(CNN) – Nine days after losing the presidential election to Barack Obama, John McCain is back on the campaign trail.
The former GOP presidential nominee will stump for fellow Republican senator Saxby Chambliss today in Georgia.
The freshman senator most likely faces a run-off election December 2 against Democrat Jim Martin, a former state lawmaker.
At the start of the campaign, Chambliss was the heavy favorite in the race. But the contest tightened, and neither candidate won more than 50 percent of the vote on Election Day, thanks in part to a third-party candidate who won 3 percent of the vote. The race appears headed to a runoff between Chambliss and Martin.
The runoff is expected to become official later this week, after the state certifies the election results. Unofficial tallies show Chambliss with 49.8 percent of the vote, just short of the 50 percent plus one vote need to win. Martin has 46.8 percent of the vote.
McCain will join Chambliss at a campaign rally in suburban Atlanta this afternoon. McCain won Georgia's presidential vote 52 percent to 47 percent. President Bush carried the state by 17 points in his 2004 re-election victory.
Former Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee is expected to campaign for Chambliss in Georgia this weekend, and an appearance by another former Republican presidential candidate, Mitt Romney, is also possible.
Martin is hoping that President-elect Obama will come down to Georgia for an assist. While there's no guarantee that will happen, Obama is dispatching campaign aides to Georgia to help Martin in his runoff efforts.
A victory by the Democrats in Georgia could help determine if the party reaches its goal of reaching 60 Senate seats, which would give the Democrats a filibuster-proof majority in the chamber. A filibuster is a move that allows the minority party in the Senate to stall and even block votes on legislation. Sixty votes are needed to overcome a filibuster.
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He should go unreported!
With all due respect to McCain, he is the looser here. I can't see for the life of me how helpful he will be to this guy. Now, flip the coin, If President-Elect Barack was to the do the same (which I understand he will not do but his surrogates will do instead), I would expect a better result.
Senator McCain, Saxby Chambliss is nothing more than an unpatriotic simpleton that craves power and tramples over anyone that gets in his way. Please do America a favor and throw this loon under the bus where the creep belongs. What he did to the good Senator Cleeland, a fellow vet who sacrificed for this country, is inexcusable.
It's sad that right now third party candidates can only play the role of the spoiler, or just waste everyone's time and money. Now, the only two viable candidates will have to spend more time and resources, and all the voters will have to spend more time to vote again.
Will Joe Lieberman be joining?
Losers of the world unite!
O boy...McCain helping Chambliss:) If he stumbles around like he did in the Presidential election Martin should take it easily!
I can honestly say I don't miss you john or your clueless pathological lying running mate at all.
It's obvious that mccain has lost any integrity he may have ever had. He called the ads that Chambliss ran against Cleland "despicable" – but yet now he can campaign for him. That says a lot about Mccain. Shameful.
Please leave Palin behind!
Could we please, please, get Palin and McCain out of the headlines. Can't take anymore of either one of them.
To all you people to include many woman who are bashing Palin give it up. The only reason all of the woman groups dislike her is A) She doesnt look like the typical liberal woman (Short haired and manly looking) and B) She doesnt believe in killing babies.
Give it rest I thought you were the party of Peace, love, Gay and happy
McCain is campaigning for the republican victory in Georgia to prevent the democrats gaining 60 seats in the senate. He is counting on using the sympathy he gained from republican voters on losing the presidential bid. There is the GOP brain behind this.
It's clearly dementia. His memory of just nine days ago is gone.
Maybe he's also trying to redeem himself – getting into bed with Karl Rove was the biggest mistake of his political life. The nastiness didn't work this time (for the Repubs) and I don't think McCain truly was all that comfortable with it. It showed at times – in the end it was his campaign and those were his decisions – as he said on election night.
MCCain and his running mate need to take a long vacation. They have insulted everyone's intelligence! Country First, Mavericks, Reform, Change, I lost count. Which one was it?
The Presidential race is over. Isn't it about time for McCain to pack up and head back to the Senate.
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Will you please quit talking about palin, she is old news and not good news at that.
McCain in my opinion is a moron for introducing Sarah Palin to the country. She's an idiot, but doesn't know it. If she starts one more sentence with "Being that", I'll throw up.
When she speaks I flip the channel because I don't want my kids to pick up improper English from a so called "leader". Send her back to Alaska and don't continue to annoy us.
McCain wants to insure that another Democrat is elected to the senate.
Saxby Chandliss, the triple-deferment candidate, defeated a triple-amputee Vietnam Vet by calling him a "traitor to his country".
After 9/11, Chandliss suggested that the Georgia State Patrol pull over every car from New York with Muslims in it and throw them in jail.
In 6 years in the Senate, this bigoted cowardly buffoon has done NOTHING for the State of Georgia.
Wake up Georgians! With a Democratically controlled Congress, Georgia will be on the short end of the stick unless we elect an effective Senator – Jim Martin.
Perhaps Martin doesn't have that "Boss Hawg" Dukes of Hazzard Good 'ole Boy (fake) persona that Chamliss has, but frankly, is that the direction Georgia wants to go in the next decade?
If Chambliss wins in Georgia and the Democrats fail to reach the 60 Senate seats they'd like, Silly Sarah can somehow worm her way into the Senate and become the Designated Filibustress - perfect job for her - talk and talk and talk and say NOthing!
This is another sign that McCain has sold his soul.
In 2003, Chambliss was running against Max Cleland, and ran one of the dirtiest smear-laden campaigns ever.
[A] television spot on behalf of the Chambliss campaign accused
Cleland, a triple amputee and Vietnam veteran, of lacking the "courage to lead" for not backing all of President Bush's Homeland Security amendments. It showed pictures of Cleland after those of Osama bin Laden and Saddam Hussein.
"I'd never seen anything like that ad," said Sen. McCain, himself a
Vietnam veteran and prisoner of war, in July 2003. "Putting pictures
of Saddam Hussein and Osama bin Laden next to the picture of a man who left three limbs on the battlefield. It's worse than disgraceful. It's reprehensible."
But I guess it is ok to campaign for this reprehensible character in 2008.
We're really looking forward to having these bozos come down here and tell us how to vote. You betcha, wink wink. Keep your cameras ready, CNN. You may see someone sic a dog on a former candidate for president before this is over.
Seriously? Chambliss has been a sad sack senator with nothing much to show his constituents, and he rode into office by kicking a man in a wheelchair. On the other hand Martin managed to come out against dredging the Savannah port, which is vital, and is a Democrat in a mostly-Republican area. No one has much enthusiasm for the race.
McCain can't stay away from the cameras. He needs a hobby.
Let the criticism of McCain begin in 1...2...
I wonder if Joe the Plumber will be with him...or maybe Benedict Joe LIEberman?? They can hold hands and cry on each other shoulder.
Now that is demoracy at it's fullest! It's been a long time since a runoff.....let the people speak.....
I can understand how McCain is a good Republican trooper and would campaign for a fellow Republican. What I can't understand is how he could campaign for someone like Saxby Chambliss who in his election battle in 2002 questioned the patriotism of a fellow Vietnam War Veteran, Max Cleland.
If the DNC is smart, they'd send Obama and Clinton both to Georgia to stump for Martin–Obama isn't going to get the guy in office on his own, given the fact that McCain won the state, but when you stop and realize that Hillary won so many rural parts of the South in the primaries, she could have a huge impact on getting this Martin fellow into the Senate.
McCain is a fool for campaigning in behalf of Chambliss. The Dems are going to run and rerun Chambliss's 2002 ad linking Max Cleland to Osama bin Laden along with McCain's intense repudiation of that ad and the spirit of Chambliss it portrayed. After all the flipping McCain did in the run against Obama he hasn't much good reputation left to squander, but he seems ready to sacrifice himself for a dirty loser.
Didn't McCain call Saxby dispicable when he accused Cleland of being a traitor during the last election. Didin't he say calling a man who left 3 limbs on the battlefield of Vietnam a traitor was reprehensible. This change in McCain is why he was trounced in the election. This lack of principles is why MCCain was trounced in the election. Saxby is the same guy he was 6 years ago and Cleland still is short 3 limbs, so what has changed. THe only thing that has changed is McCain.
Two losers McCain and Chambliss won't a winner make. It's unfortunate McCain didn't stick to his principles if he had any and let Chambliss swim for it but by supporting him McCain is showing Party first country last.
I love the comments, post-election. The harsh truth is justified considering what we as a country have gone through during the past eight years and, now what we will have to struggle with in the near-term. Thanks so much Repugs! This is going to stick to you for a good long time. Quiet down and take your medicine.
