McCain Campaign vs the New York Times (Round 15)

The fact that a New York Times reporter solicited children on FACEBOOK by asking classmates of the McCain offspring to tell them bad things about them is really disgraceful and worthy of an NBC predator episode. I am so disgusted with the gutter media. The worship of the Obamas, the “how dare you” when they are criticized, and the gutter propaganda to go after the McCains and Palin is historically radical agenda journalism. there is no trust left in the media.

The NY Times only sang the praises of McCain if he was against a republican. They have absolutely no credibility. For Jake Tapper to side with the NY Times is just more MSM circling of the wagons.

Let me get this straight. For the GOP, the New York Times is an evil, left wing propoganda machine, but Fox News is the fair-and-balanced truth. Huh????

McCain campaign: it IS old news and no one cares about Cindy. Please go back to spreading lies, smears and conspiracy theories about Obama.

Interesting. So before an audience of national media, Dowd is invoking the “drug dealer” from the Democrat’s youthful use of pot and cocaine in order to decry such irrelevancies.)
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Actually the McCain Campaign is using this article as an excuse to attack Obama on this issue. They don’t give a flip about the article itself. They know for the most part it will not affect the outcome of this election.

fact:
Cindy McCain personally attacks Obama & Michelle on the campaign trail like no other candidates spouse has done in American history

Complain is all the McCain campaign can do, and it will get them nowhere. Meanwhile, and more important than some Cindy story, the media are still riding the tide of the supposedly angry racist crowds at McCain rallies, based largely on reports that have been quietly discredited during the very same week that Obama supporters vandalized a GOP local headquarters and others threw Molotov cocktails at a McCain sign in someone’s yard. But never mind, the narrative is set. The accepted narrative is that McCain supporters are the ones who are angry and being dangerous stoked by the campaign. (And nothing makes me angrier than someone stoking racial anger!!) Who wants to be part of an angry racist mob when you can line up behind the candidate of hope? Sure would be nice to know how much of this “angry racist McCain crowd” narrative has been pushed along by the Obama campaign and then picked up by sympathetic reporters.

“Did you know that Michelle did not have the grades in High School to get into college, but with strings pulled by her Basketball superstar and very smart brother she got accepted into the university he attended.”
Roselyn N.
Michelle Obama graduated before she knew Obama, actually he worked for her

They can complain all they want. The New York Times remains the best reporting we have in this country.
McCain has sold his integrity and soul for this election. He doesn’t like that the Times has reported news that makes that clear. I bet he doesn’t like that the Chicago Tribune – a conservative paper- has done the same thing and endorsed Obama (its first Democratic presidential endorsement ever) either.
McCain has run a stupid campaign based on few ideas and a lot of bad gimmicks – the largest being his running mate from Alaska. His latest moves are aimed at the bigoted and the fearful rather than anyone’s intellect. Why doesn’t he just hang out a sign “hate truth, commies and black people? vote ME.” Where did this McCain come from? I cannot believe this is who he has always been. Why would he become this?
Thank God for the print media who have stood up against this. If we were dependent on the tv news networks we would have few facts to examine. Our great newspapers actually report. It is why they are so important in this sound byte news age. They are not the liberal media. They are journalists who (usually) do their jobs.

jpt said: Dowd is invoking the “drug dealer” from the Democrat’s youthful use of pot and cocaine in order to decry such irrelevancies.

No surprise at the hate mobs that show up for McCain/Palin rallies. Even the language they use in dealing with the MAINSTREAM media is violent and ugly.
REPUBS = EXTREMISTS
OUT OF THE MAINSTREAM

This is outrageous.
Where is the Times piece on Michelle Obama? (Negative piece, anyway) Believe me, there is plenty to write about there.
How about a piece on how Michelle worked with Ayers’ wife at a Chicago law firm before she and O married?
How about a piece on how she introduced O to the Trinity Church and Reverend Wright??
I hope the API story IS true, and they release the tape shortly. It would serve everybody right.
Or perhaps that’s why the pro-O media is now targeting Cindy…they know what’s coming.

Cindy and the GOP chose to denigrate Michelle Obama. They have all said Michelle Obama is fair game. So I’m not sure why Cindy and John McCain think it is perfectly fine and justified for them to tear into Michelle Obama, distorting her words into an entirely different meaning, but for some reason Cindy should only be praised? Nobody should mention the number of stories that she has totally fabricated during this campaign.
Quit your whining or stop dishing it out.

I went to the link and read the story myself. It can hardly be considered a hatchet job. If these people go overboard to whine at even a hint of a perceived slight, they are NOT fit to represent this country at the national level.

You left out the part about “the fabrications and lies of blackmailers”. The NYT is complicit in covering up far more serious crimes.

McBush is the guy
that said Medicare is too expensive
and it unfair to support Social Security
and do not pass a vet. GI bill
and do not give woman equal pay
and do not give health care for children.
and want to continue the war
and caused the stock market failure
and he”s election team is nothing but Bush people and lobbyist!
McCain is not good for the country!
vote for Obama-Biden and all democrats!

Oh poor Cindy!
Come, shall Mummy kiss it better?
Please, McCain campaign, you go out and accuse Michelle Obama of being anti-American and then you start whining at people reporting the FACTS.
They start throwing all the mud but then have the audacity to be chagrined when Obama has the nerve to throw the rubbish back where it came.

Jake,
I guess this is your take…
‘Interesting. So before an audience of national media, Dowd is invoking the “drug dealer” from the Democrat’s youthful use of pot and cocaine in order to decry such irrelevancies’
Is that not what Obama wrote in his book and referenced by Dowd? If you drive a car, you have to deal with the mechanic, right? When are we going to get some fairness in reporting from you guys?

I looked over both articles and thought that the McCain article was just a rehash, sort of a reminder of one persons human failures and somewhat embarrasing for them, I am sure.
I ahd never seen any Axelrod articles and the fact that the NY Times mentions that lots of info is missing from his website suggest to me that perhaps Axelrod is what Obama lamnets against and that is lobbyist. I would say that this should be an embarrasment for Obama but we know that to be a politician one msut have thick skin.

