Who’s that Praising McCain?

“when you take something out of context, call it your own, . . . . . .plagerism?

Priceless…….

I love the ad! I think its a GREAT idea to have these well-known democrats giving praise to President McCain! McCain has always been bi-partisan.

I don’t know about either candidate honestly but I know we can’t continue to follow Bush’s policies. While I respect McCain he really doesn’t seem that different from Bush and his policies. As far as the economy I don’t think the republicans have the average middle class American in mind so not sure why people still think that they can provided answers for the funk they helped put this country in.

As for Hillary Clinton: I voted for her here in Florida and always respected her and her husband. I was rooting for her to get the VP spot, but not anymore. Their conduct in this week has made me lose respect for her. If i was a childish as McCain, i would have asked her to return my campaign donation.

Cool World: LOLL McCain is one who put us in the middle east. It is like McCain vs. McCain. You people need to open wide your eyes.

Mcain wasnt that bad 8-10 years ago but NOW he has sold his soul to the evil bush,Do remember cynics there have been republicans to praise obama HAGEL,PAWLENTY, GOV ARNOLD S, ETC!!

wah, wah, wah! Look at all these crybaby Obama supporters complaining about some positive attention for once that the media is giving McCain! YOu are just so sensitive that anything negative about Obama, you call it “biased”! It is very well known that Obama gets much more attention than McCain! How many news anchors accompanied McCain on his european trip???
And, STOP , with the race card already! It’s called freedom of speech…we are allowed to criticize Obama without being racists, and we are allowed to NOT VOTE for him without being racists! Americans are sick of these accusations, and will fight back at the polls, Obama is clearly dividing America with his race card politics!!

Yes McCain is one of the good guys. I wanted Hillary but now I will be voting for McCain. The democratic party has been hijacked by extremists.

a good move…. mccain is bringing up two issues at one: years of experience and willingness to work with democrats.

All the “living under a rock” bloggers who consistently accuse Sen Obama as being a Muslim: Watch out, a storm is coming and you will be washed away into the storm drain. Your lungs will absorb the sand and water and you will surely drown – still hating and still misinformed. tsk, tsk, tsk…

Both parties have been hijacked by neo-cons and neo-libs however I can not in my right mind vote for a socialist who seems more concerned about redistribution of wealth to the “world citizens” than the interests of americans. It’s too bad that a lot of liberals have been replaced by the faith based idealist eutopia that the neo-libs embrace above everything else. Neo-libs have lost the tolerance, open mindedness, rationality and ability to see multi faceted bipartisan issues that classic liberals possessed. Even though I didn’t agree with liberal idealogy I could respect it. Modern neo-libs I lump more in with religious conservatives who base their politics on religion/faith rather than logic and reason.
McCains response to the race card was great. In my opinion there is no question this is exactly what Obama was doing just like he pulled it on Clinton several times. McCain showed he isn’t going to take that garbage and end up being on the defensive about race but will keep it out of the election as it should be. Racism is wrong no matter your skin color or nationality.

It’s McCain vs McCain . He is a legend in his own mind.

Why does McShame put out ads that are all lies. He is a Bush clone. Bush lied all the time and started a war the McShame supported.

McBush, McShame…
Yeah, those comments sound like they were made by 8-year-olds.

Cryos: News Flash, McCain played the race card not Obama… It has been proven, Repubs are walking away from McCain as of today because of his actions or lack of them.
I watched one of McCains town hall meeting a few weeks ago, he told those people that “Obama did not look like any other president on the dollar bill” McCain said that, NOT Obama. My first thought was “why because he is black” my second though was “how low can McCain go”. Pretty low I guess.
The Arizona senator is running a barnyard demeaning campaign even comparing Senator Obama to Paris Hilton, lying about Obama’s record of visiting our wounded warriors and lying about Obama playing the “race card.” Denouncing the new Dirty Politics McCain, McCain’s own former strategist, John Weaver said to Newsweek: “Its hard to imagine America responding to ‘small ball’ when we have all these problems.”
McCain is going to lose this election. And the way he loses will take the Republicans down with him.
As a former Republican activist who, as late as 2000, was campaigning for John McCain against Bush, today I am a dedicated supporter of Senator Obama. Yes, I changed my mind. But that isn’t the point. My point here is to ask how the Republicans will define themselves by the means they use to try to define and defeat Obama.

McShame praised Obama at the NNACP convention a month ago. So who paaised who?

GJohn,
Sorry buddy but your not fooling anyone about being a former Republican voting for Obama. The republicans and many democrats are voting McCain this year. Obama was in the senate for 1 year before he started running for president. He voted “present” on over 100 issues in that 1 year that he was in the senate instead of voting “for” or “against” the issues. He has changed his position on almost every issue since he has been running for president. No one believes a word of what this guys says or even knows where he stands.
A Democrat who is paying attention.

Praise MacCain! give me a break. This is my slogan: “Give MacCain a cane.” He wouldn’t even survive a full 4 year term. The man is too old. Hello!!

WHAT????? Politics? Is there going to be an election…..
AKA: Who CARES! They’re all crooks in their own way.

Anyone who claims to be a Democrat for McCain is a liar. No Democrat or for that matter Anyone with an IQ over 75 would vote for a lying, cheating, incompetent, power mad slimeball like McCain. He was never a real Hero, not like those who actually did heroic things like save others lives. READ his book, he thinks we should have ignored the POW’s and then we would have won Vietnam. Our soldiers are completely expendable and so are you.

McCain acts like he is running for homecoming queen. It’s all personality and zingers. But McCain is playing with fire, he has caved to the right and no longer is a “maverick”, isn’t talking to the press any more, and there is still that problem of calling his wife the c-word, and Asians g**ks. The Democrats can use all this at any time. He is disgusting and more than a little envious.

These posts are funny. Where do you guys get your facts from? I want all the obama supporters to write their comments down, go bury them in the yard, and dig them up after the elections.
You can look at all the polls you want, obama is not going to get elected. The dems have a magical ability to choose unelectable candidates. Thanks guys!

wanger says Obama is a “race card player” yet its wanger that brings up race over and over and over again. Who’s the race card player again? I think it’s people like wanger that continue to bring race comments into the blog conversations.

