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McCain desperate, Democrats say

Posted by Foon Rhee, deputy national political editor July 31, 2008 07:19 PM


The national Democratic Party is also coming to Barack Obama's defense as he faces a series of negative TV ads from Republican rival John McCain.

The Democratic National Committee released a web video this morning that calls McCain's attacks "desperate."

It shows McCain pledging at a town hall meeting in April: "We need to have change in America. We need to do things differently. I want to prove to you that I will wage a respectful campaign.

Then, it shows Senator Chuck Hagel, a Republican who accompanied Obama on a tour of Afghanistan and Iraq, on a Sunday news show criticizing McCain's ad that bashed Obama for not visiting wounded soldiers in Germany. "Yeah, I think John is treading on some very thin ground here when he impugns motives and when we start to get into 'you're less patriotic than me, I'm more patriotic,' " Hagel said.

Finally, it shows a series of unflattering newspaper headlines about McCain's line of attack.

"Like so many other promises cast aside in his pursuit of the White House, John McCain's promise to run a respectful campaign didn't even make to his convention," said DNC spokeswoman Karen Finney. "We all respect John McCain's service to our country, but he has clearly become an honorable man running a deeply dishonorable campaign. The American people deserve better, and John McCain knows it."

Blair Latoff, a Republican National Committee spokesman, responded in a statement: "Desperate better defines Obama’s energy plan -- inflated tires."

This afternoon, the Obama campaign launched a new website that is to document and fact-check McCain's attacks. It's called McCain's "Low Road Express," a take-off of the Republican's "Straight Talk Express" campaign bus.

"John McCain used to stand for 'straight talk,' the website says. 'Not anymore. These days John McCain doesn’t seem to stand for anything but negative attacks and false charges against Barack Obama. This isn’t the John McCain we used to know."

UPDATE: Tucker Bounds, a McCain spokesman, said in response to Obama's new website, “Barack Obama’s campaign created his global celebrity status -- we are celebrating it and informing voters of his inexperience. If there’s a low road in this campaign, Obama’s campaign paved it when they launched the first negative attack ad in this election.”

Obama, himself, ridiculed the latest McCain ad, which calls him the "biggest celebrity in the world" and mockingly compares him to some other celebrities.


With the magnitude of the problems facing the country and world, "You'd think that we'd be having a serious debate. But so far all we've been hearing about is Paris Hilton and Britney Spears," he told a crowd in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

"I do have to ask my opponent, 'Is that the best you can come up with? Is that really hat this election is about? Is that what is worthy of the American people?' "

But McCain isn't backing away from the ads.


"There are differences, and we are drawing those differences," McCain said yesterday in response to a question at a town hall meeting in Racine, Wisc., about whether he had reneged on a pledge to wage a "respectful" campaign.

"Campaigns are tough, but I'm proud of the campaign that we have run," he said. "I'm proud of the issues we are trying to address with the American people.

43 comments so far...
  1. He is not only desperate, he depressed, disconnected, and depreived of ideas to address our serious and substantial internal and external challenges. We should pray for him.

    Posted by COL. A.M.Khajawall [ret] July 31, 08 11:23 AM
  1. Great add - please let's have more of these adds with McSame and Bush together to remind the American people what the last 8 years of both of them have done to America's economy and world views.

    Posted by ob08 July 31, 08 11:28 AM
  1. Yeah! that is why Obma, even trying to BUY the election as well as having become a "man made" media celebrity cannot achieve a poll number that breaks 50 % ! And this is even with this mess of an economy, gas prices, defecit, and war.

    If the DEmocrats wanted to win in November, they should not have nominated (FORCED) Obama! OBAMA, "your moment" is up!

    Hello President McCain!

    Posted by DEM now IND July 31, 08 11:29 AM
  1. Obviously a very effective ad. Why else would the Dem's be so scared of it. When they come on the attack, you know you've hit their weak spot. The ad's are spot on. Keep up the good work. Obama's weaknesses are unending.

    Posted by Jerry July 31, 08 11:29 AM
  1. HAHAHAHA....Yes, yes he is. ----- "Elitist", he should go to Iraq, now he shouldn't travel, Britney comments...McCain is against the ropes and without a plan of attack

    Posted by Tom July 31, 08 11:30 AM
  1. C'mon, do we reall HAVE to wait until January? Just let me vote already...

