Stephanopoulos: McCain Will Attend Debate Tonight

John’s done with his nap.

That is the problem with Barak, he can’t KO anybody. I have given him money, I have been to the rally’s but he can’t seal the deal. What is the problem?

As usual, another flip-flop from McStain on America!

Looks like McCain thinks he has already won the debate since he has an ad saying so:
http://www.mydd.com/story/2008/9/26/105843/780

andy: Tune in tonight. The deal will be not only signed, but sealed and delivered. This is so juicy, you just cannot make this stuff up!

The political meltdown of the inept campaign of John McCain continues. Stay tuned.

That bit of showboating McCain did yesterday made him look like a fool. All he did was aggravate the problem. And today he had not choice but to attend the debate — the public was demanding it.

What McSame has achieved by flying in Washington? NOTHING. He is making so much noise for nothing: a tornado in a bottle. He came to Washington thinking that the senate was his private property, now that he has realised that he can’t do anything about the financial situation which 8 years of his republican policies have created, he is going back to debate. What a disaster. This guy cannot manage a rum shop in Kingston Jamaica and wants to manage the biggest economy in the world, the only one superpower. God save Amnerica from McPalin. God bless America and God bless Obama.

Well, will the American people finally wake up and realize just how ambitious McCain is and how he will desperately grab at anything to win. He is the most erratic and his running mate the most dangerous candidate we’ve seen in a long time. I’m convinced McCain is bipolar and is in the early stages of dementia.Obama is right, he has neither the disposition or temperament to be President of the United States in a time that could arguably be worse than 9/11

Now we can not only focus on the short-term “getting the bus out of the ditch”, but also who we want the next driver to be.

I’m so sick of his drama. Ridiculous Just do your job and stop all teh granstanding. THis whole “going ot waashington to save the country” was such a farse and not helpful to anyone, not the public, not to calm nerves and certainly didn’t help with the process. He was worhtless. Less than worthless. He has just stressed out americans which is never good for an economy. He had nothing to add. just a big drama queen. Be sure to bring your boa. And be sure ot mention you were a pow at least 10 times. we haven’t heard that enough either.

If it takes McCain 22 hours to get to Washington wonder if he will make it on time to the debate tonight.. hmmmm

AH HAHAHAH McCain looks like the doof he is with this one.

No tele-prompters allowed.

Obama is pouring over his cliff notes on his plane now…..doesn’t matter you can’t get rid of the ug, um, ah, ugh, stammer problem.
McCain can do this blindfolded and arms tied behind his back…..I don’t think “the suit” has anything on John McCain in regards to National Security…tho, I guess alot of this debate will cover economy, which is too bad…I’d rather hear Foreign Affairs and National Defense as planned.

If I were the Republicans, I would not approve this plan until the earmarks for ACORN are removed.
They are presently under investigation for their questionable election tactics, and Obama once worked for them.
Isn’t that a conflict?

Gosh I can finally breathe again. Thanks McLame.

So the grand stand didn’t work, does that mean Palin will debate also ? I like Sarah as a person, but she is waaaaaay over her head. I saw her on CBS, it was brutal.
Ex Republican

They told me he wasn’t going to show, so I didn’t memorize my answer not what I am I suppose to do said Obama, don’t worry well insert this little device into your ear so we can tell you how to answer each question said an aide.

And Obama is asking what do I do now?

Sweet – an old man (as you call him) vs. a Rwanda refugee look-alike .. this could be good TV!

Obama is a clown. Can anyone take this buffoon seriously anymore?
Not that we ever have…………..

Good, conservative Reagan Republicans–Ed Rollins, Peggy Noonan, David Brooks, George Will, etc.–all agree: the “debate debacle” is not significant. What IS significant was Governor Palin’s meltdown in the CBS News interview. It is ever more plain to see that she is a liability for the ticket, the equivalent or worse than Harriet Meiers nominated for the U.S. Supreme Court. Is there any way that she can withdraw from the race without jeopardizing McCain more? A judgment must be made soon and a strategy put into place. We’re at a tipping point.

SandyB, that is all McLame is good for is wiping someone elses behind. He’s an expert at it because he is constantly wiping his own a$$ since he is so full of crap.

“Muddy Waters” McCain flip flops again. How can we ever trust anything this man says. I sure don’t. I’m voting for Obama!!

Be careful for which you wish for Obama supporters you may get it….Don’t underestimate McCain as he has been tested and challenged through his countless townhall meetings where Obama has been avoiding such forums..

hail marys 4 more yrs of the last 8 yrs etc etcd are dumb phrases that are weak and make moderates mad! what exactly are you extreme left obamabots goign to do if Obama loses the election… protest? leave the country? good they are both your rights but its as ineffective as your whining now!

Polls say country thinks McCain is a “doer” and Obama a “talker”.
I think this country knows that McCain would rather lose an election by putting country first…..we know that.
Obama is ALWAYS EGO FIRST….throw anyone under the bus to win….granny, Wright, Trinity….IT IS NOT FORGOTTEN PEOPLE…lately, I think he’s thrown Michelle under there too.

Andy…the problem is McCain is pretty good at dodging the bullets.He keeps throwing a ” monkey wrench” such as the situation this week, to divert peoples attention to the fact he is totally out of touch plus loosing in the polls.
The truth will be told tonight…

I am so happy that McCain will be able to attend the debate. We need McCain’s voice of reason and common sense there since we all know that obama is lacking. McCain is for our country. Obama is for Obama and special interest, pandering, lying and false hope.

McFipFlop eats more crow! He did say that he would not attend the debate unless an agreement had been reached. White House press secretary, Dana Petrino, just said that to her knowledge no such agreement exists. So what changed your mind John?

ok now so does this mean that john mccain is no longer putting country first?…LOL

They told me he wasn’t going to show, so I didn’t memorize my answer not what I am I suppose to do said Obama, don’t worry well insert this little device into your ear so we can tell you how to answer each question said an aide.

What a drama queen. McCain is just all over the place. Is there any planning on his campaign?

curious Ind
absolutely…Mcain has now faked out axelrod and michelles husband 4 times in the last month… sure Obama is a new poltician but hes running the same failed playbook of the almost won candidates in recent years… there is no reason for you even to be optimistic at this point the O man is done! finished!

Senator John McCain you need to support the Community Choice, Act. 2007, (S.799); (HR 1621) is very important for people with disabilities to live in the community living independent Community Choice, Ends Institutional Bries. lives. I am so sick in tired of you John McCain that persons with disabilities too exspencative to be served in the community. Senator John McCain did have voted against the Americans with Disabilities, Act. 1990, You can’t hide truth Senator
John McCain your pass show it.

Moderator – Senator Obama .. what is your stance on the bailout?
Nobama – “well, Michelle and I .. the kids .. spiritual guidance .. keep hope alive .. ummm .. Reverend Wright ..
Moderator – umm .. Thank You Senator.

MY:
I will never truly understand why Sen McCain selected this woman. They hype to drive up support is hampered by the MCCain Camp to really put her out there for obvious reasons. I question the motive and the reason for this rather odd decision. I want to cry every time I see her struggle with answers that are over her head. I think she should just come clean and admit she has no clue. I believe it would be a good move for her to step down for personal reasons and give Mc Cain another opportunity to get it right.

what is up with all of these polls? Nobody ever asks me anything. If that is the case then maybe Obama has a bigger lead than what we think.

BHO won’t get off the hook afterall. McCain went back to DC to get House Republicans to stop this socialist policy from being implemented. It appears “Mission Accomplished.” Now for the last order of business, mopping the floor with BHO.
This will be entertaining. Good, uh, luck, uh Barack, uh, Hussein, uh, Obama.

If you vote for McCain/Palin you’ll soon learn what it feels like to be the moose.
McCain/Palin Tax shelters for the rich, Homeless shelters for the rest.
McCain/Palin the silent candidates. Our motto is, “We won’t tell you where we stand so you’ll think we’re on your side”.
How can you tell if Sarah Palin has been to the Kentucky Derby? Dead horses.
Why did Sarah Palin go to the zoo? Moving targets.
To what does Sarah Palin credit her experience of foreign affairs? Sesame Street.

No doubt Mccain will start lying his head off again. His whole campaign so far has been a “say the opposite to the truth” approach. How can he say he’s a vote for “change” when his policies are identical to Bushes?

Obama didn’t “get it right” on his V.P. pick, and everyone knows it.
Biden makes just as many, if not more, gaffes in his speeches and interviews.
For some reason, when it comes to Biden, no one bothers to pay attention.

I don’t think any debate is going to determine who can lead this country considering the two morons we have running for President now. The Office of President has now become a commodity to be bought and sold to the highest bidder and many in this country rely on a slanted media to make up their minds for them on who they will select.

Posted by: andy | Sep 26, 2008 11:40:05 AM. Andy, the problem is that he cannot change the color of his skin.

Andy — Obama cant KO because the nation is full of people who buy this brand of McCain political spew. I am constantly bewildered by the amount of people who still like that guy.

TO DLM: A townhall meeting is not a debate!

Crap
yea there will be another rectangular box controversy like there was in 2004 with Bush and probably Robert the portly press aide will be in a holding room reading answers to him!

First of the week the democratics said they couldn’t reach an agreement without McCain. So it was **** if he did and **** if he didn’t. McCain made a decision to put the campaign aside to try to resolve the issue and bring all parties together. He goes to Washington to ask that all come together. Obama shows up and mucks every up and all you Dems want to blame McCain! Obama has no experience, no common sense, and doesn’t bother to commit to his current elected position (except present!). Self absorbed to the highest degree. ALL of this week was a democratic ploy to try to run McCain in the ground. He came through again like the true champion he is.

Senator Obama, what’s your stance on Iran.
I don’t know, I haven’t heard what Senator McCain’s answer is yet.

For all of the uneducated Obamanots on here, instead of cussing McCain you need to thank him. The Dems had tons of Pork in this bill and McCain got rid of it saving YOU money. You need to send him a campaign contribution since he has saved you so much money.

I’m pleading with you children to drop the nicknames. I’m so sick of Obamanation, Nobama, McSame, McStain, McWhatever. Do you really think you’re clever or amusing? I think recess is over. Your kindergarten teacher is calling you.

As an Obama supporter, I’m thrilled McCain is going to show up. I thought he made a huge mistake when announcing he wasn’t going to attend “until there is an agreement”. So either he thinks there will be an agreement by tonight, or he realized his “suspension” backfired and he had to, once again, change his mind.

“hail marys 4 more yrs of the last 8 yrs etc etcd are dumb phrases that are weak and make moderates mad! what exactly are you extreme left obamabots goign to do if Obama loses the election… protest? leave the country? good they are both your rights but its as ineffective as your whining now!”
Well Stainiam: I, for one, will stay in school and make sure i can still spell :) Talk about extreme! I hate to burst your bubble, but if McHitler and “Lipstick on a Palin” win, that’s just fine by me. When my country turns to tepid horsecrap directly afterward,I read about how people like you tried to make a difference and wanted to vote for Obama. I’m not going to justify anything to you – including my vote. if Obama does not win, he does not win. I’ll just be here and when you lose your job, money, car and home, don’t say no one told you so…

Mccain lied again they are not closer to a deal…. He knows it will look bad on him if he does not show up for the debate. Obama, if you read these blogs, do us all proud and beat mccain a.s.s. properly. hit him with the issues one after the other and let him have it. this is too important for you to be mister nice guy, let it out, but don’t let him upset your cool, but give it to him hard, your kids and kids future depend on this debate. I know it is a lot of pressure but, please do it for us all, this guy (mccain) is a loose cannon ready to explode, hot head, and he will be the one with his finger on the nuclear button, no way no how no mccain no palin no bush.

I guess his work is done. Glad he was able to help out. It is obvious that McCain play an integral role in this whole mess.
Posted by: Jim | Sep 26, 2008 11:41:20 AM
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And if McCain had been following the negotiations closely, he would have known that at times this week, Senate Democrats worried that Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.), chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, was too eager for a deal.
Frank did not need McCain to make him bipartisan, and he grumbled before yesterday’s White House gathering that it was a mere “photo op.”

GK, if that’s so, then please explain why Obama is up in Illinois by a much wider margin than McCain in Arizona. Seems like the people in their state know them best and the people of Illinois seem happier with Obama than the people of Arizona are with McCain (in fact, earlier on, Obama even lead McCain in some Arizona polls).

newvoter…yeah Wright and Ayers will be revisited…believe me. The media wants to put it to rest, but there will be some non GOP group who will start running ads to remind the country of Obama’s associations with racists, terriorists, and criminals. I know you kids think BO’s judgement is of no concern, but some of us of a certain age, care.
NEVER OBAMA.

McCain should be very nervous about debating with Barry on foreign policy tonight. Barry has so much experience in foreign policy…his resume speaks for itself. Everyone knows Barry is an of the cuff type of guy who has an answer for everything…thanks again to his extensive resume. His first answer will be, “This is our time” second answer, “We need change”

Obama is the one who has been running from debates/town halls and what not.
I agree with Mccain’s steps. The bail out has become the focus of the news thanks to Mccain. All headlines are about the bailout rather than some stupid statements from both candidates. Congress is now under pressure and Reid just annouced that they will no go on a break..

Mike
enough said!

If McCain is throwing Hail Mary’s –
he’s the best damn quarterback I have ever seen. Everyone, TD!

Good. If McCain did not attend the debate, that would be ok too. I’d rather have McCain in Washington, for someone at least to look out for OUR financial interests.
Obama is for himself, and for his Socialist interests.
Its time for AMERICA to stand tall and defend itself against SOCIALISM.
WAKE UP!

Senator Obama, what’s your stance on Iran.
I don’t know, I haven’t heard what Senator McCain’s answer is yet.
Posted by: Angelo | Sep 26, 2008 11:57:31 AM
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Palin knows more than you do…. now hows’ that for an insult!?
PALIN said Obama’s stance during Couric’s interview….
PEOPLE PEOPLE! PLEASE read your Republican Memos on “how are we going to defend Palin Today” before you open your mouths

If going to ‘save the day’ was supposed to reflect how effective McCain is going to be – the outcome was very disappointing now wasn’t it.

i have no executive experience, but I have served in the military (enlisted). I come from an average family on the brink of poverty. I grew up with 4 siblings and a, for the most part, single mother. I think I will run for the president….Nick Price 2032

So McCain’s first hail Mary pass was Palin, second was acting like he was going to ride to the rescue of this economic bailout mess, third is now saying he’ll do the debate, next getting rid of Palin??? I will McCain credit for knowing how to make headlines, he manages to avoid real issues by making these headlines but I guess if your goal is to get attention without substance he has succeeded. Palin has now proven to be more of a liability then anything, when the people that asked you to be VP don’t have faith in your ability to talk to the press that says volumes. McCain used her to distract from everything important, he let her be vetted by the media so he could act like people were picking on her because she was a women thus thinking that women will get up in arms about it and vote for them solely on that basis. He has also been an expert of his timing of all of this when he is behind in the polls, so now the debates I’m thinking that depending on how the public responds will indicate whether or not he throws his last desperate pass and picks another VP. I want calm, strong consistency in my candidate and he is too unpredictable and truly showing that for him it is about him he is certainly not putting country first, just a lot of smoke and mirrors to try and make it look like he is, well for me the smoke as cleared and the mirror showed the true man.

I’m just glad we’re having the debate in the great state of Mississippi .. our 57th state!
Signed
Barack Hussein NObama

THE DEMOCRATS WANT THE BILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF THIS PROPOSED “BAILOUT” – TO GO TO EARMARKS – SUCH AS “ACORN” – ONE OF THE MOST CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS FOR THIS ELECTION.
ACORN – IS ALREADY UNDER INVESTIGATION IN SEVERAL STATES FOR CORRUPTION IN VOTING REGISTRATIONS – FOR BARACK OBAMA!
BARACK OBAMA IS OR WAS “ACORN’S” ATTORNEY!!!!
HERE IS THE FBI – LINK TO FILE A REPORT OF CONCERN:
https://tips.fbi.gov/
ALSO WRITE TO THE “FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION” OF YOUR OUTRAGE!
http://www.fec.gov/members/members.shtml
CONTACT YOUR STATE REPRESENTATIVE
https://forms.house.gov/wyr/welcome.shtml

Staniam….”Actually” we all know that many town hall meetings have pre-picked audience members who will give questions (I know…I’ve been to several). So McInsane wanted to hold and organize town hall mtgs against Obama because he could know/pick the questions ahead of time (and write out the answers on flashcards, how cute)….and this is the reason why Obama decline (who would seriously engage in bs like that). Tonights debate are more unscripted, thats why McCain was pissing in his depends diapers. It really doesn’t matter how much $$$ the moderaters make in all of this does it? Thats not going to decide who will make a good president.

There are 41 more days til we vote…polls are useless when one thing in the next four weeks could change everything.
If Biden cries one more time, I think BO should replace with Hillary, as has been rumored.
I’m keeping track of all Biden’s GAFFES and Gov. Palin deserves ALL THE SAME PASSES BY LIB MEDIA.!
Although voters vote top of the ticket 100% of the time.
McCAIN/PALIN

attitude
its debatable whether Obama can be made into more of a “real man” than mccain but you can have your opinion!

hms — McCain went to the bailout gig and did nothing but sit all day and say nothing… and then at the 11th hour he gets into grandstand mode and wrecks the whole thing. What a leader!

Obama smells

Lurching from one thing to another, McCain shows us how not to manage a political campaign or, for that matter, a country. How pathetic can he get?

GIGI, here’s a news flash, Palin isn’t running for President.

Funny everyone is so distracted from the real matter at hand. Who held the responsibility for the crisis we’re in now? The Republicans! And now they want to ask for MORE money to bail the country out of a situation that should’ve never happened in the first place! Come on! I mean if they were so great at handling our affairs we wouldn’t have to “bail any one out of any situation”! Point blank. And to think SOME people still haven’t had enough of people dying in a sense-less war, family losing jobs and homes, going without healthcare, inadequate education etc, just baffles me! Some people are too stubborn to admit they were wrong and REFUSE to consider the possibility that Barack MAY be able to turn this around. One things for sure….he couldn’t do any worse! It kills me to think that people would support a candidate that one just before the (beep) hit the fan said that our economy was fundamentally sound. WHERE’S HE BEEN? In the clouds I suppose. Lastly, anyone who thinks he’s such a maverick is as blind as the late Ray Charles! He’s not going against the grain any where in this campaign. Just going along with the good ole ole boys as well as his plans to finish Bushed agenda.

McCain tries to portray himself as a maverick but his actions in Washington the past couple of days show that he is reckless. He went there to help broker a deal but instead split his own Republican party right down the middle. McCain is a joke.

Jared you have it backwards….town hall are open to anybody and I’ve seen the mic passed around….NO SCRIPT, NO PROMPTER, MAKES BO’S KNESS SHAKE.
Tonight they have notes and have been given the questions…SO BOZO SHOULD PERFORM BETTER THAN HE DID THE FAITH FORUM WHERE HE TANKED.

Obama “call me if you need me”.
The United States of American has no need for you…

If going to ‘save the day’ was supposed to reflect how effective McCain is going to be – the outcome was very disappointing now wasn’t it.

It is grossly offensive that McCain’s “campaign” put out a statement saying that an agreement hasn’t been reached because too many parties were trying to point the finger of blame – then later in the same statement, accused Barack Obama of political posturing. WHO IS DOING THE POLITICAL POSTURING RICK DAVIS, YOU HACK? MCCAIN HAS ACTED LIKE A CHILD THROUGHOUT THIS FIASCO. Does McCain seriously think anyone saw him as the hero who was going to ride into DC and save the deal? Petulant, capricious, egotistical…that’s what McCain is showing himself to be.

Obama: Harvard Law, president of the Harvard Law Review. You have to be brilliant to get into Harvard Law School, and be the most brilliant of the brilliant to head the Law Review.
McCain: bottom 1% of his Naval Academy class.
The difference in intellect between them shows up everywhere, but apparently the McCain-lovers on this blog are too dense to recognize this. Thing is, if you are REALLY stupid and ignorant you’re too stupid and ignorant to understand how stupid and ignorant you really are.

You want long lines at your local bank like the lines circling IndyMac Bank? You want your local factories to close? You want our soldiers to use 20-year-old ammunition? Then go ahead and obstruct the bailout. Go ahead and encourage McCain to obstruct this proposal. Because that’s what you are going to get.
Thank God for each of the Democrats and Republicans who are working to support this bailout; each has a backbone. It takes incredible courage for any Senator or Representative to vote for this bailout, but clearly it’s the responsible thing to do. McCain and his “renegade” House Republicans can grandstand and pontificate and stall and be obstructionist, but the true heroes in Washington are those who do what is politically unpopular but absolutely necessary.
I applaud the brave Democrats and Republicans who are working together to solve our country’s economic crisis, and shame on McCain and his “renegades” for attempting to confuse and divide the American people.
Thank God McCain and his “renegades” weren’t in Washington in Dec. 1941!

What a load of crap – big businesses bailed out at my (and your) expense.The revolution is coming and we will vote everyone that voted for this out of office – The house election also begins in 5 weeks – BAILOUT of office THE Bailout proponents. Total change out of the incumbents!

Once again, McCain puts his political career at risk and does what is best for the country. To continue campaigning when the country is in economic dire straits wjould have made me doubt his leadership skills. Remember, both McCain and B. Hussien Obama are SENATORS! Shouldn’t they both be in the Senate, working on this problem? BTW there was no deal before McCain made his announcement. It was just something Junior Republicans that had tossed around with consulting the party seniors.

