McCain Attacks Obama on Earmarks

We want to know the truth about his drug use in 1999 while he was on the Legislative House in Illinois.
If it is true that he had been doing cocaine or crack cocaine back then, then he has lied to the American people and his autobiography is nothing more than fabrication about his drug use being limitedto teenage years.

stevem – Source? Or are you just rumor-mongering?

I want to know how much medication McCain is on right now

When President Bush said that McCain fathered a black child out of wedlock, and that McCain lost his mind when he was a POW, what was he referring to?
What about the articles in the Washington Times about McCain’s temper caused fellow republican senator from Mississippi Cochran to say that McCain does not have the temperment to be president?
McCain makes Dole look young and healthy by comparison.

Anyone have God’s e-mail? I’d like to ask him about the Bubonic Plague, Spanish Influenza, the Holocaust, cancer and a few other things….

Okay, anti-abortion folks. Are you supportive of pre-emptive war, death penalty, torture etc? Let me guess you have voted republican all along. Then I suppose you support these other things that I find much more nefarious than denying a woman’s right to choose. It is her body after all.

Yes but D, Why would this Larry Sinclair chap makes these statements and offer to take a lie detector test?
It is disturbing that the Obama camp has not responded, denied or acknowledged the “frivolous” lawsuit in any way?
Could there be some truth in these accusations? Mr. Obama’s sex life is his own business, but if he was smoking crack in 1999 that could be a problem.

Relax Mark, I stated I thought it was a hoax, remember. But if it has any truth to it, don’t you agree it should a least be investigated?
Honestly if it was rumored that Mrs. Clinton was having a gay affair and doing drugs, the MSM would be on it like a buzzard on a crap wagon..lol

This Larry Sinclair “rumor”: has been around on the underground news for months. The MSM knows all about it, but would never use it against Mr. Obama. However, I know the Republicans will. They play very dirty, and Mr. Obama will have to at least address this rumor to clear his name.
Silence is not an option. The repubs will have much more “dirt” coming up.

I just read the entire Sinclair v. Obama complaint (it is Smokinggun). So, Mr. Sinclair goes on YouTube and makes allegations against Obama, then files a lawsuit asking for an injunction against Obama and the DNC preventing them from making any comments about him and stopping them from investigating Mr. Sinclair? He alleges a 1st Amendment violation – which is impossible because Obama and the DNC are not the government or agents of the government. Finally – Mr. Sinclair is actin as his own attorney (if there was any merit to his claim, don’t you think some enterprising lawyer would take up his cause, at least for the publicity?). This lawsuit (filed February 11) is going to get tossed at the first hearing. p.s. I’m an attorney.

To D. I don’t think Larry Sinclair’s objective was to win this lawsuit. I think it was an attempt to make this more public and legitimate putting pressure on the Obama campaign. Remember, if you push too hard against powerful men, sometimes you wind up hurt or dead. Seriously D, what lawyer in his right mind would take this case right now?? Way too hot to handle.

Jordan – actually I think it might be a little premature for Obama to respond to this Sinclair thing. I don’t know anything about it – just read here its some lawsuit. Responding to it just draws attention to it. I guess its a balancing act. You don’t want to let any damaging claim go unchallenged, but you also don’t want to advertise every attack – the serious ones and the nutcase ones alike.
Like I said, I don’t know anything about Sinclair, and his allegations may be serious. But at the moment, they’re not politically serious, I don’t think.

