McCain takes lead in national poll

Why does a so called "maverick" like John McCain need to embrace the tactics of distortion, of outright lies in the current political race that looks as if it has become as down and dirty as any election in recent years? Doesn't a maverick refuse to join the herd, to march to a different drummer? If John McCain has already employed the tactics of the last eight years of the Bush administration (lies and deceit as in Iraq's WMD or that Iraq was responsible for 9/11), hasn't McCain already shown that his administration (should he win the election) will simply be a continuation of the untruths and distortions that are a hallmark of George Bush and Company?

He is a politician, they all lie, including democrats. Obama has lied just as much as anyone else has.

Why does a so called "change agent" like Barack Hussein Obama need to embrace the tactics of distortion, of outright lies in the current political race that looks as if it has become as down and dirty as any election in recent years? Doesn't a change agent refuse to join the herd, to march to a different drummer?

Why does Obama publicly and privately encourage the so-called independent groups to do his dirty work and release outright lies about his political opponents? Why does he have to resort to his early days of running in Chicago races by avoiding the issues that concern us all and just attacking his opponents with rumors?

Obama's promise of a new era in politics and change and hope are all lies. All a facade to mask his true me-first character.

Obama is weak, upatrioptic and confused. He is a left wing freak that is divisive and polarizing.

To save everyone time, let me write a typical liberal response:
- McCain is old
- McCain is the same as Bush
- McCain is running a dishonest campaign, Obama is running one on hope and change for the future and is telling the truth
- People who vote Republican are dumb

Blah Blah Blah, The McCain is George Bush isn't selling , keep it up. The left wing hate of a woman isn't selling, she has highest approval of ALL the candidates, keep it up. The lousy dem controlled congress had a 10% fav rating in last weeks poll ( something you won't see in the liberal press) Meaning most of the people at pelosi and reads dinner table don't like them ...either. They deny the American people their energy and support 4 dollar gas which is decimating the economy. and jobs .Good plan keep it up. You don't even realise how angry the American people are at left wingism, the down elections ( congress) is going to shock you when they start tossing out energy blockers. I actually like Obama but he has fallen in with the wrong crowd . Look at the hollywood porno sluts and crack heads bad mouthing Palin, the opposite of what Barack said he was. Poor guy.
By the way GW Bush has keilled and mamed Al Quieda and sent them running. and kept us safe. AS much as left wingism has insulted him his rating is higher than congress. A pelosi/obama gov't is not appealing.

"Is John McCain peaking too early?"

Or is it just the beginning of the momentum?

As an independent voter I am putting my vote with McCain because I believe he is the one most likely to reach across the aisle (because of his record) and most likely to affect change. Obama has mentioned "change" quite a bit in his campaign but he voted with his party 97% of the time and has not viable record of breaking with his party accomplish the good of the country.

I cannot believe some of these comments.

"...the left wing hate on a woman isn't selling..."

Repubs, please shut up.

(sigh) Just one more week until the debates. I am excited to see how many 'sexist' accusations that will come out of this.

were gonna fight, it's not rocket science.

The comment by Denfen September 16, 08 11:31 AM was great. All of it, except the line that you like Obama, but he has fallen in the wrong crowd... I don't like him. Period. But I agree with the rest. You were right on the money.

If you like the fact that your economy is falling into the toilet, possible war with Russia and sure loss of your job to Mexico, you should keep on doing what you are already doing, vote for Mc Cain. But if you want any chance to get out of the hole we are in, do something different and vote for Obama.

* If you grow up in Hawaii, raised by your grandparents, you're "exotic, different."

* Grow up in Alaska eating moose burgers, a quintessential American story.

* If your name is Barack you're a radical, unpatriotic Muslim.

* Name your kids Willow, Trig and Track, you're a maverick.

* Graduate from Harvard law School and you are unstable.

* Attend 5 different small colleges before graduating, you're well grounded

Who retarded to you have to be to even consider voting for a Keating 5 flip-flopping fraud who tells bold faced lies as easily as water flows out of a faucet. Spare the intellectual masturbation and just admit you will not vote for a negro. You ignorant trolls would rather see your children grow up in hell then see someone darker then you occupy the white house.

The next president will need an enormous amount of personal energy to reshape Washington. At 72, I don't see McCain having this energy and strive. Most people at McCain's age like to let things run on autopilot before they retire. I really see McCain's health as an issue, especially since Sara Palin is his backup. She is clueless and rather stupid. You simply can't afford to assign the President spot to a hockey mom from a very small time. There will be harsh consequences for this country's leadership under Palin, especially since the next President will have to make choices between Afghanistan and Iraq, between Iran and Georgia, between traditional energy and alternative energy. America is not in position to fulfil all these goals and the next president will have to make some very smart choices on domestic and foreign policy. I don't think the Republicans are qualified - the McCain-Palin ticket is a very poor choice for the party.

Type your comment here...Democrats are bad. Republicans are good. John McCain is a Republican therefore he's good. Obama is a Democrat and therefore bad. Republicans have been running the country for the last eight years and if you like what they've done then you will naturally vote for McCaine.

"Taking the Sting Out of Being Rich in America"

Vote Republican

Obama can type emails ! wow !

So he attacks! Hey McCain, you don't email, but I do. I'm cooler than you are!

Very mature tactic.

Then McCain rolls up in his fighter jet, one of the most technologically advanced peace of equipment.

Obama's a confused, attack machine.
He gave Hilary the finger
He called Palin a pig
Now he says, McCain is too old to type.

So he's definitley alienated all of the old and more and more women.

