ERRATIC, DUMFOUNDER, AND CONFUSE

I HAVE ASKED THIS QUESTION FOR THE LAST TWO MONTH'S,GOD LOVING, EVERY SUNDAY GOING TO CHURCH FOLKS, ONE GOD, GOD CREATED MAN, (ONE MAN) BUT? WHAT IS A BLACK MAN, IS HE A CREATION FROM GOD? WE AMERICAN ARE GOING TO DESTROY OUR WONDERFUL COUNTRY, BECAUSE OF OUR RACISTS AND BIGOTRY ATTITUDE, BUT YET WE GO TO CHURCH AND PRAISE THAT ONE GOD WE BELIVE IN, IF WE ELECT MR MCCAIN TO THE HIGHEST OFFICE IN THE LAND, IN ORDER TO KEEP THE BLACK MAN OUT OF THE WHITE HOUSE THEN WE ARE NOT WHAT WE SAY WE ARE , MR MCCAIN IS NOT A STABLE MAN TO HOLD THAT OFFICE, AND MOST OF YOU NO THAT,NOW THE REPUBLICAN TALK ABOUT FAMILY VALUES, WHAT IS MRS PALIN VALUES, SHE HAVE A SIXTEEN YEAR OLD DAUGHTER WHO IS PAGEANT OUT OF WED -LOCK AND THE REPUBLICAN LOOK THE OTHER WAY, BUT A BLACK MAN IS ALL WRONG FOR THE WHITE HOUSE. PLEASE TELL ME HOW OR WHAT YOU THINK.
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Mr. Bush and Mr. McCain

MR BUSH AND MR MCCAIN

COUNTRY FIRST, IRAQ, IRAQ AND IRAQ, COUNTRY FIRST, THIS IS A MESS, WE THE PUBLIC HAVE NO IDEA WHAT IS GOING ON. THE REPUBLICANS ARE PLAYING POLITICS'S WITH THIS BAIL OUT. I WOULD NOT HAVE VOTED FOR THAT BILL. THAT THE PRESIDENT SENT TO CONGRESS, AND HE WAITED UNTIL THE LAST MINUTE TO SEND THE BILL, SO THAT IT WOULD BRING TURMOIL; COUNTRY FIRST. THIS IS ALL POLITICAL, MR. MCCAIN WILL BE BACK IN WASHINGTON ON THURSDAY AND COME OUT TO SAY THAT HE HAS BROUGHT THE REPUBLICANS TOGETHER. IF WE THINK THAT THIS MESS DOES NOT EFFECT US, WE ARE WRONG. THOSE OF US WHO HAVE A JOB, YOU MAY NOT HAVE ONE NEXT WEEK,FOR THOSE OF US WHO MAY NEED TO BORROW SOME MONEY, FOR THINGS THAT MAY COME UP ALL OF A SUDDEN, YOU ARE UP THE CREEK. HOW CAN WE THE PUBLIC VOTE FOR A MAN WHO IS A LIAR, A MAN WHO IS NOT AWARE OF WHERE HE IS, I HATE TO KEEP TALKING ABOUT HOW OUR COUNTRY IS ON THE VERGE OF COLLAPSE. THOSE OF US WHO KNOW THE DIFFERENCE SHOULDN'T CARE ABOUT FEELINGS, ITS ABOUT OUR COUNTRY.
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URGENT!!! DIRTY G.O.P. TRICKS

URGENT UPDATE PLEASE SHARE: DON'T DELETE!

The text below is very important information that we all need to share.

PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE ADVISE EVERYONE YOU KNOW THAT THEY ABSOLUTELY CAN NOT GO TO THE POLLS WEARING ANY OBAMA SHIRTS, PINS OR HATS, IT IS AGAINST THE LAW AND WILL BE GROUNDS TO HAVE THE POLLING OFFICIALS TO
TURN YOU AWAY.

THAT IS CONSIDERED CAMPAIGNING AND NO ONE CAN CAMPAIGN WITHIN X AMOUNT OF FEET TO THE POLLS. THEY ARE BANKING ON US BEING EXCITED AND NOT BEING AWARE OF THIS LONG STANDING LAW THAT YOU CAN BET WILL BE ENFORCED THIS YEAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THEY ARE BANKING THAT IF YOU ARE TURNED AWAY, YOU WILL NOT GO HOME AND CHANGE YOUR CLOTHES.

