Obama: Public Thinks of McCain as POW — I Need to Remind Them of his Policies

Right, BO. And the people of Chicago having watched your politics of strong-arming Alice Palmer aren’t that thrilled with your results given most or your achievements were getting your wife a big raise and a lot of pork for the crooks in your circle.
In the end, we’ll overlook the uh-huh, the radical associations, the divorce and all the other distractions but we won’t ignore that in the political arena, Obama plays dirty then blames it on the other guy, uses the race card then tries to hide it up his sleeve, and votes present over taking a stand when it counts.
Say what you like about the irrelevance of McCain’s time in the Hanoi Hilton, he proved he is a man of honor and after the last eight years, that is actually what the people want.

It is people’s responsibility to understand who is what.
Now, Mr. Obama had a very good chance to show how McCain’s policies are bad by simply agreeing to the town hall meetings. Then, why did he not accept the proposal?
Mr. Obama can vote “Present” or claim that it is above his pay grade what constitutes life and death though he will err on the side of infanitcide.
I think, Mr. Obama, as the English say “your goose is cooked”.

Has Michelle given him permission to name his VP choice yet?

Let’s see McCain supports drilling. opposes abortion.

what happened to hope and change? what happened to taking the hight road?
obama sounds desperate to me as his poll numbers go into free-fall.

angie
That was not McCain spouting off about being a pow…It was Obama
Just like the raceism issue Obama crying foul when no foul existed

Unfortunately, because of McCain’s tactics, Obama is now going to have to “take off the gloves” and start slugging McCain back. So, there won’t be any more “high road” cause it just doesn’t work with these guys. The Roves of this world want to smear cause it evidently works. Well then, smear them right back. Sad, but true. McCain is a fraud and it’s about time people see him for what he is. Start slinging it, Obama. They are asking for it, so give it right back to them.

I knew America was not stupid. I’m so glad they are starting to see Obama for what he is…a good speaker reading his script.
A democrat who is paying attention!

As America catches on to Obama, the polls keep going to McCain’s side, as the latest Zogby poll shows McCain now with a five point margin over Obama. You didn’t see it? Why, I’m sure the media must have inadvertedly omitted to mention anything about it. I’m sure it was just an oversight…

I have a question Mcain supporters with mccain being well known in senate 26 years running a second time for president why such a close race?? he should be double digits blowing obama away no??????????

angie: Fact CHECK
Its better than supporting a pandering lying flip flopper
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Man, you really know your stuff and what you are talking about, when it comes to “pandering”, “lying”, “flip flopping”.
Your political Jesus will give you $1000 dollars if you vote for him and get him elected. He already saved the money, by voting for giving the Big Oil tax credits.
He promised to vote against and filabuster Bush’s spying bill during the primaries, but wooops, when he does not need your vote no more, he voted to give Bush’s government the power to spy on you, taking your liberty and constitutional rights away.
NAFTA is bad for you in Ohio, wink-wink. NAFTA has been good for America after all, after Ohio.

Obama put it beautifully, I can’t wait to see him run with it. McCain’s temper is going to kick in at some point and show everyone what he is really all about…

Can’t wait to see Biden debate romney. I really enjoyed the “deer in the headlights” look dan quayle had when he was in the VP debate. romney will be blown right back to michigan.

Better McBush than OFarrakhan, OWright, ORezko and OAyers.

Posted by: pt | Aug 20, 2008 2:23:59 PM
You really like to kid yourself, don’t you?
The only reason Romney isn’t the nominee is because he’s a Mormon. Romney would send Biden’s spinning. Biden only knows what he plagiarizes.

Perhaps a good “Keating 5″ reference here and there would be nice…
When the story broke, McCain did nothing to help himself. When reporters first called him, he was furious. Caught out in the open, the former fighter pilot let go with a barrage of cover fire. Sen. Hothead came out in all his glory.
”You’re a liar,”’ McCain snapped Sept. 29 when a Republic reporter asked him about business ties between his wife and Keating.
”That’s the spouse’s involvement, you idiot,” McCain said later in the same conversation. ”You do understand English, don’t you?”
He also belittled the reporters when they asked about his wife’s ties to Keating.
”It’s up to you to find that out, kids.”
And then he played the POW card.
”Even the Vietnamese didn’t question my ethics,” McCain said.

