John McCain for president
Character, as judged by a candidate's record, counts when voters are called upon to fill the most important office in the land, that of president of the United States. We believe Sen. John McCain's character is just what our nation needs-and we endorse him for president.
McCain's record says much more about his character than do his comments on the campaign trail, though they provide a clear blueprint for leadership. Here, in brief, are the salient points about McCain:
His record as a Navy aviator during the Vietnam War is more than a stirring story of patriotism and selflessness. McCain's behavior as a prisoner of war in North Vietnam demonstrated that, at his core, he puts duty, honor and country above all else.
Strangely, his opponents have begun to mock McCain's record as a maverick, even as they call upon the federal government to be less preoccupied with partisanship. But McCain's 25 years in Congress show a pattern of eagerness to work with politicians of both major political parties to get things done. On controversial issues, McCain has been a motivator-not just a proponent-of change since long before the term became a slogan.
National security, a key concern of most Americans, has been McCain's strength. Most Americans are fully aware of his tenacity in fighting for what is right in defense policy, as well as for members of the armed services. That sometimes has forced him into conflict, even with leaders of his own party. McCain, of course, was an early critic of the failed strategy in Iraq - and a proponent of the new, successful plan.
McCain recognizes that the size of government needs to be reduced-not expanded, as his opponent, Sen. Barack Obama, wants. Smaller government leads to lower taxes, allowing Americans to keep more of our money and grow our economy.
Had Congress reacted properly to an initiative McCain helped lead in 2005, the current financial crisis probably would not be occurring. McCain was a co-sponsor on Federal Housing Enterprise Regulatory Reform Act of 2005, which would have reined in many of the abuses involving "subprime" mortgages. Liberals in Congress defeated the measure.
Troubling questions remain about the character of Obama. He was elected to the Senate only because of efforts by the Chicago political machine. His personal associations involved one-closer than Obama will admit-with a leader of the 1960s Weather Underground terrorist organization. That man, William Ayers, has commented that, "I don't regret setting bombs." And Obama's association of many years with his pastor, the anti-American Rev. Jeremiah Wright, ended only when the relationship was brought to light by the news media.
McCain's character, on the other hand, has been one of working closely with those who would build America up-not tear her down.
It is not too much to say that the contest for president this year pits a dedicated liberal politician, Obama, against a veteran servant of the public-McCain. Obama is easily the most liberal of the 100 senators. His running mate, Sen. Joseph Biden, is a close second.
Simply because McCain's character has been one of service to the people - not to a political party or the gigantic federal bureaucracy-we urge residents of our area to cast their ballots for John McCain, the leader Americans need.
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darreaver
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02-02-09 2:59 AM
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i see your tingod OSAMA, has already started buddying up with his muslim allies. won't be long now. better go buy your prayer rug. be prepared for his ss squad to come collect your guns.
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LAWHATER
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01-31-09 9:15 PM
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BEFORE THIS PRESIDENT IS THROWN OUT OF OFFICE, YOU ALL WILL WISH TO GOD YOU VOTED FOR JOHN MCAIN, NOT ONLY THAT,WV IS FIRST ON BLACK OBAMAS*****LIST,CAUSE YOU DIDNT VOTE FOR HIM ANY WAY
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LilyOValley
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01-26-09 12:53 PM
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It seems to me we saw John McCain's true character when he 'granstanded' during the vote on Paulson's request for money to save the banks. He tried to take credit for "saving the country" then. Now he backs away from that same decision. We also saw his character in his support of Lincoln Savings and Loan in the 1980s. Sure John, real character.... What BULL!
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wonderboy1069
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01-03-09 7:31 PM
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Thank God idiotic endorsements like this were ignored by the voters. Shoot, McCain can't even bring himself to endorse his own running mate for President in 2012! If he has doubts about her, then why shouldn't we? The public's confidence in Obama is already palpable, and he hasn't even been sworn in yet! The GOP were humiliated on 11/5 for a reason: They blew it!
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David111
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12-30-08 12:49 AM
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Morons that think the news is a "liberal paper" see this endorsement
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LilyOValley
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12-26-08 8:59 AM
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Ah, the news is out. The drug in question with Levi Johnston's mother is: Oxycontin. Well, perhaps that is not surprising. As FOX News quipped, when the in-laws get together to see the new child, it gives a whole new meaning to the expression: "Pardon Me".
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thatsjustme
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12-19-08 1:09 PM
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I heard that this morning. I wonder what the narcotic was? The kid may be a straight arrow, I don't know, but I'll bet the wedding plans will waver a bit now. Can you imagine the rehearsal dinner? "Hey Mom, put the crack pipe down we're making the toasts now".
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LilyOValley
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12-19-08 1:04 PM
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So much for the new in-laws 'Small-Town American values'...