I just wish the NYT would consider Nobama’s past admitted cocaine use in the same light … ooops …. oh, I forgot, they are unaware of it because as “The Chosen One,” he has no flaws …. then they wonder why we won’t vote for him … do they think we are stupid?
Someone mentioned Michelle … she is so sympathetic about the poor, forgotten foks in America …. right, that is why the Election Night spread for the big Banquet is such “simple fare.” God help us all from these phonies.

Just leaves the road open now to bash Michelle Obama…and her dossier is o lot more damaging than Cindy McCains!
Cindy McCain has ALWAYS been proud of her country…Cindy did not sit for 20 years with her kids listening to HATE WHITES/HATE AMERICA PUKE coming from a crazy pastor….Cindy did not write a thesis against whites and “share the wealth” and Cindy has enough to buy what she wants…she does not need to hang around with crooks for dirty dealings!! And Michelle’s friendships with other shady characters does not speak to First Lady attributes..Michelle is now “fair game” for attacks on her!! Your reap what you sow, New York Times..pandoras box is now open for business!!

O-ISMHOOD is the true candidate call for Barack Hussein Obama.
Barack Hussein Obama just don’t get it!
When a person truly wants to do better, the person will do just that.
If a person is born into a family that does not have wealth, etc. Take the lemons and make lemon-aid and establish some goals and move forward.
Simple math.
VOTERS – DO NOT LET OBAMA “TWIST IT ON AMERICA!”
AMERICA DOES NOT NEED SOCIALISM!!!
HARD WORKING AMERICAN PEOPLE THAT WORK 12 18 HOURS A DAY TO MAKE IT. NEED TO GET THE FULL BENEFITS OF THEIR HARD WORK AND NOT BE TAX AND ENDLESS CONTROLS BY GOVERNMENT TO PROVIDE TAX MONEY TO HELP OTHERS IN SOCIAL PROGRAMS THAT ENABLE….LAZY, INDIVIDUALS THAT WILL NOT HIT A LICK AT A SNAKE.
ALL AMERICAN PEOPLE
MUST GET UP AND AND DO YOUR FAIR SHARE -
VOTE JOHN MCCAIN AND
GET AMERICA BACK ON TRACK -
GO—JOHN MCCAIN AND SARAH PALIN!!!
STOP SOCIALISM — VOTE JOHN MCCAIN!!

I hear Obama supporters replying that if you can’t take it, don’t dish it out. Here’s the problem with that argument: John, Cindy, Sarah, and Todd have all been ‘taking it’ from the presss (and the NYT in particular). If the attacks were coming from the OFFICIAL Obama campaign, the reply might (granting other assumptions) have some merit. However, the attacks are coming from press. So what you are saying is that if the McCain campaign attacks the Obama campaign, then the press should attack the McCain campaign. Perhaps MY mistake is that I’ve failed to note that these same individuals are just tacitly agreeing that the NYT is a branch of the Obama camp. In that case (assuming the McCain camp has been unfair), their argument goes through without a hitch.

I read the NY Times article and saw nothing biased about it…just the facts presented. And why shouldn’t we know the facts about Cindy McCain?? If she is aspiring to be First Lady (GOD FORBID!) people need to know about her, as well as her surly, cheating husband. They lie about Barrack and Michelle so they are fair game also. Cindy McCain would be a DISGRACE and an embarrassment as First Lady…a pill popping, stealing, lying elitist. Aaaarrrggghhh.

Wow. Talk about desperate. Obama didn’t hide the fact that he used drugs in the past. He spoke about it in his book, in interviews, and on the campaign trail during the primaries. But as far as I can tell, Obama was never investigated for stealing drugs from a charity that he was running, asking a doctor to write fraudulent prescriptions to support his habit, and then covering it up to save the family name.
Cindy McCain’s behavior was felonious, and not only did she get a slap on the wrist, but she tried to get the ex-employee that tipped off the DEA indicted for bogus charges of blackmail–and the doctor that she had writing those fake prescriptions lost his medical license. For once, I would truly and honestly like to see both McCains take responsibility for their own actions instead of projecting onto someone else.

all this bassing really help the economy and your living tomorrow, let elect someone is calm, mature, and respectful, and not maverractiv and bs

Anna befrom 63 – sorry Michelle is not working. She should be though her husband gave a large earmark to her employer which in turn gave her a very healthy raise. To be jealous of Cindy and her wealth is just dumb. Her father had to work his butt off to make that company what it was and what it is.But that is just a terrible thing to try and provide for your family. My problem with “spreading the wealth” is I would like to choose where my hard money is spread to. I don’t need government to decide that for me. I’m a big girl.

Why do people keep bringing up this weird myth that you can’t criticize Obama?
When Joe Wurzleburger walked up to him with a list of angry questions, did anyone stop him? Did Obama brush him off? No, Barack Obama talked to him for a good 5 minutes.
That McCain would be so cordial to a hostile citizen is almost unthinkable.

Gee… no wonder why 21st century Republicans are known as the angry right!

HIGH TIME THAT THE MEDIA ATTACKED Michelle Obama …. she has lots of items to go after….JUST PICK UP YOUR PEN AND START WRITING.
MICHELLE OBAMA’S AMERICA ~~ LACED with 20 years of Rev. Wright, her pastor shouting “HATE AMERICA” “HATE WHITES” etc.
NEW YORK TIMES…..just don’t get it!!!
GO—-JOHN MCCAIN AND SARAH PALIN!!!
Sarah Palin is just the “GREATEST!”
GO—-JOHN MCCAIN!!!!!!
GO—-SARAH MCCAIN!!!!!
STOP SOCIALISM—-VOTE JOHN MCCAIN!!!
STOP SOCIALISM—-VOTE JOHN MCCAIN!!!
STOP SOCIALISM—-VOTE JOHN MCCAIN!!!

