Political Punch Exclusive: New Obama Ad Hits Back on McCain Attack Ad on Ayers and Daley

I applaud Obama for his ad but it would have been a lot more effective if the campaign had been launched at a Holiday Inn Express. Then again a Mariott would have linked him by association to Romney, and if it had been the Hilton…well don’t even go there.

Bush Photo: September 17th 2001.
Nihad Awad named coconspirator: 2007.
Obama staff meets with Awad and others: September 2008
Nice of you to leave out the time line, but I suppose that is part of your job working for the DNC… Oh wait you’re supposed to be a journalist.
“Nihad Awad, executive director of CAIR, also attended the session, as did the group’s legislative director. The government named CAIR an unindicted coconspirator in the Justice Department’s racketeering prosecution last year of alleged Hamas fund-raisers. CAIR said the designation was unjustified; the case ended in a mistrial, but is being brought again by the government.”
Nihad Awad…Nihad Awad…that name rings a bell.
Oh right, he’s the guy in this photo, to President Bush’s left.

Obama’s people seem to be doing a lot of talking about what McCain is talking about, for someone who wants to criticize McCain about not wanting to talk about something else.
Hitting back on the use of the term “launch” is pretty pedantic. Previously they’ve tried to argue against the fact that it was a ‘fundraiser’, saying it was a ‘coffee’ instead. Numerous papers have reported the “launching” of Obama’s career in the Ayres’s living room. The McCain campaign didn’t make up that assertion. I believe Ryan Lizza had previously reported about the Ramada Inn, but he was kicked off the Obama trip to Europe just after he did it. It’s interesting that fact as presented in the Obama ad doesn’t have a cite to the New Yorker article.
Obama has been very cagey about his relationship with Ayers and his work on the Chicago Annenberg Challenge. He’s actively worked to keep reporters from talking about it.
Obama had the ability to just tell the whole story from the outset. He didn’t. Why?

NewsWeek Poll
Obama, 11 point jump. Go Obama

I feel much better about Obama now that the AP and CNN has denounced McCain’s attacks. It’s obvious to everyone that these two outlets are in the tank for Obama and might as well be called his press corps.

The Republicans are going over the edge and dragging everyone else with
them. I mean there is so much fear and paranoia on that trail it’s
starting to get very scary. They are so afraid of socialism??? I mean
really people just because the government is helping it’s citizens pay
for health care, that is NOT socialism. I mean what are we paying all
of our taxpayer’s money to the government for? I think that money
should reap some benefits for those who pay it. That money should be
paying for certain programs that lift up all Americans. Otherwise, what
is all that taxpayer’s money paying for? Is it really only to be used
for wars (that benefit none and kill many), and bailing out bigwigs who
undergo lofty business deals that fail? Well, maybe I’m right about
that.. maybe that’s the only reason we pay taxes.. is to make the big
guys richer and the average American can’t even pay for the necessities
in life.. that to me is a very sad society.

The McCain campaign has become a form of political terrorism.

Obama silencing legitimate criticism again. Now that’s the “hope” and “change” I can believe in.
Who is Barack Obama?

I applaud Barack as well for the ad because it will reach CIVIL MINDED AMERICANS who will use better judgment come election day. McCain is really grabbing for straws here and it’s a shame he has a large following. No matter what is thrown at Barack he still comes out on top.
GO OBAMA GO!
PittBull61

Gallup Poll … obama -1 … the race is going to tighten!

I. John McCain, Sept. 25: “It has become clear that no consensus has developed to support the Administration’s proposal to meet the crisis. I do not believe that the plan on the table will pass as it currently stands, and we are running out of time.
II. Top McCain Strategist Steve Schmidt, Sept. 29 (The Eve of the Big Vote): “What Senator McCain was able to do was to help bring all of the parties to the table, including the House Republicans, whose votes were needed to pass this.”
III. McCain Policy Adviser Douglas Holtz-Eakin, Sept. 29 (After the Bill Failed): “This bill failed because Barack Obama and the Democrats put politics ahead of country.”
IV. McCain Campaign Manager Rick Davis, Oct. 10: “In the middle of the greatest disaster in our financial system that we’d had in our lifetime… Sen. McCain c[ame] to town and actually bl[ew] that package up… saving taxpayers millions of dollars.”
So just to get this straight: Did John McCain save taxpayers millions of dollars by blowing up the consensus bailout package that didn’t exist until he brought all parties to the table before or after Barack Obama blew up the same package by putting politics ahead of country?

Google the term “New Federalism”. Read the paper by yet another Annenberg professor who advises the Obama campaign and cites California as the shining example of the New Federalism.
Now, ask what was Governor Schwarzenegger asking for last week? Aha, seven billion dollars for the failing state economy.
And these are the men Obama listens to for advise on how to change America.
You’re being had, America, and you are walking into it the same way you voted for Bush twice. Those are your pension funds paying for Obama’s ads.
McCain is telling you the truth.

just saw this from a mccain town hall
McCain just called on his supporters to be respectful at his town hall.
“We want to fight, and I want to fight, but we will be respectful,” McCain said to boos at first. “I want everyone to be respectful,” he then said and people began to clap.
In response to a later question he added, “You can be respectful and point out facts,” as he called on his supporters to point out facts to their neighbors but be respectful.

A LOT OF PEOPLE CALL MCCAIN A WAR HERO…
AS A FORMER NAVY SEAL… I JUST WANT TO
STATE THAT WHEN MCCAIN CHEATED ON HIS FIRST WIFE WITH HIS SECOND… HE WOULD HAVE BEEN BROUGHT UP ON CHARGES AND “COURT-MARTIALED” FOR THESE ACTIONS….
HE HAS PERFORMED A COURT-MARTIAL OFFENSE,
AND STILL CALLS HIMSELF A GOOD SAILOR ???

I used to trust McCain, I wanted to vote for him in 2000. He WAS an honorable man…Now he is a puppet for the right wing party. He was ORDERED not to choose a Pro Choice VP. So they picked Palin for him. What a Shame. What a Sham. He is worse than Bush..Put our Country first. Vote Obama/Biden.

There’s dirt flying back and forth. Obama is soooo sensitive. As president, he has 3 choices when a foreign leader (like Putin) hates on the US – (1) continue to whine (2) hold firm or (3) succumb. I surely hope President Obama grows thicker skin than he’s shown so far. After all, unlike the American public, Putin will not care that the mainstream media thinks Obama is the One.

How many times does Obama have to answer this question? I’ve read about it in my local paper. I’ve seen at least 3 interviews given by Obama where he has answered this. And Michele has talked about Ayers on Larry King. Enough already. Anyone in politics or any government position has come into contact with all varieties of people.Good and bad. And McCain isn’t exempt from his associations either. That’s why Palin is doing all the hateful talking. Though it does seem to come naturally to her. McCain can blame her for all the attacks…especially now that this strategy has backfired. Did Obama commit a terrorist act…NO. That’s all I need to know. With so much corruption in our government right now, this line of campaign tactic seems very lame at best.

Cmon McChicken Supporters! Hold hands and sing along with me!!!!
Row row row your boats erratically to DEEEFEEEAT!
Merrily merrily merrily merrily, ALL THE CROW YOU CAN EEEEEEEEEEEEAT!
Let’s see how long McChicken can stay in parrot mode by saying the same nasty things over and over and over again.
After a week, America will be immune to anything McChicken and Palin the parrot says.
POTUS OBAMA – THIS IS GOING TO BE A LANDSLIDE!

