McCain: No there there for Obama

Apparently John is trying to hold back the pitbull.
But the base love hearing her trash talk.

This says volumes: Gallup Daily Tracking Poll
Obama 52%
McCain 41%
Look for McCain and Palin to step up their character assassination bromides for the next 4 weeks. They are desperate and will say anything to win.

Would someone please tell me how it is that John McCain knows how to win wars? what wars did he win?

Come on people.

Do you really want Palin to possibly be leader of the free world?

Is anyone worried about this?
She's a charismatic idiot. Even republicans admit it. Just a couple of years ago, she was mayor of Wasilla - population ~2000. It's like being president of a high school student council. This is nuts.

To all of the so called people that answered so far about Senator McCain and Sarah Palin, wake up people are you so out of it you cannot see what the Democrates are doing, they are telling one lie after another. Obama is so scary I would not want to meet him on the street let alone in a dark hallway. He has no experience in anything. Sarah Palin has more experience then he will ever have. You should be telling Obama to go back where he belongs Chicago, with all of his terriorist friends. If you think you will be able to sleep if he becomes PRESIDENT you have another thing coming..

Comment on #3
The $300 billion is part of the $700 million.

Why do the conservatives on all these things write in all caps so often? You guys seem so angry... Sore losers.

Hey M, post #7.
I think the republicans beat the dems to ruining the economy. Where have you been? Or do you still believe that the fundamentals of our economy are sound.

The suggestion isn't bad...I think the U.S. SHOULD buy bad mortgages at their current market value and renegotiate the loans, but, that is what the 700 billion dollar bailout plan is for. Use that money to buy the mortgages, NOT THE SECURITIES, and eventually the mortgage-backed securities will appreciate on their own as their corresponding mortgages appreciate.

McCain didn't bother mentioning that the recently passed bailout bill has provisions to do exactly what he proposed in the debate. Bush could ask Paulson to start a process to do this tomorrow. Obama worked hard to get this provision into the bill. Either McCain didn't know about this because he has not read the bill or he is trying to pull another fast one.

McCain, the presidental canidate from the Party that Wrecked America... that alone is reason not to vote for him.

Remember, they are no longer the Republicans, they are 'The Party that Wrecked America'

Say it once to yourself, 'The Party that Wrecked America'....

Gosh, I'm a Republican and hate that idea. I feel sorry for the Stupid people that can't read a loan document or bought a house that they can't afford, but for the Taxpayer to pay for it, I believe McCain just made a STUPID move. There is nothing wrong with people living in Apartments if they can't afford the over priced houses they bought.

I hate most people in America because they have no idea what they are talking about.

Obama = social communist
McCain = A Republican liberal

Frankly, I pass.

Sounds like McCain is about to crash yet again.
You would think by know he would learn.

IMHO I think the reason McCain doesn't look at Obama is because he's uncomfortable around African Americans.

And Johnny, please send that racist pig running mate of yours back to Alaska.

Thanks.

McCain is pitiful. The fact that he has any supporters at all, is even more pitiful.
The good news? On November 5th McCain will have lost. Sarah Palin will be headed back to her igloo, and the 25% that voted for them will start complaining about Obama, the President-elect.

President Obama. If you like, President Barack Husein Obama. Get used to it.

Franklin Delano Roosevelt said "All we have to fear is fear itself".
My friends, we must fear John McCain't.

What a waist of time this blog is!

Sarah,
It's time to start packing all your pretty little clothes and shoes to head back to your tanning bed in the Governors Mansion. It's going to be another long cold winter. You can spend it reading the bible and prophesying the same old garbage the rest of your kind falsely believes.

John,
It's time for you to end your long undeserved career as some old guy who thinks he is the Brett Maverick of the Senate. Lets face it John, you were born with a silver spoon in your mouth and when you needed more silver you dumped your wife and found a sugar mommy who’s daddy financed you. Grandpa it’s time for a change… and not your depends.

Both McCain and Obama are laughably horrible.

They talk to America as if we're 10 years old, they agree fundamentally on how Government should operate, they're both big spenders, and they both pander to voters.

I'd like to see someone step up who REALLY WANTS change in America.... to end our Corporatocratic influence on the rest of the World and pretending that our policies have nothing to do with how Private enterprise is profiting while the Third World suffers. End the mindless War on Drugs that has turned our own people against each other and created criminals out of thin air.... to downsize the CIA and its global influence.... who won't accept blood money from Corporate influence.... who can genuinely promise that the Internet and information always remain open and accessible to all... who will de-regulate the bloated Education system and give more power to teachers and parents.... and can give Healthcare back to the people and really fight the conglomeration of the healthcare industry.

Neither of these candidates will do any of this. All they talk about is how they're going to shuffle billions of dollars around. It's nothing more than mindless, juvenile entertainment and I'm finished with it.

If McCain says "MY FRIENDS" once more I'm going to hurl!

Finding a check with Annenberg's name on it?

You realize of course that Walter Annenberg served in the government of that Conservative Icon Ronald Reagan, right? And that his wife's name shows up on McCain's list of top 100 endorsers?

McCain does realize that, if Obama gets assassinated, McCain doesn't get to be president, right? Because that's where all his hateful rhetoric is leading. Every day his rallies look more and more like lynch mobs. How long before one of those wingnuts shouting "Terrorist!" and "Kill Him!" about Obama decides to act on all the hate and fear that McCain is encouraging?

It's a shame. McCain used to be a good man. He was my choice for president in 2000, and it breaks my heart to see him brought so low by his own ambition. But it would be a real tragedy if his desperate attempt to discredit Obama ended in violence.

it is time for a revolution! The country vs the city and winner takes all!

Notheone:

Get used to it, because 'The One' is going to win in a landslide. Sorry.

