Naturally, Cheney likes McSame. He will stay the course on all of Bushco's failed policies.

Cheney tells it like it is Mc Cain is head and shoulders above Obama or Clinton.This nation has to remain secure from the War on Terror. Obama is too doveish to protect our children or grandchildren.
He hangs with Weather Underground Terrorist William Ayres,Bernadine Dohren, indicted Tony Rezko,Farrahkan,the Rev. Jeremiah Wright this bunch of loonies could never help us secure our borders and protect our nation.
Frankly Obama is frightening a real tax and spend socialist with a strange set of friends and an agenda that only he knows.! Jerry White, Springfield, IL

When oh when will the Swamp people put a stop to people posting under othre names -- whether they post as John McCain or someone's 401k account? When the Swamp people put an end to the childish nonsense of their Loony Left children?

Naturally, Cheney likes McSame. He will stay the course on all of Bushco's failed policies.

Posted by: JohnD's401k | April 11, 2008 8:20 AM

Talk about flip-floppers. McCain was the scorn of conservatives & many republicans, but now, hey, he's not so bad.

No principles.

Cheney tells it like it is
Posted by: Jerry White | April 11, 2008 8:43 AM

Anybody who hasn't been asleep for 8 years knows Cheney has done anything but tell it like it is. He has lied and fabricated everything. He is the pits. He is the one who cares sooo much about the American people...SO? This is one of those endorsements that McBush would be better off not accepting.

“I just think the single most important issue we're faced with in this election is the future of the republic, national security, global war on terror, et cetera,’’ the vice president continued.

Wrong, Mr. VP.

Out of control deficit, growing unemployment, housing crisis, iminent recession, are the most important issues. The ones that actually affect Americans. We are in a war that most reasonable people know should not have been fought. Had we just finished the job in Afgahnistan and Pakistan (you know, where the people that actually attacked us are) we would not be having the economic crises we are facing today.
Security begins at home. We can sufficiently protect America from within. We do not need to be sacrificng more lives and money for a people (the Iraqi's) who clearly did not want us there, and appear to have no intention of getting there own act together.

Although I am not in favor of Politics as a career, I agree that McCain is the best man for the job at this time. Throughout his adult life, McCain has served his country with integrity. We may not agree with his politics, but we all have to agree he defends his beliefs without wavering. My hopes were dashed this morning when I saw Colin Powell on GMA saying he was happy working with children. I was kind of hoping Colin would consider the VEEP position. In four years he would have been a shoe in as President. Together, McCain and Powell could defeat anyone. Obama is just a smooth talker who says what he is told the people want to hear in the area he is campaigning. And Clinton is just a liar. If she wants to impress me she would have to agree to a stipulated polygraph for the past crimes and deaths surrounding Bill and her.

Well of course McCain towers over Obama, but that's not saying much. What does Obama have to distinguish himself? Well there's a documented history of sucking up to major corporate interests (like big energy; big agriculture; the credit card companies); voting "present" on the important issues in the Illinois Senate; Tony Rezko; Jeremiah Wright; Todd Stroger...

If McCain were standing in a hole he'd tower over Obama. But then so would just about anybody.

God I'm going to miss Cheney Cat. Remember when he made John Edwards look like the snivelling little lawyer that he is? Love or hate him - and I understand why many of you do - you have to respect Cheney's directness. When he's gone it won't exist in politics anymore.

Jerry White:

I don't know how you are allowed to post from the Insane Asylum, but I guess you have to have something to occupy your time. Now take your meds!

God I'm going to miss Cheney Cat. Remember when he made John Edwards look like the snivelling little lawyer that he is? Love or hate him - and I understand why many of you do - you have to respect Cheney's directness. When he's gone it won't exist in politics anymore.

Posted by: Jeff | April 11, 2008 10:14 AM

"snivelling little lawyer.." ?

Remember that two of the people you admire most -- Cheney and GWB -- each would have been snivelling little lawyers if they had not been such snivellingly bad students that snivlleling little law schools wouldn't accept them. GWB, a "Texan," was rejected by UTex Law, which is why they had to buy his way into Harvard Biz.

Besides, Jeff, snivelling little lawyers often come in handy when snivelling little criminals getting into snivelling bits of trouble.

Get used to seeing Senator McCain doing a lot more, changing of his mind, now that he wants to line up the various factions of the Republican party. From the NeoConservatives, where he started, to the homeowners, who are in financial trouble, he will cater to their every whim, at least in the media. Once he is elected, God forbid, he will quickly find excuses, why he can't fulfill his campaign promises. That is the Republican way and if he can find another hot spot, to exploit, he will!! It is all about " the Military-Industrial Complex", as the last good Republican President had warned us, many years ago!!!!
To vote for a Democratic President is to vote for good, honest and compassionate government! To vote for a Republican President is to get more of the same, dishonest, repressive and unAmerican government. The choice is ours, America!
SUPPORT OUR TROOPS, BRING THEM HOME, ALIVE. NOW.

