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My cousin sent me this last night. (thanks Deb)

I cound’t have said it better myself-

“John McCain has been tested in more ways than anyone who has ever run for the presidency. What do honor and sacrifice really mean to you? Are they just words on posters or do they strike a cord deep within you? In the face of real danger, have you ever met evil face to face? Few of us have. John McCain has—in the hell hole of a North Vietnamese prison. He got challenged in a way he never anticipated to discover what he truly valued. In solitary confinement for years, he was punched and kicked till he was bloody and raw. He lost teeth. His bones were broken. He was twisted backward, tied into a ball and hung up from a hook–for hours. His bones were broken again. His ligaments were cut. An admiral’s son, he was offered early release. That would mean a real hospital with a bed, hot food, [and] fresh air–not living in his own waste mixed with his own blood. He refused. He knew men had been there longer than he had. They deserved to be released before him. He valued them, his fellow countrymen, first. He would stay and tough it out, no matter how long it took. It took 5 years. Where does one find the faith to hold on in such circumstances, to retain one’s sense of self esteem, and to survive to preserve the values we hold dear with honor? What does it say about a man’s love of his countrymen and love of his country to have endured such unimagined torture that to this day he can’t lift his arms? What does it say about each of us, about our country, that we produce such men, that we produced a John McCain, that he is one of us?

Contrast John McCain’s vote to stay in prison for his countrymen with Barack

Obama’s voting “present” over 100 times when a state senator in Illinois. You know what McCain stands for, what he values. What does Obama value? He avoids revealing his school records, his medical records, his birth certificate, and where he stood years ago with a yes or no vote. He told Charlie Gibson of ABC that people should know where he stands because he has talked so much. He’s right about one thing, he talks a lot. Actions speak louder than words. John McCain acted in the interest of his fellow pilots, sacrificing himself by refusing early release from abuse that left him unable to dance. Obama brags he dances better than John McCain. Obama has never sacrificed himself for anyone else. He has chosen to advance his political career through friendships with the far left fringe of Chicago politics. Always acting in his own interest, he gives long winded excuses denying any responsibility for the company he keeps. Do you really believe him when he claims he never heard his pastor of 20 years, Rev. Wright yelling “god damn America” from the pulpit? I don’t. If he didn’t agree with what he heard, why did he stay at that church? Would you?

John McCain accepted responsibility for the lives and morale of his fellow prisoners by refusing release. He sought and got accountability for the unfair awarding of a multi-million dollar defense contract because the bidder violated the rules. Obama’s notion of accountability is to lecture us on why he is not answerable for Acorn’s massive attempt at voter fraud in this election. He sat on Acorn’s board. He was Acorn’s legal advisor. He claims ignorance of the consequences of policies of this organization. He did not take a leadership role in unearthing this scandal. He did not demand that Acorn be held accountable and change its methods. Instead, his campaign gave them over $800,000 to help “get out the vote.”

John McCain understands leadership and the responsibility that comes with it. Leaders lead from the front, not the rear. In front, you usually stand alone. If you don’t have the guts to stand alone, you don’t deserve to be the leader. John McCain stood alone about the surge in Iraq, which succeeded in stabilizing the country. For all intents and purposes, that war is over and we won. Obama announced that he possessed superior judgment by opposing the surge, saying we would fail. We didn’t and he doesn’t. John McCain will be a commander-in-chief who appreciates the threat of international terrorism and knows how to command. Obama is a law professor who lectures us on how he intends to discuss our mistakes with evil people who want to destroy us, meeting them with no preconditions.

John McCain talks straight. At the Saddleback forum, he said: evil exists in the world and must be defeated. Obama, who never said anything good about this country without qualifying it first, gave a dissertation on evil, [and] then lectured us on how evil exists in this country. McCain believes life begins at conception. Obama said the answer to that question was “above his pay grade”, and lectured about the legal issues. You may not agree with McCain, but at least you know where he stands and he doesn’t assume you need a lecture on the subject.