John Mccain in an effort to pander to idependants will select a pro choice VP there by riuning his chances to get the evangelical vote. Which in turn will vote Obama because his economic policies are better. Rpublicans, once thought to be great stewards economy, have no leg leg to stand on anymore.

o be sure, McCain has been a consistent, if not adamant, critic of Russia. And the work his advisers did on behalf of that country seemed to have little influence on him during the recent outbreak of hostilities in Georgia. But if McCain defends the work of Scheunemann by saying he was on the side of good, it would be nice to know his feelings about the lobbying done by aides on the other side of the fight.
The McCain campaign did not immediately return requests for comment.
its ok for georgia and the US to invade countries but when russia protects itself, then russia needs to go!
mccain, why dont you do what the georgian president asked and stop your rhetoric and take some action
or do you not want to come off as presumptuous as you have already come across?
Mccain is soooo full of himself…

HERE COMES ANOTHER FLIP FROM MCCAIN
My colleague Alex Burns caught another interesting nugget in McCain’s chat with Laura Ingraham. Asked about his opposition to drilling in ANWR, McCain said he would “continue to examine the issue” before talking more about his support for expanded nuclear power.

Im an obama support i dont think hes half american, not sure is this a new mccain talking point?
i thought he didnt want to attack his patriotism… oh wait too late, hes accusing him of treason
mccain should realize that attacking everyone with force is not hte answer

Posted by Dave Johnson at
Here are three questions for John McCain. They will not be asked.
1) IF your military commanders tell you that The Surge needs to be continued, and that more troops are needed in Afghanistan, will you implement the draft to keep the country protected?
2) IF your statement that lowering taxes brings more revenue to the government turn out not to work, and the deficit continues to grow, what will you do?
3) AT the Saddleback Forum you were asked, “At what point does a baby receive human rights?” You answered “At conception.”So I have two questions for you.
One: There is a fire at a fertility clinic. In one room there is a 3-month-old baby. In another is a thermos with 3,000 fertilized eggs. You have time to save the baby or the thermos. Which do you save?
Two: If a woman has intercourse and an egg is fertilized, but the woman stands up before three days pass, the egg might not implant properly. Is it murder if a woman stands up within three days of intercourse?

Lots of “low information voters” here, huh? I sure hope those of us willing to investigate rather than merely regurgitate outnumber you in the voting booths this fall. This election is going to be a referendum on American intelligence, if nothing else.

Actually Independents aren’t flocking to Mccain and obama is getting more support everyday from that group. And the only reason why mccain got a bump is because he panders to religous people. But that support for Mccain is going to go down hill when he picks a loser like Liberman for VP. He makes no sense and people on here only offer a blind hatred of Obama. They don’t review his policies. They don’t listen to what he says they just say I don’t know him tune him out and never even give the guy a chance. But whatever luckly most of you can’t get off your couch and put the cheeto’s away to go vote.

Joe..we don’t want to give Obama “a chance” for the hightest office in this country because of his lack of JUDGEMENT. His written up policies that his “team Obama” create for him are of no interest when a candidate has no credibility, and no JUDGEMENT. Ya just don’t hang with terriorists and criminals and COUNTRY HATING MENTORS/REVERENDS.

Rev. Wright
Bill Ayers
Street activist with 140 days in the Senate.
An empty vessel reading a teleprompter.

LACK OF JUDGMENT!!!! LMAO!!!!! We wouldn’t even be in Iraq now if Obama had his way! Not Mccain if mcain had his way we would be at war with North Korea Russia Iran Afganastan China Pakastan. Look it up he said thats who he would go after! The weeks after 9/11 thats what he was advocating. Now you want to talk about Lack of judgment. There is a prime exsample of Mcsames.

Come on! Obama has promised everybody everything. There’s no way half of what he promised won’t result in more taxes. If not income taxes, there will be use taxes which always hits the poor. His foreign policy will shut down trade and make everything more expensive – just like synthetic fuels proposed by his chief advisor Dashle (lobbiest for 3 agribusinesses) raised the price of food.
As John Playfair said 150 years ago, “All taxes are ultimately paid for the poor”.

