The Smear Gap

Dear Mr Alter,

I can't believe given the the false context in which Barak Obama has repeated over and again John McCain's one hundred years in Iraq comment that you would even suggest McCain is the perpetrator of the lies. In fact when McCain joking said you were rich if you made 5 million dollars per year and then laughed that it would be distorted to Rev Warren, behold the next day Mr Obama was actually repeating that Mccain said it. total misusing what McCain had said. The media need to get in touch. The reason McCain is neck and neck with Obama in light of the terrible time Republicans are having else where is because Obama is an anti American radical liberal left of McGovern, Carter, Kerry and Gore. We didn't want them and we don't want Obama.
I can't edit this comment on the interface given, my apologies for errors.

All best,
Eric NYC

I love all these fools who were naive enough to believe in obama's glossy facade, beginning to realize the empty suit is beginning to blow away in the winds of history....and even funnier, he's being beaten by a moron like mccain!

So someone goes out and hits the anointed one and Newsweek , who puts him on the cover almost every week it seems, comes out to defend him. Sorry, your credibility on Obama is shot. I just cannot believe anything in Newsweek when it comes to the election. Are the McCain ads unfair? Probably. Are they out of bounds? no. It's a blood sport, get over it.

It never ceases to amaze me how people on a consistant basis defend the sick policies of the the Bush administration by promoting and supporting "McCain't and isn't able to govern" for president. Totally laughable and totally sick. To consider the sourse of the supporting and promoting of another 4 years of the elitist regime of Bush and Cheney as the truth comes to bear it ugly blood on the brain head of corruption all over again.

Extend your lame and same PAIN with your vote for McCain

The biggest foreign policy blunder in the history of the USA is George Bush's War in Iraq. Which McCain whole heartedly supported.

The biggest foreign policy blunder of John Mccain's political life is the passing of the McCain Bill. How can anybody vote for another obvious administration of secrecy as is evident by McCain's previous work in the service of the US Senate?

Release the sealed records the complete records you know the ones you had sealed when you fought long and hard to seal up with the passing of the McCain Bill Circa 1992 Come on John McCain and lets put this election on a level playing field. let the truth be know for all to see.

foreign policy blunders are without question McCain's strong point of consistency

The Georgia conflict has shined a spotlight on McCain's chief foreign policy adviser Randy Scheunemann.

Scheunamann was a major organizer of the campaign to get the U.S to invade Iraq. He was a board member of the Project for a New American Century that circulated the now-famous manifesto signed by key Neo Cons that first called for the Iraq invasion. He was a founder of the Committee for the Liberation of Iraq. More recently he has been a paid lobbyist for a number of foreign governments including Macedonia, Taiwan and, most importantly, the Republic of Georgia.

According to records from the Justice Department's foreign agents registration office, Scheunamann's two-person firm has received $830,000 from Georgia since 2004. Though Scheunamann now claims to have taken a leave of absence from lobbying, his latest contract, with Georgia's National Security Council, was signed as recently as April 17th. According to the Los Angeles Times, McCain spoke by phone with Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili that day and then issued a statement denouncing Russian moves to "undermine Georgian's sovereignty."

The paper also cites lobbying forms filed by Scheunamann's firm Orion indicating that McCain sponsored or co-sponsored four Senate resolutions on behalf of Georgia and other Orion clients: Latvia, Macedonia, Romania and Taiwan.

The poor judgment McCain showed by appointing a man who was serving as a paid foreign agent to be his chief foreign policy adviser is simply breathtaking. It is even more so because of the history of the current conflict.

foreign policy blunders are without question McCain's strong point of consistency

As the situation in Georgia develops it becomes clearer by the day that the McCain supported Bush/Cheney- Iraq policy has severely undercut our diplomatic options as well. Apart from generally poisoning the good will of countries around the world, the McCain supported Bush/Cheney-invasion of Iraq lowered the bar for the rest of the world when it comes to justifying the invasion of one country by another.