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LilyOValley
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12-19-08 1:02 PM
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Probably nobody's reading it, but this is interesting: More Palin family trouble: Levi's mom's been arrested By Zaz Hollander Anchorage Daily News WASILLA, Alaska — A 42-year-old Wasilla woman was arrested Thursday at her home by Alaska State Troopers with a search warrant in an undercover drug investigation. Sherry L. Johnston was charged with six felony counts of misconduct involving a controlled substance. Johnston is the mother of Levi Johnston, the Wasilla 18-year-old who received international attention in September when Gov. Sarah Palin and her husband, Todd, announced their teenage daughter was pregnant and he was the father. Bristol Palin, 18, is due on Saturday, according to a recent interview with the governor's father, Chuck Heath. Troopers served the warrant at Johnston's home at the "conclusion of an undercover narcotics investigation," said a statement issued Thursday by the troopers as part of the normal daily summary of activity around the state. ...
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thatsjustme
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12-12-08 9:13 AM
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Lily, I laughed and laughed when I heard Joe the Dumber saying those things about McCain. So now you have JTP and the Queen of Alaska both taking their shots at Mc. When will the right wingers attack Sarah and Joe the P for saying such terrible things about an American hero?? I also noted Colin Powell's comments to be shown in full this weekend where he takes on Sarah and Rush. He was ticked that Palin said small towns have the correct values, while he said he grew up in the South Bronx and there's nothing wrong with HIS values. Interesting.
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LilyOValley
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12-11-08 6:25 PM
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McCain was a bum. Even Joe the Plumber thought so (as this imbecile is now continuing to speak to whomever will listen to his drivel).
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Sunnydays4me
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12-03-08 1:21 PM
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thatsjustme....since you have accused me of just dropping off and letting you have the last say, I guess I owe it to myself to answer once more. As far a hypocrisy...I don't consider my decision to stop speaking of Obama hypocrisy. I set a date that I would no longer make any statements and I stuck to it. It's really none of your business when I made that decision. From that day forward, I stopped and that is good enough for me. I have never claimed to be better than anyone else on these posts...so there again you are assuming. As far as your high school accredidation, you don't have to prove any of this to anyone. That description would match a larger percentage of the Ohio Valley population. I along with most of that population HAS opened a dictionary more than once in our lifetimes. I am not on here to match education, wits or political knowledge with you or anyone else. I felt we should be able to express our views without being degraded by you and become a pawn of your jest.
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thatsjustme
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12-03-08 7:28 AM
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Sunny, on 12-01: "As far as talking about Obama...I will not. The election is over and so should all the references be that were made against him." Really?? I note on 11-25 these remarks: "I really think he is scared because he doesn't know the first thing about leading a country and you can see him fumbling with his words lately like he just wants to holler out, "Mamma!". You know he is just a puppet for some hidden agenda, don't you?" Sounds contradictory to me. Why don't you drop the hypocrisy. You're no better than anyone else who posts here. Re: my "big words". I grew up dirt poor. I am a high school grad (PHS 1971) with a little college. I've worked hard my whole life, I've read a lot and continued to try to educate myself. For that effort I have reached a degree of success in life that I never would have considered. I refuse to change my manner of speech just because some never open a dictionary.
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Sunnydays4me
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12-01-08 3:11 PM
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thatsjustme...I also believe that you like a good argument and you purposely cut down anyone that doesn't agree with your views. For instance, referring to others with a lower IQ on this thread. As far as Obama being the anti-christ...you have never heard me refer to him in that manner. As far as talking about Obama...I will not. The election is over and so should all the references be that were made against him. If we can't all work together now for the betterment of our country and citizens, then we have a bigger issue here.
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Sunnydays4me
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12-01-08 3:04 PM
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thatsjustme....It might have taken all of 3 minutes to find the ending of all the posts we were involved in..because if you go to your "member's home"..they are all listed and you just scan each one and see who ended them. I didn't even include the posts you ended on other subjects. You said..."When confronted with overwhelming evidence and articulate arguments you guys can't think of anything to say so you go away. Thus fulfilling your prophesy of libs always having the last word." I haven't seen anything from you that I can consider overwhelming evidence or articulate arguments that weren't either just "your point of view" (and we all have one) or items taken out of context to be made look like facts. You definitely haven't impressed me with your educated guesses or your big words that are suppose to make you look educated and smarter than the average guy. Therefore, I'm certain you are just puffed up and full of yourself.