Why do all the college-educated economists and media like Obama?
Posted by: Tim | Aug 20, 2008 3:50:20 PM
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Because they have all claimed that China could not conceivably have a growth at a rate of 8% annually for more than 5 years, 20 years ago. Thus, they left the country of no policies of facing the emergence of a new economic world today. Guess what, China has been growing at more than 10% annually for that past 20 years.
They support a phony to hide their own nothingness behind His Nothingness.

Poor lil ambitious Johnny, always dreamed of being president. He dreamed of be an Admiral like his dad and failed. He dreamed of being a Top Gun and we know those dreams were “shot down”. He dreamed of being a war hero but turned into a stoole pigeon and a traitor. He dreamed of being above the frey, but was put on display. Remember the Keating % would be the Keatng 4 if not for Johnny. He dreamed of being liked by the GOP and Rove and Bush accosed him of fathering black babies. Now he dreams of being a better experienced candidate, but keeps forgetting he voted to authorize the war in 2003. He’s forgotten that now and all he can do is accused Obama about being wrong on the surge and not having the decency to admit it. Has anyone ever heard McCain say he was wrong to vote for the war against Iraq? He’s a hypocrite and hypocritical people look for people like that to get behind. When you read all the entries you see GOP’ers also have amnesia. THIS MAN CHEATED ON HIS WIFE!!!! She was disabled and needed him. He lied about his age to Cindy, who was lying about to him about hers! He’s lied about when it all started with her. Isn’t this the “family values” party? that’s what you were preaching after Clinton. HYPOCRITES!!!! Obama may not satisfy your conception questions, but atleast he’s a faithful husband and father. If McCain cheated and lied to his wife, what will he do to America??????
I know this will be gone in minutes because the truth hurts and open opinions aren’t welcomed here.

McCain doesn’t “flog” his POW experience. It is Obama who keeps bringing it up. John McCain rarely mentions it — except when asked. McCain mentioned it at Saddleback — when he told the story about the decision not to take early release.
Obama would not last 2 minutes in the conditions John McCain had to endure. His greatest hardship was having to pay off student loans. The most pain he ever felt was going to the dentist.
Obama could not be very perceptive if he sat and listened to Rev. Wright all those years and didn’t reaize what a racist he was. Obama is a cry baby who says anyone who doesn’t vote for him is a racist.

Cincinnati Enquirer: McCain’s Ad, on A “Truthful” Scale From “0″ to “10,” Gets A “0.” “HOW TRUTHFUL? 0 on a scale from 0 (misleading) to 10 (truthful)” “The McCain ad’s claim that Obama says ‘he’ll raise taxes on electricity’ is based on an interview Obama gave to a San Antonio newspaper in February in which he said ‘what we ought to tax is a dirty energy like coal, and, to a lesser extent, natural gas.’ According to the Obama campaign, what Obama was referring to in the interview was his proposal for a cap-and-trade mechanism that would set a limit on greenhouse gas emissions, allowing entities to buy and sell rights to emit. If that is the case, McCain is criticizing Obama for a proposal that he, too, supports.” [Cincinnati Enquirer, 7/31/08]

How many times does McCain get to cry wolf before you realize he is just a liar?
I lost count a long time ago…

Obama getting tough now and starting to swing….politics as usual. Except he always has his advisors call McCain’s campaign and do the real attacking.
Desperation will make camp Obama do and say things that will really entertain us in the coming weeks.

I know Angela we’ll just start beating the crap out of ALL the canidates starting in the primaries.. Yea that’s it and the one who doesn’t give up gets the job.. In which case Mccain would lose due to the fact he did give up under those conditons when he signed a statement confessing to his war crimes. Not that I would personaly do anything diffrent. I’m just pointing out how dumb that argument is.

Obama is behind by 5pt in latest poll. Guess the answer to Obama’s speeches is ‘we, the people, in order to make a more perfect union: don’t honor your electoral tactics and practices (they’re undemocratic), we don’t honor your policies and we don’t honor your politics.’ Now go away and campaign somewhere else on this global.