PLEASE JUST DON'T WEAR OBAMA GEAR OF ANY SORTS TO THE POLLS!!
PLEASE SHARE THIS INFORMATION, OH AND FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO WERE ALREADY AWARE THIS WAS NOT MEANT TO INSULT YOUR INTELLIGENCE. JUST TRYING TO COVER ALL GROUNDS. PLEASE SHARE
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NEWS FLASH CRISIS FLASH SUSPEND CAMPAIGN MELT DOWN

AMERICAN WE SHOULD DEMAND THAT MR MCCAIN SEE A HEAD DOCTOR OR GET SOME PSYCHIATRIC HELP. SOME SAY WHAT HE DID WAS SMART I SAY HE IS PLAYING POLITIC,I ALL SO SAY THAT HE HAVE LOST IT, MR JOHN MCCAIN IS A DANGEROUS MAN, SOME ONE SHOULD TAKE A LOOK AT MCCAIN ERRATIC BEHAVIOR.FIRST HE SAID THE COUNTRY IS FUNDAMENTALLY SOUND,ONE DAY LATER WE HAVE A PROBLEM, THE THIRD DAY WE HAVE A CRISIS, MR BUSH AND MR MCCAIN ONLY NO FEAR , AND DECEIT AND LIES.ACT NOW ARE THE COUNTRY WILL MELT DOWN LIKE ICE, DOOMS DAY, OVER A CLEFT, GIVE ME THE MONEY AND GIVE IT TO ME NOW,WHEN MR MCCAIN GET TO WASHINGTON SOME ONE GOT TO TELL HIM WHERE HE IS. THE REPUBLICAN ARE UP TO THE SAME TRICKS, REMEMBER MUSHROOM CLOUD IN DANGER, IF WE DON"T GET THIS FILM FLAM BILL DONE BY FRIDAY, OUR COUNTRY WILL BE GONE.BY THE WAY DO YOU REMEMBER WHAT MR BUSH SAID FIVE YEARS AGO MISSION ACCOMPLISH,WELL HE RIGHT, WELL THE MISSION HAVE BEEN ACCOMPLISHED, THE OIL COMPANIES ARE IN IRAQLink

OPEN LETTER TO SENATOR DODD

I WATCH LAST NIGHT THE HEARING YOU HAD ABOUT THE TWO PAGE BILL THAT WAS SENT TO YOU FOR SEVEN BILLIONS DOLLARS FOR A BAIL OUT OF WALL STREET, ACCORDING TO MR TONY FRATO DEPUTY PRESS SECRETARY THAT THEY , MR BUSH HAD FOR SIX MONTH AGO READY TO ROLL OUT AT THE LAST MINUTE, IF YOU AND THE REST OF THE DEMOCRATS GO ALONE WITH THIS BULL, I MAY CHANGE MY PARTY AFFILIATE ION TO REPUBLICAN, BECAUSE THEY OR MUCH SMARTER THAN THE DEMOCRATS. MR PAULSON AND THE PRESIDENT OR ASKING FOR A BILL WITH NO OVER SIGHT, NO QUESTION AND THE CONGRESS BETTER NOT ASK WHAT THEY DO WITH THE MONEY, I"AM STUPED BUT ALL YOU SMART PEOPLE UP THEIR, BOY, THE COUNTRY IS GOING DOWN THE DRAIN,NOW MR BUSH IS LEAVEING OFFICE IN A FEW MONTHS, AND HE MUST PAY OFF HIS FRIENDS WHO HELPED HIM STEAL THAT OFFICE HE IS IN,PAY OFF WALL STREET AND DAMN MAIN STREET. WHAT A BUNCH OF CRAP. I PLACE THE BLAME ON YOU MR REID AND MRS PLOISI. WHEN SHE TOOK IMPEACHMENT OF THE TABLE. NO TWO BUSH IS GOING AROUND THE COUNTRY SAYING COUNTRY FRIST, AMERICAN GONE CRAZY, THAT BLACK MAN MAYBE IN THE WHITE HOUSE, WHY DO YOU THINK THEY NAME IT THE WHITE HOUSE. THINK THINK, YOU GET IT NOW.
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SPEAKING OUT OF 4SIDE OF THE MOUTH

