November 1, 2008
Posted: November 1st, 2008 02:00 PM ET

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Sen. Biden took a shot at Sen. McCain during a campaign stop in Indiana Saturday.
Sen. Biden took a shot at Sen. McCain during a campaign stop in Indiana Saturday.

EVANSVILLE, Indiana (CNN) – The morning after Joe Biden told reporters he hoped John McCain would finish the campaign with a positive tone - “his strength” - the Delaware senator said he doesn’t remember a presidential campaign ending so viciously.

“In my view, over the last few weeks, John McCain’s campaign has gone way over the top,” said Biden Saturday at an outdoor rally on Evansville’s Main Street. “They are trying to take the low road to the highest office in the land. It’s not only George Bush’s economic policies that John McCain has bought hook, line and sinker. He’s also bought Karl Rove’s brand of political tactics.”

“It is disappointing, I never thought I’d see this from a McCain campaign,” Biden continued. “They’re calling Barack Obama every name in the book. They are going out in a way that I don’t recall it being more personally vicious.”

As a supporter yelled, “They’re scared!” the Delaware senator predicted that the tone would get worse in the last three days.

Stopping in Indiana for a morning rally in the middle of a two-day bus tour through Ohio, Biden said he and his wife Jill rose early Saturday. Mrs. Biden went running along the Ohio river while the senator was “walking and running.”

“I tell you, it's getting harder to keep up with her,” he told the crowd.

On her run, Mrs. Biden met a nun who was running and going to mass early so she could make it to the vice presidential nominee’s rally. Returning to the hotel, Mrs. Biden reminded her husband, a devout Catholic, that he hadn’t yet gone to All-Saints Day mass.

“Sister Jean-Michelle, I made 9:00. I made 9:00 mass. I just want to thank you,” said Biden, scanning the crowd for the nun. “I'll call my mom some time during the day and the first thing she'll ask me, 'Joey did you go to mass?' So you saved me, sister. You saved me.”

Mrs. Biden introduced her husband, taking off her coat at the podium to reveal an elegant, bright red dress that got a roar of approval from the audience.

“I didn’t think it would cause that much of a stir,” she responded.

Filed under: Indiana • Joe Biden • John McCain


Susan Cusson   November 1st, 2008 4:43 pm ET

Oh Joe. Give it up. McCain is a real man and hero. You are only on the ticket because John got caught.

Chris, Michigan   November 1st, 2008 5:09 pm ET

What happened to the old McCain? He has lost all respect.

So sad at his old age he will die with shame.

Mariah   November 1st, 2008 5:08 pm ET

We as a nation of people are sick and tired of all the neg crap that's out there........Let's voice our opp. and vote Sen. Obama/Biden not just for us, but for the future of this country/nation. Like Sen. Obama said we are not just a red state or blue state we are the Untied State of America.....remember that when we head out to the poll to vote ......This country need to be untied once more but Sen McCain cannot see the big picture .....people around the world "HATE US"......Sen McCain wake up and smell the coffee

OBAMA/BIDEN 08.

Annie, Atlanta   November 1st, 2008 5:08 pm ET

I don't know how much "worse" we can take. This has been the ugliest campaign I've ever seen, and personally I didn't know there was such pure hatred on the Republican side of the isle. This has been disturbing and downright frightening. I'm afraid of what McCain and Palin may have unleashed. And the most disturbing part of it all is they didn't seem to care.

Joe--Republican for Obama   November 1st, 2008 5:08 pm ET

CNN, You are simply pathetic. I THOUGHT CNN WAS BEING IMPARTIAL AND UNBIASED, BUT THESE LAST FEW DAYS, ALL I'M SEEING IS, YOU ARE SIDING WITH McCain-pALIN.

I am tired of all the fox shows, hannity and all, and now I wont need you to get my news.

PUT THIS ON THE NEWS:

If families were to be kept away from the campaign, as far as being in the news, WHY IS OBAMA's aunt in the news? WHY isn't SARAH PALINS daughter in the news who got pregnant out of wedlock and are forcing her bf to marry the daughter?

CNN, you are pathetic.

A Canuck   November 1st, 2008 5:08 pm ET

Abraham Lincoln said "What is morally wrong can never be right" and he proved that values and judgment trump experience. My hope is that Barack Obama will have the opportunity to do the same.
Vote Obama/Biden and vote early.

Frann A in CA   November 1st, 2008 5:07 pm ET

It's often tempting to want to mete bitter with bitter, anger with anger, smear with smear.

It solves nothing, soiling one's good name and intentions and puts one into the arena with the bullies.

Our country needs more than bully leadership.

Intelligence over Insanity. Obama/Biden 08

Sandy - PA   November 1st, 2008 5:06 pm ET

Yeah, well when you don't have a plan or any accomplishments of your own to point to, and you've chosen a brainless wonder for your running mate, all you can do is attack the other guy and lie about his record and his stand on important issues. Scare tactics and fear are all McCain and Palin have left.

Lilly   November 1st, 2008 5:06 pm ET

Joe Biden looks like an angry, whining uncle.

Once upon a time it used to be that the Republican was a party of whiners and the Democrat was a party of fighters.

In this election it seems that their roles have switched: Democrats are now a bunch of whiners (thanks to Obama) while the Republicans are fighters (thanks to McCain).

tony Froyen   November 1st, 2008 5:05 pm ET

Hmm,
Face it boys,
McCain is going down the drain...
Some work for Joe the plumber...

THE END OF AMERICA by OBAMA   November 1st, 2008 5:05 pm ET

Joe Biden is so divorced from the truth is is a total digrace to this country.
He is a major fool who has been used by obama and will be quickly discarded if obama gets his hands on this government.
And what's with this constant look of fear on Jill Bidens face like the sky is going to fall any second. It's also funny and sad that she really believes Michelle obama likes her.

Old Man Yells At Cloud   November 1st, 2008 5:05 pm ET

Rational people are sick of the xenophopia McCain and Palin have been spewing for the past several months. If anything untoward happens to Obama while in office, we'll hold the McCain campaign directly responsible.

Rodger   November 1st, 2008 5:02 pm ET

John McCain, former war hero, former maverick, former man of honesty and integrity....now a lacky of the consevative(non-intelectual)
base, after 26 years in congress, he now will lose the election and his honor. He will now only be remembered as a senile old man who's judgement and honesty are gone!

Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum   November 1st, 2008 5:01 pm ET

The John McCain that we are now seeing is the John McCain that has always been there. He has carefully and calculatingly hidden his persona under the protection of the MSM, his handlers and those colleagues who were afraid to speak the truth.

Bridg   November 1st, 2008 5:00 pm ET

Tom from Delaware: You have to be that dumb to qoute the criminal, Karl Rove.

Jim Rousch   November 1st, 2008 5:00 pm ET

IF the People are smart enough not to fall for this November surprise, I wonder how Mc Cain will be greeted when he returns to the Senate building.

My guess is that he won't, since his reputation for working with those across the aisle is forever ruined.

Bridg   November 1st, 2008 4:59 pm ET

Arlene, you forgot one crucial person: DICK CHENEY!

Old Man Yells At Cloud   November 1st, 2008 4:58 pm ET

I can't wait until McCain, Palin, and Sam the Liar disappear forever in 4 days.

W O W WO W   November 1st, 2008 4:58 pm ET

AND,,,,,,,OBAMA'S,,,,,,,,,,,,,,SURROGATES,,,,,,,,,,,,,,HAVE,,,,,,,,,,,BEEN,,,,,,,,,,

THE,,,,,,,,,,FILTHIEST,,,,,,,,,,,SOBS,,,,,,,,,,,IN,,,,,,,,,,,,,POLITICAL,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

HISTORY,,,,,,,,,,,,WITH,,,,,,,,,,,,NO,,,,,,,,,,CLOSE,,,,,,,,,,,,SECOND

robin oregon   November 1st, 2008 4:57 pm ET

someone on this commentary is obviously working on the Obama campaign. Exactly who was talking about Obama's arms and legs? Republicans don't talk like that.

Anonymous   November 1st, 2008 4:56 pm ET

McCain's new campaign strategy: Spread the Filth!

jonboy   November 1st, 2008 4:56 pm ET

Tom in delaware is gay

STEPHAN   November 1st, 2008 4:56 pm ET

cnn i hope a new democratic administration make life hell for you . cnn are the weakest of the weak , their fear of anything republican knows no bounds cheifest of the weak is wolf blitzer king weakling him self . cnn are petrified of the republican party they have been for years , sometimes with blitzer it shows visibibly on his face .ive noticed any dirt on obama cnn is right there its front page headlines . i hope the democrats take their revenge on the likes of fux news and cnn . cnn the most pathetic minipulative and boring of all the news networks . you lost my respect long ago cnn . you bunch of sniveling wimps . NOT ONCE , NOT ONCE , NOT ONCE HAS CNN HELD MCAIN AND THE GOP ACCOUNTABLE NOT ONCE , HAVE YOU HELD MCAIN AND THE GOP TO ACCOUNT FOR THE LAST 8 YEARS . YOUR A JOKE CNN . LET ME REMIND THE PEOPLE CNN LIKE ALL MAINSTREAM MEDIA IS OWNED BYE THE RICH OR DARE WE SAY REPUBLICANS .

todd   November 1st, 2008 4:55 pm ET

!!!!

Jim Rousch   November 1st, 2008 4:53 pm ET

Obama has always stated the same amount. Tell the truth, you racists.

Simmy   November 1st, 2008 4:53 pm ET

Sen Biden, he's never been your friend! He's always been a wolf in sheep's clothing. The mask just happened to fall off at this time! Move on!

Rave   November 1st, 2008 4:53 pm ET

Hi Paul,
Don't take Arnold's comments to the heart. He is a Savage from the Savage Land. What more can we expect from Savages.
He and John McCain need to be treated together for Mental Illness..after they lost this election miserably.
Sarah Piglin will get back to her Alaska Independence Party campaign with her Puppet Husband of hers

robin oregon   November 1st, 2008 4:53 pm ET

stick to the script joe

m@earth   November 1st, 2008 4:53 pm ET

Painful to watch an American hero stoop so low as to have to question the very people he fought for and their patriotism. The ugly true character of people come in the hours that try them the most and compromise their integrity in ways they do not expect. McCain is really just a weak man and a poor pilot.

Maddie, Hartford, Ct.   November 1st, 2008 4:52 pm ET

I agree with Joe Biden....I never would have expected John McCain to be involved in such a disgusting campaign! This low road approach is going to cost him the election.

Amy   November 1st, 2008 4:51 pm ET

Joe,
Of course you didn't think that you'd see this type of behavior from John McCain. You were his friend and thought that he'd run an honorable campaign, but power, or the thirst for it, has obviously changed him into a do anything, say anything to get elected politician!

Obama/Biden '08

E. H. Woodard   November 1st, 2008 4:50 pm ET

Joe Green you are so right about the Palin rallys looking like skinhead-fests. I think the "plumber" as used in the context of "Joe the Plumber" is really code for "skinhead" or "neo-nazi"

Rave   November 1st, 2008 4:50 pm ET

Now, i start to wonder ... How much is True in McCain's cock and bull vietnam war stories?? He now has ZERO credibility.
Palin will be the next President – Not for America, but Alaska Independence Party.
They both are Flawed, Evil, Jealous, Fake, Corrupt, Un-ethical
For me, Palin is no different than Anna Nicole Smith.

Gerry in Va. for Obama.   November 1st, 2008 4:50 pm ET

Senator Biden. You know, desperate people do hateful, nasty, rotton things and John McCain is desperate. He had also kept the bigottery he feels for people of other races hidden until he became the front runner in the Republican party. BUT it's all coming out now. He could hardly hide his contempt for Senator Obama during the debates and now says narry a word to sarah palin about letting the bigots shout out at her rallys... Sad to say Senator Biden, but you didn't know John McCain as well as you thought you did...

Ro Lauer   November 1st, 2008 4:48 pm ET

Scrawny body – BIG brain = Obama

Give me that any day over a big body and big mouth.

I had the privilege of seeing Barack Obama a few weeks ago in KC and I will tell you that this man is a man of honor. Watch the rallies!! At Obama rallies, negativity is stiffled. At McCain/Palin rallies it is encouraged.

What decent mother lets her 8-year old child (who by the way is bonded with that baby 100x more than his mother is) listen to people holler "Kill Him" "Terrorist", etc and does not shut them up. Let me tell you, if that were my young daughter, I would be making those evil Rednecks SHUT UP!!

Independent Ohio Female Voter   November 1st, 2008 4:47 pm ET

My father always told me "If you can't win by playing fair , it's not worth winning at all" That is why I am voting Obama/Biden. John McCains judgement on Palin and the running of his campaign have shown me he has NO LEADERSHIP QUALITIES and only wants to get elected . Even at the cost of his honor. How very sad.........this is not the kind of mentality I want in the Whitehouse. Thank God onlly a few more days!!!!!!!

Billy   November 1st, 2008 4:47 pm ET

Palin got prank phone called by The Masked Avengers from CKOI 96.9 FM.

It's a 6 min conversation, hilarious. They call heads of state by the wrong names and she doesn't notice. They talk about her movie, Nailin Palin by Larry Flint, and she just says, "thank you." She doesn't even understand that she got pranked when they TELL her.

She and the campaign are clueless.

janet, ohio   November 1st, 2008 4:45 pm ET

You bet I'm scared. The Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave is about to become just another story for the history books. Barack Obama despises this country as do all of his long-time friends. He will change it all right, but few if any will like what it becomes. It was nice while it lasted.

dont believe CNN   November 1st, 2008 4:44 pm ET

I agree with

Arlene, Illinois November 1st, 2008 3:30 pm ET

With supporters like this how can John McCain not win?

Sean Hannity
Megyn Kelly
Ann Coulter
Michelle Malkin
Russ Limbaugh
George W. Bush
Joe the Plumber
Tito the Builder

also add the
jane doe palin

these people are the worst our country has produced. Listen, the AMerica I know is a country made of hard working people, very decent, and for these clowns, morons and bigots to want to steal the election once more, and for them to take this great country back to the 20, IS UNACCEPTABLE
I WISH MORE AMERICANS WOULD CHECK ON THE HUGE ACCOUNTS OF THE LIST ABOVE, THEY ARE ALL MILLIONARIES, AND THAT IS WHY THEY DO NOT WANT OBAMA BECAUSE HE WILL TAX THEM, NOT ME OR THE PEOPLE BARELY MAKING$60,000
it is a shame if the mcgrumpy and brainless jane get elected,

i just hope we can see the revolution.. i will take onto the streets, this is my future and my daughter's..

