Renzi to step down from McCain camp

Matt, Las Vegas, NV — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 21:23:59 GMT

So McCain is the "straight talk express" supposedly, how does that square with "The Keating 5", and this Renzi guy?

Renzi was just INDICTED folks, he is/was the co-chair of McCain's Arizona campaign. So this guy has been making illegal deals in the same state that McCain is from, but McCain had NO KNOWLEDGE of this, and made him a chair of his AZ campaign?!?!?!? lol. Glad that 'Mac' is on the lookout for corruption, he can't even see it when it's in front of his face.

Do any of you short term memory having fellow Americans remember this, or did you conveniently forget?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keating_Five

Also, this fits right in with the current story from the NYT (even though it was sort of a hit job). McCain and the lobby, McCain and cheating on his wife.....these are all things that he HAS done in the past, that's FACT 'my friends'.

McCain is a typical, dirty, long term congressman....how does that equate to 'change'? He supports ALL of Bush's policies, how is that 'change'?

Don't let McCain fool you, he's a wolf in sheeps clothing, a warmonger, a liar, a cheater, and a fake.

Wake up America.

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PBrown — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 21:32:37 GMT

Well Well Well

When it rains it pours... Maybe next time Cindy McCain will keep her BIG MOUTH SHUT....You never know when Karma is going to come your way......

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John B, Des Moines, IA — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 21:32:47 GMT

McCain paints himself as beyond reproach, but his circle of advisors has more lobbyists than any other presidential candidate. The guy is a phony.

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justwaitandsee — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 21:34:23 GMT

Well they maybe raising a lot of money...But I wonder how long will that last.

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Jen, Indianapolis IN — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 21:37:04 GMT

The revelations of this week are disappointing. At one time, I and many others had respect for McCain. Now I just have the same sinking feeling about him that I had when he campaigned for W in '04.
He makes Hillary look good.
He makes Obama look even better.

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John Doe — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 21:37:09 GMT

Well, let Patty and Juan from SD, CA; and J. Merle Stanley from Westchester and Cathy from Upstate, NY and their Band of Bigots run McCain's campaign. They are nonsense warriors, perhaps on drugs to think with a clean mind and express with a compassionate ehart, who might satisfy McWar. Of course, McCain is no bigot for me, but he needs a gang of warriors, but he has to learn to tame this hate monging gang and use it only to cement his warrior status.
Seriously though, I am wondering why the good guys at First Read are not comply with their own "comment poster's rules" that forbid character assassinations and childish attacks on others.
Oh I forgot this is a free speech country. But I don't think it is good for people to keep being pathological liars, as if they are majoring in propaganda. They have no cause to argue, but a cause to promote hatred, ignorance, etc.
If they truly dislike the candidate of which their hateful posts are targeting, that is nt a problem. But to post senseless comments with no facts to back up their babblings, then I don't think this palce belongs to them.
Please MSNBC, stop allowing extremissm and radicalism on this blog. You are apparently blocking comments critical of American foreign policies while allowing hate mongers to blow out out on your blogs.

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Paul of Winston-Salem, NC — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 21:37:55 GMT

I'd say, McCain has hit a rough patch.

I suspect the NYT has more on him than what it wrote. The Grand Ole Lady ain't no tabloid.

He better be ready.

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Michele — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 21:45:38 GMT

American are tired of the stale and rotten politics of Washington. November will be remembered as the greatest defeat in the history of the Republican party. Go Obama. America needs you!

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MG, St. Louis, MO. — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 21:45:55 GMT

Only in American can a devastating article that call into question a senators ethics be used to raise money for his political campaign. Gotta laugh or you'd cry. I'd like to ask his first wife how many times he cheated on her. Maybe we don't have to ask her as it is already in the public record. This guy hasn't changed his stripes, but really who cares it's his life, but when he takes money from a lobbyest and fly's on his jet etc etc why wouldn't we question his ethics.