I WOULD LIKE FOR SOME ONE TO MAKE SENSE OF THIS ELECTION FOR ME, ON THIS BLOG, I'AM SO CONFUSED, MR MCCAIN SAY REGULATE BUT DON'T REGULATE, AND FOR 26 YEARS THAT HE HAVE BEEN IN CONGRESS HE HAVE BEEN A DE REGULATOR TWO (SIDE). CHANGE OR MORE OF THE SAME, NOW I BELIEVE THAT JOHN MCCAIN IS A HONORABLE MAN, BUT HIS HANDLER'S OR UN PRINCIPAL, AND UNETHICAL, NOW IF WE ELECT A MAN WHO CAN BE CONTROL BY A BUNCH OF UNETHICAL PEOPLES SOME THING IS WRONG,YOU SAY YOU ARE A MAVERICK, NO 3. YOU CAN NOT BE THE MAN YOU WANT TO BE. HOW CAN THIS RACE BE SO CLOSE, IF DECEPTION IS ALL YOU GOT, OR LIES. GET REAL AMERICAN, WOULD YOU RATHER SEE THE COUNTRY DESTROYED, THAN SEE THE RIGHT PERSON IN OFFICE.RACE IS STILL OUR WEAKNESS. CAN WE GET PAST THE COLOR OF A PERSON SKIN.

REGULATE OR DERUGLATE

BREAKDOWN OF AMERICA,THAT IS THE QUESTION, WHO DO YOU TRUST,AMERICA IF YOU CAN REMEMBER THE SO CALL GREAT PRESIDENT, THE REPUBLICAN TALK ABOUT MR REAGAN, WHO FIRED ALL OF THE AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS WHEN HE WAS IN OFFICE,AND THAT HE WAS THE ONE WHO SAID GET OUT OF THE WAY OF BUSINESS, TRICKLE DOWN ECONOMIC, WHICH JOHN MCCAIN WAS A STRONG SUPPORTER OF, AND HE HAS ALL WAYS BEEN FOR DEREGULATION, SO IF AMERICAN ARE STUPID ENOUGH TO VOTE AGAINST THEIR OWN INTEREST, THEN WE ARE A SICK COUNTRY. WE WILL NOT GO DOWN BECAUSE OF OUR MILITARY MIGHT, WE WILL GO DOWN BECAUSE OF OUR STUPIDITY, RACE IN OUR COUNTRY IS STILL A WEAKNESS, IN AMERICA HOW CAN THIS BE. WE ARE IN TWO WARS FIGHTING FOR DEMOCRACY AND FREEDOM, AND SOME OF US IN THIS COUNTRY ARE NOT FREE OR NOT CONSIDER TO BE CITIZENS BECAUSE OF THEIR SKIN COLOR. JOHN MCCAIN IS BETTING ON THAT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE STUPID, WITH EVERY THING THAT IS GOING ON IN OUR COUNTRY CAN, WE CAN'T AFFORD TO BE STUPID.
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MCCAIN AND CHANGE WOOPEE

MCCAIN WAS IN DETROIT TODAY READING FROM A SCRIPT, TALKING ABOUT THE LITTLE PEOPLE ARE LOSEING THEIR JOBS, HOW ABOUT THAT,HE SAID HE WAS GOING BACK TO WASHINGTON AND STICK IT TO THE GOOD OLD BOYS, WHO WAS HE TALKING TO, HIMSELF,PHIL GRAM AND THE REST OF LOBBIST WHO'S RUNNING HIS CAMPAGIN , MR OBAMA SAID IT SOUND LIKE A STAFF MEETING TO HIM, AND ME TO MCCAIN IS SO OUT OF TOUCH THAT I'AM BEGINING TO THINK HE HAS OLD TIMERS DISEASE. WHEN HE WAS READING HIS SCRIPT, HE LOOKED AS IF HE WAS SUPPRISE AT WHAT HE WAS SAYING, I HAVE NEVER IN MY LIFE TIME SEEN A CAMPAGIN LIKE THIS ONE. OUR NATION HERO JOHN MCCAIN IS STUPING AS LOW AS HE CAN GO, HE IS SAYING COUNTRY FRIST, JOHN MCCAIN CAMPAGIN FRIST, COUNTRY, DAM THE COUNTRY, WIN AT ALL COST.
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DEFECTORS OF MRS CLINTON

FOR THOSE WOMEN AND MEN WHO FEEL THAT THEY WERE NOT HEARD, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK YOU, WHAT WILL MCCAIN AND PALIN DO FOR YOU, HOW WOULD THEY MAKE YOUR LIFE BETTER,FOR THOSE WOMEN WHO FEEL DISHEARTEN LIKE MRS LYNN ROTHSCHILD, WHO NEED NO HELP FROM OUR GOVERNMENT, I WONDER IF SHE IS BEEN HONEST, OR IS THEIR MORE TO IT. IF MCCAIN WINS THEIR WILL BE 18 YEARS OF REPUBLICAN RULE, IF MR OBAMA WINS MRS CLINTON WILL BE A SHOE IN, IN EIGHT YEARS,THINK ABOUT IT, NOW FOR YOU THE WHITE MEN I DON,T NO WHY YOU ARE VOTING FOR MCCAIN, SOME ONE WHO WILL COMMIT YOUR SONS OR DAUGHTERS TO WAR, WITH A DROP OF THE HAT, ARE ANYBODY BUT BARACK. IF YOU READ THIS PLEASE GIVE ME YOUR FEED BACK.
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RACE, POLITIC, AND WE THE PEOPLES.

