, Loyalty and about Leadership.Posted on 11/07/2008 1:46:36 PM PST by KayEyeDoubleDee
I call on Captain John S. McCain, USN (ret.), Republican, Senior Senator from Arizona, to put a stop to the public smearing of your erstwhile running mate, Governor Sarah L. Palin, Republican from Alaska.
Governor Palin committed herself and her family to your cause, moreover, to the cause of America, provisionally for four years. She did so with gusto--even after the Mainstream Media saw fit to go after not only her, but two of her children--and we, the Republican electorate, were glad for her decision. She nearly saved your candidacy.
But, now that Senator Barack H. Obama has become President-elect Barack H. Obama, the finger-pointing has begun and I would expect such from the average political candidate. However, sir, you are not the average political candidate. You are a retired US Navy officer and, on top of that, a Vietnam POW and a survivor of the horrendous accident on the USS Forrestal. You know what it's like to be looking to your leaders in the worst of times and to have your subordinates look to you at similar points in time. You know about Faith
Well, sir, it's time for you to Lead again. Stop the dishonorable actions of your subordinates toward another--not just for the governor's sake but for yours--because it is not the governor who your aides are dishonoring; it's you.
Sincerely,
Juliette Akinyi Ochieng, SSgt, USAFR (ret.)
Los Angeles CA
Senator McCain, defend your honorAnd Michelle Malkin:
http://hotair.com/archives/2008/11/07/senator-mccain-defend-your-honor/
Memo to McCain blabbermouths: Character is destiny
http://michellemalkin.com/2008/11/07/memo-to-mccain-blabbermouths-character-is-destiny/
Jeez, just leave the guy alone. I suspect he’s already having a bad week.
Perhaps, he'll cross "the aisle", as he's so fond of doing, and trash her himself?
I’m done with McCain.
Moved on.
Agreed...Calling now!
What should be clear by now is that McCain is a conservative Democrat who is more comfortable with Lieberman and Kerry than any conservative in the Republican Party.
He nearly ran with Kerry, wish he had, would have saved us a lot of anguish.
Called from Tucson, AZ. Since I’m a constituent of his maybe it’ll make a difference.
McCain never crosses the aisle in that direction.
The best thing McCain could do right now:
Demand that Stevens resign if he wins and ask for the signatures of all of the other GOP Senators asking Sarah to either run or appoint herself to the Senate. McCain can do this, and it would heal many of the questions and concerns about their partnership.
Thanks. I already called his DC office and left a voicemail.No staffers would answer the phone.
McCain is showing his true colors by turning his back on Sarah Palin, just like he turned his back on the conservatives.
She needs to defend herself. I suspect she’ll be just fine at it. We need candidates unafraid to defend themselves.
That arrogant little guy is not going to step up to the plate. Forget about him. He was the 2008 Bob Dole. Reload, rebuild.
I’m just glad he didn’t give my first choice the nod for the veep slot.
Then the best thing Sarah Palin could do would be to tell McCain to drop dead, since he is no longer relevant.
McCain can go screw himself. The fact that he has`nt said anything yet says it all for me.
Sen. John McCain directed his staff to engage in guerrila warfare against the lovely Sarah Palin.
We knew who John McCain was before he won the nomination, and we know who John McCain is after he lost the presidential vote. It was only during the campaign that we deliberatly deceived ourselves into thinking he was a conservative kind of guy.
John McCain picked Sarah Palin to placate the conservatives, so we’re going to keep her and skin him! LOL!
I feel for him too but he's leaving her twisting in the wind. That's not right. It doesn't even have to be him. Send out a spokesman to say it. But it does need to be said and it needs to come from him or someone close to him.
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