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Posted by robertgreenwald on August 27th, 2008
McCain’s Million Dollar Parking Lot

Not only does John McCain have at least 10 properties he can't remember, but he also owns a parking lot in Phoenix Arizona worth between $1.4 and $2.4 million. That's over $1 million more than the average American home!

It's no wonder McCain has said time and time again that the "fundamentals of the economy are strong."  He's living in the land of affluence, and has no concept of just how terrible our economy has become under President Bush.  According to the U.S. Census, 37.3 million people were living in poverty in 2007.  45.7 million (15.3 percent of the population) don't have health insurance—a staggering number that has risen by 6 million since Bush took office in 2001.  And yet McCain extols Bush's economy and proposes his own policies that would sink our country further into debt.

AFL-CIO President John Sweeney said that when it comes to the economy,

"I think John McCain is wrong. He doesn’t even know how many homes he has. … We’ve seen the McCain position as just a continuation of the Bush Administration. It’s President Bush’s policies that got us into the mess that we have now. And it’s not only a short term crisis, it’s long term and it has to be addressed. Workers are having a tough time. The wage inequality that’s out there is unbelievable, and health care and retirement security are threatened. Those are some of the reasons that we’re not supporting John McCain."

When we launched McCain's Mansions, you recognized that McCain is out of touch with hard-working Americans.  That's why you spread it around and got the mainstream media to take notice and question McCain on this issue.  It exposed McCain for the elitist he really is, and turned our ailing economy into a number one issue for Democrats. 

Now's your chance to keep the economy front and center by spreading McCain's Million Dollar Parking Lot.  Let everyone know that while the majority of Americans are struggling to make mortgage payments and pay for necessities like health insurance and gas, John McCain has a parking lot worth $1 million more than the average home.    

  • great article, i really appreciate it
  • DanielKadlek
    To me, The Dinobots were neitheir Autobots or Destrons. This release is great to go with the realease of the long diamond kitty overdue MP-08 Grimlock Masterpiece!!
  • dan bohl
    SIR,I JUST HAD A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.I WAS INJURED AT WORK(BROKE NECK)AS A DET. DEPUTY IN JULY 06.I NEED HELP!!!!THE SYSTEM HAS DELAYED TREATMENT SO MUCH THAT I HAVE USED UP ALL OF MY ACCRUED HOURS,ALONG WITH ALL OF MY SAVINGS.I HAVE A GREAT WIFE WHO HAS LUPUS AND FOUR WOUNDERFUL KIDS.IF ANYONE CAN HELP OR POINT ME IN A DIRECTION MY FAMILY AND I WOULD BE EXTREMELY THANKFUL,GOD BLESS YOU.
  • chrisfromoklahoma
    Well, lets see, Senator McCain continues to believe that the economy is basically sound. Right?, and his solution to our current economic situation is to form a commission (in November?, this year?) when he becomes President?, then we as American citizens wait.. what? perhaps another 6-8 months for findings from this "commission"? and then what? The truth is.. most of us Americans who find ourselves living from pay check to pay check, attempting to feed our families, pay for our mortgage, cover our medical needs are getting further and further behind each and every month, slowly going broke. I have to say it, Senator McCain still doesn't get it!! I believe Senator McCain is a good person, however 25+ yrs. in the Senate and a military career of 30 yrs. ago, doesn't qualify him to be President of the United States. We need someone in the White house with a little bit of good old common horse sense. Senator McCain's continued poor judgment and the choices he continues to make at the advice of others will eventually cost him the election.
  • steve garrett
    Gee Otis, What's up your ass? Warren Buffet SUPPORTS taxation of the rich and ultra rich. He is totally game with paying his part, it's the small price for prospering in a great country like ours.

    If you're sick of money diversion, you must be voting for Obama. There's no way McCain is going to straighten out the mess Bush created when he and Cheney dismantled banking and consumer protections in place since the Great Depression. Banks and investment companies are failing, but all the top brass made their money a couple of years ago and now taxpayers and investors are going to bear the brunt. Bears & Stern was bailed out, which means Bush puffed taxpayer dollars into the golden parachutes before the whole mess was sold off. McCain has his nose so far up the asses of the establishment, he says at 10am that the fundamentals of our economy are strong, and then says at 3pm that those fundamentals are in bad shape.

    Palin is a puppet: cute on the outside and empty on the inside. Right now she's being briefed by the same neocon con men behind Bush: William Kristol to name the first and foremost. She's a blank slate who parrots everything she's told, because she wants to look informed.

    I'm sick of people who want something for nothing. On one hand you hear people saying, "Don't tax us, we'll take care of ourselves." Then when there's a disaster, everyone asks, "Where's the government to rescue us, feed us, bail us out?"

    Why are you so condescending to a 23-year-old entrepreneur who appears to have achieved more than most 40- and 50-year-olds?

    So, Otis, stop being an old TOOL!
  • Vahagn Mkhikian
    There are many rich people who devote themselves to public service. That is true. John McCain is just not one of those people.


    McCain was a war hero 40 years ago. Since then what has he done to further this country? Don't tell me he has reached across party lines because the biggest accomplishment he has is McCain-Feingold wherein he improved ethics standards for campaign finance. That was over a decade and a half ago. Since then Obama, in less than a year, has passed "the strongest ethics legislation yet"



    So McCain talks about improving finance and spends a decade trying to do it, than Obama makes it better in a year




    AND, one more huge problem. McCain is taking 80+ million of tax payers dollars for his campaign. WHAT THE FUCK. I don't support McCain why the fuck is he taking my money? Many dems pay taxes and don't support mcCain, Why is he taking my money and then smearing my candidate with it?



    That's not honor, that's not fiscal responsibility, that, along with his tax plan and 140 corporate lobbyists that work for him, is nothing other than fascism



    Last point. If you love war, vote for McCain, that's all he knows, that's all he loves.



    Pat Buchanan a Republican even said "McCain will make Dick Cheney look like Gandhi"


    That my friends, is fucking scary.
  • Vahagn Mkhikian
    Lets get one thing straight. I own my own company and i own two homes and....I'm 23. This isn't a bragging right it's to show you that not everyone who's rich supports republicans. By the way. The richest Man there is (buffet) is voting for Obama


    You guys have to wake up and understand that Obama doesn't threaten jobs or capitalism. What he threatens are rich people who make obscene amounts of money WHEN the middle class and lower class are starving and losing their homes. It's not communism you dipshits, it's called having a heart. I own real estate, i give credit to John McCain for investing smartly and owning a 2 million dollar parking lot and 7 or 10 or whatever other homes. WHAT I DON'T GIVE CREDIT TO. is a man who proposes a tax plan that saves less than his opponents for 90% of working families. I don't give credit to John McCain who proposes a tax cut that will save him and his wife over $200,000 in tax money every year



    You idiots, you want us to take John McCain's money out of his politics, but John McCain won't take his money out of his politics.



    P.S ~ Based on Obama's tax plan, Obama is going to pay higher taxes based on his plan and save more money based on McCain's plan. THAT'S WHAT DESERVES CREDIT.
  • Kim
    Bush/McCain
    More of the Shame
    Bush/McCain
    Lies before Honor
  • nodonjuan
    LOL,

    I had to lol when I read your comment.
  • Francis X. Schilling
    The idiotic responses of neocons like "James" below are just another indication of the blind, knee-jerk responses that the right has to fall back on to comment. I've worked my rear end off for *everything* I've accomplished - returning to college at age 36, graduating at 40 with a Computer Engineering degree after competing successfully with hormonal 20-somethings and landing a job with a fortune 50 corporation that I enjoy to this day. I worked extremely hard and expected to do nothing less.

    Why the vitriol and hatred of an opposing viewpoint with literally no facts on which to base the view? Has critical thinking been banned on the right? It seems so with the myriad misspellings and word usage errors in "James'" diatribe. It's almost awful enough to have been a hoax, but I suspect that it is all too tragically genuine.

    America is great because people of *ALL* beliefs and convictions can reap the benefits of hard, honest work. I know because I did!
  • James
    I don't understand why you all communist democrats feel like everyone should be on the same level adn make the same money. I am not rich by any meens, but because of the American system if I work hard i have the oppertunity to make alot of money. This should be nothing against Sen. McCain. Just because yall lazy left wing liberals would rather spend your day protesting something or just sit at home and expect the government to make it all better, does not mean i can not go to work everyday and make my own fortune.
  • SSW
    What everyone, economically, forgets to mention are all the ways the middle class are prevented from moving up - mainly by deregulation laws created at least by the influence of the RICH AND POWERFUL:
    living-wage job elimination & jobs sent overseas, poorer workplace safety, weaker unions, fewer employee benefits, expensive healthcare, home ownership out of reach, loss of pensions, not enough money going to failing schools, underfundin the HeadStart Program, it goes on and on.

    Meanwhile, many top corporations, as a result of tax subsidies, pay no taxes at all, or even get a rebate. The only individuals benefitting, besides those in the company, are stockholders, not the middle class. The money that goes to this "corporate welfare" program is three times the size of that spent on social welfare for the poor, has no needs requirements, and is renewed automatically from year to year without Congress lifting a finger.

    So the capitalist system isn't even neutral in our country - it is severely unbalanced to favor the rich getting richer because of these unethical laws being in place, not just because the rich invest wisely, as some have said here.

    A vast number of the middle class can't even get to the point of investing in higher-yield, higher-risk areas in any meaningful way, because we're still working diligently on housing, clothing, feeding and educating our children.

    McCain and the Republicans aren't even going to begin to change this system THEY CREATED that works fine for them, thank you very much.

    We also need to admit that a social safety net and regulations are needed (and those are NOT dirty words and that is NOT socialism)as long as these scoundrels run these corporations and Presidents are willing to run Wars and deficits and our economy into the ground.
  • One of the 'Eastern Elite'
    Missy Girl - No one is saying that you can't be rich,the point being made is a valid one - the richer you are the further out of touch you are with those of lower and middle incomes. The question asked was 'how many houses do YOU own?' and girl he couldn't answer that. Do you think he and the Mrs. don't own at least one home together? And don't worry about Mrs. McCain, I'm sure is a pre-nup in place, the rich don't get married without one - she'll take all of that money to the grave.
  • Joseph
    I think the real issue here is not about how McCain is a savvy businessman but rather how disconnected he is from the average American. How could a man know the struggles that middle America are going through when one of the numerous properties he owns is a parking lot worth over a million dollars more than the average home.
  • TheLieMyAssOffExpress
    **Show the old joke McCain McCain used in his first SENATE race about a women being RAPED by an APE.
    Change the upper right corner of the site.
    No one gives a f*ck what kind of parking lot he owns. At first glance, it looks petty. Small 'potatoes'
  • corey
    To some of the Republicans leaving comments on here: MISSY GIRL-- you said that McCAin gets distorted on his answer about when someone is rich, and YOU leave out the part he wasn't joking-- you know, the part where the 'straight-talk express' says "I want everyone to be rich". If McCain gets elected, we will all be begging for Bush!
  • Paul
    To all the young Americans who are prepared to vote for John McCain I say "THANK YOU!" As a man approaching retirement, I was actually worried that my generation might have to pay off the huge federal deficit that is accumulaing. By voting for John McCain you have agreed to pay it in the more distant future. Don't worry--it won't feel like a tax increase for you--I know how you hate those!
  • chris
    whoever made this site and video is an idiot. please spare the intelligent people of this country by shutting this down
  • i am right
    I think that these liberals do nothing but whine at everything that a non lib does. And a liberal also would even back up a person like Hitler if he ran on the democratic ticket.
  • Bill
    During Republican Convenion, John McCain he said during his POW experts that he Broke, by him doing that he violation the Military Code Of Conduct. About the his VP select, all he is doing is using her and Some people beliefs every word comes out of his mouth, That is so sad.
  • Les
    How do you spell "filanderer"? Everyone knows that the Naval Investigative Service is the lap dog to the Navy's powerful and rich and influential and will have absolutely NO information it can release, but, has anyone asked the question - Was McCain PRESENT at the infamous famous "tail-hook" party!
  • Missy Girl
    Robert Greenwald, you are proving here how partisan and intellectually dishonest you hare. First there is nothing wrong in owing property and renting it out. Nothing illegal there. Second you show that segment of interview where he is defining rich, but you are cutting his answer at the moment he says that this is a joke and that this would be used against him (and he was right). Third you are showing those people saying that they would know how many homes they would have if they owned them. John McCain does not own 7 homes. Most those properties are owned by his wife and maybe, just maybe, he respect the right of his wife to invest in real estates and, therefore, does not get involved with her investments. Oh I forgot, you are probably one of those who wants to take it from the rich and give it to others and that would explain why you don’t understand that he has not tried to take it from his wife.

