By Kelly Moeller

Jul 2, 2008 12:00pm

McCain in Colombia: Just Say No (Seriously)

FROM GUEST-BLOGGER RICK KLEIN, from ABC’s The Note.

Sen. John McCain gave an interview on ABC’s “Good Morning America” this morning that’s worth the watch – if only if you want to hear some exotic birds (or maybe monkeys?) in the background.

If you want to listen to what McCain, R-Ariz., had to say, you’ll witness a candidate who’s perhaps a touch too defensive about the fact that he’s decided to spend three days outside of the country this week, while Sen. Barack Obama takes on GOP turf on faith, patriotism, and service.

Before Robin Roberts could ask a question, McCain said this:

“May I just say, I’m here for one day, I’m in Mexico the next day, then I’m back home — also drugs is a big, big problem in America, the continued flow of drugs from Colombia through Mexico into the United States is still one of our major challenges to all America.”

“I’ve been here many times, I’ve been here several times in the past, as well as with Mexico, and I think that it deserves our attention,” McCain added.

When Roberts asked why he was in Colombia when the economy is foremost in voters’ minds, this was McCain’s response:

“Well, I’d be glad to repeat myself,” he said. “There is clearly a continued threat of drugs pouring into the United States of America, which can harm us and our young people very badly. I’m happy to say that there has been some success. The cost of cocaine on the street is up.”

Not to belittle the nation’s drug plague — but in between the bird chirps, I think 1984 just called, asking for its candidate back.

Maybe this is huge with conservative voters and I’m missing something, but I had Nancy Reagan flashbacks. With the economy teetering, $80 SUV fill-ups, and two real wars, this is what McCain has chosen to spotlight in a foreign trip, four months before Election Day?

Just judging from the polls — shouldn’t he be a little more concerned with the price of gas than the price of cocaine?

To be fair, McCain went on to talk about free trade and the economy — including denying that he ever said he was less than expert on the economy. (Not true.)

But given the odd choice to make this trip at all — yes, foreign affairs is an area of strength, but this is not a candidate without his weaknesses — this seems a particularly odd choice of topics to emphasize when you’re there.

– Rick Klein

User Comments

If he;s worried about drugs effecting a nation and the world he should go to Afghanistan where the poppy fields have blossomed in even greater numbers since the most recent occupation by foreign powers of that nation and now supply a huge portion of the world’s heroin supply.

Posted by: bhciapol | July 2, 2008, 12:16 pm 12:16 pm

mccain has no idea how to fix the economy or gas prices but being his wife cindy is a drug addict he sure knows about drugs and beer mccain please try to get a clue

Posted by: ANGIE | July 2, 2008, 12:16 pm 12:16 pm

Well maybe he was just itching to christen the new Straight Talk Express plane that Cindy may (or may not) have bought him …?

Posted by: Ella Minnow | July 2, 2008, 12:18 pm 12:18 pm

Actually, yes, Rick. The border violence is crossing the border. Go to El Paso and look around.
The problems that tend to bushwhack this country are the ones we aren’t watching. We absolutely must come up with a saner drug strategy. The war on drugs failed in a big way. Meanwhile we are seeing the rise of narco-governments in Latin America just as Capone and Murder Inc began to run Chicago. They are funding the devastation of the inner cities while we are quarreling over flag pins. Isolationism isn’t the answer.
I wasn’t that impressed with McCain on TV but I’d sure like to know what he thinks he can achieve down there.
Was Obama serious about decriminalizing marijuana?

Posted by: len | July 2, 2008, 12:20 pm 12:20 pm

The stability of Colombia and Mexico for the hemisphere’s economic well being is important. The trip makes sense, doing a GMA hit while abroad doesn’t.

