McCain: Good news, bad news

the Pajama Pundit — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 13:27:45 GMT

In recent days, a campaign that embraced the mantra of ‘Country First’ but is flagging in the polls and scrambling for a way to close the gap as the nation's economy slides into shambles has found itself at the center of an outpouring of raw emotion rare in a presidential race.
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'Country First' is a bald-faced-lie. If McCain were putting his country first, he would not be resorting to distortions, character assasination and negative campaign tactics to win the election. His mantra has clearly become 'Campaign First'.

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McCain: Good news, bad news

Linda, Allen, TX — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 13:30:12 GMT

John McCain and Sarah Palin should be told by the Secret Service to cut it out! They are inciting people to commit a heinous crime. And by their silence, they are condoning that behavior. I am ashamed and apalled that a Senator and a Governor in this country would do such a thing. They should be ashamed too.

McCain: Good news, bad news

Eric, Salinas, CA — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 13:31:36 GMT

The "Bush Hugger" McCain $300 billion boondoggle is a huge taxpayer ripoff. He had a line on his website detailing the plan and he had a sentence about the banks having to take the losses and then after getting an earful from his big banking lobbyist pal Phil Gramm he took that sentence out. Now he intends to stick us taxpayers with the losses instead of the banks.

That's helping Wall Street plain and simple while screwing the taxpayers. That's flip flopping at it's worst.

Go Obama/Biden 08/12!

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BJ, CA — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 13:33:03 GMT

John McCain's become the Evil Eyes and Ears for the nation...
I'm not to sure I believe everything says but it sure can make "haters" come out of the wood work..

It's too bad divisive people people don't look beyond the hooks in their noses..Hate and fear are the only things John McCain has going for himself...
Sounds like Satan to me...

We need Obama/Biden even more now..

McCain: Good news, bad news

Pete - Albany, NY — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 13:33:13 GMT

The Washington Post on those rowdy McCain-Palin crowds. "In recent days, a campaign that embraced the mantra of ‘Country First’ but is flagging in the polls and scrambling for a way to close the gap as the nation's economy slides into shambles has found itself at the center of an outpouring of raw emotion rare in a presidential race."

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It's disturbing to see McCain and Palin speaking before angry mobs. What is more disturbing is that neither candidate seems eager to quell the anger.

Why?

When your supporters shout out things like "terrorist", "traitor" and "kill him" are you not complicit in your silence and your failure to control the crowd?

If McCain wants to run a campaign about character, what does it say about his character that he says nothing to his supporters about their mob mentality?

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cindy, Las Vegas, Nv — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 13:35:38 GMT

Yes America, lets use racism to close the gap. What a smart tactic. Lets move our country back 30 years (give or take). Lets bring out those angry attitudes we thought we had over come. I guess living on the west side of our country, seeing we don't practice racism, I have been oblivious to this hatred.

It really breaks my heart to see this. My 14 year old is shocked by this action. One of his best friends is half African American. He has never, ever questioned this. Never treated him any different than his other friends.

My hope is America will show how unacceptable this behavior is on Nov 4th. We are ready for a change. Is Obama the man to lead us out of this mess? I don't know, but I'm willing to vote for him, and hope he can lead our country in a better direction. The war has bankrupted this country, along with bad practices and de-regulation. I'm not going to point fingers. Everyone had a part in this.

This is your wake up call America!!!!!!!!!! ENOUGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Lisa, Beverly Hills, Mich — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 13:36:59 GMT

The McCain-Palin crowds remind me of the old Frankenstein movies.....it's kinda scary. I worry some crazy fanatic might try to take it a little too far. Palin sure does alot of yapping for someone with her own baggage. She obviously has nothing to offer since her "bridge to nowhere" was a sham. I would be embarrassed for my kids if I acted the way she has been acting during the course of the campaign.

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T, Brownsburg, IN — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 13:37:04 GMT

I can think of another term instead of "raw emotion" that begins with the same first 2 letters.

McCain: Good news, bad news

Pat, Boston, MA — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 13:37:28 GMT

ALL ABOUT CINDY:

Dear Cindy Win At Any Cost McEve Harrington:

If Barack Obama is so dangerous and a "terrorist", why didn't your husband call him on this when he was running for the Senate? I'm surprised your husband would even be in the same building as Senator Obama if your husband thinks he so dangerous. Gee, aren't you afraid for your husband's safety? No, of course not. Tis the season for fear and hate and lie mongering.

Also, I don't believe a veteran should go and sell our military down the river by voting against top notch equipment to give our troops as they go off to an invasion that your husband wanted.

Which is why we love Jon Soltz. He probably doesn't think he's getting through to us. Well, he is. In a big way.

