McCain’s ‘Change’ Speech

WOW! United, you should call yourself misguided. You claim that "church is no place for politics but want the white house occupied by "GOD's President" (self proclaimed bush). You say your "Army" yet you vote for MORE WAR YEARS...(?) You are entitled to your :oppinion", you and the other 18% of people who think the country is headed in the right direction or the 20+% who still support the murderer known as Bush. You're right we can blame the REPUBLICAN CONGRESS for giving him permission to kill our sons and daughters for OIL. Remember it was John McCian who confessed that we fight "WARS FOR OIL" on 05/03/08, his words in context were..."IF we can win in Iraq, we will NEVER again have to fight WARS FOR OIL."
So you seem to be the type who likes blood for oil and the destruction of America, the complete abondonment of our troops when they do return broken and need help, you turn your back. Makes sense as your candidate turned his back too by NO VOTING THE NEW GI BILL, why you may ask...he said it had too much "pork" attached, I ask was there 12billion a month for the next 100yrs attached?...NO! so how much "prok could there have been to make him turn his back on our sons and daughters fighting these wars?
Yeah you have picked a winner to support, hey while I've got you can you explain the whole "hero" thing to me? I'm just not seeing how McCain is a "hero"...help me out.

Not calling you a racist, or any other name for that matter, though that would be my right too under that same constitution that you and your president smear with the blood of our children, I'm just glad and I thank GOD that you and the Bushites are in the Minority of this country, 18 to 20%, not enough to win in 08, and don't worry you can thank us later when we pull this country back together, set it back on a course of GREATNESS and restore it to the Nation it was meant to be, the Nation destroyed not by any terrorist, but by 1 man and his tight little group of murderers..George W. Bush nad if you had your way, John McCain.

Take care sir.

I think the real travesty is that fact that most of the Obama supporters can???t seem to get past the childlike name calling of others. As it goes for most mindless political opinions; Yes, there is name calling on both sides but where do you see most of it come from. Yes, I???m a registered Republican, Yes I will vote for John McCain, not because I???m a racist bigot or anything like that; lets face it I???m 100% Irish and my ancestors suffered far more by selling themselves into slavery. Besides everyone needs to get over the whole racist point of view it happened how many years ago, they adults and youth of black race today didn???t suffer, how about we stop with the mindless rhetoric that we owe apologizes to everyone who doesn???t resemble an individual of the white race. I don???t owe anyone anything except for the respect that is due when they respect me and others. If you???re unable to look past the fact that you think the people of the world owe you something then I believe you???re the actual racist. Obama has listened to hatred preached from a so called device of God for how many years. I???ve attended church for over 23 years and never heard anything of political notions uttered because it???s not the place to point fingers to lay blame. It???s a place to preach hope, love and peace. If that congregations idea of that is preaching hatred and that the world owes them for being black then they aren???t a church at all just a extension of the Black Panther Party of the 70???s. If you can???t go a week without hearing something about an Obama affiliate spewing hatred and no remorse for things they say then realize that the company we keep is reflected from ourselves. Where did the racist idea come from the south from people who listened to it spewed from mouths for years. There is your evidence that the convictions Obama has set are nothing but empty words and promises to placate the crowd who he is speaking to. It???s in my opinion which I???m am justly entitled to by the Constitution of the United States (which I serve by the way as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Army) that he believe not in change but self-preservation for himself and his party lines. That he doesn???t hold it within himself to bring change to a flawed system which has given him the power and wealth that he displays. Also if you want to lay blame on President Bush go ahead, but also realize the fault doesn???t all lay with him, Congress enacted the decree of war without which we wouldn???t be at war just another Vietnam, a conflict where the veterans still suffer because without that declaration no benefits are given. So if you want to lay blame, blame the congress men and women to whom you voted in, and think about your choices then, did you choose your party or did you choose the person to whom to held views with.

This is my favorite line from this piece by far:

McCain campaign spokesman Brian Rogers: It doesn't bode well for Senator Obama's pledges to run a campaign of hope and change when on the first day of the general election he's launching the same tired negative attacks that the American people are so sick and tired of.

What the American people truly are sick and tired of is politicians lying through their teeth even when faced with cold hard fact and truth. The Republicans certainly weren't complaining about "negative attacks" when people who were speaking out against the Iraq invasion early on were lambasted by the media and they had the public feeding on whatever line they chose to give out. But when the truth about the war and the patent falsehoods that were propagated by the administration started coming to light, suddenly it was "the liberal media attacking" them.