Posted by: Dave Earl Butz | July 2, 2008, 12:32 pm 12:32 pm

If drugs were legalized, regulated, and taxed, then the government would make money off the whole deal rather than wasting billions every year trying to fight them. You would immediately decapitate the black market drug trade. Furthermore, because drugs would no longer be illegal, centers could be set up to act as a place to go shoot up in safety, and in the meantime users could be both educated on the dangers of what they’re doing and coached in ways of kicking their addiction.
Plus, if you legalized drugs, inevitably a handful of users would be so happy that they’d celebrate by accidently overdosing and dying, which reduces the number of users (and therefore the amount of drugs used as well as the amount of money spent to help them).
Furthermore, several illegal drugs such as marijuana, magic mushrooms, and LSD are neither physically addictive nor significantly harmful (you cannot realistically overdose on THC from marijuana or psylocibilin from shrooms). Nicotine and alcohol are both far more dangerous substances than most hallucinogens, and neither has any real clinical use (which THC does, and it has been recently found that psylocibilin may).

Posted by: Steve | July 2, 2008, 12:33 pm 12:33 pm

I guess it is the war on drugs aspect of his campaign or maybe he went to meet with one of his campaign fundraisers,who donates money to terrorist according to HuffPost.

Posted by: DEMOCRAT FOR THE WHITE HOUSE | July 2, 2008, 12:39 pm 12:39 pm

The war on drugs is and has been a joke! In this country we have the most strict drug laws anywere and our use is the highest in the world (no pun intended). Were you have places with very liberal drug laws they have less drug use. Look it up if you don’t believe me but I feel the war on drugs should stop and we should start a war to educate people not throw then in prison. Make them legal tax the hell out of them. But once again it would be like shooting yourself for a polotician to do that.

Posted by: Joe | July 2, 2008, 12:49 pm 12:49 pm

ATTENTION: Colombia is spelled with two o’s. It does not have a U in it.
Also, NAFTA is the North American Free Trade Agreement which is comprised of Canada, the US and Mexico. Colombia has nothing to do with NAFTA. Colombia and the US have signed (but the US Congress has not appoved) a bilateral Free Trade Agreement.

Posted by: Dave Earl Butz | July 2, 2008, 12:50 pm 12:50 pm

McCain needs to go to the American factories while in Mexico City today and speak with the Mexican workers there. McCain needs to see what havoc the huge American Corporations are doing to the area surrounding the plants. McCain needs to talk to the Mexican citizens who are being exploited by the money grubbing American Corporations.
I suggest Toluca, Mexico, which is only 1 hour west of Mexico City.
McCain is an idiot. Obama wants to change NAFTA to protect workers and the environment agaisnt these companies.
I have spent a lot of time in Mexico and can tell you, these American corporations pollute the ground water and cause horrible health problems for the mexican workers.

Posted by: SERIOUSLY! | July 2, 2008, 12:50 pm 12:50 pm

It is clear that both McCain and Obama have no intention of fixing the mess that is NAFTA. THey also both believe that we can import all of the worlds poor, 5 billion people, into the US. We need to fix the global economy so that people can survive in their own countries.
We are selling out all future generations and all ehtnic groups in this country by these silly policies.

Posted by: disambiguates | July 2, 2008, 12:55 pm 12:55 pm

Cut aid and trade to Mexico until they deal with their drug problem. Ban US companies from imports and exports to the region, or doing business with them. Since it has been made clear that drugs support terrorism worldwide, Mexico and Columbia should be declared states that sponsor terror.

Posted by: Louis | July 2, 2008, 12:59 pm 12:59 pm

TO SREVE.
You are right on, legalise drugs, that way we can help people and yes look at all the money we would save,but more inportant the help we could give, drugsmugling would stop, it is a win only situation.

Posted by: dane | July 2, 2008, 1:11 pm 1:11 pm

Sorry STEVE, I misspelled your name.

Posted by: Dane | July 2, 2008, 1:13 pm 1:13 pm

McCain’s campaign just announce a big campaign shake up, giving Steve Schmidt the lead role in McCain’s campaign.
Here is a little history on Schmidt:
****************
During the 2006 election cycle, Schmidt served as campaign manager for California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s reelection bid, and prior to that was a member of the Bush political inner circle. He handled the strategic communications efforts during the Supreme Court confirmation hearings of Samuel A. Alito Jr. and John G. Roberts Jr., and during the 2004 presidential election he was a member of the “breakfast club” — a small gathering of top level Bush advisers who met regularly at the home of senior strategist Karl Rove.
*********
Nice way to distance himself from Bush!

