Where Have You Gone, John?

What do I like about Obama. He is the real straight talk, not what McCain claims to be. He tells black people what they don't like to hear about race issue and also he tails white people what they don't want to hear about race issue. To me, that's straight talk and moral courage. He is the real deal America need today. America will never have this opportunity, if they miss out on Obama

A man as old as Mc Cain is not up to zesty attacks. The only talent that he possesses for the office of president is that if elected he could serve as a backup pilot on Air Force One. Just like riding a bicycle. After you've flown and crashed a few fighter jets, you can still fly. I didn't say that he could land it, but it's a cinch he could fly it if the pilots had a heart attack or something. He'd probably try to land it on an aircraft carrier just like old times. Just thought that I'd get into the spirit of bickering instead of discussing the issues. Mc Cain is just like Betty Grable and Veronica Lake. All celebrity and no substance. He is too popular to be capable of running a whole country. Just another pretty face. A pretty old one at that. I think that Betty Grable and Veronica Lake are more his speed. Britney Spears is young enough to be his great granddaughter. Someone on another blog was trying to establish that Mc Cain is flatulent, but I think that this is probably a vicious rumor. It would be more likely that at his age he simply cannot control his bowels and would consider it way too dangerous to even attempt to break wind. He will probably be elected because of his popularity. Engaging ways. Ask Mrs. Mc Cain how sweetly he talks to her when she puts on too much makeup. Little does he know how she gets even with him for these gratuitous insults. I don't want to let the secret out, but he does complain to her of a funny taste in his morning coffee. Mc Cain, you can't stay ahead of a younger woman. Lay off of the insults and get a better cup of coffee.

At 72 years old, grumpy and crusty, I feel scared McCain understand his disability and if unchecked will take it out on innocent American people by committing them into another senseless wars.

Secondly, I'm afraid he can't lift his left hand when making a gesture of warning against his disagreements. That disability can be frustrating to him and comes out as one with a lot of hostility within. He is hurting inside and I'm afraid he's going to take it out on American people. He is absolutely a RISKY business.

Jonathan, I like John McCain, and have to admit I thought ???Bomb, bomb Iran??? was pretty funny, but I still wouldn???t vote for him for President. ???Bush???s Third Term??? is more than a campaign slogan. To me, it???s a serious warning.

John McCain and George Bush have a lot more in common than the War in Iraq and tax breaks for the rich. Both men grew up in the shadow of successful fathers: one the son of a US President, the other the son and grandson of US Admirals. Both spent their youth drinking and partying, and to this day, they share an irrepressible adolescent urge to horse around at inappropriate times: witness Bush???s surprise backrub of Prime Minister Angela Merkel at the G8 Summit and John McCain???s tendency to veer off-message and tell questionable jokes. Financially, both men were still being bailed out by family and friends (or in McCain???s case, by marriage) well into adulthood Responsibility? Who needs it! Bush ran businesses into the ground while McCain crashed five U.S. Navy jets ??? disqualifying him from the Admiralty but not, apparently, from the Presidency.

Barack Obama, meanwhile, raised by a single mother with none of the advantages of family wealth and position, managed through hard work and intelligence to raise himself to the position of Democratic candidate for President. Whatever else you may think of him, he won???t be just another Daddy???s boy using the Presidency and our future to prove himself to his father.

Jonathan, I like John McCain, and have to admit I thought ???Bomb, bomb Iran??? was pretty funny, but I still wouldn???t vote for him for President. ???Bush???s Third Term??? is more than a campaign slogan. To me, it???s a serious warning.

John McCain and George Bush have a lot more in common than the War in Iraq and tax breaks for the rich. Both men grew up in the shadow of successful fathers: one the son of a US President, the other the son and grandson of US Admirals. Both spent their youth drinking and partying, and to this day, they share an irrepressible adolescent urge to horse around at inappropriate times: witness Bush???s surprise backrub of Prime Minister Angela Merkel at the G8 Summit and John McCain???s tendency to veer off-message and tell questionable jokes. Financially, both men were still being bailed out by family and friends (or in McCain???s case, by marriage) well into adulthood Responsibility? Who needs it! Bush ran businesses into the ground while McCain crashed five U.S. Navy jets ??? disqualifying him from the Admiralty but not, apparently, from the Presidency.

Barack Obama, meanwhile, raised by a single mother with none of the advantages of family wealth and position, managed through hard work and intelligence to raise himself to the position of Democratic candidate for President. Whatever else you may think of him, he won???t be just another Daddy???s boy using the Presidency and our future to prove himself to his father.

Thank you Jon Alter! This sick old man is a liar, flip flopper and desperalte soul. This is the "best" the GOP has to offer?? Go OBAMA, kick the old grumpy man's butt!

It's not just John McCain, though this is an excellent article. I'd argue it is the entire GOP. And maybe even good chunks of the "richest country in the world" who still lag behind the times and are actually hell-bent on electing another loser for four more years, like they haven't gotten the message yet in eight years...

They all need remedial education and a good dose of common sense - their naivte will be the death of this country.

Blame the GOP, not McSame. He's only following his cookie-cutter marching orders from the GOP / neo-cons. And all the Fundy Christian churches are publishing more fear-mongering slander about Obama - he's a Muslim, secretly, no matter what he says, and he's the "anti-Christ" etc... Are we truly living in the 21st C. in a great country like America -- or are we still witch-hunting and lynching, and doing character assassinations to spite our faces?

It's not the majority of bloggers here, it's that other "majority" of white supremists who populate much of the rural parts of this country. They don't seem to have caught on yet that we're not still fighting the Civil War or that Armageddon is figurative. They believe what they're told, as long as it comes from their preacher or their friends in the congregation.... it's pretty darn scary, none of them read the daily news or entertain differing opinions, nor have they been taught to think critically for themselves. Our educational system is failing our political system.

Right on Jon Alter!!! You hit it on the head. He is erratic and insincere. I will vate for Obama.

We have had eight years of brain-dead leadership and we don't need four more. McCain is running an overtly racist campaign and that is disgusting. I would have voted for the McCain of 2000 had he won the nomination but I cannot even bring myself to listen to the McCain of 2008, hiding behind his Aryan wife and making comments (barely disguised) about "uppity n*****rs" running for President instead of happily picking cotton and eating watermelon. The Presidency is not a white job, John McCain. It's a job for someone intelligent and you're not.

McCain sold his soul to the 'devil' by hiring Karl Roves protege to coordinate this smear campaign agaist Obama. If Obamas people read this blog, ATTACK back. The people who are going to vote for are not going to be anything but ECSTATIC, TO KNOW YOU CAN THROW A PUCH AS WELL AS RECEIVE ONE!

We opened a large Obama campaign office in our city today. The crowds at this opening were phenomenal, with people spilling into the street. I dare say that McCain wouldn't have attracted such large crowds had he been in attendance himself. We have hope and pride in our candidate and it really showed today. Gobama!

Thank you Jonathan for your well written article.