So Obama is a confused, stupid, attack machine.

Briinging the country together ???

Why isn't Barack Hussein Obama's past relationships with less than savory individuals being scrutinized by the Liberal Media. From the get go it's been a Mcain hatefest. Now it's a Palin hatefest.Talk Radio, Fox News and Grassfire.org are the only sources of information that can be trusted during this Presidential race.

Who retarded to you have to be to even consider voting for a Keating 5 flip-flopping fraud who tells bold faced lies as easily as water flows out of a faucet. Spare the intellectual masturbation and just admit you will not vote for a negro. You ignorant trolls would rather see your children grow up in hell then see someone darker then you occupy the white house.

I think most people don't see the true, positive character traits that John McCain has developed by going through exreme torture for 5 years. I think Barack would have disowned America if he had to endure the same. McCain has done more to cross party lines and make change than all that his opponent can ever claim. Even Palin's experience as a governor has challenged her to make many more decisions that directly created change than all the absentee votes of the opponent.
If experience and character are the issue than there is no question that the McCain /Palin ticket is much more stong suited.

McCain might not be able to stay the full four years because of his age and skin cancer. Palin, which everyone seems to ignore, is not the right person to be the leader of the free world. She is not ready to lead this country into the new world of global warming and climate change. She might lead us into another war with Iran or Russia. Management matters.

McCain married the wealthy Cindy McCain for her money. He abandon his wife for money. Says alot about his priorities.
Palin children (Bristol and Track) are a mess. She raised taxes for a skating rink, she was for the bridge and then against the bridge. Troopergate, etc. This woman is all for herself and anyone in her way will get shafted. Reminds me of my ex wife. She bought shoes, maxed out the credit cards, and left me for another creep ( my business partner.

Rings of War
by Charley Reese
Think of a war as a violent center of a circle with concentric rings of people surrounding it. At the center are the soldiers who have to fight the war. In the next ring are the people whose loved ones are doing the fighting. In the third ring, at a safe distance, are the politicians who started the war.
The fourth ring includes journalists, to whom the war is just another story. They get paid to write and talk about something, and a war is a long-lasting topic.
The fifth ring includes the self-anointed experts, who love to do sound bites on television and participate in panel discussions.
The sixth ring includes the arms industry, which, wisely, keeps a low profile. Arms merchants, after all, view the war as a permanent holiday sale. The longer it lasts, the more profits they make. There is a distinct advantage in products that self-destruct with one-time use, such as bullets, missiles, bombs and artillery rounds. Even the big-ticket items like vehicles don't last too long.
The seventh and final ring of people includes the majority of Americans, who have no direct interest in the war. They are not in the military, they have no loved ones in the military, and they don't work in the arms industry.
To these people, a war in a distant place is like a television show that they can watch in the comfort of their living room. If they get bored, they can make it go away with a flick of their remote control. The war has no effect on their lives, which go on as if there were no war – as indeed there isn't, so far as they are concerned.
And that, ladies and gentlemen, is the problem with undeclared foreign wars. The great majority of Americans are excluded from participation. Politicians start wars, and politicians are the only ones who can end them. The fewer people involved in the war, the less pressure there will be on the politicians to end it. That leaves them free to posture on either side of the issue without actually doing anything.
President Bush has no interest in ending the war. Before the terrorist attack in 2001, he was at odds and ends and didn't seem to know what he wanted to do. But now he enjoys being a war president. It's given him a role to play. He's not going to give that up.
Congress, of course, could stop the war by cutting off the funds. That is one of the great checks and balances the founders wrote into the Constitution. Congress has 100 percent of the responsibility for and control of all federal expenditures. There is nothing the executive branch can do about it.
The soldiers can't declare peace. The people of Iraq can't declare peace. Only the American politicians can end this war, and they can't end it by sending more Americans to the killing fields. That ploy didn't work in Vietnam, and it won't work in Iraq.
So, if you want to spare lives, bombard your representatives with letters urging them to end the war now. In the future, we should insist on a declaration of war with a 10 percent surtax on income and a 10 percent war tax on goods and services, both to expire with the cessation of hostilities.
That would force everyone, even those in the seventh ring, to participate in the war and give everyone an incentive to end it. A pay-as-you-fight war would be whole lot less tolerable to most Americans. As long as we force soldiers to bleed, we should bleed financially.
January 1, 2007