Posted by: SERIOUSLY! | July 2, 2008, 1:15 pm 1:15 pm

Maybe the cost of cocaine is up due to the increase in the cost of fuel to transport it.

Posted by: Ann, MO | July 2, 2008, 1:18 pm 1:18 pm

“Drugs support terrorist worldwide” Now thats a BS comment I know where mine come from and it ain’t from terrorist. So GSK could be terrorits. Sounds like they are trying to bunch stuff together in this terrorist catagory. It gets scarrier by the minute

Posted by: Joe | July 2, 2008, 1:18 pm 1:18 pm

Oddly, the biggest supply of Heroin comes from Afghanistan, which the US now controls.
Prior to the US invasion there was very little being produced there. The Taliban had outlawed it.

Posted by: McCain = McSame | July 2, 2008, 1:39 pm 1:39 pm

ANGIE
here we go again—another sellout –there are few jobs left here due to nafta and china—and he wants to sell us out even more—ross perot needs to be on tv and once again inform the people as to the harm that has been done—when in canada he stated that nafta is good for our country,i could not believe how out of touch this guy is—-there are smarter people in mental institutions.

Posted by: rodney | July 2, 2008, 1:40 pm 1:40 pm

hey rodney
couldnt agree more mccain just a continue of his old buddy bush as the repubs like to put it mccain is gonna throw us americans under the bus!!

Posted by: ANGIE | July 2, 2008, 1:44 pm 1:44 pm

rodney,
I would love to have McCain come here to Michigan and tell all the out of work people here how great NAFTA is.
I have been to Mexico numerous times and it’s appalling how many US companies have factories there.
What is even more appalling is the way these corporations treat the Mexican worker.
McCain is so completely out of touch with the average American voter.
He thinks the “Regan Democrats” are a gimme in theis election, that’s why he can go on these foreign trips and tout NAFTA and CAFTA.

Posted by: SERIOUSLY! | July 2, 2008, 1:45 pm 1:45 pm

Check out Washington Post for the new Obama scandal.
He got a sweetheart deal on his loan.
Don’t even see it anywhere on the ABC website.
For shame.

Posted by: Jo | July 2, 2008, 1:46 pm 1:46 pm

angie
i am about twice your age and know a bit about this guy—not the sharpest tool in the bag.–i want to know what happened to his two partners in nam—if alive we need them to come forward–would be very interesting.

Posted by: rodney | July 2, 2008, 1:47 pm 1:47 pm

mccain middle name should be SELL OUT AMERICA

Posted by: ANGIE | July 2, 2008, 1:47 pm 1:47 pm

RODNEY
i agree i dont understand why they dont release mccains military record perhaps maybe thats why clarke made that comment maybe he knows things we dont

Posted by: ANGIE | July 2, 2008, 1:49 pm 1:49 pm

seriously
come to the coal region of pa—all the shoe and garment industry jobs are gone–this guy is an idiot.then they bring a bloodsucking wallyworld here to clean up all the money–wife made more money 25 years ago than wallyworld people today.

Posted by: rodney | July 2, 2008, 1:51 pm 1:51 pm

hey JO
save it we know about obamas mortgage did you here how mccain has not paid taxes on his home in ca for 4 years jo 4 years would of lost my home by know how about you

Posted by: ANGIE | July 2, 2008, 1:51 pm 1:51 pm

angie
i can assure that clark knows the whole story

Posted by: rodney | July 2, 2008, 1:52 pm 1:52 pm

rodney,
I love the way it happens. Take your jobs, ship them to China. Get a tax break for doing same. Open Walmart. Sell the now cheaply made products back to the very people who used to make them!
Vote McCain! Unbelievable!