    Posted by Jason July 31, 08 11:31 AM
  1. I am so gracious obooma borox has cured cancer ,
    solved the riddle of dark matter in space
    brought sight to the blind,
    made the lame walk
    and fed the crowd , on three croûtons
    oh geesee, I am gonna send him my whole paycheck
    so , he can have a nice hollandaise sauce on his Filet Mignon ,
    as he scurry's around the globe , in his private 80 million dollar jet
    that guzzles 19,000 gallons of fuel a day
    bringing rainbows to all ..
    oh .,he makes me very warm and fuzzy
    unlike that stupid ol stinky, cranky , bald white guy

    Posted by Mick Donald July 31, 08 11:33 AM
  1. So media presentations which question Obama's motives are deemed "negative" while those which question McCains motives are only "unflattering"? Interesting.

    I guess we know which candidate the media outlets favor.

    Posted by Scott in MA July 31, 08 11:36 AM
  1. McCain is calling Obama an elitist when he himself has been the consumate Washington insider, rubbing elbows with the lobbyists and well connected. With the $100M trophy wife by his side, McCain flys to campaign events in her corporate aircraft. Obama, on the other hand, worked his way from the tough Chicago streets to Harvard Law School.

    To paint Obama as an elitist, the GOP invented a new word to describe an elitist as "one who is a popular go-getter". Republican's poster boy for a non-elitist is Dubya who rose to power the old fashined way using inherited wealth and well connected family pals.

    Posted by Tom in Alabama July 31, 08 11:38 AM
  1. Dishonorable is to call the other side racist when the McCain campaign has not even made Obama's race an issue.

    Posted by Armanius July 31, 08 11:39 AM
  1. McCain is a desparado and so are the repugnants....who have messed us all up for straight 8 years...we will not fall for this again. Not again..!!!!!!!!!!

    Posted by dave July 31, 08 11:40 AM
  1. I'm very dissapointed in John McCain's method in running his campaign
    against the Democratic Candidate. He is not bringing out anything
    positive about himself by being so negative about his rival.
    If McCain had something good for the country it wouldn't be necessary to run
    a negative campaign.

    Posted by Troy Spencer July 31, 08 11:49 AM
  1. I am so gracious obooma borox has cured cancer ,
    solved the riddle of dark matter in space
    brought sight to the blind,
    made the lame walk
    and fed the crowd , on three croûtons
    oh geesee, I am gonna send him my whole paycheck
    so , he can have a nice hollandaise sauce on his Filet Mignon ,
    as he scurry's around the globe , in his private 80 million dollar jet
    that guzzles 19,000 gallons of fuel a day
    bringing rainbows to all ..
    oh .,he makes me very warm and fuzzy
    unlike that stupid ol stinky, cranky , bald white guy

    Posted by Mick Donald July 31, 08 11:50 AM
  1. This is actually an indication of the Obama camp's floundering. Only the desperate, who have nothing to say, and much to hide, claim that the competition is "desperate". If Obama had anything of honest or of any substance to say, now would be time (hint: "I'm a Marxist Socialist").

    Posted by RationalAmerican July 31, 08 11:53 AM
  1. I had hoped for an elevated level of debate, as promised early on. Sadly, the tide turning against the senator from Arizona makes that impossible. His embracing of the Bush election team and the tactics best practiced by Karl Rove make a distasteful tone for the remainder of the campaign inevitable.

    Unless... unless the Republican party sees the writing on the wall and pulls Senator McCain out of the race around convention time, due to "health issues".

    You read it here first!

    Posted by John July 31, 08 11:57 AM
  1. Mr.mc cain is a desperate man,running a negitive campaign as he has thus far has nothing at all to do with the issues.I believe that Mr.Mc cain will continue to run this the same old parlor -tricks that Mr.Bush has for the last eight years.

    He is to old to be president anyway,he should be home drinking a mallox malted,playing with his grandchildren.