Just another 70 yr old Republican voting for Obama this time around. This Mcpain/failin combo is just plain laughable! Norman in Virginia

I some how feel guilty agreeing with most of the posts, I know I will be labeled a liBeral....that is someone who does not see things the Republican way....JOHN McCAIN is a very dangerous old man (I am almost as old as he is)He has picked a VP who does nothing but shout the scripted lines given to her, Both of them tell lies.......the democrats also distort the truth but no where to the extent of McCain and Company.....Typical republican strategy,when the truth fails and you have run out of ideas then start the name calling, old man Bush did it with the Willy Horton stuff and this Bush did it to McCain the last tme arou....So here is the question to all candiates...."what are you going to do for me?"

Here are the facts:

When Sen. Obama attempts to conceal his relationships and their importance, by making statements that require us to suspend our disbelief, I shudder.

How could anyone stay in a church for 20 years, have his children baptized there, be married there, stand and clap, sit in the pews and still not understand the hatred and racism of Rev. Wright, his minister and spiritual mentor? How can anyone truly believe him?

How can anyone believe what the Senator says about the people he has distanced himself from?

Minister Louis Farrakhan. When he hired for his staff, Jennifer Mason and Cynthia K. Miller, who are members of the Nation of Islam.

Rev. Wright - the former preacher for a church the young Obama needed to belong to in Chicago to further his career. That’s not the Reverend Wright I knew was Obama’s response. After Sen. Obama threw him under the bus, Rev. Wright noted that Obama was distancing himself because Obama is a politician and that’s what a (Presidential) politician needs to do.

Pastor Michael Pfleger - whose radical ideas and preaching are well known in Chicago went under the bus. Not the Pfleger I knew.

Bernradine Dorn and William Ayers – Senator Obama sat on a board with Ayers, gave lectures with him, and went to his house for his blessings upon entering politics in Chicago. Ayer’s and Dorn’s group bombed the Pentagon. Obama has denied a close relationship. New evidence is now showing a much deeper relationship with William Ayers. (See Stanley Kurtz’s work)

And Tony Rezko. He raised money for Senator Obama’s political career, gave him a sweetheart land deal, introduced him to influential people, and most likely taught Sen. Obama a lot about corrupt politics in Chicago. Rezko went under the bus after Obama minimized the relationship. There might be new information coming out about this relationship now that Mr. Rezko is apparently singing to the Feds in hopes of reducing his possible jail time.

So what I know is that Senator Obama learned his lessons about Chicago politics well. When it was time to throw someone, anyone, a church, a grandmother, under the bus to advance his political career; he did it with prose and ease.

Also what I know is that people in Chicago understand that politicians say and do the things that politicians believe they need to say and do. Rev. Wright’s comment that Obama was distancing himself from himself because Obama is a politician and that’s what a (Presidential) politician needs to do - clearly reflects this understanding.

So what is my fear? If Senator Barrack Obama finds himself in the White House, then it is entirely possible (likely) that all of the people mentioned above will be welcomed back into Senator Obama’s life. The Senator said that he could no more disown Rev. Wright than he could disown the black community? This leads to my questions:

Will we see Rev. Wright, Pastor Michael Pfleger, Pentagon bombers Bernradine Dorn and William Ayers, Minister Louis Farrakhan and corrupt Tony Rezko and his associates, staying in the Lincoln bedroom?

Will ACORN, an organization involved in causing the current financial crisis and numerous instances of voter fraud, have a seat at his table?

And lastly, will the American Tax Payers be forced to endure the ultimate humiliation by being required to foot the bill for pampering and honoring Louis Farrakhan and the Brothers of Islam, for honoring Senator Obama’s racist pastors, for honoring Pentagon bombers and terrorists, for honoring (and possibly pardoning) the Senator’s corrupt contributor Tony Rezko and his associates? At this late date, it appears very possible. Therefore, it is imperative for voters to look closely at Sen. Obama’s actions, companions and friends.

Those of us who have closely observed the Senator’s campaign and the Media’s support fully realize just how unfair the playing field is for Sen. McCain and Gov. Palin.

How much attention has been given to the ongoing federal lawsuit challenging Sen. Obama’s eligibility to be President (Berg v. Obama)? The answer is very little.

How much attention has been given to Larry Sinclair’s allegation’s that he did cocaine and engaged in consensual sex with Sen. Obama in 1999? The answer is very little.

How many reporters have been dispatched to Chicago to vet Sen. Obama? The answer is very few.

How many reporters are looking into the new allegations concerning massive amounts of illegal campaign contributions coming into the Obama campaign? Not many.

How many reporters are seriously looking at Sen. Obama’s connections to ACORN and the failure of Fanny Mae and Freddy Mac? The answer once again is very few.

How many reporters are looking for people who can tell Obama’s story? I’m not sure anyone can without damaging Senator Obama. The media is not looking for them.

Who are the people endorsing Sen. Obama? Many of those who want our destruction.

One question...where did 'That One' get the money for his very expensive Ivy League Education. And where did 'That One' get the money for a $1.6 Million Home while working as a community agitator making under $20,K per year?Follow the money people. Open your eyes because this guy is a phony, programmed 'bot with an agenda.

"How will McCain pay for that $300 billion plan when he also promised a spending freeze on everything but the war!?" (posted by Joe)

This needs to be repeated over and over again. How come the press aren't asking this question?

Also, why do we all have to pay for the mistakes of some? Bailing out the banks, I could understand (though I would have liked to seen it done in a very different way), since the money is supposed to go to everyone asking for loans (and deserve them). But, now we are supposed to buy up bad loans to?

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Too much!! Too much crap and nonsense from McCain and Palin. It's gonna be a landslide if you don't stop your obvious lies and evil tactics. You should change your campaign ways and repent just before your souls get burned up in hell. You can't fool us, we have moral values and wisdom that can dicipher between right and wrong, between good and bad. Right after choosing this hateful Palin, the Republican party have been doomed to loose. Too bad, too bad.

Americans have been fooled yet, again. How soon they forget that they elected Bush TWICE. And now they "finally" have something to "believe in".....

Americans, your record for picking winners ain't very good....and this time, you've outdone yourselves - someone with a dark and racist past and ZERO history to measure. So it's change you want? Then hold on - because the more things change, the WORSE they get - you are in for a ride.

