McCain for president
John McCain has every reason to quit. Giving up would simply remove him from an impossible situation where he has no hope of winning. Quitting isn’t a personal failure, just recognition of the proverbial facts on the ground.
That could have been said of McCain when he finished near the bottom of his class at the U.S. Naval Academy. Or when he was brutally and regularly beaten by his captors during the Vietnam War. Or when he took on his own party and entrenched Washington interests to fight for campaign finance and immigration reform. Or last summer, when everyone was sure his presidential campaign was dead.
Or now, when they’re saying the same thing.
Anyone who has watched John McCain over the years knows he is a fighter, a battle-scarred veteran of an ongoing struggle to do what he believes is right and best for his country, his party and his conscience.
We hope McCain doesn’t pay too much attention to the polls, and we hope the voters will take one last look at McCain.
Today, we endorse John McCain for president of the United States.
The next president will face a difficult, dangerous world and a teetering economy that could push it over the brink. We have replaced the word “problem” with the word “crisis” to describe the long list of challenges facing this country: The economy, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, health care, energy independence and federal government spending.
The solution to those challenges is a president who has both the long view of history and the experience of working shoulder-to-shoulder with members of the opposition party to craft solutions for a new century. That candidate is John McCain.
It’s ironic that the things that have hurt McCain with the extreme elements of his own party have not been recognized by the larger electorate. America has less than a week to finally get it right.
McCain has spent a career navigating the political shoals of Washington. He is uniquely able to work with a heavily Democratic Congress and a divided, frustrated nation. We say that because he has done that throughout his career.
We see a McCain presidency not only as a way to reach out to the disparate elements of a growing Democratic majority in Congress, but a way to also check the worst abuses of one-party rule.
McCain wants to cut our taxes and take any manner of sharp rhetorical devices to federal government spending: Hatchets, meat cleavers and even scalpels around the edges. That only makes sense. If you’re going to cut taxes, you have to cut federal spending, too.
McCain understands that. He also understands that it’s time to do something about health care costs, a constant worry of most Americans and a drag on American businesses.
Finally, McCain knows the horrors of war because he has survived them. He wants to find the honorable, safe and smart way out of Iraq.
It may be coincidental, but our country was attacked early in the first terms of our last two presidents (in 1993 and 2001). If America is again attacked by radical Islamic terrorists when President McCain is in office, he will take the fight to the terrorists.
McCain hasn’t been a perfect presidential candidate. His vice presidential choice, Gov. Sarah Palin, is clearly not ready to step into the top spot and her selection was an obvious concession to the more extreme elements of the Republican Party at a time when most candidates reach for the political center.
Democrats complain that a McCain presidency would be an extension of the Bush presidency. But nothing could be further from the truth. McCain has always been a maverick in the truest sense of the word.
We endorse John McCain for president and we urge Dan River Region voters to support him Tuesday. McCain is the clear choice for president of the United States.
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Well, I have read all of the blogs on this subject and have come to this conclusion. Sawdust says it best! And JacksonPollock is such a blind Democrat that he would not be able to find his posterior with either hand nor with both hands and that being with the aid of a seeing-eye dog! When Sawdust said, “The undeniable fact is that she,(Sarah Palin), has more executive experience than the three men combined.“, is very much the truth. Personally, I think I will not vote for anyone but Governor Palin. Oh yeah, Sawdust, yes all was doing fine before Nancy and the Dems took over. Since that time everything has gone down the drain!
Unbelievable is all I can say.
All I have to say is read your Bible. This is all Prophecy.
Sawdust. I disagree with your statement that McCain loves his country. If so, why would he put his election in front of the nation’s best interests? He selected Gov. Palin for VP, after only one interview, knowing, full well, that she isn’t qualified to serve as President. To me that is subordination.
And if we accept the idea that we can judge a person by the company they keep, then what are your thoughts about John McCain supporting and be-friending G. Gordon Liddy, a known AND proven guilty terrorist? How about Sarah Palin’s husband who was a member of the Alaska Independence Party that espoused hate for the US and declaring independence for Alaska; even Gov. Palin spoke at their convention and said positive things about their mission (which is to dissolve Alaska’s statehood, in radical ways, if necessary). And, if I may bring a Democratic “terrorist” into the fray, I’m sure that Senator McCain served on numerous committees with Senator Robert Byrd (W.Va.) who has admitted membership in the KKK, a Christian terrorist organization.
And, Sawdust, when Senator McCain claims that Gov. Palin has more executive experience than either Senator Obama or Senator McCain, why does he not include his name in there also? He has been nothing other than a politician in all of his adult life except for his disrupted career in the Navy, which did not give him any executive experience?
Of course, all of this really doesn’t matter because the people of this great nation will speak on Tuesday, and our new president, Senator Obama, will help get this nation out of the mess Bush/McCain has created for us. The nation doesn’t want to have two failed presidencies in a row, and McCain will surely guarantee another 4 years of Bush’s failed policies. Peace.
Vindicator: Nice poem.
I don’t agree with McCain on many things, but there is one issue on which no one can argue, that John McCain loves this country. He proved that a long time ago. I’ve heard him criticized for many things, but none of his political opponents have ever accused him of not loving the USA.
Obama is a different story. He has assured us that he loves the USA as much as anyone else, but other than that, what do we have to go on?