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September 13, 2008
EDITORIAL
Gov. Palin’s Worldview
As we watched Sarah Palin on TV the last couple of days, we kept wondering what on earth John McCain was thinking.
If he seriously thought this first-term governor — with less than two years in office — was qualified to be president, if necessary, at such a dangerous time, it raises profound questions about his judgment. If the choice was, as we suspect, a tactical move, then it was shockingly irresponsible.
It was bad enough that Ms. Palin’s performance in the first televised interviews she has done since she joined the Republican ticket was so visibly scripted and lacking in awareness.
What made it so much worse is the strategy for which the Republicans have made Ms. Palin the frontwoman: win the White House not on ideas, but by denigrating experience, judgment and qualifications.
The idea that Americans want leaders who have none of those things — who are so blindly certain of what Ms. Palin calls “the mission” that they won’t even pause for reflection — shows a contempt for voters and raises frightening questions about how Mr. McCain and Ms. Palin plan to run this country.
One of the many bizarre moments in the questioning by ABC News’s Charles Gibson was when Ms. Palin, the governor of Alaska, excused her lack of international experience by sneering that Americans don’t want “somebody’s big fat résumé maybe that shows decades and decades in that Washington establishment where, yes, they’ve had opportunities to meet heads of state.”
We know we were all supposed to think of Joe Biden. But it sure sounded like a good description of Mr. McCain. Those decades of experience earned the Arizona senator the admiration of people in both parties. They are why he was our preferred candidate in the Republican primaries.
The interviews made clear why Americans should worry about Ms. Palin’s thin résumé and lack of experience. Consider her befuddlement when Mr. Gibson referred to President Bush’s “doctrine” and her remark about having insight into Russia because she can see it from her state.
But that is not what troubled us most about her remarks — and, remember, if they were scripted, that just means that they reflect Mr. McCain’s views all the more closely. Rather, it was the sense that thoughtfulness, knowledge and experience are handicaps for a president in a world populated by Al Qaeda terrorists, a rising China, epidemics of AIDS, poverty and fratricidal war in the developing world and deep economic distress at home.
Ms. Palin talked repeatedly about never blinking. When Mr. McCain asked her to run for vice president? “You have to be wired in a way of being so committed to the mission,” she said, that “you can’t blink.”
Fighting terrorism? “We must do whatever it takes, and we must not blink, Charlie, in making those tough decisions of where we go and even who we target.”
Her answers about why she had told her church that President Bush’s failed policy in Iraq was “God’s plan” did nothing to dispel our concerns about her confusion between faith and policy. Her claim that she was quoting a completely unrelated comment by Lincoln was absurd.
This nation has suffered through eight years of an ill-prepared and unblinkingly obstinate president. One who didn’t pause to think before he started a disastrous war of choice in Iraq. One who blithely looked the other way as the Taliban and Al Qaeda regrouped in Afghanistan. One who obstinately cut taxes and undercut all efforts at regulation, unleashing today’s profound economic crisis.
In a dangerous world, Americans need a president who knows that real strength requires serious thought and preparation.

I will say few words. all politicians are bad but Obama is the worst of all along with his running mate.
With Obama
We will have monster government and controlling every aspect of our lives
Spending for who knows what local organizer groups, etc
No way out and excuses form the previous presidents and keep that fraise about the change but no change.
With McCain
We will have less taxes and more new approach towards the government spending
Les government interference. Only when is highly needed.
Keep America and Americans safe and prosperous.

So you decide what is the choices we have Ohh by the way Obama said once that he will contribute to some Muslim fractions. This will be interesting when it comes to defending America I called it “double agent”

Indeed, the McCain *campaign* has done this - but no more than the Obama campaign.

Both candidates themselves have been very truthful and on-key - it is merely their campaigners who resort to distortion.

Don't be too quick to condemn one side for faults that are shared by the other.

There have been distortions aplenty on both sides, but from the few I’ve actually researched, the crazed party advocates and popular media are the most distorting – taking things out of context, or failing to make the context clear, only to garner a flashy headline… This poll seems to run counter to the prevailing inertia, so I wonder how much of it is weighted towards the beginning of last week and how much is current… the only poll that counts is in November…

this poll is worthless--it is almost 10 days old. Who cares what the polls said 10 days ago.

Its getting ugly!! AIG falls 42% in cash scramble Nation's largest insurer races to raise capital after being hit by credit raters. MCAIN STATED THAT, THE FUNDAMENTALS OF OUR ECONOMY ARE STRONG!!! SING ANOTHER SONG MCAIN ITS GETTING UGLY! AND ALL WE DO DAY IN DAY OUT IA TO TALK ABOUT THIS ALASKAN WOMAN!!.

When McCain reversed his opposition to offshore drilling, the oil and gas industry gave him millions in contributions...so much for the independent maverick.

It's "pay to play" politics like so many others, but putting a bold populist spin on being bought.

As for "change", it's his pal Bush who put this issue on the table - an oil man to the end, and hoping to be succeeded by another friendly to big oil.

McCain shamlessly lies. He does not care for this country, but winning. His shameless lying campaign shows that he is one of same republicans.

Picking unqualified Palin also proves McCain is a same republican liar.

Shame on republican. Destorying this country for 8 years, and still want to destory more for their own benefits. They deserve hell

If Americans let McCain into the White House, they'll deserve every day of political and economic misery they'll get.

Remember the lessons of the fall of the Roman Empire: hubris, myopia, the "shining city upon the hill" B.S,, bread& circus culture, etc.

You're this [hold forefinger and thumb about 2 millimeters apart] close

If Americans let McCain into the White House, they'll deserve every day of political and economic misery they'll get.

Remember the lessons of the fall of the Roman Empire: hubris, myopia, the "shining city upon the hill" B.S,, bread& circus culture, etc.

You're this [hold forefinger and thumb about 2 millimeters apart] close

Go Sarah Palin!!!

Anything but the black guy...

HOW can a liberal say, with a straight face, that the McCain campaign is nothing but a "smear" campaign.
We KNOW that the Obama camp is working with the Daily Kos, he chose to give them the Certificate of Live Birth to be displayed for the world to see.

HAVE you been to the Daily Krotch?

Are you kidding me?

"Ohh by the way Obama said once that he will contribute to some Muslim fractions. This will be interesting when it comes to defending America I called it 'double agent'"

It's interesting, since the US has no state religion, that our government is expected to contribute to Christian organizations yet criticized for even considering contributing to Muslim organizations.

Racists for McCain!

The truely sad and unfortunate outcome of this election is that Obama will lose simply because he is BLACK. In the end, I fear the "Bubba vote" will win the election for McCain. The only hope Senator Obama has is the younger generation because they are color blind. What all the polls are not recording are the hundreds of thousands of newly registered young voters that desire a REAL change. I pray that they will come out in droves to support the only ticket that will bring this nation back to being what it once was.... respected and looked up to by the entire world. That ticket is Obama / Biden.

