So if his supporters call Obama a terrorist or shout kill him and McCain says nothing he is encouraging them, and if he stops them from saying it he is erratic?

McCain says Obama should come clean on his ties with Ayers , I agree with this. McCain has never said anything about Obama being muslim or his middle name.

I agree with Dark, do want him to reason with the crowd or let the crowd chant terrorist. Can't have it both way. If anything it should be admired that he has such nice words for "that one".

McCain knows he's not going to win.
All those who have lost have said this.
Except they usually wait until after the election loss to say it.
This is another example of McCain BLOWING the campaign.

BTW - I completely disagree. We have much to fear from an Obama Administration. MUCH.

Originally posted by bknapple32
Wow, this guys is really off the wall.

YEP. Totally.




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When I heard this I went like

The comment had to be made though! But it just leaves confused and I think Sen. McCain and his campaign are doing two different things and McCain either:

1.Do not agree with what his campaign is doing,

2.Don't has control his campaign,

3. Is realizing that he is not going to win the Presidency and is trying to cut the attacks in order to be in good light when Obama takes the White House.

4. Is trying to cut the attacks and refocus on key issues,

5. Trying to control his supporters in this town meetings where words like "terrorist", "traitor", "kill him" and racial slurs are been recorded by TV cameras.

I really never understood the McCain campiagn, is like never really got on track with a cohesive message. First it was reform, that didn't work and they turn to "change" which oviously didn't resonated with the people, then the economy when to crap and he didn't had a message for that and now is ironically "Obama the terrorist" and his core supporters listen to that and now he wants to move away from that also.

Obviously the "Obama is a terrorist" line of his campiagn has been rejected but his ultra-right supporters are not going to let it go so easily, the problem was that Sen. McCain didn't need it to go there, specially now when the people that he is tying to persuade, independant and undecided don't fall for this kind of crap.

Edit to add: I forgot to mention once again the error that was bringing Gov. Palin as his runningmate, a VP running mate is supposed to be there to help you, not to destroy you, I think Gov. Palin for many reasons has completely destroyed the McCain chances, it was too political, a big bet on bringing Hillary Clinton supporters that didn't deliver.

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And which party spokesman would that be?


Obama has a relationship with Bill Ayers, the American People deserve to know what that relationship is and for how long that relationship has existed.

Originally posted by jam321
First, he said ayers was just somebody in the neighborhood. Today he says he knew what he did but thought that ayers was rehabilitated.

Next it will be - 'that's not the Bill Ayers I knew'.
That's what Obama always says with these things.

If association is the issue here, then maybe we are all forgetting who's pastor commited acts of terrorism against a woman who he percieved to be a witch...

...you know, organizing a mob, running her out of town and even shooting her snake.

If it is going to be an important issue to you, then perhaps you should make sure the other side in this election doesn't have their own terrorist association's.

(especially nut-job religious ones...and yes, the act and the mindset that provoked it was 'nut-job')

Go ahead, tell me that isn't terrorism.

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Originally posted by DarkStormCrow

McCain says Obama should come clean on his ties with Ayers , I agree with this. McCain has never said anything about Obama being muslim or his middle name.

You see the issue here is not whether or not Sen. Obama should come clean, the issue is why Sen. McCain wanted all this time to bring this up? Timing is the issue, it reeks of desperation, he now can't control his crowds and most importantly THESE IS NOT THE ISSUE THAT UNDECIDED AND INDENPENDENTS wants to hear about, they want to hear about three things:

1. economy

2. EcOnOmY

3. ECONOMY

What is surprise me is than it this town hall meeting, they let people that are clearly so uneducated get on the mic and say all this ignorant things.

And don't get me wrong both candidates has supporters that are clearly uneducated but apparently Obama knows where to hide his during campaign stops.

For all of you that did not paid attention to the democratic primary. Sen. Obama did already address this issues.

All this things about Ayers, Rev. Wright, if he was a muslim or not, if he use drugs or not, ALL OF IT, and still beat Hillary Clinton.

So why you think he would NOW take the time to answer all this AGAIN, when he is clearly leading in all polls, national polls, state polls. Why? Obviously his message is resonating with the people and the independent and undecided are turning a deaf ear to McCain attacks.

Is not that he wont answer the questions, is that politically he don't need to. In the democratic primary he HAD too answer because it was hurting him politically, here in the presidential election is not.

He did the right thing. Some people are getting carried away. That's what i think he's trying to move away from. He doesn't want that. He's questioning Obama's character because of his ties to Ayers and ACORN. He's not going to get into the whole "Muslim" stuff. He's above that. I generally think McCain is a good man, IMO. He wants to win the election, but he also loves his country. I don't think anyone can doubt that. If things keep up the way they are, it's going to get VERY UGLY.

I know some may say, "What's he doing?" I'll tell you what he did. He drew a line in the sand. He's right in wanting to question Obama's tie to the double A's, but i think he doesn't want it to go farther than that. People shouting "terrorist" really is ridiculous.

I also think...what you just seen was the REAL McCain.

You can call me crazy.....prior to this i was leaning for McCain but was thinking about not voting at all.

He just took my vote.