Latest McCain attack 'pathetic,' Obama camp says

dear Jim M,
Mark my words. Obama is the best man for the job of President, that you will ever see in your lifetime. besides, your buddy bush already destroyed the country so don't worry your pretty little empty head ...........

when mcain was a child his mother used to submerse him in cold water because of his violent temper. check on utube where he is strangling another senator in a fit of rage, or how about the time on the senate floor he blatantly abused a woman verbally with every swear word imaginable in a fit of pure rage. talk to his fellow senators about his un manageable temper.hey, just look at the debates and watch him on the edge of rage in the background. what is wrong with you republicans? don't you know that this man will pull the trigger that starts the next world war. obama is even keeled, has control over his emotions. he's a very cool person regardless of the color of his skin. so... may the best tan win!!!!!

Dear 4life4america,

We Liberals don't hate America, just right wing empty headed zealots like you!

OK, so John McCain basically said this country "has never had to prove anything to me"... and implies Obama has more recently come to trust in the country because of it's support for him. Fine, maybe not the best way to make a point, but is it really that bad? For example, try reading comment after comment from Mr. Obama's supporters and compare them to the comment McCain made. Which is pathetic? After all, whether McCain becomes president or not, very few people in the history of this country have given more of themselves for it.
By the way, regarding the hate and vitriol.... maybe we all need to look inside ourselves before accusing Mr. McCain or Mr. Obama of being the source.

Repeating what another wise poster printed above: "vindicate" is a synonym for "substantiate." So the basic narrative would go something like: "Obama has a fundamental faith in America. The Ohio primary vote substantiated what he suspected, based on his previous suppositions, to be true. Therefore, Obama's faith in the American people remains in tact."
This type of semantic game is similar to the old "My opponent is a known thespian!" attacks and is certainly what we could regularly expect from a McCain White House.
Fortunately, we won't have to worry about that.
(PS Most major religions consider that questioning faith is a healthy and fundamentally human act. C'mon John, read your Scripture.)

I have never felt more depressed about an election as I have the one coming up.
I realize that Senator Obama doesn't have as much experience as we would like him to have, but Senator McCain is just plain scarey. As far as Governor Palin is concerned , she's about as capable of running our great country if need-be, as I would be. I truly believe that Senator Obama will do his best to turn our country around. He will be willing to take and consider the advise of his advisors. John McCain on the other hand will be just like President Bush, it's going to be done my way or no way at all. We don't need more of the same of the past eight years. I'mvoting for

"Stanley" wrote, "I don't think patriotism means sitting and listening to a preacher for the last twenty years who has openly said "God Dam America" just for starters."

First of all, a dam is a blockage on a water course.

But really, the fact is that you have not studied the Bible. Jeremiah Wright has used the identical sort of language used by the biblical prophet Jeremiah. Any student of scripture would have known this. "Reverends" Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson claimed that 9/11 and deadly storms are God's curse on America.

Americans seem to be mouthing the word "change" as a mantra to magically bring about the needed repairs for a flagging economy, fuel independence and other issues. I see this as an irrational and false hope. To put one's faith in waiting for Obama to bring about POSITIVE change in this country is tantamount to the thrill one gets for a few hours after buying a lottery ticket before the drawing when they can allow the imagination to run wild with the dream of what they would do in the perfect world "when they win the big one" and all their problems are solved.

Few win the big one and most are disappointed when they trash the useless ticket and look with glazed eyes to the next big one. And those who do win, discover that all their problems are not solved, they have traded in the old ones for a whole new set. Voting for Obama is akin to a gamble; maybe he'll pay off for 95% of the population, but odds are strongly against it.

Looking to the unproven record and performance history Obama can produce, I don't think that the kind of change he plans to bring about in this country will be good for most people because industry and the American dream will be a thing of the past. All for one and one for all is pretty to think about but when the industry that fuels the machine that makes this country great is bogged down with exorbitant taxes and run by unions that are notoriously corrupt and drive up the cost of virtually everything, we will see industry and businesses leave this country in droves. Then we will be a nation of poverty in which there are no jobs other than service industry and tourist trade. The market driven by consumerism will fall to ruin, and the taxes of those who do have jobs, will necessarily hike to burdensome levels.

"My boyhood, and the Arab political culture I have been chronicling for well over three decades, are anchored in the Arab world. And the tragedy of Arab political culture has been the unending expectation of the crowd -- the street, we call it -- in the redeemer who will put an end to the decline, who will restore faded splendor and greatness. When I came into my own, in the late 1950s and '60s, those hopes were invested in the Egyptian Gamal Abdul Nasser. He faltered, and broke the hearts of generations of Arabs. But the faith in the Awaited One lives on, and it would forever circle the Arab world looking for the next redeemer.

America is a different land, for me exceptional in all the ways that matter. In recent days, those vast Obama crowds, though, have recalled for me the politics of charisma that wrecked Arab and Muslim societies. A leader does not have to say much, or be much. The crowd is left to its most powerful possession -- its imagination.

From Elias Canetti again: "But the crowd, as such, disintegrates. It has a presentiment of this and fears it. . . . Only the growth of the crowd prevents those who belong to it from creeping back under their private burdens."

The morning after the election, the disappointment will begin to settle upon the Obama crowd. Defeat -- by now unthinkable to the devotees -- will bring heartbreak. Victory will steadily deliver the sobering verdict that our troubles won't be solved by a leader's magic." - excert from an article written by Mr. Ajami is professor of Middle Eastern Studies at the School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University

To Jim M & 4life4america: Think for a minute. You are against Obama, yet it is the group of criminals in the Republican Party who have run your country into massive debt, created a war in the name of "freedom" (when the real purpose was to secure cheap oil and make big profits), and made the US one of the most hated nations on earth. Moreover, all the talk about socialism is rubbish. If you believe that Obama is a socialist, you are showing yourself to be rather uneducated and ignorant about what it means to be socialist. You have socialism in America: socialism for the rich, capitalism for the poor. The $700 billion bailout went to those who caused the financial mess in the first place and not to the Americans who are experiencing real hardship. Give your heads a shake. You have been duped by the likes of Rush Limbaugh and other mouthpieces like him. Try thinking for a change. And Europe isn't so bad - in some countries, you can get a hospital bed without losing your home.