What gives McShame the right to speak for the chinese proposing another bailout this one for the ignorant people who bought more than they can afford. We the people haven't got the money we are in a recession so it must be off to the printing presses we go i.e. the chinese and arabs willing to buy our debt. They are making a new daily debt clock it isn't big enough any more they had to forego the dollar sign to add anothe digit.

If Obama gets nominated this country will go down hill.

Thanks

Look, finally some action to solve a real problem for you and me. I don't agree with "forgiving" negative equity - but writing reasonable fixed interest rate mortgages - over 45 years and/or without paying down principal if necessary may be a good option. While we're at it, let's put a cap on interest rates credit cards can charge at the same time. Does anyone really need to pay 28+% just because they've missed a payment? Not sure if Biden, major recipient of MBNA contribution will be able to agree.

The reason they (MCcranky and Pally want a clue) say PRES. Obama (smile) will raise taxes for the middle class is because the middle class in their head are people that make 5 million dollars, the people that make 250,000 and lower are the working poor to them.

McShame the War Hero ? In the 70's we called people like him Baby Killers.
What is so hero about flying jet fighter dropping napalm on an enemy fighting with bicycle ? And they kept him alive for 5 51/2 years? Those 55,000 who sacrificed in Vietnam are the heros. McShame should be kept there for good.
Deep inside , this dirt has a chip on his shoulder and he must 'win' a war somewhere bullying some smaller country someday . Let
Only if this loser will ever know the meaning of winning. His experience is nothing but 26 x 1 year.

I am embarrassed to have ever toyed with being a republican. McCain and Abel do the decent thing and either follow the bible or go back to their roots and compost themselves.

I'm a Democrat who is supporting McCain and Palin... many Democrats in Pennsylvania and Nevada are commiting voter fraud to get Obama elected.. why isn't the media reporting ACORN activities in these two states? Because just as the media worked diligently to see that Hillary Clinton didn't get the nomination, the media - especially CNN "the most biased potliical team on television" is working hard to see McCain not get the election. The media is manipulating people and the Democratic leadership in Congress is greatly responsible for the economic crisis.

JW: You should take your own advice and pay attention. Obama suggested that idea long before McCain did.

We should consider giving the government the authority to purchase mortgages directly instead of simply purchasing mortgage-backed securities." - Obama, Sept 24th. And in a press release a few days later, he stated he would "encourage the Treasury to study the option of buying individual mortgages like we did successfully in the 1930s."

Kind of hard for him to copy the idea from McCain when he suggested it before McCain isn't it?

It's becoming apparent that the Republican machine is pushing his buttons and pulling his strings. We've had enough. We need some real leadership who can give us at least some hope in getting out of the Iraq, economic, climate, energy, health care mess. This old man (I'm 68) knows that McCain cannot do it--and the Palin possibilty is scary as hell. She cann't even give a coherent interview--what would she do with Putin?

Question: George Bush and Republicans advocated eliminating social security and replacing it with "individual accounts' invested in the stock market. Keeping this in mind, will he ever be held accountable to deter others?

Palin is a model Christian. She's obviously free of guilt and sin, because she's casting a lot of stones.

Howdy y'all!
Im from el paso and a die hard bush fan, what you people dont realize is that bush SAVED america from utter destruction from the terrorizers and al quaeda and dick cheneys the man too! we gotta continue their legacy of power and oil through spreading democracy to the retards in middle earth. so lets cut spending and force our country into a depression and spend all our money on war! cuz war is awesome!!!!!!

At least we'll have a voice that speaks for us in Washington. This is the sound of the American public throwing the 'good ole boys' out in the street. Finally. Hey, I have an idea---let's give everybody $5000 bucks so they can get there own insurance policy (which, by the way, costs more than that individually) so the greedy insurance companies can thus increase their rates by double or triple and everybody has nothing!! Give me a break. While we're at it let's privatize social security to take the program off the backs of the government that is responsible for the welfare of this nation so they can wash their hands of any responsibilities. Yeah, See what it got you!! Good riddens for about 20 years!!

The Republicans had the opportunity to put into place their financial "Therories" from 2000 through 2006. Cut Taxes and De-Regulate Corporate America, guess what this has lead to finacial ruin. Think there might be a flaw in the theory? To give people, with only one purpose in life (make more money), unlimited cash and no oversite and expect another out-come is by definition "stupidity". As a country we need the "make more" people, but we have to realize they are what they are. One of the most important functions of a tax is to direct the the behavior of those being taxed.. High capital gaines promotes long term investment not short term profit taking

Eight years ago we were not heading towards this mess. Even, four years ago when we could see this comming, we were still better off than today. Now, we are expected to trust some one who is proud of standing behind those eight years of bad decissions.
Eight years ago I would have voted for McCain the "Maveric", now he has gotten older and have started to tow the party line. As for Palin, I know very little about her. Palin seems to hear what she wants to hear, answer the questions she want to answer, and have no problem with the puppet McCanin has become.

A steady hand on the tiller means anyone but a dottering drama queen who changes his mind by the minute. McCain has proven himself to be erratic and out of touch, hardly someone who I want on the tiller.
And Slick Sarah the Bimbo Express shouldn't be anywhere near anything important. Good actress, empty head.

Obama shows us what steady looks like, thoughtful and articulate.

Hello-

It is interesting that the worst president in recent us history had beaten McCain badly in 2000. And the GOP offers McCain up again in 2008 as electable?

We need a competent leader. Not the sort of incompetence that tends to lead one to be captured and held behind enemy lines for lord knows how long.

We need a leader that can captivate an audience in a manner that inspires them out of depression. We need a leader that doesn't inspire hatred from the global community, or even his own people here in the USA.

Clearly, we do not need McCain. He isn't even worthy of consideration. Time is short, his is even shorter.

In this age, in politics, if the best we can hope for in a president is an inspiring speech, then Obama is the man for the job. But I think we will see better than speeches from him once he is elected (provided the GOP doesn't rig yet another election).