Most of us have a certain image of how we would like our First Lady to behave. And NOT behave. You have failed - miserably. Eleanor Roosevelt was an inspiration to a very troubled country. I have heard over and over how Mrs. Roosevelt wanted the country to feel as though both she & her husband were the people's friend. She succeeded. They both did. She was not attractive, she took little care in her wardrobe. It mattered not to her. She knew her priorities as First Lady.

Hence, she was neither a hater or a divider.

You Cindy McCain, are both. Pretty typical descriptions of the rich and famous - the elite. Actually, Eleanor Roosevelt was a member of the "elite". But that was not something that interested her. She had a bigger role in society and she knew it, instinctively. She believed in treating people with dignity. And so, like her, we would like a First Lady who possesses dignity, graciousness, kindness. A woman who could be an inspiration to young girls all over the world. Someone like say, Michelle Obama.

Karl Rove ruined your chances in 2000 by spreading the most vicious of lies. Yet today you hold dear all he espouses. Congratulations. You have graduated to the top of the sell out class, just like your husband.

Barack Obama is a United States Senator, a husband and a dad.

Barack Obama, the smartest candidate vs. John McCain, the maverick –upon a time, they say.
Michelle Obama, the gracious, intelligent wife vs. Cindy McCain, the spoiled big spender mean wife.

Go Phillies over the Dodgers.
Tampa Bay Rays in the ALCS – wow.

McCain: Good news, bad news

jawillie, Philadelphia, PA. — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 13:39:56 GMT

>>>The Washington Post on those rowdy McCain-Palin crowds. "In recent days, a campaign that embraced the mantra of ‘Country First’ but is flagging in the polls and scrambling for a way to close the gap as the nation's economy slides into shambles has found itself at the center of an outpouring of raw emotion rare in a presidential race."

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That's an understatement. The McCain/Palin rallies have come to resemble KKK rallies lately, with McCain and Palin as the Grand Dragon and Dragoness. People seeing this should ask themselves objectively, regardless of party or who they support, if these were Obama rallies and the audience were full of Blacks, how scared would you be?

Obama/Biden '08!
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Nj — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 13:41:54 GMT

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/10/former-mccain-strategist_n_133523.html

MOB MENTALITY

McCain: Good news, bad news

smartest guy in the room — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 13:44:36 GMT

Who is the real John McCain? Who is he and his supporters?

McCain: Good news, bad news

Terry — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 13:45:26 GMT

For everyone's sake...McCain and Palin need to calm down their supporters before we have a tragedy of a different kind. One that could really tear or at least divide this country at a time that we really need unity regardless of our presidential preference...

NOW GO OUT AND VOTE

OBAMA/BIDEN 08/12
Bayh/McCaskill 2016/2020

McCain: Good news, bad news

Larry Sarver, Green Bay, WI — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 13:47:43 GMT

I am a 62 year old white male independent who historically has voted Republican, especially for president. My very first vote went for Nixon in 1968. I once had great respect for John McCain, and I hurt with him during the Rove dirty tricks in the 2000 primaries. Now he has lowered himself to the same level, or even lower for that matter with the race baiting!

Moreover, what does the Republican Party stand for today? The party of Lincoln, T. Roosevelt, Goldwater and Buckley has become the party of big government, big deficits and big brother. While neither candidate is perfect, I think it's time to vote for "that one."

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katiec Pekin, IL — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 13:47:46 GMT

It is very disturbing to see Mccain/palin turn
this campaign into hate and anger. Yhey are
inciting the crowds with their lies, distortions
and attacks and fueling the radicals.
I have never seen such an appalling, dishonorable
campaign.
They are running for the most important offices
in our country and degrading it with their
actions.
We CANNOT allow these two to lead our nation.

McCain: Good news, bad news

kathy, charlotte nc — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 13:48:08 GMT

Anyway, after Tim Russert died. I really went into a funk because in my opinion we lost a great truth teller. My husband reminded me, "we still have Keith Olberman, Chuck Todd, and Anderson Cooper..." True. Thank God. The problem is Keith is preaching to the choir, Chuck is hit or miss with these posts, and Anderson Cooper seems to have lost his way after the Katrina coverage ended. I know this probably won't get posted because I mentioned another network. Anyway....

