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CHARACTER DOES MATTER

October 7th, 2008 by Rich Szabo

The minimum consideration of a candidate should be: The person, the candidate’s character, the issues they represent, the probable cabinet nominations they would add to their administration, the probable judicial characteristics they are likely to be guided by when nominating federal jurist and Supreme Court jurist, their endorsements, and their political trending. The culmination of the preceding concerns should be the standard investigation for any voter endowed with common sense before casting their vote.
In disregarding and reckless fashion, many plebiscites rarely penetrate the veneer of a candidate. Some voters settle for just a fraction of the person running–perhaps never looking beyond their gender, race, or religious affiliation. Some voters voted for Hillary Clinton solely because she is a women, or vote for Barack Obama only because he is black. The scenario could be reversed and a vote not cast for Clinton only because she is a woman, or a vote against Obama because he is black. Same with religion. Some voted against Mitt Romney because he is a Mormon.

Let’s Look at Johnny & Sarah first:

1) McCain does vote as he says he does. Barry does not. Do some real homework and don’t listen to the media right or left. They are all full of shit. Read the Congressional Record and see how they really voted on certain issues: http://www.gpoaccess.gov/crecord/index.html

2) John McCain is a true leader. He proved it in Viet Nam, he proved it as a Congressman and proved it as a Senator. He took D.C. to task and tried as hard as he could for reform in Government spending. He spent 22 years in the Navy as a pilot. On October 26, 1967, a missile struck his plane and forced him to eject, knocking him unconscious and breaking both his arms and his leg. He was then taken as a prisoner of war into the now infamous “Hanoi Hilton,” where he was denied necessary medical treatment and often beaten by the North Vietnamese. He spent much of his time as a prisoner of war in solitary confinement, aided by his faith and the friendships of his fellow POWs. He had the opportunity to be released and he chose to stay and let his other men leave. That says alot about his character. If the commies couldn’t break him down, in the years he was a POW that’s the kind of guy I want leading this country.

McCain’s last Navy duty assignment was to serve as the naval liaison to the United States Senate. He retired from the Navy in 1981. His naval honors include the Silver Star, Bronze Star, Legion of Merit, Purple Heart, and the Distinguished Flying Cross. This is the kind of guy I want in the oval office.

3) He has integrity. What you see is what you get. No bullshit with this guy. I don’t agree with everything he stands for, however, he lives his word. You may not agree with his positions, but he does not change his views due to political pressures put on him. I admire him for that.
4) You can judge a person by the company they keep, or in the case of a politician, by who endorses them. People who are supporting McCain are Joe Lieberman & Rudy Giuliani plus a host of others with true integrity and ideals.
5) Sarah Palin is also a no bullshit person. She’s a real person who is outside the mainstream. She has turned Alaska around. Granted she has only been a Mayor and a Governor, but she has more experience governing and making decisions than Barry, Joey or Johnny combined. You may not like her, but she is no dummy and WILL make a difference.

You say she has no experience. Here’s her resume:

Mayor of Wasilla, AK (1996-2002)
President of Alaska Conference of Mayors;City Council member (1992-1996)
Governor for 2 years;Mayor for 10 years
Commander in Chief of Alaska National Guard
Sports reporter; Commercial Salmon fisherman
Ethics Commissioner of Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission
Here’s what she has done as Governor:
Chair of Alaska Conservation Commission (2003-4);Announced plans to create sub-cabinet group of advisors to address climate change and reduce greenhouse gas emissions in AK
Called out Sen Ted Stevens (R-AK) to “come clean” about financial dealings that are under fed investigation
Passed a landmark ethics reform bill;Used veto to cut budgetary spending;Prevented “bridge to nowhere” that would have cost taxpayers $400 million dollars.
Replaced entire Board of Agriculture and Conservation because of conflict of interest
Resigned in protest from position of Ethics Commissioner of Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission in order to expose legal violations and conflicts of interest of Alaska Republican leaders, including the former state Attorney General and the State GOP Chairman (who was also an Oil & Gas Commissioner), who was doing work for the party on public time and supplying a lobbyist with a sensitive e-mail.
She proposed House Bill 4001 and Senate bill 4002 which were signed into law by Governor Palin on August 25, 2008. SB 4002 pays $1,200 to each resident who qualifies. The money for these payments comes from the state’s natural resource revenue. This bill also suspends the state’s tax on gasoline.
Administrative Order 242. This order puts together a co-op of the Department of Natural Resources and the Department of Revenue to work with organizations who wish to commercialize Alaska’s North Slope natural gas. The Order encourages the departments to support any who are pursuing development of natural gas projects which are liquefiable and economic.
She cut Alaska’s budget from the former administration:
She sold the private jet the former Governor bought with tax payer money.
Upon entering office as Governor, the first thing Palin did was fire the chef. She said she is able to make meals for her children and the chef is no longer necessary.
She is against wasteful spending of taxpayers dollars. She has integrity, if nothing else to bring to the position of Vice president of the USA. Her campaign for Governor centered around corrupt politics.
Rumors have been going around claiming Palin cut funding for Special Needs Education by 62%. The rumor has been found to be false and the funding in fact tripled for these special needs children education.