Deception, trickery, stunts; tell voters that your opponent and his staff are doing and have done the dirty deeds you and your staff are doing and did. Then see what sticks.
Use any means necessary to turn every situation in your favor; use any national emergency as cover, and any national crisis as opportunity, and choose your second in command as well as your strategists based on what you believe will get you into the White House, country and leadership be damned. After all, you cannot lead if you don’t win – winning is everything, right?
Questionably clever, all but guerrilla military strategy, but does it show leadership ability – the leadership needed by the most powerful country in the world today?
Debate, don’t debate, hide Palin, reveal Palin, doesn’t matter. Some things do matter though; John McCain, take down the banners, “Country First.” Or perhaps you can put up new banners, “Country First – After Me.” Enough, really is, Enough!

“If BS were currency, Palin could bail out Wall Street herself.”
Republicans — Here you have it from your very own favorite conservative columnist on today’s Townhall.com posting
The Palin Problem
Palin’s recent interviews with Charles Gibson, Sean Hannity and now Katie Couric have all revealed an attractive, earnest, confident candidate. Who Is Clearly Out Of Her League.
No one hates saying that more than I do. Like so many women, I’ve been pulling for Palin, wishing her the best, hoping she will perform brilliantly. I’ve also noticed that I watch her interviews with the held breath of an anxious parent, my finger poised over the mute button in case it gets too painful. Unfortunately, it often does. My cringe reflex is exhausted.
If BS were currency, Palin could bail out Wall Street herself.
Only Palin can save McCain, her party and the country she loves. She can bow out for personal reasons, perhaps because she wants to spend more time with her newborn. No one would criticize a mother who puts her family first.
Do it for your country!
source:
http://townhall.com/columnists/KathleenParker/2008/09/26/the_palin_problem?page=full
I couldn’t have said it any better!

Duckraker
simply put… it is their job to go be part of a debate if they are called by the president! Mccain is going back to washington after the debate tonight obamas already in the air on the 767 having cocktails and mixed nuts or whatever!

McCain is going? And to my knowledge, no bill is solidified. Guess that means it was politics after all, and he never planned on not showing. Too bad everyone exposed the stunt ahead of time for what it was(everyone except GOP backers). See you tonight at 9! And for Pete’s Sake, someone help Gov Palin find Oxford.

abe
you speak for a alot of people

McCain said he will stop campaign, and he didn’t do. His cronies say he went to Washington to help the negotiation, and he didn’t take any position… That possibly is the greatest help. Now, even though no compromise in sight, he says he will go to debate possibly because people didn’t by his “Country First” gimmick (according to today’s Rasmussen polls, 48% of voters say, he should go to the debate; in daily tracking also, Obama took 50-45 lead. He was always betting on the stupidity of American people, but unfortunately for him, they are smart enough to see his wimpy character. They are not anymore falling for his stunts.

Could someone let Sarah Palin know that Hugh Hefner is looking for a new squeeze. She’ll fit right in with the other bimbos. Drill me baby!

And for two days you have been ripping on McCain for NOT going to the debates and now that he is you are ripping on him for going. Where is the logic there? If he didn’t show you’d be ripping on him for that.
Do any one of you have a voice of reason?

DLM
absoultely.. they are either destitute or rich snobs that get every thing handed to them by mommy and daddy.. go blog for Obama because it seems fun and they can put down people for not using spell check or for not cut/pasting whole articles that are irrelevant

McClueless can finallly wobble his way thru the first debate that he tried to duck, and no matter how badly he does, his kookaid swiggin faithful will spin it into a victory.

I wish the Obama supporters would read more about this man than what the mainstream media reports on…which isn’t much.
Obama is no one that we want to head up our Country. He isn’t even a Democrat…he’s a Socialist.
Please do your research.
Palin is being scrutinized to death for things that are not nearly as important as what Obama has not been vetted about…Why? Good Question. Aren’t you interested in that?
Please do you research before you vote. Our freedom as the United States of America is at stake.

I am happy that the debate will go on tonight. Great news! The people get to hear from both candidates.
I think that the Obama’s haters should storp mentioning about Reverend Wright situation. I think Obama’s minister got some issues but Palin’s pastor is very weird. He believes in witches. Palin’s pastor prayed that Palin be protected from witchcraft. I believe in Jesus and that God can protect us from harm. The talk of witches is a bit weird.
I like Palin. I do not believe in all of her social values. I think she is a great role model for young woman like me. After watching parts of her last interview with Katie Couric, I am now 100% convince that she is not ready to be the Vice President of this great nation. Maybe next time.

Amy
its more fake outrage…Im no more a republican than nancy pelosi is but I will vote for Mccain and all of my democratic reps and senate candidates

Mccain is a dirty old man…. sorry i lost all respect for him…. he will do whatever to win an election. he does not care about us little people,win or lose he is going to be okay.
hot headed, he does not think things through, he is a reactor, he makes GWBush looks real smart andcalm. Sad to say yes, he does. He is worse than bush in my view, and that is horrible,because we all know bush is the worst president ever. so canyou imagine a president mccain, no I cannot.

McCain won’t attend. I don’t believe it. McCain said, “no deal, no debate.” And he wouldn’t lie, right?
This report must be a mistake.

The RNC has given McSame tranaquilizers to get rid of the nerves so he will be able to attend his butt whooping tonight. Let’s hope that he can stay awake during this butt whooping.
The question is: Where will Palin be hiding during this momentous occasion???

Some people may still don’t believe the Age-gap relationship, but tell you what? such things happen everyday on __Agelessmate.c om__ Let’s show some respect for the true love without the bondage of so-called social norm!!

All the posturing here about who is going to kick A** in the debate is such a waste of time… we’ll see tonight, won’t we!

paul you obama people arent very smart he didnt take the bait and every time axelrod and obama are dumbfounded

Interesting about George…
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/uselection2008/barackobama/2590614/Barack-Obamas-lost-brother-found-in-Kenya.html

WHEN YOU LISTEN TO REID AND DODD, YOU SEE WHY WASHINTON IS THE WAY IT IS..
REID IS LIKE A DEAD BODY TALKING.. EVERYTHING IS ABOUT PARTISAN POLITICS.. EVERYTHING

Pearl Lacey…you go ahead and move when BO loses. As for Ann Dunham, BO’s mother…she didn’t love him. She got knocked up by the Kenyan…Obama Sr. left them when Barry was 2, she married antother Muslim and Barry lived in INDONESIA FOR 6 YEARS LEARNING ISLAM, and then they kicked little Barry back to gran and gramps in Hawaii to raise. CAN YOU SAY ISSUES OF ABANDONMENT. Lil ol Barry has never felt loved with that childhood…he and his mom weren’t even talking when she died alone in a hospital.

More bad judgement and a poor decision by McCain. 1. Iraq war 2.Never vetted Sarah Palin 3. Out financial institutions are strong 4. I am not going to debate until a final decision is reached on the economy 5. Went to Washington and did nothing but got in the way and halted the progress.

staniam: “paul you obama people arent very smart he didnt take the bait and every time axelrod and obama are dumbfounded”
Huh, not sure what you’re trying to say. But I do know what McCain said. “No deal, no debate.”
So if he does show up, he’ll look even sillier than he already does for this non-suspension of a campaign stunt.

Anyone know what time the debate will begin?

Hey AttitudeOfGratitude,
Your observation is spot on! I agree with everything you’ve just stated. McCain is about tactics, not strategy. His tactics are about getting headlines for a day or two, but nothing from a strategic standpoint that sustains him.
This is a bad campaign that is depending on the ignorance and prejudices of americans to win this election. So sad.

paul
all networks are reporting that mccain will denate and the no deal was said because there isnt one yet and obama is having champagne and cookies at 32000 ft now because he has to get to oxford and practise!

I don’t see the fake outrage — if there is, it is coming from the democrats who are single-mindedly manipulating the bill. If you watch the video, you will see there was a legitimate reason for McCain to go back to DC. Also, no reporters were talking about the different styles between McCain and Obama in the WH meeting. To me, McCain was the one who wanted to be the team builder by listening first and then try to make compromise. Obama, on the other hand, only stubbonly follow Pelosi’s proposal – exactlly the way he has been always doing.
The media is all trying to make “passing the bill” as the focus. Reporters never question whether congress can pass a “good” bill, because all of them just treat the bill from the democrats as the best one. Anything the republicans want to add is bad. However, if the republicans had had their way several years ago and put a reign on Fannie and Freddie, we would not have been in today’s situation.
I really think the media is doing American people a disservice by fanning the fake outrage from the democrats.

The priority differences between these two candidates has not gone unnoticed.

Marvin
Obama proved he has bad strategy so you are up S$$t creek without a paddle

McCain did a smart thing, in that, he kept BHO from studying up on foreign policy for the 24hrs leading up to tomight. Obama will be lucky to walk away tonight with some of his dignity. While he studies up, McCain simply has to think back to that time, or situation.

I thought MCAIN could not debate untill there was abailout deal, has one been passed? no, has mccain resummed his “suspended campaign”? yes, does this make sense? no, not unless this was all political, which seems to be the case.

WHO HAS EVER DECIDED TO VOTE BASED ON DEBATES AND WHY IS OBAMA AFRAID OF TOWN HALLS.. SO HE CAN GO AROUND MAKING SPEECHES..
NEXT, WE NOT GOING TO BE LISTENING TO THE DEBATE AFTERWARDSWE WILL BE LISTENING TO THE THE MEDIA SPIN FROM THE DEBATE..PUNDIDT AND TALKING-HEADS ND WOULD BE GODS..
ITS ALL GONNA BE, “OBAMA DID IT AGAIN.. OBAMA GAVE HIM A LEFT HOOD YEAH!!’
THE MEDIA SPIN IS GONNA BE ABOUT WHAT OBAMA SAID AND DID AND HOW JOHN MCCCAIN LOST. HE LOOKED PALE.. HE DOESNT LOOK YOUNG..THATS WE GONNA HEAR..
OBAMA IS GONNA FINALLY REGURGITATE EVERYTHING HE CRAMMED SO FAR..

McCain is straight bull s*** with a little coke(cocaine that is).

@ Abe
Please kill that noise, Obama Knows his position and he did not have to stop his campaign to perform his duties, neither he nor McCain are allowed in those meetings. They are not on the finance committee, they only have to vote. McCain new that as well, he went to washington to do nothing but grand stand, and he made an a** of himself.
Posted by: Latisha Malone | Sep 26, 2008 12:16:49 PM
——————————–
Get off the Kool-Aid !!!!
The film was on TV, Senator McCain and Osama was there, at the meeting, after Bush had to “invite” him. Obama is lost, way over his head. That affirmative action education is showing again!
McCain will be there for that 3 AM call. Obama – call me if you need me, sad.

Don’t you know McCain went to the meeting as Cheerleader

staniam: “all networks are reporting that mccain will denate and the no deal was said because there isnt one yet and obama is having champagne and cookies at 32000 ft now because he has to get to oxford and practise!”
I guess its me, but I find your posts hard to understand.
Anyway, true or not: McCain said, “no deal, no debate.”
True or not: we don’t have a deal now, and most likely won’t by tonight.
So how exactly are you trying to spin the news that McCain will now debate?

How did McCain last so long being as intellectually challenged as he is?
Was it simply the “war hero” bit that kept him afloat all these years?
It’s shocking to witness the demise of one held in such high esteem for so long.
It’s more than shocking.
It’s sad.
I’m embarrassed for him every time he opens his mouth.

vrabelo
Mccain didnt have to say anything at the WH yesterday and what Obama said will be used in a campaign ad… enough said!

Hey Republicans! Rush and Hennidy represent your party well. What a couple of deceiving liars. Just listening to Rush. That guy is so full of you know what.

HOPE MCSHAME IS DONE FLIP FLOPPIN!!!!
YOU MIGHT AS WELL SEND SARAH HOME!!!

I am a conservative and I have never seen such erractic, implusive behavior in a presidential candidate. John McCain does not have the temperment or the leadership be president. First he picks a women that has not been properly vetted and has so much baggage and then he suspends his campaign. You have to be able to multitask we are always in a crisis.

He’s begun to ramble and make weird decisions. It’s time to put this guy in a home. I’m not trying to be cruel by saying that.. It’s the truth. His behavior and choices seem out of concert with one another. He’s an old man. He needs to let it go.

Hey Obama, pull my finger.

maryland woman
I agree I have a lot of people saying Im crazy bu I will vote for mccain and the democrats running in my state that will work and the obama peopel who say they will boycott 2012 are no threat!

oh sweet is the crisis over?

I got it….Dean’s brother put out the vile ad. They are going to start coming from both sides, like bombs going off in the last couple of weeks. Should be tense TV viewing.

McSame was just trying to avoid a good whipping tonight. It hard to defend poor policy especially when it now is soooo extremely obvious, to even to the sheeple.

Elderly abuse comes to mind.
Someone needs to look after McCain since he’s obviously lost the cognitive where with all to look after himself.
It’s time to retire, McCain.
It’s time to retire.

Tonya: “…and then he suspends his campaign.”
This is another question. What exactly did he suspend? I mean, were they not taking in donations, having surrogates speak on talk shows, having the candidate speak on talk shows, run advertising, sending press releases, organizing volunteers at the local offices, etc.?
If you can suspend a campaign and keep doing all this stuff, what exactly are you suspending?

ABE….affirmitive action education? Funny, getting into the Naval Academy on YOUR DADS merit and not your own sounds more like affirmitive action to me. Especially when PObamas grades got him into Harvard, and his grades graduated him at the TOP of his class opposed to the bottom 5 like MCCain. Get Real with yourself, perhaps you should drink some koolaid. ***rolling eyes at ignorance***
McCain should be embarrassed. He made a fool of himself. This could only work in his favor had the bill been signed off on by now. Congress RECONVENED at 11AM TODAY. SOOOOO in 1.5 hours they came to an agreement and made that much headway? HELL NO THEY DIDNT!!!!!! McCain is an idiot. Obama will wipe the floor with him tonight. GOOOOOOOOOOO OBAMA BIDEN 08!!!!!!

Obama “Just call me, if you need me”. We will remember in November, and we won’t be calling you! This is shameful behavior for a U S Senator.
Obama should go back to Kenya, where he was born.
http://www.obamacrimes.com
McCain/Palin/PUMA!

“My fellow Americans, it is time to put bi-partisan politics aside and show the world who the real maverick in all of this is. I am a POW for God’s sake, isn’t that enough?? So what if I don’t know anything about the economy (except that its strong, no wait its in crisis, no wait, it’s strong…oh whatever, I’m living off Cindy, so I don’t really care!) but I have tried to act like it to put off my debate with Obama but what about those scripted, I mean, free flowing town hall meetings at Cindy’s house? I’ve been in Congress since the Ice Age and look at this blog….look at how my supporters can intelligently and specifically list all of my accomplishments…no really, look hard. So what I chose someone who will woooo Hillary supporters because she’s a woman and despite the fact that she needs to borrow my depends diapers every time she’s asked the same question twice? She’s a maverick too and she’s going to get shaken, I mean shake things up in Washington and put the White House on ebay. My fellow Americans, I’m going to also try to steal this election like W did but make it look like Barack’s fault since he has dark skin and we all know he’s a “muslim.” So tonight, don’t focus on my lack of insight regarding my answers against Barack, just keep repeating “teleprompter” over and over in your heads. Anyway, vote for me because I’m the greatest maverick of all time!!
Love, John McCain
”
Thanks John for finally telling the truth. Hopefully you won’t flip-flop on this in an hour.

Obama will show his true colors tonight…he’s helpless without a teleprompter….cannot think on his feet, and most of all is a liar!!! Think….Reverend Wright???? There’s only so far someone who speaks “eloquently” can go. McCain 08′

McCain is attending the debate because his people realized that the smart americans realized their game – to push this debate and aviod a VP debate at all cost.
Now, in order to reverse the trend he will debate and there will morons that will say he is a “hero” for attending the debate after being a washington.
People open you minds and eyes and see the bigger picture do you really want another 4 years of the same misery?

If at one time women were considered heretical for swimming upstream against feminist orthodoxy, they now face condemnation for swimming downstream — away from Sarah Palin.
To express reservations about her qualifications to be vice president — and possibly president — is to risk being labeled anti-woman.
Or, as I am guilty of charging her early critics, supporting only a certain kind of woman.
Some of the passionately feminist critics of Palin who attacked her personally deserved some of the backlash they received. But circumstances have changed since Palin was introduced as just a hockey mom with lipstick — what a difference a financial crisis makes — and a more complicated picture has emerged.
As we’ve seen and heard more from John McCain’s running mate, it is increasingly clear that Palin is a problem. Quick study or not, she doesn’t know enough about economics and foreign policy to make Americans comfortable with a President Palin should conditions warrant her promotion.
Yes, she recently met and turned several heads of state as the United Nations General Assembly convened in New York. She was gracious, charming and disarming. Men swooned. Pakistan’s president wanted to hug her. (Perhaps Osama bin Laden is dying to meet her?)
And, yes, she has common sense, something we value. And she’s had executive experience as a mayor and a governor, though of relatively small constituencies (about 6,000 and 680,000, respectively).
Finally, Palin’s narrative is fun, inspiring and all-American in that frontier way we seem to admire. When Palin first emerged as John McCain’s running mate, I confess I was delighted. She was the antithesis and nemesis of the hirsute, Birkenstock-wearing sisterhood — a refreshing feminist of a different order who personified the modern successful working mother.
Palin didn’t make a mess cracking the glass ceiling. She simply glided through it.
It was fun while it lasted.
Palin’s recent interviews with Charles Gibson, Sean Hannity, and now Katie Couric have all revealed an attractive, earnest, confident candidate. Who Is Clearly Out Of Her League.
No one hates saying that more than I do. Like so many women, I’ve been pulling for Palin, wishing her the best, hoping she will perform brilliantly. I’ve also noticed that I watch her interviews with the held breath of an anxious parent, my finger poised over the mute button in case it gets too painful. Unfortunately, it often does. My cringe reflex is exhausted.
Palin filibusters. She repeats words, filling space with deadwood. Cut the verbiage and there’s not much content there. Here’s but one example of many from her interview with Hannity: “Well, there is a danger in allowing some obsessive partisanship to get into the issue that we’re talking about today. And that’s something that John McCain, too, his track record, proving that he can work both sides of the aisle, he can surpass the partisanship that must be surpassed to deal with an issue like this.”
When Couric pointed to polls showing that the financial crisis had boosted Obama’s numbers, Palin blustered wordily: “I’m not looking at poll numbers. What I think Americans at the end of the day are going to be able to go back and look at track records and see who’s more apt to be talking about solutions and wishing for and hoping for solutions for some opportunity to change, and who’s actually done it?”
If BS were currency, Palin could bail out Wall Street herself.
If Palin were a man, we’d all be guffawing, just as we do every time Joe Biden tickles the back of his throat with his toes. But because she’s a woman — and the first ever on a Republican presidential ticket — we are reluctant to say what is painfully true.
What to do?
McCain can’t repudiate his choice for running mate. He not only risks the wrath of the GOP’s unforgiving base, but he invites others to second-guess his executive decision-making ability. Barack Obama faces the same problem with Biden.
Only Palin can save McCain, her party, and the country she loves. She can bow out for personal reasons, perhaps because she wants to spend more time with her newborn. No one would criticize a mother who puts her family first.
Do it for your country.
— Kathleen Parker is a nationally syndicated columnist.

McCain is a bumbling fool. HOW embarrassing for our country to have this crypt keeper shuffling around the halls of congress and the senate trying to convince the voters he’s in control of the situation.
GAWD. I need a cleansing shower after listening to him assure the public he’s going to save the say…ew… I mean really ….GROSS.

McCain’s already lost the election. Game over! Too many gaffes….selecting Palin, then hiding her from the press, conveying he REALLY doesn’t have any confidence in her. (So much for his integrity.) Then, all the attack ads that were proven as lies, and falsely denying on “The View” that Palin ever took earmark money. Changing his mind on the economy, twice in the same day, also didn’t help his credibility. And putting Palin in front of foreign leaders for photos, without media interviews, only emphasized her baffling lack of experience in dealing with foreign policy and the campaign’s continued effort to shield her from the press. Also his statement, “the fundamentals of the economy are strong” didn’t resonate well with the public, neither did his statement saying he didn’t know how many houses he has. Obviously, McCain’s instincts and his campaign advisors have been crap!

I will be damned if i am going to foot the bill for pork the Dems tried to bamboozle past us with the purported ‘deal’ they had struck. This looks really really bad for the democratic congress and you can rant and rave against McSame as you so eloquently put it, but if he hadn’t turned the spotlight on it the public wouldn’t have been any wiser. I have to say that the Obama supporters are, for the most part, the vile and disgusting bloggers on the internet. They souind like 7th graders. A 20 year + Former Democrat.

Only a good psychiatrist can explain the erratic behavior demonstrated by the McCain camp.

I wonder which one of McCain’s 13 cars he will be driving to the debate. To show how in touch he is with the average American.

John McCain has shown true leadership. Once again he has put ‘country first’ above personal gain.
For Nobama, it is the usual party politics game.
Hispanics support a real leader like John McCain.

