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FactCheck.org on McCain's Katrina Kerfuffle

factcheck.org — McCain claims he "supported every investigation" into the government's role regarding the hurricane, when in fact he twice voted against an independent commission. The McCain campaign accused the Obama campaign of "tired negative attacks" for pointing out and documenting McCain’s gaffe.

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Pherdnut, on 06/06/2008, -7/+96No McCain, policy and positions are always fair game. That's the job we hire you for. Better examples of "tired attacks" or "negative campaigning" would be flag lapel pins, lame attempts at making the other guy look like a little kid that you're taking under your wing, telling one audience one thing and another audience another when you couldn't possibly satisfy both crowds when elected to office. You know, lying, dishonesty, unfounded crap.
- gsadamb, on 06/06/2008, -4/+37I have a feeling that much hilarity will ensue this election season.
  
  Any time someone points out something negative or hypocritical that McCain does, he's going to accuse them of "attacking" him.
  
  Pointing out a candidate's "flip-flopping" was fair game in 2004. It's fair game now.
  - PolishLogic, on 06/06/2008, -20/+3"Any time someone points out something negative or hypocritical that McCain does, he's going to accuse them of "attacking" him."
    
    As will Obama.
    - staxofmax, on 06/06/2008, -2/+1OSNAP!
    - MonexFRAUD, on 09/25/2008, -0/+0You should probably think about investing in gold and silver in these troubled times. Gold and silver can be a good hedge against economic volatility as long as you're not doing a leveraged trade. http://www.monexfraud.com/investment-strategies/bu ... You may wish to invest in the gold ETF (GLD) or the silver ETF (SLV) in a non-margin account. This is the least expensive way to invest. If you feel a need to to take delivery of your metals be extra cautious about who you buy from. Check the Better Business Bureau for complaints, ratings, and adviseries. Also check RipoffReport.com for complaints and read how or if they were handled. At http://www.monexfraud.com all the information you need about Monex Deposit Company is conveniently gathered in one place. Monex is the worst company you can buy precious metals from so do yourself a favor and don't do it. Go to http://www.monexfraud.com and you'll see what I mean!
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  - unreg, on 06/06/2008, -6/+2Ho hum, another failed attempt by the Obama insurgency to deflect the focus away from their candidates total and utter lack of experience.
  - sinrtb, on 06/07/2008, -0/+2I think the way they run their campaigns will be similar to how they run their presidency. McCain will view anything negative said by another country as an attack. Obama will point out policies that he disagrees with in other countries. I dunno about the rest of you but I am sick of being the aggressor in wars.
- PolishLogic, on 06/06/2008, -17/+8"telling one audience one thing and another audience another when you couldn't possibly satisfy both crowds when elected to office."
  
  I'm confused, are you referring to Obama or McCain?
  - staxofmax, on 06/06/2008, -6/+8Yup, Dem Libruls ar flip flopprs, durrrr.
    
    Name one instance where Obama was inconsistent in his message.
    - PolishLogic, on 06/06/2008, -8/+6The Second Amendment for starters. Iran to follow it up.
      
      By the way, is it wrong of me to criticize Obama? Or should I only be criticizing McCain, while basking in the glow of Obama's saint-like aura? Grow a thicker skin, dummy.
    - papipablo, on 06/06/2008, -2/+3They took our jobs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    - archiesteel, on 06/06/2008, -3/+4PolishLogic: he didn't flip-flop on the Second Amendment, nor did he on Iran. Flip-flop means taking diametrically opposed positions, not slightly readjusting one's opinion when confronted with good arguments and/or new information.
      
      Oh, and calling people "dummy" when someone simply asks you to substantiate your allegations simply highlights your own intellectual deficiencies. Don't like it? Grow a thicker skin yourself.
    - PolishLogic, on 06/06/2008, -2/+3"Oh, and calling people "dummy" when someone simply asks you to substantiate your allegations simply highlights your own intellectual deficiencies. Don't like it? Grow a thicker skin yourself."
      
      And his waterheaded response of "Yup, Dem Libruls ar flip flopprs, durrrr." was intellectual? You seem to mistake my "dummy" comment as being upset, when it was merely pointing out my opinion of the reply to my comment. Trust me, when it comes to thick skin, I'm covered in that department.
      
