I'm sure that calling Obama a terrorist or blaming him for 9/11 or whatever the neocons are ranting about this week will make the woman whose 401(k) lost 80% of its value this year feel a whole lot better.

Please, McCain, go on the attack. Please.

Start?

Seriously, if going full bore negative, and ignoring the issues or challenges is a winning game plan, then we as Americans deserve what we get.

At what point did they stop making personal attacks? Honestly, I don't remember seeing a McCain add that WASN'T an attack other than the 'Real Maverick' nonsense.

The Obama one I keep seeing is just him talking to the camera.

This is bad news... for Obama.

kronicfeld: Start?

This, and ...

Rascal King: Honestly, I don't remember seeing a McCain add that WASN'T an attack

...this. At what point was McCain running an honest, issues-based campaign? So far it's all been "ZOMG SECRET MUSLIM TERRIST!!!1111!"

Hopefully the truth about his two black babies will come out now. The librul MSM has kept that story under wraps for far too long.

If only Obama would have joined McCain at numerous town halls!

The interesting part here is that McCain theoretically wanted to campaign on the issues, but that didn't work because, as it turns out, he wasn't what experts call "correct" or "reasonable". Maybe this will help the American electorate see through his bs.

This is yet another hail mary pass. It may connect for a TD, but when you're already down 40 points what does six matter?

Rascal King: At what point did they stop making personal attacks? Honestly, I don't remember seeing a McCain add that WASN'T an attack other than the 'Real Maverick' nonsense.

The Obama one I keep seeing is just him talking to the camera.

I'm in Massachusetts. The ONLY political ads I have seen are for the gubernatorial race. For New Hampshire.

YAY for the straight talk express
or politics as usual
or whatever he is calling his campaign today

no wait, isnt he calling the candidate for change?
wait, wasn't that already taken?

namatad: YAY for the straight talk express
or politics as usual
or whatever he is calling his campaign today

no wait, isnt he calling the candidate for change?
wait, wasn't that already taken?

Where have you been? They are the mavricks.

floor9: kronicfeld: Start?

This, and ...

Rascal King: Honestly, I don't remember seeing a McCain add that WASN'T an attack

...this. At what point was McCain running an honest, issues-based campaign? So far it's all been "ZOMG SECRET MUSLIM TERRIST!!!1111!"

But...but....Obama did like 3 negative things to McCain's 9999 negative things. THEY ARE EXACTLY THE SAME!!

In fact, somehow, Obama is WORSE!!

The McCain campaign is spitting in the face of the people in this country, and some idiots are asking for more.

kronicfeld: Start?

This. What change would be taking place?

This business will get out of control. It will get out of control and we'll be lucky to live through it.

ExJerseyGirl: Rascal King: At what point did they stop making personal attacks? Honestly, I don't remember seeing a McCain add that WASN'T an attack other than the 'Real Maverick' nonsense.

The Obama one I keep seeing is just him talking to the camera.

I'm in Massachusetts. The ONLY political ads I have seen are for the gubernatorial race. For New Hampshire.

I'm in Delaware, which is technically all sewn up, but our TV comes from Philly for the most part. Consider yourself lucky.

DamnYankees: This. What change would be taking place?

Well, he's taking his one positive ad out of circulation and replacing it with a negative ad. So now it'll will all McCain's ads being negative and not just all except one.

If Obama would just lose like he's supposed to, McCain could still be an honorable man.

He made Hillary Clinton lose any shreds of a good reputation that she had by trouncing her and making her flail wildly against him, and now he's doing it to McCain. What a jerk.

Hollie Maea:

If Obama would just lose like he's supposed to, McCain could still be an honorable man.

He made Hillary Clinton lose any shreds of a good reputation that she had by trouncing her and making her flail wildly against him, and now he's doing it to McCain. What a jerk.

Nicely put.

"McCain's only positive commercial, called "Original Mavericks," has largely been taken off the air, according to Evan Tracey of the Campaign Media Analysis Group, which tracks political ads."

Maybe they've decided to yank the commercial because of Biden's thorough trashing of the idea of "mavericks" during the debate:

BIDEN: I'll be very brief. Can I respond to that?

