Good for McCain

now wouldn't it be nice if Hillary lived up to the same standard.

It's no wonder the American people get so disenchanted with politics and the motives of the politicians. Especially in these times when most people are trying to squeeze the most value of every last penney in their wallets, we have to listen to nasty comments and be subjected to negative ads in their efforts to make one another appear less appealing to us. Long before November, we will all be numb and disgusted by it all. Then they'll wonder again why no one votes!

What's the difference if the ads run now or in the fall? It's inevitable there will be many of them and they will be run over and over - maybe not by McCain's campaign but there are others chomping at the bit to let the battle begin. Obama isn't going to have a leg to stand on once the republicans get through with him. Next time around, dems might want to do some background checks on their candidates, just a piece of advice in case they ever decide they would really like to win a race. Right Howard?

Wright, Ayres, lack of patriotism, and the rest will not go away -unlike the "coolness" factor of being an Obama supporter.

The NC Republican party is the 3rd largest party in the State. Democrats are first and Unaffiliated are the 2nd. Since both of those groups are leaning Democratic this year the Republicans in state are attempting to get National attention elsewhere. The Media should ignore their petty spiteful attempts.

This Campaign isn't on behalf of McCain as some would suggest but Hillary Clinton. Why else would the Republicans be targeting Obama in an ad that is supposedly for the Gubernatorial race?

You can say what you want about Wright but the man served as a Marine. I don't agree with what he said, but if you don't think that he should have ahda the freedom to say it, then I don't know what country you think you are living in.

HRC and the Republicans know what America is; a mob. They play to base fears and insecurities to make that mob go their way. Clinton and the Republicans do not want a thinking electorate, they do not want an educated electorate, you can't control that. You cannot lie to that electorate and then pretend it doesn't matter and the mob goes along like the sheep they are. Only the Clintons and the Republicans can provide false rhetoric and have it presented as salient fact. Oh they know what America is and why America is lost.

I totally agree with this ad. Obama is too extreme for this country.

And anyone that falls for it is a damn fool. Everyone knows, if your neighbor steals a loaft of bread, the cops can't come an arrest you. Hell, you didn't steal the bread. This is the dumbest campaign season of my lifetime. They can't find anything on the candidates themselves, so they go after the people that they associate with and try to pull a gotcha. Wtf is that about? Stupid people deserve just what they get.......

Mark: I don't believe there is a creature that exists that could withstand a background check when it comes to politics. For me, I'll take Obama's "background" any day over Hillary's. That includes Rev. Wright, and all the other slams Obama's had to face recently. I am one "older, white woman" who has come to dislike Hillary Clinton tremendously and I am not looking forward to possibly having to vote for her in November if somehow she manages to get the nomination, as I have never voted republican in my life and don't intend to start now. That would be a sad, sad day.

The big problem is why Obama still go that church and continues to call this pastor his uncle.

If it had properly disassociated and apolized, may be one can consider OBama to be clean.

No person with brain can see Obama different from his pastor. Rest all are just brain washed.

counting cows,

I sooooo agree with you and Ami. The criticisms around him, involve other people. Yet, the criticisms of her involve HER! Furthermore, if we are juding these people by the people that are around them, then that makes her even less of a desirable human being. She is as tainted and flawed as anyone else. So, I agree. I will take the fact that he has some crazy people around him, over the fact that she IS crazy - not to mention morally challenged.

McCain needs to think twice before not injecting Jeremiah's sermons into the race in North Carolina. I think the nominee's character is as much or more important than the issues. Issues change but a man's character and morals do not.

Sure, Obama is expected to renounuce, reject, explain, etc. the actions of those around him and disassociate himself from those people. Yet, last time we checked, Mark Penn was still on the Clinton campaign. And, she has yet to address or REJECT him. What about her judgment? Save your typing energy, what you say won't matter.....

You all should also look at the level of crazyness of the people both are around.

Obama is a threat to the national security of this country. The people he hangs with are linked with terrorists or against USA.

No way I can see OBama running this country. I can see a moderate black not a complete liberal black running this country.

Let the Kennedy and Kerry get a lesson from the PA election.

Hillary carried Bob Casey's county by 74% vote.

No you can't get arrested for your neighbor stealing bread, but it certainly speaks to your moral character that you knowingly allowed this person to steal bread for 20 years and in the process of them doing so, influenced and hurt many people, the exact ones that you are supposedly pledging to fight for, stick up for and help.