RE:
Who’s that “Praising McCain?
August 07, 2008 10:04 AM
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AND RE:
mr. bonnet-
I’m writing to express my gratitude to you for putting your letter to
carl sagan on the message board of Wired magazine’s article on the
recent rumors of life or no life on mars. It was an illuminating piece
to say the least – your enlightened perspective of non-dualistic
reality is an inspiring reminder for those of us who’s daily mental
processes could use a good wake u p call. The state of mind your words
evoked is one I usually experience in meditation – where the seer and
the seen, the subject and object, reveal themselves to be one and the
same. Thank you again for offering your keen observation in a format
for the aware and unaware alike to get a glimpse of.
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TANK YOU FOR WELCOMING ME
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NEW LETTER TO SENATOR BARACK OBAMA
Laval, August 6, 2008
SENATOR OBAMA
“It is in adversity”, I was going to say in “darkness”, that one recognizes true friends.
Energy of the Sixties tested, confronted by Todays’s Energy crisis, what does Science hold for us in this field at the crossroad of the third millennium?
Each of us should express solidarity, according to his means
My contribution, apparently futuristic, refers, Senator Obama, to an inexhaustible source of energy, which one should tame now.
In a book with limited publication, translated in English for the needs of the cause, entitled “BILL A RI And There Was Light”, addressed during his last American election campaign to President Bill Clinton who acknowledged having received it, I dared to tackle this subject.
It’s like to say to you, Senator Obama, that in the exceptional circumstances in which we lives today – in the point of view of energy – no exploration in the mid or long term, by the american expertise , of an additional source of energy, at the same time safe and profitable, should not be ruled out.
There is no witchcraft at all involved in all that, Mister Obama. In spite of my Haïtian ascent and my carefully phrased remarks. It is undoubtedly so when a taboo should be broken through A taboo of magnitude, Sir, I admit it. A “scientific” taboo, seldom encountered.
” The taboo arises as a negative categorical imperative,” affirms Roger Caillois. It is not saying little. Especially when it is a question of adequately correcting the theory of Newton on light and colors.
However, at the dawn of the twenty first century, to denounce this taboo, to reverse it, should I say, what an asset! Moreover, at the same time the multiple taboos grow blurred which surround another phenomenon of the highest scientific range, the well known phenomenon under the abusive name of “Black Holes”, synthesis of light and colors. Indeed Newton, in good faith undoubtedly in his time, really reversed the interpretation of the phenomenon of light. He took the part for the whole ! So much and so well that today like yesterday, the visible appears so much more tempting. Physicists say it: “ninety to ninety nine percent of the matter of the universe is made up of a dark matter, invisible, which generates, propels and surrounds the visible, like the sea surrounds the continents”. Scientists such as Stephen Hawking affirm it. The Hubble Telescope confirms it. But theoretical Optics is stagnant.
My intervention, here, Senator Obama, would mean that. It is possible to use another form of energy. By decoding the Black Matter.Without a play on words. Theoretically initially. While “returning the elevator to Newton”- without a play on words. By the ACT which consists in making an AMENDMENT TO THE LAW OF NEWTON ON LIGHT AND COLORS.
Presently, why should we take the result instead of the cause?
— Objectively and in a pragmatic way, by a new synthesis.
Consequently, what a liberation !
At the threshold of the third millennium, let light live, invisible by synthesis, visible by analysis !
“Synthesis and analysis are two wings of the same bird, the rythm of the universe`s heartbeat, tamed inside the infinitely small having mass. Successively contracted and deployed. In the benefit of humanity.”
One small step for Man, one giant leap for Mankind – I also said myself – in “BILL A RI and there was light !… ”
Unfortunate, yes, but how much a convenient Energy crisis if I dare say, which invites us to explore other avenues, other concepts and, therefore, other resources so far neglected.
Invitation to go from the invisible to the visible and vice versa. Taking advantage of the sequence of colorless and colored luminous speeds. In order to better understand the Universe. Where Law and Order prevail. Just like in Democracy !
Energetic formula with a unique character !
In the name of Science and Technology, vapor is being reverse !
A winning formula !
In The United States Of America
By The United States Of America
For The United States Of America and abroad !
With you today, Senator Obama, I repeat this sentence – since 1972 and 1978 – that is to say forty years old, but always, in my opinion, carrying the same message that I wish more and more positive for the years to come, in the third millennium, as I said since 1972 and on April 10, 1978, in a Letter to Doctor Carl Sagan:
“On the cosmic scale as on the terrestrial scale, darkness or blackness forms an integral, sine qua non part, of color and light pocess”.
Is it still broad daylight
in the shadow of the black sun?
Yours truly,
Lucien BONNET
Please See:”Bill A Ri And There Was Light !”
In http://www.contact-canadahaiti.ca

Okay, Pepper, “McChameleon” is by far the worst and most pathetic use of the “Mc” prefix so far…
What’s next? “McCain? Why, his real name should be McCaineMutinyCharacterCaptainQueeg!”
“McChameleon” actually ranks up there with “Obambi” which is equally ridiculous and bad.

Obtaining quotes of praise someone said about someone else from years past means what? Things change over time as we all should know. I’m sure there is a treasure trove of comments of praise the U.S. once gave to former friends and allies like – Iraq, Iran, Venezuela to name a few. Hmmm… what would we say about them now?
We’re in the here and the now.

I think it’s interesting to note that before McCain was the Republican nominee, the Democrats loved him – he was praised as a senator who often worked across party lines and cared more about issues than party politics (one of the reasons why conservatives don’t like him). Now that he is the Republican nominee, people seem to overlook his history of working with both parties and lump him in the same category as George Bush (who, coincidently, bad-mouthed him and made nasty insinuations against him during the 2000 primary season).

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
I know that some of you don’t like to read long drawn out messages …so here’s the executive summary………
Congress Military
McCain 26 years 22 years
Obama 143 days 0 years
Summary Concluded.

Who else thinks it’s time to dissolve the electoral college? It’s time the people make their own choice and not leave such an important position up to the discretion of those who are more fortunate or more connected.

Jeff, you are a tool if you think both sides don’t change stances. Are you that naive? If Mccain wants to keep jobs here, why would he vote no on repealing tax subsidy for companies which move US jobs offshore?
Changing your mind is a step toward progression, not recession you retard. Christ, there are too many idiots in the U.S. that feed into this crap. Pull a couple facts off of a web site and you know it all huh?

Does Oprah Winfrey have “The Obama Nation” on her book of the month club list.
It is a #1 best seller.

Are you sure that McCain was for aparthied and against MLK? This democrat didn’t know that. I’m voting McCain.

McCains own people are turning on him.
The Arizona senator is running a barnyard demeaning campaign even comparing Senator Obama to Paris Hilton, lying about Obama’s record of visiting our wounded warriors and lying about Obama playing the “race card.” Denouncing the new Dirty Politics McCain, McCain’s own former strategist, John Weaver said to Newsweek: “Its hard to imagine America responding to ‘small ball’ when we have all these problems.”
McCain is going to lose this election. And the way he loses will take the Republicans down with him.
As a former Republican activist who, as late as 2000, was campaigning for John McCain against Bush, today I am a dedicated supporter of Senator Obama. Yes, I changed my mind. But that isn’t the point. My point here is to ask how the Republicans will define themselves by the means they use to try to define and defeat Obama.

Some of the comments here have gone a little far afield. Returning to the original article, Kerry tries to get out of his original praise of McCain by saying he has changed. Typical politician. The “change” is that the Democrats are now running against him. Clinton and the other Democrats criticized Obama until he won the nomination – now he is the best thing since sliced bread. Nothing but spin. I would, however, accept their original praise of McCain because they didn’t have an axe to grind at that time.
And politicians wonder why we have such a low opinion of them!

Congress Military
John McCain 26 years 22 years years
Barrack Obama 143 years 0 days days
Question: Would you let a Doctor operate on you who has only 143 days of Med School? – - -
Then what qualifies Hussain Obama for the task of running this great nation with same amount of experience.
AMEN!!

Just read the article about McCain shills populating the blogs. I wondered what the motivation was for people to spread the republican lies, should have known it was for money. The corruption party spreads itself into every aspect of American life. From now on, if someone defends McBush, it can be assumed they’re being paid.

Good ad! I think it’s going to get some points for Mr. McCain! Keep it up, GOP! You got the Dems on the run!

V Racer,
you said “Obvioulsy just joking. Folks could tell I’m not a democrat. Not enough misspelled words.”
everybody mispells, and everybody makes typos, look at your own post. Or do you think thats how to spell obviously is spelled.

gl – People have left Obama’s campaign too and Democrats are certainly not united behind him either. Both Obama and McCain are both running negative campaigns – both are typical politicians who say one thing and do the other. The difference between the two is that McCain has a long voting history from which we can get a very accurate picture of his policies. Obama rarely stays in one place more than a few years so it is difficult to gauge his true political agenda (campaign promises are nothing more than campaign promises – they mean nothing). Perhaps if Obama had a few more years in the Senate, the picture would be a little more clear.

“Cryos: I saw the town hall meeting on CNN about 3 or 4 weeks ago. Go ahead find it yourself. You would not believe it if you watched it yourself. You will just say the station inserted the words. I am just a normal voter looking for the truth and facts of both before I place my vote. At least I try to get the facts before my mouth runs, unlike you.”
Yeah nice vague reference to make it hard to find. If you’re going to make assertions like that that you claim as fact at least back them up. I would think you’d at this fact to your copy and paste statement.

cocacola_hater08 – Why do you think that the number of days a person was actually in the Senate chamber is the only possible measure of his experience to be President? How much time does the President spend in the Senate chamber?