    Posted by Windell mc neil July 31, 08 11:57 AM
  1. just wait for the real racist comments to emerge from the GOP and McCain, the
    Paris Hilton-Britney Spears smears are only the beginning, when old white men are threatened with loss of power, they will go to no ends to scare voters who might go the other way . . .

    we should keep in mind, i think, that McCain was a tortured prisoner-of-war who
    may or may not retain mental balance under pressure, and yes, we should pray for him -- to stay out of office

    Posted by Dechen Palmo July 31, 08 12:01 PM
  1. Gramps is clearly desperate and so are the neo-cons who can't get excited about supporting him but only about attacking his Sen. Obama. His age really starts to show when gets mad and that cancerous jowl is twitching.

    Posted by chris July 31, 08 12:03 PM
  1. We are in for another campaign of lies and disinformation from the GOP. We have seen only the tip of the iceberg.

    The ad is a good start. The real point is that McCain has broken every promise he ever made and flip-flopped on every issue - except the one where most Americans believe he is 100% wrong - his desire to wage war in the Middle East.

    It is time to Swift-boat him for making Communist propaganda films during the war. Yes, the Dems should borrow a page from the book of dirty tricks. That's how you win. Eight years later, when the truth comes out, who cares?

    Posted by RastaRich July 31, 08 12:08 PM
  1. Look at the crowds of white women admiring that black guy. Look at that black guy with Brittney and Paris. Look at the son of a white women and black man. Let's restore white power. That's the subtle racist message of the McCain ads.

    Posted by James Burton July 31, 08 12:08 PM
  1. Either the evil powers that be are again falsely diminishing a perfectly viable candidate, or the average American intellect has actually eroded to the point where the majority opinion truly cannot recognize one.

    Obama is clearly the more qualified man. No clear thinking person can deny that fact.

    Posted by jerry July 31, 08 12:10 PM
  1. Question:
    What qualifies Sen. McCain as a hero?

    He was an unlucky fighter jock that got shot down and captured during one our first ill-advised wars. He followed the Service Man's Code of Conduct (which he supposedly studied at the USNA) and didn't provide help to the enemy (just like the majority of our POWs). He got repatriated, worked for a while in his wife's daddies company, then went into politics.

    Where is the hero part?

    The young soldier recently honored for saving his comrades by jumping on a live grenade, now he's a hero.

    What makes Sen. McCain a hero?

    The way his campaign is using the word cheapens it for the real HEROS.

    Stop calling him a hero!

    Through the recent ads he has been approving, he shows that he has no honor.

    Posted by AnnapolisMD July 31, 08 12:11 PM
  1. to answer ob08-----only the last 2 years of the last 8 have been bad, and that was after the people wanted change and voted the democrats back in control of the house. The high gas prices only started up after that. Well, you got change all right. If Obama wins, you will see alot more of the same changes.

    Posted by Charles July 31, 08 12:13 PM
  1. When it comes to policies, Obama wins 90% to 10% against McCain in my mind. Everything that Obama has planned is regarded as a good idea, or has already been adopted by the current administration. Everything that McCain comes up with as policy is torn appart by economic advisors.

    When it comes to intellengence, Obama wins 90% to 10% against McCain in my mind. Obama graduated in the top 5 people from Harvard Law School, one of the hardest colleges in the country, while McCain graduated in the bottom 5(out of 900ish students) in a naval academy.

    When it comes to charisma and charm Obama wins 90% to 10% against McCain in my mind. Although Obama stumbles a bit, he expresses his thoughts very linerally and with great vocabulary, and he rights 90% of his own speeches. McCain constantly states incorrect facts, like wrong names/countries, can barely get out a sentence without a smirk, and sludges through speeches written by other people.

    When it comes to advisors, Obama wins 90% to 10% against McCain in my mind. Obamas advisors are consious of public opinion and are down to earth. He accepts there opinions, but also rejects it when he disagrees. McCain's advisors are elitist politians that are completely out of touch with the common man. They say things like "america is full of whiners" all while creating policies that will hurt our economy more, like offshore drilling, gas tax holidays, and tax breaks for their rich friends.

