My Choice (Vanity)

Every election I send out a mass email to family and friends, attaching a cleverly-written article I found that echoes my beliefs. Not this time. I'm writing from my heart and in my not-so-professionally crafted words.

I'm hoping and praying for John McCain to be elected president. Not because he's a holy and perfect man, and not because his opponent is an evil man. Just that he is the leader we need right now. He has demonstrated his love for country by enduring the worst kind of hell this earth can dish out, and in 4+ terms as senator has demonstrated leadership which bucks his own party when necessary (as a conservative, believe me he has made me want to tear my hair out multiple times). Far from being a yes-man, he is a what-you-see-is-what-you-get leader.

We need someone to stop the bleeding of excessive government spending, somone who has never taken a dime of earmarks. We are running near half-trillion dollar deficits each year. We don't need another trillion dollars in new spending. And we don't need to raise corporate tax which is already the second highest in the world, nor raise capital gains tax which is always a sure prosperity-killer. In short, we shouldn't make the same mistakes as we did in the last financial panic: raise taxes and stifle free trade, thus ushering in a full-blown depression. McCain will truly cut taxes, not simply promise to redistribute wealth in order to get elected. There is zero doubt in my mind that he will also cut spending.

I won't even talk about national security, except to say that warriors do not get us into wars. To paraphrase Douglas MacArthur, military leaders know the terrible cost of war, and engage in it only in the very last resort. However, I also understand why every marquee enemy of the US does not want to see McCain get elected.

Thank you for reading this email (if you've gotten this far, and if so God bless you!). To close, I believe our country is great when both parties come together to lead, not when one party is in solid control of the White House and both houses of congress. One of the interesting things about McCain is that he will likely serve only one term (this is a good thing, even if he turns out to be the greatest president ever--limited government is best).

Those of you who pray, consider the following prayer: "God, please do not give America the leadership she deserves, give her the leadership that only your grace can provide."

As a 20 something naval aviator, McCain was exposed to all kinds of geo-political issues in the areas he was assigned. Young fighter jocks are educated in current events and may be called upon by the sitting President to move a carrier into harm's way to defend the country. While McCain was sitting on an aircraft carrier in his fighter off the coast of Cuba with a pucker factior of 10, Barry was pooping in his diapers.

If captured, Naval aviators are taught a code of ethics and expected behavior. McCain had a grandfather and father who were steeped in service to the country and were role models.

Barry was a troubled young man struggling for an identity and mixed feelings about his father (and who rally is his daddy?)and ethnically different mother and grandparents. He was indoctrinated in the principles of Saul Alinsky and became a community organizer to stir up class warfare and to manage corrupt construction contracts and later on, the techniques of skimming profits as a deceptive slum lord.

His spiritual advisor for 20 years preached anti-American sentiments and race/class warfare in addition to redistribution of wealth. His mentors have ties to the Black Panthers, Saudi businessmen, and self-proclaimed communists, Marxists, and anarchists. He and his wife seem to have a strong distain towards whites and a jealousy of successful whites.

A few weeks ago I watched a copy of ABC/Disney's 'Path to 9/11' (found it on the internet in Bit Torrent format). I now know why the Democrats and the Clintons have banned it.

With the clear resolve of Sen John McCain for our security and "No Blink" Gov Sarah Palin on the team contrasted against the wimpy approach Barry has taken to those who hate us - sitting down with our enemies -and Joe Biden's ever-errant mouth and defective mind (assuring Israel that they must come to grips with a nuclear-armed Iran), it would be a landslide victory for the Republicans upon viewing this movie.

I felt physically ill after watching it, thinking about the possibility of a Democrat win in November.

Not only remembering the heroism, but irresponsible and criminal acts of those like Jamie Gorelick and Sandy Burglar and the stupidity of Madeline Albright makes me proud, sad, mad, and nauseated all at once.

There is NOTHING....NOTHING presidential about Barry. I could not contemplate Barry making decisions (with Joe) if we were attacked again under their watch. I am quite scared of who Barry would have as his cabinet members (like Zbigniew Brzezinski), and terrified of who is in his 'kitchen cabinet', like Michelle-Omarosa or folks like Rezko, Axelrod, Raines, and Johnson.

When JFK lowered tax rates and increased revenue, Barry was pooping in his diapers. When Ronaldus Magnus lowered taxes and increased revenue, Barry was drinking, smoking dope, and trying to "collect his feces". When GWB lowered tax rates, Barry alternately says it wasn't enough or as a failure. I guess Barry still has not "collected his feces".

John and Barry had close contact with communists in their younger years - Barry embraced it. John was exposed to communists for over 5 years in a prison camp and left them with quite a different impression.

Will it be a ZERO or a HERO?

We don't need another trillion dollars in new spending.

Tell that to McCain who just voted in favor of the $700 billion socialist bail out plan.

And we don't need to raise corporate tax which is already the second highest in the world, nor raise capital gains tax which is always a sure prosperity-killer. In short, we shouldn't make the same mistakes as we did in the last financial panic: raise taxes and stifle free trade, thus ushering in a full-blown depression.McCain will truly cut taxes, not simply promise to redistribute wealth in order to get elected. There is zero doubt in my mind that he will also cut spending.

McCain could eliminate corporate income taxes and the capital gains by supporting replacing the overly complex and burdensome 67,000+ page income tax with a national sales tax via The Fair Tax Act(HR25/S1025) instead of tinkering with the income tax if he truly intended lower the tax burden on Americans.

I won't even talk about national security, except to say that warriors do not get us into wars.

You should. Terrorism and national security are inextricably linked as evident by the terrorists who plotted to attack Fort Dix in New Jersey entering the country as illegal aliens. Despite that fact McCain support amnesty for illegal aliens making it easier for terrorists to start a war within our borders.

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