McCain Team Fights Obama Storyline

Politico: Democrat Is Dictating The Agenda And Soaking Up News Coverage As McCain And His Team Scramble To React

(The Politico)  This story was written by Mike Allen and Jonathan Martin.

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If you made a movie about the general election campaign so far, John McCain would be a supporting actor.

Despite vulnerabilities that have kept the race closer in polls than most analysts expected - and McCain even jumped to a four-point lead among likely voters in a USA TODAY/Gallup poll released Monday - Barack Obama dominates the race by virtually any other measure. He is dictating the agenda and soaking up news coverage as McCain and his team scramble to react.

“McCain is snakebit,” lamented one longtime Bush loyalist.

On Sunday, New York Times columnist Frank Rich - no McCain fan admittedly - declared that Obama’s triumphant sweep through the Middle East and Europe had revealed him to be practically the “acting president.”

Most political pros continue to believe the race remains within the GOP’s grasp. But two months of the five-month general election campaign are gone, and the McCain campaign - in a rerun of Hillary Clinton’s frustrations - are still searching for an effective formula for countering Obama’s appealing personality and fearsome political machine.

Too often, GOP insiders grumble, McCain’s strategy seems simply reactive. On Sunday, Obama announced he’d be meeting with his economic advisers on Monday. On Monday morning, the McCain campaign announced a conference call with his economic advisers.

McCain’s bitterness, frustration and near-obsession with Obama are on plain display: He even gave some free advertising to his opponent’s book the other day, complaining about the Illinois Democrat’s headline-grabbing trip.

"We rejected the audacity of hopelessness, and we were right," the Arizona Republican said Friday, playing off the title of Obama's book "The Audacity of Hope."

McCain's aides recognize that the race is becoming centered on Obama, and hope to leverage that dynamic by bolstering their assault on the Democratic nominee-in-waiting.

In a private conference call with outside allies Friday, McCain campaign chief Steve Schmidt said they would greet Obama’s return to the country with even sharper attacks this week, according to a source on the call.

Schmidt told these Republicans that they would push the “risk” question about Obama and also begin to calculate and trumpet the hefty price tag on his proposals - a staple of the Bush campaign’s rhetoric against Massachusetts Sen. John F. Kerry in 2004.

“Tougher ads are in store for Obama this week,” according to a McCain source.

“The campaign is committed to driving a sharper, more disciplined message contrast,” said an aide.

At least the “sharper” part of this pledge was made apparent with the release of a new ad on Saturday night which seized on Obama’s cancellation of a planned visit to wounded American troops in Germany to suggest he nixed the visit upon being told “the Pentagon wouldn’t allow him to bring cameras.”

The shape of the race, while unquestionably desirable for Obama, also carries huge risk for him. As the newcomer on the national stage, and the first African American presidential nominee, the campaign is becoming a referendum on him and the willingness of skeptical swaths of the electorate to embrace that level of change all at once.

Every poll leaps from the page with the same message: Voters are dissatisfied with the direction of the country and want to elect a Democrat. The question now looming over the race is whether they are willing to elect this Democrat.

Half of the voters surveyed in a Wall Street Journal/NBC poll released last week said they are focused on what sort of president Obama would be. Only a quarter said the same about McCain.

Further, 55% of those polled said Obama was the risky choice compared to just 35% saying the same about McCain

Charlie Black, one of McCain’s closest advisers, saidhis campaign advisers recognize they “have to play the card we're dealt,” and said they weren’t all that surprised to find the race is all about Obama.

“It's natural that it would be that way because he’s new on the scene,” Black said. “A lot of his views are unknown, even as his biography becomes better known.

“McCain is better known, both his biography and on issues, and is fully acceptable to a majority of the voters to be president. … There are more question marks about what [Obama] would do."

At Obama’s Chicago headquarters, aides point out that U.S. presidential elections are almost always closer in the fall than they appear in the summer, and say they are bracing for a ferocious season of combat.

“We assume it’s going to be close - history would suggest that,” Obama campaign manager David Plouffe said. “We assume that this race, structurally, should not change much. … It could open in the end for someone. But we just assume it’s going to remain fairly close.”

But Plouffe quickly added: “We feel very good. … I think the most under-appreciated dynamic in the race right now is the difference in intensity. This has been remarked upon, but it could decide the election.

“Our voters are three to four more times intense than McCain’s. That means great turnout patterns, potentially. It also means a tremendous grassroots volunteer advantage.”

