John McCain's Negative Attacks Against Barack Obama Hit a Low Mark
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Presidential Campaign
As a registered independent voter, I'm sick of the way the press and news media is handling the news. Why are they giving Obama a free ride. All I see is news on Obama and critical remarks if any on John McCain. I only agree with approximately 30% of what John McCain stands for, and 0% of what Obama stands for. Thus I guess my decision is made - I will vote for a hero with a record rather than someone who never served, and has no record. I just can not believe the American people can support Obama. Read people, Read. The man has nothing to offer and has never accomplished anything. I have stated it before and will state it again -"The American people do not have the ability to govern themselves." VERY UNFORTUNATE. Our framers of the constitution must be turning in their graves. I have heard that when Thomas Jefferson wrote the constitution, he stated it would be good for 250 years, and then government would become corrupt and we would have to have another revolution. We now have the most corrupt government since George Washington took office, and I see it getting worse. Lets not have another revolution, just get those crooks in Washington out of office - Term limits are the only answer!
John Mccain
I turn the channel every time I see that sad old fake of a man who wants to be president, the people that want vote for obama are the ones that color matters to them. they are just to afraid to say it out loud. we know those kind.to the young so called professional go ahead and get ready to be have your funeral ready.
Left & Rght make for one big wrong
Obama, Mc Cain who served who didn't serve doesn't matter any more.Any person trying to serve has to listen their choosen lobbys and as Jerry Mc Guire would say show me the MONEY!! bye,bye AMERICA
Cotton Hill
McCain has become a parody of himself written by the angry and loathing people around him. Has everyone noticed that with his photo ops it is always 5 angry old white guys who are literally frowning. Who ever is the stage manager for these settings is terrible and completely detached from todays media.
Who advised him to start laughing after accusing Senator Obama of dissing the troops, would that be a funny thing somehow? I think soon to be Citizen McCain has disrespected the troops by using them like political pawns.
We have seen this before in Republican campaigns. Its a blatant display of anger and a froth spitting diatribe that speaks nothing whatever of McCain's positives, and the reason is that there are none left.
Liberal cool-aid
I don't like cool-aid, but I am a white older woman who strongly supports Obama, mainly on the idea of turning away from the past (Bush, McCain, Hillary) and into the future. My second reason is a desire to see diplomacy regain its proper place, so discarding aggressive war-mongering in foreign relations. My third reason is my desire to see our leaders and experts teaming up in search of solutions to our domestic issues. Obama has proven to have the temperament and capacity needed to lead TEAM efforts in search of solutions for the American people. On the other hand, McCain has proven himself capable to go to the lowest extremes in trying to detract his political opponents so that he can promote himself. He egotistical ambition is as extreme as Hillary's was not long ago in her conviction that she had to be THE ONE to make History as the first female President of our country. There are many of us, women not interested in seeing "a woman" or "a minority", but just a TRUE LEADER as our next President. Such leader needs to show good judgement and be talented, capable and interested in using his leadership ability not in promoting himself, but in working with experts who cooperate with him in the search of appropriate approaches to our domestic and international issues. Such caracteristics I see only in Obama.
Obama is the panderer? That's pretty funny...
Here we have McCain, who in the course of 8 years has pretty much done an about face - and is all chummy with Massachusetts Mitt after a bitter primary - on all of the positions that made him a man of integrity and a stronger candidate in 2000. Sad to watch things go down the drain like that.
I'll give you that Obama is a pretty slick campaigner; which president hasn't been in the last 48 years (well, ok; the Dems had some horrible luck and imploded in '68)? Styles have been different obviously, but each one of those men has moved on from a prior commitment - you tend to drop what you're doing when the U.S. comes calling and says "lead us, please".
As far as no substance, I'm not quite sure how you define it. Substance = 5th from bottom of graduating class? Wife can bring home beer from work for keggers on the ranch? Voted/lobbied against MLK holiday for years until the NFL (ethical and moral giant that it is) pressured the state to pass or no Super Bowl? Or is it admitting that he's not an economy guy? Good thing this recession/economic crisis is all psychological - I'd be worried what would happen if this were to happen for real.
Why Brother Response
We'll miss you. You could be watching this from another view point but I'm sure you like the old antiquated viewpoint. Keep things the same. So sad.
gop
the g.o.p. is the party of the closeted flaming perverts.
slick scott
hey scott,what is absurd is you.
Sound of the right
Waaaaaaa!!!! The sound of the right!
John W. Mashek covered politics in Washington for four decades with U.S. News & World Report, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, and the Boston Globe. His primary beats were Congress, the White House, and national politics. He covered every presidential election from 1960 to 1996. He was a panelist in three televised presidential debates in 1984, 1988, and 1992.