God BLESS America!!!!

So Rev.Wright was a Marine. so was Lauren that murdered a 8 mo. pregnant fellow Marine and buried her in his back yard then fled to Mexico.. The point is ..does it really matter that he was a Marine? that didn't stop him from damming America.

dan

Yeah that is a great statement you made...
"I can see a moderate black not a complete liberal black running this country"

what exactly is the difference between a "moderate black" and a "moderate white" when choosing a President... could you see "a complete liberal white"

that would be Hillary she is not moderate(...besides threatening a country from getting Nuclear weapons with Nuclear Obliteration or massive retaliation...that is. I will keep reminding people this is not Russia and Reagan...this was not an arms race ...the point ids for them not to get them...threatening a country with nuclear attack for any reason is the fastest way to make sure they go nuclear...only an idiot or an overzealous, posing, non-experienced wannabe does that)

THIS AD WILL NOT EVEN BE IN THE INTREST OF MACCAIN HIMSELF, EITHER. IT WAS SO GOOD THAT HE REJECTED IT FROM THE START.
THEY NEED TO RUN A RESPECTFUL CAMPAIGN.

I HOPE THEY FOCUS ON REAL ISSUES. ISSUES THAT FACING THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, LIKE THE ECONOMY AND SECURITY.

sjc-tx - I'm not giving him a free pass either. He is an illusionist. He and his campaign have been planning this for years. They know their base and are saying and doing anything to appeal to them. Unfortunately, when the sugar high wears off on these people, they are going to see they have been following a speech maker - not a qualified leader. But by then, we'll all be saying President McCain.

All great nations rise and fall. I personally don't want Obama at the helm of this country during its eventual collapse. He shouldn't have to take the blame for what America is doing to herself. Obama has the gifts and talents to restore this country to its greatness but it appears that for some people Bush wasn't enough torture for them to go through.

Well, not to worry, more is coming. While we're over here trying to divide ourselves on race, others are trying to figure out how to destroy us financially or with real weapons of mass destruction and wipe the last remaining arrogant super power off the planet. No country wants to be the next Iraq. America is the target now. We are all on our way down because we refuse to lift everyone up. At this critical time, destroying your best and brightest is merely self-destruction!

When hearing "The God Damned America" comment. Patriotic americans became upset.

For that Obama called americans upset about it "Racist"

Obama does not know the difference between Patriotism and racism.

Nothing can justify Damning this country , no excuse and there is not way to take that out of contents.

To make it more absurd. Obama forgave the one spewing Hatred for America, but your still racist.

Ironic as it it he succeded in getting his message across loud and clear, your all racist. Not so but He did it.

Another way he tries to Divide the nation.

IN 2008 96% of the people of this Great Country Live, work and play well together. He chooses to turn back the hands of time.

Yes it will always haunt him, because 2 wrongs does not make it right. which all on his part.

Hey Louis
Wright served as a marine. So did Lee Harvey Oswald.

It all boils down to judgement. Selecting a president is a risky exercise, where the electorate attempts to gauge the character and decision making skills of the candidates. Barack has no one to blame but himself. He supplied the ammunition and then in the last debate Hillary rubberstamped the Reverend Wright controversy as a legitimate campaign issue.

BTW I don't care for any of the three mainstream candidates. Its a pitiful field considering the crisises we face.

Ami,
You are the perfect example of an Obama supporter in every aspect and that is all I will say on that.

JH

BO is a toast with these ads in November - him hand-in-hand with Wright compared side by side with McCain on bed just released from Viet Nam prison camp.

Even McCain says he does not wanted it, someone else will do it for him.

Watch it her? NOOOO we won't. You want us to do the republican hit job for free.

Rev Wright won the right to criticize the country he shed his blood for. He spent years as a marine even though he was considered less than a human being in his own country. Jeremiah Wright was part of a medical team that took care of President LBJ in the Unites States Naval hospital (Bethesda, MD).

It's not the republicans defining us, it is the Move On, Soros, Air America people that are defining us, and guess what, our democratic leaders blindly hand it over without feeling any loyalty to the people who once defined the democratic party. They are the ones selling us out to the far, far left.

I am really tired of hearing about Mr.Wright's comment. I would like to know who is without sin in this world???? Mr.Obama needs to apologize for staying in that church for the 20 years just the same way Hillary lied about Bosnia and said "sorry".

