorrow night.

I thought that McCain was on top on his game? Ayers is not going to help up get jobs, or send our children to college. Talk about the issues. If he doesn't, I bet his poll numbers are going to go even further down because people don't want to hear that nonsense.. It's about jobs, baby, jobs! Besides, evil never prevails!

Obama simply has to keep on doing what he's been doing with his campaign for the last 18+ months. He knows the issues. He is well versed on matters of finance, foreign policy, military, and domestic issues. He can field questions and mentally shift gears with ease. He is youthful, clear minded, intelligent and always approaches issues with a large dose of common sense.

McCain struggles to keep on point. He can't enumerate core issues. He offers no detail to his solutions. The broad brush strokes he wipes multi-faceted issues with is alarming. "I'm for health care" isn't enough. Not 21 days before election day. Clearly he lacks depth.

Disappointment indicates that you expected better, Joe.

Given McCain's disgraceful performance to date, I don't see how you could have.

It's one thing to talk about this stuff in your rallies and ads, when you have nothing else, but to waste valuable debate time? Not the mark of a great leader.

Also a very foolish thing to do considering not only his Keating 5 issues, his ties to many racist congressmen, the recent findings that Palin broke an ethics law (yet she somehow claims the report exonerated her? I bet she drank the WMD kool-aid too)... it's obvious who the real anti-Americans are... the ones who are determined to keep America in the Dark Ages, and an enemy of every other country in the world. Now THAT'S patriotism, McPalin style!

McCain is a coward. No matter what he does, if he brings up Ayers or he doesn't he will always be a coward. Him and Palin are a disgrace to America.

Obama/Biden 08!!! Everyone make sure to vote!

All's fair in love and war, buddy. The wah, wah Democrats

What about the endorsement McCain proudly accepted yesterday from the couple who gave Ayers $51 million?

obama all da way,debate or no debate

Obama does not have a chance, standing one on one with McCain, on experience, qualification, government achievements and records. Obama can only rely on the economic problems to distract us voters from other equally important issues such as foreign policy, national security, character and his questionable past history, with ties to radical and liberal people like Bill Ayers and Louis Farrakhan, who calls him the "Messiah," and ACORN organization. Why, and who is Louis Farrakhan? Joe Biden and Hillary Clinton knew all better than that, during the primary season, when they themselves tried to win the presidential nomination.

I see what McCain is really about he not for the American People he for hisself and rich people who cares about Aiyers I am worrying if i am going to have job for the holiday that what McCain and Obama need to talk about ....McCain and Palin are jokes

Obama/Biden 08/12

McCain has lost the last 2 debates and he will lose this one as well. He has nothing new to say.
I hope he does bring up the Ayers and Rev. Wright stuff so Barack can clear this us once and for all! Maybe then McCain and Palin can talk about the issues, if they even know what they really are!

Yesterday Obama introduced his Economic Strategic Plan = the Dow SHOOTS UP 937 points

Today McCain introduces his Economic Plan = the Dow DROPS DOWN 200+ points so far!!

JUST A COINCIDENCE? I DOUBT IT!

PEOPLE HAVE WAY MORE CONFIDENCE IN BARACK OBAMA!!

The election is over for McCain. I am glad that McCain has really shown the American people the kind of man he is. He was an officer but not a GENTLEMAN.

Does McGeezer realize that there are many competitive Senate and House races? The republicans are on the verge of becoming totally irrelevant if they lose many more seats. The republicans may become a fringe party leaving a void to be filled by a more moderate group of sane people.

This guy has gotten bad advice from day #1. The American people DO NOT CARE ABOUT AYERS! If McShame brings up Ayers, Obama counters with his economic proposal to get the country back on its feet.

Game over.

McCain has his own skeleton, although CNN isn't covering it so far.
(let's see if this gets posted - every time I criticize CNN in a post it mysteriously vanishes)

Just posted elsewhere - the head of McCain's transition team was one of Saddam Hussein's lobbyists.

SO let's discuss that, too.

On Wednesday night, Obama will rise to the occasion of the subject of Ayers and finally lay it to rest right back in the lap of McCain and his camp. Then McCain will have absolutely nothing else to throw at him. Obama tops McCain with his plans on the economy and even in foreign policy, which was suppose to be the great Senator's super-strength. It's over, McCain! It's over, Ok?