Chambliss is a despicable person for what he did to Cleland. He should NOT be returned to the Senate. Obama and his folks need to make sure of that and get out the right vote in Georgia.
We need upstanding people in the Senate and I do believe that John McCain needs to stay away from this one! (Or is it "that one"?)
Hey 01/20/13 no one likes Palin due to she was never qualified to be VP let along Govenor of a state. The problem with people like you and the rest of the Palin groupie corps is that looks will only get you so far in politics. If she wants to use her looks for gain, she needs to pursue a career as a stripper uhhhhhhhhhhh I mean in Adult Entertainment, therefore no one will care about her thoughts and words. And she still bringing up Ayers is mighty hypocritical when she says two minutes later that the accusations against her were petty mean spirted politics. You anbd the rest of the Republicans who still support this whack job need to admit that you thought America would be so superfical that picking a ex beauty pagent contestant was going to be enough and once again, we, the American people, well at least 65 million of us, proved that we are smarter than that. Now go away and find a qualified person to support in 2012.
McCain is campaigning because he has "them right where he wants them". This man is a terrible joke.
That's right McCain...help put narrow-minded racists like yourself in office. Bigot.
Well, I for one am glad McCain is still up and about. These days, the last thing we need is our nation's politicians sitting around moping.
Stop giving stupid Sarah so much airtime. She's just trying to stay in the public eye for 2012. I hope the 57 million morons who voted the GOP will have left the country by then.
McCain didn't want to have anything to do with Chambliss 4 years ago.... now they are buddies.
Palin.... go away! You will be old news in a few weeks anyway and you can go back up and freeze in Alaska.
Yeah!!!! Go American Independence Party.... eh Todd Palin? Lets get those Alaska secession rumors up and running again!
What is worse is the Democrats campaigning for Franken.
A loser supporting another loser. How ironic is that.
Why isn't he back in Washington doing his Senate duties? His political war is over and he lost. His partner-in-crime has resumed her duties as a governor, so he needs to hang up his bag of political lies and inuendos and hit the trail back to Washington. OR, he could go back to Arizona and warm his rocking chair, and watch the sun set in the West while he reminisces about what could have been. You did your best and flubbed it.
It's time to turn out the lights, lock the door, and go home.
bunch of lies...the CCHD cut off funding for ACORN because Obama supports abortion rights. Liars liars liars.
I'm curious to see if he'll revert back to the old McCain, or if he'll keep pandering to the mouth breathing pedestrian right.
It's funny how a wide majority of people don't want GM to get bailed out by the government, yet the bailout is being heavily encouraged by Barack Obama. I thought everyone wanted this guy in office? Or did all his brainless voters not know what his policies were and are?
What is with the continued hatred I read in these posts. Democrats deplored those same sentiments when spoken by republicans but find it now excusable to do it themselves? What is it with the fact that you won and now seem to continue to act like you do? This is the one of the reasons being an "independent" looks so good because how can you support a party with a leader who says he stands for being bipartisan and wanting a change in the tone in Washington when his supporters still seem to feel there is an election going on and need to denigrate and belittle anyone who doesn't agree with them. How can one support Obama's dream when they read what his supporters write?
McCain is still politicing because the media is still covering him, short and simple. If the media would ever learn they serve America best by removing the pulpit from the political pariahs allowing them to simply whither away, our nation would be much better off. We are now in the dark days of transistion and the media should be covering the ongoing looting of our finances by the outgoing administration rather than reporting on the losers!!!!
Obama and the DNC should pour every bit of money left over from the campaign (and it's got to be a hefty sum) into this election. Every prominent Democrat should campaign. Begich looks poised for victory, and Franken has a good shot. This race could be the key to 60.
Maybe he can encourage Chambliss to suspend his campaign for the sake of the economy....
Mccain needs to go and sit down. He needs to figure out how they are going to restore the GOP!!
Saxby Chambliss: a disgusting person
Am so sick of Palin, Am in hopes she falls in the lake off the end of the road she built to nowhere
Another McCain flip-flop
The only reason he could be doing this is to get in front of the cameras again....the candidate is reprehensible. After 2 years off ot run for President, McCain needs to either retire or get back to work as a Senator, which is what he was elected to do.
NO John. I was disappointed in John during his campaign. I am thoroughly offended with his endorsement of Saxby Chandliss. This is a man he denounced for swift boating and calling a triple amputee Vietnam Vet a traitor. John, if you are truly a Maverick and a bipartisan then you should denounce him again or just don't campaign for him. You are tarnishing your name for a scum of a senator. Say it aint so John
I live in Georgia and I voted for Martin, it looks like I will have to go back and vote again. Chambliss and Westmoreland are too of the worst people to represent the citizens of Georgia.
BETTER CK OUT ACORN THE FIX IS IN ALL OVER THE COUNTRY
Jon said – "It's sad that right now third party candidates can only play the role of the spoiler, or just waste everyone's time and money. Now, the only two viable candidates will have to spend more time and resources, and all the voters will have to spend more time to vote again."
No what is sad is that third pary candidates don't get more media coverage, $ and more of the votes. Some of these candidates are better for the country than the Dems and Repubs.
Thank you Senator McCain. A loser reinforcing the campaign of another loser will look great on TV. Two old guys standing next to each other is going to be a great photo op for the Democrats.
Please bring Cindy with you. It was so great to see your treatment of your wife as a fixture BEHIND you at every rally. You hardly ever even acknowledged her existence. You are such a great Republican macho hero role model.
Guess MCCain and the Alaskan chick can't get enough publicity. They're beginning to make Paris Hilton seem shy and private.
The Republican party, old men with white hair!
Now thats something new?
John "my friend" Mccain and Sarah "here too, again, also" Palin please just go away. You've done enough Mavericking this year.
Yes, because when you want a recommendation, you want it from the LOSER of the presidential election.
McCain and Chambliss fit quite nicely together. They are both angry old has-beens who nobody in their right mind would vote for.
By the way:
"But the contest tightened, and neither candidate won more than 50 percent of the vote on Election Day, thanks in part to a third-party candidate who won 3 percent of the vote."
Oh, darn that system we have in place where you don't have to represent one of two parties...!! Don't they know that if you're not a democrat or a republican then the turr'ists have won!?!
Why waste the time and money with another election? Why not give it to the guy with the highest popular vote?
Isn't this the guy that McCain called out not so long ago? Why is he campaigning for him?
Where is Joe the Plumber? He had enough smarts to disappear. Why, oh why can't you Sarah?
Will John McCain be able to incorporate one of his Klan Rallies into the campaign for Chambliss?
Cue the 'Kill Him!-He's an Arab!" McCain Rally Cry when referring to any opponent of the GOP.
Jim Martin is white. How will that work?
1/20/13:
Your "short haired and manly looking" bigotry is showing, dear. You need therapy to get over your prejudice.
As for Ms. Palin, people don't like her because she's a lying, distorting, divisive, hate spewing, ignorant, self-serving person who doesn't have a clue what this country is like and thinks it's all like Wasilla, Alaska.
Right.
How can anyone take someone with a name like Saxsby serious? For that matter after McCains colossal defeat how can anyone take him serious? McFossil should ride off into the Arizona sunset. Frankly afdter the last eight years of republican rule I'm surprised any intelligent voter would vote for any republican candidate. Saxsby? Get real. I say toss the bum out and get some new blood in there-see if the democratic candidate can do better. The GOP is finished-at least for the next four years.
Please stop .... especially Palin. So annoying. Won't they ever go away?
I don't know why anyone is surprised: McCain simply SUSPENDED his campaign after election day.
I am loosing it or McCain is:
John, find out why Republicans would rather vote anyone but Chamblis. If Sax is elected, It will be FEAR SMEAR and Terror Alert at Hill for the next few centuries.
Chamblis is good for tribal chief, not Policy table.
Sam the Builder from Acworth.
It's is ego.... That is why he wanted to be President.
All this talk of Palin being the next GOP candidate for president in 4 years makes me determined to do everything I can to help make sure IT DOESN'T HAPPEN.
Go away Palin!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
As for McCain however, I think it would be kind and even cute if he become a spokesperson for infomercials and such. The John McCain grill, anyone?
I could learn to love McCain, but Palin makes me want to run to the toilet!
It's better than sitting at home watching TV. That's why he is campaigning.
To 1/20/13
Get your facts straight and don't generalize if you don't know all the facts. I am a 58-year-old happily married woman who retired as a Federal auditor who thinks that Sarah Palin would be a disaster as President. And, by the way, my hair isn't short.
