Democrats for McCain

John McCain's message to his supporters.

2008-11-10T12:34:00.000-05:00

11/07/2008:

Cindy and I would like to take a moment to thank you for your loyal and steadfast support during the course of this campaign. Governor Palin, her husband Todd, our families, friends and campaign staff extend our deep appreciation for your tireless dedication, support and friendship.

It is the end of a long journey and your support through the ups and downs has meant more to us than you may ever know.

Although we were disappointed with the results, we must move beyond this campaign and work together to get our country moving again.

It is our sincere hope that you will join us in putting our country first and continue to work to keep our nation safe, free and prosperous.

We urge you to join us in not just congratulating Senator Obama, but offering our next president our good will and earnest effort to find ways to come together as a nation. Whatever our differences may be, we are all fellow Americans.

We are truly blessed to live in this great country and call ourselves Americans, and we will forever be her loyal servants.

Today, let there be no reason now for any American to fail to cherish their citizenship in this, the greatest nation on Earth.

With warm gratitude,

Cindy and John McCain

Senator John McCain's election night remarks.

2008-11-10T12:31:00.000-05:00

Always a class act, always a patriot:

Remarks from Senator John McCain
November 4, 2008

Thank you. Thank you, my friends. Thank you for coming here on this beautiful Arizona evening.

My friends, we have -- we have come to the end of a long journey. The American people have spoken, and they have spoken clearly. A little while ago, I had the honor of calling Senator Barack Obama to congratulate him on being elected the next president of the country that we both love.

In a contest as long and difficult as this campaign has been, his success alone commands my respect for his ability and perseverance. But that he managed to do so by inspiring the hopes of so many millions of Americans who had once wrongly believed that they had little at stake or little influence in the election of an American president is something I deeply admire and commend him for achieving.

This is an historic election, and I recognize the special significance it has for African-Americans and for the special pride that must be theirs tonight.

I've always believed that America offers opportunities to all who have the industry and will to seize it. Senator Obama believes that, too. But we both recognize that though we have come a long way from the old injustices that once stained our nation's reputation and denied some Americans the full blessings of American citizenship, the memory of them still had the power to wound.

A century ago, President Theodore Roosevelt's invitation of Booker T. Washington to dine at the White House was taken as an outrage in many quarters. America today is a world away from the cruel and prideful bigotry of that time. There is no better evidence of this than the election of an African American to the presidency of the United States. Let there be no reason now for any American to fail to cherish their citizenship in this, the greatest nation on Earth.

Senator Obama has achieved a great thing for himself and for his country. I applaud him for it, and offer in my sincere sympathy that his beloved grandmother did not live to see this day, though our faith assures us she is at rest in the presence of her creator and so very proud of the good man she helped raise.

Senator Obama and I have had and argued our differences, and he has prevailed. No doubt many of those differences remain. These are difficult times for our country, and I pledge to him tonight to do all in my power to help him lead us through the many challenges we face.

I urge all Americans who supported me to join me in not just congratulating him, but offering our next president our good will and earnest effort to find ways to come together, to find the necessary compromises, to bridge our differences, and help restore our prosperity, defend our security in a dangerous world, and leave our children and grandchildren a stronger, better country than we inherited.

Whatever our differences, we are fellow Americans. And please believe me when I say no association has ever meant more to me than that.

It is natural tonight to feel some disappointment, but tomorrow we must move beyond it and work together to get our country moving again. We fought as hard as we could.

And though we fell short, the failure is mine, not yours.

I am so deeply grateful to all of you for the great honor of your support and for all you have done for me. I wish the outcome had been different, my friends. The road was a difficult one from the outset. But your support and friendship never wavered. I cannot adequately express how deeply indebted I am to you.

I am especially grateful to my wife, Cindy, my children, my dear mother and all my family and to the many old and dear friends who have stood by my side through the many ups and downs of this long campaign. I have always been a fortunate man, and never more so for the love and encouragement you have given me.

You know, campaigns are often harder on a candidate's family than on the candidate, and that's been true in this campaign. All I can offer in compensation is my love and gratitude, and the promise of more peaceful years ahead.

I am also, of course, very thankful to Governor Sarah Palin, one of the best campaigners I have ever seen and an impressive new voice in our party for reform and the principles that have always been our greatest strength. Her husband Todd and their five beautiful children with their tireless dedication to our cause, and the courage and grace they showed in the rough-and-tumble of a presidential campaign. We can all look forward with great interest to her future service to Alaska, the Republican Party and our country.

