Posted on 03/28/2008 4:39:44 PM PDT by jveritas
Today John McCain campaign released a very powerful and emotional ad that portrays a man who made the ultimate sacrifice to serve this greatest nation in history of mankind. I do not know how anyone cannot consider that this great man will be great commander in Chief when they see the footage of him in captivity and being interrogated by his Vietnamese captures. This is the man that we need to continue and win this great war against the Islamic terrorist enemy.
(View the very powerful ad here) http://blogsforjohnmccain.com/new-john-mccain-ad-mccain-624787
When he was at the lowest point of his campaign last summer and everyone wrote him out, they asked him if his low poll numbers are due to his support of the war, McCain replied “I would rather lose an election than lose the war”. Now compare this great Patriot to socialists and defeatists like Obama or Hillary Clinton who fabricated one of the most outrageous lies claiming that she came under snipers fire in Bosnia.
God bless John McCain.
God bless America.
McCain For President.
Telling the truth about the mormon cult is just that...
telling the truth...
about the false prophet joseph smith and his book of mormon...
There is nothing Christian about the mormon cult...
they believe that Joseph Smith gets to judge who goes to their idea of heaven...
In fact to them the false prophet Joseph smith is more important than Jesus...
And they believe that Jesus and Lucifer/satan where brothers and that their god had physical sex with Mary...
They believe that they become gods...
In fact they believe they were “spirit children” of gods until they were born as humans...
And of course they believe there are millions of gods..
They can release it again in the General Elections.
Sweetie most of us are not even talking about McCain...
Sorry...
it is a great thread...
lots can happen before Nov...
The McCain haters probably never served in the Military.
DUMB and DUMB how about that.
U.S. Navy, Desert Storm vet here.
Next?
USAF vet here
Vietnam was my war...
Did you serve in the US military ???
Wonderful post.
You just demonstrated one of the things it means to be a Christian. Humbling yourself before the Lord and your brothers and sisters and asking forgiveness.
Those who want to defeat John McCain are DUMB.
Agreed.
Those who want to do not want John McCain to win in November are giving a vote to a socialist America, whether they realize it or not.
I’m not wild about McCain, and I understand that people have principles, but the reality of this election will not accomodate principles. Not voting for McCain is a vote for the Democratic party. Third party votes or write ins only split the vote.
It is a very powerful ad. My feeling is, unless, or until, you have walked in his boots, don’t criticize the man.
Exactly true.
Let’s keep up a good fight against McCain at least until he is selected to make an acceptance speech at the convention. He has a lot of problems, including national security and integrity.
Politics is the art of compromise and leadership is the art of principle. Lincoln used superb political skills to implement some of the most cogent and insightful principles to guide this nation. McCain has used political skills to implement compromises consistent with increasing personal acclaim among liberal media and politicians.
The former is dead and the latter is alive, but dead to principles unrelated to his immediate personal advancement. Since leadership is absent from the Democrat and Republican Parties, each individual must make a way to manage commitment to principle and political party affiliation. Each individual must answer questions as to what extent, under what circumstances and when, if ever, do you forsake conservative principles to align with an enemy of your beliefs against a greater enemy of your beliefs?
John McCain lacks leadership for the War on Terror. His leadership codified the Army interrogation manual making terrorists legal combatants. His leadership granted terrorists American citizenship rights under Fifth, Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments. He thereby ensures information vital to defeat terrorists remains sacred and unobtainable. Terrorists are unresponsive to direct questioning and psychological gambits. Therefore, interrogators need all stress and coercion techniques our military encounters in survival schools. McCain embraces liberal orthodoxy considering those methods torture, but his searing experiences call forth contrary insights he must suppress.
McCain especially understands terrorists are not insurgents or freedom fighters; when captured, certainly not prisoners of war. They are not armed forces, militias, or volunteer corps of any country or authority. These killers are not members of organized resistance movements carrying arms openly. They have no distinctive identifier. Terrorists cannot even qualify as spies or saboteurs destroying infrastructure required to support military operations. McCain understands Geneva Conventions intended to isolate such forces, provide them no protections, and allow destruction with any overwhelming furies needed to crush their abominations.
McCain especially appreciates that laws guaranteeing civil liberties presuppose operation within an invincible society. The Federal government’s primary responsibility is to pursue Alexander Hamilton’s admonition that powers exist without limitation; providing capabilities thwarting dangers as well as repelling attacks. McCain understands powerful warfare capabilities require potent intelligence acquisition and exploitation before and during campaigns.
McCain continually seeks popular advancement by placating those coveting luxurious morality requiring shelter from hard choices and danger awareness. His crime is repudiating military and intelligence professionals facing hard choices when confronting shrewd, ruthless enemies obscured behind frightening uncertainties.
John McCain succumbed to the terrible addiction of political power. The same addiction expressed itself differently in fellow Navy officer Randy Cunningham, who was the Navy’s first Vietnam ace. Over the decades the honor and moral authority of both were gradually traded away for influence in the political arena. To me McCain is like a cadaver prepared for viewing. The removal of blood and organs equates to the trading away of honor and moral authority. The reputation that remains is like the cosmetics applied for viewing the corpse at the funeral. It is easy for anyone to get onto the same sort of gently downward sloping path. The final result is tragic, but we do not need a modern day Macbeth or Hamlet as President.
That’s a great speech...
but who would you put in McCains place ???
The conservatives were chased o9ff early...
All we had left were RINOs each worse than the last
Gulianni, Romney, Huckabee, Paul, McCain...
Which one was the lesser evil ???
You’re supposed to *assume* that the guy with an R will do the least damage, despite probably receiving little resistance from both Republicans and Democrats.
BTTT!
read later
Alan Keyes is very principled... a good man... i don't see him leading our nation... i just don't think of him as a leader...
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