I am tired of hearing people say that McCain is country first. His record shows otherwise. His plan cuts paid -for social security benefits. His plan for healthcare will only give it to 5 million people. There are 42 million Americans without healthcare. He has picked a woman who has no foreign policy experience (stated by Laura Bush). She has no national experience either. As for him going to Washington D.C. to help in the bailout plan, was a joke considering he is not one of the senators that belong to the commitee to handle the crisis. When are you people going to wake up and realize that this man has no intention to help most Americans. Try picking up an international newspaper or go online and see what the rest of the world thinks about us. You might not care about what the rest of the world thinks now, but you will when you need help and they turn their backs on you. Need I remind you, France and Germnay against the Iraq war. People open your eyes to what is going on not just in America, but the rest of the world. McCain is a war monger and all you young people should think about a DRAFT, because it is possible. He said it in a speech in New Mexico.

THE DEMOCRATS WANT THE BILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF THIS PROPOSED “BAILOUT” – TO GO TO EARMARKS – SUCH AS “ACORN” – ONE OF THE MOST CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS FOR THIS ELECTION.
ACORN – IS ALREADY UNDER INVESTIGATION IN SEVERAL STATES FOR CORRUPTION IN VOTING REGISTRATIONS – FOR BARACK OBAMA!
BARACK OBAMA IS OR WAS “ACORN’S” ATTORNEY!!!!
HERE IS THE FBI – LINK TO FILE A REPORT OF CONCERN:
https://tips.fbi.gov/
ALSO WRITE TO THE “FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION” OF YOUR OUTRAGE!
http://www.fec.gov/members/members.shtml
CONTACT YOUR STATE REPRESENTATIVE
https://forms.house.gov/wyr/welcome.shtml

the Obama camp failed on two fronts they had Sen reid come out and say that John Mccain needs to be there on Monday then he suspended his campaign and came after he told Obma he would do so… then reid tried to change the debate… no pun intended a few minutes ago by saying that it was mccain s fault a deal hasnt been reached… I know thats baloney and Im a democrat..

I LOVE these discussions – so much ignorance, so much trash-talking. But for a moment, let’s get real about governing. Government at the top is about team building: getting the best people together to do the job — that’s why president’s have cabinets. For this independent, that means I’m voting for Obama. The reason is simple: McCain could have chosen anybody for his running mate, he chose Palin and Palin is pathetic. Bad start for team building. And given the stunts of the last few days, whoever he has chosen to run his campaign is giving him lousy advice. I shutter to think who he would out in his cabinet if this is the best he can do with his choices.

I hate the way B. Hussein walks/swaggers….what an arrogan F. Is there room in that debate hall for his head?

Hi Marvin,
Thanks – if the end results didn’t have such a major impact on us all (who will be President) McCain’s antics would be humerous to watch. These are the times that I truly hope Americans can see through all the B.S. and be ticked off that McCain thinks we are all too stupid to see his campaign for what it is. Peace

HOOOORAYYYYY!!!!!
ALL THE OBAMA DEBATE WATCHING PARTIES PLANNED ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE ON!
THANK YOU TANK YOU! THANK YOU!
I WAS SOOOOOOOOO SCARED THAT THE PARTIES WERE GONNA CANCEL TONIGHT! I WAS SO DISGUSTED BECAUSE WE WEREN’T GONNA GAVE THE PARTIES! I WAS LIKE WHAT THE !!!!!!!
TONIGHT’S PARTY IS ON GUYS! SO COOL! THIS MCCAIN DUDE IS A PARTY SPOILER! THIS WAS A CLOSE CALL DUDE! LET’S ALL HAVE THE PARTY! OBAMA RULES DUDE!

America is not ready for a muslim president.

DJIA Down -93.34 I smell a deal in the offing
NYSE down 170 points
Wow Great improvement – they need to be independent and fix themselves and not wait for the gov’t bailout

McCain thinks Americans are stupid, and he can flip-flop or dance any way he want. Just dance and cry wolf and Americans will believe in him.

“The difference between Barack Obama and John McCain was apparent during the White House meeting yesterday where Barack Obama’s priority was political posturing in his opening monologue defending the package as it stands. John McCain listened to all sides so he could help focus the debate on finding a bipartisan resolution that is in the interest of taxpayers and homeowners.”
THAT’S CALLED LEADERSHIP

hmmm wonder if McCain will ever address his “support of de-regulation” or if that will be tossed into the wind.

Tonya:
That is a typical response to anyone who would be against Barack Obama as our next President.
Isn’t that what Black people have done for year? Use the race card?
Sickening.
Your Barack Obama is plain not qualified.. Why are you for him….BECAUSE he’s BLACK?

Hey Hobbs,
Don’t get too excited:
Rasmussen Tracking 09/23 – 09/25 3000 LV 50 45 Obama +5
Hotline/FD Tracking 09/23 – 09/25 912 RV 49 42 Obama +7
CBS News/NY Times 09/21 – 09/24 LV 48 43 Obama +5
FOX News 09/22 – 09/23 900 RV 45 39 Obama +6
NBC News/Wall St. Jrnl 09/19 – 09/22 1085 RV 48 46 Obama +2
ABC News/Wash Post 09/19 – 09/22 780 LV 52 43 Obama +9
LA Times/Bloomberg 09/19 – 09/22 838 LV 49 45 Obama +4
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THE ONLY POLL THAT REALLY COUNTS GALLUP HAS THIS RACE TIED.. I BELIEVE GALLUP BEFORE I BELIEVE THE OTHER GUYS. EVEN YOUR JUNK POLLS WILL CHANGE SOON..
THEY ARE POLLING ONLY 60% VOTERS SINCE 30% ARE UNDECIDED. NADER AND BARR NOT FACTORED IN..THESE POLLS ARE IFY. GALLUP IS THE ONE I BELEIVE MOST.
GALLUP
MCCAIN 46 OBAMA 46

I just finished looking at the Republican press conference. All they talked about was John McCain. I have news for all of them. This is not about John McCain. It is about hurting ordinary people. Keep McCain out of it. Negotiate and get the thing done without McCain coming within ten thousand miles of it. He was a major factor in helping cause the problem in the first place. Then if you want McCain to rush in and say he did it all, let him rush in. But this grandstanding right now will cause a depression.

McCain: is a joke and not to mention all the lies and desperation to deceive the american people by any means necessary…. he continues to make staged appearances to persuade the Public to believing country first. Come on. Wake up… He has no shame…

Ummmm Uhhhhh so Ummmmm Duhhhhh Ummmmm Uhhhhh what was the Ummmm uhhhh Question again.

So? Why is this front page news? Obama going too. Why does the media keep giving McCain so much attentioni? Hey look everybody, McCain sneezed! Stop the presses!

ATTN Conservatives:
I must confess, I am a Democrat, I have voted the Democrat ticket all my life. But in the interest in putting our country first I will try and be objective and level with you. McCain has displayed for all the world to see that he likes to gamble with hos political future. Now I grant that the conventional wisdom is that it is a bad year to be a Republican. All things considered it would be tough for any Republican Presidential candidate to succeed in this envoirnment. I guess this is why Sen McCain felt that it was neccessary to throw a couple of Hail Mary passes. (Examples: Suspending his campaign, Picking Sarah Palin, saying We are all Georgians, adopting the Karl Rove slash and burn politics rather than being the McCain that ran in 2000). i don’t agree but I can see how most Republicans could find this acceptable. Republicans love their country as much as Democrats do and they have an idea of how to improve tjis country. But if you take an objective view, I think you will find that while this behavior may fly on the campagn trail, it absolutely can not fly in the White House. Imagine what a President whose goal is to ” shake things up” can do in the White House. We can not gamble with our future. Not now. We have a lot of big problems to solve. We are in two wars, our ecomomy is on the edge of falling into a depression, there are 45 million US citizens without healthcare, our Education system and Infrastructure is in tatters, and the confidence of the American people in their governments ability to tackle big problems is at an all time low. And for the last two months John Mccain has shown himself to be reckless, short-sighted and impetuous in his decision making. We literally can not afford this right now.
Furthermore, Sarah Palin is demonstratively unprepared for this job. She has shown no interest in Foreign Policy or Domestic Policy. The prospect of someone so unprepared beingthat close to power sends shivers down my spine. Especially when John McCain has had 4 bouts of Cancer and he is 72 years old.
I ask for Republicans to step back and take a good look at what they are offering for President and Vice President. I implore you to take a second look at what Barack Obama offers. Put your prejudice aside, put your country first, and ask yourself what kind of president do we need right now. Do we need a maverick who’s favorite game is craps, or do we need a steady hand who’s favorite game is poker. I think that when we look at the choice rationally, Barack Obama is the best man for the job right now. That might not have been the case 4 years ago, or 4 years from now. But it is surely the case right now.

DEMOCRATS ARE SO CORRUPT!

Jay, you don’t get it because you’re a lib…Palin was a brilliant choice in getting the base of this party energized and some moderate women who wanted Hillary. I was one of them and have supported McCain even before the Palin pick, because my anxiety over the weakest choice, BO is too great.
McCain’s first executive decision was brilliant. She draws the same number crowds as the first black candidate did.
He’s not drawing the crowds quite so much now….but he does tell them to “get in their faces” on fighting with friends and neighbors about voting for him.

GALLUP POLL – 46% McCain, 46% NOBAMA.

the only reason it seems that obama can’t seal the deal is strictly due to his race. the likely voters in the polls do not represent the youth vote which will more than obliterate the racial divide.
obama 08

LOL
so here we have it, somebody who truly is suspending his campaign until he gets some answers…
THANK YOU!!!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Think I’ll just keep re-posting this one, until McCain supporters acknowledge their candidate’s word just ain’t worth squat:
I still am waiting for someone to explain this latest erratic behavior. It wasn’t that many hours ago McCain said, “no deal, no debate.”
And now he’s going to debate without a bailout deal?
Posted by: Paul | Sep 26, 2008 12:42:57 PM

I love the idea that foreign policy is John McCain’s strength. So far here in the rest of the world we have seen the ” bomb bomb bomb Iran ” song, the press conference in Amman Jordan earlier this year when he appeared to not know the difference between Shia and Sunni, Arab and Persian. Then we saw his Cold War rhetoric against Russia after Russia’s response to the Georgian incursion into South Ossetia. More recently when interviewed by a Spanish newspaper, asked if he would meet with the Spanish Leader Zapatero he kept talking about Latin America. He thought Czechoslovakia still existed. The rest of the world is convinced he is another George Bush or god forbid, worse. So good luck repairing your international image if this ignoramus is in charge.

“The difference between Barack Obama and John McCain was apparent during the White House meeting yesterday where Barack Obama’s priority was political posturing in his opening monologue defending the package as it stands. John McCain listened to all sides so he could help focus the debate on finding a bipartisan resolution that is in the interest of taxpayers and homeowners.”
THAT’S CALLED LEADERSHIP
Posted by: nancysabet | Sep 26, 2008 12:42:08 PM
PERHAPS NANCY, YOU SHOULD MENTION THAT THIS BLURB IS FROM THE MCCAIN CAMPAIGN. SO ITS NOT REALLY VALID NOW IS IT?

Nobama sat for over 20 years in his ‘church’ listening to hate speeches and did nothing.
Now he is hiding his birth certificate and is about to throw his running mate Biden under the bus.

God what a laughingstock McCain is becoming. Does he even know what he’s doing anymore? What happened to no debate without an agreement? What a tool!

Do the BO supporters here forget that THE PRESIDENT CALLED BOZO TO COME TO WASHINGTON? Obama shouldn’t have had to be called….should have known the seriousness of this, like McCain did. Next weeks stock market should be very interesting.

Demsnever – is that all you’ve got left? Lies and smears? Give it up already. Nobody is buying that desperate crap. Get a life, loser. LOL

sally
you are repeating a tired talking point from bo.com thats not discussion its propaganda stop!

The only reason this was rushed through
was because the congress and senate needed
to go on their vacations. Disney don’t let
them in!

“At today’s Cabinet meeting, John McCain did not attack any proposal or endorse any plan. John McCain simply urged that for any proposal to enjoy the confidence of the American people, stressing that all sides would have to cooperate and build a bipartisan consensus for a solution that protects taxpayers,” the memo continued.
Supporters also claim that McCain was not disruptive during the White House talks but urged all sides to come together.
But to hear it elsewhere, McCain is largely to blame for the impasse in negotiations on a $700 billion package aimed at saving Wall Street from bad mortgage securities.
“Here’s my observation and I think this may have been confirmed at the meeting today — when you inject presidential politics into delicate negotiations, sometimes it’s not helpful. The cameras change things,” Obama told FOX News after the meeting ended. “It’s not clear to me that having presidential candidates in a high-profile way in the negotiating process is useful.”
Democratic leaders on Capitol Hill were more blunt.
“He’s slowed it down,” Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., said of McCain’s impact on the negotiations. “The next thing we know, he’s in a position frankly where he’s making it harder to get things done, rather than help us negotiate differences.”
Obama vice presidential running mate, Joe Biden, suggested that the deal was close to finished until McCain arrived in D.C. on Thursday, one day after he suspended his political campaign to work on negotiations and called for such a high-level meeting of candidates and officials in Washington, D.C.
“We had a deal this morning, it looked like, when I say we -– the leadership of the House, and the Senate, the Democrats — had an agreement on this so-called bailout package and it looked like it was all going to be set and there was a call from the president, would Barack come to the White House with the congressional leadership and sort of sign on the dotted line?” Biden said at a Rhode Island fundraiser Thursday night.
“We were going to all put this behind us and then I’m told that things changed that John McCain landed about 4 o’clock and all of a sudden I don’t know what the reason but some of the House Republicans decided that this, this wasn’t going to go forward, at least not, not right away,” Biden continued.

DLM – Um, Obama wasn’t on any of the relevant banking or regulatory committees drafting the legislation and neither was McSame. What’s your point exactly? Nice try, dimwit, but it’s not our fault if you McSame bots don’t know how our government actually works. LOL

stan…my husband said if there’s any riots that would be it….never again would would an African American get so far in politics….but the lefty radicals, college kid crowd could go off too. It wouldn’t be pretty. I’m sure there will be threats.

Do not put all your wishes to see the debate tonight. McCain can cancel it at ANY TIME. Oh! “Country first!!!”, But What is “Country” anyway? It’s NOT in McCain’s dictionary. He only found the word “ME” in the dictionary.

McCain has some health issues that he didn’t want made public in a nation wide debate. Look at videos of him over the last week. Something is going on with his eye..drooping, twitching…same side of his face as the cancer. In videos of him before last week you can see red streaks running along his upper cheek bone. He isn’t hiding because of what will come out of his mouth, but what is plainly on his face. He’s sick again.

MORE AND MORE LIES:
BY SARAH PALIN: “By that standard, the Iranian government is both oppressive and barbaric. Under (President Mahmoud) Ahmadinejad’s rule, Iranian women are some of the most vulnerable citizens. If an Iranian woman shows too much hair in public, she risks being beaten or killed.”
POLITFACT.COM: ” the restrictions related to modesty are routinely flouted without consequence. And her claim that killing was a possible consequence of immodesty pushed her statement into the realm of outright falsehood”
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JOHN MCCAIN: ”
“I have never asked for a single earmark, pork barrel project for my state of Arizona.”
POLITIFACT.COM: “It’s just not true. As PolitiFact writer John Frank pointed out earlier this year, McCain in 2006 co-sponsored legislation that asked for $10-million for an academic center at the University of Arizona to honor the late Supreme Court chief justice William Rehnquist. In 2003, Frank noted, McCain won authorization to buy property to create a buffer zone around Luke Air Force Base in Arizona, and in 1992, McCain asked the Environmental Protection Agency to provide $5-million toward a wastewater project in Nogales, Ariz”
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PALIN: “Through competition as governor, I got agreements to build a nearly $40-billion natural gas pipeline.”
POLITIFACT.COM: “Palin’s accomplishment sounds impressive in her words — far more than it actually is. The agreement she reached — with the help of the Alaska State Legislature — is not a commitment to build, but rather a commitment to begin planning the massive project. Palin’s claim suggests that construction is assured, but that’s just not true. And if it were, it wouldn’t be a $40-billion pipeline. Those are two significant flaws in this claim Palin makes repeatedly”
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McCain: Palin had “executive experience” in the PTA.
Politifact.com: “We agree PTA can be hard, important and often thankless work. And principals often credit parental involvement in PTA as crucial to the success of schools. But since it does not appear that Palin served as an officer in PTA (though we acknowledge it’s possible she did and folks just won’t say) we think it’s wrong to count that as executive experience. Without any evidence to support McCain’s statement, we rate this one False.”
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John McCain: NO AGREEMENT, NO DEBATE…
um, do we have an agreement and nobody told me? cuz McDaddy’s on his way to Miss

DLM
yea my mom is basically on the Obama train now because she remembers the 68 riots… thats a choice but its a sad one

he never stopped his campaign, seems Pfothenhauer never got the memo, she was on bashing Obama last night….what a sham

Obama’s birth certificate is on his website. He was born in Hawaii where he lived for 18 years before moving to the windy city. He was raised Muslim and converted after moving to Chicago. His mom is from Kansas.
http://WWW.BARACKOBAMA.COM

mccain wont show tonight there is no way obama would destroy him and he knows it.Im not saying either of them are right for the job just that obama would cream him.I wish there was something else we could do.how did we get to this point?america is doomed its sad I Love this country!

Obama has 300 advisors and needs to be told at all times what to do….that’s why the stammer ug, ah, um, let me check with my handlers.
I don’t want my tax dollars to pay for the excessive advisors this two minute Senator poster boy will have to put on salary. He’ll need an advisor to find his way to the toilets in the WH.

Senator McCain, I disagree, You see we need change..like ehh ahh..um you see..um…ahh..umm…like making credit available to any body who wants to have credit, even if they can’t afford it, because by golly everyone in this country deserves to own a house…we um should just give money away to everyone..ints not like our banks will fail because of all the worthless loans we are giving away…let me show you some of my lofty legislation that I have passed in my long short stint in my State stepping stone..um err I mean Senator position…oh..um I seem to not have passed any major legislation in my long career as a senator…um..isn’t there a teleprompter…um er…Vote for me because I am not Bush..and McCain is…Come on Obama…has nothing…the Economy and Gasoline and about everything else was going pretty darn good what has happened lately to bring us down? Hmmm 2006 Change to bring the Dems in charge of Congress…The Dems loose pocket book with the housing mess…What a waste of politics

Do the BO supporters here forget that THE PRESIDENT CALLED BOZO TO COME TO WASHINGTON? Obama shouldn’t have had to be called….should have known the seriousness of this, like McCain did. Next weeks stock market should be very interesting.
Posted by: DLM | Sep 26, 2008 12:48:18 PM
DO SOME HOMEWORK. BUSH CALLED THEM FOR A SEMI PRIVATE MTG. They were not part of negotiations.

McCain has hundreds of advisors, too – including Phil Gramm. LOL

Think I’ll just keep re-posting this one, until McCain supporters acknowledge their candidate’s word just ain’t worth squat:
I still am waiting for someone to explain this latest erratic behavior. It wasn’t that many hours ago McCain said, “no deal, no debate.”
And now he’s going to debate without a bailout deal?

jay
a staff of 2000 on a campaign and crods who are drawn thusly by promises of free concerts etc does not a reputable campaign make!

LoL! You guys are tooo funny! Good to have fun bashing each other;s choice of candidates.
Definitely been amusing these last 4 weeks……

Paid Abe says…
“McCain went to Washington to do perform his duty, as a member of congress. Obama had to be “invited” by Bush to visit. “The One” was lost without his tele-prompter.”
Then why did the videos show him first almost asleep and then laughing at the end. Rumor has it he was sitting there eating all the bon-bons.
BTW, he also picked up Bush’s backpack while he was there.

I do feel sorry for you McCain supporters. This last 48 hours have left you with some tough things to spin.

Wow! Seeing that ad on McCain’s website saying “McCain wins debate!” reminds me of the Saddleback Forum and I shudder. Hope they didn’t give him the questions beforehand. Jim Lehrer does lean a little to the right. Maybe they won’t ask any geography questions like “Is Spain in Europe or Latin America?”

Tonya
the problem is the grownups didnt chose the candidate it is peopel like hyou that did and if he loses please dont screw it up again in 2012 just dont vote!

McCain tanked the deal-in-progress just to play politics and look like a hero. But now he looks like a fool and a jackass. Nobody wants this vain idiot running the country. The GOP is not competent to run the country anymore.

paul
get over it just just were taught a lesson and maybe you candidate has a chance on Nov 4th but not likely

not impressed he only looks like a jackass to you obamabots because he dared to spoil your party… Innaguration is not a done deal for BO I know… Ive been to one or two of them!

I am a minority and received 1 million dollars loan last year!
Now my morgage is up and it is getting very hard to pay for me.
Who will bail me out?
I hope that Mccain can make his case tonight,
When I received my loan, I also was told how wonderful Barrack Obama is!
I was directed by the lender to vote for Obama!
I am ready to testify!

Gigi – yeah, I caught that McCain lie last night – and so did all of Letterman’s viewers, lol.
I don’t know about the wisdom of screwing over Letterman. McCain had to realize a) Letterman would find out about it, and b) mention it on his show.

How funny to accuse Obama of political posturing. Pot meet kettle. The GOP has been dragging their heels for what exactly???? What is their problem with the bill as it stands? Vague, vague, vague. Translation: we just want to drag our heels so it looks like McCain saved the day while Obama was campaigning. If McCain can cook BBQ with Rachel Ray on a Wed during this “crisis”, he can debate Obama on that Friday. This election is important to the country & for mccain to act like it’s not offends me.

mcfarland
I can attest t thefact that they arent the same person I am saying the same thing and Im not the same as them get a life… you just learned your lesson about how not to do politics… Obama is only a populist among his peopel… sounds disturbingly messianic to me!

