Oh boy, McCain within 2 points of Obama in Gallup Poll

The Gallup Traditional Likely Voters polls now has Barack Obama leading John McCain 49 percent to 47 percent. This political race is not over yet. Obama says its over because of his enormous ego, but McCain may win. I hope.

Link to Gallup Poll

Castro's take on Obama, American politics

Fidel Castro, the former dictator of Cuba and the brother of the current dictator, has endorsed Barack Obama and is now agreeing with the American Democratic Party by saying that the people who are not voting for Obama are racists. Below is an AP article about Castro's opinion.

From the Associated Press via Yahoo! News

HAVANA - Fidel Castro says a "profound racism" in the United States will stop millions from voting for Barack Obama in next month's presidential election.

The ailing, 82-year-old former Cuban president says it is "a miracle that the Democratic candidate hasn't suffered the same luck as (assassinated leaders) Martin Luther King, Malcolm X and others who harbored dreams of equality and justice."

Castro's written comments were published by state media Saturday. In them, he insists a "profound racism" exists in the U.S. and that millions of whites "cannot reconcile themselves to the idea that a black person ... could occupy the White House, which is called just that: white."

Castro also described Republican presidential candidate John McCain as "bellicose."

"That's not true."

If Sen. John McCain said during the debate that the grass is green, Sen. Barack Obama would reply saying, "That's not true."

Here is the debate in a nutshell with the response from Obama:

McCain says that Obama's campaign was launched at Bill Ayers' living room: "That's not true."
McCain says Obama's tax plan is socialism: "That's not true."
McCain says that Obama is for killing babies after a failed abortion: "That's not true."

All the statements above are true and anybody who has access to a respectable newspaper or to the internet can see for themselves that these statements are true.

McCain ad: Ayers

John McCain's new television ad about Barack Obama's relationship with his friend Bill Ayers.

Dow tanks after House votes in favor of "Socialist" Bailout Bill

The Dow Jones Industrial Average opened today at 10,483.96 and got as high as 10,796.26 just before the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Bailout bill. From then on to President Bush signing the bill to the end of the trading day it fell and fell and kept falling. It closed at 10.325.38 after falling to 10,310.25 near the closing bell. The Dow Jones only fell -157.47 points on the day but from its high of the day it fell 470 points.

This says how much Wall Street approves of this bill. Yesterday, the Senate approved the bill and Barack Obama, Joe Biden and John McCain approved of the bill. No surprise with Obama and Biden because of their socialist views. Then today the House voted for it 263-171.

What is in this 451-page bill? How much pork is in it?

In other news, Wachovia was taken over by Wells-Fargo. And, National City Bank almost was added to the FDIC failed bank list.

What a happy day this was! Congress and the president just put a band-aid on what is actually internal bleeding.

Here is how the Indiana congressmen voted today:
In favor of bill: Andre Carson (D), Joe Donnelly (D), Brad Ellsworth (D) and Mark Souder (R)
Against the bill: Baron Hill (D), Pete Visclosky (D), Dan Burton (R), Steve Buyer (R) and Mike Pence (R)

In my opinion, Carson, Donnelly, Ellsworth and Souder should not be invited back to Washington on Nov. 4. Vote them out!

Polls bring fear to Democrats, Obama

Ever since the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minn., the nationwide polls have been in favor of Sen. John McCain. And, it isn't like it is even close. Today's Gallop Daily Tracking Poll has McCain leading Barack Obama 48 percent to 43 percent.

Now, typically it is these same Democrats who say that polls don't matter whenever a Republican is leading, but why are they worrying now? They love the polls when they are winning. Well, for one thing, Obama has been leading in the polls for months now. Secondly, McCain chose Sarah Palin as his running-mate when Obama should have chosen Hillary Clinton. Palin seems to be a more likable person than Joe Biden.

