Posted on 02/10/2008 8:28:09 PM PST by LonesomeHawk
John McCain For President: A Hero Leader
Editorial Pittsburgh Tribune-Review February 10, 2008
You have to hand it to John McCain. He has an impeccable sense of timing.
At the very moment that a dangerously fractured Republican Party could have disintegrated -- Thursday, when Mitt Romney, the darling of the anti-McCain crowd exited the race -- Sen. McCain delivered a stunning speech to the annual gathering of the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Washington.
Certainly, there was a measured sense of rebuke in the words of the Arizona senator who now has a virtual lock on the GOP presidential nomination. Fiercely independent, McCain made no apologies for positions he holds dear but may be at odds with the traditional conservative base.
But McCain also offered an impressive tutorial on what the core of conservatism really is -- small government, fiscal discipline, low taxes, a strong defense and a judiciary that does not legislate from the bench.
And in the starkest of terms, John McCain reminded those gathered at CPAC and those watching nationwide that the alternative -- freedom-stripping, purse-robbing and security-endangering Democrats -- is no alternative at all.
It was the speech of a hero leader at the exact moment when America is in dire need of heroes and leaders. And we wholeheartedly endorse John McCain for president.
(Excerpt) Read more at pittsburghlive.com ...
The MSM made McCain a hero, and they will soon make him a zero.
Yes, in fact, it is.
Being captured does not make a hero.
Feel free to be free. You have my blessing. Godspeed.
By the way, the term "maverick" originated right here in ole San Antonio. We rather like that.
You really should read the stuff you link to if you intend to rely upon it:
“What most likely happened, I think, is that Kerry did approach McCain over a period of time, both about switching parties and about running as Kerry’s Vice President. McCain says he never took the offers seriously, and my guess is that’s true.
What hurts McCain is that over a period of time, leading Democrats who knew him reasonably well thought that he was someone who might switch parties or run on a ticket with John Kerry. Those aren’t good things to be believed, even wrongly, of a man who wants the Republican Presidential nomination.
In McCain’s defense, I suspect that these overtures reflect the Democrats’ basic lack of seriousness about policy. For the Democrats, everything is about politics. So if they perceived that McCain was angry at President Bush, they apparently didn’t consider his pro-war, pro-life, free-trade, small government views to be much of a problem. McCain, on the other hand, is serious about policy, and he seems to have understood how ridiculous it would be for him to share a ticket with a liberal like Kerry.”
McCain scoffed at Kerry because Kerry offered him the responsibility for National Defense, and McCain flatly said that the CINC does not work that way.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFM1xqqTX_g
This is a link to the Vietnam Veteran’s Against McCain - pretty persuasive ... but again, it’s your call if you want to believe it ... I think it’ll get dirtier as this election progresses .....
Foreign journalists come to the POW camp and want to interview him. He gets propped-up in a room with tea and cookies and he actually eats them. Horrors!
Some sick jerk could suggest that he "should have been more (fill in the blank___"defiant", "heroic", "martyr" blah, blah).
This isn't going to stick.
Campaign finance anti-speech laws to not represent small government, but are instead the domain of big government.
Illegal amnesty counters a strong defense, fiscal discipline, and low taxes.
Link away, McCain never approached Kerry it was completely the other way around, they had several breakfasts together and Kerry was stunned that McCain turned him down.
“He wouldn’t have to leave the (Republican Party)” was a part of Kerry’s befuddlement...
I bet they are!
Saw a bit on the new where Clinton's speaking in a church.
He says "I always prayed I'd be able to vote for a woman for President."
"And," he says, "I always prayed I'd be able to vote for a black man for President."
He pauses, sadly reflective and says, "Why do you suppose God put us in this delemna?"
There you have it. The Clintons blame God for sending Obama!
Its God's fault. :-)
(aviation term)
Is that anything similar to "crash and burn"? :-)
I'm not easily swayed into the notion of massive government conspiracies. This government can't even keep the method of tracking bin Laden's whereabouts a secret.
Just shows how much MCCain supported the GOP
Maverick McCain rips GOP By Noelle Straub Friday, April 2, 2004
WASHINGTON - Sen. John McCain yesterday unleashed an attack on his own party, saying the GOP is ``astray'' on key issues and criticizing President Bush [related, bio] on the war in Iraq.