      As for flip-flopping, I'd say that saying you support protecting the right to own guns in front of one crowd, while telling another that you support citywide or even statewide bans on owning guns in front of another crowd would be about as good of an example of "taking diametrically opposed positions" as needed here.
    - FairDinkumMate, on 06/06/2008, -3/+2Annd yet again PolishLogic you fail your own test of providing FACTS to support your point.
      Please provide examples &/or sources of Obama "saying you support protecting the right to own guns in front of one crowd, while telling another that you support citywide or even statewide bans on owning guns in front of another".
    - PolishLogic, on 06/06/2008, -2/+2You give me no sources to show Obama being unflappable on guns, but you're demanding sources to support my claims. Fine.
      
      Funny though, I was under the impression that Obama supporters read all the stories about Obama on Digg.
      
      Here you go:
      
      " Although Obama supports gun control, while campaigning in gun-friendly Idaho earlier this month, he said he does not intend to take away people's guns.
      
      At his news conference, he voiced support for Washington D.C.'s ban on handguns, which is scheduled to be heard by the Supreme Court next month. "
      
      source:
      http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/02/15/america/ ...
      
      Further reading:
      http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0408/9722.htm ...
      
      Or you can simply Google "Obama and Second Amendment" then "Obama and DC gun ban".
    - akwash79, on 06/07/2008, -1/+1@PolishLogic
      
      From the articles, it's obvious that he supports the federal right to arms but not opposed to the right of states or local communities to enact their own laws that trump federal laws.
      The way I see it, the right of a state or local government to impose its own rules is a good thing. It returns power to the state which I have always supportive of. This isn't exactly a diametrically opposed position.
      
      If a city has a large handgun death ratio, they should be able to enforce a ban.
      
      When you have kids, your perspective may change a little.
    - MonexFRAUD, on 09/25/2008, -0/+0You should probably think about investing in gold and silver in these troubled times. Gold and silver can be a good hedge against economic volatility as long as you're not doing a leveraged trade. http://www.monexfraud.com/investment-strategies/bu ... You may wish to invest in the gold ETF (GLD) or the silver ETF (SLV) in a non-margin account. This is the least expensive way to invest. If you feel a need to to take delivery of your metals be extra cautious about who you buy from. Check the Better Business Bureau for complaints, ratings, and adviseries. Also check RipoffReport.com for complaints and read how or if they were handled. At http://www.monexfraud.com all the information you need about Monex Deposit Company is conveniently gathered in one place. Monex is the worst company you can buy precious metals from so do yourself a favor and don't do it. Go to http://www.monexfraud.com and you'll see what I mean!
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- paigeinphilly, on 06/06/2008, -2/+6Yeh...glad this came up again...I originally saw this article yesterday and promptly provided the 2 bills McSame voted against..one was dealing with extension of relief for Katrina victims, the other dealt with investigating what went wrong and how to be better prepared in the future.
  
  I agree with you Pherdnut...the truth is just the truth, its not like we cant look at his voting record..I dont even know why they make such blatant lies, the embarrasment alone shouldnt be worth it.
  
  Obama/Webb 08
- richmomz, on 06/07/2008, -0/+6"Aaah! The light of public scrutiny! It burns! IT BURNS!!!"
RickHavoc, on 06/06/2008, -6/+55The reason McCain can't remember his own record isn't because he's old. It's because when one abandons one's principles to pander to a group (e.g. the far right) one loses one's bearings. Nobody knows what he stands for anymore. I don't think he knows what he stands for.
- chicofaraby, on 06/06/2008, -3/+18"Nobody knows what he stands for anymore."
  
