Saddleback Spokesman on Cone-of-Silence-Gate

and what does this have to do with Obama’s pitiful performance? Last time it was ABC News’ fault. Never Obama’s fault he cannot answer questions without a script.

But Warren said he didn’t know McCain was not in the building when he started. But now he says he didn’t give him the orphan question because he was late.
Did he know or did he not know McCain was not in the cone of silence ?

This non-issue provides perfect cover for you MSM’ers not to report about Obama admitting he lied about his abortion votes.
How convenient.

Can some please do a report on how Obama lied in the forum on faith yesterday when he said that abortions have gone up under President Bush, they have not . USA today did a story on Jan 18 2008 the headline” Overall abortions rates continue to drop the lowest in the last 30 years, and the article going to show statics from non partisan groups that the abortion rate has been going down each year for the last 8 years. I sorry I feel passionate about this but Obama always adds facts with fictions to make a point and the media never calls him on it, like his hardest decision was the Iraq war, please how does doing a speech at some anti war rally in his liberal district count as a hard decision when he wasn’t even in the senate and by the time he came to the senate 3 years later he was voting for every funding bill for the war the press just lets him get away with these half truths and up right lies.

OBAMA WANTS TO BE PRESIDENT WINERS DONT BECOME PRESIDENT

The MSM is trying to change the subject from Obama’s severe whipping on Saturday night. so Obama supporters anow agree that McCain trounced Obama. There was no complaint when Obama copied answers from Clinton.
Please someone ask Obama why Michelle is so wise? Was it her decision to attend Wright’s church?Her thesis on being black?

This is a ridiculous sideshow. More important is that the two politicians were asked different questions, and then the public was invited to compare the answers.

For some bizarre reason, the Obama camp seems to think all the distractions they are creating will fool the American voters. They are the most conniving, manipulative bunch of phonies I have ever experienced in a campaign, and I have been following politics for 40 years. Obama is a fraud, and he can no longer pull the wool over America’s eyes. His smoke and mirrors routine is not working. He is not ready to be President of the USA. He is dropping in all polls like a rock. After three debates with McCain, he will be history.

1. When was the coin toss?
2. It is about integrity. McCain was to be in the “cone of silence” by the time the forum started and he wasn’t. Warren said he was.
Obama did not lose. He answered the questions thoughtfully and honestly and didn’t pander.
His answer that it is above his pay grade to decide on which actions are sins and which sinful actions are forgiveable is the true Christian answer. God will decide on whether McCain can be forgiven for the deaths that have occured by the invasion of Iraq are forgivable. I don’t think he will get a free pass because he was a “prisoner of war”.

Ask yourself, does McCain need to lie or cheat on answers that have been his clear opinion since this whole circus began? Maybe he actually wondered if he would be asked about abortion, gays, and the supreme court. Anybody that even entertains the thought is a fool and a joke.

Even Obama supporters are saying Obama’s response to abortion was poor….funny it’s the ONLY thing I agreed with him on .
HILLARY SUPPORTER FOR McCAIN!

It is not that Obama won or lost. The questions, which McCain will not answer is if he was privy to questions prior to the event. That question has not been answered by the candidate himself. That is called plausible deniability. It just goes to honesty and integrity. Something the republicans know nothing about.

McCain did not come on stage and offer apologies for being late. Instead he laughed about sitting in the Cone of Silence. Maybe I’m wrong but isn’t that a lie? Check the transcripts.

I can see it now when Putin kicks Bamas butt he will claim it was a false start, “no fair!! Do over Vlad!!”.

Bill: Obama by all rights should be ahead by 15-20 points by now. a 1-3% margin is statistically a dead heat. Why had Obama not been able to put McCain away. It’s because Obama is losing his base by his constant re inventing himself and his policies. He will never win in the general

The pre-scripted spinning arguments from the right sound almost as canned and dysingenuous as McCain did last night.
“McCain didn’t need to cheat so accusing him of cheating is stupid” – NOT A RATIONAL ARGUMENT
As for Obama dropping like a stone after three debates – thats an interesting one. I don’t know the answer to this as I think that very few people watch debates with an open mind. Hell, People said George Bush performed well in his debate series and he was objectively uninformed, linguistically and geographically challenged, and showed no capacity to put together an independent coherent rational thought yet everyone applauded that he was folksy. Who knows, McCain may do very well. Perosnally, I think he’s going to get whipped but thats only if you evaluate the candidates by rational standards.

According to the transcripts, McCain and Warren joked about his sitting in the room. Why did they find it necessary to mislead the audience?

Prime time? He needs to go back to community organizing!!

Sam, You’re wrong. Just ask anyone at planned parenthood. Abortions are at an all time high. And that is under an administration that wants to repeal Roe v Wade.

Obama is an egit for agreeing to do this ridiculous forum in the first place with that chubby Pastor. How did he expect Republicans to ever play fair? Both candidates should have arrived at the same time, just like Clinton and Obama did at a similar forum during the Primary. What a joke. So McCain’s camp expects us to believe that they had a chance to cheat, but chose not to?

This makes me angry…no, furious. Why is this even an issue? It is so silly. Obama screws up, so his campaingn, and now the media, is all over it as there had to be a reason. Take note…..whether or not McCain had the questions, it doesn’t matter…Obama screwed up on his own. His stupid answers stand alone.
And how come you are not being fair? Why don’t you report on Obama UNFAIRLY handing out booklets to all the SAddleback attendees on his “Christian Journey”????? Talk about unfair influence, this is ridiculous! Stop the Bias, it is so obvious!

Eric you’re right. Republicans cannot see how unfair this forum was. McCain was supposed to be sequestered. instead he was sittign in his limo with access to the entire bloody questions. That is the point of this matter. I blame the Pator for this, not McCain. Obama is also foolish for trusting amateurs to handle this event.

Considering a President-I think we have already had most situation come up w/answers…American history has solid relations in the domestic and international topics…it does seem possible that Sen. Obama is looking for “something” that NOT THERE…which should come along as history…instead Sen. McCain offers his alligiance alongside the latest issues…between haveing history and religion…we seem too also find room for VACUMN-politics that really hold subject matter in the middle of the air…//…it can be considered a style or a tactic…in my looking at each TALK…but Senator Barack Obama seems to release too much TACTIC..never really having STYLE…and that seems energy level that will inhabit the WhiteHouse.[end]

worldsam you’re also right. They should have done it like the faith forum during the Democratic primary. Both candidates were in the room together. They sequestered Hillary in a room during Obama’s interview and then did the same to Obama later. Trusting McCain to not listen to the question while sitting in his limo is absolute lunacy.