Posted by: SERIOUSLY! | July 2, 2008, 1:53 pm 1:53 pm

RODNEY
ijust read one of the guys about to take over mccains campaign because its a nightmare and the gop is embaressed is the same guy who worked on bush s camp as well and also had reg meetings with karl rove and the bush gang talk about mccain distance from bush ha ha yeah right

Posted by: ANGIE | July 2, 2008, 1:56 pm 1:56 pm

seriously
did my research and found products marked up as much as 1000%–THAT IS WHAT YOU CALL STEALING—LATEST WORD IS THAT IF COLUMBIA GETS FREE TRADE STATUS–THESE GIANTS WILL MOVE MFG THERE AS DUE TO OIL PRICES TRANSPORTATION IS TOO COSTLY that is what is getting china upset.

Posted by: rodney | July 2, 2008, 1:59 pm 1:59 pm

mccain saying he never said anything about not knowing the economy oh mccain you cant get out of this one everyone in usa knows your clueless

Posted by: ANGIE | July 2, 2008, 2:00 pm 2:00 pm

angie
we dont need to make fun of mccain–every time he opens his mouth he puts his foot in it—-if i was repub. i would be outraged with him—if obama dont win i sure would not like to see another dummy in office—or perhaps sell out to big business–i really am very uncomfortable with mccain—maybe he really does have alzhimers

Posted by: rodney | July 2, 2008, 2:05 pm 2:05 pm

Well, I’d be happy to repeat myself, if I could only remember what I said; oh yes, I’m not up on the economy as much as I shoud be . . . . .

Posted by: DAVID NH | July 2, 2008, 2:11 pm 2:11 pm

we would have no future at all—-this big oil thing has to end–we have the tec and resourses to stop them—-we need a big change in government–not some old geser telling us how good we have it—-maybe his wife will like the aroma in columbia and stay there—-once addicted never truly free.

Posted by: rodney | July 2, 2008, 2:13 pm 2:13 pm

hey JOHN
dont you know by now the media gives john a free ride if they reported everything on john there would be no since of having a voting day john would probably drop out or obama would all 50 states first time in history a canidate would take every state

Posted by: ANGIE | July 2, 2008, 2:14 pm 2:14 pm

rodeny,
Yes, many US compaines are shuttering their factories in China, Tawain, Thailand, etc. due to increased shipping costs.
About 6 years ago many of the US comapnies left cities like Juarez, Saltilo and Toluca, Mexico for China because wages were so much cheaper there.
Now friends of mine in Mexico say that they are coming back in droves.
But now Mexicans want fair wages, unions, standard of living, and fair environmental practices.
Colombia Free Trade wont have those limiations. That is why McCain is down there touting it.

Posted by: SERIOUSLY! | July 2, 2008, 2:15 pm 2:15 pm

RODNEY
i so worry about my childrens future thank god my boys to too young to be drafted ending up with war mongering mccain we will have three wars iraq afghan iran and their will have to be a draft military is to stretched

Posted by: ANGIE | July 2, 2008, 2:17 pm 2:17 pm

seriously
maybe we can go to china or mexico and get one of our jobs back—lets see if after gas has risen 300% inless than three years they give us 20 or 30 cents off on a gallon and the people jump for joy—they use the public like we are idiots

Posted by: rodney | July 2, 2008, 2:18 pm 2:18 pm

angie your children —and my grandchildren—one out of 9 has a good job—-very poor odds—

Posted by: rodney | July 2, 2008, 2:21 pm 2:21 pm

I hope when BHO goes to Europe, all the above critical comments about Mccain going to Columbia to discuss free trade (economy) are repeated.
Including the “odd choice” comment by Tapper.
Please ABC don’t turn into MSNBC!

Posted by: ReaganDem84 | July 2, 2008, 2:26 pm 2:26 pm

like obama said there has to be fairness in free trade with protecting our jobs and the american people it has not been that way in the last 7 yrs and wont be in mccains 4 years

Posted by: ANGIE | July 2, 2008, 2:27 pm 2:27 pm

my opinion —NO BALANCE NO TRADE–and that just about says it all.