I am a Republican and I say McCain has no leadership, he is a total wreak and embarrassment. McCain has become a Hugh liability for the GOP party. My vote now rest with Obama.

I myself is a democratic and have been hoping that our country change party in leadship this year. But i’m disappointed now. Obama is too selfish. He is just so desperately to win the debate for his own good and not letting our country first. This is exactly what John Kerry lost to Bush 4 years ago. I don’t like Republics, love democratics myself. But i would never vote for someone that is selfish and only serves his good , his cause, his goal, not his country. I hated to see my party lost again. Obama, do something about it. Think of country first, man. Remember the famous line, “don’t ask what the country do to you, ask what you do for your country ..” . Why cann’t our party have someone representing ourselves with a greater cause than his own ? By the way, i wonder why Obama’s wife has been disappeared since Sarah Palin got into the presidential race ? Our guy has something to hide ? I used to see Michel and Obama together ect . She just completely .. avoid America. It is hard to imagine that our first lady will be someone that is as selfish as our president. Maybe i should turn to be an independent if i begin to give up in our party leadership. Where is all our good people hey ? Why Republic always beat us in the past 8 years in last minute ? Look at Gore and then Kerry . History might be repeated itself.

McCain has relied far too mcuh on his Machiavellian (Look it up Sarah and get back to us. . .) consultants from the Bush Rove political fiasco. This was a complete screwup for anyone willing to be open minded and do a little bit of research. He never suspended his campaign, he just said he did (wasn’t there some reference to “just words a whiel back???) He breezed into DC and hosed the negotiations in less than 3 hours. So he does have some talent, just not in negotiations or arbitration. Those are skills a President Needs. Johnny just is not qualified and no freakin way is Carabou Barbie ready for ANY level of national crisis.

I like the way McCain keeps Obama on toes. Will he or wont he?
I think O’s head might explode.
McCain/Palin 08

Violetta,
As an attorney, I suggest you to contact with McCain camp. immediately!
If you can veirfy that you were offered a morgage due to your monority status and was asked to pay back by your vote for Obama, American people should know about it!
Report it now!
And thanks for being honest!

Last week McCain said the “fundamentals” of the economy were sound, and some of crap about firing people for the mess Bush himself and their cabal have gotten us into. This week he pretends to suspend his campaign, and won’t debate so he can ride off on a white horse to save the the country. Now he is going to debate after all. This sounds like one totally confused and befuddled old geezer who panics easily. When you add to the equation, his airy-headed running mate (can you believe that interview with Couric, or do you think it was doctored?), this is not a ticket that gives comfort.

Oh, did I forget to mention you, STANIAM, or should I call you DRM, DEBRA, or ANGELO.
AGAIN, the same paid operative.
Nice try, though.

Obama is only a populist among his peopel… sounds disturbingly messianic to me!
Posted by: staniam | Sep 26, 2008 1:03:01 PM
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WHAT PEOPLE???? Certainly not the 12% of blacks in this country. You should Get a Life.

Once again Mccain rides in on his white horse to save the day, in another crisis that he created!
Trick after trick, after trick!

Sarah Palin is one of us. Sarah Palin understands.
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Actually I would like my president and vp to be more intelligent than I am. Unfortunately after listening to Sarah Palin speak, I don’t believe she understands at all. I’ve been quite embarrassed by her comments. And it left me wondering why in the world McCain chose her.

I’ll give McCain this much. I guess he can now see what a knee jerk reaction he had. At least he is willing to be flexible. I wouldn’t think anyone as old as is could be.

Demsnever…Sarah Palin thinks Putin is flying over Alaska and sharing a border with Canada is “foreign policy”.
If it is, I’ve lived in WA, ND and TX and have visited Mexico and Canada many times.
I should be the VP.
Sarah Palin is a dimwit and it is easy to tell because in every interview (both of them) she comes across as a dope who can’t actually provide an answer to any question asked of her. It would take a complete partisan hack like yourself to not see her for what she is…a pander move by McCain.

I find it funny that the Dems said they had a deal even when the Repubs were saying something differant. Then when everyone found out the Repubs didn’t like the deal they blame it on McCain. Seems to me the Dems didn’t know what was going on before they spoke. Now the McCain got the Repubs on track he is moving on. People need to look at the events and how the happened and not just what the media wanted you to hear. If you read more than 1 article it was pretty easy to put the pieces together to see the Dems in the sentate never talked to the house and thought that if they said they had a deal the house would fall in line. Well that didn’t happen until McCain talked to both the house and senate to get everybody on the same page. Since the Dems couldn’t do it I’m glad McCain could.
Posted by: sam | Sep 26, 2008 12:52:14 PM
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Sam, politics 101. Stay in the know or dont comment. The REPUBLICANS were the ones who presented the bill. The Dems tore it to sheds and wanted to agree on terms before agreeing to take it to the house.

mcfarland
we are all different… you are the operativee and you arent gettign what you want so you throw a tantrum doesnt work for obama nor you!

Has Hussein Muhammad Nobama donated money to this starving brother in Kenya yet????

HEY REPUBLICANS!!
Three weeks ago you were all dancing in the streets about McCain’s pick of Palin for VP and yelling how “great life was!!”
At that time I had one thing to say, and it came to pass today. I said Palin was like a meteor flying across the night sky, shining so brightly!!
I also said within a month that meteor Palin would first sputter, then burn out completely and finally hit the ground with a big THUD!!
Well Republicans just after Palin’s interview on CBS yesterday with Katie Couric we all heard a sound, the meteor has landed – THUD!!!
This plus McChicken’s “suspension” of his campaign (what a joke) and trying to dodge the debate. Then going to Washington to MESS UP the negotiations on the bailout yesterday, there is only one thing left to say…
Bye, bye McCain and hello President Obama!!
Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So McCain caved and Obama is going to beat the “tar” out of McChicken at the debate tonight!!!
Obama/Biden ’08!!!

Not allowed to paste a web link here, but go to the websites of:
THE NATIONAL BLACK REPUBLICAN ASSOC.
REV. JAMES MANNING
ACTFORAMERICA.COM
TOWNHALL.COM – KEVIN McCULLOUGH
-for an actual film footage of the 2003 Congress talks about Fannie and Freddie. A REAL EYE OPENER – WHERE THE BLAME LIES..

Now here’s the VERY definition of leadership. Say one thing and do another. The ONLY reason McLame is going to the debate is the polls. His campaign people ran the #s and knew if he blew this one off and Obama did a town hall it was over for him. This would be funny if it weren’t so sad. He’s toast anyway. He doesn’t stand a chance against Obama anyway. What leadership has he shown. He can’t even corral his own party over this mess. They’re going down and I’m glad.

America will never accept a filthy black porch monkey as our President. Barrack Adolph Hussein Mohammed Osama is a disgrace to monkeys everywhere.

not impressed
obama doesnt have a plurality of the electoral count with so many states undecided you are grasping at straws you will lose,…..Im trying to do you a favor and tell you he wont win now!

Does anyone really care that McCain stood up Letterman?
Does running for POTUS mean candidates must answer questions from a pompous entertainer?
Maybe Democrats take these appearances a little to seriously?
Posted by: no obama 08 | Sep 26, 2008 1:07:39 PM
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He bailed on letterman for katie couruk. UM, whats the difference? Both entertainers!!!!

I have to give to the McCain camp props this week. They really rallied up all the simpletons of the Rep. party. Do they not understand that McCain knows nothing about the economy?? If Obama would have repeated the statement”The fundamentals of our economy is strong” like McCain did he would have been blasted non stop. But they would rather praise a man with NO solutions, a deregulator for 26yrs, and someone that up until last week thougth “The fundamentals of our economy is still strong”. How pathetic.

staniam… I think you’ve been smoking a little yourself. The pot I mentioned was cooking gear… not recreational drugs. I don’t care if pot is legalized or not. I never understood that issue anyway … people can get the same mind-altering effects of pot from cigarettes or alcohol (which are both perfectly legal) so that issue holds no interest to me. It’s a moot point, in my opinion.

Karl: “Sarah Palin thinks Putin is flying over Alaska and sharing a border with Canada is “foreign policy”.
Yeah, but Karl, she can see Putin’s plane from her front porch, lol.
You know, in all honesty, I didn’t realize how bad the situation was with Palin. Just yesterday, I acknowledged a poster by the name of reddog that I didn’t think Palin was as out of it as most Obama supporters were saying, and that the McCain campaign ought to let her show that a little more.
But after seeing her initial attempts taking questions… I can fully understand why the McCain campaign keeps her hands tied.

I am so happy that McCain will be able to attend the debate. We need McCain’s voice of reason and common sense in the debate since we all know that obama is lacking. McCain is for our country. Obama is for Obama and special interest, pandering, lying and false hope. obama is a typical politican who could care less about our country. obama does not even know the word honor, duty and country.

After hearing Sarah Palin or what ever her name is on ABC I feel sorry for anyone who would think that Mcdommie or Playdom could run anything, not even their mouth couse they both don’t know what the heck they are talking about

McCain just pulled Obama’s card and Obama blinked. This election is already over. McCain is your next president!

LATINOS 4 McCain …
I’m latino too. simply doesn’t wash. But believe this. “Monkeys will fly out of your ass and vote for McShame too”

Demsnever, how your comment made it through I’ll never know but you shouldn’t talk about your mother like that!

MORE AND MORE LIES:
BY SARAH PALIN: “By that standard, the Iranian government is both oppressive and barbaric. Under (President Mahmoud) Ahmadinejad’s rule, Iranian women are some of the most vulnerable citizens. If an Iranian woman shows too much hair in public, she risks being beaten or killed.”
POLITFACT.COM: ” the restrictions related to modesty are routinely flouted without consequence. And her claim that killing was a possible consequence of immodesty pushed her statement into the realm of outright falsehood”
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JOHN MCCAIN: ”
“I have never asked for a single earmark, pork barrel project for my state of Arizona.”
POLITIFACT.COM: “It’s just not true. As PolitiFact writer John Frank pointed out earlier this year, McCain in 2006 co-sponsored legislation that asked for $10-million for an academic center at the University of Arizona to honor the late Supreme Court chief justice William Rehnquist. In 2003, Frank noted, McCain won authorization to buy property to create a buffer zone around Luke Air Force Base in Arizona, and in 1992, McCain asked the Environmental Protection Agency to provide $5-million toward a wastewater project in Nogales, Ariz”
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PALIN: “Through competition as governor, I got agreements to build a nearly $40-billion natural gas pipeline.”
POLITIFACT.COM: “Palin’s accomplishment sounds impressive in her words — far more than it actually is. The agreement she reached — with the help of the Alaska State Legislature — is not a commitment to build, but rather a commitment to begin planning the massive project. Palin’s claim suggests that construction is assured, but that’s just not true. And if it were, it wouldn’t be a $40-billion pipeline. Those are two significant flaws in this claim Palin makes repeatedly”
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McCain: Palin had “executive experience” in the PTA.
Politifact.com: “We agree PTA can be hard, important and often thankless work. And principals often credit parental involvement in PTA as crucial to the success of schools. But since it does not appear that Palin served as an officer in PTA (though we acknowledge it’s possible she did and folks just won’t say) we think it’s wrong to count that as executive experience. Without any evidence to support McCain’s statement, we rate this one False.”
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John McCain: NO AGREEMENT, NO DEBATE…
um, do we have an agreement and nobody told me? cuz McDaddy’s on his way to Miss

Michelle Obama looks like an angry black gorilla to me. Why is she so angry and millitant? She obviously hates white people like most angry black power millitants.

Nik: “He bailed on letterman for katie couruk. UM, whats the difference? Both entertainers!!!!”
I don’t disagree – not a Couric fan. But the stupidity of it was telling Dave he couldn’t do the show because he was rushing to the airport. And then coming to the same building, at the same time Letterman was taping…
If you’re going to tell a lie, make it one worth the consequences of getting caught. This one wasn’t.
He could have told Letterman, “hey, crisis and all, I’m afraid I have to back out and do a news program instead.”
But he didn’t – he opted instead to tell a self-aggrandizing lie.

As a hispanic, I will never support that African guy Obama who is a strong advocate of black liberation theology and who calls Louis Farrakhan his ‘brother’.

DLM – nice try, nutjob, but Obama isn’t a muslim. Stop lying. Thanks!

Think I’ll just keep re-posting this one, until McCain supporters acknowledge their candidate’s word just ain’t worth squat:
I still am waiting for someone to explain this latest erratic behavior. It wasn’t that many hours ago McCain said, “no deal, no debate.”
And now he’s going to debate without a bailout deal?

Deborah,
If you compare Sarah Palin to Joe Biden, she is doing pretty good!
Joe Biden did not even know who was the president of the United States when we hat deep depression,
wait! It gets even better, He thought we had TV in 1920′s !
idiot did not know that TV was not invented during that period of time!
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAABAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Paul: where’s your spin of Frank, Dodd and Obama blocking a vote to regulate fannie/freddie in 2005 by none other than John McCain. Obama receives $105,000 between fannie/freddie. Now we need a bailout and the idea from dems is to have the taxpayers pay for it. Spin it Paul…Spin away.

gigi- you are good at cutting and pasting. since your an obvious obama-lemming we understand your inability to have an original thought. haha

You must know that when Gov. Palin’s name keeps coming up the libs are very threatened by her…AS GAFFE BALL BIDEN GETS NO PRESS UNLESS HE’S CRYING. What the hell you think would happen if Gov. Palin was doing all this crap Biden pulls daily BUT GETS NO PRESS?
Country is Palin obsessed. A farmer in Iowa had her portrait…Sarah America..cut into his corn fields…saw it on the news this AM.
Country obsessed with the Gov…..Biden NOT SO MUCH, because clearly, he can get away with anything and no MSM to cover it.

Soy Latino tambien y pienso que McCain es un tonto viejo. Si se puede! Venceremos con Obama! Abajo McCain! Abajo con los fascistas! Abajo con el GOP!

McCain is becoming more of a goofball by the minute. Sure I was always for Obama; but at least I had enough of respect for McCain to say he deserved to be in this race. Not any more. The guy is all over the map. Changing his mind all the time. And then there’s Palin. What a joke. It’s simply hard to believe, frankly, that almost half the country still wants to hand the keys of the White House over to her. God help us all. Which room do you think she’ll put her tanning bed? I vote for the Lincoln room, you think?

leftist, Messiah followers, MoveOn orgies, Huffington and puffington types.
Are awefully boring and lack any Humor.
I am sure Sarah meant in Humor “Hey Look, Russia is just next doors”
when Charlie berated her about lack of of Foreign experience.
But now since she has deal with humorless, dimwitted crowd, She has to defend herself.
McCain/Palin 08

erika
well we didnt have to wish for it Obama tried to fake out mccain and stepped in it which is appropriate

Ladies and Gentlemen,
If you compare Sarah Palin to Joe Biden, she is doing pretty good!
Joe Biden did not even know who was the president of the United States when we had deep depression, wait! It gets even better, He thought we had TV in 1920′s !
idiot did not know that TV was not invented during that period of time!
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAABAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Here is McCain’s contribution to the bail out proposal: His little grandstanding in Washington yesterday caused the bailout proposal to be delayed by at least one market day. During that one market day, millions of dollars are being lost on Wall Street as stocks slide (already lost in overnight trading in foreign markets). These millions of dollars that were lost today was not lost by Wall Street fat cats, but by holders of 401K’s, pension funds, even teacher retirement funds. Portfolio managers of Main Street pension funds are the biggest losers of this delay.
So, John McCain, your ego and desperation just lost millions of dollars that left some teacher pensions in jeopardy and may contribute to lowering of benefits in the future. Are you proud of yourself now?

DLM – the only people still threatened by that silly nitwit Palin are the poor saps who still have to work for her in the Alaska state government. She is a total joke. Her bounce has evaporated and she has the lowest approval and trustworthiness among all the candidates. Maybe if she didn’t constantly lie about her own record she wouldn’t have been such a disaster for the McCain campaign. LOL

leftist, Messiah followers, MoveOn orgies, Huffington and puffington types.
Are awefully boring and lack any Humor.
I am sure Sarah meant in Humor “Hey Look, Russia is just next doors”
when Charlie berated her about lack of of Foreign experience.
But now since she has deal with humorless, dimwitted crowd, She has to defend herself.
McCain/Palin 08
Posted by: vic | Sep 26, 2008 1:20:29 PM
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VIC
you are running out of lame excuses already.
NO SHE DID NOT.
she once again kept her stance with Couric.
YES YOU ARE RIGHT in what you are thinking “she must be kiddin”
but she was NOT.

First Palin, then the debate…what stunt do you have planned next, McLame!?

TW,
Palin has faith! And she wuill win this election for senator mccain!
mark my post!
Biden is an idot who does not evne know when the TV was invented! Who does not know who was the president of the United States during deep depression!
Biden got ON:Y 7 votes when he ran for president!
Palin is the future!
Conservative action is on the way!

“yes, everyone knows that knowing the history of television is critical to government”
I wonder if Palin can see her TV from the front porch?

Sarah Palin told the witchdoctor she was in love with you/ And then the witchdoctor told Sarah Palin what to do/ He said:
Ooo Eee Ooo Ahh Ahh/ Bing Bang Wasilla Wasilla Bing Bang
ROFL

Country first, and debates or rhetorics last! Take on the mere talkers and comedians, without fear. Experience and action count. Who is afraid of Obama or Letterman?

Staniam – I am smart enough to know you spelled “your” wrong. It is “YOU’RE not witty or smart” I love it when people misspell words when insulting another’s intelligence. And… by the way, I AM witty AND smart. Just because you may not recognize witty & smart when you see it, doesn’t mean it’s not there…

Would anyone here disagree that a candidates “home” newspaper should have the best inside information about a candidate? I think so, no matter who it is.
Anyway.. go on the CHICAGO SUN TIMES website…and be enlightened.
Stop being in denial – and stop looking at only ‘THE PARTY”.

All you McCainiacs who say McSame needs to stay in Washington during this crisis, just what do you think he is going to be doing anyway?!

no obama ’08 – actually, Obama is just one point away from a double-digit lead in some polls. After McCain’s next desperate screw up I’m sure he’ll poll comfortably ahead. Obama certainly has a greater lead than Bush did in 2004 at this time in the election cycle.

Ladies and gentlemen,
Biden is an idiot who thinks we shoukd invade Pakistan!

Helen: “Palin has faith! And she wuill win this election for senator mccain!”
You can bet her voodoo witch doctor is working on a spell for it right now, lol.
Which brings up another question. Why in the world would a candidate for Alaska governor need protecting from witchcraft? I’ve never been to Alaska, but it kind of strikes me as a place full of oil workers, ice road truckers, fishing industry… and not really a place with a lot witches running rampant.
Besides, even in the Wizard of Oz, the Witch of the North was the good one.

WHY IS IT THAT WHEN THE LIES OF OBAMA AND HIS INCOMPETENCE IS EXPOSED…NO ONE SAYS ANYTHING ABOUT THAT?
WHAT IS THE HYPE ABOUT OBAMA THAT YOU SUPPORTERS LIKE – AS A PRESIDENT – AND WHAT YOU THINK HE WILL DO FOR YOU..FOR US?
TELL ME HERE…I WILL BE INTERESTED IN IF YOU EVEN KNOW.
Posted by: Maryland Woman | Sep 26, 2008 1:22:35 PM
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Obama’s tax plan cuts taxes “for 95 percent of all working families.”
POLITIFACT.COM: Every taxpayer has different individual circumstances, but if you make less than $200,000 a year and you work, we can’t see how your taxes would go up under Obama’s proposals. IRS data show that 97 percent of tax filers make less than $200,000, so there are even two percentage points worth of leeway there. We rate Obama’s statement True.
MARYLAND WOMAN, here’s one.
I strongly suggest you visit his website or read up on non-partisan websites in order to make up your mind.
Don’t let other people do your thinking for you… i know it must be a new concept for Republican Voters, but this are times for drastic Measures.
Thanks for your time.

We’ve paid the price for Republican ignorance long enough…too bad they will probably benefit from an Obama administration, even though no one but the top 1% has made out well with Bush…

It is always nice to watch Obama lie to the American Public while kissing their a$$ at the same time.

Erika,
I couldn’t agree more. Eight years ago they were all chating for Bush. And look where we are now.
I really don’t think people understand the severity of not having some kind of deal. We have to stop making the rich richer and provide for the families that have a true need.
Somehow the Republicans are missing that point.
If you currently live in a trailer park now and you’re voting for Mccain…..guess where you’re going to be living for the next 4 years. IN THAT SAME TRAILER PARK. If you currently do not have health care….you won’t be getting that either.
You deserve to have the best just like everyone else. But Mccain will make it so you remain either in the same state of being or worse.

