Reader comments: McCain puts new focus on voting bloc: women

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Mike, South Bend | 12:45 a.m. Oct. 9, 2008
No real plan. He tries a new scheme everyday and waits for press reaction to see if it worked.

It's over, John, concede. Donate the rest of your campaign funds to charity. Now that would be maverick.
andy | 12:48 a.m. Oct. 9, 2008
hahahaha, i love that picture!
McCain Wins. | 3:36 a.m. Oct. 9, 2008
You miss the point. A woman will keep her home even if she has to let the man/husband go. I think the more working women think about McCain's plan to help them keep their homes, will be the lift he needs to win this election. Smart move, Smart man.
Obama offers NOTHING.
He would help the middle class with TAX cuts.
45% of the middle class do not pay taxes now. A working woman with a tax cut about to lose her home has NOTHING.
The working women of America need to let this 'message sink in. Smart choice, from a smart man.
A combat hero and fighter, and he doesn't have a Harvard degree like Bush and Obama.
/I know the democrats are huddled right now saying "have you looked at his plan." "It will destroy our 'votes' from the working women of America. ha.
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JW Morrison | 7:52 a.m. Oct. 9, 2008
The debates have made me decide not to support McCain. I won't support Obama either. McCain says he is a fighter but in the debates he has not fought or stood up against Obama. His approach has been lackluster. I would rather vote for Clinton at this time because she did show she was a fighter and McCain and her political views are more similar than that of Obama's.

I will vote for local elections and let the Presidential election go for 4 years.
Pay no taxes,get no check | 8:03 a.m. Oct. 9, 2008
Why doesn't someone in the McCain camp point out as a previous poster did that 45% of the middle-class do not pay taxes, but they will get a check in the mail under the Obama tax plan which amounts to nothing more than welfare money. Do you get the socialism connection? A tax cut, indeed.
er | 8:42 a.m. Oct. 9, 2008
I;m on the middle end of middle class or top end of poor and I do pay my share of taxes - single female after raising my kids - all workers pay taxes but not get deductions like the wealthy or the families -- McCain has how many homes, he can't even relate to those trying to eak out a living
Observer | 8:44 a.m. Oct. 9, 2008
McCain has already lost the women vote. It's over for the maverick and kissing a few babies won't help.
For all you liberal's out there | 11:42 a.m. Oct. 9, 2008
Hillary lost because (a) she simply is not likeable, and (b) the voters (especially Democrats) suffer from Clinton fatigue. The Clintons' offer of two-for-the-price-of-one didn't play particularly well in 1992, and it was even less attractive in 2008.

The bad attitude of victimhood is indoctrinated in students by the bitter feminist faculty in university women's studies courses and even in some law schools. Victimhood is nurtured and exaggerated by feminist organizations using a tactic they call "consciousness raising," i.e., retelling horror stories about how badly some women have been treated until little personal annoyances grow into grievances against society.

Consider how Katie Couric of CBS Evening News, a woman promoted and paid above her suitability for the job, solemnly promotes feminist mythology about discrimination against women. She breathlessly reported that "90 percent of teen girls say they have been harassed at least once."

And what does this "harassment" consist of? "Unwanted romantic attention, demeaning gender-related comments based on their appearance, and unwanted physical contact."

McCain and Sarah 2008
Why Hillary Clinton Lost | 11:45 a.m. Oct. 9, 2008
The post-mortems are rolling in to explain the long-drawn-out and spectacular failure of Hillary Clinton's once-so-promising presidential campaign. She and her supporters are sure they know how and why she was rejected: she was the victim of sexism. Feminist ideology teaches that American women are victims of an oppressive patriarchal society. No matter how rich or prominent or smart or advantaged a woman may be, success and happiness are still beyond her grasp because institutional sexism holds her down. The aging Gloria Steinem opined on CNN that it is "clear that there is profound sexism." She whined that Hillary couldn't crack the "glass ceiling" (an architectural figment of feminist imagination) because there are "still barriers and biases out there." Oh, the unfairness of it all! Steinem bemoaned that women find it so "difficult to be competent and successful and be liked." Au contraire, women are not disliked because they are competent and successful, but because they are chip-on-the-shoulder feminists. The feminists are living in an unhappy world of their own making. In truth, 92 percent of Americans say they would vote in a presidential election for a qualified female candidate from their own party.
Observer II | 12:10 p.m. Oct. 9, 2008
O-bamacon has already lost the women vote. It's over for the phony muslim and kissing a few butts won't help either.