Look, the maverick -- let's talk about the maverick John McCain is. And, again, I love him. He's been a maverick on some issues, but he has been no maverick on the things that matter to people's lives.

He voted four out of five times for George Bush's budget, which put us a half a trillion dollars in debt this year and over $3 trillion in debt since he's got there.

He has not been a maverick in providing health care for people. He has voted against -- he voted including another 3.6 million children in coverage of the existing health care plan, when he voted in the United States Senate.

He's not been a maverick when it comes to education. He has not supported tax cuts and significant changes for people being able to send their kids to college.

He's not been a maverick on the war. He's not been a maverick on virtually anything that genuinely affects the things that people really talk about around their kitchen table.

Can we send -- can we get Mom's MRI? Can we send Mary back to school next semester? We can't -- we can't make it. How are we going to heat the -- heat the house this winter?

He voted against even providing for what they call LIHEAP, for assistance to people, with oil prices going through the roof in the winter.

So maverick he is not on the important, critical issues that affect people at that kitchen table.

The word "maverick" was not used in the debate after that.

At this point, it seems to me, McCain has two paths to victory:

1. Terrorist attack/Israel invades Iran/etc. and Americans get all scared and vote for the hawk.

2. Americans get scared of electing a black man. While McCain probably won't bring him up by name, expect the myriad of "Republican strategists" that populate the cable news shows to talk about Rev. Wright over and over and over again.

Hollie Maea: He made Hillary Clinton lose any shreds of a good reputation that she had by trouncing her and making her flail wildly against him, and now he's doing it to McCain. What a jerk.

McCain thought he was getting the Creed/Balboa fight from Rocky. Instead, he's getting the Creed/Balboa fight from Rocky II. Ain't gonna be no rematch.

And on MSNBC, just now, a GOP strategist mentioned Obama's association with "an unrepentant terrorist".

floor9: kronicfeld: Start?

This, and ...

Rascal King: Honestly, I don't remember seeing a McCain add that WASN'T an attack

...this. At what point was McCain running an honest, issues-based campaign? So far it's all been "ZOMG SECRET MUSLIM TERRIST!!!1111!"

^All of this.

Sweet, McCain in desperate attack mode for Tuesday's debate should be an epic fail.

They want to turn the page on the financial crisis and get back to painting Obama as a liberal? Good luck with that.

LeroyLeroy: Sweet, McCain in desperate attack mode for Tuesday's debate should be an epic fail.

That's something I don't understand. There was near universal disapproval of his behavior during the first debate. What the hell makes his Campaign think kicking the anger/attacks up to 11 is the right solution?

Shrugging Atlas: That's something I don't understand. There was near universal disapproval of his behavior during the first debate. What the hell makes his Campaign think kicking the anger/attacks up to 11 is the right solution?

LOUD NOISES! ANGRY OLD MAN! MCCAIN SMASH!

Three Crooked Squirrels: And on MSNBC, just now, a GOP strategist mentioned Obama's association with "an unrepentant terrorist".

And I bet that we will have yet another green thread about this 'mysterious terrorist' at some point today.

So, where are all the Fark parrots screaming/defending McCain that Obama made him go down the negative route for the first time and exclaiming how Obama went negative first?

I would like to laugh at the desperation and flailing of the Straight Maverick Talk Bipartisan Change POW Express.

I would like to, but knowing the brain dead moronic full retard residents of this country, unfortunately, this tactic will work.

Cannot wait for President Donchaknow

It looks like the U.S. is on the brink of getting somebody COMPETENT in the White House for a change.

If the terrorists were smart and really understood Americans, they would start sending suicide bombers to protestant churches and airports in the midwest states right now. Maybe start shooting up school buses full of kids.

ANYTHING to get Americans to panic enough to vote McCain. That's the only way to be sure our remaining resources will be poured into attacking Iran instead of being used to actually go after them.

hillbillypharmacist:

Now that's funny.