DEMOCRATIC DO-NOTHING CONGRESS IS TRYING TO PIN THIS ON REPUBLICANS AND MCCAIN..ITS THE DUTY OF THE HOUSE TO REGULATE AT THE BEHEST OF THE PRESIDENT, NOT MCCAIN..
OBAMA WAS RIGHT SMACK IN THE MIDDLE OF THE MESS HALING OFF MILLIONS TO FEED HIS COHORTS IN CHICAGI, INCLUDING FLEGER AND BLACK POLITICIANS…
AGAIN, THE QUESTION : WHAT HAS OBAMA DONE TO PROVE HIMSELF?.. ALL WE HEAR IS MCCAIN IS NOT DOING ENOUGH AND NOT FAST ENOUGH TO DEBATE OBAMA SO WE CAN WATCH..
AT LEAT MCCAIN IS DOING, MAKING CHANGES TO PROTECT THE TAXPAYER.. OBAMA WANTS TO DEBATE AND FEED THE MEDIA FRENZY FOR SPIN
SPIN SPIN FOR OBAMA..
WHAT HAS OBAMA DONE???
WHAT HAS OBAMA DONE???
WHAT HAS OBAMA DONE???
WHAT HAS OBAMA DONE???
RIGHT ANSWER: – N O T H I N G-
MCCAIN/PALIN 08
T, SAYING, WE CANT AFFORD FROM THE FRYING PAN INTO THE FIRE.

I love how your all quoting harry reid saying mccain came to DC and made matters sooooo much worse, their deal was alreayd done. Harry Reid forgot to mention that House GOP had not agreed to any deal and wanted the tax payers to get more back. Now Dems have billions in earmarks for corrupt community orgizations. How low can they go? McCain did the right thing and all the House GOP members said he helped them a lot.

Posted by: Nik | Sep 26, 2008 1:24:45 PM
Nik, they are grasping for straws. They have nothing believable to say, so they just make things up as they go along. Can you see the resemblance to McCain?

Also, I’m a liar who never really supported Obama. But I assume that everyone is as dumb as I am and will buy my BS.

Nik
BHO wants to get this deabte over with ASAP. If you can’t see this, then you have no LOGIC in your head.
BHO is going to get a lesson in humbleism tonight. Likely, in typical Democratic coward fashion, he will admit defeat.

Nik
BHO wants to get this deabte over with ASAP. If you can’t see this, then you have no LOGIC in your head.
BHO is going to get a lesson in humbleism tonight. Likely, in typical Democratic coward fashion, he will admit defeat.

Oh my, my, tantrum throwing McCain! is this the President to be? is this how he’s going to govern the country? throwing crazy tanrums? “Oh, I suspend my campaign until the deal has been reached!” Well, the deal has not been reached and you are back on your campaign! Who looks stupid now? Who’s stupid idea was that? trying to throw people off? well John, it worked for a while but not for long. Everytime you are in trouble, you throw something up! if it’s not the PALIN SURPISE, it the TODAY WE ARE ALL GEORGIANS crap, and if it not the I AM SUSPENDING MY CAMPAIGN it’s the LET’S CANCEL THE DEBATES! I am sorry John but… what did you exactly accomplish in Washington yesterday??? Cool off old man, I would hate for you to be in the White House and behave like that. Thank go you are not going to be in the White House! Now get ready to be nailed at the debate because you did not prepare well. Or where you just trying to distract Barack from preparing himself since you know that you are better in debates than him? either way, your judgement this week has been less than poor!

Demsnever is obviously a racist bigot. Stick to the issues.

I’m so looking forward to the debate tonight. McCane can’t hold a candle to Obama. You hear it when McShame speaks and in his ads, he is sooo afraid and negative. What a small and simple mind. People have you lived in this country for the last eight years? Then freakin wake up! We can’t survive four more years of the same. GO OBAMA GO!

Helen,
I have faith too, but I’m not qualified to be the Vice President.
Really did you see the Katie Couric interview? It was painful to watch.

hey helen,
I agree with Biden ON:Y with one of his commets!
Hillary is ready and qualified to be president more than anyone!
Joe Biden said that! and I agree with him!

If you still support Obama you might want to reconsider after the dust clears on the financial crisis. The democrats are going to take the brunt of the blame simply because this is their doing by opposing stiffer regulations on fannie and freddie. Bush tried 22 times to pass tougher regulations all shot down by democrats. The biggest recievers of funding from fannie and freddie are Dodd, Obama, Kerry, and Hillary, all democrats. De-regulation by fannie and freddie was created by a senate bill under Bill Clinton in 1995. Democrats have pushed regulators to make banks change their loan policies so minorities would qualify for home loans that they were not qualified for. The financial markets asorbed these bad loans as securities thinking they were backed by the Govt. Now you understand why we are wher we are today. How could anyone still support Obama knowing this?

TW,
I saw the interview and she did very well!

“BHO is going to get a lesson in humbleism tonight.”
Don’t we have a president who talks like this?

GIGI, here’s a news flash, Palin isn’t running for President.
Posted by: Angelo | Sep 26, 2008 12:04:21 PM
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HOW OLD WILL MCCAIN BE FOUR YEARS FROM NOW?
ARE YOU SERIOUS?
ARE YOU NOT CONCERNED THAT HE’LL BARELY MAKE THE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL’S LIFE EXPECTANCY OF 77 YEARS???
Republicans have NO common sense!
Republicans gave us BUSH!
now they’re trying desperately to pin Bush unto Democrats, because of Democratic effort to reach a bipartisan agreement… UNGRATEFUL BASTARDS!
Don’t let REPUBLICANS ruin our country!

It’s not tied anymore…
GO to gallup:
It’s Obama 48%
McCain 45%

We’re no strangers to love
You know the rules and so do I
A full committment’s what I’m thinking of
You wouldn’t get this from any other guy
I just want to tell you how I’m feeling
Gotta make you understand
Never gonna give you up
Never gonna let you down
Never gonna run around and desert you
Never gonna make you cry
Never gonna say goodbye
Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you

If Mccain was so unsure he was going to the debate, why did he release a WEB ad this AM saying he won the debate? oops….

Latest POLL of POLLS:
Obama 47% McCain 44%

Violetta,
As an attorney, I suggest you to contact with McCain camp. immediately!
If you can veirfy that you were offered a morgage due to your monority status and was asked to pay back by your vote for Obama, American people should know about it!
Report it now!
And thanks for being honest!
Posted by: Henry, Attorney
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Looking at her statement, I find it very
difficult to believe this story. How
did she get a million dollar loan in the first place?
As an attorney, it surprises me that you would
say a thing like that without further consultation.
BTW Counsellor, if you use another persons
statement, please use quotations.

Valari: “I’m so looking forward to the debate tonight. McCane can’t hold a candle to Obama.”
Careful what you wish for. These debates actually favor the candidates who know less or more easily provide the more simplistic answers – remember, its a battle of soundbites and demeanor.
I’ll tell you right now there’s a good chance Palin wins her debate over Biden, because Palin will have to stick to her talking points. Biden might – he was pretty good at doing that in the primary debates – but he might not. He certainly knows enough to feel comfortable wandering off those points. But that’s also when the gaffes happen.
In a way, these debates almost favor the less ready to assume office candidate.

Really did you see the Katie Couric interview? It was painful to watch.
Posted by: TW | Sep 26, 2008 1:34:44 PM
Painful is an understatement. I was so embarrassed for her it made me cringe.
Posted by: annie | Sep 26, 2008 1:37:04 PM
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EVIDENTLY the republican readers of this board SAW THE INTERVIEW WITH THE VOLUME ALL THE WAY DOWN… and they thought Palin LOOKED very very smart.
UGH it was BEYOND painfull! I kept forcing myself to listen… it was hard, I DESERVE A PURPLE HEART just for listening!

Obama your night has arrived.
This is the beginning of something exciting. We know that you will be our next President!
We have all been here for the last years.
Where were the Republicans living for the last 2,920 days?
McCane don’t forget your notes….you’ll need them.

This latest episode in the political arena proves one point: The Senate and the House need to work together. The Democrat leaders should have been working with Republicans to find a solution all parties could live with. Instead, they played games: Reid saying John McCain needed to support it, then saying later that it was not necessary because the Dem leaders were working it out. Did they think the Republicans in the House would not have a say? Barney Frank, Chris Dodd, and others who would not listen to warnings coming from the Republicans and John McCain about Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, repeatedly in the last few years, have egg on their faces, but not their conscience. Decisions on a matter this serious have consequences for now and the future. What would have been the situation if John McCain and others had not brought it to their attention and ours? Think about this matter when it is time for Frank, Dodd, and others to run for their seats again. We need leaders who really do represent the interests of all the people.
McCain/Palin ’08
Leadership for Change!
Country First!

CHICAGO SUN TIMES – EXCERPT:
Obama was reminded that McCain denied spreading the rumors.
“You’re absolutely right that John McCain has not talked about my Muslim faith,” Obama said, before being corrected by Stephanopoulos.
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Along with – Obama’s slip “57 States” – when referring to the USA. Did you know that there are in fact, 57 “Islamic States”?

Paige: They ran the ad because even if McCain has a stroke and falls to the floor they would still say he won. Remember the Bush/Kerry debates when GWB sounded like a retard and they showed he was cheating? Please, just like Palin, they will defend whatever he says. Period.

I thought mcain was an honorable man! shame on you senetor john Macain

Sanity Man:
The polls are not accurate, no matter how you want to believe that.
If poll organizations poll 100 Democrates, and 25 Republicans….now who do you think would look like they’re ahead in the election?
So many of the people are very gullible.

McCain cannot even get his own party unified and speaking with one voice, how can he be commander in chief of our milatary.
Republicans are so busy trying to save their own hides and carve their little power bases, its un-American. they could careless about what they need to do for the country than what the country can give to them.

The Katie Couric interview? What a joke that was? Palin said she thinks that she has some experience in foreign policy because Putin’s (Russian’s Prime Minister) plane flies over Alaska all the time! Give me a break. Enough of this Bull!

mccain knew the deal would not be voted in till sunday when no one would be watching, he just wanted to get in on the fun.obama just sat there with his hands folded, then he broke out his 7 part plan to save the world.the nfl will get this bail out voted in.

Really did you see the Katie Couric interview? It was painful to watch.
Posted by: TW | Sep 26, 2008 1:34:44 PM
Painful is an understatement. I was so embarrassed for her it made me cringe.
That’s because all the editors and crew were
watching theCBS Letterman monitors, and she
couldn’t.

If McCain cannot gain in the polls, I strongly hope that he at least manages to tie in the electoral college. It’s only fitting that the government should be responsible for ochestrating its own downfall, and you know who they are going to pick. I don’t even want to think about what condition this country is going to be like in four years, but at least we won’t have to blame our fellow citizens.

Aaron
We here in Texas tend to say things that the 49 dullard state’s citizens can understand.
That’s how we roll.

McCane supporters…always on the defense. Kind of like the your candidate.

The Democrats are saying that John McCain coming to Washington this week killed the bailout. McCain’s campaign, however, says that he neither opposed nor accepted any proposal but only insisted that a bipartisan deal be made. I wish he had of taken a strong stance in opposition to the bailout, because there is no need for taxpayers to put up $700B to bailout Bush and Paulson’s buddies in Goldman and Lehman! McCain being accused on killing the deal WILL HELP HIM. I guess, in a way, he did kill the bailout by insisting that any agreement be bipartisan, because that essentially means ‘hey! Let the house republicans have their say!’ and we know the Democrats will not do that. So, yeah, debate or no debate, John McCain comes out on top this week, because real American are opposed to the bailout. Only rich crooks like Bush, Paulson, Obama, and Barnie Frank favor bailing out rich jerks on wallstreet by a communists takeover of investment banks using taxpayer money.

At tonite’s debate look for Sarah Palin on her knees inside McCain’s podium. Everybody knows that the only way she got where she is today.
What a airhead!

McCain on 9/26/08: I am going to suspend my campaign and go and stay in Washington until the deal is reached.
McCain today: I am going to unsuspend the campaign and go to Mississippi to attend the debate!
Can somebody please tell this old man that they did not reach any deal on Capitol Hill so that he can continue to stay in Washington and leave the stage for Barack alone? the American people cannot wait to hear Barack arliculate his vision for America while MaCain is busy messing up the negotiations in Washington where he has no business being there. he’s nto even in the committees that handle this matter! What a bunch of bull!

latest news, biden is for clean coal,no, he is not for clean coal.well what state is he in?just tell them what they want to hear.must be learning something off obama.now that is on message.

“If Mccain was so unsure he was going to the debate, why did he release a WEB ad this AM saying he won the debate? oops….”
Posted by: Paige | Sep 26, 2008 1:39:12 PM
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The only explanation for John McCain’s premature ads is that he must have been CONFUSED his PRACTICE DEBATE vs. the REAL DEBATE!

Fellow Americans, the American economy is near collapsing to a point of NO RETURN. The “American Dream” everyday seems more like the “American Fantasy” to most of us. By all means, American families, since the Great Depression, have not been more concerned about their future than they are today. But all we can do right now is pray God to give us the strength and the guidance needed to take back our DESTINY. Therefore, this November 4 is that turning point long sought to reclaim our life after over 7 years of bad governance and recklessness of The Republican Party and the George W. Bush’s Administration. NOW, IT IS THE TIME FOR CHANGE.
What a difference 8 years can do! From being secured financially to being depressed financially. There is an URGENCE among us, American, to act. But we need to keep our cool, and then act swiftly. Remember that John McCain told us during his acceptance speech at the Republican Convention that: “The American People elected me and my Party (the Republican Party) to change Washington but we let Washington change us”! Despite all that, at such critical time in our live, John McCain once again wants us to believe that he is the ONE that can bring us the kind of CHANGE that WE NEED. Not only he (John McCain) failed to bring the change that our Country desperately needed, he has been part of the problem according to him. Why should we trust him again to be our agent of change as he would like to portrait himself? NONE SENSE! TOTAL NONE SENSE! Here’s my assessment of John McCain’s political career: I believe that John McCain, starting from the Keating 5 Scandal to present has not been straight with American people. In other words, he has been putting his political ambitions before his Country. I think that he is RISKY and UNTRUSTWORTHY. Period.
My hope is, Fellow Americans, that you put your differences from all those years a side and suck up on your pride to come together for a common cause. This time, let’s not vote our emotions but our pocketbook for a bright future for America. God Bless America!
INDEPENDENT FOR OBAMA /BIDEN 08

dan, I see you have been thinking real deep on this matter.

billy bob
The Republicans have always been the party of de-regulation. They are very proud of it. You may well be able to find a bill where the votes seemed to be reversed for whatever complicated reason, but that does not suddenly change the fundamentals of the Republican Platform.

ON MCCAIN’S IRRATIC BEHAVIOR—CANCELLING DEBATE AND NOW GOING FOR IT
What a clown! McCain sensed a backlash and, after making a fool of himself, blinked. His irratic behavior brings into question again his temperament and age. This man is unstable and unpredictable. Does anyone doubt that such character flaws can ever be fixed, even in high office. We are all in danger. Forbid it that such a man would ever have his hand on the nuclear botton–he would act without thinking through the consequences of his action. And McCain has never been a serious thinker or a smart student. He is also a lier. He cancelled his appearance on David Letterman’s show supposedly because he was flying immediately to Washington to deal with the economic crisis( NOTE: He last showed up in the Senate in March).Then he proceeded to have an interview with CBS anchor Katie Couric. Upon finally coming to Washington, he muddied the water, instead of providing ideas and leadership. He focussed his strategy upon political gain, instead of “country first.” Thus, negitiations that were going on fine before his arrival started to unravel. Is that the kind of leader America wants? Oh, no!

Therealthing, sorry but you need to do your research. This one cannot be blamed on bush, the dems will be taking the brunt of this because it is of their doing. kinda makes Bush’s mistakes pale in comparison.

Bryan T – How did McCain have time to practice debate? I thought he was busy saving our planet from economic peril!

McCain’s campaign is upside down! First he says he’s suspending his campaign. Then he says he’s not going to the debate. Then he says he’s unsuspending his campaign. Then he says he’s going to the debate. Then he releases an ad this morning stating that he has won the debate! …before the debate takes place! What in the world….??? Crazy old man! This man in the White House? and what if God forbid something happens to him? That Sarah Palin who thinks that she has enough foreign policy experience because Russians fly over Alaska all the time will then become President? The world is laughing at America! This morning, China’s TV said the US election is becoming very entertaining! They said watching this election is like watching a TV sitcom!

After McCain parachutes into the debate dressed as Superman, he will refuse to take off his costume unless he goes up in the polls.

“This morning, China’s TV said the US election is becoming very entertaining! They said watching this election is like watching a TV sitcom!”
It is entertaining, I’m Canadian and I can’t wait for the debate.
But aside from being entertaining, it is also extremely frightening that one of these men will be taking office soon.

Maryland Woman, this is going to be a game changer and the Dems know it. Why else would they be willing to make a quick deal with Bush??? They know they are in trouble. Bush invited Obama to the W.H. so he would have to be right in the middle of it and will not be able to hide his history of being in freddie and fannies pocket. People are really mad and when the sh#t hit’s the fan Obama’s goose is cooked.

Fellow Americans, the American economy is near collapsing to a point of NO RETURN. The “American Dream” everyday seems more like the “American Fantasy” to most of us. By all means, American families, since the Great Depression, have not been more concerned about their future than they are today. But all we can do right now is pray God to give us the strength and the guidance needed to take back our DESTINY. Therefore, this November 4 is that turning point long sought to reclaim our life after over 7 years of bad governance and recklessness of The Republican Party and the George W. Bush’s Administration. NOW, IT IS THE TIME FOR CHANGE.
What a difference 8 years can make! From being secured financially to being depressed financially. There is an URGENCE among us, American, to act. But we need to keep our cool, and then act swiftly. Remember that John McCain told us during his acceptance speech at the Republican Convention that: “The American People elected me and my Party (the Republican Party) to change Washington but we let Washington change us”! Despite all that, at such critical time in our live, John McCain once again wants us to believe that he is the ONE that can bring us the kind of CHANGE that WE NEED. Not only he (John McCain) failed to bring the change that our Country desperately needed, he has been part of the problem according to him. Why should we trust him again to be our agent of change as he would like to portrait himself? NONE SENSE! TOTAL NONE SENSE! Here’s my assessment of John McCain’s political career: I believe that John McCain, starting from the Keating 5 Scandal to present has not been straight with American people. In other words, he has been putting his political ambitions before his Country. I think that he is RISKY and UNTRUSTWORTHY. Period.
My hope is, Fellow Americans, that you put your differences from all those years a side and suck up on your pride to come together for a common cause. This time, let’s not vote our emotions but our pocketbook for a bright future for America. God Bless America!
INDEPENDENT FOR OBAMA /BIDEN 08

Seems to me that McCain changed his mind one more time. Actually it’s good that he goes to the debate but can he actually not change his mind all the time. It will be easier to follow. Is he real? yes he is, his real name is Goes With the Wind. I bet it help him many time in Vietnam.

What does ABCnews have to do with Obama’s plan? leave ABCnews out of this, they are just reporting the news! Oh yeah, let’s now blame the messenger! Look, you wanna critisize Obama, critisize Obama. The news media does not decide the election. Are you calling the American people dumb enough to be influenced by what the media is saying? May be you are right. But then if that is the case, I don’t see why we should blame the media. Shouldn’t we blame the American people for being so dumb?

PollingReport.com.
Go There.
I dare ya!

Sarah Palin is an expert for NASA.

Dan I see you have something shoved to far. Get over yourself.

emanuel people are dumb enough to believe the media, but I blame the media when they are biased which ABC, NBS, CBS, MSNBC are very biased and liberal. This is so obvious it has become a joke.

Mike, Amen to you.
Gee I wonder how many of you are hiding behind your racisim. Really.

our pockets will be picked on sunday just about half time of your local nfl football game.if this is not true then obama is better off the teleprompter then on it. uh,uh uh,uh,uh.count the uhs tonight coming for obama,you will lose count.700billon,check 350billon hike.

McCain had every intention of attending this debate, from day one. He just thought that if he pretended he was going to skip it, because he is “so concerned about the nations economic crisis” that people would be too stupid to see through his fake concern. It was a ploy in his mind to gain a few votes, nothing more. Leave it to the Republicans to be fooled by a liar. Look where that got us this last 8 years?

Maryland Woman opined: “Personally, I am very upset over this election, as I’m sure you all are.”
Upset? I’m not upset. I can understand why YOU wouls be, however, your candidate being trounced in all manner of ways.
Oh, well – you win some, you lose some.

Sallie,
Correction, it’s called “Super Save the Senate” Suit

mccain was always going to the debate tonight, he just wanted to scramble obama’s mind a little.

I love how you Bush and McCain lovers are so quick to blame everything on the Democrats. DO you EVER take responsibilty for anything? 8 years of mismanagement by Bush has done this. Why can’t you just admit it.
All of sudden the House GOP is not on board? Come on John ger your pary in line before you try to screw up the country. Take a side JOHN. And send Sarah back to mooseville.

The man needs to take a chill pill and quit making such stupid decisions. Maybe Cindy could loan him some of her illegal Percaset (however that’s spelled).

Julie: McCain had every intention of attending this debate, from day one. He just thought that if he pretended he was going to skip it, because he is “so concerned about the nations economic crisis” that people would be too stupid to see through his fake concern. It was a ploy in his mind to gain a few votes, nothing more. Leave it to the Republicans to be fooled by a liar. Look where that got us this last 8 years?
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If you’ve read “art of war” it’s called keeping the enemy guessing.
I am sure with all this suspense Obama head is about to explode. He can’t handle sudden twist and turns.
That’s how the game is played.
McCain/Palin 08

I love how you Bush and McCain lovers are so quick to blame everything on the Democrats. DO you EVER take responsibilty for anything? 8 years of mismanagement by Bush has done this. Why can’t you just admit it.
All of sudden the House GOP is not on board? Come on John ger your pary in line before you try to screw up the country. Take a side JOHN. And send Sarah back to mooseville.
Posted by: Bailey | Sep 26, 2008 2:15:46 PM
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Maybe it’s because the DEMOCRAT Congress is at fault! They are a corrupt seedy bunch.

hey Maryland Woman and have you seen how couric take on Sarah Palin. I am so upset too. Why there is not like all television like FoxNews, you know real reporter.