    When it comes to experience Obama is ahead by about 60% to 40% in my mind. Sure McCain is old and has been around for 25+ years, but he hasn't proved to me that he has learned anything from this experience. Empty experience is no experience at all. On the other hand, Obama has much less time spent in the senate, but he has 12 years as a professor of law. This experience alone is enough to overcome the ecperience of McCain in my mind. A president that knows the constitution, also knows when he is breaking rules. I wish that Bush had taught constitutional law, then we would not be torturing prisoners, listening in on private phone calls, or forceing soldiers to stay in Iraq on extended tours.

    When it comes to smearing opponents Obama loses 10% to 90% against McCain. McCain is supported by all of the same people who supported Bush all those years. They are masters of painting over policies with attacks at character. McCains followers also would rather smear Obama with some rumor then actually debate his ideas.

    And so that is why Obama and McCain are 50/50 right now. Even though Obama is better at everything a president needs, he is behind in smearing. When really ignorant people vote, they do not vote policies, they vote who they are scared of and who makes them feel warm and fuzzy.

    So, after the election, we are either going to change things in this country, or we are going to see what the depression of the 1920's would look like today. I hope you like selling apples on the sidewalk because your company fired you to hire labor overseas if McCain becomes president.

    Posted by Tim July 31, 08 12:16 PM
  1. Note that the ad never identifies the charge except to say that it's very negative for Obama. Also note that the ad never once even attempts to refute whatever the charge may be. It simply says that it's such a mean thing to say that McCain shouldn't have brought it up. IOW, faced with their complete inability to refute McCain's charge against Obama, the Democrats have resorted to changing the subject.

    So there are two concrete conclusions to take home here:
    1. There is something really negative to be said about Obama.
    2. He doesn't deny it.

    Posted by Dave Leigh July 31, 08 12:24 PM
  1. This website is just like the Bush administration:

    Everytime that I make a comment about how Obama is better then McCain, with actual thought and facts, they do not post my comment.

    Way to segregate your opinions so that it looks like people hate Obama.

    Of course they won't post this either.

    Posted by Tim July 31, 08 12:25 PM
  1. I know that we have two pretty bad candidates, each with many flaws; the decision remains easy. If you make less than $50,000 and don't have ANY prospects of reaching 6 digits annually AND want maximum government assistance for the rest of your life including disability pay when you are still capable of working AND social security to kick in at 45 years and free healthcare --- Vote for OBAMA.

    All others - vote for Mccain - see -- there you go - simple.

    Me, I make over 100K, I have no choice in the matter. With Obama, my bring home pay will be reduced by another 20%; With Mccain, my take-home pay stays roughly the same.

    Posted by Mac July 31, 08 12:26 PM
  1. I’m entertained at how quick one can call an accomplished man an elitist .Only an idiot would support Mcbain period. Yester year politics. I know some of you enjoy the misery that people are in but others would like to put a stop to it.what experience did George Bush have in running a country. What experience did he have in “regime change”? What about foreign and international affairs. He had none and we're paying for it. so how is Obama less likely to be successful. It's sad that you vote against your own interest a inflict agony on yourself and your neighbor. this man said he knows nothing about our economy.do you think he should learn as he goes??is he going to learn in a few months??Such stupidity is endlessly impressive..

    Posted by MR.Truth July 31, 08 12:34 PM
  1. fellow americans, can you at least listen to the whole ad before responding? that's what people do to understand the whole story to to get someone's point of view. they listen until the other person finishes, then they think about what they say, then hopefully, the digest, then say their thoughts.
    The Obama campaign did not begin calling the McCain campaign desperate, Joe Klien did, and Wolf repeated it.
    And for those who are supporting McCain, I hope you dont know anyone who has served time in Iraq or has been killed. I know vets who have returned and they will never support the war nor do they wish to return.
    Instead of voting along party lines, perhaps you should TRY to listen to the other side.

    Posted by nicholas mccormack July 31, 08 12:35 PM
  1. Hey - how come you didn't post my previous comment? Are you trying to make sure that the truth about OBAMA doesn't get distributed without obstructions? The fact is that OBAMA is a communist (OH, we call them socialists now) and you want him to win. Now I know all I need to about this columnist - a liberal socialist - what we used to call commies in the old days when we were at war with them.

    I'll eve bet that this columnist drives a foreign car - right! I know I'm right and I know the commie will block my comment - cuase he's a commie - an enemy of the US.