And now, Obama seems to be acting not very presidential. He is blaming McCain for being mean and distorting his words. Well, if Obama would listen to what he says, he would realize that it his himself that is ruining his chance on becoming the next president. Just watch this video below, oh, Barack Obama, you are a riot! You are the next Jerry Seinfeld! Keep it up.

Remember this is the same Obama who flipped the bird at Hillary Clinton at a debate. He is the lord of dirty politics. Let it be the flipping the bird to the "put lipstick on a pig" comment. It is all the same. This is the real Obama, the man who knows nothing else than throw dirt when he feels the pressure.


(Video is courtesy of the Associated Press via YouTube.)

Links

Politico- Autumn Angst: Dems fret about Obama
Palin to be on ABC's "20/20" on Friday

McCain's speech not great, but good enough

Sen. John McCain's Republican Party nomination speech did what he sought out to do.

He defined his slogan for his campaign "Country First" as he is a man who always puts his country first and himself second. He went on saying that this is not always the way Washington does things.

He talked about his military career from the Naval Academy in Annapolis to his time in the "Hanoi Hilton" prison camp for five years during the Vietnam War.

The only part or parts of the speech that were sad were when two hippies tried to get the attention off McCain. The crowd then chanted loudly, "U-S-A...U-S-A."

It was a long speech, but he told the nation his life story.

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Below is an article about the speech from the Associated Press:


McCain tells convention, nation he'll bring change

Sep 4, 11:23 PM (ET)

By DAVID ESPO and ROBERT FURLOW

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - John McCain, a POW turned political rebel, vowed Thursday night to vanquish the "constant partisan rancor" that grips Washington as he launched his fall campaign for the White House. "Change is coming," he promised the roaring Republican National Convention and a prime-time television audience.

"Fight with me. Fight with me. Fight with me. Fight for what's right for our country," he said in a convention crescendo.
To repeated cheers from his delegates, McCain made only passing reference to an unpopular George W. Bush and criticized fellow Republicans as well as Democratic rival Barack Obama in reaching out to independents and swing voters who will pick the next president.

"We were elected to change Washington, and we let Washington change us," he said of the Republicans who controlled Congress for a dozen years before they were voted out of office in 2006.

As for Obama, he said, "I will keep taxes low and cut them where I can. My opponent will raise them. I will cut government spending. He will increase it."

McCain's wife, Cindy, and ticketmate Sarah Palin and her husband joined him on stage as tens of thousands red, white and blue balloons cascaded from high above the convention floor.

Unlike Obama's speech a week ago, McCain offered no soaring oratory until his speech-ending summons to fight for the country's future.

But his own measured style left his crowd cheering, and as is his habit in campaign stops around the country, he stepped off the stage to plunge into the crowd after his speech.

McCain's appearance was the climax of the final night of the party convention, coming after delegates made Palin the first female vice presidential nominee in Republican history.

(Pictures are courtesy of the Associated Press and the GOP)


OTHER NEWS
CBS News Poll has McCain and Obama TIED at 42-42

Jimmy Carter attacks McCain's POW time

Jimmy Carter is a nice guy and will always be, but where does he get off attacking McCain's time in Vietnam. Think back and remember Carter's administration. Where does he get off saying this?! Carter was one of our worst presidents in history, not because he was mean, he was a nice guy, it was because he lacked total foreign experience. He didn't know of anything that happened outside of Georgia.

While I am talking about Jimmy Carter, the Democrats are now praising him, even though he had a lousy presidency. It was a good thing that Ronald Reagan came to pick up the pieces. Now regarding experience, which is the talk these days. Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska has had more experience than Jimmy Carter prior to his presidency. Obama keeps talking about Palin's time as mayor in a small town, yet he doesn't talk about Carter's time as mayor in a smaller town in Georgia. Come on!

