Politics and the Media: How desperate is John McCain?

He doesn't need to be psychic, "they" are already saying these ugly things. I know you've seen many of the posts right here on myLot where members have posted one after another after another of these viral e-mail forwards implying Obama is everything from the anti-Christ to a terrorist! "They" keep emphasizing his middle name "Hussein" as if it had anything to do with anything. "They" say he's not black enough right after "they" say he'll only care about blacks if he gets elected. "They" accuse him of being a Muslim, as if that along made someone a bad person but in the next breath "they" talk about his long time Christian pastor. The only mistake Obama made was in saying what they're "going" to say because they've already BEEN saying it. Annie

Go Annie!!

Annie, I'm not talking about emails and the internet, I'm talking about responsible campaigning, live and in person by the two candidates. I have seen snippets of Obama's race baiting speech on the news so many times that I can quote parts of it..."they'll try to make you afraid of me...they will say that I have a funny name...they will say that I don't look like the other presidents on the dollar bill...oh, and did I mention that he's black?". The lead in to these remarks mention the Republicans, not the internet or email, so in all of the instances that he's used these words, he's never once stated that he's referring to emails. He's telling people what John McCain is "going" to say about him so how can anyone not see that as wrong? Just like the most recent tv spot I've seen which mentions how he will put $1,000.00 in our pockets by charging an exise tax on big oil. If people just say "Oh goody!" and don't pay attention, they're going to be in for a big disappointment because this will never happen. You can't pick one industry and slap a huge tax on it alone just 'cause you feel like it. It's unconstitutional and will never even make it through Congress, much less the courts where big oil will tie it up in litigation for years. I'm not for one candidate or the other. A president is more than a man so I don't really care how he looks or how old he is. He's a leader so I'm listening and paying attention to what both candidates are saying and I think that everyone needs to do that. Don't take what either one of them says at face value.