Tony the Tiger   November 1st, 2008 4:44 pm ET

republican campaign is sowing and DISTRIBUTING Hate in this country.

Observer   November 1st, 2008 4:44 pm ET

I never thought I'd ever see this stuff coming from McCain, especially considering how he was treated in 2000. I used to have great respect for the man, but that respect has evaporated.
He should have done the right thing about two months ago and fired his campaign managers, and declared, "I'm not going to go negative like many in my party think I should, I'm going to run a positive campaign on the issues." I think he'd be doing much better now because people would have respected him for going against the negative tone his party so often uses. That would be what a real maverick would have done.

Wormy   November 1st, 2008 4:43 pm ET

Palin's rally's are not nothing but a punch of skin heads/rednecks together. They are all racists. I never see any black, hispansics, or any other race at them.
But not surprising, due to I believe she only believes in "pure" white race; which there is NO pure race period. Everybody is mixed with something. I am scotch,irish,dutch,german,swedish,native american; we all are mixed with something.
And we all need to GROW UP, and get ALONG with each other; OR THIS COUNTRY WILL NEVER GO NO WHERE BUT FURTHER DOWN THE DRAIN(with Joe the Plumber/Phoney)!

I AM WAITING ON THE FAT LADY TO SING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

democrats /PA   November 1st, 2008 4:43 pm ET

joe go home and cry to obama we dont need your lies here

IF, Portugal   November 1st, 2008 4:43 pm ET

People say this is not the McCain they knew... could they have been wrong? What I've seen of him on this campaign has been far from honourable. Unless he's been brain-washed this is McCain being McCain under a crisis.

He keeps saying he's been tested... maybe, but if he refers to being a POW, then a lot of americans unfortunately share that past. What sets him apart from all the other POWs?

Maybe he's being tested right now... and, if so, he flunked on character.

annie - never again a dem.   November 1st, 2008 4:42 pm ET

To Paul in Canada – First of all paul you are a canadian not American – so pretty much it is none of your business. Second of all that is nothing and I mean nothing to the filth and lies that obama's campaign have said, spread and promoted on Sen. McCain and Gov. Palin! Third, Gov. Schwar. is married to a Kennedy!! Oh and by the way bernardnet dohrn's book praised sirhan sirhan who murdered Bobby Kennedy. Since you are from Canada you may not know but dohrn is the wife of bill ayres who is the buddy of obama.

Rashid McKalidi   November 1st, 2008 4:40 pm ET

.. “And in the land shall rise the son of Cain” From the north The Deceiver a known Beast of false witness, will take the mark of Cain.
Together they seek to spread fear and invoke hate among the refugees of sin.
In their quest for power they will ignore the light of truth shining on the deeds and words they proclaim.
But take heart, for throughout the land the seekers of light shall rise up and not be fooled. With their strength, the mark [Cain] will be cleansed from the earth and no longer hold power to sway the blind.

Can I get an amen...? :)

chuck   November 1st, 2008 4:40 pm ET

I just heard that Dick Cheney has endorsed John McCain and is out Campaigning for McCain.I almost got a heart attack. Please put a Tag around his neck where ever he goes so people can keep clear .Cheney is just like a child Abuser and the other crack bush was told that his services were not needed. When McCain can call on Dick,George and Rudy for endorsements you know it's going to the DOGS.

Janine Canadian   November 1st, 2008 4:40 pm ET

I quite agree with Senator Biden. This is lower than anyone would have thought any politican would go, leaking someone's immigration file to the public is not only an invasion of privacy but a breach of trust in a department such as Homeland security.

What has has America come too?Thank GOD I leave in a peaceful country like Canada where everyone no matter gender, race or ethnic background is questioned.

America wake up! hope you have the courage to vote for change and not this type of dirty politics. John McCain does not have you best interest at heart, if he did he would end this campaign on a more positive note.

NANCY FROM MONTANA   November 1st, 2008 4:40 pm ET

Arlene , you are so right, McCain's supporters on the far right, especially the likes of Limbaugh and Hannity, are hateful and nasty-

Obama on the other hand, has Colin Powell and other foremost Americans who are thoughtful, intelligent and ethical.

MONTANAN FOR OBAMA/BIDEN

BIG SKY COUNTRY TURNING BLUE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11

John McBush   November 1st, 2008 4:39 pm ET

You forgot:

Karl Rove = Joseph Goebbels
Dick Cheney = Heinrick Himmler

"JOHN MCBUSH / BIBLE SPICE 2008"

Scariest ticket in US History following worst president in US History!

>Joe Green November 1st, 2008 3:24 pm ET
>
>Palin = Ernst Rolm
>
>McCain = Hitler
>
>If McCain is smart, he'll have a "night of the long knives" and purge the >Republican part of the Palin influence.
>
>The Palin rallies are looking more and more like skinhead fests.

Shirley-Ohio   November 1st, 2008 4:39 pm ET

MCCAIN CAMPAGIN IS TAKING THE LOW ROAD TO THE HIGHEST OFFICE IN THE WORLD AND IF THAT DON'T SCARE THE HELL OUT OF YOU, THEN IT SHOULD. SAY ANYTHING DO ANYTHING TACTICS JUST TO WIN. NO MORE BUSH, WE CANNOT AFFORD IT.

mike   November 1st, 2008 4:39 pm ET

Gary, get your facts straight. Go back and watch Obama and Joe the Unemployed Plumber video. It lasted several minutes. Obama was cordial, direct and honest with this man. He answerd the question man to man. It is a lie that Obama didn't like the question. This lie was advanced by Senator McCain. Just another gimmick from this pathetic man. He has lowered himself to depths no one expected. He constantly portrays himself as a man of honor. He stopped being a man of honor the day he "chose" Palin. From that day on, the tone of his campaign has been filthy dirty. McCain and Palin are hate and fear mongerers and a complete disgrace.

curtis   November 1st, 2008 4:38 pm ET

If McCain wins it will be just like Bush's regime. There will only be one Dick in the White House.

sick n tired   November 1st, 2008 4:38 pm ET

I WANT TO SEE TITO THE BUILDERS GREEN CARD!!!!!!

Vote-in-TX   November 1st, 2008 4:37 pm ET

Joe get over it - John McCain and Sarah Palin will do/say anything to win. Keep the Focus on winning for America and Motivate the voters to get-out-to-vote on Nov 4th.

Obama/Biden Supporter

Mike, Land O Lakes, FL   November 1st, 2008 4:37 pm ET

McCain just like Bush " doesn't understand the economy".

annie - never again a dem.   November 1st, 2008 4:36 pm ET

Has obama kissed Mrs. Biden on lips again?

Phil in TX   November 1st, 2008 4:35 pm ET

I just saw the following article about the lack of John McCain signs at your rally [the comments were closed so I thought I'd say it here]...
Sounds like..."The McCain Mutiny'

Freedom Loving Patriot (God fearing too!)   November 1st, 2008 4:35 pm ET

McCain

More Bushy than Bush.

Aaron from Ohio   November 1st, 2008 4:34 pm ET

Senator McCain has nothing else left in his playbook. He can't tout his economic plan, it's too close to Bush's. He can't tout his VP selection, a costly mistake. He can't tout Joe the Plumber, Joe has limited appeal. What does he have left? He can only keep making overtures to his evangelical base. They eat this stuff up. John was once a true maverick. He isn't anymore. He must be listening to Neil Young. It's better to burn out than to fade away.

Cathy, Peoria AZ   November 1st, 2008 4:34 pm ET

Gov Palin again, today in Florida, incited the kind of vile chants that are becoming commonplace at McCain/Palin rallys. They both continue to take the low road. After Senator McCain loses on 11/4, I hope he realizes his loss had just as much to do with his "gutter politics" as it was choosing Gov. Palin.
DISGRACEFUL!

GeorgeVT   November 1st, 2008 4:34 pm ET

Rove is right? Karl Rove may be right sometimes, but when he is, it's usually the same as a snake being right about where it's next meal is coming from. He sabotaged McCain in 2000 and now we're supposed to trust his opinion eight long years later. Get it together.

Roy - Chicago   November 1st, 2008 4:33 pm ET

Looks like the 'maverick' is being controlled by the vicious Republican Party management who found they could win the last few elections with the villification of the other candidate over presenting any real plans for change. And the maverick's VP choice is so out of control, she doesn't even want McCain posters at HER rallies!! I don't think ANYONE including Joe Biden saw this level of trash politics coming. THANK YOU OBAMA for running a POSITIVE campaign!!!

Ralph Peoria, Il   November 1st, 2008 4:33 pm ET

I'm 58 years old and have never seen a Presidential race like this one. McCain is calling Obama a communist, a terrorist and many other things to degrade him. This all stinks of McCarthyism and I think it's disgusting. I would guess he has used other language against Obama off camera.

He has no proof of any of this crap and just continues to lie with impunity.

McCain has shown that he has no integrity in this race and I really hope he loses and loses bigtime. I'm a Veteran too and he is embarrasing me.

jenny   November 1st, 2008 4:33 pm ET

John McCain is a sick ,old,disgusting dog that should be put to rest in his kennel. It's no surprise that Sarah Palin has thrown him under the bus Just like what he did to Bush. The world must be Changing when The republicans are Calling on their Big Guns -–Rudy the Goat and Dick the Cheney Better known as the OIL MONGER. These two idiots should cover their head like the TALIBAN because they are no good for Society. They are just like Child molesters and should wear a tag so people would keep clear. The other Crack was told that his services were not needed.That's george bush.

Lena   November 1st, 2008 4:33 pm ET

This is what happens when you sell your soul to the deveil. McSane and ImPalin belong together. They will have plenty of time to cry together when they lose Tuesday. Palin will throw him under the bus. She is for herself.

Time for a change from the Republican party. What an image they have given of Americans. It is time for a change. Barack and company will do it. We need a President with the demeanor to be presidential not a post traumatic syndrome ex-veteran who feels he is owed the Presidency or Palin the exorcist.

Pat in NM   November 1st, 2008 4:32 pm ET

This isn't the John McCain I would have voted for in 2004. He has been possessed by the far right of Republican Party. It's time for an exorcism!

Don   November 1st, 2008 4:32 pm ET

Why are these Rovian tactics so surprising? The American sheeple bought them, hook, line and sinker, in 1988, 2000 and 2004, and I won't be so sure until Wednesday morning that the same doesn't happen this time. And if it doesn't, God willing, what does that say about about our collective power of perception? Do we have to be in the middle of multiple crises before we can brush off the swift boating, and the like, and focus on what matters?

LR Goldsworthy   November 1st, 2008 4:32 pm ET

Moderation of comments = Control of Free Speech

Brought to America by CNN

"CNN is a news corporation/organization only for Suckers"
Founder Ted Turner

facts are facts   November 1st, 2008 4:31 pm ET

Sara Palin only has 4 children not 5 as she has claimed as her medical records would indicate. There isn't anyway she could cover this up as she would need a corrupt doctor, a hospital to change records and also a health care system to change their records.

CNN will not likely print this since they won't publish or talk about Sara Palin not producing her medical records as she had promised but I will copy and paste on the many other blogging sites.

jon   November 1st, 2008 4:30 pm ET

I really used to like Joe Biden. I always thought he contributed to the debate in this country until a thug like Axelrod got a hold of him. It is really rich for Biden to be calling out McCain's tactics when his own ticket SCREAMS racism any time someone criticizes the chosen one...just ask Bill Clinton.

Phil in TX   November 1st, 2008 4:30 pm ET

Dear Gov. Palin,

I realize this is a little like 'casting pearls before swine [or some other lipsticked porcine creature]' but perhaps you can gain a little insight from this quote:

We do not see things as THEY are,
We see things as WE are.

Hate, racism, fear...

What do you see now?

And just for your viewing pleasure, might I suggest you watch an old Andy Griffith movie [probably as unamerican as he is] called 'A Face In The Crowd'. Look familiar? Shall we refer to you as Sarah 'Lonesome Rhodes' Palin?

Brett in San Diego   November 1st, 2008 4:30 pm ET

I'M A CONSERVATIVE THAT WRITES IN ALL CAPITALS BECAUSE I THINK IT BETTER ILLUSTRATES MY POINT. IT EXPRESS MY ANGER AND DISDAIN BETTER. I'M A XENOPHOBIC, ANTI-EDUCATION, ANTI-GAY, ANTI-COMMUNIST, ANTI-MINORITY WHO IS AFRAID TO ACCEPT MORE THAN ONE IDEA OR SOMEONE THAT IS EVEN SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT THAN ME. IT'S EASIER TO WRITE IN ALL CAPITALS AND HATE THAN TO GO OUT AND GET AN EDUCATION AND EMBRACE THE DIFFERENCES AS WELL AS SIMILARITIES THAT UNITE US AND FORMS A COMMON BOND BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY WE ARE ALL HUMAN AND SHOULD RESPECT ONE AND OTHER.
(Barack Obama and Joe Biden cannot get into office soon enough, let's finish this and steer our country in a new direction)

Cindy   November 1st, 2008 4:30 pm ET

Why hasn't Sarah Palin revealed her medical records??? You've got to be kidding? Obama hasn't showed his medical records, or a BIRTH CERTIFICATE, and he sure took his aunts $260 but didn't know she was illegal??? What planet does he think we live on. Obama sure doesn't take very good care of his family. He's throwing his aunt under the bus and his poor grandmother in HI??? Haven't heard him mention how she was doing since he arrived back from HI. Convenient that it was the same time his birth certificate was sealed...How about his records from Colombia University. Last I heard they were sealed...PLZZZZ spare me. McCain/Palin are coming back fast. Get Ready especially as the new video has hit the internet..... Will see if the moderator posts this pro McCain comment

Taxpayers Against Paying For Illegal Immigrants   November 1st, 2008 4:29 pm ET

I never thought I would see A Presidential Candidate who has family in the united states who are illegal immigrants. Unreal.