To save everyone time, let's write a typical rightwing, end-timer response:

*McCain's capitulation to Bush proves he's the "change candidate"
*Palin left her town in debt -- it wasn't before -- but hey, she's had experience!
*McCain acknowledging he's lied -- in his commercials -- somehow means Obama is lying just like he is...

etc.

Pity the republicans because all they can throw at the Obama campaign are half-baked slurs and baseless half-truths about his integrity and laughably try to steal his call for change in our country. The republicans are indeed a sad, pathetic lot, every one of them thieving, lying, hypocritical lemmings happily, belligerently following their filthiest political "leaders" over the nearest cliff of deception.

Regardless, I lay the responsibility of the deaths of a half-million innocent men, women and children at the feet of every republican and the feet of those who voted and enabled this illegal and immoral war in Iraq. Republicans and the people who support their wars are murderers, as well (and, yes, I realize I am talking about some Democrats, too).

Therefore, if only for this reason, I am voting for Obama/Biden because he is the ONLY candidate who has promised closure in Iraq and to bring our troops home. McCain offers us more of the same and then some with his admitted enthusiasm for starting a war with Iran and Palin's Russian war innuendos.

Obama/Biden is the only choice this November.

The more you know about Barack Obama, the more you appreciate the old saying 'better the devil you know than the devil you don't'.

Obama is a shadow. He hasn't accomplished anything except getting elected to office, and winning the nomination for the Democrat party. How can anyone believe he will do what he promises? He has not done anything of substance yet and waffles on key issues of national security and domestic policy.

The more we hear about him (and from him) the bigger McCain's lead will be.

This is not an "early peak". It is the start of a landslide.

IT SO AMAZING HOW YOU PEOPLES THINK EVEN TO CONSIDER VOTING FOR
REPUBLICAN AT THIS TIME.AFTER ALL THIS DISASTER 8YEARS.ANY ONE OF YOU OUT THERE IF YOU LOVE YOUR COUNTARY PLEASE,THINK WITH YOUR BRAIN NOT WITH YOUR ASS.

Why McCain will win? It's because all the right winged idiots who voted for Bush share the same church and state policies. It will take about 3-4 years just to undo what the Bush administration did. If McCain last that long.... which brings on Palin. Do you think she's going "fix" America? Listen to all her interviewed answers. It's arrogance and incompetence speaking at best. She's all for war and guns.. the next war will be with Russian and China. Our military is weakened from the current war and do you think our military can withstand two sleeping giants? Hell, we can't even recruit enough military personnel right now.

Cut taxes? Doesn't matter where you slice and dice... it's going to come out from our pockets one way or another. Bush created the largest debt in America's history and you are going to vote for the same kind of people. There is no reason to go to war other than to "kick some ass" and steal foreign oil. 9/11 is just an
excuse and a veil to justify war. National security starts here in America. It's
Defense not Offense.

Could someone please explain to me what exactly that Obama wants to change so that:
gas prices will go back down to $1.50 a gallon?
my 401K will go back to where it was 2 years ago?
we wil continue to NOT have middle east terrorist killing people in one of our cities?
the social security fund will still be able to send me a check in 30 years when I am too old to work?

Why should anyone care about the economy, deficits, failed foreign policy, or energy independance? McCain and Palin are pro-life and share our values. Thats all that matters, right? Look how well its served us for 8 years.

I think both candidates have good and bad points.

The point that bothers me most as a female is the simple fact that McCain committed adultery on his first wife. I wouldn't let a single issue cloud everything but this is exactly why I couldn't stand Bill Clinton. To be very fair however, I began researching things online.

Obama seems to have stronger plans for energy, the economy and diplomacy outlined on his website. I've gone through both candidates proposed policies extensively. I've voted with the Republican Party my entire life. I'm not sad to make the leap to the other side this year with a clear consceince

I think some people just need a reason, any reason, to publicly not vote for a black man and McCain gave them one. He gave them a woman and created an environment where any attack on Palin is an attack on women. I can't believe people can watch McCain/Palin stand up and tell lie after lie and flip flop on almost every issue and still support their type of Politics. Does change scare you that bad? Does black skin disturb you that much? Why is America always taking a step back when it has a chance to progress? It mystifies and saddens me when a great nation continually shoots itself in it's collective foot.

Erm...McCain hasn't really been truthful. Or rather, he resorts to blatant half-truths in order to deliberately mislead, whereas Obama merely stretches the truth. Examples:
(1) McCain implied he was within cone of silence
(2) McCain implied that Palin was a stringent fighter against Bridge to Nowhere
(3) McCain implied that Obama deliberately compared Palin to a pig
(4) McCain implied that drilling would lower the price of oil
(5) McCain implied that his cuts in government would reduce the deficit more than Obama's plan

Most things McCain says is "technically true," but only the most stringent of fact-checkers would understand what McCain actually means by his statements.

This is refreshing news. Hillary should have been at the top of the ticket, but the Democrat party elders decided that Mr. Change should be the candidate. Obama supporters keep saying if we elect McCain, it will be four more years of Bush. That piece of information is not sticking with everyone, because it just isn't true. Obama is inexperienced and so he picked Biden, just like Bush picked Cheney. At least Sarah Palin governed a state and dealt with finances. By the way, not all Democratic women believe in abortion.

