Now that McCain and Palin have finished patting each other on the back, let's get back to the issues before us.

John McCain marched in virtual lockstep with George W. Bush and Dick Cheney in taking the US into a war that never should have been fought.

John McCain voted against helping wounded GI's and Veterans who were maimed in the very war that he helped to start.

John McCain said, in his own words that he didn't understand much about economic issues.

John McCain's chief economist saud the recession is all in our minds, and we're a bunch of whiners.

George W. Bush and John McCain have both, within the past two weeks, said that they think the US economy is doing well.

John McCain talks about shaking up Washington, but you know he won't shake very hard because of his own part in protecting the Keating Five and republican contributors who were involved in Savings & Loan frauds.

Sarah Palin is already under investigation on ethics issues in Alaska. She thinks $250k per year is "working class". She wants to prosecute doctors and patients for any abortion - even in the case of rape or incest. Even Cindy McCain disagrees with that! She thinks turning over her own state to the big oil companies is a good idea. Her lack of any real-world experience is evident, yet republicans want her a heart-beat away from the presidency?

Three days of coverage from the republican convention, and all we got from these two is "I'm a hero" and "I'm a working class hockey mom." No plans, no policies, no ideas.

Well, I think Hillary Clinton said it better than anyone else could: "No way, No how, No McCain!"

...and Palin? Well, she only really counts if McGeezer croaked in office!

Since we are not in a recession, in fact, have been enjoying about 2% economic growth this past quarter. So ya, the recession is a myth promoted by the liberal media.

Congrats to John McCain and Sara Palin for taking the wind out of Che Obama's commie sails.

Yea real strong there Tommyboy. How many times did Hairclub for men run for Prez?....what % of the vote?

Clue: 4 times...2%...IMFUCKINGPRESSIVE­!

The convention speeches are finished. All the balloons have dropped, and now we enter the final phase of the 2008 election cycle. In an interview with the Washington Post, Rick Davis, John McCain's campaign manager said, "The presidential race will be decided more over personalities than issues."

There's little doubt that's their big hope. During every presidential election there are issues. It's the issues that define the differences between candidates. However, in this election it's accurate to observe that the issues that loom the largest are problems, problems created by a Republican administration. That's certainly an issue for John McCain. He voted in support of George W. Bush's policies 95% of the time. That's an issue he certainly doesn't want to be reminded about.

McCain's acceptance speech had a theme. He's all about change. He's all about fixing problems in Washington. Not once did he mention it was the Republican Party that created the problems he now claims need fixing. Not once did he apologize for voting 95% of the time in support of George W. Bush, which created the problems he claims he can fix. It's not challenging to figure out why McCain's campaign manager doesn't want the election decided on the issues. His candidate has a record, a public record of helping create the issues that need fixing.

While much of America focused on the novelty act McCain selected as his running mate, the Republican Party was busy behind the scenes creating their official platform that would define the next four years if McCain is elected. If you think George W. Bush and his neo-con pals were hardcore, the new Republican platform is even more rigid. They're not quite done destroying America just yet.

John McCain never once mentioned that official party platform. It would have been not nails in his coffin, but railroad spikes. In all the rah-rah about his military experience, he never explained why he has a voting record, a public voting record, of voting against bills to support the veterans. He never once apologized for his voting record, his public voting record of 95% support of Bush's policies. He just tried to sell America on the notion he's a candidate of change.

In reality, the only change he represents is a hardening of the neo-con policies he's voted for and taking us further down a path America doesn't want to go. If he'd actually, even just once, explained what his Republican platform really says, he would have doomed himself. Make no mistake, John McCain represents a third term for Bush's policies, only more hardcore. It's not so difficult to understand why McCain's campaign manager doesn't want the issues to be part of the election process. They'd be run out of town on a rail if that happens.

If the election is decided on "personalities", not the issues, there won't be a winner, only a loser. The loser is America.

McCain is a short-tempered, forgetful prick with a little man's complex similar to that of George W. Bush.

Does John McCain seriously believe the American people want a hot-head (who couldn't even get a committee chairmanship from his own party) holding his finger over the button that could destroy the entire world?

Sorry John, there ar eno "do-overs" at that level.

Not "No" but "Hell No!"

McCain says He "hates" War....But even the Repug Bush Lovers know that is a Lie...He is slobbering to take control of the Military and so he can start attacking other countries and Kill Women and children...Hoo Rah!