Your right Stella, if this Monica Lewinsky they would have it all over the news.
Did any of you watch Tucker Carlson last night. Boy was he anti-hillary. I thought the news was suppose to be un-biased and fair news reporting.
He actually gave the Black Panther Fist in defiance of Hillary Clinton to AL Sharpton right there on National TV. He said “Power to the People” right Mr. Sharpton. And he was snickering when he said this with that smirky look, like he was proud of himself. This was all to do with AL SHARPTON saying that he is doing all in his power so HIllary Clinton does not get the delegates from Florida and Michigan.
I actually called MSNBC Complaint line to complain about his negativity and rudeness to Mrs. Clinton.
The whole show was about knocking her down.
It was really disgusting.
I called the Stephanie Miller show this morning and actually got on the radio to let them know of my disgust for this man and MSNBC in their bias reporting on Mrs. Clinton.
Of course, Miss Miller thought nothing was wrong with that and laughed it off.
She is so Pro-Obama it is disgusting too.
Oh! and by the way, before any of you Obama people think that I am a HIllary supporter, I AM NOT!!! I respect life and I respect the little babies rights. I am a Catholic and believe me alot, and I mean alot of the Catholics are voting Replublican this year because of our faith and our morals. And contrary to the lies the Obama is saying that Republicans are coming up to him and whispering in his ear, that “they are going to vote for him”, that too is a lie and a fbaricaiton. Just in my small circle of friends….ALOT… and i mean ALOT>>>>>>>>of the christians and Catholics have not even voted in the primaries/…….their all for McCain.

Well, in this country We are innocent until proven guilty. I am surprised to see ABC news political blog allowing this conversation. On every other blog CNN, MSNBC, FOX, The Caucus , First Read. They always delete every Larry Sinclair comment immediately.

Jordon Clinton: Because they are all trying to hide it> Haven’t you noticed the bias towards Hillary!!! Even Chris Matthews said he gets a chill up and down his leg when he hears Obama Speak!!! What a freako!!!!!!!!

Obama your whole life is (as Mr. Bill Clinton) would put it “A Fairy Tale”. Will the real Mr. Obama please stand up!!!!!

The Sinclair thing is easy enough to deal with, why not pool money and get this guy to the best polygraph in the business? At the moment there is 90% chance this guys is nuts, but what happens if he’s not? Not sure here guys, help out.

Why is it that 10 years ago almost all republicans thought global-warming was a hoax? Today, thanks to Al Gore many are starting to believe we do have a problem. I can only imagine how much better off we would be today had they counted all the votes back in 2000. At least today we have some real hope with some forward thinking candidates. Mary, watch out for that Train!

I am afraid D is right about the lawsuit, and I believe that he should get his fair day in court as should every person on God’s green earth. Of course that is probably beside the point as many poster’s on her believe that it is the media that should judge this case rather than the legal system. Guys if you believe in our justice system, which may be a stretch for some of you, then why don’t you see how this plays out. If you think Obama gets a free pass, why don’t you guys go over to the website the RealMcCain, and see how much of a free pass that Mr McCain gets for his so called straight talk express. And when you counter with the Rezko thing about Obama I will raise you a Keating 5. Most of these are attempts a character defamation rather than substantial stories. These are meant to get knee-jerk reactions because many in our society live in the moment rather than thinking long term. Look if you believe that McCain is a better candidate or Clinton is better candidate then tell us why other than using innuendo and gotcha moments. I am afraid that our country needs alot more help than that and to pretend that this type of stuff is substantial ignores the larger issue that this country is facing.

Dear Cuban Flag: I went to that site you mentioned. I am sick to my stomach.
What are we dealing with here! This Obama man is disgusting.
We need to impeach him before he becomes president;
His issues:
Okay to kill babies.
okay to abort babies.
okay to do cocaine and crack
okay to intimidate individuals whom want answers from you, like the allegations brought on by Sinclair and your Rezko dealings.
okay for Gay marriage
okay for you and your goons to intimidate Mr. Sinclair
okay to steal health plan program of hillary clinton and call it your own
okay to belong to a black church and live by the black rules of that church, and your church damns the jews
okay to have the most “RACIST” organization in the world “The Black Panther Organization” support your campaign, and it’s on your site
okay for yor church to give Farrakhan an award…a racist mongor among all men.
okay to lie to the AMerican people in your two books
okay to claim your not a muslim,
and we can go on, and on, and on.

stevem, after reading your comments and a few others here, its easy to understand how Bush got elected twice. Really, some of you people should sit this election out for the betterment of the country because you really lack good judgement and common sense. Maybe we could have voters pass a second-grade test or something…

Well in Mr. Obama’s defense Steve, I don’t think smoking would disqualify you from being the President. It might show he is weak in fighting some of his demons, but honestly, aren’t we all?
Right now I am more concerned about empty promises and promising he will fix everything that is wrong with our country. He is starting to believe his own press.
Whoever becomes our next President, is going to have the most difficult task in the world.

stevem, Hillary and Barack are very similar politically so it makes sense that a lot of their policies are going to overlap. It’s 4,000 not 4,000,00 for college, and wouldn’t that make a lot more sense than sending the money to Iraq. As for voting for McCain and being a Christian, does your religion approve of the death-penalty? Does your religion include destroying the environment for our children and grandchildren? Does your religion approve of depriving children of healthcare? You need to examine all your beliefs…

President Barack HUSSEIN Obama? Something is wrong here.

