McCain’s ‘Mission Accomplished’ Misstep

you democrats that say you’ll vote for this man because you don’t want to vote for a black man. Seriously. You have to take a reality check and understand that integration is not going away.

mccain is just more of the same bush stupidity. vote democrat and when they win we can repair all the damage bush has done.

If Hillary is nominated, I will vote for mcCain just to purnish the Clintons for their bad deeds in this election.
She wants to hide under the presidency from a potenctial imprisonment in connection with alleged election fraud with Peter Paul.

Per K – “I wont vote for Obama because he is a liar, fraud, inexperienced, racist, hate monger but not because he is black.”
I agree. Obama is not getting my vote. Period. The guy is ridiculous.

Just so you know, Hillary picked up 5 new superdelagates today. The news is not reporting it.
Posted by: shaw, CA
I think you have your numbers crossed.
Hillary took a BIG HIT TODAY.
DNC Chairman Under Clinton Switches To Obama … Read Why He Switched … Says Clintons Destroying Party … Today’s Superdel Tally: Obama 5, Clinton 1

Folks, the “mission” was accomplished when we invaded Afghanistan.
That mission was to lure the US into at least one war in Muslim countries, knowing the expenses of deploying all our technology and forces, and their relative constraints. By comparison, it is very cheap to arm one man with a death wish.
The result: we are more deeply in debt than ever, our military is strained to the point of breaking, the country is deeply divided over the war and this administration. Mission accomplished, indeed.

Bill, you are aware that there was no al-Qaeda in Iraq until we invaded?

At Least she has a mind!

K Heaton: Good come back. I like that. I’m on your side.

Oh, yeah. Hillary mis-speaks. McCain mis-steps. And Obama is held accountable for the actions of every person he has ever had any association with going back 20, 30 and 40 years!
Can main stream media be any more obvious?

Talk radio people have really messed themselves up. Limbaugh(encourage republicans to vote for Hillary), Hannity(hammered Obama) as did Ingraham. If they succeed in getting Hillary nominated, she, like Obama, will mope the floor with Old Bush-Lite McCain. Their listeners were fooled and they will blame these talk radio people for putting the person they most hate in office—Hillary. The joke is on talk radio-what a bunch of imbeciles.

You are patriotic when you are white and unpatriotic when you are black even if you show a high sense of love and tolerance for others. So Obama and wright can not go away but McCain refusal to vote for national holiday in recpgnition of MLK so many years back is not racism, yet his apologies in recent time is deemed OK? Can sombody tell me why?

wait till another nation rises above this country called America and their will be no more pride to bear on being from a free country. You have the chance to tell the world that you are free and open minded to truth and healing, but you want to remain in your comfort zones drawn by racial lines authored by your leaders! Only in America have found the greatest men of all time and also in America have the world found the most coward set of people who hide under racial lines. Shame on you and God bless America.
Posted by: Can Americans shape the world? | May 1, 2008 9:38:52 PM
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I have to tell you, you need not wait – the rest of the world is going on without the leadership of America, and in fact in spite of its mis-leadership. Yet, as you say, what are people doing about it? Sliming each other instead of addressing the catastrophic issues that America and indeed the world community is facing.
God Bless America? Yes ineed and let’s not forget the other humans of all stripes on this god given planet. But first, America has to get its own act together.
I personally see no other candidate up to that task than Obama. Why? because it will take nothing short of a movement the likes of which America has never seen before. A grass roots movement from the people. One the likes of which could not even be imagined by the other two in this race for the leadership, never mind carried out.

Please, no! If this is even close to as bad as it seems this year is turning inot even more a of nightmare !
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=90114863
I know Maggie Williams is loyal to Hillary, but please tell me she had nothing to do with or any influence of knowledge of this. She should know better. All Americans, but especially Democrats should know better !

The world is watchin America, your ignorance has given us sleepless nights; following Americans to understand how you think. But what is obvious is that formal education is not wisdom, My thinking was that education helps erase some of our ignorance but it is lie, it is rather a shadow that provides comfort for true selfs. You have told yoursleves so much lies about Obama that everyday you feel his is not worth your time. But what you don’t realise that a vote for obama is a strong word against washington and how your resources has been wasted in senseless war and how your jobs has been moved to China and India. Your society is changing from and exporter to a lazy consumer economy controlled by a few.

I would rather have a real man, who knows what war is all about, rather than a kid pup Senator (who seems to have too much money)or a woman who remembers “WELL” running for her life under gunfire! If it wasn’t Bosnia – where do you remember being shot at Hillary? I bet John remembers being shot at “for real!” a bunch of times!
We need a firm leader – and he’s there waiting! Unfortunately, we have to watch these little panty weights roll around on the floor pulling each other’s hair while the clock counts down! At least, they both have given compelling and logical reasons why neither of them is suited to be President! President McCain – GET USED TO IT PEOPLE!!!!!!