Did I just hear someone refer to Palin as Evita? Wow! The only reason viewers watch her is because she has become a comedy act. Watch out Leno and Letterman!
This is a shout out to "PAILN" famous quotes
You know, sad because I knew had hard that our ticket had worked. Again, I'm convinced today, as much as I was along the campaign trail, that John McCain is a true American hero and he does have solutions that need to be...
You betcha and then cause i think andBristol, I love McCain bless his heart, he I think well ya know, its not me its main stream terroist, I love Obama pray go to church when in Alaska. (BREATH) Because there is ya know somethang special when voters need me to when I campaign i will be in senate if the Republicans well its up to God and if the door opens closes shut I'll penn right in through the side woman need to have lots of babys don't use protection no abortions and speak in toongues and so I love America gosh darnet.
PAILN IS THE OTHER WHITE MEAT (pork) ITS JUST NOT GOOD FOR YOUR HEALT!
If this were a more worthy republican candidate, it would be a different story. Problem is, this guy seems like a total scumbag. Too bad he's the only thing republicans have to work with. Again they sell their souls for one last gasp at power. Pathetic. I expect more of John McCain.
Round 2...okay Clintons and Obamas time for another knock out!
I don't think the devil himself is demonized this much.
Our Senators write books (with ghostwriters) and jet around the country. They do everything except for their jobs.
For the good he did himself he might as well stay home or go on back to the Senate and do the job he was elected to do because I don't think it will be a difference.
Doesn't he have a job to do??
This is getting crazy...
They're finding votes in the trunks of cars in MN, and all the votes they find are for Franken... a bit odd I think.
I know some will say the election in 2000 was stolen... even though every recount done after came up with the same result. Voter fraud by anyone is a serious risk to our way of life. I don't care which party you like... it's a very, very, slippery slope.
For my country I hope these elections are legit... and for that reason I'm glad to see a run off.
Go for it , John! The Dems can use another Senate seat.
Since the election the markets have tanked...thanks to the investors fears of an Obama presidency. The insurgents in Iraq have become embolden...thanks to their jubilation over a the election of a spineless candidate. And Iran and Russia are saber rattling. Thanks to everyone that voted for Barry. If this is any indication of things to come...I can't wait! I sure hope these next four years go quickly...lol.
He'll help Chambliss go down with GOP ship.
Keep talking, John.
It seems odd that McCain would campaign for someone who has practiced such dirty politics, but with McCain's campaign record this year, apparently that doesn't matter to him anymore.
To "1/20/13," women's groups probably didn't back Palin because of her narrow-minded views, not because she didn't fit into your pre-conceived stereotype of female liberals. It was Palin's narrow and unyielding views, as well as her divisiveness and lack of global knowledge that turned me off.
Saxby Chambliss is a disgrace for running such a smear ad against Max Cleland. Not only does he have the gall to accuse Cleland of lacking patriotism (after the man sacrified much for his country), he adds oil to the fire by posting Cleland's picture next to Osama Bin Laden's photo.
Chambliss makes me ashamed to say I'm a native of Georgia.
Party first.
McCain is still campaigning because he and everyone else knows what is coming and the Sercret Service is not sleeping.
With McCain helping him it guarantees another democratic seat, way to go John
I feel sorry for Chambliss....now he'll lose.
Why dont you LIBERAL ANIMALS have some respect for a man who GAVE to his nation. BARRY was, is and always will be ON THE TAKE !!!!
Ask Sarah Palin for advise also too. Cause she can like use her personal Email to send Government business and she can Google Russia and then see it from her house ya betcha. The fact that idiots in the GOP are trying to run moose barbie in 2012. Shows that this election taught the GOP nothing.
Gee whiz, I was hoping Joe the Plumber would show up.
ALL McCAIN HAS TO SHOW FOR HIS POLITICAL CAREER IS LOOSING. MAYBE HE CAN TRANSFER SOME OF THAT KARMA TO CHAMBLISS.
yes please mcsame rally the 30% so we can gain another seat please you are the most effective ,sorry third most effective campaigner for us after bush and palin. Go democrats.
McCain is a party elder, and as such, it's appropriate that he go campaign on behalf of party members. However, he's made his disdain for Saxby Chambliss clear in the past, so you have to wonder how he can reconcile his distaste for the man with his stumping for him.
Now, Palin, on the other hand. Get that woman OFF the national stage! She is a train wreck.
Bring Joe the Plumber's Butt and The Barracuda/Minnow-–that will REALLY HELP!
Sarah Palin, the Governor of Alaska with the highest approval rating in the U.S., emerged yesterday from a meeting of Republican Governors and was immediately surrounded by 40 or more media members.
In the last few days she's been on NBC's Today Show, Larry King, CNN with Wolf Blitzer, Greta Van Susteren, and on and on-Oprah and the View are next.
Sarah Palin has STAR POWER. The "Thrilla from Wasilla" has already started her campaign to run for President in 2012 and replace the "interim" President, Barack Obama. So there's no need for Barack to get too comfortable in the Oval office.
Rich, you say McCain is the "looser" here. Please check your grammar. It's "loser," first of all. But then again, I should expect you to not know how to spell. You're a dumb Democrat apparently. McCain won the state of Georgia. People in this state like him and Sarah Palin. Most Democrats in this state don't care who's in Congress. They voted for Barack Obama because he's black. Those people won't go back to the polls for a runoff. Saxby Chambliss will go back to the Senate.
AGE!!! At 92 its hard for him to realize that the election is over and he LOST!!!
HERE COME THE MAVERICK TO THE RESCUE....!!!PLS MR MAVERICK WE LOVE YOU WHEN YOU ARE NOT CAMPAIGNING. STAY OUT OF THIS..
THANKS.
In such a republican state like Georgia McCain shouldn't even have to go there, really says a lot about this country right now.
If I was the democrats I would send Bill Clinton to help out and if things were looking good send Obama right at the end to give them a little bump.
G.I. Joe is the real American Hero and he has never accused his opponents (Teenage Muntant Ninja Turtles) of palling around with C.O.B.R.A..
Seriously though, doing things like this that go against what you have previously said and just falls in line with the Republican drum beat that has ruined the party really shows that your not that "Maverick" everyone has attempted to coin..
Because the fundamentals of the campaign are strong. That's why he is still doing it.
Good grief Charlie Brown. What's next? Are they gonna pull Walin' Palin off of her PR tour and send her to GA.
From what I hear regarding Chambliss' treatment of Max Cleland, it sounds as though he previously ran as dirty a campaign as the Republicans did this year. Also, he appears to be a real bigoted person who is not needed in Washington!
I thought John McCain was so anxious to get back to the Senate because for him it's "Country First"!!
What a nightmare – I'm afraid that I'm gonna have Mike Huckabee on my porch trying to tell jokes, or Joe Biden ringing my doorbell. I thought when I voted that they would all GO AWAY. Now they're coming to my town to CAMPAIGN SOME MORE? No, please. Anything but this. When will it ever end?
And 1/20/13, you obviously had crack for breakfast. Grownups are talking here, honey.
Message for 1/20/13
That is really sad for those comments. Not all women that are liberal are gay and kill babies. I am pro choice but I would not personally have an abortion unless it was my life on the line. I have 2 small children to worry about. I believe its not the government's right to be in my or any other person's reproductive organs. Period end of discussion. I guess its OK for you to allow the government to limit how many babies you are aloud to have like China? A lot of liberal women just don't relate to Palin. Palin preaches about family but she has five children and one has a handicap. Personally, she should stay home to help raise her kids! That is what the conservatives are all about.
And you call yourself a conservative that means you are suppose to love your neighbor and stop critizing the rest of us. Be like Jesus. Accept everyone!
Well spoken Casey , DNC should not take this run off lightly, they should send all their bigwigs to Georgia, if not for Jim Martins but the long term gains it will bring.This run off if DNC wins may be laying a foundation for the eventual takeover of the traditional republican state of Georgia by the Democrat, remember midterm election is around the corner and 2012 is around the corner.
I lost ALL respect for McCain during his vile campaign, but this is a new low, campaigning for a hate-monger like Chambliss!
Hopefully McCain can lend some of the magic that helped his campaign so effectively. Maybe they should fly in Palin too.
60 seats......60 seats.....
This just further proves that mccain has NO HONOR, NO INTEGRITY, NO ETHICS! To campaign for this shameless racist is despicable!
I would imagine Chambliss, sorry as he is, will be tough to beat in an election without Obama coattails. While not a lot of people wanted four more years of Bush, a lot of folks think that some opposition party power in Congress is a good check on the President. I don't think the runoff will be that close, or even have a big turnout.