Ami - What was BO doing? Being educated by the Wright stuff all that time while others are debating NAFTA. Now, on one hand he deceives the voters - what makes him think he could even re-negotiate the treaty, what if Canada and Mexico say no? You think BO will just say he can sit them down by a table and give in to his hypocrisy? On the other hand, he lies to the voters by wink wink the Canadians that he does not mean what he says about NAFTA during his campaign.

A typical BO, bozo style hypocrisy - some times words matter, other times words have no meaning (or what he meat to say).

Isn't is funny that the RNC has now rejected that ad about rev. Wright saying it is not what the campaign should focus on ...the RNC!

and Hillary supporters are on here defending the use of this argument.

McCain wants it to be about issues that are effecting us, the RNC want the issues to be the focus and Hillary and her not-so nice brainwashed zombies...still want to keep the focus on this.

That alone should wake all of you up. She is playing you for the worst parts of American society.

We need to be brought back up in the views of the peoples of the world...she will not do that. In fact out of the three candidates she is the least to do that now.

Her nasty negative campaign has handed over the "change" mantra to McCain. For all those times Hillary supporters keep calling oBama supporters stupid...they really need to take a long look in the mirror.

If you can't catch on then you will be.

15 years of bait and switch. Most of America is done.

tooth

Hill has her husband and her chief strategist telling countries to either ignore what she was saying and continued fighting for the opposite of what she was telling the American people and you are saying "wink wink" with Obama...

Hillary is the one who tells people one thing and does the other ..the worst of which now...is this "arms race" and hawk stance with no fiscal or congressional checks that she is proposing ...go tell the people in NH after I SAW her talk about changing our foreign policy away from imperialismand policing the world... that she is now offering middle east countries promised protection with massive retaliation and threats of obliterating a country with nuclear weapons to keep them from getting the same nuclear weapons...

she would have lost. she has duped many in just this campaign.

and we should be very scared...this woman who likes to "play" that she was in battle and who still has never really ackowledged that giving the Presidency carte blanch for military action wasn't wrong...just to give it to GW.

wake up.

I wish someone had footage of all the times Hillary said we need to take down this "cowboy diplomacy"
what does she call her newly discovered stance... "ivy league with pearls and an obliterating nuclear bomb"

i agree that this scenario (the topic/article) will play out in the democratic party elections at large over, and over. for example i live in new mexico and although bill richardson will not run for re-election (thank God) i will have second thoughts about any democrat for state office that richardson may endorse. why? richardson betrayed the trust we, his core hispanic catholic base entrusted him to represent us (hillary won new mexico). he betrayed the clintons who launched his national/international career. and nationally he betrayed hispanics who have largely supported hillary. he is a carpetbagger who moved to nm due to its large hispanic population from where he planned to launched his LOOSER presidential bid. then he jumped on the obama bandwagon because that was were the momentum was at the time-or because he threw a tantrum and got angry with the clintons. why would i trust richardson's judgement ever again-a richardson endorsement would be the kiss-of death. by the way i will not need a commercial to remind me. i will never forget the betrayal by my party leaders that includes richardson, kerry, kennedy, peolosi, dean and others, who are finished as well. WE WILL NEVER FORGET.

wink, wink ,please don't use that ad on the golden boy after all we are going to run a clean race for the White House said John McCain to J helms. in North Carolina a state that just gave up the rebel flag.

dl

I think your leader Obama has continued to brainwash his youth group rather well.

Obama Is the one who started all the dirty campaign tricks and games. from day one he came out with the Blame and Shame game.

That is his main one he uses even now.

Of course he mostly voted Present in anticipation of all this.

But he vote to fund the war making him
100% Pro-WAR. He can shake and bake that any way he wants, Makes him a Hypocrite.

His ploy this week was to direct his obamamaniacs to go forth and tell, post, email, why his opponents should not be elected, while he puts on his mr nice guy suit. I am sure you got the memo.

Problem is he is not a nice guy.

He Blames everything on the Government. (wonder where he learned that at)

dl - Man, you are just like BO, frame and blame others by what he actually does himself. To say HRC wink wink does not make her wink, but Obama actually sent his aids to the Canadian Consulate to talk about "wink wink".

Let's see the patterns:

First, Obama denies there was a contact from his chief adviser with Canadians, but only to be contrasted by the Canadians' release of the meeting record.

