McCain’s (Almost) August Surprise

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He avoids talking about issues that AFFECT us everyday-jobs, then environment, gas for our cars, consumer prices, and how government affects us. It's always about countries most of us will never see or be really affected by. 9/11 was terrorists from Saudi Arabia and countries we don't want to take a stand with. This war has cost us. Look at his record of voting, do the homework before making a choice based on FEAR!

shannon of OR 2:11PM August 20, 2008

Good ol' typical liberal BS from the posters above. Especially from Deward Bowles, who is just making up stuff from thin air. Where are these phantom blackberry messages? And why is it that none of the major news outlets (including the one you're blogging on) does not have them.
This is getting downright disgusting. You guys can't stand to see your candidate get beat by someone who is not from an Ivy League school. And the more I read your guys' stuff, the more I realize that you guys don't just hate Bush, you hate anyone who doesn't believe in the things that you guys believe in. Which makes think that if Bush was never elected president and another Republican was elected instead, you guys would hate that president as well.

Chris of AZ 7:29PM August 19, 2008

John McCain didn't ALWAYS behave this way, did he? I used to be quite a fan of his. His record in Arizona shows that he fought for the rights of the people of his State rather than mindlessly follow the party line and he earned my respect. But now at every turn he seems to contradict the things that made him so hated by all the bought-and-paid-for Republicans around him. Now I can't stand to hear him talk because he just spews for the same mindless dribble. I also can't stand to see the robotic way he holds the microphone. George Bush 2.0 might, at times, sound like a nonsensical moron, but at least he doesn't look reanimated.

slapfire of TX 2:24PM August 19, 2008

At some point McCain has to stop using jokes to cover up for his incompetence....... The best line from this campaign has been when McCain misspoke on a position. Right away his handlers came out with this." Senator McCain does not speak for this campaign " If that's not rich, I don't know what is.

Ron of 2:10PM August 19, 2008

McCain lifted his Cross story from a Russian writer. The McCain campaign released a response saying Swindle, a long time campaign surrogate and Vietnam veteran buddy of McCain's heard him tell the story in 1971.
Problem is Swindle did an interview with Politico in April of this year where he was ask about the Cross story and he said McCain had never told him about it.
Transcripts of McCain's aides blackberrys have been released that show that they were feeding McCain Obama's questions and answers and picking answers for McCain designed to make Obama look bad.
There is now proof that McCain cheated at the Saddleback forum and lied about the Cross story.

Deward Bowles of TX 1:59PM August 19, 2008

This is another example of McCain shooting his mouth off. Like Bomb Bomb Iran. Like making Phil Gramm ambassador to Belarus.
Never take him seriously. When he's trying to be serious, he's lying. When he's joking, it a just series of Freudian slips. In the middle, on half the policies, he's clueless.

of 11:49AM August 19, 2008