He could campaign for whomever he wants for as long as he wants. As long as he's not my president, I could care less! YES WE DID!
Drew: if you are so sure of yourself, why is McCain wasting his time?
And what a rascist comment to say that blacks only voted for Obama because he was black. Check out city of Atlanta, it's BLUE.
WHo's the LOSER now?
Is it really any your business what he does? I would hope
Barak would stump for the dem's side, or does he already
have what he wanted and the hell with everyone else
Is the GOP really sending guys like Rudy 9/11 and the Mormon down to Georgia? Dems should rejoice if they do.
McCain is just another two bit politician.
McCain is a hottie.
Who cares why McCain is still campaigning? Let's talk economy, the possible bail out of the automakers. The election is over, let's move on before we have nothing to move on to.
Mc Cain and Palin pleeeeese accept the defeat. Go home.
He's still campaiging because he's senile.
Not this time. We've got to get Saxby Chambliss out of office. His arrogance and mean spirited nature needs to kept out of the lime light.
Guess it's better than being a Wal*Mart greeter?
More scarey is why is PALIN still campaigning?
Now she's complimenting Obama and wanting to help him. I hope he says NO THANX to her even more strongly that he did to Hillary Clinton. Both of them are back stabbers and cannot be trusted. I fear that Palin is worse than we will ever know.
Loser or looser it does not matter. Spell mistake. Mccain and Palin get out of the media. We want progress. Republicans accept defeat , try again after 8 years.
Dear Goodbye John Hello Sarah:
Are you a complete idiot? Palin has an approval rating of 49%. Most people in this country felt she was not qualified to be VP, much less President. Time for you to come back from your imaginary world. As soon as the media finally tires of her (can't be too soon for me) she will fade into much deserved obscurity. Which is where your mind also is, apparently.
It's a toss-up; Country First, or Hypocrisy first. It seems that the only proud, country-first veteran of any stature is Johnny McSlime, who chirpped like a canary to the North Vietnamese, causing the loss of American lives.
But hey, My Friends, Chambliss is really my kind of dude.....
Chambliss, Palin, McCain: What an un-holy three........
A better question than "Why is McCain still campaigning?" is "Why does CNN continue to report on has-been, 110% irrelevant Sarah Palin?" No one cares about her or her laughable political ambitions. We have more important things to focus on at the moment.
Wow are things really that bad for republicans that you would ask a loser to campaign for you?? Why not Palin? I would love if Obama would make a couple stops for Martin.
Well so much for a Saxby win- McCain please please please please DON'T HELP! Seriously go play golf or shuffle board or something just DONT HELP!
And he is going to help this person how? I would of been running from him like he was the plague.
Well, he has to do something with all that free time now. Maybe he can't decide which house to go too!!!!!
Leave him alone. He helped Barack in by campaigning in FL. We need him in GA.
Saxby Chamblis is a scummy Republican Hate Party hack who would probably be at home wearing a KKK hood and robe.
John McCain called Saxby's past tactics "Reprehensible", but in keeping with his, McCain's, complete sellout to the immoral wing of the Republican party, McCain is once again dishonoring himself with this servile crawling.
McCain, you could've been great but you threw it all away.
Saxby, I hope you are defeated.
We don't need to bash Plain: she is more than capable of lying her way into the Republican hearts and minds.
"She doesn't look like the typical liberal woman" are you kidding me? I dare you to go into a gathering of women and separate them into liberal and conservative by their looks!
"she doesn't believe in killing babies" Neither does anyone else want to kill babies! But when a woman is raped, do you want the state to decide whether or not she carries that baby? When a child is raped by a relative, do you want the state telling her she must carry that baby even if it endangers her health?
And for the record, we do not fear Palin. We gear the radical ideas she carries around...and if she really is listening to God, she will go home and take care of her family, who seem to be in more need of her than this country.
goodbye john:hellosara
Star power?Look my friend are you mindless? Palins staff was right on about her personal goals,She is a whack job.But then again a sore loser like you will never get it.Get over it. She will never amount to much more than a media hound with a mindless opinion.
DREW, who are "those people". If your talking about blacks, well let me be the first black person to tell you, I WILL BE VOTING!
CNN YOU SEE WHY I CALL THIS SITE THE OBAMA SHOW.
YOU ONLY ALLOW POSTINGS BY OBAMA SUPPORTERS!!!!!!!!
NYer, show some respect for those who disagree with you. Let's remember that John McCain already made public what he used to think about Chambliss' campaign adds and the person who authorized those adds to go on air... Oh wait, that was BEFORE McCain himself run some adds that were nothing higher (considering moral values above fear smears) than Chambliss' ones. So I think that now that McCain lowered himself to Chambliss level it's OK for him to join his campaign...
Another thing, give it up. It's President Elect Barrack Hussein Obama and wanting you or not he IS your President.
He might want to think this over......since McCain is a war hero and called Chambliss on defacing war hero Max Clelland. In this state anyone who would smear a war vet does not deservea single vote, no matter who he is running against. I will vote for Martin.
The people of NC forced a do-nothing out of her seat. Come on GA, you all can do the same thing.
If the next one doesn't do more for the state, vote them out next time. The people speak thru their votes.
So the GOP elite haven't dumped McCain yet?
I bet within two months the presumed head of the GOP will be riding shotgun w/ Sarah Palin. Her "aw-shucks" charm and steadfastness to the values of the large "single issues" base will most certainly provide her a springboard that will keep her on the national scene.
Why are we still talking about SAD Sarah!!!!!!!!! or MCSHAME
Your gal Palin left you out to dry. Now it is time for you to cut your losses and move on. Next time don't look at the beauty, vet and be happy.
If there is anyone that need grammatical lessons go right to Alaska and teach Sarah how to use punctuations and respect the parts of speech. Weaving multiple conjunctions to make statements is just terribly alarming, for a graduate in journalism. Please she needs to go back to school study and master speeches and statements making.
Thanks
Can somebody please stop PALIN from campaigning? I've heard enough about/from her to last a lifetime... although there is a certain amount of comic relief in her comments.
McCain campaigning for Chambliss means he's still selling out to the party, rather than standing for his own standards.
Maybe he's just having fun. Give the guy a break.
I'm so sick of everyone using race as soon as someone mentions blacks or any other race in this country. Blacks may have voted for obama because he's black, just as whites may have voted McCain because he's not black, obviously both have existed in this campaign, so let's stop pretending that this country is perfect...then maybe we can begin to open our eyes and see other things as well, like the illusion of democracy
I am SICK to death of the incorrect definition people are putting on the meaning of "fundamentally strong" – Do you people realize you are putting your own selves down by those comments? Just in case you need a lesson in English Language 101 –
Fundamental; A leading or primary principle, rule, law, or article, which serves as the base of a system. Of or relating to the foundation or base.
I, for one, (and yes I voted for Obama) – but am sick to death of people not understanding what McCain meant by saying "the fundamentals of the economy are strong." While I'm not a fan of McCain, I am sure that "we the people" stand strong and will survive this because "we the people" are the strong funadamentals he speaks of!
Ahhh, yes. We all knew McCain was in the barn with people like Chambliss. Perhaps that's ultimately why Obama rode to victory (with the fury!) and McPalin took a downward spiral to shame. Listen, if we continue to harbor these red fugitives in our government we're going to get the same biased legislation that has turned this country into a cesspool for special interests and villainous corporations.
Chambliss is also a foe to the environment. Let's forget about these Congressional dinosaurs and progress this nation. Only then will we see real change in the world.
Come on give Mclaime a break. He just forgot that he lost, you know how old he is.
I just wish McCain and Palin would go away...far, far away...especially Palin who has proved that one doesn't need any knowledge of our government to govern. Gee, I guess that doesn't speak well of our electorate.
Good to see the Republican "All-Stars" going to work for a fellow crook. Hopefully the people of Georgia are smart enough to see through Saxby's lies. Then again, we are talking about Georgia.
Hopefully, Obama can come down here and help Martin out. Saxby has to go. He has done enough damage already.
Well, there he is again...as the Arizona Republic said before the election, the state will have 2 senators working for the state again if McCain loses.....guess what? He's not working for the state, AGAIN! He's out stumping in another state instead of back in DC working on the economy.
He should disappear from the scene altogether after the "campaign" he ran. I used to have respect for the senator. Key words – used to. Since his "campaign" (I think a better word would be sham) I've lost all respect for him.
What are all you libs so afraid of Palin? I know why but I'd like to see if one of you has the intellectual honesty to admit it. I doubt it.
Palin = Political Light-Weight with a double digit IQ.