President McCain – get use to it.
And America is still the greatest country, and we don’t need “verification” from the rest of the world to know that. Remember Kerry’s “global test” gaffe? That basically cost him the election.
So please, keep it up!
Posted by: No’bama | May 1, 2008 9:59:52 PM
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I think that America is in a different place today. And it is clearly getting more myopic in my view looking at your comment that it is the greatest country.
Just look at the misplaced energy and debate that is going on today in America in this election. Fighting about race and personality and the stupid comments of a pastor. It would seem people are oblivious to the real and dramatic issues America faces.
Look at Jo above who says “we are not even in a recession”. Right and I suppose we could say “we are not really in a war” either and “we don’t really have a deficit” and “we know where Bin Laden is”…. well you get what I mean. That is an ostrich approach……
I think any person saying America it is the greatest country without even understanding the severity of the issues she faces and the truth of its position in the world today, needs a reality check.
It will require what I said in an earlier post to set America straight and to regain world leadership. Obama is the one that has the ability to do this. The others may be leaders, but they are not visionaries leading a grass roots movement for the change in direction and thinking that is needed for this to be possible.

IF WE WERE REALLY DOING THAT TERRIBLE AS A COUNTRY, DO YOU REALLY THINK MCCAIN WOULD BE AHEAD OF BOTH DEMOCRATS IN THE POLLS?????
NO WAY IN HELL.
Period. End of story.
P.S. Barack is no VISIONARY. He’s far leftwing radical who would love nothing better to turn this country into a socialist one.
NO THANKS. And guess what? Polls show only 29% want government run health care.
Ooops. You lose again.

When far leftwing Obamabots say Barack Obama is a “visionary”….that’s codeword for socialist. No one is fooled.
You love him because he has your far leftwing values. Quit trying to put lipstick on the socialist pig. We’re not buying it. If you nominate Obama (and I hope you do) it’s going to be President McCain no doubt. Yeeehaw. Bring.It.On.

Hugo, again, what is the drama? And Paul too. You guys are starting to crack. Has the kool-aid (laced with who-knows-what) started to wear off? lol. You almost sound in a total panic.
Thousands trying to get into America everyday. Until we have to gate people in, I’m not worried what the others think of us.
America The Beautiful. President McCain. Get use to both.
Posted by: Jo | May 1, 2008 10:10:36 PM
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Sorry Jo, if it bothers you. Just a dose of reality. There are a lot of people wanting to get into America and other countries like it. It is definitely a place that offers much to someone with nothing. I am not talking about that.
I am talking about the America that I know and how she has perhaps as you say, gone onto the Kool Aid (personally, Idon’t touch that kind of stuff – do you?) Someone is needed who will be straight that we need to bring America back to where you and others seem to think she has not left.
Not just somewhere that so many poor people want to go, but bakc to being the shining light on the hill, as Reagan would say. And I would add, to be so for all Americans and the developed world. And may the fence you talk about come down too.
I happen to think that Obama has the right stuff to first see that the change is needed, and second to lead the change – and I mean lead. Not just tell people where to go and to follow them, but harness the common sense and tremendous energy of the American people to move America forward. The goal must be to regain the shine and brighten herself again and bounce some of that light out to the world too….. You certainly won’t get that if you start from the premise that everything is fine, when it so obviously is not….
In terms of your comment that you are not worried, have a read of my last post. That is my point, an ostrich mentality is what it takes for the fall of an empire, not the building of one….
America will get what it deserves out of this election – if its garbage in then its garbage out. America deserves better, and if it truly sees the reality of the situation, it will elect Obama. If it does not, it will get one of the other available status quo options.
I would invite Americans to look at the prospects for America and Americans as a whole nation. It has the potential to be greater than the sum of its parts. Right now, it is notably less and a race won by exploiting divisions, will reduce it further. Shame on the exploiters.
I am confident the American era of confusion, hate and fear is going to come shuddering to a close. You can fool some of the people some of the time, but you can’t fool all of the people all of the time….
And, I believe America will have the courage to vote for a new politics, a new discourse and a new future based on truth, justice and the real American dream. And it will again lead the world.

Kottaras – According to your thought then McCain is in the senate thus he is Bush. Bush/McCain are no match for either Democratic candidate. 71% say terrible record, just terrible …

Do you know many wars where 99% casualties happen after the “victory” ?