  The same failed agenda the far right wing has been pushing since the 1960s; hatred of minorities, theocracy, zero sum economics and greed.
- AgainstObama, on 06/06/2008, -19/+2LOL. You obvious have no idea what you are talking about.
  - xtinamo, on 06/06/2008, -0/+5Your s/n indicates that you've obviously already made up your mind so it's understandable that you choose to disregard to truth when you see/hear it.
  - themonkman, on 06/06/2008, -0/+4It actually sounds like McCain has no idea what he's talking about, either.
  - MonexFRAUD, on 09/25/2008, -0/+0You should probably think about investing in gold and silver in these troubled times. Gold and silver can be a good hedge against economic volatility as long as you're not doing a leveraged trade. http://www.monexfraud.com/investment-strategies/bu ... You may wish to invest in the gold ETF (GLD) or the silver ETF (SLV) in a non-margin account. This is the least expensive way to invest. If you feel a need to to take delivery of your metals be extra cautious about who you buy from. Check the Better Business Bureau for complaints, ratings, and adviseries. Also check RipoffReport.com for complaints and read how or if they were handled. At http://www.monexfraud.com all the information you need about Monex Deposit Company is conveniently gathered in one place. Monex is the worst company you can buy precious metals from so do yourself a favor and don't do it. Go to http://www.monexfraud.com and you'll see what I mean!
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- xtinamo, on 06/06/2008, -2/+7Exactly, selling your soul is a bitch.
- Barackalypse, on 06/06/2008, -10/+2While on the subject of not knowing where someone stands, how many of Obama's supporters know he voted to re-authorize the Patriot Act, continue Iraq War funding with no troop withdrawal date, and voted to build a border fence with Mexico? It isn't just McCain that doesn't know the record.
  - Gerz1219, on 06/06/2008, -2/+8The re-authorization of the Patriot Act lessened its more severe civil liberties violations, so it was a good compromise until Bush left office. If Obama had voted to cut off funding for a war in progress, he'd be attacked left and right for not supporting the troops. What's wrong with a border fence?
    - Barackalypse, on 06/06/2008, -2/+1As to the war, you're basically arguing that Obama sold out his beliefs for political reasons. As to the border fence, I like it a lot, most liberals I talk to don't. I'm just pointing out that a lot of the liberals I know hold positions that don't agree with Obama's voting record. It seems foolish to me to vote for someone based on how much you like his rhetoric and not based on how times his votes correspond to the issues you find important.
    - mystilon, on 06/06/2008, -0/+4Obama has explained his philosophy on compromise before. In cases where he knows that he can't get exactly what he wants, he votes for that which brings progress -toward- it. That's not selling his principles, that's called working -toward- a goal. It's called being realistic, and favoring metered change over a futile bunker mentality that leaves us in a bitter and divisive stalemate. We need a heck of a lot more of that in our government instead of this childish stonewalling.
    - MonexFRAUD, on 09/25/2008, -0/+0You should probably think about investing in gold and silver in these troubled times. Gold and silver can be a good hedge against economic volatility as long as you're not doing a leveraged trade. http://www.monexfraud.com/investment-strategies/bu ... You may wish to invest in the gold ETF (GLD) or the silver ETF (SLV) in a non-margin account. This is the least expensive way to invest. If you feel a need to to take delivery of your metals be extra cautious about who you buy from. Check the Better Business Bureau for complaints, ratings, and adviseries. Also check RipoffReport.com for complaints and read how or if they were handled. At http://www.monexfraud.com all the information you need about Monex Deposit Company is conveniently gathered in one place. Monex is the worst company you can buy precious metals from so do yourself a favor and don't do it. Go to http://www.monexfraud.com and you'll see what I mean!
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  - chicofaraby, on 06/06/2008, -2/+1Those are a few of the reasons I won't vote for Obama. He's simply not on the left. His crap policy on health care is another reason.
    
    Obama doesn't vote for my positions and McCain doesn't scare me. I survived George W Dumbass.
  - zombies187, on 06/06/2008, -0/+2Hmm, not many people seem to be unaware of these things... Try again?
    - Barackalypse, on 06/06/2008, -0/+1Lets fund a poll of Obama supporters and find out.
    - zombies187, on 06/06/2008, -0/+3That's funny. But in all seriousness. What's the point of pointing out similarities between Obama and McCain? Do you think anyone will vote McCain because Obama is not planning an evacuation of Americans from Iraq? Or because Obama is not offering to put illeagal immigrants on welfare? People Who vote like THAT need reasons to vote McCain that McCain doesn't have. Or are you just hoping to disillusion the most marginal liberals into staying home?
- Tomchei, on 06/06/2008, -2/+1Far right?????
  McCain is far left.
  