    Shame on you!
  • J
    This is painful to see. I can't imagine politicians to date have EVER had to put up with such nonsense. Mob mentality prevails, I suppose.

    You know why such a website can't be made for Obama? He hasn't DONE enough. There's not enough video of him other than his presidential campaign.

    How sad.
  • LaMontre
    The only people who care about a politicians legitimate source of income are them that are jealous of it. How silly. I suppose if the owner of this website were to be running for office they would, out of conscience, shut it down and lose all their expendable income sources??

    What a joke this is.
  • Dave
    Lame Web site...... Wow...... Someone actually owns a parking lot worth alot of money? In the middle of the city even? How can that be? how can someone actually make good financial decisions in their life and something like investing in real estate! You are lame for focusing on something so irrelivent. I am voting for John McCain because he actually is a leader, the head of any company, group, organization, and country should be just that.... a LEADER......
  • PJA
    I know what I'll tell the people who can't pay their bills, can't afford health care, and can't afford gas: work harder and get a better job (they're out there and hiring I promise). If you are being paid MFW you probably deserve it. And don't tell me it's not possible to get more money through hard work--because I'm one of those people who works hard and now gets paid well for it.

    And to H. (who is moron): oil prices are based on many different factors and rising and falling prices change based on those factors. Demand (which is one factor) for oil is at an ALL-TIME HIGH. More people in more countries are using gasoline and oil. Environmentalists continually make it more and more difficult for new oil wells to be drilled and so oil companies can't invest in new wells (and save you money).
  • Soldier
    Why didnt Mccain vote for the new GI bill ?

    What happened to all that federal bridge money Palin got then didnt return ?
  • Jeezus
    Both Mccain and Palin speak in tongues !Call them Mcpain , cause if elected thats what america will get .
  • H.
    Oil companies have received the highest tax breaks in their existence and WE pay the highest prices for gas that we ever have , so your cute theory is wrong . Modern economics only works for the rich , tell your theory to the person who cant pay their bills , cant afford health care , or even the gas to get to their low paying job.
  • xyz
    Republiscum Values: Greed, Hate, and Fear. Your selfishness is destroying OUR America. Deport yourselves.
  • ddp
    look up the definition of socialism... barama is a socialist. redistribute wealth... or as he said it on the oreilly factor... "neighborliness"... what a joke, that is textbook lipstick on a pig.
  • LOL
    Obama thinks its terrible that oil companies get tax breaks. LOL

    http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2008...

    Modern economics tells us this:

    Tax breaks on oil companies = lower gas price

    If oil companies are taxed, they will pass these taxes on to the consumer in the form of higher prices...

    I will be scared shitless about our economy if this man becomes president.
  • NNNNN
    This site is dedicated to unveiling John McCain's financial success. My question is this... who cares?

    I am happy that John McCain is a successful business man because it shows me that it is possible to attain the American dream. Why do million of mexicans successfully jump our borders to live in the United States? BECAUSE THEY WANT TO MAKE MONEY... AND LOTS OF IT. What is wrong with that? Isn't that the reason people go to college?

    John McCain is rich; good for him. He pays more money in taxes than EVERYONE who has commented on this board.
  • We Need To Win
    Good spend money on people and not in Iraq. I'm all for taxes and spending to assist those who are suffering. American conservatives are selfish pigs.
  • Murray
    Nixon said it best, "We're all Keynsians now".
    Meaning that in order to stay in office, he'll have to spend money to keep social programs going in order to avoid trickle down supply-side economics that favors the wealthy and corporations.
  • David
    I am sure I know what McCain's answer is for everything. "I was a P.O.W.

    Maybe he should just hold up a sign when he debates so none of us would have to listen to his wretched voice.
  • Doug
    Why is it that so many of the videos are no longer available?

    As far as taxes go, yes, if you MAKE OVER $250,000. a year you will pay more taxes. I know some feel that the upper class should not be burdened with taxes, but I, for one, believe in social responsibility
  • Suzanne
    It is just plain dumb to begrudge any candidate for owning anything. They obvioulsy are enjoying the american dream- and instead of vacationing 24/7 with the income from renting properties- they are out there... serving. Can you honestly see someone who works a 10 hour day and barely makes ends meet taking a couple of years off to campaign and put their own money out there to try to win election to a thankless job... just to get in a history book- I mean, come on!
  • Matthew Thurston
    So John McCain is a good business man and has found a way to make money. Good for him.
  • PJA
    I would like to request that you back up your "trickle down economics never work" argument viper with numbers and facts. You can't just say, "It's obvious and you're a moron." Research the facts and come back here and back up your imbecilic assertions. And I don't want "unemployment is at an all-time high in a 5 year period" but actual information that's within context AND relevant meaning I want to see how many jobs are available now compared to 50 years ago. Also you have to factor in population growth, crime rates, education rates and skills, etc. etc. Because just doing a brief look at data, while there is a higher unemployment rate, the average pay to Americas have increased substantially over the last 8 years.

    And finally, please propose to us Viper a better way of doing economics. I want you to follow through with your logic though. I want you to think of the pros and cons of your new economic idea and support it with real-world facts.

    Continuing to Ted up in FLA:
    While it's true that Obama doesn't practice Muslim, he did attend a Muslim school from the ages of 6 to 8. Which doesn't mean much but it still happened and denying it is well... a lie. And finally, open up your mind and read these:
    http://savagepolitics.com/?page_id=326
    I'm sure many of them are twisted just like the information and "facts (ha!!)" on this site. But they are food for thought.
  • Viper
    These idiots who keep saying trickle down economics work are hilarious, I guess they're ignoring the fact that trickle down economics have never worked.
  • fed up in fla
    Most RepubliCONs aren't truly interested in the really serious issues facing our country after 8yrs under their party's rule. They'd rather spout lies about Obama being a Muslim (which is a lie) or he's an illegal alien (patently ridiculous) or that we're liberal nut cases who are picking on Palin simply because she's a woman. Or, and this is my favorite, Palin has more national security experience than Obama because Alaska is next to Russia so she's used to "staring into the eyes of Putin on a daily basis." You can't make this $hit up!! And I'm nauseated by the constant remark that she has "more executive experience" than both Obama & Biden. I guess they forget that technically, she's got more than McCain too. But then again, just because you did something, DOESN'T mean you did it WELL. Thank God there is the internet so lies and propoganda can be exposed. The problem is that too many people are too lazy to do the research and find out the facts...They'd rather be spoon-fed sometimes false information by the RepubliCONs because its easier than facing the truth. And since the mainstream media is owned by corporations that have their own interests to protect & promote, you can't rely on them for TRUE fair & balanced reporting. TV reporters don't do "investigative reports" anymore. I can remember the days when those reporters did stuff like going undercover to expose grocery stores soaking meat in bleach to save a few $$$. Well, now they have the chance to make a true difference in the outcome of what is arguably THE most important & historical election in American history. Where is the reporter who still remembers what it means to have a obligation to report the news WITHOUT bias and tell the FACTS so we the people can make OUR OWN informed decisions? Yes, the truth is sometimes scary & messy. But its like forensics...the facts don't lie...people do....
  • festertime
    Easy money does exist, and it's going to the Big and connected (including unethicals and law breakers).
    What I get is less pay and bigger bills.
  • PJA AKA Harry
    It's sad how much you clueless fucks don't get how capitalism works. Trickle down economics DOES FUCKING WORK and has been working for some time now. There are plenty of jobs out on the market right now that rich people are desperate to fill. With exceptions, the reason why there are unemployed workers is because THEY'RE SHITTY EMPLOYEES. Employers don't hire shitty employees, they hire people that actually care and bring meaning to their work.

    Poor people are in their current pisshole situations because of choices they made and choices they continue to make. Don't ask me why--because I don't give a shit. Plenty of opportunity is presented for QUALITY workers to rise up the system to earn money than minimum fucking wage. The reason why people earn let's just call it MFW (minimum fucking wage if you're slow) is because they put in minimum fucking effort. The reason why they don't earn more money is because they don't feel like working hard and actually earning it.

    Everyone wants EASY money but frankly easy money doesn't exist (excluding unethical and illegal behaviors). Money takes hard work and dedication to earn.

    Which brings me to welfare. Fuck the majority of people on welfare. I have sympathies to people who are unable to be employed due to health, mental, and related conditions and I'm more than willing to give you a portion of my taxes so you can live a bearable shy of comfortable life. Helpless druggies, drunkards, and lazy people: fuck you. Get a fucking job and earn money or do the human gene pool a service a die. And I'm serious, let natural selection take it's course and let those unable (excluding those I said above) or unwilling to survive on their own to... you know... starve and die. I do not have sympathy for unwed single mothers, I will say this: I'm sorry you got knocked up but stop taking my fucking money because you let some dude fuck you. Give your baby up for adoption or do a fucking fourth trimester abortion.
  • We Need To Win
    ddp you Bush clone freak - this country is doomed due to people like you. What makes you think you can lie and get away with it? Obama a Socialist? How can you just lie? No terrorists support Obama liar. The only terrorist I am afraid of is the one in the White House and we don't want another in McCain.

    You are a such a traitor and so un-American it's astounding.
  • Harry
    Let's do a little economics lesson here so we all know what happens with money. Let's just humor the notion that a politician gets into the white house who raises taxes on the rich and lowers taxes on the poor. What do you think is going to happen? I know: The rich will still remain richer (and get richer) and the poor will still stay poor.

    Rich people will always stay rich no matter how much you take away from them. They hire excellent accountants who know how to keep their money where it is. And if they end up paying a few million dollars more per year so what? They'll make that money back some other way. What happens when you give a poor person money? They spend it. Where does that spent money go? Back to the rich people. It's a never ending cycle, rich people KNOW how to properly use their money, they invest, they enrich, they continue earning more money.

    Rich people always are going to make more money. But fortunately for you ignorant morons their best interests in making money are your best interests for a better economy too. Rich people may not directly contribute to your lives but they do indeed affect you indirectly. They create many new jobs on a daily basis through the creation of new businesses and the investment into expansion of existing ones.

    And guess what: MORE WARS = MORE JOBS and FEWER STUPID POOR PEOPLE.
  • ddp
    look, this isn't about name calling, or any personal attacks. the deficit has to do with crazy spending that both sides have been guilty of. again, obama is a socialist. wealth redistribution, that is what he is about. terrorist support him, doesn't that fact alone scare you... i don't trust obama to chose a good cabinet since he cant even chose a good minister. he has no experience and we would have to trust his cabinet to execute on his vision... that is scary...
  • We Need To Win
    ddp could you be any stupider? I don't think that would be possible. A strong economy??? A strong economy????? The government made 20% more money??? I suppose that the deficit of billions of dollars is made up?