The 71-year-old McCain has begun embracing his status as a known commodity, telling NBC’s Kelly O’Donnell when asked about his age on Thursday: “They need a steady hand at the tiller. … That's what I'm going to try to convince them of.”

There is also risk, though, in running as the candidate of experience in an election in which voters seem to be crying out for change. Hillary Clinton found this out and had to recalibrate her message - too late, it turned out.

But McCain aides see few other openings and are trying to make the best of their candidate’s strengths while highlighting what appears to be the most obvious of Obama’s weaknesses.

Despite the shake-up earlier this month which saw the ascension of Schmidt to day-to-day manager, the conventional wisdom in political circles is that McCain’s organization continues to be regularly outgunned by that of Obama.

More importantly, though, McCain himself is causing regular headaches for his team with what have become almost regular gaffes or off-message statements. In seeking to keep pace with Obama’s boffo media coverage, McCain has opened himself up to the sort of regular questioning from reporters on which he rode to political stardom - but which also exposes him to risk.

Last week, for example, his demand for equal media time, guiltily granted by the networks, resulted not in a week devoted to driving a domestic message as originally planned but rather in serving up daily reaction to Obama’s foray and the issues surrounding it.

Tucker Eskew, a Republican strategist who worked on Bush’s 2000 campaign, agreed that the race was now being dominated by Obama - but said that there was still an onus on McCain.

“It forces the McCain campaign to press Obama to misstep,” Eskew said of the all-Obama, all-the-time dynamic. “He has and will make mistakes without being pressured, but Republicans can't bank on unforced errors.”

And Tracey Self, a Democratic strategist who backed Clinton in the Democratic primary, notes that it’s not always the leading man who ultimately triumphs.

“A supporting actor can be memorable, stealing scenes with combinations of wit and charm and charisma,” says Self. “And Senator McCain is certainly said to have those qualities. But there's no scene-stealing yet. It's as if he's still in dress rehearsals.”

[meek33]

McCain is just about done, I wouldnt doubt the GOP ditch him at the last second and run a younger more charasmatic charachter. They could site his Cancer scare as the reason. I dont doubt that they will, Becuase he is becoming more unelectable by the day, with gaff after gaff. Did you see him knock all that stuff off the shelf at the supermarket. the video is at http://www.mccanes.com all the while barack obama is looking like an NBA super star, (arrogence and all) even taking time to stop and have a cigar break video at http://www.theobamaplan.com I mean really what is the GOP going to do. McCain cannot win at this point and we havnt even started the debates.

[akhajawall]

GOP, RNC,Partisan media,pundits, and Hon. senator Mccain have used the general media to make this election about Obama rather than McCain who has real bad temper and senior moments. Press should look at the issues facing us domestically and globally. Do not promote by default Hon. Senator McCain. He and his temper and cognative abilities are the real issues.

With regards.

COL. A.M.Khajawall [Ret]
Forensic psychiatrist.

[obama8years]

John Boy Mccain is kicking Obama Butt. Take the Media out of Obama and you have an empty Suit and a rock concert Organizer.

Vote for Obama the Rock Concert Organizer.

By the way here are the latest polls....looks like a dead heat.

RCP Average 07/18 - 07/28 -- 46.3 43.5 Obama +2.8
USA Today/Gallup 07/25 - 07/27 791 LV 45 49 McCain 4.0
Rasmussen Tracking 07/26 - 07/28 3000 LV 47 46 Obama 1.0

[obama8years]

McCain cannot win at this point and we havnt even started the debates.
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But Young Grasshopper you have so much to learn.
Mccain is great at debates and answering tough questions.

Obama decided to not take the Town Hall challege with Mccain. Both Ways Barack chooses his words to carefully to be effective in a debate. Remember Obama wining about the last Debate with Hillary. LOL

[mcsuicide247]

McWithDraw - i think his mind is going (alzheimer) -this guy can''t stay on the road - he is worst than a drunk driver...

the straight talk express has crashed into a ditch!!!

[mcsuicide247]

Obama8years - are you ok? you really need some help, i hope you don''t turn out like that guy that went into a church and started killing people... get some help please!!

[actornaught]

rushfans might want to run over to CNN and cheer on one of their own, a guy that killed several people in a Knoxville church because they had "liberal" positions. He is a loner who hates "blacks, *** and anyone different from him".