  Once McCain had no competition, the word was "What Democrat are you going to elect?"
  - chicofaraby, on 06/06/2008, -1/+5Far left? That's interesting because I'm on the left. Which industry is Senator McCain advocating that we nationalize? The health insurance industry? The railroad industry? Is he advocating breaking up the broadcast industry?
    
    Tell us his leftist positions, I'm still looking for a candidate to support.
gsadamb, on 06/06/2008, -5/+26He's such a maverick.
- dondara, on 06/06/2008, -2/+15Yeah, he does resemble a crappy car from the 70's.
- Barackalypse, on 06/06/2008, -12/+5Compared to Obama he is:
  McCain has voted with a majority of his Republican colleagues 88.3% of the time during the current Congress, while Obama has voted with a majority of his Democratic colleagues 96.5% of the time. That means Obama is more of a partisan hack than McCain, although they both suck mightily.
  
  http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/member ...
  http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/member ...
  - gsadamb, on 06/06/2008, -3/+5The percentage of time that one votes with their party is an interesting statistic, but it might be a little more interesting if you actually look what each candidate stands for.
    
    McCain voted to support the war. He initially opposed Bush's pandering tax-cuts just after we went to war, and now supports them. He supported a pretty reasonable immigration law, and now opposes it. And now we know he voted against trying to get to the bottom of what happened during Katrina. Even though he was just in Louisiana a couple weeks ago vowing such a thing would never happen again.
    
    Who's all talk again?
    - Barackalypse, on 06/06/2008, -3/+1Obama is all talk, when it comes to actually screwing stuff up McCain has a big head start owing to his many more years in Congress. Don't delude yourself, they're both bad.
treehugger87, on 06/06/2008, -4/+57The truth is widely considered to be a "tired attack" by the Republicans.
- Barackalypse, on 06/06/2008, -17/+3The truth is also widely considered to be an invitation for name calling by liberals. Question any government handout with facts and you'll be labeled a selfish racist.
  - life036, on 06/06/2008, -1/+11Since when the ***** was helping people in a disaster a "government handout"?
    
    What do we pay our ***** taxes for?
    - Barackalypse, on 06/06/2008, -5/+1The federal government's powers as listed in Article 1 Section 8 of the US Constitution do NOT include disaster relief (especially for cities built below sea level and for residents too stupid to leave given 48 hours notice of a category 5 hurricane heading right at them). You pay taxes for the government to protect your rights, you are not paying them to rebuild your home when a hurricane flattens it, nor do you pay it to provide you health care or fund your retirement. Sadly, most people are as deluded as you as to what their tax money is supposed to be used for.
    - FairDinkumMate, on 06/06/2008, -0/+4Let's assume you're right.
      Basically what you're saying is that you'd rather vote for a party that IGNORES the constitution when it suits it to blatantly breach citizens rights than one that uses the power of the Federal Government to help people out after a crisis even though the constitution doesn't say it has to.
      
      I guess that sums up why we have different opinions you self-centred ignoramus!
    - life036, on 06/07/2008, -0/+2Good point, barackalypse. Only thing is, this article is not about our taxes paying to rebuild N.O. The article is about McCain voting against creation of a commission that would determine where the faults lied with our response to Katrina.
trumpcard, on 06/06/2008, -17/+4McCain has to the least conservative guy,it would be appropriate to call him a liberal republican.RP was a phony.
zephyr42, on 06/06/2008, -17/+2Politics sucks... there has to be a better way.
- Disgod, on 06/06/2008, -2/+7Nope, sorry there isn't. You have to deal with politics in every facet of your life, from family to office to government you always have politics. It's just different levels of importance. Even in totalitarian governments you still have internal politics, it's just if you piss off the wrong guy in a totalitarian government you generally end up behind a woodshed with a bullet lodged somewhere in your heart or skull.
sn0wmis3r, on 06/06/2008, -7/+11lol, everytime I refresh my digg feed there is some new video of McCain I get to laugh at
mediaspree, on 06/06/2008, -4/+20Well he certainly supported investigating bringing bottled hot water to dehydrated babies.
Stevanoski, on 06/06/2008, -19/+6What difference does it make? It was corruption at the state and local level that led to the sorry aftermath of the disaster. Oh, that would make it Democratic problem, my bad, never mind.
- harmil, on 06/06/2008, -3/+101) It makes a great deal of difference when the Republican candidate for President of the United States can't "remember" his own record and 2) The fact that state and local agencies failed to keep up doesn't actually remove the federal culpability at all, nor does it excuse the appointment of such a profoundly unqualified person to such a critical role. What, I wonder, would you have thought if your town had suffered some natural disaster at that time?
  
