David S.4:42PMApr 25th 2008

Faye - it doesn't matter whether the ad runs or not. The media attention surrounding it is the GOP's dream.
McCain's half hearted attempts at "stopping" the ad are comical. Knowing he had nothing to do with the ad, he can take the moral high ground and pretend outrage at it.
Let's see how nice McCain plays come this September and October. McCain will run ads (assuming Obama is the nominee) that make the North Carolina ad look like child's play.

Davidg5:46PMApr 25th 2008

Why should they stop running it? It's a free country, at least until President Obama takes over.

marco rios6:15PMApr 25th 2008

El "diamante de Mr Mc.Lobbys" :
El New Yok Times el dia de hoy editorializa acerca de los "legales" pero poco eticos tratos de Mr.Mc.Cain con un sujeto de dudosa reputacion pero mucho dinero:Mr.Diamont.Miles de acres en manos de este comprador de influencias.Negocios oscuros y vergonzosos,a lo largo de casi dos decadas entre el dizque glorioso e intachable candidato Republicano y conocidos comerciantes de influencias.
El pais no es ciego.La prensa decente cada dia fiscaliza a los que,como Mr.Mc.Cain,ostentan un poder que mal usan.
Las persona interesadas en el quehacer nacional hoy somos indignados testigos de la existencia de,una suerte de ENORME ICEBERG,una gigantesca mole destructiva;no allende los mares sino AQUI MISMO.
Vemos,con la ayuda de esos binoculares que da la prensa honesta y seria como la del NYTIMES,las puntas del septuagenario HIELO DESTRUCTOR.
Mr.Mc.Cain no debe pues esperar en la poblacion del pais una ceguera similar a la del tristemente recordado Capitan del TITANIC.Con el capitan que tenemos,estamos permanentemente en alerta.La tripulacion y los pasajeros sabemos que el CLON es tan poco capaz de llevarnos a destino.Cada dia tememos irnos del todo a PIQUE.Y con " Mr.Mc.DIAMONT/perdon Mc.Cain, el riesgo se eleva a la octava potencia.
Asi hoy este buscando lograr distancia de su CLON en el poder;pretenda embaucar a las victimas del KATRINA despues que comploto en el senado tratando de que la ayuda a los damnificados no se aprueve;critique las formas y medios del actual presidente en una suerte de "tirar piedras al techo cuando este es de vidrio",o como vulgarmente se diria "escupiendo al cielo",a Mr Mc Cain lo que le espera a futuro es sucumbir ante los hechos que evidencian UNA LARGA VIDA POLITICA TRAFICANDO INFLUENCIAS.
Enorme ICEBERG,SAVONAROLA IMPENITENTE,sera derrotado por la razon y la decencia

joedenver608:20PMApr 25th 2008

let it run...........race has been issue since the begginning of the election, when black pundits accused bill and hillary of making racial remarks, of which, they never did. In fact, they are doing it again. So... to hell with them, you can't have your black cake and eat it too.......its a terrible thing to say, but affirmative action does not apply here

Starr8:21PMApr 25th 2008

I guess the GOP in N.C. has very little respect for McCain. He's asked them not to air the ad yet they are totally ignoring him. If he can't command respect from his own party, how can he ever expect to lead the country. The N.C. GOP has painted McCain as a clown.

Jaki Baez8:29PMApr 25th 2008

marco rio- if you don't mind- can you tell us in english what you just said. Some of us hispanics are american born and we normally read or speak english. Just kidding- as long as I don't see Obama's name on your writing blog- it is fine with me.Si amigo!?

Pete8:33PMApr 25th 2008

Unlike Obama and Hillary's consistent, politically correct, middle of the road, focus group results, latest poll numbers, play both sides of the street, half heated apologies on various issues John McCain really does have EVERY reason to condem and stop these ads.