No surprise; I have been singing John’s praises of experience, record of accomplishments, and trust of the American people for a long time. Given John’s long dedicated service to this Nation in war and peace, it is no surprise the democrats have finally awakened to the fact they have a huge problem in November. And, I am a Hillary Democrat who speaks, but plans now to vote for John.

We can argue back and forth, cut each other down, whatever. The fact remains, with this recent insurgence of Hillary and her supporters, this inevitably, will have serious negative consequences on Obama. Its plain to see, that the Democrats are not united this year, and probably wont be. This plays right into the hands of the GOP. Whether its the DNC, Obama, or Hillary, fact remains, there will be no unification. We all should practice saying, “Welcome, President John McCain.”

GJohn,
Obama did not vote “present” over 100 times in the US Senate. He voted present when he was an Illinois state legislator. And as has been explained his reason for doing so is that in Illinois if the legislators do not like a bill as it is written and they get enough “present” votes, they can force the bill back to be rewritten.

I am proudly voting McCain even though i am democrat. McCain is real unlike OBAMA CONIES.
REAL DEMOCRAT PRACTICE DEMOCRACY NOT APPOINT THE NOMINEE AND BHO IS ANOINTED BY DEAN AND OTHER NACHOS.
HILLFAN FOR McCain!

The economy is the top issue for the majority of voters this election season. Voters have consistently trusted the Democratic Party more on this issue, but the two presidential candidates are tied at 45% as to who voters trust more. A week prior, Obama had a statistically insignificant one percentage point lead on the issue.
On national security, an issue that McCain consistently performs well on, the Republican leads 52% to 40%. His lead represents an improvement from the eight-point lead he held the week before.
A poll released this week finds that over half of voters support Obama’s proposal to provide working families with energy credits but aren’t sure about his idea of taxing big oil companies. When asked who voters trust more when it comes to energy issues, voters choose McCain by a 46% to 42% margin.
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Appears that Obama is losing all the way around…and, where is he…vacationing in Hawaii! Way to Go, Obama! Welcome, President McCain!

I wish we could all get along because honestly we all want the same thing. We want our country to head in the right direction. We all have different views on how. I am a McCain supporter myself. Who to say there is only one to get things better. No matter who wins I will support. Might be a little difficult adjusting my income to cover all the taxes Mr. Obama wants but I’m sure I can do it. I did it with Carter so I know I can now. I hated seeing my tax money going for food stamps and watching babies being born for more income but I will always back my country!!!!!!!!!

Hard to offer any praise of Obama when he has so little experience and no record.
The man can’t even finish one term in the U.S. Senate without looking for another job.
What about Obama’s many public statements that he would not be a candidate for President in 2008?
And Obama didn’t even consider serving in the U.S. military.
But, he did manage to stay a member of Reverend Wright’s congregation for over 20 years.
Wright man…wrong job…

Well some of you guy’s are right about Obama not getting elected, because this is a racist country and they will find something crooked to do to keep him from being elected like they did to Al Gore!

“You”re voting against your own best interest, unless you make millions a year. Other than that, like Bush, McCain will throw you a #300 bone while he and his rich friends rake in millions in tax breaks.”
It sounds like you are falling prey to class warfare which is a front to enact socialism. FYI not everyone bases their politics on personal gain. A lot of “rich” people earn what they have, work hard, provide jobs and reinvest in the economy. I am not envious, jealous, etc of them but strive to myself get there. Appealing to the lowest common denominator and taxing wealth into non-existence is how a lot of 3rd world countries stay 3rd world indefinitely.

The John McCain of August 2008 isn’t even the same person as May 2008. He obviously is not even in charge of his own campaign and his handlers have decided to have him play in the gutter. As opposed to spending time telling America what he wants to accomplish for us, he would rather spend his waking hours complaining and reacting to Senator Obama. It’s a real shame to see what has become of him in his desperation.

I think McCain is ready to be president. Obama has only been a Senator for what? Two years or so? Since when is a man ready to be CEO of a company when he only has two or so years of experience? At the least, a governor would have more experience since his state government is a microcosm of what the Federal government is. But a Senator of only two years? Do you really think he is ready just because he has charisma? Hugo Chavez has loads of that and look what he is trying to make his country into – another Cuba!
Posted by: Nelson Feliciano
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Nelson, Senator Obama also has eight (8) years experience as a Senator of Illinois.
McCain recently acknowledged the Congress has been BROKEN for the last thirty(30)years and that the Congress has FAILED US during these last thirty (30) years. What McCain is NOT telling us is that HE, JOHN McCAIN was part of that very same Congress for 26 long years (4 years short of the full 30 years! Up to the present time, he has not ever mentioned the Congress was broken and a failure…..it has taken McCain 26 years and becoming a candidate to RECOGNIZE HIS very own Congress is broken and a failure. Very interesting. He HELPED Congress get broken and HELPED MAKE IT A FAILURE! Is John McCain trying to say ONLY he KNOWS BETTER in the entirety of the Congress?? John McCain saying anything, doing anything to distract people from the corrupt, dishonorable, and fraudulant McCain. Look over there, look that way, look the other way, I was INVISIBLE in the Congress the last 26 years so am not a part of the COngress which has been broken for the last 30 years and which has failed the the U.S.A. citizens. WHERE was McCain and WHAT was he doing all those 26 years of “brokenness and failure? Umm, VERY INTERESTING, wouldn’t you agree?

“”"It sounds like you are falling prey to class warfare which is a front to enact socialism. FYI not everyone bases their politics on personal gain. A lot of “rich” people earn what they have, work hard, provide jobs and reinvest in the economy. I am not envious, jealous, etc of them but strive to myself get there. Appealing to the lowest common denominator and taxing wealth into non-existence is how a lot of 3rd world countries stay 3rd world indefinitely.
“”"
give me a friggin break… there is a complete asault on the middle class and lower classes, and it’s time to change this. We’re not falling prey… we’ve become prey for the wealthy, greedy and selfish.
I work hard, and I am forced to work lots of OT to make ends meet. I have watched them raise my social security age, and my health care costs quadruple in a short period of time. My taxes are up, and my wage has not kept up with inflation or cost of living.
The rich people do not provide jobs anymore, they look for ways to reduce jobs and ship them overseas. Bush gave the wealthy/corps huge tax breaks that were supposed to allow companies to create more high paying jobs… Where are those jobs ???
What is the reason for CEO’s in this country making up to 20,000% more then the average worker for the same company. They reduce these jobs and lay off people or they rip benefits away from workers to better pad their profits for more wealthy wallstreet investors. Do you not understand why many of us have had it and are PO’d. We watch our jobs go over seas, we watch our pay diminish or not increase and we watch our benefits disspaear, while CEO’s bask in irresponisble wealth that only serves their personal gains. If that doesn’t make you angry they you have no Soul at all.
I just want the Ameuircan dream. That is to work until I’m 60 and to know I will be able to live out the rest of my life without much financial strss. As it is right now I’ll be working till the day I’m dead because there is no way I will be able to put away 3 million they say I will need at age 60 to retire and maintain my modest lifestyle. Seriously how does one who can abrely sock away a few hundred a month be able to finance a retirement. And don’t you dare say I don’t work hard or I don’t deserve it.
meanwhile companies are folding up their pension plans and forcing retirees to afford their own medical…. Screw that crap.. i worked my whole life and now I’m being told to accept being ripped off by the wealthy who just keep getting wealthier.
Ya know what I say to you, and anyone who thinks like you. Go buy yourself a gun because I will gladly join a civil war desiged to eliminate you greedy selfish pr_cks who spit on us… c’mon bring it.. I am litterally salivating at the thought of a full blown civil war of us VS: the wealthy… seriously I am that pissed off at the fact that someone has the nerve to say we deserve to be pushed down while the wealthier are allowed to get wealthier. We work and if we don’t you will lose your wealth… therefore we deserve a better percentage of the wealth we are creating for you… DON’T FORGET THAT

I’m sick of this flip flopping criticism of both candidates. As situations change, reponses should change also. Offshore drilling maybe isn’t a great idea if oil is under 100 per barrel. And as for former republicans voting for Obama… well I don’t even know how that’s possible unless you never had any grasp on the fundamental beliefs of republicans (the ones that seem to always get tossed out once their elected, like fiscal conservatism). But Obama, he’s so far to the left I don’t know what would appeal to anyone who ever considered themselves a republican.