Posted by: rodney | July 2, 2008, 2:30 pm 2:30 pm

ReaganDem,
Ummm….The European Union are our strongest allies and the relationship between the EU and the US is at an all time low. A candidate for POTUS would be strongly advised to go there and shore up support.
Mexico and Colombia are not part of NATO FYI.
Please educate yourself before you post.

Posted by: SERIOUSLY! | July 2, 2008, 2:30 pm 2:30 pm

I saw the interview this morning ABC. You did not mention the big lie he told about never saying “i don’t know much about the economy”
“to be fair”

Posted by: watching | July 2, 2008, 2:31 pm 2:31 pm

rodney
I COULDNT AGREE WITH YOU MORE!!!

Posted by: ANGIE | July 2, 2008, 2:31 pm 2:31 pm

rodney wrote:
seriously
maybe we can go to china or mexico and get one of our jobs back.
********
LOL! You don’t know how funny that is!
My husband and I have been looking for houses in Cuernavacca, Mexico for the last few months.
I keep saying that if McCain is elected, then we are out of here.
The stock market in Mexico is rising, the peso is rising, the food is cheaper, the gas is cheaper. The weather is wonderful and the people are the best in the world.
I keep teasing that Mexico will soon be building a FENCE to keep the US citizens out of Mexico, LOL!

Posted by: SERIOUSLY! | July 2, 2008, 2:34 pm 2:34 pm

This is what happened, Cindy loves drugs, McCain planned the trip for Cindy to talk to her suppliers in Colombia. Don’t expect anything from someone who doesn’t have a clue about the economy. Even the birds at the back ground were laughing at McCain.

Posted by: geevill | July 2, 2008, 2:34 pm 2:34 pm

geevil,
AND they have that fancy new plane to fly them back to the US, lol!

Posted by: SERIOUSLY! | July 2, 2008, 2:36 pm 2:36 pm

HEY SERIOUSLY
good idea love the post maybe my family and i will join you i said if mccain gets elected some how some way i would get the hell out of this country

Posted by: ANGIE | July 2, 2008, 2:36 pm 2:36 pm

seriously
just dont drink the water—just kidding—i have bought a home in florida–a lot cheaper to live there–but could kick my own butt—i had oportunity to buy 10 acres in costa rico- and passed it up—–the heating oil cost alone this winter will be devastating to a lot of people.

Posted by: rodney | July 2, 2008, 2:39 pm 2:39 pm

Ha ha ha. McCain Clueless as usual. He should stop in Panama while he’s down there.

Posted by: SpaceCat | July 2, 2008, 2:39 pm 2:39 pm

Angie,
Google Cuernavaca, Mexico. It’s about 45 minutes south of Mexico City. It’s beautiful there and the weather is always 75-85 degrees and sunny year round. Think Palm Springs! And about a 2 hour drive to Acapulco. Most people in the stores and restaurants speak English.

Posted by: SERIOUSLY! | July 2, 2008, 2:40 pm 2:40 pm

well rodney and everyone have to go know time for work thank god every day i still have my job very grateful take care!!!!

Posted by: ANGIE | July 2, 2008, 2:41 pm 2:41 pm

Hmnn….let me guess. This guy is democrat, and he supports Obama. How about you do your patriotic duty and tell all our fellow americans that without exports this economy will not get out of stagnation? Did you know, sir, that next year more cars will be sold in China than in the US (about 15 million cars), and barely seven years ago the ratio was one to fifteen? God, I hate ignorant people…..

Posted by: Alberto Bernal | July 2, 2008, 2:42 pm 2:42 pm

angie
goodby
that is where i am heading for a couple hours—seriously-lots of luck with your venture.

Posted by: rodney | July 2, 2008, 2:43 pm 2:43 pm

rodney,
NO! Don’t drink the water is right, LOL! Not even my Mexican friends will drink the water.

Posted by: SERIOUSLY! | July 2, 2008, 2:43 pm 2:43 pm

Robin Roberts the Michelle Obama groupie.

