I am 55 year old reformed Republican who is very concerned about America.
Today I am a 55 year old independent - a "Reformed Republican" (7 straight Republican votes) as I told Barack and the crowd in Powder Springs,GA - but as a teenager worked for RFK in Indiana and George McGovern at the 1968 Convention. I watch Fox News, like Bill O'Reilly, listen to Rush on occasion and until McClellan's book supported the war in Iraq.
I am now disgusted by the President and the entire deception that got us into Iraq. I am the father of 3 (6,8, 26) and see that the world they will live in requires a new focus and direction in many areas. I admire John McCain, but I support Barack Obama as he is showing us once in a lifetime vision, courage, intelligence, principals and leadership like we saw from JFK, RFK and Martin and others throughout our history.
Today we need thoughtful, inclusive leadership and change to meet the "flat world" we live in. As a student of history and politics my blog will focus on history, reality and trying to persuade others to see that what is happening here is real - a chance for "We the people" to take control of our government and use it to further the nation's promise that "we hold these truths to be self evident..."...
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Below are excerpts of an article by a fellow POW, Phillip Butler, on McCain and why he will not vote for him or sees him as qualified to be President. It is nice to see a contemporary who went to Annapolis with him be able to speak out.
"Believe me when I say that back then I would never in a million or more years have dreamed that the crazy guy across the hall would someday be a Senator and candidate for President!"
(Sounds like John Blutarsky - Bluto (John Belushi) in Animal House and Cindy is Mandy.)
"In fact he barely managed to graduate, standing 5th from the bottom of his 800 man graduating class. I and many others have speculated that the main reason he did graduate was because his father was an Admiral, and also his grandfather, both U.S. Naval Academy graduates."
"I furthermore believe that having been a POW is no special qualification for being President of the United States. The two jobs are not the same, and POW experience is not, in my opinion, something I would look for in a presidential candidate. Most of us who survived that experience are now in our late 60's and 70's. Sadly, we have died and are dying off at a greater rate than our non-POW contemporaries.
"We experienced injuries and malnutrition that are coming home to roost. So I believe John's age (73) and survival expectation are not good for being elected to serve as our President for 4 or more years.
I can verify that John has an infamous reputation for being a hot head. He has a quick and explosive temper that many have experienced first hand. Folks, quite honestly that is not the finger I want next to that red button."
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