*****``I believe my party has gone astray,'' McCain said, criticizing GOP stands on environmental and minority issues.
*****``I think the Democratic Party is a fine party, and I have no problems with it, in their views and their philosophy,'' he said. ``But I also feel the Republican Party can be brought back to the principles I articulated before.''
*****The maverick senator made the remarks at a legislative seminar hosted by U.S. Rep. Martin T. Meehan (D-Lowell) as he again ruled out running on a ticket with Democrat John F. Kerry [related, bio].
*****The Arizona Republican took on President Bush for failing to prepare Americans for a long involvement in Iraq, saying, ``You can't fly in on an aircraft carrier and declare victory and have the deaths continue. You can't do that.''
*****McCain said the U.S. should seek more U.N. involvement in Iraq. ``Many people in this room question, legitimately, whether we should have gone in or not,'' he said, adding that that debate ``will be part of this presidential campaign.'
From FOX news and McCain wanting to be VP
SNOW: Well, you’re absolutely right though, it’s going to be fun to see. Now John Kerry, is it true that John Kerry asked you to be his vice president?
McCAIN: Uh, no. No, it was never offered.
SNOW: It was never offered. So, it may have been discussed elliptically, but never flat out request.
McCAIN: Never was an offer, no.
SNOW: When you had conversations, did you think it was a little weird that he’d be calling you, even in general terms about this sort of thing?
McCAIN: Well, he and I have been friends for a number of years because of our efforts on POWs and MIAs which was a very hot issue back in the early 90’s, a lot of people have forgotten about it, but it was a- and we worked together to try to resolve that issue and I appreciate the work that he did on it. And, so it’s not unusual for us to have conversations.
SNOW: Right. But, so- I want to just lay to rest once and for all: never approached you, never hinted that he wanted to talk to you about being vice president. All that kind of stuff was made up.
McCAIN: Well, I cannot attest to that. All I can tell you is my conversations with him were private conversations, but he never offered it.
WILLIAM COOPERCue Rod Serling...
One of the first to begin exposing the Government for what it truly is, William Cooper was killed by authorities on 11/5/2001.
~ Author of "Behold a Pale Horse"
Bubba just needs to shut up.
Hillary fired her campaign manager - that’s news. The campaign is in free fall (another aviation term).:)
Bully for you.
Fair enough, McCain told Snow that Kerry had never offered the VP slot, in fact he had, “but” it was a one way street.
Which is a far cry from McLame asked Kerry....
You are correct. In addition, his lovely and astute wife would rather he not take the job.
Add that he has served grandly at risk to his health, and we do not even have the right to ask.
All this does not change the fact that he is the Republican's only chance.
McCain says he was never contacted by Kerry, so that only leaves him, juan and his staff contacting kerry and asking for the job. 2+2=4.
Kerry says the contact was made by McCain, McCain says that Kerry never contacted him. That leaves no other option except in your mind.
Hmmm:
” *****``I believe my party has gone astray,’’ McCain said, criticizing GOP stands on environmental and minority issues.
*****``I think the Democratic Party is a fine party, and I have no problems with it, in their views and their philosophy,’’ he said. ``But I also feel the Republican Party can be brought back to the principles I articulated before.’’
*****The maverick senator made the remarks at a legislative seminar hosted by U.S. Rep. Martin T. Meehan (D-Lowell) as he again ruled out running on a ticket with Democrat John F. Kerry [related, bio].
*****The Arizona Republican took on President Bush for failing to prepare Americans for a long involvement in Iraq, saying, ``You can’t fly in on an aircraft carrier and declare victory and have the deaths continue. You can’t do that.’’
*****McCain said the U.S. should seek more U.N. involvement in Iraq. ``Many people in this room question, legitimately, whether we should have gone in or not,’’ he said, adding that that debate ``will be part of this presidential campaign.’ “
Well, the aircraft carrier episode did come back to haunt GWB, many here would say that the GOP has gone astray, he ruled out running with Kerry and UN involvement would go a long way to legitimizing the New Iraqi Govt, as well as making Iraq eligible for loans through the IMF.
He complimented the Dhimmicrats, which to me is a crappy think to do, but he also said the Republican Party can be brought back to it’s principles.
Now that last bit does make him too much of a bipartisan inside the Beltway type, and that is one of his many problems.
And of the salad bar of Conservative Issues, he may have one or two in his resume, but on 4 or 5 other ones he falls short, McCain Feingold and Amnesty come to mind....
A Democrat hero.
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