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thatsjustme
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12-01-08 2:48 PM
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Sunny, Does it ever occur to you that other folks have other things to do, also? This statement from you: "I made the comment just recently that "thatsjustme" and "Lookin4truth" just had to have the last word...do you know...I was right. I went back and looked at all the threads and all of them that had to do with Palin or politics ended up with those two members having the last say and their posts were the last one posted." So, as I was saying, since you had all that time to go back and read all those posts in the category you mentioned, I don't know how you could have failed to see my point. So, I'll restate it for you: "When confronted with overwhelming evidence and articulate arguments you guys can't think of anything to say so you go away. Thus fulfilling your prophesy of libs always having the last word." Make sense this time?
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Sunnydays4me
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11-30-08 7:28 AM
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thatsjustme...ever dawn on you that when I go away, I might actually be out-of-town? Also, I find better things to do than subject myself to the humiliation that you two seem to like to keep dishing out, so have a nice day.
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thatsjustme
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11-26-08 3:02 PM
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Sunny- I almost forgot- your scientific review of who has the last word failed to take one fact into consideration. When confronted with overwhelming evidence and articulate arguments you guys can't think of anything to say so you go away. Thus fulfilling your prophesy of libs always having the last word. Think about that.... Obama my President. America my Country.
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thatsjustme
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11-26-08 2:59 PM
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darr and sunny, you guys crack me up. You're liking a couple of mynah birds watching Fox News. I'm waiting for either one of you to have an original thought. Sunny, awhile ago you said you wouldn't address me anymore - I ask, has my charm overwhelmed you? You seem to be bringing me back into the hen party between you and darr. darr, libs are militant? You've noticed this? That's good, my friend. Really good. You're one of the most intolerant people I've ever heard. You call people names, you espouse the craziest theories and you can't seem to get a handle on facts. Keep it up, my friend. You're giving all who read your words more reason to follow anyone other than the candidate and philosophy you promote. Obama- My personal Anti-Christ (according to the lower IQ'ed people on this thread)
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LilyOValley
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11-25-08 9:24 AM
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thinks about it in order to come to the best decision he can. That is traditionally called pragmatism. The last true pragmatists who were Republicans were Gerald Ford and Richard Nixon. Since then, we have been given 'ideologues' who act not so much based on data but on untested theories. There was one Republican 'half-exception' GHW Bush (GWB's father). Clinton was pragmatic. Obama is pragmatic. Even Carter was pragmatic, although he was trapped by event. It is the modern Republican party that is dangerous because they do not consider real data as important as their 'agenda' ('kill the beast' of government, good AND bad). With Bush, we have little more than BAD government left after 8 years of such nonsense.
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LilyOValley
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11-25-08 9:19 AM
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Those who gamble on the future sometimes win and sometimes lose. But to anyone who really understand capitalism, it is axiomatic that those who fear the future, always lose. Some posts here are visibly self-contradictory. How can someone be 'terrified' and not know what to do, and at the same time, havea 'hidden agenda' they are waiting to spring? There is only one way I know how something looks like this, but it is unplanned, not a secret agenda. It is through the false confidence of divine insight. Normally, if one is scared, they look for anything that can help them (possible example: GW Bush praying,seeking 'insight from above'). But if you have a 'secret agenda' you are confident that you know what you are doing (GWBush at other times, refusing advice because he was supremely confident that God had told him what do to). Effectively, it is behavioral schizophrenia. You might not like Obama, but that is not him. He is rational. He takes in data an
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Sunnydays4me
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11-25-08 7:43 AM
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Lily...another thing...do you think it would be natural to just sit back and not be worried about anything with all the changes our country is going through right now? It's natural to experience fear of new things and I think your statement about fear mongering is over the line.
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Sunnydays4me
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11-25-08 7:39 AM
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Also, I truly feel that at some point McCain gave up. He just failed to inform Palin of his decision. He let her go on and rant and carry on in his name knowing he wasn't even backing her. I feel McCain knew he didn't have a ghost's chance of winning that election. He could definitely see something we could not see. All the money pouring in from who knows where was enough to convince him he was outflanked by this invisible force that was bigger than Obama himself. I guess time will tell what that force is.
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Sunnydays4me
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11-25-08 7:33 AM
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Lily, I hardly think any of us are brain dead..we are able to think and make choices. Our choices are just as important to us as yours are to you. Anyway, you can call us whatever you like. I would rather be that than a straightline thinking zombie that just goes with the flow and accepts being force-fed propaganda. Get ready for a third term Clinton presidency, because even the newscasters are seeing it that way. I don't know how many other people see this, but when I watch Obama speak, it's like watching a little boy getting ready for his first ballgame. I really think he is scared because he doesn't know the first thing about leading a country and you can see him fumbling with his words lately like he just wants to holler out, "Mamma!". You know he is just a puppet for some hidden agenda, don't you? I just hope the forces behind him don't destroy him as a man. I for one, will pray for him daily, because if he doesn't succeed, I worry for our country and us all.
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darreaver
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11-25-08 12:39 AM
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sunny, most libs are militant. it is their nature.
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