    Go throw yourself under a bus.
  • ddp
    obama is hiding his socialist view. tax the rich help the poor, under clinton, taxes were higher and the goverment took in less money, under bush, the taxes were lower and the government made 20% more money because americans had a strong economy. higher taxes equals lower economy. what about ayers and rezco... america is a capatlist country not a socialist,
    to expect the rich support the poor is just wrong, if you don't like being poor, then get off your ass and be successfull, and dont expect it to be given to you...
  • janet
    re top left title of page: it's FEWER jobs, more wars...
    and the guy asking questions should have asked "do you forget the NUMBER (not amount) of houses you have"....otherwise, this is a need-to-see site!
  • Viper
    Ok, WNTW, I was just stating my view that McCain was no more or less honorable than any soldier. As I recall, the attacks were on military targets, and civilians getting hit was usually incidental.
  • Scott Sumser
    Not sure I get the point here. Showing comments (off the cuff) from McCain on "what rich is" or how many homes he has...
    Seems to me there are plenty of people who dedicate the lives to the service of others that have a ton of cash - rep and dem
  • We Need To Win
    Viper - I do condemn those that carpet bombed North Vietnamese population centers. Nuremburg made it clear that following orders does not protect soldiers from their personal liability for war crimes they might commit.
  • Viper
    I find it funny how you attack one side with slander and lies, then when confronted cast yourself as a victim.
  • Viper
    You want to talk issues? Explain how McCain's trickle down economics is helping anyone but the rich. Explain why this kind of economic plan will start working when it hasn't before.
  • Viper
    Funny, I've checked the facts, but it does seem to be a conservative trait, or perhaps just yours, to ignore whatever anyone else says. Who's on the bullshit train? Who keeps steering the topic away from issues? You.
  • Viper
    Let's just ignore McCain's friends and connections right?
  • Viper
    Thanks for your concern but I have checked out the facts. And you are dead wrong. How about offering any kind of proof? Wait, that would involve facts. Oh dear.
  • Viper
    We could also discuss that Obama had no association whatsoever with Ayers, no association other than real estate advice from Rezko (And the money he gave to the campaign was donated to charity), and I could continue to elaborate on Hagee and Parsley. I could also point out that McCain was one of the Keating Five.

    Keep all the facts clear. Not just facts which suit McCain.
  • Viper
    Wait why I am bringing facts into this?
  • Viper
    That shows real hate and anger insulting Obama's wife for no reason. There is no evidence Wright ever talked about this crap to Obama or Obama believed it. McCain was honored by Hagee's endorsement and his spiritual guide, Parsley, says Islam and all it's followers has to be destroyed. And McCain voted against MLK day repeatedly and has a white supremacist working for his campaign. Nice try.
  • Moe Ham Ed
    I think Obama is better than slice bread. He is like the SuperMan Messiah, only a chocolate one. He is a gift to the world from the heart of Allah. If Madonna is giving the thumbs up for Obama than I'm in to, because she's the devine messanger from heaven and know's whats right for our homeland. I wish Palin was a muslim to so that America could get slapped in the face again by islam. I wish everyone could feel the liberal disease that engulfs my heart.
  • V
    Otis, Wright has no relevance, unless you really want me to bring Hagee and Parsley into this, or what's-his-face the white supremacist working for McCain.
  • Viper
    South Vietnam had never done anything to North Vietnam either remember.
  • Viper
    I think I'll make myself even more unpopular and defend McCain in this case. Do you condemn the thousands of other military men who fought in Vietnam? I personally believe increased intervention in Vietnam was a tragic mistake, and shouldn't have happened, but keep in mind that nearly everyone was deceived by the Gulf of Tonikin fabrication. The military men who fought in Vietnam were merely following orders from the chain of command. If you want to condemn the Vietnam War, condemn LBJ, not the servicemen who fought the war.
  • We Need To Win
    In this politically correct world - some choose not to speak truth to power. The truth is John McCain is a war criminal in the eyes of millions who accept the truth about Vietnam. He volunteered to go drop bombs on a civillian population that never attacked us; killing who knows how many innocent children in the process.

    There is nothing decent about him and Palin is worse. She is a Pentecostal freak who will make policy based on her despotic view of religion. To her, the world is coming to an end, man has dominion over the earth and animals to do with them as we will.
  • Viper
    To focus on one issue, I'm not pleased with his stance on the economy. Billions to corporations that ship jobs out of America but none to the middle class or poor? It's trickle down economics, which don't work as history shows. The theory is the wealth will trickle down through jobs created by the corporations etc etc, but it hasn't worked so far and I don't see it working now.
  • Viper
    I think both of them are at their core decent men, barring the political games they both play. It's McCain's views that worry me.
  • We Need To Win
    Julie. McCain is not a man of integrity. He is a war monger that will use the use millitary to try and im pose his narrow reactionary views on other countries. He voted with George Bush 95% of the time. He would be a disaster for this country and Palin is worse.
  • Julie
    Damnit...Viper, I thought a miracle transformation had taken place with you. I was amazed at my powers. I liked you better with a little v. Oh well.
    What has happened to the ideal of having an intelligent debate of the issues without belittling the opposing side. Can't we just talk about the issues minus the bashing of each other?

    I am likely to vote for McCain-but I certainly see the appeal to Obama-and frankly, I think our country is going to be fine either way. I think they are both men of integrity.
  • Viper
    Before I'm slaughtered, I hasten to add "In my honest opinion"
  • Viper
    By no means is Obama perfect or even close, but he is a far better alternative to McCain.
  • Viper
    And when did Obama say Bush bought the election? Obama is still for campaign reform, he has proposed measures regarding this. Obama was the first candidate in a long time to decline public financing for his general election campaign.
  • dpscll
    Look - if you want to know if you can trust this guy to be your president, just ask his ex-wife who he dumped after coming home from Vietnam to discover that she had been disfigured from a car accident. What a nice guy.
  • Viper
    Please note: That viper is a fake.
  • Julie
    One more thing Viper....wasn't that the big bitch about the Republicans when Bush 'bought' the vote? Which resulted in Obama being all for campaign reform until he realized that he was going to raise so much money?

    I'm just asking for an equal standard for right and wrong on both sides.

    But then I guess we live in a world where we only want fairness when it doesn't affect us adversely.
  • Viper
    Ridiculous because it's ridiculous. As if they're not going to take advantage of their donations and do everything they can to win?
  • Julie Miller
    Ridiculous????? Because you don't agree?

    Nice.
  • Viper
    I don't think either candidate is responsible for internet rumors about the other.... It's the candidates's more psychotic supporters who like to spread that BS.
  • Julie
    as well as many illegitimate ones....similar to those out there about Barack being against blue collar workers, that he's affiliated with a terrorist, that he's muslim, etc.....

    Lots out there on both sides that is spun to look like something it isn't.

    What ever happened to the new politics these two were going to bring us????
  • Viper
    Julie, that statement is ridiculous. Of course the candidates are going to take advantage of their donations. It just so happens Obama has received far more.
  • Viper
    Let it not be forgotten that there are many videos on this site that raise many legitimate points about McCain.
  • Viper
    Thanks for the compliment, if it was a compliment anyway. America does not need a continuation of the disastrous last 8 years. That is what McCain and Palin stand for. Obama stands for change from this. I think the American people are smart enough to choose the right candidate.
  • Julie
    They're rich. So what. So is Obama and Biden and everyone else in Washington. Where's the story?

    Oh, wait......the fact that Obama has outspent McCain by how much????? Seems someone is trying to buy the vote?
  • Viper
    The point wasn't his wealth per se, the point was he is out of touch with America's economic problems, and can't remember how many houses he owns when many Americans can't keep their ONE house.
  • mkcline
    The houses in question belong to Cindy McCain. Her finances are separate from John's. Some of them are in a trust. Does he legally own them? Maybe he was trying to give an exact answer. But you're missing the point. Cindy's Dad started with nothing and with hard work accomplished the American Dream of success. What other country but America can give such an oppurtunity. MOST people would be happy for their success, not jealous and try to make success a dirty word.
  • Viper
    Whereas Obama gave several intelligent answers on the Science Debate.
  • Viper
    Agreed We Need to Win, in fact, Republicans are going against science in several ways. Let's not forget Palin wants creationism to be taught in schools, doesn't believe man had anything to do with global warming, and McCain seems to have no plan on getting America back into the world of the future.
  • Viper
    I think the people here are just going overboard in their attempts to make clear to everyone why McCain shouldn't be President. That said, the parking lot video is kind of pointless. Focus on the fact he doesn't think there's anything wrong with the economy instead.
  • We Need To Win
    Doug. An early stage fetus is not a human being. The fact that the support for the theory that they are is espoused primarily by religious makes the case quite effectively that there is no scientific basis for it. Walking on water is not science it's faith and to many a fairy tale. So believe in your faith but don't try to impose your will on others.

    Men do not have the right to impose their narrow view of the world on a woman.
  • Viper
    People (Not aimed at you Doug) love to say Obama hates children yet he has two daughters of his own....
  • Len_RI
    Dear Doug:

    I won't call you a woman hater, because I don't think you are. I just think you are horribly misinformed and do not understand the repercussions of writing your personal moral convictions into law.

    Please propose specific language that would prohibit all abortions without exception but allow for dealing with anencephaly.

    And, to let you know where I am coming from, if you believe a woman must be forced to bear an anencephalic fetus to term, then it is you who are the morally reprehensible one here, not me.
  • Viper
    What you are not considering is that the baby, in the first trimester, isn't sentient or self-aware at that stage, and isn't human life per se at that point. I agree with Joe Biden's stance, late term abortion should be illegal, but the government should have no say in the early term.
  • Viper
    Furthermore, McCain's tax plan helps no one but the rich, who are already, as I have said, receiving breaks from the Bush tax cuts. It's trickle down economics and it doesn't work. On the other hand, the system Obama is using has a precedent that worked.
  • Viper
    Let's see. Because the tax policies of the last few years have been crushing the middle class and widening the gap between the rich and poor. The top percentage has been receiving massive breaks from the Bush tax cuts and Obama is ending it and restoring the vertical tax strut cure that worked wonders for the economy in the 90s.
  • Len_RI
    Oops! Sorry. I see from a post below that Obama voted present which has the effect of voting no.

    Still -- I'm more interested in what point you are making. I's also like to know if you're interested in answering my question -- If you were to write a law that prohibits abortion, would you include any exceptions at all?
  • Len_RI
    Doug: I don't know the answer. I went to the Illinois General Assembly website and tried to look up the vote, but all I got was, "No vote detail available for the selected legislation."

    So, instead of stamping your feet and DEMANDING that we answer your question, why don't you tell us what the facts are, preferably with an authoritative citation if available, and then just tell us what you want to say.

    By the way, I'm curious about what degree of pro-life person you are. If you were to write a law that prohibits abortion, would you include any exceptions at all?
  • Viper
    Your logic is very faulty. The majority of Americans are getting tax cuts from Obama's plan. The majority are not getting anything from McCain's plan, do your research please. All Americans play taxes, not just the top. And the Bush tax cuts have given massive breaks to big corporations, and not as many to middle class and poor Americans. Your the only one dodging issues here.
  • We Need To Win
    Obama:

    "Well and because they have not been telling the truth. And I hate to say that people are lying, but here's a situation where folks are lying. I have said repeatedly that I would have been completely in, fully in support of the federal bill that everybody supported – which was to say – that you should provide assistance to any infant that was born – even if it was as a consequence of an induced abortion. That was not the bill that was presented at the state level. What that bill also was doing was trying to undermine Roe vs. Wade".
  • We Need To Win
    Once again Sean Hannity. I am not playing your game.
  • We Need To Win
    Wrong Doug. Words do matter and bills routinely have riders and ammendments attached to them that are not acceptable. And you know this.
  • We Need To Win
    I see Doug, since your first statement was a lie that Obama "voted for the bill", now you are changing the language because you can't admit you are wrong.