OBAMA’S PLAN WILL CUT TAXES FOR THE MIDDLE CLASS MORE THAN MCCAIN’S PLAN
Analysts Say That Obama’s Tax Cut Plan “Offers Three Times The Break For Middle Class Families Than Proposals” Of McCain. “The tax cut plan of Democratic nominee to be Barack Obama offers three times the break for middle class families than proposals of likely Republican nominee John McCain, according to analysts working for a left-leaning think tank. Families making between $37,595 and $66,354 of annual income with Obama would get an average tax cut of $1,042 per family while McCain’s tax cut for this group would be $319, the report states.” [Nashua Telegraph, 6/12/08]

Why is the anger so much greater from Obama camp? It just makes them look so much weaker….the stronger McCain gets the louder they get. Numbers not looking good, of coure VP choice will be big in this election on both sides, like never before….would’t have been if McCain were a bit younger. He could operate from the grave and I’D STILL VOTE HIM OVER NOBAMA.

So no one will explain why its bad that Obama has travled the world as a child and has some diffrent prespective on things and lived in another counrty? Or are you just afraid to admit that it isn’t a bad thing?

The problem is where is the Obama who stormed out of Iowa like a stud ready to take on the world; to woo and win people to his side of view and not the other way around. Obama is no longer himself but an amalgam all these movements. It is about time he returns to speaking with conviction, heart and certainty when it requires, which is most of time, on what he believes and knows is right. The electorate wants to hear his authentic views be they wrong, mistaken or not people only want the answers to be authentic, from the heart and mind. For example on abortion: everybody has their view on it, likewise a presidential candidate must have a view of his or hers too and be willing to express it openly. Here is mine opinion. Do women really want to have they freedom to choose taken away from them ? The option to have or not to have a child should remain LEGALLY open to all women. It is one moral issue that should not be prosecuted in any court of law. It should be about moral education and religious enlightment not legislation and courts. See I have a pay rate to say or write that because I am.

-Hey obama supporters-
we learned well from you guys, in fact at the ‘progressive’ blogs you guys are still going after the clintons.

When did Obama change the rules of the game? What game? And last I checked it was Mccain whos ran for president 3 times so when you are considering this argument mccain comes up eith couldn’t it be turned around on him here I spell it out for you.
Mccain countinues his support for the war because he’d rather kill US solders than lose an election.. See how dumb that sounds

McCain’s Tax Cuts Will Either Explode The Federal Deficit Or Require “Unprecedented Cuts” In Federal Spending On Domestic Programs. “Sen. John McCain is proposing tax cuts that would either cause the federal deficit to explode or would require unprecedented spending cuts equal to one-third of federal spending on domestic programs. Once thought of as a deficit hawk, the near-certain Republican presidential nominee is now putting more stress on the traditional Republican orthodoxy of tax cuts.” [Wall Street Journal, 4/22/08]

Well here I think the media is stiring up the clintons because it sells no big deal.

How come the comments here aren’t so much commentary but regurgitated talking points?
Guess the McCain supporters saving up McCain points and the Obama supporters trying to neutralize their influence.
Both sides lying through their teeth.

Tim– actually, it’s the McCain supporters, and anyone else with reason, can not understand how so many people can support Obama, a man with no experience, can’t talk without a teleprompter, and has lied so many times.
Do you want your family and country’s security threatened by a President who has not clue about foreign policy, as evidence in his weak statements on Russia/Georgia? Vote for Obama.
Do you want your life savings and your job and house down the tubes by someone who has no clue how to manage the economy, and thinks that inflating tires will solve our energy crisis? LOL…vote for Obama.
The Obama supporters are not only lemmings, but lemmings on kool aid.
I often wonder…..America is such a good country, and Americans are such good people. What did we ever do to deserve a candidate as horrible as Obama? I mean, really?
President McCain…..maverick, hero, patriot.

Decent (SIC) American said:
“Goodness Gracious! on RCP polls, McCain is ahead on nearly every poll, including two national ones, with Reuters having him ahead by 5 points!”
How does ONE Poll (and Zogby at that) become “nearly every” except in your PUMA” mind? Wishful thinking,!!!
Obama 08/12

Yes Joe, polls don’t matter, especially when your precious candidate is losing, and losing bad. Keep telling yourself that. LOL!!!
President McCain 2008

LOL…Jackt — check out rcp polls for today….LONG list of state polls, nearly all RED. Ie…..”nearly every”.
And so sad, just before the DNC convention too. Kinda takes the wind out of Obama’s puffy sails, don’t it?
lol
President McCain 08