All this proves is that Dems are classier than Republicans.

i don’t get the point of this ad. Are we so hyperpartisan that we’re no longer allowed to occasionally praise our political opponents? This is not the WWE Smackdown. I think the American Voter has become deeply stupid and misinformed.

Thermal – that’s the stupidest thing I’ve ever heard. You ought to be ashamed of yourself.

Mcain agrees with obama
TROOP WITHDRAWL TIME TABLE
MORE TROOPS NEEDED IN AFGHANISTAN
INFLATING TIRES HELPS WITH GAS MILEAGE
Mcain why dont you just endorse obama as president.

Gallup came out with a poll today that said that the majority of Americans still think there’s a lot of racism towards blacks. Thank God for that.

Yeah, but that was the McCain from before. Even the McCain from before wouldn’t support the McCain from today.

Tuesday, August 05, 2008
John McCain is now trusted more than Barack Obama on nine out of 14 electoral issues tracked by Rasmussen Reports. The latest national telephone surveys find that McCain has the biggest advantage on the war in Iraq, by a 51% to 39% margin.
Perhaps the most interesting finding of these polls is that McCain has expanded his leads on nearly every issue he had previously had the advantage on, while Obama’s leads have diminished over the past two weeks.
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/election
WAY TO GO, PRESIDENT MCCAIN!

The Obama camp should run an ad showing McCain snarling insults at others. It would demonstrate the difference.

McCain has changed. He’ll do things now to win that he said he wouldn’t do.
Posted by: Paul | Aug 7, 2008 1:41:07 PM
Much like Obama, huh Paul?

Pete I am not “rich” by the way so you really need to take a deep breath. I am middle class but work a difficult job to make a good living. There is a balance and I agree that there is too big of a gap between the rich and poor but taxation and regulation will only have a limited effect. Even in a socialist/communist society you have a huge gap between “the working man” and the “elite.”
“I work hard, and I am forced to work lots of OT to make ends meet.”
For one its about working smart not just working hard. Maybe you are already doing this and have bad luck; I don’t know. Here’s an example. I wouldn’t deny that someone that shovels dirt all day works hard but I would assert that whoever invented bulldozers and backhoes was working smart and hard.
“The rich people do not provide jobs anymore, they look for ways to reduce jobs and ship them overseas. Bush gave the wealthy/corps huge tax breaks that were supposed to allow companies to create more high paying jobs… Where are those jobs ???”
Last I checked poor people aren’t providing people many jobs so who is? The corporate tax rate is 35% (2nd highest in the world) and industries like oil even after all tax breaks pay between 30-39% tax. The tax breaks just allow american companies to compete not give them some massive influx of money. You need to advance from 50s mentality and recognize that it is not “corporations versus the people.” Globalism has changed the environment and US companies have to compete with companies from China that use slave labor and poor environmental standards. Both republicans and democrats advanced free trade which is the issue hurting americans more than american companies. If people’s ideals they state in blogs followed through to the cash register american companies could afford to pay better but people’s ideals go out the window for the cheapest product. That’s the reality american companies deal with.

I see where McCain is definitely gaining ground on Obama quickly and evn surpassing him in a lot of issues. CNN (Obama’s Network) even stated last night that Obama has become “complacent” in this campaign with the “mindset” that he has already won the election. The GOP is not like Hillary…..they will do everything in their power to bring Obama down, and so far, their attack is working. Obama’s campaign is “bleeding” now, and unless Axelrod does something quick, it will be over for Obama, especially now with the Hillary stuff at the forefront and the convention so soon.

david from texas – so you’re proud that McCain’s lies and smear tactics are working? You should be ashamed of yourself and so should McCain. This country is doomed.
Posted by: Ranger | Aug 7, 2008 1:43:16 PM
I’m just stating the facts, Ranger. I know it’s hard for you to swallow, but face it, Obama is on his way down. No one did this to him, but he himself. When he started flip flopping all over the place, I knew then, he was being swayed by the DNC and Pelosi, and now, he will lose the elecion because of it. Just the facts, sorry,, but you have to face it!

Peter…you are exactly right. We don’t have much to choose from here! I am a democrat, and for the 1st time in my voting years will not vote democrat. I wish there was a stronger Republican than McCain…I’m with you…I want a 3rd choice!

I’ll provide an example of poor people wasting money. When I refer to only thinking of tomorrow I’m not referring to the reality of necessities but wasteful spending.
Think of the number of cars you see out there where the aftermarket rims and stereo system are worth more than the car. Those people are “cool” for a bit but squandered their money for something worthless.

david from texas – I disagree. there is a very active smear campaign going on against Obama by the GOP. To chalk it up merely to Obama’s alleged flipflops – while completely ignoring McCain’s many flipflops – is absurd and flies in the face of the facts. Again, you ought to be ashamed of yourself.

David – well stated. Those dynamics have coincided. What we don’t know is the degree to which one caused the other.
We also saw Obama bump up after securing the nomination, then the race evened out, then Obama bumped up again around the time of the foreign trip, and now is evening out again.
And I’m guessing they’ll bump up and down again after each convention.
Could be just usual campaign cyclic stuff. Or it could be McCain has hurt Obama with the attacks. We really don’t have enough info to know for sure right now.

rob: “Hillary says it best!”
Eh, maybe, but she doesn’t manage the cash as well.

cryos – poor and middle class people occasionally start successful companies, too. There’s this thing called “business credit” that allows anyone with a good idea and a willingness to work hard to become a success. Your worship of the rich is kind of creepy and flies in the face of the our best democratic traditions.

Obama is a disgrace to our heritage and culture! He continues to try and act “white”. The Rev. Jackson was right in his comments about Obama! Americans, please listen, Obama is not who he says he is! Please…!
Posted by: AfricanAmericans4McCain | Aug 7, 2008 2:00:34
In recent days/weeks, I’ve seen more and more AA’s turning away from Obama. There has to be something here, something America is not seeing. Obama seems more and more hypocritical each and everyday!

carpe’ diem: “In recent days/weeks, I’ve seen more and more AA’s turning away from Obama.”
And you’ve seen this where… on internet message boards?

bhrandon:
You wrote -
Nelson
Mccain has been in senate for 25 years what has he done for our energry war in iraq, jobs, healthcare, education, etc if his 25 years experience of voting NO or barley showing up to vote at all i will take the less experience anyday!!!
If you look up his record, you’re too general to even begin answering your comments, for which I think you’re just repeating what the left has been trying to use as arguments against him. If you do more research, you’ll find that McCain has been against the pork spending that is put in many of those bills – not the very bills themselves. Of this pork spending, both republicans and democrats alike are guilty, for which I am not saying that McCain is the best candidate for the job; I’m saying he is the better of the two.
Brenda:
I think what is interesting is that you choose to associate McCain with all the ills that our Congress has. Don’t you think it is interesting that the Democrats chose to go on vacation rather than vote on an Energy bill when the nation is currently suffering from the high gas prices?