John McCain believes in us, that we are self-reliant, capable, industrious, innovative and enterprising. His approach to issues involving taxes, health care, and energy is premised on his trust in us to make the right choice for ourselves. Obama believes in government, run by him. His approach to taxes and health care and energy is to make the choice for us. He will decide who has the ability to pay more and who has the greater need for it. He calls that fair. History calls it Marxism.

And what a candidate’s choice of a life partner reveals about him is enormous. To argue the candidate’s wife is not a consideration is naive nonsense. It matters. Every past first lady has had enormous impact on their husbands. Cindy McCain is an American original. Not only a wife and mother of four, she is also a business woman, foundation director and humanitarian. She formed the AMVT (American Voluntary Medical Team) and made 55 trips to war-torn and disaster sites taking emergency medical teams to minister to those affected. This is all done out of the public spotlight. She brought home 2 orphans from Bangladesh that needed life saving surgery. When Senator McCain asked who they were, Cindy said one, now 16 year old Bridgette, was their new daughter. The other girl was adopted by friends of theirs, who never saw a bill for the surgery that girl required. Barack Obama speaks proudly of how his wife, Michelle, is his primary advisor. She has revealed herself to be angry, crude and divisive. She boastfully puts this country down. In a New Yorker interview last March she whined: life is not good: we’re a divided country, we’re a country that is “just downright mean,” we are “guided by fear,” we’re a nation of cynics, sloths, and complacents. It was Michelle who introduced her husband to the so-called Christian pastor who curses the country which she was not proud of for so long. Who do you want representing you?

The president and his wife are representatives of the best in this country. Obama is so taken with himself he refashioned the seal of the United States of America with his name on it: Obama for America. His web site showed little kids singing songs to the leader. He wanted to give his big European speech at the Brandenburg Gate, a powerful symbol where Kennedy and Reagan gave memorable speeches. The Germans saw through that and refused The One the chance to glorify himself.

We are at our best a humble people. We value people who take a stand to get the job done. Our values determined our unique destiny to lead the world. The man you know without doubt, without any reservation, who has earned your trust to always put his country first, to protect and preserve these values, which were purchased at such high price, is John McCain. He deserves your vote.”

Adrienne King,

Wife, mother, attorney

& proud supporter of John McCain,

Honolulu, Hawaii,

October 23, 2008

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Yesterday,

I heard an interesting perspective on ‘change’. The campaign banner of the democrat candidate for president has been in part ’CHANGE.’

The perspective that was presented was if one love’s someone, they do not endeavor to change them. It can be argued that many women ‘love the man their husband CAN BE’ in hopes of changing him, but in reality, that would indicate by default, the wife considers the husband as defective or ‘bad.’ If one loves something but sees fault, one might endeavor to ‘improve’ it, but not throw out the entire matter.

Throughout history, every… let me say it again; EVERY president who has run for office has always wanted to improve the United States. No president has ever run on the slogan of change, because that would indicate a certain disdain for the United States. The United States may have flaws that can be improved, but it does not need to be ‘changed.’

Over the last 230 years, our nation has been a capitalist Country; rewarding ambition and tenacity with success and wealth, and laziness and indifference with mediocrity and poverty.

The one clear thing that based on the following sources:

1. Barack Obama’s book ‘Dreams of my Father’;
2. Barack Obama’s relationship with Jeremiah Wright and Bill Ayers;
3. Barack Obama’s response to a caller’s question from the 2001 NPR radio show;
4. Barack Obama’s recent comment to Joe the Plumber;

Is, Barack Obama wants to move this country away from capitalism toward the philosophy of socialism and Karl Marx.

So the question then becomes “if Barack Obama love’s this country as he says he does, why change it?” We heard Michelle Obama say for the first time in her life, she is proud of America.

Barack Obama is a light weight with no background in leadership or politics; only MANY relationships with very questionable individuals who also have a clear bent toward Marxism.

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Here is a creative approach to redistribution of wealth as offered by a reader of the local newspaper, the Eagle Tribune.

Today on my way to lunch I passed a homeless guy with a sign the read ‘Vote Obama, I need the money.’   I laughed.

Once in the restaurant my server had on a ‘Obama 08′ tie, again I laughed–just imagine the coincidence.

