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Cindy McCain – Who Knew?

nobody@vox.com(theway2k) — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 10:59:03 -0500

I received a photo collage of Cindy McCain from a friend describing the character and activism of the GOP nominee’s wife. The email is one of those “send it to your friends” emails which I do not usually participate in; however this is so awesome Americans indeed need to know.

I am not going to post the photos, for they are not as important as the information about the (hopefully) next First Lady of the USA.

Read this and compare it to Michelle Obama. It is a comparison of an American patriot (Cindy) and a person who is ashamed of America (Michelle).

JRH 7/2/08

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Cindy McCain

Bet you would have never guessed this one! No matter your politics. The media will never tell of this, so pass it on.

There was an article in the Wall Street Journal on Cindy McCain, John's Wife. All I ever saw was this attractive woman standing beside John. I was surprised how talented and involved with world problems she is. This is a summary of the article.

She graduated from Southern Cal and was a special-needs teacher.

After her Dad died she became involved with his beer distributing firm and is now the chairwoman. Sales have doubled since she has taken over from her father.

They have a marriage prenuptial agreement, her assets remain separate. She is involved around the world clearing land mines - travels to these countries on a detonation team and serves on their board.

They have a 19 year old serving in Iraq, another son in the Naval Academy, a daughter recently graduated from Columbia Univ., an adopted daughter in High School, and a son who is the finance guy at the beer firm.

Raised kids in Phoenix, AZ rather than Washington D.C. (better atmosphere): He commuted.

In 1991, Mrs. McCain came across a girl in an orphanage in Bangladesh. Mother Teresa implored Mrs. McCain to take the baby with severe cleft palate. She did so without first telling her husband. The couple adopted the girl who has had a dozen operations to repair her cleft palate and other medical problems.

They have a Family Foundation for children's causes.

She's active with 'Halo Trust' - to clear land mines, provide water and food in war ravaged and developing countries.

She will join an overseas mission of 'Operation Smile', a charity for corrective surgery on children's faces.

She has had two back surgeries and became addicted to pain killers. She talks openly about it which she says is part of the recovery process.

I'm surprised the media is so quiet about her attributes. She sounds more capable than Hillary or Obama. We would really get two for the price of one: A person with business and international experience. John did work for the firm for awhile when he left the Navy. She, however, has the real business experience. Very interesting.

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Election 2008: NAFTA Brings Concerns to LEFT and RIGHT

nobody@vox.com(theway2k) — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 12:35:30 -0600

NAFTA

NAFTA is becoming a cause that is full of irony. It is actually an issue that many Republican Conservatives have decried and now the two Democrats fighting for their nomination are condemning.

NAFTA is something that actually divided Conservatives before it became a ratified treaty between Canada, USA and Mexico. Some Conservative supported NAFTA because of the implication open markets and free trade. Other Conservatives deplored NAFTA because they perceived it a threat to National Sovereignty and National Security (and this was long before the Islamist terrorist escalation of 9/11).

Here is where the fringe Left and the Conservative Right find agreement on dumping or renegotiating NAFTA though for different reasons.

The Democrats decry NAFTA because big corporations have taken advantage of the treaty to move operating plants to foreign nations, particularly Mexico. In Mexico the labor is cheaper.

The Conservatives that join the Leftists in decrying NAFTA assert they were correct all along. Since 9/11 NAFTA has become a cause in which America’s National Security has big holes in it. And the fringe Right Conservatives fear the Conspiracy Theory of the North American Union (NAU) which has mysteriously been in talks without particulars officially made public. The fringe Right believe a movement toward a NAU will terminate the U.S. Constitution and muddle the rights and privileges of American citizens. Since there is no actual smoking gun proof of the fringe Right that fear is still labeled in the realm of Conspiracy Theory.

Because of the big Primaries coming up in Texas and Ohio NAFTA is getting a lot of play from the remaining Democrat nominees for President.

Read the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) analysis of NAFTA and the current elections. (Yeah I know the CFR is supposed to figure into the Conspiracy Theory of the New World Order; nonetheless they are still a decent source of information.)

JRH

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Huckabee: A Deadlocked Convention is My Goal

nobody@vox.com(theway2k) — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 19:32:26 -0600

Mike Huckabee 4

Huckabee still has a strategy to win the Republican nomination. Huckabee’s strategy is to pick up enough delegates to keep McCain from the magic number of a first ballot nomination – 1,191.

Even if McCain leads in the delegate count, if it is less than 1,191 then the Republican Convention goes into extra ballots.

