McCain: ‘We’re Proud of That Commercial’

Both Britney and Paris have made more millions in dollars earned than either McCain or Obama. These guys might learn something from them instead of ridiculing them. It is true, they are celebrities going around looking for attention but so did Obama. Senator Obama should behave as a stateman, not a showman.

McCain mentions his age everytime he speaks, is he not using the “age” card? So it is OK for McCain to point out how old he is, but Obama cannot mention the color of his skin? Total hypocrisy!

McCain really said he’s proud of this commercial?

Katie,
WHAT???????????

Obama has played the race card since the primaries with Hilary and I am glad he is getting called on it. He even did it in his speech in Germany stating something to the effect of “I know I don’t look like those who have spoken to you in the past”. If he is the “postracial” candidate then he needs to stop trying to “scare” the liberals and left-leaning independents by saying the GOP is going to “scare” people about his funny name and the fact that he does not look like the other presidents on the currency. I think it is so disheartening that this man who claims to be a new kind of politician is the one bringing up race….

katie
from my point of view—i want obama to be my president—-and yes i do want paris to wash my car—-see there is apositive side to everything—-and i am 68

This is what McCain is proud of?
The commerical was poor on many levels. Try harder McCain.

Eight years ago McCain was a nice guy, someone I wanted to win the White House, now he has become a pig in politics. He is the reason we need someone like Obama, someone new. McCain has become more personal against Obama than any other Presidential candidate in American history. I now despise the pig. He does not deserve to be treated with the respect one should give a Presidential candidate or a war hero. His actions since he left the service leave a lot to be desired, starting with the Keating Five. I am also starting to despise those who support him. For the record, I have not voted for a Democratic President since I started voting, starting with Richard Nixon, but I will this time, however, I am going to give him lots of money. It is time for change and McCain is demonstrating he is not the one to do it.

It is a stupid commercial but I see nothing “wrong” with it.
Obama is popular and what is wrong with that?
McCain should talk policy though and what it means. His desire to expand drilling near the US will only take relatively cheap local oil (cheap because it is closer to the US and the rights will be given away) that will be made available to the WORLD not the US at the WORLD PRICE not some US only deal.
It won’t help the US citizens much.
We should make sure any new leases of US territory include profit participation. I bet most of the oil companies’ profits are from cheap US oil that is sold at World prices.

Oh ya, speaking of Debates… On Morning Joe this McCain managers also told Obamas that they would debate him anytime anyplace, Obama just needs to bring the people. LOLOLOL
How sad was that statement. McCain can’t get anyone to go and listen to him so he wonders thru stores knocking food off shelfs, and wants to debate Obama so maybe someone will show up.

Come on John. Let your commercials tell us what you have to offer. Speaking as a republican, these kinds of ads appear juvenile.

mccain can win this election the only way to try go negative.why not try sorry grandba that will not work we need change.

There is an unspoken message from the McCain camp that amounts to calling the American people stupid and easily deceived.
As though America can’t tell for herself when she’s being swayed emotionally.
Obama never talks down to us, but to the contrary he points out that we are at heart a decent and savvy people, wide awake and wanting a change from all of this negativity.

“Obama never talks down to us, but to the contrary he points out that we are at heart a decent and savvy people, wide awake and wanting a change from all of this negativity.”
Typical white people. Clinging to their guns and religion.

“Word to the wise–get Tivo or some kind of DVR before the debates.”
And you can fast forward through all of Barry’s stutters.

It’s a good ad.

How dare you Senator McCain. Proud of it?
Ms Hilton and Spears are my write-in canidates for Pres./VP respectively. You sir have the audacity to insult them. Senator Obama’s physical attributes are nowhere close to that of Paris and Brittney.

McCain is going to literally explode at some point, and you are going to want to be able to replay it over and over on your big screen instead of settling for the little, grainy, bad sound You Tube clips.
Posted by: ToastOnDayOne | Jul 31, 2008 3:12:07 PM
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If you happened to have caught the last Repub debate at the Ronald Reagan Library, Romney was hitting McCain hard and McCain was SO angry, he was saking and went past red-faced and straight to purple. It was hilarious to watch. The little clown hates to be corrected or challenged. Rumors were at the time that Romney dropped out to stop the debates, since McCain was going to win and the RNC did not want another repeat.

This ad has generated a lot of talk on the forums and blogs, and most people who are posting seem to feel it is harming Mccain more than Obama.
Mccain said he was going to run a cleaner and less vitriolic campaign, one focused on the issues and not simply attacking his opponent with substance-less tripe like this ad.
“Mission accomplished”…..!

Ralph, learn the facts (again, I repeat my comment about sheepish Obama fans). He taught at U of Chicago for 12 years (I was there) and read yesterday’s NY Times article or mention on this web site of it and his “unimpressive” tenor there. He refused to even take a position on the ACLU case that went to the supreme court, trying to overturn police efforts to combat gang violence in Hyde Park. I rest my case about Obama’s followers. Read his record!!!

Its a great ad. Anybody who doesn’t understand it says it its a dumb ad.
Get an education people. The ad is actually brilliant. Try reading between the lines.

I am a 70 year old white Republican but after listening to all the whining, comPlaining and mourning from the McCain campaign, I come to a conclusion that McCain has no substance, no clue to lead this nation. I am also disppointed about the silliness and stupid frivolities of the McCAIN CAMPAGN. Mccain has nothing to offer but negative ads. Obama is on issues but McCain is not. Besides, let my fellow sick white folks know this: HUSSEIN IS AN ARAB NAME AND NOT A RELIGIOUS NAME!THERE ARE ARAB JEWS, ARAB AMERICANS, ARAB CHRISTIANS AND ARAB ATHEISTS! BARACK IS A JEWISH NAME! OBAMA IS MORE PATRIOTIC THAN MCCAIN IS. CHARACTERS REVEAL THE DIFFERENCES. IF WE ARE TO VOTE WITHOUT ANY RACISM MOTIVATION, BUT ON ISSUE MOTIVATION, OBAMA WINS IN A WIDER MARGIN! MY VOTE WILL GO TO OBAMA 08