Tax payers I hope you recognize that you have been paying for Obamas aunt to live in public housing even though she is an illegal immigrant.

Time to Wake up America
Go McCain

GA Independent   November 1st, 2008 4:28 pm ET

Maybe after Tuesday, the MRM will stop giving a voice to McCain/Palin and we'll see the consumer confidence index skyrocket. Does anyone else think that the constant negativism of the Republican campaign has made all of us feel a little manic/depressive? So many of my clients appear to be in "wait and see" mode for the election... I think we all want SILENCE!

lisa tx   November 1st, 2008 4:28 pm ET

Where are palins medical records?the american people want to see her records.

Louise in Arizona   November 1st, 2008 4:28 pm ET

I hope McCain fall in the ditch his digging,let's turn Arizona BLUE
Obama/Biden08

muldoon   November 1st, 2008 4:27 pm ET

McCain has already trashed his own reputation, and has nothing to lose by going even more negative. When you lose your honor, what difference does it make how much you lie?

falcon 17   November 1st, 2008 4:26 pm ET

I'm betting Palin isn't releasing her medical records because she has had an abortion.

bkrane/pgh   November 1st, 2008 4:25 pm ET

McCain's legacy will be the wrath that he wrought upon his own party in the person of Sarah Palin.

CaptainVideo   November 1st, 2008 4:23 pm ET

In order to fully understand what McCain is doing one needs to see the film Boogie Man about Lee Atwater, Karl Rove's mentor, who developed the lie and smear tactics the Republican Presidential candidates been using since the Dukakis – Bush Sr. campaign, and are now being used by McCain against Obama.

The most fundamental propositions of the Atwater-Rove playbook are:
1. The truth does not matter.
2. Anything it takes to win is acceptable.

McCain tried going the high road in 2000 and was defeated by Bush Jr. who used these tactics. So this time McCain has decided to use them and has hired the same people who smeared him in 2000 to run his campaign.

As McCain gets increasingly desperate, his campaign will get incresingly vicious until the election is held.

However, this time the Republicans have run into a candidate against who this will not work. After it is all over, McCain will not only have lost the election, but will have sacrificed the reputation of being a straight-talker that he had previously so actively worked to build. He will have nothing to show for his decision to let himself be seduced by the dark side of the force.

Mzars   November 1st, 2008 4:23 pm ET

>>>With supporters like this how can John McCain not win?<<<

That's a joke, right? Those people you listed (except for simple folk like Joe the plumber) are vicious, nasty people who only influence the hard core Republican supporters. Everybody else, especially Independents like myself ignore them and they actually influence us to vote Obama.

John Clark   November 1st, 2008 4:23 pm ET

I am not an American, I am British, but I hope with all the strength that I can muster that after Tuesday the 4th November America will no longer be seen by a large part of the world as a threat to world peace.

The USA could and should once again be a moral leader, it should once again forge it’s friendships by example with peoples and countries again lining up to be counted as it’s honoured allies. The time for change has come and America needs to show the world that it can once again morally lead from the front, not whip people forward from the rear.

A real American hero will be the man that can truly make the world a better, safer place.

I do not in my heart think that John McCain will do that. So I say to you:
As Edmund Burke said "all that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing." Please, for the rest of the world who want to love America again, vote Obama.

Rashid McKalidi   November 1st, 2008 4:21 pm ET

...” she said, “but then he [Barack] comes here to Florida and he tries to exploit the fears and the worries about Social Security and Medicare to our retirees and that is the oldest and cheapest kind of politics there is. "
She knows alot about exploiting fears and worries. She is the expert at what she is accusing Obama of.
Pathological lying has never been Presidential. Sorry Sarah,
Its not Christian either. :)
May I suggest more bible study. Im not the biggest bible scholar myself, BUT, I vaguely recall a few of the Ten Commandments:
Thou Shalt NOT STEAL [Mayor & Govenor expenses used for her personal (family) benefit.
Thou Shalt NOT LIE [Daily on the campaign stops & interviews, Misleading lines at best]
Thou SHALT NOT BEAR FALSE WHITNESS [Her Favorite way of Lying about the Democratic Ticket]

HouseDiva   November 1st, 2008 4:21 pm ET

there's only one thing that can give credit to McCain and Palin for doing....they brought out ALL the closet racist into the light.

taking a good look at people from their rallies, and you get a good picture of the people who continue to hold America back into dark times.

there will be no room for those kind of people in a new America. they are a dieing breed, and i am glad.

Jessica from Michigan   November 1st, 2008 4:21 pm ET

I can honestly say that after this campaign, I despise what the Republicans stand for, and the rhetoric that they back.

It's appalling!

Obama08 (don't stay home!)

Cindy   November 1st, 2008 4:21 pm ET

Wow!!!! Obama supporters should be worried!!! The pendulum has swung and McCain is advancing VERY fast. Americans are FINALLY watching the new video about Obama that is ALL over the internet. If you are curious, type in: Plot to overthrow. I think it is on Youtube.
Americans have found out for the first time from Obama's own mouth that he will be installing a new civilian millitary if he gets in office. This is making some Obama supporters to take a second look at voting for Obama. This makes Ayers thing look like peanute! Just in time!!!! Go on, if you are brave enough watch this 55 minute video.

Glenn   November 1st, 2008 4:20 pm ET

Denunciation of Obama and the implied racial implications would suggest that the McCain camp trying to Distract voters from the real issues like the economy and healthcare. The derogatory statements made by Palin are inflammatory. If you read between the lines Palin is promoting racism. To demean and demoralize a presidential candidate to this degree is not acceptable

rightsaid   November 1st, 2008 4:20 pm ET

They'll take the low road
We'll take the high road
And, we'll be in power before them!

Joe the mechanic.   November 1st, 2008 4:18 pm ET

Very true. The ReThuglicans have nothing to offer so they offer fear and hate.

Barbara - 65 yr old white female in NC   November 1st, 2008 4:18 pm ET

McCain is a weakling who crumbles under the least bit of stress.

Maybe the PTSD is still in need of investigation, CNN. What do you say? Want to drop the ball and have the National Inquirer beat you to it?

Republican who voted for Obama/Biden on October 20th   November 1st, 2008 4:17 pm ET

Arlene, Illinois

Now you can add Dick Chancy to the list. If the people are better off in the last 8 years and want to continue the same – then vote for McCain. You will get 3 for the price of one.

Griff   November 1st, 2008 4:17 pm ET

McCains name nowhere to be seen, say's CNN on the Blog below this one... Watch the Video CNN... Ther ie a Guy directy behind Sarah...
What does it say on his Shirt?????????????????????

JD   November 1st, 2008 4:16 pm ET

Ultimately, this election has become a referendum of our national attitude. If McCain wins, it tells me that this country sees others within their own ranks as dangerous, questionable, and if they do not think like them, they are to be ostracized. If Obama wins, it tells me people have defeated negative politics and want to move this country forward as a United States. Obama wants to work with Republicans, while McCain just wants to win. There is the difference. It is why I came around to Obama rather than sink into the mud yet again.

Proud Democrat   November 1st, 2008 4:16 pm ET

"but the governor did not appear to hear or acknowledge them"
More like the Governor heard and acknowledged them with a couple of winks. What kind of hateful racist's are the Republicans trying to cram down are throats? If politicians and people alike allow this kind of behaviour as tactic to win, this country is in real DEEP trouble. Not until I started reading political blogs did I realize how racism & hatred are still very much alive and well in this country.

Pua, HI   November 1st, 2008 4:16 pm ET

I am very dissapointed by Senator McCain, along with Governor Palin in this race. Also, I was apalled by Governor Schwarzenegger's comments about Senator Obama and Europe at the rally yesterday. Maybe that is why Europe is not very fond of him. He was talking about America's opportunities, however, Senator Obama is for opportunities, too. The Governor of California was very full of himself despite his State being mostly democratic. His comments fueled the hate that prevails at McCain's rallies and does not promote unity among Americans of all color, race, parties etc. the way Senator Obama and Senator Biden do.

OBAMA/BIDEN 08... can't wait!

Red, Red WHine   November 1st, 2008 4:16 pm ET

McCain and Palin are no better then trailer trash. In fact, they are worse then trailer trash! Two convicted politicians running around spreading hate and lies. How pathetic and unamerican. We deserve better then these kind of low lifes.

Lets vote honorable american's in to the white house this year, let's vote Obama/Biden!

Republican who voted for Obama/Biden on October 20th   November 1st, 2008 4:16 pm ET

McCain/Palin really need Joe the Plumber. They are both stuck in the toilet. They are horrible and so nasty.

Karin   November 1st, 2008 4:14 pm ET

McCain and Palin have been encouraging hate that's why their base (Hard core Republicans) have been making all of those hateful remarks. I'm getting more and more disgusted every time I hear them talk.

JJW   November 1st, 2008 4:12 pm ET

The minute John McCain gave into the Evangelical far right Republican wing of the party by choosing Sarah Palin as the "appeasement" candidate for VP he lost his soul. Had he stuck to his guns and picked Gov Tim Pawlenty as many thought he would, I believe it would be a much closer race. However, the extremests in the party thought Palin, a woman with a special needs child and extremest views would win over the Hillary voters. Just shows how little they knew the true Hillary supporters. She sent them in droves to Obama. Will John McCain ever be able to restore his integrity, he might, but will he ever be able to look in the mirror without cringing, I doubt it.

Geo Joe in ABQ   November 1st, 2008 4:12 pm ET

Once McCain chose the dark side there was no turning back. He must walk/crawl/slither the path he has chosen. McCain and his minions now have no choice. They must continue to sink deeper into depravity. It is their destiny.

doob   November 1st, 2008 4:11 pm ET

I'm encouraging my children to follow this race and teach them about the political process. It's too bad what they are absorbing from the GOP is absolute sleaze. It's enough to turn them off. Guess who they are rooting for? Obama!!

Griff   November 1st, 2008 4:10 pm ET

Just another "Pan-Handler"?

jan   November 1st, 2008 4:10 pm ET

John McCain and Sarah Palin are doing nothing any different then obama and biden. If you think they are bad look at what you all are writing. obama and all of you are going to end up dividing the United States. It is so sad the way you are all acting. Get a grip. This isn't what this country needs. We need to be united. This isn't what obama wants. It's already starting. Down right dirty.,.,,,,

McCain/Palin 2008

Tarheel   November 1st, 2008 4:10 pm ET

The sky across America is turning a beautiful shade of Blue.
Democrats Obama and Biden have waged respectful campaigns and should be very proud. I wish the other party could say the same! The phone messages and candidate or party advertisements from the Repubs have been nothing but sleeeeeze!!

Margaret Leicester   November 1st, 2008 4:09 pm ET

As I said before, McCain chose Palin and continues the disgusting smear campaign because he does not really want to win. Poor old guy is tired–and I don't blame him!–its a helluva job ahead.

OBAMA is a leader and can do this job much better. He won't be perfect, cuz no one is, but he is the best one for this job now!

Just 3 more days of this horrible stuff, and God Forbid! if McBush wins, he will have a hard time getting his agenda off the ground with a Dem majority. Palin only appeals to a narrow, close minded racist hateful base, hope she and her ilk disappear back into the cave with bin Laden–two sides of the same coin, Sarah! YOU are the devil incarnate, woman.

OBAMA BIDEN SI SE PUEDE!!

Independent for USA only   November 1st, 2008 4:09 pm ET

GOP plays an extremely negative tone probably because they are upset with whatever they did to this country in the past 8 years.

Derrick Pearson   November 1st, 2008 4:09 pm ET

Mccain doesn't know what vindicated means.

Jack Jodell, Minneapolis, MN   November 1st, 2008 4:09 pm ET

McCain's dirty style of campaigning has torpedoed his attempt to become President. What do these three things have in common: The Titanic, the Lusitania, and McCain's chance of winning this election?.

LR Goldsworthy   November 1st, 2008 4:08 pm ET

WHAT IS MORE LOW ROAD AND VICIOUS THAN INFANTICIDE THROUGH MR. Obama's support of "The Freedom Of Choice" Legislation.

Will greed over a promise of a little extra cash in our pockets buy our support for Infanticide? Mr. Obama's support for the so called
"Freedom of Choice Act" is support for Infanticide?

Are we not angry with the executives who have robbed America of millions/billions of unearned income they took off with? Will will sell out like them, for a promise of maybe $500. a year? Are we willing to become them, for a pithy promise of small change? What is the pricetag on this enticement? Putting Americans, of all walks, in the shoes of the greedy elite? Only they are laughing that we will sell out, all of our children and grandchildren, for chump change.

Mr. Obama and Mr. Biden, what is more vicious and low road than Infanticide?

Americans, do we really believe that anyone who supports Infanticide is anyone to be trusted...on anything? Would we even want them as a friend? Would we give them a loan of our hard earned money? Would we ever expect them to pay it back?

We must not allow the exploitation of our fears at this time to over rule our reason.

"They that would give up essential liberty for a little temporary safety deserves neither liberty or safety." Benjamin Fraklin 1787

Ms. G   November 1st, 2008 4:05 pm ET

I find myself being really disgusted by Gov. Schwarzenegger's description of Senator Obama. We always learn in school and by our parents not to call people names or their physiques. He has so disappointed me, reaching a new low. That was you get went you pal around with people with no aspiration to nobleness.

Dameun Strange   November 1st, 2008 4:05 pm ET

It's funny how people keep mentioning ACORN when the only person who has been arrested for criminal activity regarding voter fraud was a republican in California, meathead Arnold's home state. He was arrested and indicted for tricking and forcing people to register as republicans. funny huh, George...if that is your real name.

Guess what McCain you have lost the respect of many Iraq War vets...they fought for better than this.

JACKED-UP-POLITICS, FLORIDA   November 1st, 2008 4:05 pm ET

McCain true colors are coming to surface. now American people can see him for who he is!!!!

Richard   November 1st, 2008 4:05 pm ET

Well, it is almost over.
The fact that this McCain/Palin ticket is so out of touch.
Now the attacks are coming and coming but the people will speak at the end of the day.
However, the route they took by attacking another candidate tells enough about how you will manage and run a country. What you see now is what you will see in the White House.
These guys are filled with excuses and toxic and Obama as their opponent is being attacked. What do you think will happen if they get into the White House. They will be trying to attack all their enemies.

Go Obama!!!

