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CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa -- Obama condemned the Paris Hilton ad today as the latest of McCain’s “predictable political attacks” and sought to portray his opponent as looking out for profitable big oil contributors instead</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2.0 (Build: 60608.1)</generator><item><title>Obama: That the best you can do?</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/07/31/1238125.aspx#1238169</link><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 18:40:32 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1238169</guid><dc:creator>javier san antonio</dc:creator><description>HE'S THE BEST</description></item><item><title>Obama: That the best you can do?</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/07/31/1238125.aspx#1238171</link><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 18:40:49 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1238171</guid><dc:creator>Neshka, MN</dc:creator><description>I'm glad they say Obama is a celebrity.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Wikipedia: A celebrity is a widely-recognized or famous person who commands a high degree of public and media attention. The word stems from the Latin verb &amp;quot;celebrere&amp;quot; but they may not become a celebrity unless public and mass media interest is piqued.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;I think McCain is a little upset that his international travels hasn't piqued any interest, because no gives a damn. Jealousy is unbecoming. I'm absolutely thrilled that people are interested in Obama, because then they're willing to listen to what he has to say. I'd rather have a popular president than a widely unpopular one.</description></item><item><title>Obama: That the best you can do?</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/07/31/1238125.aspx#1238176</link><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 18:42:16 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1238176</guid><dc:creator>Enough of Dumb, Dumber, and Dumbest</dc:creator><description>Speaking of &amp;quot;best you can do,&amp;quot; are tweedle-dee and tweedle-dum (Graham and Lieberman) the best McCain can do for surrogates? &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;With friends like those...</description></item><item><title>Obama: That the best you can do?</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/07/31/1238125.aspx#1238177</link><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 18:42:44 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1238177</guid><dc:creator>BJ, CA</dc:creator><description>McCain...here's a bag of rocks.....your on a roll.</description></item><item><title>Obama: That the best you can do?</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/07/31/1238125.aspx#1238179</link><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 18:42:59 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1238179</guid><dc:creator>janice, ar</dc:creator><description>SEN. MCCAIN AND BUSH'S &amp;quot;BIG OIL FRIENDS&amp;quot; RELEASED RECORD PROFITS AGAIN TODAY, THUS TRYING TO GET THE AMERICAN PEOPLE TO SUPPORT DRILLING.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;THE ECONOMIST HAVE TOLD US REPEATEDLY THAT IT WILL NOT LOWER THE PRICE OF GAS. &amp;nbsp;DRILLING WON'T EVEN BEGAN FOR 10 YEARS AND THE ECONOMISTS SAY THERE IS NO GAURANTE THAT &amp;quot;BIG OIL&amp;quot; WILL LOWER THE PRICE BUT WILL PROBABLY SELL TO THE OVERSEAS MARKET.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;AMERICANS WE MUST LISTEN TO THE ECONOMIST NOT POLITICIANS WHO WILL USE ANYTHING TO GET ELECTED. ONCE ELECTED THEY FEEL NO SHAME IN SAYING NOTHING ABOU THE PROMISE THEY MADE.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;ALL THIS POLLING ABOUT GAS PRICES AT THE PUMP RELATIVE TO WHAT WILL LOWER THE PRICE OF GAS AT THE PUMP IS JUST POLITICAL AND WHAT SELLS MEDIA RATINGS.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;GOOD JUDGEMENT MEANS MEETING WITH &amp;quot;OUR EXPERTS&amp;quot; IN THE FIELD OF ENERGY AND LETTING THEM PULL TOGETHER A PLAN WITH ALTERNATIVES TO PRESENT TO CONGRESS.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;FOLKS IT TOOK US 30 YEARS TO GET INTO THIS MESS 25 OF WHICH SEN. MCCAIN SAT IN CONGRESS AND NOW HAS THE NERVE TO DISPLAY AN AD &amp;quot;BLAMING SEN. OBAMA FOR THE PRICES AT THE PUMP AND THE ENERGY CRISIS. &amp;nbsp;SIMPLY LYING AT HIS BEST. &amp;nbsp;IT'S DISGRACEFUL AND DISHONEST.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;CERTAINLY THAT'S ALL SEN. MCCAIN HAS BECAUSE HE CERTAINLY HAS NO SUBSTANCE, POLICIES OR PLANS TO DISCUSS WITH THE AMERICAN PEOPLE DURING THIS RECESSION ABOUT HOW WE CAN GET OUT OF IT.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;THAT POSITION ALONE USING US AS IF WE ARE IGNORANT AND HAVE NO BRAINS IS UNACCEPTABLE</description></item><item><title>Obama: That the best you can do?</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/07/31/1238125.aspx#1238181</link><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 18:43:09 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1238181</guid><dc:creator>subgruvet, ok</dc:creator><description>Isn't John McCain married to Paris Hilton? &amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;No wonder he's glad viagra covered by insurance.</description></item><item><title>Obama: That the best you can do?</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/07/31/1238125.aspx#1238188</link><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 18:43:49 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1238188</guid><dc:creator>CA Voter</dc:creator><description>Wow, McCrypt is proud of the Britney ad. &amp;nbsp; The next journalist who says anything about the &amp;quot;straight talk express&amp;quot; instead of calling this what this is (the &amp;quot;sell-out express&amp;quot;) should have his or her credentials revoked.</description></item><item><title>Obama: That the best you can do?