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just wait till the demacrat party has to fight over who should be prez
clinton will try to steal the election, while obama crys foul.
it will be a fight for the ages, .you will have blacks against whites crying for there side...

Ann Coulter, one for the most militant fear mongering republicans that exists today swore recently she would rather vote for Hillary Clinton than John Mccain. This is an exciting time for the growing majority of decent people left in this country, I can feel the storm brewing now as we get closer to crunch time the entire republican party is now being forced to choose between a democratic pandering weeny and a high and mighty rich mormon, this has to be their worst nightmare. I can't wait to start watching smoke come out the ears of the old ultra conservative republican guard as they watch their party taken over by the enemy. haha!

What ever happened to the creed of never leaving a fallen brother behind? The First chance McCain had when he was in the Senate, he and Kerry sold the POWs and MIAs down the Me Chong in order to normalize relations with Vietnam. And now, as illegal aliens are flooding across our borders, he hires a former member of the Mexican government as his advisor. What government is McCain working for? He comes back from the war and dumps his wife for a rich trophy. He joins the Reps, but votes like a Dem. I don't see a lot of loyalty in McCain.

If you support McCain, vote Hillary. They both have the same distorted policies, but at least the Reps won't get blaimed when they fail...

I have a few disagreements here. Towards the end of the first page, the author states he felt like abandoning a best friend "to go hang out with the popular kids". Has anyone forgotten who the "popular kid" was just a few months back-Giulliani that was...What happened then?- hat he had to sell was not good enough...a leader must be first and foremost honest to himself and when someone is not even able to bring himself to that and he suffers from the chameleon syndrome that makes him say he favors abortion in one state and just a few hours later in a less liberal place say the opposite, that certainly take points off and make people
spot a fake.
What Giulliani had to sell was the fact he happened to be mayor of NYC during the first major attack on
US soil. Something never before done and the momentum and aftermath made him look like the hero he never was and he will never be. Just like a coward actor who is afraid of heights and out of a lucky chance gets to make a jump the cameras catch and impresses the rest as a brave jumper.
National Security is something no American in their right mind will put in the back burner. The fact most of us are willing to wait the extra time in an airport line as long as it is safer to board that plane says part of it. The fact most Americans condemned 911 says a lot also..How many Americans will say it is safe to turn our back on terrorism?. So why put some who happened to be there at that time and place as heroes when they did not walk the extra mile-they (Giulliani and like) turned their backs on 911 rescuers suffering from countless diseases while cozing up presidential hopes, private endorsements and hightly paid 1 hour speeches...that does not sound to me like what a true American hero would do. Any mayor would have done as much if not more than Giulliani if caught in the similar or same situation, but connections got him a Knighhood and also more credit than he earned.
As per McCain, he is a humble guy who earned his stars the hard way. Not through fake endorsements, but in the battlefield. Not pretending, but doing. He is older, but he is a much closer version of what an American hero is than a clown like Giulliani...I haven't made my mind up yet as to for whom I would vote, but Giulliani was always on top of my list of who I would never vote for. I can still tell the difference between a fake and a real person...Funny accents, expensive colognes and deep pockets are not the way to D.C. Only someone going there trying "to do something and not trying to be somebody" as McCain put it gets closer to that road. I am not the only American professing such views. I just wonder what clouded the eyes and minds of so many for so long thinking Giulliani was even worth it. Clowns belong in the circus. By the way, there are a couple of them lose in the White House as I type. Time they get back to their right place...Feel free to visit YouGiveTheLine.com and cast your vote to impeach imposters posing as leaders.

As a fellow Marine and Republican, I find it curious that the Marine Corps' core values, politically speaking, were lost on you. Honor, courage and commitment. You dishonor your own principles, lack the courage of your convictions, and show no commitment to a man who is supposedly your inspiration. Good enough to wear his campaign shirt for 7 months, but not good enough to support through even the first primary? What a joke. It is incorrect to say you are an unabashed national security voter- you are a lemming voter. You wait for other people to vote on issues important to them, then follow behind their choice. Grow some political backbone, man.