Jimmy Carter and Barack Obama are one of the same. Both out of touch. Below is the USA Today article about Carter attacking McCain. (Link to article)

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Carter: McCain 'milking' POW time

By Alan Gomez, USA TODAY

DENVER — Former president Jimmy Carter called Republican presidential candidate John McCain a "distinguished naval officer," but he said the Arizona senator has been "milking every possible drop of advantage" from his time served as a prisoner of war in Vietnam.

Carter spoke Thursday with USA TODAY and Gannett News Service reporters before Barack Obama's acceptance speech to cap off the Democratic National Convention. Carter spoke of Obama's challenges facing the lingering effects of racism in the United States and the ability of the Clintons to bring their supporters over to Obama. He decried Connecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman's decision to "abandon" the Democrats by speaking at the Republican convention next week.

Carter, however, focused heavily on McCain. He said he was bewildered by McCain's performance at the Saddleback Presidential Forum hosted by pastor and author Rick Warren in Lake Forest, Calif., earlier this month.

Carter said that whether he was asked about religion, domestic or foreign affairs, every answer came back to McCain's 5½ years as a POW.

"John McCain was able to weave in his experience in a Vietnam prison camp, no matter what the question was," Carter said. "It's much better than talking about how he's changed his total character between being a senator, a kind of a maverick … and his acquiescence in the last few months with every kind of lobbyist pressure that the right-wing Republicans have presented."

Carter said Lieberman, Al Gore's running mate in 2000 and now an independent, had cast his lot with the GOP by deciding to speak at the party's convention.

Lieberman switched his party registration after losing the 2006 Democratic senatorial primary to Ned Lamont, who made opposition to the Iraq war central to his campaign. Lieberman kept his seat and has helped Democrats maintain a 51-49 voting edge.

"I would hope that the Democrats could have enough senators elected in November so that we would not any longer need to include Joe Lieberman among the senators," Carter said.

Carter called Hillary Rodham Clinton's speech at the convention Tuesday "superb" but questioned her for pointing out her accomplishments in some areas and merely saying that Obama shared those concerns.

Carter said former president Bill Clinton's speech Wednesday was "perfect." Carter said the two speeches took pressure off Obama by uniting the party and ensuring that Clinton supporters would support Obama.

Carter cited a USA TODAY/Gallup Poll last week that found 47% of Clinton supporters said they were solidly behind Obama and 30% said they would vote for McCain, someone else or no one at all. "I think that this week has eliminated that disparity," he said.

Carter also spoke of the segregation he saw growing up and said racism is "always a subtle factor" in American politics. He called this November's election possibly the most "momentous, important" U.S. election in the past 100 years, and he was confident that Obama could overcome the racial divide.

But he said race could ultimately be the deciding factor.

USA Today video of Carter interview

A look at Sarah Palin

Sarah Palin is introduced as John McCain's vice presidential choice in Dayton, Ohio. Video is from C-Span via YouTube.

Reuter's news story about McCain's VP Choice Palin

Dr. James Dobson backs Palin choice, McCain

Who is Sarah Palin?
Wikipedia article
Alaska Governor's Office
McCain-Palin Campaign Website

Good Choice for McCain with Palin

In a campaign that has been about "hope" and "change", it was John McCain who picked a candidate that was not a Washington insider. Sarah Palin, the governor of Alaska, is as far outside of Washington as you can be, you have to leave the continental United States (the lower 48) in order to get to the wild frontier of Alaska.

As I have heard today in the media, this is what Palin has done in the past:
*journalist
*mother (hockey mom)
*member of the PTA
*member of Wasilla, AK city council
*Wasilla mayor
*Alaska governor

I am still leaning towards Bob Barr, but this new vice presidential candidate has left me wondering, does John McCain have a chance to beat the messiah? Yes. McCain picked a right person for the job. And, the Hillary Clinton supporters may cross party lines to McCain.

I will have to pay close attention to the G.O.P. Convention this coming week, this McCain-Palin ticket looks pretty good right now. Obama better be worried.