Bea,
You nailed it! It’s as if Obama did the bombing himself. Of course he was ONLY 8 years old. DUH!
PittBull61

“Hey Len. Who is George Bush listening to that has helped him tank the economy.”
The same people who are funding Obama now: hedge fund managers. Those are your 401k funds paying for his campaign.
Google the New Federalism. Avoid the Wikipedia entries because they have been vandalized to smear Palin. Go to the entries for Jon Taplin, the Annenberg Communications Chair at USC. Read his paper called “The Bear Flag Revolution”. Understand what happens to rust belt states if such a program were implemented. The poor regions will become desolate.
McCain is telling you the truth.

The people funding Obama are the same ones who believe he will turn this country around for the better and that’s your average and not so average AMERICANS.
PittBull61

RonS,
McCain is such a wuss he won’t attack Obama to his face.
In fact for the most vicious attacks on Obama, he sends out Palin and his wife.
Putin is laughing at the old man hiding behind his wife’s skirt.

Anyone who encourages hate, fear and division of the UNITED STATES does not deserve to hold its highest office. McCain and Palin have sunk to the lowest tactic, hate. I am ashamed that I EVER thought he was an honorable man.

Because there’s nothing to the story. Why do people insist he’s being shielded from something or foretelling the truth? Trust me, at this stage of the game everything you need to know about Barack is out there? He’s been dragged through it during the primaries. Nothing Mccain/Palin can say or do is going to change that. The ONLY change I predict is that this smearing will hurt the GOP terribly if they continue.
PittBull61

Is anyone in the media actually going to invesigate Obama? Probably NOT.

“Do you think he’ll operate that way as President”
Can you imagine a McCain presidency facing a crisis after the complete meltdown we’ve seen in just 3 weeks?

Cryan C,
Rule #1 before you make an argument – make sure it passes the laugh test. Your argument [that rogue foreign leaders are more concerned about Obama than McCain's might] doesn’t.
Ever wonder why Hamas endorsed Obama? Do you think Putin feared Obama when Obama’s initial response to Russia’s occupation of South Ossetia was to blame Georgia? Leaders of Iran, Cuba, and Venezuela desparately want Obama. Did you know that Bill Ayers is a consultant of Hugo Chavez? I tell you one country that is distressed about a President Obama – Israel.
And now it’s time for you to call me a hate-monger, a racist and a bigot ’cause that’s what you do best.

McCain can’t talk about issues because he doesn’t know anything about the issues. He’s so over his head that he MUST resort to the usual neo-con Smear and Fear. Without that he has nothing.
Poor Ole John, he gave up his honor for the white house and LOST.
P.S. Cindy, you guys are the “dirtiest campaign” in history or are you too drugged up to realize that?

How sad that John McCain has become just like George W Bush. Oh well, he soon will have alot of time to reflect on his bad decisions.

Ron S –
Making up facts doesn’t make your argument appealing. It doesn’t pass the snicker test. You have no idea what Venezuela, Hamas, etc. actually want. There is a fear that Al Queda will launch an attack in October in an attempt to sway the election to McCain. Militarists prefer an oppositional relationship with their enemies because it is more likely to result in confrontation and violence.
Your “logic” if I can call it that is so addled that it makes me wonder what your true reasons are for opposing Obama.

Funny watching McNasty channeling George C Wallace, then backtracking just as soon as he’s called out on it.
Old boy does have the fidgets, don’t he?

“And who was a member of the Charles “Keating 5″? Yes, the investigation found ”
Yes and 3 of the 5 are supporting Obama.

RonS,
How come tough guy McCain can’t look Obama in the eye?
How come tough guy McCain sends his women out to do his dirty work?
“And now it’s time for you to call me a hate-monger, a racist and a bigot ’cause that’s what you do best.”
Naaah just you’re just impotent and sad.

Mack: Why is McCain associated with 60s radicals? Because, like them, he’s really really old.

“How come tough guy McCain can’t look Obama in the eye? ”
He’s afraid of Barry because Barry has “street cred”?

“In 1995, State Senator Alice Palmer introduced her chosen successor, Barack Obama, to a few of the district’s influential liberals at the home of two well known figures on the local left: William Ayers and Bernardine Dohrn. ”
Oh…THAT Bill Ayers.

re: Why is McCain associated with 60s radicals? Because, like them, he’s really really old.
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New rules The far left – age discrimination, racism, and sexism are off-limits for everybody else except us.
McCain is constantly attacked as old and decrepit. Hillary and Palin are attacked for being women. Meanwhile everybody from the right is a hate-monger, racist and bigot.
Those are the rules. Everybody is expected to follow them.

Sarah Palin belts out her deceptions and distractions with a radiant confidence we usually only see in sociopaths and infomercial pitch-persons. The last public figure we saw who could grin and lie with that kind of sunny confidence was O. J. Simpson.

“McCain is a bully. He is not a man. He has proven he is a coward. A real man looks another man in the eye when he has something to say to him.”
That’s why Barry mailed his letter of resignation from TUCC( who writes a letter of resignation to a church any way), to his mentor Pastor Wright instead of calling him a racist to his face.

Without Ayers there would be no Obama in politics:
- Ayers gave Obama credibility and by placing him on the Annenberg Challenge and Woods fund where they doled out over $100 million.
- Ayers helped launch Obama’s into Chicago politics by hosting a “Meet Obama coffee” in his house for Obama for many of the elite of Chicago.
Without this help from Ayers Obama would be just another one of thousands of Community Organizers in Chicago.

“As a Flyers fan and suburban Philly type person I am ashamed and embarrassed”
I have to agree that all Philly teams are an embarassment, especially the Eagles.

So which is it: McCain couldn’t remember Bill Daley, or he’s completely out of touch with what his own campaign is doing?
Neither answer is good.

So, did McCain just wave the White Flag of Surrender? Um, he is really all over the map the past few weeks.
I was thinking the Obama campaign was really wearing out the word “erratic” but is there a better description of McCain’s behavior?
I only wish McCain had run his own campaign, I suspect it would have been a whole different ballgame and we would have a real choice to make on 11/4. He has made it very easy for me to mark my ballot for “that one.”

Why is Obama not talking about the economy? Why is he engaging in “smears and lies” instead of talking about people’s lives and their homes?
Sounds like Obama is getting quite defensive here. Ayers must not be polling well for them.

Captain America–
I think you are about 10 minutes behind the news cycle.
McCain just dialed his rhetoric WAY back. Me thinks his internal polling numbers were lookin’ real bad.
Indy voters don’t like the kind of fascism that was rearing its ugly head at the McSame/ImPalin rallies.

Ryan C–
The one thing that seems sorely lacking from Republicans is their sense of humor.
I cannot wait to see how the Flyer’s fans react to Pitbull Palin. I hope they live up to their raunchy rep.

“I cannot wait to see how the Flyer’s fans react to Pitbull Palin. I hope they live up to their raunchy rep. ‘
You probably wouldn’t want to be wearing an Obama – Yes We Can t-shirt that night.

What does Obama have to be worried about?
For someone who professes that the presidency is imminent, why is he detracting himself to engage in “smears and lies”?
Is it because his lame excuses to date have failed? Is it because on the one hand he says he didn’t know about Ayers at the time to “I thought he was rehabilitated?”
Senator Obama: which is it? The American people have a right to know.

We must NEVER have a leader like McShame who will only bring disrepute to the presidency, if elected. The first lady (she hopes!!) is an even worse example of a decent human being. No one, who would forgo dignity and respect, like the McShames, should ever be in public office, for they are a disgrace to humanity! Granted, every competitor wants to win, but to resort to the lowest of tactics, and behave the way this couple did, is beyond belief. They have brought the campaign down to the lowest level. How can they, in good conscience, look at any citizen, when they themselves have sunk lower than the sewer. Most important, McSame has no ideas, no know-how, no leadership to help us out of this morass. Perhaps it’s best that he and Cindy bury themselves in this so that we do not have to hear more of his garbage.