Why you can't print what the viewers say about McCain/Palin. They say nasty things about Obama so why not give it back. McCain/Palin is a big fat liar team. CNN print if you may. I think John McCain will be surprise if Ayers confront him about smearing his name.

McCain uses a noun and a verb to describe himself: "maverick," which means loose cannon, and "fight." He wants to fight lots of wars, he fights with Congress and the president, he fights with opponents, he fights with the media, he fights his own constituents: heck, he fights ACORN, which he himself supported and gave speeches for, until he figured out that registering lots of voters might backfire!
I prefer two words which characterize Obama's campaign (no, not "change," since McCain borrowed that buzzword from him): "hope" and "understand."

Gov. Sarah Palin says, "She have nothing to lose".

Now, is that why she is not taking care of her National Guard Units she deploy from Alaska?

All leader take care of there troops except President Bush and Gov. Palin....

I think it will be great if he raises Ayers, everyone will see how much of a non-issue it really is and how desperate and petty McCain is for bringing it up. It will also give an opening to bring up McCain's links to Iran-Contra in the 80s as well as Palins link to an Alaskan separatist movement. Talk about the hate America Club, one of the separatist leaders hated America so much he insisted on being buried in Canada. If that's how Paliin and her husband see America then they don't share by values.

Obama's character flaws should be brought up. ACORN is another one he can't hide from. The Demwitts call McCain/Palin all kinds of names, but they sure can't take it. Obama is scaring everyone with the race issue,.
Too much dirty laundry going on with Obama
Whatever happens, they're should be a recount........

dear john mccain,

the horse is dead. you probably shouldn't keep beating the hell out of it. just a thought.

I hope he does....that will give Obama the opportunity to put it to rest....Ayers is a college professor now, no longer an activist....how would McCain like it if he was judged on his behavior while at the military academy? McCain better think twice before he opens up a can of worms he doesn't want opened. But he's not smart enough to not go there....it will be fun to watch.

Obama will handle with whatever McCain throws at him. No one wants to hear old news that is meanless.

McCain and Palin has incited such hatred and bitterness that it useless to expect a lot from them. McCain is willing to dishonor, has dishonored what services he has given.

Do you still think that one is articulate?
Do you think he is ready for President?

Folks..... do you want to know who Barack Obama is? Put aside all the rhetoric and listen to the messages he is giving.
1- Listen to Obama's response the plumber. Obama told the plumber that he wants to "spread the wealth around".
2- Look at Baracks history with Acorn and Ayers, Rezko and ??? Shady at best
3- look at Obama's past record. He does not have one other than to vote to raise taxes
4- He wants to give welfare checks to those that pay no taxes. He calls it a tax break.
5- He is proposing $1 trillion in new spending. This is a Socialist policy.

Folks,
BARACK OBAMA will take this country into SOCIALISM. Is that what you want?

McRove keeps trying to distract us from the main issues. Obama being on the board of a non-profit charity group with a university of Chicago professor (acknowledged for his expertise in education) doesn't bother me.

What bothers me is the frightening thought process of the neocons that have tried hard to convince our citizens that we should just talk to and be seen with people who agree with us.

Bush and McCain don't have the intellectual capacity to meet face-to-face with people with very different opinions. They prefer hiding behind their slogans. Obama is comfortable in his intellect and not afraid of people with opposing views.

And the whole world is watching this old man struggle – he's our hero?

It makes me ashamed for him.

I seriously doubt McCain will have the balls to bring this up in front of a national audience and to Obama's face, but I hope he does.

Obama will clean his clock for him.

Ummm... All Dems have to do is raise the name of Washington lobbyist, William Timmons that John McCain has named to head his presidential transition team. He aided an effort on behalf of Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein to ease international sanctions against his regime.

Ayers sounds like a garden gnome compared to this latest revelation in the McCain camp.

If this is such a big issue why didn't McCain bring it up during the beginning of the campaign? Why wait now?

Oh I know, because he's desperate after looking at the poll numbers. So sad.

McCain can bring up ayers and Obama can discuss the chair of McCain's transition team who lobbied in behalf of saddem hussein. this is worse than ayers.