Obama supporters raised this issue not because he “screwed up,” (to the contrary, by all accounts he did very well), but rather because, for the first time in years, McCain was coherent. Personally I think the bigger story is that McCain ripped off his supposed pivotal moment of faith, the cross in the dirt, from a Russian author, and never mentioned it until 2000, coincidentally, the first time he ran for president.

The accusation that McCain for some reason cheated to get the questions before he got on stage is laughable. The questions asked were not unusual. They were on topics talked about everyday in this campaign. Any candidate should be prepared to answer those types of questions at any time. Both of these candidates knew what the questions were likely to be. DUH!! To suggest the need for a candidate to cheat is rediculous. To suggest otherwise is just not credible. The Obama people are losing credibility daily. They better be careful or they will lose the election.

Something tells me me haven’t heard the last of this issue. I believe that McCain got those questions during that ride and was coached. I believe that information, soon enough, will be without dispute. Not that it will matter much since McCain is the new teflon don.

Lets have a do over and then pretend that Barry did really well. Okay?

The religious right will not vote Obama. Really….especially when looking at his religious background and the 20 years with Wrigth at Trinity. Really I give him credit for going in front of this group though, knowing he may only get a few votes.

The point is clear, Mc Cain did better than Moses Obama period. Since his camp sensed it now they want to call it foul play, come on !There is nothing worse than a poor looser and Obama sure is.He knows that sooner than later Mc cain is going to find the thin crust and break his wall of protection he has enjoyed so far.With his experience Obama probably qualify to be San Francisco Mayor as a lucky 2nd and that is the true, hoooahhh!

This was totally McCain’s home turf. You could tell by the tears welling up in his eyes, as he spoke of his god and country and WAR.
What a fake!
No questions on the countless deaths in Iraq based on the immoral lies spewed forth by Bush and now perpetuated by McCain. No questions on the perceived weakened US military as a result emboldening Russia to invade Georgia.
But my goodness they all stand in their glorious halos, and myopic self-annointed sainthood spewing questions on abortion.
What hippocracy!

Republican presidential candidate John McCain cites three absurd-sounding examples of pork-barrel spending in a recent ad: a “bridge to nowhere,” a study of the DNA of bears and a Woodstock museum.
McCain is known for fighting against earmarks, the other term lawmakers use for funding of pet projects back home. But he appears to have chosen these three because they’re easy to mock, not because he had significant involvement in removing them from the budget.
Despite the fun McCain had ridiculing the bear project on the Senate floor, he didn’t actually try to remove it from the bill. He did introduce several amendments, including three to reduce funding for projects he considered wasteful or harmful, but none removing the grizzly bear project appropriations. And despite his criticisms, he voted in favor of the final bill.

Seems like a ‘town hall’ type debate with unannounced questions from the audience would be a good way to avoid such controversies. Oh yeah – Obama won’t do those.

bhrandon – Georgia attacked Georgia, what would happen if Mexico attacked California for trying to put down a revolt? Either way Russia was attacking a sovereign nation. As far as the attacking other countries question as a whole the answer would be no, unless you had like 14 UN mandates and a majority support from the goverment and its citizens.

McCain just doesn’t do well as a speaker. His supporters will be sorely disapointed when he has the debates with Obama – who is so much more intelligent than McCain. It’s going to look sad for McCain indeed. Obama did pretty well Saturday evening under the circumstances. The people in that audience have already made up their minds (assuming they have one, that is) to vote McCain. Vote Pro-Life McCain (you mean the same guy who wants to surge, go to War, kill, bomb??) That Pro-Lifer??

McCain cheated people get over it!!

Ronnie Wrangler….actually Obama had a town hall today in NM. Seems he needs to take his leads from McCain, except McCain has been working his tail off for months on his town halls. Mr. Rock Star sees that after his tour abroad, the large crowd thing isn’t working for him anymore…maybe backfiring (especially when you have to organize a free concert BEFORE Obama speaks, as they did in Germany). Certainly, the polls gave him NO BUMP upon returning from his travelling salvation show.
McCAIN ALL THE WAY!

Meg Whitman of E Bay——Your Damn right McCain knew the questions via Text

Considering McCain probably had someone giving him the questions ahead of time, I’d say Obama clearly came out on top.

I love how Obama stated his toughest decision was to note vote for the war in Iraq. Funny he was still a STATE senator at the time the war was voted on and he was not there to vote on it. Then he said his greatest bi-partisn effort was working on the ethics bill with McCain. Fact is he abandoned McCain to work on a weaker democratic ethics bill within one week.

“you know FULL well that had Obama gone second, that his kronies would have been texting him the questions”
This is supposed to justify McCain’s dishonesty? It sounds a lot like a 4 year old saying, “everbody else is doing it, why can’t I”, I thought McCain was supposed to be adult, but then his ads lately show him to be childish.

McCain must have known the answers way way way in advance if you’re going to critisize his Meg Whitman choice. He must have known about this whole thing when he chose her as one of his advisors A LONG TIME AGO. jeez. Get a clue.

Why, of course there had to be some form of cheating because the messiah is the best orator……….
Folks, it was not the questions it was the style of the answers. Obama had a nuance style that does not sell well. It is his own fault for the poor performance.
McCain gave the same answers he has given in hundreds of townhall meetings.

Bottom line when he was asked about how it was in the cone of silence he should have said I got here a little late so it wasnt that bad…Anything else is a LIE.
Other than that I can believe that he didnt know the questions from his answers…It was all the same stuff he says all the time in all his stump speeches…War War War POW War war Drill now War war War Iraq War war war Georgia War War War Russia War War war

-a lie, is a lie, is a lie-
yes, that is exactly how to categorize obama’s response to the abortion question.
Barry, the quintessential prevaricator.

Rev Wright was Obama’s spiritual advisor for 20 years but didn’t name him as one of the wisest people in his life. Sad.
Or what about Father Pfleger who Obama said was his moral compass for 20 years?
Or communist Frank Davis who was Obama’s mentor when he was growing up.

You have one man who has lived a life of exemplary moral conduct, who dedicated his life to public service and has always been faithful to his family.
And you have another man who changes his religious denomination based on political expediency and who, at 42 years of age, left his injured wife for a 25 year old coed heiress.
True Christians know the correct choice in this election.

hypothetically speaking, let’s say McCain did receive the Warren questions in advance or overheard Obama’s answers while waiting in the Green Room.
my question is, how did this make Obama come across so poorly that night????
he’s responsible for his own actions. the story you are shopping is just a red-herring issue. Obama answered the questions evasively because he IS evasive.