As a fellow Illinoisan I can attest Obama was a great Senator who always looked out for the middle class.He was wildly popular in our state & had rave reviews from the media here as state senator before he became a US states senator.I’t sad the likes of Sean Hannity/Fox News can tar & feather such a decent family to terrorist.McCain/Palin are just trying to play on the race factor by doing so.In 2008, this is sad….so sad!

Cassandra Washington–
McCain won’t look Obama in the eye, i.e., he is not a man.
It’s not exactly rocket science, but being you are a Palin supporter, I can understand your inability to understand simple math.

I wouldn’t bring up being from Illinois in order to attest to Obama’s greatness.
Particularly if you were educated in the Chicago Public School system. Ayers and Obama squandered $110M intended to be used to raise student grades on third party entities promoting racial activism, the UN, and social justice.
I attempted to hire some of those who had the misfortune of being “educated” in the CPS and they cannot add/subtract or read.
So much for Obama’s plans for the nation’s education system. Down the toilet.

My niece proudly announced today that she and her husband were voting for McCain. Which is fine. But she followed up with comments about Ayers. I asked her if she knew who Lenore Annenberg is and she had never heard the name. My niece is fairly bright but on the matter of how she is going to vote, she is half-brained as are most people voting for McCain. The same holds true for anyone voting for Obama if they’ve accepted the sound bite and have not dug into the issues. Too many people accept the first line of any story and never look for the truth. On the Ayers story, McCain and Palin are full of it.

Still – Obama refuses to answer the question – why did he, a man who wants to lead this country chose to work side by side with a man who hates this country??? My disappointment in Obama grows each day. McCain has been talking about the economy – his plan is the only one aimed at helping homeowners who were defrauded by lenders. McCain’s comment about not wanting to talk about the economy is taken out of context – what he was saying is most uneducated voters try to blame a sagging economy on the president, who in this case happens to be Republican, like McCain – his concern is that voters will blame the party.

It seems Lies and smears are all McCain and his supporters have left.

The reason for McCain running character ads: Obama is unwilling to discuss in an comprehensive way his background.
However, what you do get from him is so often contradictory with what he previously said that it begs for more attention. What is he trying to hide from the American people?
The American people deserve to know all the facts about you, Obama.

Republicans trying to dig up dirt on Obama but there’s no dirt to be found except in the republicans own campaign.

Captain America: The school reform program was chosen and funded by the Annenbergs, who were Republicans and good friends of Ronald and Nancy Reagan. It was unsuccessful, but so were all the other educational reforms of the 90s. Not until after 2000 did effective reforms begin to be implemented.

“Giants baby!”
Oh….my….god….
I have to share the Giants with Mack?
Oh well, going to see the game in Cle mon nite so I’ll make sure I insult Brady Quinn for ya Mack.

constance- if Mrs. Annenberg were running for President, I would indeed want her questioned about why she chose the likes of Bill Ayres to run the Chicago Challenge. I would also like to have her say whether she was happy with the way he and Obama chose to spend the money that was supposed to go to education, but achieved poor results.
If Mrs. Annenberg lied or dissembled about her answers, I would wonder why.

“The reason for McCain running character ads: Obama is unwilling to discuss in an comprehensive way his background.”
If that was the reason why is he just running character ads 3 weeks before the election?

the hideous hate-mongering of the McCain-Palin campaign represent a new low. Not only do they decide to associate Obama with Ayers, with whom Obama has had limited contact, but Palin has also decided to attack Obama’s middle name. In addition to attacking Obama, McCain and Palin demonize anyone with a “funny” name, like Hussein and anyone who happens to be a Muslim.
Apparently neither McCain nor Palin under understand that Hussein is one of the most common names in world. In fact, Hussein was the surname of one of my students, a wonderful, diligent, gifted young lady. Her father, Mr. Hussein, was a concerned, loving, supportive parent who often checked in with me to find out his daughter was doing in my class. As a public employee, I have no knowledge of Mr. Hussein’s religious beliefs. However, I am incensed that McCain and Palin would launch an attack on an American citizen and his daughter just because of their last name
Beyond maligning people’s names, Palin and McCain are attacking the loyalty and patriotism of millions of American Muslims, some of whom are serving our country in Iraq and Afghanistan. Once it becomes acceptable to defame Muslims, it becomes acceptable to defame Jews, gays, African Americans, Latinos… The anti-Islamic fervor of McCain and Palin’s campaign reminds me of the anti-Semitism of Central Europe in the 1930′s. And increasingly, a McCain rally resembles the cross-burning rallies of Ku Klux Klan.
McCain and Palin are not merely anti-American. They are assaulting the very principles and ideals that this country represents. They are a disgrace to America. Every member of the Republican party, as well as their apologists in the media, should hang their heads in shame.
As a patriotic American, I have one choice. I must vote against hate. I refuse to accept the notion that America is a land fear, ignorance, and bigotry I will vote for Obama and his Democratic this November. I urge all other patriotic Americans to do the same.

The real John McCain is back. He has taken control of his campaign. Today he took the microphone from a lady who said she didn’t like Obama because he was an Arab. When he took the microphone he said “No, he is a good honest family man”. Wow!! That’s my hero, that’s the man I’ve admired for years. That’s “Country First”

Obama had nothing to do with ACORN and he denounced them if they are involved in fraud, no more to do with it than McCain had to do with similar organizations who also were accused of fraud. As for the Ayres thing, members of McCain’s staff and supporters were also part of the same board Obama was on…it was to help the education system. You guys act like Obama was 8 years old and planting bombs in washington. Obama is also just defending himself, he can’t waste too much time to give everyone an explanation of this BS because…it isn’t true and the economy is more important. Lets not forget about the republicans who made a “Mistake” by printing Osama on the ballots in NY. You McCain supporters are such HYPOCRITES!

Any moron can see McCain is just trying to change the subject off the economy…something he’s no good at.

I don’t really know how to break this to you, but the 60′s are over. Really, really over.
It is kind of sad to see you all hanging on to this thin sliver of hope that you can hinge this election on some scumbag from 40 years ago, but independent voters just aren’t listening.
Ayers is a slime ball, an unrepentent rich boy who was trying to prove something to mummy and daddy. I have no sympathy for him. I think he should have served time. However, Ayers is not running for president.
Obama had a very peripheral relationship with him, you know it and I know it. But I realize it is all you have left.
I am so sorry for your loss.

McCain has tried to paint Obama as a terrorist and the anti-christ! Goodness, irrational fear mongering is the best he can do.
At his own rally tonight though, he said he respects Obama and that Obama is a good family man with whom McCain has differences of opinions. It was the best thing McCain has said in a long time.

1)Okay, we’ve discussed the Keating5!
2)How about McCain’s continued support of the Iran Contra scandal philosophy?
3)How about McCain’s continued support of G Gordon Liddy?
The above all broke our laws!!!

So why isn’t Palin doing any more interviews? Biden has done several since the debates, so has Obama. Why? Because it’s proven to show that the lady who will be a heartbeat away from being president doesn’t do too well away from her teleprompter. These smears of McCain’s are to change the subject and make people forget at just how poor Palin did in those interviews…oh and the investigation of Palin.

Usually I think ads like this are ineffective, that you should focus more on your positive message. But this is an unusually calm and pithy one, and the photo op between McCain and Daley is effective. Probably not too bad for a 30 second ad. But in general, I think McCain/Palin are doing a good enough job hanging themselves that Obama/Biden should just feed them rope…

Denn, Obama told Charlie Gibson all about his relationship with Ayres…it was about the same type of relationship one would have with a next door neighbor they barely knew.

