McCain Says He's the Candidate of Change, Not Obama

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Obama must really be a leader. Everyone is trying to copy him and his campaign! Sorry, I'm not buying this latest PR effort by McCain. How can you be an agent for change if you can't even admit there is something wrong with the way Bush ran the country? McCain thinks the economy is great, the war is great, Bush's tax cuts for the wealthy are great, etc. By choosing Palin as a running mate, he has shown that he cares more about trying to win an election than about this country. Sarah Palin's part so far could have been played by a computer-generated animation. She delivered the lines written for her like an actress performing a script, and hasn't strayed from those same prepared remarks, even on the campaign trail. If she is so ready to be VP, how come they refuse to let her speak freely? She is being sequestered until she learns the next round of lines. I can just imagine the farce that will be passed off as an "interview" with Charles Gibson.

Is it over yet? of NY 2:46PM September 08, 2008

Palin says the US should drill its way out of dependence on foreign oil [GALLO/GETTY]
Sarah Palin, the governor of Alaska who has shot to prominence as John McCain's choice as running-mate, is best known as a passionate believer in new oil and gas exploration, including in Alaska's National Widelife Reserve - something McCain himself rejects.
But campaigners say she has a mixed record on her dealings with the oil corporations to which the Republican party has so many historic ties.
"There is no question that Palin's appointment as the Republican vice-presidential candidate cements the fact that John McCain is the candidate of big oil," Dan Weiss, a senior fellow at the Centre for American Progress, a Washington-based think-tank, told Al Jazeera.
"She supports the agenda of big oil - of more drilling - and she opposes investments in clean and renewable energy," he said.
Palin has presented herself as a challenger to corporate interests in Alaska, although that is because she believes the major energy companies have not acted swiftly enough in carrying out drilling and pipeline projects in the state.
Ending dependence
McCain and Palin have considerable
ties to big oil firms [EPA]
The Alaskan governor also sees more drilling of US oil reserves as a way of ending US dependence on oil imports from the Middle East and elsewhere.
"I beg to disagree with any candidate who would say we can't drill our way out of our problem," she told Investor's Business Daily magazine earlier this year.
In 2006, she acted to renegotiate a deal with Exxon, BP and Conoco Phillips to build a pipeline carrying natural gas from Alaska's North Slope region across Canada to the US.
Palin also pushed for legislation to provide $500m in state funds to the companies to act on the project and eventually agreed to give the contract to TransCanada, a Canadian firm.
She also introduced a new tax on oil companies operating in Alaska and went as far as saying she supported Barack Obama, the Democratic candidate, when he proposed a windfall tax as part of his energy policy earlier this year.
However, her husband, Todd Palin used to work for the British Petroleum oil corporation in Alaska's North Slope region and she has collected almost $13,000 from lobbyists connected to the oil industry, reports say.
And Matt Gonzalez, environmentalist Ralph Nader's running-mate for his presidential campaign in 2008, says Palin has characterised the windfall tax in different ways depending on the audience and that she has not taken on oil corporations in the way she has claimed.
"We know that the oil companies have been making profits that have never been seen before, and the taxes that Palin has introduced are trivial in comparison," he told Al Jazeera.
Environmental concerns
Palin has opposed rulings on designating
polar bears as endangered [EPA]
Environmentalists have expressed concern about Palin's views on the causes of climate change