McCain apparently gets his lines from Adolph Hitler who said "tell the people a lie long enough and the lie becomes the truth". McCain has lied so much he probably believes his own lies.

If McCain and that stupid, uninformed and unqualified moose hunter told the truth no one but morons and Bush supporters would vote for them. If you believe their lies you are not only stupid but dangerous to the national security of the United States.

"Barack Obama's friend tried to kill my family." That's priceless. Some say the campaign is taking a turn for the worse by getting nasty. I'm loving it. Can't wait to see what the desperate old cogger comes up with next. Cause is he GONNA lose, especially after failing to turning this thing around in last nights debate. Even conservative commentators concede he fell short. Watching him soil his once-honorable legacy with this "palling around with terrorist" nonsense is more entertaining than taking in an episode of "Flavor of Love." So drill baby drill! Keep swinging at "That One." Americans ain't buying it. And the more he descends into this hateful rhetoric, the more transparent it becomes that he's an angry buffoon. This is delicious comeuppance for years of Republican fear-mongering.

When anyone I meet for the first time addresses me "as my friend" I head for the hills. It's normally someone sleazy trying to rip me off. McShame, take your bimbo on your straight talk express over the bridge to nowhere - whatever you're selling, we're not buying!

Palin really needs to shut her mouth and quit slinging mud at Obama....how about we talk about Sarah's ties to the people in Alaska who would like to secede from the United States, like her HUSBAND...or how she appeared in a speech to them in MARCH of this year saying "keep up the good work." Or how about we talk about the reverend blessing her at her own church before being governor. No, the Obama campaign is trying to talk about the issues....so it seems the guy that McCain just can't "figure out" or has no experience is the more mature one. Take this agitated old man back to his home and tuck him in. Goodnight John McCain, should have tried harder in 2000

John McCain and Sarah Abel? That rings a bell?

They are both scoundrels, but Obama is less so. Since they don't answer debate questions (or any other questions) directly and they both lie (a lot), nobody knows anything about either of them. I'll vote Obama simply because he is slightly more unlike Bush than McCain. And Bush was and is a total failure and a disgrace to the human race.

McCain attacks Obama without proposing anything himself.Anybody with two fingers of forehead can see through that. While these attacks might have had some validity a couple of years ago, today we know Obama well enough. IMO what these attacks are doing is telling us whom McCain really is, he pledged numerous times to run a clean, respectful campaign, if he can't keep a promise that simple, a promise that only concerns his actions, how can he possibly keep any other?

Palin needs to go back to her trailer park, white trash trailer, by the way, the daughter is 17 now, but 16 when she got pregnant. The supposed father does not believe he's the father, so, he's waiting until after the birth to check paternity, why else has he not already married her? And that senile, terrible pilot, admiral's son, needs to go back to Arizona and live with his sugar mama (Cindy, I like old dirt bags McCain).

There is a lot of hate going around on both sides. But is there any choice in this election? Neither candidate has adequate credentials to be president, but if I have to make a choice...and I do for the sake of this country....I'm choosing one who has proven his valor in addressing evil abroad, courage to vote against his own party when he believed it necessary and has experience in trying to get something done in Congress. The other one is most inexperienced candidate in over 100 years who has the most dangerous, untested, political and world views I've heard in my 70 years. Regretfully, the two major parties have given us McClain and Obama. It has to be McClain this time for me.

I can't belive I would rather have Romney VP,but I do , she's a dummy & could be, I can't say the word

Let me predict ---

We'll hear from Palin again.

Right now she figures the old man is toast and so she's building her own constituency out of the nuttier elements of the republican base. There'll be a new 3rd party in 2012: Guns and God (GAG) and Palin Pres (You Betcha) bumper stickers. The Republican party will be whittled down to a few harmless relics: Olympia Snowe, Joe Lieberman (whose timing has always been bad), and maybe a few other aging specimens who remember the Way It Once Was.

In an interview before the Republican National Convention, Niger Innis, the spokesman for the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) expounded that “It was clear that Barack Obama’s ties to the left are familial, generational, and have lasted for several years.” He went on to say that “as a black American, he was exceedingly proud at the American people’s response to Barack Obama’s candidacy,” Innis expanded his perception by averring that “. . . to deny that he [Obama] has long-standing ties to left-wing elements in our polity is to deny reality. If you want to be president of the United States, it is not racism if you ask these kinds of questions, and he has to come up with the answers, hopefully they will be the truth.”

My vote is with THE OTHER ONE ( Obama). Throughout this entire campaign, He has shown the american people what it means to be Commander in Chief, with integrity, honesty, and compassion for us the MIDDLE CLASS! I am so proud to be an american democrat. Great things are soon to come with Barack Obama leading the way!

It's the same "Bush" fear game that lead us into Iraq. They keep hanging their hat on the "surge" without addressing the fact that the 4,000 American soldiers have died in a war against a country that did not do anything to us on 9/11. Where is Bin Laden? Where is the man who killed almost 4,000 innocent people? Did McCain bother to read the bailout bill he signed? His sweeping proposal is listed as part of the bailout. I don't need and I don't want another President who tries to scare the population into doing what is his personal agenda.

If anyone doesn't feel they "know" either candidate, then they must be making a tremendous effort to remain ignorant. John McCain may disagree with Obama's proposals, but it is ludicrous and insulting for McCain to suggest Obama HAS no ideas. Obama has spelled them out over and over and it is up to the voting public to do SOME amount of effort to become informed. There are plenty of sources of information - factcheck.org or the candidate's own web pages are good for some bullet points if you are sick of listening to pit stop rhetoric and sound bites.
Go learn something, gather some facts form an opinion, and try to add something meaningful to the conversation. I'm talking to you St. Ignatius

McCain might make a better prez than Obama, but ... McCain will most likely die of cancer or old age in office, and the way some people are talking, Obama might be shot at, so make sure you vote for the VP candidate you want to be president soon

Voting this November will be a toss up of the which is the lesser of the two evils....
Almost all politcians are as bad or worst than many lawyers... They lie with a straight face, tell you one thing and do another, smile as if nothing bothers them at all....

