HERE IT IS

The field is now set for the upcoming Presidential election in November. The Republican convention, being a mere formality, will nominate Arizona Senator John McCain as its candidate for President next week. The Democratic party, whose convention ended on Friday, formally nominated Illinois Senator Barack Obama as its candidate.

Let us first look at Sen. Obama.

He earned an undergraduate degree from Columbia University in 1983 and a law degree from Harvard in 1991. He then joined the Chicago law firm of Miner, Barnhill & Galland, which specialized in civil rights legislation. He also lectured at the University of Chicago.
He was elected to the Illinois state senate in 1996, serving until he won (2004) a U.S. Senate seat. Hailed as a young Democratic star, he electrified the 2004 Democratic convention with his keynote address, and became (Feb., 2007) a candidate for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination. He has written Dreams of My Father (1995) and The Audacity of Hope (2006). Sen. Obama has one of the most liberal voting records in the senate as this excerpt from the Washington Post shows.

Barack Obama has voted with a majority of his Democratic colleagues 96.0% of the time during the current Congress. This percentage does not include votes in which Obama did not vote. It is equally important to note the votes he has missed during this last session of Congress;

Barack Obama has missed 290 votes (45.5%) during the current Congress.

It is important to also note that Sen. Obama does not support legislation to drill for oil domestically.

That leads me this: Barack Obama, throughout this campaign, has billed himself as the candidate of “hope” and “change “. Ok, riddle me this my loyal minneons; How does this advocate for hope and change name Joe Biden , a 30 some odd year veteran of establishment politics as his running mate? Sen. Biden has a more liberal voting record than Obama. Where is the ” change “? Here is something else that must be considered. On a recent trip to Germany, Sen. Obama canceled a planned visit to Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, a U.S. military hospital located at the U.S. air base in Ramstein, Germany. The reason for this cancelation? He was not allowed to bring cameras into the hospital to take pictures. It was disrespectful to cancel.Lets move on to John McCain.

McCain has been a U.S. senator from Arizona since 1987. A 1958 graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, McCain had a 22-year military career as a pilot and officer in the Navy. Five of those years (1967-73) were spent in a Vietnamese prisoner of war camp after he was shot down over Hanoi during the Vietnam War. McCain left the Navy in 1981, was elected to Congress in 1982, and then was elected as U.S. senator from Arizona in 1986. In 2000 he ran for the Republican presidential nomination, but was defeated by George W. Bush. After Bush was reelected in 2004, McCain ran again for the Republican nomination in 2008, and his primary wins have given him enough delegates to be assured of the nomination at the GOP convention in September. His 1999 book Faith of My Fathers told the story of his family’s military history and his own experiences as a POW.

The following is Sen. McCain’s voting record:

Missed Votes

John McCain has missed 407 votes (63.8%) during the current Congress. It is noteworthy to look at the votes Sen. McCain has missed.

Voting with Party

John McCain has voted with a majority of his Republican colleagues 88.3% of the time during the current Congress. This percentage does not include votes in which McCain did not vote.

John McCain is known for his maverick style and fiery personality. He believes in shaking up the establishment. This is reflected by who he has chosen as his running mate, Alaska Governor Sarah Palin.

Gov. Palin is an advocate for political reform in Washington. She reflects McCain’s maverick style and has the same fiery personality.

I have said many times, I am not a fan of John McCain and did not support his campaign for the Republican nomination for President. Equally, I can say the same about Barack Obama. I have serious reservations concerning both candidates. We all know its the little things that decide elections. Things voters look for. For example, a willingness to step out of the box, to not stay with the status quo. Also, to show the proper respect for our fallen heroes; those that have died or been wounded in the struggle to further the cause of freedom. To promote the equality of all Americans. You get the picture.

In the final analysis, John McCain has proven his willingness to effect change in this country. The chosing of Sara Palin as his Running mate establishes McCain as the advocate for change in America.  It also signifies the end of the so-called ” old boys network ”  of the Rupublican party.  Therefore, I formally endorse John McCain for President of the United States of America.

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