</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/07/31/1238125.aspx#1238189</link><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 18:43:56 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1238189</guid><dc:creator>F. Plutark</dc:creator><description>Whatever else you might think about him, Obama's right about the &amp;quot;offshore oil&amp;quot; hoopla -- its all just a ploy, humans!&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;For more information, consider this:&lt;br&gt;&lt;a rel="nofollow" target="_new" href="http://www.crookedgremlins.com/propaganda-thelair-157/33-ministry-of-propaganda/275-in-defense-of-rising-oil-prices.html"&gt;http://www.crookedgremlins.com/propaganda-thelair-157/33-ministry-of-propaganda/275-in-defense-of-rising-oil-prices.html&lt;/a&gt;</description></item><item><title>Obama: That the best you can do?</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/07/31/1238125.aspx#1238190</link><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 18:44:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1238190</guid><dc:creator>DV, CA</dc:creator><description>You can almost hear the collective 'DoH!' from the McCain campaign.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;</description></item><item><title>Obama: That the best you can do?</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/07/31/1238125.aspx#1238192</link><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 18:44:19 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1238192</guid><dc:creator>subgruvet, ok</dc:creator><description>Isn't John McCain married to Paris Hilton? &amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;No wonder he's glad viagra covered by insurance.</description></item><item><title>Obama: That the best you can do?</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/07/31/1238125.aspx#1238195</link><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 18:44:40 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1238195</guid><dc:creator>Robin, Portland, OR</dc:creator><description>He should remind folks that these presidents were younger than he will be. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;#&lt;br&gt; &amp;nbsp; &lt;br&gt;President&lt;br&gt; &amp;nbsp; &lt;br&gt;Age at&lt;br&gt;ascension&lt;br&gt; &amp;nbsp; &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;26	Theodore Roosevelt age 42y 10m 18d&lt;br&gt;35	John F. Kennedy age 43y 7m 22d&lt;br&gt;42	Bill Clinton age 46y 5m 1d&lt;br&gt;18	Ulysses S. Grant age 46y 10m 5d&lt;br&gt;22	Grover Cleveland age 47y 11m 14d&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;They seemed to do pretty well and we know a couple of the were confident (oh, yeah, the press calls it arrogant) and I bet so were the others. &amp;nbsp;I think they were pretty smart, too. &amp;nbsp;McCain, not so much. &lt;br&gt;</description></item><item><title>Obama: That the best you can do?</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/07/31/1238125.aspx#1238206</link><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 18:46:31 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1238206</guid><dc:creator>A Charles, LA, CA</dc:creator><description>At last! The press refused to pick up on that $1 million big oil bought McCain's flip on Offshore drilling for. Yet here we sit talking about Paris Hilton. What happened to this country?</description></item><item><title>Obama: That the best you can do?</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/07/31/1238125.aspx#1238209</link><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 18:46:51 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1238209</guid><dc:creator>Kisha in the Lou</dc:creator><description>Obama in 08 &amp;nbsp;I love you.</description></item><item><title>Obama: That the best you can do?</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/07/31/1238125.aspx#1238211</link><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 18:46:57 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1238211</guid><dc:creator>Obama/Maddow '08/'12</dc:creator><description>“Given the magnitude of our challenges when it comes to energy and health care and jobs and our foreign policy, you’d think that we’d be having a serious debate,” Obama told residents of this flood-ravaged town. “But so far, all we’ve been hearing about is Paris Hilton and Britney Spears. I do have to ask my opponent, is that the best you can come up with? Is that really what this election’s about? Is that what is worthy of the American people?”&lt;br&gt;--------------------------------------------------&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Bravo! Thank You Senator Obama!</description></item><item><title>Obama: That the best you can do?</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/07/31/1238125.aspx#1238212</link><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 18:47:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1238212</guid><dc:creator>MIA</dc:creator><description>Yes, that is the best McSurge and camp can come up with and these foolish media people let him get away with it because they are afraid that the GOP will cut their salaries. McSurge is an old fool.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Not this time McSurge, not this time.</description></item><item><title>Obama: That the best you can do?</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/07/31/1238125.aspx#1238220</link><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 18:48:29 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1238220</guid><dc:creator>jeff D Evanston IL</dc:creator><description>how in the world can the same guy say that the new yorker cover was in bad taste but his ad compairing obama to britteny and paris was ok!!! this guy in unbelievable!!!!</description></item><item><title>Obama: That the best you can do?</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/07/31/1238125.aspx#1238222</link><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 18:49:05 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1238222</guid><dc:creator>Beth, Denton, TX</dc:creator><description>Beautiful! Brilliant! Go Obama!