Mr. McCain has fought a mean-spirited myth mongering, racism tainted campaign. His activities of late, go beyond the pale. Mr. McCain’s whole life- which is filled with skeletons of corruption, oil – banking lobbyist influences, and infidelity. Senator Obama has dared to bring up the Keating 5 scandel where McCain was rebuked and Keating served time while the nation of taxpayers suffered $2B in bailouts initially and that escalated to $100B in costs to the American public.
Mrs. McCain started her relationship with Mr. McCain as one of lies and infidelity. This must be kept in mind because this is the character. Mr. McCain apoligized for his Keatin 5 participation he cleaned up public scrutinized “earmarks” but increased the level of lobbyist influence. Mr. McCain is a polititian of 26yrs and has a strong record working with lobbyists for the Republican deregulation agenda.

the New York times is trash, they might as well be the enquirer, they are not journalist over their, they are skirting on papparazi type behavior. Unreal.

blondshag Go Sarah McCain really so he’s divorced Cindy and gave her up for a younger women too how fitting thanks for the news .

NY Times is a DISGRACE – they call this a NEWS paper????? SHAME on NY!
Only the obama gang – or CULT followers would read – if they can read – such TRASH!
Let’s see one done on Ms. Michelle -
BUT – that would be far too radical to even consider.

Silly posts here. Give me a break. Grow up McCain supporters and quit talking campaign sound bits. It is so boring and really stupid. You are smarter than this I hope.
The biggest act of socialism by the federal government are two (1) social security and (2)the current $700 rescue plan. Senator McCain AND Senator Obama voted for the latter for the biggest bailout in history of banks and the financial system. If you are saying that you want the Republicans and Mr. McCain to get rid of Social Security, just say it. Is that what you are saying.
If you are talking about Senator Obama’s program is a tax cut for 95% of working families. These are laborors and not “non workers”. This isn’t welfare. Silly.
Government pays for commerce and infrastructure that benefits commerce. Tax law is written to support business investment and wildly supports the wealthy and corporate America. Socialism my ass. There has been the biggest transfer of wealth- $600B over the last 8 years from the 95% of Americans to the 5% wealthiest of America. Now that is form of socialism that McCain and the Republicans support.

“My problem with “spreading the wealth” is I would like to choose where my hard money is spread to. I don’t need government to decide that for me. I’m a big girl.”
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Sounds like “big girl” wants to the government to use her hard earned money to subsidize tax cuts for the wealthiest 5% of our citizens and for companies like Exxon!!
Why not have the government use that money to help middle class Americans instead???? I figure the Buffets, Gates, Forbes, Bloombergs will just do fine if the Bush “temporary” tax cuts just expire. They managed to survive before GWB… and will probably survive when the “temporary” cuts expire.
Sooooo… you can spread the wealth by either helping our wealthiest or spread the wealth by helping our middle class. The choice is yours!
Personally, I would like to pay less in taxes (Obama) and let the zillionaires invest a little more in our great country.

Yes, where does Michelle Obama get the idea that she can trash white people because she had it rough?
My father died when I was 12. My mother and I lived on Social Security checks until I graduated from high school.
When I applied for Financial Aid for college, I barely received enough to put a dent in my tuition each semester, while Hispanic, Native-American, and African-American students (whose parents made more than the Social Security checks my mother and I received) received enough aid to pay their tuition, room and board, and had money left over.
I would stand in line on Financial Aid distribution day and sign my check away to the college while the minority students paid everything, and waited for their check to be cut. Then they would all go out and hop into their new pick up trucks and automobiles while I hopped in my boyfriend’s old klunker.
I majored in U.S. History, but I certainly did not write racist term papers or thesis’ against Hispanics, African-Americans, and Native-Americans because I received less financial aid because I was white.

Is the New York Times and the National Enquirer competing for the same readers? I will read neither–have an IQ above stupidity.

GREATEST SHARE THE WEALTH PLAN McCain and his Republicans support:
Under the Republican government over the last 8 years- with John McCain- a huge transfer of wealth from 95% of the population (poor and middle class) to 5% of the population (the richest in American)occurred. This was $600B. Add to this the $700B rescue plan and you can understand the hostility of the middle class (like me!!).

the McCain campaign should take its own words to heart and stop doing the same with Ayers:
“Under the guise of a ‘profile’ piece, the [insert McCain Campaign] New York Times fails to cover any new ground or provide any discernible value to the reader other than to portray [insert Barack Obama] Mrs. McCain in the worst possible light.”

The NY Times is plummeting in the stock market and since the Iseman allegations early this year, in the credibility market as well.
Slimeball Pinch Sulzbulger is ruining his family business with his ultra-sleaze National Enquirer garbage and lies. Cindy McCain beats America-hater Michelle every day of the week. She has devoted herself to charity around the world. The NYT is a ginormous cesspool good for nothing except an occasional good crossword puzzle.

17 days left… This is going to get ugly! Both sides better be ready. No matter who wins, we have a lot to fix!!! Good luck to Obama. :)

Typical liberal media reporting. Now lets hear all the dirt on Michelle, cause I’m sure theres a lot more than they could find on Cindy. Let’s start with her 20+ year relationship with her mentor and pastor jeremiah Wright.

The NY Times not the reason McCains losing. It’s Palin. I would bet anyone that McCain regrets his choice for VP.
Obama/Biden08 It’s a landslide.

I’m sadden by the current state of the New York Times.
This is yellow journalism at its lowest, especially if one is the least bit familiar with Cindy McCain’s heavy lifting (yes, HEAVY lifting) for the improvished throughout the world.
Obama’s cult has delivered America a sham. What a shame.

New York Times is an egregiously pro-Obama media paper.They ignore Obama was addicted to drugs, and by some accounts, he still uses drugs.

I find it astonishing that Rovian politics has been considered brilliant by political pundits of all ilks. When it is employed by the left it is considered tabloid.
This culture has been on a downward spiral since at least the 1960′s and now we start to pretend that we are all shocked? My time is better spent watching Casablanca. Stop the charades before you totally destroy yourselfs.
Richard Morgan

I guess folks will never read in the NYTimes how Obama’s neo-nazis aka SS harrassed a woman in Lufkin Texas because she didn’t agree to vote for Obama when his “volunteers” called her on her cell phone. G_d help us of Obama is elected, he will destroy America.

