Vote McCain: For courage and conviction
IN CASE you haven't noticed, we have endorsed Sen. John McCain for President.
He will get our vote today, and we hope he will get yours, too.
If you have had the pleasure of meeting Sen. McCain, as thousands of you have, you will know that he is not a typical politician.
For one, he listens. If you asked him a question, he definitely answered it, even if it was hostile, and he probably addressed you by name when doing it.
You also will have noticed that he is respectful of those who disagree with him, yet does not back down when challenged. Those qualities will serve him well in the White House
John McCain will lead this nation to victory in its multi-front war against Islamic terrorists while controlling spending, finally addressing runaway entitlements, and keeping taxes in check. And because he refuses to demonize those who disagree with him, he will be able to work with the other side to get these goals accomplished.
That is the sort of leader America always needs, but especially right now.
When you go to the polls today, vote for real leadership. Vote for John McCain.
In the Oval Office experience counts
Tuesday, January 8, 2008
It’s not as if we needed a reminder that the world remains a dangerous place. But even as voters in New Hampshire prepared to go to the polls to play their part in choosing the next leader of the free world, Iranian gunboats were challenging U.S. Navy ships in the Persian Gulf.
The Pentagon called the incident in the Strait of Hormuz “the most serious provocation of its sort” in the Gulf to date.
The event ended without an exchange of gunfire, but it was nonetheless a sobering moment.
It’s surely a moment to cause voters to ask themselves whether they want a president who needs on-the-job training or one with vast experience in military and foreign affairs. One who has spent his entire career preparing for the job - as a Navy flier, as a prisoner of war whose indomitable spirit and courage sustained him even as it does today in the halls of Congress, where his courage to stand up for what he believes in has earned him the label of party maverick.
Yes, Sen. John McCain has broken with his party from time to time, but he has never broken faith with the American people. And he has never said one thing and done another.
Compare McCain’s record of achievement and his depth of knowledge to that of a one-term governor of Massachusetts, who if truth be told, checked out of that role midway through it. Now Mitt Romney too has caught the “change” wave - the latest watchword of his focus-group driven candidacy.
Well, there’s a chair in the Oval Office that cries out for an occupant who doesn’t need pollsters and focus groups to tell him what’s right, who doesn’t parse his words and change his views depending on the prevailing political winds. There’s a chair in the Oval Office that demands an occupant who is prepared to lead - in fact, who has been preparing his whole life for the moment when his nation needs him.
This is that moment for John McCain.
NOTHING we have seen in the three weeks since we made our recommendations for the New Hampshire primary has changed our view that Barack Obama and John McCain are the best presidential candidates in their respective parties. The Globe endorses their bids in the nation's first primary today. We hope the famously discerning New Hampshire voters agree.
Although he has spent 25 years in Congress, much of McCain's career has been at odds with Washington insiders. He has pushed campaign finance reform, fought the tobacco lobby, and sponsored bills to regulate HMOs. He is a co-sponsor of legislation to reduce carbon emissions. He is ringingly clear that waterboarding is torture, and has derided the Bush administration's efforts to pretend otherwise. He says what he thinks is right, not what is popular.
McCain supports the ongoing "surge" in Iraq but was critical early on of Donald Rumsfeld's management of the war. As a Vietnam veteran who spent five years as a prisoner of war, his credibility on military issues is high. Voters may disagree with his policies, but few doubt his sincerity.
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