  Odd side note: as I started responding, Bob Dylan's "Hurricane" started up on my iPhone.
  - Stevanoski, on 06/06/2008, -6/+1A sign from God that you are the chosen one. Please adjust tin foil hat, transmission complete.
    - archiesteel, on 06/06/2008, -1/+4Are you out of arguments so quickly that you must resort to personal attacks?
      
      I'm curious, though: don't you get tired of getting your ass handed to you so often? Do you enjoy the humiliation, or are you really a liberal trying to make conservative look bad?
    - Stevanoski, on 06/06/2008, -5/+1Actually I have bested you at every turn.
- sqwirl, on 06/06/2008, -3/+6FEMA is a federal program, which was under the direction of George Bush during the Katrina disaster. You fail.
  - Stevanoski, on 06/06/2008, -3/+2The corrupt contractors that built the faulty levee's were the Democrats bestest friends in the whole wide world. Restart successful.
    - zombies187, on 06/06/2008, -0/+2It isn't about which party is responsible, it's about whether the state or federal gov is responsible. The feds built the levee and it was a fake levee. Why defend the feds?
- zombies187, on 06/06/2008, -1/+1The feds built a levee that didn't match the COE blueprint. At the end of the day we must insure the work of the corp. Otherwise why ever have them?
MYarms, on 06/06/2008, -10/+12McCain is another Nazi just like Bush. Its too bad more people don't get their news from the internet because this fool will probably get elected.
BryanG412, on 06/06/2008, -5/+15If this man gets elected President there is no hope for America. It will kind of be like that South Park episode where the little kids play the Red Wings and get completely destroyed, and at the end the little kid says "No hope..no hope...". Ya it will be exactly like that.
xieodeluxed, on 06/06/2008, -2/+9kerfuffle?
hormel, on 06/06/2008, -4/+16dugg for kerfuffle
TheBogie, on 06/06/2008, -8/+3I suppose technically McCain didn't lie, he said he "supported" the bill. He didn't say he voted for it. He supported it in much the same way Dr. Kevorkian supports his patients.

Nevertheless, McCain seems lost and confused during live interviews. Obama is going to pwn him in ass during those town hall meetings.
Sfenton, on 06/06/2008, -12/+7http://www.factcheck.org/elections-2008/dnc_vs_mcc ...

Evil is on both sides.
- ender7074, on 06/06/2008, -2/+3OMG we cant have that around here. Remember the democrat party and especially Obama are perfect.
- Mara5, on 06/06/2008, -2/+0You know there is no freedom left. It's an illusion kept going so that there isn't an uprising.
  
  The Puppet Master's have chosen their candidates and soon the puppets will be dancing.
YodaJones, on 06/06/2008, -6/+18McCain, you are a complete jackass. I honestly never thought we could find someone dumber than Bush, but here you are. Mission accomplished George.
- Stevanoski, on 06/06/2008, -3/+2The more gaffes BHO experiences the more I wonder if he is a product of Affirmative Action.
  - archiesteel, on 06/06/2008, -1/+2Are you racist, too?
    - Stevanoski, on 06/06/2008, -2/+1And your definition of racist is anyone who questions BHO intellegence?
    - FairDinkumMate, on 06/06/2008, -1/+3IRONY - A right wing moron attacking someone about intellegence(sic)!!!
    - StarlessKnight, on 06/07/2008, -0/+2Stevanoski: Are they 'stealing your jobs?'
      