99% of the comments are always pro-Obama and anti-McCain on CNN. Just shows who CNN promotes and the bias they represent. It's not just Ayers, it's a list of whacked people that Obama has had very close ties with over a period of time that make people like me second-guess his judgment and influences.

So are we Biden! But that's alright, the American people know better!
Who wants to identify to the BIden Palin crowd, angry and extrimist in their views!
Very little, and that's why they are slumping in the polls, because Americans want to be part of the movement of Hope and Change, not the one about Past, Hatred and Lies.

Senator Biden, while I love that you are disappointed – because I am too – I think that this is a good sign that McCain won't let go (nor will Palin), in true pitbull fashion, of that losing battle.

Ayers and Wright and all the other ghosts that Senator Obama's already been questioned on, are nothing compared to the lack of integrity and lack of ability on the McCain/Palin ticket. This is all McCain has to do in order to perpetuate his angry old politican reputation.

Where Senator Obama has been steady and consistent in his message theme, McCain has shown erratic change in his demeanor, his message, his plans and his catch-phrases.

No contest!

Of course Biden doesn't want him to bring it up! DUH. It will make his running mate look bad!

You folks do not get it, you are not hearing it all, just what you want to hear.

The question is not what this guy did while Obama was 8; it is judgment and honesty. We are to believe that this Harvard grad, the "smartest" guy ever to run for president (according to you) didn't know about weather underground? Didn't know about Ayers past? He says he didn't… either he is a liar or has no clue. I think we all know he has a clue.

When will McCain debate the issues? and I do not mean just give his pious responses.

I think the winner of this election has already been determined. All that is taking place now is just "cosmetic touch-ups".

John McCain has nothing else left....he can't win with any of the issues as he does not understand any of them.
He will do what he has been doing the past several days bring up stuff from the dark ages and hope something....anything will resonate with the American people.
John McCain's whole campaign has been disgraceful and this man cannot walk away from this election with any dignity or self respect.....he and Sarah Palin have been dispicable throughout.
The writing is on the wall for the McPalin ticket, this country can do better and deserves better.....leadership with dignity is what Sen Obama will bring....roll on Nov!!!!

At what point does it become illegal to spout hate, terrorism (chanting kill him and off with his head) and slander against someone at any kind of rally? Personally, I find McCain/Palin tactics reprehensible and if not illegal, it should be. I don't think ANYONE should be allowed to conduct themselves in a manner that will incite violence...PERIOD! When are the police going to call McCain/Palin rallies over the legal limit?

Why don't they throw Walter Ananburg (sp?) back in their face? He's a darling of the neo-con set and he's the one who included both Obama and Ayers on his committee. If Obama's acquaintence with Ayers is so dispicable, they why are they not castigating Ananburg for selecting Ayers to serve with him?

That's okay Joe, we're going to nip this in the bud tomorrow night. McCain can be a giant if he wants, but he's going to lose.

Hey Goliath, meet David.

Obama/Biden 08

Palin was on Limbaugh... (gee... what a surprise)....

I guess they talked a little about ACORN....

I wonder if he asked her about her Abusing her Powers in Alaska....

I wonder if he had her comment on the purging of rolls and the ever present voter suppression....

NO??? i guess not...

To all Obama supporter's don't become complacent. Get out the Vote!!!

LOL...McCain and Palin want to complain about voter fraud, i.e., abuse of the right to vote, and yet somehow, they see their way through to conducting the biggest campaign of misinformation in US electoin history in order to get voters to vote for them because they were exposed to falsehoods that they unwittingly believed. Yeah, that's a sound moral high horse for ya...you betcha.

I think, the fact that there are so few posts here on any of the CNN tickers from McCain/Palin supporters – should tell us something. ie: There are not very many of them!!

It was a charitable board with other people on it for a good cause. Obama didn't put him on it or give him a job at a university. How well do we know anyone that we work with?

I hope Obama brings up up the AIP organization that Sarahs husband belonged too they had a deal about it on cnn about 3:30 this afternoon, I was hoping there would be an article on here about it. Or I hope they show it again on the news.