That gap between expectations and reality comes as Democrats enjoy the most favorable political winds since at least 1976. At least eight in ten Americans believe the nation is on the wrong track. The Republican president is historically unpopular. From stunning Democratic gains in party registration to the high levels of economic anxiety, Obama should have a healthy lead by almost every measure. Yet, in poll after poll, Obama conspicuously fails to cross the 50 percent threshold.
ABC News Polling Director Gary Langer asked, “If everything is so good for Barack Obama, why isn’t everything so good for Barack Obama?”

Nelson Feliciano – in case you missed it, McCain is part of Congress and the Republicans are on vacation, too. Nice try.

I’ve got to echo George Bush’s statement today. I’m also VERY pleased that Osama Bin Laden’s driver has been found guilty of being, in fact, Osama Bin Laden’s driver.

Cryos:
I think you missed it.
The democrats in the House of Representatives left the bill on the floor without a vote.
McCain is a republican in the Senate – NOT the House of Representatives. Good try though!

Just ask Gore and Kerry. They know that Obama, too, will implode.
Posted by: r | Aug 7, 2008 2:12:13 PM
I totally agree! The writing is on the wall, so to speak! Especially now, after Obama’s continued flip-flopping, and Hillarys ressurrection, doesnt look good for Obama! And, where is he…in Hawaii vacationing! I’m glad, we don’t want him on the mainland….maybe he and Michelle will stay in Hawaii!

JED – World Net Daily are a bunch of rightwing crazies with no journalistic credibility whatsoever.

Who wants a candidate for president who tells the world he wants and has encouraged, his wife, Cindi, to compete in the Buffalo Chip Beauty Contest? A contest where the contestants wear minibikinis that barely cover their private areas?? A contest where the contestants actually simulate sex?? Poor Cindi, McCain has demoralized her in pubic AGAIN! Next thing we know, he’ll be wanting her to compete in the mud fights for women, where they again don minibikinis. No candidate in his right mind would encourage their wives to participate in such contests! That is, except of McCain!! He shows very little respect, if any, for Cindi and women as a whole. Do you really want this chauvinist pig as our leader?

al4mcattack – nice try, but you do understand that it’s entirely possible to respect an individual while opposing his policies. Or are you Republicans so far gone in your rabid partisanship that you’ve forgotten basic notions of civility and comity in politics?

I wonder what happens when people do start paying attention, and realize things like there actually is an Obama energy plan.
Will they think, “Why would the straight talk guy feel he needs to lie?”

“Cryos:
I think you missed it.
The democrats in the House of Representatives left the bill on the floor without a vote.”
I think you are addressing the wrong post since I don’t know what you are talking about. I never thought McCain is in the house of representatives.

of course the dems will all deny it now to save their party, but it is clear McCain is a well respected and admired politician

why are Republicans acting surprised that their political opponents can actually act decently and respectfully towards them? I think the GOP is so far around the bend with their rabid partisanship that they’ve forgotten what civility looks like. So sad.

This ad is like a freudian slip from the McCain camp – only a campaign that forgot what basic respect and civility is would air such a silly ad. Too funny. McCain just shot himself in the foot with this one.

Tell John Kerry that the only significant change John McCain has made is that he wasn’t running for president 4 years ago and now he is. Frankly, if Bush had listed to McCain instead of Ashecroft and Rumsfeld, we’d probably be out of Iraq by now.

Nothing wrong with what I put up…taking it down is wrong. Your nothers should be proud of you!!

Brian Levine – actually McCain recently changed a number of his once-Maverick positions to be more in line with Bush administration policies – offshore drilling, torture, executive privelege, etc. McCain is more like Bush now than when Bush was actually popular.

Does anyone pay any attention to these ads? The main purpose of them is to keep one’s name before the public. The content is usually unimportant.

Only a gutless, lying hack would accuse McCain of adopting anyone’s position on torture.

Um, Cryos? In case you missed it, Silicon Valley and the tech industry is actually resurgent. You’re a day late and a dollar short with that rant. Try to keep up, okay?

david, ny – no you aren’t. stop lying.

Six weeks ago, Rudy Giuliani warned Glenn Beck that, “in essence, we have China drilling for American oil,” just off the coast of Florida. It was a line conservatives used for weeks — the ghastly specter of China drilling for oil “45 miles from the Florida keys,” “closer to the United States” than American companies — as justification for opening up new offshore areas to American drilling.
The claim, however, was proved completely and utterly false, and leading conservatives declared the myth no longer a “talking point.” Undeterred, Giuliani hid behind the future tense this morning on Fox and Friends, warning that “the Chinese are going to be able to drill off the shore of Florida” some day in the imagined future:
The Chinese are going to be able to drill off the shore of Florida, in an area where America can’t drill. We’ve prohibited ourselves from drilling. This is absurd, isn’t it? … How can you be against offshore drilling when the Chinese are going to drill off the shore of Florida? Do you think they’re going to be more environmentally sound than we would be? I mean, this makes no sense.
Watch it:
In June, University of Miami’s Jorge Piñon, an expert in oil exploration in the Gulf of Mexico, tamped down on the original rumor: “China is not drilling in Cuba’s Gulf of Mexico waters, period,” he said. Nor, he said, does it have plans to do so in the future:
China’s Sinopec oil company does have an agreement with the Cuban government, but it’s to develop onshore resources west of Havana, Pinon said. The Chinese have done some seismic testing, he said, but no drilling, and nothing offshore.
Someone should tell Giuliani that simply switching verb tenses doesn’t make a former “urban legend” suddenly true.

missticklt – sorry if racism bores you so much. But to some people, it’s still very disturbing. I hope I never become as jaded as you are.

“You left out Enron and Haliburton, and their respective industries, who have been a HUGE part of the problems affecting our economy and their campaign contributions have been overwhelmingly going towards the GOP. Nice try.”
Explain to me again how american companies in the oil industry are responsible again since they only represent a fraction of reserves? Foreign nationalized oil companies are sitting on 94% of world reserves. American companies buy a lot of oil off the world market so are bigger consumers than producers so american companies are not the bad guys in that industry. However liberals like to limit their attacks to american companies and ignore foreign competition while they fatten their wallets by hamstringing american companies. FYI there is this thing called a global market. “Big auto” was last until they went under now it is Big Oil.