I was taught that a man can be judged by the company he keeps. I believe that this is not a hard and fast rule, 100% of the time, but that there is some truth in it, just as there is some truth to the adage about “birds of a feather”. Barack’s Rolodex is a who’s who of people that my parents wouldn’t want me hanging around. Every single one of his friends seems to have some undesirable character trait. And a lot of his friends, including his wife, seem to have an intense dilike for my country, bordering on hatred in some cases. I question Obama’s love of country, and challenge him to prove it.
Some people question the choice of Sarah Palin, saying she is not experienced enough to be Vice-President. The undeniable fact is that she has more executive experience than the three men combined. She seems to have done a good job at every step up the political ladder. I don’t know, I’m just trusting the judgement of Alaskans, who overwhelmingly think so.
And what has Obama ever run, besides his campaign and his mouth? Evidently, he doesn’t have a campaign manager, as he cited running his campaign as executive experience. I find that as hard to believe as the story about Obama being unaware of Jeremiah Wright’s loathing for my country. Obama’s lack of any real world experience and his judgement bother me.
Everyone is blaming Bush for the economic problems. Maybe, but as best I remember, we did all right for his first 6 years, despite 9/11. Only in the last two years has it tanked. What happened two years ago? Congressional elections, if I recall correctly, and I believe I do. Democrats take over Congress, same President in the White House, economy tanks. Could there be a connection?
The economy will recover, regardless of who is in the White House. I believe that Obama’s tax plan will slow any recovery, but that’s just me. One thing that will not go away any time soon is radical Islam. These are some very serious men on a mission. As I understand it, their mission is to wipe Israel off the map, kill, convert, or enslave all infidels(That’s you, if you’re not a Muslim), and to make Islam the only religion on earth. You yourself may have heard them say so. They say so every day, and prove their seriousness at every opportunity. Obama seems to be confused about just who are the good guys and who are the bad guys. He went to Europe and apologized for my country, which, in case he has forgotten, pulled Europe’s rear end out of the fire more than once. Apparently, a lot of Europeans have forgotten, as well. I don’t think Obama has the fortitude to defeat the terrorists, and I wonder if he even has the desire.
I don’t like Obama’s self-professed economic theory about “spreading the wealth around”. I’m not surprised about it, because he has spent most of his life around communists, from Frank Marshall Davis to Saul Alinsky to Bill Ayers. Wright’s church preaches a gospel of Marxism disguised as Christianity. That’s from their web site, not my opinion. Oh, and it is also racist, stating unequivocally the superiority of the black race, which makes Wright the black equivilant of David Duke.
We don’t know much about Obama, and what we do know is suspect, to say the least. These are dangerous times, folks. As much so as I’ve seen in 60 years. We need a leader, not a talker.
A couple of points: How can this paper endorse McCain for President & then endorse Warner for Senator? If they both are elected, Warner will spend every waking moment trying to prevent any of McCain’s ideas from being enacted into law. The other point is this: There is absolutely no difference in a white guy who will not vote for Obama because of his race, and a black guy who votes FOR his because of his race. BOTH are racist.
I have carefully scanned all blogs posted to this article. While reading, I can’t begin to wonder why some peopled feel the way they feel. Some say that they are not fans of “PRESIDENT” Bush but they can’t vote for Senator Obama. Then they say that they will vote for McCain and in the same breath Gov. Sara Palin is not ready to be president. I have one question for all that say they can’t vote for Obama, if Hillary Clinton had won the primary and became the Democratic nominee, would you vote for her? Mind you since no one can’t vote for the anti-American (because of his name)! If your answer is “yes”, then I will call anyone a racist. If you hear Clinton and Obama’s platform, both are after the same policies. I must admit, if Obama was too liberal, I would not vote for him either. I am voting for Obama because he is for anyone that makes less than $250,000. What this means for the working class folks is, when we retire from our jobs, we will have a retirement system.
My thoughts on this election:
‘Twas the night before elections
And all through the town
Tempers were flaring
Emotions all up and down!
I, in my bathrobe
With a cat in my lap
Had cut off the TV
Tired of political crap.
When all of a sudden
There arose such a noise
I peered out of my window
Saw Obama and his boys
They had come for my wallet
They wanted my pay
To give to the others
Who had not worked a day!
He snatched up my money
And quick as a wink
Jumped back on his bandwagon
As I gagged from the stink
He then rallied his henchmen
Who were pulling his cart
I could tell they were out
To tear my country apart!
“ On Fannie, on Freddie,
On Biden and Ayers!
On Acorn, On Pelosi”
He screamed at the pairs!
They took off for his cause
And as he flew out of sight
I heard him laugh at the nation
Who wouldn’t stand up and fight!
So I leave you to think
On this one final note -
IF YOU DON’T WANT SOCIALISM
GET OUT AND VOTE!!!!
Obama 08. Deal with it .
celia mcculty. With all due respect, your “left behind” theory is glib.
I know the Bible, and I know that Gorbachev’s birthmark was once seen by some as the sign of the anti-christ. That one didn’t work, so they now look for anyone else. I also know that if you believe in the Bible and believe that Senator Obama is the one to lead you and the other followers of this Hal Lindsey foolish dogma into your paradise with Jesus, then you should vote for Senator Obama and not interfere with God’s plan.
Your “he’s not an American” is just foolishness, my friend. And, I didn’t say I’d pray for you; with your racial comments and your brainwashed religious thinking you are just as dangerous to our nation today as Islamic radicals. Such religious thinking is dangerous to society and just as extreme as the thinking that went through the warped minds of the men who flew those planes on 9/11 - it’s just a difference in religious belief, but just as dangerous. Peace.
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