Many think of Obama as the hope, change, sound judgment candidate. Its my job to remind the people that Obamas decision to join and remain 20 years in a racially polarizing church,his choice of anti-american asscociates,his liberal voting record, and his major flipflops, on party defining issues COMPLETELY CONTRADICT his mantra of change we can belive in, hope, and judgement to lead. No way, Nobama

Yea I looked up the polls there are 5 national ones 3 of them are in Obamas favor and two of them are in Mccains. The rest of them show Obama making decent inroads on states that are heavy republican. And winnig easy in demo states!

hap,
Your bias carries no weight.The record,which you know,shows that Obama has dissociated himself from Rev. Wright and others.Furthermore, your count on period spent in US Senate is inaccurate.Even if it were correct,you fail to recollect that Obama was also a state senator in Illinois.

Fact: Obama’s tax-cut policies will let the vast majority of taxpayers keep more of their hard earned money.

Real heros do not wear thier medals on their sleeve.Mcain was not the only POW.
This is Mcain’s second shot at the White House,he could not do it when he was younger and he has less of a chance now!

Obama only distanced himself from Rev. Wright when it became absolutely politically necessary. That isn’t character and it isn’t kosher.
Obama=Wright. You can count on it.
By the way – why are the Obama-Ayers Annenburg Challenge files disappearing?

Obama is a fraud. The forum last Saturday showed it as clear as day. He has no core.
I can’t wait for the debates. McCain’s lead is only going to grow from there. I wouldn’t be surprised if Obama loses by 10 points this November.

I am tired of ignorance, I am tired of xenophobia, I am tired of lies, I am tired of war mongering, I am tired of worrying about my future in this country.I am tired of racism, overt and inovert. I am tired of people who refuse to acknowledge that none of us have rights to this land, WE ALL CAME HERE. on a boat, plane, whatever.
I am tired of fear. I am tired of being so self absorbed and not knowing enough about others in this world.
I need hope, I need change, I need to believe.
I believe in the HONEST,SINCERE, BALANCED, OPEN MINDED, DIPLOMATIC Senator with Integrity.
I Believe in Obama.
2008.
Yes, it will happen.

What democrats cannot understand is that some people (republicans, libertarians) actually believe that their bosses and the rich should NOT be taxed more…say your boss makes $350,000 a year. That’s a lot, right? Well, if he owns a business or has a larger family, maybe not.
He (or she, sorry) has all kinds of expenses, works hard, and wants to be rewarded for it somewhat(okay assume he or she works hard, too). If they get taxed more, they think, for example, crap, I can’t send my kid to the college I want. Guess what, my employees get a smaller raise this year. OR, I am not going to get a boat, so the boat store lays a guy off…computer will not be upgraded til next year, no solar panels, whatever. Dampens the economy a bit when the feds get a bigger cut (not saying no taxes…)
My point is, there is support to wanting such taxes to be relatively lower, even on the “rich.” Democrats tend to fail to see that point and just assume that the rich should pay more and more to even the playing field…. Maybe they are right, but I am just saying there is another viewpoint that has some validity.

Yea right Badger1,
I can tell you saw Obama in the pews all those 20 years when Rev. Wright preached the fiery stuff.B.I.A.S. seems to overwhelmingly cloud your vision.Please drive safely.

20 YEARS listening to WRIGHT!
It doesn’t take a genius to realize 0bama’s judgement is THOROUGHLY flawed.
Try and defend it guys…go ahead.

Obaman – There you go again, expecting people to actually belive that Obama wasnt aware of Wrights ideology for 20 years. Hilarious. Let’s not forget Obama celebrated his right of passage into Chicago politics at the home of William Ayers. Then there is the longstanding friendship with Pfleger. Please stop with this nonsense Obaman

McCain lacks the judgment to be president. He has strongly supported every fail policy of Bush.

McCain`s energy policy is offshore drilling. he lacks new ideas.