To all my campaign comrades, from Rick Davis and Steve Schmidt and Mark Salter, to every last volunteer who fought so hard and valiantly month after month in what at times seemed to be the most challenged campaign in modern times, thank you so much. A lost election will never mean more to me than the privilege of your faith and friendship.

I don't know what more we could have done to try to win this election. I'll leave that to others to determine. Every candidate makes mistakes, and I'm sure I made my share of them. But I won't spend a moment of the future regretting what might have been.

This campaign was and will remain the great honor of my life. And my heart is filled with nothing but gratitude for the experience and to the American people for giving me a fair hearing before deciding that Senator Obama and my old friend Senator Joe Biden should have the honor of leading us for the next four years.

I would not be an American worthy of the name, should I regret a fate that has allowed me the extraordinary privilege of serving this country for a half a century. Today, I was a candidate for the highest office in the country I love so much. And tonight, I remain her servant. That is blessing enough for anyone and I thank the people of Arizona for it.

Tonight, more than any night, I hold in my heart nothing but love for this country and for all its citizens, whether they supported me or Senator Obama, I wish Godspeed to the man who was my former opponent and will be my president.

And I call on all Americans, as I have often in this campaign, to not despair of our present difficulties but to believe always in the promise and greatness of America, because nothing is inevitable here.

Americans never quit. We never surrender. We never hide from history, we make history.

Thank you, and God bless you, and God bless America. Thank you all very much.

http://www.johnmccain.com/splash110408.htm

Ohio Coal Association: Obama Ticket Not Supportive of Coal.

2008-11-03T13:37:00.000-05:00

Ohio Coal Association Says Obama Remarks Make It Clear: Obama Ticket Not Supportive of Coal:

Mike Carey, president of the Ohio Coal Association (OCA), today issued the following statement in response to just-released remarks from Senator Barack Obama about the nation's coal industry:

"Regardless of the timing or method of the release of these remarks, the message from the Democratic candidate for President could not be clearer: the Obama-Biden ticket spells disaster for America's coal industry and the tens of thousands of Americans who work in it.

"These undisputed, audio-taped remarks, which include comments from Senator Obama like 'I haven't been some coal booster' and 'if they want to build [coal plants], they can, but it will bankrupt them' are extraordinarily misguided.

"It's evident that this campaign has been pandering in states like Ohio, Virginia, West Virginia, Indiana and Pennsylvania to attempt to generate votes from coal supporters, while keeping his true agenda hidden from the state's voters."

Complete story here

Obama to Pennsylvania, Ohio and Indiana: I promise to bankrupt your coal industry.

2008-11-03T13:23:00.000-05:00

An important update from our good friends at Faultline USA. Barack Obama is promising to bankrupt (his exact words) the US coal industry.

Barack Obama in a January 17, 2008 interview with the San Francisco Chronicle:

"Let me sort of describe my overall policy. What I've said is that we would put a cap and trade system in place that is as aggressive, if not more aggressive, than anybody else's out there. . .

So if somebody wants to build a coal-powered plant, they can; it's just that it will bankrupt them because they're going to be charged a huge sum for all that greenhouse gas that's being emitted. . ."

Complete story: http://faultlineusa.blogspot.com/2008/11/obamas-words-on-bankrupting-coal.html

The race gets even tighter in Michigan and across the USA!!!

2008-11-02T16:13:00.000-05:00

What's happening in Michigan is happening in your state too. The momentum is shifting our way across the country. Spread the word and keep the McCain/Palin faith!

"In Michigan, the latest Detroit News/EPIC-MRA poll shows Obama currently only has 50% of the vote, and if Undecideds break for McCain, Obama's lead would be only 2%. If Obama loses a point or two from his 50% standing he will likely lose this state and its 17 Electoral Votes!!

This poll was taken one-week ago, and our data indicates the race has gotten even closer. Rassmussen Reports also shows a tightening of the race. With the national Zogby 1-day tracking poll showing McCain pulling ahead of Obama on Friday, it is clear the momentum is with McCain/Palin.

We believe Michigan is very much in play. Polls likely over-sample Obama supporters and also probably include a few percentage points of artificial support from those voters intimidated to say they are voting for McCain given the media's campaign to portray McCain supporters as being "racist" or "intolerant." And there is no early voting in Michigan, so we can still catch Obama by Tuesday!

Since there is NO early voting in Michigan, we have the chance to impact this race over the next 3 days and gain the lead for McCain/Palin!"

Source: http://www.ourcountrydeservesbetter.com/

Still a CLOSE race!!