I agree with U Spam. Something is wrong with so many of our presidents middle names.
Bill Clinton’s middle name is Jefferson? Who gives a kid a last name for a middle name? Actually a lot of presidents have last names for middle names. Look at Dubya’s middle name – Walker. His dad had two middle names, Herbert Walker. JFK had Fitzgerald. I don’t know what the heck Nixon’s middle name is supposed to mean – Milhouse? FDR had Delano?
I mean, who gives kids names like these? Do these parents somehow know their kids will someday be immortalized in presidential portrails. Or do they become presidents to get back at all they beatings they take growing up because of their odd middle names?
Anyway, compared to John or Robert, Hussein is just odd enough to sound, well, presidential.

To compare money spent for wars or keeping soldiers in a country,with money earmarked for a pet project is just plain stupid.. Stop all the money and just allow troops to wander around without ammo. We are there so why not shut up with the whinning and for once in the last 20 years pull together. As for the blacks switching to Obama, it was expected,they will vote for a black no matter what, remember the mayor of Washington D.C. To the blacks we are still the honkies.

I’m really amazed at the LIES that are being posted here! I like both candidates may the best man or woman win! Anyone but Dubya!

This may very well be the most mportant election in our lifetimes. It certainly will be historic–an intelligent, intriguing Black man, a seasoned, skillful woman, a Republican war hero–all vying to become our next President.
A lot of comments have the basic thrust that even discussing issues related to personal behavior are tantamount to baiting –race-baiting, liberal-baiting, conservative-baiting.
I say, let’s put all questions on the table. Vet then all. If in fact, Mr. Obama is the hope for us all, then he will have no objection to answering sincere questions concerning whether he has used cocaine more recently, as Mr. Sinclair claims. Whether recent or not, it is probably an illegal act, perhaps even a felony.

stevem
Obama is a serious chain smoker. His wife has been trying to get him to quick for years. My mother saw a photo of him a few weeks ago smoking next to his campaign manger in the back of a room.
And your right if Hillary did this the media would stop the world to tell the story. When Hillary was first lady I remember hearing about when Kings would come to the WH and they started to smoke inside. Hillary would stop them and tell them they had to step outside. And they did. Can you image telling a king that? I like the way Hillary takes a stand.

What is clear from all these posts.. Obama is NOT the uniter he likes to say he is.. there is some true hostility here..and I think unfortunately, its just starting…
Obama is just another politican .. not a saint , not a movement..he will be torn apart just like the rest of them.. welcome to what Hillarys life has been for the past 15 years!!!

Issie – Hillary is anti-NAFTA. It’s a hoot that she will probably undo her husbands legislation. For someone who had a non-paying position, she did make changes in health care by just trying to change it. My premiums were reduced by $220/month because she brought the subject to the public forum. I worked free-lance audio in the capitol during that time (paid my own health insurance) and she really tried to get health care legislation through, but if you remember, she was really put down by many politicos from both sides, lobbyists, forums and news orgs for not being a senator or not having been hired and especially the fact that “no one voted for her, they voted for her husband”. It had to be with some satisfaction that she became a senator. She has been cleared of Whitewater and since the opposing faction didn’t bring the Clintons down by doing that, they moved on to putting Ken Starr on the payroll to really humiliate and embarrass the president, his family and the rest of America. I don’t know how anyone could lead during that time but Pres. Clinton did. The sad thing is that when either side plays this game against the other side, it certainly is hurtful to the recipient of such slings and arrows, but the real hurt of all this infighting in our government is all of us. When everyones eyes are on the scandal what is going on elsewhere?