</description></item><item><title>Obama: That the best you can do?</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/07/31/1238125.aspx#1238225</link><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 18:49:47 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1238225</guid><dc:creator>Kevin, SF, CA</dc:creator><description>&amp;quot;Is that the best you can do?&amp;quot; is a sweet response!&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;McCain just got served. Actually Mac just served himself by saying he's proud of that ad.&lt;br&gt;</description></item><item><title>Obama: That the best you can do?</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/07/31/1238125.aspx#1238229</link><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 18:50:12 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1238229</guid><dc:creator>BL, Cincinnati OH</dc:creator><description>“Because last month, Senator McCain raised more than a million dollars from -- guess who? -- oil and gas company executives and employees – most of whom, most of these campaign contributions came after he went to Houston to meet with a bunch of oil executives and announce that he was in favor of offshore drilling. That’s not a strategy designed to end our energy crisis, it’s a strategy designed to get politicians through an election.”&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;That's EXACTLY why the Republicons are pushing this issue so hard. &amp;nbsp;What amazes me is the average joes that buy into this line of bull and parrot it across the blogs. &amp;nbsp;Hell, even T. Boone Pickens (Republican that funded the Swiftboaters), one of the richest oil men in the US said drilling won't work. &amp;nbsp;But the brainwashed little minions of the Republicons continue to repeat the RNC's talking points over and over.</description></item><item><title>Obama: That the best you can do?</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/07/31/1238125.aspx#1238233</link><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 18:51:06 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1238233</guid><dc:creator>Chanbo, Seattle, WA</dc:creator><description>Obama is on the right track, just take the high road and focus on issues. Let McIIIrd rant and rave about everything but the issues.&lt;br&gt;Let's hope the American public is focusing now, the election less than one hundred days out.</description></item><item><title>Obama: That the best you can do?</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/07/31/1238125.aspx#1238234</link><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 18:51:09 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1238234</guid><dc:creator>Supporting Obama for President</dc:creator><description>&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;That was so funny! &amp;nbsp;I love it when he talks like that!&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Senator Obama has a great sense of humor and is respectful in his comments.</description></item><item><title>Obama: That the best you can do?</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/07/31/1238125.aspx#1238235</link><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 18:51:18 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1238235</guid><dc:creator>Frank, Kansas City</dc:creator><description>Wham! Wham! Wham! I bet McCain is hiding under his desk right now. Old-man-yells-at-cloud gets his mouth washed with soap and is put away wet!</description></item><item><title>Obama: That the best you can do?</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/07/31/1238125.aspx#1238236</link><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 18:51:20 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1238236</guid><dc:creator>Supporting Obama for President</dc:creator><description>&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;That was so funny! &amp;nbsp;I love it when he talks like that!&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Senator Obama has a great sense of humor and is respectful in his comments.</description></item><item><title>Obama: That the best you can do?</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/07/31/1238125.aspx#1238237</link><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 18:51:20 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1238237</guid><dc:creator>Supporting Obama for President</dc:creator><description>&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;That was so funny! &amp;nbsp;I love it when he talks like that!&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Senator Obama has a great sense of humor and is respectful in his comments.</description></item><item><title>Obama: That the best you can do?</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/07/31/1238125.aspx#1238238</link><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 18:51:20 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1238238</guid><dc:creator>Supporting Obama for President</dc:creator><description>&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;That was so funny! &amp;nbsp;I love it when he talks like that!&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Senator Obama has a great sense of humor and is respectful in his comments.</description></item><item><title>Obama: That the best you can do?</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/07/31/1238125.aspx#1238241</link><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 18:51:48 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1238241</guid><dc:creator>Obama: CHANGE you can rely on DAILY</dc:creator><description>Now, although it wont save you dollars at the pump, I have to say that it has helped raise campaign dollars, he added&lt;br&gt;-----------------&lt;br&gt;Oh, Mr Obama, THANK YOU so much for telling us today how you're going to save the world from the energy crisis: &amp;nbsp;You're going to give everybody their own tire guage and FREE tuneups and that will solve the whole problem. &amp;nbsp;THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;BTW, Obama, you better not push it too much about McCain's donors. &amp;nbsp;Do you want to start revealing who all your big donors are? &amp;nbsp;I'm sure some would find that list quite revealing about who and what you really are.