“It’s the only plan brought forward to protect the homeowners.”
Not true at all.
Its a bad variation of a plan to allow judges to renegotiate mortgages in which lenders take the loss in the difference on the renegotiated mortgage.
McCain’s plan puts that loss on the taxpayers.
Besides why would you believe what McCain says?
I. John McCain, Sept. 25: “It has become clear that no consensus has developed to support the Administration’s proposal to meet the crisis. I do not believe that the plan on the table will pass as it currently stands, and we are running out of time.
II. Top McCain Strategist Steve Schmidt, Sept. 29 (The Eve of the Big Vote): “What Senator McCain was able to do was to help bring all of the parties to the table, including the House Republicans, whose votes were needed to pass this.”
III. McCain Policy Adviser Douglas Holtz-Eakin, Sept. 29 (After the Bill Failed): “This bill failed because Barack Obama and the Democrats put politics ahead of country.”
IV. McCain Campaign Manager Rick Davis, Oct. 10: “In the middle of the greatest disaster in our financial system that we’d had in our lifetime… Sen. McCain c[ame] to town and actually bl[ew] that package up… saving taxpayers millions of dollars.”

Mark – Ayers said he hates the country – called it evil, said our system should be “replaced with something better”. Read his books or read newspaper accounts of his lovely past. There’s a lot of info out there.

Obama did make the decision to work side by side for 7 years with a man who the FBI classifies as a “domestic terrorist.” That’s a choice Obama made. Posted by:Thyme
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Using your logic, McCain made a decision to work side-by-side with Robert Byrd, a former member of the Ku Klux Klan, for 26 years in the US Senate. How is this any different? There were both Dems and Republicans on the education board with Obama, and there are both Dems and Republicans in the US Senate. If you try to tell me the KKK isn’t a terrorist organization, then I guess you condone the fire-bombing of over 600 churches and homes and the known murders of nearly 1,500 blacks.

This isn’t about Ayers….this is pathetic. Is this the best the McCain campaign can do?

I’m an intelligent woman, I’ve followed the election, I’ve done my own reading on both candidates and their VP choices. I’m voting for Obama/Biden. What else is there to say? The McCain followers are blindly following the Republican party, either that or they’re grossly unintelligent because no one else would vote for the likes of them.

Can you believe we are at a point in this country where people actually try to portray Ayers as a nice guy? A good-natured school teacher who only wants to help the community? I guess bombing buildings and trying to overthrow the government is simply silly kids stuff. History matters guys, especially when people are unrepentant about their crimes.

CNN REPUBLICAN Strategist states that if McCain doesn’t get away from Ayers, ACORN and these other misleading attacks…and focus on the economy…he will lose by a landslide. Fine by me.

The associations were answered on National television…get the crap out of your ears.

“But some of this is directed at Obama because he is black/biracial. And that is a true fact.”
I believe that more people are voting for him because of his race than are voting against him because of it. If people were voting against him because of his race it would be a McCain landslide.

Mack–
I am a democrat and an Obama supporter.
I think Ayers is a slime bag. I would venture to guess most of us Dems do. I will go one further, I think his slimy butt should have gone to prison and should have never seen the light of day again. PERIOD.
Having said that, Obama’s relationship with him was obviously so minimal so as to be meaningless.
You know what really matters? My job. My ability to pay my bills. My ability to continue to pay my daughter’s tuition. That is what matters.
Now tell me what McCain will do to help me acheive that and I will switch my vote right now.

“The associations were answered on National television…get the crap out of your ears.”
Is that when he lied and said that Ayers was just some guy from the neighborhood, or when he said that he barely knew Rezko…for 20 years

The media has continued to cover the Ayers story but have yet to report on McCain’s continued involvement with Keating after the Keating 5 scandal. His wife, Cindy, and his father in law continued to invest in Keating’s comany for many years after Keating 5 broke. There is a report in Huffington on this today..why havent you covered it? If its fair to cover the Obama -Ayers connection then you should also be covering this.
By the way, great job in trying to bring some civility to the McCain/Palin rallies.
Although, McCain asked the crowd to show respect today he appears to be speaking through both sides of his mouth. He continues to run adds that infer Obama is involed with Ayers(terrorists) And is now trying to tie Michelle Obama to Ayers (reported today on Huffington)as well…so much for decency and integrity!!

The answers to his assoc were given in an interview interview with Charlie Gibson.

Informed by ABC News that she holds an investment in a mutual fund that owns shares in companies that human rights organizations say help the government of Sudan, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin on Friday said through a spokesman that she will divest from that mutual fund.
Don says:
That Fund owns shares in two companies the Genocide Intervention Network labels “highest offenders” because, in that organization’s judgment, they empower the government of Sudan at the expense of the country’s marginalized populations.
If you neocons were really interested in unamerican stuff,,, you would be lambasting her for that,,, but we have to go dig it up to find it out. And there won’t be one conservative out there that will see a thing wrong with it…You are all more interested in misleading, lying, misrepresenting information and creating division and hate… than your fake moral outrage about anything you are complaining about regarding Obama… This is why you are losing.

You fear Obama because you don’t know him and don’t want to know him. You only want to hear the negative, so therefore, that’s what you tune in to. He’s not your typical “president”. This country is not just about white. It is hard for you to accept the fact that a black man might be president of this country one day. It seems surreal. Don’t be afraid of biracial people. We try to hide behind our racist views but it’s all coming to light in this election. They talked about Jesus, so folks will definitely talk about the biracial man with the funny name. Try to learn more about other cultures. You’ll love yourself for it and maybe you’ll learn something new. No one is trying to change anyone’s vote. We all have the right to vote for whom we please in this country. When you are angry, hateful and bitter, get down on your knees and ask God to rid you of all that hate. Whether you know it or not, you need help. If you don’t know God, get to know him or talk to a friend.

Funny, nowhere in Barack’s new attack ad does he explain fully and completely [and honestly] his true relationship with Ayers. Nor does he explain exactly when he first learned that Ayers was [and maybe still is in his heart of hearts] a domestic terrorist. Barack is the master of expediency. When he needed Rev. Wright and terrorist Ayers he used them. When they became political liabilities he threw them both under the bus. This is NOT a man of good character. He is a master politician and an ego maniac. It is obvious that he is lying. If he was not, he would have had a better defense to Hillary when he said, “Ayers is just a guy who lives in my neighborhood”. Barack, you may think that you can fool your awestruck “followers”; but you are not fooling the majority of Americans. That is why, in the end, on November 4th, you will lose the Presidency to Sen. John McCain.

I think Obama isn’t ready to explain Ayers because he knows that if he doesn’t tell the full extent of his relationship, he’ll be in big trouble because he knows that there probably is evidence of a closer relationship than he wants the Americans to know about.

The answer to Obama’s relationship with Ayers is found in an interview with Charlie Gibson. Good night fear mongers.

Why in the world would anyone vote for another smear monger like McCain? Have we not had enough lies the past 8 Yrs?????

Neither Obama or McCain have shown any leadership in this financial crisis. On of their jobs should be to help dispel fear of the future. I don’t mean lie, but to tell the truth as they see it. No one knows exactly what is happening, but the shotgun approach of both candidates shows despiration, not thoughtfulness or leadership.
If there was time, the American people deserve a do over on the nomination. I don’t beleive either of them men are up to handling the job of president. In their own way, because of their devisiviness and party loyalty are as bad as Bush.
If we don’t pull together as a nation both on the public and the political front, then the USA is in deep ‘you know what’.
Maybe we need a national write in slate consisting of Chuck Hagel and Hillary Clinton. Both of them are intelligent and could work together to help out the situation.
No to Obama and McCain.

did anyone see how mccain took the mike away from the woman at a town hall meeting who said she thought obama was an arab?
he pulled it from her, and said nuts

mccain, and his wife are above this mess.
mccain called the woman a nut

phillypaul et al, maybe Obama doesn’t explain in his ad any relationship with Ayers because there’s nothing to explain. He’s already stated he only knew the man casually. Obama was only 8 yrs. old when Ayers was allegedly involved in that anti-war protesting. Lots of people back then were involved in things on both sides that would now be considered deplorable. Why don’t you and others ask McCain to explain his relationship with G. Gordon Liddy? Someone who has advocated terroristic acts more recently than forty+ years ago. The only difference in Ayers and Liddy are the distance in time (Ayers being long ago) and Liddy who is too punkish to do his own dirt or get his own hands dirty, so he instructs and incites others to do it for him. Sort of like McCain and Palin who has been inciting their supporters to shout “kill him!” In reference to Obama. Isn’t it against to law to make threats against a public official?