2008-10-27T19:42:00.000-04:00

Some very good news to report, friends! The poll that was most accurate in calling the 2004 presidential election, the IBD-TIPP poll, shows McCain has narrowed Obama's lead for the past 3 days and it's now down to just 2.8% with 8.8% of voters still undecided!

Friends -- we can make up 2.8% in the polls and win this race!

Link: http://www.ourcountrydeservesbetter.com/

Military Times poll: Troops backing McCain

2008-10-22T11:46:00.000-04:00

No surprise here. Fully 68% of those polled support John McCain. These are Americans who are fighting for us every day and they are overwhelmingly in the McCain camp. That says volumes about who John McCain is and what he means when he says "Country First". Our troops live "Country First" every day.

Military Times poll: Troops backing McCain:

"McCain, R-Ariz., handily defeated Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., 68 percent to 23 percent in a voluntary survey of 4,293 active-duty, National Guard and reserve subscribers and former subscribers to Army Times, Navy Times, Marine Corps Times and Air Force Times."

"John McCain went to war for this country, even though he had an admiral father who probably could have gotten him out of the service,” Army Sgt. 1st Class Derriel D. Collins said. “He stuck it out five years in a prisoner of war camp. If that ain’t fortitude, showing your willingness to go all the way, I don’t know what the credentials are."

Full story linked here.

This is going to be a CLOSE election.

2008-10-21T19:03:00.000-04:00

Do not buy into the Mainstream Media's sickeningly endless pro-Obama propaganda machine!

The Battleground Poll's latest results are as follows:

McCain 47% Obama 48% Undecided 6%

THIS RACE IS NOT OVER!

Poll results: http://www.tarrance.com/files/2-way-ballot-trender-10-20.pdf (pdf 208 kb)

Battleground Poll website: http://www.tarrance.com/bg.cfm

Click here for Rush Limbaugh on Battleground Poll

Fight ACORN, get this voter ID petition out NOW!!

2008-10-17T19:48:00.000-04:00

Once again, the democrats are trying to steal a presidential election. This time it's Obama's favorite radical group ACORN doing the dirty work.

Emergency Voter Identification petition. You can sign and they'll send an email to your congresspersons. It's important that you sign and let our congresspersons be flooded with email telling them we're fed up with people wanting to steal the election!

Click here to sign the petition and please forward this to as many people as possible!

Ain't it the truth!

2008-10-17T19:31:00.000-04:00

A Democratic operative pointed out that when Obama holds a rally 25,000 - 30,000 people show up, whereas when McCain holds one he only draws 10,000 - 15,000.

The Republican spokesman replied -

"That's because McCain's supporters are at work."

TO ALL BLOGS

2008-10-06T19:38:00.000-04:00

Here is your chance to speak up for Sarah Palin! It takes 5 seconds!

Let's turn this around!!!

Friends,

PBS has a short video on Sarah Palin on their website. Also included is a poll that asks: Is Sarah Palin qualified to be VP?
I logged on a few minutes ago and 49% percent had voted YES, 50% NO.

Let's turn this around..... You don't have to give your name or email address in order to vote. It's very simple. Forward this to your friends as well. This is a liberal netowrk with a liberal audience.
Let's surprise them!

Here 's the link to the poll: http://www.pbs.org/now/polls/poll-435.html

After you vote, please pass this message to others of like mind!

New York Post endorses McCain-Palin

2008-09-13T16:46:00.000-04:00

The New York Post has endorsed John McCain for President of the United States. Here are some important excerpts from their endorsement:

McCain's lifelong record of service to America, his battle-tested courage, unshakable devotion to principle and clear grasp of the dangers and opportunities now facing the nation stand in dramatic contrast to the tissue-paper-thin résumé of his Democratic opponent, freshman Sen. Barack Obama.

National Security: The differences between McCain and Obama are especially stark.

McCain says 9/11 represented a two-decade "failure . . . to respond to . . . a [growing] global terror network." He understood that Iraq is a critical front in the war on terror - and he urged perseverance even in the dark days that preceded the success of "the surge."

Obama backed policies that would have abandoned Iraq to its fate, he bitterly opposed the surge, and once insisted that US forces invade Pakistan in search of Osama bin Laden - seemingly without regard for the potential consequences of attacking a nuclear-armed nation, ally or not.

Regarding a nuclear Iran, McCain has pushed for the strongest possible international sanctions and diplomatic pressure. Obama opposes sanctions.

