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Veteran Expediter
Politically speaking, no one should minimize what John McCain has accomplished on the Republican side of this campaign.
Barring the suspense of the race between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, the chronicle of McCain's struggle from the edge of political collapse to his current domination on the Republican side says something about his staying power.
On Super Tuesday, David Broder of the Washington Post placed calls to numerous Republicans, Democrats and neutral observers to check their appraisals of McCain as a general-election candidate. He found McCain bringing together supporters within his own party and being treated with great respect by Democrats.
Arizona's Democratic Gov. Janet Napolitano said, "He is not to be underestimated." Although she is an Obama supporter, Napolitano said McCain is "a gifted campaigner with a great life story. When everything seemed to go wrong for him last year, I told people, 'Never write John McCain off.'"
Former North Carolina Gov. Jim Hunt told Broder he thought McCain would be "very tough" competition. Don Fowler, the former Democratic National Committee chairman and a Clinton supporter said, "He is the best possible candidate for the Republicans by any measure I can see."
Newt Gingrich told Broder, "We disagree on some issues, but I'd rather fight him in the White House than either of those Democrats. He has come back because of one thing -- his courage. As a populist, I love it."
A recent Washington Post-ABC News poll showed McCain in a statistical tie with either Democrat. When voters were asked to judge the candidates' strength and experience versus their new ideas and potential for bringing change, McCain and Clinton match closely, but McCain leads Obama by 20 points on strength and experience.
The Dems had another candidate for “change” back in 1988. His name is Michael Dukakis. He was another Harvard graduate (So what?) who dubbed himself as the phenomenon termed the "Massachusetts Miracle". George H.W. Bush won by offering "stability in a time of transition." Oh, by the way, Dukakis was also an Eagle Scout too. Of course, he was weak on capital punishment, initiated a prison furlough program that was a revolving door for criminals and vetoed a bill that would require the Pledge of Allegiance to be recited in Massachusetts public schools. I know, we keep hearing the supposedly “Urban Legend” that Barrack Hussein Obama has a problem with the Pledge of Allegiance, but I am certain that video clips taken at political and public functions will determine what is legend and what is factual.
Had Dukakis been successful in winning the presidency, he would have been only the third commander-in-chief to have had immigrant parents besides Andrew Jackson and Chester A. Arthur. Of course, if Barrack Hussein Obama gets that far, he can only claim half of that title; his mother was from Kansas and daddy was from Kenya. Mom and dad separated after only two years of marriage. Dad went to Harvard too, but then went back to Kenya. Mom marries another foreign student (so much for higher education) named Lolo Soetoro. The family moves to Soetoro’s home country of Indonesia; the most populous Muslim-majority nation. A nation that produced a political despot named Sukarno who moved from democracy to authoritarianism and maintained his power base by balancing the opposing forces of the Military, Islam, and the Communist Party of Indonesia. He was occasionally referred to as “Achmad Sukarno”. Sukarno was educated in the Dutch Schools in Indonesia; the same schools that Barrack Hussein Obama attended while living in Indonesia.
Sukarno was succeeded by Suharto. In religious contexts, he is sometimes called “Haji” or “el-Haj Mohammed Suharto. Suharto’s parents divorced not long after his birth and his home life was disjointed and superficial. Interesting how Barrack Hussein Obama also struggled to determine his roots. This struggle, or confusion if you will, is chronicled in a memoir of his youth titled Dreams from My Father. The book describes his uncertainties as a young adult to reconcile his multiracial heritage. He wrote that he used alcohol, marijuana, and cocaine during his teenage years to "push questions of who I was out of my mind". As far as this writer is concerned, I have yet to see any evidence that he has settled the issues surrounding his heritage.
Moreover, I find it to be quite disconcerting that Barrack began his educational process in Indonesia in 1967, the very same year that Suharto came to power. Obama attended local schools in Jakarta from ages 6 to 10, where classes were taught in the Indonesian language.
Ok, so what is the parallel…under Suharto’s "New Order" administration, Suharto constructed a strong militarist centralized government.
And that folks is what you will get from Barrack Hussein Obama…”New World Order” and a “Centralized” government.
No, he does not get $50.00 from me, unless he wants to put it toward a one way ticket homeward…if he can ever figure out from whence he came.