It has been reported today that McCain was not in the room he was supposed to be in but was in his motorcade on the way to the forum so who’s to say that he did not hear the questions I’m sure that he did hear.Then he acted like he was in the room.McCain answered the questions to quickly to say that he did not hear anyhting.He thought he was being funny when he was asked about bad teachers by saying fire them.That is why he got into the Naval Academy with the grade point average as low as his.We should be glad that he is not a teacher because his students would be forever correcting him.He was faking his answer about his leaving his wife.

McCain has probably been asked these same questions many times before. He has been in politics for 30+ years and these questions were not that different. This is also why Hillary always did so much better than Obama in debates. The difference is that Obama is an equivocator and inexperienced. He isn’t decisive and, apparently, not much of a leader. It just shows how poor a candidate he truly is. I can’t believe that because Obama did so poorly compared to McCain, Obama’s campaign is saying that McCain cheated. What rotten losers and what a shame!

-most every national commentator called it a tie.-
national commentator, the equivalent of a movie, art, etc. critic. Who listens to them? Oh, of course, this exempts the gang at MSNBC, Matthews, Ob-lie, Shuster & co., now there is fine crowd of objective truth tellers.

You’re equating thoughtful with evasive. Not all moral discussions are black and white despite what Bush and McCain would have you think. Pro Choice/Pro Life… Stem cells, Definition of Marriage… these are difficult and personal issues for a pluralistic society and to expect one word answers that are thoughtful and respectful is inane and naive.

Since McCain’s answers were nothing more than the usual “things people want to here” and Obama spoke the truth, I give the event to Obama.

RICK WARREN LIED TO EVERYONE!
EVERYBODY.
Who Knew What When? By Katharine Q. Seelye
“Mr. Warren did not share with his audience — of more than 2,200 in the church and millions watching and listening to the live television broadcasts, radio programs and streaming on the Internet — that he had alerted the candidates to any of the questions in advance.”
Which I guess means he will vote for the adulterer who uses his being a POW as the reason for deserting his sick wife who stood by him.
RICK WARREN IS A TYPICAL LYING SUPERWEALTHY MEGACHURCH PASTOR.

I watched the whole thing and something was absolutely a little fishy. Like when McCain answered a three part question only after the first part was asked…
So if I “text” a candidate the question, it is okay since it is still in silence?
How can you people defend this man…

WHO CARES?
All that’s important is that Obama is an empty suit who can’t think withoug coaching from his handlers. 300 advisers and he still can’t get things right.
Stll, those who like a diet of BS continue with the feast!

When asked who the 3 wisest people he knew and would seek advice from if elected president, Obama said his wife, his grandma and Ted Kennedy. Anyone who has ever done an interview knows that those are poor answers. It didn’t take a rocket scientist or a cheater for McCain to mention the people he did.
Why is it that all the democrats feel a need to cirle the wagons and protect their candidate when he fails to meet the challenge or makes a gaffe?

For all its worth, at least Obama can read a teleprompter. McCain is a bumbling idiot just like Bush. He can neither read nor talk plainly. Look what bumbling idots get us. War, debt, moral bankruptcy, corruption, low world image, division and the list goes on. I’m proud to have a man that can finally speak the english language represent me.

Martin Slueg , No, what’s important here is that McCain felt the need to cheat even before a “friendly” audience.

Has anyone ask mccain why he was not at the event before it started. Why would they announce he was in the cone of silence if he was not even there yet.

I love the comments on here that say
“now everyone will know Obama is a liar”
oy…
yeah the cone of silence covered the entire town…Mccain answers questions he hasn’t been asked but obama had been…and he may have changed or lifted another story to use his POW status for political gain yet tainting himself and the public in the meantime…
and Obama is the liar.
You people are a trip. Cone of silence…cone of cookoo is more like it.

There are only two facts that we know of regarding the “cone of silence” issue:
1. We were told by Rev. Warren that McCain was in that “cone” at the time Obama was being questioned.
2. We know that McCain was not in that “cone” at the time Obama was being questioned.
What we don’t know, and should be told, is:
1. Why Warren was unaware (if he, in fact, he was) that McCain was not there;
2. Why McCain wasn’t there;
and since we know, for a fact, that McCain was not in the building during Obama’s Q&A;,
3. Did McCain or ANY of his campaign staff have access to the questions via cell phone, TV, or satellite radio, etc.
It is only fair that these questions be answered.

JR – Probably you can back up your cheating assertion with facts? Or is this just another ineundo that liberals love to pretend is real.

If Pastor Rick Warren had any integrity, he would come out and declare John McCain morally unfit to be President for cheating the spirit of the process that Warren himself had put forth. That McCain would cheat in a religiously based forum in an attempt to gain a political advantage says far more about his moral character than any of the answers to any of the questions possibly could.

Susan
That wasn’t the question that was asked, so why are you trying to pretend it was? Is this how smears are created?

So sad that because Andrea Mitchell’s candidate did so poorly the mumblings amongst the Obama camp had to start a “we think McCain….” distraction. Why couldn’t they just accept their guy doesn’t have enough experience and this isn’t an ON THE JOB TRAINING KIND OF POSITION….CIC. Let a man (or Hillary) handle it and go back to the Senate to put in more than 143 days in your current job.

There is a separation of church and state in our Constitution and there is a Biblical separation of Cesar and God in the Bible. So why is this nation so intent on removing the divide? I have an opinion – self righteousness that trumps bad government and excuses accountability which Evangelicals will leave up to God. Well I have one question then: will God forgive George W. Bush and John McCain for advocating a war of choice which was against the Constitution that prohibits attacking a soverign nation that has not attacked this one? When you can Biblically answer that question I’ll pay attention to kleig light mega church theatrics – until then I’ll decide on a President based on what they hope to do for the country – not how much they can increase the collection plate in some church somewhere because they were annointed. Neither of these candidates should have agreed to this nonsense – I am sure the answers would be completely different if the setting was the Mormon Tabernacle, a Jewish temple, a Mosque or on top of the mountain with some native American Indians in Utah. I haven’t found it in the Constitution yet that a man or woman has to be “born-again” or even a “church member” to be qualified to be President. But I do see where the person being sworn in swears to uphold the Constitution – now how about a question from the Evangelicals and/or Saddleback crowd: which is most important, upholding the Constitution or us telling you what the Constitution means to us?

I think it is disgusting that the media questions the integrity of Senator McCain because he did better in an environment…of people that shared his core values than Senator Obama. The media wants Obama to always win and when he doesn’t it is not his fault…somehow the fix must be in. The media is so in the bag for Obama. I find Andrea Mitchell’s lack of professionalism appalling.