Bravo to NYT!!!!
They just wrote the TRUTH!!!!
MCCAIN/PALIN NO REAL CONNECTION WITH THE WORKING POOR IN THIS COUNTRY!!!!
NOV. 4TH = OBAMA/BIDEN 08

Can’t wait to see the history of Obamas associations on fox news this sunday night. Let’s balance the attacks.

Fox’s Hannity and Colmes and Bill O’Reilly arent afraid to ask tough questions of Obama or McCain !!! Cannot say the same about MSNBC- NBC- the Obama network 24/7 – oozing sugary compliments about Obama so much that you can go into sugar shock !!! CNN is another gutter network with its coverage by Dona Brazile – the traitor to Democratic principles who derailed Hillary’s campaign and Campbell Brown who doesnt think that asking questions of Obama is patriotic. She thinks it doesn’t matter if he is Arab, Muslim or black radical. Seems like most of this country has forgotten the victims of 9-11 who were killed by radical Muslims who hate America- the same types that Obama surrounds himself with in Chicago…Rashid Khalidi, Dr Khalid Al Mansour, General McPEak, David Axelrod, Samantha Powers, Emil Jones, cousin Odinga- google these people or are you afraid to learn the truth about your MESSIAH ??? There is only one Messiah and ole Barry isnt it folks !! Snap out of it and come back to reality !!!

Oh Poor Cindy, whatever shall the little millionaire do?
She never worked a day in her life, she’s a homewrecker and drug addict, so the truth hurts, you waxed trolip. Must be nice to be some heiress who can steal drugs from the charity she is supposedly using to help less fortunate people. and it must be nicer to get a reduced sentence due to her family connections.
I love that the Mccain camp just complains and whines all the time about the media, waaa waaa! They said means things oh boo hoo.
Hey Cindy, pillhead, the moment you went onstage and lied about Obama, now you are fair game sweetie. Get used to it.

Cry like a baby, McCain. We don’t care about you anymore.

This whole anti-ACORN campaign is a fraud to try and suppress new voters from taking part in our democracy. This exact same phony campaign was what resulted in the US Attorney scandal and Atty Gen. Gonzales resignation and its been pulled out of the dirty tricks closet for one more try.
Further, the percentage of bad forms turned in by ACORN is almost exactly the same as the number of phony signatures turned in by the GOP when they recalled Democratic Governor Grey Davis in California. It is an inevitable by-product of low paid or volunteer signature gatherers and under intense investigation does not result in fraudulent votes being cast

Let me give all the republicans here something to think about.
The presidential election is over. It’s not about the 10% popular vote lead – take a look at the CNN electoral map. Obama is up by more than 100 electoral votes.
At this point, you could continue spreading your poison against Obama – Terrorist, Muslim, Socialist, Marxist, not born in the US, palls around with terrorists – all that trumped-up nonsense, or you could take the high road and respect the fact that your president was a colossal failure and that Obama is the choice of the American public.
Any why should you take the high road? Because there is more at stake in this election than the presidency. There is the House and Senate.
The recent Gallup poll showed that independent voters are favoring democrats for the House and Senate elections BECAUSE of the continued negative attacks on Obama. By continuing to attack Obama with nonsense accusations, you are further alienating the voters who will determine, in 2 weeks, America’s CONGRESSIONAL future.
Whenever you bring up Ayers, Rezko, Kenya, Muslim, Terrorists – all that stuff that is pure nonsense and alienates independent voters, you are increasing the chances of electing a democratically controlled congress.
So think about this for a minute my friends. McCain lost 6% in the polls 2 weeks ago when he decided to “go negative”. You all are continuing with more of the same, and driving voters away from your congressional candidates in the process.
Is you goal here to promote racist tension, or to keep your guys in the Congress? Think about it.

Come on Mccain supporters, you can do better…keep saying AYERS ACORN REZKO as loud and as often as you can.
Meanwhile the rest of the country has more important things to worry about, so people will see you for what you are…craven and desperate and increasingly out of touch.
Get used to saying President Obama, losers!
I can see it now…the bumperstickers will read “He’s not my president”
Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!
What is that sound? The sound of the right wing for the next 8 years,
WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!

I don’t know why this story is even newsworthy. Everyone on the planet knows about the New York Times. Any story they publish is complete convoluted fiction. I can go to my local library and browse thousands of items on fiction. They are nothing more than a right arm to GE and many of the other franchises of Obama Inc.
Move along now. Nothing to see here.

As usual Obama and Axelrod “whitewash” websites. So what else is new? Things just seem to disappear. I posted this last night and my post disappeared. The public has no idea who Obama really is. His drug use, allegations of drug use since then, Larry Sinclair, Donald Young. If All is fair journalism, lets print that. Since the writng styles are similar in Obama’s and Ayers’ books, who really wrote Obama’s book that has the Rev. Wright influence? There just seems to be a pattern of getting rid of things and people-ask Alice Palmer. How did his Republican opponent(ahead in the polls) just happen to have his divorce papers released to the public and the media? Sure cleared the way for Obama. When is the media going to do an expose’ on his admitted communist friends? See how long this post stays on.

Poor John. This is the same guy who said that the reason that Chelsea Clinton is so ugly is that Janet Reno is her father. At least his poor wife who is being so mercilessly attacked is an adult.

While I am pleased with my choice for President for the first time in my Adult life (Obama) I have to say it’s quite disheartening to see that our democracy is a farce & the fact that we are left to believe we only have 2 viable choices for President is a joke.
There are 8 tickets (on my ballott) & I’ve really only heard 2 of their positions. A real democracy would demand equal time & equal voice for all of the candidates. Again I am pleased that my choice just happens to be one of the 2 “viable” choices but it doesn’t make it right. I hope Obama will help address this problem…
As for people’s past problems I think if they’re relevant on one side (as evidenced with everything Obama) then yes they should be relevant on both sides. Personally I’d rather focus on the issues…

Personally I think the candidates children and spouses are off limits to mud slinging. In general mud slinging by a candidate tell me the candidate has little good to say about themselves. I think the robo phone calls being made by the republican party, intended at smearing Obama, are the lowest forms of mud slinging and I would never vote for a candidate that feeds that close to the bottom of the swamp. I want to hear about the issues this country faces and what they intend to do about them not who done what 40 years ago.