With Hillary still in the race it is democrats who are attacking each other so McCain, indeed all Republicans, should take the high road and just WATCH, LISTEN and ENJOY.
Pastor Wright can't seem to stay away from the media. Pastor Wright is the gift that just keeps on giving.
Each time Pastor Wright shows up doing interviews on PBS or giving speeches it costs the GOP NOTHING and puts Obama back on the hot seat. Following Pastor Wright's PBS interview Obama was, today in fact, talking about the Pastor's inflammatory remarks again.

All this is coming from the Hillary contingent of our liberal media and is much more effective than it would be coming from Republicans.

In a "As Democrats, we can bash each other but don't anyone OUTSIDE the Party try it" much of the Pastor Wright controversy is coming from the Hillary contingent of our liberal media and is MUCH more efffective than being labeled a GOP attack as David S contends.

David S is correct that come September/October the gloves will be off. Until then McCain no doubt would like to see these ads in NC stopped. Democrats have gotten increasingly negative as this race goes on.

I believe John McCain genuinely wants to see these ads stopped since Democrats running these ads make them much more effective.
In addition it is much cheaper for the GOP to let Democrats run these ads.
Lastly letting Democrats run these ads will not 'water down' these issues and preserve them for Republicans in September and October.

Pete8:50PMApr 25th 2008

Starr

"...if he can't command the respect of his own party, how can he expect to lead the country. The N.C. GOP has painted McCain as a clown."

Are you serious? Starr have you taken a look at the Democratic party lately?

Democrats were so sure of winning the White House they were falling all over themselves to hold primaries. Florida and Michagan would not conform to DNC policy so their primaries were voided.
Now that Hillary and Obama are in a knife fight in a phone booth we republicans can enjoy all the pissing whinning and moaning that sounds alot like the pissing whinning and moaning following the 2000 election.
God help the democratic party if Florida and/or Michigan are the margin of victory for either canidate.

What nearly everyone agreed was a "slam dunk" election for Democrats just a few months ago, has divided them so bitterly and has been "screwed up" so badly, Democrats may just loose this thing.

Like Iraq, Democrats are working hard to pull defeat from the jaws of victory.

SMALL TOWN GIRL10:41PMApr 25th 2008

If the Press had been more responsible and exposed Obama earlier he would NEVER have won as many states as he did. The media suppressed the information for months and let voters be deceived. They attacked Hilary and puffed up Obama trying to run this election. Then Obama lied about his connections to Wright, Ayers, Rezko, Farrakhan and his wife's comments.

Last time I checked, Florida and Michigan were part of the 50 UNITED States.

Constitutionally, how can you elect a president for the 50 UNITED States with only counting 48 of them?

As for Pelosi, she is getting more obnoxious and acts like a bimbo at times. Remember, she is that "wealthy" woman from San Francisco --- the city where Obama slandered us rural, small-town, blue-collar, bitter Americans, who believe in Jesus Christ.

It is not his color that is turning us off, it is all the baggage and bad judgments in his short career that comes with him. We can't afford "Bone-headed mistakes" and "Mis-speaks" in this troubled world.

EASTCOAST10:53PMApr 25th 2008

James Carville had it right --- the candidates should get together and discuss several issues at hand. SPECIFICALLY, THE VOTERS FROM MICHIGAN AND FLORIDA, who, at this moment will be the best contender against McCain. They need to discuss the patriotism issue, and a number of other issues that relate to the real problems we are facing in this country.

Forget about the pundits and the media, because they are the problem that's causing all this mess.

Obama needs to debate in Indiana and North Carolina. He needs to agree to count Florida and let Michigan re-vote. We have 50 states --- not 48.

Even before all the controversy on Obama started, I was concerned about Obama’s lack of experience. Apparently he is only comfortable reading a speech from a teleprompter. If he can’t think on his feet, we certainly don’t need him pushing the button! Everyone knows Hillary Clinton. Nobody really knows who Barack Hussein Obama is.

COUNT FLORIDA AND MICHIGAN OR McCAIN WILL WIN IN NOVEMBER!

BE CAREFUL WHO YOU VOTE FOR!

DontThinkSo11:35PMApr 25th 2008

Speaking of North Carolina.