Freedom for All   November 1st, 2008 4:04 pm ET

Personally, I don't care one way or the other if Obama's Aunt is in the US legally or illegally. Will that affect my vote for Obama, no. But would I even consider voting for McCain after this leak was just made, like it is a bid issue and everyone should turn their backs on Obama because of an Aunt, This is just another reason I would NOT vote for McCain, the leaking of this information was beyond low. McCain and his campaign are scum. To even try to influience people with this kind of information is a disgrace to our intelligence.

Giselle Thayer   November 1st, 2008 4:03 pm ET

Would you turn your back on John McCain knowing that he sacrificed his own life for our country?

For two thousand and seven days (5 ½ years) John McCain said “Country First” even if this meant receiving torture beyond belief by the Vietnamese captors. For two thousand and seven days, McCain did NOT turn his back on the nurse, the bus driver, the school teacher, the immigrant, the white, the black, the hispanic, the entrepreneur, the rich, the poor, and senior citizens. On the contrary, McCain said “I will sacrifice my life for every single American Citizen in the United States of America” even if this meant being in solitary confinement, getting the most atrocious beatings, getting smashed with a rifle on the shoulder, getting jabbed in the ankle, getting jabbed in the groin, getting knocked down, getting kicked in the head, getting the ribs cracked, having a high fever and losing consciousness for long periods of time, lying on vomit, blood and waste from the inhumane beatings.

This is our ONLY opportunity as a nation to do the right thing, and say “In McCain we trust” Please show your gratitude and loyalty to our country and to everyone in the United States by voting for McCain and Palin…

“I can only hope that every man that was ever in the military will read this book and appreciate the contributions of men like John McCain III. We all owe a debt of gratitude to men like him, true Americans who sacrificed everything for their country.” (Wayland Mayo)

Eli   November 1st, 2008 4:03 pm ET

I agree. When is Gov. Palin going to release her medical records? The McCain/Palin ticket is trying to run out the game clock on this one.

hrsc   November 1st, 2008 4:02 pm ET

For those who think Joe the plumber is a model of some kind.

If he was investigated and was doing something ILLEGAL....Like not paying his taxes it should be exposed!!!

You are inquiring about taxes when you know your not paying your own. and you lie about purchasing a business..

That the type of role model Sen. McCain thinks is a good thing to put out front to the american people and our kids.

Lets not forget Sen. McCain is use to big busines not paying there fair share so Joe the plumbers illegal actions are okay with the McCain campaign.. I don't remember Sen. McCain telling Joe to go pay your tax. As so many other citizens do...McCain no honor it shows.

KJL   November 1st, 2008 4:02 pm ET

Joe is right on. Palin is busy trying to scare seniors in Florida. McCain scares everyone.

Denise   November 1st, 2008 4:02 pm ET

I swear, there are more people who have stated that they would leave the country if Palin gets in that office, even more so than McCain. Can you see her in the office of the HIGHEST OFFICE IN THE U.S.....and a very very very serious position, people!!! Not only would the same ole Bush tactics happen, but our economy would not get any better. At least Obama wants to roll up those skinny sleeves and really get to work. I mean, a younger president like him would really try to help the country....you can see it in his eyes when he looks at his girls. But, McCain would just sit in the office and look around saying, "Ah! Now I have the White House with all my other houses. My name in history, Palin the hot mama by my side. Let us get serious and really care about our Economy. We need Obama and Biden more than we know. Good luck and look into your hearts!!!! Vote for your family, your life!!!!

Trish   November 1st, 2008 4:01 pm ET

It has been OK with You Obama nuts when Obama's whole campaign has smeared Hillary and then on to Sarah and John and now Joe Biden has the nerve to say this!! What a crock. It is so amazing when the tables are turned how you Obama supporters spew your hatred. Another amazing thing is the ones who say they can't stand to listen to Sarah or John. I ask, why are you listening if you hate them so much? Must be stupidity on your part!!! I am a Dem who was for Hillary and after seeing the disgusting hateful treatment of her, I turned Republican and am proud of it. There are a lot of us out there and you can thank yourselves for helping us to see how ruthless the Dem party is.

No way, no how, now McCain   November 1st, 2008 4:00 pm ET

Anord S is trying to legalize gay right in California that is so Republican. With all of the conservativisms that they believe in and are against–abortion, gay marriage, and the list goes on.

Ken in NC   November 1st, 2008 4:00 pm ET

Joe I hope you and Obama hurry and win the election. I am sick and tired of hearing "MY FRIENDS" and how McCain has fought for "HIS" country since he was 17 and he has got the scares to show for it. He is not the only person that has fought for this country or has scares.
I full well acknowledge his status as an American Hero, however, he is just one among many and that does not qualify him to be POTUS and sitting in his aircraft of the coast of Cuba does not mean he has been tested either. All he did was follow orders.Last but not least I call into question of Sarah Palin as his VP pick. Not a good move or judgement call on his part.

No2RepubGimmicks   November 1st, 2008 4:00 pm ET

Gary...you pretty much represent all that's wrong with McCain's campaign and his supporters.... rude and ignorant.

I'm thinking most of America are smarter than you guys....

Ruth   November 1st, 2008 4:00 pm ET

This is nothing new about McCain. He has been a bully all his life. A big cry baby. If he dosen't get his way he gets violent and ugly. This is exactly what I expected.

Micheal   November 1st, 2008 4:00 pm ET

READ THIS MCCAIN
I WOOD LOVE TO HAVE A DEATE WITH YOU HOW AMERICA RUNS..
WERE ALWAYS A BIG BULLY IN SCHOOL AND OUT OF SCHOOL AND IN THE AIR FORCE YOU DIDNT DO WHAT YOU WAS TOLD THERE .. MY WAY OR THE HIGHWAY. YOU WITH ALWAYS BE A BULLY MC,CAIN ...YOU ALWAYS LOVE TO BULLY PEOPLE AROUND THIS TIME YOU MIT YOUR MATCH WITH OBAMA

GET HIM OBAMA AND BIDEN

Dameun Strange   November 1st, 2008 3:59 pm ET

It's so sad that now McCain is resorting to Nixonesque tactics. There is no surprise here. Who cares about Obama's aunt...is that all CNN and McCain have to offer the American people in the last days before the election? Shameless.

Even Palin is off on her own, realizing McCain last shot has missed the target.

EX REPUBLICAN   November 1st, 2008 3:58 pm ET

McCain and Palin are running a cowardly campaign!!! Since they have no plan other than to fabricate innuendos about the opponent they cannot wn. If they even come close it will be a statement of how stupid America has become.

McCain has not said anything iteeligent in weeks!
Palin is not capable of speaking intelligent!

Where when telling lies illegal??

Obama & Biden is our future.

MIKE J.   November 1st, 2008 3:58 pm ET

I am disgusted with the name calling from McCain/Puppet. If sad to hear them calling Obama every dirty name in the book.

There are people in America that really HATE OBAMA.

lil   November 1st, 2008 3:58 pm ET

mccain/Palin campaign is the nastiest campaign in the history of USA
elections.
These people should really be ashame of themselves for some of the
lies they are telling and awful thing that are coming out of palins and mccains mouth
I know that palin knows she is lying and she just dont care.
I guess they have made the decision to exclude half of Americans if they win the election the way they are down right encouraging hate and division in our country.

blkkbbeauty   November 1st, 2008 3:57 pm ET

Arnold Swartzenegger never was a prize and Im sure his celebrity status and the fact that he is married to a Kennedy helped him get elected.... he has very little reason to talk about Obama like that... they are just mad cause he is smarter and better looking than both of them !!!

Ms. G   November 1st, 2008 3:56 pm ET

The Lord forbid, think about Sarah Palin in that oval office with no knowledge on any thing – don't get me wrong here- she will be fine if she was eager to learn by hitting the books -which she is not. What McCain did is open the door and to let the US be vulnerable at a time that we need to elect people that understand what we are facing. We need a president that can bring wisdom & knowledge to the office. McCain has told of you that he doesn't know anything about the economy and does not present a plan to tell us how he is going to get us out of this mess. Yet, you are blinded by your partisanship. It is time for the nation to come together. We need to depart from the partisanship that divide us. We need to seize that opportunity when it is presented to us. I hope you will do the right thing for the country by voting Obama/Biden ticket.

George Gopal,Nairobi,Kenya   November 1st, 2008 3:56 pm ET

I find it hard to believe that campaigns in America can get this shallow. I thought America is the epitome of mature democracy and descent campaigns. Shame! George Gopal,Nairobi,Kenya

VETS4Obama   November 1st, 2008 3:54 pm ET

Tom in Delaware get a clue! Maybe Sad Sarah will have space in her igloo for you too! I cannot wait until we send that vile, hate spewing, ignorant, smart mouthed bimbo back to Alaska where she belongs! I cannot wait until we send you and your Repulblican cronies back to the minority where they belong!

President George Hussien Washington   November 1st, 2008 3:53 pm ET

Arnold: I'd like to see you make your remarks about Obama on the Southside of Chicago any time

Dawn   November 1st, 2008 3:53 pm ET

Where is Homeland Security? Is making terroristic threats part of the Patriot Act?

Obama/Biden08/12

jessica in the va   November 1st, 2008 3:53 pm ET

everything that mccain has said about obama is what the man said or believes, i mean if you do not know that your OWN aunt is here illeagley then what does he know!!

vote mccain !!still ticked off about saying I clinque to my guns and MY RELIGON!!

park more - New orleans   November 1st, 2008 3:52 pm ET

You are hypocrite as others democrat..... I am democrat and sham....I will vote McCain this term

Amanda Kato   November 1st, 2008 3:52 pm ET

Honor and respect are very hard to obtain and very easy to lose.
McCain must think of how people of all party lines were reached before this presidential run began and now he must live with the
consequences. Even If he wins. He has still lost. I think that would give me pause to attract such ignorance and fear mongers. He has furthred Bush's agenda of division and that is sad from a once so called Maverick.

Bob,Conecticut   November 1st, 2008 3:52 pm ET

McCain and Palin's last minute tactics are deplorable. They have really stooped to the lowest level possible. Name calling, false reporting of Obama's tax plan, rabble-rousing, sowing doubt and fear are the Republican"s forte and they are appealing to the ignorant, lemming-like voters who suck up this kind of demagoguery. Obama has to win for the sake of the survival of this country, which will be in doubt if the McCain/Palin ticket is elected.

Lynn in NM   November 1st, 2008 3:52 pm ET

Oh, gee Senator Biden. Boo hoo. Senator Obama's campaign has not said one untruth, or nasty thing, about Senator McCain, or Gov. Palin, have they? I am sick of both campaigns! I didn't even watch the debates because I was so disgusted by both sides. I usually vote for the lesser of 2 evils. This time, there isn't one.

Yardbird   November 1st, 2008 3:52 pm ET

John McCain and his campaign have rediscovered the low road to the high office. I pray that we don't have to suffer through that man and his evil woman sidekick as Pres and Vice Pres. I don't think America has enough emotional currency to withstand the onslaught on our rights given to us by the Constitution that will ensue with that not-so-dynamic duo. Why does the US suck up this kool-aid? Why do we put up with miserable desparate tactics such as Joe the plumber? That guy couldn't get hired to pump my septic tank, even if he brought McCain and McPalin with him – they'd find some way to screw it up and blame someone else for it for sure. He's not a plumber, he's behind on taxes, he couldn't buy the business if it was $ 500, he's inarticulate, ignorant regarding anything that really matters, but now he's got an agent and a budding music career. And he's who they drag out to tout their case? Ahhhrnalld making those remarks about someone's body – California politics, 'nuff said.

God Bless America – Vote Obama!

Shannon   November 1st, 2008 3:52 pm ET

"Leave Family Out of This Campaign"?
I remember McCain's foul profane "joke" about Chelsea Clinton, then a young teenager, made to a group of fat cat Rep fundraisers in the 90s. It got a big laugh from them and a little attention from the press.Go to snopes.com and check it out.McCain does not walk the talk in his devotion to Family Values, and he sure cant take what he and his ilk hand out to others.

ck   November 1st, 2008 3:51 pm ET

Biden is such a phoney.... rhetoric, rhetoric, rhetoric from our comrade.

Socialism here we come!

Cynthia a conservative voter   November 1st, 2008 3:50 pm ET

McCain h left his disable wife for a rich hooker and Palin has trouble keeping her daughters form sleeping around and geting pregnant.

David   November 1st, 2008 3:50 pm ET

Remember, Obama and Biden voted FOR the "Bridge to Nowhere." Remember, Biden said that Obama was not ready to lead. Yet, you say McCain lies and flip flops.

barry j   November 1st, 2008 3:50 pm ET

John McCain's mentor, Rush Limbuagh, said early during this election cycle that all he wanted "was to win". John has proven that he has "sold his soul" as he appears to want to win at all costs......

JMHO

fran from canada   November 1st, 2008 3:49 pm ET

I could not believe what I heard when Gov. Schwarzenegger said about Obama's body. That is so sick and not about issues, we have so many people dealing with self esteem issues because of their body and looks, and to have a Gov. make statments like that which has nothing to do with an election. As a canadian your election process looks like a circus. I hope that you regain the respect you had at one time from other countires and I think in order to do that you have to vote Obama, president. Good Luck

Jerome   November 1st, 2008 3:47 pm ET

Why are my comments always awaiting moderation and never get posted?

John   November 1st, 2008 3:47 pm ET

Good old Arnie the Governor from Silicone valley has BANKRUPTED California shows you what a good Republican can do in a very short time.

You gota love this guy for his cheek

His state will go totally democrat at the top of the ticket and down Ballot

well done Arnie..

David   November 1st, 2008 3:46 pm ET

Biden is full of poo poo. He did not even carry his own state in his bid for POTUS and he is making fun of McCain that he may not carry his. His memory is real short.

Ron, NYC   November 1st, 2008 3:46 pm ET

Dick Cheney just endorsed John McCain and as usual, CNN or McCain Central is not going to report this, lest it hurt their candidate's chances next Tuesday.

salem   November 1st, 2008 3:46 pm ET

WHAT IS THE HUGE SECRET PALIN IS HIDING IN HER MEDICAL FILES?????What on earth could damage her so badly that she will NOT release? What could make her ultra conservative base dump her????? What could it be???? THE BIG MEDICAL SECRET SHE WON'T TELL....????