MCCAIN CAVE IN!!! How can McCain win this debate when he already lost and Lost BIG!!!! Obama is going to Steamroll to the White House!

and now here it is,obama,s 7 part plan,telepromters,vp way off message,9 million raised in one night.and obama is in the lead?bring back h clinton 08,who would the networks be for then?let me guess.

Obama will show his true colors tonight…he’s helpless without a teleprompter….cannot think on his feet, and most of all is a liar!!! Think….Reverend Wright???? There’s only so far someone who speaks “eloquently” can go. McCain 08′
Posted by: tashee | Sep 26, 2008 12:34:52 PM
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He probably has improved with that…since he’s been practicing for 4 days for the debate…for heaven sake! Have you ever heard of anyone practicing for 4 days? That’s why he didn’t want to go to Washington – if the debate was postponed – he may have forgotten how to act – since he is such a robot anyway.
He’s debating McCain on foreign policy – which McCain can talk about in is sleep…I’m sure that’s why Obama had to study and practice all week.

“Bryan T – How did McCain have time to practice debate? I thought he was busy saving our planet from economic peril!”
Posted by: Paige | Sep 26, 2008 1:59:27 PM
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Paige,
Hey… John McCain needs to learn how to multitask sooner or later right? I suppose he decided to start learning to multitask, hahaha!

vic: If you ever read “The Art of War” I would be shocked. It also says to keep your friends close but your enemies closer. It says lots of things. I can guarantee that judgeing from his actions, McCain doesn’t even know the book exists much less what it is about or who wrote it.

Billy bob Do you see all liberal media painting Sarah Palin as stupid. Why nobody tells the truth that in fact she is a NASA expert. Why nobody say taht she say she is a NASA expert because she sees the Moon from her kitchen. See!

A constant quote from McCane:
“Which way did he go George”
What a flake and a liar!
McCane is so very transparent, I sell glasses and it sounds that many of you are in need of an exam.
Without change in our country many of us will be working long past retirement age. With all of you (and you know who are) pissing away the working guy and gals investments. Can you say I Karma?

tashee we know what the real color of Barack Obama!

The Repubs have been in total control for the first six of the last eight years – look at the mess that we’re in. I can’t believe that some of you want another Repub in the White House? Are you people thinking? Are you able to reason???

Hey Maryland Woman,
Who asked you? Your crabs are done.

Reid is blaming McCain for the bill not getting passed but didn’t want the public to know that Obama didn’t know what the republican plan was when he was invited to the white house for the meeting. His campaign had to e-mail him the republican’s plan before he arrived. Then the dumb democrats turned the situation over to Obama who said the wrong thing. That’s like the democrats covering up for Obama. I am willing to bet Obama will lose this debate tonight because he has never won one yet. He failed the forum interview because of his answers.

Billy Bob: It’s “intellect” not “intillect”laughing at you. If you are going to call someone stupid at least get the spelling right. I would expect nothing less from the right though…lol.

Once again:
LATINO POR SIEMPRE, DLM, NO OBAMA 08, MARYLAND WOMAN,
are ALL the same person. I know him. He works out of Maryland. He is a PAID OPERATIVE OF the McCain campaign.

JVH…
Both!
The republicant’s doings have given me gray hairs and frown lines.
And now they’re laughing all the way to the bank with my money!
Again, Can YOU say Karma?

I half-way suspected there was always gonna be a debate. Whatever other political calculations may have prompted the decision to “suspend” the McCain campaign, I think the wonks in John’s camp were thinking about debate expectations and spin. They now can claim that McCain has been focused on the economic crisis rather than debate prep, taking some of the wind out of the high expectations for his performance. It also gives them a topic to raise in the spin room after the event – just in case things don’t go great for their guy. Classic management.

Marianne Pepitone: What? Laughing. Obama didn’t know the Republicans plan? The Republicans don’t know the Republicans plan especially McCain. OMG you people will never cease to amaze me with the hype that you spew. Good grief, turn off Hannity and rant radio, get a brain and do your own unbiased research. The internet is there, so is the library. Hannity and Limbaugh are “Pundits”. Look up the meaning of the word. They spew Propaganda…look that up too while you are at it. But hey, you’re a “Great American”…lol and have a nice day.

Maryland Woman,
Okay, so you need to do one of two things:
1. Go find a cave that you can live in, start believing in “Creationism” since “evolution” doesn’t exist, start having 50 babies…all of which will be as uneducated as their mother and will proudly be mothers themselves at the age of 10, pay for your own rape kits if you get raped, hunt endangered species from your cave, graduate close to last in your class after attending 5 different schools, answer the same questions over and over with “uh, duh, I can see this and that out of my window, I’ll get back to you, good guys, bad guys, maverick, hockey mom, etc,” lie about most things you’ve done and try really desperately to cover them up, degrade women all across this world by only getting to your current position through some “questionable” acts since CLEARLY you lack intelligence, experience, etc etc etc
2. Read news sites other than freaking ABC and People.com to get your info. on McCain. When you do, please post FACTUAL evidence on why you like him/Palin, why his policies are better than Obama’s, why his policies will not be continuations of Bush, why he was the second most absent person in congress (next to the Senator who had brain cancer/tumor), how he can say the surge worked when clearly it was due to the Sunni Awakening, HOW he can relate to the average joe when HE doesnt understand a damn thing about the economy as even he/his party leaders have indicated and he owns 5+ homes, lives off of his wife’s $100 million inheritance, owns 13 cars, etc. Please answer with facts!

mariann I do read and I do know the facts. They have both been practicing. I would be shocked if they didn’t.

In case you haven’t figured it out, the purpose of both candidates in the debate tonight will be to influence people who truly have not made up their minds. Most of us here clearly have.

what is harder to sell fear or 700billon bail out?that is a toss up.the debate is a side show now. the sky is falling,cnn just told me.call your congressman to vote yes on bail out bill because he or she is going to vote yes anyway.it’s your money but not your vote. fear wins again

Oh Come on Brother! Teleprompter, every politician use a teleprompter to talk on TV, even Bush, you see.

Again, thank you wirey-one!!!!
I’ve recognize someone on this post who is not afraid to stand up to the nonsensical and foolish remarks by Sean Hannity of Fix News, and the comedian, R. Limbaugh…..Those comics are low down and spewing out hate…..
Thanks wirey-one……
I do appreciate your comments concerning this matter….

andy: The problem was with the democrats. There is always a problem with the democrats since they took over congress. We have a dimwit house speaker Nancy Pelosi and Reid who should retire to a rocker because he is trouble and I wonder what happed to loud mouth Dean? This debate should be great. Let’s see what Obama can do since he never won one. He went back to Florida with his advisors so they can adivse him on foreign policy which he doesn’t know and what to say and what not to say. They don’t want him putting his foot in his mouth like Biden does.

Emanuel…..
The white folks can’t imagine a black man with that much power. That can’t see past color and the reason for that goes back centuries ago. It’s cultural, their grand pappies and grand pappies before them, taught them to cherish and praise the white only race that’s define to be pure and wholesome. So don’t blame them for being ignorant. Only whites with common sense will see pass color and vote for the best. And that goes for the poor of the poorest white folks that will vote for McCain because they can’t stand the idea of a smart,polished and well refined BLACK man running this country. I can hear them now,”The president of the US is a niggra!” With their country asses. Don’t be surprised if you see the suicide rate in whites increase. Because if you haven’t notice, on TV the white people are scrambling everywhere because they don’t know what to do. Jesus was black, McCain is the Devil and the world will end in 2012.
Do your research.

Fixed News is “Fair and Balanced” Isn’t that biggest Joke of all?
Sean Hannity is a joke.
He needs to be taken down a notch or two.
Won the debate? You call that a debate? That is hysterical.

Where in gods name do you get this crap about Palin Incest!?
Take your phony stories somwhere else!

The old man needs to take a chill pill. Maybe Cindy will loan him one of her illegal Percaset (however that is spelled).

Serving in the military DOES NOT give you foreign policy experience. When you are serving you are supporting someone else’s’ policy NOT forming your own. If you believe that then you also believe that 1 + 1 = 3.

politicsandtraditions: “John McCain sees himself as the Victor Henry character who understood the nuances of war and foreign policy better than anyone.”
Just because McCain sees himself as a fictional character doesn’t mean he actually possesses the attributes of that fictional character.

he himself said he didnt understand economics, that is evidenced by his past association with such great minds as charles keating of the saving and loan scandal and his compaign
financial advisor, phil graham, who authored the bill that got us into this mess.

Obama = Bush 3rd.
He supports Bush’s plan, while McCain against!

Save it for after the debate!

” Putin is flying around over Alaska.” — Sarah Palin on foreign policy
Hey, the Democrats have been saying that JOHN MCCAIN is the same as BUSH.
I don’t agree totally.
John McCain’s political views are 90% like Bush’s…
BUT… if you pay close attention, SARAH PALIN speaks EERILY like Bush! They both have made really similar ODDBALLS comments that are downright silly!

JVH…..it is necessary to repeat yourself? Oh I forgot that’s what you folks do.

all this kind of game is terrible,mccain is trying to pretend like is the candidate, have too much concern with america problem, this an open tatics, mccain see is loosing in a poll with his cinderaler 0 persent experience. we are not do beautiful contest.next time if we want to do beautiful contest. we will call her for contest. this,s. highly experience post not beatiful contest.mccain he;s trying to do anything to win this election. what;s a main things mccain as do since he as be in senator since over 26 years, this;s debate is not about mccain or obama. is about america peoples they want to know which candidate is right choice for them,which candidate can make american great and proud again, for mcain refused not to show up, b4 is trying to play politics game, i will only know now if american people are stupid or not, obama and mccain both candidate put country first not only mccain, with all stupid tatics he,s trying to play american wake up.mccain he blaming is self to pick cinderaler as vp.with 0 persent. romney and huckabee is there he ignore them, he pick cinderaler to win women and still hilary peoples vote. american women not vote for hilary bcus she;s women they vote for her, bcus of her progam and her judgements.american women wise morethan mccain tatics.shame of u mccain u are lier u can,t win this election u better go back to arizona, and remain as senator. american wake up pls, dont let mccain use lier win this vote, dont let someone, pretend and give u 1usd, and take 100usd from you. american wake up

One thing I can say about Fix News/Fox Noise is that they were not able to back Condi Rice in a corner….
I was really happy to see how Condi Rice put Sean Hannity in his place last evening…….
He you got Hannity trying to pit the world’s most powerful Black woman against the world’s most powerful Black man……She shut him down!!!!!
Go Condi……Condi for president in 2016….after Obama serves two terms…

McCAIN & PALIN = UNSTABLE & UNABLE

To those who praised McCain’s for his decision to delay the debate – Can you please explain or still defend McCain now since he’s decided to join the debate tonight? The “deal’ is still not reached for the Wall Street mess and the reason he’s doing a 180 degree turn is because he knows his plan backfires and there is no way he can wiggle out of this debate. If he’s so dedicated to solving the bailout problem first, then he should stick to his ground.

Here’s an interesting idea, make Palin the Presidential nominee and McCain the VP. With Palin, we’ll have comedy every day. She thinks the “no child left behind” policy is to make sure there are enough school buses so that nobody gets left behind. On foriegn affairs, it’s all about good guys and bad guys and a Russian flying over Alaska. On the bailout, she thinks Alaska bailed out America by turning the bridge to nowhere down. On taxes, she wants to eliminate the moose hunting tax. What a winner.

Does Obama have some of his own b.s. in his ears? McCain clearly said he would not leave Washington unless the crisis was resolved.
B.O. can you spell
R-E-S-P-O-N-S-I-B-I-L-I-T-Y ????
Senators are supposed to have this.
Posted by: Chris | Sep 26, 2008 11:21:54 AM
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Chris,
WHERE is Senator McCain right now?

Sean Hannity does not deserve the privilege of asking any person with a diploma a question. What a chump. Rice is out out of his league!
Posted by: SoWhat | Sep 26, 2008 2:56:37 PM
….and he reminds me of Fred Flintstone…

Just another, long, long, long, long…..list of FLIP-FLOPS FOR MCSAME.

Who does Alan Colms remind you of?
That little weasel.

Gigi – please stop using the words of McCain supporters against them. Much like the candidate they support, nothing they said before means anything – just the stuff they are saying right now.
Paying attention to little intellectual trivialities about whether the stuff being said now is consistent with the stuff said before is something those eggheads with college degrees can worry about, but nothing more than a distraction to Republicans.

Really did you see the Katie Couric interview? It was painful to watch.
Posted by: TW | Sep 26, 2008 1:34:44 PM
Painful is an understatement. I was so embarrassed for her it made me cringe.
Posted by: annie | Sep 26, 2008 1:37:04 PM
OMG-I watched through my fingers, seriously, it was like a horror movie! I felt so embarrassed for Palin. I don’t know how Katie Couric kept her composure during that very long, painful interview.
Posted by: heresthething | Sep 26, 2008 2:43:48 PM
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ME TOO!!!
LOL! all Republicans here waatched it too “with the volume alll the way down”
LOL!

Obama will make waffles, McCain will make sense!

Who would you hire? That is what we are about to do.Let’s look at the educational background of our two options: Obama:Occidental College (Los Angeles) – 2 years studying Politics and Public Policy. Columbia University (New York) – B.A. Political Science with a specialization in International Relations. Harvard Law School – Juris Doctor (J.D.) Magna #### Laude, and also where he became the first African-American editor, of the Harvard Law Review. GPA = 3.89Biden: University of Delaware – B.A. in History and a B.A. in Political Science.Syracuse University College of Law – Juris Doctor (J.D.) GPA = 3.0McCain:United States Naval Academy – Class rank 894 of 899. GPA = 2.53Palin:Hawaii Pacific University – 1 semester.North Idaho College – 2 semesters – General Studies.University of Idaho – 2 semesters – Journalism.Matanuska-Susitna College – 1 semester.University of Idaho – 3 semesters – B.A. in Journalism. GPA = 1.89

“John McCain knows history and will use that knowledge to guide the United States through the tough challenges that we face in the war on terror, radical Islam and dealing with a resurgent Russia” posted by politicsandtradition——————–
Hey, then why didnt McCain have the sense to send troops to Afghanistan and Pakistan in the first place or at least suggest it?? WE ALL KNOW that Iraq was a lie based on a vendetta. WE ALL NOW know that Pakistan has been harboring Bin Laden and terrorists and that terrorists have created havens in Iraq after we’ve bungled it up. And why is McCain talking about the surge when its clearly due to the Awakening? HOW can he have foreign policy experience when he doesn’t have judgement? Reading some story books isn’t going to makes us safer and I bet you that we haven’t had any more attacks (God forbid) because they probably are waiting in the bushes (remember that terrorists waited around 7 years between the first and second WTC bombing) as well. So please elaborate on how John’s insight into the current war situation has gotten us that far or made us that secure given that the real terrorists have been hiding out/growing in the Afghan/Pakistan boarder and he still doesn’t even address that.

The Italian edition of Vanity Fair magazine dug up (literally) Barack Obama’s half brother, George Hussein Onyango Obama, from his shack somewhere on the outskirts of Nairobi, Kenya. His brother George is 26 years old, living in poverty and lives off of about $1 per month, per reports. READ MORE…
George tells the magazine he has met Barack only twice:
“I live like a recluse, no-one knows I exist. If anyone says something about my surname, I say we are not related. I am ashamed.”

McCain change his mind again yet?
ROTFLMAO!

Exteremly pathetic of the democrats in Congress to be adding EARMARKS to something this important.
What is even sadder is all the normal democrats out there that seem to think them doing that is fine.

I was a Hillary supporter until Obama hoodwinked the democratic nomination. And after he made the mistake of choosing Biden for a running mate I have come over to the Republican side. I was always somewhat an independent but I must admit I believe it was a great move on McCain’s part to go to Washington and try and help out. I can’t stand Pelosi and Reid trying to dismiss his attempt to do SOMETHING ANYTHING…while their candidate of choice was still thinking about coming.. he finally decided after the President asked him to..Obama is a joke. He is not Country First!

GIGI I READ YOUR OTHER POST FROM OTHER ROOMS, YOU NEED TO GET A LIFE! ARE YOU STILL IN HIGH SCHOOL YOU NERD! SEEMS LIKE YOU SPEND YOUR LIFE ON YOUR COMPUTER! DO YOU NOT HAVE A GIRLFRIEND OR THE OPPOSITE OF WHAT EVER THE HELL YOU ARE YOU PUSILANIMOUS BRAY!

I bet all you Democrats hate that he decided to do it. Now what are you going to find to talk about. I’m sure you’ll make up something.

Short sighted Frankie—
I have news for you… McCain was one of the senators behind the de-regulation of the banking-lending institutions when they convinced Clinton to sign the legislation that led to this situation.
There is no exigency. As usual, Bush tries to push stuff through by making an immediate crisis about everything he tries to sell. He is the biggest “wolf” crier in the world. Only those who have not learned from history will repeat it…. This Republican is tired of being lied to and embarrassed by Bush and his followers sheepish (including “Maverick”).
McCain is scared to death of being further found out about his incompetance regarding economics (he has even admitted this year his forte and knowledge about econimics is not strong).
Finally, 100 million dollars is a drop in the bucket compared to the 100×70+ million dollars that Bush and McCain want to pay out to take care of insitutuions (and their CEOs) that should not even be in business now to begin with.
Privitize Social Security? If we did that, the govt would not have had any money to use for a “bailout” today….
Vote Obama.

Posted by: gigim@gmail.com | Sep 26, 2008 3:07:40 PM
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Apparently, you believe that misappropriating $100,000 is just pennies…It doesn’t matter if Obama misappropriated or stold $2.00 – he was a State Representative at the time..and should be honest and working for the people and community, not himself or his cronies personal gain.
Now, he’s a presidential candidate…and this type of character is not acceptable.

Who would you hire? That is what we are about to do.Let’s look at the educational background of our two options: Obama:Occidental College (Los Angeles) – 2 years studying Politics and Public Policy. Columbia University (New York) – B.A. Political Science with a specialization in International Relations. Harvard Law School – Juris Doctor (J.D.) Magna #### Laude, and also where he became the first African-American editor, of the Harvard Law Review. GPA = 3.89Biden: University of Delaware – B.A. in History and a B.A. in Political Science.Syracuse University College of Law – Juris Doctor (J.D.) GPA = 3.0McCain:United States Naval Academy – Class rank 894 of 899. GPA = 2.53Palin:Hawaii Pacific University – 1 semester.North Idaho College – 2 semesters – General Studies.University of Idaho – 2 semesters – Journalism.Matanuska-Susitna College – 1 semester.University of Idaho – 3 semesters – B.A. in Journalism. GPA = 1.89

Correction, please!
MCCAIN ONLY INTERESTED IN RESCUING HIMSELF, NOT COUNTRY. ALL ABOUT POLITICS; ZERO ABOUT COUNTRY. ERRATIC BEHAVIOR RAISES CONCERN ABOUT FITNESS FOR PRESIDENT
What a clown! McCain sensed a backlash and, after making a fool of himself, blinked. His erratic behavior brings into question again his temperament and age. This man is unstable and unpredictable. Does anyone doubt that such character flaws can ever be fixed, even in high office. We are all in danger. Forbid it that such a man would ever have his hand on the nuclear button–he would act without thinking through the consequences of his action. And McCain has never been a serious thinker or a smart student. He is also a lier. He cancelled his appearance on David Letterman’s show supposedly because he was flying immediately to Washington to deal with the economic crisis( NOTE: He last showed up in the Senate in March).Then he proceeded to have an interview with CBS anchor Katie Couric. Upon finally coming to Washington, he muddied the water, instead of providing ideas and leadership. He focused his strategy upon political gain, instead of “country first.” Thus, negotiations that were going on fine before his arrival started to unravel. Is that the kind of leader America wants? Oh, no!

Posted by: gigim@gmail.com | Sep 26, 2008 3:07:40 PM
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Apparently, you believe that misappropriating $100,000 is just pennies…It doesn’t matter if Obama misappropriated or stold $2.00 – he was a State Representative at the time..and should be honest and working for the people and community, not himself or his cronies personal gain.
Now, he’s a presidential candidate…and this type of character is not acceptable.
Posted by: Maryland Woman | Sep 26, 2008 3:12:41 PM
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nice ASSumptions! although not close, but NICE!
problem is, why bother answer you with logic (like I did when you asked FOR A REASON TO VOTE FOR OBAMA and I went to Politifact.com and got some research done for you)
YOU WILL FORGET WHAT HAPPENED TWO SECONDS FROM NOW.

McFlip, McFlop, McFlip, McFlop, McFlip, McFlop – READY TO RETIRE!

John McCain and Sarah Palin….the ONLY candidates that are for the people – not for their own personal gain.
Obama will go down at some point..whether by the FBI, Federal Elections Commission or the people themselves.
If Barack Obama was so wonderful for the people, this includes Black people…why would there be so many Black Americans taking against him?
Can you say the NATIONAL BLACK REPUBLICAN ASSOCIATION – are Racist? I think not.
Can you say that REV. JAMES MANNING is a Racist? I think not!

Gigi: “BAD judgememnt can’t be rewarded! they have SHORT term memory, we gotta help them.”
And we will. We’ll do what we should have done eight and four years ago – save them from their own candidate.

AMEN!