After months of being puzzled at the popularity of Barack Obama, I’ve finally figured out the Obama Playbook. It consists of 3 main offensive plays, as detailed below. Will Obama’s strategy work? Time will tell . . .
1. The ordinary meaning of words are to be placed in a larger “context” or dismissed as incidents of “misspeaking.” Thus, when ABC broadcasts the tape of Michelle Obama admitting she has never been proud of her country, the Obama campaign dismisses it entirely, claiming she misspoke, and then chides ABC by saying, “to try to distort or to play snippets of her remarks in ways that are unflattering to her, I think, is just low class . . . ” (Of course, when Obama takes Senator McCain’s remarks about being in Iraq for 100 years out of context and mis-characterizes them, we are simply supposed to overlook that).
2. Obama’s associations with crazy people and crooks are to be overlooked. In ObamaWorld, any mention of his terrorist friends, white-hating church, or criminal associations is merely a “distraction” from the real issues, as defined by Barack Obama. Obama’s judgement on Iraq is to be admired. His judgement on other issues is not to be questioned.
3. Accuse the Republicans of racism without actually using the word “racist.” In other words, claim Republicans want people to be afraid of him because he “looks different” or has a “funny-sounding name.” Keep up this line of attack, despite the fact that neither John McCain, his surrogates, nor any member of the national Republican Party has attacked Barack Obama on race.

I am a 70 year old white Republican but after listening to all the whining, comPlaining and mourning from the McCain campaign, I come to a conclusion that McCain has no substance, no clue to lead this nation. I am also disppointed about the silliness and stupid frivolities of the McCAIN CAMPAGN. Mccain has nothing to offer but negative ads. Obama is on issues but McCain is not. Besides, let my fellow sick white folks know this: HUSSEIN IS AN ARAB NAME AND NOT A RELIGIOUS NAME!THERE ARE ARAB JEWS, ARAB AMERICANS, ARAB CHRISTIANS AND ARAB ATHEISTS! BARACK IS A JEWISH NAME! OBAMA IS MORE PATRIOTIC THAN MCCAIN IS. CHARACTERS REVEAL THE DIFFERENCES. IF WE ARE TO VOTE WITHOUT ANY RACISM MOTIVATION, BUT ON ISSUE MOTIVATION, OBAMA WINS IN A WIDER MARGIN! MY VOTE WILL GO TO OBAMA 08

McSame challenged Obama to a visit overseas and when Barack did, McSame spent all his time crying foul. Now he wants a debate. Well, he’ll get what he wishes for.

I am a 70 year old white Republican but after listening to all the whining, comPlaining and mourning from the McCain campaign, I come to a conclusion that McCain has no substance, no clue to lead this nation. I am also disppointed about the silliness and stupid frivolities of the McCAIN CAMPAGN. Mccain has nothing to offer but negative ads. Obama is on issues but McCain is not. Besides, let my fellow sick white folks know this: HUSSEIN IS AN ARAB NAME AND NOT A RELIGIOUS NAME!THERE ARE ARAB JEWS, ARAB AMERICANS, ARAB CHRISTIANS AND ARAB ATHEISTS! BARACK IS A JEWISH NAME! OBAMA IS MORE PATRIOTIC THAN MCCAIN IS. CHARACTERS REVEAL THE DIFFERENCES. IF WE ARE TO VOTE WITHOUT ANY RACISM MOTIVATION, BUT ON ISSUE MOTIVATION, OBAMA WINS IN A WIDER MARGIN! MY VOTE WILL GO TO OBAMA 08

hal…could you remind me WHAT your case is? He turned down one opportunity to combat a home problem. Now, granted, that would’ve givem him some of that “experience” that seems to be more important that anything else these days *rolls eyes*, but I can respect his decision to take care of local problems as well. Seriously, McCain supporters, give us something to debate about….

Mack-
You have no clue what you’re talking about, do you? It’s ok if you don’t, just stop pretending that you do. Try reading about BOTH sides of something before you say “The Democratic party doesn’t want old people”. Do you honestly think EITHER party doesn’t want VOTES from ANY group of people? Pfft….wise up, brother.

tom oj-
Kind of like Hillary playing the gender card on Obama?

Obama was like John F Kennedy, Martin Luther King and Lincoln before we really knew him.
Now that we know Obama he is now like Paris Hilton and Brittney Spears

Mack, you are absolutely as lunatic as McCain. If I am a 70 year white and I am not liked as you said, what on earth is McCAIN struggling to tell us? To like him, a man as old as I am? 500 old white folks have vowed to cast our votes for OBAMA. MCCAIN IS FAST LOSING HIS BEARINGS. HE IS A LIAR! A FLIP-FLOPPER! AN OPPORTUNIST WHO DESERTED HIS FORMER WIFE FOR A WEALTHY WOMAN! A PEPPERY CHARACTER WHO FAILS A LEADERSHIP TEST! ABOVER ALL, HE HAS LOADS OF LOOSE SCREWS!!! RACISM IS DESTROYNG THIS NATION – WHEN A NATION MOVES BEYONG RACIAL MOTIVATION, WE GET THE BEST! OLD FOLKS FOR OBAMA – THE DEMOCRATS HAVE A PLACE FOR BOTH OLD AND YOUNG, BLACK AND WHITE, BROWN AND YELLOW! IT IS A PARTY OF UNITY! I LOATH THE REPUBLICAN PARTY! IT IS NOTHING BUT FILTHY, DIVISIVE AND PETTY AND HAVE NO REGARD FOR WOMEN!! VOTE OBAMA 08!

“Boy Mack, you DO like to give me the easy ones don’t you?
PROVE that the church preached hate each and every Sunday for 20 years. Real concrete proof. LEt’s have a link that shows every sermon Rev Wright gave that shows him spewing hate.
YTou can’t do it, because you have taken 30 seconds and turned it into 20 years.
Typical thug mentality.”
I believe that Barry proved it for me by throwing his mentor and church under the bus. Or maybe you missed that.

http://www.insidernewsonline.com/id118.html
Wendy Chavours-Freeman, a student at UW-Parkside, has been an enthusiastic Obama supporter since a college professor assigned her Obama’s autobiography for a class. She said the assignment was a surprise because the professor was conservative, but even he thought Obama would be a strong presidential candidate.
Whoever is elected will have the difficult job of cleaning up the mess left by President Bush, Chavours-Freeman said. “Anyone will be better than him,” she said, referring to Bush. “As long as he doesn’t get a third term, I’ll be happy.”
Young woman is a student. Obama’s base of course.