Paul and Jo…I’m just curious as to where you get your information. Could you include links verifying the veracity of your comments? Because without those legit links…we’ll continue believing that you’re just full of s**t.
My God, open your eyes…you don’t have to be a Republican to be patriotic. You don’t have to be a Republican to know the difference between a good candidate or a bad one. Once again, open your own eyes and accept the truth of the matter. The imbecile currently in the White House has ruined this country. As much as I respect John McCain for his honor and patriotic service to the US, he is NOT the man to lead this country at the present time.
We need someone with a vision and with the support to bring us out of this trash Bush has gotten us into. Unfortunately that is NOT Obama or Clinton. Obama is a typical Chicago politician and Clinton is just not going to win in the General because she won’t win in the primaries.
So bring on that “unknown savior” and let’s get on with correcting the ills of the country.

listening to some of you people who say i am democrat but if obama gets nomination i am voteing for mccain are not now or ever to be considered democrat. you are traitors and should be dealt with accordingly. i will vote for who evre gets dem nomination because if we elect another republican we will complete bushes plan for the complete destruction of this nation.

McCain will give a talk on family values. The only thing he knows about the subject is ” IF YOUR WIFE GETS SICK DUMP HER AND FIND A RICH YOUNG CHICK” HE ALREADY PROVED IT WORKS BECAUSE HE RETIRED TO A GOVERNMENT JOB WTHOUT EVER HAVING TO WORK A DAY IN HIS LIFE. DON’T EVEN DARE GO TO THE HERO DEFENCE SINCE EVERY TIME HE GETS CORNERED THAT HIS CRUTCH.

Wow, ABC News finally acted like journalists for a change. Imagine that! I guess we have Huffingtonpost,Keith Olberman, and crew to thank for the MSM changing their tune on McCain and taking him to task!

I am shaking my head in disbelief that after hearing such straight face lies from Bush and his successors, Americans still voting for them? Arggggg..No wonder America doesn’t command the same respect in world.

It has nothing to do with not voting for a black man. It has everything to do with not voting for that man. It has nothing to do with not voting for a white woman. It has everything to do with not voting for that woman. Divisive is divisive. Use terminology honestly.

Obama is an amazing person and I believe he will make a great president. He is very very very smart; he is thoughtful, he is honest and he is truly inspirational. I like his positions on the issues, and he has managed to become the Democratic frontrunner by playing fair.
Obama is up against Hillary and Bill and the Clinton political machine, John McCain, the entire GOP, the GOP smear machines, the racist rednecks, maybe even his previous pastor — AND, he is still winning! That is so amazing! This 46 year old junior senator, half-Black, with a funny Muslim name, is winning us Americans over. He speaks to us clearly and honestly; he doesn’t “dumb down” the issues; and he seems to have practical and fair resolutions.
I really like him and I hope he is our candidate.
(No offense to supporters of other candidates.)

To Jake Tapper, Mccain in may 2003 was right.
This was before the iraqi army was disbanded.
This was before the baath party was thrown out.
Americans were taking no casualties for weeks at this time.
It wasn’t until the iraqi army and baath party were kicked out in mid may did the ied’s start.
McCain in 2004 got on rumsfeld when he said it was a few deadenders when the insurgency was raging.
The media and your press releases from the DNC are the ones who have misteped not McCain.

McCainians,
Yes, we need more deaths in Iraq. We do not want terrorism in our country. Let’s have everyone killed in Iraq including Iraqi civilians. Who care? All that matters is that we are well fed and in good health. We are much better than anyone else. We deserve more. After all everyone outside US is either a Muslim or a socialist or a black person (which is the same)
Iraqis should be glad to have us there destroying their country and their people. They should sacrificed themselves so that we can live. That is the Right’s feeling, Right?

FIRT WE SHOULD HAVE THE PARTY IN OUR HEART NOT JUST THE CANDIDATES HIM/HERSELF.IT IS NOT LOGICAL TO VOTE FOR REPUBLICAN BECAUSE WE HATE SOME AND LOVE OTHER CANDIDATE. THIS IS COMPLETELY ILLOGICAL INDEED FOR THOSE WHO HAVE THAT KIND OF THINKING. NO MATTER WHAT THE OUTCOME BE WE ARE AND SHOULD ALWAYS BE DEMOCRAT. MAY GOD BLESS DEMOCRAT AND AMERICA AMEN.

I will vote for John Mcain……
If they find a cure for his alzheimers!!!!

I won’t forget what these idiots did. Ever.

what is worse?…a provocative and self serving delusion declaring victory, when there was none, or a defeatist, cowardly declaration of defeat meant only to regain the lost white house. My apologies to the brave Soldiers and Marines who have given their lives for a country too stupid and too fat to survive its imminent third world status. we needn’t worry, though. hillary will annihilate Iran with the armed forces Reagan built.