First, Obama denies he never heard of Wright's hatred speeches, then, he changed his story. He first defended him by rationalizing it with black anger, and then, he cannot disown him, then, he denounce Wright, and then, he is disowning him now.

First, Obama defends his bitter, guns and religion clinging speech, then, he explains it, then, he claims what he really meant was something different, and then, he blames other people mentioning about it because he now thinks his words do not matter.

Enough? Do you want more lists?

The dubious cast of characters: Rev. Wright, Bill "the bomber" Ayers, Meeks, among so many others, will never go away. Whether the republicans air the ad in NC now or later in the year is completely irrelevant. Voters will NEVER forget who Obama's friends are, and his profoundly bad judgment.

Yesterday, it was clear to PA voters that Hillary is the only candidate who can beat McBush in November. Indiana will follow suit.

Some pundint's ask disingenuously, Why Can't Barack Close the Deal? The TRUTH OF THE MATTER, is that Barack is fighting TWO opponents, Clinton & the Republican Machine: Joe Scarborough, Pat Buchanan, Fox News and they fight a lot dirtier, louder, harder than "light"! They fight with lies, distortions, brain wash and money. Barack is doing something new and necessary, though slower because a loud voice gets a lot more attention than a sane, compassionate, low-speaking one, like Barack's. That is why he is having such a hard time. Look at the unevenness and unfairness of the last debate? The new Republican's and Clinton's talking point is why cannot Barack put it away. The answer is he is fighting a three-headed Giant, the Clintons and the Republican Machine -- it is a Giant compared to Barack and the assault goes on 24/7 starting with Morning Joe and continuing all day with Fox News! Then there are the new swift-boat TV adds and false emails, he is being blanketed with -- and then they smile to themselves and ask smugly, "Why can't he put her away? Knowing the dark answer to this question and the dark seed they hope to plant into the minds of the people who are unable to think for themselves and are influenced by fear and ignorance. But humanity's heart is opening to the light and the energy of goodwill. May be this time, we can overcome these awful forces of destruction to mankind, may be this time.

Dawuud - What happened to America? It started being run by far left liberals and far right conservatives. No longer will good old fashioned common sense be tolerated. No longer will we tolerate those in the middle. No more doing what is actually best for the country and what is actually best for the MAJORITY of Americans. No common sense will be tolerated! We will give everything away and bend over backwards to please the few while offending, taking away from and basically changing life as they know it to the hard working middle class men and woman majority. They are the true peons in this nation. They are insignificant, their only purpose on this planet is for taxes and to vote the almighty leaders in.

Bitter Voter

THIS IS OBVIOUSLY AN ATTEMP FROM THE REPUBLICANS TO ELECT HILLARY SINCE SHE IS THE BEST CHANCE THEY HAVE TO WIN THE WHITE HOUSE. THIS IS HOW BUSH SOLE THE WHITE HOUSE. UNFORTUNATELY PEOPLE ARE SO STUPID THAT THEY WILL FALL FOR THIS ONE. IF THEY ARE THE UNIFIED PARTY WHY DONT THEY UNIFY AGAINST THE DEMOCRACTS AS A WHOLE? WHY JUST OBAMA?

AMERICAN BE SMARTER THAN THIS!

It isn't any of your business who barack associates with on his own time.

Barack answered questionnaire that he opposes the manufacture and sale of handguns, trying juvenile defenders as adults, and he is against the death penalty.
OK. That's his right and his opinion.
What I don't get is his denials. If it's your position STAND BEHIND IT, MAKE YOUR CASE, don't try to lie your way out of it.

Why doesn't Barack agree with his pastor's statements? He sat there for 20 years and donated tens of thousands. Don't run away and lie about it. Stand up for your beliefs. Tell us why you believe America deserved 911. Tell us how America has mistreated you and poor little ole Michelle. Tell it like it is. Don't lie about it mister president.

Sen.Mccain is against running the ads about Sen.Obama not because of his reasons about running a decent campaign but because he is scared it is too early to run those ads as it will make Obama lose the democratic nomination and Clinton will win. He knows these ads will surely be aired when Obama becomes the nominee and he knows that these ads will make him win over Obama.The Republicans and Mccain knows that Clinton will make them lose as compared to running against Obama what with Ayers,Rezco,Rev.Wright,Nafta gaffe,Iraq gaffe,questionaire answers and others that will still come up.Are these enough points?