“Mack-
You have no clue what you’re talking about, do you? It’s ok if you don’t, just stop pretending that you do. Try reading about BOTH sides of something before you say “The Democratic party doesn’t want old people”. Do you honestly think EITHER party doesn’t want VOTES from ANY group of people? Pfft….wise up, brother.”
Again, look at the nasty age related comments that are directed at McCain. To me, this indicates a lack of respect for elders. I guess they’re good for a vote, but nothing else.

“RACISM IS DESTROYNG THIS NATION”
Tell that to Reverand Wright. Seems he would like to keep racism alive since it pays so well to do so. Have you seen his mansion?

Mack,
Is that all you have REv WRight? {yawn}
YOu thugs need better talkin gpoints, that is so old and over worn. Ooops, sorry I said OLD!

“Um….no, in case YOU missed it, that came after Rev Wright’s press conference here in Detroit. Yes, Rev Wright is a nutjob, but he is also a respected humanitarian.”
So the friend and mentor that he supported for 20 years is a nutjob. That speaks volumes about Barry.

“Mack,
Is that all you have REv WRight? {yawn}
YOu thugs need better talkin gpoints, that is so old and over worn. Ooops, sorry I said OLD!”
It won’t go away while he is still trying to run on his superior judgment and unity platform. Get used to it.

So the friend and mentor that he supported for 20 years is a nutjob. That speaks volumes about Barry.
Posted by: Mack | Jul 31, 2008 4:07:59 PM
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Really? Wanna play the FRIEND game? Who should we start with? Phil Gramm, who has destroyed our economy with his deregualtion of the banking industry, so that now your bank can charge you more to get at your money? Caused the mortgage meltdown, so that your kids will probably never be able to own their own home?? Phil Gramm, Vice President of UBS Bank, now under investigation by the FBI for helping the wealthiest American hide their millions in offshore accounts, so they dont have to pay their fair share of income taxes?
Rev Wright did not put this COUNTRY and its people into an Economic Recession. That was McCains BBF Phil Gramm.
Wanna play the Charlie Balck game?

McCains friends and cohorts are as disgusting as McCain. NO ethics, no morals, only out for themselves and their uber-rich friends. They could care less about the average American. They have the lowest tax rate, and yet, they find a way not to pay that. And who gets stuck with the bills? US!

cc at 3:47–you said:
“Your characterization of Obama supporter is likely unfounded in reality – I have a pal I work with who is a pro-life bow hunter who has always voted Republican and is voting for Obama this year because, as he put it, “We’ve tried stupid in the past, and stupid just doesn’t work.” ”
You have a friend who is a pro-life bow hunter??? Pro-Life Bow Hunters For Obama. Now that is a bumper sticker I would put on my car. I love this country some days.
Seriously, a lot of ultraconservatives and libertarians are coming to the same conclusion, for the incompetence reason as well as Bush and Co.’s unabashed and unrelenting gaming of the process wherever and however possible (DOJ hiring practices is latest example).

the ad is STUPID and insulting to voter’s intelligence. it makes McCain come off like a cranky 12 year old boy.

Pat:
Thank you so much for explaining very eloquently senator Obama’s name. The GOP will do every nasty and filthy thing to try and associate his names with something negative. These folks have some serious issues…
It’s time for folks in this nation to GROW UP!!!! The GOP reminds me of a bunch of kids teasing one another on the school play ground…..
But this is no game……So Grow Up GOPs and lose House/Senate/Gov. & Presidency…..

Mack-
Not going to offer anything to support your claim, huh? Just going to say “nice try”?
Sorry man, but saying that the Democrats dislike EVERY SINGLE senior citizen in the USA is a tough sell at BEST, and flat out idiotic at the least.

Pat=Shalom=Obama supporter

geevill:
SO!

Most profound comment of today:
“geevill:
SO!”

MC-CANE IS THE LAUGHING STOCK OF THE COUNTRY, PEOPLE ALL OVER THE WORLD ARE ALSO LAUGHING AT THIS FEEBLE WIMPY MAN AND HIS PATHETIC “CAMPAIGN” RESORTING TO TACTICS OF USING PARIS AND BRITNEY – FRIKKIN IDIOT!!!!

Ya are all fake…..98% of the black community who are voting for OBAMA is just because he is black. Get over yourselfs! And the rest, well you hate republicans, which is ok. The community, the people and media have made this the first racial presidental election. Thanks morons!

“How many lives were DESTROYED by Rev. Wright? None”
He just got rich by poisoning people’s mind. I haven’t seen any videos of Phil Gramm’s wife on the Board of Directors at Enron during the collapse, although I have seen videos of Wright preaching hate and his congregation eating it up.

Obama is a joke. The point of the ad was to show that Obama is a crappy celebrity with no talent or substance. Now Obama is coming out playing the race and name cards while NO ONE is saying those things. He gets offended about things that haven’t even happened. What a fake.
McCain ’08

“Ralph, learn the facts (again, I repeat my comment about sheepish Obama fans). He taught at U of Chicago for 12 years (I was there) and read yesterday’s NY Times article or mention on this web site of it and his “unimpressive” tenor there.”
I didn’t even know Obama could sing, let alone sing tenor. The word is “tenure”. Kind of undercuts your argument about the stupidity of Obama fans when you misuse the language in such an embarrassing way.

Who’s dumber Obama or his supporters?

McSame the Arizona Senator with temper has to continue his nasty and pathetic campaign, he is a loser, it is time for American people to send McSame the Panamian Commander-in-Chief back to the Panama Canal. God save America from McSame. God bless America and God bless Obama.OBAMA08.

I give Hilton and Spears the benefit of the doubt when it comes to compassion. Just read at what the Chief Head of Trauma said about Obama and his canceled trip with the wounded troops.
Here is the link:
http://www.newsmax.com/insidecover/o…31/117945.html

The terms “race” and “racism” was not overtly used by either campaign until yesterday when Tapper of ABC used it in the heading of one his blogs yesterday. Now it caught on like a virus and now the McCain camp feels free to use them now. As I pointed yesterday, these terms were never used until the media injected into the public discourse. This is just a media ploy to create sensational headlines and poor journalistic abilities in maintaining un-biased reporting. I attempted to posted my comments several times and ABC saw fit to remove every time. If I am lucky and this stays up for at least a few minutes so someone can read it and pass it on. As others have admitted here as well that ABC is overtly censoring this blog.