A formal endorsement from Edwards and his wife, Elizabeth, potentially could make a difference in that May 6 primary, especially if they decide to go out and campaign aggressively throughout the state during their final days. Both Edwardses remain very popular among the state’s Democratic base.

There have been intriguing hints that both John and Elizabeth Edwards are leaning in favor of Clinton, but they have avoided any formal announcement. John Edwards has declined most interview requests since dropping out of the presidential contest

Still, she and her husband have stopped short of offering any formal endorsement though some of their former campaign aides also seem to be leaning toward Clinton.

Wolf Blitzer

RURAL AMERICAN12:32PMApr 26th 2008

The truth of the matter is that in "Florida", where both Clinton & Obama were BOTH on the ballot, she beat him by 288,167 or 55-33%. Obama did campaign! Count Florida's votes!

In Michigan, four candidates left their name on the ballot.(Dennis Kuchinich, Chris Dodd, Mike Gravel and Hillary). OBAMA PLANNED THE SCENARIO TO REMOVE HIS NAME BECAUSE HE KNEW HE WOULD LOSE. NOW HE WANTS TO COMPLAIN. OBAMA REMOVED HIS NAME---END OF STORY!

In "Michigan" Hillary received 328,151 votes and uncommitted received 216,043. WHY NOT SPLIT THE UNCOMMITTED BETWEEN THE OTHER 5 CANDIDATES INCLUDING EDWARDS, OBAMA, KUCHINICH, CHRIS DODD, AND MIKE GRAVEL AND CALL IT LIKE IT WAS VOTED!

OBAMA AND THE DNC HAVE DESTROYED THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY.

TOO BAD EDWARDS PULLED OUT --- MAYBE WE CAN STILL WIN WITH A CLINTON/EDWARDS TICKET!

GOD BLESS AMERICA!

JimM7:07PMApr 26th 2008

April 24th, 2008 5:07 pm ET
Date and time of post to WWW.cnn.com/caffertyfile

The time and date above is a comment I sent to Jack Cafferty of CNN at his blog,

Essentially the question that JACK asked was: Is Hillary deluding herself if she thinks she can win the democratic nomination.

Below is the comment I posted. And the reason why, is that if you read the comments on his blog 90+% are pro-Obama or ones bashing Hillary Clinton. If you post an anti-Obama remark--it is gone.

After numerous attempts in trying to do so, I posted the following comment. My comment remained on the Blog as the last comment -- #160 for 2 days. And this even after comments were closed for this article. Now it is gone. I guess Jack thinks someone would not keep checking. He has made a mistake.

So now I am posting this comment for the world to see. Maybe now many of you will now know for sure why your comment does not get posted.
Do yourselves a favor, please all go there to this blog and post. You will soon find out that "CNN is not the most trusted name in the news."

MY POST TO JACK CAFFERTY BELOW
============================================================================
No, she is not.

But you are Jack. If you think that you can continue to delete, remove posts, or not allow certain people to post comments that are anti-Obama from your blog, you are mistaken

So here's the deal. If this message is not seen on your blog, I am going to post all over the Internet the substance of this post. It gets so frustrating that someone that is supposed to be in a position of trust would do something like this.

You would make a good dictator. My way is the only way. My opinion is the only opinion. All other opinions do not matter.

In a sense this a betrayal of one of the most important American values–freedom of expression

Nadine9:24PMApr 26th 2008

Hillary and Bill Clinton can’t say anything about Obama because they will be branded racist, but the black community can say anything racial and negative about the Clintons and that is OK. Hillary and Bill throughout their careers, not just when Bill Clinton was President, have done a lot for people of every ethnic background, and very helpful to the black community. Now that a so called “Black” man is running for president, they turn their back on Hillary and Bill. Fortunately, there are some black people, who are very dignified and have not turned on the Clintons. I hate to even mention black, white or others, because we are all Americans, but when I hear that 90% of blacks voted for Obama, I question, who are the racist. Obama is not qualified to be President regardless of his color, black or white or both. I am glad that North Carolina is running the Wright ad, people need to know who Obama is. “You are judged by the company you keep”.

