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How can we persuade more of the Nation's young voters to get the courage to leave the Obama Camp and join us in support of John McCain?
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The Abrahamic Tradition
I am an Oregon Democrat that's been supporting John McCain all along, despite my distaste of GWB.
The question is: Why has it taken the cross-over Democrats so long to see the light? CLICK
Please, all you Democrats that are crossing over right now from Hillary Clinton's Campaign...get out there and convince more of your friends to join McCain and not to be blinded by party loyalty.
Support the man. Support the experience. Support a known track record. Support what you can trust. Support what you know. Support America's Veterans. Support a known case history of patriotism...the list goes on and on in favor of John McCain. read more »
A lot of them think we can just pull out of Iraq and it makes no difference just like we did in Viet Nam...just yank ourselves out no matter what the consequences.
Besides everything else, we will have another huge humanitarian problem on our hands if Baghdad collapses.
The problem today is that the United States does not have an endless well of 'national credit' to draw from to magically 'fix' the problems that it creates.
It has spent billions in Iraq with financed money, the cost of gas is flying through the roof, environmentalists back home in places like Alaska have retarded the production of domestic oil, the enemy has gotten inside the gates, our domestic economy is stalling, the world is about to go through a cataclysmic convulsion due to global warming and overpopulation, people are starving to death and running out of fresh water and are faced with flooding by salt water all over the world...and the American people want to retreat on Iraq and complain about the rising cost of fuel. read more »
I operate on the premise, that: 'All things work together for good for those of us who love God, for those of us who are called according to his purpose.'
What is important and critical to the success or failure in Iraq or for a John McCain candidacy is in finding the right Vice Presidential candidate to accommodate him.
Someone that has proven spiritual attributes.
I am not talking about someone who thinks he is 'blessed' by name, but of someone who has demonstrated in his life some positive prophetic characteristics.
I am not talking about someone who has been blessed with a million dollars, won a national lottery or 20 elections.
This is the challenge: Find the reverse of what the 'children of mammon' look for in a political candidate, and the country will have found the right person or persons to compliment the candidacy of John McCain. read more »
…to bring a new hope for the Nation and for the World that extends beyond the Presidency of the primary candidate and the borders of the nation…
…to provide a vision that compliments and extends the vision of the standing President…
…to bring an inspired talent that can assist the nation and the world to make the transition between the old and the new way of conducting business at home and around the world…
…to bring honesty and integrity again to the Office of the Vice Presidency…
…to introduce ‘brave new steps’ to prepare the nation and the world for the days ahead
…expecting and understanding that the future cannot be expected to get easier, but to get worse
…and having the conviction that unless the days of that suffering be lessened, no human being will be left unaffected on earth.
...to understand that the times ahead are going to get really hard for everyone.
A Good Vice President should be prepared to assist the President on many levels, even if his/her council is used only to provide momentary inspiration or insight into certain matters.
The Vice President's political stance with regards to the responsibility of his office should be ‘preemptive’ and heavily focused on disaster relief and preparedness for the Nation against catastrophic events.
A Vice President, as well as sitting the Senate, should have a cabinet or council of his own personal advisors that are in his trust, separate from the Office of the President. This would be the Vice President’s ‘Inner Circle’, ready to take charge in event anything happened to the Office of the President and the President’s cabinet.
A NEW (limited) UN PRESENCE IN THE UNITED STATES
A vision of a Vice President who is willing to read more »
Soldiers who return from war are always in trouble and must be allowed to overcome the negative consequences of war experience.
Otherwise, the freedoms and dreams for which they have sacrificed will never be realized by the society unto which they have served.
See the Chilkoot Vision: CLICK
This is a national security issue.
Society owes a debt to its veterans and they need to be protected by law from abuses by society. read more »
The Chilkoot Vision of the World - By James Carder
Explanation: I believe that everyone brings a piece of him or herself into a political campaign and that it's up to those running a campaign at the core, and especially the candidate, to decide how that individual contribution fits into the collective mosaic that eventually becomes part of the overall image that is projected by the candidate. - By James Carder, Author (McCain Campaign Contributor)
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For Iraq, the Near East and North America
I see the U.S. Army PDO (Petroleum Division Office) and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers dispatched to Iraq to build refineries and pipelines throughout the country.
I see the Iraqi Government will control the flow of oil but I also see the United States, as the biggest stakeholder, managing the flow of money.
I see the revenue from that oil in this order, going to:
a. The Iraqi people
b. The American people
c. And then all the rest of the countries in the order in which they contributed to the cause, in both money and in personnel
I see American oil companies in the region, who are right now eyeballing Iraqi oil, being told that if they do not accept the deal and join in the endeavor, that they could expect eminent nationalization. read more »
Yes, John McCain does come across as a bit 'dull', but part of this impression is obviously caused by the fact that he is older than the other candidates and the other part of it may be due to physical injuries he suffered as the result of war and time spent as a P.O.W.
The way we need to see John McCain is as an ‘old warrior’ who has always been there when we needed him.
He also needs to be seen as a ‘survivor’, not only of war, but of the D.C. scene itself which often chops politicians up and then spits him out in little pieces.
The fact that John McCain has political resiliency should be of comfort to the American people who are currently burdened with economic concerns about their future.
John McCain has been our ‘steady hand’.
Although Obama is young and vigorous, he's still a ‘wild card’.
But John McCain will not need to ‘remake’ his image like Barack Obama will have to do in order to win the 2008 Election.
All we have to do with John McCain is see him as a reflection of ourselves.
John McCain is a political icon of our time. He's already a great man and already deserving the admiration and respect of every American. He's already the embodiment of what our hopes and aspirations should be in every American who serves in Washington, D.C. read more »