Truth hurts, doesn’t it? They need to go back to the rest home, and Palin needs to go back to Alaska………..

McCain supporters: You are torturing us with the cry-baby tactics. You’re terrorizing our democracy with your half-baked conspiracy theories. Stop palling around with lame-ass politicians and Fox News. Boycott the Palin Hate Rallies. It’s wrecking your perspective.

I think Mccain has lost his marbles. i read the piece about Cindy McCain in the Times and thought it was somewhat sympathetic. It certainly wasn’t vicious. What are they fussing about? Just trying to make a tempest where there is none to divert attention from McCain’s inadequacies. I already switched my vote from McCain to Obama during the GPOR convention when Palin was named VP nominee. I’m certainly glad now. McCain’s campaign is more unbecoming, desperate, snide and shameful by the day.

She is greedy she didn’t share the wealth she inherted from her father with her sibilings she still says she is the only child !!!!!

Never have I seen such hatred in people who claim to be so much for the “change” in America. The total apathy and pathetic rehtoric some of these people spit out is frightening. I will say, as a former Independent, that when the “one” gets elected, as he probably will, the first ones that will complain when taxes go up, your rights taken away, and we become more socialist than the New York Times, are those who elect the “one” into office. Who will you blame then?
Wake up, read all of the information on all of the candidates yourself, instead of relying on the media for the little bites you take and run with. It’s to your own benefit to look into the background of each candidate for all the truth and information. You’re Americans! Why in the world do you rely on the media for all the answers. The media think most Americans are too stupid to find answers on their own, and only want you to share their views, and think you are too stupid to think on your own and look into these matters yourself. Prove them wrong and think for yourself for a change.

Hi Ann, Did you watch the last debate? Obama was wearing a flag pin. McCain was not. What does that say about your sad argument (reposted below)?
Seriously, how about the Republicans actually try making this campaign about the issues facing America. Instead of making it about personal attacks and conspiracy theories. Oh wait, that’s right, because the Republicans’ conspiracies aren’t working this time! Projecting much?
On a side note, watch the last debate again… who brought up Joe the Plumber (over 10 times)? John McCain. Who mentioned him first? John McCain. Who is to blame for him being thrust into the spotlight? John McCain.
[repost of what Ann said:]
New Hampshire, October 17—The National Anthem and the Pledge of Alliance was scratched according to Sandra Abrevaya, communications director for the Obama campaign at the last minute because they needed more time for speeches. SOCIALISM IS ROLLING IN. We do not need the traditions, the respect, the flag, and the pledge anymore —–CHANGE IS COMING. The flag pin finally gets tossed into the wastebasket, right OBAMA.

After reading the NYT story, I do not see a negative article. What’s the big deal here? It talks of the wonderful accomplishments Cindy has done in her life, and the hardships she has faced. Jack Tapper’s article is ridiculous. Guess he thinks the NYT should write a fairy tale story instead.

Cindy McCain lives a life of luxury while billions of people survive on less than $ 2 a day. That’s obscene. Yeah, she occasionally does charity work, but only if it gives her publicity. Besides, the primary goal of any charity should be to put itself out of busines, not to provide photo-ops for the wives of politicians. We need a government dedicated to eliminating poverty, not promoting it. Everything from McCain’s tax policies, to his insurance schemes, to his energy policy, to his trade deals has one goal in mind – to make the rich richer and the poor poorer. It’s just another version of the trickle down economics of the last 8 years. McCain = Bush.
As far as poor-little-rich-girl, Cindy Mccain goes, she doesn’t need all her money and she can pay higher taxes. In fact she and her wealthy buddies should pay a hefty tax to finance the current bailout. If you don’t think taxing the rich work, look at Alaska. There the rich, namely oil companies, pay a hefty tax. In fact they provide about 86% of Alaska’s revenues. Everyone else in Alaska gets a tax rebate of $ 2,000 per person and $ 1,000 for gasoline. We need to follow Alaska’s example. Tax the rich in the lower 48 to provie tax breaks for working class people.
Cindy McCain can learn to get around with one car, not 13. Or better she can learn to get around on public transportation, like I do. She can figure out her finances on one kitchen table, just like the rest of us.

No one cares about that, plumber. McCain crashed his campaign weeks ago and it’s still on fire. Don’t blame NYT. The buck stops with McCain. He could have won easily if he wasn’t incompetent. But that’s the point, he IS incompetent.

I’m no fan of the NYT, in fact i’d actually say they were more republican tools than democrat, but if mccain is gonna hammer bill ayers when he really has as much to do with obama as he does mccain, then i say go for it, if that rancid ice queen can get in front of a crowd of angry rednecks and tell them “that black guy running for president” refused to give her military sons armor (a bold faced lie) then she entered herself into the mudslinging. The mccain campaign are the biggest bunch of pansies i’ve ever seen from a GOP perspective. Bush was an idiot but at least he’s not crying foul everytime someone reminds him he’s an idiot.

Ahhhhh…I stand corrected, Cindy McCain’s whole outfit cost about $300,000! lol and those were not “lent” earrings. This from Vanity Fair website:
“Oscar de la Renta dress: $3,000
Chanel J12 White Ceramic Watch: $4,500
Three-carat diamond earrings: $280,000
Four-strand pearl necklace: $11,000–$25,000
Shoes, designer unknown: $600
Total: Between $299,100 and $313,100
Wow! No wonder McCain has so many houses: his wife has the price of a Scottsdale split-level hanging from her ears.”

i wish there was a way i could tell Obama to stop campaining because God has told me that McCain was going to win big because of obama’s race. This is true all dreams God has shown me have come to pass and none was wrong!

Marie…wasn’t McCain and his first wife split up for YEARS, before their divorce? Say yes.