I’m usually patient (was a kindergarten teacher until I retired) but some of these comments that keep repeating bogus claims about an alleged friendship between Obama and Ayers are so delusional that I just want to say…get help! take your meds!

Breaking Story—
Troopergate report going PUBLIC. Abuse of power ain’t going to look to good.
If she gets impeached in Alaska, can she still be VP?
Why did McCain pick this corrupt politician. Ridge or Pawlenty and the man might have had my vote.

Socialism? The bill the GOP president Bush just signed is Socialism at it’s finest! (The bailout plan)

Independent John
The Obama idea is dangerous to this country. I know American desires to change. But this is not reason for you to vote for Obama.

Tonya==
McCain’s mortgage plan is the epitome of socialism. Period. It is the antithesis of the republican belief system of fiscal responsibility.
Yes, the world is topsy turvy, the republican is pushing a socialist agenda. We have just entered bizarro world.

well i heard mccain call a woman at his rally “nuts”
i thought the mccain were better than this stuff.
he certainly is not conviencing new people to vote for him with the negative stuff.
all of the people who go for that negative kind of stuff are going to vote for him anyway.
some one in his campaign should know that he will not win new votes with negative ads and rallys.
decent, intelligent republicans will not go to a rally and listen to the stuff palin has been spewing.
it is an insult to their intelligents.
mccain is trying to get to the white house on the low road, and it will not work.

Hey “Iraq Vet” – I appreciate your service, but you are 100% wrong. I read the transcript of the Gibson/Barack interview and nowhere in it does he explain WHEN he understood that he was becoming an associate with a known domestic terrorist. He claimed previously that he did not know prior to the fundraiser at Ayers home. However, both of his own campaign managers backtracked and were unable to answer that crucial question when asked only days ago. That is because they understand that Barack is lying. I hope and pray that Sen. John McCain looks directly at Barack in the middle of the 3rd debate, and says, “OK Barack, now here is your chance, please tell the American public exactly when you discovered that your pal Ayers was a domestic terrorist! No one but a total moron thinks that Barack is a terrorist. But we do have the right to question his truthfulness and judgement. He is, after all, sort of running for the highest office in the country!

Taking the critizism of Sen. McCain and replenshing his use of lousy standards really gives Obama the SMEARS option to cover tracks..its in my senses that Senator Obama is part of a poor attitude about being better in America..there’s a place in the Obama platform to bring poor people along as they really harm themselves(all the time)being placated about-freedom-and even ignoring Law&Order..there’s Big Money–and–there’s lousy street money..what’s is in the Obama “hiding-act” of 2008-is a piece of life that’s totally smeared by lousy street values..you can’t miss the SANDWICH-of IT/the Rebups do tend some “hiding” spots..but this TALK-the-freedom trail line of baloney is really a HIDING-act..and there’s a serious differance in a SPOT..and a ACT…Sen. Obama like his Dem-brother Bill Clinton really tend a College Bred Fat Head Philosophy…they lack the work of Joe Biden..or the force of a Cheney..and when its a Reagan-Bush-McCain campaign the Dem’s really fall short all time looking SMEARED..”they looked smeared”..and playing the “Queen of the Prom”…really makes for bad intelligence–intelligence can be carried like a POLLEN–that Obama and his Community Organizer works seems to just throw into a HEAP…time-lines that mean very little..weither its the AYERS..”stink”..or the College–boutque..//its all about FAT HEADS.

Let me here summarize all of the various theories about Obama put forth by the McCain campaign:
Obama is a closet Islamic fundamentalist who seeks to overthrow Democracy in the US and replace it with an Islamic theocracy AND he is a radical black Christian who subscribes to Black Liberation Theology and who wants to impose black apartheid rule AND he is a radical marxist (which is by definition an atheist) who wants to establish communism here.
So which is it? Muslim, Christian or Atheist?
Which is it? Theocrat or Communist?
Also, his campaign is a conspiracy between the Conservative Republican Walter Annenberg,Al Qaeda and American marxists. The corporate owned media outlets (except presumably Fox News) are all involved in the conspiracy, for reasons that are unclear.
So, why would a conservative Republican conspire with Al Qaeda and marxists? What sinister common goal do they have?
Why would the media go along with a marxist plot which would ultimately overthrow corporate ownership?
Let’s not forget, the campaign has millions of supporters, most of whom are rich, white, elites who despise working people and who secetly plan to lower taxes for those working people they hate while significanty raising their own taxes, right?
Now we will leave aside the distinct lack of evidence for any of these things, and simply ask our Obama-bashing friends to explain how this vast conspiracy works(presumably a right-wing conspiracy since it is funded by the Annenbergs and was just endorsesd by Christophe Buckley.
Please friends, answer these questions and resolve these paradoxes for me. I really want to try to understand.

REPORT–
PALIN ABUSED HER POWERS.
HAHAHAHAHAHAH

Barrack Obama is so perfect…ABC you must be so upset that all the news events are Pro Obama and negative towards MCcain. Anyways thank-you for covering both sides equally !

To “McCain-Liddy” – You must be totally dellusional. Barack “has nothing to explain”? Most Americans, if they knew that their own neighbor had been a domestic terrorist; A MAN WHO TRIED TO KILL AMERICANS – would NOT accept an invitation to his dnner party. Would YOU? But Barack did. And worse yet, he did in order to obtain his backing & advice to run for the open state senate seat. Tell me honestly, do any of you Barack “followers” think that THAT behavior constitutes a type of “transcendental politics” or the “politics of change”? I think that deep down, you supporters are beginning to feel bamboozled by Barack but you do not have the guts to admit it now, at this late juncture. The truth will come out in the end. It always does. Barack has zero character.

Ok, i’m outta here…i’ll meet you in the blog about Palin abusing her powers when it comes up.

I find the Socailist arena not in the bail-out..its definitly tied to capitalism..what I figure is alot of Federalism…should the tides come IN–or OUT..its federalism…should the ships all rise..its capitalism…and then central governments..or..a strong central government.

Ouch, I though I read somewhere that the Palin Troopergate findings were to remain sealed? And not be made public. Did they change their minds?

To Some Scents:
Are those departments adequately funded? You tell me, since you have so much, uh, sense.

I miss the good ol’ days of politics when the punchiest line in a presidential campaign would be Jesse Jackson complaining about Washington politics and saying “Something has gone awry!”

Real Americans can go to register to vote on their own. There is NO need for my tax dollars to support some left wing low life outfit to register the dead to vote for a Marxist candidate.
No, he’s not fit to lead, and will never be, based on his mountain of dishonest and unwise statements and actions, not to mention his shamefully corrupt alliances.
Anyone who actually takes the time to research . . . with a “fine-tooth comb” . . . Obama’s legislative voting record, both in Illinois and in Washington, can clearly see that his voting record rarely meets the lofty standards of his rhetoric.
Obama’s disciples are like religious zealots. They are emotionally and psychologically incapable of looking beneath the surface and accepting the fact that Obama is NOT what he claims to be. He IS a “stealth” Socialist.