Americans seem to be mouthing the word "change" as a mantra to magically bring about the needed repairs for a flagging economy, fuel independence and other issues. I see this as an irrational and false hope. To put one's faith in waiting for Obama to bring about POSITIVE change in this country is tantamount to the thrill one gets for a few hours after buying a lottery ticket before the drawing when they can allow the imagination to run wild with the dream of what they would do in the perfect world "when they win the big one" and all their problems are solved.

Few win the big one and most are disappointed when they trash the useless ticket and look with glazed eyes to the next big one. And those who do win, discover that all their problems are not solved, they have traded in the old ones for a whole new set. Voting for Obama is akin to a gamble; maybe he'll pay off for 95% of the population, but odds are strongly against it.

Looking to the unproven record and performance history Obama can produce, I don't think that the kind of change he plans to bring about in this country will be good for most people because industry and the American dream will be a thing of the past. All for one and one for all is pretty to think about but when the industry that fuels the machine that makes this country great is bogged down with exorbitant taxes and run by unions that are notoriously corrupt and drive up the cost of virtually everything, we will see industry and businesses leave this country in droves. Then we will be a nation of poverty in which there are no jobs other than service industry and tourist trade. The market driven by consumerism will fall to ruin, and the taxes of those who do have jobs, will necessarily hike to burdensome levels.

"My boyhood, and the Arab political culture I have been chronicling for well over three decades, are anchored in the Arab world. And the tragedy of Arab political culture has been the unending expectation of the crowd -- the street, we call it -- in the redeemer who will put an end to the decline, who will restore faded splendor and greatness. When I came into my own, in the late 1950s and '60s, those hopes were invested in the Egyptian Gamal Abdul Nasser. He faltered, and broke the hearts of generations of Arabs. But the faith in the Awaited One lives on, and it would forever circle the Arab world looking for the next redeemer.

America is a different land, for me exceptional in all the ways that matter. In recent days, those vast Obama crowds, though, have recalled for me the politics of charisma that wrecked Arab and Muslim societies. A leader does not have to say much, or be much. The crowd is left to its most powerful possession -- its imagination.

From Elias Canetti again: "But the crowd, as such, disintegrates. It has a presentiment of this and fears it. . . . Only the growth of the crowd prevents those who belong to it from creeping back under their private burdens."

The morning after the election, the disappointment will begin to settle upon the Obama crowd. Defeat -- by now unthinkable to the devotees -- will bring heartbreak. Victory will steadily deliver the sobering verdict that our troubles won't be solved by a leader's magic." - excert from an article written by Mr. Ajami is professor of Middle Eastern Studies at the School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University

It amazes me that Barack HUSSIEN Obama sat in a church for 20+ years, only left when it did not look good for his campaign, but never heard a bad word from Rev. Wrong. Now he says he did not know that Auntie was here illegaly. Again only because it looks bad for HIS campaign. Come on people, you are not stupid. Why are you listening to his lies. John McCain is not Bush!! He has his own ideas about how to straighten out this country. You can not tell me you are happy with Reid and Pelosi...... There is no way. Sarah Palin was so effective in Alaska. I can't wait for her to get to Washington and clean house. Why do you not want that for America??????????

I'm republican but not this time, I'm going blue with Obama. You bigots who want's seeks to plant racism for the sake of electing Mcsame, wait for another election, not this one. Go Ebwana, I don't care about your name but I do know you are the best thing that could be hopes for America right now; intelligent, critic, tough and focussed. Go Obama, nothing Mcsame can do right, just go go go Obama, restore our economy, our standing overseas, get us to work and demolish the washington, we are firmly behing you back.

It is such a shame that people are so gullable. John McCain represents hate, greed, lies and anger. The fact of the matter is that Barack Obama is so above McCain when it comes to intellegence, diplomacy, strategy, common sense and truth. Obama represents the middleman who is the hard working backbone of this country. McCain is a womanizing liar who sold out his country the minute he was taken prisoner. He told the Vietcong that he would tell them anything they wanted to know if they got him medical attention. This womanizing liar will stoop to anything to get what he wants!

Can anybody help me to find out the truth about:
1- McCain spent only 20 hours in combat in the entire war?
2- McCain went to the pilot’s ready room and watched the fire on TV while some of his fellow airmen were gravely wounded and dying?

I went to war in Viet Nam May of 1969. There were war protests, draft dodgers, and a general condition of angst in our country. I came back a year later to the same thing I left. As the years passed we found out the Viet Nam war was partially based upon lies and totally on fear. The war protesters and the draft dodgers were vindicated after McNamara openly admitted the war was not justifed. He was not alone. Many of us veterans came to realize that we fought a war and lost many of of our fine young men for naught. We could hardly expect John McCain to feel the same way after spending some horrific years as a POW. Because if he did he could hardly have joined the ranks of the Senate and become lockstepped with those those who continue to think that war is the all-in-all to resolve disputes with your enemies. This is not the type individual we need anymore. The world has become a global economy, borders are virtually disappearing, population are and have been migrating to the point some countries are no longer purebreds (majority race). We are in a new time that calls for new thinking, especially the people who will make decisions not from fear but from clear, intelligent thinking.

During the debates Obama would look at McCain and treat him with respect. McCain would not look at Obama, and would patronize, belittle, and ridicule him. That tells me which candidate has integrity and character, and that's Obama. McCain has been selling out the American people to the oil companies, Wall Street, and the likes of corporations like Haliburton for years. He thinks everyone who lives in this country is as stupid as the ignorant morons who attend his rallies and call Obama an "Arab Muslim terrorist." Most of us are a little more hip than that, John. McCain isn't fit to run my grandma's yard sale.

There is no reason to believe that either candidate can be trusted. They are both full of crap, they are both politicians that say whatever will get them elected.

Stop rating politicians as individuals and by their character since that doesn't matter. Look at the trends that have been set in the past by the groups they represent. If you want a country that will trend towards illegal abortions, no gay marriage, more war, more tax cuts (especially for the rich), increase the national debt faster, vote republican. If you want a country that will tend to have higher taxes (the rich will still have a lower tax rate than the working class because of those low capital gains tax), allow gay marriage, allow abortions, more welfare, vote democrat.