Mack: “Ok. You’re saying it’s ok to attack McCain for his age, although the attack doesn’t apply to anyone else in that age group. Does that make sense to you?”
Yes, because he’s the only person in that age group who’s the (presumptive) nominee for President of the United States from a major political party. He might be the only person in that age group running for President, which makes those concerns about his age, and the deterioration that naturally comes with it, valid. Do you really want a guy who might be mentally feeble in just a year or two to have his finger on the button?

cc,
We already HAVE someone who is mentally feeble as POTUS.

Freedom,
Just wait til the Vietnam Vets start their ads, complete with vintage film of McCain calling American soliders murderers during the Vietnam war. McCain was a traitor to his country and to his uniform.

Ha!!! Cindy McCain’s has been linked to a beer company that does business in Havana, Cuba! Trade embargo, but not for the uber-wealthy, rules don’t apply to the McCain’s!

I just have a simple question. Didn’t we see the same thing in Tenn. for Sen. Ford. When I 1st hear of it. I saw the ABCNews site with a picture of the pair w/ Obama in the middle. No Words have to be said but the first thing I though about was how Mr. Ford was treated & the second thought was of the movie “Birth of a Nation.” Am I wrong for seeing this issue this way?
M.C.

jmc663….
Obama’s been linked to Louis Farrakhan, Tony Rezko, Father Pfleger, Rev. Wright and a few others… Haaa!??

Yo Yo Yo, here be some of the lyrics to my latest joint:
Said I handled his biz and I’m one of his favorite rappers
Well give Luda a special pardon if I’m ever in the slammer
Better yet put him in office, make me your vice president
Hillary hated on you, so that b^$&%* is irrelevant
Jesse talking slick and apologizing for what?
if you said it then you meant it how you want it have a gut!
and all you other politicians trying to hate on my man,
watch us win a majority vote in every state on my man
you can’t stop what’s bout to happen, we bout to make history
the first black president is destined and it’s meant to be
the threats ain’t fazing us, the nooses or the jokes
so get off your ass, black people, it’s time to get out and vote!
paint the White House black and I’m sure that’s got ‘em terrified
McCain don’t belong in ANY chair unless he’s paralyzed

Being linked to Phil Graham is bad thing? Just because he and about 100 other congressmen. Talk about desperate Obama nuts.

jmc663….
Obama’s been linked to Louis Farrakhan, Tony Rezko, Father Pfleger, Rev. Wright and a few others… Haaa!??
????????????????????????????????????????
I got a link for you; George W. Bush
Game, Set, & MATCH!!!!!!!!

To Obama I have one world: Debate!
Come November Obama will find out teleprompter debates does not a president make!!

“Just wait til the Vietnam Vets start their ads, complete with vintage film of McCain calling American soliders murderers during the Vietnam war. McCain was a traitor to his country and to his uniform.”
Also looking forward to WhiteyGate.

Obama was talking about policy today.
McCain was talking about Britney Spears.
Obama wants to talk policy.
McCain wants to talk about Britney Spears.
Policy.
Britney Spears.
ABC has made its choice this year.

“Yo Yo Yo, here be some of the lyrics to my latest joint:
Said I handled his biz and I’m one of his favorite rappers
Well give Luda a special pardon if I’m ever in the slammer
Better yet put him in office, make me your vice president
Hillary hated on you, so that b^$&%* is irrelevant
Jesse talking slick and apologizing for what?
if you said it then you meant it how you want it have a gut!
and all you other politicians trying to hate on my man,
watch us win a majority vote in every state on my man
you can’t stop what’s bout to happen, we bout to make history
the first black president is destined and it’s meant to be
the threats ain’t fazing us, the nooses or the jokes
so get off your ass, black people, it’s time to get out and vote!
paint the White House black and I’m sure that’s got ‘em terrified
McCain don’t belong in ANY chair unless he’s paralyzed ”
Now thats what I’m talkin bout!

“Obama was talking about policy today.”
I think you mean reading from his teleprompter.

Obama Vs. McCain …….in a debate? ………. A McCain BLOW OUT? Really? Talk about lying to one’s self. Do you honestly think when the two are on stage that Mc can even last ???? If you do, the Rest of the World has passed you by while you are trying to think why the American people actual took a chance on this UnKnown. You have to bring up False issues & talking point, because you can’t touch Barack on the issues.
M.C.

Marc C of Dallas,
McCain can last. . .in a wheel chair. You and Luda need to talk.

Mack -
No………
How many times Has Mc back tracked this Week…….( you don’t have to Count this Week with George Step.) ….By the way, What issues has Mc brought to the table that he couldn’t bring 4years ago?

Mack-
how much do you get paid for this anyway? I’m at work & just blog every now & then? It seems fun, so I’d like to get paid too. Will Reps. pay for a not so anger Black man to type lies for Mac ? If so……….
…….I’ll find someone.

Harry -
Just because you type some stuff up & make it look nice, doesn’t make it true. But I guess “Anyone, but a Black Guy”

PAT, before you go off the deep end for Obama you should read The Obama Nation by John Corsi
By tracing Obama’s career and influences from his early years in Hawaii and Indonesia, the beginnings of his political career in Chicago, his voting record in the Illinois Legislature, his religious training, his religious conversion through his recent involvement in Kenyan politics, his political advisers and fund-raising associates and his meteoric campaign for president, Jerome Corsi shows that an Obama presidency would, in his words, be “a repeat of the failed extremist politics that have characterized and plagued Democratic Party politics since the late 1960s.”
Corsi examines:
* Obama’s extensive connections with Islam and radical politics.
* His 20-year religious affiliation with the black-liberation theology of Rev. Jeremiah Wright.
* Obama’s continuing connections with Kenya.
* Obama’s involvement in the slum-landlord empire of Chicago political fixer Tony Rezko.
* Obama’s far-left domestic policy.
* Obama’s anti-war, anti-nuclear foreign policy.
Soon after Obama was elected to the U.S. Senate in 2004, Corsi began investigating Obama’s personal and political background. This book, with more than 600 footnotes, is the result.