</description></item><item><title>Obama: That the best you can do?</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/07/31/1238125.aspx#1238242</link><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 18:51:53 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1238242</guid><dc:creator>airmanc5</dc:creator><description>Again Obama hides behind his race like he did with Clinton. Obama Bin Lying.. people are fed up with your race card antics</description></item><item><title>Obama: That the best you can do?</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/07/31/1238125.aspx#1238244</link><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 18:52:30 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1238244</guid><dc:creator>The - Democrat Soldier </dc:creator><description>That's right Barack Obama - keep telling U.S. the truth about John McCain's motives.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;John McCain’s for big oil companies sand corporations and will do nothing to change George Bush’s policy or clean his messes.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;OMG - Barack is going to smash this old fart.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;It's going to be so much fun - watching John McCain dwindle to the piece of dirt he is.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;John McCain won't be worth 1 once of oil; now that Barack Obama is countering his BS and non-sense.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Thank you and GOD BLESS AMERICA&lt;br&gt;</description></item><item><title>Obama: That the best you can do?</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/07/31/1238125.aspx#1238245</link><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 18:52:48 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1238245</guid><dc:creator>Lee-- Dallas, TX</dc:creator><description>Way to counter Barack...</description></item><item><title>Obama: That the best you can do?</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/07/31/1238125.aspx#1238248</link><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 18:53:07 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1238248</guid><dc:creator>next</dc:creator><description>Sorry sponge head echo mouth but for all you bitching about McCain not offering any solutions I see none in your words either.</description></item><item><title>Obama: That the best you can do?</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/07/31/1238125.aspx#1238250</link><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 18:53:21 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1238250</guid><dc:creator>Iraq Vet, Burlington, VT</dc:creator><description>Nice! Great deflect on McCain's negative ads. I feel like Obama is saying all the right things here. He is pretty much turning those ads against McCain, which is great.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;I still wish the two would finally do a debate. I bet Obama would do really well in them. I am a little nervous that Obama hasn't done debate since he debated Clinton and the moderates went after him on a lot of issues. He shouldn't be nervous here. I feel like McCain would do horribly in a debate, with all his gaffes...&lt;br&gt;</description></item><item><title>Obama: That the best you can do?</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/07/31/1238125.aspx#1238254</link><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 18:54:11 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1238254</guid><dc:creator>BJ, CA</dc:creator><description>Obama knows how to eat McCains lunch....&lt;br&gt;Sit back and watch those comments resonate..Like:&lt;br&gt;&amp;quot;All I can say is that we are proud of that commercial,&amp;quot; he answered. &amp;quot;We think Americans need to know that I believe that we should base this campaign on what we can do for Americans here at home and how we can make America safe and prosperous. And that is the theme of our campaign.&amp;quot;, said John McCain....&lt;br&gt;What about the troops in Afganistan and Iraq and Germany and Korea and Europe and around the world...They don't count?&lt;br&gt;There seems to be this disconnect between U.S. here at home citizens and military and non-military aboard!!!!&lt;br&gt;How can that be the next POTUS thinking?</description></item><item><title>Obama: That the best you can do?</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/07/31/1238125.aspx#1238256</link><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 18:54:18 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1238256</guid><dc:creator>donna</dc:creator><description>I resent that he has to engage in this muck. I hate having to hear him squabble with the neo cons over their stupid campaign tactics. Yes stupid! If they were imaginative, and smart, they would not have to go to the same old, coffee stained, and yellowed pages of Nixon's play book.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Adam asked:&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Donna, just out of curiosity, What type of law did you study? (and yes I am honestly curious, no hidden agenda) &lt;br&gt;Adam, St. Louis (Sent Thursday, July 31, 2008 1:43 PM)&lt;br&gt;********&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Adam,&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Please accept my apology. You are correct. We should not support assumptions about one another. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Thank you for the gentle inquiry. I would prefer our discourses be kinder. I have let my emotions get the better of me, at times as I follow this election. I hope to do better.