People called me Hillary supporter. But I refused to vote for him, even though Hillary is on the so called Dream Ticket. Since from the begining he is not trustworthy to me. He is trying to fool all the people all the time, until the GE. And still people so fad up with the old politics that they believe in this dangerous guy. Well Clintons do lie at times, but one thing you can say they mostly will not lie when the nation comes. They might lie for their own political interest. And no one is saint in politics. But this man lies to Muslims, Xians and now Hindus by keep the monkey god statue in his pocket. He just said he would not let Osama become the martyr and he also said in the same speach that it will unlikely that US forces can catch them alive. In other words US forces should not try to catch him. He said to earn a point or two over hillary that he is not taking money from special interest, now that battle is over, he changed his stance on that. I just can not trust him at all.

I dont know what's more pathetic: The first poster or the story itself..

lol

that was the best comment ive ever read

hahahahahaha

monkey god statue in his pocket hahahahaha

McCain needs to stop whining. He has FLIP FLOPPED on so many more things than McCain has ever done.

No More Lobbyist!!!!!

Getting rid of the extremely negative impact of lobbyist is one of the major reasons I support Senator Obama. I will gladly donate to Obama because I have seen the destruction from lobbyist up close.

Barack Obama has said many times, "Lobbyist will not own my White House."

McCain has flip-flopped on many things. Yesterday he told the citizens of Missouri about a gas tax holiday he knows Congress will never approve.

Prior to McCain's event in Missouri yesterday, Democratic U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill of Missouri said in a conference call that McCain's plan would cost the state 6,000 jobs and $167 million in federal gas tax dollars for Missouri's roadways.

"The people of Missouri can smell a phony deal a mile away," she said. "Frankly, that’s what John McCain’s gas tax is. He knew it wasn’t going to have any meaningful impact on people’s real pain – our dependence on foreign oil."

McCaskill said it was "a promise he knew he would never have to deliver on."

The article, "Could McCain Have Come Up with a More Ill-Suited Economic Advisor Than Phil Gramm?", is one of many examples for the damage caused by lobbyist specifically gas prices and the subprime housing damage.

http://www.alternet.org/election08/87999/?cID=936047#c936047

I agree with the first poster. Barkey says whatever he needs to say to gain points then does what is politically expedient. Now public campaign financing can join Wright, Ayers Rezko, Pfleger, and Jim Johnson under the bus.

Barkey's supporters will say and do anything to excuse what he does. Yesterday I pointed out Barkey was an admitted cocaine and marijuana user in response to disparaging remarks regarding Cindy McCain's years ago addiction to prescription pain killers.

Know what the O-Clone response was? At least he didn't steal the cocaine and marijuana. That excuses it, because the illegal drugs he used were not stolen. These people go through all kinds of machinations to excuse The Great and Wondrous Obama's behavior. I guess they think that everyone is as silly and gullible as they are.

I guess that is the effect of too much kool-aid.

lets see now MCcain takes money from anywhere----obama relies on public supporters-------VERY INTERESTING,-who is for who

No dirty money in this from us,the American people.....

McCain has flipped on:
Torture
Bush tax cuts for the rich
Evangelical right wing
Drilling off the coasts and ANWR
Windfall profits tax

McCain says whatever his audience wants to here.

Another funny thing about the O-Clones. Any discussion of Barkey's character turns into an ad hominem attack on John McCain.

Barkey was the one who first swore to use public funds. Now that he is getting money from "small donors" (read: overseas probably terrorist backed who can't be traced over the internet) he doesn't want to use public money. Earlier he said using public money was a way to ensure that candidates are not beholden to special interests. Wonder who Barkey is beholden to? I do.

Foxy,

The responses you got may be because some people really don't care if someone tried drugs. I'm sure the right wing, ultra conservatives who get blasted on gin and tonics will point their finger. But really, who cares?

There's quite a few people in this country who tried drugs in college. Doctors, lawyers, business leaders, etc.

Is a good thing? No. Does it make someone any less able to lead the country? No.

We watched Hillary pounding shots of whiskey for the camera. Is THAT ok? Alcohol kills way more people than marijuana every year. Should our leader promote bar drinking?

We all know Bush was a heavy coke user and drinker as well. But he never had the guts to just admit it. His old friends had to tell us about it.

I personally don't care at all about things that happened 20 years ago. People, even politicians, have the right to make mistakes and learn from them.

But then again, I'm all hopped up on kool aid.

I love Obama. He's pissing eveyone off. The establishment hates him and conservatives fear him. That's the best indicator he's the guy that we need.

I trust him whole heartedly to be exactly what he is, a skilled politician with natural leadership skills.

He's running for President - a political job. Not for Pope.

FoxyBrown... I don't wonder who

I guess 1.5 million donors would disagree.

Freedom of speech is what the Republicans have argued before, except they usually mean Corporate freedom of Speech.

McCain's whine is getting a little tiresome.

I think he is trying to define himself as anything Obama is not, couple of more weeks and he will have himself tied into knots.

Fish Tales.... Charles Manson had natural leadership skills too.

McCain is just mad because he was expecting to be able to use the public funds without looking like a total douchebag compared to Obama.

I can't believe we even have public financing.

obama has outright lied about too many things.

he will be swift boated so severly it aint funny.

he cant be trusted and has no backbone.

this is what will crush him in the general election.

With 10% of tax payers checking off the Presidential Campaign Fund box on their Tax return, it is a non issue.

There are so many loopholes in the system that allow things like the swift boaters etc., that it actually works against the public.

The Republicans have showed us the way, No public financing of the Presidential Campaign.

i my family and friends have contributed to obama.-we are a very special interest group.
WE ARE THE PEOPLE.

Both Kerry and Bush opted out of public financing in 2004. According to CommonCause.com, the presidential public financing system is outmoded and in need of reform--hence candidates opt out of it. Before Obama's announcement, it was already predicted that both candidates would choose to fund their own races.

In case it's not obvious, candidates would make a "big, big deal" out of their opponent's decision to put cream in their coffee. The rhetoric is one-size-fits all. Do you research, people.

Is this the change that we've been waiting for? Seems like the same old BS.