McCain McSame will stand up for his ad,pity this hapless old goat won’t “stand down”, and give America a chance to recover from the most abusive, incompetent,and criminally corrupt administration in history !I doubt we can withstand another 4yrs of abuse by the Republikkkan,”Family Values” gang of amoral thugs.

Marc C of Dallas,
Ben who . . .?

Being proud of that commercial says a lot about McCain. If he doesn’t want to talk about issues I don’t want to vote for him.

jmc663….
Obama’s been linked to Louis Farrakhan, Tony Rezko, Father Pfleger, Rev. Wright and a few others… Haaa!??
????????????????????????????????????????
I got a link for you; George W. Bush
Game, Set, & MATCH!!!!!!!!
____________________________
No arguement from me…. Bush has been the leader of the pack! Obama or McCain?
We’re screwed!

Marc C of Dallas,
No thanks to Obama, Al qaeda has been defeated in Iraq but may rise again if Obama get his way, is elected and retreats from Iraq. As to Bin Laden, Bin Laden is dead or dying and if you want Bin Laden to get his death bed wish of a Al Qaeda victory in Iraq, vote for Obama.

harry,
Osama no longer wants to be a martyr, I recently read, probably because there now appears to be a shortages of virgins.

contwister,
I heard that was an urban myth.

contwister, Do you mean I was flushed? Or do you mean I was embarrassed?

georgia-
Are you friggin’ serious? That’s the worst rationalization I’ve read in a while. “Most people aren’t even smart enough to blah blah blah”….please…you and I both know that’s not true in the least.
McCain WAS a maverick 8 years ago, and then he sold out to become part of Bush’s in-crowd.
As for McCain being a “straight talker”: see above comment.
In terms of McCain being knowledgeable about the issues…I have no doubt that he is, but the problem is he’s not friggin’ talking about them…he’s talking about Paris Hilton, and launching attacks that could well be attributed to a petulant child who hasn’t gotten his way.
As for “experience”, he’s got that, for sure. My only quam is this: he has the same “experience” that has taken this country and turned it on it’s head during the past 7 1/2 years. No doubt he’s got loads more time in public service, but all of that times doesn’t mean d**k to me if I don’t like what he’s saying, or if I don’t believe he’d do a good job….which I don’t.

Saddlesablazing,
Obama’s plan for fighting Al-Qaida for the next 60 years is. . .

contwister,
I have a vision of purple thumbs . . .
I don’t think those photos were faked like the moon landing.
And, American Marines do a pretty good job at “combating terrorists.”

Sandy
What thieves are being indicted?

Americans seem to be much more interested in electing a ‘Commander-in-Chief’ who can beat the war drum than a ‘President’ who can find a diplomatic path to peace.
Senator McCain has been dubbed a ‘war hero’ for spending 5 years as a POW at the Hanoi Hilton. How does this makes him an expert on military strategy?
By that logic, we should find some awesome candidates amongst the illegally detained POW’s at GITMO!
Chew on that, you blogger pundits.

Bwahahah, I am actually looking forward to reading the Gallup Poll tomorrow….Obama seems to be going down. The free concert for the Germans didn’t seem to help Obama nor did refusing to see the Us wounded so he could go the gym.

I would like to hear both Mr McCain and Mr Obama to talk about what they would do to help the country. Mr Mc C. with his adds have just decreased his chances for my vote by at least 25%. I have voted Republican sense the seventies. This year that has a good chance of NOT happening. I am very tired of the name calling and back stabbing. Isn’t it time for the adults to run for the top positions in DC?? Tell us why you should be the leader, not why someone else should not.

I would like to hear both Mr McCain and Mr Obama to talk about what they would do to help the country. Mr Mc C. with his adds have just decreased his chances for my vote by at least 25%. I have voted Republican since the seventies. This year that has a good chance of NOT happening. I am very tired of the name calling and back stabbing. Isn’t it time for the adults to run for the top positions in DC?? Tell us why you should be the leader, not why someone else should not.

Henderson…you don’t know about the Obama mansion? Are you serious?

Henderson, you don’t know about Rezko’s trial where only ONE OF THE POLITICIANS MUST NOT BE NAMED? Don’t you know Rezko is on trial for buying politicians and Obama is the one that must not be named? Bwahahahaha
Hun, the Chicago Times has been doing play by play—–you will need to start reseaching numberous articles dating back from atleast 1 1/2 to the present.
Poor Obama supporters don’t know much.

chatty-
Once something specific comes out, I’ll start paying more attention. And of course the Chi-Times is covering it…it deals with a pretty influential guy FROM Chicago. You can try to talk down all you wish, but if there haven’t been any indictments against Obama, or any charges against him….kind of seems like a snipe hunt to me.
BTW-still waiting for some evidence…or that ever-elusive link. ;)

McCain not only is another four years of Bush But he is as stupid as Bush as well….
We can look around and see the devastation caused by Republicans….the fact is, George W. Bush and his republican congress of Bushbots that rubber stamped every dumb move he made, has done more damage to this country that all the terrorist nations combined!
Do we need another four years of it……I DON’T THINK SO!!!
I Beleive that EVERY REPUBLICAN IN EVERY OFFICE AND IN EVERY STATE MUST GO….

