*** CAMPAIGN ALERT ***

[LiberalAndProud]

Protestors at McCain's town hall meeting.

"MY FRIENDS, I WILL NEVER SURRENDER IN IRAQ. OUR AMERICAN TROOPS WILL COME HOME WITH VICTORY AND WITH HONOR. AND WE ARE WINNING."

[rox63]

1. How long before they start requiring loyalty oaths to get into McCain events? n/t

[LiberalAndProud]

3. Before those words transcribed above, he scolded the

protestors, he said that he will honor free speech. That's one campaign promise I hope he keeps.

[nolabels]

7. How silly of him, we all know that he was only talking about his lobbying effort for the telecoms

He must be counting on the the "can't read crowd"

McCain backed by lobbyists
By *West Virginia Obama Mama* - Mar 24th, 2008


WASHINGTON — Republican presidential candidate John McCain has condemned the influence of "special interest lobbyists," yet dozens of lobbyists have political and financial ties to his presidential campaign — particularly from telecommunications companies, an industry he helps oversee in the Senate.

Of the 66 current or former lobbyists working for the Arizona senator or raising money for his presidential campaign, 23 have lobbied for telecommunications companies in the past decade, Senate lobbying disclosures show.
McCain has netted about $765,000 in political donations from those telecom lobbyists, their spouses, colleagues at their firms and their telecom clients during the past decade, a USA TODAY analysis of campaign-finance records shows.

It's unclear how much more money those lobbyists have raised for McCain. Eighteen of them are listed by the campaign as "bundlers," which are major fundraisers. McCain doesn't disclose how much each bundler has raised — unlike Democratic presidential candidates Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama, who categorize their bundlers by the amount they raise. For example, Clinton's "Hillraisers" have brought in more than $100,000 each.

McCain is a senior member of the Senate Commerce Committee, which oversees the telecom industry and the Federal Communications Commission. He has repeatedly pushed industry-backed legislation since 2000, particularly during a second stint as committee chairman from 2003 through 2005. His efforts to eliminate taxes and regulations on telecommunications services won him praise from industry executives
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http://my.barackobama.com/page/community/post/dsblog/gGBS4S

[flor de jasmim]

2. It would have been better if he'd said he would never surrender in Denver.

[grantcart]

4. this was in response to being interupted the second time

he has had to stop the speech three times.

[LiberalAndProud]

5. Discussing nuclear warfare.

... nuclear strategy and policy ... continue to deploy safe and reliable deterrent ...

[ruby slippers]

6. where are the protestors like back in the 60's? This is nothin' compared to those days

[Fleshdancer]

8. WTF would we be surrendering??!?!?

For once I would love to hear the answer to that question.

[EmeraldCityGrl]

9. Can we just plop him in the middle of Baghdad for the next five months.

I want a president working for my country, not someone elses.

[Mabus]

10. He only goes to that part of the country when he, Lieberman and Lindsey Graham are rug shopping

He's buying rugs over there, so he won't have to buy them here.