Posted by: geevill | July 2, 2008, 2:45 pm 2:45 pm

“Well, I’d be glad to repeat myself,” he said. “There is clearly a continued threat of drugs pouring into the United States of America, which can harm us and our young people very badly. I’m happy to say that there has been some success. The cost of cocaine on the street is up.”
McCain what about the price of oil? What are you doing in Colombia? Do you think you can convert cocaine to gas for our cars? America is in serious trouble, watch out, here comes Bush number 3.

Posted by: geevill | July 2, 2008, 2:46 pm 2:46 pm

The repub party is the party of NO:
No to drugs
No to sex
No to taxes
No to crime
No to Democrats
They just say no b/c they do not KNOW how to deal with anything. The greed and sloth of repubs is just another war on America.
Rebubs= Corporate greed and the Dems are right in line with them!

Posted by: HP Boston | July 2, 2008, 2:46 pm 2:46 pm

alberto
parting thought—–DID YOU EVER HEAR OF TRADE IMBALANCE—WE ARE HAVING THE LIFE SUCKED OUT OF US—–THEY HAVE THAT MUCH OF IT WE BORROW FROM CHINA—-WHAT A HORRIBLE JOKE.

Posted by: rodney | July 2, 2008, 2:47 pm 2:47 pm

Meanwhile, Denver begins to celebrate the DNC coming to Denver.
City Council President Michael Hancock introduced Rene Martin, a black Obama supporter, who will sing the national anthem.
Instead, Rene Martin sings “Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing” which is commonly known as the “black national anthem”.
Mayor John Hickenlooper was not pleased.
Just more race cards from Obama.

Posted by: National Anthem tossed by Obama | July 2, 2008, 2:48 pm 2:48 pm

geevil,
I wonder how much a “kilo” of gas would cost, LOL!

Posted by: SERIOUSLY! | July 2, 2008, 2:49 pm 2:49 pm

SERIOUSLY! said,
I wonder how much a “kilo” of gas would cost, LOL!
Cindy McCain has figured that out. If you notice she’s always stoned. I guess she has figured out a way to convert coke to gas. LOL

Posted by: geevill | July 2, 2008, 2:54 pm 2:54 pm

McCain did a poor job explaining why he’s in Colombia. Its to support the free trade agreement that benefits U.S manufacturers because it lowers taxes on exports. Also Colombia is this country’s closet ally in a region that is very hostile to America and which is beginning to divert its trade to countries like Russia and China. And we wonder why prices for food and gas goes up.

Posted by: derrick | July 2, 2008, 2:57 pm 2:57 pm

Here are ten talking points on the drug issue. See how your candidates stack up. How much is good sense vs nonsense?
Assertions: Drug money and other crime monies are linked. Any cop can explain it to you. Crime at large isn’t a sickness or a social problem or terrorism. It’s a business and linked to open borders. Criminals do business with other criminals and cash is their currency of choice. Take the cash out of the system and you reduce the frequency.
1. Rework the Federal classifications. Putting marijuana in a class with cocaine or heroin made it profitable. Laws the States don’t and won’t enforce are fruitless. Take this money out of the system by decriminalizing pot.
2. Prescription drugs are the most serious problem because their legal manufacture makes it impossible to take them off the streets. This is a tough problem. Is there a solution?
3. Methamphetamine is a plague. Restricted access to ingredients dents this so the drugstore acts help. Unfortunately, open borders made it profitable to move the manufacturing out of country and the small size makes it easy to smuggle. It follows the marijuana pipelines. Most dealers are small dealers. Divide and conquer.
4. Legalization of cocaine and heroin is nuts. Interdiction is helping. Keep up the pressure.
5. Prosecute the crimes. Treat the addicts. Then watch them. A positive drug bust means rights to privacy are gone. Drug testing is cheap and offender management systems can be made interoperable. Use the law and the data smartly.
6. Fund the police to take it to the gangs everyday everywhere and don’t let up. Treat gangs like terrorists.
7. Make police records management systems interoperability a procurement requirement instead of relying solely on NCIC. Rework 28 CFR Part 23 without breaking the Consitution in half.
8. Don’t tell kids to just say no. Search their lockers at school early and often.
9. Bust celebrity users hard who repeat offend. Their status makes them more responsible not less.
10. Finally a question. Sixty years ago the drug problems in this country were manageable. Figure out what changed.

