Georges Chancy11:24AMAug 7th 2008

What about other comments by his own party lately? His own mother told us to pinch our nose if we were to take him as President? She also said labelled his ad with Britney and Paris as "Very Stupid".
I am not worried at all! It will be fun to quote Mitt Romney when he is picked for the Vice-President spot.

Stella11:26AMAug 7th 2008

Well, finally the truth imerges its beautiful little head. John McCain is a maverick, and is the finest example of a leader that CAN work across party lines. He will be a real breath of fresh air in the White House.

BEST MAN FOR THE JOB11:39AMAug 7th 2008

MCCAIN IS A VERY SICK MINDED MAN. SICK AS HIS ADS REVEAL. TO BE PITIED. HE WILL BE HIS OWN UNDOING!

WILMA11:47AMAug 7th 2008

WITH THE HOUSE AND SENATE CONTROLING ALL.. WE NEED MCCAIN TO HELP BALANCE THE ACTIONS.

mahalapril11:50AMAug 7th 2008

Just mention Trinity church, Rev.Wright,Pelger,Farrakhan,Ayers.Wright ia anti-America,anti-white and anti-military.If Obama and his wife went to the racist sermons of trinity church for 20 years won't you think that they believe in the feelings and sentiments of these racists,American terrorist Ayers and corrupt businessman Rezco.You can clearly know what the Obama's believe when Michelle stated that America is a mean country and the unpatriotic 'For the first time in my life I am proud to be an American'. Tell how you interpret that.

Georges Chancy11:50AMAug 7th 2008

Breath of fresh air? The air is not that fresh if you have to pinch your nose to breath. Twenty-six years in the Senate and still blindly spousing everything Bush stands for while rejecting your own belief is not that refreshing; using Carl Rove's negative, dishonest, cynical tactics is not at all refreshing. If we really want fresh air, Obama is the OXYGEN TANK.

robert11:51AMAug 7th 2008

if you listen to the soros libs and daily kosers you would think obama was 20 points ahead in the polls---but he isn't -- that's becuase america is on to him---the self proclaimed chosen one---the "we are the ones we have been waiting for" one---the BIGGEST PHONY i have ever seen in politics and since i am 56--that it's saying a lot

Kit11:54AMAug 7th 2008

I am a dem voting for McCain and I think the ad is brilliant. The point of this election is to WIN! McCain lures the Reagan Democrats, the Independents, The disenfrancised women over 40, how can it go wrong? Mr Tommy, you are out of touch with MAINSTREAM America. Ask any white woman over 40.

Freddy Vicente11:54AMAug 7th 2008

GO MCAIN!! WE DO NOT NEED A PERSON IN THE WHITE HOUSE WITH TIES TO RACISTS, BIGOTS, ISLAMIC TERRORISTS AND DOMESTIC TERRORISTS. OBAMA IS A DANGER TO THIS COUNTRY!

Kit12:03PMAug 7th 2008

I am reading the comments and the ignorance of the facts amazes me. Obama is a far far left politician, congress is democrat, but not marxist! McCain will reach across the aisle for genuine PROGRESS. Please people, real Real Clear Politics on the web, it gives an unbiased view of the election with many articles drawn from all across the country. Stop sounding misinformed and just plain stupid. I am a dem voting for McCain and it's Dems like Obama and Pelosi who drove me to that conclusion.

FOXYLYNX12:04PMAug 7th 2008

HILLARY WAS RIGHT ON - SIGNED A "TYPICAL WHITE WOMAN"

BEST MAN FOR THE JOB12:05PMAug 7th 2008

McCain is not a breath of fresh air his is TOXIC and UNSTABLE. Obama is stoic, a breath of FRESH air and stable. He hasn't melted yet under the heat like McCain has.
WHAT SOME REPUBLICANS THINK ABOUT MCCAIN'S BEING UNSTABLE:
(Some) have outright rejected the idea of a McCain nomination and presidency, warning that his tirades suggest a temperament unfit for the Oval Office.

“The thought of his being president sends a cold chill down my spine,” Sen. Thad Cochran (R-Miss.), also a senior member of the Appropriations panel, told the Boston Globe recently. “He is erratic. He is hotheaded. He loses his temper and he worries me.”

A former colleague says McCain’s abrasive nature would, at minimum, make his relations with Republicans on Capitol Hill uneasy if he were to become president. McCain could find himself the victim of Republicans who will not go the extra mile for him on legislative issues because of past grievances.

I AGREE!

Kit12:11PMAug 7th 2008

Tommy, Hillary won't be Obama's VP unless she knows he will be disqualified. Obama has taken illegal campaign contributions and was probably born in Africa instead of Hawaii. His Birth Certificate on his website is FAKE. Even if he was born of a citizen, he is not a NATURAL BORN CITIZEN. The Obama campaign is working furiously to keep this under wraps. Check it out!! The truth will come out and Hillary is not going to hitch her balloon to his wagon unless she gets the nomination from his dimissal. End of Story. McCain '08!!

tzada12:17PMAug 7th 2008

Good Ad .....