-What people fail to realize that the following behind Obama is not a cult of personality-
May I call on the American people to decide for themselves (pls take note of the use of the media for the mases):
A cult of personality arises when a country’s leader uses mass media to create a public image through unquestioning flattery and praise. Cults of personality .. found in dictatorships ..can be found in some democracies as well.

voter in PA – No, it doesnt work that way. Let’s stop talking about slavery, and start talking about credentials. The race card expired 40 years ago. Obama is supposed to be the unity candidate, yet instead of choosing a traditional Christian church he chose a black power church. If Obama was so concerned about the plight of African americans, he should have known that the Selma Alabama march took place in 1965 and not 1961, while he was pandering to the black vote.

Llama:
That’s not “trickle down,” it’s “trickle slow” or “trickle stop” Anyway, “trickle down” was an epithet created by critics of “reaganomics,” not an actual economic theory. It may have represented the notion (supported by Al Gore BTW) that “all boats rise..” I think that is the positive metaphor for the same idea…

I see no reason McCain should ignore his POW experience or not mention it.
First, the fact that he served in the military, is a vet, and suffered for it will influence their vote.
Second, one moment in a person’s life can have a profoundly transformative effect on an individual (I know this is true: The lives of the 9/11 victims and their families changed in a matter of minutes changing the entire trajectory of their lives and (potentially) their perspective on the world. My own life was changed radically in less than 10 seconds. I am a very different person because of it).
McCain was a POW for years. This absolutely had some sort of effect on who he became as a person (whether you like him or not).

Well Obama was a community organizer and that was how many years ago, again?
He started in 1985 and if I recall did this for 3 years so ended in 1988 so that was 20 years ago.
And yet, he still refers to it in his speeches
(I still have yet to hear about the results he achieved. I know what he tried to do and the projects he worked on but what did he accomplish for the people he served?)
Maybe both clowns need to shut up about their past.
A little balance here.

-This freaking woman, who cannot even deservingly be called a woman continually underestimated him-
Assume you are speaking about Senator Clinton. Why doesn’t she deserve to be called a woman? Maybe we need to call Obama the ‘woman’ in the primaries.
You want rules broken: take a GOOD READ ON WHAT WENT DOWN WITH MICHIGAN AND FLORIDA, just for starters.

So much for McCain’s pledge to wage an honorable campaign. Just another broken promise.

Joe — you still haven’t looked at RCP, have you? You will also see that their electoral vote tally, which they have been following diligently for months, now shows McCain AHEAD with no toss up states. This is miraculous considering Obama was ahead…..way ahead, up until now.
but go ahead and ignore the numbers, to your peril. Never mind that the campaigns follow them closely themselves. And never mind that Dukasis was 17 points ahead of Bush before he lost in a landslide. And now Obama starts out behind McCain, and you expect him to have a mouse’s chance of winning?
hehehehehe……(me giggling in amusement).
And, voter in PA, i am sorry, but I had to gag on my coffee when you used “honest” and “sincere” in the same sentence as “Obama”. He has been PROVEN to be a liar. How can you continue to trust a man who has lied to you countless times? What has he DONE (not told you, but DONE) to prove his honesty and integrity? And as for your attacks on Hillary for her campaign, have you seen Obama’s campaign tactics? No, because they haven’t been released, but if and when you do, I am sure you will find more vicious and cruel strategies that they have used. Things like calling the race card when there is no racism, or playing victim. And when Bernie Mac (RIP) called women vulgar names, Obama pretended to chastize him, and then said “I’m just messing wiht you man”.
This is a man you want in the whitehouse? I wouldn’t let this horrible man near my family, much less running my country. He is an utter disgrace to Americans.
President McCain…..maverick, hero, patriot.

McCain’s supporters often want to point out that he had been tortured when he was a POW.
They’re wrong. According to their own interpretation of torture, McCain was merely ‘enhanced interrogated’. According to them, McCain merely endured some hazing

Mr. Obama better focuses on himself and tells us more about his own biography. I do want to know more about his own “real” policies and his own “records”…unless he wants to hide behind McCain policies and records

Badger1 -
I’m afraid that the race card did not expire forty years ago. The LA Times/Bloomberg most recent poll found that nearly one out of five Americans do not think that “America is ready for a black president.” Unfortunately, racism is still with us.

hihihi, decentAmerican, you are relying on a Zogby-poll?
hihihi.
Zogby’s final poll in California showed Obama winning by 13%, but the actual results showed Hillary winning by 10%, a 23-point difference! Far beyond the margin of error. Zogby has had several spectacular misses (Kerry 311 electoral votes, versus 213 for Bush, with 14 too close to call ….)
As have a lot of other pollsters.

willem–
just the truth at the time.this guy is scary-and aprofessional lier.
the truth would put an end to his campaign

mccain is a fake –his claim to fame and fortune is his wife and her money.

