McCain's Faustian Bargain

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I have remembered one of the records that was deleted. The way i see it, You are the American hating the American. Why don't you stick that in your juice box and suck on it???

Some girl from Idaho of 5:05PM December 11, 2008

wow. You don't have proof that McCain will desroy our country further, which seems to be the point of this article. He may be older but with the age comes experience and leadership Obama has not yet received. Who is to say that McCain will take what this country is raised upon and abuse it to the fulfillment of his own satisfaction? You sit on your pretty bums and enjoy your silly tea and toast while thousands are sent to fight and protect the core of our country- freedom. The war going on right now is a war with many harmful affects to the citizens of the United States. The main ones we face are never going to be repaired until we repair what started them. This presidential campaign turned into a racial debate. Its not a matter of color, or black and white. Its a matter of who will be the best. I honestly did not back up either side although i wavered towards McCain. The man deemed our next president will face many challenges up ahead. We will have to see if him and his pansy wansy friends may handle them sufficiently according to our countries needs. As this is a small attempt to express defence for a man who may not even know how to check his email, I know not the affect it may have on his behalf. As far as this country is run, I think its the worst its ever been.
Sometimes things get deleted and I am at a loss to what was recorded. All I have left to say is that we must continue to fight for our freedom no matter what other countries may think of us. We do this and our American way of life may continue. For as the line goes, "...eat, drink, and be merry for tomorrow we die."

of 5:00PM December 11, 2008

Based on the comments depicted in this article i think that the writer of this piece is displaying the exact anti american sentiments that they accuse Mccain of portraying. Just becasue a man tries to win an election any way possible does not make him a guy who wants to wipe his ars with whatever is left of american dignity. Mccain fought for our country and i believe that he wouldve done the same in office as he did on the battle field. Mccain may be old and computer illiterate meaning he can never hunt me down for this pitiful defense of his honor but i believe that he does have americas's best interest at heart. I think too many people made this election about race and it was the classic example of people getting behind the minority. Think this through though if enough minority gather together to back one person they become the majority. This may cause an irreversible trend in the white house because after all once you go black you never go back and some how black and white don't go together and seeing as the president lives in a white house this may not be the best fit. And don't get me wrong i'm not racist i'm just a synic. I didn't really back either candidate and i did shift more towards obama's side. I think the whole political system is whack though i mean honestly the only way a man can get in the white house is if he has had a long career in butt kissing politics. The only people who t into the white house are those who have payed their dues and patted the right people on the back. Therefore anyone who enters the oval office has to over the long term pay back the people who helped them get there. Our current political system is the dumbest thing since baseball for blind kids

kirk kerr of 4:30PM December 11, 2008

If you're Republican, then Obama is self-destructing. If you're Democrat, McCain is. The real truth is always, always somewhere in between. Why not stop the sniping back and forth? There are major problems in this country. Listen to both candidates to see who really has a plan to deal with them, and who's speaking out of both sides of their mouths. We need a president who is going to do something about the economy, education, and America's place in the world. Pay attention, and don't fall for doublespeak.

dee of VA 11:27PM September 12, 2008

Thank you for writing this article. McCain has shown his hand in picking Palin. He said he was for the environment, Palin believes that global warming is not caused by man, she is trying to get the Polar bears delisted, and wants to do away with top predators Wolves and Bears in order to improve hunting in her state. He said he wanted to reach across the isle, but with Palin he has chosen someone further to the right than Bush. We now can see that winning the election trumps his concern for the country because if something happened to require his VP to hold office she has shown not the least understanding of the world that she would need to navigate in order to manage.
And by the way 'scotr of IL" the democrats have not been majority in congress for 8 years, less than 2. For the first six years Bush got whatever he wanted because his party held the majority.

Barbara of OR 1:50PM September 12, 2008

We are in real trouble when truth is reported as lies and lies are reported as truth. McCain and Obama have a legitimate and distinct difference of opinion on how to reform the country and overcome the destruction of Cheney's 8 years (Bush was a bystnder). The legitimate corrections of the nuances of one another's points of view are being misrepresented by news media in an attempt to stir up trouble. Meanwhile, ignorant bloggers continue to obscure legitimate discussion forums with unrelated and unsubstantiated rumors. It is not the candidates themselves who can't work together, it is those who claim to speak for them.

Mike of VA 10:47PM September 11, 2008

David of FL. Have you checked your "Hate-Meter" recently? Deems you spit out some pretty vile stuff when talking about how the Dems hate.

Dan of CA 8:07PM September 11, 2008

I am a Brit so I have no vote but forced to choose between a slick media Democrat who voted in favour of infanticide and a trigger happy Republican for whom prolife and progun are synonymous, I do not envy your choice. I think the USA is among the most divided nations on earth.

David 6:44PM September 11, 2008

Such claims as "Obama supports sex-ed for kindergardeners" (he supported teaching young kids ways to avoid sexual predators) or that he is "friends with a terrorist" (he worked with the man before his dubious associations were known, and was never personally close) are, quite simply, lies.
The beautiful thing about these lies is that after they are told a few times by people who know they're lies, they are spread exponentially by people who honestly believe them to be the truth - people who have no ill intent, but who nonetheless propagate the falsehood.
Unfortunately, humans as a whole throughout history have a tendency to believe lies rather then the truth, especially when the lies are simple and black-and-white and the truth is complicated and nuanced - and especially when you throw a healthy dose of fear and self-righteousness into the mix. There have been periods, and places, where the importance of truth and reason briefly swayed humanity, from the height of the ancient Greek civilization, one of the first formal democracies, to the overthrow of monarchs in Europe, to the brilliance of the American Founding Fathers.
Given historical precedent, it is unreasonable to expect America to be any different; we are already watching the ideals of freedom, truth and democracy slide away from people's minds. It would be surprising to see fear and manipulation fail this year, so I think it quite likely that McCain-Palin will win. It was clearly a grave strategic error on Obama's part to neglect dishonesty as a weapon; this will probably cost him the election. Any attempt now to use that weapon would still likely fail, given how much more experience McCain and his strategists have with it.

Observer of WA 6:00PM September 11, 2008

HOT OFF THE PRESSES!!
The RNC went into crisis mode today. The McCain camp was riled. There was a full court press of surrogates out turning every rock and stone. Leaving nothing to chance. It seems that the worst had actually happened. The RNC has run out of their secret political tool and has nowhere to turn!
The bright side is that the commodities market on this secret RNC ingredient has sky rocketed. Those who have hoarded this stuff and not used it can now make a huge profit. The market for lipstick has never done so well.

Mike in Sac of CA 5:49PM September 11, 2008