Republicans have already won by polarizing the country once again.
Great job Maverick. Just an extension of the Nixon hype. Left -wing
radicals, elitist etc.... If you think things are bad now, economy, war etc...
Just wait, after 4 years of McCain-Palin you won't even be able to go to
an ATM machine for your money. There won't be any.
Obviously, pain is a great motivator and America isn't in enough pain yet
to change. So please, vote McCain and enjoy the ride

why do people want to trust obama eventhough he has NO experience in leadership and NO major accomplishments or whatsoever? why do people want to take risk with obama?

The delusion of the left ensues. Every time I read comments from articles such as these my faith in humanity dies a little more. Liberals are victims that need the gov't to hold their hands. All you need to do is take a look at what dems posted. These are the people we want running our country? More gov't, more taxes more bs.

Finally I see some normal people on here who understand that all politicians lie. Is there a third canidate we can vote for? Preferably not a democrat?

When Obama does lose the only thing lefties can fall back on is the race card. So get ready to whip it out. Not the fact that he has little to no political exp. Not the fact that he offered no policy to the senate. Not the fact that he is friends with a known terrorist from childhood. Fool yourselves into thinking there will be change with Obama. Those who are supposed to be for equality continue to perpetuate the opposite every time race is even mentioned. So bring it up. Nitwits.

barrack hussien obama is a joke. he wants change but he voted 97 percent of the time with his party. what about his running mate biden that guy has been in washington for 800 thousand million years and dont forget that. where is the change now barrack hussien obama?

By the way GW Bush has keilled and mamed Al Quieda and sent them running. and kept us safe.???
Why are we still in Afghanistan then? Who is it you claim we are fighting in Iraq? And as far as keeping us safe....the attack come under the Republican Administration...so far you are 0 and 1...you failed to keep us safe then, so your claim to be the party to keep us safe is flawed.
BTW, as far as gas prices being $4 a gallon??? Under the Clinton Admin, gas rose from 1.27 to 1.49 in 8 yrs. Under Bush admin it rose from 1.49 to 4. The gas prices rose to $3.21 July 2006,4 months before Dems took control in Nov of 2006

Wait. All this talk about Sarah Palin not being qualified as a leader? What makes any rational human being think that Barack Obama is more qualified? Palin has two-plus years of executive experience... Not much. Obama has 6 months of legislative experience... Much less.

I can see criticizing a lack of experience in a candidate for the most powerful position on the planet, but try to be realistic. Neither has much experience, but Palin has more, and as an executive, and she's attempting to become the *vice* president. All the worrying about her experience is based on the what-if scenario that something may happen to McCain. Obama's got less experience and, if elected, will be the president... No what-if's about it. Yikes!

So Azdak you just called yourself a murderer? Hmm. Seems like the typical rhetoric of a democrat. All emotion, no intellect. News flash for those of you who are uninformed, Republicans and Democrats alike are calling the surge a success. Iraqi's would have continued to murder and slaughter the innocent were we not to intervene. Your blind faith in your propaganda and Michael Moorish views sicken me Azdak.

Obama is a mixed of Black and Whites, Muslim and Christian. He is Full Of Phony.

Could someone please explain to me what exactly that Obama wants to change so that:
gas prices will go back down to $1.50 a gallon?
my 401K will go back to where it was 2 years ago?
we wil continue to NOT have middle east terrorist killing people in one of our cities?
the social security fund will still be able to send me a check in 30 years when I am too old to work?

Get rid of the Republicans that created your mess

I'm an Independant voter and a practical person who needs to quantify many of my decisions. Below, I have chosen those attributes which I would like to see in the next president and have graded each candidate in each of my Presidential attributes. I have limited these attributes to the top 10.

BO |JM | Attribute
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5 | 8 | Experience
4 | 9 | Judgement
6 | 8 | Character
2 | 8 | Demonstrated cross-party capabilities
2 |10 | Demonstrated service to our country
3 | 7 | Is for all the people
5 | 7 | Listens to the people
4 | 9 | Is a leader
3 | 9 | Has pride in our nation
4 | 9 | Will protect and serve the people of this country
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38 |84 | John McCain the winner by a wide margin.

This is the year those who vote by race will know racism in America is coming to it's final peak. Once we win, we will paint the white house WHITE&BLACK

This race is as shameful and dissapointing as a race can get! Although I
feel McCain/ Palin, or should I say Palin/McCain makes the Bush administration
look like angel's and has made the" lie " a "craft", Obama has yet to show any
substance! One thing I feel is very important in the debating period, is that
neither candidate is prepped for debate. I would enjoy hearing McCain discuss
issues without something written for him in advance. Then we could have a
little bit more info on his 30 years of experience we keep hearing about!
This race is a circus act and we are to vote for one of these people put this
country back together!

I have a great cartoon from eight years ago on my refrigerator. The jist is that Al Qaeda's plan to bring down the United States is to infiltrate the population, elect Republican candidates for high offices, and watch the country collapse in ruin. I always thought that it was drawn by a cartoonist. But now I think it was done by a terrorist operative tipping us off on the 'Big Plan.'

Having read comments of "real" Americans here, I'm reminded of an old Russian expression, something like "you won't be able to make kasha with ingredients such as these".

I predict McCain's victory because not enough Americans are intelligent enough
to appreciate the kind of sh...t they're living in. They'll vote for McCain no matter how much he lies and changes his rhethoric from day to day. As somebody above said it right - they'd rather chew dirt for dinner than let a negro into the White House.

Unfortunately, this is the true face of America.

On another topic, what are some of legal ways to go about about obtaining a European passport?