Al – here’s a complete list of McCain flipflops broken down by category:
http://www.thecarpetbaggerreport.com/flipflops
National Security Policy
1. McCain thought Bush’s warrantless-wiretap program circumvented the law; now he believes the opposite.
2. McCain insisted that everyone, even “terrible killers,” “the worst kind of scum of humanity,” and detainees at Guantanamo Bay, “deserve to have some adjudication of their cases,” even if that means “releasing some of them.” McCain now believes the opposite.
3. He opposed indefinite detention of terrorist suspects. When the Supreme Court reached the same conclusion, he called it “one of the worst decisions in the history of this country.”
4. In February 2008, McCain reversed course on prohibiting waterboarding.
5. McCain was for closing the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay before he was against it.
6. When Barack Obama talked about going after terrorists in Pakistani mountains with predators, McCain criticized him for it. He’s since come to the opposite conclusion.
Foreign Policy
7. McCain was for kicking Russia out of the G8 before he was against it. Now, he’s for it again.
8. McCain supported moving “towards normalization of relations” with Cuba. Now he believes the opposite.
9. McCain believed the U.S. should engage in diplomacy with Hamas. Now he believes the opposite.
10. McCain believed the U.S. should engage in diplomacy with Syria. Now he believes the opposite.
11. McCain is both for and against a “rogue state rollback” as a focus of his foreign policy vision.
12. McCain used to champion the Law of the Sea convention, even volunteering to testify on the treaty’s behalf before a Senate committee. Now he opposes it.
13. McCain was against divestment from South Africa before he was for it.
Military Policy
14. McCain recently claimed that he was the “greatest critic” of Rumsfeld’s failed Iraq policy. In December 2003, McCain praised the same strategy as “a mission accomplished.” In March 2004, he said, “I’m confident we’re on the right course.” In December 2005, he said, “Overall, I think a year from now, we will have made a fair amount of progress if we stay the course.”
15. McCain has changed his mind about a long-term U.S. military presence in Iraq on multiple occasions, concluding, on multiple occasions, that a Korea-like presence is both a good and a bad idea.
16. McCain was against additional U.S. forces in Afghanistan before he was for it.
17. McCain said before the war in Iraq, “We will win this conflict. We will win it easily.” Four years later, McCain said he knew all along that the war in Iraq war was “probably going to be long and hard and tough.”
18. McCain has repeatedly said it’s a dangerous mistake to tell the “enemy” when U.S. troops would be out of Iraq. In May, McCain announced that most American troops would be home from Iraq by 2013.
19. McCain was against expanding the GI Bill before he was for it.
20. McCain staunchly opposed Obama’s Iraq withdrawal timetable, and even blasted Mitt Romney for having referenced the word during the GOP primaries. In July, after Iraqi officials endorsed Obama’s policy, McCain said a 16-month calendar sounds like “a pretty good timetable.”
Domestic Policy
21. McCain defended “privatizing” Social Security. Now he says he’s against privatization (though he actually still supports it.)
22. On Social Security, McCain said he would not, under any circumstances, raise taxes. Soon after, asked about a possible increase in the payroll tax, McCain said there’s “nothing that’s off the table.”
23. McCain wanted to change the Republican Party platform to protect abortion rights in cases of rape and incest. Now he doesn’t.
24. McCain supported storing spent nuclear fuel at Yucca Mountain in Nevada. Now he believes the opposite.
25. He argued the NRA should not have a role in the Republican Party’s policy making. Now he believes the opposite.
26. In 1998, he championed raising cigarette taxes to fund programs to cut underage smoking, insisting that it would prevent illnesses and provide resources for public health programs. Now, McCain opposes a $0.61-per-pack tax increase, won’t commit to supporting a regulation bill he’s co-sponsoring, and has hired Philip Morris’ former lobbyist as his senior campaign adviser.
27. McCain is both for and against earmarks for Arizona.
28. McCain’s first mortgage plan was premised on the notion that homeowners facing foreclosure shouldn’t be “rewarded” for acting “irresponsibly.” His second mortgage plan took largely the opposite position.
29. McCain went from saying gay marriage should be allowed, to saying gay marriage shouldn’t be allowed.
30. McCain opposed a holiday to honor Martin Luther King, Jr., before he supported it.
31. McCain was anti-ethanol. Now he’s pro-ethanol.
32. McCain was both for and against state promotion of the Confederate flag.
33. In 2005, McCain endorsed intelligent design creationism, a year later he said the opposite, and a few months after that, he was both for and against creationism at the same time.
34. And on gay adoption, McCain initially said he’d rather let orphans go without families, then his campaign reversed course, and soon after, McCain reversed back.
35. In the Senate, McCain opposed a variety of measures on equal pay for women, and endorsed the Supreme Court’s Ledbetter decision. In July, however, McCain said, “I’m committed to making sure that there’s equal pay for equal work. That … is my record and you can count on it.”
36. McCain was against fully funding the No Child Left Behind Act before he was for it.
37. McCain was for affirmative action before he was against it.
Economic Policy
38. McCain was against Bush’s tax cuts for the very wealthy before he was for them.
39. John McCain initially argued that economics is not an area of expertise for him, saying, “I’m going to be honest: I know a lot less about economics than I do about military and foreign policy issues; I still need to be educated,” and “The issue of economics is not something I’ve understood as well as I should.” He now falsely denies ever having made these remarks and insists that he has a “very strong” understanding of economics.
40. McCain vowed, if elected, to balance the federal budget by the end of his first term. Soon after, he decided he would no longer even try to reach that goal. And soon after that, McCain abandoned his second position and went back to his first.
41. McCain said in 2005 that he opposed the tax cuts because they were “too tilted to the wealthy.” By 2007, he denied ever having said this, and falsely argued that he opposed the cuts because of increased government spending.
42. McCain thought the estate tax was perfectly fair. Now he believes the opposite.
43. McCain pledged in February 2008 that he would not, under any circumstances, raise taxes. Specifically, McCain was asked if he is a “‘read my lips’ candidate, no new taxes, no matter what?” referring to George H.W. Bush’s 1988 pledge. “No new taxes,” McCain responded. Two weeks later, McCain said, “I’m not making a ‘read my lips’ statement, in that I will not raise taxes.”
44. McCain has changed his entire economic worldview on multiple occasions.
45. McCain believes Americans are both better and worse off economically than they were before Bush took office.
Energy Policy
46. McCain supported the moratorium on coastal drilling ; now he’s against it.
47. McCain recently announced his strong opposition to a windfall-tax on oil company profits. Three weeks earlier, he was perfectly comfortable with the idea.
48. McCain endorsed a cap-and-trade policy with a mandatory emissions cap. In mid-June, McCain announced he wants the caps to voluntary.
49. McCain explained his belief that a temporary suspension of the federal gas tax would provide an immediate economic stimulus. Shortly thereafter, he argued the exact opposite.
50. McCain supported the Lieberman/Warner legislation to combat global warming. Now he doesn’t.
51. McCain was for national auto emissions standards before he was against them.
Immigration Policy
52. McCain was a co-sponsor of the DREAM Act, which would grant legal status to illegal immigrants’ kids who graduate from high school. In 2007, he announced his opposition to the bill. In 2008, McCain switched back.
53. On immigration policy in general, McCain announced in February 2008 that he would vote against his own bill.
54. In April, McCain promised voters that he would secure the borders “before proceeding to other reform measures.” Two months later, he abandoned his public pledge, pretended that he’d never made the promise in the first place, and vowed that a comprehensive immigration reform policy has always been, and would always be, his “top priority.”
Judicial Policy and the Rule of Law
55. McCain said he would “not impose a litmus test on any nominee.” He used to promise the opposite.
56. McCain’s position was that the telecoms should be forced to explain their role in the administration’s warrantless surveillance program as a condition for retroactive immunity. He used to believe the opposite.
57. McCain went from saying he would not support repeal of Roe v. Wade to saying the exact opposite.
58 In June, McCain rejected the idea of a trial for Osama bin Laden, and thought Obama’s reference to Nuremberg was a misread of history. A month later, McCain argued the exact opposite position.
Campaign, Ethics, and Lobbying Reform
59. McCain supported his own lobbying-reform legislation from 1997. Now he doesn’t.
60. In 2006, McCain sponsored legislation to require grassroots lobbying coalitions to reveal their financial donors. In 2007, after receiving “feedback” on the proposal, McCain told far-right activist groups that he opposes his own measure.
61. McCain supported a campaign-finance bill, which bore his name, on strengthening the public-financing system. In June 2007, he abandoned his own legislation.
62. In May 2008, McCain approved a ban on lobbyists working for his campaign. In July 2008, his campaign reversed course and said lobbyists could work for his campaign.
Politics and Associations
63. McCain wanted political support from radical televangelist John Hagee. Now he doesn’t. (He also believes his endorsement from Hagee was both a good and bad idea.)
64. McCain wanted political support from radical televangelist Rod Parsley. Now he doesn’t.
65. McCain says he considered and did not consider joining John Kerry’s Democratic ticket in 2004.
66. McCain is both for and against attacking Barack Obama over his former pastor at his former church.
67. McCain criticized TV preacher Jerry Falwell as “an agent of intolerance” in 2002, but then decided to cozy up to the man who said Americans “deserved” the 9/11 attacks.
68. In 2000, McCain accused Texas businessmen Sam and Charles Wyly of being corrupt, spending “dirty money” to help finance Bush’s presidential campaign. McCain not only filed a complaint against the Wylys for allegedly violating campaign finance law, he also lashed out at them publicly. In April, McCain reached out to the Wylys for support.
69. McCain was against presidential candidates campaigning at Bob Jones University before he was for it.
70. McCain decided in 2000 that he didn’t want anything to do with former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, believing he “would taint the image of the ‘Straight Talk Express.’” Kissinger is now the Honorary Co-Chair for his presidential campaign in New York.
71. McCain believed powerful right-wing activist/lobbyist Grover Norquist was “corrupt, a shill for dictators, and (with just a dose of sarcasm) Jack Abramoff’s gay lover.” McCain now considers Norquist a key political ally.
72. McCain was for presidential candidates giving speeches in foreign countries before he was against it.
Any questions?