Below is an Associated Press article from Yahoo! News:
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McCain chooses Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin for V.P.

By LIZ SIDOTI and BETH FOUHY, Associated Press Writers
1 hour, 7 minutes ago

DAYTON, Ohio - John McCain picked Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, a maverick conservative with less than two years in office, as his vice presidential running mate Friday in a startling choice as the Republican National Convention drew near.

At a raucous rally in the swing state of Ohio, McCain introduced Palin as the political partner "who can best help me shake up Washington and make it start working again for the people who are counting on us."

Palin, the first Republican woman tapped for national office, promised: "I'm going to take our campaign to every part of our country and our message of reform to every voter of every background in every political party, or no party at all."

"... Politics isn't just a game of competing interests and clashing parties," added the woman who has built her career in large measure by challenging fellow Republicans. "The people of America expect us to seek public office and to serve for the right reasons."

In a fast-developing presidential campaign, McCain made his selection six days after his Democratic rival, Barack Obama, named Sen. Joseph Biden of Delaware, as his running mate.

The contrast between the two announcements was remarkable — Obama, 47, picked a 65-year-old running mate with long experience in government and a man whom he said was qualified to be president.

On his 72nd birthday, McCain chose a 44-year-old running mate who until recently was the mayor of small-town Wasilla, Alaska — and made no claim she was ready to sit in the Oval Office.

His campaign issued a statement saying she was, but even so, it wasn't a point lost on Obama's campaign.

"Today, John McCain put the former mayor of a town of 9,000 with zero foreign policy experience a heartbeat away from the presidency," Adrianne Marsh, a spokeswoman for Obama, said in a written statement.

Unlike Biden, who attacked McCain sharply in his debut last week, Palin was indirect in her initial attempts to elevate McCain over Obama.

"There is only one candidate who has truly fought for America and that man is John McCain," she said as the Arizona senator beamed. McCain was a prisoner of war for more than five years in Vietnam.

McCain trails Obama in the polls among women voters, and Palin moved quickly to remedy that.

She mentioned that she followed in the footsteps of Geraldine Ferraro, who was the Democratic vice presidential running mate in 1984, and referred favorably to Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, who drew 18 million votes in her unsuccessful run against Obama for the Democratic nomination.

"But it turns out the women of America aren't finished yet and we can shatter that glass ceiling once and for all," she said.

Republicans said that McCain hoped to blunt Obama's message of political change with his pick, and it appeared likely she could remove all doubt about her home state in the fall campaign.

Obama has targeted Alaska and its three electoral votes, one of several he hoped to turn competitive in the fall despite its long tradition of voting Republican.

Palin has a strong anti-abortion record, and her selection was praised warmly by social conservatives whose support McCain needs to prevail in the campaign for the White House.

President Bush complimented McCain for "an exciting decision."

"Governor Palin is a proven reformer who is a wise steward of taxpayer dollars and champion for accountability in government," a presidential statement said. "By selecting a working mother with a track record of getting things done, Senator McCain has once again demonstrated his commitment to reforming Washington."

"It's an absolutely brilliant choice," said Mathew Staver, dean of Liberty University School of Law. "This will absolutely energize McCain's campaign and energize conservatives," he predicted.

With his pick, McCain passed over more prominent contenders like Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, as well as others such as former Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Ridge, whose support for abortion rights might have sparked unrest at the convention that opens Monday in St. Paul, Minn.

The timing of McCain's selection appeared designed to limit any political gain Obama derives from his own convention, which ended Thursday night with his nominating acceptance speech before an estimated 84,000 in Invesco Field in Colorado.

Public opinion polls show a close race between Obama and McCain, and with scarcely two months remaining until the election, neither contender can allow the other to jump out to a big post-convention lead.

At 44, she is younger than two of McCain's seven children.

She is three years Obama's junior, as well — and McCain has made much in recent weeks of Obama's relative lack of experience in foreign policy and defense matters.