The spotlight fell on Mr Rezko’s ties to Mr Auchi last month when the Chicago businessman was thrown in jail for violating his bail terms by failing to declare a different $3.5 million loan from the British billionaire, made in April 2007. Prosecutors feared Mr Rezko, who travels widely in the Middle East, might flee to a country without an extradition treaty such as his birthplace of Syria.
Mr Auchi was convicted of corruption, given a suspended sentence and fined £1.4 million in France in 2003 for his part in the Elf affair, described as the biggest political and corporate scandal in post-war Europe. He, in a statement from his media lawyers, claims he is appealing against the sentence.
Mr Auchi founded his Luxembourg-based General Mediterranean Holding (GMH) in 1979, a year before he left Iraq. He says that he did business with his native country when it was considered a friend of the West but ceased to trade with the late Saddam Hussein’s regime once sanctions were imposed after the invasion of Kuwait.
Mr Rezko has told a court that Mr Auchi is a “close friend.” Mr Auchi’s lawyer told The Times: “It is untrue that my client and Mr Rezko are ‘close friends’. Mr Auchi first met Mr Rezko after the 2003 Iraq war and they have a business relationship.”
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Mr Rezko and Mr Auchi have been partners in a pizzeria business in the Mid-West and a major 62-acre land development in Riverside Park in Chicago.
According to court documents, Mr Rezko’s lawyer said his client had “longstanding indebtedness” to Mr Auchi’s GMH. By June 2007 he owed it $27.9 million.
Under a Loan Forgiveness Agreement described in court, Mr Auchi lent Mr Rezko $3.5 million in April 2005 and $11 million in September 2005, as well as the $3.5 million transferred in April 2007.
That agreement provided for the outstanding loans to be “forgiven” in return for a stake in the 62-acre Riverside Park development.
A posting last week on a GMH-owned website, middle-east-online.com, portrayed Mr Auchi as a Middle Eastern “Donald Trump” with a global business construction empire.
Mr Auchi visited the United States in 2004. Pictures show him meeting Emil Jones, the president of the Illinois state senate, an ally of Mr Obama, a former state senator.
Both Mr Auchi and Mr Obama say they have no memory of meeting each other. But, according to a source, the two may have had a brief encounter at the Four Seasons Hotel in Chicago where Mr Auchi’s visit was being honoured with a dinner attended by the Governor when Mr Obama, coincidentally in the hotel, dropped in.
An aide to Mr Obama said he did attend an event at the Four Seasons at which Mr Rezko was present but does not remember meeting Mr Auchi. “He shook a lot of hands and met a lot of people,” the aide said. “We do not remember individual people.”
Prosecutors say that, after Mr Auchi was unable to enter the United States in 2005, Mr Rezko approached the US State Department to get him a visa and apparently asked “certain Illinois government officials to do the same.” Mr Obama denies he was approached. Mr Auchi’s lawyer has emphasised to The Times that it would be entirely false to imply that money had been lent by GMH to Mr Rezko in return for Mr Rezko seeking to assist Mr Auchi to obtain a visa. The two men’s relationship, the lawyer stressed, was a busines s one.
Mr Auchi’s lawyer said the purpose of the Fintrade Services loan was to “assist the financial position” of a pizzeria company called AR Pizza, in which GMH held a shareholding. He said the loan had since been repaid in the form of a greater stake in the Chicago 62-acre land project.
AR Pizza has since become a defendant in a civil lawsuit by the Papa John’s pizzeria chain, which alleges that it continued to operate a string of former Papa John’s franchises under the name “Papa Tony’s” without permission.
Mr Auchi’s lawyer said: “My client played no part in the management and/or day to day running of AR Pizza, the GMH Group being an entirely passive investor in the company. Further, there was no need as a mimimum return on the investment was guaranteed. As to the court proceedings, my client is not a party to these. He denies any wrongdoing in relation to his involvement in AR Pizza.”
Mr Rezko was also a major fundraiser for Governor Blagojevich. The governor’s chief fundraiser Christopher Kelly, who also served as his gambling adviser, is fighting tax charges related to betting losses. The Associated Press reported that last month Mr Auchi’s conglomerate also gave a loan to Mr Kelly secured on a Nevada land deal which the governor’s bagman was involved in.

Dave, stop it…I can’t take two of you ding dongs making me laugh. Hint: Most republicans and independents and any with any common sense know that McCain and Bush barely get along–so saying they will be the same is totally stupid…..two different ideologies completely hun. McCain is much more liberal and has always been so, while Obama is much more communististic.

chattyway,
you think Obama supporters don’t know much. I know that my grandchildren, childrens, children will be paying for bush’s invasion of Iraq (i refuss to call it a war) snd his bad decission of running this country. the Sentor of Alaska took more than a car trade-in
your looking at hundreds of thousand of kick back for an oil company. And if
McCain is so experienced why did you
wait until he was 72 to try to put him i in the White House.

How dare McDevil insult the great Obamessiah? It’s not the Messiah’s fault that he is perfect and that he will change the world with all of the “Yes We Can” chants.
More of the same from the evil, neo-con, halliburton-loving, war-mongering, fascist, anti-children, bush regime.
YES WE CAN…YES WE CAN…YES WE CAN

Whatever McCain is doing, it must be working to some degree:
July 31 — Republican John McCain is gaining on Democrat Barack Obama in Florida, Ohio and Pennsylvania, three battleground states in the presidential election, according to a Quinnipiac University poll.
Florida and Ohio are “too close to call,” while Obama leads in Pennsylvania 49 percent to 42 percent, the poll said. In Florida and Ohio, Obama has 46 percent support to 44 percent for McCain.
In the same poll a month ago, Obama held a four-point lead in Florida, a six-point lead in Ohio and a 12-point lead in Pennsylvania, according to the poll.
No White House candidate has been elected since 1960 without winning two of the three states, said Peter A. Brown, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute.
The survey also found that, by margins of 27 percent to 30 percent, likely voters in each state agree with McCain and President George W. Bush that offshore drilling should be allowed. Obama opposes more offshore drilling.
The poll, conducted between July 23 and 29, surveyed 1,248 likely voters in Florida, 1,229 likely voters in Ohio, and 1,317 likely voters in Pennsylvania. The margins of error were plus or minus 2.8 percentage points in Florida and Ohio, and 2.7 in Pennsylvania.
Sounds like Hussein Obama will be a repeat of John Kerry…

Oh that’s right chatty blame the dems for McCain. It’s always the dems and never the republicans. Yeah right, keep thinking that warped logic.

chatty-
Good read, thanks for posting it. I’m still failing to see the connection…that is from the Chicago Sun Times, yes? If so, do they archive all of their articles on their website?
Admittedly, I haven’t kept up with that case as much as I should have, but after hearing it written off so many times, nothing seemed to hold any water.
Anyway, let me know if those articles are archived….if so, I’ll read them tonight and let you know my opinion of everything tomorrow.
Again, I appreciate the info in the post, and hope to see more of the same as the election heats up!
Cheers,
Henderson

flopez-
Don’t know….don’t live in Chicago. But I DO say that to people in and outside of bars. . .