It has made it very difficult for the U.S. to take the moral or political high ground against Russia when just six years ago our country invaded and occupied another nation that had not attacked or immediately threatened us -- and didn't have the weapons of mass destruction that were used to argue that they might "potentially" threaten our security.

foreign policy blunders are without question McCain's strong point of consistency

America already had one major military operation underway in Afghanistan when the Bush administration -- with McCain's full support -- recklessly poured most of our other military assets into the invasion of Iraq. Today most Army and Marine units are either deployed in Iraq or Afghanistan, preparing to deploy or recovering from deployment. The fact is that at the present time, we do not have the wherewithal to respond militarily to a crisis even if such a response were necessary or appropriate.

As a result, John McCain's strident statements following Russia's military actions only place into relief the reality that he has continuously supported Bush policies that make us weaker -- in spite of his tough talk.

foreign policy blunders are without question McCain's strong point of consistency

Hey Jonas,by now even someone who live in a cave already knows what is going on.I am a disgusted registered democrate,afrcan american who will vote forMc Cain.Everything I said in this comment is true.
Thk u

The author is clearly an Obama surrogate. McCain's "distortions" are truths creatively phrase to make a point - Obama is a hollow celebrity, with no experience; he & the Dems have blocked offshore/ANWR drilling, a key factor in high gas prices; he changes positions like underwear for political expedience. Check the record - read the stories or RealClearPolitics, or www.honestjohnwade.com. He's a tax and spend liberal politician, no the God.

Wow - are you on McCain's payroll. Try looking around. People are sick of the biased crap that the msm has been feeding America on Obama. Frankly as a lifelong Democrat I am devastated that the teflon bubble that was created around this empty suit was not popped during the primaries so that Clinton was the nominee and the Democrats would stand a chance. Obama stands for "change depending on who you are speaking to", his extreame left voting record, his complete lack of experience and his total lack of a resume do not quaility him to be the head of a sub-committee let alone POTUS. Americans are starting to see that - I wish you kool-aid followers in the media would get it - before you lose all your readers.

Jonathan, how much is the Obama campaign paying you? Your article looks like something from the Obama spin room. Credibility in journalism is important. Unfortunately, you have lost your credibility here.

Quite a tirade from a bitter man. Sorry Jonothan, the Change You've been Waiting for Ain't gonna happen. Obama is a phoney and all McCain is doing is exposing him. It's too bad Obama is all brains and no backbone but he'll make a great professor -- just not somebody we want in the Oval Office when tough decisions are to be made.

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The hell they do! LISTEN UP EVERYONE, we still live in a free country where there is also free speech, even if it about Obamakin. We the voters are sick and tired that anyone who attacks Obama is wrong or racist! If the cable media had done their job and reportrd truth and facts about candidiates and not their personal opinions, Obama woudlnrt be sinking so fast as voters are beginning to realize cable news pundits like CNN & MSNBC are just all day tabloid trash.... Obama is a poor poor example of leadership! without Senator Clinton on the ticket he will certinally looose..he has nothing to offer this country but more bias racism and an snfry wife who doesnt liek americans too much!!!!!!

The hell they do! LISTEN UP EVERYONE, we still live in a free country where there is also free speech, even if it about Obamakin. We the voters are sick and tired that anyone who attacks Obama is wrong or racist! If the cable media had done their job and reportrd truth and facts about candidiates and not their personal opinions, Obama woudlnrt be sinking so fast as voters are beginning to realize cable news pundits like CNN & MSNBC are just all day tabloid trash.... Obama is a poor poor example of leadership! without Senator Clinton on the ticket he will certinally looose..he has nothing to offer this country but more bias racism and an snfry wife who doesnt liek americans too much!!!!!!

My God...there is so much time left in this election campaign. Several lifetimes in fact. We have the conventions, the VP choices, the debates, the volitility of international events in Iraq, Iran and Georga, falling energy prices etc all of which can significantly alter the direction of this election. Wake me up in late October please. John, we all know you bleed for Obama...that's fine. I wouldnt get yourself in a panic about the direction of things in mid August. Long way to go yet.

Democratic Strategy to date: Call him McBush or McSame.
A clever idea given Bush's unpopularity. But I think the campaign needs to broaden its strategy.
Otherwise the "bump in the polls" hope and expectation of Denver may be just as unsatisfying as Berlin.