The reason I will vote for Obama is not because I think he is a better guy than Mccain, it is because I believe gays should marry if they want to, people should make their own choices about having children, I don't mind paying a slightly high tax, I believe the poor need more help than the middle class or the rich, and I believe the democrats will be more likely to push things in this direction.

Also, all of the problems our country is facing were not started by democrats or republicans, blame ourselves, our parents, our grandparents, we are all gluttons greedy for more. If you hope either of these two liars will fix our problems, keep hoping (I know I will), but we should all look towards getting our own homes in order.

BTW, anyone who takes these political smear tactics seriously is a moron. I like to read these articles because it is like Jerry Springer in the commentary at the bottom. If either side had proof that the other side was a terrorist or a thief, they would be pressing charges or the subjects of real investigations. There are no useful facts here, don't base your vote on bull****.

Katherine Vickey,

I consider myself very well informed, and without question I am voting for Obama.

Learning about a candidate's tenuous associations with supposedly dangerous people does not tell you very much about the candidate. As it happens, for every "seedy" or "shameful" association that has been hung onto Obama, McCain has at least one of his own -- and probably more.

And here's what should tell you something about Obama: How often do you hear him making an issue of McCain's shady dealings? Never. He has better things to talk about: How we're going to fix the economy, deal with the Middle East, solve our energy problems, etc.

Yes, please do inform yourself about the candidates. Perhaps it won't switch your vote, but it's far better to make an informed decision than an uninformed one.

I see the difference between Obama and McCain as more gut instinctive. Its not about this fear stuff being thrown around and its not about minimizing Obama into something less than McCain on the economy. Nor is it about this socialism or radical nonsense.

The polls are showing the truth here. The American people are finally seeing what McCain and Obama stand for. They see a stronger leader in Obama, something they hope for and with bated breath are hoping is not just too good to be true.

The more they see of both of them, the more this moves to Obama. With good reason I might add. You can't watch this long and not get it that Obama is genuine, capable and altruistic.

And, you can't miss that McCain's campaign is all about "spin" to understate rather dramatically. The problem is that the truth is so far off what McCain needs to spin it into, that the spinning takes a legion of spiders. And the web spun from all that spinning, is just tying the ticket to the floor.....

America will be voting for the change she clearly needs. And America realizes she must vote out the partisan gridlock to ensure the change can happen. She knows the Republicans, under current leadership, are incapable of dealing in good faith on that matter. And I would say that if there is a risk with giving Obama the House and Senate, it pales in comparison to the opportunity to put America right.

Obama is seeking change. Big change, yes; but not to some new radical thing. The change is just a restoration of America to her fundamentals. A rejuvenation to her founding moral principles, to her bedrock of freedom, democracy and the American Way. It is incredible that revolutionary change is needed to restore America to her own bedrock. Indeed she has drifted, or more accurately, been driven far asunder. She is almost a fiction today, so far is she from her own truth.

Maybe we are too awestruck by Obama's success so far to hope there could be more in this man. I think he will be able to drive forward his grass roots political movement. I will say though, and you can mark these words, that it will not be a Democratic movement, a liberal movement, or a radical movement. It will be simply an American movement that is lucid, inclusive, and cohesive....

I would not say Obama is the person America has been waiting for, but I argue he is the leadership she is waiting for.... His person and history is a great surprise and challenge for America. A surprise that I believe will ultimately delight her and a challenge, one that is long over due by the way, that she will not only embrace but meet as well....

On Tuesday, when America gives Obama the wheel, he will astutely point the train in America's direction....

Obama will drive an American restoration. In good time, we will once again see that shining light on the hill, that glowing torch in the harbor, that open door to the neighbors, and follow that American Dream.....

America needs to move quickly though, she has drifted too long and is far behind. There is indeed the fierce urgency of now.....

>I don't think patriotism means sitting and listening to a preacher for the last >twenty years who has openly said "God Dam America" just for starters. Please >don't tell us how to think and discern!

Do you really think the preacher repeated 20 years "God Dam America" ?

Are you stupid or what ? like Bush/McCain/Palin !!!!

Enough is enough, go Obama/Palin 08

How is choosing Sarah Palin putting Country First?

I really wish people would think before hitting submit, or Google some of the information they think they're going to spew forth.

If everybody is so against socialism in this country we should get rid of Medicare, Social Security and Unemployment insurance.

I don't care who you vote for, it's your choice, but I think it's ridiculous and dangerous for you to question my - a veteran and engineer likely to be soon affected by Obama's removal of tax cuts for those making $250k/yr - or anyone else's patriotism because we aren't going to vote for the same person/party that you are.

No one is perfect, and some attacks can be leveled at John McCain that can't be questioned.

John McCain was a poor student, a less than stellar pilot, an adulterer and has had his ethics questioned by his peers (Keating 5, failure to disclose gambling winnings)..

Those who thrive off of the McCain/Palin Negativity Campaign seemingly abhor exerting any effort towards educating themselves on the issues deemed profoundly important by the popular majority of this country. Palin's disapproval rating: 59%. McCain fans should get a grip - their illustrious VP pick is throwing him under the bus. Should he be elected, she'll be toast. Should Obama be elected, the GOP will make mince meat of her. If you love the hate mongering, best you begin organizing your own party....now.

You Repubs don't get it, this country for the past eight years has spent more money than it takes in. We can't go on for ever this way. Trickle down economics doesn't work It's time for change

"Just to think about.

Obama/Biden vs McCain/Palin, what if things were switched around?…..think about it.

Would the country's collective point of view be different?

Ponder the following:

What if the Obamas had paraded five children across the stage, including a three month old infant and an unwed, pregnant teenage daughter?

What if John McCain was a former president of the Harvard Law Review?

What if Barack Obama finished fifth from the bottom of his graduating class?

What if McCain had only married once, and Obama was a divorcee?

What if Obama was the candidate who left his first wife after a severe disfiguring car accident, when she no longer measured up to his standards?

What if Obama had met his second wife in a bar and had a long affair while he was still married?

What if Michelle Obama was the wife who not only became addicted to pain killers but also acquired them illegally through her charitable organization?