I am constantly reminded of a passage in Obama’s book about how he learned to manipulate people (specifically his hippy dippy communist white mother). He actually wrote that he learned all he had to do was smile and not make any sudden movements and that especially whites would believe anything he told them. I was outraged when I read this passage, but you know what? After seeing so many of Obama’s supporters he is right that many of the white/black/brown/yellow/red populations are really that easy to manipulate. It’s hard to believe that people are really this dumb.

Why do people think that Obama supporters are being manipulated. I am a dem, believe in dem policies and will vote dem because I don’t agree with republican policies.

tom, the hate I see in America is mainly coming from the far left including Obama’s long time friends and associates, to name just a few among to many:
Rev. Wright, God D#### America, (Obama’s Pastor for 20 years)
Ayers, I wished I could have done more, referring to his past bombings of the Pentagon etc. (Ayer’s conducted a fund raiser in his home for Obama with Obama in attendance Obama still considers Ayers his friend)
Ludacrus, Obama “will paint the White House black and I’m sure that’s got ‘em terrified” ( Obama stated Ludicras was “talented” and is a friend of Ludacras).
Obama has so many low life friends which he has been forced to throw under the bus, one wonders if anyone can come up with a friend of Obama’s that Obama can stand by without having to throw them under the bus for another anti-American and racist statement.

Flopez-that made no sense at all. Germany started that war.What does oil and japanese have to do with WWII

You brought that war up it has no bearing on this discussion. We should have gone afer Al-Qaida and bin ladin from the start with all our GUNS. But no bush saw this as an opportunity to take over and blame Iraq for what Al-Qaida did instead of finishing the job on bin ladin.

Harry what other republican talking points do you have.

tom, facts don’t seem to manner to you all you do is name call instead of coming up with any facts. For example:
Fact:
Obama refuses to increase the supply of energy by drilling for more oil, building new refineries or new nuclear power plants thus bringing the energy supply higher and costs lower. No no no Obama wants to reduce demand by “inflating our tires” or “riding bycicles” or worse increase supply by getting oil from our enemies in the Middle East.
Bottom line Obama could care less about the plight of the poor and the high price they are paying for fuel. Obama would rather cater to the agenda of the loony environmentalists who care more about preserving the waste land in Anwar than providing more oil for the people.
Fact: Same thing goes for the high cost of food, Obama is in the pocket of the bio fuel industry, one of Obama’s biggest campaign contributers, who make more money by growing crops for biofuel than food.
Fact: The higher taxes Obama is proposing for everyone will force employers to tighten their belts by reducing wages or laying off more people. Guess who will bare the brunt of this? You guessed it the poor.
As to government programs as a means of helping the poor, just name one please that is not riddled with a large number of government workers and lots of corruption.
If you want higher energy costs, higher food costs, higher taxes and higher unemployment than I guess Obama is your guy.

Calirules, as Dinero would say, “Are you talking to Me?” I can appreciate Voight, but no, I did not even mention his name. Huh?

To “D” – at least “Harry” is backing up his dislike of Barack with FACTS. What exactly do you have to bolster your arguments but yet more rude, empty, & immature insults like the tired old, “McSame”, “Racist” “KKK”, “McBush” and even the nasty and mean, “Alzheimer’s patient”. The truth is moderation is KEY in running the US, it always has been. Even your “Messiah” Barack understands that. That is exactly why he is suddenly abandoning his long-held ultra-liberal beliefs and adopting GOP principles. He realized that after insulting white, blue-collar PA voters in the Primary, he NEEDS them to win the Presidency. Both McCain and Obama pander, its just that Barack does it so darn poorly.

harry: What are you going to drill all these new wells with, ther are no drilling rigs sitting around not used. The oil companies are waiting for rigs to finish the jobs they are doing now then they move to new drill sites. They have built one new oil refinery on American territory since 1972 another big lie, its located in the Carribean on the U S Virgin Islands, and its a huge facility with a very large deep water port facility.
Sorry harry I get COLA’s on my pension and it keeps up with the inflation rate but thanks for your concern. I invest mostly in tax free municipal bonds so as to avoid paying those pesky taxes your worried about me getting tangled up in. I will thank the turd ball most responsible for the higher prices on gas and oil, that being dear old Phil Gramm & hias wife Wendy who got hers from being a board member of Enron before it collapsed. You just keep on dreaming about you repig tax cuts that they keep telling you will never have to be raised, while they keep borrowing money from Japan & China to pay for what your taxes would have and without any interest charge. LOL Idiot.

Sorry “Harry” but “Sandy” is correct on this one. It WAS Carter that successfully negotiated the hostage release. Iran just waited until the moment Reagan took office in announce it in order to insult and belittle Carter. That, my friend, is history.

harry There is nobody preventing any oil company from building new oil refineries in this country, facts are they don’t want to build any new ones the profits they are receiving on what they are producing right now are paying them all record profits, why would they build new refineries to increase syupply which lower the price of gas and lower their profits????????????? Any guesses Einstine????????

The Republicans are despicable. But, it pays.
Siding with the oil companies worked financially for John McCain:
Campaign contributions from oil industry executives to Sen. John McCain rose dramatically in the last half of June, after the senator from Arizona made a high-profile split with environmentalists and reversed his opposition to the federal ban on offshore drilling.
Oil and gas industry executives and employees donated $1.1 million to McCain last month — three-quarters of which came after his June 16 speech calling for an end to the ban — compared with $116,000 in March, $283,000 in April and $208,000 in May

Seriously, Henderson, I would take John McCain’s experience for the last 7.5 years to Obama’s experience the last 20 years: Listening to his spiritual mentors Wright and Pfleger, dealings with Rezko, associations with Ayers, Auchi et al. John McCain is his own man, and he does not need someone to give him the words to express it. He does not even need to borrow a Deval Patrick speech in order to say something meaningful. He stands on strong principles and does not need to backpedal every day to “refine” his previous statements. The difference between his opinions on the issues would clearly tell you all of that if Obama were not afraid to debate one on one. Alas, Obama prefers the rock star venues, because he is a lousy debater.
I agree with wwee and other post that the ad was great. It explains my sentiments exactly: rock star buildup, little substance, afraid to debate the issues regarding taxes and energy independence from foreign oil, and a lot more. We are serious about all the issues, but sometimes, we just have to laugh at all of his “audacity”!