ONE CANDIDATE BLACK, ONE CANDIDATE WHITE, THE FACE YOU THINK YOU NO, ARE THE FACE THAT DON;T LOOK LIKE YOU,OR THE ONE WHO IS TRYING TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH,OR THE ONE WHO LIES TO YOU,WHO DO YOU TRUST,WHO"S POLICY IS TO SEND YOUR CHILD OR MINE TO WAR AND DON"T UNDERSTAND YOU,OR THE ONE WHO IS SMART ENOUGH TO TRY TO KEEP US FROM WAR, AND MOST LIKE YOU, EVEN IF THE COLOR OF HIS SKIN IS NOT LIKE YOURS. DEREGULATE OR REGULATE FLIP FLOP WHO NOSE, WHAT A OLD MAN WILL DO. YOU COULD SAY IF ALL OF US MAKE 250 THOUSAND DOLLARS A YEAR THEN YOU WILL HAVE A TAX INCREASE, SPIN, LIES, WHERE IS JOHN MCCAIN HONOR,WHERE IS HIS CHARACTER, HE PICKED A PUPPET FOR VICE PRESIDENT, AT 72 YEARS OF AGE, A HEART BEAT AWAY FROM THE HIGHEST OFFICE IN THE LAND, COUNTRY FIRST,NO POLITIC FIRST NOT COUNTRY FIRST, GIVE ME A BREAK.
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RELIGION,POLITICS,AND GOP HIPOCRITS

LETS TALK ABOUT THE GOP HYPOCRITES.THOSE WHO SAY FAMILY VALUES MATTER,NO SEX EDUCATION IN SCHOOL, HOMOSEXUALITY, NO SEX BEFORE MARRIAGE,VETTER, CRAIG, MRS PALIN DAUGHTER, CHANEY DAUGHTER, FAMILY VALUES, GIVE ME A BREAK. POLITIC, POLITICIAN, SAY ANYTHING, DO ANYTHING, LIE SMEAR, DEGRADE ANYTHING GOES, AMERICAN STUPID. RELIGION,ALL OF THE ABOVE,THE GOP STAND FOR .NOW IF YOU BELIEVE IN (GOD)WHICH IS WHITE THE ,GOP GET THEIR ORDERS DIRECT FROM (GOD),WHICH IS WHITE, BUT IF YOU BELIEVE THAT NO MAN HAVE SEEN (GOD), HOW DO WE NO WHAT COLOR HE IS. BUT WHITE FOLKS SAY (GOD) IS WHITE, BLACK FOLKS DON"T HAVE A (GOD). WHAT DO YOU THINK, IF NO MAN HAS SEEN (GOD). THE GOP, WHAT A BUNCH OF HYPOCRITES.
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I WOULD RATHER LOSE AN ELECTION THAN LOSE A WAR

MR MCCAIN WHAT ABOUT YOUR HONOR, WILL LIES HELP YOUR HONOR, WILL THAT HELP YOUR CHARACTER, YOU LOOK LIKE A OLD MAN TRYING TO HOLD ON TO YOUR LAST HERA,WHEN MR BUSH USED THOSE DIRTY TRICKS ON YOU AND SMEARED YOUR NAME YOU SAID HE WAS A SLEAZE BALL, NOW YOU A ARE DOING THE SAME THING, I ALL WAYS BELIEVED YOU WERE A HONORABLE MAN, BUT I SEE THAT YOU ARE NOT. WHO WOULD BE THE PRESIDENT MRS PALIN OR YOU, I DON,T THINK THAT YOU ARE UP TO THE JOB, I DON,T THINK YOU HAVE THE COUNTRY,S GOOD IN MIND, WHEN YOU PICKED MRS PALIN, YOU AND MRS PALIN ARE LIEN ON TOP OF LIES, YOU ARE NOT THE MAN YOU SAY YOU ARE, THE GOP IS RUNNING YOU AND YOUR CAMPAIGN;PLEASE STOP LIEN, AMERICA WAKE UP. YOU SAID IT ENOUGH LIES
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I WOULD RATHER LOSE AN ELECTION THAN LOSE A WAR