Let’s just keep it simple… I’m middle class and just got laid off. But I understand basic economics… The government doesn’t make money unless everyone is working. So let’s raise taxes on the upperclass. People making 100grand per year. Use that money to fix the infrastructure… roads, schools, utilities. That right there will create a lot of jobs… All types of jobs. When everyone starts working again… like in the New Deal era, it will rebuild the middle class and help out the lower class. We will have enough money to allow lower college tuitions, and raise teachers salaries. Lower the salaries of these college professors (they get paid 3x more than the average high school teacher) but that’s another story.
And one more thing, people need to vote with the fact that they are trying to help America as a whole and stop thinking about the quick fix. Fixing part of the problem now is not going to fix the problem in the long run. You don’t put a piece of bubble gum in a dam to stop a leak. That is how we as Real Americans should look at these candidates. We need to seriously look at the programs that the candidates have and question that. Not who is endorsing them. McCain has a crazy endorsing him but who cares. That guy isn’t running for president. The KKK could be endorsing McCain but that doesn’t mean that McCain is one of them. So let’s listen to the issues. I’m backing Obama because of his issues that he is fighting for. Not cause he’s black, who cares… He’s mixed. Black and white. McCain was who I was going to vote for but he flip flopped on me. The war, GI Bill, thinking that the economy is fine. So please, and I mean please. Look at the issues and not their race, gender, or age. Look at them as candidate A, B, and C.

This guy needs a basic lesson in corporate finance. When you raise capital gains taxes, you stifle investment. When you stifle investment, businesses don’t have access to capital to expand and grow. When a business cannot expand and grow, they generally lay off people. Unemployed people don’t spend money. Todays Democrats believe we can tax ourselves into prosperity!
Posted by: Dave B
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sounds like YOU need a basic lesson in economics. corporate finance is doing fine, thank you. the rich and the big corporations will ALWAYS make money, so, don’t worry about that. We tried raygunomics in the 1980′s: IT DIDN’T WORK THEN AND ITS NOT WORKING NOW. The engine that runs the economy is the middle-class. If you take care of them, all the rest will follow. If this country is not about the people, but about corporate profit, then, leave things the way they are. If it IS about the people, then you MUST regulate big business and the government MUST run the economy. If big business runs the economy, they will make it run to their profit, not for American workers.

taxbreaks to the rich, iraq was a mistake, the sky is falling, economy is in shambles yawn, yawn same old rhetoric.

its not just rhetoric to the families who have lost their loved ones in Iraq, its not just rhetoric that the rich are not contributing their fair share, its not just rhetoric to those of us who have families who are suffering because the economy is in shambles… “yawn, yawn, same old rhetoric”? you really don’t give a sh*i*t do you? your guy is in office, that’s all that counts… maybe if you took the blindfold off and pulled your fingers out of your ears, you could see and hear all the suffering the republicans have caused. but, you are probably a well off, self-centered, arrogant pri*ck.
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More tired left wing rhetoric , I am not well off, and am working with the sopme of the people you are yapping about – so once again a big yawn to you while you spout off.

John McClain can’t lie effectively, it’s too obvious. Now George W Bush can lie very effectively. Over 4000 thousand soldiers marched off to die and about 15,000 more were severely maimed for his lies. That man is a good liar, a master politician. No wonder John McClain has tried to adopt George W. Bush’s techniques.

I know Obama people think its all about race, essentially if you dont vote for obmaa its b/c you cant bring yourself to vote for a black guy, this is getting so tired, that you really are alintating core democrats that have been this partys base for years. but when 95% of one ethnic group votes for the same candidate then it is about race for that ethic group…I’m a Hillary supporter and I have B.A. in history.

The only guy that seems to know how to fix the situation is Ron Paul, and I am not on the right, Im independent, the left and right are full of “yawn yawn yawn”. same old rhetoric.
Posted by: flapjaw
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hmmm…. its ok if you whine and cry, but, if someone else shares their “rhetoric” you yawn. its all about you, i guess… people who support ron paul want an America where they pay no taxes and to he*ll with everyone else. go cry somewhere else and screw ron paul.

If any of you idiots that want to vote for either Hillary or Barack but wont vote for the other by either voting for McCain as an example of your anger, or stay home as a protest, are being really stupid, because you should be votin for one of the dems if you care about how our country’s future looks. If you care about our nation’s morality and integrity, and honesty, then vote for whichever dem comes to nomination.
Either of them would be perfect compared to another GOP idiot. Both have almost identical policies.
FormerRepub
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NO, NO, NO… this is what got us in this mess in the first place. We MUST begin again to vote for the best person. I personally am done with the whole cluster fark if mcclinton wins the nomination – she is EXACTLY the same (if not worse) than mcsame. Its time for a black president. Long overdue. Is that why I am voting for him? Partially. A black president would go a long way to healing the wounds both in our own country and with the rest of the world. but, its for his policies of change that directly address the serious issues that face not only us, but the world.