/Now we just have to send Palin to the Derek Zoolander Center For Kids Who Can't Read Good And Wanna Learn To Do Other Stuff Good Too

What is this old man doing? What a failure.

hillbillypharmacist: I don't know WTF that has to do with this thread, but it's pretty damn funny.

Great, so now everybody is going to bring up the same 50 tired arguments that have already been debunked and thrown to the side.

Awesome.

I'm sure calling Obama a racist unchristian scary black guy with ties to terrorists will win over the independents like never before

bulldg4life: Great, so now everybody is going to bring up the same 50 tired arguments that have already been debunked and thrown to the side.

Awesome.

I'm sure calling Obama a racist unchristian scary black guy with ties to terrorists will win over the independents like never before

stop assuming people are intelligent, do their research, and don't buy fox news at face value. Sorry, I know it kinds of makes you loose all faith in the world but hey cynicism is fun!

NeverDrunk23: Three Crooked Squirrels: And on MSNBC, just now, a GOP strategist mentioned Obama's association with "an unrepentant terrorist".

And I bet that we will have yet another green thread about this 'mysterious terrorist' at some point today.

So, where are all the Fark parrots screaming/defending McCain that Obama made him go down the negative route for the first time and exclaiming how Obama went negative first?

Maybe they are too busy trying to defend Palin's "honor" this morning?

This is bad news...

For the country.

I heard Obama is going to force women to have late term abortions and implement a dead fetus tax.

I also heard Obama wants to waste tax money by spending it on helping Americans with things like education and healthcare instead of using it to fund wars and hire private no bid contractors to rebuild countries we've destroyed.

bulldg4life: I'm sure calling Obama a racist unchristian scary black guy with ties to terrorists will win over the independents like never before

Like never before... Very accurate. Since he (McCain) has not won over the independent vote. At least not real independents (not including people who pretend to be independent because they're ashamed to be Republicans).

floor9: ..this. At what point was McCain running an honest, issues-based campaign?

Uh, John McCain is 100% absolutely truthful. Just ask him.

Start?

zedster: stop assuming people are intelligent, do their research, and don't buy fox news at face value. Sorry, I know it kinds of makes you loose all faith in the world but hey cynicism is fun!

for some reason, your post reminded me of this screencap from fox yesterday


/has several loose friends

Is that the sound of an aria I here?

So the same attacks Hillary used that blew up in her face? ha.

Meanwhile, Obama is coming out hard against John McCain's health care tax and push toward individual plans (which will hurt people who have a health history like John McCain and could never get an individual plan in a million years).

The difference in tone... striking.

Sounds more to me like they don't think they've got a snowball's chance in hell (remains to be seen for sure) of the AK Supreme Court stopping the troopergate investigation from wrapping up on 10/10/08.

Ah, of course. The typical response of a cornered animal.

Two Dogs Farking: hillbillypharmacist:

Now that's funny.

/Now we just have to send Palin to the Derek Zoolander Center For Kids Who Can't Read Good And Wanna Learn To Do Other Stuff Good Too

Agreed...awesome.

Riche: It looks like the U.S. is on the brink of getting somebody COMPETENT in the White House for a change.

If the terrorists were smart and really understood Americans, they would start sending suicide bombers to protestant churches and airports in the midwest states right now. Maybe start shooting up school buses full of kids.

ANYTHING to get Americans to panic enough to vote McCain. That's the only way to be sure our remaining resources will be poured into attacking Iran instead of being used to actually go after them.

I can certainly guess there will be more Timothy Mcvay style attacks on the US from religious nuts from the US. Bombing of abortion clinics, etc... People at work are starting to conclude that McCain is going to lose and Obama is going to take all their guns.

"I hope somebody kills that N*gger" - has been said outside during break already. I can't even image what they are saying at home or at the local pub. I have not heard this tone from any Obama supporter about McCain if he won. Keep it classy guys.

Psychotropic: I heard Obama is going to force women to have late term abortions and implement a dead fetus tax.

I also heard Obama wants to waste tax money by spending it on helping Americans with things like education and healthcare instead of using it to fund wars and hire private no bid contractors to rebuild countries we've destroyed.

I heard that too. We need to put a stop to this.