In its formal announcement, the campaign pointed to her powers as head of the Alaska National Guard and the mother of a soldier herself as evidence that she "understands what it takes to lead our nation..."

McCain has had months to consider his choice, and has made it clear to reporters that one of his overriding goals was to avoid a situation like 1988, when little known Sen. Dan Quayle was thrown into a national campaign with little preparation.

A self-styled hockey mom and political reformer, Palin was mayor of Wasilla, Alaska, population 6,500, until she became governor.

Palin flew overnight to an airport in Ohio near Dayton, and even as she awaited her formal introduction, some aides said they had believed she was at home in Alaska.

She became governor of her state in December, 2006 after ousting a governor of her own party in a primary and then dispatching a former governor in the general election.

More recently, she has come under the scrutiny of an investigation by the Republican-controlled legislature into the possibility that she ordered the dismissal of Alaska's public safety commissioner because he would not fire her former brother-in-law as a state trooper.

Palin has a long history of run-ins with the Alaska GOP hierarchy, giving her genuine maverick status and reformer credentials that could complement McCain's image.

Two years ago, she ousted the state's Republican incumbent governor, Frank Murkowski in the primary, despite having little money and little establishment backing.

She has also distanced herself from two senior Republican office-holders, Sen. Ted Stevens and Rep. Don young. Both men are under federal corruption investigations.

She had earned stripes — and enmity — after Murkowski made her head of the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission. From that post, she exposed ethical violations by the state GOP chairman, also a fellow commissioner.

Her husband, Todd Palin, is part Yup'ik Eskimo, and is a blue-collar North Slope oil worker who competes in the Iron Dog, a 1,900-mile snowmobile race. The couple lives in Wasilla. They have five children, the youngest of whom was born in April with Down syndrome.

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Associated Press Writer Liz Sidoti reported for this story from Denver.

Who is best qualified to be our next president?

After reading up on the issues and reading the campaign websites of Barack Obama, John McCain and Bob Barr, I have come to the realization that Bob Barr is the man who is most qualified to be our next president. I was on the fence between McCain and Barr and after tonight's Glenn Beck Show on CNN Headline News I have chosen who I will vote for in November.

The videos from tonight's Glenn Beck Show are below. Please watch and in the mean time, please read the political campaign websites. Read up and know who you are voting for.

Clinton Supporters Still Upset at DNC Convention

(Video from YouTube.com from CNN)

Ann Price Mills wants experience in the White House and she isn't a lock on Barack Obama. But, she will not vote for John McCain. Could she vote for Bob Barr? Who will the Clinton supporters vote for? Or will they vote at all?

Guess who Biden wanted on 2004 Dem presidential ticket ?

Click this link to find out.

Hint: He is running for president in 2008.

A look at McCain's "The One: Part II" ad

McCain: "The One: Part II" ad

This ad really does nothing to help the McCain Campaign. The people that see this ad are already people who may support McCain or are actual voters who want to see both campaign websites. This ad may be true, but who does it help? It glorifies Obama, but not McCain. Now, Obama may believe he is the messiah or Moses as he is portrayed in the web ad, but it doesn't display the issues. But as I have said before, most Americans don't care what the issues are.


OBAMA POLITICAL HISTORY

Talks about himself not being ready to be president in 2004.


Small-town America clings to guns and religion.


Hillary Clinton's response to Obama's statement about small-town America.

Obama's "New Energy" ad

Click "Play" and listen to Barack Obama's new energy solutions.

Didn't hear a solution? I didn't either. Just talk. Notice the beginning of the ad? John McCain has spent 26 years in Washington. Joe Biden has spent more time. Does that work, anymore?

Listen to the ad again.


Still didn't hear anything. Yep. Obama's new energy policy.

Why wont Obama and McCain talk about the REAL issues?

As much as I love know that Barack Obama and John McCain live in multiple houses, I don't see why this is a political issue.