Donna from Colorado Springs   November 1st, 2008 3:46 pm ET

McCains campaign has been a terrible disgrace from the beginning, and if I were a republican, I would be upset. But, considering the way the republicans are taught to lie and distort the truth, I'm not surprised.

Sue from Ct.   November 1st, 2008 3:45 pm ET

John McCain has proved himself to be an angry old man–he is
beginning to look like the unstable presidents in the movies of the
sixties and seventies. He certainly has not put me at ease and I
am especially afraid of the anger that he and Palin promote at their
rallies. The effects of their anger and diatribe could be devastating.

Anita of georgia   November 1st, 2008 3:45 pm ET

when you'll desperate to win, there's nothing a power hunger person want do to win an election.

cony   November 1st, 2008 3:45 pm ET

If Jesus was walking on the earth today, while preaching the same ideas that he did 2000 years ago, the same people that proclaim that they are Christians would be the ones to crucify him again. US will continue to be divided as long as racism exist. Please read the book The Healing of America by Marianne Williamson. America needs to heal to be able to truly change for the better.

Lucy   November 1st, 2008 3:43 pm ET

John McCain, Palin, and Elizabeth Dole have been tried every trick in the dirty Republican book to get votes when they are losing. So it is questionable why would they sacrifice their self respect for virtually a very little chance of a win. I am afraid that when we look back on these last eight years of these unbelievable detrimental mistakes from the Republican philosphy of war, tax cuts for the rich and "trickle down economy", it might mean the end of the Republican Party. Their credibility is gone, the dirty tactics should question the religious rights support, and no one trust Republicans with our economy anymore. Even the local Republican candidates have refused to put "Republican" on their posters for fear they will lose because of party affliation ...or is it afflication like the disease has spread through the Republican party as they implode in their dirty campaigns.

Jean 2   November 1st, 2008 3:43 pm ET

Michelle Obama and Jill Biden make up an awsome team, now these are woman I am proud to support and/or identify with.

Chris   November 1st, 2008 3:43 pm ET

What's even sadder about McCain's negative attacks is that Karl Rove not only said that he has gone too far, but that he's bringing up stuff now that he probably could've much earlier. I believe this is McCain's last card to draw and he's making himself sound even more desperate.

Chris from NC

annette   November 1st, 2008 3:43 pm ET

Gary, you need to state your source. CNN you need to keep an eye on some of the evil stuff and misclaims on all of your blogs, you let several slide on get complacient. You need to take action.

Country First?   November 1st, 2008 3:42 pm ET

McCain touts a "Country First" mantra and then hires an unqualified
woman to protect this country? How is SHE going to protect us?
Four start General Colin Powell himself is the one of the only few
willing to tell the truth that she is a direct threat to our national security.
How is she going to protect us? McCain's judgment allowed him to
crash three planes, and get captured no disrespect. Now pick unqualified Palin. Voters had better think long and hard before they
become guilty of aiding and abetting McCain in helping the most
unqualified person in US history to take control of our forces.

John   November 1st, 2008 3:41 pm ET

If Diebold and the Republican vote fraudsters steal this from Obama guess what McCain Palin will be lame ducks from Jan 20th 2009 until the end of that administration.

The House ans Senate will rule.

zippy w pinhead   November 1st, 2008 3:41 pm ET

My answer to all the hate, the lies and the viciousness was to vote early yesterday, my Halloween treat to myself. It was quite cathartic- there's no better feeling than walking away from the polling place knowing I had made my contribution to a better America, free of the hate, bitterness and divisiveness that we've had to endure from the McCain campaign. I urge anyone reading this to close their browser and go vote right now if they can, otherwise make sure you do it first thing Tuesday morning- you'll feel so much better!

Obama/Biden 08

yes we can!

Urban H   November 1st, 2008 3:41 pm ET

wow, GARY – You yell like McPain, punctuate like an Alaskan snow machine rider, and spell like Joe the tax-delinquent, unlicensed plumber.

Continue to show your rage, but take the caps lock off. Please.

Mark Kahle   November 1st, 2008 3:40 pm ET

TAINOPOWER- Once again you need to check your facts, you are COMPLETELY WRONG...

Smears are all you have, and changing a story to fit your own needs even if its not the truth!!...

NOT THIS TIME TAINOPOWER, NOT THIS TIME!!

Charla in TX   November 1st, 2008 3:40 pm ET

Oh, how I would love to see, when this campaign is over and Obama has won the election.......I would love to see Obama and Biden drag out a long list of items that they could have used against McCain and Palin, but in the course of honoring their promise to run a clean campaign, chose not to do.

I bet it would fill volumes.

Chicka   November 1st, 2008 3:39 pm ET

I voted for McCain in 2000 (even wrote him in on the GE ballot) – but I'd never vote for him now.

If he had called me a "socialist" or "someone who pals around with terrorists", I'd have sued him for libel for god's sakes. How can he even get away with that?

While I'm bitterly disappointed that McCain has stooped to the ugliness that destroyed his chances in 2000, I'll be even *more* disappointed if this country falls for this kind of crap and votes him in.

We've got to start acting like adults in politics, our country depends on it. We can't spend every four year term punting things like some kind of football game.

Mark Kahle   November 1st, 2008 3:38 pm ET

GARY – No Barack Obama's Campaign did not have Joe the PLumber investigated, try the Media investigated him..

Try your smears somewhere else, and if you do not like your next president...its time you leave...

President Barack Obama!!

Arbella   November 1st, 2008 3:37 pm ET

It's sickening how hateful they are. I hear at their rallys you can see people with stuffed animal monkeys with Obama's head on then and signs that say the "N" word. This is not right. I am gladf that so many people are seeing this. I am so scared of Mccain winning. if he does it;s going to be horrible. It is going to promote hate and now racial tension. We are in 2008 this behavior is truly sickening.

Wendy   November 1st, 2008 3:37 pm ET

Arnold is just jealous because he can't run for President.

Voter   November 1st, 2008 3:37 pm ET

Isn't it interesting that only at Palin and McCain rallyies people who say they are christian are yelling hateful/racial words about Obama. I have yet to hear any reports of the opposite happening at an Obama rally. Why? Beause Obama is a true Christian and would not permit that type of display from his supports and Palin and McCain thrive on those type of hateful words. Not to hard to figure out how our government would be run by McCain, war, war, and more war. He is an evil person inside and it is coming out more and more every day.

gcow   November 1st, 2008 3:37 pm ET

I find this all rather sad.

In 2000 I would have supported a McCain/Powell ticket and I said so. McCain at that time occurred for me as an extraordinary man of integrity. No more. He sold his soul to the dark side. And unlike Faust, it doesn't look like he will even get a reward in this life.

Worse, it looks like he created a monster by naming Sarah Palin as his running mate.

What a pathetic last chapter to a life that was once held promise, possibility and contribution.

Brenda C   November 1st, 2008 3:37 pm ET

CNN why do you keep my post in moderation forever? Is your man Obama checking me out now? I haven't said anything as ugly as some of the liberal post you KEEP posting. Get over it. You report news but you will never control our votes.

JAY N.H.   November 1st, 2008 3:37 pm ET

Gov. Schwarzenegger is jealous because he could never be president. Just another "Rich guy" supporting McGimp.

Dave Hansen   November 1st, 2008 3:36 pm ET

McCain, may not be your hero but he is mine.

He tells the truth. Like it or not. He went back to a prison camp rather then save his own skin. Obama doesn't do anything to help his own family. I guess it isn't convenient for him. He should be ashamed to let a half brother live on $1.00 per day. When questioned about his pastor, his aunt ect. his response the same "I don't know." That is pretty sad.

Frank   November 1st, 2008 3:36 pm ET

my friends,,,,,,,,when you enter that booth ,, ask yourself 1 question, and only 1, if mccain wins, ,, god forbid something happens to him ,she will be in the oval office ,, that alone should is scary ,, that is enough to vote obama and biden in ...

Wanting the truth   November 1st, 2008 3:36 pm ET

To Gary:

Wow, nice maturity.

If you can't put a civil message in here without referring to parts of the human anatomy, you have real issues. Seems to happen a lot with McCain/Palin supporters these days.

P.S. Your Caps Lock is on. You might want to turn it off. (Try the spell checker, too.)

Tom in Delaware   November 1st, 2008 3:35 pm ET

Hey Biden, have you and Pelosi atoned for your sins about your blasphemous stance over supporting abortion.

40 million murdered since Roe vs. Wade, and you were in office for 36 years; Perhaps you should just stay in church and pray for forgiveness, you hypocrite.

Take that Rev. Wright loving, baby-killer Obama with you.

Iris   November 1st, 2008 3:35 pm ET

Palin referred to the countries who have socialism and stated that "those people are not free".Well this would sure be news to the folks in the UK, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Germany and innumerable others who have a higher standard of living and more peaceful society that we do. They do know and teach history and they also have a much higher literacy rate, something for which Palin is a (horrible) example.I was going to vote McCain until he exemplified horrendous judgment in choosing this airhead.

MartinP   November 1st, 2008 3:35 pm ET

Yes, and now Palin's rallies don't have McCain's name on any of the signs, banners or other literature.

Senator McCain, I feel bad for you. You were a great man, and you put your campaign and your reputation in the hands of liars and thieves.

The funniest part? In 2012 Palin will throw her hat into the ring, and Huckabee, Romney and Guliani will tear her throat out.

Zeppo   November 1st, 2008 3:35 pm ET

Obama predicted that McCain would say "look how dark that man is!"

McCain didn't.

Biden is saying "They are going to get dirty!"

I just watched Palin's speech and she was focused heavily on the McCain Tax Plan, which incidentally sounded pretty good. They said they are going to double the tax deduction for dependants.

This has been Obama's defense the whole time..

"Look how dirty they are going to be!"

Al   November 1st, 2008 3:35 pm ET

The so called "Right" has proven what has been suspected in this Country for decades. They institutionally support racism, hate and fear mongering. It's time to stomach the fact that Barack Hussein Obama is as much white as he is black. You could see that if you weren't so busy playing God!

Josh   November 1st, 2008 3:34 pm ET

McCain has not changed. As he undergoes scrutiny his style of decision making emerges more vividly. "Steve Colbert" who lampooned Bush might say that John McCain also rules by gut instincts. These decision may make him look like a "maverick" but shows his incompetence as a balanced leader – capable of listening to diverse opinions, ability to internalize data, and seek advice.

The sad truth is the impulsive way John McCain has run his campaign, reflects so poorly on his decision making process and that there is no other choice but to vote Obama.

Go Obama, best of luck!

lbh   November 1st, 2008 3:34 pm ET

He was a POW and war hero. He was a senator with a good reputation. I thought about voting for him. But then he just derailed. it started with the witch for a running mate – what was he thinking? And his campaign has devolved from there into something so ugly and soiled that I cannot imagine him ever regaining his stature. Nor do I know how he sleeps at night? He has taken the worst pages from Rove, Gingrich, Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld et al and remade himself in their image. It is both disappointing and disgraceful. McCain we don't respect you anymore.

Grace Needed   November 1st, 2008 3:33 pm ET

Senator Biden you are a good man! We are so glad that Senator Obama picked you as a running mate and we like to think of you getting around the White House and going over to the Capitol to meet with friends to help get things done! You are a credible, proven hard worker who can reach across the aisle even after this terribly challenging campaign because you've kept your dignity and integrity and we're proud of you!

T. Rothchild   November 1st, 2008 3:33 pm ET

McCain / Palin = Fascism and McCarthyism. (You are judged by the
company you keep, spy on your neighbors , you are unAmerican and un patriotic if you don't do what we say, be afraid, be very afraid while we take you to the cleaners, etc.)

Democrats = Freedom and individual rights and liberty.
Free yourselves. (Sit on your porches and decks if you want).

Democrats 08.

carol   November 1st, 2008 3:32 pm ET

Yes, the McCain campaign has been a disgrace and McCain himself can no longer think he is anyway honorable!!!!
I just hope that all this vile, rabble rousing that they have caused will come back to haunt them....they both still have to exist outside this election and I'm sure their actions may have distanced a lot of people from them.
I think we are all ready to see election over with and get on with getting this country back on track.....Sen Obama alongside Sen Biden will make that happen.
Boy, do we need a change from this divisiveness we've had over the past weeks from the McCain camp....this country needs healing and it will only get done if we elect Sen Obama next Tuesday.
So, if you haven't voted yet....please get out there and do it as soon as you can..we can't afford to let this opportunity slip away by letting McCain and Palin anywhere near the White House.

GO OBAMA/BIDEN 08

robin   November 1st, 2008 3:31 pm ET

For Heavens sake ...ALL independants , Bless you but OPEN your eyes ! You have to pay more attention to how biased the liberal ( incl CNN ) is ! Please !

Cynthia   November 1st, 2008 3:30 pm ET

I love Joe Biden He has been around a while a seen a lot.

McCain=(Bush, Cheney & Rove)

Arlene, Illinois   November 1st, 2008 3:30 pm ET

With supporters like this how can John McCain not win?

Sean Hannity
Megyn Kelly
Ann Coulter
Michelle Malkin
Russ Limbaugh
George W. Bush
Joe the Plumber
Tito the Builder

Paul , Canada   November 1st, 2008 3:30 pm ET

I'll tell you what is scary and what is over the top.
I was watching the opening of John McCains rally last evening on Cnn with the Governor of California. I am absolutly disgusted at the way he made remarks about Senator OBama's arms,legs and such. The people in America deserve better than this type of terrible trash talk. And i see John McCain was just going along with it hoping the smear machine worked up the crowd. Not all in that audience liked what they were hearing from what we could see.

My Question is if John McCain is elected President will he consider laughing at all the different people under his care just because they are thin , a little over weight or maybe people with disabilities. I guess if you are not just like him you are considered a joke.
Shame on Arnold and even more shame on McCain.

independent 2008   November 1st, 2008 3:27 pm ET

The McCain/Bush camp has become a sick, ugly, xenophobic bunch. Leaking someone immigration files is as low as they come.
He has cashed in with the republican anti-immigrant bunch.
So much for the family is off limits.
Obama/Biden 08

Tom in Delaware   November 1st, 2008 3:26 pm ET

Rove was right...Biden really is a Blowhard Doofus.

billmel8er   November 1st, 2008 3:26 pm ET

Unfortunately, we have to endure another few days of McCain's and Palin's childish and incendiary rants.