Obama and Biden (Mutt and Jeff) could not find their collective backside with both hands on it.... They are at the mercy of Democratic Parties Stringers These two are like if puppets or should I say muppets could talk..... Washington does not these two cowards....

McCain and Palin... The GOP's best hope for this election... Can and will prove themselves if they only are given a chance.... These two would not only stand up to their own party and throw them aside to do what is best for this country....

I think they have the best chance to give this country a swift kick in the backside that it needs... Taxes either team will raise them but McCain and Palin a little less then the Obama and Biden Team....

Do we want a whimp and his blind dog leading an assult in Iraq, Afganistan, or Iran, not only no! but hell no!

McCain and Palin would have to make tough choice but would do what is best for the country not either party.....

McCain and Palin will lead tis country into the next critcials years with NO BULL and they will not take any BULL from ant thearts to our nation or what would be in it's national interest .
Tim

DON'T ALLOW THE MEDIA TO DICTATE WHO IS GOING TO BE OUR NEXT PRESIDENT!!! I FOR ONE WILL NOT FOLLOW AS SHEEP TO THE SLAUGHTER THE MEDIA HAS CREATED. THINK FOR YOURSELF & TURN OFF THE T.V.

From 2001 through 2007, total government spending increased a whopping 47 percent, from $1.86 to $2.73 trillion. It didn't do that all at once, but rather, grew each year an average of 6.2 percent.

The worst year during that time period for government growth was 2002, when it increased 7.9 percent. The best was, perhaps surprisingly, 2007, the last year that was mostly baked by the Republicans. Government spending only advanced 2.8 percent that year. Republicans tried to reform themselves, but did too little too late.

How did the Democrats do? Spending has advanced this year an astronomical 8.3 percent, to $2.96 trillion, exceeding even the worst of the Bush years. Total spending this year was more than a trillion dollars higher than it was when Bush took office in January 2001, and more than $200 billion of that increase was accomplished in just the last year.
gettyleigh

Choices:
A grumpy old man who can hardly acknowledge his opponent because he loathes the audacity of "that one" to take him on, constantly referring to notes -- not what a debate is about -- and constantly making staying a certain distance the slurs that his mouthpiece SP has put out about his association with Ayers, incidentally hurting her politcally, not him.: That's one choice.

The other choice is a man who is always cool under fire, has a brilliant mind, which becomes more evident with every debate, and refuses to turn the other cheek like other Democrats before him. Like Chris R. said: The man only has one house (as opposed to five or six for McCain). If he loses his house, he's homeless, just like the rest of us would be. I'm voting for that man. The country is just over Reagan, The KGB, The Cold War. This is the a new century, a century that Obama knows how to live and communicate in. The choice is clear: Vote to stay in the past where big business and wheeling and dealing similar to AIG's $400,000 junket are the norm; vote for John McCain. Move into the future led by a man of the current times who has vision and the wisdom to surround himself with the very best in every area of governance. Vote for Barrack Obama.

Maha

Hey Bob (40)

This is the internet. Maybe the hateful and emotional comments are being posted from out West. You might also want to check out the blogs on some of the Western news outlets and tell me if they're models of rational and measured discourse.

I do not understand why this people are going back to obama he was a member of a church for decades that hates America. Is people are studid to beleive "the change we can believe in" ?. Anybody can tell anything?. Where is the proof?. A good speaker not necessarily to be a doer.

The press must think we are all stupid.... There is only a handful of media outlets that give us the facts and the truth.... No the tainted and rants that they think we need to hear.... The press is doing the wrong thing... The press ink or internet or tv.... needs to do there jobs report and be objective.... Report the truth and only the truth... not the misguided ideas that ones peers or employers tell them to.... It is a big ocean at there the media needs to jump in and not be so afraid that the sharks will bite them for telling the truth..... The reports are afraid of their bosses.... So much for freedom of speech... and freedom of press... The media will get there's in the end only wish they would wake up and realize they are doing more harm then good....
McCain & Palin 2008 will be in the White House come Jan2009... get use to it... It is not another Bush four years it is the Mavricks to lead the way and kick this country in the ass to get us back into the race as being the biggest and the best the United States of America stand for..... Yes,,, In God We Trust is here to stay

Now that I know who the Anti-Christ is and it really makes sense to me now. People want change so bad that they will sell our country down the tubes for lies that he can not do. Obama will win because he will fool the world with his lies and misinformation. Barack Hussein Obama President of the U.S. Have we all forgotten 9/11. You people that vote for Obama will regret it in the end. I really mean THE END as in 12/21/2012. This is after a huge defeat for reelection. It will start 42 months into his term. God help us all. Read Rev. chapter 13 and put the Mian Calendar together with the current world banking failures and the rest is history.

For all you McSame supporters, what if he doesn't live out his four years ? Then gosh-dawn Sarah is at bat and there is no pinch hitter. LORD HELP US ALL

Dear John, thanks for the election.
-Barrack

"That the American people thought so poorly about them and their qualities that they would rather elect radical black Muslin with terrorist’s ties than themselves?"

Since no American can actually cite anything that Our Savior Obama has done or what he plans to do and would actually vote for him shows what a bunch of ignorant baffoons most Americans are.

If Obama was white, its my thinking that this race would have been over before the first debate, for me (a keen observer from Nigeria) this election is a racial litmus test for America.

i can't imagine why anyone would want to vote for McCain, we see right through him, i pray the US voters do too!

If the choice was Mickey Mouse and mccain, I'd go for Mickey Mouse. He has more integrity, sense and I believe would do a better job than mccain. Heck, a flee would!

John Waco,
Take your keyboard off CAPS LOCK and settle down, okay? Here's a news flash... blogs are part of the media. And on top of that, blogs are far LESS regulated nor are they checked for inaccuracies the way print and televised media are. So when you turn off your TV, make sure you turn off your PC as well.
Someone needs a nap....

CHANGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We need a Mccain and Palin in the country to stand up for those who live under there mother skirts thank god for those mother's who give there son's and doughter's to fight for this country freedom. so persons like Barrack Obama
can speak there believes. We need strong hands and no BS.

So now John McCain is in the Socialist business. He'll buy your mortgages from the private corporations! I expect to see him in a black beret any day now.

im amazed how obama has been able to completely brain wash the electorate, i mean democrats are easy like that, but to follow someone who talks aboutr change ad nauseum, as if the words alone would do that, cause he has nothing else to show for it . amazing, america will suffer more under obama and when that happens, if it does, i cant wait to say i told you so.

McCain is so clueless, he is a prisoner of the Republican party. And, yes, we should be looking right smack dab on Bush, McCain and the Republican party for exactly the reason this country is in such a mess. And it falls right on the middle class. You have to be pretty ignorant to continue to believe the Republicans are implementing policies that are favorable to the middle class, the majority of our population. For you Republicans, think beyond the silly arguments of: gays, flag burning and they will take your guns away. THINK! We need competence and excellance in our government, McCain was maybe there but his time has gone by, he is just a shell of his former self. Palin, talk about an empty suit, can you imagine. McCain/Palin a huge gamble. Obama/Biden, competence and excellance.

Can someone explain how is that the public by a whopping 84 % think McCain is fit to be a commander in chief --- president, and Obama by comparison tallies only 54 %. After watching the last two debates I find this ridiculous. Is it just because of age and POW status ? He sounds more dangerously erratic than Obama ?

Obama has rightly steadfastly stood firmly on the Pakistan arguement.

Well, it's like this. We are choosing one to hire from these two contractors to build us a high-rise. Mr. M is a respected self-made handy man and has done many barns and cottages. But he really knows nothing about structural or electrical stuff. And he is really old and, if he is gone, this project would be taken over by his junior partner who is absolutely a hottie but knows nothing about this business at all. Mr. O graduates from college and is a well-trained structural engineer. He has only worked for a few year but he certainly has learned how to build and manage such a high-rise.
Well, if I have to live in this building, I will hire Mr. O for sure.

You know, I have read most of these comments, and I am appauled. I am not 100% satisfied with the republican ticket, but I will not vote for Obama and I will vote for McCain. I value life, not abortion or someone who votes for killing abortion survivors. I also want the best for my family and Obama is not it. My father and I own a small car dealership, not very large, but we fall under that bracket of $250K and it will hurt our buisness. People, open your eyes. This man, Obama is so radical, he will destroy everything that this country was founded on. He only wants power, and someone who wants it that much is dangerous. I am tired of all the mud slinging on both sides, but folks, please if you value your lives or the lives of your loved ones, you will vote for someone who is pro-life, no tax raises across the board, and who puts country first and not Obama first. Now thats question folks...
ask yourself this question, country first or Obama first?

The founding fathers would be rolling in their graves if they knew how big our federal government is. It was never meant to be this way. The thirteen colonies merged for the purpose of having a strong centralized government that existed only to serve the states, and to have limited powers that benefited the good of all states. Government at the state level was to be the boss of federal and local government.
The tax dollars that Obama plans to spend on socialized programs such as national healthcare will come from the taxpayers one way or the other. The money the government uses to pay for military expenses, welfare, civil servant salaries, government works programs, disaster relief, etc . . . is based on the money the government expects to collect from taxpayers and businesses. The money is not just sitting around waiting to be spent; it is a projected amount that they expect to collect. Especially now, that we have committed 700 billion dollars to rescue all these corporations and defaulted home loans. Not to mention the 85 billion we spent bailing out AIG and the money for the other corporations we already helped. To top that off we now have a 10 trillion dollar deficit. Where is Obama getting all this money he has committed to tax cuts, tax credits, reducing the deficit, education benefits, healthcare benefits, and other social reforms. I am sure I missed a few.
Brian Riedl of the Heritage Foundation says Obama has proposed nearly $350 billion per year in new spending; in all actuality his budget is looking closer to $850 billion. No matter the amount, at this point in time, the entire corporate tax code only raises about $350 billion annually. Even if Obama doubles the taxes on those making $250,000.00 or more he would still fall short of his goal. Not to mention, in our current economic downturn the tax base will not reach the projected $350 billion. So, it’s unrealistic to think the extra tax dollars collected will be enough to pay for all these things, and it’s unrealistic that he will be able to achieve all the promises he has committed to. For certain he knows this, and is aware that honoring all his promises is not a feasible proposition; so he is in fact, just stringing everybody along. More of the same is that, not only has he committed his administration to providing all those benefits to the voters and raising taxes on businesses, but he committed to raising the minimum wage again after it was just raised a few months ago.
His claims that he is going to gain tax dollars by making businesses pay capital gains tax is pure nonsense, because businesses don’t pay capital gains taxes, they pay income taxes. Further, by raising taxes on businesses and raising the minimum wage, it just makes it that much harder for small businesses to remain in business. In the end, his plans to tax those making $250,000 is just going to inspire people to duck the tax by stopping short of those earnings, and in effect restrict production. Otherwise, a business cannot be viable if there is not enough cash flow to keep it solvent. By adding more overhead in the form of another wage increase, and a reduction in cash flow by increasing taxes, the profit margins for the business shrink, which in turn reduces cash flow. Small businesses are the heart and soul of America; more people are employed by small businesses than large businesses. In order to stay in business, they would have to raise their prices, which would in turn be passed on to the public.
Raising the minimum wage might increase the amount of money in your paycheck, but the IRS would just take more tax to build their coffers. Likewise, the IRS increasing taxes on businesses might help the government to raise more tax dollars, but when the business owner raises his price in order to stay in business the public will be burdened with the extra cost. If the business fails, and the people are left unemployed, another burden is placed on the tax payers in the form of unemployment or health & welfare assistance. As for whether it is better to have a state run organization or a private run organization; usually it’s better to have a privately run organization. The free market tends to promote fiscal responsibility and a good work ethic; socialism does just the opposite, it promotes waste and slothfulness.
Additionally, Obama wants to restrict trade. Restricting trade is idiotic, as the value of the goods we export is almost 95% of what we produce. His line of reasoning is from an outdated fiscal philosophy, that may have been great during JFK’s short tenure, but in our current dilemma, we cannot afford to go that route. He needs to be cornered in the debates about these issues. Obama’s economic plan looks like Swiss cheese. Take note that in the most recent debate in Tennessee, he dodged the question, when asked what he would sacrifice. That’s the thing about lawyers; they are indoctrinated in the ways of twisting the truth and the law in a most convincing way.
gettyleigh

The tidal wave that is Obama is coming, and Senator McCain can only stand in it's path and be washed away. God bless him for his service to his country, but he picked a very bad time to run for president.