    But the good news is, I sleep great at night AND have three US manufactured cars in my driveway. That's right, I support my fellow citizens, my neighbors, etc. Even though I don't work for the big three, I support them. The truth is, people like this columnist are the enemy of the people. Now, aren't I insightful, only due to pure intelligence and rational deduction could I determine that this liberal, commie, columnist drives a foreign car. And he thinks he's doing all of you a favor. When he goes to be at night what brand of automobile is in his driveway?

    Posted by Mac July 31, 08 12:40 PM
  1. If fellow Democrats really want to help Obama against the slimeballs on the Right, someone in that Party needs to find a Senate Leader and a Congressional Leader who can better articulate traditional Democratic positions! and stick to them...

    Posted by Paul Kopper July 31, 08 12:42 PM
  1. I'm just so glad McBush stuck by his promise to run a respectful campaign. It lets me know I can also bank on his no new taxes pledge and the other swill he's been handing out. Karl Rove is so far up McBush's behind that you can't tell where Rove ends and McBush begins!

    This is the only - I repeat ONLY - way that the Republican nominee has a chance to win this election cycle - so congrats John on selling your soul for an election. Anything anyone could have respected you for is now tarnished and broken. You're now the guy who a) left his wife for a millionairess after she stuck with you through 5 years of captivity when she after she was crippled, b) were involved in one of the biggest scandals in US Senate history (Keating five) yet MIRACULOUSLY avoided blame, and c) swore to run a respectful campaign prior this year, but instead have run the biggest mud-flinging pile of horse excrement campaign this side of Dumbya.

    What are you going to do for an encore? Club a baby seal?

    Posted by J.P. July 31, 08 04:33 PM
  1. The thought of McCain as commander in chief is scary. He keeps having these senior moments that are only going to increase over the next few years.

    Posted by bud July 31, 08 05:16 PM
  1. Talk about experience, what qualifies John McCain to be Commander-in-Chief? He's even been shunned by his own party, that is, until he found out that he will go head-to-head with Barak Obama. The only attribute that qualifies him for the presidency is that he's a silver-haired white male who was a war hero. As unfortunate as it may be, being caught and tortured by the enemy doesn't qualify one as a war hero, let alone the presidency. Furthermore, he doesn't appear to be very bright. Do we want ANOTHER eight years of THAT?

    Posted by Capitol Hill July 31, 08 06:41 PM
  1. Cranky old McCain forgot one more thing - his promise to run a respectful campaign - respectful of us the voters. This vicious man's fingers near the red button could be a disaster for us. Anyone but McCain!!!

    Posted by PJ July 31, 08 08:43 PM
  1. Talk about experience, what qualifies John McCain to be Commander-in-Chief? He's even been shunned by his own party, that is, until he found out that he will go head-to-head with Barak Obama. The only attribute that qualifies him for the presidency is that he's a silver-haired white male who was a war hero. As unfortunate as it may be, being caught and tortured by the enemy doesn't qualify one as a war hero, let alone the presidency. Furthermore, he doesn't appear to be very bright. Do we want ANOTHER eight years of THAT?

    Posted by Capitol Hill July 31, 08 08:51 PM
  1. holy karl rove batman

    Posted by geez luise August 1, 08 12:19 AM
  1. Well kids all good things must come to an end, I will check in from time to time as long as library's have internet access. Washington as decided to pretend that its business as usual Nancy and the Nancy boys see no problem because the current economic situation does not effect them. remember ladies and gentlemen that congress chose to break with your futures in the balance. You, all of you, need to express your displeasure to them, actions don't let a day go by where there is not a news story of your displeasure or they will take what little you have left. fight for your way of life America Washington is the enemy from within they will not act for you because they don't care about you, you are an ssn number a tax statistic these people have all been in Washington far to long. Families that have bread career politicians or bored rich house wives that couldn’t balance there own budgets, so they want to mess up yours just little bit.

    those of you who agree with me we need these people alive (our current batch of lifetime politicians) to answer for there crimes against the united states and its people. find ten to fifteen like minded friends that you can trust plan for things to get a lot worse and they will. buy guns buy ammo cash them in different locations pick targets carefully and prepare your children this may not be over in our lifetime they will not be happy about giving up there power. life is short what matters is how you chose to live under tyrants as there cash cow (slaves) or as my fellow free man and women in control of your own life. Tear yourselves away from the television or that will be your vote for do what you want to me. don't let yourselves be pacified into submission stand up and fight, fight like American men and women. we are an unstoppable force if you unleash it I hope you do before its to late before you let yourselves become 3rd world. work together stick together and they cannot beat us.