JT1:06PMAug 7th 2008

I loved your article especially when you said "John McCain has sold his soul and embraced policies that he knows are wrong, like the Bush tax cuts, just to gain support from the conservative base. He has courted the endorsements of those he once called "agents of intolerance." His Maverick past only brings his pandering present into sharper relief."

John McCain pull these antics because he is a follower. HE IS NOT A LEADER.
He makes his comments based on what Barack Obama says or does. He doesn't make any decisions until Senator Barack Obama makes his decisions. McCain campaign ads and messages are based on what others have said. Again, following not leading. His political antics have been based on the previous Senator Hillary Clinton's actions. Again, following not leading. His policitical decisions are based on going negative on whatever Senator Barack Obama says. Again, following not leading.

McCain may get elected because Obama is over scrutinized and McCain is not scrutinized enough - sounds like a fantastic deal. Four more years of bush antics, though at a slower pace and with less emotion. Our nation is at a crossroads. We have to make a decision at some point to break away from bush or stay the same.

I will never forget as long as I live the negativity that followed Senator Barack Obama's trip abroad. He was being a leader and peacemaker, spreading peace and drawing crowds even Americans abroad. Yet, John McCain and many commentators sowed discord, bitterness and hatred toward him although we also have Americans abroad.

Obama is disrespected when he should be respected and admired. Again, I will never forget America's behavior toward Senator Barack Obama, other countries and fellow Americans when he went abroad.

It is not the number of years in senate; but the fruit.

It is not what you did years ago; but what are you doing today.

Obama has presidential leadership abilities, an organizer, and can draw large crowds. He is more than a speaker. Professionaly, he seeks wise counsel and surrounds himself with people who are experts in their field. These experts helps give Obama constructive information that will help him to make wise decisions to run our country.

I love America. We don't need the same old routine. It is time for a change.

It is ironic when I hear others talking about Obama not being 10 points ahead. With all the negativity, it is surprising that he is where he is in the ratings. Why not ask, "Why isn't John McCain more than 10 points ahead since he is suppose to be the maverick and 'Straight Talk Express'?" McCain is dishonest and a liar. He will do anything to win at any cost.

It is time for a change. This is a new day and we need young blood.

Barack is older that President Clinton when he became President.

I sense a lot of jealousy among the older leaders. Obama is brilliant. His gifts are making room for him.

Diana1:21PMAug 7th 2008

It's an effective ad, but too bad that "maverick", whom even I admired, no longer exists....not since McSame lodged his head firmly up W's....armpit (thinking of that one photo) regarding the War, his tax cuts for the wealthy, flipping on his own immigration reform legislation, campaign finance, going against embryonic stem cell research and several other policy positions which were also the casualties of his efforts to pander to the GOP's conservative base. And this is not to mention the flipping he's done during this GE campaign like lauding Obama's(Hillary's) 16-month timetable to get out of Iraq, for instance.

http://www.democrats.org/page/content/mccaindebates/

Stella.....sorry, but I wouldn't hold my breath if I were you.

Kit......he has; he lives with one.

BTW--great photoshopping job, T. Now you've got me singing "Take My Breath Away". Thanks a lot.

Mike Crowley1:34PMAug 7th 2008

With the election less than 90 days away, Obama is still trying to pursuade us that he is a PATRIOT and that he is NOT a NUTCASE. Also that he is not an anti-white, anti-Jewish and anti-religious bigot. His constant gaffes are not helping.

Lucien BONNET1:43PMAug 7th 2008

RE:
McCain's New Hillary-Powered 'Maverick' Ad
By Tommy Christopher
Aug 7th 2008 10:55AM
Filed Under:eHillary Clinton, Ads, John McCain, Iraq, 2008 President
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AND RE:

mr. bonnet-

I'm writing to express my gratitude to you for putting your letter to
carl sagan on the message board of Wired magazine's article on the
recent rumors of life or no life on mars. It was an illuminating piece
to say the least - your enlightened perspective of non-dualistic
reality is an inspiring reminder for those of us who's daily mental
processes could use a good wake u p call. The state of mind your words
evoked is one I usually experience in meditation - where the seer and
the seen, the subject and object, reveal themselves to be one and the
same. Thank you again for offering your keen observation in a format
for the aware and unaware alike to get a glimpse of.
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TANK YOU FOR WELCOMING ME
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NEW LETTER TO SENATOR BARACK OBAMA

Laval, August 6, 2008

SENATOR OBAMA,

"It is in adversity", I was going to say in "darkness", that one recognizes true friends.

Energy of the Sixties tested, confronted by Todays's Energy crisis, what does Science hold for us in this field at the crossroad of the third millennium?

Each of us should express solidarity, according to his means.

My contribution, apparently futuristic, refers, Senator Obama, to an inexhaustible source of energy, which one should tame now.