    Obama was against a bill whose language threatened a woman's right to choose what to do with her own body. Something men like you have no right or say in determining. He said change the language in the bill and the right-wing nuts wouldn't do so. It was a back door ploy on their part to make abortions illegal.
  • We Need To Win
    Hamas the terrorist group as opposed to Hamas the "democratically elected" political party. Elections WE supported.
  • We Need To Win
    Don't change the subject anonymous. The question was whether Obama would talk directly to terrorists. Iran, Cuba and Venezuela are countries and members of the United Nations. They are not terrorists.
  • We Need To Win
    Doug. The bill you speak of NEVER came to a vote on the floor of the Illinois Legislature. It never made it out of committee.

    The reason it didn't, was language that suggested it would threaten a woman's right to choose an abortion. That is when Obama clarified his position and said he would vote FOR a version where that language was taken out.

    I am not playing your yes or no Sean Hannity game.
  • We Need To Win
    This according to the impartial factcheck.org:

    McCain's ad is plain wrong about higher taxes on working families. In fact, Obama's economic plan would produce a tax cut for the majority of American households, with middle-income earners benefiting most.

    Also - Under Obama's plan, the TPC estimates that people making between $37,595 and $66,354 a year, those hurting the most, would see an average savings of $1,118 on their taxes.

    Under McCain's plan, on the other hand, those same individuals would save only $325 on average — $793 less than the average savings under Obama's plan.
  • We Need To Win
    That's a lie Doug. Under Obama's tax plan anyone who makes under $250,000 per year will not have their taxers increased. That is 95% of the country. Do you not understand English?
  • We Need To Win
    Doug Obama NEVER said he would meet with terrorists. That is a lie. His written policies are strongly against talks with Hamams or Hezbollah until they support Israel's right to exist and renounce terrorism.

    Why do you not tell the truth?
  • We Need To Win
    Doug - that is factually not true on taxes. Obama's plan would LOWER taxes for the middle class, everyone making under $250k per year that's 95% of the country.
  • We Need To Win
    Doug poorly done. Obama opposed the 2001 and 2002 "born alive" bills as backdoor attacks on a woman's legal right to abortion,

    Obama did not support infantacide. Quite the contrary he said clearly he would have supported the Federal version that did not threaten Roe v. Wade.
  • Viper
    More drilling is not the solution, it won't have any effect for over 5 years, and McCain isn't for any development of alternate energy. As for abortion, Obama is pro-choice, meaning he thinks women should have the choice and the government shouldn't have any way, which is good. McCain supports billions more into Iraq for a undetermined amount of time, which is against what the Iraqis want.
  • Viper
    Are you blind? Obama is lowering taxes for 95% of Americans. McCain is lowering taxes for the top 5% only and continuing Bush's tax cuts, which are economic failures. Obama is willing to meet foreign leaders, not terrorists, without ridiculous preconditions. Why would they talk to us if there are requirements just for talking? What's wrong with talking with foreign leaders? He actually remembers that the real threat to America is in Afghanistan.
  • Viper
    Odd that this site has loads of videos that show McCain's politics but you Republican sheeple are ignoring them, Republicans can't win on the issues, McCain's solutions are the same solutions that have been ruining America for 8 years. He supports Bush 90% of the time. We can't take a 10% chance on change.
  • Viper
    These Republican sheep are sickening. They want to watch the nation continue to ruin itself with Republican Presidents rather than vote for Obama, who actually has plans to fix the nation.
  • John Ehrenfeld
    Jolin. Please tell me three policies that Obama supports that you don't like and three by McCain that you do. Facts only please not rumor and innuendo.
  • Brian - your comments make you look like an uninformed moron. Bush along with his wall street cronies of Greenscam, Bernanke and Paulson have driven the average, hard-working middle-class citizen to the brink of poverty through their hidden tax of currency debasement, wall-street bailouts, foreign expansion wars and self-enrichment. Is your life better now than it was when Clinton left office? I doubt it?
  • Brian
    This is ridiculous. Politics is Hollywood for ugly people. If people would take responsibility for themselves and not wait for the government to "save them" then we would not be where we are today. Why raise taxes on corporations? Will they not raise prices to keep the same profit margins? Do something...yes vote for McCain.
  • penispump
    By the way I hope none of you are actually voting this election, your all complete morons.
  • steve
    This website is so pathetic, the only dirt they can find is manipulating video clips and lying and the fact that Mccain owns a parking lot. OHHHHHH! no he didn't! Mccain owns a parking lot. I was going to vote for mccain but after I found out he owns a parking lot and charges people 10 a space I'm going to have to reconsider.
    Heres some dirt. Obama bought his property in illonois from a convicted money launderer, extortionist and felon Tony rezko, who at the time of purchase was helping fund Obamas state campaign and under federal investigation. That shows some quality decision making on Barracks part. Also his pastor is a racist moron who says that white people created the HIV virus to kill Africans. And one more thing Michelle Obama liked to hang with farakhans wife in college, I bet she learned a lot of really neat stuff from her.
  • kimberly
    I don't think Obama is a messiah (& I'm offended when RepCONs call him that)...but I do think he cares a lot more for the REAL everyday people than John (I don't know how many houses I own) McCain. People who worry about how they're going to afford getting back & forth to work this week with gas prices so high. Who have to buy generic more than name brands because their grocery bills have doubled in the last 8 years. The kind of people who buy their socks at Wal-mart and can't REMOTELY imagine spending $300 G's on an outfit!
    Sorry, but I don't want a reactionary, hot-tempered, war-hardened old man with 1 foot in the grave (who was caught singing "Bomb, bomb, Iran" on youtube) to have his finger on that red button at 3am. He'd probably push it just to go back to sleep! I want a man whose nature it is to intelligently think through a problem and approach it from all angles. Obama has the brains. Lets not forget that this man graduated from Harvard Law having been head of the Law Review. THE most prestigious position there is. AND he was the 1st black man to do it. McCain, by his own admission graduated 5th from the BOTTOM of his class in the Naval Academy. Not a candidate for Mensa to be sure. With all due respect, being a "POW" might have developed his character but it didn't earn him a degree. And lets not overlook the fact that McCain has a well-known reputation of being nasty when he's not agreed with. (again check out YouTube if you don't believe me) No wonder Bill O'Reilly worships at his altar...He sees himself in McCain.
  • Lord of Fairness
    And to be fair, there should be clips about Obama and his flip flopping on the issues, half-truths, the hypocrisy of his wife and health care, etc. etc.
  • Victor
    The home page should feature a list of a dozen or so John McCain negatives. For someone coming to this page for the first time (like me), I know some of these episodes (dumping first wife, Chelsea comment, cursing at wife, flip flopping on issues, pandering to religious right), but I don't know them all and it would help to have a prominent list.
  • karen hanas
    Stupid, poorly informed people believe this trash! Obama doesn't care about the poor. He might give a thousand bucks to the middle class, however he will rescind the tax cuts and double the tax on those making $32,000 or more. He views himself as the Messiah. As far as the economy, it is the Democrats who hold the pursestrings in the hands of Pelosi and Reid.
  • Veena
    I think the research you guys are doing is valuable. However, I think it would be more powerful if you used substantive clips. I think the "5$ million" was the one where McCain quickly says "I know the media is going to get me for this." He is definitely not someone who understands the American journey, and I think that you can do this without taking things out of context, so its taken more seriously.
  • Viper
    McCain's money honestly isn't relevant to anything, it's just a highlight of his elitism. It's his stances on issues that disturb me.
  • Chris L
    Republicans have been in control of our nation and economy for EIGHT years. It is just common sense, my God. The country is in a horrible place. Why on Earth would we even begin to think that giving the presidency to a Republican for another four more years makes sense. This is not propaganda. Stop rationalizing. It stops NOW! No more Republican static!
  • Viper
    The only way America could survive McCain is if he went back to his old maverick ways, did NOT let Palin decide anything, and if the Democrats win some more seats, they might be able to keep him under control, assuming a few of them grow some balls. (Pelosi, I'm looking at you)
  • Darrell Carlisle
    If McCain lived in a cardboard box the fact remains that he is unfit to be President of The United States. The thought of Sarah Palin taking over is something unthinkable. The woman is under criminal investigation and acts like some crazed gun moll. McCain can't make good decisions. Four more years of Bush is all we need to completely distroy this Country.
  • Mark
    everyone makes the point that McCain is rich, he married into one of the richest families in Arizona. Somehow I doubt that the people who are bringing this up never made much of the fact that during the 2004 election, Kerry was and still is the second richest congressman and with 200 million in the bank, is about 10 times as wealthy as McCain!! The cynicism and hypocrisy just kills me.

    Plus, the people that make this point of mccain fail to note that barack obama is a millionare himself and lives in a multi-million dollar hyde park mansion.

    I dont mind debate in the political arena, but these one sided and completely dishonest hack jobs do nothing to elevate the political discourse in this country.
  • Mark
    go to youtube at www.youtube.com and watch from 6:00 to 8:00. it is clear that McCain was being facetious in his remark about $5 mil. being middle class. In being facetious, he was making the point in that he does not think taxes should be raised on anybody and raising taxes is not the solution to the deficit. McCain believes that the solution to the deficit is to cut spending and eliminate the pork. Economically, it is proven that higher taxes only increases revenue in the short run. Over the long run, the best way to increase revenue AND grow the economy is to keep taxes low.

    Greenwald's hack jobs never fail to take soundbites and quotes and replay them out of their original context. it is intellectually dishonest.
  • Harry
    I feel like I'm benefiting from my work. I'm living with many of the same luxuries that I had growing up with my parents. I do not own a home but I am comfortably paying rent, buying food, and I own a fairly nice car. However, I am able to go on a nice vacation once per year and I have amenities like high-speed internet and cable T.V.

    I don't mind that corporations are making billions of dollars, frankly I'm GRATEFUL they're making money. One thing that I know happens with successful businesses and corporations is when they make extra money, they don't squander it into savings, but they invest their money into expansion, more jobs, and more R&D.; When oil companies make record amounts of money, it's not because they're charging too much for oil, it's that the demand for oil is higher and greater than ever before. But what do you think they're doing with their record profits? Yes some will go to the investors and big-wigs, but most of the money will go to expanding, creating more jobs, and investments into other businesses.

    People like you or me, we don't necessarily invest our extra money, we however like to put our money into savings for a rainy day. I'll gladly pay more taxes than rich people because I know that rich people know what to do with their money. While there are indeed exceptions, most rich people are rich because they are money smart. Most poor people are poor because they lack discipline and money smarts. In the long run, rich people will create more jobs, poor people will just continue to be poor.
  • AJG
    This whole website is edited liberal propaganda. Give a break find something that is tangible and real instead of making up things out of nothing. Please tell me that americans are smart enough not to believe this stuff. If there are not then the country as a whole deserves the upcoming OBAMA depression.
  • miller
    I see your point Harry. But what about people like you. What about the people that dont live above their means and is suffering because the prices of food is rising, co payments and medication is becoming unaffordable, but we keep pushing hard everyday and the money we do make get taxed like crazy.(just taking extra money from us) meanwhile Exon making Billions of dollars is not getting taxed at all and can pay for all expenses out of their pocket. Our families are as important to us, as theirs are to them. Why should we have to be smacked around just because we're not wealthy. As long as were not lazy people asking for handouts, and we're working hard everyday, we deserve to benefit from our labor. They(the rich) are benefiting tremendously from your work, and the only type of people that will suffer from tax hikes are individuals that are not bringing in millions of dollars or who's healthcare benefits declining, or jobs being lost is unfortunately the people that are the strength of America, and thats people like you.
  • Herder
    Many great examples of sheeple herding can be seen in the current United States elections for president. One candidate particularly good at herding the stupid people of the U.S. is the Democratic Party's presidential candiate: Barack Obama. He herds the ignorant by gathering them up in large groups and riling them up with feel-good words and empty rhetoric. With a mixture of half-truths, dirty facts, and downright lies, the Obama party has blinded the eyes of his herd from everything not pro-Obama.