I was a lifelong democrat until 2 months ago. I don’t like Bush-Cheney and I was opposed to the Iraq War before it started and I knew we were being manipulated by the administration and media to go to war. However, I am so angry at the DNC for their treatment of Hillary, for Pelosi (impeachment off the table), for Reid (the pro-life leader of the democratic majority in the senate), Dean and the DNC. I didn’t like the decisions about MI and FL and that someone who is so inexperienced and pretensious as Obama was nominated. Yes he is by misleading all those young people by pretending to be a different kind of politician when, in fact, he is a very tough, manipulative politician.

@JR
Which party is the party of speech codes? Which party wants to set my thermostat, ban my car, and tell me what to buy at the grocery store? Which party wants to assign special rights to me soley based upon the color of my skin, my genitalia, or who I choose to have sex with? Which party wants to make it illegal for me to defend my home when a burglar breaks in? Which party wants to confiscate my pay to give to someone else?
Which party is the party of freedom, and which isn’t?

People really are cynical. I’m no fan of the pastor (don’t even know who he is), but why is it so hard to believe that he didn’t know McCain wasn’t there at the time he was questioning Obama? And given that McCain did get into the cone of silence, why is it a lie when he said his answer? And, given that McCain probably didn’t see what was happening on the stage, why would he have responded in any other manner than answering the question about the cone? Obama supporters are grasping at straws. It’s amusing and creepy.

Well, Presidential candidates are almost always behind schedule, and probably are not too keen on the idea of sitting in an empty room for an hour with nothing to do. I would say that is because their schedules are so full, except McCain usually doesn’t campaign on weekends.
For now I will give McCain the benefit of the doubt that he was honorable enough not to cheat.

If Obama had stolen a faith-themed story that occurred to someone else, say, a Nobel prize winning author, and claimed it had happened to him, the media would be in a frenzy.
McCain steals his “cross in the dirt” story from Solzhenitsyn’s book The Gulag Archipelago and not a peep from the media.

If McCain was in the “cone of silence”; why did he ask Pastor Rick — when will he get to answer the question about the Supreme court justices — like Obama did? Hmmm!
If you don’t believe me, go back and review (watch) McCain’s portion of the interview. Somebody in McCain’s camp told him.

applause meter…….McCain was 3 to 1 Obama….not that applause in front of a crowd that is 80% for you would be hard to earn…but I found myself laughing and talking back to the TV and applauding……for SENATOR JOHN SYDNEY McCAIN, our 44th President!

What? The ‘Cone of Silence’ didn’t work?
Oh the irony! It hurts!

Liberals always wanting to blame someone else when they do a lousy job. Obama sucked and Andrea Mitchel wants to say McCain cheated. Stupid, it must be the same way Bush manages to win everything when he is supposed to be so stupid!

With all this conspiracy nonsense, there are still some very important questions! I would like to know when Sen. Obama is going to explain his relationship with Frank Marshall Davis. Sen. Obama admits that Mr. Davis was an “influential person,” a friend and an adviser growing up in Hawaii. Yet, Mr. Davis was a propagandist, a racial agitator and a recruiter for the Communist Party USA during the 1970s in Hawaii. When will Sen. Obama throw Mr. Davis under the bus like he did with his “uncle”/ 20-year mentor, the Rev. Dr. Jeremiah A. Wright, Jr. and his spiritual adviser, Father Michael Pfleger?
You Obama supporters cry “guilt by association” whenever these individuals are brought up. But when Sen. Obama has been mentored and advised by these individuals for over half his life, it is impossible for there NOT to be some of their extreme views, at best, tucked away in his brain. At worst, he is harboring these views but is doing a good job of hiding them from the public in order to be elected to the office of President of the United States.

For all its worth, at least Obama can read a teleprompter.
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Huh? Obama’s ability to READ a tele prompter makes you proud? Wow, you’re easy. Paris Hilton can read a tele prompter too. Obama may be able to read a script, buy he sure is inept when it comes to speaking one on one. It sounds worse than Bush kinda goes…Uh, um.uhhhhhhhh ooooh uh uh uh uh.

Lefties made a mistake (or about to) nominating Mr. Empty Suit. The day before Obama’s nomination speech McCain should talk about how great Obama “reads” a speech and challange him not to use a telepromter, hence when people watch his speech all they’ll be thinking about is that he is reading the words off a teleprompter.

So the great Obama didn’t do well at the forum this weekend and, just like a spoiled child, cries that his opponent had to have cheated to beat him. Is anything ever this man’s fault? And, I’ve used the line about “being above my pay grade” when it actually was that, but never about anything that had to do with my personal core principles or beliefs.

So just because MCcain much did better it means that he cheated? I am a democrat myself but I am completely unhappy with this propaganda done by some democrats who can’t think that far.
We can see that experience counts. McCain has it and Obama doesn’t but we the democrats should help Obama get elected even that he has no experience and not play it this way with excused as this one about McCain Cheating because this is a complete joke.

McCain is a man who repeatedly says he doesn’t like talking about his service, but then constantly talks about it.
He is also fabricating POW stories to enhance his image with the voters:

check your local listings tonight on cable news for a certain Rick Warren to be interviewed…he is an honest man with a multi-million following he can’t risk being deceitful…..so decide for yourself.
HILLARY SUPPORTER FOR McCAIN

Obama was asked a three part question about teachers. During McCain’s round when Pastor Warren mentioned teachers to McCain, McCain interrupted and said: “Yes, yes, and let’s find bad teachers another line of work.” McCain answered before Warren even asked the question. So explain: how did McCain know a three-part question was coming before the question was even asked? And how was McCain then able to give logical answers to the three questions without having even heard the questions yet? Obviously this would be impossible. And there is no way that anyone from the McCain camp can answer this. The proof of cheating is in the videotape, and it cannot be denied.

Commonsense if mccain was in a mortorcade in an suv as rich as he is there are tvs in the suv with satellite so the answer is john mccain cheated lied watched obamas Q AND A come on people use a little common sense will you???

Warren caught in a lie on CNN. He says he thought McCain was in the building when he said so on TV, but then mistakenly admits he knew McCain wasn’t there because he couldn’t give him his preview question.
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Obama caught in a lie on national tv. He says he has never been in church when Wright was giving one of his hate sermons, but told Wright he couldn’t be at his announcement for running for president because he gets a little “rough” at times.

Andrea Mitchell and the MSNBC group are in the bag for Obama…that is the only reason they threw this cheating crap out there! No wonder MSNBC is losing it’s audience…can’t trust them for accurate news!! Shame on them

Interesting that McCain won’t answer.
But really. If you were Karl Rove or one of the Republican advisors with McCain who aspires to be Karl Rove… of course you’d be listening to the Obama interview live and feeding McCain the info.
That’s just who these people are. Are we really supposed to all of a sudden believe that the GOP has changed it’s stripes and become something it hasn’t been for the last 8 years… if ever?

