Posted on 09/08/2008 12:55:29 PM PDT by Jim Robinson
Thanks for the post. I hope you are feeling better.
We simply cannot sit back & hand the House & Senate & the Supreme Court & the Presidency to the Party of Obama.
To do so is NOT nobel, or ethical or admirable. It is not patriotic. It is simply surrender.
“Who would you rather have in defense of the United States of America…a group of people who never served a day overseas in their life or a guy who served his country honorably?” Howard Dean, DNC Chairman
I may have the honor of eating the most words on Senator McCain dating back to 1999. I have been fully on board with the Senator since the Florida primary mainly because I consider Obama to be a threat to this Nation we all love. Over time and the more I have learned about Senator McCain, the more convinced I became that he was the right man for the job and perhaps a nagging voice has even said at times I should have supported him in 2000.
I still was not that enthused through the summer but then with the pick of Governor Palin, this race has turned into the most fun I have had in politics in a long time.
When I watched the speeches of first Fred Thompson (best speech I have seen him give in a long time), Mike Huckabee (another good speech), and then Rudy with his red meat speech all leading up to the speech of our new VP candidate, Governor Palin, I knew the GOP was righting the ship. Then when Gov Palin spoke, you could feel the energy going back into the conservative movement with each sentence.
No matter who I have talked with in the last two weeks here and when I was traveling, Republicans, Indys, and the Reagan Democrats are enthused about the future of this Country with the McCain/Palin ticket and the future with Gov Palin running for President someday.
Thank you Senator McCain for energizing the GOP by choosing one of the best candidates that the GOP has ever had. This ticket has made me proud to be a Republican once again and a Conservative Republican at that.
Bush didn’t abandon us...I suspect McCain won’t either.
We are/will.
If J.C. Watts supports Obama, he has lost all of my respect.
I voted for J.C. in his Congressional races 3 times and believed he was a true conservative. If he votes for Obama just because he’s black, then I believe J.C. is being racist.
Because after all, McCain might say something in the dabtes that will make it smart to elect a neophyte crytocommie to be Commandr-in-Chief in a time of war.
In McCain’s book, “Faith of My Fathers”, he describes the horrors of being a POW in Hanoi. He praises many of his fellow prisoners for their courage, despite being tortured over a period of years. He mentions (only) two American prisoners who actively collaborated with the North Vietnamese, betraying their country, and receiving special treatment in return.
Somehow, I think Jimmy Carter would have been one of the collaborators. So would Al Gore, John Kerry, Ted Kennedy, Biden, Reid, Obama, and the rest of the Democrat “leaders”, if they had been prisoners in Hanoi. They would have told their captors anything, disgracing themselves and the United States.
We must win because 2012 is Palin vs. Hillary.
I’ll be more blunt. I’m still not happy with McCain, but like you, I too will vote for the ticket. I’m hoping McCain will step aside after one term and let her have a shot at it.
That was my first thought too!
Yeah, that’s it :)
Right on!
Looking forward to having this electionathon over and done with. Currently all evidence is that it’s going to be McCain/Palin winning in November.
We at FR are the Political Junkie’s. Most of America is just now beginning to address the forthcoming elections, and as they look at what’s on the menu, they are going to reject the stinky fish from dubious source that is on the left side of the page, and vote for the Mooseburgers on the right.
1870 till 1920 déjà vu
African Americans were first permitted to vote in 1870.
American women were first permitted to vote in 1920.
That’s 50 years that for one reason or another that African Americans were essentially treated with more dignity and respect than women. Think of it, they received more respect than the wives, daughters, and sisters did from their own husbands, fathers, and brothers. It took 50 years for the male voters to eventually see the cruel and unforgivable lack of fairness in the status of women between the sad years of 1870 and 1920. AND, it was THE WOMEN, the suffragettes, who forced the issue—and championed their own defense of their Right to vote. The men eventually acceded to their entreaties, but it was the women who brought the issue to the fore.
Now, in 2008, we as a nation of voters—and especially women—are again confronted by two choices: Do we again slight women by voting to favor an African American for the prestigious job of President of the United States merely because he is personable and has excellent oratorical abilities? And do we then exclude a wonderfully personable and charming woman who also possesses outstanding oratorical abilities? What, ultimately, are our aspirations?
Ladies and gentlemen, this is a groundbreaking election. It is precedent setting just as was the Fifteenth Amendment of 1870, and the Nineteenth Amendment of 1920. It is impossible to imagine women back in those sorrowful years...shaking their heads in utter disbelief at their second class status….
Men need to respect women more, but in truth, women also, need to respect themselves more. Once again it is women who are called upon to stand up for themselves and claim their Right to high executive office. Just as freedom needs to be defended (and that means fought for) so does breaking through the ‘glass ceiling!’
Women in particular should review their choices carefully, and ask: Who would best represent my interests? Which candidate is most likely to lend a sympathetic ear to the difficulties and challenges that I must personally face? Which of these two candidates would be most accessible, most likely to take my phone call, most likely to read my letter with heartfelt understanding and concern?
Ladies: The time has again come to defend your interests. Vote to achieve greater respect. Vote your heart. Vote for what feels right. Vote to advance your status in America. You have the power if you use it.
Amen, Jim!! I was prepared to voter third party or write-in vote this election until Sarah Palin was chosen. She was the only one of the choices being talked about that could have changed my mind. I still have real reservations about McCain but Palin gives me something to vote for, not against!
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