Posted on 10/05/2008 9:17:14 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
More than 100 former American ambassadors are endorsing John McCain and Sarah Palin for president and vice president.
To be announced by the McCain campaign later this week, the endorsements counter Barack Obama’s claims that McCain is inflexible when it comes to diplomacy and negotiations with other countries, Newsmax has learned.
Obama has specifically said that in contrast to McCain, he would sit down with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and other world dictators to negotiate, without preconditions.
“Senator Obama does not have sufficient leadership experience, nor has he been tested in difficult times,” said Mark W. Erwin, a Democrat and former Hillary Clinton supporter who is a co-chairman of Former U.S. Ambassadors for McCain/Palin. Erwin was ambassador to the Republic of Mauritius.
Endorsing McCain are Howard Baker, who was ambassador to Japan; former President George H.W. Bush, who was ambassador to the United Nations; Frank C. Carlucci III, who was ambassador to Portugal; and Jim Nicholson, who was ambassador to the Vatican.
Others endorsing McCain are Bruce Gelb, former ambassador to Belgium; Margaret Heckler, who was ambassador to Ireland; John L. Loeb, Denmark; Ed Ney, Canada; and Julia Chang Bloch, Nepal.
Former Ambassador Gilbert A. Robinson spearheaded the formation of the group. Besides Erwin, the other co-chairman is former Ambassador to Sweden Gregory J. Newell. Robinson was special adviser to Secretary of State George Shultz, director of the Office of Public Diplomacy, and deputy director of the U.S. Information Agency under President Reagan. Newell was an assistant to President Ford and assistant secretary of state under Reagan.
Such designations carry ambassadorial rank and require Senate confirmation.
“Nobody could ask for a greater show of confidence,”
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of course it will get buried.
i try to tell a union democrat friend of mine that she sees
only what the msm want her to see,
but she believes me not.
I’m glad to see just about any endorsement for McCain right now, but the State Department isn’t what I’d call a resounding Conservative endorsement. A lot of the folks who need to be reached, won’t see it that way.
McCain...getting endorsed by State Department Rats and RINOs...what a shock.
So everyone that EVER worked at State or was an ambassador is suspect? How about intelligence? I worked in M.I. for years, am I a RINO or a Rat? Read the list at the link.
Stop crapping on threads.
BTTT
Well Obama has the support of a number of Weather Underground members and CPUSA. But he says it is negative campaigning to point it out.
If he’d denounce their support, then his complaints might hold water.
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Obama Says A Baby Is A Punishment
Obama: “If they make a mistake, I don’t want them punished with a baby.”
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Don’t know if you’ve seen this one yet 2ndDivisionVet, but it’s a potential gamebreaker.
Only when the Bush-McCain wing of the GOP stops crapping on conservatives.
Sarah Palin is a conservative. In perhaps the most important decision McCain could make he chose a vibrant conservative.
A quick check of the list indicates that they are all political appointees, not career State people.
Even so, I meant what I said. You’ll never see the state department or ambassadors recognizing that military action must be taken. I sure don’t remember ever seeing it. That being the case, I don’t have much respect for the lot of them.
Thanks for your response.
100-Plus Former Ambassadors Endorse McCain
Good deal!
Meanwhile, 100-Plus terrorists Endorse Obama.
The Communist Party of the US just endorsed Obama as well.
I would tread very carefully here.
Say that!
The right is going to vote for McCain, so I’m not too concerned there. It’s the left that would be most moved by ambassadors. They love that stuff.
I don’t see much down side really.
I think it’s a relatively good set of endorsements.
I also recognize it for what it is.
The State Department should be scared to death of Obama. I doubt seriously that the diehard career diplomats fear him at all.
That’s the problem as I see it.
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