Then, what is a real issue? Well, I don't know, what about the falling U.S. dollar?! But, really, do Obama and McCain feel the crunch when they purchase something at the store or go to a foreign country and realize that our dollar means zilch? No. They aren't exactly suffering money wise. And add in Joe Biden. Six-terms in the U.S. Senate means that you have a lot of dough and money is no issue.

Prices are on the rise.

But the candidates are more concerned with the number of houses they own.

What's another issue? Oh, I know, the People's Republic of China. The PRC is an emerging communist superpower and we don't care. Another problem? Russia wants to be the Soviet Union again. (And I'm not talking about the Georgia conflict, it's bigger than that.)

And there are many more. But do these two politicians care? Nope. You know why? I do. Most Americans don't care to care. It is that plain and simple. So, wake up! Before the America you know and love is gone.

McCain statements on Georgia conflict

John McCain wants to protect Georgia and he wants something done, unlike Obama's "let's wait for the U.N. to fix it."


(From John McCain Campaign Website)

McCain Statement on Russian Invasion of Georgia

McCain just delivered this statement in Iowa:
Today news reports indicate that Russian military forces crossed an internationally-recognized border into the sovereign territory of Georgia. Russia should immediately and unconditionally cease its military operations and withdraw all forces from sovereign Georgian territory. What is most critical now is to avoid further confrontation between Russian and Georgian military forces. The consequences for Euro-Atlantic stability and security are grave.

The government of Georgia has called for a cease-fire and for a resumption of direct talks on South Ossetia with international mediators. The U.S. should immediately convene an emergency session of the United Nations Security Council to call on Russia to reverse course. The US should immediately work with the EU and the OSCE to put diplomatic pressure on Russia to reverse this perilous course it has chosen. We should immediately call a meeting of the North Atlantic Council to assess Georgia’s security and review measures NATO can take to contribute to stabilizing this very dangerous situation. Finally, the international community needs to establish a truly independent and neutral peacekeeping force in South Ossetia.

(Link to McCain website)


McCain's Statement on Georgia (from RealClearPolitics)
by John McCain
Erie, Pennsylvania

Americans wishing to spend August vacationing with their families or watching the Olympics may wonder why their newspapers and television screens are filled with images of war in the small country of Georgia. Concerns about what occurs there might seem distant and unrelated to the many other interests America has around the world. And yet Russian aggression against Georgia is both a matter of urgent moral and strategic importance to the United States of America.

Georgia is an ancient country, at the crossroads of Eastern Europe and Central Asia, and one of the world's first nations to adopt Christianity as an official religion. After a brief period of independence following the Russian revolution, the Red Army forced Georgia to join the Soviet Union in 1922. As the Soviet Union crumbled at the end of the Cold War, Georgia regained its independence in 1991, but its early years were marked by instability, corruption, and economic crises.

Following fraudulent parliamentary elections in 2003, a peaceful, democratic revolution took place, led by the U.S.-educated lawyer Mikheil Saakashvili. The Rose Revolution changed things dramatically and, following his election, President Saakashvili embarked on a series of wide-ranging and successful reforms. I've met with President Saakashvili many times, including during several trips to Georgia.

What the people of Georgia have accomplished - in terms of democratic governance, a Western orientation, and domestic reform - is nothing short of remarkable. That makes Russia's recent actions against the Georgians all the more alarming. In the face of Russian aggression, the very existence of independent Georgia - and the survival of its democratically-elected government - are at stake.

In recent days Moscow has sent its tanks and troops across the internationally recognized border into the Georgian region of South Ossetia. Statements by Moscow that it was merely aiding the Ossetians are belied by reports of Russian troops in the region of Abkhazia, repeated Russian bombing raids across Georgia, and reports of a de facto Russian naval blockade of the Georgian coast. Whatever tensions and hostilities might have existed between Georgians and Ossetians, they in no way justify Moscow's path of violent aggression. Russian actions, in clear violation of international law, have no place in 21st century Europe.