What if Cindy McCain graduated from Harvard?

What if Obama had been a member of the Keating Five?

What if McCain was a charismatic, eloquent speaker?

What if Obama couldn't read from a teleprompter?

What if Obama was the one who had military experience that included discipline problems and a record of crashing planes?

What if Obama was the one who was known to display publicly, on many occasions, a serious anger management problem?

What if Michelle Obama's family had made their money from beer distribution?

What if Michelle Obama was a member of a secessionist party like the Todd Palin's membership in Alaska Independence Party?

What if Obama, as a Senator, spoke at the annual conventions of a secessionist party?

This is what racism does. It covers up, rationalizes and minimizes positive qualities in one candidate and emphasizes negative qualities in another when there is a color difference.

Educational Background:

Barack Obama:
Columbia University - B.A. Political Science with a Specialization in International Relations.
Harvard - Juris Doctor (J.D.) Magna Cum Laude

Joseph Biden:
University of Delaware - B.A. in History and B.A. in Political Science.
Syracuse University College of Law - Juris Doctor (J.D.)

vs.

John McCain:
United States Naval Academy - Class rank: 894 of 899

Sarah Palin:
Hawaii Pacific University - 1 semester
North Idaho College - 2 semesters - general study
University of Idaho - 2 semesters - journalism
Matanuska-Susitna College - 1 semester
University of Idaho - 3 semesters - B.A. in Journalism

Education isn't everything, but this is about the two highest offices in the land as well as our standing in the world. You make the call."

Is McCain perfect...absolutely not!
Yes, he is somewhat out of touch!
But at the very least there is a record on which he can be critiqued.
There's no question that his campaign advisors have let him down and have resulted in his poor showing.
The RNC is in major need of an overhaul and so many Americans are fed up with the status quo in DC and Wall St.
However, let's not throw the baby out with the bath water.
Obama is a walking question mark!
The Liberal Media has coated this guy with teflon so much that stink doesn't stick on him!
His campaign, the Liberal Media and his marketers (appear to be one in the same) have performed brilliantly on his behalf and the US is poised to elect a political nobody to the highest office in this land.
Americans have drunk the Kool-Aid generously poured by the Liberal Media and are now ready to elect a guy that is all things to all people!
A guy that has promised all things to all people!
Big Mistake America.

Obama's history is questionable and the Liberal Media has been satisfied with his dismissive attitude.

Hey Joe Smith...McCain has "Not been accused, tried or convicted of any misdoing or corruption during any of that time."

Ever heard about the S&L Scandal and the Keating 5????

Support your candidate but please do a little research first

I see the difference between Obama and McCain as more gut instinctive. Its not about this fear stuff being thrown around and its not about minimizing Obama into something less than McCain on the economy. Nor is it about this socialism or radical nonsense.

The polls are showing the truth here. The American people are finally seeing what McCain and Obama stand for. They see a stronger leader in Obama, something they hope for and with bated breath are hoping is not just too good to be true.

The more they see of both of them, the more this moves to Obama. With good reason I might add. You can't watch this long and not get it that Obama is genuine, capable and altruistic.

And, you can't miss that McCain's campaign is all about "spin" to understate rather dramatically. The problem is that the truth is so far off what McCain needs to spin it into, that the spinning takes a legion of spiders. And the web spun from all that spinning, is just tying the ticket to the floor.....

America will be voting for the change she clearly needs. And America realizes she must vote out the partisan gridlock to ensure the change can happen. She knows the Republicans, under current leadership, are incapable of dealing in good faith on that matter. And I would say that if there is a risk with giving Obama the House and Senate, it pales in comparison to the opportunity to put America right.

Obama is seeking change. Big change, yes; but not to some new radical thing. The change is just a restoration of America to her fundamentals. A rejuvenation to her founding moral principles, to her bedrock of freedom, democracy and the American Way. It is incredible that revolutionary change is needed to restore America to her own bedrock. Indeed she has drifted, or more accurately, been driven far asunder. She is almost a fiction today, so far is she from her own truth.

Maybe we are too awestruck by Obama's success so far to hope there could be more in this man. I think he will be able to drive forward his grass roots political movement. I will say though, and you can mark these words, that it will not be a Democratic movement, a liberal movement, or a radical movement. It will be simply an American movement that is lucid, inclusive, and cohesive....

I would not say Obama is the person America has been waiting for, but I argue he is the leadership she is waiting for.... His person and history is a great surprise and challenge for America. A surprise that I believe will ultimately delight her and a challenge, one that is long over due by the way, that she will not only embrace but meet as well....

On Tuesday, when America gives Obama the wheel, he will astutely point the train in America's direction....

Obama will drive an American restoration. In good time, we will once again see that shining light on the hill, that glowing torch in the harbor, that open door to the neighbors, and follow that American Dream.....

America needs to move quickly though, she has drifted too long and is far behind. There is indeed the fierce urgency of now.....

I used to be a Republican. I am no longer. I have watched Barack Obama keep his cool under fire and give thoughtful responses to Republican innuendos and negativity.
Whether one likes John McCain or not, the real issues in this election have every thing to do with the material content of what Barack has brought to the table versus what the Republican Party under the Bush-Chaney leadership has demonstrated....Decimation of our retirement saving, 1/2 Trillion dollars more in debt, An ongoing war in Iraq that was predicated on lies and deception and helping those who profit from supporting the war machine to profit at the cost of 4000 plus American lives.
The Republican party has become a shell of its former self, and is now a party that supports and encourages excessive capitalism under the guise of smaller government, fiscal responsibility, and family values.
John McCain is a shell of his former self and has sold out his character and integrity. His choice of Sarah Palin represents his diminished ability to make reasonable decisions, and demonstrates a careless disregard for the America people.

stand up and be counted and support "Change".

Norman Taft

Johnny Mac obviously doesn't know what the word means. Another vindication for the belief we need a thinker in the presidency.

*to afford justification for; justify: Subsequent events vindicated his policy.
*to uphold or justify by argument or evidence: to vindicate a claim.
* to assert, maintain, or defend (a right, cause, etc.) against opposition.
* to claim for oneself or another.