I’ve been saying all along that there is something odd about the timing of the ACORN investigation. Until a few weeks ago (when McCain started slipping in the polls) we had never heard of ACORN. Then they were all in the republican talking points, folks on blogs and callers to C-SPAN were blaming ACORN for the financial crisis and now, with Obama surging ahead, ACORN is being investigated and someone how all these false ballots are coming up. Like someone really thought they could use names of the Dallas Cowboys. Sounds so much like Neo Con set up.
We won’t fall for it. Not this time.

The illogical conclusions drawn by some DNC supporters are mind-boggling and ignore well-documented facts. A senator’s job is to work with other senators in the senate to accomplish tasks that benefit their constituents and the American public. A senator doesn’t get to choose who are the other senators- the people vote and choose. Byrd was an ardent supporter and prolific fundraiser for Fred Thompson, which show how close he really was to McCain. Now someone who voluntarily chooses to associate with Ayers, Rezko, Wright – that IS a different story – that IS telling on his lack of character by those who he supported. As recent as 1995, Ayers stated in an interview that he was a communist, and 1995 was the same year that Ayers hosted an event at his home to support Obama’s introduction by Alice Palmer to be Palmer’s chosen successor in the Illinois State Senate, which was the DNC candidate’s entry to politics.

PALIN+STUPIDITY= TROOPERGATE!!

Hey Lost Democray:
You are grasping for straws and coming up empty handed. Leave the Obamas alone. They are decent people. Unlike the McCains. Cindy denied her own half siblings to get her father’s estate. She stole drugs from her own charity.

WELL, what are you going to do now McCain? Sarah just finished off burning down the house!!!

ENOUGH!
Country first? or Palin/McCain?

They have tried the Muslim connection, when that did not work, they went after his Christian pastor. So that did not work either, so they went after his wife. They failed miserably to KO Obama. They even questioned his patriotism because he did not wear a flag pin on his Jacket (Notice McCain is teh one not wearing it now). They tried to pin Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae on him. That did not work. McCain lost the 1st debate and then he claimed that Obama is usually better in those types of debates. In teh Debate he never once looked at Obama. Meanwhile Palin was making a case for all to see on National TV that SHE IS NOT SMARTER THAN A 5th GRADER. So McCain was again beaten badly in a debate; this time he could not complain about the format, which was supposed to be his favorite, i.e., town hall. He was disrespectful to Obama, referring to Sen. Obama as “that one”. Still failing to make eye contact. Meanwhile the Pit Bull with Lipstick, Palin, starts trashing Obama… virtually calling him a terrorist etc. etc.
Meanwhile folks, Obama has remained calm and refused to get drawn in the dirty exchange. And even those who had doubts about him, are now coming around to supporting Obama.
After all, Obama is the one who went to Harvard. he was president of the Harvard law review. Written a couple of books. An extremely brilliant and atriculate individual. McCain finished 5th from the bottom of his class of about 800 students. Palin got a journalism undergraduate degree after shuffling through 5 colleges.
Obama should win by 40% margin, but because of the fear mongering by the McCain camp, he would win by 10-14%.
Obama and Biden would be sworn in in Jan. 2009.
McCain would return to the Senate and would retire at the end of his current term.
Palin would return to Alaska, where she can see Russia from her house and keep an eye of Putin.

Ok Bomba you were 8 years old when this unrepentent terrorist did his thing, how old were you when professor terrorist did his thing with you for the U of I,
do not tell me you were 8 years old mentally then too.?

“The fact is, this is hard work & there were some people that probably sat down, on a couch, & filled out names out of a phone book” said Matthew Henderson, Southwest Director for Acorn, told the Associated Press. “That’s really what we’re talking about here-not an attempt to steal an election.” Boy if a few hundred Acorn workers filled out a few hundred voter resgistration cards illegally in 9+ states, well that could mean over 10,000 illegal voters in each state. Gosh, how many votes did Bush win in Florida by?? Since OBAMA, the I can’t produce any records, and I won’t answer questions about my relationships with Ayers, Tony Rezko,who is now in PRISON, Nadhmi Auchi, who loan Rezko 3.5 million dollars 3 weeks before Obama purchase his house next door to Rezko, Valerie Jarrett, Robert Malley, who has close ties to HAMAS…maybe that is why OBAMA said that he would negociate with HAMAS to get their land back from the JEWS, Allison Davis, Cecil Butler, William Moorehead,who was convicted for embezzling 1 million dollars in mgmt fees from a public housing project in OBAMA’S district. Lawndale Restoration, Grove Parc Plaza, Woodlawn Preservation, Rezmar, which is owned by Tony Rezko, who tied to hire OBAMA but Obama went to work for a Davis, Miner, Barnhill & Galland law firm. Acorn, who OBAMA worked for & represented in a law suit in Chicago. Habitat Company & Frank Davis a member of the Communist Party. In the last 10 years OBAMA has associated himself with a lot of crimmals, terrorist and communist. America, is that who you want to be your President???????
Since the MEDIA didn’t want to ask these tough questions the McCain had to.
If the MEDIA did their job and reported on a nonbias status then they would have found the records that prove OBAMA worked for ACORN, & his ties with all these shaddy individuals.
Since OBAMA wants to keep blaming the economy on Bush, I guess he forgot that the Dem’s had control of the Senate for the last 2 years. I guess he forgot the facts that the “Affordable Housing” act that is what led to deregulating the banks and their high standards on qualifing for a housing loan was done during President Clintons term & pasted by the Dem’s who had control of Congress. I guess OBAMA can’t remember the facts because it would show how much of a SOCIALIST he is and that he is a MUSLIM hiding behind his christian church and racist pastor, Rev. Wright.

Will someone tell me why is it that all right wings think or believe they are the only Christian, and the only one who believes in freedoms are who have and can hunt and live off the earth, or in the protection of American way of life against Foreign invasions, they really believe in and preaches exclusion ( As if to say they are the only true Americans), the last I checked our soldiers are Democrats, Republican and Independents, white, black, Latin Americans why than are you insulting our soldiers in the fields, and don’t forget your insults to the Memories of that great Generation the world war one and two vets who Sacrifices more than one could understand are image who were also Democrats, republicans and Independents, black,white,brown ,all fighting because they also believed in our democracy and freedoms…… not just angry right wing Republicans.

AH, this is frustrating. I particularly love the way Obama camp focuses on Ayers and DALEY, as if McCain has gone after both associations equally and treated them as equally toxic. No mention of other slimy connections like Rezko or Wright. And of course, there’s the assertion that McCain has no plans for the economy, when his plans are practical and workable. I particularly like the proposal today to suspend the rule that retirees must draw a minumum amount from their 401Ks whether they need it or not each year.
Oh, and it has always irritated me that the Obama camp keeps bringing up the statement that “if the election is about the economy, we lose.” The speaker did not mean “if the election is about the economy, we SHOULD lose, because we are wrong on the economy.” He of course meant, “If it’s about the economy, we will lose because we’ll get the blame as republicans even though McCain did not contribute to the mess and tried to help fix it.” Argh.

West Virginia folks OMG
WEST VIRGINIA PEOPLE.
GAME SET MATCH

Missy, if you had never heard of ACORN until a few weeks ago, you have not been keeping up with American politics and elections very well. ACORN has been the subject of controversy for many an election cycle. They did not spring full-blown from the head of Zeus, or Obama, this year. They have been trying to screw things up for a long time.