I am sorry. I f the truth hurt so be it. I seen Cindy McCain ans she is cold as ice. Sh reminds me of leona Hemsly. She can be down nasty and mean. As a republican I admired John but I never like his wife. She has no regards for people who make less thatn 1 million. Many people have said that she is not nice at all.

Speaking to a convention of the Nation of Islam, Farrakhan said, “You are the instruments that God is gonna use to bring about universal change, and that is why Barack has captured the youth. And he has involved young people in a political process that they didn’t care anything about. That’s a sign. When the Messiah speaks, the youth will hear, and the Messiah is absolutely speaking.”

Stop crying McCain. You’re torturing us with the complaining. Your smears are terrorizing the electorate with lies and negativity. If you don’t like how your Campaign of Lies turned out then go back and live with the Communists.

The McCains had it coming. If you stoop to the gutter to run a negative campaign about your opponent and his spouse, you raise questions about your own conduct.
Poor little rich girl Cindy. A home-wrecker, drug addict, and a thief who managed to stay out of jail because she bought herself a politician husband.
And the story is by no means a hit piece. But once again, the McCains can’t resist the opportunities to portray themselves as victims.
Crybabbies. Dish it out but can’t take it. WAAAH!

That is if you still have a job. The Democratic Presidential candidate has already said the people in 50 percent tax rate pay payroll taxes and they deserve their welfare check. But he fails to mention they all get earned income tax credit also. The Democratic machine is making false accusations that the Republican candidate is playing racism The true Racism taking place is the Democratic Party political machine. After all they are playing racial profiling on all taxpayers that pay payroll along with full income taxes. Those that pay all of the two taxes should be outraged. Why? I would be demanding $2000.00 from my elected officials.

Speaking to a convention of the Nation of Islam, Farrakhan not only declared his support for Obama, but also told his followers that Obama was the “Messiah.”
“You are the instruments that God is gonna use to bring about universal change, and that is why Barack has captured the youth,” Farrakhan said. “And he has involved young people in a political process that they didn’t care anything about. That’s a sign. When the Messiah speaks, the youth will hear, and the Messiah is absolutely speaking.”

Steve from Danville: I think you missed the part that CNN is also doing one. But I’ll post it again just for you.
Watch fox news this Sunday night a special on Obama and all his close friends; Ayers, Wright, Rezko.
And CNN is also preparing one. Nice finally media being fair and balanced.

The people who take their kids to Palin’s Hate Rallies are scary. Do they really want their kids to grow up to be a bigot? No one wants to work next to a bigot.

Yes it is true that McCain slept with everything that moved when he was married to his first wife. Don’t forget that the Great Ronald Regan and his wife disassioated themselevs from McCain after the divorce. HE WAS STILL MARRIED!!!!! Don’t run on family values when you leave your wife for a younger richer woman.

chattyway
And why do we care what Farrakhan says?

Question him and you have people knocking at your doors and looking in your background. If this is the America you want vote for him it is your choice. But the payout will be with your soul. I rather have a country that is free from racial overtones and having your background checked if you are in disagreement. All people against him and his agenda as having something wrong with their decision making process. Guess what all the above is going to happen to our free press. Guess what you are a racist if you don’t agree with him.

Ask yourself why obama is defending acorn, if he has no ties to them? Why does he have so many shaddy friends? Not one o two, but dozens. Why does he always claim he did not know any of these people were bad? You know he is lying. But lets just say he was not lying and he was just being played by all these people. Is that who you want to run your Country.

Is this the same New York times that the Mccain Campaign gleefully misquoted regarding the suppose ayers non-story.
It seems they love NY times when it does their bidding as oppose to when they chose to report on them.

Seemed pretty straight forward and accurate to me, why is it the the neo-cons love throwing around lies but can’t stand the truth about themselves. Hypocrites.

What about the Democratic candidate multi-million dollar house and six bathrooms. I sure like to have this. I guess your dumb and my guess you do not live like them.

I read the NY Times article and I thought it was complementary. This is just another campaign ploy to blame the “liberal” media for McCain’s abysmal campaign failure. Disrractions and lies are all Republicans know how to do.

Mrs. Obama has been looked into. There is nothing bad to say about her. Cindy McCain has some legitimate issues. She broke the LAW when she stole drugs from her charity regardless of her reasons. If she were not the very rich (yes born into wealth she is the daughter of her fathers trophy wife) wife of a Senator I assure you she would have faced public charges. Larry King or someone please ask her ALL about that charity and why it is now defunct. I am an Arizonan and we have been on to her for a very long time. She knows to lay low around here because most of us find her actions reprehensible. I have a nephew in prison for a paraphenalia charge and then breaking probation (he didn’t get a job and pay fines) Yes he has a drug problem, but we have no fancy lawyers or Senators on our side. I for one do not feel she was treated as any citizen would be. For gods sake@ a policeman shot a woman to death with her baby in the car a couple years ago for trying to get a forged perscription filled! (she “tried to run him over” while fleeing the scene)

I used to really respect the NY Times. I used to really respect Matt Damon. I used to respect Saturday Night Live. At least when they were at the top of their games being what they are supposed to be. A newspaper, an actor, an entertainment show for the masses. I miss them.

But, but…Sarah Palin quotes the New York Times in her speech. She even claims to read it.
Wht is the Parrot reading that “propoganda”?
GOP – Their hypocracy knows no bounds.

The New York Times. Is this not the
paper Palin praised two weeks ago
when the wrote about Obama and Bill
Ayers?
These people are not one sided. They
are balanced.
I can sense who is next; Palin or
McCain.

Fun fact:
McCain has had government sponsored healthcare his whole life.
He was born in a military family, served in the military, then gets healthcare while serving in Congress. Has he ever rejected it?
Should I, as a private citizen, be afraid to get the same healthcare our troops get?