Obama did not know that Zeituni Onyango, who Obama calls "Auntie Zeituni" in one of his memoirs, has been living in a public housing complex in Boston. He didn’t know that Rev Wright was a Racist after 20 yrs., didn’t know Rezko was a crook, didn’t know Wm. Ayers was a Terrorist, didn’t know that ACORN would try to throw elections illegally, didn’t know that PLO spokesman Rashid Khalidi was an Israel hater when he toasted him, didn’t know Joe the Plumber had such an insightful question, didn't know he was being recorded regarding folks in Pennsylvania “they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren’t like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations.” His solution for these “bitter” Americans as explained in Indiana is more government attention. So much he doesn’t know! Vote McCain/Palin Obama has a Tax and Spend policy –His "Spread the wealth around" policy puts us all in the category of bitter Americans. Wakeup!!

It is really, really, really sad. What the North Vietnamese could not do to John McCain in over five years, even with "enhanced interrogation" (as George W. Bush would call it) -- destroy his honor and his integrity -- he has done to himself.

Have you noticed? Weeks ago, the McCain campaign stopped talking about why people should vote FOR him and concentrated their efforts on concocting reasons why people should not vote for Obama. On that basis, almost anyone, even (or perhaps particularly) the really nasty people posting on this site, is qualified to be president. It's too, too bad ... and too, too sad.

As an Independent Centrist, a couple observations:
Republican Leaders are usually rich white folks, who USE the white lower class by pretending to represent them, whilst the poor whites believe that they will become rich by trickle down association. So anything anti-rich entitlement is taken as an affront to poor white people who wannabe upper-class. WOW, how could I have not seen that earlier.

The only thing the Republicans have gotten right in the past 8 years is generating Fear , Uncertainty and Doubt (FUD) about the 'other guy'.... what kind of a platform is that ? Of course, the fact that we have two lousy wars that won't end soon, an imploding economy, lack-of-respect worldwide and questionable freedom and security ... none of that is reason to vote for the 'other guy' now is it ?

The Obama platform is about making America great again, in every respect. We have gone down the wrong road the last 8 years and we cannot afford any more.

Obama/Biden 08 !

Barrack Hussein Obama is a charlatan, fake, phony fraud and an incredibly arrogant snob. He is paper maché. You want Reid, Pelosi and Nobama running this country? Be careful what you wish for as you mau just get it. The stock market, the bedrock of capitalism, only recently bounced as it became apparent that McCain had a shot. if McCain pulls this off, look for 2000-2500 points in the Dow; if BHO wins, look for a resumption of the down-trend and a protracted, multi-year secular bear market with the only hope in 2 1/2 years as the public see the error in its ways. All that aside, he condones MURDER of the innocents. I dare you to see a survival video of a partial birth abortion and tell ANYONE that killing the baby is "OK". I dare you. And this my people, is what this freaks wants to allow and encourage. Forget the tax arguments... Look, listen and be afraid of this man...be very afraid.

What gets me is, that we are not suppose to question Obamas' patiotism. If you do you are considered a racist, or un American. But I say , if after the WWII a man wanted to run for president named Hitler we would have questioned him too. McCain has proven himself. Obama has proven to be questionableat the least.

the Republican comments are funny. I sincerely hope they are not stupid enough to believe the hate they are spreading. I'm old enough to remember Nixon's lies, Reagan's selling weapons on the sly to Iran and blaming a military officer, Reagan doing his best to kill democratically formed unions, Clinton's impeachment, don't ask and don't tell, etc. The nation has survived. If McCain steals this election like Bush did the first time or if he wins by scaring everyone the way Bush did the second time, the country will survive. We would be diminished but the American people and our spirit survived a previous civil war.

stanley,

Im pretty sure he Wright didn't say god damn america in every sermon over the past 20 years. He said it at a point of frustration in how blacks are treated in this country. I have said the same about America a few times in the past 8 years as your neocon hero GWB has raped this nation of money, respect, and dignity. But after Tuesday, I am sure I will not say it again.

"Obama is part of the "I hate America" crowd"

We don't hate America, we hate rightwingnuts like you.

So in order to be patriotic you have to salute the flag and wear a pin? If Bin Laden came to America and saluted the flag and wore a pin with the american flag, would that make him a patriot then? Republicans are the most ignorant, racist, divisive bigots in this country. They follow their candidate blindly without asking questions. If McCain wins, God help America because Palin will ransack the government and institute a FASCIST regime!

All 97 comments made to date are revealing. Those who favor McCain will say anything regardless of how brutal or untrue it might be. These are the most twisted "factoids" I have ever seen. Having served on multiple volunteer boards, it amazes me the leap it takes to say someone is "pals" with a radical because of this association. It takes all kinds of people and personalities to make political progress. To say that Barrack Obama is a radical because he served with others who may have radical views is laughable. To say that McCain and Palin have lied about their opponents is the truth.

i'm an independent, and i'm also new to blogging, but i came on here trying to understand how average people like me feel about this election and how it resonates with what i am learning/feeling.

instead, these forums are filled with people who hurl hatred and ignorance at each other. i'm so disgusted and saddened. i've lived in four countries in my life and been through hard fought elections in each of them. NEVER have i witnessed people stoop so before.... and yet you all cry this is the greatest nation in the world.

one post by "ed" struck me as the most ignorant testament to what has happened to us as a nation, the them versus us mentality instead of healthy debate.

"Fools, all you idiots who listen to obamas "pitch" with thoughtless abandon, absorbing only what you wish to hear....... I was recently watching the History channel - something about Hitler telling the German people what they wanted to hear..... It will be a sad sad day in the history of the world if this obama character is
elected. Is he even a legal resident of this country?????"""

seriously in your heart of hearts, ed, do you think people are thoughtless or idiots because they have placed their confidence in someone who isn't your choice?
why in god's name would you use hitler to describe mr. obama...and if what you feel is true for him saying anything to get elected, can you not see your own candidate is equally guilty? finally, do you SERIOUSLY question whether barack obama is a legal resident, and why? if that is where your head is, perhaps it's time to have it examined because it appears you feel tens and tens of millions of your fellow americans are too ignorant to be worthy of their reasoned and precious votes. perhaps you should move somewhere that suits your kind of thinking better.
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elected.