The Bridge To Nowhere:

Originally the report told was that Sarah Palin was against the bridge to Nowhere. After doing some digging around I found out the truth of the bridge. Sarah Palin originally was for the bridge and even made a statement to that affect which has been recorded.

Palin, Sept. 2006: The money that’s been appropriated for the project, it should remain available for a link, an access process as we continue to evaluate the scope and just how best to just get this done. This link is a commitment to help Ketchikan expand its access, to help this community prosper.

When the proposal came before the senate, the bill was passed with a vote of 91 for and 4 against it, with 5 senators not voting. John McCain was one of the 4 who voted against it. Barak Obama and Joe Biden both voted for it.

The Bridge to Nowhere became a symbol of Pork Barrel spending and earmarks, which is something John McCain is against.

Now let’s take a look at Barry & Joey:

Both Barry & Joey say one thing and vote another. See Congressional Record.

Barry’s Resume:

State Senator (1997-2004)
Community Organizer
Executive Experience: None
Chaired Senate subcommittee on Europe but never called it into session
Once gave a speech to 200,000 screaming Germans
Military Affairs experience: none
Associate at civil rights law firm
Gave an anti-Iraq war speech to a crowd of anti-Iraq war demonstrators in Hyde Park in 2002
Often says, “I am my brother’s keeper”;Brother lives in a hut in Nairobi on $12 per year
Voted “present” over 100 times as IL state senator
Launched political career in home of unrepentant domestic terrorist Bill Ayers (and still refers to him as a part of “mainstream Democratic Chicago”;Purchased home with help of convicted felon Tony Rezko
Worked to pass legislation in Illinois that would prevent all law-abiding citizens from owning firearms
Secured federal earmarks for wife’s employer and for campaign bundlers
Only IL state sen. to speak against the Born Alive Infant’s Protection Act, which required medical care to be given to live infants who survived abortions.
Talks about the environment a lot
Ran the Woods Foundation with terrorist William Ayers
Was a trainer and lawyer for ACORN which is the group that got us into this Economic mess with mortgages.

Supporters and friends:
William Ayers – terrorist
Bernadine Dohrn – terrorist
Tony Rezko – convicted felon. Of Wire Fraud, Money Laundering, And Aiding And Abetting Bribery
Larry Walsh
Kwame Kilpatrick – Pled Guilty To Two Felonies Forcing Him To Step Down As Mayor
Nadhmi Auchi – Had Been Convicted Of Fraud In France In 2003. After Visiting Chicago And Detroit In 2004, He Wasn’t Allowed Back Into This Country In 2005, According To A Prosecution Filing In The Rezko Case.
Rev. Jeremiah Wright – an unapologetic racist and hard Left firebrand.
Louis Farrakhan – Muslim Extremist
Jesse Jackson – racial hustler
Al Sharpton – racial hustler
I could keep going, but I think you get the drift.

Joey’s Record:
Seeing Biden is an military expert I decided to list his 10 greatest military accomplishments during his military service.

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If I missed some, please let me know and I would be glad to add or replace some of my top 10.

BTY general Joe was in college until 1968. Make of that what you will.

Accused of plagiarism while in his first year at Syracuse University Law School. He was called before the disciplinary body at the law school during his first year because of charges that he had committed plagiarism on a paper (NY Times)

Syracuse College of Law and graduated 76th in a class of 85
Said that he ”went to law school on a full academic scholarship – the only one in my class to have a full academic scholarship,” Mr. Biden said. He also said that he ”ended up in the top half” of his class and won a prize in an international moot court competition. In college, Mr. Biden said in the appearance, he was ”the outstanding student in the political science department” and ”graduated with three degrees from college.”
In his statement today, Mr. Biden, who attended the Syracuse College of Law and graduated 76th in a class of 85, acknowledged: ”I did not graduate in the top half of my class at law school and my recollection of this was inacurate.”