The implications of Russian actions go beyond their threat to the territorial integrity and independence of a democratic Georgia. Russia is using violence against Georgia, in part, to intimidate other neighbors - such as Ukraine - for choosing to associate with the West and adhering to Western political and economic values. As such, the fate of Georgia should be of grave concern to Americans and all people who welcomed the end of a divided of Europe, and the independence of former Soviet republics. The international response to this crisis will determine how Russia manages its relationships with other neighbors. We have other important strategic interests at stake in Georgia, especially the continued flow of oil through the Baku-Tblisi-Ceyhan pipeline, which Russia attempted to bomb in recent days; the operation of a critical communication and trade route from Georgia through Azerbaijan and Central Asia; and the integrity and influence of NATO, whose members reaffirmed last April the territorial integrity, independence, and sovereignty of Georgia.

Yesterday Georgia withdrew its troops from South Ossetia and offered a ceasefire. The Russians responded by bombing the civilian airport in Georgia's capital, Tblisi, and by stepping up its offensive in Abkhazia. This pattern of attack appears aimed not at restoring any status quo ante in South Ossetia, but rather at toppling the democratically elected government of Georgia. This should be unacceptable to all the democratic countries of the world, and should draw us together in universal condemnation of Russian aggression.

Russian President Medvedev and Prime Minister Putin must understand the severe, long-term negative consequences that their government's actions will have for Russia's relationship with the U.S. and Europe. It is time we moved forward with a number of steps.

The United States and our allies should continue efforts to bring a resolution before the UN Security Council condemning Russian aggression, noting the withdrawal of Georgian troops from South Ossetia, and calling for an immediate ceasefire and the withdrawal of Russian troops from Georgian territory. We should move ahead with the resolution despite Russian veto threats, and submit Russia to the court of world public opinion.
NATO's North Atlantic Council should convene in emergency session to demand a ceasefire and begin discussions on both the deployment of an international peacekeeping force to South Ossetia and the implications for NATO's future relationship with Russia, a Partnership for Peace nation. NATO's decision to withhold a Membership Action Plan for Georgia might have been viewed as a green light by Russia for its attacks on Georgia, and I urge the NATO allies to revisit the decision.

The Secretary of State should begin high-level diplomacy, including visiting Europe, to establish a common Euro-Atlantic position aimed at ending the war and supporting the independence of Georgia. With the same aim, the U.S. should coordinate with our partners in Germany, France, and Britain, to seek an emergency meeting of the G-7 foreign ministers to discuss the current crisis. The visit of French President Sarkozy to Moscow this week is a welcome expression of transatlantic activism.

Working with allied partners, the U.S. should immediately consult with the Ukrainian government and other concerned countries on steps to secure their continued independence. This is particularly important as a number of Russian Black Sea fleet vessels currently in Georgian territorial waters are stationed at Russia's base in the Ukrainian Crimea.

The U.S. should work with Azerbaijan and Turkey, and other interested friends, to develop plans to strengthen the security of the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline.

The U.S. should send immediate economic and humanitarian assistance to help mitigate the impact the invasion has had on the people of Georgia.

Our united purpose should be to persuade the Russian government to cease its attacks, withdraw its troops, and enter into negotiations with Georgia. We must remind Russia's leaders that the benefits they enjoy from being part of the civilized world require their respect for the values, stability and peace of that world. World history is often made in remote, obscure countries. It is being made in Georgia today. It is the responsibility of the leading nations of the world to ensure that history continues to be a record of humanity's progress toward respecting the values and security of free people.

Thank you.

John McCain, a U.S. Senator from Arizona, is the presumptive Republican presidential nominee.

McCain New Campaign Ad: Obama is "The One"

This campaign ad has been criticized by some but it may be somewhat true. Obama can do no wrong. He will bring "hope" and "change" to America.