Here is the bad news:
Obama is going to lose this election. Obama loses this election for 1 and only 1 reason. He is a black man in a country that still has too many pasty old rich white people.

Here is the good news: They are dying right along with their party. It is just going to take time to bury them all.

Americans are too stupid to elect the better candidate as they proved in electing Bush...the international disgrace. Americans are steeped in arrogance, unconsciousness, and narcissism. The myth of "America the Great" is still blindly believed in and adhered to by the 50% uneducated, meth and crack addicted, gun toting, animal killing, environment hating, red meat eating right wing nut jobs. America did not learn from 911. America has given away its power to the Chinese when Americans blindly slept as our economic base was outsourced to China. Americans are the ultimate WalMart crowd, grabbing for cheap Chinese products that kill babies. (gotta save a buck ya know to keep the American dream going.) How pathetic. Americans deserve what has come.

One would think that after 8 years of Bush, Americans would've "hit rock bottom" and would be wiling to admit our nation has got to change course. Instead, as the latest polls from Ohio show, apparently the disaster which has been the last 8 years isn't enough of a reality check for many of us. Perhaps after 4 yrs. of President McCain or, worse, President Palin (who makes Bush look like an intellectual giant), maybe then we'll finally be ready as a nation to stop swallowing the lies and propaganda which are the Republican Party's bread and butter and to start making the changes which are so essential to our future well-being. Of course, by then, it may be too late for our once-great nation to ever recover...

I say, if Sarah Palin is a PIG, then let her wear lipstick. It's her Christian god given right!

It's the Democrats' own fault Obama is floundering--they picked him. He is nice, charismatic and articulate but inexperienced and without substance and it shows. They bash Palin for lack of experience but ignore the 800 pound inexperienced gorilla in their own living room and laud his. Can't have it both ways.

If they had gone with Hilary Clinton, or if Obama had shown any judgment and picked her instead of a political hack who brought nothing to the ticket, this race would be theirs. Enjoy!

There was a time not long ago when the U.S.S. OBAMA was riding high in the water and the skies were going to clear and the waters part.

Then along came the U.S.S. SARA and the good ship OBA...blub...blub...blub sank.

Go SARA, Go!

RED IN COLORADO

I feel a sadness if Obama get elected just because he hollers racism every chance he gets, gone will be Isarel ,,,welcome Kenya ,,99 % blacks will vote for Obama that is OK but let one non-black vote for republican, you are automatic a racist, The guy BO is a preacher just like Joel Ossten from Houston ,Palin will bring America with McCain as Pres. back to what it once was, BO spent 143 Days as a senator , that is suppose to qualfy as oppose to A Palin governor for almost 2 years, give me a break as Bill Clinton said.

YES! Why don't we get back to the truth and integrity that characterized the Clinton years.

@Azdaksucks

I think you are sickened because I hit a nerve in what's left of your conscience. You KNOW the "surge" was totally ineffective, you KNOW that hostilities were calming down anyway at the same time and yet you continue to ignore the FACT that we have slaughtered hundreds of thousands of innocent men, women and children for...what? What lie do you believe from your filthy leaders today?

This war must end and Obama is the ONLY candidate who has pledged to end it and shut it down the abomination that is GITMO.

McCain/Bush and Co. will continue to stoke the war machine with the bodies of our youngest and brightest. If you don't think that electing McCain/Bush will bring wars in Iran and Russia, then you are just not paying attention or in some kind of sick, serious denial.

These cowardly wars and ham-handed saber-rattling must end or your children, if you were ever fortunate enough to have any, will never, ever forgive you for it.

Peace. I mean it.

Who is this person?

They served only 2 years as Governor before being placed on the Republican ticket as VP.

They were an avid outdoorsperson, hunter and especially known for shooting moose.

They were a political reformer often going against the grain of their own party.

They emphasized the efficient use of our natural resources.

Answer: Theodore Roosevelt

Another comment over the 8 years of Bush administration.
I don’t think even democrat chosen back then would made the difference, why.
Because of Billy boy. He started all and Bush inherited the mess so don’t sweat people.
Whoever but not Obama who will not defend the country but the frenchies and people with broad liberal view
And for those who are bashing on Christians. Shame on you. Immigrate to another country. Why you sitting here? If you don’t like it go to Afghanistan or Iran so you will have all the Obama’s in the world and by the way you will have a camel not SUV and your wife will not be treated as human but animal. Obama is one step to socialism and then you will criticize him but it will be too late.

When BHO was ahead, it was absolutely wonderful but now when McCain leads, it's "Is John McCain peaking too early?"

Please...I bet the truth is BHO peaked way, way too early and McCain's stock is still rising.

Sing to Gilligans Isle Tune:

Just sit right back & you’ll hear a tale, a tale of a fateful man
That started from his tropic port, known as Panama.
His mate was a mighty Klondike girl, Her skipper brave & sure.
Four candidates set sail to win - for a Year or more tour,
A Year or more tour .....

The Campaign started getting tough, the Fateful man was tossed,
If not for the courage of the his fearless spine.
The Campaign would be lost,
The Campaign would be lost.

Skippers on a rounding drive - with his charted Campaign style
with Cynthia ....
The Skipper too,
The Governor and her guy,

A real smooth Pair......

The Senator and Governor,

Now in Washington DC ..........

2nd. Verse:

So this is the tale of John McCain, He's here for a long, long time,
We'll have to make the best of things, it’s an uphill climb.
his first mate Sarah Governor, will do her very best,

To make her family comfortable, in the DC island nest.