Is he even a legal resident of this country?????

Listen and listen well people, slavery, jim crow and civil rights.
Do not ever in your narrow minds think that the U.S. has ever been 100% righteous to blacks. And even with the many flows in U.S. history, black people as a whole still love this country. However there are still some things like those mentioned above that we, as so called un-Americans, are not proud of in our history. Now if you think that slavery and jim crow is something to be proud of then what does that say about you?

Poor little John McCain! Getting trounced by a dilettante whose principal qualification for office is dark skin. He must think it’s all a bad dream. Wake up to the real world John! The game has changed.

God Forbid McBush/Palin ever got to the White House....They are both a disgrace to this country with their LIES, LIES, and MORE LIES. WORST CAMPAIGN EVER..EVEN WORST THAN RUDY.

G = GARBAGE
O = OUT
P = PLEASE

The Republican campaign has made us ashamed of being republican. My husband and I both will stand as democrats from now on.

VOTED for OBAMA today. Feels like I voted for a change in America. I would encourage others to vote for Obama. This is a great way to put an end to the McCain smears.

John McCain continues to prove that he is unworthy of the presidency. Only one candidate, Barack Obama, has conducted himself through the primaries and general election in a presidential manner. How anyone with even the slightest bit of intelligence could elect the team of John McCain and Sarah Palin for the highest office in the land is beyond me. We would be the laughingstock of the world if McCain and Palin got elected!

I was not going to vote. McCain chose Palin. I have no choice but to vote Obama as it is clear McCain has lost the plot. Its very sad that all he has left is bad english.

I was not going to vote. McCain chose Palin. I have no choice but to vote Obama as it is clear McCain has lost the plot. Its very sad that all he has left is bad english.

@37

haha... you're so lame. If you really read about all of those things... you'll realize that you're just being manipulated by the news and the media.

Try watching something else other than FOX tv sometime.

I like the people who loudly mention Barack's middle name, Hussien. It shows me the level of racial ignorance that still exists in our country. Just as General Powell mentioned, "and if Barack was a muslim, then so what? what difference should it make? this is the United States of America" You white republican racists should be ashamed of yourselves.

Both McCain and Obama initially claimed that they were going to run clean campaigns. Both lied. Pathetic is a good word to describe both of them

Arguing on the internet is like running in the Special Olympics...
Even if you win, you're still retarded.

You've all made up your minds... good or bad just get out there and vote.

When I hear Obama speak, I hear a person that is poised and confident, knows how to say words that make people listen, gives direction and understands the mission to get our country back in the right direction without being offended. When I hear McCain speaks, he sounds like Bush, his words do not give direction for people to really listen to, his mission is more in attacking Obama the really attacking the issues we face today. McCain sounds like a grumpy old man.

TO EVERY COMMENT:
YOU FORGET THAT THE CABINET AND THE SENATE CONTROL THE LAWS AND OUT COME OF EVERYTHING. WE the people need to change that percentage in the house that fucked it up, not the president(s)

to Angelou,
John McCain was born in an american military hospital while his father, Captain and then Admiral McCain was serving. The man has spent his entire life serving this country. You may not like his politcs or vote for him, but you must at least respect him for living his life in service for the nation. Since his father was a career navy officer, he too a career navy officer, the longest he lived prior to moving arizona when he was in his late 40's was the hanoi hilton.
Obama's mother married an Indonesian, and he spent most of his first 10 yrs there

I AM SO TIRED of the word "socialism" and its misuse in an attempt to scare ignorant people
I AM SO TIRED of the phrase "pals around with terrorists"
I AM SO TIRED of "Joe the Plumber"
I AM SO TIRED of McCain!!!

November 5th can't come fast enough for me.

First of all, the reason the Keating trash has not come up is because...there is nothing there. If there was the press would be all over it.
Second, Obama has not been tested at all. He is all talk.
Third, Obama stated that McCain ascribed to the "virtue of selfishness" with regards to taxes. I'm sorry. I pay 40% of my income to the feds. Now, frankly, I don't really feel selfish. I am barely making ends meet. I am wondering how much more I will need to pay in taxes in order to fall into Mr. Obama's definition of virtuous? I know that he won't be. I get some satisfaction knowing that the Steven Spielburgs and Bruce Springsteens and all the rest of the other virtuous Hollowood types are going to be even more virtuius...give they are in the topt 1%.

Ok, some of the fear mongering and statements by the McCain supporters on these posts such as one by "Ed", regarding Obama, "Is he even a legal resident of this country?????" that is so ridiculous and ignorant. yes it's true some people hate, and closet racists will spew their wrath. I suppose that's why Obama to me is more centrist and less divisive. McCain has palled around with a few folks who are questionable, and frankly his being hot headed and choice of Palin as his running mate shows him to be far too impulsive to lead this country.

The nasty campaign tactics are not something we can pin just on McCain. He tried to distance himself from some of it but he has no real control of this party. This is the Republican machine. So righteous in victory and spiteful when losing. Don’t we all remember 4 and 8 years ago in the battleground states. The arrogance carries to all levels. Just read all the bitterness and desperation in the words in a good number of these posts.

i guess weve seen the last of Uncle sam from now on itll be Uncle Sambo

to all in Massachusetts:
I was born and bred, spent my first 35 years living there. I fled south to carolina.
My kids school is far superior to the one he went to in ma, school system has a surplus, they are building roads and schools without burdening the taxpayer. law enforcement puts criminals away, economy is better than national, housing is great and affordable for the working man. the region is just tremendous for families. We are a "red" state. Just keep this in mind and compare to the "commonwealth" How good is it with for you with a democrat super majority?

at least Mccain has a us birth certificate obama hasnt even showed one yet.

Man, you Obama haters can spew all you want. Tuesday -- you are out of it. The vast majority of the rest of the country is going to spit on your values and your hate.

Buh bye.

Hi, I am a New Zealander ( Kiwi). I have read all the comments above. We have an election here in a few days time (or so). Our two party leaders equivalent to your Republicans and Democrats behave much the same as McCain and Obama. Not too proud of either leader actually.

I think "IntoReality" speaks a lot of sense. I hope to support whoever gets in here in whatever way I can. They all have a tough job !