Nadine9:27PMApr 26th 2008

North Carolina should also run an ad about Pastor Wright sermon regarding Hillary Clinton and Bill Clinton, Pastor Wright is a dirty speaker and Obama has not said anything to discredit his pastor or disagree with him regarding the pastor’s fowl, dirty sermon(s). North Carolina, do not stop the ad, you need to do more, let America know you don’t approve of Obama’s judgment. How about posting Obama giving Hillary the “finger” and “shaking dirt off his shoulder” and off his leg. He is not presidential material. Don’t’ give in to pressure Ms Davis.

ReadALLofWright's Interview12:53PMApr 27th 2008

Listen, this is America. White America and all the white pundits: George Will, George and Charlie from ABC, Cokie Roberts, Barbara Walters, etc. you can't demonize Rev. Wright. You have to see the entire interview and put it in proper prospective! Rev. Wright puts it in complete context! It is a shame that the revered media would just play snippets of those sermons! But they left out Rev. Wright and the church family were threatened with bomb threats! Listen to Donna Brazile, she's right on the money! It's time for a change in the White House! It's time for a change in this Country and white people need to get used to it!

ReadALLofWright's Interview12:54PMApr 27th 2008

Listen, this is America. White America and all the white pundits: George Will, George and Charlie from ABC, Cokie Roberts, Barbara Walters, etc. you can't demonize Rev. Wright. You have to see the entire interview and put it in proper prospective! Rev. Wright puts it in complete context! It is a shame that the revered media would just play snippets of those sermons! But they left out Rev. Wright and the church family were threatened with bomb threats! Listen to Donna Brazile, she's right on the money! It's time for a change in the White House! It's time for a change in this Country and white people need to get used to it!

CONCERNEDAMERICAN1:37PMApr 28th 2008

LET THE ADS RUN. OBAMA HAS HAD A FREE RIDE FOR A YEAR. IT'S TIME THE TRUTH CAME OUT.

Obama has run his entire campaign on lies!

WILL THE MEDIA PLEASE START ASKING OBAMA THE TOUGH QUESTIONS? THEIR GOLDEN BOY HAS BEEN SPOON-FED FOR TOO LONG. AMERICANS NEED ANSWERS NOW---WE NEED TO KNOW THE TRUTH---BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE. I NO LONGER TRUST BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA!

Where is the evidence that Obama is such a great uniter? So far, he has “divided “Americans along:

1. racial lines
2. gender
3. young vs. old
4. working class vs. elites
5. patriots vs. American terrorists

How many groups are left to offend?

VOTE HILLARY 2008!

PROUDAMERICAN1:55PMApr 28th 2008

Obama can only blame himself for his problems. His cry-babying won't change the facts. Obama was the first person to play the race card --- after Jeremiah Wright's rants of “God Damn America” in a church of God were finally released to all citizens.

Obama's mother was a white Atheist American; his father was a black Muslim Arab. He has sold himself as an African-American, which is another lie. He only mentioned his white heritage after he got into trouble. He donates money to and supports an anti-American, anti-white, anti-Jew, and anti-Israel church. Does he know who or what he is?

The question is: Who is Barack Hussein Obama?

The answer is: Nobody knows.

Be careful who you put in charge of our country.

CAROLINA7:51PMApr 28th 2008

A RADICAL ANTI-AMERICAN IS A “RADICAL ANTI-AMERICAN”. You can fool some of the people some of the time. But, you can't fool all of the people all of the time.

OBAMA HAS BASED HIS ENTIRE CAMPAIGN ON "LIES"!

I AM SICK OF BEING CALLED RACIST JUST BECAUSE I DO NOT SUPPORT OBAMA... Not every American believes Obama is the best choice for a variety of reasons and we are all entitled to support whomever we wish, including his supporters.

Obama is a "UNITER" all right. He has certainly united the most hateful group of supporters I have ever seen.

CLINTON or MCCAIN '08 = Experience DOES Matter!