A Perfect GOP Candidate !! LOL!
Sure Sarah Palin has star power but all of that will be over in a few weeks then NO ONE will ever care about her again. She can start her 2012 campaign if she chooses....because she will NEVER WIN!!
McCain lost but only because Obama is black and blacks who have never bothered to vote in their lives showed up in droves. McCain is clearly the superior statesman. Obama hasn't done anything.
Gooddbye John: Hello Sarah, are you smoking crack AGAIN?
When the idiot republicans accused Obama of being a 'Celebrity' and having 'Star Power', it was a bad thing. Now that Nimrod Caribou Barbie is blitzing the media with her air-head, pea-brain interviews, star power is a good thing???
The flip flopping never stops, does it... At least the President-Elect Obama actually has a brain in his head and knows that Africa is the CONTINENT that is home to the COUNTRY of SOUTH AFRICA. Unlike your precious, ditzy Sarah. She belongs on ESPN as the token air head, NOT in politics.
Don't these people have other things to do!? McCain go home! Sarah Palin go home!
Maybe Sen John McCain is back on the campaign trail again because McCain, Gov Palin will run together again. May be this time Palin will run president and McCain will be her VP.\\\ Go President-Elect Obama/VP-elect Biden
Why oh why would John McCain support this loser? Yes he is a Republican but is that really all it takes? Or does McCain actually support this man's beliefs?
Palin and McCain need to go away for a while and give America a break.
He is campaigning because he knows that Pelosi and Reid will run all over Obama and their power can only be checked in the Senate.
HE HAS NOTHING ELSE TO DO.
"My very dear friends; have you heard that Jim Martin is friends with terrorist?"
McCain, have you lost your mind?
You want to support someone who threw Vietnam Vets under the proverbial bus in a campaign ad years ago?
A man who you called "despicable"?
McFlip-flop, waving his flag of false patriotism whichever way the political winds blow.
Is McCain calling Martin a socalist? I would think McCain would be more of a detrement than a help to Chambliss.
I am going to have to stop watching cnn... can't take Sarah Palin any more. She's on right now running her mouth and still saying nothing.
From now on I am watching only TV Land. Aunt Bea for President!
CNN–Please no more interviews or news bites from Palin. If you continue, I will switch the channel-forever. Anyone else?
Remember the disgraceful way that Saxby Chambliss slandered Max Cleland and donate to Jim Martin's campaign. Cleland is a war hero & disabled Vietnam veteran, Chambliss never served but ran ads questioning Cleland's patriotism and morphing his face into Saddam and Osama's, using Rovian tactics and riding W's coattails all the way into office. Let's turn GA blue!!!!
maybe he knows how much fun you all are having BASHING him and he doesn't want to spoil it. Lighten up you won already!!!!!!!
McCain again?
Not this time!
to 1/20/13. Us short haired, baby killing liberals, DO NOT, and I repeat, DO NOT want someone like Sarah Palin in our rankings nor do we want to be in her so called rankings. She is pathetic and a moron like yourself and a disgrace to all women, straight or gay. Go back to your ignorant world.
Here in GA there are a lot of people who are very disenchanted with Saxby Chambliss. He was and is a useless politician. That's the reason why the vote was so close. If the independent hadn't run, it would still be a runoff. What happens with their vote will determine who goes to Washington.
Chambliss dishonored a double amputee veteran to get elected. He never went to Viet Nam, yet he accused this man of being unpatriotic.
Any lie to win. So he did then, but he did NOTHING for the state, and that is why he has to fight so hard in a red state. McCain can come here. I figure he feels guilty for the blue inroads made here. Let him try to help. But whether Chambliss wins or loses, let this be a lesson to Republicans in sorta red states. Start working FOR your state, not your party.
I think McCain forgot that the election is over, and I think people in Georgia should realize that the repbulicans are the ones who got us into this mess... why prolong it?
I doubt if it would be a good idea to send Clinton, as these people respect women and Slick Willy from his White House days of chasing underage women is not what we feel to be a respectable occupation. Obama lost the state, so he wouldn't be real welcome either.
Perhaps the gaff master, Joe Biden might help, but probaly not his party. Hillary has hung up her expensive wardrobe of pants suits and is looking at that proverbial magic mirrow and uttering "Mirrow mirrow on the wall...will I ever be president?", so she will be of little help now.
I think you are SOL.
Georgia backed McCain over Obam by a rather large marin. So, he can help Sen. Chambliss get reelected.
I expect the extremely popular Gov. Sarah Palin to also lend her support.
Palin '12
I love the loony left as so well represented in so many comments here. God forbid McCain actually act like a politician and support his party. I particularly enjoy how the left will argue for constitutional rights for terrorists and then as soon as some offers up an opinion that they don't like, they immediately want to take that persons right of free speech away. I love the irony.
Rep. Chambliss is running the same ole tired campaign of Rovian fear, rhetoric, and division. I sincerely hope the good people of Georgia send a clear message in the runoff that repudiates this type of nonsense. It is the best way to set a precedence going forward that voters want positive campaigns from our politicians that deal with issues!
McCain is a complete hypocrite. He has sold out to the right wing fear mongers and now is trying to savie his reputation. However, just a few years ago he called Chambliss "horrid and dispicable" and now he's campaigned on his behalf; so much for saving any dignity!
I wonder if he's gonna use hid favorite words "Joe the Plumber" and "spread the wealth" which the smart people never fell for. Palin is so two-faced. She says she'll help out Obama as much as she can ,but she's still concerned about William Ayers relationship. Doesn't she get it, the campaign is over.
JM, please tell us why we are afraid of Palin. I can't understand why anyone should be afraid of a narrow-minded, poorly educated, shrewish, mean-spirited, ambitious and manipulative person with sights on the Presidency of the United States. So, please tell us what we actually should fear about her.
Why in the world are McCain and Palin getting so much press? He's an old finished politician and she is an insult to women. How he could think that those of us who supported Hillary Clinton would vote for him when he chose Sarah was his biggest mistake. She is a loudmouthed opportunist. Of course that's just my opinion. Hope she runns in 2012. Democrats will surely win again!
He's going to make sure that Obama doesn't have a filibuster proof Senate. Its the only payback he can get at this point.
I don't think its such a big deal. I wish some high level dems would get off their butts and go down to Ga. and campaign for Martin.
Wow to see all of the hate being spewed by the facist pigs in here. Spewing hateful things without facts to back them up is why the Rethuglican party is in the state that it is today. Keep it up we need more Democrats in government. For all you fools that keep saying Obama's Presidency is an "interim" one think again he won by a landslide and the poles show the MAJORITY of the country is fine with the Dems in office in very large numbers. Also for you facist pigs that keep blaming all of this mess on the Democratic controlled Congress think again. That is not the reason they won again in resounding numbers and even took more control of our government. You might want to look at the record number of filibusters the Rethuglicans have brought forward as the reason nothing is getting done. Maybe then you would realize Congress is not the problem it's the Rethuglicans in Congress that are the problem and why they keep getting low numbers of approval. Lastly, I can think of a whole lot more beautiful women that are Liberals than I can that are facist pigs. Get your facts straight. One more thing while I'm at it. For those facist pigs that can read without pictures go to the dictionary and look up liberal and then look up conservative and tell me which one sounds more like God. You know, that omnipotent being that you facist pigs claim to work through. GET OVER IT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE SPOKE UP AND YOU LOST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
On Nov 4 Georgia went to GOP column by a smaller margin unlike the "old south" states of Alabama, Mississippi, LA, Apalachian counties, etc where the margin increase and according to voting data these are states where the racism, Jim Crow and the pre-Civil War mentality seem to be alive and healthy judging by the number of white men voting against Obama (in 2008 almost 9 to1 compared with 6 to 4 in 2004). The old south is the only place where GOP increased
However, Nov 4 also showed that the "old south" is again the loser. The old south lost with the indepence war, the civil war, the civil rights movement and now it lost great part of its political relevance –social conservative base masking racial, sexual orientation, origin and religion intolerance– Georgia is trying to scape from this straight jacket and it almost did it on Nov 4. This is the time for Georgia to show it is on the path to be part of the New South as Virginia and North Caroline.
Ditto, MD.TX.
It's obvious that BHO is a left-wing Reid-Pelosi puppet who has never actually DONE anything noteworthy, and the only place this Socialist train can be stopped is in the senate.
Obama is the modern-day real-life version of a Mr. Thompson or James Taggart.
The old man is crazy Jim Hall Kansas City Missouri.