Yeah maybe we're over the the cold war, etc. It's more insidious today with terrorist cells, religious fanatics, anthrax lunatics, etc. We all love to hate Bush and we now all take our shoes off before boarding a plane, but we have not been hit with a 2nd 9/11. Not that there weren't enough terror attacks around the world. Sure, believe we're just lucky. Deny that there are people who want any American dead. Those beheadings didn't happen. Call it fear mongering. Dismiss it.
Everyone is crying about their 401k and their houses - pathetic.

One thing that is at least as disturbing has both parties' candidates boiling extremely complex issues down to oversimplified black-and-white talking points, pointing out how he/his party can be thanked for everything that went right and how the other/his party can be blamed for everything that went wrong, is when we the electorate buy it do the same thing to each other! McCain and Palin are shockingly arrogant. Obama and Biden have their moments too, although to a lesser extent in my opinion. But nothing they have said compares to some of the ignorance coupled with extreme arrogance that I see on this and other boards! People that obviously couldn't tell Money Supply from Air Supply that haughtily pipe to anyone who will listen how the Dems or the Repubs brought the economy down or if you vote one way or another you have no brain.

STOP!!! Life is complicated. Likewise, these issues are complicated and can't be summarized in a sound bite to belittle someone else. Most Americans (including politicians) don't have the slightest clue what caused the financial woes our country is in (regulation is only one piece of the puzzle) nor do that know anything about how to fix it. If this meltdown only teaches us one thing, it should be for all of us...all Americans...to come down off of our arrogant pedestals and stop slinging insults at each other about issues we know little or nothing about. Let's inform ourselves. Ask questions. Try to right the wrong and put ourselves on a track that will minimize the risk of it happening again.

Great plan and great man to be the president of the United States. He's got my vote!

Leader needs outstanding personal character, a deep love for this country and its people, willingness to sacrifice for it, knowledge and ability to lead its people into his or her plan and vision for the country in crisis as well as good time. It seems that McCain has proven in his past histoty, record all of those quality, mostly better than OBama had. I will support McCain.

To Those Who didn't understand the last line of the "godloved" blog was a quote from St. Ignatius Loyola! Ding, Ding!

I love how under the guise of religion people spew hate, discrimination, name calling while all the time claiming that they are religious! They go against all the ten commandments to prove how Christian they are.
If you do not want to vote for Obama, you do not need an excuse, just go ahead and either stay home or vote McCain. It's that simple!
For all the confused ones out there make up your mind which sounds most reasonable as to why you will NOT vote for Obama. It is confusing that 1/2 of you say he is a Muslim (due to a name that was GIVEN to him and which if he had changed you would have said was to hide something), and then the other 1/2 who claim he is a Black christian whol hates white people. Christianity and hate should not theoretically mix, but we know better don't we. Ask the kids in the Christian college who hang up and Obama effigy on campus simulating a lynching.
As white people we have typically had White candidates to choose from when voting. Does that make us racist? So why is it not wrong that Palin was chosen to lure the "women's vote? but it's wrong for black people to vote for a black person?
Is it right for us to discount his white heritage? He was raised by a white mother, and grandparents wasnt he? Or does going to a black church erase that?

Tommy G wake up! McCain and his marionette VP are ruthless and terrible liars. They are going down the tubes big time. Sarah will become a multi millionair when this is all over. This cutsey folksy lipstick soccer mom with the hugh smile and barracudda mentality with the sqeaky voice will probably be in demand for talk shows etc. The Republican party created this monster and now will have to live with her. She will be a thorn in their side for years to come. Obama big winner. Get used to it.

McDonald (Post 71) writes:
"One question...where did 'That One' get the money for his very expensive Ivy League Education. And where did 'That One' get the money for a $1.6 Million Home while working as a community agitator making under $20,K per year?Follow the money people. Open your eyes because this guy is a phony, programmed 'bot with an agenda."
I don't know whether to scold your blatant ignorance, or feel sorry for you.
Not surprisingly, you are probably unfamiliar with how people fund their graduate studies. Most all people who attend graduate school for business, law, or medicine get the money in some form of student loans. In addition, some exceptional students receive merit based scholarships. But don't worry, that is not coming from your precious tax money. Harvard has a $34 Billion dollar endowment. Just in case you do not know what means, it is money donated to the school from alumni who worked really hard, and gave (a lot) of money to the school. I am finishing my graduate degree with a Masters in Accounting, which I paid for with student loans as well. Oh, and don't fret, one cannot declare bankruptcy to avoid their student loan obligations.

As for your comment on how Obama was able to buy a $1.6 million home (in 2005), it was from proceeds of his NYT best selling book. In 1992, Obama taught constitutional law at the University of Chicago Law School for twelve first classified as a Lecturer from 1992 to 1996, and then as a Senior Lecturer from 1996 to 2004.
So, I hope that sheds some light on how people, including myself, fund their graduate school education. Perhaps you think that student loans are some form of extreme socialism?
The fact is that America thrives on all hard working Americans, both blue and white-collar. The key to a successful economy, and the United States’ ability to compete in the global marketplace, resides in its ability to produce a well-educated and skilled workforce. Student loans are a crucial part of making that possible. The other key factors to success include hard work, perseverance, sacrifice, believing in oneself, and maintaining hope.
I know this well, as I suffer from a major mental illness, yet despite the great difficulties I have faced, I obtained my B.S. graduating Magna Cum Laude, and currently have a 3.85 GPA in graduate school.
Barack Obama is an excellent example of one doing what it takes to achieve the American Dream. And Hope is a beautiful thing- without it, I probably would not have survived, and made a great life for myself.
I welcome any comments to this post, and wish you all well.