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MK,MO — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 21:50:59 GMT

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Patty, sd, ca — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 21:54:33 GMT

everybody talks about how mccain is going to hammer obama, looks like mccain will be easy pickin's for obama too me, if mccain can stay out of jail long enough to get nominated obama will be the one doing the hammering, looks like mccain is almost as dirty as the clintons
MK,MO (Sent Friday, February 22, 2008 4:50 PM)

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Sorry to tell you, the media has come to the conclusion that Obama won't be a choice come november.

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T Terry — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 21:58:34 GMT

Depite all of the things that are coming out about McCain, this timing is actually better than the general election. It will be a been there done that attitude rather than AH HA defend yourself.

Will these matters hurt? No not really.
Will they be talking points for Obama? Maybe, if McCain brings it p
For Hillary? Yes, they will be talking points.
For the media? OMG YES, because there is nothing like beating a dead horse unless it is a dead horse that the Congress trying to pass through for the President to sign into law.

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Huh? Where? — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 22:01:16 GMT

"McCain was unaware of the Arizona congressman's indictment "

Oh, hell. Where are you going to find a republican who ISN'T under indictment? (Besides the ones currently hiding behind "signing statements" and "executive privilege"?)

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John, Morgan Hill, CA — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 22:11:54 GMT

I don't recall. I wasn't aware. It was my staff's doing. Wow, I'm getting 1990s deja vu all over again. McCain isn't going to be able to get away with thundering "how dare you attack my integrity my friend".

Check out this video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gwqEneBKUs

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Jeff, Portland, OR — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 22:16:23 GMT

No matter who the Democratic candidate is they will argue John McCain:
· is experienced
· a war hero
· an accomplished politician

DON’T LET THEM SLIDE BY WHEN THEY SAY THIS. None of this mattered when they nominated George W. Bush over John McCain in 2000. They fell for the moron governor who failed in business, accomplished nothing as governor, had no foreign policy experience, and only got to where he was in his life because of his last name. And now they want us to nominate this same guy that they previously rejected despite his experience, war heroism, and his political accomplishments. Did John McCain really need 8 more years of seasoning? No, they just don’t like the guy and are now settling for him. DON’T LET THE REPULICAN TALKING HEADS SLIDE BY WITH THESE ARGUMENTS SUPPORTING JOHN MCCAIN. IT SAYS MORE ABOUT THESE CUT THROAT REPUBLICANS THAN IT DOES ABOUT JOHN MCCAIN WHO I ACTUALLY RESPECT ON SOME LEVEL.

Both Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton have:
· more experience
· accomplished more politically
· more foreign policy experience
than George Bush had when they rejected John McCain in 2000.

DON’T LET THE REPUBLICANS SLIDE ON THESE ARGUMENTS.

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Marty CR Iowa — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 22:20:34 GMT

My faith in John is not shaken at all, he is not responsible for what Renzi did , the NYTs artical was nothing but an attempt to smear and blacken a good name. I refuse to let the media choose who I feel is the best to be president. Their opinions and mine are two separate things, I don't have to print Cra- to sell a paper. I wrap my trash in newspaper and throw it out.

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lfr — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 22:21:12 GMT

I'm sick of the McCain's self righteousness. He cheated on and ditched his first wife, after she was badly injured, for heiress Cindy who stole pills from her own charity. Google it.
He's a corrupt Washington insider who squeezes his POW card!

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Patty, sd, ca — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 22:22:11 GMT

The military is casting doubt on Barack Obama’s claim during a debate Thursday night that for U.S. troops in Afghanistan, it was “easier to get Taliban weapons” than it was to be properly equipped by their own country.

Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman said Friday he found the claim “hard to believe.”

“Despite the degree of skill and finesse that it takes to manage a large force with the number of deployments we have going on — and despite the stress that we have readily acknowledged on the force, one of the things we do is make sure that all of our servicemen that are going into harm’s way are properly trained and equipped with the leadership they need to be successful,” he said.

Obama’s campaign stands by his remarks, which he made during a debate with Hillary Clinton in Austin, Texas, while explaining why he feels he is prepared to be commander-in-chief and why the decision to enter Iraq demonstrated poor judgment.

During the debate, he said he was told by an Army captain heading a rifle platoon that he was sent to Afghanistan with 15 fewer soldiers than he was supposed to have because the other troops were sent to Iraq.