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;As I shared with you before, like you, I have no Bachelor of Science degree, which would precede the study of Law. The aforementioned Institutions invite me with a focus toward &amp;nbsp;matters Social, Cultural, and Religious. Just for the record, nobody could be more amazed about it than me, as a 100%, died in the wool, non-academic. Surely G-D has power over all things.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Peace Everybody&lt;br&gt;</description></item><item><title>Obama: That the best you can do?</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/07/31/1238125.aspx#1238258</link><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 18:54:47 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1238258</guid><dc:creator>Sanders</dc:creator><description>Electing Bush was the first big mistake we made as a nation. Now, putting Obama in office will be a big blunder --- and we still have time to avert it, that is, if we want to but most of us are so impressionable of his showmanship that we care less of the consequences, right?&lt;br&gt;</description></item><item><title>Obama: That the best you can do?</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/07/31/1238125.aspx#1238260</link><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 18:55:33 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1238260</guid><dc:creator>Thomas, Phoenix, AZ</dc:creator><description>McCain is so out of touch with the average American!&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Then again, what would you expect from someone who spends more on gardeners, maids, cooks and drivers ($260,000+ per year) then 99% of American even make? Yet he calls Senator Obama 'elite'! &amp;nbsp;This from a guy that wears $500 shoes - and whose wife wears $2,000 outfits.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;McCain is the joke of this election!&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;</description></item><item><title>Obama: That the best you can do?</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/07/31/1238125.aspx#1238261</link><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 18:55:44 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1238261</guid><dc:creator>Neshka, MN</dc:creator><description>I'm glad they say Obama is a celebrity.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Wikipedia: A celebrity is a widely-recognized or famous person who commands a high degree of public and media attention. The word stems from the Latin verb &amp;quot;celebrere&amp;quot; but they may not become a celebrity unless public and mass media interest is piqued.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;I think McCain is a little upset that his international travels hasn't piqued any interest, because no one gives a damn. Jealousy is unbecoming. I'm absolutely thrilled that people are interested in Obama, because then they're willing to listen to what he has to say. I'd rather have a popular president than a widely unpopular one.</description></item><item><title>Obama: That the best you can do?</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/07/31/1238125.aspx#1238263</link><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 18:56:17 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1238263</guid><dc:creator>BJ, CA</dc:creator><description>McCain just Diced Americans...How does he get away with that? </description></item><item><title>Obama: That the best you can do?</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/07/31/1238125.aspx#1238265</link><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 18:56:54 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1238265</guid><dc:creator>Sanders</dc:creator><description>...you forgot one thing Barak, you're too arrogant that your ears are starting to swell and stand out causing a lot of drag when you walk.</description></item><item><title>Obama: That the best you can do?</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/07/31/1238125.aspx#1238267</link><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 18:57:14 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1238267</guid><dc:creator>BJN Taos NM</dc:creator><description>We have all been so dumbed down the last 7+ years, I hope it&amp;quot;s not too late. &amp;nbsp;We see Paris H. and BritanyS. and we think &amp;nbsp;&amp;quot;Oh,no what stupid thing have they done now?&amp;quot; &amp;nbsp;Then we see it's just McCain doing dumb things. &amp;nbsp;And he's PROUD? &amp;nbsp;Go figure</description></item><item><title>Obama: That the best you can do?</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/07/31/1238125.aspx#1238269</link><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 18:57:47 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1238269</guid><dc:creator>Chance</dc:creator><description>Nice. Finally some demonstrably strong retorts from Barack to this white noise. &lt;br&gt;McCain thinks he can resort to Alice in Wonderland tactics. But as long as someone --anyone-- keeps reminding voters how they've been hoodwinked in the past, maybe...just maybe, the same won't happen again.</description></item><item><title>Obama: That the best you can do?</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/07/31/1238125.aspx#1238275</link><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 18:59:04 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1238275</guid><dc:creator>NoMcCain</dc:creator><description>All you PUMA folks, &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;I have no respect for any woman who votes against the interests of other women. &amp;nbsp;If you vote for McCain, you have just b---- slapped every other woman in the country, and for whom? Hillary? the one woman in America who could guarantee a McCain landslide by activating the Republican Base? Are you so juvenile that you cannot see that you are being manipulated by Republican operatives? &amp;nbsp;Your ignorance is astounding. &amp;nbsp;</description></item><item><title>Obama: That the best you can do?