Imagine, a vice president who said we would be greeted with flowers in Iraq - WRONG.

Said the insurgency was almost over in 2005 - WRONG.

Shot an old man in the face - WRONG

Decided the United States should break the Geneva Conventions and torture prisoners - WRONG

Now imagine that vice president is a Democrat. Impeachment anyone?

I like Senator McCain, but he is short on compassion, short on new ideas and short on temper. He would not make a good President, no more than the present one has! They are more preoccupied with an agenda, that limits the American citizens benefitting from its own government. They don't mind giving away our treasure to the corporations, but not to us, the citizens!
That is not good government , that is a very bad form of Republicanism. If you want more of the same, elect Senator McCain. If you want better, more responsive government, elect a Democratic President and Congress!!
SUPPORT OUR TROOPS, BRING THEM HOME, ALIVE. NOW.

Jeff,
Did you like Cheney when he was being direct and said that it would be a "quagmire" to move into Baghdad during the firs Gulf War? Or did you like Cheney when he was being direct and said that we would be greeted as liberators or the insurgency was in its last throes? You call those contradictory statements made by the same man to the same audience admirable and being direct???? I call them lies that have led to the deaths of thousands, sir.

A Blinkin, I admire Cheney for his directness. But you're misinformed, I've never voted for Bush and don't "admire him."

I think he was better than the poke in the eye with a sharp stick to reason that Kerry/Edwards or Gore would've been, but that's about it.
You seem to be implying that what this country needs is more lawyers, Abl. As if we don't produce enough of them that most can't even find jobs after law school, now.

I'm glad that people like McCain and Cheney who come from different walks of life than the "go to law school, sue everyone you can, drive up insurance premiums on everyone, run for congress" path to office that most lawyers take. Sorry if that offends you, but it's the truth.

Yes, everyone needs lawyers (they're the people who read the box top when playing Monopoly) but the question is do we really need so many of them? Is it even good for the legal profession? And also do we need hypocrite class warfare ones like Edwards? I will always be glad that Cheney put him in his place in the Vice Presidential debate. A bigger comeuppance was never needed in modern politics. To this day Edwards hasn't fully recovered from the rhetorical beating that Cheney gave him. And he's supposed to be the one who's the smart, erudite lawyer. You and Edwards should keep telling yourselves that.

McCain wishes he had the knowledge and insight as Obama. Sure, he has served this country, was a POW, in the senate, but that doesn't qualify him to be the best president either. Remember, much of what Cheney's analysis has to do with is -- racism, that;s all he sees.

Cheyne is one of the most vile men in America, wouldnt surprise me to find he met with an "unfortunate accident". If you like this guy, you must have Hitler dolls and Confederate flags hanging at your home. And he ONLY likes Mc-SAME because he plans to take his hand out of Bush's back and put it right up Mc-SAME's. Cheyne is definitely a guy I would like to lace em up with. I would beat the life out of him and when he cried in pain respond with a resounding "SO" like he did the the American public. Dissed you and you still have a lock on his jock...unbelievable.

But you're misinformed, I've never voted for Bush and don't "admire him."

Posted by: Jeff | April 11, 2008 12:22 PM

Then why do you love McSame so much? He and Bush are almost identical in their view of America's future.

By the way, wouldn't Cheney make a great Mr. Potter in a remake of It's a Wonderful Life?

If Republicants think McCain is such a big deal, why didn't they nominate him over Drunken AWOL in 2000? By any objective standard -- experience, ideas, principles, national service -- McCain certainly "towered" over that buffoon.

Since the same flunkies who fawn over McCain now lacked the judgment to see Bush for the incompetent disaster he was and will always be, I think their credibility on the issue is a bit smudged.

Please, you mouth-breathers, everyone knows that McCain is his own man and has been one of the few people in Washington who's been able to say that for his entire political career.

And everyone posting how "intelligent" Obama is needs to tell me how he didn't foresee what a train wreck Toddler Stroger, the man he endorsed for Cook County Board President was going to be. A LOT of other people predicted it.