“And as a consequence, they didn’t have enough ammunition; they didn’t have enough Humvees,” Obama said. “They were actually capturing Taliban weapons, because it was easier to get Taliban weapons than it was for them to get properly equipped by our current commander-in-chief.”

Army spokesman John P. Boyce Jr. issued a statement saying: “Without a unit designation or time frame of deployment, it’s difficult for us to verify the validity of what was told to the senator. Our soldiers deploy as complete units — either as companies, battalions or brigades, and they do so with every soldier armed with his or her individual weapon. … Army units and individual replacements arrive in country fully capable to conduct combat operations.”

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TJM, Atlanta, GA — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 22:25:14 GMT

Will they please let John McCain go back to avoiding a debate with Mike Huckabee.

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Laughing At Patty, Des Moines, Iowa — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 22:26:53 GMT

Don't get me wrong, I have respect for McCain and all he has done for our country, but he has just seemed rather sketchy as of late. Not to mention he had started turning uber-conservative lately.

And Patty... I really don't know what your problem with Obama is. Just because he beat your candidate (most likely) doesn't mean it's a scandal or a conspiracy by the world against Hillary Clinton. I advise you seek help, because all that pent up anger inside of you can not be healthy.

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Peg Ackley, Roanoke, VA — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 22:31:11 GMT

Follow the money. Karl Rove, the anonymous tipster? He's done it before. The fund raising email sent out painting the New York Times story as a "smear campaign" was their best email fund raising campaign yet. They are characterizing McCain as a conservative Republican victim. He's obviously not a conservative, but this is the way Karl Rove could get people to begin thinking of him this way. They needed an enemy to rally the troops. The NY Times obliged. The timing was the least hurtful it could be for McCain, as others have noted.

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Chenai — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 22:31:13 GMT

Leave McCain alone. He won't win the presidency anyway so why twist his neck unnecessarily.

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Jason — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 22:31:27 GMT

Lets put this in perspective.

McCain has 24 Co Chairmen in Arizona. It is a volunteer honorary position.

Renzi has no real role in the campaign.

The liberal media is distorting McCain's record and the american people are eating it up.

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patty, sd, ca — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 22:32:10 GMT

And Patty... I really don't know what your problem with Obama is. Just because he beat your candidate (most likely) doesn't mean it's a scandal or a conspiracy by the world against Hillary Clinton. I advise you seek help, because all that pent up anger inside of you can not be healthy.
Laughing At Patty, Des Moines, Iowa (Sent Friday, February 22, 2008

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hey maybe if we get universal health care I can afford therapy. maybe the well educated Obama can pay for some grammar lessons for me.

what do you think?

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Laughing at Patty, Des Moines, Iowa — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 22:45:41 GMT

Unlike you, Patty, I am not unwilling to praise candidates even if I am not planning to vote for them. Although I support Barack Obama, I still highly respect Senator Clinton. I actually like her health care plan.

Even though I want Obama to win, I know that I will vote for Clinton if she manages to win. Being a rational person, unlike you, I don't go around telling nonsense about conspiracies which do not exist. If Obama wins, I suggest you support him, unless you want more of what we have had for the past 8 years. But it's your choice...

P.S. I don't think that Clinton's universal health care covers therapy for you. Because last time I checked, cluelessness is not curable by a doctor...

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Bobbo — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 12:20:38 GMT

What's the difference We know he is only the front man anyway. He sold out and the party boys conntrol everything down to who gets a job as a Park ranger!! So get real character is not an issue Republics do not need it. They have 'The Crew' ratf---krs and Bag men and women after all they are not sexist

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Lesley, Baltimore, MD — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 12:50:02 GMT

I love it. Conservatives were unsure about McCain when he appeared to be an ethical man. Now that scandal has engulfed him they recognize him as one of their own.

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Roy, Charlotte, NC — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 13:49:11 GMT

This one is so easy it is almost not worth writing about. McCain is just plain unwilling to acknowledge his own past and that is just one of those hard to swallow straight talking facts. McCain said publicly that he didn't meet with Paxson & the lady lobbyist before going to bat for them on the TV deal BUT THE TRUTH IS THAT HE DID. McCain, bless his heart, has been so rash and imprudent in so many ways and on so many topics that I believe he will just keep getting boxed in by the truth no matter what he says or does.