Oh Maryland woman……do you have a job or do you just read tabloids all day and watch soap operas?
Why dont you go ahead and mention that Alaska just held one of its biggest demonstrations/rallies to date and it was (shocker coming up) an anti-Palin rally! And there are several women who are participating in these rallies? Actually, if you google anti-Palin rally, you’ll get a crapload of results. Happy Reading!

John McCain and Sarah Palin….the ONLY candidates that are NOT for the people – only for their own personal gain.

Maryland Women: “John McCain and Sarah Palin….the ONLY candidates that are for the people”
Oh please. You aren’t still hanging on to all that country first, faux populism blather, are you? Even after this week?
The country first thing is fascinating. Eight years ago, McCain ran for president on a seeming crusade to bring straight talk to Washington. Then six years ago, he admitted that his real reason for running was to satisfy a long-standing ambition just to be president.
And now he comes out with another crusade-like slogan, and you guys lap it up?
What’s the saying – fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice, shame on me.

Here’s what the U.S. Constitution says: “All bills for raising Revenue shall originate in the House of Representatives; but the Senate may propose or concur with Amendments as on other Bills.” How many times have we heard politicians, pundits and guardians of our news media say that President Bush cut taxes, or Obama is going to raise taxes? The fact of the matter is that presidents have no power to raise or lower taxes. They can propose tax measures or veto them but it is Congress that has the ultimate power to raise or lower taxes since they can, with a two-thirds vote, override a presidential veto. The same principle applies to spending. Presidents cannot be held responsible for budget deficits or surpluses. A president cannot spend a dime that Congress does not first appropriate. Given these plain facts, are politicians, pundits and media people — who persist in talking about a president cutting or raising taxes, or creating a budget deficit — ignorant, stupid or deceptive?
Did President Clinton create more jobs, or did President Bush? Let’s look at it. In 1996, I landed a job at Grove City College team teaching a course with one of its faculty members, Professor Dirk Mateer. I would like someone to tell me how President Clinton created that job for me. Did he call the college president and say, “Hire Williams”? Did he give Grove City College, a private college, resources to hire me? He surely didn’t call me up and say, “Williams, there’s a job waiting for you at Grove City College.” So what precisely do people mean when they say this president or that president created jobs? You might argue, “You’re right when it comes to a president creating jobs, but Congress can create jobs through appropriating money for infrastructure such as highways and bridges.”
That’s true in one sense and false in another. You can see this by asking, “Where does Congress get the money to create the jobs?” They won’t get it from the Tooth Fairy or Santa Claus; they must get the money from taxpayers. That means if Congress collects $100 from a taxpayer for highway construction, he cannot use that $100 for some other expenditure that would have created a job. If Congress borrows the money for highway construction, it causes interest rates to be higher and therefore less job-creating investment. The bottom line is that Congress can only shift employment or unemployment but cannot create net new jobs.
Many politicians and pundits claim that the credit crunch and high mortgage foreclosure rate is an example of market failure and want government to step in to bail out creditors and borrowers at the expense of taxpayers who prudently managed their affairs. These financial problems are not market failures but government failure. The Community Reinvestment Act of 1977 is a federal law that intimidated lenders into offering credit throughout their entire market and discouraged them from restricting their credit services to low-risk markets, a practice sometimes called redlining. The Federal Reserve Bank, keeping interest rates artificially low, gave buyers and builders incentive to buy and build, thereby producing the housing bubble. Lenders were willing to make creative interest-only loans, often high-risk “no doc” and “liar loans,” in order to allow people to buy more housing than they could afford. Of course, with the expectation that housing prices will continue to rise, it was no problem for lenders and borrowers but housing prices began to fall, leaving some people with negative home equity and banks in trouble.
The credit crunch and foreclosure problems are failures of government policy. In fact, what we see now is a market correction to foolhardy government policy. Congress’ move to bailout lenders and borrowers who made poor decisions will simply create incentives for people to make unwise decisions in the future. English philosopher Herbert Spencer said, “The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly is to fill the world with fools.”

Well, isn’t that big of him….he’s decided to join the debate after all…and can you believe that his advisors are claiming Obama was all “political posturing” during the meeting with the Prez? (Pot….meet kettle…..) I’ll say it again candidates: We are not stupid. Stick to the facts of the issues at hand and leave the school-yard, “I’m gonna beat you up in the bathroom” antics at the door. We are sick of it.

McChicken predictably chickened out from his latest Me First Country Last compulsive gambler tactic.
Obama will mop the floor with him tonight (including an exchange which showcases his unbalanced mushroom-cloud temperment), and Biden/Palin will be reminiscent of Bambi Meets Godzilla.
DON’T FORGET TO SET YOUR DVRs AND TIVOS!!!!!

Obama the trinational is ineligble to run!

tgif… if you do not know the answer to your own question..then HONESTLY you are not deserving of one.

Obama has been in 22 debates in this election cycle. McCain just 8. I think Obama will do just fine.

TO ALL YOU LIBERAL FAGS, WWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA, HE-HAW, LEFTIES ARE RACISTS BIGOTS, WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA, HE-HAW.

He who permits himself to tell a lie once, finds it much easier to do it a second and third time, till at length it becomes habitual. Thomas Jefferson. Does this fit McCain???

MORE DE-REGULATION!!!! That is what McCain and the Republcans want!!! What were the Republicans smoking with Bush at the White House last night! I hope McCain smoked more of it tonite before the debate! Obama will clean McCain’s CLOCK!!!!!

“TO ALL YOU LIBERAL FAGS, WWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA, HE-HAW, LEFTIES ARE RACISTS BIGOTS, WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA, HE-HAW”
Just another example of the fine intellect displayed by McCain supporters. Keep it up, keep it up! Just make sure you’re not late to you KKK meeting.

One of the saddest lessons of history is this: If we’ve been bamboozled long enough, we tend to reject any evidence of the bamboozle. The bamboozle has captured us. Once you give a charlatan (McCain) power over you, you almost never get it back.

SoWhat: “The McCain strategy in the debate will be to go for a few home run statements – which he will of course goof up.”
Don’t be so over-confident.
The simple fact is these debates are a sham. They favor simplicity. They really are contests about which can look the most confident delivering worn talking points, rather than a test of any ability to think on one’s feet.
Take Palin and Biden. I’ll bet she wins. She’ll look great, and stick to her talking points. Its easy when that’s all you know, and you just memorized them yesterday.
Obama isn’t a good debater, in these political events, that is. Sometimes he gets caught actually answering the question, and thinking through his answer. The content he provides is good, but its not concise and pithy, like the rehearsed lines a speechwriter gives a candidate.

tgif …and there lies one of the reasons why the election is so close. Some will believe anything they are told.

Does anyone know which station the debate is on? What time it starts? Maybe it’s in the article, but I missed it…

Paul, what are you smoking? Palin will look great at the debates? She can’t even look good in scripted interviews by hand picked reporters! And is that why McCain has desperately tried to move/cancel/modify the VP debates?? She’s a moron! Stop looking at what she looks like because that’s not going to run the country or help us! Give us 5 solid statements that Palin has made (and please refrain from using her scripted words: maverick, shake things up, ebay, hockey, mom, thanks but no thanks, etc).

I think the debate starts at 9 p.m. eastern, but no, I don’t know which channel. I’m sure it won’t be hard to find.

Paul…noted. I think the debate will impact very few (the undecided folks). I am certain that most, if not all, of the questions will be repeats. With me personally, debates carry the same weight as political ads, they are a distraction from what most already know about the candidates.

Paulie: “Paul, what are you smoking? Palin will look great at the debates? She can’t even look good in scripted interviews by hand picked reporters.”
I’m just saying what I think will happen. I think being at the podium and having like 30-seconds per question is easier than sitting down with a reporter, in a give and take, where follow-up questions are the norm rather than the exception.
Easier, that is, for someone comfortable speaking in public, which obviously she is. I’m sure I would get up and develop that 1000-yard stare, as I wonder how many people were really on the other end of those cameras, lol.

I have been thinking that I would make a proposition to my Republican friends… that if they will stop telling lies about the Democrats, we will stop telling the truth about them.

You are correct. Debates are favored for the canidate that gives one and two word answers. Shows how dumb and shallow most voters are. If someone answers with thought behind it, its considered bad. So I guess Obama will probably loose because he thinks before just spitting a answer out. Republicans like words like destroy, kill, God, bible, blood attack, military,etc.. I just hope we dont have to hear about McCains POW years over and over again. I am afraid the most intelligent of the two, wont be perceived as the winner. Shame

Is..uhhhh… anyone up for … uuuuh …a challenge….uhhhh …tonight? Let’s count….uhhhh…. how many times…..uhhhh….. Sen. Obama….uhhhh….says….”uhhhh”….and…….. “and uhhhhh” in ….uhhhh…about 90 minutes. Uhhhh….let’s first organize…and uhhh… draft some…. uhhhh… legislative rules….uhhhh….of order here. A simple…..”uhhhh”…counts for ….uhhh….let’s say one point and….uhhh….an “and uh” counts for….uhhhhh….let’s say two points.

Okay, so first McCain is against the Bailout, then he is for it, then he’s against it(for real that time), then he feels it can’t be passed without him being in DC. He ‘suspended’ his campaign, even cancelled a interview with Lettermen, only to get busted getting his nose powdered for another interview when he was supposed to be on his way to DC. He then got to DC, they were very close to an agreement, until he added politics to it by showing up. He said he would not debate until an agreement was reached, but now they are further from an agreement on a bail out now than they were before he got there…and now he’s going back on his word again and debating anyway. Anybody seeing a pattern here?

Paul didn’t see the latest Sarah Palin interview or he is in denial! A typical Neo-Con Republican! Palin a not ready for prime time player that will sink the Republicans! Thats why McCain is trying to figure a way to get rid of her after his attempt to postpone tonites debate to next week so next weeks VP debates would have been cancelled due to time constaints! Funny in Washington McCain and Lieberman were like Super Glue! Palin is on her way out the door!!! That is good for Obama and Jon Stewart!!!!

“LOL McCain is such an idiot. LOL He doesnt know what he want to do. He is like a yo-yo going back and forth. I just cant believe him. LOL Such a drama queen. Speak first think later.
I hope and pray he is not our next leader. Even though I dont really agree whole heartly with either party at this point but McCain and Palin. Oh MY Palin her interviews are scary. Shakes head. America America God shed his grace on thee. Guess I will be voting Obama.”
Posted by: Teresa from florida
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Instead of praying, you should make sure you vote in Nov., since you’re in Florida, a battleground state, your vote can tip the scale in such a tight race.

I have a few things to say…first off I read a lot of bad things about McCain’s grades. Here is the deal a C doctor is a doctor just the same as an A doctor. When you apply for a job you dont give them print out of your grades, you give them your degree that states you have graduated. There would be far less dr’s in the world if only the ones who received A’s were able to work. On top of that some people learn in different ways. I know a person who is a genus, but he is a college drop out and didnt make great grades in high school. This is b/c he is a hands on learner that can not sit in a class room and listen to lectures (which is what 99% of colleges do) he has to be out there doing stuff to learn, not in a desk environment. Does this make him any less of a person….NO. It just means he learns differently.
Also, I am sick of people saying McCain was trying to avoid the debate. Wasn’t it McCain who wanted to do all the townhall meetings? As I do recall it was Obama who turned them down. So that is just blowing smoke.
Last, why doesnt everybody watch all the debates first then get on here and argue the side they agree with. No one can say for sure whether or not McCain or Obama will bomb tonight. We should watch with open minds and listen to what each person has to say!!

I sensed alot of fear in Palin’s voice in that interview, and she still supports she is experienced cuz she can see Russia from her house. Any decent candidate would not be scared and would have re-worded that statement. Sorry Palin supporters, she’s out of her league, thats why McCain keeps trying to hide her.

I’M A DEMOCRAT YOU LIBERAL BRAY.

Actually I’m an independent, and not gay – but, hey, what’s a few incorrect facts to a Republican internet warrior, lol.
Well, gotta go – not gay but am whipped, and the wife is expecting me to stop by the store on the way home.

I’M PISSED THAT YOU LIBERAL FAGS DESTROYED MY PARTY WITH BULLSH*T POLICES. I WAS VOTING FOR HILLARY, NOW I’M VOTING FOR MCCAIN. YOU LIBERAL F**KS ARE SEXIST, RACIST, AND LYING BACKSTABBING BIGOTS WITH NO INTELLIGENCE.

The Obama campaign and the democrats are continually under estimating John McCain. I don’t know when they’ll learn to NEVER under estimate John McCain! Anyone who under estimates John McCain does so at their own peril! You never know what he’s thinking or what he’s going to do next! He’s tricky and he never tells anyone what he’s going to do until he does it! Barack Obama still hasn’t learned that yet! Obama doesn’t stand a chance tonight!

TYPICAL LIBERAL FAGOT, NOT WORKING, PLAYING ON THE INTERNET WHILE AT WORK.

This week has been a great live audition of the POTUS job by both the candidates- John McCain proved that he is the one that can actually do the job. Instead of hiding in a hotel room and issuing press releases, he rolled up his sleeves and went to work in DC with all parties. Yes, there is no deal yet- but atlest he tried and has raised the stakes by having a WH summit.
This lifelong Democrat will be voting John McCain in the fall- my 1st vote ever for a Republican !
Go McCain Go !

It’s a’me, Mario! YA-HOO! Imma so excited about watching the PRESIDENTAL DEBATE tonight! I just a’know there’s a’gonna be lots of mud-slingin and half-baked truths flyin’ all around like spaghetti in a ceiling fan! YIPPIE!
Let’sa go!

Is this true?
Sara Palin afffair revealed by the same magazine that revealed Edwards affair recently.
http://www.nationalenquirer.com/national_enquirer_world_exclusive_sarah_palins_secret_lover_revealed/celebrity/65481

Why all the hate?

I’m sure that no Obama fans here will ever admit it, but had the tables been turned and Obama took McCain’s position the whining would be just the opposite. And yes, Obama would have done the same, had McCain not beat him to the punch which would have hurt Obama’s pride to then follow McCain’s lead. Obama is all about his pride and it will end up hurting him in the end.

martha, forgive me for laughing but how is Palin more intelligent than Obama.

–Here is the deal a C doctor is a doctor just the same as an A doctor.
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So, which one would you go to, given a choice?
-When you apply for a job you dont give them print out of your grades, you give them your degree that states you have graduated.
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Not true. I have had to supply my GPA with several job applications. I’m guessing that you never had to apply for a professional position or you would know that.
There is a huge difference between graduating at the bottom of your class and the top.

Hey I got One for ya BIGT You wont have a choice of which doctor to go too if Obama has his way!!!!

Palin MUST be more intelligent than Obama because she knows better than get involved with axelrods, ayers, daleys, racist ministers, need I go on, ESPECIALLY when she has a political career at stake. All they could find on her was an expense report question, the firing of a state trooper that had tasered his 10 yr old stepson, and a two church videos. I thought the man was supposed to be intelligent? Perhaps educated, but that’s as far as he can take it.

hey snoop who cares?

I’m looking at these statements, going, WOW! I’m seeing stupid slurs and childish comments being thrown back and forth, and I don’t understand why people can’t just be polite and talk about the article instead of slandering each other and the other’s candidate in vile way’s. But I have done my research on the fact’s, and as It stands, McCain/Palin is the best option for this country. And you Democrats have not helped your candidate or cause by calling people racists just because they won’t vote for Obama. That’s a serious double standard that the Democrats are portraying and using as falsehood attacks on people. Which is also what they did to Hillary, who I was voting for! Her own party disrespected her so bad, that I can see in her eyes her anger to her party which is right for her to do. But this country needs a leader with experience right now, not an first term senator with no experience with no record of doing anything. And I also would like for Obama to release of all his records he has not released yet, that is truly a double standard the Democrats are doing. With what they asked for and of from McCain and Palin, I don’t understand why they are not asking their own candidate to do so also. We need to know everything about the people we are about to elect, and Obama has not done so, which to me shows dishonesty and disrespect.
Independent now for McCain/Palin 08

Let’s all just pour a glass of our favorite spirit tonight and watch the destruction derby. You know it’s gonna be must see TV and probably a record number of viewers. So have fun and enjoy. We’re having a Party!!
DEMOCRATS FOR OBAMA/2008

mssmith – that little button with the arrow marked channel on your tv will allow you to turn from FOXNEWS. You’re an idiot too for calling Palin intelligent.
Posted by: SoWhat | Sep 26, 2008 4:34:49 PM
She may not be well educated but she is Intelligent you confuse the two!!

Then WTF are you worried about idiot?! I don’t want sick people coughing on my kids. Excuse me! BYTE ME!

I can See some one forgot to take their meds today!!

Doesn’t anybody really want a real solution or just a chance to vent their antagonistic point of monotony?
Both these candidates have got to face this economic problem and one of them is going to have enforce it soon.
Going to Washington to oversee that the bailout’s progression meets its new administration’s policy is a good idea. It’s not any candidate’s fault that other politicians can’t resist being politicians in time of need and ignore the fact that both of these candidates are still senators and have a job to do.
Their job isn’t to campaign, it’s to legislate policy that is in the best interests of its party and supporters.
I think you all should consider being politicians to, since your sooooo good at bring one another together…

d To you democrats McCain’s acting erratic but to me and most other republicans he’s acting smart! He shouldn’t tell anyone what he’s going to do, especially you democrats! It keeps you on your toes!

When did supporting monopolies in the marketplace come back into vogue?
Including government/GSEs.
When did OneSizeFitsAll become a great idea?
When did AllYourEggsInOneBasket become brilliant?
Did the Berlin Wall go up in ’89, or did it fall down? Because not two years later, the GOP found it impossible to stand up under the intellectual juggernaut of ‘It’s The Economy, Stupid!”
It’s not The Economy; it’s the economies.
And, we don’t have a prayer until our leaders stop referring to them as an it.

uh counter/paul and gigi….LOL Glad to see people still have a sense of humor and can be good sports about it…..

The only think to Really worry about debating, is, can those surronded by corrupt money, is turned Clinton from Deocrates. And seems to buy fixed records. What if Clinton, and Rick Davis, knew they could buy anybody they wanted. It Fixed McCains Record in the past. And Do not, forget how it bought, Nixons election. I am sure, that special interest groups, who have paid lobbiests, could fix any paperwork. Clinton, had bought de-regulatios, paperwork fixers, and now McCain will have to distance himself, from Rick Davis and Clinton scandels. After all, what if they try to buy Joe Biden. They made Obamas paperwork disappear before. After all, the FBI has been bought before. Those special interest groups, are still on Wall Street, and in other postistion in HIGH Government. McCain should not Debate Obama. McCain is still best friends with Clinton, and has covered up Rick Davis’ Paperwork as best as he could. The ‘Secret Government’, is still in place. We WILL remember McCain has been in Government, a LONG TIME. Imagine that McCain has MORE POWER to fix the POLLS, and FIX PAPERWORK. How Will AMERICANS, Be able to trust a MYTHICAL SECRET ILLUMINATI. The Debates should NOT go on. Fox news was Bought by special interest groups. Watch CNN and MSNBC. How many in the Senate are still corrupt. The Republican Cocus, has been caught in Lies TOO. Do NOT let them buy Joe Biden.

Senator John McCain is an avid reader and is known for rereading many works of his favorite authors. The favorite author of John McCain is Herman Wouk who has written The Winds of War and the Caine Mutiny. Wouk served as an executive Naval officer aboard a minesweeper during War War II. Victor Henry the main character in Winds of War was a naval officer who became a confidant both to FDR and Harry Truman. FDR and Harry Truman went outside the normal channels of military command and relied on Victor Henry for straight talk advice on how to approach Russia and Germany and Japan prior and during World War II. John McCain sees himself as the Victor Henry character who understood the nuances of war and foreign policy better than anyone. John McCain is more knowledgeable about foreign policy than either Joe Biden or Barack Obama combined due to his military experiences. Barack Obama and Joe Biden have no military background between them and do not even have the background to know who to connect with to get straight back channel information. Barack Obama and Joe Biden lack the knowledge to even ask the right questions even if they could line up a current day Pug Henry commander to give them the straight scoop. Herman Wouk wove history into his novels. There is saying that those who do not know history are doomed to repeat history. John McCain knows history and will use that knowledge to guide the United States through the tough challenges that we face in the war on terror, radical Islam and dealing with a resurgent Russia.

Democratic leadership under Barack Obama wanted to cut and run in Iraq today and just before our successful surge, just as Democratic leadership wanted to cut and run in Vietnam before our 650 POWs came home in 1973. John McCain realizes he would not be here today if the Democratic leadership had their way back in 1972. Because he spent early school years in Indonesia, Barack Obama may not be the Democratic Presidential candidate today but for our efforts in Vietnam in 1972. Richard Nixon a former Navy officer who served before John McCain years in the Navy understood that North Vietnam never returned any of the captured French POWs after their defeat at Dien Bien Phu in 1954. Only the week long bombings of Hanoi including Christmas day in 1972 with our B52 bombers finally convinced North Vietnam that we wanted our 650 POWs back now. The bombings also convinced the South Vietnamese that we would support them in the future under the Paris Peace Talks agreement. Although the United States lost in Vietnam are efforts there gave other countries time to develop their fragile democracies. Indonesia today is a democratic country today that is friendly to the United States and has a population of nearly two hundred million people, the fourth largest in the world. Barack Obama spent his early childhood in Indonesia attending school with his mother and step-father during the time of the Vietnam War. It has been reported that the former President of Indonesia stated that our efforts in Vietnam even though we lost, allowed Indonesia to fight off communism and develop as a democratic country. Our efforts in Vietnam bought Indonesia time. Barack Obama could have been caught up in a communist insurrection in Indonesia during his early childhood if the United States had cut and run and had not tried to slow or stop a rapid North Vietnam takeover of South Vietnam. All of Southeast Asia including Indonesia could have rapidly gone Communist if the United States did not at least make a stand to resist the rapid expansion of communism and stand by our ally South Vietnam. Ironicallly both John McCain and Barack Obama would not be the men they are today and John McCain would not be here if we had followed Democratic leadership to cut and run in Vietnam before our POWs were returned.