</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/07/31/1238125.aspx#1238277</link><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 18:59:18 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1238277</guid><dc:creator>Paul, Riverside, CA</dc:creator><description>Obama with a left upper cut, a right jab, a right hook to McCain's mid-section....&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Obama has FINALLY thrown off the gloves.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Let it get bloody. </description></item><item><title>Obama: That the best you can do?</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/07/31/1238125.aspx#1238283</link><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 19:00:51 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1238283</guid><dc:creator>half white, half brown and all american</dc:creator><description>Maybe I'm callous, but when old white rich guys whine about black people playing the race card I couldn't care less. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Seriously, the whole world power structure is designed around your precious egos and bank accounts. Spare me your indignance and get the hell to work on something important--like the economy, or health care, or trade, or terror, or the war, or education, or housing, or infrastructure. </description></item><item><title>Obama: That the best you can do?</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/07/31/1238125.aspx#1238285</link><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 19:01:04 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1238285</guid><dc:creator>Off shore drilling supports the surge!</dc:creator><description>I say we let Yukos oil and BP make some offers for leases, instead of giving them away.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Note to John: Go easy on the war when advertising on MTV - they're smart enough to know they're the ones who'll get drafted.</description></item><item><title>Obama: That the best you can do?</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/07/31/1238125.aspx#1238287</link><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 19:01:19 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1238287</guid><dc:creator>Nashville_fan</dc:creator><description>*stands and applauds*&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;I admire Senator Obama's brave attempt to keep the McCain campaign and the media focused on the issues, especially since the issues this year are very serious indeed.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;This is not time for the usual foolishness we are subjected to - people are dying and being evicted. The time for games is past.</description></item><item><title>Obama: That the best you can do?</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/07/31/1238125.aspx#1238288</link><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 19:01:21 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1238288</guid><dc:creator>BJ, CA</dc:creator><description>Pride will pass the litmus test...&lt;br&gt;but we've learned nothing by bickering...don't go to his level Barack...Say Bye Bye to that stalker...&lt;br&gt;Distractions are Johnny's problems...</description></item><item><title>Obama: That the best you can do?</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/07/31/1238125.aspx#1238291</link><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 19:01:38 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1238291</guid><dc:creator>Pete - Albany, NY</dc:creator><description>“All you do is you, you just replace the name then you say he’s too liberal, he’s soft, and he’s and this he’s that, he’s going to raise your taxes. It’s the same arguments that they’ve made over and over and over again.”&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;------------------------------------------------&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Sounds familiar...back in 2004 Kerry was dubbed to be the &amp;quot;most liberal senator&amp;quot;. &amp;nbsp;Had Clinton won the nomination, she magically would have earned that title.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Whatever.</description></item><item><title>Obama: That the best you can do?</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/07/31/1238125.aspx#1238295</link><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 19:02:06 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1238295</guid><dc:creator>Joe Reed, Miami, Fl</dc:creator><description>That's right Obama, stay on message, yes, folks, that is the best McCain can do,,he has nothing else to offer except controversy..just like Bush..enough with the soap opera! &amp;nbsp;McCain...dismissed by Obama.</description></item><item><title>Obama: That the best you can do?</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/07/31/1238125.aspx#1238300</link><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 19:02:46 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1238300</guid><dc:creator>Terry, Disabled Vet, Des Moines, IA</dc:creator><description>Question, what does McDunce bring to the table? &amp;nbsp;If you listen to the man himself, he does not even know due the the ever changing position he has.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Question, does Obama bring to the table? &amp;nbsp;If you listen to the man himself, a chance to work together to try to fix this hatred accross the isle, a chance to bring the country back to somewhat of the middle ground to get work down to fix this economy and our ever growing deficit. &amp;nbsp;A chance to re-establish America as the beacon of hope and world leadership in the free world.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Don't listen to the minions&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;If you want more of the same in the dunce in chief's policies, then by all means vote for McDunce.