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LT in MD — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 14:43:39 GMT

The liberal media is distorting McCain's record and the american people are eating it up.
Jason (Sent Friday, February 22, 2008 5:31 PM)

Uh Jason, I don't think the "Liberal Media" forced McCain to have 26 lobbyists working for his campaign. What is it with right wingers and their liberal media schtick?? Anyone with eyes and ears can see that for example, CNN/MSNBC have been leaning far right lately eg. (Glenn (Bobblehead) Beck, Lou (Send em' all back) Dobbs.

You can't turn on the TV or radio without encountering some NeoCon blowhard telling us how evil liberalism is.

Why don't you quit worrying about the 'liberal' media and start a fund to help out all the many, many republicans embroiled in sex and money scandals? Just a suggestion, you might feel better.

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Joe Walker, Columbia, SC — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 15:13:45 GMT

Unlike the rest of you, I am still sane. First, I have voted in every election & primary, I have been eligible for. I have not voted for a party presidential candidate since I voted for Perot. I spent 1966-1969 in the U.S. Army. No, I did not dodge the draft likes the rest of you thumb suckers, who were afraid of having your ass shot off. The real hoot is you go to target shooting. The targets, I shot at, shot back. I was in 'Nam and came back whole physically.
The Times was a little skimpy on the facts. If you watched the interview with the New Republic yesterday. I think the exact quote was there were no facts or smoking gun. There are no hotel tabs, or anyone who saw them in a compromising position. As far as Hillary is concerned. She carries more conspiracies and baggage then McCain. Obama hasn't been vetted yet. But, the nasty stuff should come out just about when he is nominated.
The best bet is everyone runs alone. No contributions from yourself,corporations, no party donations, zip, none. They are alloted time on radio and TV equally. And recieve a nominal sum, for things they made need like a new bicycle. Take the money out of the equation, and you will put back in people who have worked for a living. No pensions, 401K with 3% contribution, BC/BS with they pay 25%.
They recieve already too much pay, to many holidays and at least a month vacation.

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MAMN — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 15:48:09 GMT

John McCain is weak on economy and no plan to rebuild our ailing economy. He said" I still need to be educated" What a joke! We are sending some one in the White House who has very little knowledge about our economy which is the most vital part of our national strength. He wants to run our country by military knowledge and foreign policy.

John McCain said that Health care is an option and should be decided by individuals. Is not that failed policy on health care we had for decades? It is shame that our health care system ranks 37th in the world. So what’s the good of being the wealthiest and strongest nation on earth? McCain can enjoy the federal health care plan for himself with out a word but when time to share the same plan with American people then it becomes a bad policy. What hypocrisy? If it’s not double standard than what is?

John McCain may be war hero but him definitely a war monger. He talks about war all the time and hoping for more wars to come. He plays the same fear tactics of Karl Rove and Bush Cheney doctrine. His foreign policy “with us or against us" will lead us to more chaos and instable world.

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MAMN — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 15:48:54 GMT

John McCain claims that Senator Obama is all about rhetoric and no substances on speeches. This is same kind of negative attack he made on Romney during the campaign. McCain promotes that his campaign is all about positive messages and he wants to engage in a gentlemen debates. But this is lie and he can no longer cover his smear campaign tactic which he deliberately promoting. He thinks that he is a media darling and being many years in the senate and as a Vietnam War veteran he will get a blank check of approval from the public and the media. He thinks he has the issues to talk about. Yes, he can only talk about war and foreign policy but make no mistake that the same policy and propaganda, he is talking now led us to a costly war.

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Larry Craig, Duluth,Mn. — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 15:56:53 GMT

I'AM BEEN GONE FOR A WHILE, IS THAT "OLD FART" MCCAIN STILL IN THE RACE ? BOY I BET THE REPUBLICAN RIGHT IS HAVING NIGHTMARES, YOU KNOW WITH HIS PAST "SEXUAL" ESCAPADES AND ALL.