Let's hope America has the good sense to put an end to them come Tuesday.

GARY   November 1st, 2008 3:25 pm ET

ATLEAST HE DONT NEED TO SWIFTBOAT HIS OWN SIDE OUT OF THE RACE AND BUY THE RACE WITH THE HELP OF THE DNC, MONEY AND MEDIA. OBAMA HAS A LOT OF ILLEGAL DONATIONS ,BUT THEY LET HIM SLIDE BY, JUST LIKE ILLEGAL VOTES THROUGH ACORN ETC. IF THAT WAS JOHN MCCAIN THEY WOULD BE SLAMMING HIM AQLL OVER AND CHECKING THROUGH EVERYTHING. OBAMA GOT A QUESTION THAT HE DIDN'T LIKE FROM JOE THE PLUMBER ,SO HE HAD HIM INVESTAGATED. WHAT A DICK.

Joe Green   November 1st, 2008 3:24 pm ET

Palin = Ernst Rolm

McCain = Hitler

If McCain is smart, he'll have a "night of the long knives" and purge the Republican part of the Palin influence.

The Palin rallies are looking more and more like skinhead fests.

Walt   November 1st, 2008 3:23 pm ET

John McCain's campaign has been the most vicious I have seen in the last 40 years. He has destroyed his reputation and proven himself not to be the American hero many of us once thought he was. What a sad, pathetic way to destroy your political and personal legacy. He sold his soul during this election season.

Paul Germana   November 1st, 2008 3:23 pm ET

DON"T MODERATE MY COMMENT!!! GO LISTEN AND SEE FOR YOURSELF! MCCAIN PUTS UP HIS HANDS, TRYING TO MAKE THEM STOP, BUT THEN HE JUST GIVES UP! AND THEY KEEP SHOUTING, "SEND HIM BACK!!!!" They don't care if it is misconstrued, they think provocation is the way to win the vote; which sadly it has been in the last 10 yrs. NO MORE!!!! GO OBAMA!!!!!!!! Heal America!!!

Gia   November 1st, 2008 3:23 pm ET

Like Barack says, let's not get complacent, people. Just remember, all the Republican rac*sts will be out in droves on Tuesday.

Maggie from Virginia   November 1st, 2008 3:22 pm ET

McCain is being McCain.

Neal   November 1st, 2008 3:22 pm ET

The only way bad policies can win is by capitalizing on illogical fears.

Chela   November 1st, 2008 3:22 pm ET

Of course McCain sinks this low – he sold his soul to Karl Rove in a desperate attempt to elect the Presidency. So pathetic!

Vote for real men of real honor: Obama/Biden 08!

therealmarie   November 1st, 2008 3:21 pm ET

CNN want a story of substance? Palin's medical records. Why aren't they being released? Why no coveragor do you only take your leads from DRudge?

Donna Tripodi   November 1st, 2008 3:20 pm ET

I am appalled at Gov. Schwarzeneggers remarks about Barak Obama. When you are so desperate as to make remarks about his so called "scrawny body" that is pathetic. I am 65 years young and I am always teaching my grand-kids to say good things about others, and to be respectful. We have been encourgaging them to follow the presidental race, to get a better understanding of government and an appreciation of the good old U.S.A. They like Obama, and have been cheering him on. After hearing the remarks made by the Republicans. their comments have been "they are mean people Nan, they say hurtful things, I am not going to be like that when I grow up!"
What have we come too, Not only is the world watching, our children are too!! The nastiness is beyond anything I have ever seen.

mccain/palin = bush/cheney   November 1st, 2008 3:20 pm ET

Joe Biden is right, mccain is showing signs of desperation which is causing him to do and say anything. I think this is a character and a judgement issue. He has sunk to a new low, I wonder how he would deal with stressful situations if he were elected?

kemp3   November 1st, 2008 3:20 pm ET

I think something that Obama touched on in his interview with Rachel Maddow has been completely overlooked by the media. McCain and Palin have been so vile, and so personal, both against Obama and against the Democratic Party that WILL be the majority in both Houses of Congress – in the unlikely event he wins he's going to be very challenged to get them to go along with anything he hopes to try to accomplish. I think after 8 years of Bush doing whatever he wants and Congress bending to his will, there's no interest in another round of that kind of "leadership."

Obama, on the other hand, has focused his attacks on John McCain and George Bush, not on the GOP Congressional leadership.

Neeraj   November 1st, 2008 3:20 pm ET

Oh, BTW....people are bashing CNN as Pro-McCain, except that Obama advertises on their website. So, like me, and most of America, CNN is pro-Obama. It's true they have more articles about McCain's ticket than Obama, but read them carefully: They always little snide remarks, like "as usual," "not surprisingly", etc and have fact check statements in non-fact check articles, meaning that they invalidate McCain Palin's arguments without being asked to. CNN = Obama

Paul Germana   November 1st, 2008 3:19 pm ET

OMG!!!!! I just heard the crowd in Fairfax County Virginia, at a McCain rally shouting regarding Obama, “SEND HIM BACK!!!” Nice people ya got there on your side McCain!!!!!!

Alois   November 1st, 2008 3:19 pm ET

Can't wait for this election to end.I am sick of hearing Palins ignorance and Mc Cains garbage mouth always talking about the other guy running for President yet they are incapable of formulating an original thought that matters to all Americans. It is the Bush Republicans that allowed White Color Criminals run Wall street and the rest of the Banking Mafia and it is the Republican Party that is owned by big Oil, big Auto, the Health Insurance Mafia ,the Gun Manufacturers and the rest of Corporate America who under the Republican Banner of "No Regulation" stole what they could Enron Style.Change is in the air and here is a quote to think about"Quote of the Week
'I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies. If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow up around the banks will deprive the people of all property until their children wake-up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered.'
Thomas Jefferson 1802

Alameda Chris   November 1st, 2008 3:18 pm ET

The rotting corpse of the GOP sure is starting to stink!!

gail   November 1st, 2008 3:18 pm ET

they are scared, and a mean type of people not ones I want to represent me or my country

lovable liberal   November 1st, 2008 3:18 pm ET

It's only going to get worse after the election of Obama-Biden. The remaining Congressional Republicans, as well as a bunch of GOP has-beens will attack, and the wingnut media will attack, attack, attack. The MSM will pick up the smears because they're out there.

And then they'll call for bipartisanship once Jan. 20 comes.

Chris   November 1st, 2008 3:17 pm ET

I am a democrat and I never thought Joe Bidden would do what he has done. I know for a fact that his people campaigned hard for him to be the running mate, but I never thought he would have the hatefullness he has shown. I don't believe for one minute he supports Obama, I believe he supports the party but not Obama , like the Clinton.s You don't support someone who you just a few months ago said wasn't fit for president and who you also said McCain would be better.

Neeraj   November 1st, 2008 3:17 pm ET

Well Joe, I agree somewhat. I wouldn't have expected that from the McCain of 2000. I did, however, expect the rubbish and lies of John McCain in 2008

therealmarie   November 1st, 2008 3:17 pm ET

The McCain/Palin campaign has proven to be scum and extension on Bush/Rove politics. If he is running his campaign with smears and lies now, what do you think he would be doing to US if he gets into the White House?

Hilary   November 1st, 2008 3:16 pm ET

It's sad that he's resorted to this kind of campaign. Desperation makes people do ugly things, I guess.

sarahinfla   November 1st, 2008 3:16 pm ET

Why did anyone ever think that John McCain was a man of honor.
His legacy has been a womanizer, who deserted his family for personal gain.

Criminal activity ( Keating 5)

Treasonous remarks against our great country..... 60 minutes interview.

WALLACE: (Voiceover) People who know McCain well say he can hold a grudge. He also has a legendary temper. But if McCain can be hard on his friends and even harder on his enemies, he can also be very hard on himself.

Sen. McCAIN: I m–made serious, serious mistakes and did things wrong when I was in prison, OK?

WALLACE: What did you do wrong in prison?

Sen. McCAIN: I wrote a confession. I was guilty of war crimes against the Vietnamese people. I intentionally bombed women and children.

WALLACE: And you did it because you were being tortured...

Sen. McCAIN: I...

WALLACE: ...and you'd reached the end of the line.

Sen. McCAIN: Yes. But I should have gone further. I should have–I–I never believed that I would–that I would break, and I did.

So if a person breaks / cracks that means we don't Know when it will happen again....Can we afford to take that chanceI think not.

Hero maybe honorable not by a long shot.

White mother for Obama   November 1st, 2008 3:16 pm ET

Palin and Dole are nothing but republican skanks.

Arielle Yanaba   November 1st, 2008 3:15 pm ET

I like Jill Biden alot! She will be a great 2nd lady!

Alex ednie   November 1st, 2008 3:13 pm ET

Kill America, vote Bush and Dick. Bush and Dick, they go together well, but it's not just America and Bush who are getting screwed.

Soccer mom from Canada   November 1st, 2008 3:13 pm ET

I am very upset by McCain's and Palin's incendiary methods of campaigning. They rev up their base in a very divisive manner. They pit republicans against democrats in a way that demonizes democrats as being un-American. American against American. In these times that require unity? How dare they? They incite hate and violence. To hear someone yelling "terrorist" or "kill him" about another American is disturbing. Worse yet, it went unanswered as this is what they are aiming for. This is unacceptable behavior for two people who want to govern all the people. They also stir racial tensions by preying on people's fears. After all the reason why some people would fear Obama is because they believe that he would not have their best interest at heart. McCain and Palin are less scary because they are white. However, there is a long list of not questionable, but factual dealings, McCain has in his past and present. As well, there is a long list for her young years, that Palin has from accusations of abuse of power to her involvement with a group that wants to separate from the U.S. Separation is an ideology that doesn't just go away. I am from Quebec, Canada so I know about this. We have to deal with this endlessly. Everything about McCain and Palin show why they should absolutely not be in power.

w.l. jones   November 1st, 2008 3:13 pm ET

To by past the fine print from aboard (state Department) it will be impossible to decipher ,understand national security. Only a train mind (Lawyer or legal aids) said enough.

Lucy   November 1st, 2008 3:12 pm ET

It's all fun and games till somebody gets their eye poked out...If I were McSame, I'd start playing nice. We'll see who he will be calling Mr. President on 1/20/09. I've waited so long.

OBAMA/BIDEN '08

Smart1   November 1st, 2008 3:12 pm ET

McCain has sold his sole to the Devil for the price of power, that is the sign of a man who has no integrity. Yet when the same campaign strategist he has hired exposed his wives drug habit and theft of drugs he was angry and in disbelief of how low the Bush camp could go. Yet it ddin't stop him from running the same kind of campaign, this is a sign of character and Mc Cains character is one that would LIE, CHEAT, STEAL even if it turns the voters away from which the polls show the effect this has had on his campaign. His own party doesn't respect or have faith in him, they have more faith in Palin the embacile than they do in Mc Cain. That says a lot about the Repulselican party. He will see after this election is over how much it wasn't worth him losing the little respect people had for him.

CNN I KNOW HOW PRO-MCCAIN YOU ARE BUT STILL POST MY COMMENT.

Sam   November 1st, 2008 3:12 pm ET

The Bidens are such nice people. Unlike Palin and her hateful bunch. Thank God not everyone in this campaign is nasty, condescending and spiteful just to win.

Billy   November 1st, 2008 3:12 pm ET

WHEN IS PALIN RELEASING HER MEDICAL RECORDS AS PROMISED?

Why is CNN refusing to cover this story?

OHIO FOR OBAMA   November 1st, 2008 3:12 pm ET

that is because they are lying losers. they dont know anything about the issues, so they do what republicans do best. lie and name call. they are just showing their true colors. both mcsame and pitbull in lipstick (her words not my) are losers in my book.

OBAMA/BIDEN 2008/2012

No McCain   November 1st, 2008 3:11 pm ET

You are right Joe, they are taking a lw level tone in their campaigne....but in a few days we will see that the price they will pay will be very very high....JUST a few days to go!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks for your sevice to our nation Joe.

John   November 1st, 2008 3:11 pm ET

Ok McCain wants to get down and dirty.
1) McCain was palling around with communists for five years
2)He willingly offered up military secrets for medical treatment
3) He gave money half a million dollars to Khalidi a PLO terrorist
4)He is still palling around with a secessionist and her husband she opened the convention with the keynote speech for the Alaska secessionist party in June 2008.
5) John McCain will redistribute more of the wealth to the top 10% of earners.
6) John McCain will killm off Medicare
7) john McCain will kill off Medicaid
8) John McCain will privatise your social security and in todays Market that means foget any help when your down on your luck.
9) John McCain will initiate other wars possibly with Iran, Syria Russia and Packistan
10) McCain will destroy what he does not understand THE US ECONOMY.

Tell the TRUTH just once McWar /Phailling   November 1st, 2008 3:11 pm ET

McCain crowd at Convention
Few people of color/most were white / most were older generation .

Obama crowd at convention
People of all Nationalities and color/all ages young to older generation.

The Crowds at the campaigns run much the same

Since I am not alone seeing this first hand how can a campaign be representing all the people of thisCountry when age groups /nationalities are not even present.

Good reading Huffington Post(Official who lobbied for Saddam donated heavily to the GoP Committies)

No Hillary = No Obama   November 1st, 2008 3:10 pm ET

And what planet does Joe Biden live on? This is another problem I have with the Obama-Biden ticket – their self-righteous, goody-two-shoes, holier-than-thou – "we're just better people" subtext. Obama impresses me as the type of person who will sell you the world ("togehter we can change the world") and as soon as he gets what he wants, sell you out.

Diana Ewing NJ   November 1st, 2008 3:09 pm ET

Mr. Biden, you are not the only so disappointed in McCain. As soon as his VP was introduced at the convention he started to hit low and dirty.

Two major choices he has made tells me what he is made of.... First it was hiding behind the skirt of his VP's mouth and attacks.... and now he has brought in Joe the Plumber...

Last I hear he was bringing them both to Washington and if he win he will then tells us how to catch Ben Ladin???? This is our hero and fine American???