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MR MCCAIN WHAT ABOUT YOUR HONOR, WILL LIES HELP YOUR CHARACTER, WHEN MR BUSH CAMPAIGN AGAINST YOU WITH ALL OF THOSE DIRTY TRICKS AND SMEARS HOW DID YOU FEEL, I NO POLITIC IS A DIRTY BUSINESS,BUT I ALL WAYS BELIEVED YOU WERE A HONEST MAN, (BUT I WAS WRONG), IF WE GO THOUGH WITH THIS ELECTION A DIVIDED NATION WE ALL LOSE. MR BUSH HAS ALL READY SCREWED UP THE COUNTRY AND YOU ARE DOING THE SAME THING WAR WAR WAR, THAT IS ALL YOU HAVE ON YOUR MIND, FINISHING THE MESS MR BUSH GOT US IN, AND YOU ARE DOING IT BY LIEN, AND REPEATING THOSE LIES, WHERE IS YOUR HONOR WHERE IS YOU CHARACTER WHERE ARE YOUR VALUES, I BELIEVE YOU ARE BETTER THAN THAT.

PROPAGANDA, LIES, VIDEO TAPES

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THE MEDIA HAVE DEBUNK ALL THE LIES THAT THEY HAVE TOLD,AND IT'S ALL ON TAPE. LIES, PROPAGANDA,G.O.P.,JOHN MCCAIN, GEORGE BUSH ALL THE SAME, IF I DID NOT NO ANY BETTER I THINK I HAVE BEEN BRAIN WASHED,I THINK I SAW A PIG WITH LIPSTICK, ON MY WAY HOME YESTERDAY A WHITE WOMAN WAS COMING DOWN THE STREET IN MY DIRECTION SO I MOVED OVER, DROPED MY HEAD ( YOU NO ) SO NOT TO BE DISRESPECTFUL, AND SHE WORK'S FOR ME, THE GOOD OLD DAYS. MR MCCAIN DON'T BRING YOUR ROPE I WAS NOT DISRESPECTFUL.

CODE WORDS

CODE WORDS USED BY THE MCCAIN CAMPAIGN, DISRESPECT, UPPITY, AMERICA WAKE UP, WE SHOULD NOT GO BACK, TO WHEN THE COLOR OF A PERSON SKIN BECOMES THE CHARACTER OF THE PERSON,MR MCCAIN BELIEVES THAT A DIVIDED NATION IS A SAFER NATION, I JUST CAN'T BELIEVE THAT AMERICAN ARE WILLING TO GO BACK TO THE PAST,MR MCCAIN SAID HE DID NOT NO ABOUT HIS FAMILY OWN SLAVE'S,NOT ONLY IS HE A DISHONEST MAN, BUT A LIAR TO . REMEMBER ROME.

STRIGHT TALK EXPRESS

MR OBAMA, LEAVE MRS PALIN ALONE, LET SOME ONE ELSE DO THAT,GO AFTER THE SO CALLED MAVERICK JOHN MCCAIN, THE MAN WHO IS OUT OF TOUCH,OR SAY HOW HOW MUCH HE WANTS TO GO TO WAR, THEY HAVE BAGGED YOU UP IN A CORNER, NOW IT IS TIME FOR YOU TO TAKE OF THE GLOVES,TAKE CHARGE, SHE TALKED ABOUT LIPSTICK ON A PIG, LET SOME ONE ELSE DO THAT, NOW HEAR IS WHAT YOU NEED TO DO, BUS TRIP YOU AND MRS CLINTON GO TO BATTLE GROUND STATES, AND FOR 15 DAYS, SWITCH, YOU AND MR CLINTON FOR 15DAYS, WHEN YOU SWITCH LET MR BIDEN DO THE SAME THING. A ONE TWO PUNCH,

NOW YOU SEE IT NOW YOU DON'T

MRS PALIN,NO THANKS TO THE BRIDGE TO NO WHERE, I ALL MOST BELIEVE HER, THE BRIDGE TO NO WHERE, WHICH IS A LIE OR IS IT .IF YOU BELIEVE THE REPUBLICAN MRS PALIN CUT THE BRIDGE DOWN ALL BY HERSELF, CONGRESS DID NOT HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH IT,NOW I DON'T PAY TAXES BUT THE REPUBLICAN GOT ME BELIEVING MR OBAMA, IS GOING TO RAISE MY TAXES,O,O,O, I DON'T PAY TAXES. WELL I GUEST I'AM JUST STUPID, THE BRIDGE TO NO WHERE??????.