    Do you miss the freedom you once had, have you notice the rape of the constitution and its amendments. We have been betrayed by our politicians they have sold us out for there own gain. First print yourself copies of the constitution and bill of rights keep them close to your heart. Now take a good look around as the price of gas rises the masses become more and more isolated, expect Home Land Security to gain more and broader powers those who used to get by on a 40 hour pay check will soon be the new homeless and destitute. The American dream is about to become a nightmare, For the present time all politicians should be held accountable and face the penalty for there betrayal. The democrats and republicans are both guilty our judicial system is a joke. Our judges and lawyers have created a lottery system where the man who has a fly in his bottled water can get rich overnight but of course the real winner is the lawyer. A system where O.J. and Kennedy-Smith go free, street gangs rule the streets. Still not enough for you to take arms and take back our country well consider this a communist / socialist America if both major parties get there way, ripe with corruption that only they will benefit from and cement there positions in there eyes for all time. Think your being taxed enough well I’m afraid they will have to raise taxes to pay for our natural disasters for 2008 and well also for the aid we had to give China because they hold so much of our debt.

    Ask yourself do you want your children to be slaves to foreign powers are you willing to let yourself be distracted by ufo’s aliens bunny huggers and pacifists or american idol. Are you willing to wait till they desensitize our military with overseas boarder skirmishes so they can be used against us (to keep the peace of course) We eat food that is not safe willingly, most of our food supply is not inspected.

    Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) is an incurable degenerative neurological disorder (brain disease) that is ultimately fatal. Among the types of transmissible spongiform encephalopathy found in humans, it is the most common.

    It is recognized that a single host gene encodes the agent for scrapie, transmissible mink encephalopathy, bovine spongiform encephalopathy, kuru, GSS, Creutzfeldt-Jakob and other Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies. This gene is transcribed equally in both normal and diseased hosts.
    The claim that rendered sheep offal fed to cattle was the initiator for BSE is not fully supported by the facts. Although recent revelations of the variant-CJD being possibly linked to BSE are still being debated, it is surprising considering past evidence of just such a cross species transmission.

    Director for the Animal Resources Department and Pathology of a leading biologics manufacturer in Canada that a more plausible explanation may be a pathway failure in which one of the host body's sophisticated production processes is interfered with. Through comparisons of pathologic lesions at an electronmicroscopic level, the author has discovered what he considers significant associated pathology that suggests mechanical destruction. The vacuolation resulting from the prion disease is not unlike many other neuropathogeneses. It may be more appropriate to evaluate prions on a cellular pathway level and thereby examine their development and spread more as a molecular epidemiology. Upon review of articles and materials involving spongiform encephalopathies, certain hypotheses were expounded in this article suggesting that far more information on this family of disease agents can be extrapolated from current knowledge. The fact that thus far, prions have been unique in the behavior suggests that accepted principles that normally are applied to other micro organisms do not adhere well in when dealing with abnormal prions.

    Certain species are more prone to TSE's than others. The high susceptibility of goats does not only apply itself to scrapie but to CJD as well. When CJD was injected into goats, the resultant disease was indistinguishable from naturally occurring scrapie either on the basis of clinical signs nor by histopathology. Whereas other species seem to rely heavily on a host-agent mechanism for determining severity and incubation period, this does not appear to be a restriction exhibited in goats.

    The potential for human infection with prion disease is a distinct possibility wherever beef or dairy products are consumed and BSE exists. Since 85% of CJD cases are not familial based, there is the possibility that some of these cases as recently reported in Britain, are BSE related. A view of the CJD incidence worldwide reported in Masters? paper of 1979 overlaid against a map of the beef and dairy industries would possibly suggest that a relationship between the disease was occurring prior to this decade and that BSE may have been present earlier than its recorded date in Kent, England.