“Um, Cryos? In case you missed it, Silicon Valley and the tech industry is actually resurgent. You’re a day late and a dollar short with that rant. Try to keep up, okay?”
Ah so by this logic it is ok to crash an economy as long as you continue growth in the long run?
“Cryos – I’ll dispute that point easily. You left out Enron and Haliburton, and their respective industries, who have been a HUGE part of the problems affecting our economy and their campaign contributions have been overwhelmingly going towards the GOP. Nice try.”
So what is your answer to the other industries and democratic contributions? American oil companies are a drop in the bucket so cannot be blamed for gas prices. The other industry causing economic problems is real estate/financial lenders so how is it that Enron and Haliburton invalidates those facts?

cryos – actually, yes. that’s how markets work. they’re cyclical and recessions are inevitable. Duh.

A new question has surfaced this morning surrounding the bundling activity of Harry Sargeant, the Florida Republican who has raised more than $500,000 for the presidential campaign of Sen. John McCain — was it legal for his foreign co-worker to solicit political contributions? (emphasis mine)
The Post first reported on Sargeant’s efforts on behalf of McCain and other political candidates earlier this week. McCain’s campaign has credited Sargeant for collecting dozens of $2,300 and $4,600 checks, many of them from ordinary families in California. The manager of several Taco Bell restaurants, an auto mechanic, and the one-time owners of a liquor store all wrote big checks, even though many were not registered to vote.
Sargeant told The New York Times this morning that he at times left the task of collecting the checks to a longtime business partner, Mustafa Abu Naba’a. The problem with that is that Abu Naba’a is not an American citizen. According to court records, Abu Naba’a is a dual citizen of Jordan and the Dominican Republic.

The Democrats came out with an ad using McCain’s words of 5 years ago against him, so why shouldn’t he use Democrat’s words of 5 years ago if it helps him. Fair is fair….the Democrats can’t use a maneuver, and then fault their opponent for doing the same thing. As far as Kerry goes, he should just be quiet..he isn’t helping his candidate at all. The arrogance of both Obama and Kerry are their Achille’s heel, it gets really old after a while and they both just come off as phonies.

brewmeister: yeah I am and feel that if the press had really done their job Obama wouldn’t have been given the nomination. I do like Hillary, but I also liked many of the other dems, just not Obama. McCain is more of a dem than a rep. Obama, Howard Dean and Pelosi are ruining the party.

Cryos – thanks for admitting that the Republicans were also responsible for blocking offshore drilling.

So, according to Cryos, everything the Dems do is BAD but it’s okay when Republicans do the exact same thing? Classic. Your partisanship is too funny!

What short memories you folks have! McCain has always been viewed as the most liberal, logical, loveable Republican of all time! When G.W Bush trashed him out- and pulled his filthy tricks to win the Primaries of 2000,(The original swiftboating!)Everyone shook their heads in disgust- Back then McCain was well known for his proven decency and love for his Country! I guess Everyone seems to forget how John Kerry himself was the one praising McCain to the High heavens in 2004 -when he was running for President and LOST! The biggest News Story of that Time was “John Kerry” meeting up with and considering asking “John McCain” to be his runnig mate! I think McCain had a national press conference telling the Country “No” he would not ever accept the offer from a Democrat. The point is- almost every Democrat had the highest regards for McCain back then AND most Dems. even now consider him to be so much more worthy of the U.S Presidency than Obama! They just aren’t saying it as loudly these days!!
But, one thing is for certain -the world knows John McCain is as true an American as they come! He is well known and well proven. McCain is probably the most willing to”reach over the party line” than anyone else in D.C (except maybe) Hillary Clinton! McCain can stand behind actuality and a very impressive track record- unlike Obama who can only make promises and has not much to back those promises up with other than a lot of bigwig, News Media Guys who’s fat faces and fat opinions have taken over the air waves!!
My personal dream ticket is Hillary Clinton/John McCain!
My NightMare ticket is Barack Obama,s name along with anyone elses! Not even the Pope as VP could make me feel safe having Obama leading our Country!!

earl – guess you missed it when McSame sold his soul to Bush at the 2004 Republican National Convention. It’s been all downhill for him since then. Sorry, but the John McCain of 2008 is not the same man as he was in 2000. Funny that the GOP wouldn’t nominate him as their candidate then. I wonder what’s changed? LOL

Cryos – I didn’t realize that Congress’ jurisdiction applied to foreign companies as well… LOL
Your list is a load of crap, dude.

Can we stop the election and pick another two? Neither of these seem to be working out too well.

cryos – you’ve got your issues confused here. Nobody is claiming that taxing oil companies is going to bring oil prices down. These are seperet issues. Taxing oil companies on their windfall profits is simply a way for the government to get a rightful taste of the unprecedented revenues that the oil companies are currently reaping. Which is a good idea – somebody is going to have to pay for Bush’s war in Iraq sometime.

Cryos – if you know it’s a bipartisan issue, then how come you keep trying to blame the democrats over and over again? Give it up, you’re talking out of both sides of your mouth now.

“Cryos – thanks for admitting that the Republicans were also responsible for blocking offshore drilling.”
I see faults on both sides of the aisle and acknowledge them however the offshore drilling issue does not have equal weight from both parties. On threads like this I typically have to side more with republicans since there are more liberal posters spreading disinformation than conservative.
With recent developments with offshore drilling it is the democrats blocking. The republicans want to open it up and Bush has lifted the executive moratorium but Pelosi is too busy trying to “save the world.”

Osama and Obama certainly have one thing in common:
They both have a friend who bombed the Pentagon.
Winnie the Poohbama is a first-rate con man to be sure, but nothing even remotely close to presidential material.

There are many americans like my self that feel like neither of these two are really fit to be president. But yet we are stuck with these two as our presumptive nominees. McCain seems to be slipping a little in his old age with one Gaff after another, even suggesting that his wife be in a biker beauty pagent, Which are topless. Dont believe me go see the video at http://www.mccanes.com they have the video of him knocking stuff off the shelf at the grocery store, videos of him losing his temper. Then there is Obama, He doesnt Gaff quite as much as McCain but he has his share. But its not his Gaffs that are scary but his real moments., LIke the moment of him rapping?? A president busting a rap? what?? If older people seen this they would never vote for him. They have the video of this at http://www.mesocash.com , Now they are starting to float around t boone pickens plan, which is at least an actual plan. The rumor is that Obama is thinking about endorsing it. they have an article at http://www.tboonpickens.com They would be an improvement over the candidates flimsy energy plans. I am hoping that I have a third choice in november. I just am having a really hard time figuring which one these two will do the least amount of damage to our country.
Posted by: Peter
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Not too difficult a decision to make. Just look at everything that is going on and has gone on during the last eight years under the Republican President and SIX years of a Republican Congress (the democrats have been the majority nearly two years). McCain, himself, recently stated the Congress is broken and that it has failed us for the last 30 years. What McCain is NOT telling us, is that he was a big part of that same Congress for 26 long years! He is a large component of that broken Congress which failed us the last 30 years!! Simply put, McCain cannot blame and condemn his brothers for raiding the cookie jar when he himself was part of that raid and has the cookie crumbs all over his chin and his shirt and inbetween his teeth to prove it.

