Given that one man with courage makes a majority as God spews the lukewarm out of his mouth, how was this rooster so blind to his maverick kinsman standing there all along?
How could I lean to an upstart Mitt, take the late Fred train only to lean to Mitt once more (lukewarms all), when a perfectly hot war hawk/cold on spending John McCain was at all times available?
I suspect this former Democrat for 18 years, won over to the GOP in 2000 based on the conservative principles best embodied by Ronald Reagan, felt entitled to have him (or a reasonable facsimile thereof) delivered up to facilitate my repentance for lacking the courage and wisdom to embrace the real thing when he walked the Earth.
Reality intervened with a conservative epiphany after a nose-holding vote for Gore, but after the post-Super Tuesday reality check the moment Mitt Romney suspended his campaign, I will breathe freely and happily when proudly casting my vote for the senior senator from Arizona for President of the United States on Election Day 2008.
The moment Mitt resigned I was relieved as the scales fell from my eyes and I saw my man McCain in full for the first time, after only having glimpses before.
The glimpses were when the maverick would stand up to the MSM on THE issue.
The War.
After all, while I revere President George W. Bush for his character, tax cuts and judges, it is his steel spine on the war that elevates him in my mind to heroic status.
John McCain, already a hero since his POW years in Vietnam, also has a steel war spine.
You say you want CHANGE? How about a war hawk with attitude instead of the “new tone” usually of silence we have endured the past seven years.
John McCain will be anything but silent. Rather, his old tone many of us resented at times when directed at us, will very soon and for his entire presidency, be directed at the MSM sycophants that are turning on their cable and network co-star as we speak.
It is going to be sweet to watch as McCain becomes the vessel for liberal attacks on conservatism. We will bond to him as he is unjustly attacked due to his age. The man we have so often seen as a jerk will now be our jerk.
And we will love him for it.
This country desperately needs to re-learn what patriotism is.
John McCain embodies patriotism. His mere presence demands respect. Enemies of the United States that pray for a weak democrat will not be tempted to test our champion.
Yes, we have our policy differences with McCain, but McCain has been making some promises with regard to many of those issues.
And John McCain keeps his promises.
After a bitter fight with then Governor Bush in South Carolina in 2000, he campaigned tirelessly for his election and re-election. McCain promises to secure the border first. He will fight to make tax cuts he originally opposed permanent.
We should not require an “uncle” from our nominee. We already have Uncle Sam, and whenever our common uncle wanted John McCain, he answered the call.
From now till Election Day, our love for America must equal that of John’s, which will require that we not only vote with a hands free nose but also give our full-throated support before we pull that polling booth curtain.
On issues with which we disagree, we can fight him and Congress through the courts (McCain-Feingold) or via Rush Limbaugh and our conservative brigades (global warming/amnesty). But let us now and forever disabuse ourselves of the notion that there isn’t a dime’s worth of difference between McCain and either Hillary or Obama. Let us eschew the notion that we could win (for the conservative of republican cause) by losing.
Poppycock to all that!
He is ready to mop the floor with either Nurse Ratched or the Obamanation, and is ready to protect this country on Day One.
There are two kinds of change to choose from. We can become the children of a Europe-like nanny state writ large with no America to protect us from ourselves or we can embrace a change that seeks to reduce government and embrace America exceptionalism.
Just as in 1981, in Reagan’s words, we are the change.
The Rooster is crowing as he eyes a new dawn of patriotism led by a true American hero.
So get your hands off your noses and/or beaks and proudly cast your vote for a great man.
Where have you been John McCain?
Just under Gamecock’s beak. I see clearly now.
Feels right!
Mike Gamecock DeVine @ The Charlotte Observer
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