After Tuesday McCain should let Sarah get back to Alaska so she can kill a moose or caribou and make herself a pair of soft moccasins, they would be much easier on the mouth than red high heels when she opens her stupid mouth and puts both feet there-in.

Hey Jim M.,
Obama "pals around with" people who are trying to help their fellow American citizens improve their lives. He is a patriot who is committed to solving the problems all Americans face. You and your "gal-pal" Palin are too busy sticking your fundamentalist, hate-minded heads in the sand, pretending that "everything's comin' up roses." What are really afraid of? A black president who will do some good?
Mark my words. Cowards like you who do nothing and criticize those who do are dragging this country into the gutter where you live. I hope it's not too late.

I used to respect John McCain. Now I think he is just an angry hateful bitter old fart.

I'll say it once and for all:

God Damn America for tolerating this line of nonsense and lies. The Republicans should be embarrassed and ashamed. Are they? No, this is par for the course for them. They prey on fear and spin a web of lies around their set of ideals. Ideals, for which, only 1 small of people benefit.

Well, that's not my America and that's not ideal for me. Enough of McCain and his GOP cronies (or whatever is left of them)

To: intoReality, Mary Mc, Joe Smith, Angelou and the rest of the educated Obama supporters; "Thank You". Apparently all of the McSame supporters do not know how to do their homework and find out the truth on the candidates. State officials of Hawaii have validated that Obama's birth certificate is real (imagine that, he is a United States citizen); how many Catholic priests have been found guilty of molestation of young boys?(is your church council perfect?) Obama's reverend made some unfortunate statements, get over it he didn't ruin any young lives and Obama has distanced himself from Rev. Wright. Palin and McShame have been making the same statements over and over about Obama. They have skeletons in their closets too (have you bothered to check them out?) and yet Obama has hardly made any derogatory statements towards those two. Why don't they address our country's issues and what they will do for us rather than keep up the slime talk?
If any of you McCain supporters had watched all 3 debates, have done your homework on everyones background and you are not racist, then you would know that Obama is our only hope. But I agree with Mrs Butterworth; all Republicans should boycott the election and stay home on election day or vote for a third party.

PhotogsBlog, not sure why anyone would call Obama "n_ger", since he's only 1/16 black, the rest white and Arab.

Where do I start? Neither candidate has run a campaign that they or our country should be proud of. Both have lied; both have misled. That's how the game is played in the US and has been for a long time. The Rove crowd, however, has taken things to new lows, and they've done it because it usually works. In this country most of us don't like honest discussion of issues, weighing of options, or acknowledging changing realities in the world. It's much easier to deal with slogans, symbols and labels. If you can simply call an idea liberal, or marxist, or right-wing or anything else and then dismiss it on the basis of that label you never actually have to think about how well it might address real problems. If you can define patriotism on the basis of blind obedience, or how many pins you wear, or never admitting that the country might be in the wrong no matter what, instead of on the basis of how hard you are willing to work to make it the best country for all that it can be you never need to worry about what you can or should do to help it improve.
On Tuesday I will vote for Mr. Obama primarily because I honestly believe that the solutions he is offering are better for the country than those of his opponents, but also because the people of this country need to be inspired to get involved in solving problems, and staying involved in holding the government accountable for living up to their words with real policies that work.

Both Obama and McCain are getting ugly in their campaigns now. Guess I should expect this in the desperate few days before an election. Gaaaa! Can't wait until it's over...

McCain has proven there is NO honor in being a Republican!

OK, "stanley," I promise not to tell you "how to think and discern."

That won't be hard, since I've never told ANYONE "how to think and discern."

Why can't the McCain campaign find trolls who speak English?

This is the ugliest I have ever seen it, and that includes the Democrat's attack on Goldwater. The Republicans are now the party of bigotry and intolerance. I blush to think that I ever voted for a Republican candidate.

McCain said has always had faith in his country, which he said, "has never had to prove anything to me."

Wow. Such juvenile expression. The greatest enemy is The State and for me and others, the State has to prove itself anew each and every day.

If you love this country as a thinking man or woman, you love the ideas and potential, the struggle of each generation to live it's potential while striving to make it better, not the symbol.

Deport Republicans to Texas and Restore the draft today!

Then we'll watch those Republican cowards cut and run.

This nonsense seems to be based on John McCain's failure to grasp the definition of the word "vindicated." In this context, this word means "substantiated" or "justified" or "proved right." In other words, Obama is saying his faith in America was proved right -- disproving all those naysayers who thought a black man couldn't win Iowa. This "controversy" only shows that McCain and some of his supporters have a poor grasp of the English language; it doesn't say anything about Obama. McCain at least has the excuse of old age for his failure to grasp the clear meaning of Obama's words. McCain supporters: What's your excuse?

Posted by 4life4america: "Obama is part of the "I hate America" crowd of liberals who despise everything about our country. Obama should run for office in Europe."
---------------Guess you do not know that Todd belonged to the Alaskan Independent Party which truely HATES and CONDEMNS America, our institutions, and our government!! They refer to our flag as, "that damned flag". Sarah Palin supports this group and attends its meetings. June 2008 Sara attends their annual convention and congratulates and praises them for all their hard word!! Todd and Sarah Palin are from the hate America crowd of AIP

People must remember that guy we never hear about anymore, George Bush still has a 22% approval rating.
Sarah Palin and John McSain are just a couple of people out of that 22 percent.
They really and truely believe that GW has and is doing an excellent job.
Now THAT is pathetic.

WOW - what a commentary this blog is on America ... I suspect that I will be that last poster ...

Whe I heard that quote the other night I said ... is OB tempting McC to make a silly refernce to his patriotism? Will McC take the bait and try to call OB unpatriotic. This would keep any real issues from derailing the OB express.

Good strategy Dems ... it seems to have worked.

+Peacde

Who am I? Why am I here???