DaveB It is $1.2 Million and that all from the Oil Industry here in Texas.

Sandy, I love John McCain’s sense of humor! And his experience, his knowledge, his maverick stance, his straight talk, and his ability to discuss the issues, even in town hall meetings by himself. Since Obama is a lousy debater, we will just have to take him at his words…and his “refined” words…and his “refined”….

Wall Street Journal columnist Daniel Henninger looks at John McCain’s tax policy and concludes, “This isn’t a flip-flop. It’s a sex-change operation.” He continues: “What I’m asking is, does John McCain have the mental focus, the intellectual discipline, to avoid being out-slicked by Barack Obama, if he isn’t abandoned by his own voters?”
The Chicago Tribune’s Frank James comments: “More evidence that Sen. John McCain is giving fits to many conservatives, like those who comprise The Wall Street Journal’s editorial board: they’re asking aloud if he’s stupid.”
My 11-year old grandson can answer that question. YES. Next question.

Sandy, you posted:
Interview with Jim Lehrer (2000)
Jim Lehrer: Finally, for the record, you have not lost your desire to be President of the United States, have you?
John McCain: Certainly it’s been put in deep cold storage.
Lehrer: But you haven’t lost it.
McCain: Well, look, in 2004 I expect to be campaigning for the re-election of President George W. Bush, and by 2008, I think I might be ready to go down to the old soldier’s home and await the cavalry charge there.
Truer words were never spoken – right from the horse’s mouth.
Posted by: sandy | Jul 31, 2008 11:25:56 PM
sandy, I just love McCain’s sense of humor! And his experience, his knowledge of the issues, his maverick stance, and his integrity and expeience in working across the aisle to get things done. The portion of interview you showed reveals a great wit and sense of humor to match his seriousness about the issues.
McCain ’08

Sandy, you must be dreaming. The John McCain I see is not your description, even though you say he was an honorable maverick. He certainly still is! You speak of CNN and the WSJ doing stories on John McCain. They are no longer credible for reporting any truthful news. They have been in Obama’s tank since the primaries. They are no longer credible, and the ratings show that they have dropped considerably. I do not expect them to give John McCain fair coverage. After watching what they did to the Clintons, they have a personal mission to discredit Obama’s opponents. My bet is on the substance and experience of John McCain who stands up for what he believes in. He does not have to continually backpedal or “refine” what he just said. This latest ad really does tell it like it is. Your spin does not work with me, and it will not work with the voters.

Does Senator Obama really need to ask the question, “is this the best you can do?” I’m sure many millions of Americans are asking that same question tonight. McCain’s record precedes him, Senator Obama doesn’t have to ask. Then McCain wants to have town hall debates again. Give me a break! Why would Senator Obama want to debate someone who can’t be serious for more than 24 hours. I think McCain’s been listening to his surrogate Hannity way too much.

What about the energy crisis, the economy, record deficits, ongoing wars, etc. There are far more important things to be discussing and actually DOING something about. But what have we got? Paris and Britney, race cards, and congress going on vacation for a month without passing an energy bill. Our government is pathetic. Maybe we need a total meltdown of the economy and the whole governmental system so we can start fresh.

All I know is that this campaign ad was stupid but McCain is not going to admit that it was stupid.

mary, all politicians/statesmen have to have a little showmen in them. look at reagan. I’ll make up my mind on october 30th. However if this is how the McCain compaign hopes to win, I’ll just vote for Obama.

[[The same man who just months ago promised to run a "respectful campaign," said he is "proud" of his latest attack ad.]] A morally bankrupt human being John McCain is.

Negative campaigning is not cool. It is so 2004! Seriously people in 2004 lost all sense of taste. Maybe it was the meth epidemic or something, I don’t know, but half the country thought 4 more years of Bush was a good idea. The Republican brand is the bad brand that needs to do a recall because it will make you sick. It’s the brand of clothes that you have a suspicion that it was made by 4 year old children for 2 cents a day. This is a time for change. Don’t support the status quo.

Poor Britney and Paris—they are both much to talented to be compared to Barack Hussein Obama!

NEWSFLASH: McCain has record turnout! 43 supporters crowded into a Motel 6 room to listen to McCain pay tribute to Lawrence Welk at a Lawrence Welk fan club meeting. Campaign aids said this was the largest turnout of McCains campaign.

Obama’s whole champaign is for attacking McCain. Now McCain ran a few ads attacking Obama and defending himself. I think this is fair.

I’m trying to continue distinguishing McCain from Bush but after the last 2 days and McCain’s defense of his latest campaign adds, I’m just shaking my head.
For at least the last 35 years it has been a sad fact that within the Republican party reside the most greedy in our country…and the most racist in our country. I would hope that the Republican party would want to purge itself of most obvious of these types…but these folks are trumpeting the fact that they run the Republican party now. True conservatives, who are neither greedy nor racist, but rather have strong pricipled views, have lost their place in the party.
John McCain, you are losing the support of any serious thinkers. I never thought of you as “petty” before. I believe that McCain now “would rather lose his integrity than lose an election”.

Here are some undeniable facts about Obama vs McCain:
Obama graduated with honors from Harvard and the University of Chicago.
McCain graduated at the BOTTOM OF HIS Naval class. Bush graduated at the bottom of his class too. I think we all know what happens when ignorant people get elected…
Obama is favored almost 90% by world leaders vs McCain. If that isn’t a golden opportunity to elect someone to mend international fences, I don’t know what is.
McCain mixes up Sunni and Shiites all the time. He talks about his millitary agenda, but can’t even keep the factions we are fighting with straight.
McCain does not have ANY plan to fix our economy or healthcare system (other than some minor tax credits). That doesn’t work. History has shown this time and time again.

It’s puzzling why McCain’s ad would give 95% face-time to his opponent. The footage used to show his opponent wasn’t the most inflammatory footage that is available, there is certainly worst footage out there to be seen on the DNC candidate. Looks like the DNC has their folks working full-time on the McCain ads.