[actornaught]

I especially liked the Lying John ad about BO wanting instead play hoops instead of visiting troops, and the footage of BO was him playing basketball WITH THE TROOPS!!

Gotta get a kick out of this desperate liar...

[hungry1968]

McCain Team Fights Obama Storyline
Politico: Democrat Is Dictating The Agenda And Soaking Up News Coverage As McCain And His Team Scramble To React





McCain is playing "follow the leader".

[hungry1968]

I especially liked the Lying John ad about BO wanting instead play hoops instead of visiting troops, and the footage of BO was him playing basketball WITH THE TROOPS!!

Gotta get a kick out of this desperate liar...

Posted by actornaught at 12:38 PM : Jul 29, 2008





Exactly!

Especially since he met with the wounded troops in Iraq AND Afghanistan, and in Walter Reed two weeks ago.

The "refuse to visit wounded vets", is nothing more than a desperate campaign, trying to desperately portray Obama, as something he''s not. A strategy that already backfired on Hillary, and cost her the nomination.

[ariel133]

Psychology 101-The more you have to try to convince others, the more you are actually guilty of what you are denying. Get a grip, people, Obama may or may not be ahead.. But his inexperiance should speak for itself. He is not qualified. Change can very very, bad. Voting in this nutcase Obama says so much about the people of America. They are desperate and ill advised.

[terrapin78]

McCain had a stroke.







Not really but it made you think, didn''''t it (except Repugs, they don''''t know how to think).

[ariel133]

AS opposed to the DUMMIES you call Democrats?? Please- This nonsense about "CHANGE" is pure BS.

[jimfinster]

essentially his message is this:

"vote for me because I am old and not black"

pathetic

[mcsuicide247]

now mcFailure agrees to a timeline what wrong with him?

[actornaught]

Polls show John''s biggest supporters, and really the only group that he holds with a majority, is, SUPRISE, Old White Men! Since i am one, i can only say i see it, but i don''t understand it...

[javalation]

Boy conservatives hate change. They''d rather have Bush''s third term than the dreaded change.

[actornaught]

It was also funny as all getout that fox publicized that BO got no poll bounce

[actornaught]

from Berlin, citing a poll that was taken BEFORE Berlin.

What morons they have at w''s Ministry of Propaganda...

[mcsuicide247]

is McFailure on drugs?

[jmurrieta1]

"Schmidt told these Republicans that they would push the %u201Crisk%u201D question about Obama "


And how about the risk of a increasingly senile geriatric case with a hair trigger temper and a contempt for accurate information?

Not to mention that the man has never accomplished anything on his own without rich powerful people propping him up. Sound familiar?

[liberalme]

Psychology 101-The more you have to try to convince others, the more you are actually guilty of what you are denying. Get a grip, people, Obama may or may not be ahead.. But his inexperiance should speak for itself. He is not qualified. Change can very very, bad. Voting in this nutcase Obama says so much about the people of America. They are desperate and ill advised.

Posted by Ariel133 at 12:43 PM :

Obamas inexperiEnce is no more of a risk than Bush''s "experience".
I don''t think anyone could create the mess Bush has. And by the way--his experiEnce was being the governor of Texas?
That job was insignificant-and in no way qualified him to be president-
McCain is another meathead who has agreed and stood up for everything Bush has done and will continue to destroy what''s left of America.
Bushs stupidity is caused by his "my way or the highway" mentality.
mcCain--all he knows is military and he is using that for all it''s worth--to continue in an illegal war rather than make attempts at peace.
Rumors have it, there will be an involuntary draft if McCain gets in.

Yep, just what this country needs--more death, debt and destruction .

[liberalme]

Change can very very, bad. Voting in this nutcase Obama says so much about the people of America. They are desperate and ill advised.

Posted by Ariel133 at 12:43 PM : Jul 29, 2008

You are absolutely right ON!!!

Look at what happened to this country once Bush took over!!!--DEATH DEBT AND DESTRUCTION!!!

