McCain = Solid Experienced Leadership

McCain = Commander In Chief Ready

McCain = Proven his dedication to this country, with hardship, sacrifice and public service.

McCain = Works well with Democrats and Republicans and has their respect.

Obama = Nothing - Just watch.

No Experience!

 Done Nothing!

Not Ready!

Change?

The right kind of change can only come from one candidate.  Help yourself and your country!  Vote for John McCain tomorrow, Tuesday, November 4th.

Thank you!

The question is:  In 4 years will you feel safer than today? 

Answer yes, by electing John McCain on November 4th.

Keith Olbermann is out as lead political anchor at MSNBC.  The network tried to use Keith Olbermann and Chris Matthews as anchors for their election coverage.  Olbermann was so incredibly biased and opinionated for Obama and against McCain that instead of acting like the anchor of a news show, he bitched and argued with everyone.  It was more like a bad imitation of The View with Keith Olbermann playing the part of Rosie O'Donnell.  Brian Williams and Tom Brokaw were incredibly embarrassed by all the cheerleading.  Olberman and Matthews will still have their own shows on the network and be used as analysts for the remainder of the election.  Olbermann was so far overboard the entire time that even when he was punished by being forced to provide commentary from New York instead of directly at the Republican National Convention, he still whined and bitched about everything.  Maybe now MSNBC will try to become a little more fair and balanced.  Not.

McCain was not my candidate.  Not originally.  His close ties to, and having worked with very liberal democrats had me worried.  Once it was clear that he was going to be the Republican nominee, he was the best of what was left.  Let's face it, the Democrats were choosing a nominee that didn't believe he was ready to run on a national ticket.  Even Obama's running mate, Joe Biden, doesn't believe he is ready, and in fact would have preferred to run with John McCain.  Hillary Clinton also chose McCain over Obama.

What won me over?  Was it 2000 Democratic VP candidate turned Independent Senator Joe Lieberman's endorsement speech for John McCain?  After all, the Democrats still think well enough about Lieberman to have placed him in a leadership position as an important committee chairman.  His speech was convincing, specifically the line about how McCain could anger his own party, but he was doing it because of what he believed in.

Was it Rudy Giuliani's fantastic speech, where he compared the resumes of the two Presidential candidates?  The first candidate, John McCain has an extensive list of accomplishments and experience and even some things that provide a "Wow" moment.  The second candidate, Barak Obama, his biggest experience has been to vote present rather than make decisions on important issues, which was the job he was hired to do.   Obama has never led anything and, in fact, has been doing nothing more than running for the next highest office ever since being elected to the Illinois legislature.

Maybe it was Fred Thompson telling the fantastic biography of John McCain, including his tenure as a POW.  He contrasted that with the description of Obama as the most Liberal and inexperienced Presidential candidate ever, but may be a good match for the Democratic congress, which is the most unpopular congress in history. 

Could it have been McCain running mate Sarah Palin?  She was engaging, funny, and extremely comfortable in her speech to the RNC.  McCain has made a tremendous choice for a running mate.  She has leadership experience and is a serious reformer.  Her record for ethics reform and standing up to special interests in her time as Governor is a testament to a good leader.  She was very good at hitting Obama at his weak points with shots while smiling and having fun.  My favorite line was when she said, "I guess a small-town mayor is sort of like a "community organizer," except that you have actual responsibilities."

Possibly it was McCain's own speech to the RNC that got to me.  After a tremendous build up by the speakers leading up to the candidates acceptance speech, my expectations were pretty flat.  How could he possibly perform as the Headliner when the warm up acts provided headliner performances?  But he did it.  He knocked it out of the park.  I particularly liked hearing him discuss how he has worked with members of both parties to do what he felt was important.  It is for this reason that Democrats like Senator Feingold of Wisconsin, as well as Ted Kennedy, Hillary Clinton and Joe Biden consider him a friend and someone they enjoyed working with and consider him ready to lead.

So what won me over?  It was a combination of all the above.  While the Republican platform and ideals are what I most closely identify with, it is the person at the top of the ticket that I have to believe will follow through on those commitments while leading and protecting this country.  That is why I am proud to endorse John McCain as our next President.

John McCain chose Sarah Palin as his VP candidate to help provide balance to the Republican ticket.  She brings with her a more conservative background as well as youth.  The amazing thing is that in Sarah Palin's and Barack Obama's relatively short political careers, the Republican VP candidate has accomplished so much more than the Democratic Presidential candidate.

Barack Obama chose Joe Biden as his VP candidate, thus admitting that he severely lacked any foreign relations experience.  Joe Biden brings that to the Democratic ticket along with experience and accomplishments that are non-existent by the Democratic Presidential nominee. 

What does Joe Biden think of his running mate?  Just a few months ago he stated that Barack Obama is not ready to lead.

While John McCain and Sarah Palin on the Republican ticket are a slam dunk winner over their competition, Barack Obama will do well next year on the Speaking circuit.  After all, that's the one and only thing that he does well.

What else has Obama lied about?  Anything that might help line his pockets or those of his friend’s maybe?

For one thing, not all of Obama's support comes from the little donor he likes to tout with increasing frequency. "Industry PACs may not give directly to his campaign, but employees of industries may do so, and many of his contributors have come from executives and their spouses," the Wall Street Journal noted. "For example, Mr. Obama leads all candidates in donations from the pharmaceutical industry and commercial banks, among other industries.