BoneheadedObama
That is not what Obama said, so it is kind of hard to prove it as a “lie.”

“they threw this cheating crap out there!”, because they caught McCain and Warren not telling the truth about McCain’s location.

Maybe I’m missing something, but I don’t understand how some link the the fact McCain’s agreeing to the forum and it’s rules, then not abiding by them; and Rev. Warren assuring all viewers that McCain is, in fact, in the building, in the Green Room, in the “cone of silence”, while, in fact, McCain is not in the building but on his way, in a motorcade with access to electronic devices (cell phones, Blackberries, XM Sirius radio, etc.) that could possibly be used to listen in on Obama’s Q&A, and leaving questions unanswered such as: did McCain’s staff notify Rev. Warren they would be late? Did Warren know? Did McCain hear any of, or was he briefed on any of the questions Obama was asked? to Obama’s record in the Senate, his campaign, or Obama at all, for that matter. Or why they believe the media is out of line for making it a story.
This is about McCain and Warren only and the media has an obligation to pursue the story and answer the questions that surround it.

I thought I was the only one that knew MCCain cheated. listen I like Sen. Obama and at the end I felt Mccain did better, but why. When I see this man stumble in a room of 22 peopke and then when over a thousand are there he is answering questions before they are even out. If he is such a professional why was he late. He’s early for everything else why one this day are you’re 1/2 hour to 45 minutes late? They gave him the questions and he saw the debate. And for them to say that there was no feed available in that room and then confirm that there was a tv in there but personnel made it unavailable for use. It’s a lie, no one was watching the McCain campaign. I felt Obama’s statements were not conjured up or readily predicted. He said wheat he believed from his heart. WHy was McCain on Supreme Court justices did he not remember that that was never discussed? That’s for the Mccain supporters who think he wouldn’t lie. Obama looked good to me.

The last thing we need in our “Oval Office” is a irrational, old fool that wants to start WW III.

If Obama would’ve went 2nd, the Obamabots would STILL claim that McCain somehow cheated. Why won’t Obama meet John McCain for a townhall type debate? I don’t think that Obama did bad in Warren’s forum except for his “uhhh’s” but John McCain was so much better and passionate about his answers and knew what he was talking about. He has had so much more experience than Obama. Obama has had 143 days in Congress. He is too inexperienced to be President. This country will be in serious trouble if he is elected.

I think this is so comical! Obama didn’t fare as well in this venue so, of course, McCain must have cheated! The only questions where knowing the question ahead of time would have helped were apparently told to both candidates ahead of time, i.e., naming the three wisest people you know and your greatest moral failure. How could anyone be surprised the pastor would ask questions about abortion, gay marriage, taxes, the economy and the like? The truth is that Obama’s meandering answers to direct questions didn’t play as well as McCain’s firm, direct answers.

McCain cheated on his wife. Why would anyone be surprised that he cheated for the show?

Obama’s speech pattern or challenging him to a Town Hall style debate with McCain has nothing to do with the issue at hand.
This is about McCain and Rev. Warren.
All they need to do is answer a few questions and it can be put to rest.
Unless, of course, their answers raise more questions.

“Why didn’t Obama verify that McCain was actually in the building?”
Posted by: Kitty
It was Warren’s affair, it was his job to see that both played by the rules. I like how you make it Obama’s fault that McCain cheated.

Even McCain’s defenders who believe he didn’t “cheat” have to admit that he had the opportunity to do so. Why is it that he had that opportunity, and why wasn’t Rev. Warren informed so that he could have delayed the forum if he needed to.
That’s the one that bugs me; why wasn’t McCain there, and why did Warren think he was?,

Obama should have verified that McCain was in the building. Contrary to a previous poster’s assertion that this was Warren’s affair, Obama was crucial to the event. What will his excuse be on a matter of national security? This lack of tending to even a simple matter should sound the alarm to all Americans.

The public was misled by McCain, one can say that for sure.

Obama, being the man of faith that he is, took the word of Rev. Warren, which should have been good enough.
Had it been McCain’s word…well that’s another story.

Obama will stop at nothing and I mean NOTHING to deflect the fact that he failed and lost the debate big time.

Wow are we actually going to see Obama examined by the national press now? Will the media actually start asking him direct questions about his very thin voting record?( well lets not include MSNBC) Yes I know he was a community organizer, blah, blah, blah, I mean his connections with politics in Africa, Frank Marshal, and the like?…well are we?

Senator McCain knew he was not at the venue during Obama’s interview, yet he cajoled that he was “trying to hear through the wall”. This was intentionally misleading and only partially true. He may not be a liar, but like the current President, he is a preveracator.
Hopefully, he knew that he was not present at the time the Obama interview started and should have disclosed that fact. If he did not know where he was, we have a more serious problem.
His mendacity mislead those of us in the worship center and those listening through the media. Senator McCain owes us an explanatiojn and an apology for misleading us.
This was a commendable effort by the church on behalf of the entire nation. The half-truth told by the Senator reflects very poorly on his integrity and character and has now taited my impression of his performance.
Shame on you, Senator McCain! I thought you would be more respectful of your audience and the American people. When you spoke of sacrifice, I did not think that you were sacrificing the truth.

Obama’s answers to the questions were HIS answers and they were dumb….so…even if McCain did hear anything is mute! The problem is that Obama did not have a telepromter or one of his “advisors” whispering in his ear to answer for him!! And his responses were pathetic to say the least!

I still don’t get how McCain’s not being in the “cone” when he was supposed to have been, and why Warren believed McCain was there when he actually wasn’t, has anything to do with Obama’s voting record, speaking abilities, or Obama himself at all.

Contrary to popular belief, Obama did not “lose” at Saddleback. He received hearty applause on a number of points in a crowd which from he gets about 15% support at best. He had nothing to lose. McCain had home field advantage and maybe even the opponents playbook, but in the end, don’t be surprised if Obama converted 1 or 2 in the audience.

I don’t get it! How can a good orator like Obama unravel during an easy Q&A session? He also faltered during the primaries debate with Hillary that was moderated by ABC’s Charles Gibson. Of course, Charles Gibson was blamed then for being too tough on Obama.
The scope of the issues were given to both of them beforehand. The questions by Rev. Warren were not much harder than job interview questions or oral exams for English classes.
But what really floored me was Obama’s answer when questioned when a baby is entitled to human rights. “That’s above my pay grade.”
Too bad Hillary is out of the race. I would really get a good laugh of Part II of her 3 a.m ad. ” When the call comes at 3 a.m, will it be answered or will the president reject it because “it’s above my pay grade?”