Huckabee’s new strategy is totally contingent on being successful in Texas and Ohio.

JRH 2/22/08 (Hat tip to PoliPundit)

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Single Issue Republicans – Get Over Yourself and Unite!

nobody@vox.com(theway2k) — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 21:28:47 -0600

John McCain 5

Republicans have come to a cross road in which serious voting thoughts must be weighed. Senator McCain has the math on his side and there is no way Huckabee will win the nomination except by a true supernatural act of God in the realm of miracles.

Now I am a Christian that believes God works miracles today as much as in Old Testament and New Testament days; however I believe the reality of the situation is that Huckabee is a politician. Huckabee’s acquisition of delegates could make McCain’s margin of victory slim.

Huckabee may be destined to lose the nomination however the more delegates he acquires the more power and influence he will have at the Republican Convention. The kind of influence that could broker a deal to Huckabee's advantage with Republican unanimity with Social Conservatives as myself with McCain moderates, maverick and RINO Republicans. Huckabee may be able to acquire a Veep nomination or a Cabinet Post or influence the choosing of another Veep nomination.

Huckabee’s influence with Social Conservatives is obvious; however fiscal and America First Conservatives dislike Huckabee as much as they dislike McCain. Huckabee had a reputation of taxation and illegal alien sanctuary in Arkansas. McCain has a black mark with the questionably Constitutional McCain/Feingold Legislation and illegal alien amnesty.

I have come to the conclusion that single issues have splintered Conservatives because the Candidates that could appeal to multiple issues (like my man Fred) have been unwisely dispatched by short sighted voters of the moment failing to see the big picture of which the Republicans are in now. Since the Conservative voters screwed up early, it is time to get over the single issue position the voters have gotten themselves into.

It is cool that Huckabee is making a stand of influence; I don’t have a problem with that.

The big thing for Conservative voters is not repeat the screw-up of earlier Primaries and Caucuses. Pundits like Coulter and Rush (who I like by the way) must think of the long road at this moment. Sure write their misgivings about McCain but get over those misgivings and think of the one issue that McCain is reputed to be effective.

That issue is the Global War on Terror (GWOT). I am betting McCain will be a one term President if he wins in November. I also suspect McCain will be too occupied in cleaning up the GWOT to accomplish anything Social Conservatives fear. And during the GWOT McCain will have to listen to the America First (anti-illegal alien crowd) to activate political support for the agenda on the GWOT.

I am saying to my fellow Conservatives – GET OVER IT!

Let us unite to keep the fringe Democrats gaining power. The fringe Democrats WILL do that which Social Conservatives fear. The fringe Democrats will be pro-illegal alien and matriculate a cheap American citizenship or Entitlements to undeserving non-citizens. So if you do not vote for McCain for these reasons, you will guarantee Social Liberalism and a special status for illegal aliens by voting against McCain.

It is time to think of November 2008 and Republican unity to keep the fringe Democrats OUT. Conservatives live and regroup for another day. That day will more than likely be 2012 with what I believe to be a one term President if McCain is elect in 2008.

I like what Oliver North has to say about McCain and his essay Decision Ti me for Republicans moved me to think of Republican unity and to rally voters to turn out for McCain. Currently the Democrats are kicking Republican butts in voter turn out. Republican divisiveness and the current Democratic voter turn-out will see a fringe Democrat as President in 2008. I am not willing to gamble on a one term Democratic Party President. Bill Clinton was evil incarnate to Conservatives and was actually Impeached, yet Slick Willie completed two full terms as President with a delusionaly high favorability rating.

My fellow Republicans of all issues DO NOT RISK IT!

JRH

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Super Tuesday is Yesterday

nobody@vox.com(theway2k) — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 11:38:34 -0600

Ballot Box

Super Tuesday has come and gone. The waters are a little less muddy but they are still muddy.

For the Democrats Hillary asserted herself as a front runner however by no means eliminated Obama from nipping at her feet.

For the Republicans the once down for the count McCain has beat the ten-count to be ahead in points. Romney had a surprisingly disappointing showing and Huckabee had a surprisingly strong showing; however that combination seems to have cancelled each other out giving the old man McCain new vigor toward a nomination win.

In politics things can change but it appears Huck's strong show may embolden him to go all the way through the primary process even if it is a loosing effort in the hope that miracles will continue to boost him toward an unlikely nomination.