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K. Rote Philadelphia, PA — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 16:02:10 GMT

The next debate moderator should ask for a clear answer on the illegal immigrant solution. Are the fines and back taxes due to obtain a "green card" or when applying for U.S. citizenship? If for the later, there are millions of green card holders in the country just to make money and qualify for Social Security and then go back to their home country. Except for voting privileges and to hold some high security jobs they have the same benefits as our citizens hsve. Let's hold the candidates to state their position on this issue, not like McCain stated he will secure the borders and talk about the rest LATER.

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HP Boston — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 16:04:56 GMT

everybody talks about how McCain is going to hammer Obama, looks like McCain will be easy pickin's for Obama to me, if McCain can stay out of jail long enough to get nominated Obama will be the one doing the hammering, looks like McCain is almost as dirty as the Clinton's
MK,MO (Sent Friday, February 22, 2008 4:50 PM)
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Or as dirty as OBAMA. The repukes will want to know why his judgement is so poor when he CONSUMED HARD DRUGS AND BOOZE IN HIS SWEET CAREFREE YOUTH? A mere few years ago?

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HP Boston — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 16:10:31 GMT

I suspect there is no Patty in SD CA but she/he is the best fun on this blog ever. Well maybe not as much fun as the love affair between Carrie and Mark. Boy those "Were The Days Of Our Blog! The FOD were a marvel to behold and a story still untold!

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leon houston — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 16:14:27 GMT

Think about this:

NYT endorsed mccain for the presidency. They may have developed this strategy on purpose to strengthen him. Running with this story even though we know mccain is in thick with lobbists, allowed him to mend the conservative rift and bring them rushing to his side. this was a calculated plan by NYT and mccain to fill his coffers and bolster his support...and it worked because the media is too lazy to figure this out. either there is more to the story or my theory holds truth because no reputable paper would stake their rep on something like this.

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John socie, Edinburg,Pa — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 16:17:31 GMT

Why is it that everytime something that does'nt smell right in the Republican party that all you people ever do is badmouth them. I didn't see any of that when you your side was in the fire like the congressman with hot money in his freezer. Lighten up people , politics is all corrupt, as are most of the politicians. you think that hillary and Obama are sqeeky clean ? Me thinks not my friends, just look at the past concerning both of them.

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Buzz — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 16:23:30 GMT

Are you packing me?? ANOTHER Republican indicted? Say it ain't so, Joe!

Every time I hear the right-wing pundits decry the call for change because "the economy isn't so bad", or "why would we want to change the huge success that is the Iraq war", I wonder how many of them are ready to come clean, and admit the C-word might just have more to do with issues and events that contain names like DeLay, Abramnoff, Foley, Craig, Libby, Gonzales, Brown, Meyers, etc...etc...etc....?

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HP Boston — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 16:32:40 GMT

I think the WH will be so much more interesting when just FOLKS fill the place with song and dance!
I HOPE things CHANGE and Patty and I can visit there often. Imagine all the people.........
NO one has been bamboozled, not one person right Obama? No one has been film flamed right Obama? How come your words have not been said since you left SC? The folks were pretty much drinking your kool aide, gallons of it! The language of folks has sort of left the building right Elvis, yup!

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Bob, Pittsburgh, PA — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 16:54:11 GMT

The NYT has always played kingmaker when it comes to elections. They think they can manipulate the elections their way which is usually against convervative candidates. The Washington Post plays the same way. The NYT is only trying, much as CBS and ABC does, to manipulate the slant. Did McCain have an affair? So why is a Republican with past romantic encounters such a big deal to the media when their pal Bill Clinton had many such rumors and innuendos in the elections and in office and the media moguls largely gave him a free pass. It was only the Linda Tripp tapes and blue dress catching the wave of innuendo that got this in the open. Until then, big media largely laughed at it.

There seems to be 2 standards here... one for liberal Democrats and one for everyone else. The NYT etc should simply be journalists... reporting news and facts and not playing kingmaker.