ACORN,,,,,,,,,,,,VOTER,,,,,,,,,,,FRAUD,,,,,,,,,,,RAMPANT,,,,,,,,,,,,,OBAMA,,,,,,,,,,

WAS,,,,,,,,,,,,A,,,,,,,,,,,,COMMUNITY,,,,,,,,,,,,,ORGANIZER,,,,,,,,,,,,,,AND,,,,,,,,,

COUNSEL,,,,,,,,,,,,,,FOR,,,,,,,,,,,,,ACORN,,,,,,,,,,,,,,WHY,,,,,,,,ISN'T,,,,,,,,,,THIS,,,,

BEING,,,,,,,,,,,EXAMINED,,,,,,,,,,,,,CNN ? ? ?

PLEASE POST THIS

McCain chose Sarah Palin, while Obama chose the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. That says it all.

HOW CAN FLIP FLOP , KNOW WHAT DO WITH OUT A SCRIPT . FROM THE HOLLYWOOD STAR . hAS ANYONE SAW THE LIST OF HOLLYWOOD STARS , GEEE ALMOST THE WHOLE POPULATION . fROM THE DRUGIES TO DIVORCEE; THE DUI'S , AND CRACK JACKETS.

BIG QUESTION FOR JOE ? HOW COME IT IS ALRIGHT FOR BARRY'S FRINDS IN PALESTINE THAT DONATED HIM ( 2 BROTHERS ) $33,300.00 . THEY CALL HIM THERE MUSLIM FRIND BARRY. AND ANY ONE ELSE , WE SHOULD NOT . ???

AS THEY SAY BORN A MUSLIM , YOU ARE AMUSLIM .

WRIGHT, ACORN AYERS . aND JOE CLEAN UP HIS PLANE , THEY SAY IT IS IN DISSARRAY , AND SMELLS. ? WAS IT POT.

Why bring up a 40 year old story when the world is facing the current crisis? Is what another guy did, a guy that Obama happens to have met, more important then the problems people are facing today?

Just how is this relevant to the people facing foreclosures, pensions that are no longer worth what they used to be, houses worth less then is owed on them, families without a steady income, joblosses, closing workplaces, prices that are going up when income is going down, etc. , etc.

Just how is Ayers relevant in this election and during this crisis? The mismanagement of the economy is doing a million times more damage then Ayers ever could have dreamed or hoped to do.

Republicans always talk about character, despite their general lack of it. How else could they convince voters to vote against their own self-interest? We've had 12 years of voodoo economics under Reagan and Bush, then 8 more years under Bush Jr. The country is almost bankrupt, the economy is a disaster, the 8 hour day and 40 hour week are fading memories, health insurance doesn't exist for much of the population, Americans are unable to afford cancer treatment, our health delivery system is the most expensive in the world but our health is about 37th in the world, our children cannot afford the gas to drive to college much less tuition, and...

Republicans are talking about the fact that Obama knows a guy who said some bad things 30 years ago. Are they arguing that Obama agrees with Bill Ayers? No. Did Bill Ayers commit a crime for which he was not punished? No. How can any voter fall for this foolishness?

What's next? Are Obama's daughters wearing short skirts? Did Obama once shake hands with Jane Fonda? Did Joe Biden speed on the freeway? Does Mrs. Biden wear tacky shoes?

I personally cannot believe the people who are raising this issue. I don't think they care one way or the other. They just want an issue that has traction. It's Willie Horton all over again. (Youngsters, google Willie Horton.)

OK... why is this guy Ayers a professor @ a university if he is deemed so much a threat??? How stupid to you have to be or become to buy this malarkie???????? Was not Obama like 7 or 8 years old when Ayers did what he did??? Obama was eating cereal watching cartoons when Ayers was running around. Now flash forward 35 years and Obama is on a Board with at least 7 other People including Ayers and Obama is the bad guy??? Give me a break. Hey McCain why is Keating in you campaign??? Just can't get enough of him huh? You two must be very good friends by now!!

A tuff campaign brings out the truth in everyone. I guess we have come along way since the 1800's. People care about race less and less and are realizing that we all bleed red. But you still have those that do not know why they dislike another race but they just do. Kind of hard to accept and love others when you cannot accept and love yourself.

They should conduct a IQ test between Obama/Biden supporters vs McCain/Palin supporters. I'm sure you will find that Obama/Biden supporters are much more intelligent with greater common sense.