    Many other famous herders have joined Obama's cause including the wolves in the media. The media, always hungry for some good lambchops will say and do anything to herd as many sheeple that they possibly can for Obama's cause. Of course, the stupid and ignorant sheeple of America do not question the media, for it is on television, how can it not be true?

    The thing that irks me the most about the herder Obama is how all the sheeple seem to think he even gives a shit about them and their situations. Obama DOES NOT care about you, your money, your health, or how your day went, the only thing he cares about AND wants from you is your vote. He will say, he will do, he will fabricate anything he has to in order to obtain your vote. Many of you sheeple are probably infuriated by this and I do not care. I don't care who you vote for when elections come up. The only thing that I care about is that you keep an open mind about all the candidates. Have you read all the information you can find (both the pros and the cons)? If you haven't do it now. Your country will thank you for it.
  • Harry
    The government should not bail people out of their debt and financial troubles. If someone took out a loan or mortgage for a new car or house it's up to them to figure their way out trouble. I frankly do not care about the imaginary Sue Fake in Illinois who earns a meager salary who cannot the afford the debt she has gotten into and now has to sacrifice many of her luxuries. Why should I, a hard working tax-payer (who has made mistakes with debt in the past and paid for them) have to pay taxes to bail some moron out of their financial trouble? Why should I pay taxes to help feed people whose mistakes have put them on the streets? If the jobless and homeless cannot figure out a way to survive and thrive (and I assure you there is a way) frankly let natural selection take place and thin the herd of the weak.

    Society has placed so much importance on material wealth and prosperity and unfortunately many people bought more than they should've in the first place.
  • grumppp
    The ruling gang has been raping this country for years, and George W. Bush was just one of their condoms. Looking at how John McCain plays into their script it seems that he aspires to be the next one.
  • miller
    McCain is for the rich, but because there are more poor and middle class than there are rcih, he needs to snatch some votes from the poor and middle class. McCain hasn't felt any pressure from the economical problems the country if facing. It's simple! Those that will not be hurt by job loss, home loss, inflating costs, or declining healthcare benefits...vote for McCain. Those that will be affected...vote for Obama. Once McCain gets the vote from these same people thats making this big fuss over him, he's going to shit on them like he has for the past 25 years. He could care less. What can they do to him once he shits on them again? He needs a few fools that can talk intelligently, but lack common sense. Obama is going to be under close watch with everything he does. He's going to have to prove his self every step of the way. McCain already has proven himself time and time again. If you're not rich, Kiss his ass because you can't hurt him or do anything for him!
  • Viper
    Conservatives love to whine about how unsafe they'll feel under Obama, but McCain can't even secure our own borders and concentrate on real terrorist threats, so how the hell are we safe under him?
  • shelby
    I don't think the point is that has a lot of money it's that he's out of touch with what the majority of Americans are facing. Many people who make a lot of money are helping people because they feel they have an ethical, moral, even Christian (or other religious) responsibility to help others. Maybe McCain does care but you can't tell by what he says and the way he says it.

    The problem is McCain blames people for predatory lenders and the failings of a fragmented economy. Some borrowers probably didn't do enough research, were too optimistic or had too much hope in the American dream, but their losses are real life, and very, very personal. McCain and his party (along with some Dems or "independent" dems) have managed to create a soaring deficit, skyrocketing job loss and inflation, but they have been able to stay in office, get second, third, fourth chances, bailout after bailout. Why so unsympathetic to average Americans just trying to do right and live well? It's really insulting revisiting these clips, I feel insulted personally and for all the well intentioned Americans who were acting in good faith.

    I remember the last election Bush touting the number of new home owners, he wanted to see everyone possible to own a home. Well, when the markets collapsed, where were these two? Blaming home owners, many of them first time owners, for doing the thing they were encouraged to do.

    The problem isn't that McCain has a lot of money, it's the snideness and arrogance and the total disengagement from the lives of average Americans. Most of us aren't looking to amass wealth, or for a handout, we're trying to find or keep our vocation, a sense of meaning which for us as well includes serving our fellow Americans--in or out of a uniform. Service to God and to country is not just done by religious extremists. So many of us are just looking to do good work and it's not measured in the millions of dollars but in our ability to spend meaningful time with children, a dying loved one, someone in a time of need, and yes maybe buy our family a (yes, 1) home. These are the things living in America is about for average, regular Americans, which McCain seems to have no respect for.

    Compassion is needed now. I thought McCain to more sincere, grounded and real in 2000. I don't recognize this man today. No way do I feel he is in touch with what so many Americans desperately want: hope, faith in country, reaffirmation of the promise of this country--not just luxury yachts, jets, income generating parking lots, those may be fun, for awhile--but a promise for opportunity, for justice, for reconciliation, for big dreams and high hopes, a sense of shared destiny and maybe even a Beloved Community.
  • cc
    Excuse me...how ignorant are you? He married a woman that inherited $$$. He doesn't know because it's not important to him! If Obama wins, I will never feel safe again from a possible terrorist attack or nuclear bomb! Think about it....he's a
    lawyer!
  • Chris from Ohio
    Shawn:
    Obama's net worth: $1.3 million (USD)
    McCain's net worth: $40.4 million (USD
    George W. Bush's net worth: $8–21 million (USD)
    -wikipedia
    39.1 Million is quite a difference. Especially when you marry into wealth.
    Obama's income spiked from $991,296 in 2006 to $4.2 million in 2007 from book sales and donations alone. -LA Times
  • Chris from Ohio
    So victor, you're saying you have to be a one-liner politician to be legit for presidency?
    You want a president who goes with the status quo and keeps everything peachy and simple, just like FOX news headliners? So JFK was a dumbass as well. All dreams and no action. Well ok, don't expect the environment, poor homeowners, or the middle east casualty count to get any better.
    Have a nice conscience!
  • victor
    Just found this site and I must say bravo for being a sheep. Your going to vote for a man who is basically an inexperienced preacher. Do you invest money with people that promise EVERYTHING and have no background? If you win you better hope congress doesnt get a fillibuster proof majority or when you grow the fuck up youll realize all your money is going to your government instead of your pocket. This site is a joke.
  • The Truth
    The difference is Obama earned his money himself. McCain made his money the old fashioned way; he married it. You stupid inbred dipshit.
  • Shawn
    I'm confused why you're attacking McCain for his personal wealth, doesn't Obama AKA "The One" have plenty of money as well? What's to say Obama is any more in touch with the "working man's" life than anyone else.

    How about some real issues without a biased attitude? It's hard to dig through all this crap of defamation and downright lies.
  • Kermit
    now we can finally hear the change obama will introduce now that McCaine made his speech next week obama can tell us the troop surg was all his idea
  • Sniper
    Toole and Ehrenfeld are the same person.
    Surprise surprise.
    Trollin' and trollin'.
  • Viper
    They were making a point about his out of touch elitism, of which his money is only part.
  • AngelGuts
    This is a good website although, I think it needs to highlight the negative sides of McCain with quotes and videos from respected Americans who oppose him instead of just highlighting his poor speaking abilities and fat pocketbook. Most people that will vote for him have poor communication skills and think that money is the only thing that matters, they believe the fear mongering identity politics that the republican party relies upon to own America so, if you don't want him to get elected then put some meat on your page!
  • Viper
    Civilians always get caught up in wars, the targets were military, but regardless it doesn't qualify him for the Presidency. Amanda, I'm beginning to agree, focus on the issues, McCain can't win there, his own chief strategist admits it.
  • John Ehrenfeld
    What makes military service honorable? In other words, if your country's leaders say go fight, you do so no matter what the circumstances and that is honorable?

    The Nuremberg Tribunal stipulates that the following are war crimes:

    "War crimes are violations of the laws or customs of war which include, but are not
    limited to, murder, ill-treatment or deportation to slave-labor or for any other purpose
    of civilian population of or in occupied territory, murder or ill-treatment of prisoners of war or persons on the seas, killing of hostages, plunder of public or private
    property, wanton destruction of cities, towns, or villages, or devastation not justified by
    military necessity".

    Please tell me what military necessity was served bombing the civillian population of North Vietnam?
  • Viper
    I wouldn't call McCain a criminal, I believe his service was honorable as any US serviceman, it's his politics I question.
  • John Ehrenfeld
    Perry its what they believe that is objectionable.
  • John Ehrenfeld
    And Jay Jay - McCain was never a savvy businessman he married money and doesn't even know how many homes they own.
  • John Ehrenfeld
    First of all Kristin and Jay Jay, as one would expect from know-nothing reactionaries, you haven't a clue how much money I make do you?

    John McCain did not put his life on the line for this country; what he did when he "volunteered" to bomb defenseless civilians in a country 8,000 miles away that never attacked us (sound familiar) only served to erode US standing in the world and position us as an arrogant, aggressive tyrant that thinks it can cruise around the world telling other people how to live.

    John McCain is no hero he is a war criminal. Those that said no we won't go kill millions of people for nothing and who went to jail or Canada were the true heroes.
  • Kristin
    We as Americans have a right to make as much money as we want. As far as I'm concerned, John McCain put his life on his line for this country and he deserves EVERYTHING he has. He has worked hard and fought hard for what he has. Don't blame the rich for your misfortunes! If you want to have more, work for it like John McCain. GOD BLESS HIM! The problem with liberals is that you want everything for nothing.
  • Viper
    So if I understand you correctly because he is willing to pay more taxes instead of seeing the poor and middle class suffer under taxes, he doesn't deserve his money?
  • John Ehrenfeld
    Ted Kennedy has advocated tirelessly for the poor and the middle class for decades. He also is willing as a wealthy person to pay more in taxes - unlike the McCain's and Bush who advocate tirelessly for the wealthy with no regard for the plight of the poor and middle class.

    That's the difference.
  • funky_D
    My god, how can people like this reach this level of importance, he's so stupid and dumb... He's not a brain! How can people believe him and why does he gets attention from everybody?!
  • John Ehrenfeld
    By the way - Cindy McCain didn't earn a thing. She inherited her wealth. How many houses and millions does someone need or deserve while so many in this country suffer?
  • John Ehrenfeld
    SteveJJ - Thanks at least for being honest. You clearly show the difference between the left and the right in this country. The left cares about those who aren't doing well and the right does not. The unemployment rate went up to over 6% today the highest rate in 5 years. Courtesy of the Bush/Cheney administration and John McCain. That's why McCain will lose this fall.
  • SteveJJ
    Am I missing something? Are you saying that you cannot be a success in the United States? I don't really care how much John and Cindy McCain have in assets. They earned it and they deserve it. You don't really think that if Obama had this much in assets you would be posting left wing hack blogs about him, would you?
  • Check out www.EvilMcCain.com for all your McCain/Palin News!
  • John Ehrenfeld
    Poor delusional Toole. Maniplulate? LOL!! You are certifiably insane, please take your meds. I look forward to seeing what you look like some day on Americas Most Wanted.
  • bellavida369
    If I had a choice between an unqualified candidate that the media wants to win or someone who has a long track record of service to this country, I will choose the second. The hype is falling apart- time to put the Greek columns back into storage already, at least run someone who is not an impostor.
  • Bin Laden
    If you hate America as much as I do, vote for McCain. If you want America to shrivel up and die like pigdog, vote for my friends, Osama Bin-Biden.