Barring the suspense of the race between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, the chronicle of McCain's struggle from the edge of political collapse to his current domination on the Republican side says something about his staying power.
On Super Tuesday, David Broder of the Washington Post placed calls to numerous Republicans, Democrats and neutral observers to check their appraisals of McCain as a general-election candidate. He found McCain bringing together supporters within his own party and being treated with great respect by Democrats.
Arizona's Democratic Gov. Janet Napolitano said, "He is not to be underestimated." Although she is an Obama supporter, Napolitano said McCain is "a gifted campaigner with a great life story. When everything seemed to go wrong for him last year, I told people, 'Never write John McCain off.'"
Former North Carolina Gov. Jim Hunt told Broder he thought McCain would be "very tough" competition. Don Fowler, the former Democratic National Committee chairman and a Clinton supporter said, "He is the best possible candidate for the Republicans by any measure I can see."
Newt Gingrich told Broder, "We disagree on some issues, but I'd rather fight him in the White House than either of those Democrats. He has come back because of one thing -- his courage. As a populist, I love it."
A recent Washington Post-ABC News poll showed McCain in a statistical tie with either Democrat. When voters were asked to judge the candidates' strength and experience versus their new ideas and potential for bringing change, McCain and Clinton match closely, but McCain leads Obama by 20 points on strength and experience.
The Dems had another candidate for “change” back in 1988. His name is Michael Dukakis. He was another Harvard graduate (So what?) who dubbed himself as the phenomenon termed the "Massachusetts Miracle". George H.W. Bush won by offering "stability in a time of transition." Oh, by the way, Dukakis was also an Eagle Scout too. Of course, he was weak on capital punishment, initiated a prison furlough program that was a revolving door for criminals and vetoed a bill that would require the Pledge of Allegiance to be recited in Massachusetts public schools. I know, we keep hearing the supposedly “Urban Legend” that Barrack Hussein Obama has a problem with the Pledge of Allegiance, but I am certain that video clips taken at political and public functions will determine what is legend and what is factual.
Had Dukakis been successful in winning the presidency, he would have been only the third commander-in-chief to have had immigrant parents besides Andrew Jackson and Chester A. Arthur. Of course, if Barrack Hussein Obama gets that far, he can only claim half of that title; his mother was from Kansas and daddy was from Kenya. Mom and dad separated after only two years of marriage. Dad went to Harvard too, but then went back to Kenya. Mom marries another foreign student (so much for higher education) named Lolo Soetoro. The family moves to Soetoro’s home country of Indonesia; the most populous Muslim-majority nation. A nation that produced a political despot named Sukarno who moved from democracy to authoritarianism and maintained his power base by balancing the opposing forces of the Military, Islam, and the Communist Party of Indonesia. He was occasionally referred to as “Achmad Sukarno”. Sukarno was educated in the Dutch Schools in Indonesia; the same schools that Barrack Hussein Obama attended while living in Indonesia.
Sukarno was succeeded by Suharto. In religious contexts, he is sometimes called “Haji” or “el-Haj Mohammed Suharto. Suharto’s parents divorced not long after his birth and his home life was disjointed and superficial. Interesting how Barrack Hussein Obama also struggled to determine his roots. This struggle, or confusion if you will, is chronicled in a memoir of his youth titled Dreams from My Father. The book describes his uncertainties as a young adult to reconcile his multiracial heritage. He wrote that he used alcohol, marijuana, and cocaine during his teenage years to "push questions of who I was out of my mind". As far as this writer is concerned, I have yet to see any evidence that he has settled the issues surrounding his heritage.
Moreover, I find it to be quite disconcerting that Barrack began his educational process in Indonesia in 1967, the very same year that Suharto came to power. Obama attended local schools in Jakarta from ages 6 to 10, where classes were taught in the Indonesian language.
Ok, so what is the parallel…under Suharto’s "New Order" administration, Suharto constructed a strong militarist centralized government.
And that folks is what you will get from Barrack Hussein Obama…”New World Order” and a “Centralized” government.
No, he does not get $50.00 from me, unless he wants to put it toward a one way ticket homeward…if he can ever figure out from whence he came.
In any event, it's at least another 4 years of disappointment.