Of course, here is something you MAY WANT to KNOW about John McCain:
"McCain ..."can't tolerate anybody questioning his judgment," said former Arizona Democratic senator Dennis DeConcini"
And he PROVED how BAD that "judgment" is with his PICK of PALIN!
Also see: The Raging Anger of Sarah Palin
"Key debate tonight as race gets personal; Obama attacks on ethics after assault by McCain" by Scott Helman and Sasha Issenberg, Globe Staff | October 7, 2008
Senator Barack Obama, facing a broad new assault on his character from rival John McCain and the Republican Party, punched back aggressively yesterday with a multi-pronged attack on McCain's ethics, marking a sharp, personal turn in the presidential race as the two candidates face off tonight in their second debate.
Obama's campaign raised, for the first time, McCain's involvement in the Keating Five controversy, an influence-peddling scandal in Congress 20 years ago that remains a major blemish on the Arizona senator's political career. In an unusual 13-minute Internet documentary, a new website, and an e-mail to hundreds of thousands of supporters, Obama's team asserted that the Keating case raises serious questions about McCain's judgment and ability to manage the deeply troubled economy.
Yeah, notice how the pro-McCain (I'm not gonna argue it anymore) MSM has been SILENT on McCain's CORRUPTION -- as we have Rev. Wright and Bill Ayres shoved up our ass!!!!
Yeah, FUCK YOU, shit AmeriKan jewsmedia!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The attack by Obama, which has unnerved some supporters drawn to the Illinois senator's pledge to run an issues-based campaign, was a response to a new tack from the McCain camp: stoking concern among voters about Obama's past associations and his background, in an effort to stall his momentum just four weeks from Election Day.
Both campaigns have signaled a willingness to engage on character in tonight's debate, a town hall-style event at Belmont University in Nashville in which the candidates will answer questions submitted by the audience and from voters online at www.mydebates.org. GOP vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin told voters in Florida yesterday that McCain "might as well take the gloves off." And a senior Obama strategist suggested the Illinois senator was prepared to cite the Keating case if warranted.
This new chapter in the presidential contest was precipitated by concern in McCain's campaign that the race is slipping from its grasp, with national and state polls moving in Obama's direction since the economic crisis began dominating headlines last month. McCain advisers have been quoted as saying that targeting Obama's character may offer their best chance to change the trajectory of the race.
But yesterday's economic news illustrated how difficult it will be to change the subject: The Dow Jones industrial average, following big losses in foreign markets, slid below 10,000 for the first time in five years, closing down more than 360 points.
The Obama campaign took a grave tone in bringing up the Keating scandal, in which McCain was accused of intervening with federal bank regulators on behalf of a failing savings and loan owned by a friend and campaign donor, Charles Keating. The Internet film is a collage of Senate testimony, news clippings, and narration by a former regulator.
McCain's political opponents have long treated the Keating case as off-limits, largely because he has embraced the experience, in which he was criticized but not censured by a Senate committee in 1991, as the formative episode in his emergence as a born-again reformer crusading against special interests.
As has the SHIT AmeriKan MSM!!!!
The episode, though, remains a sore spot for McCain, who "can't tolerate anybody questioning his judgment," said former Arizona Democratic senator Dennis DeConcini, a Keating Five senator who was an Obama convention delegate. "That's his weak point." --more--"
You can also file this in the who gives a damn (save for a fair election since I'm voting Nader again).
Democrat Barack Obama has widened his national lead over Republican rival John McCain as economic worries worsen, said two polls released yesterday.
Obama leads McCain 53 percent to 45 percent among likely voters, compared to 51 percent to 47 percent two weeks ago, a CNN/Opinion Research Corp. poll found. It also found that 54 percent of likely voters believe that McCain would mostly carry out President Bush's policies when they want change.
An NBC/Wall Street Journal poll showed similar movement toward Obama, who leads 49 percent to 43 percent and who received higher marks from voters for his response to the financial crisis. That 6-percentage-point edge matches Obama's biggest lead in this poll (Boston Globe)."
And adjust your map accordingly, readers.
Also keep in mind: How to Rig the 2008 Presidential Election