    Infidels must die. Free health care for all illegals. Make the country perish under the weight of poor people with their hands out. Ha ha ha. Keep driving your piggy cars. We get your cash, rape your women, cut their heads off.

    The owner of this site is a cumbucket.
  • Yep
    Hmmm, McCain or Obama. I'm not really sure who to choose?!? Read this about and then decide. Rhttp://www.discoverthenetworks.org/individualProfile.asp?indid=1511
  • Islamo fascist
    You libtards are freaking out its hilarious
  • popcap200
    too who wrote this (Mccain is for America , like Fema was for New Orleans. Out of touch , out of sight , and no plan what so ever , and will probably appoint the wrong person to come up with a plan . Mccain is wrong for America . Maybe by the time he learns to use e-mail you'll figure it out.) FEMA was absorbed by usless homeland security.

    McCsame's VP choice is for Alaska cesseding against Sex-ed and is pro teaching the theory of creationism in school. Doesn't believe in human causes of global warming. Has ties to Oil companies. EXTREMELY anti-choice. Stated the war in Iraq is "God's task." Tried to ban books from library. She also supported the bridge to nowere. LOL
  • IMWatching
    AMERICA'S PHONY WAR HERO


    Many POW's were killed because they kept their mouths shut.

    They would not 'sing'.

    They are the War Heroes.

    John McCain broke and confessed to save his own ass.


    Honor?

    Integrity?

    War hero??


    You decide.

    ---------------------------------------
    Shame on John McCain.

    Vote Obama/Biden '08
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  • John Ehrenfeld
    Poor Toole - nothing to say, nothing at all. I understand my intellect and grasp of the issues long ago relegated you to flailing about like you do. That's your problem. One thing I do know is that you now bore the hell out of me.
  • No matter what you stupid guys do - I'll be the next president. The American people want me, so they'll get what they want.
  • John Ehrenfeld
    Kitten you are as pathetic a reactionary as these other despots. If you can't take the heat don't play little girl. I asked a number of reasonable questions which you can't answer so you resort to this bullshit. Now get lost you are more annoying than Sarah Palin.
  • John Ehrenfeld
    Who says that they abuse the system? What percentage? How many? Who sits on their ass and asks for handouts? That's all bullshit and you know it. Where's your proof?

    The great majority of people do their best and are hard working. Many suffer from poor upbringings and parental circumstances, poverty, no health care, an inadequate education, racism, sexism, etc.

    It looks to me like you like government assistance when it helps your family member but not others. What a hypocrite.
  • If everyone on Welfare did that, then hell yeah. But they don't. They abuse the system. They sit on their ass and ask for more handouts. Then whine because they don't have a job or they are in this shit hole.
  • JE.
    I don't mind helping. I am more than happy to help people find a job, get the education they need. I even believe in the intent Welfare system. I have a family member who was in a similar situation as Kitten, but with 2 children. She got government assistances, student loans, put herself through college and now has a well paying job and is paying a whole lot more back that she was ever given.
  • John Ehrenfeld
    Is being called narcissistic an insult kitten? So what if a tennage girl made a bad choice when she was immature or had poor guidance from her parents. Does that mean the society you believe in should ignore her plight and not help her? I don't.

    Drew is missrepresenting of course, which is what reactionaries do. I never said I don't believe in responsibility I certainly do. What I said is that millions of people suffer through no fault of their own and are not accorded even the most basic human rights and I do believe that my taxes and my government should help those in need. Not hypocritical faith based organizations whose leaders support immoral wars and killing.

    The difference between Liberals and Conservatives is clear. Liberals care about those less fortunate and Conservatives don't. They care about selfishly accumulating wealth and thats all.
  • Hey Kitten,
    I don't want to cut you off, but you are wasting your breath here. You believe in personal responsibility and Maureen and JE do not. They believe that is up to the government to fix all of our problems.

    You and I believe in:
    If you loose your job go find one. If you don't have the skills for the jobs that are out there, then go get them.
    For those that loose there job I hate it for them, but their are jobs out there. Check out Monster.com see how many jobs are available.
  • John Ehrenfeld
    Of course I am sure it's ok with you kitten that Exxon Mobil made 12 billion in profits in the second quarter of 2008 while receiving tax breaks from the government as hundreds of millions of hard working Americans suffered just to be able to afford to drive to work?
  • John Ehrenfeld
    No one is referring to "your" situation kitten, don't be so narcissistic. The world doesn't revolve around you and policy shouldn't be dictated by your circumstances.

    What evidence to you have that most people's misfortune is a matter of a conscious choice they made? How many millions of children are born into poverty through no fault of their own? How many elderly live lives of despiar through no fault of their own? How many disabled and mentally challenged persons fall through the cracks and are ignored by society.
  • John Ehrenfeld
    Well articulated Maureen.
  • Maureen Molleron
    Hey kitten,
    GET a second job! Good idea! Politicians, who think Americans are stupid to continue to accept handouts (minimum wage is a handout because you can't pay rent at the inflated rent prices with it)should get a job outside of politics (many are lifers) and work for mimum wage. BUT they won't leave office because they get BETTER health benefits than MOST Americans, they travel for free (McCain, Obama and OTHER Senators use the excuse of visiting places for FREE vacations).
    How much do you pay for health care including your deductions? I pay a practically nothing because I live in France , YES dreaded France, where minimum wage is $10.00 per hour and you have free health care. The free health care is due to HIGH TAXES! I gladly pay high taxes for peace of mind. We also have a better infrasture than throughout the US.
    By the way, I'm an American, who believes Obama MUST win to save my country from ending up like Zimbabwe!
  • John Ehrenfeld
    Sorry that you think pointing out some realities to you to rebut your reactionary conservatism is snobby. Perhaps I do know more than you on this subject why don't you be open minded.

    You cannot refute one thing I said. You blame the innocent who are often in situations through no fault of their own. Is it a child's fault if they are born into poverty? Or is it someone's fault if their company doesn't offer medical insurance and they get ill? Or if an elderly woman's husband dies and she can't afford her rising cost of living?

    Your attitude is that of a reactionary right-wing elitist and an insult to every hard working American.
  • John Ehrenfeld
    How can you spend less on gas to gt to work, a place to live and clothes for your kids? Do you live in the real world?
  • John Ehrenfeld
    The class warfare in this country is a creation of the Republican corporate elite. The system works to benefit the wealthy not the middle class and the poor.

    What does being born into a poor family have to do with personal responisbility? Or hetting Cancer and losing your savings? Or getting laid off because companies moved your job overseas to make more money? I could go on for hours.

    Your suggestion that those who are having a hard time in this country are not responsible is insulting to all the single mothers and elderly and other hard working people who do the best they can.
  • John Ehrenfeld
    sp earn
  • John Ehrenfeld
    Your comment makes no sense. If somone spends less than they own there is no problem for that person financially is there.
  • John Ehrenfeld
    The alternative is to fix the system and re-adjust priorities so as to have it work for everyone and not just the wealthy.
  • Viper
    That is relevant to anything how? McCain thinks the economy is great and doesn't need to be fixed, and if your not well off, go get a second job! Talk about naivety.
  • Justin
    It is amazing that the government should be responsible for people spending more money than they make. That is why so many people are hurting. If you make $2200 a month then a $2400 mortgage is too much moron.
  • John Ehrenfeld
    They are understandably embarassed by Palin's pathetic show-biz speech last night. They admire a lack of substance especially when delivered by an extreme right-wing nut job; someone who endorses shooting wolves from helicopters and killing a defenseless Moose for sport.
  • jessica
    hi..otis hear for your rescue looks like you need help...wow do you guys get your jokes from the same book store...
  • John Ehrenfeld
    Two right-wingers seeking solace in each others arms. Mildly amusing but not an issue in sight. Off to the bank to cash my welfare check and then to the street corner to preach Communism. Enjoy yourselves!
  • John Ehrenfeld
    I applaud you for trying to save face - a survival instinct is to be admired. There was no hypothesis below, just your usual rand of idiocy. Plain and simple Toole - you're a really bad human being, what you believe and who you support results in the death and suffering of millions. But given your admiration of serial killers and the obvious absence of any moral center - I'm not surprised. Now this is getting boring for me, so I'm done with you. Have the last word child.
  • John Ehrenfeld
    Your ideology is in the process of being rejected by the American people so I understand your panic. You seem quite unstable lately Toole. Now you have a 72 year old war criminal and a pathetic VP candidate from the tundra. It must be hell to be you.

    Why do you admire psychopathic killers so much? I wonder how far that adulation goes?
  • John Ehrenfeld
    It's precisely becauae progressives see the broad spectrum of political thought that we are able to recognize extremism when we see it. You are an extremist and Republicans after the last 8 years deserve to be demonizd. When you see a demon, you point it out.

    Your belief system is based on selfishness, arrogance, narcissism and the personal accumulation of wealth by the few at the expense of the many. That makes you an extremist and a pretty poor excuse for a human being. Of course we are talking about someone that admires psycopathic serial killers enough to take their name.
  • John Ehrenfeld
    Meet Otis Toole a pathetic excuse for a man who admires psychopathic murderers so much he takes their name. Time after time again this pathetic right-wing lunatic has been humiliated and embarassed politically - hence his meaningless diatribe below about the Match Game and othr meaningless garbage.

    It's fun to see extremists like TRoole and Drew convulsing in the death throes of conservatism. I'll enjoy seeing you drown.
  • John Ehrenfeld
    Sorry Sean Hannity your theatre of the absurd won't work here. I don't need to prove the sun rises every day as well. Everything I mentioned was the truth and the country knows it, on;y recationary traitors like you think otherwise.

    You remind me of a drunken idiot I ran into at a party a few years ago who said to me, "prove that the holocaust happened" . . . or an equally moronic fool who asked me to "prove that Bin Laden and Al Qaeda were responsible for 9-11". Those are your bedfellows.

    I understand that your lack of education and intellect leaves you defenseless; but that's your problem. Being home schooled in Mississippi is your issue not mine.

    You're dismissed.
  • John, You are so right on the money with that.
    Since you seem a little uneducated on several subjects let start small.

    Definition of "Fact" - a concept whose truth can be proved.

    Since you can't seem to provide anything but false statements lets try something else.
    Provide any proof for the statements you made. If you can't provide any proof then why should anyone believe what you are saying?
  • Andrew
    wow that guy knows about 6 big words
  • John Ehrenfeld
    Well Drew the fact that you think there is a god shows what an idiot you are for starters. I gave you FACTS; just not the FACTS that you like to hear. FACTS are not defined as having to be statistics. The sun rose today - that is a fact.

    Everything I stated about what Bush and Cheney have wrought upon this country is a FACT. The reality is that you are a borderline psychotic neocon sycophant whose worthless life is built around selfish narcissism and a palpable disdain for those less fortunate. THATS A FACT.

    If there are any words you don't understand look them up moron.
  • The facts People. How in the hell can you simply not just state a few facts that support anything that you say? Is it really that hard? I have provide facts. Possibly even some thought provoking ideas.

    But please explain to me why you can state a single fact behind any of the garbage you are spewing.
    Instead you just try to be demeaning and look like a bunch of idiots that have no original thoughts and the inability to come to realization that facts are just that, "FACTS".
  • Hey Tex,

    You ever consider inflation? What was the GDP for the US in 1944? What is it now?