More phones! More lights! More motor cars, Shear total luxury,
Like Ronald Wilson Reagan, as Republican as can be.
So join us here next year my friends, you’re sure to get a smile

From 2 all Pro. Candidates - Seen reaching cross the aisle .....

How is Obama going to "unite" the country when he is the most liberal member of the senate and his running mate is the 3rd?

Moderate voters don't go for liberale tripe, much less those futher to the right. The dems will never win an election until they can nominate a moderate.

OK !! AMERICANS, it does not matter how old John McCain, is or will be. Those that will tell the truth, will tell you that old people know a lot and some of them are working way into their 90's. Age is not the factor here. We have a man running for President of America, and does not honor the flag. He does not cross his heart like those that loves American, like our young men that went into batthe to save her from people like him. John McCain and Sarah Palin, will be the best for the job and they love America, and will protect her from people like Obama. I fell like at night fall Obama, sits and make fun at all the dumb people that will vote for him.
There has not been a man in charge of the White House, that has not made mistakes. When Obama does not make mistakes what he does is intentional.
All of us will suffer and there will be no one that will say "I am sorry". the bad thing
will already be done. People the end of time is coming, why do we want to cause a
lot of trouble now. We are having problems with gas, food, clothing, rent, jobs, and
the list gets longer. It is not because of the Two Bushes, that run the White House
It was the Senate and Congrass, that runs things. You can point the finger all you want too, being a REPUBLICAN is the way to go. God bless all of you !!!!!!!

Go Sara!!
Go McCain!!
GIVE US ANOTHER EIGHT YEARS OF ECONOMIC PROSPERITY AND AMERICAN GLORY IN THE WORLD THE SAME WAY YOUR PREDECESSOR DID THE LAST EIGHT YEARS!!!!!

Does it really matter?

This country is doomed. It will never fully recover from 8 years of total neglect.

The Chinese and Indians each graduate 600,000 engineers per year. We graduate 60,000. Our leaders of industry are crooks. Just look at Wall Street.

Our grand children will make T-shirts and sneakers for the Asian market.

Good Luck.....

Lets not kid ourselves, people. The President does not control this country. It is the lobbiest and "big" money that controlls it. We voted in a Democratic congress and what have we seen from them? Yes GW has not signed bills, but we are not told about all the "rider" bills attached to it that is wasting our tax dollars to make "big" money bigger. You want change in washington? . . I will vote for whomever, black, yellow, white, or freaking blue for all I care, if it meant LINE ITEM VETO!!. We are not told of the garbage good intentioned new and old presidents are forced to sign into effect to make one good bill for say education. Also, have we all forgotten that Clintin's golden years we based on the cooked books of enron? Gore fought so hard for the revotes because it was his job to keep the books cooking. Do you think it was just bad timing that Enron blew up after a Rep. president took office. . .No way. Both parties are only in it to put more money in there pockets. The democratic party is just as rich as the republican, only they come at you with lies of, "I am for the poor." Bull crap. They are first and foremost for themselves and whatever platform their party tells them to stand on. Change washington. . .Allow Line item veto. . . .then and only then will we truely see whom the president we chose is for.

The ignorance spewed on this board makes me sick and quite frankly scares me. The state of this nation is one of complete turmoil and regardless of republican or democrat, anyone that makes under 100K a year has felt there pockets get slimmer over the past 8 years. Also, many people have lost loved ones starting with September 11th and throughout the war in Iraq. We have also watched the gas prices rise tremendous amounts. We have seen Katrina wipe out a small section of our country and then watched the people there get ignored for 5 days until Fema finally showed up. The current administration has destroyed America and the best thing anyone of any political or religious belief can do is vote for the candidate that is the furthest away from these kind of policies as possible because that candidate is the one that has the best chance of bringing even the slightest change in the right direction to this country. Obama gets my vote in a heartbeat but sadly, so many of you are comfortable enough with Sarah Palin being just a heartbeat away from becoming President. This isn't about political affliation, it is about first the survival and second the rebuilding of what was once a country I was proud of. God bless all our soldiers being put in harms way, RIP to all the fallen soldiers and god bless this country and the rest of the world too. People, come November, please don't vote purely on race or political affiliations, VOTE ON TURNING THIS COUNTRY IN ANOTHER DIRECTION.... ONE OF RESPECT AND DIGNITY!!!

obama only gets 40%??? the floor is falling out from under obama.

PS no one reads really long posts.....

McCain is an experienced patriot who puts his country first, and is not afraid to reject his party's position if he feels it is not in the best interest of America.

Obama can deliver a great speech, but that's really about it - there's just not much substance there.

When all is said and done, people want a leader who's been tested, who they can trust, and who they know something about.

McCain will win in a landslide.

What does Obama really stand for? He continually feeds on people's contempt for Bush by saying he's about "change", but I've yet to hear what he'd really do that's different. At least John McCain has demonstrated the ability to work with people on both sides of the aisle, and THAT is what our country needs the most right now.

I have been a Republican for many years and am changing my vote to Obama and to the Democratic party. As Republicans we do not know how to care for our neighbors or our community anymore. I will no longer watch my neighbors and friends suffering due to a neglectful and greedy political administration.
McCain and Palin will be put the final end to this country. When that day comes at least I can sit back and say I never voted for them.
Obama may not be the ideal candidate but he is a move in the right direction.

"Did McCain peak too soon?"!!

Leave it to the Globe to try and spin this negative for McCain. Funny.

