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The March 23 commentary by Alex Taylor, publisher of The Daily Sentinel, is interesting and highly informative. The data he presents from Vegas oddsmakers and numbers of voters taking part in the current election are persuasive. I would, however, like further elaboration on comments about John McCain.
Mr. Taylor indicates McCain’s problem is turnout. This cannot mean Mr. Taylor thinks it is unimportant the senator says he is not an expert on the U.S. economy. Voters will hardly be satisfied by Mr. McCain’s assurance he will read a book by Allen Greenspan on the subject.
Another question is McCain’s acceptability as president when he has been and is an avid supporter of the Iraq war. The senator says he hopes U.S. forces will be in Iraq for 100 years or longer. It is now official 4,000 of our valiant young men and women have been killed in Iraq. Also tens of thousands have been wounded. Ultimately trillions of dollars will be spent and there is no end in sight.
Mr. Taylor’s commentary suggests another terrorist attack, “could push people toward wanting a tough military vet like McCain to watch after things for a while longer.” Does this mean we have a tough military vet looking after things now?
The infrastructure of the United States is crumbling and our harbors, borders, airports, nuclear plants and chemical factories are insecure. Our National Treasury is in shambles. What has the leadership of President Bush, Sen. McCain and supporters done to make the Unites States secure?
DARIEL CLARK
Grand Junction
4 Responses to “McCain’s problems are deeper than lack of turnout”
Posted March 24th, 2008 at 7:49 pm Login to Send PM Report this comment
From previous posts, it would seem that mr clark would prefer a Stalin, Lenin, or possibly a Kruschev.
He has made it plain that none of the recent American Presidents were much to his liking.
He particularly does not like ‘republican’ Presidents, and feels the need to blame all the nations problems on the current resident of the White House.
Perhaps he has neglected to notice that 78 percent of the tax revenue at the federal level is wasted on failed socialist programs instituted by the democrats during those years when the democrats had the power to override any Presidential veto.
Or maybe he has failed to notice the number of programs created by the federal government in direct violation of the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution?
Odds are that he is only another political hack with no real mind of his own, but relies completely on what he is told he thinks by people like teddy kennedy and other drunken philanderers that he holds in such high esteem.
Such a sad life to have teddy as his number one hero in this life….
Posted May 4th, 2008 at 9:53 am Login to Send PM Report this comment
As a delegate to our state convention this coming weekend we have a solemn obligation to know the truth about the man who has been anointed the “presumptive nominee” of our party. Our job is not to be a rubber stamp for anyone else’s agenda, no matter how “nobly” the cause is presented. The Republican establishment in Maine is counting on us not having the documented information on this sheet. It is counting on our willingness to be told what to think in the same way that the mainstream media has been telling us what to think throughout this entire election cycle. We are expected to suspend any other concerns we may have in the name of “party unity.”
The truth is that a patriot who loves his country makes it an ultimate priority to be well-educated about the decisions he or she must make. Unless we have come to understand how dominated by the leftist military-industrial complex America’s major media has become, and done some research, we are not prepared to do our duty at the convention.
This letter, supported by many delegates to the Republican Convention, is literally about saving the party and the nation from a maniacal neoconservative war monger, who supports a United States presence in Iraq for 100 years, and who is not really even a Republican!
“War hero” image is a media creation not supported by the facts
McCain graduated 894th of the 899 cadets in his class at the Naval Academy. Google it. Why would we want someone who was a failure and took his responsibilities so flippantly as our commander-in-chief?
* McCain was an irresponsible pilot who crashed 6 planes, and started a major fire on an aircraft carrier through negligent action. Why would we want someone this reckless in the most-important office on the planet?
* McCain collaborated with the enemy, was given “soft” treatment because his father was an admiral, and is known as “Songbird McCain” by those who were imprisoned with him. (http://vietnamveteransagainstmccain.com) He is the MIA/POW family’s worst enemy for his constant attempts to belittle their concerns and stifle their inquiries while serving in the Senate.
McCain ditched his ill wife to marry an heiress when he returned from Vietnam
Is this the type of morality we Republicans condone? Is this type of heinous lack of loyalty we want in a President? He also has a track record of shocking verbal abuse, including screaming profanities against his Senate Republican colleagues. Senator Thad Cochran, MS, says “The thought of his being President sends a cold chill down my spine.” Other Senators relate times when McCain screamed four-letter obscenities right in their faces in the Senate cloak room, like Dick Shelby, Rick Santorum or Jim Imhofe. “The man is unhinged,” one senator said. “He is frighteningly unfit to be commander-in-chief.”
The truth is, John McCain is not even a Republican. He is a phony stalking horse who is a liberal in disguise. He not only can’t win this fall because he is so out of step with the majority of Americans and with the principled stands of Republicanism, but if we support this person for our nominee, he will likely destroy our party. Consider:
* He was intimately involved in the “Keating 5” Savings & Loan scandal.
* He has been endorsed by the liberal/leftist New York Times.
* He is a big advocate of the extreme “green” global warming scare, and the economically horrific “solutions” being proposed by people like Al Gore.
* He has promoted illegal amnesty for millions of illegal aliens.
* His McCain-Feingold Bill has destroyed much of the rights of people to take part in the political process the way they see fit. This bill remains un-Constitutional and a major affront to the First Amendment protections on the right of free speech.
* He is a big-time gun grabber who is an extreme advocate of restrictions on 2nd Amendment rights.
* He opposes repeal of Roe v. Wade, and opposes a Constitutional amendment to protect all life.
* He is no fiscal conservative, and he supports raising taxes on Social Security benefits.
* He continues his aggressive support for the Iraq War, which costs the U.S. taxpayer $12 billion a month, even though only 34% of Americans support the war. (According to Paul Craig Roberts, Asst. Secretary of the Treasury in the Reagan Administration, and vocal opponent of the Iraq War: 4,538 Americans have died in the war, 29,780 have been wounded, 300,000 soldiers are suffering from major depression, and 320,000 received brain injuries, all as a result of this unconstitutional and immoral war.)
We will hear much about “unity” at the Maine State Convention. However, it is very important that we understand that to unify behind this man is tantamount to nominating a Democrat. We can vote our consciences or abstain from voting.
John McCain did poorly in our Maine caucuses. By most estimates he got fewer than 20% of the delegates to the State Convention coming out of our caucuses and was soundly trounced by both Romney and Texas Congressman Ron Paul. McCain did not win a single county in the straw poll, with 15 counties going to Romney and one (Aroostook) going to Dr. Paul. McCain has little support nationally…there are never huge rallies for McCain, unless people are paid to show up. In short, he is a media creation and the darling of the Trotskyite neoconservative warmongers who have hijacked our party. He does not support our own platform!
Former Romney supporters who receive this info sheet DO NOT have to follow the “uncalled for” advice of the Massachusetts governor that you go over the cliff with support for this unstable man.
DO NOT ALLOW YOURSELF OR YOUR VOTE TO BE PROSTITUTED IN THE NAME OF PARTY UNITY. PUT YOUR COUNTRY FIRST!
Thank you for taking the time to read this letter and for being such an important part of our representative form of government — the envy of the world!
Posted May 4th, 2008 at 9:54 am Login to Send PM Report this comment
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