    Can't really compare 1944 to 2008 can we?
    If we can, then ask your boss to give you a Salary from 1944 and see how that works out for you.
  • none
    Oh for Petes sake people, FEWER jobs. Quote: "Use fewer to describe countable things. Use less to describe uncountable quantities, collective amounts, and degree. These terms are not interchangeable."
  • Well John. Looks like you have fallen into the "TYPICAL" category. Can't provide a single fact to save your life. Just slinging your sanfran, left wing kook, brain dead, crap.
    Think for you own damn self instead of being an idiot.
    No wonder so many people have concerns about this country. Idiots like you who can only run off at the mouth and not use the brain "GOD" gave you to think for yourself.
  • John Ehrenfeld
    Bush is a war criminal. He lied to us and the world, falsified intelligence, and invaded a country that never attacked us and he is DIRECTLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DEATHS OF MORE THAN A MILLION IRAQIS not to mention more than 4,000 American soldiers who died for nothing except the enrichment of Bush and Cheney's corporate war profiteer buddies.

    He is certainly a war criminal and I only hope that someday he stands trial in the Hague for his crimes against humanity and meets the same fate that Saddam Hussein did.
  • TexasCowboy
    The largest accumulated debt is the cost of the Iraq war.
    War costs - According to the Congressional Research Service at the Library of Congress,www.fas.org -
    WWII 1941-1945 cost $296 billion
    Iraq 2003 - present cost $616 billion
    Afghanistan - 2001 - present cost $159 billion. Conclusion the wars initiated under George Bush cost $479 billon more than WWII. The current day wars have had a significant impact on the current recession.
  • TexasCowboy
    May 2008, the president’s annual budget from the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) stated the federal deficit for fiscal year 2008 at $500B. The deficit is the fiscal year difference between what the US Government takes in from taxes and other revenues and the amount of money the Government spends.
    Then there is the US debt, a combination of the total US deficit, plus accumulated items not included in the traditional US budget; Visit the U.S. National Debt Clock Http://www.brillig.com/debt_clock/
  • John Ehrenfeld
    Drew, it is personal and if you don't like it tough. People like you are traitors to this country and the policies you support are responsible for the deaths and misery of millions of people. So it is personal and I am ashamed that you are a citizen of this country.

    Your statistics are meaningless, what does 2.4% or 21% mean to the millions who are suffering? Nothing. Your take on the world and this country is garbage and that is why soon, yu and those like you will be relegated to the garbage dump of political history.
  • Hey TexasCowboy,

    I not real sure about your link, but I am with you on what this Congress has spent over the last 3 decades. Our government is spending way to much money on crap, such as a teapot museum.
  • War Criminal. Now that is a new one. Which conspiracy website did you get that from.

    Should I quote John Kerry or Hillary Clinton on the Weapons of mass destruction that Iraq has. Look it up. Those are facts. Not hard to name some more from the Democrat party.
  • Steve
    For "H.H. Holmes":

    Seriously? You adopt the name of a mass murderer who killed between 9 and 27 people? And I'm supposed to take you seriously?

    I suppose you support our government kidnapping and torturing people, many (if not most) of whom have been found to be innocent.
  • It must really suck to live in a country where 94.5% of the people who want jobs have them.

    That is what I can massive unemployment. Maybe you should try France, their unemployment is 7.5% or Germany their is 8.4. Poland 6.8, Belgium 7.5, Spain 8.3.
  • The cost of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan has been largely absorbed in a relatively small increase in the defense budget (to 4.1% of GDP in 2006 from 3.8% in 1995). A much higher proportion of U.S. income was devoted to the military during World War II and the Korean War.
  • TexasCowboy
    Check out this info compiled from the U.S. Dept. of the Treasury on debt by George W. Bush.
    http://www.lafn.org/politics/gvdc/Natl_Debt_Cha...
  • The U.S. unemployment rate averaged 4.7% from 2001-2007. This compares with a 5.2% average rate during President Clinton's term of office, and is well below the euro zone average of 8.3% since 2000.
  • John,
    Still don't see any facts and doesn't need to get personal. If you can show us the facts, then what are you really saying? Prove you words. Let me give you some facts.

    (GDP) grew at an average annual rate of 2.2% over the period 2001-2008 (including its forecast for the current year). President Bush will leave to his successor an economy 19% larger than the one he inherited from President Clinton.
  • John Ehrenfeld
    Evidence? You want evidence? Where have you been in your momma's basement in your Ted Nugent camo pajamas? You want facts? How about the least popular president in history, how about a war criminal who lied to us and attacked a country that never attacked us, how about someone who took a budget surplus and turned it into the biggest deficit in history, how about someone who has destroyed the environment, forced religion down our throats, turned thr entire world against us, eviscerated the constitution, tortured, imprisoned people illegally, suspended habeus corpus, took the economy down the toilet, millions lost their jobs and homes, caused th world to hate us, emboldened terrorists, let Bin Laden run free, antagonized Russia and China, destroyed the environment, ruined our schools, exacerbated racial tensions, caused massive unemployment, promoted bigotry against gays, women and minorities . . . how's that for some facts you chump!
  • Hey John.
    Prove it. Give more than just anecdotal evidence that you are right. Do give me your cry baby story about how you lost your home. State the facts to shut the hell up.

    I only care about the facts. If Bush is wrong I speak up, if McCain is wrong I speak up.
  • John Ehrenfeld
    Drew aren't you ashamed of yourself for what you believe? This country is in pathetic shape because of people like you - come November you're gone. You did nothing but spew the same garbage below that Bush/Cheney have for eight disastrous years.

    The reality is that this country is rejecting neo-con right-wing reactionary religious bigots like you. You're no patriot, you are a traitor to everything this country once stood for and will stand for again.
  • #2. Raise all taxes on the top 5% wealth people in the country. These top 5% are a single person making 200K a year. What do these people do? Work, start new businesses, create jobs. If they pay more taxes do you think they can hire more people
  • For all of the Obama supporters out here. I want to give you a little insight into Obama's economic plan.
    #1. Raise corporate gains taxes
    Who do you think pays those taxes? The company you work for. If they have to pay more taxes, then that means they have less money to pay you. Kinda simple don't you think?
  • If you want judges that change the constitution or use foreign law to interrupt the constitution then vote for Obama.
    If you want people who read the constitution and make a decision based on what it says. Then you shouldn't vote for Obama.
  • Melissa,
    So you are saying that your poll of how many people 30,50,100 is scientific enough to say that the election was rigged?
    Do you know how many lawyers were in that state and validated every single vote.

    And why for everyone sake should we vote for Obama? What has he done that shows me he will be different? and Just because he says that he is going to do something doesn't really mean he is or even can do it.

    The biggest choice that the President leads in are two areas. Judges and the military.
  • Sorry, I see the link didn't come through very well.

    http://online.wsj.com/article/
    SB122039890722392873.html?mod=rss_opinion_main
  • For all of those that talk about how Bush ruined our economy please take a few minutes and read through some of the facts.
    http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122039890722392...

    I haven't heard or seen one fact on what Bush has done to ruin the economy. If you want to regurgitate others false comments that is ok, but do you really want to be a sheep, following someone off the cliff?
  • Melissa
    This is crazy. I am a woman and lived in florida during the last election. Weird thing is, I didn't know anyone who voted for Bush...No one, and I would randomly ask people. This election better not be rigged. I do think Mc Cain is the new Eminem when it comes to publicity, Bad publicity gets attention. I hope Obama wins for everyones sake. :)
  • Phil
    McSame doesn't stand a chance unless they rig the election like they did for that Dufus Bush. I don't want 4 more years of the same old, same old. I already lost one home so I wonder if McSame will let me live in one of the one's he "forgot" about?
  • Viper
    Sheep? Republicans are the sheep, trying to elect McCain so he can finish what Bush started and ruin the country completely.
  • Viper
    A vote for Obama is a vote against more of the same crap that has been ruining America.
  • Demo
    Yo "anonymous" the Democrats nominated a black man for president of our United States. Get a dictionary and look up "racist" and while you're at it you may want to check on the word "idiot".
  • Dagny Taggart
    If Mr. Obama is the second coming of JFK, how do you explain his twist of JFK's famous innaugral words; which he (Obama) has revised to read,
    ASK NOT WHAT YOU CAN DO FOR YOUR COUNTRY, BUT WHAT YOUR COUNTRY CAN DO FOR YOU.
    The Democratic platform consists of nothing but a long list of what they will give to different groups.
  • Pat Schumacher
    I voted for Hillary. McCain thinks he can get my vote by substituting a diamond with a viricon!
    This part of the 18 million will definity cast my vote for Obama.
  • Viper
    Threatened by Palin? That's a laugh, the Obama campaign must be laughing itself sick at the stupidity of McCain's choice, she has had a negative effect for him in the polls. Many retired military leaders and veterans also side with Obama.
  • Nate
    Drew: agreed. The dems today more closely resemble socialists from europe than the party of JFK...except that they still like to 'f' with civil rights. The dems of JFK's era were totally against and actively fought civil rights advancements. Today they are doing the same thing...barack or no barack. Dems are generally racists.
  • Nate
    Why do you have a problem with McCain's wealth but not Kerry's? or Edwards? or Hussein Obama's? Hypocrites! McCain is a bit liberal but better then the leftist socialist little brown shirt obama.
  • Lisa
    So if the poll is correct that 65% of our troops overseas are voting for Obama , it seems to me we should support them .
  • Kay
    Interesting the interview where Palin asks "Can some one tell me what it is the vice president does"?
    Like America needs that .

    If you want four more years of a screwed up economy , which Mccain and crew wont even address , and more debt we cant afford , and more foreclosures , a continued declining education system , and no health care , and no job protection ,
    you'll get it voting for Mccain . If you dont want any more of this and a qualified VP you 'll vote for Obama
  • We can live with either man as president, as long as we replace the Congress. FireCongress.org
  • Viper, Who says the next four years will be the same as the last 8. And yes a liberal voting record is bad no matter what is going on. Democrats of the past were not liberals. They were democrats. Picking someone who has experience because you have none is bad. Picking someone that will get their hands dirty so you don't have to is bad. Picking someone who voted against giving our troops the stuff they need is bad.
  • brian the lion
    our country is doomed.
  • Viper
    And voting for four more years of the same crap that has been ruining America is rational? A liberal voting record in a time when conservatives have been ruining the nation is bad? Picking a experienced running mate who is opposed to Bush and his cronies is bad?
  • Dubya
    You know , I think the evangelicals still believe the earth is flat . Armegeddon oughta here !
  • Joe
    I have an idea for a song parodied on Eminem's "Please Stand Up" how about Will The Real John McCain Please Stand Up". I'd write it but i suck at rhymeing and rapping anyone volunteer ?
  • Harv
    Here we go again another vice president who cant tell the truth . Ear marks , back door energy deals , sound familiar america?
  • elli
    Mccain Palin theme song

    Are you ready for that great atomic power , as you rise to meet your saviour in the air

    will you shout or will you cry when that fire rains from the sky
    Are you ready for that great atomic power ...

    la,la la, dee , dee
  • Deb
    Against womens rights , for more war , anti freedom of religion , anti sex ed inschools and apparently at home as well.
  • Mark
    Instead of wheres Cheney it will be , where's Palin ?
    We get the exact same thing as Bush Cheney only a female Vp.
  • Hey Viper,
    Need to look at your own candidate before you start throwing mud at someone else.
    Obama - Rezko
    Obama - Biden's son
    Obama - #1 liberal record
    Biden - Shows Obama has no experience on Foreign affairs
    If Obama got sick at least Biden has experience.

    What do you want to count on. Someone dying? or Someone that has experience to be President.