MICHAEL WERNER of CA 1:46PM September 08, 2008

The following is my analysis of McCain:
An important presidential election record will be broken this year, it is not the first time a woman or Black person will be elected to the Executive office. We will be seeing the greatest American tragedy unfolding right beore our eyes. It is one of the rare occasions when a native son will not be elected by his own state. To make it worse, such native son is the greatest hero in an area which has always been the pride and joy of that state. Correct me if I am wrong. I havehardly heard any one at the Republican Convention or during their campaign mentioned the Annapolis Naval Academy, not even McCain himself. Being born in Panama to a naval family and travel all over this country and the world, McCain really does not have a true home. Arizona is a state he used for election to Congress which he has not visited frequently. The Navy Academy is the only place McCain can really call his home in which he had spent the happiest time of his college life with his navy friends. Maryland should welcome her naval son with open arms and elect him as president.
But, no! Maryland have 1.6 million Black or approximately 30 % of the state's population making it the "Black Capital" near of the real Capital of the nation. It was 36 % to 61% (almost double) in favor of Obama over Hillary during the primary here. All media and people in Maryland have expressed the sad fact that little or no Marylanders will vote for McCain. I personally don't like McCain very much but my conscience forced me to campaign for him. This episode is not only the greatest disgrace of all Americans but also of that of the human race. It is an unforgivable sin committed by all Marylanders especially its Black racists. I am making suggestion to our Government to relocate its Naval Academy out of Maryland. The true and only battle ground states, for this election, are not Ohio, Florida or Michigan but Maryland. The decision is not who is going to become president? But whether God had made a mistake in creating man?
By now all of you should agree without a doubt that I am the true Prophet of this world. Becuase in this comment I have prophesied:
Armageddon = Battle Ground State = Maryland
The whole American election boils down to just one (1) and only Battle Ground State = Armageddon (literary) = Maryland State.
The One (1) and only issue in this election is: Whether The U. S. Naval Academy should remain in Annapolis Maryland?
The are only four possibilites:
(1) Obama got elected. Maryland vote for Obama. Naval Academy stay in Maryland.
(2) McCain got elected. Maryland vote for McCain. Naval Academy stay in Maryland.
(3) Obama got elected. Maryland vote against Obama. Naval Academy stay in Maryland. It not feasible for Obama to relocate the Academy because it generates income to the state of Maryland. Many Black live in Maryland. The only thing Obama can do is to send in his secret police and get rid of his Black traitors. This case is very unlikely, I think Obama cannot win without Maryland. McCain can win without Maryland.
(4) McCain got elected. Maryland vote against McCain. McCain relocates the Naval Academy. The problem is Arizon is the most arrid or driest place in the U. S. The entire state is a desert and Grand Canyon. How can a Naval Academy locate in a place with no water? So during this election McCain can campaign by saying if him was elected and Maryland vote against him then he will relocate to the state where there is plenty of water. So where else but the Great Lake and Illinois. He can also say Ohio, Michigan, Wisconson, Minnesota and New York states are possible locations. So people in Illinois will vote for McCain and Maryland will have no choice but also vote vote for McCain. Since Maryland is the Black Capital near the nation's Capital and Illinois is a Black State, if Obama loses there, then their is no way he can win this election.
With this letter I have ended this election right here and now!

Jordan C. fan 8:23PM September 07, 2008

The following is my analysis of McCain:
An important presidential election record will be broken this year, it is not the first time a woman or Black person will be elected to the Executive office. We will be seeing the greatest American tragedy unfolding right beore our eyes. It is one of the rare occasions when a native son will not be elected by his own state. To make it worse, such native son is the greatest hero in an area which has always been the pride and joy of that state. Correct me if I am wrong. I havehardly heard any one at the Republican Convention or during their campaign mentioned the Annapolis Naval Academy, not even McCain himself. Being born in Panama to a naval family and travel all over this country and the world, McCain really does not have a true home. Arizona is a state he used for election to Congress which he has not visited frequently. The Navy Academy is the only place McCain can really call his home in which he had spent the happiest time of his college life with his navy friends. Maryland should welcome her naval son with open arms and elect him as president.
But, no! Maryland have 1.6 million Black or approximately 30 % of the state's population making it the "Black Capital" near of the real Capital of the nation. It was 36 % to 61% (almost double) in favor of Obama over Hillary during the primary here. All media and people in Maryland have expressed the sad fact that little or no Marylanders will vote for McCain. I personally don't like McCain very much but my conscience forced me to campaign for him. This episode is not only the greatest disgrace of all Americans but also of that of the human race. It is an unforgivable sin committed by all Marylanders especially its Black racists. I am making suggestion to our Government to relocate its Naval Academy out of Maryland. The true and only battle ground states, for this election, are not Ohio, Florida or Michigan but Maryland. The decision is not who is going to become president? But whether God had made a mistake in creating man?
By now all of you should agree without a doubt that I am the true Prophet of this world. Becuase in this comment I have prophesied:
Armageddon = Battle Ground State = Maryland
The whole American election boils down to just one (1) and only Battle Ground State = Armageddon (literary) = Maryland State.
The One (1) and only issue in this election is: Whether The U. S. Naval Academy should remain in Annapolis Maryland?
The are only four possibilites:
(1) Obama got elected. Maryland vote for Obama. Naval Academy stay in Maryland.
(2) McCain got elected. Maryland vote for McCain. Naval Academy stay in Maryland.
(3) Obama got elected. Maryland vote against Obama. Naval Academy stay in Maryland. It not feasible for Obama to relocate the Academy because it generates income to the state of Maryland. Many Black live in Maryland. The only thing Obama can do is to send in his secret police and get rid of his Black traitors. This case is very unlikely, I think Obama cannot win without Maryland. McCain can win without Maryland.
(4) McCain got elected. Maryland vote against McCain. McCain relocates the Naval Academy. The problem is Arizon is the most arrid or driest place in the U. S. The entire state is a desert and Grand Canyon. How can a Naval Academy locate in a place with no water? So during this election McCain can campaign by saying if him was elected and Maryland vote against him then he will relocate to the state where there is plenty of water. So where else but the Great Lake and Illinois. He can also say Ohio, Michigan, Wisconson, Minnesota and New York states are possible locations. So people in Illinois will vote for McCain and Maryland will have no choice but also vote vote for McCain. Since Maryland is the Black Capital near the nation's Capital and Illinois is a Black State, if Obama loses there, then their is no way he can win this election.
With this letter I have ended this election right here and now!