This is the dirty little secret of the internet financing that the Obama campaign enjoys, but doesn’t want us to know about.  He is accepting huge sums of money that are directed to his campaign by companies and industries that are buying his influence.

This is simply the large-scale version of a shakedown.  Seems that Obama and former Milwaukee Alderman Michael McGee have read from the same Democratic playbook and have an awful lot in common.

Don't tell me that there isn't a severe liberal bias in the media!

In 1992 Dan Quayle was pummeled in the media for misspelling "potatoe", and his candidacy was finished.  Media tells us that this candidate is too stupid to be president.

In 2008 Obama says that he has visited 57 states with one more to go, but it gets no mention by most media or at best it was buried in another story on the last page.  He reminds me of one of the intelligence challenged contestants on Jay Leno's "Jaywalking".  Where they ask people on the street some of the most basic questions, but their answers are comical, because of how lame these people are.

To see the video of Obama and his 57 states click here.

You can bet that if John McCain had made this same mistake, we would be hearing about it constantly for the next six months.  Comedians and media would have many jokes about it being a "senior moment", and his candidacy would be finished.

Maybe if Obama paid more attention to the flag, he would get a visual reminder to help him with the correct number of states that make up The United States of America.  Here is a picture of the flag lapel pin that Obama probably owns.

One week after his 57 states comment (That's right, most of us haven't even heard of this, but it has been over a week), Obama came on stage to a raucous crowd and said "Thank you, Sioux City".  The crowd went dead silent.  Why?  Because he was one state away in Sioux Falls, South Dakota and not Sioux City, Iowa.  Maybe in Obama's 57 states, parts of Iowa and South Dakota have been combined while other states have been split up, but citizens still don't dig it if you screw up the name of their city.

Why is it that the media can destroy a conservative candidate for being stupid, but "The Great Speaker", Obama, gets a pass while consistently showing his lack of intelligence on basic facts.  This is as fair and honest as NBA referee, Tim Donaghy, who bet on games that he officiated.

I wonder which candidate the media is backing?  Hmmm?  What the f***?

More and more of my entertainment comes from the internet.  I particularly find a number of very clever and creative videos on sites like You Tube.

Here is one of my more recent favorites in light of todays Pennsylvania primary.

Sometimes I get the impression that all three of the major party candidates want somebody else to win the election.

This weeks biggest loser is Barack Obama.  In one short statement, while speaking in San Francisco, B.O. managed to alienate all of small town America.  The more often he speaks without a teleprompter in a prepared speech saying the same things over and over again, the more elitist and out of touch he sounds.  He doesn't acknowledge the Pledge of Allegiance, he won't wear the American Flag lapel pin, his preacher and Spiritual Adviser says "God damn America", and his wife Michelle said her husbands campaign made her proud to be an American for the first time.  This is not a one time mistake.  This is a pattern of being anti-American in actions and words. 

I can't give a pass to John McCain this week either.  It's one thing to confuse North Dakota with South Dakota, I mean who cares, really.  But, John has for the second time in public confused al Qaeda as a Shiite group instead of a Sunni group.  Most Americans don't get the difference either, but that's no excuse for the candidate who should have the most knowledge in foreign policy.

Hillary, why are you still married to this buffoon?  Just as talk was quieting down, and the media pretty well buried the story to begin with, Bill had to bring up your sniper fire story again.  He tried to pass it off that when you related that story it was late and you were tired.  The only problem was that it was a morning speech.  Maybe the two of you are perfect for each other.  Neither one of you know where the truth actually is anymore.  Both of them are telling a story about how Hillary tried to enlist after law school and was turned down.  As a law school graduate, from Yale no less, she would have been allowed to commission as an officer or Judge Advocate General, and the reasons she states she couldn't get in would not have applied.

Will the real winner please shut up!

If you watched American Idol Thursday night, you saw all three Presidential candidates in recorded messages asking for people to support the Idol Gives Back charity. (I swear I was only flipping through and don't usually watch Idol.  OK, so maybe occasionally, but never more than once or twice per week.)  First up was Hillary, who looked comfortable reading her prepared piece. Her appearance on SNL probably helped her.  Next up was McCain.  He was entertaining and even funny as he made a crack about Simon and immigration.  Last up was Obama.  He looked stiff and uncomfortable doing this.  Come to think of it, he has always looked a little uncomfortable when doing anything but a prepared political speech.

The three of them are running for a different type of American Idol.  One that we can start to tear down the second we elect them the winner.  It's America, and we have that right.  It's an easy thing to do and too many people enjoy doing it.

On this night, John McCain was easily the winner. 

Hillary Clinton lies about ducking sniper fire as a first lady making a trip to Bosnia in an attempt to make herself seem more "battle ready" to be Commander in Chief.  Barack Obama comes across as a racist himself, even as he attempts to open up the dialog on racism in this country by talking about "a typical white person".  John McCain is lucky that these two continue to make the wrong kind of news every day just by opening their mouths, because he certainly isn't immune to the same foot in mouth disease.  Nine months of duct tape for his mouth and he will be the next president.

The battle between Clinton and Obama has put them both on a slippery slope come election time.  A new Gallup Poll shows that 39% of Hillary Clinton supporters would vote for John McCain if Obama is the nominee, and 29% of Obama supporters would vote for McCain if Clinton wins the nomination.

John, I mean this in a nice way.  Shut Up!