"If you are taking me serious, there is something serious wrong with you"
My name is James and I am a 21 year old Democrat from the greater Los Angeles area.
Any one endorsement a presidential candidate receives is really just more media hype then being actually significant to voters, but there is something that needs to be said about this.
John McCain Democrat/Liberal Endorsements (17)
* Former Obama, Edwards, and Clinton speechwriter Wendy Button.
* Author and columnist Orson Scott Card supported Barack Obama during the primary season, but had become a McCain supporter by September of 2008.
* Former Democratic majority leader of the Rhode Island Senate (pre 1992), David Carlin
* Former U.S. Ambassador, Mark W. Erwin.
* Formerly Democratic[21] member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives, Brenda Ferland.
* Former Mayor of Tampa, Florida, Dick A. Greco.
* Former Mayor of Phoenix, Arizona (1990-94), Paul Johnson
* Member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives, Doreen Howard.
* Former Lt. Governor (1963–1967) of Minnesota, Alexander M. Keith. (conservative, member of the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party)
* Former editor of Ms. (magazine), Elaine Lafferty
* Senator and 2000 Democratic vice-presidential candidate, Joe Lieberman (ID-CT)
* President of the Los Angeles, California chapter of National Organization for Women, Shelly Mandell.
* Former Representative (1983–1995) Tim Penny (once a member of the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party)
* Businesswoman and Hillary Clinton fundraiser Lynn Forester de Rothschild.
* Former Concord, New Hampshire Mayor Bill Veroneau
* Former state representative in Minnesota Stephen Wenzel. (Bush appointee to the USDA, since then he has only contributed to Republicans)
* Actor Ben Affleck announced his endorsement of Senator McCain after noting that in the past every candidate he has supported has lost the election. This means that either Obama or Ron Paul or Ralph Nader will win the 2008 Presidential election.
Barack Obama Republican/Conservative Endorsements (41)
* Former Minnesota Governor Arne Carlson
* Former Rhode Island Senator Lincoln Chafee
* Former Minnesota Senator David Durenberger
* Former Kansas Congressman, Deputy Secretary of Defense and United States Permanent Representative to NATO Robert F. Ellsworth
* Former Virginia Governor Linwood Holton, father-in-law of current Governor Tim Kaine (D-VA)
* Former Iowa Congressman Jim Leach
* Former Maryland Senator Charles Mathias, Jr.
* Former South Dakota Senator Larry Pressler
* Former Connecticut Governor and Senator Lowell Weicker
* Former Massachusetts Governor William Weld
* Mayor Lou Thieblemont of Camp Hill, Penn. Thieblemont switched his party registration from Republican to Democrat so that he could vote for Obama in the Pennsylvania primary.
* Fairbanks North Star Borough Mayor Jim Whitaker endorsed Obama and delivered a speech on the second day of the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colorado.
* Ken Adelman, former diplomat and member of the Pentagon's Defense Policy Board
* Former publisher of National Review, Wick Allison
* Jack Antaramian, Florida real estate developer and Bush fundraiser
* William Donaldson, former Chairman of the Securities & Exchange Commission under George W. Bush (2003-05)
* Ken Duberstein, former Reagan chief of staff
* Julie Nixon Eisenhower, daughter of former President Richard Nixon, granddaughter-in law of Dwight D. Eisenhower
* Susan Eisenhower, granddaughter of Dwight D. Eisenhower and president of the Eisenhower Institute.
* Charles Fried, former U.S. Solicitor General and former McCain advisor.
* CC Goldwater, granddaughter of former Arizona Senator and Republican Presidential candidate Barry Goldwater (endorsing Barack Obama on behalf of herself, her sibling, and some of her cousins)
* Lilibet Hagel, wife of Senator Chuck Hagel (R-NE)
* Rita E. Hauser, Former White House intelligence advisor for George W. Bush
* Actor and former Bush supporter Dennis Hopper
* Larry Hunter, Senior Fellow at the Institute for Policy Innovation and Chief Economist for the Free Enterprise Fund, former Reagan policy advisor
* Rear Admiral John Hutson, USN (ret.), former Judge Advocate General of the Navy and the current dean and president of Franklin Pierce Law Center.
* Legal scholar Douglas Kmiec
* Scott McClellan, White House Press Secretary under George W. Bush from 2003-2006. Author of controversial book, What Happened.
* Tricia Mosley, former staffer to Senator Strom Thurmond.
* Paul O'Neill, United States Secretary of the Treasury from 2001-02 under George W. Bush
* Colin Powell, former Secretary of State, National Security Advisor, and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
* Andrew Bacevich, Professor of International Relations at Boston University.
* Christopher Buckley, author, son of legendary conservative William F. Buckley, Jr.
* Francis Fukuyama, author, key figure in the rise of neoconservatism and loosely affiliated with conservatism.Fukuyama left the neoconservative movement following the Iraq War and supported John Kerry in the 2004 election.
* Jeffrey Hart, senior editor of National Review magazine.
* Christopher Hitchens, author and essayist, self described "single issue voter" in support of neo-conservative foreign policy, alternately referred to as a "liberal hawk."
* Dorothy King, archeologist, author, and conservative blogger.
* Andrew Sullivan, libertarian conservative commentator who had endorsed John Kerry in 2004.
* David Ruder, Chairman of the Securities & Exchange Commission under President Ronald Reagan
* Frank Schaeffer, pro-life advocate and the son of evangelist Francis Schaeffer.
* Radio Host Michael Smerconish
**Update: Ron Reagan, son of President Ronald Reagan has officially endorsed Barack Obama today. click here
Actually, i don't think there is anything to say about this.. it pretty much speaks for itself.
Wow.
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Hey, sorry I haven't replied to those yet, I've been working on this assignment for school. It's killin' me, lol. Well, talk to you soon, have a good one!
"Everytime I watch Fox, a part of me dies." Nice quote...lol
palin is all part of karl roves political strategy to intensify media attention onto the mccain campaign, hoping with what airtime they get, goes with there message.. a sinking one..
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