    The possibility of a closer relationship in mechanism between CJD and Alzheimer?s Disease must be fully explored and identification of those cases of AD which were misdiagnosed must be done in order to acquire a more accurate knowledge of CJD incidence. If the hypothesis of prion disease being the result of an abnormal pathway resulting in human diseases such as CJD and AD, then it would be likely that the host would eventually encode the abnormality as in AD and propagate the disease in subsequent generations. Some indicator of BSE or V-CJD would arise in the present of near future in either an isolated cow or a human, respectively.

    The alteration of prions as they passage through various host species would indicate that there was a common origin for prion diseases and that host specificity was a result of continued passage within the same species. This would also suggest that a genetic susceptibility or recognition process would also be achieved within the host species over time. The process of alteration would increase the opportunity for further prion dysfunction which in turn may advance the onset, severity, and transmissibility of the prion which is evident in the clinical findings of the numerous prion strains within a single species.
    Such alterations could result in every mammalian species developing a prion disease specific to itself with maximized effect. The ability for different etiological agents to produce histopathological signs within the central nervous system having similar features amongst numerous mammalian species may indicate a predisposition which encourages genetic incorporation.

    Sourcing of bovine material for any purpose, including consumption, manufacturing, research etc. should be from a country where CWD, scrapie and BSE are not present. In this way a level of confidence can be achieved which cannot be obtained presently with products from certain countries. The summons to take the prion situation seriously of almost a decade ago could never be more prophetic than on this threshold that we currently find ourselves upon.

    Let’s look at these betrayals a little more closely from the present back under this congress we lost a variable yield nuclear warhead and sent 4 nuclear detonators (I hope they where not Z-pinch detonators) to China. Bill and co-president Hillary Clinton gave nuclear reactors to North Korea making it possible for them to make nuclear weapons not to mention the embarrassment that there presidency cost us world wide. Did you know that they single-handedly brought our military to its knees with no equipment and no funds even to keep military planes flying not to mention the manpower forced outs. The attacks of 9/11 were successful because our enemies saw weakness in Bill and Hillary Clinton (and by extension, the American people). They were successful because Clinton and his top advisers were negligent. Our enemies succeeded because Bill and Hillary Clinton defanged the CIA and FBI during his tenure in the White House. They succeeded because the U.S. military rusted under another oblivious politician who put all his faith in the hands of the United Nations. George H.W. Bush took us into Iraq with just cause, but probably didn’t trust bill Clinton to mop up pulling us back at the moment of victory. which may have avoided the current boarder skirmish there and in Pakistan. Still want to blindly follow these fools. this is no longer the country that our fathers founded. The above is the short list of our leaders betrayals if you wish to blindly follow then nothing said or stated here will stop you.

    The enemy is not big business or capitalism they should be encouraged and nurtured and we need to reevaluate laws on a case by case basis to eliminate the lawsuit lottery system. natural resources should be exploited and this can be done cleanly but these things can not be done under the current political climate. The dems and reps will continue to shake fingers at each other get nothing done and drive us further into a pit that there is eventually no way out of. the hour is late and time is very short Americas cancer is the body politic and we are the antibody.

    In the decades yet to come thousands will die from cjd and its variants this can not be avoided but that number does not have to keep growing its up to us to institute checks and balances to protect our food system. With similar checks and balances to protect our political system. every citizen should consider themselves a protector of the constitution and a protector of there fellow citizens. There was a time when if a person saw injustice they would feel obligated to put a stop to it. In these days we live in now we turn our heads and hope they don’t bother us. We have lost our civic mindedness but it has not been forgotten we are not a nation of black white yellow we are Americans we have evolved to a point where color means nothing we must protect one another if we are to survive as a nation. The road ahead will not be easy but good things never are. religious and ethnic intolerance must be put aside to complete this task. This was and will be again the land of the free and home of the brave.

    We the people can take back our country.

