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Posted on 01/12/2008 3:15:35 PM PST by freespirited
The State editorial board's GOP presidential primary endorsement
FOR SOUTH CAROLINA, and to some extent for the nation, the choice among Republican candidates for president has come down to two men.
First Rudy Giuliani, then Mitt Romney looked at political realities and fled the Palmetto State, deciding their priorities lay elsewhere. Fred Thompson seems to be running in this first-in-the-South primary just to say he did. Ron Paul keeps on being Ron Paul, former nominee of the Libertarian Party.
The two remaining contenders here happen to be the two strongest candidates — Mike Huckabee and John McCain. Gov. Huckabee is an exciting newcomer who shows a wonderful ability to connect with voters’ concerns, and Republicans could do far worse than to choose him. But his utter lack of knowledge of foreign affairs is unsettling.
It’s not just about Iraq and Afghanistan. As freshly demonstrated by the incident involving U.S. warships in the Strait of Hormuz last week and the assassination earlier of the opposition leader in the world’s most volatile democracy (which possesses nuclear weapons, and shelters Osama bin Laden), our commander in chief will need a far broader and deeper understanding of our relationship to the world than on-the-job training can adequately provide.
Clearly, the best Republican candidate to lead our nation at this time is U.S. Sen. John McCain of Arizona. He has the necessary experience, not just in time served, but in the quality of understanding he exhibits across the board.
The value of his experience is multiplied by his integrity and independence. He is a slave to no ideology or faction. Not only will he work with anyone who wants to do the right thing anytime, he is usually the driving force at the head of coalitions to get the job done — from the Gang of 14 that broke Senate gridlock and paved the way for the confirmation of conservative judges to his principled leadership on campaign finance reform. He knew the political risk he took leading the quest for a comprehensive solution to illegal immigration, but he believed securing our borders was too important a priority not to try.
He is deeply respected by his colleagues in both parties, despite the fact that, as he jokes, he has never sought the “Miss Congeniality” title. No one is as likely as he to fight, expose and defeat waste, fraud or corruption.
Experience, certainly. Integrity, even more so. But John McCain’s most conspicuous virtue is courage. He is a brave and tough man who unlike some candidates has no need to bluster, but is able to speak with humility and generosity to those with whom he disagrees. A McCain presidency would do much to restore confidence in American leadership, at home and abroad.
There is of course the extraordinary physical and moral courage that he displayed as a prisoner of war in Vietnam, where he withstood nightmarish torture for years rather than let his country or his comrades down. But he also possesses the kind of political fortitude that keeps him from giving up on any worthwhile quest. He evinces a wisdom born in pain, a confidence earned in many battles. When others despair, John McCain knows he has seen worse, and keeps striding forward.
For much of the past year, his candidacy was dismissed, his support depleted, his coffers empty. He kept on, and gradually won the doubters back to his cause.
More to the point, consider the wisdom and courage he has displayed with regard to our nation’s struggle in Iraq. For four years, he was nearly alone in his insistent criticism of the Bush administration for sending too few troops to quell the violence. When the president finally adopted the McCain approach a year ago, the senator lent Gen. David Petraeus his unwavering support at a time when so many in both major parties either thought he was wrong, or simply lacked the courage to stand with him. He was right all along.
John McCain has shown more clearly than anyone on the American political scene today that he loves his country, and would never mislead or dishonor it. He is almost unique in his determination to do what is right, whatever the cost. And he usually has a clear vision of what’s right.
So it is that we confidently and enthusiastically endorse John McCain for the Republican nomination for president of the United States.
Geez, I can't express an opinion without being accused of memory loss?
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And this comes from a combat veteran and certainly an appreciator of John McCain's past sacrifice.
1) He is an egotistically and psychologically unstable individual (and "they" know it).
2) He has never had any executive responsibility whatsoever (and "they" know it).
3) He will be mincemeat to any Democratic candidate in realtime national debate (and "they" know it).
4) Out of ego he will make critical outrages on the national stage (and they know it).
The presidential candidates selected by the Elites will be Hillary Clinton and John McCain, the former of whom, with Media Spin, will make the latter look like a weak, falling star, also-ran.
You only have to outsmart and manipulate 50% of the sheeple. It is done everyday in the movies; to the public, and every actor in Hollywood who is slave to their own Ego. It is developed psychological operations.
George Bush had the "bully pulpit" for eight years; and blew it, out of stupidity, out of intent.
My vision of America is gone. It was individual responsibility and spirit.
(You have heard this from the Suntrade Institute, not the Brookings Institution.)
Fourth place is doing very well?
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2008/president/sc/south_carolina_republican_primary-233.html
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I’m just saying, I don’t think McCain is able to pull out a South Carolina win once the voting actually starts, unless *uckabee splits Fred’s vote so much that they mutually destroy each other. However *uckabee splitting Fred’s vote at all helps McCain, because *uckabee will just turn around and add his delegates to McCain’s at the convention for a McCain-*uckabee ticket.
POS newspaper as most are nowadays.
The only selling point for McCain is the polls show him doing better against the Democrats than any other candidate.
McCain likely will end up being the Bob Dole of 2008 if he gets the nomination, though. He's an old, recycled candidate that none of the base can get excited about.
Excellent dossier. You might want to add that Rudolph William-Louis Giuliani still advocates allowing the massacre of helpless unborn-Americans with impunity (anti-life/pro-death (”choice”)).
What are hearing around and about? Huckabee? Fred? McCain?
Just spend ten bucks on a new keyboard.
If it comes to McCain and Mubarak Hussein I don’t even see the point in voting.
NO not even against Hillary!
Never. He's too much of a liar.
You do realize that the CP shares Ron Paul’s cut-and-run foreign policy, don’t you?
That is at least three of us! I bet there are many more.
But this is the state of McCain’s favorite lap dog, Mrs. Goober Graham, so I’d take any endorsements coming from SC with a huge grain of salt.
Vote for Hussein. If McCain loses to the Taqiyya Kid, his wing of the party is toast. Then we regroup, mount a strong opposition for four years, and nominate a conservative to clean B. Hussein’s clock in 2012.
Or better yet... sink Captain Straight Talk before it comes to that.
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McCain denies he was close to quitting GOP
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Why don't you shut your political pie hole?
Stifling the www? Online Freedom of Speech Act (H.R. 1606)
"1606 is needed because federal courts have ordered the Federal Election Commission to regulate "electioneering communications" on the Internet because of the Bipartisan Campaign Finance Reform Act (McCain-Feingold). If H.R. 1606 fails to become law, your Web site or blog could be shut down for the 30 days prior to a primary election and the 60 days prior to a general election should you express "electioneering communications."
Are there any newspapers that aren't bird cage liner? Other than the Union-Leader, Investors Business Daily, and maybe the non editorial pages of the WSJ?
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