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HT-MI — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 17:50:28 GMT

Just returned from reading all the hate sites on first read----Patty----keep up the good work---you have the obamanoids tied in knots.They have run out of descriptions of how to hate and insult you.You have brought out their true natures.Now I will close this site and go to a less ugly site, where people actually discuss the issues without all the violence.Is it true that schuster is back on msnbc?Is he pimping for Obama?

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Reen Cross, fresno,ca — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 17:58:49 GMT

The radical right totally hated McCain until its revealed that he favors the well connected. Cheats on his wife and the lies about it. Sounds positively right to me.

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Doug M. — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 18:01:41 GMT

Funny that a leader in McCain's Campaign was indicted for "undo influence" of a lobbyist just after McCain was reported to have "undo influence" of a lobbyist as NY Times reported. The apple doesn't fall far from the tree.

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Alberto Burgos, Tampa, Fl — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 18:05:00 GMT

Yeah. Lobbysts and his clients must use the ocation to inject money in his campaing. Mckain is a profesional in taqke, run and hide.

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DAMON KIMBER BRONX, NY 10472 — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 18:11:28 GMT

OBAMA BARACK will win all of the states around the world.Clinton will lose her swing voters of latins, etc.

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William Bondsteel Lexington, Tn. — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 18:16:42 GMT

I beleive that we had the best line up of democrat presidential canadates that I have saw in my 71 years of life.Some I liked a little better than others.I would have been happy with any of them,but I think we are down to the best two choices.I don't think we can go wrong with which ever one of them win.I like Hillarys health plan better but I like his idea of cleaning up the scum in Washington.If one of them wins I would like to see them make John Edwards attourney general.That should clean up some of the rif-raff.

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Shtuey — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 18:23:48 GMT

This election is going to suck. All the drama will be played out before the conventions. There's supposed to be a dance. We shouldn't be getting this many whiffs of scandal until May.

Until then it's supposed to be non-answer answers, obfuscation, a few negative ads about how we can't be sure the candidate likes puppies, etc.

Then sometime in earl April we should start hearing rumors about one of the candidates occasionally wandering off and going astray for several minutes.

In the days that follow they are found sitting alone in their room stroking a lambs wool sweater. Then around mid-May the pictures surface; leather harnesses, a sheep, and a stack of old Crochet Monthlies.

But you can only have the good sex scandal when there are more than two candidates. But since the MSM, including the cast of buffoons at msnbc, only fed us the Clintbama Show--for over a year now.

I really thought you people would have been over it by this past January and started looking at guys like Biden, Dodd, and most obviously Bill Richardson; the first Latino candidate to run for President with a resume longer than virtually everyone else in the race combined, and with policies which are now being adopted by Clintbama (though more so by Clinton). He was the only candidate talking about getting out of Iraq by the end of 2009, until this past January. That began to resonate with voters so Clintbama adopted his positions like the frickin' Borg, while the media continued to ignore him.

Now of course that Clintbama smells like the Governor's hind quarters he is getting some press. Let's face it, Obama and Clinton could both use him as their VP and/or Secretary of State and/or Secretary of Indian Affairs (a cabinet level position Gov. RIchardson planned to create, and one that is long overdue). Hey , is it too late to nominate him now? Maybe we'll get lucky and Clintbama will consume each other's brains before the convention.

Maybe if Richardson wore sequined jackets and cowboy hats you would have paid to a little more attention to the rest of the field and we wouldn't be stuck with trying to figure out who's going to bring us change we shouldn't believe in on day 1 -- IN THE MIDDLE OF FEBRUARY!!!

Maybe John Adams was right about the mob.

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Opa2 — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 18:34:08 GMT

This story is about the crook Renzi, not McCain. Every republican politician of small note is part of McCain's Arizona Campaign committee. It's a honorary tittle and most of those people have nothing to do with McCain exept that they live in the same state. In Renzi's case even that is debatable. He "moved" here from virginia when there was an open republican seat up for grabs but basically was parachuted in to that by the republican party. It is the national party that has kept him there, even though there were lots of rumors about that man when he first ran here in the 1'st district. You wonder why that party continues to support those crooks but in 2006 the republicans had no choice. Had they not stuck with the incumbant the seat probably would have gone democratic. Apparently the republicans considered that a worse fate than sticking with the guy who, by 2006, had a lot of baggage. Well, as usual, the chickens have come home to roost. Now he not only hurts his party here in Arizona but also gives his party's nominee another bit of attention he could do without right now. I hope he resigns but he probably will be like that senator and hang on as long as possible.