Romney was seriously hurt by Super Tuesday. He has the money to stay in the race; however at this point the businessman needs to calculate the profit and loss and decide on a strategy that could make him a king maker or part of the winning nominee's team in some influential manner. Of course as I have said, politics change. Any unforeseen occurrence could rearrange the fortunes of the Republicans top three candidates at any moment.

Which Republican do I support? I just cannot come up with a clear choice; however I do not suffer from a McCain Derangement Syndrome that might lead to a certain Democratic Party victory. A Dem victory although expected is not a shoe-in and is abhorrent to me.

I cannot vote for a Mormon to win the nomination because of my religious beliefs; however I will vote for a Mormon over a Democrat any day of the week especially in November 2008.

I like Huck’s self-proclaimed Social Conservatism and his stand of not being ashamed to be a Christian; however there are elements of taxation and immigration that bother me about Huck. Still I will vote Huckabee in November above any Democrat nominated. The Democrats are simply to fringe to the Left and although I know they think they are helping Americans by denigrating military confrontation with Islamofascists they are really emboldening the Islamofascists with greater confidence to continue acts of terrorism that could once again reach the land of Purple Mountain’s Majesty.

I’ll see at the Republican Convention who I will ultimately vote for in November. And may all Republicans set aside their differences and stand united behind whoever that winner is. The Democratic Party platform of “Change” is a change to the Left and that will not be good for America.

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Current Front Runner McCain Receiving Ire of Conservative Pundits

nobody@vox.com(theway2k) — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 10:58:11 -0600

Clinton - McCain

I believe Senator McCain would be an awesome leader to guide America toward a victorious resolution on the Global War on Terror (GWOT); however my enthusiasm stops there.

I am deeply invested on turning social issues in America away from a Left Secular Humanist slant back to a Conservative Christian Values slant.

John McCain has consistently bucked Christian Values as a foundation for a standard of life in America and sided with Secular Humanism.

Also McCain is invested in limiting free speech during a period of time just prior to an election. That is the legacy of McCain/Feingold. Thanks to the diligence of the Wisconsin Right to Life organization the Supreme Court ruled in their favor in June 2007, grassroots broadcast advertisements are allowed during the election prohibition period specified in McCain/Feingold; however it still applies to corporate entities and Unions. The design of McCain/Feingold is to squelch criticism of political candidates over broadcast waves during a period of time prior to an election.

There is an organization that is exposing both Mitt Romney’s and John McCain’s past voting record as being Socially Liberal. Both McCain and Romney are running campaign advertisements proclaiming that they are Conservatives. RoeGone.org has exposed that does not line with past voting records in a series posts.

ChristianNewsWire reports that RoeGone.org is beginning to run ads exposing McCain’s leanings toward Left Slanted Social Issues. Left Social Issues is an agenda that is nearly had success in transforming America into a society that accepts hedonistic social relativistic moral values as the norm. For my point of view that is reprehensible.

The femme fatal of the Conservative Right Ann Coulter has come out and said she would vote for Hillary before she would vote for McCain. Now that is a harsh assessment from a gal I love to read. Coulter seems to be a Romney person in the sense that he is the best (her opinion) of the Republican front runners. Coulter also has venom for Huckabee who has the appearance of a Social Conservative but a fiscal Liberal. Huckabee’s biggest black mark is inexperience in foreign affairs at a time when America needs a leader to stand up and buck conventional wisdom and aggressively confront Islamist terrorism around the globe.

Who is the current candidate I am leaning toward? Frankly I waver daily back and forth between McCain and Huckabee. Coulter would be a fool to campaign for a Leftie like Hillary even if she is more moderate than McCain of which I do not agree.

I like Huckabee now purely because he is a Conservative Christian on Social Issues; however the Global War on Terror is the first item of business that needs addressed for America. There might be the problem of electability for Huckabee too. The Lefties will hammer on the false concept of “Separation of Church and State” to influence deceived voters that a vote for Huckabee is an endorsement of government supported religion. This is a concept that is not looked fondly upon by the Left or the Right in America.

So once again I am back to committing myself to whoever wins the Republican nomination and pray the Hand of God is in the choice.

JRH

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Pollsters Resurrecting McCain and Trying to Bury Fred

nobody@vox.com(theway2k) — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 03:48:12 -0600

Fred Thompson 2008

Ouch! Not to be accused of political illusions of my support for Fred Thompson, I read an American Thinker article that support’s McCain while simultaneously smashing my man Fred down the mud slide as a soon to be irrelevant Candidate.

To be honest I do not dislike McCain, I just do not feel the alignment with his independent thinking. McCain could simultaneously support something I find vital for America and something I find deplorable for America. I would rather have a Candidate that comes as closest to the same issues I feel aligned with.