McCain Cheated!
He knew he was not in any “cone of silence”, yet he went out there at the forum when it was his turn and went along with the idea he had, even joking that he tried to listen through the walls. Now we know he was in his car (with a radio I presume..) and for damn sure was listening to Obama’s questions.
Keep trying with the “POWs never lie” spin. It aint working!

“Too bad Hillary is out of the race. I would really get a good laugh of Part II of her 3 a.m ad. ” When the call comes at 3 a.m, will it be answered or will the president reject it because “it’s above my pay grade?”"
Ha! He’ll transfer the call to George Clooney.

Having another forum would be a good idea. But unlike the first one, which was in McCain’s advantage, this would be different in that not JUST a White Evangelical would be on stage asking the questions, but we would see representatives from all the major religions practiced in the US participating.
We could then call it an even playing field.

April 13 in PA, Hillary answered first at Faith forum while Obama was not in the building yet….he came on and they shook hands before Obama answered same questions…..ANYBODY CARE?

“April 13 in PA, Hillary answered first at Faith forum while Obama was not in the building yet….he came on and they shook hands before Obama answered same questions…..ANYBODY CARE?”
That’s not fair. You’re using logic.

If Mccain and Rick Warren both lied to the american people and should admit to it. If he didn’t listen to Obama how did he answer all 3 parts of a 3 part question on education before it was even asked.

lou “cone of silence” was a metaphor…he was in a room with no media……except his maxwell smart shoe phone. Geeze.

I hope the “media” hold ground on this one and not be bullied by the McCain campaign.
McCain should have informed the viewing public–LIVE, ON-AIR during his own appearance at the Faith Forum–that no such “cone of silence” surrounded him (McCain) while Barack Obama was LIVE, ON-AIR.
After the Faith Forum ended, the McCain campaign had ample time to disclose a breach in this “cone of silence.” Instead, they knowingly allowed Pastor Rick Warren’s “cone of silence” false promulgation to stand. What political calculation by the McCain campaign went into that decision, I wonder?
My guess is that the McCain campaign will use the reporting of this breach to kickoff a series of offensive attacks against the “media,” disguised as defensive measures but calculated to build wedges of favorable support for McCain among persons already negatively pre-disposed against—the “media.”
Millions of people including Democrats, Obama supporters and Independents watching that Faith Forum had suspicions about this “cone of silence.” The entire viewing public has a right to know it was a blatant FALSEHOOD!
I hope the “media” hold ground on this one and not be bullied by the McCain campaign.

It’s obvious. Evangelicals are determined to get duped again by a candidate who *says* he will support their cause.
McCain just needs your votes. After he’s got it, he couldn’t care less. He only cares about his Corporate Buddies.

Of course McCain’s a liar and a cheat – just ask his first wife! A cheater and a liar (Carol, Keating Five, Cindy’s drug cover-up) – he blends right in with the GOP!!

McCain answers to questions were pretty much same questions he has answered all along in his campaign. No real surprise in his quick and definite responses. Even if McCain new what questions would be asked (which he didn’t), it wouldn’t have made much difference. McCain did his homework and was prepared. Sorry, but I felt that Obama responses were weak and in the case of “What stage in life does the baby have rights,” really bad response – “Over my pay grade” Awful.

Debra – So McCain cheats, notice they wouldn’t say his staff hadn’t heard and told him, but you want the Obama campaign to apologize? Why?

I don’t care if both candidates had each question printed out to study for an hour beforehand…..this isn’t a MENSA test…this is knowing who you are and what you stand for. Watch FOX tonight and tomorrow night for bios on Obama and McCain.
I can’t wait for McCain to request a re-do for Obama, at his choice of venue and whatever day he wants….McCain goes first. He’s man enough to handle it without whining.
HILLARY SUPPORTER FOR McCAIN.

Pastor Warren was interviewed on Hannity today – that tells you everything you need to know about this phony “unbiased” forum. Furthermore Warren said that Saakashvili personally called him the day after the forum and thanked him for bringing up the Georgia issue. Did Warren or McCain bring up Georgia, and Saakashvili is too American media aware for my liking.

John, I live in LA, I’m 49 and I voted Hillary. I’d do it again, but now I’m backing McCain. I am into ALL AMERICANS! who put our country first.
HILLARY SUPPORTER FOR McCAIN!

This is the big deal, if mccain heard obama’s answers to the pastor’s questions, then he’s a cheater and a liar. He was asked by the pastor if he heard anything while in the “cone of silence” he answered” I tried to hear” and he got a big laugh. But he never answered the question. Had he answered correctly and honestly he would have admitted that he was not in the “cone of silence” the whole time obama was answering questions. But he lied instead. As for being a cheater. If he was not in the “cone of silence” why lie about it, UNLESS he cheated!
Do we really need a president who lies, and cheats for the most trivial of issues? I don’t think so.

“I havent met a Hillary supporter who isn’t voting for Obama.”
Here’s one, sweety.
The only reason you can’t FInd them is because when you do, you call them republican sock puppets… whatever the heck THAT means.
Hillary or McCain.
Country over broken down DNC!!!

Rick Warren is on CNN now with Larry…tune in.

Jeez, as usual. Anyone who outshines Obama must be a cheater. Might it be that Obama stunk in answering questions as he as always been. McCain has always done well in these types of settings, one on one, debates, and town halls.

The new adjective for Obamaspeak……”nuanced”. Shameful his camp had to start this bruhaha today because they can’t wrap their brains around his lacklustre performance. You’d think they’d be use to it after his 3 debates with Hillary.

Hey, CW (Master Chief),
I just read your 8:20:13 PM comment. I was a navy man too (and an ANG, and a DoD official with recent service in Iraq) and I didn’t run into too many liberals in our volunteer military. I’m confused that you accused the Republicans of all the ills practiced by the Democrats. Perhaps they are both guilty, but when it comes to out of control spending, going to war, misinterpreting the Constitution and tampering with basic fundamental rights, the Democrats out violate Republicans by a noticeable stretch. As for our successes in Iraq, it was the Democrats who were a fifth column to the point of treason. We all saw it when we were in Iraq and we see it now as they tried to discredit us as well as our commander-in-chief, policy makers, and senior leadership at home and down range, and while in the face of a nearly defeated enemy. Thanks for your service Master Chief, but I and most of the warriors out there past and present are supporting and voting for John McCain for our commander-in-chief.

Obama has just lost Rev. Warren and his 35 millions followers votes. Obama and his supporters are calling Rev. Warren and McCain a lying and cheater. Each time Rev. Warren has to say the statement is bogus, Obama loses a Christian vote. So keep it coming.