Peter -
You’re kidding me, right? Credentials don’t guarantee integrity, quality, etc. Case in point – tell me where the $100MM had a positive impact on the quality of education in Chicago public schools. Far as I know, 10+ years later…and they’re still under-performing.
2nd case in point, this guy W has a degree from Yale and an MBA from Harvard…

I have been wondering how Annenberg, the billionaire republican, could end funding left-wing projects for our schools. People act as if he were sitting on the boards personally vettin each project. However, I believe that the organizations he funded were largely managed by others. In the case of the education grants, he handed the keys to Vartan Gregorian, president of Brown, who then must have created boards to approve grants that came in. Ayers’s group saw the money and crafted a proposal that did not focus on any agenda (I would think, anyway, can’t find the actual proposal. However, the studies of the Challenge are written in an obfuscatory way and its difficult even to determine what the project actually did in concrete terms). These kinds of projects can sound non-partisan in the their execution…in large part, they may not be as blatantly left-wing as they would be once they became entrenched. It seems entirely possible that Gregorian and his boards may have ignored Ayers’s past or not known about it…they are just approving grants, not vetting the porfessors–in other words, they don’t have any reason to do so.
So, that’s how Annenberg could end up funding this kind of stuff..He handed over millions of dollars and trusts his foundation to do it right…he can’t check into every fund…his foundation is worth billions of dollars…
Also, Obama had more of a duty to vet the guy because he was associated with him in a political fashion.
The ugly truth is that Obama knew and didn’t care…he assumed Ayers was rehabilitated…I don’t think so…Obama’s own memoir talks about his flirtations with Marxism and Communism…
I ask again- would McCain even be a candidate if he had a fund raiser at George Lincoln Rockwell’s or Tim McVeigh’s house?

Word ‘em up on the level. This ad is right on the money. What a phony hypocrite Mac is for the Daley thing!

Palin met with some Arabs last week too… I guess that means she “pals around” with terrorists too, right?

What’s really ironic is that McShame
and Failin are pointing fingers at Obama!
You know the old saying – when you point your finger at someone, the rest of your hand points back at you —
Gordon Libby (terrorist), Keating, abuse of power, pork barrel spending, etc etc.
It is immoral and dangerous to allow your rally supporters to spew hate at
your opponent. I’m looking forward to the investigation into this corrupt and
sleazy campaign!!!!!!!!

McCain is right.
Facts are facts.
Obama did have meetings with the domestic terrorist.
McCain did not.
Face it………Obama is risky and yes has had many shady characters in the past………Rev. Wright, Ayers, Rezko, Farrakhan.
As Americans we should be scared of all of these guys.
Including Obama.
The media is so pro Obama they don’t know how to handle reporting this.
Go McCain. He’s a patriot!

Yes,McCain is patriotic after he crashed his 4th and 5th airplane because of flying so low during Vietnam war.

Let’s talk about Minh Husani and Mazen Ashabi.Both hired to coordinate Muslim affairs for the Obama campaign. Mazen Ashabi, a Chicago lawyer, resigned in July because some of his associations are linked to Hamas. Minh Husaini has met with Islamic extremist groups and is now coming under fire. In Feb.2008, Farrakhan spoke of Obama as the messiah, the chosen one who will lead the youth to a new America. Wake up America. Obama surrounds himself with these people and you need to keep informed.

Jailed political fundraiser Antoin “Tony” Rezko, the Chicago real estate developer who helped launch Barack Obama on his political career, is whispering secrets to federal prosecutors about corruption in Illinois and the political fallout could be explosive.

Chicago government is very corrupt. Obama is currupt as well as all of the community organizers he used to extort our tax dollars to advance Ayers’ socialist agenda. Although Ayers brags of his communist ideology. Obama has been all over the map on this issue. Lives in my neighborhood; children go to school with daughters, served on non-profit boards; didn’t know he was a terrorist; thought he had been rehabilitated; and now the sheep mentality of all the other corrupt politicians thought it was okay to hang with him

I don’t care if Obama met and took help from the devil himself, none of it will change who is better for this country. This happens every election, the rich and powerful fear someone who might actually help the middle class of this country. Instead of creating sound policies they create fear and hatred, McCain’s own supporters scream out things like “kill him” and “terrorist” it’s frightening. History repeats itself, the right wing McCarthy started it by labeling people, innocent people “communist” and then threatening others they’d be labeled that as well if they didn’t bear false witness against their friends and associates. This is the same trash Republicans pulled with Clinton over affairs and Kerry over Swiftboat lies to deflect how bad their policies are for average Americans.

Why won’t McCain say what his health care plan really means for working Americans? I went to school, worked hard and chose an employer not just based on pay but on benefits. My benefits are superb, the whole package medical, dental, vision, disability and life insurance cost, according to Human Resources Dept. 30k a year. I have never taken one penny of government money, why does McCain feel the government needs to come between an arrangement that concerns only my employer and myself? What happened to tax cuts and smaller government Republicans talk about but their policies haven’t reflected in decades? How much is McCain’s plan going to tax me on my health care? Is it just medical or does it include the whole package (madical, dental, vision, life, disability insurance)? Since there’s no possible way I can get similar benefits for my family for 5K does that mean I have to go with some haelth care rationing HMO so I can pay and they deny care? This is what I care about.

Grasping at straws …. It’s time for change !!!
Obama/Biden

Why is Obama and the mainstream media so afraid to discuss these issues and his close ties with Ayers, ACORN and white-bashing Wright? Why are they ONLY interested in talking about the economy? Should we trust Obama with the economy as well? Should we let ABC decide the election for us?

I TRUST OBAMA/BIDEN WITH MY VOTE
AND
DETEST MCCAIN/PALIN & THEIR EVIL WAYS

ROB, Senator Obama has been vetted over and over again. He has addressed every issue that McCain/Palin is bringing up. Are you so blinded by “whatever” that truth cannot be told to you. Do you really believe that Senator Obama has sat in the Senate for 4 years now, and no one knows who he is. If Bush spies on ordinary citizens, in the name of security for our country, what makes you think that he hasn’t spied, and investigated Senator Obama. THE WORST IGNORANCE A MAN CAN HAVE IS TO REJECT SOMETHING HE KNOWS NOTHING ABOUT. READ, READ AND READ. TURN OFF FOX TV

The Keating 5?
Please.
The NY Times said that the only reason McCain was kept in the investigation was that his dismissal would turn the episode into a Democrat-only scandal.

Cindy McCain went to Rawanda and did what?
Senator Obama was helping others who had lost their jobs and retirements when the Republicans deregulated and union busted the manufactoring jobs in America back in the late 1980′s and early 1990′s. There are all kinds of patriotism in America.
Michelle was working and raising her children.
Senator Obama didn’t leave her for a younger women. He has principles

So let me make sure I’m getting the gist of the right-wing thinking these days:
you are upset about people with whom Obama “associated” with, but are willing to give Palin a free pass even though SHE ACTUALLY DID THE THINGS SHE WAS FOUND GUILTY OF?!?!
I just want to make sure I’m getting my facts correct about your hypocrisy when I bring them up again and again and again…

Annenberg – the person who Ayres and Obama and about 20 other people worked for on that project, is listed as the number 2 supporter on McCain’s list of 100 (really 90) supporters.
So, I guess that means that McCain is also ‘pallin’ around with terrorists’ ?

drjohn
Cindy McCain has made nearly 20 trips to Africa for humanitarian causes, including being in Rwanda during the war in 1994.
How many has Michelle made?
How long has Obama served in the US military?
HUMANITARIANS AIDE CAUSES AT HOME AND/OR ABROAD.. SUFFERING’S EVERYWHERE NOT JUST AFRICA..
SERVING ONE’S COUNTRY IS HONORABLE BUT DOESN’T GIVE ANYONE A FREE PASS TO BECOME PRESIDENT.. THAT HAS TO BE EARNED WITH A PLAN TO ALLEVIATE DOUBTS/FEARS ON CURRENT ISSUES FACING AMERICANS..

Greg
What has Palin been found “guilty” of?
When did Palin go to trial?
Did you not see the part about her acting lawfully and within her rights?