    Please keep talking about experience. It continue to show everyone how little Obama has and keeps that message up front.
  • Viper
    Palin was a horrible VP choice, poorly considered, less experienced than Obama, involved in a ethics scandal, was a member of the Alaskan Independence Party, and it's obviously a attempt to win Hillary voters, who aren't dumb enough to vote for a woman who doesn't think women should choose. And If McCain ends up getting ill or something, we get her as President, so his experience argument is null and void. What a filthy hypocrite.
  • Well if good ol' Obama gets elected. Then he is not 2nd in line. He is first in line.

    Just image if Palin was running for President and McCain was running for VP.

    That sounds like the Obama/Biden ticket.

    I love this crap. People like you keep beating her up about her experience and you keep forgetting that it just points right back to Obama.

    Plus he just compared running a Campaign to running a state. Gotta love that.
  • American
    Palin's personal life is her personal life, but what kind of judgment does it show to put her family through all of the public scrutiny she knew would happen when she accepted the nomination. And my question is this. If her daughter is "going to be getting married", why wait? Why isn't she married now?
  • Chris Gibson
    The video with George Stephanopoulos is a fraud and it's a shame to be included with the others where the commentators are in the actual clips. This fabrication with George S. taints the entire collection and should be removed. We don't need to make up stuff - there is plenty out there which you have already compiled. Please delete this one from the mix. Don't rely on misleading presentations - will hurt the cause.
  • Viper
    I think the point being made is that she is busy with her family, though I agree that it is being overblown. Attack her extreme rightist stances and flip flops instead.
  • John McCain
    It is so typical of you lefties! Why would having children affect her ability to lead? Did Kennedy have problems as President of the U.S. with his toddler children?
    She has a husband and teenage daughters that are more than capable of holding down the fort!
  • Kim
    So this man just picked a running mate who has a special needs child and now a daughter who is an unwed mother. He must have felt that she was a good choice. Why did she accept given the intense needs of her children at this point in their lives? Why did he put her in the position to make that choice - country vs. family? He has blinders on in several areas of his campaign. If both sides just stick to issues and stop the comparisons out of it, the American public could have a chance to rely on facts - not blogs or emails. It's so sad.
  • BTW. Don't try to succeed in this country. Don't try to make money. Don't try to make your life better. Don't work.

    Just bitch and moan because other people have stepped up while you sit down and wait for your check to arrive.

    Really strange that every time someone goes out and makes money they get ridiculed. What happens when you get to that point?

    With Obama he wants to take that top 5% money and give it away. So soon you will be there too.
  • So when did Sweeney become and expert on the Economy. All he does is take peoples money and then run the company they work for in the ground.
  • Samantha
    FUCK MCCAIN
  • Ed
    Ron , you are 100% correct in your assessment .

    Dennis the menace , Productive work ? You mean like the jobs we used to have here in America before Bush?

    As for Palin must be nice to be from the only state in the union that isnt having a troubled economy , however we cant all work for the oil and gas companies . She's clueless on the rest of the country as is Mccain .
  • McCain for President 2008
    Get a life!!!! Leave these insane comments on Osama, I mean, Obama's site. This democratic mud slinging is at the infant's stage. Obama needs to take his musslim, black panther wife and slither back to the Senate, where he did nothing. People talk about no one knowing Palin, nobody knew who he was, he's just sorry he did not name a woman for V.P.
  • Truth Hurts
    This is the man that fooled all Americans in 2000 primaries and got the sympathy of all for pulling out of the election due to lack of funds. If what we no now about John Mccain that we new that then, nobody would have voted for him in the primaries. The man is simply a crafty old man that refuses to stay in touch with average American values & struggle yet all i hear from his wife always, whenever she is interviewed is how she bought this plane and that helicopter for the husband.
  • Viper
    We need to get some of these ads on TV... There is a site I know of where they are trying to get at least one YouTube video turned into a TV ad.
  • Darin Johnson
    I love this site - keep it going. No more Bush politics. Let's get a video together on his ridiculous pick for VP. This guy is a joke.
  • Viper
    What he stands for is 90% more Bush and we can only pray the other 10% will somehow fix things. And he is such a flip flopping liar.
  • FHCsoccer
    haha wow this website is a joke.

    Just more dirty politics. Is there honestly a problem with McCain owning a $1 million dollar parking lot. That has no effect on how he is going to run this country. Stop looking at the insignificant things and take a look at what they stand for and plan to accomplish. Those are the only things that matter in an election, not all this bull shit hahaha.
  • Viper
    I can't wait to see Palin be eaten alive by Biden. McCain made a desperation move with her, and it won't work.
  • Bob
    The VP debate will be great! Biden will stomp whats-her-name like a narc at a biker rally.
  • Willie
    I have the popcorn ready for the first VP debate. Afterwards, Ol' Joe will regain consciousness and ask, "Did you get the license of the truck that hit me?" LOL
  • L
    His Vp choice touted as pro labor? Importing several hundred workers from places like russia, the phillipines to work the fish processing plants, as well as other industries in Alaska , and fastracking work visas is NOT pro labor.
    Its More of the Same !
    Ship out the jobs and bring in the cheap labor to take the remaining ones , throw the Americans under the bus again .
    no more Bush !
  • A.
    Insure high gas prices keep the oil mafia in the white house ! Mccains VP choice brings the CEO of the Corporate State of Alaska to the rest of the world. Its the same Bush /Cheney game only the VP wears a dress .
  • S Fatimah
    As a Muslim, I know that Obama is not a Muslim. He does not agree with Muslims on many issues, and Muslims do not go to Christian churches. But he seems to be a better man than McCain, who is a rich, out of touch, war-monger. Killing innocent people is completely wrong in the eyes of real Muslims. We would rather be killed than kill an innocent, even if he is an Israeli Jew. Do not believe the lies of people who say Obama is for Hamas, or nuclear weapons or terrorists. It is an evil trick.
  • haecklers
    How do I write to Robert?? I need him to see this site because I think he can do a video of it and people need to see this! www.chrisjordan.com
  • ObamaTrout
    Allah be praised! Please support Obama for President, as he has the backing of our beloved Hamas, he will let Iran build and keep its nuclear weapons so that we may destroy infidel Israel and the filthy Jews, and he will also befriend Russia because he understands Georgia is merely a rogue province that was created by Bush and should be integrated back into the motherland. McCain is the great satan who would prevent all that!

    Please support our holy jihad and vote against McCain this November. Allahu Akbar!!!
  • DHS
    Cynthia McKinney is the best choice for President.

    google video 'American Blackout' and get prepared before visiting the polling places.
  • arthur
    McCain hates animals. He has always voted to kill animals so people can live there, or so we can further destroy this planet by drilling for oil. He and his VP pick (if elected, which the need not be) will kill any animal that lives in a place where oil is. Next, they will kill poor humans because they are in a prime oil drilling area! VOTE FOR OBAMA, NOT MCCAIN
  • Amanda
    SUE- Your disgusting! Ogling her? your mind is pretty much in the gutter. get a life!
  • Amanda
    Isn't the American dream to have it all? Why do we begrudge McCain for owning things? Does the Democratic party want to take away everything someone owns if its more than 1 house? McCain nor his wife, were born wealthy. His wife's family worked very hard from nothing to make it big. That's the American way. Why do you hate that?
  • john
    Hello Jo. No, I'm not some right-wing weirdo. I just believe that if you work hard then by-God get rewarded, not punished.

    Check your heart first.

    SELF ACCOUNTABILITY!
  • keith hemm
    I consider myself middle class and think Senator McCain has picked a great choice! for you who cant pay your mortgage payment should live within your means and quit blameing the goverment for your inability to manage your resources and then expect someone to fix YOUR problem. Good for you Senator McCain. see you in the whitehouse.
  • Jay
    Just dont vote people, its a lose lose. A money grubbing scandroll or a communist who will have enough power in congress to completely ruin the united states. Boycott and ask for a man of the people for the people to be appointed. ( or woman)
  • Sue
    Is anybody concerned about Johm McCain's womanizing. Heleft his first wife while going out with different women, etc. They all get upset about Clinton but McCain isn't any better in that sense. Did anyone see him ogling his new VP??? Cindy better watch out!!!
  • Sheryl
    Figures Mccain picks another woman to ride on her coat tails, watch out Cindy. Also figures he has to read his speech off a page .
  • Jo
    John " welfare whores" ? Do you mean like the corporate welfare that the mortgage companies and banks are receiving ? To the tune of over 100 billion now We are all bailing out the housing industry , thanks to Bush /Mccain / Mcsame policy . You give that same money to small business or education , real change happens ! Barack is the is the next President !
  • John
    Well, if obama hussein gets elected, you won't have to worry about rich people, his tax plan will make sure they don't exist in the U.S. anymore. We'll all be welfare whores.
  • Joe
    Which is better...forgetting how many houses you own or how many states there are in the USA?
  • Will Ricks
    We should NEVER elect someone who is rich or successful or married someone who is. (Unless it is a Kennedy or Kerry.)
    The people we elect to run our country should be poor or failures at business or people who have never run a any kind of business. The poorer the better.
    If McCain owns a parking lot that actually MAKES MONEY - we should impeach him now. Success is bad - especially if I don't have that much money.
  • markie
    Hey all you dopes who post about the Democrat's houses...you just don't get it, do you? It's not that anyone has individual wealth. McCain, Obama, Hillary, etc can have the biggest and most houses on the planet and that's not what it's about. It's about John McCain trying to paint Obama as the elitist when it is in fact McCain who is the elitist. That's why McCains wealth and housses became an issue. So let's not get completely stupid, OK?
  • Viper
    Yes, perhaps, but do you want someone that forgetful leading us? His ability to support Bush 95% of the time and still keep extremely close in the race never ceases to amaze me.
  • dave
    Come on...not one of you pos(t)ers wouldn't love to have 5 or 10 houses and a parking garage in Phoenix....Get of your soap boxes and get real
  • t.soprano
    Joe , more like Cindy's father said "I want you to ask john to marry you" , we got plans .
  • Katrina
    Mccain is for America , like Fema was for New Orleans. Out of touch , out of sight , and no plan what so ever , and will probably appoint the wrong person to come up with a plan . Mccain is wrong for America . Maybe by the time he learns to use e-mail you'll figure it out.
  • Dubya
    Thats right you poor people should be content with the crumbs were throwing down, and the band aids for your scrapes and cuts, Mccain did it with his wifes dads connectedness and .... good idea I'm gettin me a parking lot ! One in Dubai .
  • We Need To Win
    Individual wealth is not something Democrats should be attacking. Not unless they want to be perceived as unabashed hypocrites, i.e. since some of the wealthiest people in America happen to be Democrats.

    Policies are the issue and favoring the wealthy with tax law.
  • Joe
    Fuck off Jack, McCain earned his money by dumping his wife after a car accident and marrying into WEALTH.
    McCain had to say a few simple words to "earn" his wealth.
    Those words were: "Cindy, will you marry me?"
  • Jack
    This video is absurd. He worked hard to earn his money now you all hate him for being rich. This is the American dream. That's why most of you are poor.
  • G.
    Ok , I know this post has nothing to do with Mccain except there is a Hurricane potentially bigger than Katrina forming in the gulf. At least the DNC commentators expressed a concern and a hope that this time there be a PLAN. Hear that Bush/ Mccain ? A plan , lets start with getting lots of drivers standing buy to evac the hospitals and people who do not have transportation or are to poor . God forbid this happens again .
  • Go Figure
    Of course , a stadium built with taxpayers money just happens to be walking distance from the "parking lot" . A cash cow, given to mccain by mccain himself, I bet the guy working there can barely afford his rent, or I wonder if he is even a US citizen ?
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