Which words best describe a real leader?
(1) We have nothing to fear but fear itself.
(2) The buck stops here.
(3) Damn the torpedos and full speed ahead.
(4) That’s above my pay grade.

rodney
That was not an original statement.

GO OBAMA
FAILURE IS NOT AN OPTION

Will Obama get a big bounce during the convention? If he doesn’t, the fat lady will have sung!

Just returned from dinner here in Republicanville where McCain just lost a lot of support with his comments today supporting a draft. Friends packing their kids up to send them off to college, many Ivy League are never going to vote for a man that wants to pack their kids up and forcefully send them into war.

So Emm… McCain doesn’t pay attention to what people ask him in his town hall meetings nor does his answer speak for him? His own campaign did not send out a “walk-back” or anything on the statement. Town hall is not nappy time.

Her life’s story was:
“Senator McCain I truly hope you get the opportunity to chase Bin Laden right to the gates of hell and push him in as you stated on your forum. I do have a question though. Disable veterans, especially in this state have horrible conditions, their medical is substandard. They drive four hours one way to Albuquerque for a simple doctors appointment which is often canceled. Our VA hospital is dirty it is understaffed, it is running on maximum overload. The prescription medicines are ten years behind standard medical care we have seven hundred claims stacked up at the VA office in Albuquerque some of them are ten and seven years old waiting to be processed in the mean time these people are homeless. My son is an officer in the Air Force, and I am a vet and I was raised in a military family. I think it is a sad state of affairs when we have illegal aliens having a Medicaid card that can access specialist top physicians, the best of medical and our vets can’t even get to a doctor. These are the people that we tied yellow ribbons for and Bush patted on the back. If we don’t reenact the draft I don’t think we will have anyone to chase Bin Laden to the gates of hell.”
Not after all that,where is a question mark indicating a question? None, so anyone would have taken the 99% of information that was actually heard (not counting the possibility of him clearing his throat, stage noise, etc) and answered the same way. Grain of sand.

She made a personal opinion statement. Rather than spend another 10 minutes pulling about her speech, he simply agreed not to disagree and move on. Hmm, kinda like when the Dems tack on some pork fat to a bill and Bush vetoes the whole thing until they get it right.

Maybe the focis should be on the Obamas late term abortion issue instead.
In a letter his wife sent out on his behalf in 2004, Michelle Obama denounced a federal law banning partial-birth abortion, writing that “this ban on a legitimate medical procedure is clearly unconstitutional.” Clearly!
The Supreme Court later found the law not “unconstitutional,” but “constitutional” — which I believe may have been the precise moment when Michelle Obama realized just how ashamed she had always been of her country.

If McCain is going to use his military service and POW years as credentials to be President, then his war story needs to be analyzed. He was never a commander in war time. He served about 20 hrs of combat duty in 23 missions before being shot down yet he received 23 medals. Yes he survived 5.5 years as a POW but we only have his version as to what happened. Some question his story. I know he got a lot of publicity when captured as well as when he came home due to his family and political ties. But can we trust the media hype? Propaganda in war time is always used. Jessica Lynch and Pat Tillman are examples. John McCain the war hero could have been used by the Nixon administration to counteract the numerous anti-war veterans who were getting media attention during the Vietnam War. I just wish some investigative journalist would look into the validity of the McCain military story. I wish everyone would really take a look at this carefully and ask whether he really qualifies as better candidate based on a story that he has used throughout his political career. Why is this off limits? I for one am concerned with his neocon ties and “bomb bomb Iran” joke. If he really had to make the tough decisions that a high level officer has to make in time of war I would be more convinced. I admire his service to the country and his tenacity to survive a POW camp but it does not convince me that these make him qualified. Our country is in need of serious reforming to keep viable in these challenging times. I do not hear maverick McCain anymore. He sounds more and more like another corporate mouthpiece. He has even crossed the line pandering to the religious right. Barry Goldwater would not be happy with this candidate at all.