Russians say 'nyet' to McCain fundraising appeal

Tuesday 21st October, 06:46 AM JST

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smithinjapan at 11:37 PM JST - 21st October

coulrophobic: The whole world wants him, bud... including a majority if your own country. You seem to be among an extremely small percentage of people who don't. Fortunately, no one is listening, and no one cares. It's out with people like McBush, and in with those with some new ideas, like Obama.
MASSWIPE at 11:46 PM JST - 21st October

"Putin wants Obama for prez. As does Castro, Ahmadinejad, Chavez, Khaddaffi, whoever runs N Korea, and the PLA."

Unverifiable speculation. We do know, however, that tens of millions of proud, patriotic, open-minded Americans want Obama for president.

The petro-dictatorships of Iran, Venezuela, and Russia had a great run during the Bush II Era. Oil prices hit a peak of $147, thanks in large part to the incompetence and inaction of the Bush administration. North Korea's leaders had a good time, too, taking advantage of Bush's desire for one (just one) foreign policy success during his disastrous presidency. Look who's no longer on America's "terrorist nation" list. And look who's driven a wedge between America and Japan with the abduction issue.

Thankfully, in less than 3 months all this amateurish monkey business in the White House will end.
yabits at 11:47 PM JST - 21st October

Putin wants Obama for prez. As does Castro, Ahmadinejad, Chavez, Khaddaffi, whoever runs N Korea, and the PLA.

What? Did McCain come up dry in his campaign solicitations from them too?
YangYong at 11:58 PM JST - 21st October

It's amateur goof off time with the Palin McCain show! (Cancelled after the pilot)
Helter_Skelter at 02:51 AM JST - 22nd October

Putin wants Obama for prez.

As does Castro, Ahmadinejad, Chavez, Khaddaffi, whoever runs N Korea, and the PLA.

As does Hamas, Hezbollah, al-Quida, Muslim Brotherhood,...
adaydream at 03:10 AM JST - 22nd October

So does adaydream, Helter_Skelter.

I think I'm going to get my wish and Barack Obama and Joe Biden will win the election.

Ya think? < :-)
MASSWIPE at 10:41 AM JST - 22nd October

"Putin wants Obama for prez. As does Castro, Ahmadinejad, Chavez, Khaddaffi, whoever runs N Korea, and the PLA. As does Hamas, Hezbollah, al-Quida, Muslim Brotherhood,..."

Helter_Skelter, I don't understand the point of responding to you, but here goes: I beg to differ. What I THINK (I'm not as confident about reading minds as you are, apparently) the above organizations and individuals would really like, more than anything, is a third Bush term. Nothing suits them better than a stubborn, bumbling, incompetent US President.

Thankfully, the 22nd Amendment to the Constitution will block that possibility.
Sarge at 10:45 AM JST - 22nd October

MASSWIPE - "What I THINK the above organizations and individuals would really like, more tham anything, is a third Bush term."

I beg to differ. Bush is what's kept them from doing any more damage than what they've been able to do.

"bumbling, incompetent US President"

If Obama's elected, that's what you'll be seeing.
Helter_Skelter at 04:00 PM JST - 22nd October

MASSWIPE

I don't understand the point of responding to you...

Then you shouldn't.
Nessie at 06:15 PM JST - 22nd October

Nessie to bad the have a Corporate office in Houston so they can give give give...The article actually said they have that office... last paragraph...

They have lots of offices, but home is where the heart is. And at Halliburton, the heart is where the taxman ain't. They're tax avoiders.
EurajReturns at 11:32 PM JST - 22nd October

Helter

Then you shouldn't.

You obviously don't see the point of responding to the people who show how silly your kind of thinking is either. It's no better than me coming in and thanking the Russians for not siding with the Klansmen and other right-wing extremists calling for Obama's head that are supporting McCain.

Anyhow... I'm sure the McCain campaign will be surprised to hear this. Or, not really.
Simon_Foston at 11:40 PM JST - 22nd October

I beg to differ. Bush is what's kept them from doing any more damage than what they've been able to do.

The current administration has completely squandered America's ability to stop anyone from doing anything they like. Its feeble reaction to the conflict in Georgia is a stark example of this. Iran remains defiant and pretty much unchallenged, terrorists operate with impunity in Pakistan, the Taliban are resurgent and the horrors of Zimbabwe and Darfur are totally ignored. America has nothing to combat the damage that is being done except a dangerously overstretched military, a knacked economy and a reputation tarnished by images of Abu Graib, Guantanamo and unconditional support for the Saudis and Israelis. Such is the damage that Bush has done that in many of the most dangerous parts of the world opposing America is increasingly seen as an extremely righteous thing to do. All he has done is weaken a nation.
Helter_Skelter at 01:58 AM JST - 23rd October

Eurajreturns:

"Hamas terrorist organization has expressed "hope" Sen. Barack Obama will win the presidential elections and "change" America's foreign policy."

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=61631
Simon_Foston at 02:19 AM JST - 23rd October

I know this is from the British press, but it reports a message on a pro-Al Qaida website. Looks like those enemies of America just don't know which way to turn:

"This requires presence of an impetuous American leader such as McCain, >who pledged to continue the war till the last American soldier. If al->Qa'ida carries out a big operation against American interests this act >will be support of McCain because it will push the Americans >deliberately to vote for McCain so that he takes revenge for them >against al-Qa'ida. Al-Qa'ida then will succeed in exhausting America >till its last year in it."

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/alqaidalinked-website-backs-mccain-as-president-969224.html

Based on that logic it's almost surprising the Russians don't want to give McCain money. If the Russians really want to be America's enemies, then his presidency would give them the perfect excuse to act against America's interests.
Simon_Foston at 01:51 AM JST - 24th October

"bumbling, incompetent US President" If Obama's elected, that's what you'll be seeing.

This is an interview from The Washington Times, a paper that I understand doesn't have a liberal bias, and is about the Bush administration:

"We just let things get completely out of hand... spending, the conduct of the war in Iraq for years, growth in the size of government, larger than any time since the Great Society, laying a $10 trillion debt on future generations of America, owing $500 billion to China, obviously, failure to both enforce and modernize the [financial] regulatory agencies that were designed for the 1930s and certainly not for the 21st century, failure to address the issue of climate change seriously... Those are just some of them."

Who delivered such a damning indictment of the incumbent President? John McCain.

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/oct/23/mccain-lambastes-bush-years/