Joe might be disappointed but he can hardly be surprised. Senator McCain is tanking in the polls and his VP choice is running amok. This is John's last chance to make his case before the election. Sarah is getting all the press on the republican side and making a textbook case on what not to do. The more we learn about her the more we realize that beauty is truly only skin deep. Sarah has a darkside that surfaces almost every time she opens her mouth. I invite every moderate, independent and republican who is undecided to come over to our side. We have cookies.

Bring it on, Old Man! Obama/Biden '08!

Okay, McCain 's past is not so wonderful either. Bring up his affairs, Keating 5. If we're going to get down in the mud, let's start slinging mud on both sides.

America can take it, but in the end we will still have the financial crisis and the war.

Grow up people.

Safe it MCcain for the nursing home you have lost. Send the stupid VP of yours back to answer to Ethics

Those with skeletons in their closets (AIP, Keating, Troopergate) that have not been addressed should not attack those who have addressed their issues. It will come back to bite him.

I can guarantee that coward John won't raise the issue....he knows Obama has a well laid out answer for him that will only make him look like the moron he is....so no, he won't raise those kind of issues....he will continue to do it behind Obama's back and thru his pit bull!

MAYBE JOHN LEWIS IS RIGHT ON THE MONEY, MC WEASEL IS AN UNDERCOVER HATE MONGER CALL IT LIKE IT IS..

Are you surprise Senator Biden? im not!

What is the big deal about Ayers if Obama has nothing to hide. He wanted McCain to say it to his face and he is.

Let McCain raise what he wants – bring up Keating 5, and don't stop until McCain does!!!!!

Let him bring up Ayres, Rev Wright, Rezko and anything else he wants.
Obama has shown that he is prepared for anything that may get thrown at him and he will use it to his advantage. As we speak, a majority of the public is tired of dirty politics, appalled at the state of our economy and looking for some sort of direction from the candidates. McCain's decision to use these tactics will only solidify the fact that he and Palin are not up to running the country. They have no new ideas and have run a dismal campaign. So go ahead Mr Straight Talking Man of Honor, make our day!

This has already been debunked time and time and time again – what part of DEBUNKED does John MCCain not understand????

Knock off the "Swift Boat","splatter theory", and "CREEP" tactics that Mr. McCain is using now.

Debate THE ISSUES, McCain/Palin - if you DARE.

Obama/Biden 2008

The same leadership that Senator John McCain has done for the US Military:

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - A national veterans' advocacy group says members of Alaska's National Guard are not getting adequate care when they return from deployment. The group is calling for the Guard to stop deploying its members.

Veterans for America says it spent one week gathering information from Alaska's rural and urban area and found the needs of Alaska's guardsmen and their families are not being met, specifically after a deployment.

"There are problems both in the quantity of care in the rural areas, and then unfortunately there's also the problem of quality," Jason Forrester of Veterans for America said in a phone interview.

The report goes so far as to say the Guard should not deploy its members until improvements are made, specifically in the areas of:

Access and affordability of care for Alaska Natives
Post-combat mental health
Job security for returning guardsmen
Outreach programs for women in the Guard

Nothing to fear but fear itself, Mr. Biden. Ayers, ACORN, or any other acronym from the past is just corny. Some people are not even going to bother to watch the debate. Quite a number have already cast their absentee ballots.

Will McCain bring up the FACT that he made a mistake in picking a VP that IS UNETHICAL & ABUSED her powers?

i would bring up mccains terrorist ties to gw bush.

Maybe Obama can explain how he's been "stretching the truth" in describing Ayres as an "acquaintance". This guy hand picked Obama, and started his political career!!!

C'mon Barry! Rev. Wright? Ayres? Are you going to turn your back on all of your "old friends", once you start feeling the political heat.

Obama...A two-faced, self-serving empty suit.

Ayers is a professor in Chicago. Keating went to jail. Ayers did his 60's revolutionary thing when Obama was 8. Obama's "crime" was taking a $200 donation from Ayers. Keating did his illegal thing with McCain when the senator was a senator. What part of "stupid" don't the Republicans get?

Lou Dobbs hate monger and phoney Independent. CNN get rid of this bloated bag of wind before he completely destroys what ever credibility you have left. He is a disgrace to America and he thinks he is it's hero. How sad.

Shame on John McCain,

I hope the audience boos him. Enough is enoug!

I quess McCain will try just about anything to get elected. I don't think the American people are as dumb as McCain thinks they are..

