Two and a half more days and we’ll all know exactly what the good ol’ USA deserves. Well, you get what you deserve, right? God help us! We visited the McCain Campaign Southwest Headquarters this week and helped the cause by putting together yard signs. It was a buzz of activity.
Our homeschool co-op also stepped into his office for a few moments to see all that is on display there as well. They have a rotating system of showcasing hundreds of different pictures, certificates, awards and memorabilia, but the set that was out blew my mind. The honor and service awards were vast in numbers that Sen. McCain has been awarded. Wow. I wanted to read one in particular to my kids about his life and commitment to America, coming from a family devoted to military service and his valiant stint as a POW, but I was in tears reading it silently and couldn’t manage a vocal performance at that moment.
There were pictures of Senator McCain with Presidents Nixon, Regan, Ford, Carter, Clinton and both Bushs. There was a picture of him in his flight suit as a handsome young soldier (who looked a lot like Tom Cruise, in my humble opinion) taken three minutes before his personal freedom was taken away from him for six years after he was shot down. There were also many awards around the office for his work with prisoners of war and veterans. The man knows what’s going on. He’s been there, done that and wrote the book.
I was not automatically for Sen. McCain in the beginning. He did not get my primary vote, but unquestionably, he has my Tuesday vote. There is just no comparison between the two candidates in work ethic, experience, history, values, respect, track record, etc. What in the world has Sen. Obama done for our country so far? I cannot for the life of me figure it out. And what in the world is a world citizen? Are they handing out new passports for everyone on planet Earth who can fog a mirror? I want an AMERICAN citizen as President, who is proud of our great country, and proud of our system of government, our emblems and our Christian heritage.
As many of you, I’ve read a vast array of commentaries about both candidates. The one that made me really laugh said that in order to claim a nationality, like Chinese, or Spanish, or Black, you have to be at least 1/6 of that nationality. I don’t know if it’s true, but they stated that Sen. Obama is 1/8 black, so he can’t legitimately even claim that. Shoot! That was his main playing card!
This is my kind of candidate…. a little stand up right before the big day. To our eternal amusement, Senator and Mrs. McCain did a stint on SNL. Here’s the link: http://www.nbc.com/Saturday_Night_Live/video/clips/mccain-qvc-open/805381/
Needless to say at this point, VOTE! on Tuesday. And if you got a call from the “McCain” camp telling you to get out and vote on WEDNESDAY…. it’ll be all over by then. It’s TUESDAY that counts.
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November 3, 2008 at 8:32 am |
When talking to my wife about him, the best thing I could come up with was that he was an honorable man and that I would sleep better at night knowing that he was watching out for me and my family…that might sum it up best. Politics aside.
November 5, 2008 at 9:55 am |
Obama is a charasmatic speaker and does speak what the people want to hear. Unfortunately his inexperience and indecisive behavior will be exposed in the next 4 years. Should things not go in the favor of the new democratic presidentcy, Senate, and House, it will be the same as usual, blame it on the former presidentcy. I won’t even go into that. For now, we must continue to pray for our leaders and let God continue His plan.