“cryos – you’ve got your issues confused here. Nobody is claiming that taxing oil companies is going to bring oil prices down. These are seperet issues. Taxing oil companies on their windfall profits is simply a way for the government to get a rightful taste of the unprecedented revenues that the oil companies are currently reaping.”
I don’t have my issues confused; they are tied together. Democrats are using the issue of high gas prices to put a politically motivated, unsubstantiated tax increases on american oil companies to pay off voters without addressing the reality of the situation which is we will pay the cost. Over the last 30 years the government has received 3X in tax the amount of profit and they charge tax at the pump. So what is your definition of “windfall profits” and “rightful taste?” In terms of margins oil companies make profits well within normal margins it is the size of their company that makes the dollar amount high.

Cryos – incorrect. You are indeed confused and only tying these issues together in your own mind. In case you missed, Oil Companies have posted record profits this year. At the same time, our national debt is out of control and the Treasury is starved for new revenue streams. Also, in lean times the government has subsidized drilling and oil exploration for big oil. This is simply a matter of payback and has nothing to do with bringing down the price of oil. Nobody is making that claim but you (and maybe some other misinformed partisan wingnuts).

Cryos – what am I “justifying” here? Just because I won’t bow down to your twisted partisan logic that everything the Dems do is bad, but everything the GOP does is good doesn’t mean that I’m justifying anything.
Also, you are fundamentally wrong – the effects of a downturn are precisely how you measure the difference between a crash or a market correction in a given market sector. You do understand this, right?

Cryos – I am acknowleding your other posts on this topic and at best all I see is massive inconsistency on your part. In some posts you try to blame democrats for everything, then when pressed, you concede that Republicans are just as bad, and then you turn around and start attacking democrats again. What’s the deal?

I’ve read through these comments and I’m surprised at how many people in this country have not really put in perspective what is happening here. We are in dilemma, we need change and it will not come unless we step back and access what has gone on in the past.
The Republican Party has had sixteen years of control in the Congress and Senate, through the office of Bill Clinton and President Bush. Clinton tried to help the people who voted him in office but was blocked by the Republican rule. When Pres. Bush was elected, the Republicans were on the high road. They had control. So they helped them selves (wage increases, etc.). Even in Texas, the Presidents’ home state, he would not help to raise the minimum wage for workers.
We can make snide remarks, brow beat, demean and point fingers. In the end, we need change!! We must assess who can give us this change. Which candidate will serve us best? Who can pull us out of the falling spiral that we are experiencing. We are loosing jobs, homes, and our sense of well being.
Other nations are looking and wondering if we handle this dilemma. If we as a nation can rise above all of this crazy-ness.
We are one of the greatest nations in the world. Act like it! Stop this crazy-ness. Assess what this country needs as a hole and lets move forward.

How very gracious and classy of these Democrats to say such kind words about Mr. McCain. Would he say the same type of thing about them? Doubtful. Mean-spitited Republicans have neither the grace or the class to be able to do so. And as an example of low class, using the Democrats words in propaganda ads – tacky, tacky

Why hasn’t McCain’s background as “The Songbird” been exposed? Here ia good article on it:___http://www.opednews.com/articles/2/The–Songbird–as-Presiden-by-JOHN-LORENZ-080805-49.html___

So basically, Cryos wants us to subsidize the oil companies but doesn’t want them to give back to the government when times are good? Why is corporate welfare always a one-way street with Republicans?

Ugh. Cryos is impervious to logic. He’s just going to keep on repeating the same nonsense over and over again in a sad attempt to blame everything on the Dems. I’m done wasting my time!

Cryos – it seems to me that the GOP has been running the show for the last 8 years. Why are you so obsessed with Dem wrongdoing when it’s clear to everyone else that it’s the Republicans who are largely responsible for our current problems? Clearly you are a partisan clown who can’t admit when your own party is at fault and need to scapegoat others instead of taking real responsiblity. And don’t try to smear me as some kind of Democratic partisan, because I’m an indpendent and don’t much like EITHER candidate.

I love the ad. The Dems are going to squeal and squirm over this one. They know John McCain is no George Bush and they can’t stand it. Were it not for the mainstream media’s obsession with Obama and their trumpeting of “His” glorious candidacy, McCain would probably have a healthy lead.
I suspect on election day a lot of the so-called Democratic leaders are going to be in for a big surprise when the Great O chokes, and John McCain gets elected. On that day there will be 2 winners: John McCain and . . . Hillary Clinton, who will be ready to pick up the pieces and get ready for 2012.

Sam – the ad makes me wonder why McCain can’t be as respectful and civilzed as Obama and Hillary. I think this ad is going to backfire on him bigtime.

Lol not bothering with more responses on this thread. The same person or two are posting as several people. FYI you should try to change your syntax, grammar and other telltale signs of who you are as educated people unlike yourself can recognize a writer by these signs.

I agree with the poster who said that it’s sad the McCain finds civility remarkable. What is wrong with us that we can’t allow people from the other party to say nice things without trying to use them against them? This is a new low for McCain.

Just like liberals to say something then deny saying it. Even when on film they won’t admit anything. This is for all libs.When you leftists say something why should any of you be trusted. The truth is not relevant to the situation is it. Like the wizard of OZ saying to the scarecrow “don’t pay attention to the man behind the curtain!”

You liberal leftists should all be put in reeducation camps and exterminated. You’re all traitors who want to sell out America to the terrorists. I wish I could kill you all with my bare hands! I hate you all so much!

Seek help, John. You got problems.

redfoot Your friends never say anything nice unless they want something. Liberals have a comeback like “thats not what I said” Or “your just twisting what I said”. If libs walked their talk then the communications will be better and things will get done. The congress under Polsi is the point.

LOL!! “And Obama gave a speech in 2002.” LOL! You gotta love it. Not all of you, afterall this can be considered adult humor. The adults will vote for McCain and the children, well, they’ll be too young to vote for Obama! Either way Obama loses. Listen, listen, “and Obama gave a speech in 2002.” Nothing could characterize that slap dancing empty suit more than that statement by the soon to be “new” Democratic candidate. LOL! “He gave a speech . . . . . “

Once a steer gets branded it’s no longer a Maverick and McCain has the Bush Cheney brand all over and then some. His past isn’t his present and we have to consider the present in voting on the future.

Weak.
Naive.
Vague.
Arrogant.
Deceitful.
Confused.
Narcissitic.
Dishonest.
Incompetent.
Inexperienced.
Will raise taxes.
Married to Michelle.
Will punish success.
Will expand government.
Will weaken national security.
No record of bipartisianship. Ever.
Longtime supporter of hard-left hate.
More popular in France than in America.
Clapping in Jeremiah’s pews for 20+ years.
Likes to play race games to paint himself a victim.
Takes both sides of every issue, stands for nothing.
Loved by terrorists and America-haters around the world.
Cancels visit with wounded soldiers for hoops at Ritz Carlton.
Full of socialist ideas for change and ready to roll on day one.
Nobama ’08
Posted by: Obama the Boy King | Aug 7, 2008 3:30:58 PM
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Now, this is a GOOD POST!
Posted by: carpe’ diem
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No, I would not call this a good post. It is a posting full of lies and slander by a hard-core racist and bigot.
Obama the Boy King? Umm, King TUT was also a boy king and look at how he is now world reknown!! Are you saying years from now Senator Obama will be world reknown as well? Gee, I love it!! Thanks for your vision!!

NinaK, listen, playback the ad and listen to Hillary again “. . . and Obama gave a speech in 2002!” LOL! That’s your candidate she’s making fun of . . . but she’s right on target. An empty suit is just that . . . empty. LOL.

The democrate politican are flip flop every four years.

Did the Republican Party scrape the bottom of the barrel to get their presidential nominee? Remember BOB DOLE?