I don't know what McCain is going to tell the voters about the Senator Republicans running for re-election......especially when he was defeated in the Presidental election. Voters remember the winners, not the loosers......good luck....McCain........the Republicans are going to need all the luck and help that they can gather.
Afraid Of Palin?? I don't think so..revolted, disgusted, sick of, yes!!! Afraid of this person?? Not in your dreams!!
The house and senate need to be 100% democrat. Because if even 1 republican is within 50 miles of the capital, all the countrys problems will be his/hers fault, as the liberal media will lead you to believe.
This is such a ridiculous story. Of course he is going to campaign for Saxby. He won 46% of the overall vote and he won the state of Georgia. he could be a huge help to making sure that the socialists, I mean democrats, do not get the super majority in the Senate. Look, Minnesota is magically finding all kinds of votes for that knucklehead Al Franken and I am sure when it is over the corrupt dems will have stolen the election for him, so the Republicans need Saxby to win. McCain can help him, he will not hurt at all
Mc Sain and Sarah Pain, just can't get enough of the limelight. If she only knew, the media is not talking to her because they want to promote her for 2012, it's because she was never allowed to speak, and now we really understand why. He's old and she's dumb, dumber than a pile of bricks, and that's pretty dumb. As far as good looks, what does it all mean when you don't know stuff that was taught in elementry school. Africa is not a country, but then coming from the person, who can see Russia, on a clear day. Is that her real hair color? Please, the both of ya mavericks, go rent a movie, and pop some corns while you enjoy time with your families, because you're duties are over. You both have fulfilled the mission of getting on the nerve of all of the people who voted for Obama/Biden...You're both dismissed! scram, scoot, get, poof be gone!
1/20/13 – As a baby, I bet you were dropped on your head a lot.
I LOATHE Palin for actually thinking she has anything more to offer this nation other than hate, division, sheer ignorance and a narrowminded view of the world we live in. I have no problem with her beauty, there was just no brain to back it up.
As for killing babies, I don't believe in murdering a living breathing child. But if I am not ready to handle a family, you better believe that dividing cellular globule, that lacks a brain stem, organs and a nervous system, will be removed from my body BEFORE it develops.
Why not stop the death of millions of Iraqi people that are actually here and may have something to contribute...not to mention the US soldiers...
Not everyone follows your bible and/or religious doctrine, you dingbat. Remember that. Republicans...they believe the right to life begins at conception and ends at birth. Imbeciles...
Hope he is running to stop Obama from freeing the muslims that killed or men and women in Irag. Well this is the free spirit people wanted, right. Obama wants to bring US soldiers home along with that free terrorist too. Yep thats smart.
I am really trying to understand why some of these people think Sarah would be a good candidate. Are they watching her interviews? She needs to shut up. She is dumb. There is no way the first dude should be anywhere near the white house. She is an attention getter and it is sickening. Her husband will run the white house. This man has no education! I now realize she is a terrible mother and she only thinks of herself. What about her children? Her daughter was kept out of school all that time??? Why didn't her husband stay back with the children like Michelle Obama did. She is bad news. Go home Sarah!
Why is Obama still campaigning? Is this article even necessary. duh!
He's working on stopping the Democrats heavy majority. Every vote counts – even if he doesn't really like the guy. I used to like McCain, especially since he was against the Federal Marriage Amendment to the Constitution. He said that marriage was up to the states to decide. It led many to believe that he was for gay rights. Later he fought like crazy to get a marriage amendment to the constitution of Arizona. That's when I found out that he was a wolf in sheeps clothing talking out of both sides of his muzzle.
Palin does not have a brain that god gave to a grubbing hoe !!!
LIBERAL FOR LIFE- You are the disgrace. Sarah Palin is a treat to all liberals because she is a woman who worked her way to the top of the political chain ALL BY HERSELF. She did not need her husband's help like Hillary and she did not need Affirmative Action policies like Obama. She also balances a great home life with 5 children and a successful marriage. These are all things that threaten Liberals and their twisted thinking. I thought liberals were all for the advancement of women? Apparently they are only for the advancement of Liberal Women. PATHETIC Hypocrites
Mcsame go home ! Sarah go and hunt !
JM,
I'll tell you why I'm afraid of a person like Palin being elected as the (potential) leader of this country.
I'm afraid of a leader that relies on instinct instead of knowledge or intellect to make decisions that affect our economy, our freedoms, or our standing on the world stage ... and I'm really afraid of such a person having the ability to wage war on others based purely on gut feelings.
I'm afraid of a leader that is intellectually disinterested, that clings to dogma that's based on religious principles that don't represent this country as a whole. I'm afraid of leader that fosters divisiveness and intolerance as the core of his or her beliefs. I'm also repelled by a leader that uses his or her powers to punish those that are unwilling to bow to his or her specific agenda.
The thing I most fear is a leader that is either incapable of proper communication, or intentionally portrays a level of communication that resonates with the uneducated or undereducated segment of our society, in order to garner their allegiance. This country is poorly served by either of the above.
TO BAD YOU HATERS.
John McCain has truly lost his marbles. How he could be so correctly critical of the disgustingly negative campaign run by Chambliss in 2002, and now be out on the road in support of Chambliss as he wages yet another negative, fear-laden campaign, is astounding. Shame on both of these dirty campaigners! I hope the voters of Georgia will reject Chambliss and elect Martin.
Thanks that you know who wont be there, she's really gone hollywood and loves to be seen.
Iris – Think beyond your world for a moment. He chose her because of her experience with big oil, energy and the Alaska wilderness. At the time he could not have made a better choice when gas was $4.50+ and rising. So don't belittle those you like to belittle by thinking that the GOP wanted any of Hillary's supporters.
Has McCain lost his mind, to campaign for such a person as Chambliss is unbelievable after what he did to Max Cleland, the real war hero. McCain should just fold up his tent and go someplace in Arizona and stay there for a long long time, invite Sarah and Joe to keep him company, America is sick of the likes of them.
Actually, Chambliss is the SENIOR senator from Georgia; Johnny Isakson's the freshman senator. Come on, CNN!
Martin '08!
Grandpa your tactics didn't work on Obama. Get over yourself and retire from your seat. Is your memory loss so bad that you still think your running for office? Go and get back into your rocker and have Cindy rock it for you..I also agree with another person said in here about the south. Lost every war fought...Just goes to show you how red these states are..Full of blood and have no brains...
Here's my take on the article and comments:
-McCain simply has a duty to support fellow republicans. Don't hate on him for that.
-More white people voted for President elect Obama than at any time in previous-recent elections.
-I am black and Canadian. I followed this election more fervently than I've ever done for any other. The initial reason is because Obama is black. Nothing to be ashamed of at all!! He made me feel more and more comfortable as the race went on. His policies and demeanor clearly separated him as the the more competent of the two candidates.
-Obama came across as being more diplomatic while McCain seemed more as a stubborn leader that sticks to his guns; even when his wrong. Debate this all you want but common sense dictates that a leader needs to be able to compromise and accept his/her mistakes. Compromise is not a bad thing because it allows you to go back to the drawing board and figure out a better approach in fixing problems. People (black and white) got this feeling from Obama and that's the main reason why he won this election. That's the main reason why more white people voted for him; a democrat, than any other democrat in before him.
-Lastly, Americans!!! The world is watching how you the people handle your race relations. Get over this whole pigmentation and religion thing and deal with people..........AS PEOPLE!!!!
McCain is campaigning to find his lost honor-but it is gone
Why would Chambliss want a loser campaigning for him? Maybe because Chambliss is as big a loser. My friends in Georgia say he's a joke that they can't seem to get rid of. Maybe McCain will make a difference...for the opposition.
go home McSame.
James Galt, Ditto, MD.TX.-
You know, if this was Mars, maybe your 'Obama ha not DONE anything noteworthy' comment might be plausible. But, I believe this is planet earth and the US on North America where ignorance and lack of knowledge is NOT tolerated.
Idiot.
Obama is like the modern version of JFK/Harry Potter/Luke Sywalker/Obi-Wan Kanobi coming to save the world from Darth Sidius (McConell) and Lord Voldemort (John Boehner).
Btw, IDIOT, YOU REPUGS HAVE 14 MEMBER SENATE DEFICIT!
This is yet another example of McCain flip-flopping. After condemning a Chambliss ad attacking Max Cleland in 2002 he nows sees fit to support Chambliss, a despicable character, based on his campaigning.
With all his mind changing, I wonder how McCain even gets dressed in the morning. He never seems to be able to make up his mind.
Bob in PA
Obama – Biden in 2012
Typical – Saxby Chambliss continues the disgusting rhetoric the GOP ran this entire campaign.