Posted by: len | July 2, 2008, 3:16 pm 3:16 pm

I think the candidates need to set their own agendas. Whether or not it is in step with the media or the general public’s mood is debatable.
I want the campaigns to cover areas that the public won’t readily think which may or will have long term impacts.
I’ve been worried some time if we listen to the media all the time we’ll forget about the wars to come, the economy on the skids, or the cost of living going up while the standard wage being the same or less. None of those issues are sexy as gotcha issues but hey hard news never is.

Posted by: Genna | July 2, 2008, 3:24 pm 3:24 pm

People, nicotine is considered a drug and addictive and Senator Obama is a smoker. Stop stating Cindy McCain is a drug addict when she has to have a prescription for her medicine. So that means Obama is a drug addict.

Posted by: Mary | July 2, 2008, 3:35 pm 3:35 pm

I want a sweetheart deal on my home loan like Obama. It just keeps getting worse with his gutter politics.

Posted by: steveinPA | July 2, 2008, 3:51 pm 3:51 pm

We lost the drug war a long time ago. Somebody should tell McCain. Might be kind of a touchy subject for someone whose wife got caught stealing pills. And was not punished, though a doctor lost his license over the incident.

Posted by: loovill | July 2, 2008, 5:46 pm 5:46 pm

McCain should stay there as
an advisor on the economy to
the Colombian govt which can
use his expertise in creating
new jobs.
Bill Clinton is already
doing it.

Posted by: anon | July 2, 2008, 10:12 pm 10:12 pm

Mccain got caught lying again. Roberts asked him about his admitted lack of economic expertise and he denied it…Yet on MTP in Jan Russert tagged him and used Mccain’s own words to prove it. So did Mccain have a senior moment or is he lying? Not exactly a good choice…additionally the sweetheart mortgage story is not even close to a story give me an ffing break. Obama had several banks compete for better rates and he got one, not exactly huge news it is done all the time, in fact I did it, does that mean the Washpo is going to run a story on the fact I got a slightly better deal than the avg mortgage rate? Man lmao utter nonsense.

Posted by: jesse | July 3, 2008, 7:11 am 7:11 am

“anon”‘s point about the Clintons and McCain both cozying up to Colombia reminds us that both parties have sold out the American people on both trade and immigration.
A good third party candidate could win it.

Posted by: disambiguates | July 3, 2008, 9:07 am 9:07 am

I don’t think it’s a big deal that McCain spent three days in Mexico and Colombia. The election isn’t until November. If he had gone to Canada, the media wouldn’t care. But it’s Latin America, a place and people the liberal media hate.
Start doing some reading. You will be appalled at what our government does down there. It’s like Latin Americans are lab rats instead of fellow human beings.
Don’t expect the MSM to cover it.

Posted by: Karen | July 5, 2008, 11:32 pm 11:32 pm

For granted the cost associated with filling the gas tank of my SUV, even though it may only be a six cylinder, is steadily rising as I’m sure it will continue to rise…. that is until Americans take steps and voice their demand that the “powers that be” stop attempting to place a band aide on an arterial hemorrhage. It may “look good” but we all it doesn’t work.
Back to my original view in respect to McCain’s drug stance…. there is a war, a war on drug, one we are loosing when it comes to our children and our neighborhoods. Like anything else, until corporate America i.e. the government stops running this country into the ground by side stepping this and other issues (NAFT) I suppose the war on drugs was as good of an attempt as any to cloud the issue and continue treating the American public as though we haven’t a clue as to the state the country is in…. how it got there…. or the fact that STILL not one candidate has stepped forward to be accountable and talked to us instead of the same old smoke and mirrors! Good job guys….. you’re killing what was once and barely still is … the greatest country in the world!

Posted by: J | July 9, 2008, 2:49 pm 2:49 pm

I am the great Cornholio!

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