And, when Russia invaded the former Soviet republic of Georgia, threatening a return to the Cold War, McCain reacted with stern disapprobation: "We must remind Russia's leaders that the benefits they enjoy from being part of the civilized world require their respect for the values, stability and peace of that world."

Obama called for UN action - unaware, apparently, that Russia's Security Council veto would have prevented any.

Energy Security: On the economic issue most vexing Americans today - energy prices - McCain is aggressive

He is a strong convert to offshore drilling: "We have trillions of dollars' worth of oil and gas reserves in the US at a time we are exporting hundreds of billions of dollars a year overseas to buy energy."

He also strongly backs nuclear power - a carbon-free form of energy that America can produce relatively cheaply.

Obama, meanwhile, hews to the Democratic Party line on energy: no nukes, no drilling and no comprehension of the consequences of such policies.

None of this implies an iota of disrespect toward Obama. It took a formidable candidacy to defeat Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton. And the intelligence, the organizational skills and the ability to communicate that Obama demonstrated from the beginning dramatically underscore the history that is being made by the first African-American to head a major-party presidential ticket.

He should be around for a long time, and we hope that he is.

In the end, though, sound security, economic and energy policies - plus allegiance to principle - are critical to keeping America safe and strong.

Complete editorial linked here.

McCain in 5-point lead over Obama in Reuters/Zogby poll.

2008-08-20T13:48:00.000-04:00

Americans are starting to pay attention to this election. Note how John McCain is solidifying the support of his base while Obama's base is fracturing.

Some key points:

McCain leads Obama among likely U.S. voters by 46 percent to 41 percent, wiping out Obama's solid 7-point advantage in July and taking his first lead in the monthly Reuters/Zogby poll.

The poll was taken Thursday 8/14 through Saturday 8/16 as Obama wrapped up a weeklong vacation in Hawaii that ceded the political spotlight to McCain, who seized on Russia's invasion of Georgia to emphasize his foreign policy views.

McCain now has a 9-point edge, 49 percent to 40 percent, over Obama on the critical question of who would be the best manager of the economy -- an issue nearly half of voters said was their top concern in the November 4 presidential election. That margin reversed Obama's 4-point edge last month on the economy over McCain.

Obama's support among Democrats fell 9 percentage points this month to 74 percent, while McCain has the backing of 81 percent of Republicans. Support for Obama, an Illinois senator, fell 12 percentage points among liberals, with 10 percent of liberals still undecided compared to 9 percent of conservatives.

"Conservatives were supposed to be the bigger problem for McCain," Zogby said. "Obama still has work to do on his base. At this point McCain seems to be doing a better job with his base. "The dip in support for Obama cut across demographic and ideological lines. He slipped among Catholics, born-again Christians, women, independents and younger voters.

Obama's support among voters between the ages of 18 and 29, which had been one of his strengths, slipped 12 percentage points to 52 percent. McCain was winning 40 percent of younger voters.

It made little difference when independent candidate Ralph Nader and Libertarian Party candidate Bob Barr, who are both trying to add their names to state ballots. McCain still held a 5-point edge over Obama, 44 percent to 39 percent, when all four names were included. Barr earned 3 percent and Nader 2 percent.

Article linked here

McCain poll numbers improve in Florida, Ohio and Pennsylvania.

2008-07-31T10:24:00.001-04:00

More interesting results from the latest Quinnipiac University Poll. The race is tightening in Sen. McCain's favor. It looks more and more like McCain's Iraq position and his pro-energy-exploration positions are resonating with the American voter.

Quinnipiac Poll:

"With likely voters concerned more about energy than the war in Iraq, Illinois Sen. Barack Obama’s recent tour apparently didn’t help, as Arizona Sen. John McCain gained on the Democratic front-runner in Florida, Ohio and Pennsylvania, according to simultaneous Quinnipiac University Swing State polls released today.

While Obama was on tour, trying to show voters he could handle world affairs, voters were home trying to fill their gas tanks.

The same voters who give President George W. Bush job approval ratings that are more than 2 – 1 negative want Congress to go along with the President on offshore oil drilling. By margins of 27 to 30 percentage points, voters in each state say Congress should agree with President George W. Bush and allow offshore drilling for oil. Sen. McCain supports offshore drilling, while Sen. Obama opposes it.

By margins of 10 to 20 percentage points, voters in each state support McCain’s plan to keep U.S. troops in Iraq with no fixed date for full withdrawal, rather than Obama’s plan to set a fixed timetable for withdrawal.

Those who said Sen. McCain was throwing away Florida’s electoral votes by advocating more offshore drilling might want to think again. By a 60 – 33 percent margin Florida voters back President Bush’s call for more offshore drilling and want Congress to go along, as Sen. McCain has suggested.