[hasher471]

AS opposed to the DUMMIES you call Democrats?? Please- This nonsense about "CHANGE" is pure BS.
Posted by Ariel133
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Yeah, Ariel doen''t none of the "CHANGE" stuff.
She wants More-of-the-Same McCain


IF YOU LIKE THIS ECONOMY;

IF YOU LIKE THIS NEVER-ENDING WAR;

IF YOU LIKED HIS VOTE AGAINST A GI BILL FOR IRAQ VETS;

IF LIKE PAYING HIGH GAS PRICES;

IF LIKE THE TAX BREAKS FOR THE RICH;

IF YOU CAN''''T WAIT TO INVADE IRAN;

IF YOU LIKE HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT;

IF YOU LIKE A PRESIDENT WHO VOTED AGAINST EQUAL PAY FOR WOMEN;

IF YOU LIKE A PRESIDENT WHO VOTED AGAINST MATERNITY LEAVE FOR WOMEN;

IF YOU LOOK FORWARD TO THE END OF ROE V. WADE;

IF YOU LIKE THE UNFAIR TRADE POLICIES THAT SEND JOBS AND TECHNOLOGY OVERSEAS;

IF YOU LIKE A GOVERNMENT THAT PRACTICES TORTURE;

IF YOU LIKE A GOVERNMENT THAT SPIES ON ITS OWN CITIZEN;

IF YOU LIKE THE FACT THAT THE US IS ONE OF THE MOST REVILED NATIONS ON THE PLANET, THEN YOU''''LL JUST LOVE McCAIN.

[obama8years]

I see the Liberals are out in Number and Nervous about Mccain. Smear him all you Like, we know Mcain and the record he has, even conservatives have reservation about him.

I would be nervous also, they way Mccain is trending in Polls shows he will most likely win.

He was down 15 points last month. Now one Poll has him 4 points from Obama.

Obama is only good at organizing concerts. Thats it.

[liberalme]

I see the Liberals are out in Number and Nervous about Mccain. Smear him all you Like, we know Mcain and the record he has, even conservatives have reservation about him.

I would be nervous also, they way Mccain is trending in Polls shows he will most likely win.

He was down 15 points last month. Now one Poll has him 4 points from Obama.

Obama is only good at organizing concerts. Thats it.

Posted by Obama8years at 01:36 PM : Jul 29, 2008

HAHAHAHA Is that the joke of the day??? Like it!!
Neocons love living in "fantasy land", McCain does it every day-

Hey, he just waits to hear what Obama is goint to say or do-and shazam!!! in a couple days--McCain is saying the same thing!!

What a joke!!!

[hasher471]

"Most political pros continue to believe the race remains within the GOP%u2019s grasp. But two months of the five-month general election campaign are gone, and the McCain campaign - in a rerun of Hillary Clinton%u2019s frustrations - are still searching for an effective formula for countering Obama%u2019s appealing personality and fearsome political machine"
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Oh that poor stupid "inexperience" Obama. Just beating the pants off or all those "EXPERIENCE" politicans. :-0

[actornaught]

Posted by Obama8years at 01:36 PM : Jul 29, 2008

Okay, that''s the Yipping Point dishonest spin on two stray polls.

And John''s record won''t do him much good since he can''t remember it. "I never said that" and "I''ll have to ask my aids what my voting record was" continues to make him look about 10 years past his freshness date...

[hasher471]

McCain''s "Record", the early years:

1954: Can''''t get into Naval Academy. Daddy gets him in.
1958: Graduates in the lower 10% of his class.
1960: Graduated flight school where he earned a reputation as a "party man".
Stationed abroad the USS Intrepid and USS Enterprise where he crashed twice and once collided with power lines.
1965: Marries Carol Shepp, who he will eventually cheat on and leave when she is badly scarred in an automobile accident.
1967: Assigned to the USS Forrestal where he cause an accident killing 134 sailors.
1967: Out of cowboyish stubborness, disobeyed orders resulting in him getting shot down, beaten, and sent to a POW camp
1968: VC realize he is the son of the Commander US Forces in VietNam and provide "preferential treatment
1969-1972: Makes propaganda films for NVC.
1969: His wife suffers crippling/disfiguring accident. She does not tell McCain because she does not want him to worry.
1973: Released from POW camp.
1979: McCain meet Cindy Lou Hensley. McCain starts an affair with Ms Cindy Hensley. McCain leaves wife.
1980: McCain divorces his wife of fifteen years.
1980: McCain marries Cindy Hensley.
1980 to Present: been sucking off of Uncle Sam%u2019s and Cindy%u2019s T I T ever since

[Arthur E. Lemay]

With McCain we have a chance to be OK in the future with economic recovery, defending Iraq, and having a future for our children.