When the bill came I decided not to tip the server and explained to him that I was exploring the Obama redistribution of wealth concept. He stood there in disbelief while I told him that I was going to redistribute his tip to someone who I deemed more in need–the homeless guy outside. The server angrily stormed from my sight.

I went outside, gave the homeless guy $10 and told him to thank the server inside as I decided he could use the money more. The homeless guy was grateful.

At the end of my rather unscientific redistribution experiment I realized the homeless guy was grateful for the money he did not earn, but the waiter was pretty angry that I gave away the money he did earn even though the actual recipient deserved money more.

I guess redistribution of wealth is an easier thing to swallow in concept than in practical application.

Hat tip- Some hot vendor chick 

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Congresswoman Bachmann is being assaulted by the worst of the worst, and is fighting an uphill battle. I received this email this morning asking for help. 

“Nazi.  Psychopath.  Deranged.  Mentally ill.  Disgusting human being.  Bitch.
 
I apologize for the rude language.  But, these are just a few of the names that my staff and volunteers have been called over the past 24 hours simply because they work for me.
 
Ever since my appearance on MSNBC’s Hardball on Friday night, my office has received calls from all across the nation - California, Illinois, Georgia, Texas, Oregon, Vermont, and elsewhere.  Some of the calls have been respectfully disagreeing with my statements on the show.  Most, unfortunately, are full of hate and anger and language like that above - and worse.
 
And, they’re putting their money where their mouths are.
 
My opponent has told the media that the Far Left has donated more than half a million dollars in the 24 hours following the show.

Click here to let them know that we’re not going to stand for their lies.

All this because I dared to say that the formative relationships that Barack Obama had are relevant to figuring out what kinds of policies he might bring to the White House.  Because I said that Barack Obama’s close relationships with people like Bill Ayers and Jeremiah Wright and others who hold far-out-of-the-mainstream views might have had some influence on the policy positions that Barack Obama holds.
 
From there Chris Matthews did what Chris Matthews is paid big bucks to do:  Twist my words and set them up for full-fledged distortion when his next guest came on.  And, when the liberal blogs got hold of little clips of my appearance, the spin machine really kicked into overdrive.”

 Click here to let Chris know you play hardball too! ”

For the sake of America, help her out. What we absolutely cannot have is a democrat in office and a filibuster proof House. Throw checks and balances out the window if we do.

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When we hear of ethics violations from the left its more along the lines of $100,000 cold, hard cash in the freezer, 100k-250k IPO in clean energy owned by the Speaker of the House who blocked votes on off shore drilling, or the collapse of the American financial market because a trusted law maker was in bed (literally) with the assistant director of product initiatives?

Further, why was there more coverage of the Idaho congressman’s solicitation than OJ Simpson Murder trial, while this story has mostly gone unnoticed? Do you think the media considers blows (no pun intended) like this would be detrimental to the Obama Campaign?

Lawmaker Accused of Fannie Mae Conflict of Interest

WASHINGTON —  Unqualified home buyers were not the only ones who benefitted from Massachusetts Rep. Barney Frank’s efforts to deregulate Fannie Mae throughout the 1990s.

So did Frank’s partner, a Fannie Mae executive at the forefront of the agency’s push to relax lending restrictions.

Now that Fannie Mae is at the epicenter of a financial meltdown that threatens the U.S. economy, some are raising new questions about Frank’s relationship with Herb Moses, who was Fannie’s assistant director for product initiatives. Moses worked at the government-sponsored enterprise from 1991 to 1998, while Frank was on the House Banking Committee, which had jurisdiction over Fannie.

Both Frank and Moses assured the Wall Street Journal in 1992 that they took pains to avoid any conflicts of interest. Critics, however, remain skeptical.

“It’s absolutely a conflict,” said Dan Gainor, vice president of the Business & Media Institute. “He was voting on Fannie Mae at a time when he was involved with a Fannie Mae executive. How is that not germane?

“If this had been his ex-wife and he was Republican, I would bet every penny I have - or at least what’s not in the stock market - that this would be considered germane,” added Gainor, a T. Boone Pickens Fellow. “But everybody wants to avoid it because he’s gay. It’s the quintessential double standard.”

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