This video is one of McCain's "attack ads" against Barack Obama. This ad actually makes sense unlike some of his other attack ads where he has no substance.

Now, Obama has said that he is running a clean campaign, but he is attacking, but not through ads. Obama is using his voice in order to attack McCain. This attacking is when Obama says "they will try to scare you" or "he is different" or "he is black" or "he's not like the other presidents on the dollar bills." So, Obama is attacking, but not the traditional way, this is a new way. The way of the future. McCain better pay attention.

The sad thing is that even the McCain ads seem to glorify Obama. McCain better get his agenda across and get some ads about himself rather than his competitor. It's almost as if Obama doesn't need to run ads, McCain is doing that for him and for free.

McCain makes smart and dumb moves

Republican presidential candidate John McCain is doing his best to look smart at one moment and look like an idiot the next.

Let's start with his smart move. Finally McCain accused Barack Obama of playing the race card. Apparently McCain is starting to pay attention to Obama's speeches. It took him long enough. It was fresh meat that he didn't want to grasp his hands on.

Now, lets look at McCain being dumb. Yesterday, McCain pledged to work with Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-San Francisco, Calif.) if elected president. I know he was in San Francisco and was trying to be nice, but still, where is his backbone?!

Oh boy, McCain is trying to lose this election. Let's anger conservatives. Good move, McCain.

Now, I hear that the McCain campaign wants to get another maverick like him to be his vice presidential candidate. I certainly hope not, if that's true, just hand the election to Obama.

I may be rescinding my support to McCain very soon and I just gave him my support earlier today and I hear this. Great job McCain.


In the news:
McCain pledges to work with Pelosi
McCain camp accuses Obama of playing race card

Lesser of Two Evils

I don't like John McCain. I really don't like Barack Obama. And, Bob Barr has no chance.

I'm tired of Obama's scare tactics. I'm tired of the media's love affair with Obama. He can practically do anything and the media will still love him. And the sad thing is that many voter believe what the media says. And if the media loves him, so should I, many voters have that idea.

Whatever happened to the issues as being a part of choosing a presidential candidate. It seems all we hear about is how nice Obama looks, how old McCain looks, how articulate Obama is. I'll tell you one thing, Obama can't speak without a TelePrompTer (and that's the correct spelling).

I'm at the point on choosing who I am going to vote for. Obama wants to socialize this country. That is the decider. It is time to back the "lesser of two evils" candidate. I don't like what I am about to do, but at this point I will back John McCain.

Frankly, I am tired of Obama using the race card. I'm tired of hearing quotes like this:
"Nobody thinks that Bush and McCain have a real answer to the challenges we face. So what they're going to try to do is make you scared of me," Obama said. "You know, he's not patriotic enough, he's got a funny name, you know, he doesn't look like all those other presidents on the dollar bills."

"It's true that change is hard, change isn't easy," Obama said. "Nobody here thinks that Bush or McCain has a real answer for the challenges we face so what they're going to try to do is make you scared about me."

Obama said these quotes in Springfield, Mo., yesterday.

And, remember this quote from Berlin:
"I come to Berlin as so many of my countrymen have come before. Tonight, I speak to you not as a candidate for President, but as a citizen - a proud citizen of the United States, and a fellow citizen of the world.

"I know that I don't look like the Americans who've previously spoken in this great city. The journey that led me here is improbable. My mother was born in the heartland of America, but my father grew up herding goats in Kenya. His father - my grandfather - was a cook, a domestic servant to the British."

What is Obama's plan. Obama always says it is the Republicans who are trying to scare Americans because he is black. I haven't heard that from the Republicans, I've only heard that from Obama's mouth.

Obama is no John Kennedy. John Kennedy would stand up against terrorists and protect this nation. Obama is a cross between Woodrow Wilson and Jimmy Carter and that is not a good thing. Wilson and Carter were presidential pagent girls, "World Peace!"