    Posted by Brainmaggot August 1, 08 01:42 AM
  1. It is clear that McCain has nothing meaningful to say about the state of things or how he intends to redirect us from the damage that has been caused by the worst president in American History. He is a weak candidate and the ads are proof. Only a candidate who is SCARED would issue ads like the one Mcsame has authorized. Oh yes, he is scared and yes, he IS desperate. Keep it up McCain - see what happens to your brand - and just wait till Obama makes his vp pick and the convention in Denver - it will all be over! Most American don't like the way things are, those are the people who will vote for Obama. Cheers.

    Posted by ormolu611 August 2, 08 01:39 AM
  1. McAIN IS A LIAR!!!When Mccain carefully add the words "according to reports" to charges that Barack Obama cancelled a trip to see injured soldiers because he could not bring along media, it suggests that the charges have not been substantiated. When mCcain staffers cannot produce the reports, it suggests that they are telling lies - MCACAIN USES TROOPS IN FABRICATION ABOUT OBAMA. AS AN EX-MARINE I AM HURT AND NOW I KNOW MCCAIN IS NOT PATRIOTIC OBAMA IS!

    As an ex-marine and a republican for decades; This is my analysis: Barack Obama has sounder wisdom and judgment than John Mccain. Obama tells the truth in the presence of evil when he thundered that we never had any reason to send troops to Irag and that we should stop the expense and killing by getting out of Iraq as quickly as we safely can, considering current conditions. McAIN HAS NEVER GIVEN US ANY REASON FOR GOING TO IRAQ. HE IS WILLING FOR THOUSANDS OF aMERICANS AND TENS OF THOUSANDS OF IRAQIS die- A thoughtless cruelty of McCAIN. mCcAIN THINKS IRAQ HAS A BORDER WITH PAKISTAN. HE THINKS HIS YEARS OF BEING A WAR PRISONER QUALIFY HIM TO BE PRESIDENT WITHOUT EXPLAINING JUST HOW THAT WORKS. We can trust Obama's judgment. It is too risky for us to trust MCCAIN. VOTE OBAMA

    Posted by Jack August 2, 08 12:27 PM
  1. so nancy how are you and teddy feeling today minds sharp as it ever where.

    Posted by Brainmaggot August 11, 08 09:32 PM
  1. My fellow Americans now that the first debates are over and you are hearing democrats and republicans tell you that they are looking out for you the middle class I quite assure you that they are not. Look back at the last forty to fifty years site a time when either party has showed fiscal responsibility. Just recently when gas prices peaked the democrats left on vacation and the republicans put on a show of looking out for your best interests knowing that nothing could be done without the other. In a way they are playing an elaborate game of good cop bad cop with the president being little more then a figure head to lay blame on regardless of the party. Case in point when there major campaign contributors got them selves in trouble they suddenly felt the need to work overtime and on weekends but when you where in trouble what did they do. Revolution is a patriotic act the love you feel for your country can only be protected by you or this will no longer be your country and that my fellow Americans is on the horizon. These blood lines need to be extinguished once and for all in congress and on wall street before we can take back our country the road ahead is not an easy one we will lose many of those we love but what you must now ask yourself is what kind of country do we want to leave our children and our children’s children. You have heard me preach buy guns buy ammo be ready the hour is late and time to save ourselves is very short the hour to move is coming very quickly be ready and stand with me my friends. Your country is calling will you answer the call or will you be a slave take that any way you want but a slave is a slave. Bailing out foreign governments and patting CEO’s on the back and saying its ok is not the answer they gambled and lost let the foreign governments get there money from the CEO’s stand on the right side stand with me your future is at steak.

    Posted by Brainmaggot September 28, 08 02:11 AM
  1. When Cotton Candy fails sling mud. Palin proved to be nothing more than a vacuous and mean-spirited politician, during the debates she confirms that her views on ANWAR are contrary to McCain, this is someone who has NO IDEA what foreign relations are about but she's working on changing McCain's mind. This is someone who hired a managerial team to do her work, billed the taxpayer to while frolicking around with hubby Todd to conceive another child at home and calling it work. When attending State meetings first dude Todd is by her side, yes, sitting in on political state hearings, while she is "on the job" - even Republican peers have an issue with this. She continues to fail in promoting McCain and offers no solutions or detailed plans. But it is John McCain who failed American when he chose her.

    Posted by Conservative Not NeoCon October 6, 08 06:54 PM
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