You'll have a BIG MAC ATTACK comming in a couple of weeks when the maverick wins by a landslide along with Sarah.
full disclosure | 1:17 p.m. Oct. 9, 2008
Could someone explain why it's politically incorrect to use Obama's middle name Hussein? I don't understand what the shame is. William Jefferson Clinton never had a problem with his, but a sherriff somewhere in our country may lose his job over addressing a public gathering using Obama's full name. I don't get it, if someone out there has a good understanding of why someone who aspires to lead our nation is so afraid of his middle name could explain it I'd love to hear a good reason.
Ain't Over Until It's Over | 1:17 p.m. Oct. 9, 2008
When B.O.'s past is thoroughly vetted, he will be revealed as a leftist out of the American mainstream, as a supporter of and a close associate of Acorn (a slimey vote stealing machine), as a close associate of the domestic terrorist Bill Ayers about which he has consistently lied, as a slick, devious lawyer and as a radical activist during his years at Columbia and Harvard. With those revelations, I believe the dynamics of this campaign will change. Save your talking points' charge of "smear." The American people have a right to know whether or not a candidate is a deceitful, slick-talking leftest lawyer. That information is definitely a legitimate campaign issue. In the words of that great philosopher Yogi Berra, "It ain't over til its over."
Larry The Cable Guy | 3:27 p.m. Oct. 9, 2008
GIT-R-DONE!!! I can’t believe its already October. The bad news is that Halloween is gonna be here in a few weeks so I’m gonna have to walk the entire neighborhood again in leopard shorty shorts and hooker boots while I chaperone the kids. The good news is the flippin’ campaign commercials will be ending soon. Tell me them don’t make ya more irritated than Kirstie Allie going through a turnstile! By the way, Barack HUSSAIN Obama had a fundraiser that cost 28 thousand dollars a plate and the entertainment was Barbra Streisand. You’d think for that kinda money you’d want the guests to keep their food DOWN! BADABING!

Here was a bit of irony that was in the news that nobody caught. The Tina Turner concert was cancelled a few weeks back in Texas because of Hurricane IKE. Tina sure has had a hard time with Ikes. I thought this was shocking Clay Aiken has come out and said he’s gay! WOW! In related news The sky is blue! That’s like Ronnie Millsap holding a press conference and announcing he’s blind. I was more shocked to find out he was actually a man!

McCain 2008 n Sarah to.
Observer | 5:58 p.m. Oct. 9, 2008
McCain is out of touch with the modern world, and out of touch with women's issues. All women had to do was look at that doddering, hobbling old fool in the last debate, and pay a minimum of attention to what he was saying, and they'll vote for Obama. He's against a woman's right to choose, he's against equal pay for equal work, he hates women. For McCain to try to appeal to women voters now is comparable to George Bush claiming that he was not in favor of invading Iraq. It's over. Obama in 08, so get used to it, or move out of the country.
Re: Observer | 6:47 p.m. Oct. 9, 2008
You'll have a BIG MAC ATTACK comming in a couple of weeks when the maverick wins by a landslide along with Sarah.

It's gonna happen.
Re: Observer 5:58 PM | 7:04 p.m. Oct. 9, 2008
Perhaps it's time for us elder's to start nailing the younger generation to, for age discrimination, seeing they have so much monies today to lose to us in the Courts. First, as a senior citizen myself I am a very strong advocate for programs that improve the quality of life for our seniors. Unfortunately, the U.S. unlike other societies has not generated the type of respect for the elderly that they deserve. Part of it is due to the changing family structure and other variables that seem to impede our younger generation from embracing the older generation. They want to use their "homeland terrorist" sayings against us, of say "old dude", "old man" and "that old guy" - well that's all it takes folks. So next time you run off at the mouth, even with Senator McCain or Sarah, about that, you better thing twice before you talk real good. The same holds true for the terrorist lover 0bamacon also.
Anonymous | 7:46 p.m. Oct. 9, 2008
And what about the liberals’ favorite anti-free speech tool, the Fairness Doctrine? Nancy Pelosi has said she’d like to re-impose the Orwellian-named “doctrine” to make sure that conservative talk radio will be “balanced” hour by hour, minute by minute by liberal talk radio. Can anyone doubt that a President Obama would sign legislation reviving the Fairness Doctrine? Obama’s campaign has said he doesn’t support return of the Fairness Doctrine because it’s supposedly a distraction. Last February Obama’s press secretary, Michael Ortiz, said, “He considers this debate to be a distraction from the conversation we should be having about opening up the airwaves and modern communications to as many diverse viewpoints as possible. That is why Sen. Obama supports media-ownership caps, network neutrality, public broadcasting, as well as increasing minority ownership of broadcasting and print outlets." Obama doesn’t support the 1934 version of the Fairness Doctrine and wants to modernize it to suit modern liberal interests.

McCain and Sarah 2008 - NO MORE debait / debate about it.
Observer | 8:44 p.m. Oct. 9, 2008
This election is simple, really. It's a candidate, Obama, who has real solutions to the problems of today, who connects with young voters, who connects with people who care about the issues and care to inform themselves, against McCain. McCain, an old man, out of touch, a man who's consistently lied about how he would run his campaign. A man who picked Palin, an extremist who's husband is a terrorist, to pander to the extreme right. A man who is the same as George Bush in all policies and voted with him over 90% of the time. McCain, who has supported big business, big oil, deregulation of Wall Street, the privatization of social security, his entire career. A man who left his crippled wife for a younger, wealthier woman who could further his political career with her wealth and connections. A man who was on the board of an anti-semite organization. A man who has shown in this campaign that he has no character, who uses racist and fear mongering tactics to achieve his goals. A man who will do anything, say anything, to get elected. Fortunately, the American people aren't buying it. Obama 08.

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Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., gives a young boy a kiss during a campaign rally in Bethlehem, Pa., Wednesday. (Gerald Herbert, Associated Press)
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Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., gives a young boy a kiss during a campaign rally in Bethlehem, Pa., Wednesday.