In a book with limited publication, translated in English for the needs of the cause, entitled "BILL A RI And There Was Light", addressed during his last American election campaign to President Bill Clinton who acknowledged having received it, I dared to tackle this subject.

It's like to say to you, Senator Obama, that in the exceptional circumstances in which we live today - in the point of view of energy - no exploration in the mid or long term, by the american expertise , of an additional source of energy, at the same time safe and profitable, should not be ruled out.

There is no witchcraft at all involved in all that, Mister Obama. In spite of my Haïtian ascent and my carefully phrased remarks. It is undoubtedly so when a taboo should be broken through. A taboo of magnitude, Sir, I admit it. A "scientific" taboo, seldom encountered.

" The taboo arises as a negative categorical imperative," affirms Roger Caillois.

It is not saying little. Especially when it is a question of adequately correcting the theory of Newton on light and colors.

However, at the dawn of the twenty first century, to denounce this taboo, to reverse it, should I say, what an asset! Moreover, at the same time the multiple taboos grow blurred which surround another phenomenon of the highest scientific range, the well known phenomenon under the abusive name of "Black Holes", synthesis of light and colors. Indeed Newton, in good faith undoubtedly in his time, really reversed the interpretation of the phenomenon of light. He took the part for the whole ! So much and so well that today like yesterday, the visible appears so much more tempting. Physicists say it: "ninety to ninety nine percent of the matter of the universe is made up of a dark matter, invisible, which generates, propels and surrounds the visible, like the sea surrounds the continents". Scientists such as Stephen Hawking affirm it. The Hubble Telescope confirms it. But theoretical Optics is stagnant.

My intervention, here, Senator Obama, would mean that. It is possible to use another form of energy. By decoding the Black Matter. Without a play on words. Theoretically initially. While "returning the elevator to Newton" - without a play on words. By the Act which consists in making an AMENDMENT TO THE LAW OF NEWTON ON LIGHT AND COLORS.

Presently, why should we take the result instead of the cause?

— Objectively and in a pragmatic way, by a new synthesis.

Consequently, what a liberation !

At the threshold of the third millennium, let light live, invisible by synthesis, visible by analysis !

"Synthesis and analysis are two wings of the same bird, the rythm of the universe's heartbeat, tamed inside the infinitely small having mass. Successively contracted and deployed. In the benefit of humanity."

"One small step for Man, one giant leap for Mankind" -I also said myself - in " BILL A RI and there was light !... "

Unfortunate, yes, but how much a convenient Energy crisis if I dare say, which invites us to explore other avenues, other concepts and, therefore, other resources so far neglected.

Invitation to go from the invisible to the visible and vice versa. Taking advantage of the sequence of colorless and colored luminous speeds. In order to better understand the Universe. Where Law and Order prevail. Just like in Democracy !

Energetic formula with a unique character !

In the name of Science and Technology, vapor is being reverse !

A winning formula !

In The United States Of America.

By The United States Of America.

For The United States Of America and abroad !

With you today, Senator Obama, I repeat this sentence - since 1972 and 1978 - that is to say forty years old, but always, in my opinion, carrying the same message that I wish more and more positive for the years to come, in the third millennium, as I said since 1972 and on April 10, 1978, in a Letter to Doctor Carl Sagan:

"On the cosmic scale as on the terrestrial scale, darkness or blackness forms an integral, sine qua non part, of color and light pocess".

Is it still broad daylight
in the shadow of the black sun?

Yours truly,
Lucien BONNET
In "Bill A Ri And There Was Light!"
http://www.contact-canadahaiti.ca

Clay2:09PMAug 7th 2008

I think this the best ad I have seen by McCain yet. It may piss off the right, but let's face it, the far right is going to vote for McCain over Obama without question. Elections are won with votes from independents and moderates. The middle wants a President who can work with both parties to solve our nation's problems. This ad shows that even Democrats believe McCain is the man for this job. This ad more than any other appeals to this middle. Let me ask one question, could Obama run the same ad with high profile republicans showing equal praise for him.

The answer is why Obama won't be the right choice for the middle and why he will lose the election.

Hate Bush Tactic Doesn't Stick To McCain2:14PMAug 7th 2008

Tommy, Tommy, Tommy...You should pick fights that you can win.
The tactic of labeling John McCain as "Bush's 3rd Term", is all wet, as demonstrated not only by the comments of these Democratic BigWigs, but even more so by McCain's record of bipartisan compromise.
Obama, is at best, a "Celebrated Orator".
John McCain is a LEADER.
John McCain is a lifelong servant to the people of the United States.
Obama serves only himself, and his FAR FAR AWAY LEFT WING ANTI-AMERICA/ANTI-WHITE/ANTI-CHILD/PRO-CRIMINAL/PRO-FREAKSHOW/PRO-ISLAM AGENDA.
Your argument that the Hillary Ad is somehow open to interpretation or counter attack is completely devoid of logic, or reality.
The statements speak for themselves.