McCain's Right-Hand Men

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vakosh — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:33:04 GMT

OMG where is the Newsweek poll this week ... I think I heard a 2 point lead by Obama, but that can't be right, oh no ... could it be the King of Kings is slipping ... oh no, better call Hillary and the women and the catholics and the jews, oh no I'm sorry ... I think I may need you now!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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thinkresults — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:31:21 GMT

The strings tauten as the marionette snaps further to attention to the right wing gods.

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josemarti — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:45:52 GMT

Will these guys be enough to save McCain from the brutal attack that is coming from Obama and his henchmen?

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lillea — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:58:00 GMT

Did you catch the lies in Obama's latest campaign video????

Lie #1. He voted Against the Welfare to Work law under the Clinton administration

Lie #2. He was PAID to be a community organizer....he did not volunteer.

Politics as usual....this is nothing new.

Liar Liar pants on fire!!

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lillea — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:15:58 GMT

Looks like Obama is trying to look like "Obusha". Wow, he is moving to the center very fast!! This has got to make the left wing liberals really mad.

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OldGamer007 — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:25:52 GMT

Lets see, McCain first had a Left hand man (Lieberman) to tell the difference in a Sunni and a Shiite. Now he has picked up a Right hand man. The same person who worked with Rove and ran Bushes campaign. That about covers it, a vote for McCain is a vote for Bushes third term.

Wonder how those wmd kool-aid sipping neocons are going to spin this one...

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benighse — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:53:47 GMT

ANOTHER RIGHT-HAND MAN WILL NEVER WORK FOR MCCAIN!! BOTH MCCAIN AND OBAMA ARE LEFT-HAND MEN----SO FAR IT LOOKS LIKE MCCAIN IS LEFT-OUT AND OBAMA IS RIGHT-ON

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Nins — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:13:42 GMT

McCain just can't get it right. He keep changing campaign managers, as if it is the managers' fault that he can not succeed. The fact is, McCain is NOT a good candidate. Now he has the Rove bulldogs and he is going to let them off the leash. Look out, America, this is going to get ugly.

My prediction: the 20% of America that is made up of ignorant jingoists will be cheering to see McCain use Rove's bloody tactics. But you know what? They were all going to vote for McCain anyway. The rest of America will be so disgusted by the hatchet work of the NeoCons that they will vote AGAINST McCain.

The "last resort" tactic of the GOP to win this election will be to bomb Iran, starting another war. Mark my words, if McCain is not doing well in September, Bush will bomb Iran. He is already setting the stage for this, by saying that Iran has nuclear weapons, even thought inspections by the United Nations and the International Atomic Energy Agency have both found NO EVIDENCE of nuclear weapons. REMIND YOU OF ANYTHING? It's the fake "weapons of mass destruction" all over again. And did you know that Bush, very quietly, declared a state of National Emergency last week? During a National Emergency the President can DECLARE WAR without waiting for the approval of Congress.

It is going to be a very bumpy ride, America, so hold on, and DON'T LET BUSH AND ROVE STEAL ANOTHER ELECTION. I wouldn't mind so much if they were good for the economy, but let's face it, they are raping America to enrich themselves. It is time to THROW THE BUMS OUT.

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qualquan — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:21:03 GMT

All else is fluff because of the:

IRON RULE OF POLITICS:

No president or his party's representative has EVER been elected if an economic downturn BEGINS and continues on his watch. PERIOD!

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WhenStarsTurnBlue — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:31:59 GMT

Nins, what are you talking about? Bush declared a National Emergency for North Korea, not Iran.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2008/06/20080626-4.html

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MG of IL — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:58:30 GMT

Does John McCain know his right hand from his left? He probably has two left feet, too.

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revhank — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 19:43:35 GMT

So Mr. Schmidt is going to bring a "Rovian" element to the campaign? Perhaps he'll go down to South Carolina and start spreading the (whispered) rumor that Obama has fathered a black child?

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opagarden — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:26:00 GMT

McCain consulting Rove, McCain hires Steve Schmidt, Rovian-style handler. Does anyone still think McCain is NOT running for a third Bush term?? I doubt the Supreme Being will be very forgiving if we give these clowns another chance.

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RU with me on this? — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 21:40:17 GMT

Go McCain! More of the same !

At least in 8 years we still know who to blame.....

Clintons!

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vakosh — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 21:50:08 GMT

No ... no one is with you on this. It's McCain all the way ... the only QUALIFIED candidate left in the race.

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wcwalters@gmail.com — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:03:57 GMT

Plato said that when we are functioning at the level of opinion we are operating at the lowest level of thinking possible. Opinions are not facts. Facts are facts. The overwhelming number of comments posted her are opinions and in my humble view (OOPS opinion) they are quality wise at the bottom of the opinion pile. Here are some facts for you McCain (McSame) supporters.

FACTS:

George Bush's (John McSame) policies have resulted in:

* Distorted facts and misinformation used to sell America and the world on going to war with Iraq. Bush's former press secretary Scott McClellan confesses that the Bush White House was "Washington's Culture of Deception." He said that both President Bush and Vice President Cheney discussed the CIA identity of Valerie Plame prior to leaks to the press as part of their efforts to discredit criticism of their administration by her husband, Joe Wilson, and to continue to mislead the American public about the necessity of the 2003 invasion of Iraq. Ambassador Wilson was sent to Africa to find out if the Africans were sending Uranium to Iraq. He said they were not. Bush didn't like that report and despite the facts lied to the world and said that the Africans were sending uranium to Iraq. Ambassador Wilson corrected him publicly and said that Bush was not telling the truth. Bush then committed a felony and reveled the name of Wilson's wife Valerie Plame as a CIA agent blowing her cover.