Jordan C. fan 8:23PM September 07, 2008

The first and most important change Mccain must made is to relocate the Navy Academy.
By now all of you should agree without a doubt that I am the true Prophet of this world. Becuase in comment I have prophesied Armageddon:
Armageddon = Battle Ground State = Maryland
First please read my reply above about McCain and the U. S. Naval Academy in Maryland.
The whole American election boils down to just one (1) and only Battle Ground State = Armageddon (literary) = Maryland State.
The One (1) and only issue in this election is: Whether The U. S. Naval Academy should remain in Annapolis, Maryland?
The are only four possibilites:
(1) Obama got elected. Maryland vote for Obama. Naval Academy stay in Maryland.
(2) McCain got elected. Maryland vote for McCain. Naval Academy stay in Maryland.
(3) Obama got elected. Maryland vote against Obama. Naval Academy stay in Maryland. It not feasible for Obama to relocate the Academy because it generates income to the state of Maryland. Many Black live in Maryland. The only thing Obama can do is to send in his secret police and get rid of his Black traitors. This case is very unlikely, I think Obama cannot win without Maryland. McCain can win without Maryland.
(4) McCain got elected. Maryland vote against McCain. McCain relocates the Naval Academy. The problem is Arizon is the most arrid or driest place in the U. S. The entire state is a desert and Grand Canyon. How can a Naval Academy locate in a place with no water? So during this election McCain can campaign by saying if him was elected and Maryland vote against him then he will relocate to the state where there is plenty of water. So where else but the Great Lake and Illinois. He can also say Ohio, Michigan, Wisconson, Minnesota and New York states are possible locations. So people in Illinois will vote for McCain and Maryland will have no choice but also vote vote for McCain. Since Maryland is the Black Capital near the nation's Capital and Illinois is a Black State, if Obama loses there, then their is no way he can win this election.
The following is my analysis of McCain:
An important presidential election record will be broken this year, it is not the first time a woman or Black person will be elected to the Executive office. We will be seeing the greatest American tragedy unfolding right beore our eyes. It is one of the rare occasions when a native son will not be elected by his own state. To make it worse, such native son is the greatest hero in an area which has always been the pride and joy of that state. Correct me if I am wrong. I havehardly heard any one at the Republican Convention or during their campaign mentioned the Annapolis Naval Academy, not even McCain himself. Being born in Panama to a naval family and travel all over this country and the world, McCain really does not have a true home. Arizona is a state he used for election to Congress which he has not visited frequently. The Navy Academy is the only place McCain can really call his home in which he had spent the happiest time of his college life with his navy friends. Maryland should welcome her naval son with open arms and elect him as president.
But, no! Maryland have 1.6 million Black or approximately 30 % of the state's population making it the "Black Capital" near of the real Capital of the nation. It was 36 % to 61% (almost double) in favor of Obama over Hillary during the primary here. All media and people in Maryland have expressed the sad fact that little or no Marylanders will vote for McCain. I personally don't like McCain very much but my conscience forced me to campaign for him. This episode is not only the greatest disgrace of all Americans but also of that of the human race. It is an unforgivable sin committed by all Marylanders especially its Black racists. I am making suggestion to the Government to relocate its Naval Academy out of Maryland. The true and only battle ground states, for this election, are not Ohio, Florida or Michigan but Maryland. The decision is not who is going to become president? But whether God had made a mistake in creating man?
With this letter I have ended this election right here and now! All of you should know that it will be impossible for Obama to win without Maryland.