SO, MCCAIN AND PALIN HAVEN’T LIED? THAT’S NEWS TO ALL OF US AND ANOTHER LIE..
OBAMA/BIDEN – THE LEADERSHIP WE NEED

Why aren’t we hearing about FARAKKAN and his latest comments about “THE MESSIAH”.

THANK YOU DR JOHN. GLAD SOME PEOPLE TELL THE TRUTH.
Certainly NOT the media, nor the brainwashed Republican haters. They would vote for OJ Simpson if it meant they could defeat the Republicans. What a “narrowminded attitude”. With that thinking, they will just go from “bad to destruction”.

ELECTION 2008
Farrakhan on Obama: ‘The Messiah is absolutely speaking’
‘Barack has captured the youth,’ will bring about ‘universal change’
Tried to attach the link but it won’t post here for some reason – lol

The Republican Party is terrorizing the electorate with the same old lies and smear tactics that we have come to expect. When will someone in the Republican Party step up to take the mantle of leadership? Who can restore the Republican Party? I can’t think of one single person other than Chuck Hagel who inspires any sort of leadership principles.

I am a democrate, and I am reluctantly voting for McCaine. Senator Obama lies when he states after 20 years, that he did not know that Rev. Wright spoke the way he does about white people and that he is a traitor to our country, marine or not. He lies when he says he did not know about Rezko, it was in all the Chicago newspapers, and he had to be terribly ignorant to associate with a former home grown terroritst. I don’t trust the man’s judgment, he is an opportunist. Today, in this economic crisis, he is being very cautious, says nothing about a plan to solve this situtation, he speaks in generalities. I admire Senator McCaine for his leadership, courage and love of country, therefore, I will vote for him. I don’t see those qualities in Senator Obama.

McCain is criminal for associating with the criminal Keating, he even took free vacations in the carribean with Keating.

JKIR – We need to take the time to look at all candidates and incumbents. My two senators are both Democrats, one I will vote for, the other I will do everything I legally can to get rid of. We need to look past party affiliation and see individuals.

Oonogil – yeah, right, your congressman is “different.” That mentality is what keeps most of the same people in Congress for years. Sorry, it’s somebody else’s turn to get in there and get a shot to fix what’s broken in Washington. I like both of my Congress people just fine, but I think they’ve had their turn and it’s time for new people to get in there. This is an excellent opportunity for the American people to make a protest vote by voting their incumbant officials out of Congress. Then in the future, Congresspeople might weigh their actions a little more carefully before frivoling away trillions of our dollars. As it is now, they can count on bamboozling their own constituents into re-electing them to office again. Americans MUST remember that politicians are like diapers, they need changed often for the same reason.

It’s obvious that poll numbers are driving the McCain/Palin campaign to change the focus of the American people from the economy to character assults. The Bush peole did the same thing to Kerry in 2004 turning the American focus from a trumpted up Iraq war to Veitnam protests… Look what you all got people! Your 401K is now depleted, your kids college fund is gone and you yourself may on the street with a tin cup in the next few weeks. The Republicans did this to us, and now you want more of it? Not to mention what will happen if McCain can’t fullfill his duties, Sarah Palin as President is a death sentance for us all…

REPUBLICANS SCREW UP EVERYTHING, AS USUAL.. NOW IT’S UP TO DEMOCRATS TO CORRECT WHAT’S WRONG AND GET THIS GREAT COUNTRY BACK ON TRACK, LIKE ALWAYS..
OBAMA/BIDEN – THE CHANGE WE TRULY NEED

Palin and McCain have yet to present proof of their allegations and charges. Proof that would hold up in a court of law. Palin and McCain have succeeded in creating a mob mentality demonstrated at their rally, of hatred, anger, mis-information. Palin and McCain have lost control of their supporters by their repeated inflammatory charges against Obama. There may very well be violence in the streets, killing, rioting. We can all thank Palin and McCain should that scenario take place in the coming months. Palin and McCain have been and are reckless. The Nation is becoming more and more divided, even within families. We should all prepare for violence in the streets. It could happen.

It’s funny….
The Republicans blame the Democrats….
The Democrats blame the Republicans….
Yet, no one wants to take any of the responsibility.
We’re a pathetic nation if we can’t sit down regardless of what party we belong too and try to get ourselves out of this mess that we’re in. It will always be like this and regardless of who becomes President they will spend all of their time dealing with this crap. I really hate to inform all of you, should you want to choose to do some research and dig deep into the pasts of either one of the candidates I can almost guarantee you’re going to find ties that either party can use against each other. Case in point, what we found out about Troopergate yesterday. Who gives a rats ass, yet the McCain camp came out and blamed the Democrats for running a partisan investigation and that they over reached in their conclusion. Hate to tell you this, there were ten Republicans and four Democrats on the panel. If anyone is to blame it’s the Republicans….who cares.
I would love to see the two parties come together, pull their heads out of their collective asses and work for our common good for a change, not theirs! Something else we need to do once and for all….get religion out of the mix. Why does it matter if you’re a Christian, Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, Muslin, Atheist, Buddhist? The list goes on and on. Why does it matter or even has to come up that one God is better than someone else’s God? Shouldn’t it just be good enough that we worship a God regardless of who’s God it is? Conflicts have been started over religion and continue to this day which have lasted much longer than we have been the United States.
I for one cannot wait until this election is over with and regardless of all the pissing and moaning afterwards, the majority of us won’t even see a difference!

In a post LISA stated: “THANK YOU DR JOHN. GLAD SOME PEOPLE TELL THE TRUTH.
Certainly NOT the media, nor the brainwashed Republican haters. They would vote for OJ Simpson if it meant they could defeat the Republicans. What a “narrowminded attitude”. With that thinking, they will just go from “bad to destruction”.
Sorry to have to tell you Lisa, but we ALREADY DID! His name was George W. Bush and we even went so far as to elect a TOTALLY CONTROLLED REPUBLICAN CONGRESS THAT OVER THE FIRST SIX YEARS OF COWBOY BUSH’S TERM ALL BUT DESTROYED OUR BELOVED UNITED STATES OF AMERICA!! DO YOU REALLY THINK WE ARE SO STUPID THAT WE WILL REPEAT THAT SAME MISTAKE WITH MCCAIN AND PALIN? NO WAY, NO HOW NO MCCAIN-PALIN!!!!!!!!!!!

I’m concern, not about the terrorism, I leave that to the FBI. I’m really concern about the other revolution that we are starting to see in America: EDUCATION.
If Ayers is a very smart person and an “educator reformer”, and Obama is a very smart person and becomes president. How would I know he is not going to put him in the Cabinet as Minister of Education…Then that’s it. Good bye Capitalism! Welcome Socialism!
That is a real BOMB!
God bless America! and I hope it still is the Land of the free past 2009

To consider voting the Republican ticket a person would need to be a catatonic masicist, which should disqualify them from voting

Why are the ignorant and/or desperate and/or greedy people who took advantage of the system blamed while the very person who was the architect of that system is not even so much as mentioned by the GOP and their media minions?
Isn’t Phil Graham the economic advisor who told John McCain that our economy fundamentals “are sound” when they clearly were not?
I don’t want people like McCain and Graham, who are clearly out of touch with economic/financial reality, to have control of the world’s most important financial market.
How bad does the economy have to be before McCain supporters begin to honestly assess the disastrous economic policies of the GOP and put the blame where it really belongs?

As I’ve stated before, I really don’t care who our next President will be although I do have a preference. My only real concern is that they do an honorable job and do things here to look after the people living here in these United States. There is a reason that my Mother (R.I.P. mom) and Father moved here from Germany in 1963.
I know that we’re all very passionate as election day nears but you need only have been paying attention as to how each individual camp has been handling itself as they campaign from state to state and one man has stood out while leading more with his calm and composure, and that for me speaks volumes!