McDonald (Post 71) writes:
"One question...where did 'That One' get the money for his very expensive Ivy League Education. And where did 'That One' get the money for a $1.6 Million Home while working as a community agitator making under $20,K per year?Follow the money people. Open your eyes because this guy is a phony, programmed 'bot with an agenda."
I don't know whether to scold your blatant ignorance, or feel sorry for you.
Not surprisingly, you are probably unfamiliar with how people fund their graduate studies. Most all people who attend graduate school for business, law, or medicine get the money in some form of student loans. In addition, some exceptional students receive merit based scholarships. But don't worry, that is not coming from your precious tax money. Harvard has a $34 Billion dollar endowment. Just in case you do not know what means, it is money donated to the school from alumni who worked really hard, and gave (a lot) of money to the school. I am finishing my graduate degree with a Masters in Accounting, which I paid for with student loans as well. Oh, and don't fret, one cannot declare bankruptcy to avoid their student loan obligations.

As for your comment on how Obama was able to buy a $1.6 million home (in 2005), it was from proceeds of his NYT best selling book. In 1992, Obama taught constitutional law at the University of Chicago Law School for twelve first classified as a Lecturer from 1992 to 1996, and then as a Senior Lecturer from 1996 to 2004.
So, I hope that sheds some light on how people, including myself, fund their graduate school education. Perhaps you think that student loans are some form of extreme socialism?
The fact is that America thrives on all hard working Americans, both blue and white-collar. The key to a successful economy, and the United States’ ability to compete in the global marketplace, resides in its ability to produce a well-educated and skilled workforce. Student loans are a crucial part of making that possible. The other key factors to success include hard work, perseverance, sacrifice, believing in oneself, and maintaining hope.
I know this well, as I suffer from a major mental illness, yet despite the great difficulties I have faced, I obtained my B.S. graduating Magna Cum Laude, and currently have a 3.85 GPA in graduate school.
Barack Obama is an excellent example of one doing what it takes to achieve the American Dream. And Hope is a beautiful thing- without it, I probably would not have survived, and made a great life for myself.
I welcome any comments to this post, and wish you all well.

The Republicans had the opportunity to put into place their financial "Therories" from 2000 through 2006. Cut Taxes and De-Regulate Corporate America, guess what this has lead to finacial ruin. Think there might be a flaw in the theory? To give people, with only one purpose in life (make more money), unlimited cash and no oversite and expect another out-come is by definition "stupidity". As a country we need the "make more" people, but we have to realize they are what they are. One of the most important functions of a tax is to direct the the behavior of those being taxed.. High capital gaines promotes long term investment not short term profit taking

Sarah Palin – A Disguised Conspirator?

If McCarthy-era guilt-by-association is a valid political consideration, Sarah Palin is the guiltiest in this presidential campaign. She is roaming around the country on a campaign that is funded by taxpayers parading a man who claims to have recently terminated his membership in the Alaskan Independence Party. AIP aims to tear America into pieces and walk away with its massive land and rich oil reserve.

AIP creation was inspired by the extremely violent anti-American founding father Joe Vogler. The AIP website has a statement by Joe that reads "I've got no use for America or her damned institutions." In 1992 when Vogler renounced his allegiance to the United States he said, "The fires of hell are frozen glaciers compared to my hatred for the American government." He cursed the stars and stripes and said, "I won't be buried under their damned flag. When Alaska is an independent nation they can bring my bones home."
Sarah's husband “First Dude” Todd remained an AIP member from 1995 to 2002. In her own political conviction or in support of her husband views, Sarah attended the 1994 AIP convention. It has been acknowledged by the McCain Campaign that Sarah also attended the 2000 AIP Convention. In 2006 she was a keynote speaker for the convention. This year she did not attend in person but recorded a video of greetings and good wishes for AIP members and asked them to keep up their good work! How can one attend, be a member or give a keynote address to an organization that he or she does not fully know about? What good work have the AIP members been doing?

Neither Sarah nor Todd has ever denounced association with the radical Alaskan Independence Party. During this campaign, Sarah has completely remained silent about her husband’s dark side. Based on her own logic, it can be said that Sarah continues to "pal around" with an unpatriotic Eskimo husband who not only hates America but wants to destroy it. Under the same theory of “guilt-by-association,” John McCain can be accused of having a disguised conspirator on his presidential ticket. Sarah has refused to openly share views that she holds about this nation. Her struggle to answer simple questions by Katie Couric is a testament of her inner negative feelings about this nation. In a follow up interview with Carl Cameron, Sarah surprisingly said, "The Sarah Palin in those interviews with Katie Couric was annoyed.” Then she added, "I did not want to get clobbered.” What was she annoyed of and what she was afraid of being clobbered for? It must be something negative that she had in mind. Simply, her longstanding association with AIP and its current and former militant members including Todd has not only made Sarah bitter but also ignorant of the positive general knowledge about our great nation.

i'm tremendously disarrayed, this is a different type of campaign, the scriptures says 'the heart of man is desperately wicked', where i come from we speak respectfully of elders, but i can't help but say McCain is a desperate liar! So he wants to buy up bad mortgages? not a bad idea if America can afford it! the lie is when he says this is nobody else's idea but his! the truth, both Hillary and Obama had suggested it earlier, (As shown on CNN's campaign trail)! no wonder he couldn't and hasn't provided the electorate with any details since, he doesn't have specifics! its not his idea! America please don't even consider putting an angry, desperate, murderous (character assassination is murderous activity), out of touch. ambitious at all cost, old man in the white house!