And why is your lemming vote so important that McCain's campaign manager needs to know you are switching sides? Who are you? I don't see the thousands of others who survived 9/11 being elevated to the heavyweight status you think you deserve.

Iraq had nothing to do with 9/11 and most Americans think the war was a mistake. McCain still thinks it was a good idea and wants to stay another 100 years. He will continue the Bush-neocon foreign policy of endless war.

Lay off of Rumsfeld! In the dawn of jet carrier ops, the US NAVY lost 2,000 pilots in one single year of peacetime operations. That's how it was when Lt. Don Rumsfeld earned his wings. When McCain's campaign began to implode last August, I sent him a check. I thought, "I'm not voting for him, but he's too good a man to go out like this." He's patently nuts on every issue other than the war, but he's an American hero and I'm proud to see him still in the fight. He brings honor to the field. But you had better show some respect toward your former SECDEF, son. Don't pin any of that "chickenhawk" crap on him! It demeans you and your service, and such wisecracks have diminished McCain.

Lay off Rumsfled! The Navy lost over 2,000 pilots in one year of peacetime carrier ops in the 50's when Rumsfeld earned his wings. Don't pin that "chicken hawk" crap on him! When McCain's campaign began to implode last August, I sent him a check. I thought, "I'm not voting for him, but he's too good a man to go out like this." He's patently nuts on every issue other than Iraq, but he's a great American and I'm proud to see him in the fight. Still, you show some respect to your former SECDEF, son.

Finelli writes a compelling and acceptable argument for a McCain presidency, although I am not sure that I can honestly beieve that McCain is the "reason" that he joined the Marines. In any event, as a lost Rudy supporter, and Arizona resident by way of the upper-east side of Manhattan who experienced 9/11 firsthand as well, I sympathize with Finelli's perspective on leadership and reasons why McCain may be the only choice for President in 2008. While Obama speaks brilliantly and may indeed be a good choice for president in 5-10 years, I must say that I agree with Finelli and support the McCain campaign. Just remember Mark, don't forget to where your bowtie the next time you are on Hardball, you warhawk you.

No other canidate has mentioned how they are going to treat veterans or soldiers coming back from Iraq. All Americans should know all promises are never kept. They would say anything to get in. McCain is a fighter and a gentle person and I think as a veteran he can lead the United States back to being #1. We are falling apart between our government and the people, we need the trust and truth. No more lies. McCain all the way.

AS A VIETNAM VET, I AGREE WITH YOUIR COMMENTS RE PEOPLE SENDING THE COUNTRY TO WAR WITHOUT EVER HAVING BEEN THEMSELVES.

ALTHOUGH NOT A SUPPORTER OF MR. MCCAIN, AS MANY OF HIS SOCIAL POLICIES ARE REPUGNANT TO MY BELIEF SYSTEM I DO RESPECT HIM.

HOWEVER, YOUR ARTICLE WAS NOT ENTIRELY ACCURATE - DONALD RUMSFELD SERVCED ON ACTIVE DUTY WITH THE NAVY FOR APPROXIMATELY THREE YEARS IN THE THE 1950'S

Every politician makes promises how many deliver?
Obama is not the party line, he is not the old guard.
He is a fresh voice in a sea seething with lies and untruths.
We need someone to shake up the govt and not just maintain things as usual.
Someone to restore to the world that America is truly a place of freedom and justice

My support for McCain is directly proportional to the distance he keeps from the neocons.

While I like the guy, and I'm glad he's succeeding, I am troubled sometimes by his tendency to orbit around AIPAC and their ilk.

If we go to war, we must do it because it's in American interests, not because it serves another nation's goals. We are impoverishing and endangering ourselves by fighting the wrong enemies.

Im a democrat...but I agree with him that guys like Bush..Rumsfeld and Cheney had no problem sending soliders to death as they lined their pockets.. and didnt not know the horrors of war first hand.....presidents like Eisenhower and JKF knew the horrors of war...Afghanistan was justified...but Iraq......its a death trap for our young Americans.....what a tragedy....