Why did McCain lie about being in the cone of silence? Why did he not admit that he was not there and give his reason. Why did he deliberately mislead the audience? Do we really want four more years of someone who is not honest with the American people? If he lies about something as minor as his whereabouts, can we trust him to tell the truth about something major? I respect him for his many years of service; however, he is an adulterer and he is not fit to shine President Bush’s shoes- let alone to fill them.

Okay. Let’s eliminate McCain’s answers. Now explain Obama’s pathetic responses?

McCain is lying about the specifics of his foreknowlege. This is obvious to anyone except, apparently, folks who are totally unable to consider any other candidate.

Boy… McCain is choosing his words carefully. He didn’t see or hear Obama… but he won’t answer the question of whether or not someone else listened to Obama and answered the questions for him.
What a wimp. Just admit it… you agreed to be there in the “cone of silence”… you weren’t.
Spare us all this Bill Clinton, what is the meaning of “is” nonsense!

Did you all noticed; Obama tipped his head to the right with he is lying or nervous. Take a look at some of his past debates and interviews. He never performed well when his head tip to the right.

This is great…the more the Obots complain the more each and every Evangelical votes McCain, as they are questioning Rick Warren’s integrity. The guy adressed it tonight on CNN, end of story. I still want McCain to request a rematch and HE’LL GO FIRST. Anywhere, anytime Nobama!

I didn’t realize until last night that McCain can lie with such a straight face….. The Democrats went after Hillary for her Bosnia story, but are giving McCain a free pass. Even Rick Warren allowed McCain to talk endlessly about his captivity. How can I trust anything that Rick Warren says. Tonight on Larry King he went out of his way to help John McCain by stating how sensitive McCain was that he teared up 3 times……….WOW……
Rick Warren…..
“How was it like in the CONE OF SILENCE ”
John McCain….
“I tried to put my head against the wall to see if I could hear any of the answers” Laugh Laugh
It’s not the deed … it’s the cover up…. Why is the McCain camp all riled up ? He cheated.
Why wasn’t his answer ” You know Rick… I have to be honest… but he wasn’t.
Note to McCain……
Don’t answer a question before it’s asked…..

I hope the press goes over this seriously. If Obama pulled this, you know they would.

It must be real sad time in this Country when you have a Pastor totally lying to his Congregation and America..
Pastor Warren you lost your biggest supporters..
Young Evangelics for Obama!!

McCain already knew the answers as he DID HIS HOMEWORK AND WAS PREPARED.. OBAMA WAS TERRIBLE!!!

OBAMA HAS STILL NOT LEARNED THE PRINCIPALS OF THE SEVEN Ps. PRIOR PROPER PLANNING PREVENTS ___ POOR PERFORMANCE!!!

Obama tells the truth to win this election.
McCain needs to lie and cheat to win voters!!
McCain is a joke and a vile moron..
He couldn’t run his nose let alone POTUS

Young Evangelicals are voting for Obama this year.. They are 10 Million to only 5 Million adults evangelicals..
Bye bye McCain,turn the lights offs when your thru lying about how you will get Bin Laden and how you know how to win wars..Tool!!

Obama cannot get out more than five words without stopping to …. whatever. Can’t wait when he actually talks to Putin!!!

Me too…..abortion was about the only thing I could get behind Obama on and was shocked that he wimped out and wouldn’t answer directly about where he stood on the subject. He lacks a spine and common sense—-he’d make a horrible president and I think most are realizing it. He should have just answered honestly and stood his ground on supporting abortion.

Face it..McCain will be the next POTUS! Obama will face more criticism in the coming day…more and more dems are voting for McCain, not only because of Hillary, but they are beginning to see that Obama is a fraud..will do ANYTHING to get into the WH…won’t happen! Obama and his group of thugs can go back to Chicago! Good riddance to bad rubbish!!

Susan, how about an education in DC? Most bucks per kid and poorest achievement. MS in ED.

Obama is a very good speaker when reading from a teleprompter. THAT’S IT. THAT’S IT. THERE IS REALLY NOTHING MORE!! BAGGAGE, NOT QUALIFIED, NO EXPERIENCE, CRAZY IDEAS AND SUPPORTED BY MARXISTS FROM FARTHER LEFT THAN HIMSELF!!

How stupid does Obama have to be not to be prepared for an abortion question at a evangelican church question and answer? Then to claim McCain cheated because Obama wasn’t prepared? Obama is really a very dumb guy. If he is pro-choice then he needed to stand up and take a position—-the line he gave about it being above his paygrade to make a decision was stupid. What does he think presidents do when they nominate Supreme Court judges that decide on Rowe vs. Wade.

Obama supporters are to dumb to understand this, but knocking McCain’s military record is COUNTERPRODUCTIVE!! NOTICE THAT OBAMA DOES NOT TOUCH IT… WHY?? OBAMA DOES NOT HAVE ANY MILITARY RECORD… DUH…

It was a free speech forum giving the candidates a chance to present their positions to the audience.
Even if the Obama fans were to eliminate McCain from this forum, Obama, on his own, still would have come out as a salesman who had not done his homework for an important presentation.
I can’t remember a presidential candidate ever giving a more preposterous answer as Obama’s “It’s above my pay grade.”
Of course, the adoring media loved it and called it “nuanced.”
I would suggest a new entry in the Merriam Webster dictionary of the word “nuanced”, euphemism for “flip flop.”

Isn’t it obvious that the McCain campaign broke the cone of silence and deliberately made Barack Obama sound terrible at Saddleback?
Only losers accuse their opponents of cheating, so I guess that means the Obama campaign understands that Obama lsot.
So true!

Makes you wonder, what IS his pay grade ? Higher than necessary, I guess.

LMAO!!
Obama didn’t want to be first, because he could not piggyback on McCain answers like he did with Hillary Clinton’s.
Remember how it went ‘-I agree with Hillary, and blah, blah,(insert her ideas here, changing a few words), blah blah, (insert some nonsense here), blah blah’ (Applause)

“I am not like some whites who will never vote for a black person to be the President.
Posted by: gl | Aug 19, 2008 12:19:59 AM
________________
Nor am I!
But Barack Obama is N O T a Colin Powell!!!!

Until Saturday i was a strong Obama supporter because he was a different kind of politician. After seeing him bob and weave with each question he has proven to me he is just another politicain. Say anything to win. It’s depressing but I don’t know what he stands for anymore, if anything. At least McCain says what he believes.

gl…that’s right, all us angry Hillary supporters are just going to join hands and sing Obama’s praises after the convention….NOT. Many thousands of us will be backing Senator John Sydney McCain and that’s a fact, as much as many Obots want to think otherwise. Can’t wait til the analysis is done after Obama loses and they see it was the women voter block that was Obama’s problem…..we HILLARY SUPPORTERS FOR McCAIN!

