McCain was not Republican enough in 2000, but Bush was. In 2008, after eight years of Bush pain, McCain is either Republican enough now, or the Republican Party has miraculously become self rejecting and now realize they need more Democrat support to effect change. Somehow I doubt that is what the Republican grassroots intend.

Bob Thomas

McCain is not ready, and he never was.
He is out of touch with reality, and sides with Bush.
That means more of the same mess we have had for eight years.
No one in their right mind wants that!

Conviction, and not convolution, is critical to sound judgement and true leadership....

....Peace....

In light of the fact that Gov. Sarah Palin has yet to avail herself to the press at large (per the behest of the McCain campaign), as well as the fact that the McCain/Palin campaign today sought to have an "editorial presence" barred from the meetings at the U.N. (cameras only) and eventually was forced to coalesce, and as Sen. John McCain is standing in front of a podium as a self-proclaimed beacon of transparency in calling for such relative to the $700 Billion bailout plan ($10,000 per household), he set forth a 5-point plan (which contextually amounted to stating the obvious), (1) Greater accountability and bi-partisan oversight (2) Taxpayer equity in recouping $1 Trillion paid in (3) Complete transparency in legislation passage (4) No CEO profit over highest paid government employee, and (5) No inclusion of earmarks within the bailout legislation (and furthermore would not stand by his word just how and if he would vote even with the inclusion of said tenets).

Once again he is distancing himself from the very policies that were the hallmark of his senatorial career, as well as being the very deregulated and unregulated policies that were the cause of the problem itself. In castigating lack of accountability, regulation and oversight, he has once again failed to indict himself for said lack of accountability and has chosen to pass on the blame to "regulators" and is apparently (by subtle inference) attempting to set up the Democratic party as the potential stalwarts for not acting in an expeditious manner in passing this legislation (which I do agree, time is of the essence, within reason, although Section 8 needs to be seriously and thoroughly examined).

But the most damning existential and fallacious juxtaposition is the fact that Sen. McCain still maintains his steadfast adherence to the concept that he will lower taxes while simultaneously "funding" the aforementioned bailout, as well as "funding" the war(s) (read: continued supplemental budgets [credit] which further inflates the national debt and statistically [and unrealistically] skews any semblence of a "balanced" budget). I submit that Sen. McCain be held accountable for such a scenario and, in real world terms, be held to attest to the specifics that would allow such a proposal to be both "realistically" feasible and viable. Deflection once again appears to be the modus operandi by which the McCain/Palin campaign escapes yet another request for personal and responsible accountability.

Your post could be the dumbest thing I've ever read on the Monitor posting section....and they print some pretty dumb things (Oddly, the refuse to print a lot which smacks of censorship but I'd expect nothing less from a leftminded rag of a paper).

Maybe the Monitor could be more like the Union Leader (a right leaning rag of a paper!) and make it VERY easy to post using any name you like. I fail to see how someone using a 'nom de plume' (Like yourself) escapes your label of 'coward'. Safe to say, you and I define the word differently.

Doctors are concerned that McCain's cancer has entered his brain and that his time on this earth is very limited based on his recent statements and behavior. He is a risky candidate date.

Yes, I know that the Monitor allows it. But there's no reason people who post here can't use at least a nom de plume (without giving any clue as to their actual identity) when posting.

Those who post completely anonymously here are cowards; they lack the courage to be identified with and stand by their words. And this is not a partisan issue: it applies equally to those on the left and the right.

If McCain is THIS bad and he's STILL in the lead....what's that say about Obamer??

Lincoln Savings and Loan taxpayer bailout: $2.6 Billion

17,000 Lincoln S&L investors lost: $190 million

Senate Ethics Committee: John McCain excercised "Poor Judgement."

He's ready to fix our fundamentally sound and feebly wheezing economy. Whatever song you want to hear, he'll tumble and sing it just for you. While that bimbo from Alaska works on bringing this country back to the middle ages.

All the experience and all of the good intentions in the world are worth nothing if the judgment of the person is not good. McCain has proven time and again that his judgment is faulty. He had his nose so far up Bush's backside that he will never get all of the brown substance off. He will stink forever more!

Just as an example, he was against regulation of our financial system, but now he is for it. Well which is it? He can't make up his mind. Next week he may be against it again. Maybe he forgot which way he had been in favor of so he just made something up!

To further prove how lousy his judgment is, he has chosen a person who is not in the sightest bit qualified to be Vice President of our country. Her claim to fame in foreign affairs is that she can see Russia from her house!

The more I learn about the McCain/Palin ticket, the more convinced I am that Barack Obama is the best choice for President and we could not do any better than Joe Biden for Vice President. Either one of them would be a wonderful President.

Just do some research. It is all available on the internet.

Pat Kraft

McCain voted with Bush 90% of the time. That is not leadership, that is being a mindless sheep. Now we are in a huge mess. McCain in office will only make it worse as failed bush policies are continued.

McCain's been in Washington long enough to have been part of the Keating 5. You remember that, don't you? On behalf of his good buddy Charles Keating, then Congressman McCain attempted to get federal regulators to stop investigating Lincoln Savings & Loan. Keating was eventually convicted of multiple felonies in both state and federal courts. Get it? The regulators had clear evidence of criminal behavior, but McCain tried to get them to back off.

Fast-forward 20 years and now McCain, who has been stalwart in opposing regulation at every turn and who admitted that economics is not his strong suit, says that HE'S the one who can fix the financial markets?? Puh-leeze!

Oh, and after all these years, McCain probably knows where all the Capitol Hill restrooms are -- just like Larry Craig.

..and continue to contribute to this country's ongoing downward spiral. Good thinking chap. You must be one of those McCain middle classer's who pulls in $1.5 million a year.