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mexed, san antonio, texas — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 19:05:44 GMT

The NYT investigates everyone, Democrats and Republicans. They are not meant to be kind, they are meant to research and bring to light anything that might help the citizen. The Republicans blame them for the bad news. The Republicans are still blaming Clintons for all that is wrong even as the Republican governments of the past and present have got this country into financial and political messes. Blame, Blame others and give more money to someone who promises to take the country backward where they believe the answers are found. It is a bankrupt party with bankrupt leaders and bankrupt ideas, but plenty of the nation's money and they aim to keep it that way.

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Russ Fox Wells, Maine — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 19:10:41 GMT

Well here we go again, Lobbysist arent in your campaigne because they like you there there to protect there interest...Let se we have a congressman from airizona, corrupt catering to lobysist, there were earmarks of about 235million dollars to your state, dont tell me you didnt know about that, we have an Alaskan Senator, of apporopriation whos under investigation, you know the guy who supported the bridge to nowwhere, with a ferry for 60million to now where, and 1million to put salmon fishes on alaskan airlines to promote his sons, businees..And you wonder why congress has the support of only 29 percent of the american people....Washington is taking care of itself first...Why do you think Americans are supporting change...For the reason i have stated...This country is in the shape it is because washington doesnt care...Well once again the cry at bunker hill was dont shoot till you see the whites of there eyes, well were comming to washington and when we see the whites of your eyes we will make sure we shoot straight with a voice and vote...This is the year for change...and all you couch people give up your controls and go pull the lever at the polls for change....Again i find it hard to believe that lobysist are there for your best interes but theres.....Washing has more scandal going on and the work of the american people seems to have a low priority,,,,,,,CHANGE CHANGE CHANGE CHANGE

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Peter Burke, Mamaroneck, New York — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 19:45:12 GMT

Your right Marty. How dare the truth get in the way of your vote. Just one question? do you actually read the newspaper before you wrap your trash in it. You are just the type of towering intellect that elected G.W. Bush twice and we all know how that worked out.

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Phill Riley, Lake Wales, FL — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 20:48:59 GMT

How can u run for president and u want to keep the policies of a current w/a low 30% approval rating. Does he thing Bush would win again? Does he know Bush is the reason the Republicans can him his one chance at his dream job when he is too old and at a time when the Republicans have NO change on taking back the White House. The only Republican who would have a chance after the Bush years is Lincoln--and we know he ain't running.

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Russ Fox Wells, Maine — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 21:40:43 GMT

Patty ..... Clinton must be paying you well to monitor and counter some of these concerns....Me for one and am an independent and dont want anymore disrespect for the White house or its capital which is going on in the Congress now...Nope no more i want change not the same old politics.....I want washington to represent the people which they were elected to do but it seems they come first...I want the nation to trust and look at the white house and who evers in it to represent the true American People and not the fear that most countries sees ous....Change

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betty LHC, az — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 22:51:14 GMT

My question for Mr. McCain is this: what makes you think you will be up against Obama in the general election. Does he know something the rest of us are unaware of. I didnt know we had elected a Democratic candidate yet. maybe I missed something

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RETSUB - NEWPORT NEWS ,VIRGINIA — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 23:04:07 GMT

IF NOT THIS TIME, NEXT TIME.IF NOT NEXT TIME THE TIME AFTER THAT,BUT, WE SURE CAN NOT KEEP GOING IN THE SAME DIRECTION.SOONER OR LATER WE WILL CHANGE THIS DO AS I SAY NOT AS I DO MENTALLITY AND REALIZE THAT THE U.S, IS IN SERIOUS TROUBLE AT HOME AND ABROAD.CHANGE WE MUST OR CRUMBLE WE WILL. OBAMA TIME IN 09.......