I got to tell you for me that is still Fred Thompson.

Political pundits that are aligned with other Republican Candidates are trying to disparage my man Fred with an accusation of laziness. You know what? The President that terminated Soviet Communist militarism without firing a shot (and yet voted by the MSM most likely to push THE NUCLEAR BUTTON) was also accused of laziness. Success though tends to render reevaluation of criticism. Reagan buried the Soviet Communists by outspending them in a military buildup. The Great Communicator successfully managed the Executive Branch of Government not by laziness, but by timely delegated authority.

According to what I have read at the non-judgmental website OnTheIssues.org Fred Thompson lines up with a majority of issues I support. Of course there are some things that I might scratch my head about; nonetheless on what I consider the majors (Pro-Life, Pro-Victory, Pro-Conservative, allowing States to decide social issues (Federalism), illegal aliens and taxes); Fred is the man for 2008.

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Democrats Unethically Rob a Republican Vote Victory

nobody@vox.com(theway2k) — Sun, 05 Aug 2007 11:35:58 -0500

Election2008

If (I pray when) the Republicans gain control of one or both Houses of Congress, I hope they have learned the lessons the Democratic Party has taught.

When Republicans controlled both Houses they bowed to the will of the Democrats concerning the so-called nuclear option pertaining to Judicial Appointment debates. The Democrats said (roughly) you pull the nuclear option it will come to haunt you if the Democrats regain Congressional control. The Republicans backed down.

It did not matter; the Democrats are strong arming the Republicans with unethical tactics anyway.

The lesson: Push through agendas while you have the power to do so for the Left is unrelenting and duplicitous.

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Who does George P. Bush Support for President?

nobody@vox.com(theway2k) — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 17:44:36 -0500

George P. Bush & wife Amanda

Check this out! George P. Bush the nephew of George W, the son of Jeb Bush and the grandson of George H. W – is endorsing and recruiting support for a Fred Thompson for President Campaign.

Members of the Bush clan are evidently disappointed about George W. decisions.

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The Burning Bush is Showing Evidence of Consumption

nobody@vox.com(theway2k) — Sat, 19 May 2007 14:54:50 -0500

George W. Bush 9-15-06

The Bush Administration is becoming more and more isolated in its political clout as 2008 nears. The straw that broke the camel’s back was the Republican loss of control in the Senate and House in 2006.

Now that the Democrats have vested political power via legislation, their money donations or money donated to anti-Bush organizations is increasing by volumes. This affords the Democrats (in Party and Leftist organizations) a propaganda machine that is mighty and difficult to correct.

Worse for President Bush is that the one time centralized Conservative pundits, politicians and blogs have become fractured with a few still supporting the President but many abandoning him over their own pet peeve agendas.

As the Politico puts it “the Bush White House Juggernaut” has been broken. With the huge Conservative dissent on the White House/Senate proposed legislation about illegal aliens, I am convinced the President is feeling very squeezed.

I myself stand by President Bush’s decisions to confront terrorism at home and abroad; however there is a huge appearance that the execution of planning was deficient.

Afghanistan and Iraq should have been invaded. The former for its obvious support of al-Qaeda and its Islamofascist homicidal suicide attack on American soil; the later is justified because of Saddam’s support for global terrorism and the genocide of his own nation’s citizens that were a source of challenge to his Sunni/tribal power base.

Bush’s mistake was not using the proper documented reasoning for the invasion; rather the Administration used the WMD card. I still believe that card is viable unfortunately lack of planning allowed Saddam or Russia or Syria to extricate the smoking gun of the existence of WMD. I don’t know if Bush was prepared to take a political hit by allowing the Russians to cover-up their complicity in aiding Saddam or if the American leadership was inept and allowed the WMD to be withdrawn from Iraq. We may never know or if historians are lucky, fifty years down the road some nations archives are opened to allow the truth to come out. (Some what like the Soviet murders the Czar’s family and Communist infiltration into American government.)

The President obviously had his own tools to counter anti-war Leftist and Democratic Party propaganda but failed to use them. NOW the President is forced to make unsavory deals with the devil to get anything moving politically for the rest of his term of Office. If the Left becomes too fringe, the only weapon President Bush has now is the VETO.

Let us pray President Bush makes good decisions the rest of his term AND let us pray Conservatives can once again unite behind someone to take down the Democrats. (My favorite has not even announced a candidacy as yet: Fred Thompson)

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