Remember that Obama has NEVER won an election that he didn't destroy the person personally first. Jack Ryan, the Dem in the primary prior to that (both had their divorce records smeared in the press) and prior to that his lawyer friends forced four Democrats of the ballot in the primary. Obama is the epitomy of personal destruction.

Palin is their target this time. They have 30+ lawyers/private investigators in Alaska digging up dirt.

My buddy sent me this really cool site to support Sarah Palin. for $2 bucks you can send her and her family a card of support.
www.palinposse.org

you show me an actual policy Obama has put forward and i'll show you 200 petty personal attacks he's made out of his own lips and at least 5 times he's lambasted McCain/Palin for doing exactly the same...and i'll also show you exactly 5 personal attacks on Obama the rep.s make that are spot on accurate.

"change" we can believe in.

I believe a nuclear bomb going off in washington or Times' Square or China replacing us as the preimminent power in the world would, in fact, be "change" and we'd HAVE to "believe" it when it smacked us in the face.

Shut up, Demmies. Until you have something to say. ( crickets chirp )

Obama is now losing in all the polls. It must be driving the Democrats and their Drive-by-media allies into a frenzy. We all know the Drive-by-media is nothing more than a wing of the Democrat party. Folks, Barrack Hussein Obama, is nothing more than an "empty suit" and the media knows it. Therefore, the Drive-byes protect him. The media will never tell you the truth about Barrack Hussein Obama because they know he is nothing more than an "empty suit." So what does an "empty suit" and their media allies do to cover up for this empty shell? They use smear tactics like the "troopergate" scandal. The Drive-byes won't tell you the truth about why the guy was fired. Beware folks! The Democrats and the Drive-by-media will come out with their typical October surprise and it will be their typical surprise of smears.

At first I wondered why McCain would choose Sarah Palin over much more qualified and reasonable choices like Olympia Snowe and Kay Bailey Hutchison. The crass, snarky part of my thought it was just because Palin's better looking than those two ladies. The realist part of me saw that McCain needed a right-wing theocrat who was female. But now I see the real reason: Palin, like the current Prez and Veep, prizes loyalty and secrecy above all. Agree with her, you get to keep your job. Don't, and you're gone. Dare to make an issue of it, and we'll smear you to kingdom come, you commie pinko. What's the difference between Sarah Palin and Dick Cheney? Lipstick.

The Nobamanistas are again out in full force. They cannot think for themselves, they cannot do for themselves; in fact, they want government to do most everything for them. Either that or they are just so taken by Nobama's celebrity that they rightly can be called typical mindless groupies. They don't know what they're arguing about, but they sense they should say something, anything, so they do. They don't understand anything about foreign policy (lets talk to North Korean and Iran leaders without preconditions), they don't know anything about the economy (let's raise taxes and see what happens), and they don't know anything about winning the war in Iraq (let's just unilaterally pull out and give the country to Iran. Then, when Iraq and Iran together pose a threat to the entire Middle East, indeed, to the entire world, maybe we can get a Republican to come in to protect us. Oh right, we're against war so maybe we should be learning more about Islam now, so we can be prepared.) Nobamanistas have no clue how the world or this country works or even what is important. They just want to continue swooning everytime Nobama's name is mentioned.

I was born and raised a dyed in the wool Pennsylvania Blue Collar Worker. I was educated and grew up proud to be a Union Steelworker. I was raised with hunting, fishing, and some religion being a normal part of my life. Everyone in mine and my wife's family (happily married 38 years now) were all Blue Collar hard working people. Back then, I was taught by my parents to “pull the lever” straight Democratic.

I became an electrical engineer. I was still a blue collar worker. I was on my job facing the staggering heat of bright yellow hot steel and in winter, the biting cold at my back. Any steelworker can tell you the same story.

But, today, the Democratic Party is not the party I was born and raised in. Somewhere they left the noble causes of John Kennedy and degenerated to the Liberal agendas of Dukakis. I remember him as the man who tried to “politically subvert” my Constitutional Right to own a firearm. Thus began my disillusionment with the Democratic Party.

As I grew older, I realized I was still a Democrat but the Democratic Party had changed and no longer represented the Blue Collar working man that built this great nation.

The Democratic Party became the party of big government, waste, and socialism.

Despite the objections of my wife's and my own parents, aunts, uncles, etc. my wife and I changed and registered as Independents. We had become ashamed of being registered Democrats.

Though my work has taken me out of Pennsylvania and into Ohio, we have not lost the values and ideals instilled in us by our parents.

Now I am a "small business" owner. I do make around $250,000 a year. But it took 15+ years of hard work, no vacations and yes, I provide over 35 high paying jobs with 100% company paid benefits. The Obama tax plan will destroy us. Kiss jobs goodbye.

We will vote for McCain and Palin

John in Ohio,

Thank you! You and people like you make the country work! In spite of what Obama thinks of you.

I am a small business owner also and while I am still well short of $250K, I'm on my way. I don't envy you, I don't hate you and I don't want Obama to raise your taxes. Wow, I guess I'm not a Democrat.

Tom
www.palinposse.org

@John Ohio "Now I am a "small business" owner. I do make around $250,000 a year. But it took 15+ years of hard work, no vacations and yes, I provide over 35 high paying jobs with 100% company paid benefits. The Obama tax plan will destroy us. Kiss jobs goodbye."

You mean if your taxes go up 5k you will go bankrupt? Are you kidding me? Seriously you will lose 5k of your quarter of a million bucks a year. I feel so sorry for you sounds like you will definately be in the poorhouse. How could you possibly survive with a 3% tax hike? I mean making 250k a year means your barely getting by right?