Go Obama......

Let Mr. McCain ask this question face to face. I've heard Obama answer this question several times in the media .... I'm satisfied with his answer.

Barack will make this country proud.

Oh and by the way, he's not an Arab or a Muslim, even though there's nothing wrong with being either. Grow up, you people are so high school.

This is all McCain has left.

Bring it on GRANDPA!! Wait, just wait for the answer...we havebeen waiting on you to get some NADS!! Good luck tomorrow night because you cannot win and long as the economy is in the toilet.

McCain trying to resurrect this dead horse will just further alienate independent voters who want to hear about real issues. I am hoping McBush will bring it up, so that Obama can put this puppy to bed once and for all.

The more McOLD brings it up, the more people leave his side. They are sick of it and no one cares

What do you say Joe, should you give him a call?

I think Obama just needs to say..I was 8 yrs old...
I think McCain needs to realize he will offend alot of families who had children ,young adults, who made bad decsisions early on but improved their lives in adulthood and became helpful and productive citizens. Basically, that is Ayers story. He grew up.

Let's hope Sen. McCain brings it up so that it can be put to bed once and for all. Afterward, Obama can then focus on the more important issues of the debate for which Sen. McCain will have no credibility or plan. Let's hope McCain continues the rally cry to"fight" instead of "think and act."

McCain is the very definition of dishonor and hypocrite. I hop he brings up Ayers and ACORN. It would be funny to see Obama brings out McCain's own "terrorist" ties as well as the video that is floating around the net where McCain gave a big speech AT AN ACORN CONFERENCE.

McCain, honorable? NO...Hypocrite? YES YES YES!!

Call him out he needs to know that we are watching his every move, him and his Moose Burger friend from Alaska or wherever.

Obama/Biden change we need now.

I'm an Obama supporter and I say raise everything question–bring it on. Now is the time to have everything asked, and answered. In the end, I will still vote for Barack because he and Joe are the only ones with integrity. After 8 years of GW, we need that.

Obama/Biden 08

I think Obama shouldn't even answer. Just let McCain posture, and turn the lights out on himself.

ONE NATION

This will be the last nail in the coffin for McCain's campaign. He can't attack Obama on the message, so he attacks the messenger. Always a mistake.

This is fine, but where the heck is the BREAKING NEWS concerning McCain and his transition chief's ties to lobbyists for Saddam freaking Hussein?

You'd think the media would be all over this?

If McCain brings up AYERS then Obama can look McCain in the eye and address it and put it to rest, if such a thing is possible with the mud slinging Republicans. They are supposed to sit, facing each other, lets see if McCain can look Obama in the eye.

McCain and Palin are just showing their true character . . . um . . . I mean lack of character

It doesn't matter if he brings up Ayers if he doesn't bring up Wright. He has some weird false sense of moral debt to not raise Wright. He should, because he's a legitimate issue and without talking about Wright, Rezko, Hayes, ACORN etc., talking about Ayers doesn't do much.

Let's keep donating and praying for Barack!

McCain would be stupid to bring this up. He's now given Obama 3 full days to prepare a specific response to any possible mention of Ayers.

McCain has no integrity, no honor, and very bad judgment.

I'm voting early day after tomorrow for Obama/Biden. I know my vote is legal, and it had better be counted.

Barack Obama (Community Organizer) + CRA + ACORN + James Johnson + Freddie Mac/Fannie Mae kickbacks + Barney Frank + Chris Dodd + Chuck Schumer + Democrats blocking GSE regulation

They all add up to a housing market and Wall St. meltdown – bad judgment at best, and corruption at its highest level at worst.

Add to that Tony Rezco + Rev. Wright + Farrakhan + Ayers = more bad judgment

I just wonder how many of those risky mortgages Barack Obama enabled are now in foreclosure!!!

Leadership we just don't need.

And I hope that when McCain brings up Ayers, Obama calmly reiterates his relationship with him, and then turns to McCain and says...

"So John, I hope that I've satisfied any concerns you have about my relationship with Mr. Ayers. Now will you please explain to me how you can stand idly by while your supporters threaten my life at yours and Palin's rallies? Where is your sense of decency?"

I'm not disappointed, McCain is a coward and knows he can't win on the issues. Bring it on John, we'll be waiting for you.

Obama/Biden 08