Bush's (McSame) lies have resulted in:

180,000 Iraqi dead with over four million displaced civilians.

4,500+ service personnel dead

30,00 to 100,000+ wounded young American men and women.

50% plus suffering from brain, emotional and psychological damage.

Thousands of homeless vets due to brain, emotional and psychological damage.

Bush's war has the highest suicide rate of any past military conflict. A 05/15/08,

CBS news report headline reads: "Suicide Epidemic Among Veterans." Hundreds of Vets commit suicide after they leave the battlefield and return home.

Thousands of divorces, bankruptcies, and broken careers of our veterans.

Hundreds of GI's suffer lost limbs, hearing, memory, sight & disfiguring burns.

Time magazine 06/16/08 headlines: "The secret weapon of the Military is PROZAC" PROZAC is an anti depressant that contributes to the suicide rate.

A VA Hospital bulletin reads: "Help Our Veterans

TBI Screenings

Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) is the "signature injury" of the Iraq/Afghanistan Wars. 63-80% of hospitalized combat-injured veterans suffer brain injury.

A VA Hospital nurse told me that the VA was not prepared to handle such large numbers of mentally and emotionally damaged veterans.

Bush and his following's policies have:

Ruined our economy. Some experts predict a 1929 type DEPRESSION.

Your great grand children will pay for the catastrophic cost of the Iraq war. The war has cost American tax payers over 528 BILLION DOLLARS, and is increasing daily by 341.4 million dollars. The current cost for every US citizen is $4,681. The national debt is 5.75 TRILLION DOLLARS growing at the rate of $120 million daily. The Iraq war costs 341.4 million per day over twice the daily increase of our national debt. Bush charged you $4,681 for his war to enrich himself and friends and gave you back a mere $300/$600, that he borrowed from China, for his economic stimulus package. Thanks George. Average tax payers will pay for Bush's excesses not the very rich who pay taxes at a much smaller percent of their income than the rest of us and Bush insists on giving them another tax break

Reversed many environmental protection gains.

Created hatred and disrespect of the United States in the eyes of the world.

Failed economic policies resulted a devalued dollar, contributing to increased oil prices.

Afghanistan not Iraq was a terrorist haven before Bush's war. Afghanistan was

secured, then neglected so now both Iraq and Afghanistan are terrorist havens.

McCain arrogantly boasts that "we will be in Iraq for one hundred years" and "I will never surrender in Iraq." He is talking about an armed occupation. The Iraqi people do not want us in their country. The president of Iraq said. "In my opinion, at least from 40,000 to 50,000 American troops can be [withdrawn] by the end of this year." That assessment differs dramatically from those offered by Bush. The UN Mandate ends in December of 2008, and the continued presence of coalition troops in Iraq would become, in law as in fact, an armed occupation. A 2004 survey by the Independent Institute for Administration and Civil Society Studies show that 92 percent of respondent Iraqis consider US forces to be occupiers rather than liberators or peace keepers.

George Bush and his political twin John McCain want to stay in Iraq, because, their WEALTHY CORPORATE CONSTITUENCY, Dick Chaney former CEO of Haliburton, the Oil Company's and the "military industrial complex are making billions in profits by squeezing it out of the American economy, and the blood and suffering of Americans and Iraqis.

A vote for McCain is the same as a vote for Bush if he could run for a third term.

Thomas Jefferson said that a democracy cannot survive unless the citizenry is educated and well informed. Please take his advice, become well informed and then offer your views based upon the facts and not the uninformed bias opinions that bounce around in your head. . Mister Bill from West Virginia

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Mariann Pepitone — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:53:39 GMT

I believe McCain has the experience in politics and foreign policy to be president of this country. What McCain already knows Obama has not learned yet and would not be ready for day one. Hillary Clinton is far more experienced than Obama and if it wasn't for the wheeling and dealing the superdelegates by Nancy, Dean and Reid Hillary would have won the nomination. All three of them went behind the scenes making deals if they voted for Obama. Nancy did not want Hillary to become president because she wants to be the woman in power alone. The superdelegates apparently don't have a mind of their own to be pushed to vote for Obama.

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Greygolla — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 11:56:47 GMT

The other day McCain commented, "I don't have to tell you I hate war."

Well, stop the press. The most self serving, necessary, politic statement to

date. I figured then he had gotten a new handler. As a career militarist

of dubious virtue, he makes a fine hero, and Arizona senator. When his

record is examined critically, he could make a very scary head of state.

Too much the hawk, not enough home and hearth. His diplomatic prowess

is probably at division strength. He will tell us anything to achieve his

ambition, but he needs to be told what to tell us.

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notroubleatall1963 — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 22:57:47 GMT

180,000 Iraqi dead with over four million displaced civilians.

4,500+ service personnel dead

30,00 to 100,000+ wounded young American men and women.

50% plus suffering from brain, emotional and psychological damage.

Thousands of homeless vets due to brain, emotional and psychological damage.

Bush's war has the highest suicide rate of any past military conflict.

Happy Fourth of July - Ain't ya GLAD we got McCain't runnin' for office so we can keep up this stellar record in history?