STOP THE LIES

IF MR OBAMA WANTS TO WIN HE MUST HAVE SOMEONE TO POINT OUT THE LIES THAT ARE COMING FROM THE MCCAIN AND PALIN MOUTH. POLITIC IS A DIRTY BUSINESS, I DON'T WANT MR OBAMA TO GET DOWN IN THE GUTTER WITH THEM. THEY NEED TO PUSH BACK AND PUSH HARD IF HE WANTS TO WIN. IF YOU REPEAT A LIE OVER AND OVER AGAIN, THEN THE PUBLIC WILL BELIEVE THE LIE AS FACT OR TRUTH. DO WE THE PUBLIC WANT LIARS AND A OLD MAN WHO BELIEVE IN WAR RATHER THAN PEACE IN OFFICE.

McCain's ancestors owned slaves

McCain's ancestors owned slaves
The senator's family history includes a Civil War era plantation in Mississippi.
- - - - - - - - - - - -By Suzi Parker and Jake Tapper
Arizona Sen. John McCain is learning a lot about his family history in the course of this presidential campaign.
Because of his bestselling family memoir, "Faith of My Fathers," which details the lives and military careers of his father, Adm. John McCain II, and grandfather, Adm. John "Slew" McCain, veterans flock to his campaign appearances and book signings. They trade stories about his heroic forebears and share anecdotes.
The family's storied military history stretches back to Carroll County, Miss., where McCain's great-great grandfather William Alexander McCain owned a plantation, and later died during the Civil War as a soldier for the Mississippi cavalry.
But what McCain didn't know about his family until Tuesday was that William Alexander McCain had owned 52 slaves. The senator seemed surprised after Salon reporters showed him documents gathered from Carroll County Courthouse, the Carrollton Merrill Museum, the Mississippi State Archives and the Greenwood, Miss., Public Library.
"I didn't know that," McCain said in measured tones wearing a stoic expression during a midday interview, as he looked at the documents before Tuesday night's debate. "I knew they had sharecroppers. I did not know that."
This documentation includes slave schedules from Sept. 8, 1860, which list as the slave owner, "W.A. McCain." The schedules list the McCain family's slaves in the customary manner of the day -- including their age, gender and "color," labelling each either "black" or "mulatto." The slaves ranged in age from 6 months to 60 years.
"I knew we fought in the Civil War," McCain went on. "But no, I had no idea. I guess thinking about it, I guess when you really think about it logically, it shouldn't be a surprise. They had a plantation and they fought in the Civil War so I guess that it makes sense."
"It's very impactful," he said of learning the news. "When you think about it, they owned a plantation, why didn't I think about that before? Obviously, I'm going to have to do a little more research."
Then he began to piece together information out loud. "So maybe their sharecroppers that were on the plantation were descendants of those slaves," he said.
Tracing the genealogies of slaves is often easy, because slaves frequently adopted the surnames of their owners. In 1876, for example, a Mary J. McCain married Isham Hurt. The two had a son, blues guitarist "Mississippi" John Hurt, in 1892 on Teoc, the plantation community where the McCains owned 2,000 acres.
"Is that right?" McCain asked, after considering his possible connection to the famous bluesman, who died in 1966. "That's fascinating," he said.
McCain said his interest in his family heritage always had been focused on his military background, not his Southern roots. "I just hadn't thought about it, to tell you the truth, because I really feel that my heritage is the military," he said.
The South -- and its struggle to reconcile its past -- has presented the GOP candidates with a briar patch of issues to deal with during this campaign. Both McCain and Texas Gov. George W. Bush have grappled with South Carolina's fight over whether the Confederate flag should be allowed to fly over the capitol.
In addition, Bush has spoken at a college, Bob Jones University, that maintains a ban on interracial dating.
While McCain denounced Bush's appearance at Bob Jones and the university's dating policy, he has hedged on the flag issue. "As to how I view the flag, I understand both sides," McCain said a few weeks ago. "Some view it as a symbol of slavery. Others view it as a symbol of heritage.
McCain added at that time: "Personally, I see the battle flag as a symbol of heritage. I have ancestors who have fought for the Confederacy, none of whom owned slaves. I believe they fought honorably."
Mark Salter, McCain's Senate chief of staff and co-author of "Faith of My Fathers," said Tuesday that no one in McCain's family had ever told him that his ancestors had owned slaves. Salter said that McCain simply assumed his family would have shared such information.
In "Faith of My Fathers," McCain brushes over much of his Mississippi heritage, dedicating about four pages to it. According to Salter, the family history was based on a haphazard mess of information contained in a box kept by McCain's younger brother, Joe.
Furthermore, in his book, the senator writes that the McCains of Teoc "never lamented the South's fall."
The writer Elizabeth Spencer, a cousin to John McCain, does mention the family's slaves in her family memoir, "Landscapes of the Heart," -- a book McCain and his co-author Slater both say they have read, though they say not closely enough to have caught her glancing references to the family's slaves.
Early in Spencer's book, she refers casually to the issue in a reference to her family's history. "All the descendents of slave-holding families I have ever known believe in the benevolence of their forebears as master," she wrote.
An entire floor in the Carrollton Merrill Museum is devoted to the McCain family's local legacy. Boxes are crammed with McCain family memories: In one small, clear, plastic box, a photo of John McCain in full Navy attire is signed "With Love to Grandmother and Aunt Catherine, Johnny." On the back of the photo is written in fading ink: "John S. McCain III, graduation from Naval Academy. Now a P.O.W. in Vietnam." McCain said he was surprised to learn of the photograph.
Also in the museum is a 1949 letter to Katie Lou McCain, a great aunt to the senator, from family friend Ella Stone, who wrote: "He [William Alexander McCain] bought a plantation on Teoc creek [sic] and named it 'Waverly.' They owned slaves and were happy in their plantation life until that terrible holocaust, the War Between the States."
At the end of the interview, McCain said he was glad to know about his family's history. "At the next opportunity, I'm going to go" visit the Merrill Museum, he said.
Though McCain may have been ignorant of his Mississippi roots, those who live in Carroll County today remember the McCain family well. Residents recall the senator's great-grandfather, John McCain Sr., who served two terms as sheriff. They remember Katie Lou McCain and Sen. John McCain's uncle, Joe, who owned Teoc until his death in 1952.
Simpson Hemphill, a longtime Carroll County resident, lives 4 miles down the road from the old McCain place. "That place was a couple of thousand acres," says Hemphill, 70, in a lyrical drawl. "They raised cotton and corn." Hemphill didn't doubt that the McCains owned slaves, "but back then that was as legal as a loaf of bread."
McCain -- an Arizonan raised all over the country, in true military brat fashion -- might be shocked if he were ever to visit Carroll County, birthplace of Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott. If the proverbial sleepy Southern town ever existed, Carrollton is it. The civil rights movement seemingly hasn't made it down to Carrollton, where blacks and whites still live, literally, on opposite sides of the railroad tracks. Confederate flags wave on front porches. The Arizona senator has never visited rustic Merrill Museum, built in 1834, which sits on historic Carrollton town square where a Confederate flag flies in front of the county's grand Civil War memorial.
McCain dismisses the significance of his Southern roots in the campaign, saying it would be "ridiculous" for him to campaign in South Carolina as "a good ol' boy." He's a military man, he says, and that institution is his real home, not any particular geographical location. When accused of being a carpetbagger in his first run for the House in Arizona in 1982, he noted that the longest he'd ever lived in one place was in Hanoi, when he was a prisoner of war for five-and-a-half years.
He says he has been touched by South Carolina's patriotism during this campaign. He says he feels a commonality with the residents of this state because of their love of country and their military service. But not, he says, because of his Southern roots