Rush told me Chambliss is a great American and would never lie or smear anyone.I always believe Rush,the man with the golden microphone,my hero.Georgia is a godly place to live and we have Nascar too.
The blind leading the blind.
McCain “suspended his campaign” to work on the economic issues we are experiencing …. Right that is what he stated. We are still in a crisis shouldn’t he be working to get us out of this mess? Yeah it was definitely political ….
Seems to me that that hill billy bimbo, Sarah Palin, is the one who has not shut her mouth since election night. Enough Sarah, shut your big fat pir hole and get your skanky azz back to Alaska. You lost babe, and we hate you, your voice, your face, your ideas, your child molester husband and your entire family...leave us alone your 15 minutes has ended
Shouldn't Johnny be back in the Senate?
IT'S THE ECONOMY, STUPID!
HEY, John Galt...
It's obvious from you blog that you are a died-in-the-wool, low information, bigoted repugliCON, probably from Texas. Here's some campaign slogans that you might be interested in...
Plowin' with Palin in 2012, or maybe...
Losin' with the GOP & Palin in 2012, or...
I know what I know what I know – You betcha
To all the folks knocking McCain and Palin. Your boy won you can give it up and crawl back under your rock. Come back out in 2012 when she beats the crap out of your boy
THE MAC IS BACK!!
I don't know why we have to keep dragging in McCain/Palin. It is over. The reason why he keeps showing up is he should have a guilty conscious with all the bad mouthing he and Palin did during the campaign not on the issues but character. Obama stuck to the issues.
I also caught Palin on Larry King Live and Wolf's program. She is the most immature 40 year old I have ever seen. Why do they keep putting her in front of a camera? She also speaks with forked tounge! If that is what they have to offer in 2010 I am certainly sticking with the demos!
Well said Olivia!! I completely agree with you! Thanks.
Yes, McSame and Palin. Please go home and allow us Kool-Aid drinkers to go about our business of worshipping Obama and freeing ourselves of our white guilt. Of course, race had nothing to do with the election, although most blacks would have voted for Buckwheat had he been on the ticket. God help us all.
HEREEEEE'S JOHNNY!!
One loser supporting another loser
Gooddbye John: Hello Sarah- Not sure if you looked at the count however mccain was sort of crushed. Even his pick of palin which energized the ignorant base turned off millions more moderate and independent republicans. So your deluded idea that she will win in 2012 is hilarious. I and every other Obama supporter hopes like heck she will run then because it will guarantee another four more years of Obama. palin = clueless patholgical liar!
black people vote obama because he is black. people who wrote negative about mc chain . hold your tails. havent seen nothing yet.
jan 20 2009, big surprise. DO NOT VOTE BECAUSE THE PERSON WHO STAY FOR PRESIDENT IS YOUR OWN RACE.
VOTE THE PERSON WHO IS RIGHT FOR THIS COUNTRY , PEOPLE AND YOUR FAMILY.
SURPRISE SURPRISE
The best man didn't win the election to protect our country. I just pray the new President will take care of our young men & women protecting our country and not let the war go in vain for them and the ones we have lost. It's really a shame with the economy and stock market to act up just before the election for McCain. John McCain you are a man of your word and you have proved it. Wake up Americans, he is not ashamed to salute our flag.
His former bimbo sidekick Sarah Palin said "like" twice in one sentence during a recent interview, as if she was a sixteen-year-old airhead. She just, like, won't rule out a run for president in 2012. Sheesh.
Shouldn't he be in Arizona where he is a senator, representing his state. My god he's been campaigning for years!
Yeah, BHO has that Harry Potter / Luke Skywalker feminist air about him!
LMAO
The grammer and speling on dis bord is atroshious. Y'all have fun in Georgia !!
1/20/13 November 13th, 2008 9:07 am ET
To all you people to include many woman who are bashing Palin give it up. The only reason all of the woman groups dislike her is A) She doesnt look like the typical liberal woman (Short haired and manly looking) and B) She doesnt believe in killing babies.
Give it rest I thought you were the party of Peace, love, Gay and happy
To you 1/20/13 – I can see you are looking forward to Obama's next inauguration date. And on the killing babies issue, we should remember that its not the government that kills the babies it women that make that choice. If we spent time educating girls/women on those choices maybe we'd be more effective in eliminating abortions and spend less time challenging R v Wade!!!
Well, Georgians have a clear choice ahead of them in the run-off election. Do they want to continue as part of Dumbf-kistan, or do they want to come into the 21st century? Amazingly, the Nov. presidential election showed that 46% of the electorate wanted to continue the failed policies of Dumbf-kistan. Luckily 53% didn't.
Woo, come on, work that McCain magic! Crash him like a jet, John!
McCain is trying to get back into good graces after such a blunder in politics. He chose Palin then they both bad mouthed Obama not on issues but character. He probably has a guilty conscience! By the way I caught Palin on Larry King Live and Blitzers interview. What a waste of time. Took her five minutes to answer a question and you didn't know any more after than before. That is a immature woman. She's been living in the back woods too long! If that's wat the GOP has to offer in 2012 I am certainly sticking with the Demo's and hopefully Obama.
Who names their child Saxbe, anyway? He's probably the despicable person that he is because he had to fight with his childhood peers because of that name.
Here Saxbe, good boy, come hither...lol
He is not our boy!! he is Mr. President-Elect and he is due the same respect Senator Mcain would have been given if he had won!!
Get Over it GROW UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
wow...cnn posted a mccain article and now the obamanites have something to troll about.
leave the guy along. he's helping his party.
i've never seen obama doing any campaigning for a fellow democrat!
I really hope McCain doesn't use the same ugly tactics as he did in his last few months. By the way, why is the media shoving Palin down everyone's throats? She still sounds like she knows nothing about policy. Perhaps it is the media who most want her to run in 2012. Gratefully there are many strong members of her own party who will beat her out for the nomination.
Hey McShame – why don't you suspend your campaign and return to the Senate?????
I think that Mr. Mc Cain should rest up; he looks so old and dried up, like a fossil, he can never help anyone in an election when he himself is seen as a loser. Some people just don't know when to quit. I think that Mc Cain thinks too much of himself; to most people he is an old washed up war veteran.
Barak Obama thought there were 57 states in the USA. No one joked on him about that.
This election has proven how anti-woman this country really is.
For all you people who can't understand what Sarah Palin is talking about: Maybe she should steal phrases from the cartoon character, Bob the Builder, "Yes we can.
The presidential election is over. Can't you people find something else to hate? Geez- let it go. Realize that you can choose NOT to read an article.
A prime example of a polictico harlot.
BHO won. Why do the Obamabots continue with the hate, bile, invective, slanderous lies, etc.? I didn't vote for him, but I was willing to give BHO a chance. If his thoughts even slightly mirror those of the haters on this site, though, I think I'm better off going into survivalist mode.
there went chambliss' chances. score one more senate seat for the democrats and president barack.
Didn't McCain call Chambliss' ads on Cleland in 2002 reprehensible? Isn't Chambliss airing new ads with the Twin Towers falling to denigrate Martin? Why is McCain helping this guy? Probably because he's seeing Begich ahead in Alaska, Coleman possibly losing in Minnesota, and Lieberman getting closer to staying with the Dem caucus...a Martin win makes 60 if all that happens. (Not that moderate GOPs like the Maine senators wouldn't help the Dems a few times...)
It's amazing that McCain would compromise his 'principles' to campaign for Chambliss. The Chambliss campaign painted a Vietnam Vet as a terrorist sympathizer but McCain is ok with campaigning for them?? I guess he was indeed pimping his POW experience.
As much as Chambliss is known to be a racist, he still has to be voted in irregardless. The reason being if not the dems will have total and i mean total control of the legislature with no chance for a filibuster. That could be a very dicey situation.
What hatefule and un-american comments towards John McCain. He may not have been right for the job of President but you cannot argue that he is a terrible person. This shows the character of many on the left, who are still kicking while the man is down. Barrack Obama is just what the Republicans need, by the time Obama is finished in 4 years he will have ruined the Democratic party brought to you by Howard Dean and Nancy Pelosi as well as set back race relations and the crdibility of African Americans to hold high offices for another 50 years. Where is JC Watts when you need him?
McCain comes to GA because that's what works here. We are also always near the bottom in education, along with South Carolina. If our people were as smart as Kentucky or West Virginia, Chamblis would be outta here.
Go for it John. This will surely result in another Republican defeat. Maybe you should take Palin with you to really end his career. It's apparent that the GOP is going to be the next TV reality show that noone wants to watch except those with an IQ below 60.