Jordan C. Fan 8:10PM September 07, 2008

Obama can argue all he wants to about who is more of an agent of change ... him, or McCain ... but, in the real world, McCain and Palin are the ones who have actually worked across the aisle ... they are the ones who have actually produced important changes in government ... they are the ones who have actually fought corruption and entrenched politicians, and prevailed. Obama may have used the change slogan first, and certainly more often ... but, in the real world, Obama hasn't changed much of anything. So, his involvement with actual change has just been with rhetoric and speeches.

Howard of CA 2:16AM September 07, 2008

Time to Focus on REAL issues
The Republicans spent three days attacking Obama, but said absolutely nothing on how to deal with our economy and helping middle class Americans. John McCain mentioned "change" but yet, he has spent over 25 years in Washington and brought no change, so what makes a reasonable thinking person think that all of a sudden he will bring change now?
Palin is being used as a smoke screen, to divert the attention away from the real issues hurting this nation. We are talking hockey moms and teenage pregnancy, when we should be discussing the enormous job losses and soldiers dying daily in Iraq. We should be discussing the dumbing down of Americans when women say they will vote for a woman just because she is a woman, give me a break...WAKE UP AMERICA, and THINK.

LA Mosby of FL 11:28PM September 06, 2008

McCain's Naval Academy.
I don't know what changes McCain has in mind for the United States. But I know he wants to change hia home state to Maryland!
An important presidential election record will be broken this year, it is not the first time that a woman or Black person will be elected to the Executive office. We will be seeing the greatest American tragedy unfolding right beore our eyes. It is one of the rare occasions when a native son will not be elected by his own state. To make it worse, such native son is the greatest hero in an area which has always been the pride and joy of that state. Correct me if I am wrong. I have hardly heard any one at the Republican Convention or during their campaign mentioned the Annapolis Naval Academy, not even McCain himself. Being born in Panama to a naval family and travel all over this country and the world, McCain really does not have a true home. Arizona is a states he used for election to Congress which he has not visited frequently. The Navy Academy is the only place McCain can really call his home in which he had spent the happiest time of his college life with his navy friends. Maryland should welcome her naval son with open arms and elect him as president.
But, no! Maryland have 1.6 million Black or approximately 30 % of the state's population or making it the "Black Capital" near of the U. S Capital. It was 36 % to 61% (almost double) in favor of Obama over Hillary during the primary there. All media and people here have expressed the sad fact that little or no Marylanders will vote for McCain. I personally don't like McCain very much but my conscience forced me to campaign for him. This episode is not only the greatest disgrace of all Americans but also of that of the human race. It is an unforgivable sin committed by all Marylanders. It is ashamed to live in the state of Maryland. I suggest the Government relocate its Naval Academy out of Maryland. This time, the true and only battle ground states (Armageddon) are not Ohio, Florida or Michigan but Maryland. The decision is not who is going to become president? But whether God had made a mistake in creating man?
With this letter I, as prophet, have ended this presidential election right here and now!

Jordan C. Fan 9:06PM September 06, 2008

Sacrifice of American Wealth and Blood for the Sole Benefit of Judeofascist Israel
Support for the illegal Torture of Suspects
Amnesty for Illegal Mexicans Aliens Usurping Jobs and Services
Outsourcing of Jobs and Technology to China
Early Release from Captivity for Military Secrets
McCain-Feingold Legislation Suppressing Freedom of Internet Speech
McCain-Leiberman Control Gun Legislation
Slander and Ridicule of Huckabee, Romney, and Ron Paul
Roberts and Falwell, “agents of intolerance”
Roe vs. Wade Sacrificial Killing of Children
To “occupy Iraq for 100 years”, “bomb Iran”, and “just keep Afghanistan”.
Veto of Bush Tax Cuts
Vote Against the GI Bill
Keating Five Crooks
Political Prostitute to159 Lobbyists
Unsolved Recession and Inflation Problems
Unsolved Heath Care Problem
Unsolved Social Security Problem
Long Scandalous, Contentious, and Non-Productive Political Career

Jeugenen of MA 12:59PM September 06, 2008

Change and Reform are not the same. McCain is actually for Reform but in implementing the same Republican/Conservative policies. And given that the existing governance is Republican, then Obama is, strictly speaking, is standing for Change from Republican to Democrat/Liberal approaches. This distinction is important to clarify the debate. Briefly, McCain cannot claim change only Republican Reform.

mbeduya 10:48PM September 05, 2008