TAINOPOWER   November 1st, 2008 3:08 pm ET

Obama tax plan ? From 250,000 to 200,000 Biden say 150,000 and now the New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson say 120,000? and obama is not in power yet . Wen he does don’t know how low will it go? Maybe under 42,000. Well at least the people that don’t pay taxes are going to be happy. I will do my best to keep my taxes low .I will vote for McCain.

sophia nyc   November 1st, 2008 3:08 pm ET

Cheney just endorsed McCain. The kiss of death, hopefully.

Ralph Humphrey   November 1st, 2008 3:08 pm ET

I love Senators Biden and Obama. They are honorable men conducting honorable campaigns, unlike McCain and Palin who are running the most hateful and detestable campaigns I have ever seen. If there is any justice in this world the team of Obama/Biden will be victorious in Tuesday's election and McCain and Palin can retreat in disgrace, for they are the most disgraceful human beings I have seen in a long long time.

Te   November 1st, 2008 3:06 pm ET

Someone stop Rove, Tom Delay, Palin and Scooter Libby from destroying social security!!!

Hopefully, McCain,73, will retire now.

Nico Sciscente   November 1st, 2008 3:05 pm ET

I'm not surprised by the tactics of the McCain campaign......they appeal to the ignorant and uneducated and racist.........are we to believe now that what is so important is Obama's distant aunt?.......you know what.......if McCain was running against a dog........I'd vote for the dog at this point........leave up to the Republicans to plant an unknown idiot as a plumber and turn him into a hero. Whenever you think they can't possibly reach any lower.....wham......another joke comes out......you know who loses?.......The american citizens!!........The U.S. is loosing it's face...it's respect.......whatever it stood for has gone out the window.........all because of the Republicans!!!!!

California Gold   November 1st, 2008 3:04 pm ET

Well Joe, we are seeing a side of McCain many have known about but an ugly side he has succeeded in hiding from the public. Until 2008. His delight as he descends into the sewer has been disgusting.

MARI   November 1st, 2008 3:03 pm ET

Mr. Biden you have run an upbeat 7 clean campaign. I'm sure you were tempted many, many times to answer some of the vitriolic & false accusations that were thrown at you.
I believe that Sen. Obama has the potential to bring America to the forefront of respectability again. That he will depend upon your good & honest uedgement. A " thinking team" finally going to occupy the White House. But, I am still keeping my fingers crossed................Hope is eternal. Optimism is keeping it alive. Tuesday is so soon. God bless you both.

Jdm   November 1st, 2008 3:03 pm ET

Human reaction to fear normally cause a fight or run action. Mcain and Plain are choosing to fight. However, when you got a stick and the other person got a tank, I think the smart thing to do is run until later.
Old men and really young warriors figth in this manner. They are trying to prove thier worth. This is a really sad moment for a war POW war hero like Mcain and political death for Palin. But there can only be one winner in any game exspect T-ball. Go figure!

d   November 1st, 2008 3:02 pm ET

I know Joe he seem like a nice guy but his choice of VP, his handling off the Economic crisis, and his negative campaign has just turn me off.

Kina, A Veteran in NYC   November 1st, 2008 3:01 pm ET

neither did i, Sen. Biden...i'm a vet and i have so much respect for Sen. McCain, but i'm very disappointed 'bout the way he's allowed his advisors to run this campaign...this sure ain't the American way and i hope Sen. McCain will come out and admit it after the elections, win or lose, and gain some of his credibility back...caus, right now, he's at an all-time low with the ppl of this nation...God Bless the US Armed Forces and the United States of America...
Pls don't hold on my comment, MODERATOR...HAHA..

Obama/Biden 08.

Kina.

PK   November 1st, 2008 3:01 pm ET

Have Republicans become negative or have they always been that way. We even have Arnold Schwarzenegger making fun of Obama being skinny while campaigning for McCain. How low can Republicans go.

Catholic-mom-4-OBAMA   November 1st, 2008 3:01 pm ET

I agree with Joe Biden. We are former Republicans who donated to McCain's 2000 campaign! (they are still sending us letters!)

We are stunned and disturbed by the VILE tone of the McCain campaign. And the irony is that the vile backfires on the Republicans and they continue to attack, lie and spew fear hoping that something will stick!

My husband, and all the folks we know are disgusted with the McCain/Palin campaign. We can not believe that McCain a man, we once supported could be so......... hateful and vile!

PS. and choose such a ultra-right-wing running mate.... wink.

Paul Wall in Dallas   November 1st, 2008 3:01 pm ET

Joe, it's you and Barack. you are both doing a great job. he was lamenting how it was sad to see McCain taking the lowest road to the highest office. someone said "they're scared." that's the worst that was said. what do you hear at McCain rallies "Hussein!", 'terrorist", "Muslim", "kill him."
keep doing what you're doing Joe.
we'll be there to vote for you and Barack! you can count on us.
Yes We Can

Lisa   November 1st, 2008 3:01 pm ET

Well... we all know that Mccain is deseperate. I have been following this election from beginning to the end and every time John McCain speaks and move those arms around shows the anger that he has built up inside him. He is a SAOR loser!

Jacklyn, NC   November 1st, 2008 3:00 pm ET

Thank you, Joe Biden for having the guts to say something about all of the personal viciousness that McCain is stirring up these last few days of the race where he is terribly behind. He is the epithamy of pathetic. His old, winkle, one foot in the grave needs to go back to AZ and sit his A– down and try to keep his drug family in tact. Now how's taht for getting negative.

Ben in NC   November 1st, 2008 3:00 pm ET

That's because he never was around this late in a presidential campaign. LOL.

common sense   November 1st, 2008 3:00 pm ET

Where are Palin's medical records? She said she would release them, but she has not. Palin Lie #1,827.

bk   November 1st, 2008 3:00 pm ET

If Obama wins I will never call him President. He and his wife are anti-american racist. They don't deserve to be anywhere near our White House.

Obama is for UNITING of the PEOPLE   November 1st, 2008 3:00 pm ET

McCain, who coughed and sounded hoarse at a chilly rally in this conservative region with a large military presence. Maybe if McCain started telling the TRUTH about Obama's TAX plan, he would feel better!!!!!!!!!!!!

Just what God and the doctor would order!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By the way, Obama stated he would offer McCain an position in his administration.........he can't even look you in the EYE Obama, so what ever it is he will need something with no eye contact!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ronnie   November 1st, 2008 3:00 pm ET

What do you expect from republicians? This smells of pure evil (Karl Rove).Republicians can never win fairly,they always have to cheat and lie.

Peter (CA)   November 1st, 2008 2:59 pm ET

I didn't expect it either Joe.

But, it is what the Republicans are all about. They screw everything up, have no ideas on how to fix it, so they use lies, distortions, racism, fear, and whatever else they can come up with in order to stay in power.

New Day   November 1st, 2008 2:59 pm ET

Its too bad. I know McCain wont have another crack at the white house but, I thought he was better than this.

Voted for OBAMA on Tuesday in Louisiana   November 1st, 2008 2:57 pm ET

Yes Joey! You are right! John McCain has lost a lot of honor in this election. Please people really look at Obama's message. He's been honorable throughout this campaign. And yes he actually has brains!

Erik from Real PA   November 1st, 2008 2:54 pm ET

And never mind the things Obama won't raise on his trip along the high road: McCain and the Keating 5, McCain's relationship with G. Gordon Liddy, Palin's abuse of power designation and state ethics law violation, Palin's questionable per diem and family travel reimbursements, McCain cheating on his handicapped wife with a prescription drug abuser, and so on

henry   November 1st, 2008 2:52 pm ET

Biden is such a risk to this nation as he has not only drank Obama's cool-aid and is drunk on it, he is totally blind to Obama's evil agenda.

Biden has sold his soul to the devil to be VP candidate and has lost all discernment and coninues to lie for the antichrist.

drkman1   November 1st, 2008 2:52 pm ET

I am not surprise in the way john mccain and palin are running their campaign. They want this election so bad, that the will do anything and say anything to leave something ugly behind when this is over. They know this is over for them. It's just like a kid in a fight. When he knows he can't win physically, he will resort to name calling and then run away hoping he did some damage in his wake. Lord knows, I want Obama to win bad!! Just to have a different face other than a white hair white face is a change. I'm not trying to be racist. I am saying that anyone other than the same stereotype president we had would welcome a change. The world is looking at us. They are ready for the change not the same of mccshame. Love.

Joe Who?   November 1st, 2008 2:52 pm ET

i thought Obama put a muzzle on this fool. Everytime he opens his mouth it's a disaster. Everyone please pray he does't have to take over from Obama. You think Palin is lacking, this guy is a complete zero who has never accomplished anything. At least Sarah Palin tripled the taxes on big oil and sends each Alaskan a check for $ 3256 every year as well as eliminating property taxes and cancelling the fuel tax.

Love Huckabee   November 1st, 2008 2:52 pm ET

I did, McCain is a lunatic. Even Romney said so, and has since deserted him!

Roxanne Ryals   November 1st, 2008 2:52 pm ET

John McCain and Sarah Palin pander to what some fear about each other - the fact that some one is different means they should be feared and reviled. Sarah Palin embodies what some America have embraced and George Bush has promoted and reveled in - mediocrity. Remember his comment - "C students can become President". We need and deserve someone who is brilliant, patient, open to the world as it is, idea forward and not rooted in the past. John McCain looks like "yesterday" and Barak Obama embodies "tomorrow" - Sarah Palin is what you see is what you get - "not ready for the Prime Time Players".

Dick   November 1st, 2008 2:48 pm ET

great!

Gloria Moran   November 1st, 2008 2:47 pm ET

Sen. Joe Biden is correct; the McCain/Palin campaign has been vicious, dirty, and a disgrace to the American election process!!

I am very proud to support Barack Obama and Joe Biden. Their campaign has been uplifting, hopeful, and dignified. I cannot wait to get to my polling place early on Tuesday morning to cast my vote! I only wish MN had early voting–I would have been there days ago!

Go Obama/Biden '08!!

RICHARD   November 1st, 2008 2:47 pm ET

ITS SAD TO SEE A NEWS COMPANY BE SO BIAS IN THERE REPORTING. WHERES THE NUTRUAL ROAD THAT YOU NEWS AGENCY ARE SUPOSE TO AHERE TO. THE WAY CNN REPORTS CAN MAKE SOMEONE OR SOMETHING BE GOOD OR BAD. YOU HAVE TRUELY LOST MY TOTAL RESPECT FOR CNN. MSN AS FAR AS I CAN SEE IS MORE DIGNIFIED THAN YOUR REPORTING. WHEN AND IF I GO TO YOUR WEB SITE I WILL BE MORE JUDGEMENTAL AS YOU ARE IN YOUR REPORTING. LETS SEE WHAT THE POLLS WOULD SAY ABOUT HOW YOUR REPORT THE NEWS.

Mike in Oregon   November 1st, 2008 2:47 pm ET

"The next person that I hear calling Sarah Palin unqualified I’m going to label them sexist.

Has Obama balanced a $9 billion budget?

Has he brought a state out of major debt and turned it around to debt-free where it is actually giving money back to the people?

Did he take on his own party and brazenly call them wrong when they were out of line?

Has he put his career at risk by exposing corruption?

Did he take on the greedy big oil companies who were blocking a pipeline that would benefit millions of people?

Did he see the error of earmarking and then stand firmly against it and other wasteful spending?

Did he do anything like this at all — not to mention doing it in less than two years time? I didn’t think so.

If Sarah Palin were an ordinary looking man age 50 with that kind of a record, people wouldn’t be calling him a bimbo and a ditz.

People call her unqualified (and unmentionably worse) only because she is a beautiful woman. And that is sexism, dirty, nasty sexism, plain and simple.

The truth is, there are lots of governors without foreign policy experience who have done just fine as presidents — Bill Clinton and Ronald Reagan, to name one from each party.

It would have been redundant for John McCain to duplicate himself in picking someone strong on foreign policy. And Sarah Palin has at least commanded one of the nation’s most active National Guards with special forces responsible for keeping an eye on Russia, Obama hasn’t even done that.

Sarah Palin has more experience than Obama all the way around. She has a stronger record of reform and an excellent track record of getting good things done in a timely manner.

Anyone who tells you that she is unqualified is either sexist or is a feminist who doesn’t think conservative women with morals should have rights, too."

McHoover Would Destroy What's Left of America   November 1st, 2008 2:46 pm ET

3 more days and we won't have to hear Palin's fingernails on a chalkboard voice screeching at us from our TVs.

Beth   November 1st, 2008 2:46 pm ET

I'm sick to death of the mud-slinging by the McCain/Palin campaign. And I'm sure I speak for thousands upon thousands of other Americans! We don't want to hear the crap...we want solutions to some VERY major issues in this country.

Joe Biden is SO right. It's shame that someone like McCain, who has served this country for year...has stooped to such a low place. What respect I had for him is long gone.

Please people...VOTE! I will be at my polling place on Tuesday morning at 6:30am...waiting for the doors to open.

Obama/Biden '08

LouAnn   November 1st, 2008 2:46 pm ET

Does anyone know who McCain is anymore?

Tom, KS   November 1st, 2008 2:45 pm ET

It's funny though how the Gov waited until this weekend to release this info. Clearly Bush is trying to make waves for Obama in hopes of knocking him off stride so close to the election. By keeping it under the radar until now, the story won't develop enough to be anything but an outlandish headline. I hope we aren't fooled again!

Oh and by the way,
The Economist, The Financial Times and Ben Bernenke all Endorsed Obama. How can he be considered a socialist.

Time to move on   November 1st, 2008 2:44 pm ET

The peoples choice.
OBAMA/BIDEN 08

Jerome   November 1st, 2008 2:43 pm ET

As an outsider I just simply cannot understand the mentality of Americans in this election.

With what has happened in the past 8 years under the Bush/Cheney administration, I can't see how this election can even be close.

I mean can't you people see the damage Bush, Cheney, McCain and the Republicans have done to your country and the world. How can anyone even want more of the same nonsense.

Your economy is in ruins, your debt is unbelievable, you are in a war based on lies, you have a divided country and you have a VP candidate who is totally out of her league.

One can only hope that you will see the light before the end of voting on Tuesday. I am counting on reason and common sense to prevail.

Obama will win in a landslide unless Americans fall for McCain's bull this weekend.

