Reader comments: Despite risks, McCain relishes town hall meetings

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Anonymous | 1:12 p.m. July 20, 2008
Hope someone at one of these town hall meetings will be able to ask him why he, a millionaire takes SS benefits from a system he says is overburdened and a disgrace. Hope they'll ask him too how he is able to take that and a military pension in addition to his Senate salary when he's delinquent on property taxes.
Brother Chuck Schroeder | 5:35 p.m. July 20, 2008
NOW THIS MUST OF BEEN A KODAC MOMENT when our GREAT John McCain was in his favorite campaign setting, a town hall meeting, when he spotted a promising target, (and that "target" that was not seeded there from his own campaign group for the TV Cameras and the news media), and than the big spotlight lit up, and the question flew out; "Sen McCain, In Afghanistan there's way to much black Afghanistan Hash laced with china-white-heroin and coated in 60% to 80% opium for them to keep smoking in their 8 stem water pipes, that's nothing new. Can you reason with a person under those conditions?. "NO". Than what does Republican's say about this Sen McCain." And his reply (bad for the GOP now folks was), Republican's say "hey, this creates high paying jobs" so stall as long as you can to correct this problem over there, and tie the hands of the troops from doing their job's right, and hand out more "stop-loss" Orders from The President when troops are to come home after their tour there, to get more money from Congress and kick-backs from those to for doing that part plus votes?.
brother smith | 7:49 p.m. July 20, 2008
McCain is Bush. more lies, more willingness to sacrifice my son, more garbage. Obama will win everywhere in November.

I watched Obama on the tube today... hey, he is presidential, isn't he. Prayers are being answered!!!
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No way! | 8:22 p.m. July 20, 2008
I heard the entire event on C-Span. McCain is not qualified to be president. He did not answer most of the questions, was very unfocused, and showed an enormous lack of understanding of the issues. I could not believe what I was hearing!

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Sen. John McCain speaks in a town hall format in Warren, Mich., on Friday. Unlike most of his town hall meetings, the Warren gathering was advertised as "not open to the general public." (Carlos Osorio, Associated Press)
Carlos Osorio, Associated Press
Sen. John McCain speaks in a town hall format in Warren, Mich., on Friday. Unlike most of his town hall meetings, the Warren gathering was advertised as "not open to the general public."