Marie said: Yes it is true that McCain slept with everything that moved when he was married to his first wife. Don’t forget that the Great Ronald Regan and his wife disassioated themselevs from McCain after the divorce. HE WAS STILL MARRIED!!!!! Don’t run on family values when you leave your wife for a younger richer woman.
I don’t condone what he did, but he did own up to it, and to this day, has said he takes full responsibility for it. His first wife Carol has forgiven him, as has his kids from his first marriage. Did you see them at the convention?
That being said…has Obama owned up to anything? No. He changes the story, he lies, and manipulates it. he hasn’t owned up to anything, even when it’s in black and white.
They found one of his salaried campaign workers, actually committed voter fraud. Living in a temp residence in Ohio, and voted early. That’s fraud, and a felony. A salaried campaign worker. Does Obama own up to it? No. He contacts Mukasey, and the DOJ and reports fraud on McCain for daring to speak about it at campaing rallies.
Simply amazing!!!

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chattyway
And why do we care what Farrakhan says?
Posted by: jock59801 | Oct 18, 2008 12:50:38 PM”
Obviously, you don’t you Marxist Pig.

JD—McCain was in a prisoner of war camp in North Vietnam for 6 years–I’m not sure his government-financed healthcare program was helping him much then….

The media blackout on Obama’s associations goes back to last January, when Newsmax began running stories on his minister’s sermons and the fact that his church gave an award for lifetime achievement to Farrakhan. When the media finally began picking up the stories in mid-March, the primaries began favoring Hillary Clinton instead of Obama.

Hmm…lets make the comparison:
Cindy McCain…successful business woman employing hundreds of people and paying huge taxes because of it.
Michelle Obama…overpaid hospital administrator making $300K a year while her self absorbed husband (who smokes) lectures us on healthcare reforms….oh…and she is FINALLY proud of her country.

JD, if Obama’s mother had to go on welfare, and he made under a certain amount of money in his younger years, then went into politics….he’s also been under government health care his entire life.

Watch fox news this Sunday night a special on Obama and all his close friends; Ayers, Wright, Rezko.
And CNN is also preparing one. Nice finally media being fair and balanced.

What? You mean there’s a liberal media bias??!??
McCain ’08

McCain, boo-hoo…YOU CAN DISH IT OUT BUT YOU CAN”T TAKE IT. Old, pathetic man. Washed up so-called-hero.

So why all the crying? All is fair in love and war, as they say, and politics too. After repeatedly saying he would never go negative,once Mccain figured out he was losing, he jumped into the sewer with both feet.At least he was honest enough to publicly admit he was going to lose unless he did that.So he sits on the sidelines trying to portray himself as above such tactics, as he sends his little pit-bull Palin(the poster child for ethics violations) from town to town to stir up a bunch of angry red-necks, and sends out Robo-mailings by the millions.This is certainly very appealing to the Base,but what they can’t seem to figure out is it’s not going to get them elected. So both sides are certainly utilizing harsh tactics; the Democrats are just doing it in a more sophisticated way. I do encourage Bush/Mccain supporters to continue to rage and storm about Obama, however. It seems the more they do this, the sronger he surges ahead in the polls.

How stupid is McCAIN? Millions of Americans would never have known that Cindy McCAIN is a theif and was, if not still, a drug addict, if McCAIN didn’t point out the article. In addition, he probably raised the circulation of the NYT News Paper.

Hey little john! just tune in to fox news they will provide you lots of puff pieces and outright lies.

Sometimes the news is what it is, some may like it, some may not, but it is what it is. I saw nothing that is not true, nor was there something in that article that was not already known, except the more it appears that John McCain is not one that is warm and fuzzy as seen by his seperation from her. McCain is about himself, Cindy is to some extent also about herself. They both use and play each other for their own agenda, he to be President and have power, she to be First Lady and also have the “fame” that goes along with that. Both deserve each other. What will be interesting will be what happens to them and their lives after the election is over and they don’t win.

Calling names make you sound like a child. If you typed what your heart felt it would come off much better. Lets face it this is the most important decision we all have to make. Socialism or a free America.

Have you read the piece? It’s a sympathetic portrait of Cindy–conservatives like to parrot the propaganda, second-hand opinion from their manipulative leaders. WHY DO REPUBLICANS THINK THEY ARE SO INDEPENDENT WHEN THEY ACT LIKE dim-witted villagers with torches. Idiots.

This Democratic candidate is also buying this election by funding and using groups like Acorn. Were is the outrage yours and my vote no longer counts. Every American has to take direct personal responsibility in using their right to vote. Not under the Democratic Party no one has any personal responsibility and or accountability. Ops they are the ones responsible and Captains of the ship (two years and counting). Ops the Democratic Party personal responsibility blame it on the President or the Republican party. I guess lets all quit our jobs, get free health care and a check in the mail.

The $1000.00 bribe to all 50 percent who Americans who pay no taxes. Welfare, I guess all of us need to fall into that income category. No longer under Democratic Candidates administration should you strive to achieve anything. Lets all stay home and do nothing. Others will try the old American way of life and earn a living. Hey I guess we will all live off these Americans who believe in the old way of earning and taking care of their family. Now you can take care of the folks you do not know. Those folks will be resting and sitting on our asses and drinking ice tea. The Democrats say your Patriotic duty as an American is to take care of my family. Quit all of our jobs on election night and let the other stupid Americans send their tax dollars my way and yours. PS. I don’t want to give the impression I have to much better live off you.

New York Times?!! I thought McCain was ridiculed for a lack of knowledge of modern things. Who reads a newspaper any more? Who cares what a newspaper has to say. The print medium is all but dead. So called “journalists” working for a newspaper might as well be in the buggy whip business in the 1920s.

Every American has to take direct personal responsibility in using their right to vote. Not under the Democratic Party no one has any personal responsibility and or accountability. Groups like ACORN and getting out the vote. These groups are destroying our election process. All groups in getting out the vote should no longer be allowed in American Politics. The Democrats have been in control of Congress (two years and counting). The Democratic Party motto no one has any personal responsibility. Look at the Democrats destroying the American Economy (captains of the ship). should no longer be allowed to Ops they are the ones responsible and Captains of the ship (two years The Democratic Party personal responsibility (blame it on the President or the Republican party.) The Democratic Party takes no responsibility for current mess this nation has encountered.

