Posted on 10/19/2008 4:56:17 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
American troops fight in Iraq and Afghanistan, while America's relations with its allies falter. The economic suffering in the U.S. spreads.
The challenges facing the next U.S. president are enormous. A strong, steady, experienced leader must steer us through these turbulent times. Republican John McCain is that leader.
Tested, McCain has demonstrated personal and political courage. Voters should elect him our next president.
In 2000, this newspaper proudly endorsed McCain when he challenged George W. Bush for the Republican presidential nomination. Like today, McCain was the most experienced and knowledgeable candidate, with the political courage to stand up to partisan and special-interest pressure. Regrettably, McCain lost to Bush.
Hindsight has shown the country would have been much better off if McCain had been elected president. Nearly eight years of the Bush administration has brought scandal, soaring deficits and incompetence.
The disasters were abetted by Republican dominance of both houses of Congress for six of those years. The arrogance of a single political party's absolute power was unchallenged.
Certainly some of today's economic problems had roots in earlier administrations. But the lock-step march over the cliff of deregulation, overspending and tax-cutting was disastrous.
"I am not President Bush," McCain told Democrat Barack Obama at Wednesday night's debate. In a campaign ad McCain added, "The last eight years haven't worked very well, have they? I'll make the next four better."
McCain has bucked both his party and his party's president, reaching out to Democrats for campaign finance and ethics reforms, spending cuts, and health and education initiatives. Few have shown McCain's political courage.
Even as he maintained support for an unpopular war, McCain faced down Bush to rid the military of an ineffective secretary of defense and provide competent military leaders in Iraq.
America needs McCain's courage and experience now to unite political parties to meet the nation's challenges.
Obama is an inspirational leader. But he has served only three years in the Senate, compared to McCain's nearly three decades. Before that, he served in the Illinois Legislature and before that as a lawyer and community organizer.
He has shown little independence from his party's leaders. The November election will likely give Democrats greater control of Congress. Without McCain setting a brake in the White House, it will be a runaway Democratic train of increasing taxing and spending.
A Republican President John McCain working with a Democratic Congress can steer the nation along a deliberate and moderate course.
It will take many years to resolve this economic mess and calm the international turmoil. Rushing forward with tax hikes and spending that harm small businesses and stifle economic growth may bring quick relief to some, but it will not heal this nation.
I for one am thankful that both major parties are steering us into the abyss of Socialism and imperial ambitions! /sarc
For all of McCain’s faults, he loves this country!
He fought for it as a warrior in the armed forces and as a public servant.
Obama...a radical Marxist Saul Alinsky schooled bitch. (He can’t say it, but I can. I’m not running for public office Thank God)
Is anyone keeping track of what paper endorses which candidate?
I mailed my ballot yesterday... So I guess on Saturday... for the first time ever in my life... I became a racist. :(
That’s OK...I have become a racist too...even though I am married to a man of a different race. /sarc
Hardly justification to vote for a liberal Republican. More appropriately, the lesser of two evils is still evil.
Do yourself, the rest of us and your posterity a favor. Vote your conscience. Vote conservative. Do not cast your ballot for either the angry little Republican or the Democrat socialist. Vote conservative. Among those who ran in the Republican primaries, some are qualified to be president of the US. If you continue to vote with either partisan pragmatism or out of fear, you will get what you deserve.
Thanks for posting the endorsement for John McCain!
I hear you. We had this discussion during the primary. I'm no fan of McLiberal
Or BO
We went through this during the primaries. It's over.
Now it's a choice between a man who fought for and loves this country like John McCain and a radical Saul Alinsky schooled Marxist. It will be a pleasure to talk to you during the next primary.
Thanks for posting these endorsements. I notice the common thread of needing McCain’s experience especially in these times.
Blah, blah, blah.
Even JOE THE PLUMBER last week said he is fed up with Illegal Aliens. That part of his driveway speech and additional press conferences there in Ohio that is often cut out.
WHASSUP WIT DAT!!!???
Why are people ignoring the 800 pound elephant of illegal aliens/broken borders/possible 2009 Amnesty, sitting right in the middle of our national living room?
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