Pennsylvania voters support 55 – 41 percent drilling for oil in the Alaskan National Wildlife Refuge.

Ohio voters back 55 – 40 percent drilling for oil in the Alaskan National Wildlife Refuge."

Complete poll results here.

New York Times: All the Obama-only editorials that we see fit to print.

2008-07-21T17:23:00.000-04:00

The collection of left-wing journalists and ex-Clinton administration hacks that calls itself the New York Times has ruled from on high that John McCain's editorial is unfit to print. They gave wonderful excuses, but what it comes down to is that the NYT has become unashamedly all-Obama, all the time.

(To email to the public editor of the New York Times Clark Hoyt: public@nytimes.com but don't expect a reply.)

Here is the text of John McCain's editorial that the New York times was afraid to print. Perhaps the phrase "winning the war" sent them under their desks up at the NYT offices:

In January 2007, when General David Petraeus took command in Iraq, he called the situation “hard” but not “hopeless.” Today, 18 months later, violence has fallen by up to 80% to the lowest levels in four years, and Sunni and Shiite terrorists are reeling from a string of defeats. The situation now is full of hope, but considerable hard work remains to consolidate our fragile gains.

Progress has been due primarily to an increase in the number of troops and a change in their strategy. I was an early advocate of the surge at a time when it had few supporters in Washington. Senator Barack Obama was an equally vocal opponent. "I am not persuaded that 20,000 additional troops in Iraq is going to solve the sectarian violence there,” he said on January 10, 2007. “In fact, I think it will do the reverse."

Now Senator Obama has been forced to acknowledge that “our troops have performed brilliantly in lowering the level of violence.” But he still denies that any political progress has resulted.

Perhaps he is unaware that the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad has recently certified that, as one news article put it, “Iraq has met all but three of 18 original benchmarks set by Congress last year to measure security, political and economic progress.” Even more heartening has been progress that’s not measured by the benchmarks. More than 90,000 Iraqis, many of them Sunnis who once fought against the government, have signed up as Sons of Iraq to fight against the terrorists. Nor do they measure Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki’s new-found willingness to crack down on Shiite extremists in Basra and Sadr City—actions that have done much to dispel suspicions of sectarianism.

The success of the surge has not changed Senator Obama’s determination to pull out all of our combat troops. All that has changed is his rationale. In a New York Times op-ed and a speech this week, he offered his “plan for Iraq” in advance of his first “fact finding” trip to that country in more than three years. It consisted of the same old proposal to pull all of our troops out within 16 months. In 2007 he wanted to withdraw because he thought the war was lost. If we had taken his advice, it would have been. Now he wants to withdraw because he thinks Iraqis no longer need our assistance.

To make this point, he mangles the evidence. He makes it sound as if Prime Minister Maliki has endorsed the Obama timetable, when all he has said is that he would like a plan for the eventual withdrawal of U.S. troops at some unspecified point in the future.

Senator Obama is also misleading on the Iraqi military's readiness. The Iraqi Army will be equipped and trained by the middle of next year, but this does not, as Senator Obama suggests, mean that they will then be ready to secure their country without a good deal of help. The Iraqi Air Force, for one, still lags behind, and no modern army can operate without air cover. The Iraqis are also still learning how to conduct planning, logistics, command and control, communications, and other complicated functions needed to support frontline troops.

No one favors a permanent U.S. presence, as Senator Obama charges. A partial withdrawal has already occurred with the departure of five “surge” brigades, and more withdrawals can take place as the security situation improves. As we draw down in Iraq, we can beef up our presence on other battlefields, such as Afghanistan, without fear of leaving a failed state behind. I have said that I expect to welcome home most of our troops from Iraq by the end of my first term in office, in 2013.

But I have also said that any draw-downs must be based on a realistic assessment of conditions on the ground, not on an artificial timetable crafted for domestic political reasons. This is the crux of my disagreement with Senator Obama.

Senator Obama has said that he would consult our commanders on the ground and Iraqi leaders, but he did no such thing before releasing his “plan for Iraq.” Perhaps that’s because he doesn’t want to hear what they have to say. During the course of eight visits to Iraq, I have heard many times from our troops what Major General Jeffrey Hammond, commander of coalition forces in Baghdad, recently said: that leaving based on a timetable would be “very dangerous.”