MR BUSH, MR MCCAIN, AND MRS PALIN

Mr BUSH, said to the public I'm the (decider), when the CIA said they had a be em on SADDAM Mr Bush said he gave SADDAM forty eight hours to leave town,. Mr MC Cain I'm tough (well), out of his own mouth, he said the Vietnamese broke me, but I'm tough,the Republican, broke him, he wanted Lieberman orTom Ridge but he buckled under pressure. Mrs. Palin, said she was a pit bull with lipstick,well i have never seen a pit bull with lipstick, she just may foot the bill, we have seen that she is tough,she has already gone on attack,so maybe she is that pit bull with lipstick.The ticket of MC Cain and Plain, and less not forget Mr Bush.The same thing the same way,and nothing changes. AMERICA LET'S TRY SOMETHING NEW.

A SAFER AND MORE SECURE AMERICA

Judgement, HONOR, C CHARACTER. The Republican have called JOHN MCCAIN a honorable man, after waiting six years,the first wife waited for MR MCCAIN p.o.w.,he cheated on her with another younger woman, was that honorable, when you cheat on your wife, is that character, judgement, when nine eleven happen, instead of doing the gob in Afghanistan, he and Mr Bush went to Iraq, a country they new was weak,and on a lie i wonder, and AMERICA REMEMBER Mr McCain is still seventy two years old.