I hope and pray that John McCain comes out swinging today to expose the arrogant empty suit- Obama.
I am a lifelong DNC card carrying Democrat who will be voting McCain- my 1st ever vote for a Republican.
I cannot in good conscience allow my dislike of Bush to cloud my judgement in voting for a totally un-qualified man- Barack Obama to be the POTUS

I heard the have The ice packs all ready for Obama from the beating he is going to get tonight.I also head the will no need for janitors there tonight because McCain is going to wipe the floor with him

How dare he? How dare Obama ask questions and harp on asking questions last night? That made the Republicans angry so they walked out.
Hmm. But McCain along with Bush is pleading with his party to quickly come back and speedly except the bail out immediately.
I preferre to wait and hear the Republican ANSWERS to Obama’s questions regarding that package bail out deal.

Oops…I misspelled practising.

Pretty words and rhetoric will not cure the problem.
For those too young to know or remember. Change for the sake of change is seldom for the better. 1975-76 the U.S. was in turmoil, and people were demanding change. An obscure young man with good credentials(exceptional credentials compared to the aspirants today) championed the cause.1975 Carter sensed that the mood of the country was anti-Washington and that people were interested in a candidate offering change.On assuming office in 1977, President Carter inherited an economy that was slowly emerging from a recession. He had severely criticized former President Ford for his failures to control inflation and relieve unemployment, but after four years of the Carter presidency, both inflation and unemployment were considerably worse than at the time of his inauguration. The annual inflation rate rose from 4.8% in 1976 to 6.8% in 1977, 9% in 1978, 11% in 1979, and hovered around 12% at the time of the 1980 election campaign. Although Carter had pledged to eliminate federal deficits, the deficit for the fiscal year 1979 totaled $27.7 billion, and that for 1980 was nearly $59 billion. With approximately 8 million people out of work, the unemployment rate had leveled off to a nationwide average of about 7.7% by the time of the election campaign, but it was considerably higher in some industrial states.
Carter also faced a drastic erosion of the value of the U.S. dollar in the international money markets, and many analysts blamed the decline on a large and persistent trade deficit, much of it a result of U.S. dependence on foreign oil.
In July 1980, Carter received a favorable rating of only 21% in the Gallup Poll. That was the lowest rating any president, including Richard Nixon at the time of his resignation, had received since polling began in 1936.
When Jimmy Carter left the White House in 1981 and handed the presidency over to Ronald Reagan, he was widely viewed as a failure. Carter, and the nation, had been humiliated by the long ordeal of the Iranian hostage crisis, as well as the botched rescue attempt that left Americans dead in the desert. The Soviets had brazenly invaded Afghanistan, and Carter’s response (including boycotting the 1980 Moscow Olympics) was seen as ineffectual. Carter’s tenure also witnessed an energy crisis, soaring inflation(11-12 percent), and skyrocketing interest rates(21.5 percent). The smiling, confident, fresh-faced Carter of 1976 seemed long gone, replaced by a growing national malaise.
This not to mention the devastated military preparedness and income tax rates. Do we need to re-live this in 2008-2012?

Look at us squabbling like children in a playground. This is my first election since leaving the Army (where I was ignorant of politics) and I am disheartened by the behaveior. Both men deserve some respect. I have made several mistakes in my past (as most of you) and it is checkered with bad ideas and decisions. I could not run for dog catcher most likely. I suspect that both candidates want, to a high degree, what is best for the country. One may have the better idea on how to do this. However Since they are very far from being perfect, maybe we should show a little dignity in how we speak and communicate. Some days I worried about making it back here to see my unborn son, now that I did I would be disappointed in him, acting in the manner of what’s been transpireing in the media, the campaign and the voters. It reminds me of that old saying about the only people worth shooting are in other countries. Some days it is hard to find honor anywhere it seems. Both candidates should lock themselves together in a room for a hundred hours. Jefferson I fear may be correct.

Maybe Barack was thinking about Joe when he said that small town rural Americans cling to religion and guns in tough times. It must have been real tough times during his first year of law school that Joe Biden clung to his religion in deciding to use an academic product of his own faith, Fordham Law Review to commit plagiarism. Joe Biden did more than cling to religion, he clung so hard that he ended up taking substantial chunks out of the Fordham Law Review and failed and had to repeat his legal research and writing class as a result.

“John McCain knows history and will use that knowledge to guide the United States through the tough challenges that we face in the war on terror, radical Islam and dealing with a resurgent Russia.”
Posted by: politicsandtraditions | Sep 26, 2008 5:08:39 PM
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“… dealing with a resurgent Russia” — politicsandtraditions
DEALING with a “Resurgent Russia”?? DEALING?!?
Why, let’s CRUSH and stomp on Russia back down to the ground to show the Russian people where they belong! Yeah, great idea! The next countries that will rise up, America should go and STOMP them down, too! BRILLIANT IDEA! (NOT!!!)
You know, suppose that Sarah Palin was running for president and gets elected, and with Americans who think like you (I’m sure there are plenty), we will definitely have WW III.
I hate to break it to backward, warmongering people like you, but RUSSIAN PEOPLE have rights, too, believe it or not. And more importantly, we, as the USA, don’t go around and “dealing with a resurgent Russia” because we feel like it.
It’s people like you who, I’m sure, voted for Bush TWICE so that he wrecked our economy and destroyed the image of the USA.
Why don’t you do us a favor, and stop spreading the hate.

The only think to Really worry about debating, is, can those surronded by corrupt money, is turned Clinton from Deocrates. And seems to buy fixed records. What if Clinton, and Rick Davis, knew they could buy anybody they wanted. It Fixed McCains Record in the past. And Do not, forget how it bought, Nixons election. I am sure, that special interest groups, who have paid lobbiests, could fix any paperwork. Clinton, had bought de-regulatios, paperwork fixers, and now McCain will have to distance himself, from Rick Davis and Clinton scandels. After all, what if they try to buy Joe Biden. They made Obamas paperwork disappear before. After all, the FBI has been bought before. Those special interest groups, are still on Wall Street, and in other postistion in HIGH Government. McCain should not Debate Obama. McCain is still best friends with Clinton, and has covered up Rick Davis’ Paperwork as best as he could. The ‘Secret Government’, is still in place. We WILL remember McCain has been in Government, a LONG TIME. Imagine that McCain has MORE POWER to fix the POLLS, and FIX PAPERWORK. How Will AMERICANS, Be able to trust a MYTHICAL SECRET ILLUMINATI. The Debates should NOT go on. Fox news was Bought, by special interest groups. Watch CNN and MSNBC. How many in the Senate are still corrupt. The Republican Cocus, has been caught in Lies TOO.
So the question becomes, what happened to paperwork?
Well United America. You already Know, you can not, get into collage without a Birth Certificate, Which the Collage had on Record. Yes, I would ask WHY, it Disappeared.
WHO DE-REGULATED, the OVER-SIGHT, of PAPERWORK RECORDS? The current government, has made people disappear BEFORE. WHY? Corruption? Buy offs? Well Bill Clinton and Rick Davis, STILL has not been Questioned, in FRONT of the WORLD. Notice how FOX NEWS does NOT, show ALL the STORY. WHY?
CNN and MSNBC, has shown MORE about BOTH Canidadates. Both SHOW mistakes made, by Obama, McCain, Palin, and Biden. FOX DOES NOT. Interesting…
Are we headed, for another Flip-Flopping, Senate?
The Out of Touch, Has been Caught Lying, and Would agree, then not agree.
WHY? Why has McCain, Not Givin’ his View on the Bill? The Out of Touch Senate, DOES NOT have the answer either. CNN and MSNBC ask ALL Senate Members. None can give an answer.
Call your Senate Office, and ask Why.
Watch on CNN and MSNBC as ALL the Senators, give the ANSWERS.
Be an INDEPENDATE VOTER. NO DEMOCRAT or REPUBLICAN VOTES, VOTE UNITED. INDEPENDANT, and FAIR. Who has access to fixing Paperwork. De-Reagulaters. ‘Free Market’ means NO PAPER WORK IS WANTED. Is Wall Street Crooks Gone Yet? NO. Is Paperwork Still Being Changed? YES. What will Corrupt Wall Street do? Hide the Money for Rick Davis? Another Clinton and Davis Fannie Mae? Has Goldman Sachs been De-Regulated? NO. So WHO CONTRIBUTED MONEY? :) WE SEE THEIR PICTURES. Thanks Guys…..You Just showed the world WHY the REPUBLICAN SENATE Can NOT AGREE…. :) Thank You

Senator John McCain picked Governor Sarah Palin because he intends to follow through and make his Project Lexington for United States energy independence the dominant issue in this campaign. Governor Sarah Palin is a strong supporter of increased offshore drilling and she knows that Alaska has an offshore coastline greater than the rest of the country combined and is also comes in second among the states in oil production. Alaska Governor Sarah Palin and John McCain understand that Obama and the Democrats would never consider government loan guarantees or tax breaks for a sure thing that will produce energy for the American gas tank. In fact Democrats are trying to put together a so-called windfall profits tax which will have the effect of discouraging future investment in the United States oil industry. John McCain also knows that Governor Sarah Palin family situation also illustrates that longterm Democratic leadership hostility and policies toward United States owned energy companies have caused our current energy crisis. Her husband works for British Petroleum but instead should be working for the former American owned Arco Oil Company. Arco Oil Company developed and explored the Alaska North Slope and formerly owned eighty percent of our proven Alaskan reserves. With its substantial oil reserves Arco Oil Company should have bought British Petroleum instead of British Petroleum buying out Arco Oil Company during the second Bill Clinton administration. With the right business environment and support from both political parties in the United States, Arco Oil Company might have been more successful and been able to buy out British Petroleum instead of British Petroleum buying out Arco Oil Company. Look at Apple Computer and Microsoft. Their success in the computer world have made them bullet proof to corporate takeovers. Longterm Democratic hostility and opposition to offshore drilling and periodic talk of windfall profits taxes contributed to the takeover of Arco Oil Company.

The only think to Really worry about debating, is, can those surronded by corrupt money, is turned Clinton from Deocrates. And seems to buy fixed records. What if Clinton, and Rick Davis, knew they could buy anybody they wanted. It Fixed McCains Record in the past. And Do not, forget how it bought, Nixons election. I am sure, that special interest groups, who have paid lobbiests, could fix any paperwork. Clinton, had bought de-regulatios, paperwork fixers, and now McCain will have to distance himself, from Rick Davis and Clinton scandels. After all, what if they try to buy Joe Biden. They made Obamas paperwork disappear before. After all, the FBI has been bought before. Those special interest groups, are still on Wall Street, and in other postistion in HIGH Government. McCain should not Debate Obama. McCain is still best friends with Clinton, and has covered up Rick Davis’ Paperwork as best as he could. The ‘Secret Government’, is still in place. We WILL remember McCain has been in Government, a LONG TIME. Imagine that McCain has MORE POWER to fix the POLLS, and FIX PAPERWORK. How Will AMERICANS, Be able to trust a MYTHICAL SECRET ILLUMINATI. The Debates should NOT go on. Fox news was Bought, by special interest groups. Watch CNN and MSNBC. How many in the Senate are still corrupt. The Republican Cocus, has been caught in Lies TOO.
So the question becomes, what happened to paperwork?
Well United America. You already Know, you can not, get into collage without a Birth Certificate, Which the Collage had on Record. Yes, I would ask WHY, it Disappeared.
WHO DE-REGULATED, the OVER-SIGHT, of PAPERWORK RECORDS? The current government, has made people disappear BEFORE. WHY? Corruption? Buy offs? Well Bill Clinton and Rick Davis, STILL has not been Questioned, in FRONT of the WORLD. Notice how FOX NEWS does NOT, show ALL the STORY. WHY?
CNN and MSNBC, has shown MORE about BOTH Canidadates. Both SHOW mistakes made, by Obama, McCain, Palin, and Biden. FOX DOES NOT. Interesting…
Are we headed, for another Flip-Flopping, Senate?
The Out of Touch, Has been Caught Lying, and Would agree, then not agree.
WHY? Why has McCain, Not Givin’ his View on the Bill? The Out of Touch Senate, DOES NOT have the answer either. CNN and MSNBC ask ALL Senate Members. None can give an answer.
Call your Senate Office, and ask Why.
Watch on CNN and MSNBC as ALL the Senators, give the ANSWERS.
Be an INDEPENDATE VOTER. NO DEMOCRAT or REPUBLICAN VOTES, VOTE UNITED. INDEPENDANT, and FAIR. Who has access to fixing Paperwork. De-Reagulaters. ‘Free Market’ means NO PAPER WORK IS WANTED. Is Wall Street Crooks Gone Yet? NO. Is Paperwork Still Being Changed? YES. What will Corrupt Wall Street do? Hide the Money for Rick Davis? Another Clinton and Davis Fannie Mae? Has Goldman Sachs been De-Regulated? NO. So WHO CONTRIBUTED MONEY? :) WE SEE THEIR PICTURES. Thanks Guys…..You Just showed the world WHY the REPUBLICAN SENATE Can NOT AGREE…. :) Thank You

Bryan T: It does not matter whether Iraq ultimately had WMD just as it did not matter that Nazi Germany had anything to do with the timing or ordering the attack by Japan on Pearl Harbor in 1941. Germany had not attacked the United States but was allied under the Axis Pact with Japan and posed an immediate threat to the United States. ABC reporter Charley Gibson cites the so-called Bush doctrine using military force when a strike is imminent when in reality it should be called the Franklin Delano Roosevelt FDR doctrine. Four days after Japan attacked at Pearl Harbor, Congress passed a declaration of war against Germany on December 11, 1941. Congress had passed a declaration of war against Japan the day after Pearl Harbor attack on December 7, 1941. Our war effort and strategy during the early years of World War II was to defeat Nazi Germany and then go after Japan. Remember at that time, it was not a sure bet that the United States was going to win World War II. The United States made preparations for an invasion of California and Alaska. Germany was considered the stronger threat and therefore it was appropriate to focus and beat Germany before Japan was ultimately forced to surrender. The so-called Bush doctrine is a continuation of FDR successful strategy of winning World War II. The FDR Doctrine or strategy is appropriate to the war involving Iraq and Al Qaida and the Taliban insurgency in Afghanistan.
Iraq was clearly the stronger foe with at the time the world fourth largest standing army and it was appropriate to focus our efforts in Iraq before turning to Al Qaida in Afghanistan. So the question whether Iraq had WMD is as relevant as saying that just because the Germany warplanes did not bomb Pearl Harbor, then the United States had no right to also declare war on Germany in 1941.
If Saddam Hussein were still controlling Iraq, Iraq would be using its 300 million dollars a day in oil revenues to buy weapons that ultimately could be used against the United States.

This blog needs a word limit for posts.

Here is a thought for the Democrat leadership on their position of limited American support for Iraq. Barack Obama discussed and downplayed his recent harrowing experience with their chartered campaign aircraft that had elevator problems due to an accidental inflation of a rear exit slide. The media reported it was a serious event. United States military pilots experience harrowing events every day. Thanks to the recommended McCain troop surge and George Bush original decision to overthrow Sadaam Hussein, US Airforce and Navy pilots no longer have to provide a continuous no fly zone over Iraq. They had provided this no fly zone to prevent Sadaam Hussein from using his airforce and helicopters to slaughter helpless Kurds in the North of Iraq. Before the United States invasion under George Bush, this nofly zone had to be carried out from carriers and bases in Kuwait which involved distances and hazards. The successful overthrow of Sadaam has saved countless American pilot lives and harrowing military aircraft safety incidents similar to what occurred on the Obama chartered campaign plane. Democrats under the leadership of Obama would have us performing a no fly zone mission over Iraq for the next fifty years instead of going in and taking out Sadaam as we did and saving countless US military pilots lives over the next fifty years. McCain support of the war in Iraq was the right thing to do and will have the long term effect of saving American lives.
As a former Navy Pilot John McCain knows the dangers of flying military missions over a hostile country. I am sure Barack Obama with his recent campaign airline charter scare have a better understanding of the dangers. Barack Obama should have a special appreciation of the dangers also in flying in even nonmilitary nonhostile situations. It is a fact that United States Airforce and Navy pilots lives will be saved by not having to continue a nofly zone over a hostile Iraq for the next fifty years thanks to the support of John McCain for the war. The surge policy was the right policy and will save American military pilot lives.

So McCain has finally realized that it makes no difference if he is helping plan a bailout package or not? Good.
Seriously, that was just a political move.
It’s finally time for Obama to show us what he can do.

“The so-called Bush doctrine is a continuation of FDR successful strategy of winning World War II. The FDR Doctrine or strategy is appropriate to the war involving Iraq and Al Qaida and the Taliban insurgency in Afghanistan.”
Posted by: politicsandtraditions | Sep 26, 2008 6:54:43 PM
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I’m not going to act like I’m the next Colin Powell, but it’s quite obvious by looking at the past 6-7 years that Bush’s strategy have failed miserably against the war against terrorists:
Bin Laden (the target of 9/11) is still at large, and the US is $9.66 TRILLION dollars in debt.
Needless to say that a strategy that was used for WW2 (more than 60 years ago) cannot be use for a modern war.
Just as one cannot use Polio vaccines to try and stop AIDs.
Time has changed, and things have changed. It follows that strategy should also change.
Atomic bombs helped won WW2, but they sure cannot win against modern wars such as the war against terrorists.

ATTENTION TO ALL DEMOCRATS – With all due respect, I want to know where there is info on Obama since you all seem to know so much about him, tell me where his records are or why he has not released them yet. Please answer.

GIGI: But they still need McCain because they don’t have the bill yet. Haven’t you been listening to it all. McCain has to be there and so does Obama. The democrats are responsible for not having a good plan but blame it on the republicans as usual. This is the worst democrat congress in history. Nancy Pelosi is the worst house speaker the democrats ever had.

So what – seriously, don’t act like I don’t understand released information not being available. College transcripts, baptism certificate, files from his time on the board in Chicago when he was a community organizer, when he was an Illinois State Senator. All this information the Republican side says has not been released, I researched and cannot find any info on any of it, and that is a red flag for me. I can find anything I want to know about McCain, Palin, Biden, but not Obama. All information Republicans are putting out their I can find. Biden’s info I can find, but not Obama’s.

THE GOP definitely needs a timeout. And cranky granpa mccain needs a nap.

so what – Democrats have destroyed Palin on her transcripts, grades, and history, let alone McCain, with comments on education. You still are not answering my question! Where is Obama’s college and political information about his past, with all due respect. I have researched McCain and Palin along with Biden, where is Obama’s info, please.

McCain says he feels his experience trumps Obma’s. Whenever McCain speaks about his loads of experience he may separate himself from Bush but he basically stands by the same Bush policies. Even though he says he’s separating himself he keeps contradicting himself by saying he’s going to pick up where Bush left off. His policies have minor differences from Bush. Obma seems to have more of a plain for the future. He states the way he’ll go about making these changes. He seems to have an intelligent well thought out plan. But because of his lack of experience I’m not confident he’ll be able to pull things off.

Please excuse me for the typo.

I SENT THIS LETTER TO MY REPRESENTATIVES IN CONGRESS:
We demand that Congress stops adding earmarks and pork within the contents of the “Bail Out Bill”. In addition we do not want a payout to ACORN — or any organization like ACORN.
We feel this is an egregious abuse of House and the Senate positions in Congress. Enough is enough.
We will no longer continue to vote or support any Representative or Senator who votes for bills with earmarks and pork or allots money to ACORN.
I BELIEVE THE PEOPLE WHO WALKED AWAY WITH TONS OF MONEY SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE BAIL OUT.
If the government agrees to pay off mortgages for people who bought homes they could not afford — then the government needs to pay off ALL mortgages for ALL legal American citizens.
I don’t want my tax payments used to pay off somebody else’s home!
I PERSONALLY AM AGAINST A WALL STREET BAILOUT BUT AT LEAST FORKING OVER A THIRD OF THE MONEY — WITH THE REST CONTINGENT ON EFFECTIVENESS — MAKES SENSE.
I AM TOTALLY AGAINST GIVING 10% TO ORGANIZATIONS LIKE “ACORN”. PEOPLE SHOULD NOT BUY HOMES THEY CAN’T AFFORD. DO NOT BAIL THEM OUT.
NORTH CAROLINA TAXPAYER
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Barack Hussein Obama is campaigning tomorrow — promoting “himself”.
Why isn’t Obama going back to DC to work on our country’s crisis? If he can’t do his senate job — he surely can’t run this country! — OR maybe that’s above his pay grade!
Country First in 2008.

HONORABLE JOHN MCCAIN – Can you tell me where I can find info on Obama’s past, since nobody will tell me. I’m an Independent needing to know, seriously!

No Bail out !!!!!!!!
We have no voice !!!!!
If you bail wall street out then who needs the law
you would not bail out the farmers just scum on wall street