The danger is that extremists supported by Al Qaeda and Iran could stage a comeback, as they have in the past when we’ve had too few troops in Iraq. Senator Obama seems to have learned nothing from recent history. I find it ironic that he is emulating the worst mistake of the Bush administration by waving the “Mission Accomplished” banner prematurely.

I am also dismayed that he never talks about winning the war—only of ending it. But if we don’t win the war, our enemies will. A triumph for the terrorists would be a disaster for us. That is something I will not allow to happen as president. Instead I will continue implementing a proven counterinsurgency strategy not only in Iraq but also in Afghanistan with the goal of creating stable, secure, self-sustaining democratic allies.

Full story linked here

Who's afraid of John McCain??

2008-06-22T13:13:00.000-04:00

Barack Obama has two lists, the first list contains people he can't wait to talk to:

1) Iran's lunatic islamo-fascist dictator Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. His qualifications include lying to the world about his "peaceful" nuclear energy program, frequently threatening US ally Israel with extinction, acquiring medium range missiles to threaten Europe with extinction, supplying Iraqi insurgents with weapons to kill Americans. But besides all that he's an all-around nice guy.

2) North Korea's lunatic communist dictator, Kim Jong Il. His qualifications include threatening US ally South Korea with extinction, lying to the world about his nuclear weapons program, developing medium and long range missiles to threaten the US and Japan with, and supplying dictator #1 with missiles.

The second list contains people he's afraid to talk to or debate in a town hall format or any other format where he's forced to give real unscripted answers to serious questions. This is list is so special it contains just one name in the whole wide world!:

1) John McCain. Republican Senator from Arizona. His disqualifications (in Obama's mind) include supporting our fight in Iraq, supporting our military during his entire career, understanding the deadly nature of threat from Iran and North Korea, realizing that Americans have the right to acquire our own domestic energy sources, and being proud of the United States of America. Besides all that John McCain has ruined many a day for Obama by actually criticizing him, something Obama is very very sensitive about.

Sen. Joe Lieberman starting "Citizens for McCain."

2008-06-06T19:14:00.000-04:00

To: Fellow McCain Supporters

From: Senator Joe Lieberman

Date: June 5th, 2008

Today, I asked Senator McCain if I could create and chair a new grassroots organization, "Citizens for McCain."

Citizens for McCain is an organization within the McCain campaign for people who put country before political party and support the candidate for President who has a proven record of bipartisanship.

As you know, I caucus with the Democrats as a United States Senator and was the Democrat Party's nominee for Vice-President of the United States against President Bush and Vice President Cheney.

But first and foremost, I am an American. I have an obligation to do what I think is best for our nation regardless of political party. My love for this country and strong belief in John McCain's character, judgment, and willingness to work with leaders of both parties has convinced me to support him for President.

I have worked with John McCain for many years in the U.S. Senate and know from experience that he can unite Democrats, Republicans and Independents like no one else in this country. He did it in the United States Senate and he can do it as President of the United States.

But we need help from McCain supporters such as you to reach out to Americans who are not currently involved in the campaign. Will you help us by recruiting your friends, family, and co-workers who may not consider themselves members of the Republican Party and ask them to join the Citizens for McCain organization?

I am confident we will find many Democrats and Independents who, like John McCain and me, put country before political party and will support a leader with a real record of bipartisanship.

Time and time again John McCain has put his country first. He refused early release when he was held captive in Vietnam. He continued to put his country first as a national leader in the U.S. Senate. He put country before party when he fought to pass campaign finance reform, sought a bi-partisan solution to the immigration problem, and consistently supported pro-environment policies. His courage to stand up to the failed Iraq war plan of Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld and lead the fight for a new strategy in Iraq will go down in history, and it saved American lives. These were not always the easy things to do. In fact, they were usually very difficult, and often threatened his political career. But John McCain did what was right.

He said it best in his speech in New Orleans on Tuesday night:

"(The American people) know I have a long record of bipartisan problem solving. They've seen me put our country before any President -- before any party -- before any special interest -- before my own interest. They might think me an imperfect servant of our country, which I surely am. But I am her servant first, last and always."

The phones at the campaign headquarters have been ringing with disaffected Democrats calling to say they believe Senator McCain has the experience, judgment, and bipartisanship necessary to lead our country in these difficult times. Many of these supporters are former supporters of Senator Clinton.

Senator McCain has had a very good working relationship with Senator Clinton and will continue to do so in the future. In the same New Orleans speech he said:

"Senator Clinton has earned great respect for her tenacity and courage. The media often overlooked how compassionately she spoke to the concerns and dreams of millions of Americans, and she deserves a lot more appreciation than she sometimes received. As the father of three daughters, I owe her a debt for inspiring millions of women to believe there is no opportunity in this great country beyond their reach. I am proud to call her my friend."