John McCain

Both the Democrats and the Republicans are pathetic. Both parties cheat the American public when they prevent independent and third party candidates from fully participating in the national televised presidential debates. We need to open the debates and let all of the presidential candidates have a fair chance of being heard by the American people. Unfortunately, we have let the two major parties establish the Commission on Presidential Debates, a bipartisan organization devised by the two major parties to dictate unfair rules for participating in the debates. The bottom line is that both the Democratic and Republican parties have routinely and systematically deceived the American people. Both parties deserve to be prosecuted for their mistreatment of the American voter. Neither Obama nor McCain has had the courage to defend the rights of all presidential candidates to join the debates. Both Obama and McCain have enjoyed their unfair advantages in the national media. Both should be ashamed of themselves. We should be ashamed of ourselves.

How has Sen. McCain been tested and proven to be capable?
We know he can crash planes at great expense to the tax payers.
We know he can take bribes and turn a blind eye to the saving and loan scrandrels that cost the tax payers billions of dollars.
We know that he supported a war that should never have been waged and still defends our audicity for doing so.
We know he supports Bush by his own admision over 90% of the time in the past eight years - and look where that has got us. Not thanks I'll take Obama any day!

I can't wait for Tuesday where we will be able to tell McCain/Palin to go home and become a permanent stain in our history. I do hope that there will be a trouncing victory for Obama and our country. We cannot afford another pair of imbeciles.

McCain needs to go to a nursing home, Cindy to drug rehab, and the Palins to the Jerry Springer Show

Republican trolls up past their bedtime. Get a dictionary, learn some history, give the rest of us a break.
John McCain is a disgrace.

After 8 years in office, president Bush has left our country deeply embedded in the quagmire that is Iraq, with no end insight.
The tremendous problems facing any new US administration are such that it may well be that the Republicans want no part of the next 4 years: for that reason they have chosen as their candidates for both President and Vice-President two people who are so comically unsuited for these roles that they are ultimately not electable, and are gladly washing their hands of the pair, and deliberately leaving the hard work of digging out of the morass to the Democrats for the next 4 years.

All of you party-line-spewing Republicans better get used to saying "President Obama", because whether you like it or not Barack H. Obama is going to be the next President of the united States! Is he perfect? Hell, No. But at least his heart, and his priorities, and his VISION for a BETTER AMERICA (for all of our citizens) are all in the right place. I used to admire McCain, and I'm a life-long Democrat. The campaign that McCain has run has been just as much garbage as our current "Village Idiot" ran in both 2000 and 2004. Hopefully, even if he does nothing else, President Obama will restore respect for the United States around the globe. That's more than I could expect from McCain. The man lost his "cojones" at least 4 years ago when he failed to defend himself from the trashing that George W. Bush's campaign heaped upon him. And McCain's choice of Sarah Palin as his VP running mate is nothing short of mindless, and pandering. Is this really the sort of President you Republicans want? Someone with poor, impaired judgment? I don't believe so, but then again when it comes to politics I've been proven wrong before by stupid people who focus on the irrelevant rather than the essential; like the fact the United States is in deep s--t as a world power, and had better get it's act together, and fast.

Hey 95 ~ You are right. Being a former POW does not give you the right to become president. Is that a job qualification?
Hey96 ~ Neither of the men running for the job want to destroy America. Mark these words!
Hey97 ~ An enema is in order. This will mitigate the conservative urge you are feeling.

Jeff Sherman comment # 90:
Google Keating Five.

How can Republicans drum up crowds who chant together "Dill, baby, drill!" with Palin on the stage. What sort of people are these?

I for one cannot wait for this election to be over. I am sick to death of being referred to as "ignorant" or "foolish" or an "America Hater" or "terrorist sympathizer" (see above) for my coming vote for Obama. I have read everything I can get my hands on about both men (and their respective running mates) from a wide array of sources and have come to my decision from an educated perspective.

I am voting on Nov. 4th for the man I believe truly represents the best opportunity for America to move forward after 8 years of absolutely miserable governance.

And that man is Barack Hussein Obama.

It is too bad there are still so many misinformed who would rather spew hate and old testament wrath. as another wrote: united we stand, divided we fall. Please vote for the man who will unite us.
OBAMA/BIDEN '08!

Hey "Skeptic"
How are the joint KKK/Nazi party rallies going? Hopefully you'll be run over by a bus before Nov. 4.

Susan

i wonder the values of mccain's experience when he can't even run his campaign smoothly and with authority.
mccain lost all the three debates if polls are to be believed, cnn, cbs, nbc, abc and msnbc have their polls showing obama winning all the debates except fox news giving the last debate to mccain.
mccain showed poor judgement in his vp pick, him and his campaign were so preoccpied with the tension that existed b/n obama and hillary thus they primarily picked sarah to attract women and hillary supporters which eventually most of the women support goes to obama.
there is a pattern of desperation and oppurtunistic attitude shown by mccain, when he tries to paint obama as unpatriotic and association with terrorists shows mccain's inability to address people's concern and difficulties.

John McCain is a man in search of his destiny, being delusional he cannot accept that his life, like so many of us, can be summed up in one word, failure! He believes that by becoming the 44th president there would be vindication for him despite all the years of quietly cheating and lying. He's an unhinged human being always looking for sympathy for the suffering he endured during his years as a POW. He'd like us to believe that his service was honorable, yet will suppress and hide the true facts.

Lynne how are any of his supposed gaffs not reported when FOX NEWS, and his conscience John McCain, plus his parrot Sarah Palin put a scalpal into everything he does, people he so-called associated with, or walked past on the street one day that makes him out to be the worst person in the world. All of this spewing of hatred shows what type of people want this country run by a senile, angry, old man with a airhead who doesn't even know the job descrition of the job she's applying for. Reading these comments, watching these interviews of all the people say some of the most retarded reasons of why this man, Obama, should not be president is sickening, ARAB, MUSLIM, TERRORIST, what wrong with you slow, backwoods, racist people? Is NOT having a HALF-BLACK man in office that important to you that you would rather have someone in office who was CAPTURED in war, crashed 5 airplanes, has the nickname Songbird, and an individual who was found guilty of ABUSE of POWER, can't do anything but yell hate and want to yell more of it - that's what you want to run this Country. Please tell me somebody understands what I am saying and grab a dumb, ignorant person you know and explain what the consequences would be if we let McCain/Palin into office, and if we keep feeding and thriving off of this hate for others because they are different from you.

UNITED Stated of America - do you people get it????!!!!