During the past week, the McCain campaign has become the most delusional, dishonest, slimiest, most racist campaign I've her seen. And while you and your collegues pretend to be SHOCKED, SHOCKED, SHOCKED -- you are furthering contempt for Obama and advancing McVain. MEDIA (I mean the real journalist -- right or left) THAT IS NOT YOUR JOB. Your job is to report the news both sides. That means when McShame says something untrue or distorted or racist about Obama, YOUR JOB IS TO ASK A COUNTER QUESTION (this applies for both candidates). When McCain digs up Ayers, and Wright, and PAST drug use, your job is to yes...AND Isn't Cindy McCain a drug addict? What about G. Gordon Liddy, Keating 5, Alaska Independence Party (the "I hate America and don't bury me under that damn flag" club to which the Palins belong), Wasilla Witch Doctor, Abortion doctor shooter (McCain supporter), the Annenburgs (McCain supporters and owners of the foundation Obama and Ayers worked on)??? My list could go on and on. But that's YOUR JOB MEDIA. WHERE IS THE REAL -- NOT THE FAUX -- OUTRAGE!

Thank you!

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Robert Noble, Royal Oak, Michigan — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 13:50:34 GMT

Obama's camp claims that the McCain mortgage proposal will only help the institutions that put us in this mess. Isn't the $700 billion bailout that both candidates voted yes on help those institutions anyway? It is about time that someone ie: MCCain, came up with a plan to help those in need, the American people which all politicians SHOULD hold near and dear to their hearts. Yes America and the tax payers will take a financial hit. But we already are on this $700 billion that saves lending institutions. At least people, like me, can try and stay in our homes. We have to think of the American people. More foreclosures will drive down the home values even further, increase inventories of fire sale priced homes and with the lending institutions we are saving, who ARE NOT passing along resonible credit back to the population, those homes will sit and sit.
We also bailed out AIG once and they went on a spa vacation. We gave them ANOTHER $37 billion today. What a complete waste of taxpayer money. Good for McCain for at least attempting to help the people in this country and shame on Obama for not doing it sooner. I feel Obama's true rejection of the McCain plan is he didn't do it first. We are all in a world of hurt and the best these parties can give us are Obama and McCain. When will America wake up and take back our country. Remember the original words..."WE THE PEOPLE, FOR THE PEOPLE." Well, it's more like we the politicians for the politicians at least McCain is making an attempt to help the constituants in this country.

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mexed, san antonio, texas — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 13:52:00 GMT

At this point I find it impossible to believe any of the stuff the McCain campaing puts out. They have had a campaign history of now proven lies and misleading statements. For McCain to suddenly have concern about Obama after working with him for several years in the halls of the capital is pure politics. I don't believe the man tells the truth about much any more. He just wants to win and will say anything to anyone to do it.

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Erik, Mechanicsburg, PA — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 13:52:15 GMT

McCain's mortgage plan is yet another Hail Mary that falls short of its intended target on 4th and long.

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Dan, WI — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 13:56:05 GMT

Reagan would be outraged by McCain's mortgage bailout plan.

McCain's plan takes more money from Americans and gives it to the banks. Look at AIG. After the government decided to buy them out, the executives went on a spa day that cost taxpayers hundreds of thousands of dollars.

McCain wants us to give banks even more money.
We aren't stupid. We aren't giving trillions of McCain pork to the banks.

I'd rather see Obama's plan for a second stimulus tax rebate check giving each taxpayer money. That would cost hundreds of billions (possibly trillions) less than McCain's bank pork and give money to all Americans.

McCain: Good news, bad news

Houston — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 13:56:51 GMT

In recent days, a campaign that embraced the mantra of ‘Country First’ but is flagging in the polls and scrambling for a way to close the gap as the nation's economy slides into shambles has found itself at the center of an outpouring of raw emotion rare in a presidential race."
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They could have been more specific about what kind of "raw emotion" that McCain and Palin are inciting: It's called HATE.

McCain: Good news, bad news

Lisa, Baltimore — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 14:02:26 GMT

This country will turn the page on Nov. 5th. We will be an absolute different and decidedly better country on Nov. 5th. My two year old son will have a brighter future on Nov. 5th.

When you walk out of a McCain/Palin neo-nazi rally how do you feel about yourself? Hopeful, informed, happy? I doubt it. It is not about kool-aid drinking it is about the future vs. the past and this time the future will win.

The only silver lining is soon all the old/redneck/trailer trash/racist will be dead!

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JTatEHT — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 14:02:31 GMT

McCain’s increasingly negative rallies are further acerbating the divisions within our country. Hate begets hate. John McCain is destroying his own brand and fragmenting our country at a time when we all should work together.

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D/Allentown, PA — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 14:03:11 GMT

Not only do you have McCain/Palin inciting riots, the conservative media - Fox - can't stop. Talk about dividing a country.

Way to run for President McCain. You won't work across the aisle, you can't even work with the WHOLE country. Are you that desperate to win?