      BHO gaffes = result of Affirmative Action
      JMcC gaffes = x
      
      Where x = ...
      1. Pandering (don't ask how - involves lies or misdirection)
      2. Senility and/or Other Disease
      3. Inability to take and hold a single position (flip-flop and not in a good way - who's the target of the day again?)
      4. Inability or lack of desire to double check one's facts (otherwise known as intelligence; doubles as Incompetence)
      5. Honest mistake (do tell us how this applies to one and not the other, the explanation should prove priceless in defense of a random, unsupportable claim that BHO is only where he is because of a hand out and has no mental faculties of his own)
sb66, on 06/06/2008, -5/+17It's hard to believe anyone under 50 supports this guy.
- papipablo, on 06/06/2008, -2/+8There are morons at every age.
- ender7074, on 06/06/2008, -8/+2Its hard to believe that anyone over 20 supports Obama.
  - Stevanoski, on 06/06/2008, -6/+2There are morons at every age.
life036, on 06/06/2008, -5/+9dugg down for kerfluffle.
sultanica, on 06/06/2008, -6/+4another bible thumping angry redneck presidential wannabe, just what we need...not
- ender7074, on 06/06/2008, -5/+2So a stalinist, elitist, man who believes that hes the savior of everything is better? Riiiiiiight.
  - apothekari, on 06/07/2008, -0/+1You have absolutely NO idea who Stalin was.
    Try talking to survivors of the gulags{for The Chief Administration of Corrective Labor Camps and Colonies — Главное Управление Исправительно-Трудовых Лагерей и колоний, Glavnoye Upravleniye Ispravitel'no-Trudovykh Lagerey i koloniy }
    Most Gulag inmates were not political prisoners, although the political prisoner population always was significant. People could be imprisoned in a Gulag camp for crimes such as unexcused absences from work, petty theft, or anti-government jokes. About half of the political prisoners were sent to Gulag prison camps without trial; per official data, there were more than 2.6 million imprisonment sentences in cases investigated by the secret police, 1921-1953
    Sound like anyone you know?
    I still remember in 2003 Ann Coulter saying all of us against the war were traitors and needed to be rounded up and any comedian making jokes @the White House's expense even more so.
sizzzzlerz, on 06/06/2008, -7/+10Tell me McSame wouldn't be a 3rd bush term. He obviously has the same regard for telling the truth as the man that he likes to hug so much.
stinkymonkey, on 06/06/2008, -7/+10
Lets all be serious. The last thing this country needs is an old guy who can't remember things (and/or just lies) to get our country out of this mess. I mean, how can anyone support him? He's a buffoon and doesn't even hide that fact.

My present to myself this summer is watching Keith and John after the first debate. That is going to be comedy gold.
ender7074, on 06/06/2008, -12/+5How about a fact check on Obama. His uncle liberated Auschwitz right? How about his grandmother being afraid of black people. Thats not how he described it in his craptacular book (yes I read it). How about all the other gaffes he makes on a daily basis. Guess its ok when the Messiah misspeaks right?
- Skywise, on 06/06/2008, -2/+4Blaspheemer!
  
  The Messiah does not misspeak... we are just too dim to appreciate his understanding!
- gambyt13, on 06/06/2008, -0/+3Big difference between gaffe and outright disgusting sleaze.
- FairDinkumMate, on 06/06/2008, -0/+2Typical crap ender. Why?
  You carry on about Auschwitz because it's much easier to focus on this than on the POINT of Obama's statement(which differs in NO way whether it was Auschwitz or Ohrdruf(Buchenwald)) which was that his great unclue saw the horrors of the holecaust & how this affected him on his return.
  If the Republicans began to talk about ISSUES without lying, obfuscating or misdirecting then maybe you could begin to rebuild. The majority of American people have had enough. You can wait until November to figure this out or start now - your choice.
  