FAMILY VALUES COUNTRY FRIST

MR MCCAIN, A source from his campaign staff leaked that her child (Mrs plain) was the daughter child, after Mr McCain found out that, that her daughter was pregnant, ( smooth).They had to get it before the media found out, I believe all politician or liars and power hungry peoples.But we the people must understand McCain is still 72 years old. The Republican was in charge for six years ,and their president spent our money like a mad man with the consent of the Republican. all i herd from Mrs Plain was that we were going to war. fear, family value, gays don't mix, every year the Republican uses the same old tricks. Character, family values , morals, I would like to no where are they.

Country First

Mitt Romney.
War, War, War let's go to war. The Republicans can only win by the use of fear. John McCain and George Bush act like Wild West Cowboys. If Mr. McCain wins, we might as well look for World War III. Hitler used the same plan to rid the world of different races and people under the name of Religion. The Republicans talk about John McCain as a Hero for being a POW, but what about those who did not come back? No mention of that. And those of us who came back and weren't recognized. Ooh, how John McCain suffered. They use that as if Mr. McCain was the only one in the Vietnam War.
War, War, War. Let's go to war, which we will if you are elected. Iran next? I wonder whether Mrs. Palin have the same reckless attitude as Mr. Bush and Mr. McCain?

And Giuliani had to go to that 911, 911, 911.

CONVENTION THEME

COUNTRY FRIST, WAR, AND PEACE,GUNS AND BULLETS, ABORTION,DIVIDE NOT UNITE, THE REPUBLICIAN PARTY HAVE DIVIDE THIS COUNTRY FOR YEARS, AND WE THE PEOPLE WILL NOT GET OUT AND VOTE, BE HERD, STOP THE POLITIC OF DO NOTHING, THE SAME OLD THING YEAR AFTER YEAR . A 72 YEAR OLD MAN WITH HIS FINGER ON THE TRIGGER ,THINK HE CAN SOLVE ALL OF THE WORLD PROBLEMS WITH GUNS BULLETS AND TANKS, I DON;T NO THE JOHN MCCAIN OF 2000,AND THE JOHN MCCAIN NOW . WILL HIS JUDGEMENT BE SOUND, OR WILL IT BE LIKE HIS JUDGEMENT WAS WHEN HE PICKED MRS PALIN. COUNTRY FRIST, NOT OURS IRAQ IS NUMBER ONE WITH MR MCCAIN.

AGREEMENT WITH SENATOR OBAMA

We should not be talking the young girl, we should be talking about John McCain and his judgement, values, morals, the republican have been crying that for years, they even impeach Mr Clinton for lying about sex, but John McCain divorce his first wife for another woman, family values. Let's talk about Mr McCain judgement, how good was his judgement when he exposed and humiliate the young girl all a cross the nation? You don't have any understanding as to why she got pregnant, perhaps to gain some attention from her mother and father? but your judgement is to be president at any cost no matter who it hurts. Family values ... where is yours????????

Dangerous McCain

The spinners on the Republican side was caught off guard, Mr. McCain just may win. And if he does the country is sick! We have gone through hell with Mr. Bush, McCain with his finger on the trigger just may start World War III. His temper is of concern to me. He does not have the good of the country in mind. He thinks he is entitled to the office of the President because he was a P.O.W. and he wants to carry on the Bush policies. America wake-up! America Think.

LIARS

If anybody believes that Mr. McCain did not know about that bomb shell does he believe the public is stupid???? Give me a break!!!! He is 72 years old and thinks he can do anything to win the office of president... straight talk I think NOT. Maverick I think NOT. Liar he IS!!! Mr. McCain is a dangerous man.

out of touch

mr mccain,
Said he would rather lose an election than to play politics with the country,well that is what he has done,by picking mrs palin, she will be a heart beat from the most powerful office in the country, with no experince, what a mess, we are all ready behind the eight ball with mr bush now.GOD HAVE MERCY ON AMERICA

G.O.P. - Morals

You would think Mr. McCain would have picked someone who would have been able to take care of the state of Alaska and her children too. So please explain to me how is she going to be able to take care of the country and all of the problems we are having if McCain was to die before his four years was up? How could Ms. Vice President take care of our country, if she cannot run her own household???? Seventeen year old pregnant daughter, morals out of the window....