With Obama we have no chance:

Fail in Iraq
Lose our high quality medical care
See our taxes confiscate our incomes
See unqualified blacks take the top jobs
See our military disbanded
Energy rationing because of global warming
Gasoline prices more than $10 a gallon
Trillion dollar wealth redistribution by the UN
Company closures and job losses
Elderly people freeze to death
Food prices triple
Stock markets crash because of lack of profits
Housing unafordable and prices decline by 50%
Supreme Court approves confiscation of large fortunes
Companies move to Mexico and Canada
Terrorists destroy 10 US Cities with atomic bombs

It can happen!

[Arthur E. Lemay]

With McCain we have a chance to be OK in the future with economic recovery, defending Iraq, and having a future for our children.

With Obama we have no chance:

Fail in Iraq
Lose our high quality medical care
See our taxes confiscate our incomes
See unqualified blacks take the top jobs
See our military disbanded
Energy rationing because of global warming
Gasoline prices more than $10 a gallon
Trillion dollar wealth redistribution by the UN
Company closures and job losses
Elderly people freeze to death
Food prices triple
Stock markets crash because of lack of profits
Housing unafordable and prices decline by 50%
Supreme Court approves confiscation of large fortunes
Companies move to Mexico and Canada
Terrorists destroy 10 US Cities with atomic bombs

It can happen!

[Arthur E. Lemay]

With McCain we have a chance to be OK in the future with economic recovery, defending Iraq, and having a future for our children.

With Obama we have no chance:

Fail in Iraq
Lose our high quality medical care
See our taxes confiscate our incomes
See unqualified blacks take the top jobs
See our military disbanded
Energy rationing because of global warming
Gasoline prices more than $10 a gallon
Trillion dollar wealth redistribution by the UN
Company closures and job losses
Elderly people freeze to death
Food prices triple
Stock markets crash because of lack of profits
Housing unafordable and prices decline by 50%
Supreme Court approves confiscation of large fortunes
Companies move to Mexico and Canada
Terrorists destroy 10 US Cities with atomic bombs

It can happen!

[hasher471]

McCains New Campaign Advertisment

Barack Obama never held a single Senate hearing on Afghanistan.
FACT: Obama is not the Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Joe Bidden is. Obama is the Chairman of the Sub Committee on EUROPE.Afghanistan isn''t in Europe....of course McCancer probably thinks it is.

John McCain: I''m John McCain and I approve this message.
FACT %u201CI%u2019m John McCain and I approve of the distortion of the truth.%u201D

[hasher471]

With Obama we have no chance:Posted by aelemay

Fail in Iraq
--McCancer said we''re already "victorious"

[hasher471]

Lose our high quality medical care
With Obama we have no chance:Posted by aelemay

--How''s THAT gonna happen? Obamaa Health Care plans for MORE people to have Health Care. McCancer''s Halth Care plan is to turn it over to the Insurance Companies to "bring down the price through competition"...Yeah, like that''ll happen

[hasher471]

With Obama we have no chance:Posted by aelemay

See our taxes confiscate our incomes
%uF06E How are "taxes" going to confiscate our incomes? Do you mean the IRS? Anyways,A recent study by the non-partisan Tax Policy Center says Obama''s plan would give a cut of more than $1,000 dollars to families making between $37,000 and $66,000 a year. Under McCain''s plan they''d get just $319, according to the study
MCCAIN OBAMA
Income Avg. tax bill Avg. tax bill
Over $2.9M -$269,364 +$701,885
$603K and up -$45,361 $115,974
$227K-$603K -$7,871 $12
$161K-$227K -$4,380 -$2,789
$112K-$161K -$2,614 -$2,204
$66K-$112K -$1,009 -$1,290
$38K-$66K -$319 -$1,042
$19K-$38K -$113 -$892
Under $19K -$19 -$567
%uF06E

[pandamonium6]

Another day and yet another negative story about Obama. For the record, the "liberal" news is running 80% negative against Obama and yet he is still ahead in the polls!

[liberalme]

Fail in Iraq
Lose our high quality medical care
See our taxes confiscate our incomes
See unqualified blacks take the top jobs
See our military disbanded
Energy rationing because of global warming
Gasoline prices more than $10 a gallon
Trillion dollar wealth redistribution by the UN
Company closures and job losses
Elderly people freeze to death
Food prices triple
Stock markets crash because of lack of profits
Housing unafordable and prices decline by 50%
Supreme Court approves confiscation of large fortunes
Companies move to Mexico and Canada
Terrorists destroy 10 US Cities with atomic bombs

It can happen!