  So how about it ender? Are you up to discussing the FACT that many veterans return from war after being exposed to horrors and suffer greatly from this & right now receive less than satisfactory treatment? Would you like to talk about the ways the country could help these veterans that have proudly defended their country? Or is it more important to you that Obama's great uncle saw horrors at Ohrdruf & not Auschwitz?
  - ender7074, on 06/09/2008, -1/+0Where in the name of your god Obama do you get 99.9% of your post out of mine. Never once did I make any mention of our men and women in uniform or the treatment they receive. I spoke only of Obama and his inability to speak with any kind of intelligence as well as the fact that he is a gaff-a-day candidate. Guess what, I had relatives in WW2, Korea, Vietnam, and ones that are currently serving in Iraq and Afghanistan right now. Does that somehow give me some kind of special knowledge of what they say? No and neither does it give Obama any special knowledge. I would wager that I have more experience than he has having been to Auschwitz (yes, the one in Poland) than just having heard some story from a relaitve.
    
    You also speak of talking about issues. When has Obama brought up any kind of issue? He prances around yelling HOPE and CHANGE!!! but no substance behind it.
    
    Oh and as far as people "having had enough" give me a ***** break. Maybe you whiny ass libs who cant get anyone elected have "had enough" but the rest of us are just fine thanks. And your stupid little choice of deciding to support Obama now or in November, guess what. I'll never support him, never respect him, and will certainly never vote for him. Lay off the kool-aid.
mikeyeah, on 06/06/2008, -4/+10I used to have respect for McCain back around 2000. I have since realized what McCain is all about: doing and saying whatever he has to for political gain. Anyone who votes for McCain is voting for a 3rd term of Bush. No thanks, I think I'll give Obama a chance to put this country back on track.
xenoblue, on 06/06/2008, -8/+2obama is perfect, that's why you never hear anything bad about him, duh
- fredmv, on 06/07/2008, -0/+1You're ***** retarded, that's why you're getting dugg down, duh.
YodaJones, on 06/06/2008, -4/+9McCain, you will not be elected president.
ZenMojo, on 06/06/2008, -4/+9Reminds me of how Barack Obama went after McCain's policies and John McCain insulted Obama's age but Sean Hannity was shouting, "Ooooh, I thought Barack Obama wanted to run a different kind of campaign! But here he is with these low, negative attacks against a WAR HERO! That's not new politics, that's old politics!" To which Republican strategist Mary Matalin replied, "McCain hit back pretty hard himself."

If they are relying on Barack Obama pretending that John McCain didn't exist between the years 2000 and 2008, these people are going to implode. Landslide victory.
petebot, on 06/06/2008, -3/+4I thought I would be happy when Hillary dropped out, but man, I'm already sick of McCain v. Obama. November can't come fast enough!
nydwarf, on 06/06/2008, -0/+1Did he vote against those particular amendments or were they part of a larger bill that got shot down?
Mara5, on 06/06/2008, -2/+0It doesn't matter who you vote for, the objective is the same on both sides. Little by little they will take away everyone's freedom, take away the Constitutional Amendment. Brace yourselves and prepare to be enslaved. Color, race, age, sex, none of it will mean anything because we will all be slaves to the world leaders. Middle class will totally disappear and there will be two class systems, the Haves and the Have Nots.
richmomz, on 06/07/2008, -0/+5McCain: "Aaah! The light of public scrutiny! It burns! IT BURNS!!"
techweenie, on 06/07/2008, -0/+7McCain is the obvious heir to the Reagan --> Dubya --> McCain theme: some people will always choose an amiable dunce over any alternative that threatens their self esteem by demonstrating knowledge. In that context, inconsistency is perfectly acceptable.
fredmv, on 06/07/2008, -0/+1Know what? I still believe in McCain. And I'll explain why: we need a commander-in-chief that understands the importance of getting bottled hot water to dehydrated babies in a timely manner. You don't see Obama talking about that.
Muckraker462, on 09/12/2008, -0/+0One of the many tragedies of the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina three years ago was the fact that insurance companies used the event to systematically deny claims, leaving victims further in desperate straits. That shouldn’t happen following any natural disaster, and even though the immediate storm effects did not cause as much damage as predicted, there are sure to be plenty of claims for flood damages throughout the Midwest and along Gustav’s path. If you or someone you know has been denied an insurance claim related to Gustav: http://www.gustav-insurance-claim-denials.com/ that would be a site you should visit.
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