With Friends Like These ...

Having read Newsweeks coverage of John McCain a few weeks back, I have to wonder why they did not include details on McCain's first wife, Carol, and how he filed for divorce when she became disfigured and disabled from a car accident and one month later married his current wife.

Straight Talk. I think not.

Well I read the Times article, it didn't appear that the Times was raising the possible romantic contacts to smear McCain but to highlight how close he is to special interests. Apparently McCain is so close to lobbyists and provides them with the kind of access that some people could conclude he was sleeping one. Personaly I could care less if the guy had an affair, I do however care a great deal if someone who wants to be president is so tied to lobbying interests that he is constantly surrounded by them...lets them run his campaign and possesses such poor judgement that he is unaware of the hypocripsy of the situation.

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mccain, the liberal media is backing obama 100 precent but maybe now that the debate showed he and his preahcer admire and think Farakaan is gretness then will get a lot of nervous support. Farakaan and obama, wow, I never knew it and his own preacher. - go McCain

America will be torn again by right wing attackers like Mr.Cunningham. Voting for McCain is what makes these attackers happy. Haven't we suffered long enough with George Bush's right wing attackers like Cheney, Bolton, Wolfowitz, and then the right wing radio and TV hosts like Limbaugh, O'Reilly, Coulter, Tucker, ... ?? When will these all end.

The only way to end this is to send back right wing and republican politics back to their home for a long time.

You want a President who makes right decisions. We do not want a President who makes catastrophic decisions, stay 'resolute' about it in the face of a tremendous amount evidence to the contrary, and drive the country into ruins. McCain's early judgement about the War was fraud.

What makes you think that he will make the RIDGT decisions time and again? It will be the opposite. McCain = George Bush.

McCain's America will be the same disasterous one as George Bush's. Do not take the chances with McCain.

John McCain is running as McCain-Lobbyists coalition. If you are surrounded by Lobbyists, THEN you are bound to do what you hear they talk, do what you are shown by the Lobbyists.

McCain Whitehouse is clear. It will be OF THE LOBBYISTS, FOR THE LOBBYISTS AND BY THE LOBBYISTS,

If nothing else, the way McCain surrounds himself with Corporate Lobbyists tells volumes about McCain's judgement and how he is going to run the country if he is elected.

McCain's judgement is no better than George Bush's judgement.

McCain's America = Bush's America.

John McCain is running as McCain-Lobbyists coalition. If you are surrounded by Lobbyists, THEN you are bound to do what you hear they talk, do what you are shown by the Lobbyists.

McCain Whitehouse is clear. It will be OF THE LOBBYISTS, FOR THE LOBBYISTS AND BY THE LOBBYISTS,

If nothing else, the way McCain surrounds himself with Corporate Lobbyists tells volumes about McCain's judgement and how he is going to run the country if he is elected.

McCain's judgement is no better than George Bush's judgement.

McCain's America = Bush's America.

John McCain isn't running on the issues, he's running as John McCain. With the possible exception of the environment, he has no interest in any other subject than foreign affairs.

He wants to make the election about "character" and so anything he does or says that contradicts the media's adored "Maverick" fascade should be addressed.

If I was McCain I woulda tapped that ass!

In response to my new best friend, vclayson, "The grocery store shelf"? Evan Thomas, and the likes of Time and Newsweek, can only DREAM of such a prominent placement. After all, if you're not forced to use a public toilet in some gas station or repair shop, where would you ever come across one of these "weeklys"? Even at the Doctors', or the Dentists' you'ld have to sift through at least two piles of "Highlight" magazines and "Ladies Home Journals" to find anything with an "article" by the likes of Evan Thomas. Or that other Clinton suck-up; that little pudgy George Costanza wannabe who really needs to make a concrete decision on what he's gonna do about that hair problem he's going through. Johnathan Alter. I liked them so much more when "character didn't matter". Or when things like this were just somebodys' "private life". Didn't you? Hey, keep your car tuned up, eat right and exercise, and brush and floss, and you have to put yourself through these losers ever again.

Good job Vicki,this old senile man ,being in jail as "POW"and his prostate's problems makes him a good target for a good blow up jobs.

How could this not be a politically motivated article in view of the noncoverage of the Juanita Broderick story. That involved a felony and a pretty serious one. This story only insinuates what people usually infer from the man/woman close working relationship. The press becomes very bizarre at moments like this.

The Yanks missed out on the best man already - Mitt Romney, a credible, proven success had the character and intelligence to pull the country out of recession and possibly straighten Washington out. He seemed like an honest guy who didn't need the job (independently wealthy and all), but wanted to make a difference for his country. Now you're left with McCain and a Democrat. Better luck next election.

Truly Canadian

Are we really to believe that McCain is influenced by lobbyists and Clinton and Obama are not? Nonsense All members of Congress are influenced by lobbyists. Is he more beholden to the interests of the rich and powerful than are Clinton or Obama? If that's the case, why have they raised more money than he.has? Is he an immoral philanderer? Again, nonsense. Because some of his aides worried that there might have been an appearance of impropriety, we must assume that he had been unfaithful to his wife?

As an independent who leans Republican on social issues, I have some serious disagreements with McCain. I don't think we should ever have gone to war in Iraq and said so before we ever did. I don't think that "trickle down" ecoomics is all that helpful to those on the bottom. I don't think that our healthcare crisis can be solved by merely by solely relying on the private sector. I would like to hear serious debate on these and other issues. I get very frustrated with news reporters who believe that are serving voters by raising misleading accusations.