An administration that can't stand straight in the light of day and stand tall in the face of truth is not one that I would choose to be led by. Our Constitution, our very government was created in defiance of tyranny and once stood as a beacon that several other nations the world over chose to follow. How far this government has fallen from that ideal. You don't create democracy by invading another country and installing your own puppet government, for that is the path of the despot and the tyrant. You don't lead with the whip, you lead by example.

McCain has shown time and again that rather than stand straight and face truth, he would instead twist and distort it to make him appear something he is not. Values he once spoke out for and stood by he has readily abandoned in order to curry favor from his own party. Even if he chose to break away from Bush and his plans, it would still be a third term of an administration rife with dishonesty and double dealing with the American public.

I am an independent myself, and as a Texan, I honestly had some hope for Bush making a positive change. Those hopes were shattered his first year in office, though, before even 9/11. Watching and reading about Obama, however, I find myself hoping again. He has endured countless attacks on his person and integrity, and has weathered them all with greater poise and honesty than most I have seen in a long time. He says that he is for a more transparent government and greater communication with the people of this nation. Unlike his adversary McCain, his voting history and his policies bear that out. There is a world of difference between a "negative attack" and "setting the record straight," and it's time the American public became more active and started learning about that. I do believe that Obama is this nation's best chance at this juncture in history to rise once more and stand on its own in the light of day. When choosing your leader, be sure it is one that listens to you and speaks for you, not one that speaks to you and would have you listen

"...George W. Bush, a man suffering some of the lowest public-approval numbers of any recent president but who remains deeply popular with the Republican base and, perhaps most importantly, big-dollar GOP donors."

Proof positive that Republicans are idiots.

News Flash according to the recent polls, Hillary supporters are starting to come around, one voter stated at first she was disappointed but her vote will go to the man who has the same ideas and policies as Hillary Clinton, she believes both parties will come together to win in November. This voter along with many more has joined Hillary at HillaryClinton.com to show support to her and Obama, they said this is the only opportunity we have at this time to change our country.

Obama and Clinton will meet again in weeks to come to join forces, this is not personal but it's about how we can right now shape our government. If we vote out of anger, that will not help our economy, our soldiers, our seniors who are facing foreclosures, the highest rate ever of unemployment, the rising gas prices, ETC.

To the Hillary supporters who don't like the fact that Hillary lost, just remember both candidates received nearly 18 million votes, that tells us that as many supporters who looked to Clinton to fight for a change, so did the 18 million supporters who voted for Obama to fight for change, but at the end of the day. You must remember they are on THE SAME TEAM. Obama and Hillary are not enemies, they ran a hard fight but now like Both candidates said from DAY 1 at the end we will unite because we know whats at stake.

Us Americans should also know what's at stake. We can make all the difference in this world, our voices can be so clear to the republicans that we demand change and sending Obama to the White House we will prevail....

I am a white male, but in my rural county, there are a lot of disenfranchised non-elitist white woman who are voting for Obama.....I guess we are not important to the "establishment" either.....

Elect Obama, somebody who actually has ideas about how to fix the economy and doesn't admit on national television, like mcbush, that "I know nothing about the economy, but Iraq is the real problem anyway...the economy is fine...." another denialist.....how's this workin' for ya...or mccain could be dirty johnny: "now you gotta ask yourself, did I shoot five bullets or six, and then you gotta ask yourself, do I feel lucky, well do you, punk??"....probably paraphrased not very well...but I think mcbush is a false centrist, does not work well with others, has anger and other issues.....which would not produce real change...it is 95 and humid here in upstate ny in the beginning of june.....and smoggy....and neocons still don't believe in global warming...we do not have any time to elect more fools...........if we are not at peak oil, then only God knows what will happen when we are? or even in china and india are the reason for more demand, do you think it is temporary???? and then ask yourself, do I feel lucky, well, do you punk????

How is it possible that your article fails to mention that McCain's speech was absolutely horrible in tone and presentation - that it was held to a small crowd of boo-ers, and that he ripped-off Obama's 'Change we can believe in' and changed it into a petty slogan of 'That's not change we can believe in'. Repeating this pathetic mantra more than a dozen times, followed by a fake smile that looked more Dr. Strangelove sneaker. And not only this, you fail to mention it was planned for three weeks before to take the air out of Obama's victory speech ...which was not just inspirational, it was historically important milestone for all races in our melting pot. How do you call yourself 'journalists???