Having read the NYT article, I can not find what the uproar is all about. Rather than tarnishing the image of Mrs Cindy McCain, it puts her in the role of a long suffering and lonely wife. I’m a bit disappointed for having to go read a rather long 3 page article with the hope of finding political gore.

But better yet give that impression the more that will come to me. This is what the new America will be like. I rather work and strive to due better for my family! I
guess all of us peasant. Will watch him spend a bucket of money, what about the peasants, the Democratic Presidential Candidate sounds to me like Russia CZAR, before he was overthrown. I live in splendor while my subjects live in swallow. I give from one peasant to the other peasant with the peasant dollars. The rest of the peasant dollars will be given to big government or big brother. The peasant that has more than you, can give more. You peasant that does not want to achieve you can sit at home while the government will take care of you. I as the Democratic Peasant will ensure that all peasants that exceed your money will be taken and given to the other peasant in the name of fairness. My motto is I Democratic Presidential Candidate should live better than all of you, “I am a citizen of the world.”

The McCain campaign is seeking to clarify a remark reported from a Sarah Palin fundraiser in North Carolina yesterday in which the Alaska Governor declared that she loved to visit the “pro-America” areas of the country — implying, implicitly, that there were some parts of the United States she viewed as not pro-America.
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This woman maliciously and falsely slanders and debases the sacrifices of all of those brave young men and women who fought and died in the service of this nation. Where are those areas of the country that are not “pro-American?”
Have these people no sense of decency in their maniacal pursuit of the White House? I, as one who is a new American, am deeply repulsed by these revolting attacks that have no basis in fact or morality. This does not represent the America I read about as a child.

…I Democratic Presidential Candidate should live better than all of you, “I am a citizen of the world.”…
Posted by: rick | Oct 18, 2008 1:22:58 PM
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What a bunch of nonsense.

P.S How about feeding the homeless and a pledge to ensure everybody has a least one hot meal on election night. Guess what? The Democratic Presidential Candidate response will be let them eat cake while I swallow in glamour.
If not this Democratic Candidate would have thought of this novel ideal of feeding the homeless and making sure everyone has a hot meal on election night. I guess this idea will take away from his presidential splendor party. Preach what you talk. Spending his millions, what about us. Sorry the end of American ingenuity, educational system and all that will be involved in his Administration on making sure we all have the same amount of dollars to spend. No longer the idea of free speech look at poor Joe the Plumber.

If you look at the money trail you will see its big money that wants an obamanation in the white house how else could that sucker spend a record amound of money i say the deck is stacked against mccain obama is a liar and cheat he is dirty as yesterdays underwear

I remember the days when the media reported the news, rather than play politics for the media’s choice for president.
Now, the race is getting very tight and the NYT wants to help Obama get elected, but to stoop to this level is sad.
Why doesn’t the NYT report on the lawsuit, in federal court, case:CIVIL ACTION NO: 08-cv- 04083, against Obama for fraud. Obama and the DNC are stalling the court order to present his
“original” long version Birth Certificate, Certification of Citizenship and Oath of Allegiance, to prove he is an American natural-born citizen and allowed to be president. There is evidence that Obama is an illegal alien, at this point in time.
It’s time for the media to report the news, for and against Obama and McCain!

Unfortunately for Cindy McCain, she has opened herself up to this kind of criticism by launching attacks on the democratic candidates at rallies. Michele Obama has not become as closely involved in the campaign and has not attacked republican candidates. What goes around comes around. It also appears that much of Cindy’s drug use was in her adult life whereas Barack’s was during his youth. Plus Obama has openly admitted to his drug use therefore there is nothing to expose.
PS
ACORN has nothing to do with this. However if it did, Mickey Mouse and Jimmy John are not going to cast votes in Nov. The employees of ACORN received money for reaching a certain quota and probably faked names to get money and not to cast several votes. In fact McCain has much more recent ties to ACORN than Obama and therefore could be thought of as a co-conspirator according to your assessments.

Scotty, I have landed at the RNC convention. You can beam me up. No intelligent life down here. Just a talking parrot.

Freedom is getting what you earned. Work harder, try harder. Free health care and you tax credit sell your very souls. Nothing is for free. A worsening economy plus someone needs to turn the light bulb on. Who employees the vast majority of all Americans. The five percent and above. Guess what, If I was them I go overseas. Higher taxes also get passed on to you thru higher prices.

>>Joe, the plumber is just like us,<< WRONG! Joe, the plumber is NOT LIKE US. He is a fraud. He is not a licensed plumber, has a tax lien against him (tax evasion), has an unlisted phone #…so much for a business, etc. His first name is not even Joe, it is Samuel and…
"Joe's father is Robert Wurzelbacher, who is the son-in-law of McCain friend and convicted felon Charles Keating, the thief behind the Keating Five Scandal that McCain was a key player in." So much for that farce. VOTE OBAMA! Aren't you tired of being lied to??

Joan Beckett
If there was evidence that Obama were an “illegal alien,” he wouldn’t still be running for president.

Michelle Obama is respectable? First time in my adult life that I’m proud to be an American, Michelle? The only reason she said it then is because her husband was nominated by the superdelegates.
Obama and Michelle are so sure of winning that they booked a room at the Waldorf and have ordered massive amounts of caviar and champagne for their celebration party. Good going Obama’s “I’m so concerned about the middle class”.

The leftist Main Stream Media and the NYT are now oficially in the gutter. They are the biggest losers this election. ABC if you have any guts then do a daily poll of the approval ratings of the press. You’ll find it’s lower that the Democrat Congress, and why the NYT is losing money and influence faster than you can say “flush the toilet again Joe”.

Shame ……..
Voter registration fraud is not the same as voter fraud…..
How could you say this CNN.
Voter registration fraud is not the same as voter fraud, in which individuals attempt to fraudulently cast ballots. Voter registration fraud leads to inflated voter rolls, but has little effect on voter fraud
You think these registered voters cannot excercise the vote in favor of ……….
Can’t allow democracy to be hijacked by someone

“John Kennedy was frequently called a “socialist” during his campaign. But, as I recall, the world didn’t stop turning and America moved forward even after he was elected.”