Posted by aelemay at 01:45 PM : Jul 29, 2008

Hasher471 can back up everything he has posted and i have read all of it---however---I would like you to provide me with the "link" where you got this information from--The only time I have heard crapola like what you have posted was from a bigoted neocon who is scared to death of having a black president---

Now if you have the guts to post such nonsense--they back it up with where it came from.

[hasher471]

McCain''s New Campaign Advertisment

He hadn''t been to Iraq in years.
FACT: Although Obama hadn%u2019t been to Iraq for over a year he has conferred and receive Intelligence briefings and has STRATEGICALLY been right about Iraq more the BUSH or McCain. If fact, Bush AND McCain are starting to move in Obama direction.

John McCain: I''m John McCain and I approve this message.
FACT %u201CI%u2019m John McCain and I approved of the distortion of the truth.%u201D

[jimfinster]

essentially his message is this:

"vote for me because I am old and not black"

pathetic

[hasher471]

With Obama we have no chance:Posted by aelemay

See unqualified blacks take the top jobs
-- Where the Heck is that coming from? Biggot Nightmares

[hasher471]

McCains Campaign Advertisment

He voted against funding our troops.
FACT: Obama has always correctly maintained that the real War on Terror was NOT in Iraq, but Afghanistan. He refuses to be part of the wasteful taxpayer money in an illegal, ill planned, and ill executed military action.

I''m John McCain and I approved this message.
FACT %u201CI%u2019m John McCain and I approved of the distortion of the truth.%u201D

[wellhell3]

Posted by hasher471 at 01:56 PM : Jul 29, 2008

And you''re naive enough to think that such a tax plan will ever make it out of committee even if Obscamma were to really propose it! By the time it did get out of committee somebody that makes NO money might be the only one getting a tax cut.

The idea that Obscamma is going to tax the hand that feeds his campaign funds is just hilarious in the first place!

[hasher471]

With Obama we have no chance:Posted by aelemay

See our military disbanded
-- And this Repug Factiod is based on what evidence? More Repug Nightmares?

[hasher471]

McCain New Campaign Advertisement

And now, he made time to go to the gym, but cancelled a visit with wounded troops. Seems the Pentagon wouldn''t allow him to bring cameras.
FACT: Obama visited troops at Walter Reed and the hospital in BAGHDAD (Without Press). He cancelled the visit at Landstuhl AMC based on information received from the Pentagon. Additionally, his planned visit to Landstuhl NEVER DID have a plan to have Press present.

I''m John McCain and I approved this message.
FACT %u201CI%u2019m John McCain and I approved of the distortion of the truth.%u201D

[briannorwood]

%u201CTougher ads are in store for Obama this week,%u201D according to a McCain source.

How pathetic! This poor old man is reduced to negative campaign ads (filled mostly with falsehoods).

If this is what McCain is reduced to (and I for one, generally thought highly of him before) I am very disappointed.

Mr. McCain, you are better than this!

[hasher471]

With Obama we have no chance:Posted by aelemay

Energy rationing because of global warming
Gasoline prices more than $10 a gallon
Trillion dollar wealth redistribution by the UN
Company closures and job losses
Elderly people freeze to death
Food prices triple
Stock markets crash because of lack of profits
Housing unafordable and prices decline by 50%
Supreme Court approves confiscation of large fortunes
Companies move to Mexico and Canada
Terrorists destroy 10 US Cities with atomic bombs
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aelemay the rest of your post is too idiotic to even respond to. You are a total idiot.

[wellhell3]

Posted by hasher471 at 02:07 PM : Jul 29, 2008

Please post a site that says he never planned to take his press people with him. tyvm

[hasher471]

McCain Campaign Ad

John McCain is always there for our troops.
FACT: John McCain voted AGAINST the last GI BILL to improve benefits for our veterans.

I''m John McCain and I approved this message.
FACT %u201CI%u2019m John McCain and I approved of the distortion of the truth.%u201D

[briannorwood]

%u201CA supporting actor can be memorable, stealing scenes with combinations of wit and charm and charisma,%u201D says Self. %u201CAnd Senator McCain is certainly said to have those qualities....

LOL! Put the grumpy old man up against the charismatic Barak Obama any day! (And by the way, don''t forget to pack on the makeup to hide those cancerous moles!)