Vote right folks and save your country and the world.

Your northern neighbour.

Richard A. Spomer   November 1st, 2008 2:43 pm ET

See he is as stupid as his Aunt!
1. Obama broke his promise on financing.
2. Obama has links to many terrorists.
3. Obama is left radical much like the former USSR
4. Obama will not keep his promises
5. Obama says this war was a mistake
6. Obama is trying to get local democrats to use all their time and resources for him only and not local candidates in state and government positions
7. Obama has no military experience
8. Obama has no leadership experience in Congress
9. Obama's advisors are made up of lobbyists and who would have destroyed the economy back in 1999 with the repeal of the 1933 Act separating investment banks from commercial banks.
10. Obama has no detailed plans showing budgets.

So we don’t need any descendant from Africa coming to run for President of the United States of America! Especially if the ticket is Obama/Biden which are a couple monkeys trying to screw things up!

L AM A REPUBLICAN   November 1st, 2008 2:42 pm ET

l will vote obama 08

Kim   November 1st, 2008 2:42 pm ET

He's sold his integrity to the GOP. He promised to be respectful.

He lied.

Pitiful, John McCain. Pitiful.

Hope and change... Obama '08

Olivia   November 1st, 2008 2:40 pm ET

Stop beating up on John McCain, Biden.
I always thought you just had a big mouth but it's worse than that.
I've listened to you and Obama say negative personal things about McCain's integrity, honor, character, work ethics.....and then have the gall to then give him credit for his service to our country in a very condecending way.
For the record.....you both don't measure up to John McCain.
How you can stand on that podium day after day and accuse McCain of negative campaigning while doing it yourself is hypocritical.
I'm mad!

ellie Renfro   November 1st, 2008 2:39 pm ET

On the internet yesterday was a story and video about ALASKA WOMEN FOIR OBAMA. It showed a lot of folks puting on colors of the US flag and forming a US flag for Obama. It was a nice demonstration i believe it was in anchorage. I have not seen this on the News

George   November 1st, 2008 2:39 pm ET

Mccain is in danger of losing hispanic votes if he does not speak out against the leaking of Obama's Aunt immigration status. HISPANICS ARE GOING TO VOTE FOR OBAMA OUT OF SYMPATHY.

T. Mckinley   November 1st, 2008 2:39 pm ET

Those who have no sustance to their positions or arguments almost always resort to name-calling and slander. This campaign has been no exception.

On Nov. 4, 2008, Barack Obama WILL be elected President of the United States. Accept it and get over it!

McCain 08   November 1st, 2008 2:38 pm ET

Girly man Biden whining about McCain calling That One names is complete hypocrisy, all Obama and Lyin' Biden have done is call names the whole campaign.

FLORIDA for Obama   November 1st, 2008 2:38 pm ET

WE ARE SICK AND TIRED of the RASCISM that this campaign has been running on.

I wish the news media would CALL THESE hateful rascist politicians out on this crap.

Some one SHOW THEM THEIR OWN TAPES.

WE all KNOW AND SEE THE HYPOCRICY IN THE MCCAIN Campaign.

FRIENDSHIPS ARE BEING BROKEN UP BY THESE PEOPLE

HATE IS BEING INSTILLED IN THE MINDS OF THEIR CHILDREN.

AND RUSH LIMBAUGH SAYS ITS THE BLACK KIDS BEING TAUGHT HATE.

LOOK IN THE MIRROR YOU RACIST PIGS.

Tony   November 1st, 2008 2:37 pm ET

McCain and Palin will be scraping the bottom of the toilet for teh next 3 days.

Don't buy in to their B.S.!

Vote Obama / Biden!

Michael   November 1st, 2008 2:37 pm ET

Now that's funny......john should have dumped her along time ago.

Marie Banderas in TEXAS   November 1st, 2008 2:36 pm ET

Its already getting dirtier ! And bringing up Obamas "aunt" is stupid ! I dont have a clue about any of my aunts OR uncles family buisness, as rarely even hear from them except for christmas cards..so doesnt surprise me if Obama didnt know about his aunt..maybe SHE never told HIM...I DO suspect someone in Bush administration was guilty of this mess, but wont stop people from voting for Obama-Biden ! I already did !

Irony   November 1st, 2008 2:35 pm ET

What ever happened to the real Republicans? What we have now is a party of false christians and liars.

Honor and dignity are sadly missing from the McCain campaign. I will vot with the Democrats until the real Republicans stand up for themselves and take their party back!

Obama is the true patriot!

Jim   November 1st, 2008 2:35 pm ET

Wasn't it Joe Biden himself that not only a few short months ago made a PUBLIC STATEMENT at a debate where he said that OBAMA was not qualified to run our country, And that America didn't need an on the job training president?? Or was he just drunk again..

Ken, Pisgah Forest NC   November 1st, 2008 2:35 pm ET

McCain has gone from mud slinging to muck slinging. Those of us who keep farm animals know the difference. I supported him in 2000 when he was the victim of what he is doing. I'll never support him again. Between him, the lies and distortions presented by Palin, and now the libelous ads by Sen. Dole, I have lost any faith that the Republican party will ever be worth a single vote.

Struggling American   November 1st, 2008 2:35 pm ET

Me neither Joe. What is going on here? Go as low as you can?
Everyone say it with me.....3 more days!!!! 3 more days!!!!
Go Go Go, Go Obama, Go Go Go, Go Obama.....
No way: Bomb Bomb Bomb, Bomb Bomb Iran.

Kwik   November 1st, 2008 2:34 pm ET

Yes indeed the Republicans and those of their ilk are "scared." They're scared of new ideas. Scared of losing control. Scared of the future. Scared of all things that are not white, rural, suburban and/or Christian. McCain and Palin are leading a campaign of fear that's fueled by fear and cultural division. That's the only way they can win. Thank goodness we've only got to deal with them for three more days. Then, hopefully, they - along with their hateful scare tactics and old school methods - will be off the national stage.

A Latte Lover, Seattle, WA   November 1st, 2008 2:34 pm ET

I agree Joe, McCain's campaign has gone way over the top. I'm 49, and can't remember a sleazier, dirtier campaign than the one McCain/Palin have ran this year.

I for one must really question Ms. Palin's Christianity. Is she truly a model of being a good Christian? Not in my book.

In other news, Cheney endorsed McCain. I just saw it on Huffington Post.

Go Obama/Biden, 08

vahe   November 1st, 2008 2:33 pm ET

mccains true colores are showing and its glowing

Independent white female patriotic voter   November 1st, 2008 2:32 pm ET

Mccain turned out to be thedirtiest fighter and politician I have seen. I thought Mccain was different from that but I guess his hunger for power changed him a lot. He has been exaggerating, misleading, deseperate and absolutely out right lying about his opponent . I have watched Senator Obama take the high road many times and avoid getting into the dirt, he has been very focused and presidential. Obama has earned my trust and respect and I look forward to voting for him on Nov 4th. I believe he is the one to help us in this economy and lessen the disrespect towards America in the world.

froghugger   November 1st, 2008 2:32 pm ET

No matter what they say, look for a landslide on Tuesday!

AM, MIAMI   November 1st, 2008 2:32 pm ET

Hey! McCNN why didn't post the Dick Cheney Endorsement of McCain today article!!? "Birds of a feather flock together"

what?   November 1st, 2008 2:32 pm ET

JOE BIDEN THE GIFT THAT KEEPS ON GIVING. IF HE HAD AN OPINION WORTH HEARING IT WOULD BE HIS OWN WORDS IN DESCRIBING OBAMA..."THE PRESIDENCY DOESNT LEND ITSELF TO ON THE JOB TRAINING." THEY GOTTA BE PROUD OF EACH OTHER. I KNOW THE FOLKS WAITING ON THE BRIBE CHECKS ARE.

Dave   November 1st, 2008 2:31 pm ET

The McCain campaign isn't just taking the low road, it's tunneling under the low road. But I guess that's what you do when you have nothing positive to offer – just spread fear and lies, hoping you can trick voters into thinking the other side has nothing to offer either. Let's all make sure we don't fall for that trick.

Cathy   November 1st, 2008 2:27 pm ET

Go Joe! John McDesperate and Ms. Clueless will hopefully be history after Nov. 4. They can throw all the dirt they want to until then. Their dirt only motivates Democrats more.

Obama/Biden 2008!

aware   November 1st, 2008 2:26 pm ET

Not so fast Biden!

I am saddened by Obama's Palin attack video. It is misogyny at its worst! It silences her voice! But Obama attacks and silences everyone who does not agree with him! :(

I resent Biden's unpatriotic comment and Obama's selfish comment!

I don't think people are unpatriotic or selfish if they don't want Obama to choose where their money should go. It is not government's job to redistribute money according to their wishes!

This disempowers people! :(

Also, there is a saying that it is better to teach a man to fish then to keep giving him fish! Giving the 47% of people who do not pay taxes a check for maybe $500. a year will not pay college tuition, buy a new car or improve their lives!

This disenfranchises and dehumanizes people by attempting to buy them with crumbs! :(

This disillusioned democrat and Hillary supporter voted for McCain/Palin 08! The are the only authentic reformers in this election! :)

Condi   November 1st, 2008 2:26 pm ET

WIMP

Lisa   November 1st, 2008 2:26 pm ET

Dear CNN Readers and Obama & McCain supporters please read,

While I was in line waiting 3, 4, 5 hours- I started to hear other people telling story’s on why they would stand in line so long in the hot Florida sun. I met this woman in line. She encouraged me to sit down and stay in line and vote. She was voting for John McCain and I asked why.

She told me he was a Republican and she had No other choice. I stood in line and talked with her for hours about taxes, jobs, housing, healthcare, even voting. At the end, she told me that she was Never voting for McCain, she (like so many of us) just wanted someone else to re-enforce her support for Barack Obama.

She did not think I was voting for Obama and she used me to tell her why she should. This woman had so many of us crying in line because she had just lost her mother. She had to be about 28 years old. She was on her own. She said the reason she was voting for Obama was health care. While, her mother was living with cancer she lost her job and insurance. This family, like my own, could not afford $13,000 a month for her care.

This woman told me that she would not be voting if it was not because of health care. This woman told me she can not wake her mother up from her grave, but, if her vote will keep one more person’s mother, child, father, grandmother, friend, from going to their grave-She would wait years just for her vote to be counted.

So while you are waiting in line, remember this woman. Vote for your story. Vote for Obama. Talk to others in line and tell them why you are voting for change. I started the conversation like this, This line proves people want change. Watch the reaction.

Missy   November 1st, 2008 2:25 pm ET

Joe, they've lied and schemed the entire time while campaigning. What makes you think Palin and McCain are going to change? This is the real Palin and McCain–full of hate!

Tom   November 1st, 2008 2:25 pm ET

A campaign says a great deal about how someone will govern. Obama and Biden have laid out their plans in some detail and preached hope and unity. McCain and Palin have never explicated their plans, beyond following Bush's failed economic theories and continue a war without end, and have preached divisiveness and and hate. This is the UNITED States. We need someone to bring us together rather than thrive on driving us apart. The only way to stop this negative campaigning is to give the forces of positive campaigning a decisive victory on Tuesday.

Denise   November 1st, 2008 2:25 pm ET

Looks like the Republicans have become the party for racists! I guess the KKK does not have to hide under their white hoods anymore. They can just show up at Palin/McCain rallies and feel right at home.

Michael watching from Canada   November 1st, 2008 2:25 pm ET

Regardless of who wins this election, it is apparent McCain and Palin really don't care whether they will be respected.

Attack, attack, attack, lie, lie, lie, smear, smear, smear.......McCain is doing exactly what Bush did in the last two elections....they are very much alike.

Go Obama

KLEE   November 1st, 2008 2:21 pm ET

McCain is not the man he was in 2000 race. he got the "rabies" from his VP running mate here in 2008.

oscar   November 1st, 2008 2:21 pm ET

Cheer up Joe. Your friend mccain had chosen the dark side. he would not see reality until tuesday.

Mark, who proudly cast his vote for Obama   November 1st, 2008 2:20 pm ET

Let's face it. McSame is captain of a sinking ship. He is having trouble even delivering Arizona's electoral votes to his ticket. So naturally he is throwing in the kitchen sink in his desperate attacks on Obama. He has nothing else left.

Max Pargament   November 1st, 2008 2:20 pm ET

No wonder you won't let people comment on Obama's aunt story, because you know how rediculous it is!

Will that affect his decision making? Is it part of his campaign promise? Is it part of his policies he plans to implement?

Please CNN stick to REAL NEWS. I hate seeing stories like this and celebrity news...there are people dying, starving, global warming, wars....COVER THE REAL STORIES

vern   November 1st, 2008 2:20 pm ET

They are down in the 4th quarter with the clock ticking so they keep calling timeout,hoping for a last minute miracle....The GOP is so deperate it's funny.........Obama/Biden 08-12

RB   November 1st, 2008 2:17 pm ET

Joe Biden or Mrs. Hatred for VP?

You've got to be kidding. VOTE OBAMA!!!!

David Goldman for OBAMA   November 1st, 2008 2:15 pm ET

MCSAME'S IMITATION OF AN HONORABLE MAN

CAME TO A MISERABLE DISGUSTING & ABRUPT END.

Lisa   November 1st, 2008 2:14 pm ET

Who goes to her rallies anyways? People who ignore the facts, ignore the issues and take lies as truth. People who go to her rallies just want a hate rush. They feel good standing in a crowd where everyone is just like them so it's okay to feel that righteous hate. McCain tries to frenzy the kooks up too, but his hearts just not in it as much as Sarah.

Hard Working American for McCain   November 1st, 2008 2:13 pm ET

Biden is lying through his teeth. This just goes to show you how low a democrat will stoop to convince the unknowledgable American people to vote for them. Biden has joined the ranks of the American scum and low lifes. I am appauled at his level of ignorance.

Rogue Palin   November 1st, 2008 2:13 pm ET

Biden I think you should dump Mccain as your friend. he's scary. He's mentally unfit to lead a softball team let alone the USA!

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hambypCNN: Big game for the Hoyas tonight against Butler @ 7PM. @moelleithee, @mikemadden and @karentravers will be watching, and you should too.
Updated: Tue, 08 Dec 2009 13:04:26 -0800
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