Sen.Mccain is against running the ads about Sen.Obama not because of his reasons about running a decent campaign but because he is scared it is too early to run those ads as it will make Obama lose the democratic nomination and Clinton will win. He knows these ads will surely be aired when Obama becomes the nominee and he knows that these ads will make him win over Obama.The Republicans and Mccain knows that Clinton will make them lose as compared to running against Obama what with Ayers,Rezco,Rev.Wright,Nafta gaffe,Iraq gaffe,questionaire answers and others that will still come up.Are these enough points?

Achilles Heel(s) of Mr. Obama are being exploited in radio and TV ads. Mr Floyd Brown head of the National CampaignFund is a mean-spirited YET politically savvy strategist...can Mr. Obama defend the Republican smear tactics from newsmax.com ( "willie Horton" style ad).... DNC and the Democratic leadership needs to wake up and as Dean says "NOW"!

Too many people are looking at Wright's hate-spew as some twisted sort of "Freedom of Speech" issue.

News Flash:
The First Amendment keeps the GOVERNMENT from restricting your Right to say whatever hateful crap comes to mind.

It does NOT absolve you from the PERSONAL CONSEQUENCES of deciding to say it.

YOU own your words, and no amount of whining about the Constitution is going to keep people from using your hate-and-bigotry-laced words as an indication of YOUR CHARACTER.

And if there are people who LISTEN to your words, FAIL to object to your words, and stick around to hear MORE of your words - when ALL of these things indicate decisions that were made by THEM...

Then THEIR choices in relation to YOUR words will be used will be used as indications of THEIR CHARACTER.

THAT'S what this is about: CHARACTER.

It would be about "Freedom of Speech" if the "Gubmint" had prevented him from puking out Hate under the guise of 'Spiritual Teaching' - but they didn't.

- MuscleDaddy

from the post: "A number of Democratic strategists have said Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., would be the best presidential candidate to help down-ballot Democrats in the fall...."

That may have been true six weeks ago. Few strategists can be thinking that now.

In criticizing the ad, Sen. McCain is expressing his position. The North Carolina GOP should do what it feels is in its best interest.

McCain is just laying the ground work to pick up Obama's supporters come November. It is a smart move if you ask me.

McCain, you already have my vote. Now we will have the votes of millions of people that would KILL themselves before ever voting for Hillary. Good job Democrats, you all are NO where near as smart as you think!

Thank you too Hillary. You are one stupid scag. Your ambition and kitchen sink strategy will not benefit you but it will us. I hear you were once a Rep. if your lucky maybe we will take you back.

I don't understand, why no one has mentioned the caracter telling act of Obama's shooting the finger to Hillary. Thats a real classy way for a president or canditate to act. Just tell your opponient F-You! Just the kind of person we want to represent our country! Check it out-verify it on Bill O'Riley's show on Fox on 4-21-08. This is about CHARACTER! I am ashamed of my demoratic party, Shirley

Ami, Don, Counting Crows --- Tsk, tsk, tsk. Especially Crow, as an "older, white woman" seem particulary sad. Are you one of the "bitter" people Obama spoke of? Are you clinging to your Bible and 38 special as you blog? So you'll take Obama's flaws over Clinton any day? Seems like you looked in the mirror and saw Obama. I wouldn't vote for myself for president. Why are you?

linda davis discuses me. Too bad she can't use her spare time to make peoples lives better indtead of trying to bring more divisiveness to the political process. Hey, let's just show every negative thing we can find out about every canidate. Whoever has the most negative stuff that has been authenticated loses the nomination and/or the election. Now linda has her work cut out for her!

Let the republicans run the ad, so the Democrats will run ads showing how several ministers supporting Senator Mc Cain have made many inflamatory statement involving race and other biases. Then we can bring up all of Bill and Hillary's past issues. Very sad that instead of looking at policies, we focus on gossip. The negative ads only twist the truth while the real issues go unanswered. Obama has been the least negative, but he may have to get negative to survive all the slander that politics bring. Its ashame that anyone has to endure these sophmoric porcesses to be the American President. A real shame- all the trash talking. All the candidates are qualified. I look at how the person presents as a means to know how they will perform as president. Slander, creative math, and threats to obliterate remind me of the Bush race, but some may see that as powerful. It sure has hurt the economy.