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;If you want to help change the direction this country has taken and try to restore the good name of this country, then by all means vote for Obama.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Listen to the 2 men themsleves not the minions who are just blabbering idiots. &amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Be a well informed, well rounded voting citizen.</description></item><item><title>Obama: That the best you can do?</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/07/31/1238125.aspx#1238301</link><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 19:02:47 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1238301</guid><dc:creator>Rican for Obama</dc:creator><description>In the words of Bishop Magic Don Juan:&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&amp;quot;CHUCH!!!!&amp;quot;</description></item><item><title>Obama: That the best you can do?</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/07/31/1238125.aspx#1238314</link><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 19:04:35 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1238314</guid><dc:creator>GP Chicago</dc:creator><description>I cannot wait for the first debate...&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;I just have this picture in my head of obama's hand on McCains head while ol' yeller is swinging away not landing a single punch.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Hard to run a foot race when you don't have a leg to stand on McCain. &amp;nbsp;Come on November!!</description></item><item><title>Obama: That the best you can do?</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/07/31/1238125.aspx#1238315</link><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 19:04:40 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1238315</guid><dc:creator>A.Brocco,Albuquerque,NM</dc:creator><description>Let's see...McCain spent a couple of weeks bragging about the &amp;quot;surge&amp;quot;. This week he hopes to distract his gaffes, lies, and distortions by bringing Spears and Hilton into his town hall mumbo/jumbo rather than discussing &amp;nbsp;what Americans are very concerned about. It is obvious to me that his disorganized, illogical, and immature retoric is nothing more than a futile smokescreen that appeals only to those wishful thinkers who also believe that Dubya is doing a great job as president.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The GOP must be embarrassed and humiliated that this is the best they could come up with during the primaries.</description></item><item><title>Obama: That the best you can do?</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/07/31/1238125.aspx#1238316</link><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 19:05:12 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1238316</guid><dc:creator>Ooh - no childs being left behind!</dc:creator><description>What's all this whining about &amp;quot;arrogant&amp;quot;? &amp;quot;Arrogant&amp;quot; was great when it was el presidente Jorge telling the world what was what, bring it on, etc. The right wing loved that arrogance - they cheered for it. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Is our electorates learning?</description></item><item><title>Obama: That the best you can do?</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/07/31/1238125.aspx#1238319</link><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 19:05:44 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1238319</guid><dc:creator>TEC-spring-TX</dc:creator><description>I agree that opening up more land for drilling will not impact current gas prices. The trouble with the Obama rehotric is he is offering no short term solutions and he is using the oil comapnies as a punching bag. We need to consider all options available to cut current and future energy cost. </description></item><item><title>Obama: That the best you can do?</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/07/31/1238125.aspx#1238321</link><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 19:06:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1238321</guid><dc:creator>Mark, Salem, CT</dc:creator><description>Obama sounds fired up! &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;He needs to give specific solutions for solving our economic, housing, food and energy problems. Before he talks about the economy he should ask the audience, &amp;quot;Are you better off today then you were four years ago?&amp;quot; &amp;nbsp;&amp;quot;Are you better off today then you were eight years ago?&amp;quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;He needs to make McCain look like a Bush clone. He seems to have lost that message.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;He needs to take off that tie and suit and roll up his sleeves. There is a time to look presidential and there is a time to look like you and me. &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;</description></item><item><title>Obama: That the best you can do?</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/07/31/1238125.aspx#1238322</link><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 19:06:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1238322</guid><dc:creator>Grandma from Hawaii</dc:creator><description>Mr. High and Mighty (and self-righteous too). &amp;nbsp;I truly feel sad of Obama. It makes me wonder what will happen to him and his career if McCain wins the election this coming November.</description></item><item><title>Obama: That the best you can do?</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/07/31/1238125.aspx#1238326</link><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 19:06:56 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1238326</guid><dc:creator>Mark Thieme</dc:creator><description>&lt;br&gt;Big generational problem here.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Most people over 60 don't give a rat's tail about the &amp;quot;hipness quotient.&amp;quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;But there are others who walk among us...