If McCain cares as much about the country as he claims, shouldn't he go back to his job as a Senator? Last time I checked, we have a few problems in this country that need to be worked on! He has spent enough time away on the campaign trail, its time to get back to reality!
Didn't more people show up for Palin than McCain at rallies?
Maybe they have the wrong person on the stump?
I say to Sen. McCain – Come on down!
Let Saxby be seen with the election loser and the losing Republican party. Sen. McCain is helping to push Georgia in to the blue! Thanks, my friend!
Fellow Georgians, do you really want to be in with the losers or go forward with progressive Democrats?
Voting for Martin on Dec. 2.
With his reverse "Midas touch"
I pity the guys he will be stumping for.
Dear god, you print Betty the Maid's hateful rant, but my comments are still awaiting moderation?
Please retire, Mr. McCain. You've proven yourself to be an unviable candidate. You accepted your defeat with grace, but now it's time for you to leave the stage.
Its funny, all the Ultra Liberals hate, hate, hate, Sarah Palin. They want her to dissapear as they know that in 2012 she will hand Obama his cake. It will be the Palin/JC Watts ticket. JC Watts will remind us the Jessie Jackson and Sharpton are "Race pushing poverty pimps."
It is ironic that McCain is campaigning for Chambliss who maligned his opponent Max Cleland in 2000. Cleland, a triple amputee from the Vietnam war depicted in Chambliss campaign advertisements alongside Osama Bin Laden. The fact that McCain would campaign for him is a disgrace.
Hey James. You are blinded by partisan rancor if you read these comments and think Obama supporters are the only ones showing hate. In fact there is much more invective and bile comming from the right. Take your ideologic blinders off, analyse the facts, and try to think for yourself....in fact, what better advice could there be for the GOP in general as they are now going through their self-flagellation on how to get back in the "game". Of course, if [R]s in general were to follow this advice, the GOP would then have to actually come up with candidates with enough smarts and truly patriotic concerns for this country to withstand the intellectual scrutiny. Now that would be CHANGE!
McCain is helping Chambliss after he labeled Chambliss's campaign against Max Cleland in 2000 as "unconscionable and
dishonorable"? McCain has truly sold his soul to the GOP and he is the one without any honor left.
People– it's time to get past the hateful comments. Has no one noticed the condition this country is in? We need to start working TOGETHER to get us back on the right track. And CIVILITY might be a really good place to start!!!!!!!!!!
THE MAC IS BACCKKKKK!!!
Please go away Mccain and Palin. We have had enough of you!!
He's doing good things now. I like him, he's trying to reestablish the GOP which I'm sure he knows is falling to pieces. Good for him.
Uncle Ellsworthy November 13th, 2008 11:08 am ET: Thanks for the belly laugh, I was having a tough day until I read your comment.
Palin beating Obama, totally funny !!!! Not now, not in 4 years,
not ever.
james at 45: apparently ,you refuse to read the sore losers who are bashing our next president with all the hate and vitriol you accuse obama supporters of. we feel a need to defend our votes and our next president. you are just a typical right-wing hypocrite.
linda: we heard about the '57' states thing, for the entire election, and now you bring it up again,so clam up! sarah palin wears baby polar bear mittens . that's why she was not elected.
i think its great that mccain is out helping a fellow gop to bad palin is nt there helping . looks like dems. will get another sen. seat
go mccain everyone likes a loser
Viet Vet, what a hypocrit!
McCain has been a full time senator for YEARS, representing his State!
Obama has been running for president every single day of his life since being elected by Illinois.
Look in the mirror for a change, folks!
To have a recently beaten presidential candidate actively campaigning– for anything– just days after having lost an election, impedes the peaceful transfer of power and stokes bitterness and defiance in the contigency of the electorate who didn't get their way. It smacks of treason and shadow governance.
let the Presidential bashing begin!!!!!!!!!!!! hahaha, the fraud won and he will get no preferential treatment! Bashing the prez is an American tradition... here we go!
linda November 13th, 2008 11:18 am ET
Barak Obama thought there were 57 states in the USA. No one joked on him about that.
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It turns out that, he meant there were 57 primary contests and caucuses he had gone to, including places like Guam, Virgin Islands, etc. Simple slip of the tongue.
Also, since Texas has a primary AND a caucus, that counts as two!
You guys are so biased!!! You won your agenda! Obama is in the white house... you still won't give it up! you guys are a disgrace to journalism!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
PC from DC November 13th, 2008 11:09 am ET
THE MAC IS BACK!!
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The MAC needs to GO BACK (to the Senate, that is!)
A BORN LOOSER going to campaign for another LOOSER.Maybe he'll greet the people of Georgia as "My fellow Prisoners". I guess the other idiot will join the band after the Govenors' meeting. Nothing will help Chambliss. If Chambliss was going to be the winner he would/should have done it a long time ago. The DEMOCRAT WILL PREVAIL.
Pitifull human being. That's what you get when you sell your soul to the devil. Now he has to defend the ignorant and racist member of his party to help him to continue to be racist and ignorant. Poor pitifull little man.
John John John..... you used to condemn Saxby Chambliss for his utterly inexcusable actions, thoughts, behaviors. Shame on you John.
James at 45 November 13th, 2008 11:21 am ET
BHO won. Why do the Obamabots continue with the hate, bile, invective, slanderous lies, etc.? I didn't vote for him, but I was willing to give BHO a chance. If his thoughts even slightly mirror those of the haters on this site, though, I think I'm better off going into survivalist mode.
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Lighten up. They 're anonymous, which means they can say whatever they want without being exposed.
Kind of like what you're doing right now!
I'd trade another Democratic loss in another state for a win in Georgia so Martin can displace Chambliss. He needs to get out of office there.
McCain condemns CHambliss in 2003 for his ads calling a single-limber Vietnam war veteran democrat "unpatriotic". Yet now he comes out and supports him?
I've said that the GOP's campaign has been two-faced for a long time now, and I guess it's not over yet.
Well, you are probably welcome in the South where the White people vote Republican and the black people vote Republican in Federal elections and everyone votes Democratic in State election.
But you should go back to arizona and prepare for your defeat next time you run for the Senate.
To win his senate seat Chambliss attacted the patriotism of double amputee Viet Nam veteren, while he Chambliss received 5 deferments just like Dick Cheney.
McCain called the attacks on Max ClelandChambliss reprehensible.
McCain said country before party duing his run for the Presidency, now its party before country.
Didn't McCain speak out against Chambliss in the past when Chambliss questioned veteran Max Cleeland's patriotism? Is politics more important than service now?
Glad tosee McCain out there helping his fellow GOP candidates. What I would like to know: will CNN will expose fellow liberals to the fact that MSNBC the lowet rated news organization will expose the nitwit that spread gossip about Palin and Africa etc. or will they let that slide because she is not a Liberal???
losers!
Doug R. November 13th, 2008 9:19 am ET
I wonder if Joe the Plumber will be with him…or maybe Benedict Joe LIEberman?? They can hold hands and cry on each other shoulder.
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According to Reid, Joe Lieberman must now work as Joe the Plumber's apprentice!
i hope the afircan anerican community will go back to the polls and vote that clown out
McCain has no principles. He threw those away to win the republican nomination. His campaigning for Chambliss after he slammed him for his ads shouldn't surprise anyone.
Wow! Nothing like importing the World"s (second) Biggest Loser to tell folks how swell you are! Too bad the real WBL was tied up in Miami (alas, only figuratively).
Saxby Chambliss is a pathetic, lying, smearing, ignorant, offensive, backwards, America-hating, pitiful reactionary nut job... the ultimate Republican candidate.
Look what has happened already the stock market has crashed, companies all around the world are pulling out investment money,the jihad terrorist are loving our new president they are celebrating in the street,
More troops are being sent to Iraq? Europe and other countries are saying that we have voted in a Muslim president.
Who knows what will happen next...Unstable is the word
I see some are afraid of Sarah Palin..well you missed the boat sweetie the one to fear is the one who won, the one who wants a "storm trooper" like civilian military under his control right here in the good ol' US of A! We have a world of hurt coming when he dissolves our 401K's and spends money even wilder than Bush, hard to believe, but true. The money he spent to win is amazing! He is a spend thrift and rather lazy, runs to Hawaii when a problems comes up and now wants to totally redecorate the Whitehouse at a time of severe recession....will the spending ever end? Not with BO..are the Libs happy with this state of affairs You Betcha'!
Here Is A Little Secret That Palin Supporters Dont Know. . . . She Is An IDIOT!
uh...and your point is???????????????