I am proud to call John McCain my friend and ask you to help our friend become the next President of the United States.

Please forward this email to your lists today and ask your friends, family, and coworkers who do not consider themselves Republicans to join me in filling out the Citizens for McCain form today.

Thank you for your willingness to help me expand this new organization. Together, we will make history.

Iran's best friend, continued...

2008-05-21T15:50:00.000-04:00

Iran isn't going to go away as a national security issue in the 2008 election. John McCain continues to lead on this issue because he understands what is at stake here. An Iran with nukes would be a threat to the mideast region, Europe, and eventually the United States.

Obama's willingness to talk to the Iranians without pre-conditions is getting results. The result being that the Iranians have figured out that if he's elected they'll be able to sucker one more head of state into believing the "peaceful" intentions of their nuclear program. Why the Iranians are so peaceful that we shouldn't worry a bit that every aspect of their bogus "nuclear power" program is really a nuclear weapons program in a thinly-veiled disguise. Iran is enriching uranium and building heavy water plants, huge projects that have nothing to with generating electric power and everything to do with making atomic bombs.

The Iranians follow our election campaign, and they know they will have a friend in Obama-

"Obama's words on "preconditions" have helped ease domestic pressure on Ahmadinejad to comply with the United Nations and the IAEA. The Iranian president is telling his domestic critics to shut up until after the US election. Why, after all, should he make concessions that a putative President Obama has already dismissed as unnecessary?"

Amir Tehiri column here

Iran's best friend in America.

2008-05-18T15:32:00.000-04:00

Whether he knows it or not Barack Obama is Iran's best friend in America. I'm sure right now the mullahs are tuned into CNN with glee as Obama endlessly repeats his willingness to unconditionally have talks with their lovely dictator, the peace-loving Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Obama is willing to run to Tehran but he can't take a little criticism at home. He is unable to defend his position so he makes it all about him. The implication being that he is above criticism.

Even his fellow liberal Michael Goodwin sees through this pathetic charade-

"Bush's attack found the holes in Obama's national security credentials, which escaped scrutiny during his battle with Sen. Hillary Clinton. Beyond plans to withdraw troops from Iraq, neither Obama nor Clinton has articulated a serious plan for protecting America in a dangerous world.

Most revealing, Obama pledged to meet, without preconditions, with the leaders of Iran, Syria, Venezuela, Cuba and North Korea."

Even more telling is this-

"While it's clear Iran is behind much of the mayhem in Iraq, including the killing of American soldiers, Obama has said he wants to see the evidence compiled by the American military for those charges. Does he not believe the charges? Why not?

But instead of contacting the Pentagon for a briefing, he acts as though America is the problem and Iran deserves sympathy. Which was exactly Bush's point when he mocked the notion that talking to Hitler would have stopped World War II."

This is incredible but not surprising. Obama is telling us that he is more than willing willing to talk to the Iranian dictator but not our own military leaders. Obama is revealing his deep contempt for the American military by his actions. This is not the way a potential Commander In Chief behaves in front of the world, and in front of our enemies!

Michael Goodwin column linked here

Obama's Rules of disengagement.

2008-05-16T14:56:00.000-04:00

Elite Obama can't take the heat it seems. He has decreed from on high that certain topics are off-limits because in his mind they "distract" us from the real issues. Let me translate. Obama doesn't want to be questioned about anything that he can't answer without a carefully written script in front of him.

Obama's Official List of Forbidden Topics that Distract Us from The Real Issues:

1 - Calling Obama a "liberal".
2 - Questioning his commitment to the War on Terror.
3 - His extremely liberal (breaking rule #1 already) social views.
4 - His interesting background in Chicago politics.
5 - His peculiar aversion to wearing an American flag pin. (BTW, he wants to be President of America.)
6 - He especially doesn't want to be questioned about his many unusual friends and associates, like William Ayres.
7 - Anything to do with the differing accounts of his upbringing.

Full Article Here

Obama's New America - all 57 or 58 States of it.

2008-05-13T12:44:00.000-04:00

Poor tired Obama. The campaign against Hillary is wearing him out. How many electoral votes are in those extra 7 states no one ever told me about it? If you read his statement closely he thinks there are 58 states because he said he's visited 57 states with one left to visit.

"It is wonderful to be back in Oregon," Obama said. "Over the last 15 months, we've traveled to every corner of the United States. I've now been in 57 states. I think one left to go. Alaska and Hawaii, I was not allowed to go to even though I really wanted to visit, but my staff would not justify it."