&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;This ad just put miles between anyone under 40 and McCain... not hip. &amp;nbsp;Derivative. &amp;nbsp;So 2005.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;So Gramps and Gram in Albion, IL go to church Sunday and decry &amp;quot;this colored boy and all his movie star friends&amp;quot; while millions of Americans with both feet in the 21st century just chortle (smirk?).&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;BTW, there is some truth to the ad albeit a little time-warped: &amp;nbsp;Obama is hip. &amp;nbsp;Call it cocky, presumptuous, audacious, too confident, whatever.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Millions of new voters get it.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;BTW again, he has also some decent moves in a young man's game and looks hot netting a 3 pointer.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Lest I forget, he is the brightest guy to run for POTUS since Woodrow Wilson and about as much a straight arrow in spite of being tres...hip. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Look out Gramps and Gram... here comes the 21st Century Express! &amp;nbsp;Love it or leave it.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;</description></item><item><title>Obama: That the best you can do?</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/07/31/1238125.aspx#1238339</link><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 19:09:05 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1238339</guid><dc:creator>iowan</dc:creator><description>It was a good gig here today. &amp;nbsp;Not so much rock concert as pleasant family picnic. &amp;nbsp;Wide array of attendees, pretty understated yet enthusiastic mood.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;You'd have to pay people to come see McCain.</description></item><item><title>Obama: That the best you can do?</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/07/31/1238125.aspx#1238343</link><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 19:09:56 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1238343</guid><dc:creator>Emma, Georgia</dc:creator><description>The American government must look at the mess we are in and clean up our financial picture first before we can committ to anything else. Washingtonites should also stop squandering taxpayers money. Everbody should tell the truth that offshore drilling cannot happen immediately. &amp;nbsp;To say that it can be done immediately underestimates the intelligence of the American people. It may facilitate big oil campaign contributions, but it is a lie. The highest priority should be to immedaitely help the American people to acquire jobs, healthcare, homes, and bring our soldiers home to take care of their families; and pay them! They should never have been separated from them in the first place. If Mr. McCain is such a hero of the Vietnam war, then do something to help those soldiers that are also today suffering from many post-war disorders. &amp;nbsp;I know because my brother still has problems. Finally, I am still wondering why Mr.McCain turned down an offer to speak to the minority press (Native Americans, Asians, African American, etc.), while Obama accepted, and right after his trip from Europe.</description></item><item><title>Obama: That the best you can do?</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/07/31/1238125.aspx#1238346</link><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 19:10:17 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1238346</guid><dc:creator>Ron Indiana</dc:creator><description>Put Iowa, Indiana, and North Carolina in the Obama column. &amp;nbsp;I've personally watched Barack campaign. There is none better. He can stay positive and still sting like a bee. &amp;nbsp;Obama's ground troops are polite courteous, efficient and will add 3 percentage points to each of the swing states. </description></item><item><title>Obama: That the best you can do?</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/07/31/1238125.aspx#1238348</link><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 19:10:26 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1238348</guid><dc:creator>GP Chicago</dc:creator><description>Electing Bush was the first big mistake we made as a nation. Now, putting Obama in office will be a big blunder --- and we still have time to avert it, that is, if we want to but most of us are so impressionable of his showmanship that we care less of the consequences, right? &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Sanders (Sent Thursday, July 31, 2008 2:54 PM)&lt;br&gt;------------------------------------------------&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;So you are telling us to fix the Bush mistake, by electing someone who acts/votes just like Bush 98% of the time?&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Dude what are you smoking?</description></item><item><title>Obama: That the best you can do?</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/07/31/1238125.aspx#1238361</link><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 19:13:36 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1238361</guid><dc:creator>Alex, Colorado</dc:creator><description>It's really sad that McCain had to start this up already, I'm not looking forward to hearing this nonsense for the next three months. &amp;nbsp;The saddest thing is many people believe it though, and that &amp;quot;taking the high road&amp;quot; didn't get Kerry anything at all. &amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Also, I am sick of McCain supporters accusing democrats of being caught up in Obama's &amp;quot;show.&amp;quot; Perhaps it is YOU who has been caught up in the smoke and mirrors for the past 8 years. &amp;nbsp;We are much more informed than those who believe your candidates outright lies ---&amp;gt;factcheck.org&amp;lt;--- go check that out.</description></item></channel></rss>