I can’t believe believe that some people think it do not matter if McCain had known the questions before hand or not, he still appear strong and presidential. The matter is INTEGRITY.

McCain thinks five million a year is considered tobe rich then I am not even poor just invisible. He thought the country was showing growth and prosperity until he left the bubble he lives in and realized people are suffering. My family and our friends want a president the knows the price of gas, mild, bread, and understands how energy and waste are problems we don’t want to leave our childen. I was born and raised republican, but I am never making that mistake again. Fool me once its on you fool me twice it’s on me. I was fooled again and again by the republicans, but will not be fooled again.

The Obama Blame Game is wearing really thin. Obama turns in yet another abyssmal performance when he actually has to answer questions as opposed to reading a teleprompter. Then it’s everybody’s fault but his. Choose one:
a. His opponent cheated
b. The forum was biased against him
c. The moderator was biased against him
d. All of the above
So you’re basically admitting that Obama can only perform well when everything is completely fair and balanced with no chance of Obama being hoodwinked and bamboozled. I’m sure America’s worst enemies will be glad to know of your confidence in the abilities of this potential POTUS.

This whole “cone of silence” controversy was cooked up by Axelrod to deflect examination of Obama’s answers at the forum. Most notably -
When he just caught himself from saying that Clarence Thomas didn’t have the EXPERIENCE to be appointed to the Supreme Court.
When he said that determining the time life starts was ABOVE HIS PAYGRADE.
When he said that two of the wisest people he knows, whose council he seeks before making major decisions, were MICHELLE and his typical white GRANDMA.
These answers from one who would lead our nation through these troubled times do not inspire confidence in voters. Conversely, John McCain’s answers were straightforward and without flinching. Agree with him or not, you know where he stands, and his performance inspired confidence in voters that America will be in good hands under a President McCain.

For all those who voted for and wanted Hillary to be the nominee for our Party (as I am one of those)but are upset because she did not get the nod,get over it please it is your type who will cross over and vote for a party (I have nothing personnally against McCain,I am sure he is a decent man)but the Republican party in of itself is the thing people should be very upset with not the fact your person did not win the nomination. Please pick up your ball and be good sports. Do not make the worst mistake of your life by voting for Mccain and continuing the assault on our countries integity and you own sensibilites.Democracts need to unite or go down in defeat in more ways than one.Remember these words if mcCain becomes President God forbid any of my Sons have to fight needless wars in the name of my country. God Bless us all.

The morning news shows have already … though grudgingly … declared John McCain the winner of the forum and Andrea Mitchell is apparently hiding in her cave; no mouthy remarks from her lately. The question now is this: When John McCain is elected President; will Obama still have a job … anywhere?

I really liked the ‘above my paygrade’ comment. It showed at the same time that he highly respects the opinions of both scientists and theologians, and that it isn’t his job to play God. Meanwhile McCain has a pat answer to a question that has befuddled both for centuries (you wouldn’t know it from the media but this is actually not settled doctrine for most theologians).

Obama should learn to speak a laymans language. someone has just explained his ‘above my paygrade’ comment at Saddleback. “It showed at the same time that he highly respects the opinions of both scientists and theologians, and that it isn’t his job to play God”. The question of when a foetus is entitled to ‘human right’ is an unsettled question among theologians but the press are not telling us that. What I initially thought was a dodging of the question was indeed a very thoughful answer.

“McCain thinks five million a year is considered tobe rich then I am not even poor just invisible.”
Rich is not a figure question. It is a lifestyle question. Given a principal of some n dollars, how large does that n have to be to generate enough income to enable you to live at some target lifestyle without touching the principal and you not having to work?
Hint: Not being required to work is a pretty common definition of ‘rich’., that is, you can live on your investments.
Remember, you have to pay for all of the necessaries your employer is paying for right now such as health insurance, your kids college, etc. etc. etc.
You may find out you aren’t just invisible, you’re turning into a black hole. $5 million properly invested will keep that from happening.

All the phoney indignation of Republicans at McCHEATER getting caught, will pale to their indignation when they read Obama is gaining in polls, in battleground States that no one EVER thought would be challenged there, by a Democratic candidate.
Read and Weep.
Obama went into the belly of the BEAST at Saddleback Church in Orange County where 75% voted for Cheney/Bush TWICE.
Where would you Republicans like your next IMPARTIAL debate, Haliburton Board Room, Pfizer’s Lobby, or Exxon oil rig?

Mark, McCain didn’t cheat, he was with the Secret Service and other people. Obama’s people always do this. Everytime, Hillary won a debate, and she won them all, Obama and his thugs threw fits. Many people think the only reason Obama was half way decent in those debates was that she always spoke first and he could say “I agree.”(What was appalling to many of us was that the MSM always had her speak first, because they were and are in the tank for Obama.)
McCain was with Secret Service, another Senator, aides, and Warren’s people. McCain was good, because he is used to a Townhall format. Obama likes to read speeches, that others write for him, from a teleprompter.
Again, the Obama people and the MSM are following their same old, same old tactics. Obama puts out talking points and the MSM spreads his cry-baby crap. I love the letter the McCain campaign sent to NBC/MSNBC boss calling them on Andrea (Mrs.Allan Greenspan) Mitchell’s lack of jounalistic ethics in repeating Obama’s poor-loser crap. (They have asked for a meeting.)
Unfortunately, its really too bad that Obama can’t talk from the heart about matters concerning faith and ethics instead of pandering to the right, left, and everything in between. McCain has bucked the system so many times that he is not afraid to tell people what he thinks and what he has done.
So, Mark, don’t trash an American war hero, because your candidate couldn’t cut it. Anybody in politics should have figured out what kind of questions were going to be asked in that setting. Perhaps Obama should have come back a little earlier from that vacation in Hawaii, especially since he took a break a bit ago.
McCain is an older man, he hasn’t taken a break, and there is film they play of him carrying his own luggage when the media wrote his campaign off. McCain didn’t cry and throw hissey fits. McCain sucked it up, like Clinton did when she was in trouble, and they both proved that they are worthy of the Office of the US Presidency. (It’s the American way.)
If Obama can’t take the heat, as the saying goes, he should get out of the kitchen. This time Americans are going to pick a person who is worthy to be POTUS. Cry-babies needn’t apply.

Issues related to abortion, medical/research ethics are tied to judicial appointments, which are a priority for McCain. McCain wanted to “get back to” the whole issue; for him talking about abortion IS talking about Supreme Court justices.
Just stating his pro=life stance doesn’t tell the whole story, and that’s why he wanted “to go back” and finish his statement so that people don’t think he wants to stick in a constitutional amendment BANNING abortion nationwide.
HE is pro-life, but he wants individual states to deal with such matters; thus his statements that he is a Federalist.