Apparently Obama plans to annex 7 new states. So this is the change he's been talking about. There is even a new flag pin out with the new states on it, maybe Obama will wear that one.

Story here

McCain understands the growing threat from Iran.

2008-05-12T14:32:00.000-04:00

As evidenced by Hezbollah's Iranian-directed attacks in Lebanon, the Iranian problem is not just going to go away if we would only talk nice to them. John McCain is the only candidate who fully understands the seriousness of this threat and how critically important it is to the world that Iran never acquire nuclear weapons-

“Senator Obama wants to sit down with an Iranian leader who is dedicated to wiping Israel off the map — his words,” McCain told reporters on his campaign bus. “I don’t think we should give him that kind of prestige. “Senator Obama has obviously has no national security experience, and therefore that’s reflected in his judgment on a number of those issues.” McCain was referring to Obama’s comments that he would be willing to meet with leaders of rogue nations, such as Iran, North Korea and Cuba without conditions, an idea labeled naive and irresponsible by McCain.

Iran's worst-kept-secret of a nuclear weapons program shows that Iran understands that Europe's culture of endless negotiations is is buying the time for them to develop the ultimate weapon. Iran openly threatens Israel today. One day, probably sooner than we realize, Iranian nuclear-tipped missiles will be able to reach parts of Europe. Iranian long-range missiles will be capable of reaching the USA. Everyone in the world knows what Iran is really up to, except Barack Obama who can't wait to shake Ahmejinedad's hand.

Also read this excellent column on Iran’s Shifting Strategy.

Barack insults Pennsylvanians

2008-04-13T11:10:00.000-04:00

Barack Obama insults Pennsylvanians--

"And it's not surprising, then, they get bitter. They cling to guns or religion or antipathy toward people who aren't like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations," he said.

So now religion is a problem? For a guy who supposedly preaches compassion and tolerance this statement is very revealing about what he really thinks of the average Pennsylvanian, or the average American for that matter.

Story link here

John McCain vistis UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown

2008-03-20T13:24:00.000-04:00

John McCain comes to Downing Street

03/20/2008

Linked here

The Prime Minister has welcomed Senator John McCain, candidate for the Republican nomination to the US presidency, to Downing Street today.

The two men held bilateral talks covering a range of issues including climate change, reform of international institutions, the global economy and the current situation in Iraq and also Afghanistan.

Speaking to journalists outside Number 10, Senator McCain praised Mr Brown for his leadership on climate change and said he was hopeful of striking a global deal on emissions that will include key nations such as China and India.

He also thanked the PM for the UK's contribution to Iraq and paid tribute to the "common values" of Britain and the US.

Obama Aide: Neither Candidate Ready for 3 a.m. Call

2008-03-06T18:31:00.000-05:00

This is too good to be true!. Even the democrats know their own candidates are weak on national security.

Obama Aide: Neither Candidate Ready for 3 a.m. Call
By Kate Phillips
NYT 03/06/2008

Susan Rice, a foreign policy adviser to Senator Barack Obama, discusses the foreign policy credentials of both Democrats against the tableau of Mrs. Clinton’s 3 a.m. phone call advertisement about who would be best prepared for an international crisis. (While your children are safely asleep.)

Mr. Carlson: So Hillary Clinton runs this ad, the famous red phone ad, that says when the phone rings at 3 o’clock in the morning, you know, who do you trust to make those snap decisions that could hold all of our lives in the balance? And the Obama campaign, I thought very wisely, came back and said, name one that you — you know name a situation where you’ve judged a foreign policy crisis, and she couldn’t.
I’m going to ask the same question to you. Where has — Barack Obama been in a position where he has to make those kinds of decisions?

Ms. Rice: He hasn’t and he hasn’t claimed that he’s been in a position to have to answer the phone at 3 o’clock in the morning in a crisis situation. That’s the difference between the two of them. Hillary Clinton hasn’t had to answer the phone at 3 o’clock in the morning. And yet she attacked Barack Obama for not being ready. They’re both not ready to have that 3:00 a.m. phone call. The question is and what Barack Obama raised is, when that phone call is received for each of them for the first time, who’s going to make the right judgment? Who is going to make the right decision? So neither one of them have had that 3 o’clock phone call that others have had. And I think we have to be honest about that.

http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/03/06/obama-aide-neither-candidate-ready-for-3-am-call/

Democrats for McCain

2008-02-17T12:25:00.000-05:00

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