As for receiving three degrees, Mr. Biden said: ”I graduated from the University of Delaware with a double major in history and political science. My reference to degrees at the Claremont event was intended to refer to these majors – I said ‘three’ and should have said ‘two.’ ” Mr. Biden received a single B.A. in history and political science…

He claimed that he went to school on full academic scholarship: ”My recollection is – and I’d have to confirm this – but I don’t recall paying any money to go to law school.” Newsweek said Mr. Biden had gone to Syracuse ”on half scholarship based on financial need.
Biden was elected to the Senate at age 29 and spent only four years after graduating from Syracuse Law School in 1968 working in the private sector before entering public life.
For the last 15 years, Biden has been saying that women, and only women, can suffer from domestic violence.

educated at St. Helena’s School, Wilmington, Del., and Archmere Academy, Claymont, Del.;
graduated, University of Delaware, Newark, 1965, and Syracuse (N.Y.) University College of Law 1968
admitted to the Delaware bar in 1969 and commenced practice in Wilmington
served on the New Castle County Council 1970-1972
elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate in 1972 and reelected in 1978, 1984, 1990, 1996, and again in 2002 for the term ending January 3, 2009
chair, Committee on the Judiciary (One Hundredth through One Hundred Third Congresses)
Committee on Foreign Relations (One Hundred Seventh Congress [January 3-20, 2001; June 6, 2001-January 3, 2003], One Hundred Tenth Congress)

Other than that he hasn’t done squat. He has never Governed.

If the Dems were so concerned with taking back the white house, they would not have backed a candidate who won with a tilted primary election process, the youth vote, and the homeless and dead people vote. And who was, in the end, selected by the super delegates. They would have backed the candidate who won the popular vote, from voters who are the base of the party and the most loyal of voters.

If the Dems were so concerned with tax breaks and concerned about the average Americans, they would not have supported a candidate who has shady dealings with slumlords, and who purchased a home, using funds from said slumlord, who was financed with money from Saudis. A candidate whose districts were some of the, if not the, most poorest in the country. A candidate who did nothing as 800 members in his districts, died in those slums during a heatwave. And those who froze to death during the winter, because, while Rezko was helping to finance Obama’s campaign, he could not afford to fix the heating in those slums.

If the Dems were so concerned with gay rights, they would not have supported a candidate who pandered to the conservative Christians by distributing religious materials, and hosted campaign rallies headlined by anti-gay bigots.

If the Dems were so concerned with keeping conservative policies out of the white house, they wouldn’t have supported a candidate who sat in a racist church for 20 years, that spewed anti-white hate, and who seemed to praise attacks on 9/11. A candidate who aligned himself with Wright, Phleger, and Meeks, and Farrakhan. They would not have supported a candidate who wants to provide even more funding to Bush’s Faith Based initiatives. Who believes that faith should not be left at the door to government.

Barry is a false prophet, a fraud, an empty suit, and he was selected by an undemocratic caucus system, where one person/one vote did not exist. African American communities and caucuses flooded with activists and riddled with illegal practices, gave Obama a much higher delegate count. Delegates were stolen from HRC, and awarded to Obama in FL & MI. Delegates for HRC were threatened and called uncle Toms, and some received death threats, and many had their careers threatened. And the roll call vote at the convention was a joke.

John McCain will get my vote, because I believe he is the better choice to lead our country moving forward, and I feel safer turning the country over to someone who nearly died for their country, then to someone who is friends with someone who bombed it, friends with someone who despises most of its citizens, and associates with someone who trashes gay people. And who has a wife who is not proud of her country.

McCain’s position on 2nd Amendment Rights will uphold the Constutution whereas Barry wants to do away with it in a very slick way by over taxing ammunition, banning ALL handguns and semi-automatics, limiting purchases, and basically taking guns away from people like me who abide by the law. If you look back over history, the countries that took away gun rights were facists dictatorships: Nazi Germany, Facist Italy, Turkey, Iran, Iraq… need I go on?

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