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Katherine Maupin - Fayette, Mo. — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 23:10:15 GMT

WOW! Can't we all learn to disagree and still be civil? I sincerely wonder if Obama knows what he is talking about when he says he can unite Americans when it seems we just can't accept another's opinion without degrading them in some way. God help the next President as she/he will come under the same attacks as soon, or before, he enters office. Shame on us.

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Art Payson, Arizona — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 23:26:52 GMT

To me the choice is clear. We can pick Clinton or McCain both of whom are double talking entrenched politicans, or we can try someone new, like Obama. I don't know too much about Obama, but at least I know he isn't "an experienced" politician like the other two. Let's give the new kid a chance!

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Art Payson, Arizona — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 23:27:54 GMT

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Simmer, Nowhere, OK — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 23:46:35 GMT

Are you people ALL idiots? ALL politicians go crooked when they become CAREER politicos. Osama Obama is from Chicago! Jeez, don't any of you remember Richard J. Daley? "Vote early and often!" Obama is from the same party and cut from the same cloth! Hillary is from Chicago and USED to be a Goldwater supporter 'til she went to college and became a lez and a Dem. Remember the missing Rose Law Firm records? Unbelievable! McCain and the Keating Five? He's rotten to the core. And he's nearly as conservative as Hillary. Then there's Mike Huckabee. Can't make it as a Baptist preacher so he tries his hand at being governor of Arkansas? Gimme a break.

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Appalled Tampa Bay Florida — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 13:06:55 GMT

I would like to see a tape I saw on C Span seen on prime time.

In it , Michelle Obama seemed to be presenting her distrust of people outside her racial group.

It was offensive.

The tape was obviously not being seen live: I saw it around 4:55 am EST between Feb 6 and Feb 11 this year.

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greg,ath,gr — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 13:09:17 GMT

Didn't the NYT endorsed McCain a month ago?...Now they go after him with a ridiculous story, ridiculous enough to make him look GOOD. The kind of "Democrates" that would rather see McCain in the White House if Hillary looses. Very disappointing? Judith Miller in sept 2002 was disappointing...now it comes with no surprise.

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Chizzie, Flagstaff, AZ — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 16:39:53 GMT

Slick Rick is very stubborn. Even John McCain might not be able to get him to resign from the McCain campaign, or from Congress.

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HMT-MI — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 18:56:05 GMT

lets get all of them including obama.Rezko---they have the letters Obama wrote for him to get taxpayer money to buy the thirty apartment buildings---course nobody could live in them as they were uninhabitable----but Obama got his payback from campaign moneys and a discounted on the obamanoid mansion plus extra lot.Larry Sinclair claims he did cocaine with Obama in the back of his limoplus other nasties.HThat is what Orieley is talking about---it will come out as soon as they think obama has the nomination.Instead of bring up the clintons past you should have been checking obamas-----he was your candidate not Hillary.

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Russell Fox Wells, Maine — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 20:08:07 GMT

well you cant tell me that McCain just found out about it...Here we are politics as usual, Another crooked politician with pay off from lobysist, and McCain has the most lobbysist working for him, once again they may be honarable people butthey have and interest at stake, politics as usual...We have a Senator in Alaka who had the bridge to now where, with a ferry basically to nowwhere, and his support of a Million dollars to put Salmon fish on alakan airlines to support his sons business. We have corruption in wahington, misaprobiation of billions of dollars for earmarks, and pork barrell...We have billions going to Irag unaccounted for...U now see the comptroller for the budject of the Nation leaving and he also saying we are on a road to disaster, which has been brought on by the worst approval of washington politics in history....Well if we dont vote for change now it will be 4 more yrs of the same just different people...Basically parties first, american people second...Independents unite to the call of the battle of bunker hill dont shoot till you see the whites of there eyes, well were on our way to washinton and when we see your eyes we will shoot straight with our voice and vote.....Change....We want our country back from the politicians who have made it there own........Change.....

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Mon, 25 Feb 2008 00:46:40 GMT

John Mc Cain counts amongst his friends 2 convicted felons. Charles M Keating Jr and John Fife Symington III. How many convicted felons do you count amongst your friends? John Mc Cain is married to a convicted criminal. You dont possess the jounalistic fortitude to print that.