A Blinkin, what's phony about Edwards's class warfare rhetoric, and why the democratic voters turned it down, is that he speaks of two Americas and claims to look out for the poorer one while owning a gigantic house, getting $300 haircuts and living in the wealthy, aristocratic one.
I don't care where the guy came from or how he made his money. I realize he was not born wealthy but the day is long past when he was not a rich man.
If you're a former US Senator and multimillionaire attorney it's real hard to say you stand up for the little guy, ESPECIALLY when your voting record says you only look out for the trial lawyers associations that put you where you are today. The everyday people who worked for pool companies and hospitals that got laid off from their jobs because their companies lost huge judgements to Edwards in court are working people, too. Where's their crusader?

Where's their crusader?

Posted by: Jeff | April 11, 2008 2:21 PM

How about the people who invested in Enron?

Cheney is a vicious, sick old man.

His views, did he not hold his position, would not be worth reporting.

Isn't it interesting too how "important" this vice president has been?

Vice presidents are usually inconsequential figures, often barely heard from.

But this one has been de facto president behind Bush's silly puppet show.

And I think the press understands that, so he is quoted regularly.

It's amazing that some people still think St. Barak is our saviour when he has his own 'truthiness' problem similar to Hillary's Bosnia sniper fire issue. Specifically, he claimed that he never saw a questioneer that made him look like a far left liberal. He blamed some of his over eager staff members for filling it out. Yet it turned out that he lied and was actually interviewed for his positions on abortion and gun control. He even had his handwritten notes on the questioneer. Can we believe him when he gives us his opinion on Rev. Wright's rants? Can we believe him when he gives us his position on Iraq?

The everyday people who worked for pool companies and hospitals that got laid off from their jobs because their companies lost huge judgements to Edwards in court are working people, too. Where's their crusader?

Posted by: Jeff | April 11, 2008 2:21 PM

Jeff, I'm sure that when your child goes through the absolute agony and terror of being disemboweled by a faulty piece of pool equipment, you'll just laugh it off and send a thank you note to the company that made it, even though it had done the same thing to a dozen children before.

Did you know another child died just this week in a similar acccident? Apparently the award wasn't enough to get the pool comapnies to take notice.

http://www.examiner.com/a-1292970~Abigail_Taylor__girl_whose_injury_led_to_pool_legislation__dies.html

I'm sure you side with the pool company in that case too, and would happily tell the parents that they should just suck it up and not bother the nice pool people about their dead child. After all corporate profits are far more important than the lives and safety of children to scumbags like you.

Children scumbag first
, you're missing the point (as usual). Edwards can't be for both putting companies out of business via litigation and for workers' rights. Workers don't have jobs or rights without employers!
Yes, Edwards might have done some good by holding dirty companies' feet to the fire, but the mass of companies he filed suit against were good companies. You're using the same arguments that favor passion over logic and reason that Edwards used in the courtroom.

It's not in ANY company's best interest to make a defective, dangerous product. A defective product will not only not lead to the profits you suggest these companies make, but it will also lead to them going out of business. The "my children are more important than anything in the world" argument that you and Edwards use tugs more on the hearstrings of specially-selected jurors rather than relying on facts and evidence of negligence. Unfortunately many jurors were swayed by just such arguments rather than the evidence they should be weighing.

Finally, the question remains, how can Edwards be for win-at-all-costs courtroom tactics that take working people's jobs away and STILL be for the blue collar worker? The primary voters gave a resounding answer: He can't.

You folks who support McCain really need to start reading up on the "Maverick." His campaign is run by lobbyists, he voted for the (illegal) Iraq war, he voted against a bill, this past February, to ban the CIA from using torture, he voted for the bankruptcy bill (2005) which was written by credit card companies, he consistently votes against appropriating money for veterans' health care and disability payments, he is confused about Iraq Shiites and Sunnis, and he is ready to commit more U.S. troops and money in an attack against Iran. (There's a lot more, but I'll let you look it up)
He has continually voted FOR corporate interests and against the interests of individual citizens. Please, please do some research before you vote!

Anybody can spin a topic to the benefit of their chosen political leader. A lot of people here have made some inaccurate comments. Throughout history though, Commanders-in-Chief that have served in the US armed forces have proven to be more effective leaders. I personally feel if you have not served this country in the military, you are not entitled to lead this country. Obama, and Clinton are in plain no uncertain terms liars. Neither could tell the truth if their nuts depended on it. Obama is has a gift of gab, saying what you want to hear, but so did Hitler. Clinton has without the title of President led the country for 8 pathetic years. They are both as useless as that peanut farmer from Plains, who now wants to have talks with declared enemies of the US. You guys get real. The US is the only Super-power of the world. We need to stop pussyfooting around though and prove it. After WWII no one dared to tread on the US or her interests and back then there were 5 Super-powers. Stop sending a bunch of spineless idiots that dodged the draft or refused to serve this nation to Washington. Where is Stormin Norman and Patton when you need them?