A Second Open Letter To John McCain
By
pparets
on June 5, 2008 at 12:25 pm
41 Comments
Dear Senator John McCain:
The primaries are now over and the battle lines are drawn. For better or for worse, you are now the standard-bearer for the Republican Party and our last, best hope to halt the Obama juggernaught. You and we are in the fight of our lives. Barack Obama is a formidable candidate. He is a uniquely gifted orator and he has the prevailing mood of the nation behind him. His adoption of the slogan ‘Change’ was a brilliant move.
Your challenge in this race is daunting. You must convince the nation that you are the right man to be president of The United State at a time when the GOP is out of favor, and you must heal the sharp divisions in your own party over it’s fractured ideology and you, yourself!
I do not presume to speak for anyone other than myself, but in my humble opinion, you can and must take the following steps to unite the party and the country and win this race.
1. Take the gloves off. Go after Senator Barack Obama in a civil but thoroughly aggressive campaign, for he and his minions will savage you relentlessly.
2. At every opportunity, define the vital differences between him and you. Inform us and the nation in clear terms why his presidency would be a disaster.
3. Hammer home the message that character and experience matters; that who you choose to call your associates and mentors for twenty years matters.
4. We are painfully aware that you are not a conservative in the classic sense of that word. But you can and do appeal to us on a number of key issues: The war on terror, the federal bench and the Supreme Court, the 2nd Amendment, Right to Life issues and lower taxes. Remind us constantly that you mean to defend those issues without flinching.
5. Where possible, rethink your energy policy as it relates to environmental issues. We need to hear you say uniquivocally that you favor tapping our own oil and coal resources, including ANWR, and that you want to make us free of dependence on foreign markets and ‘global warming’ hysteria.
6. Be visible and affirmative in your support of republican candidates across our land. Never forget - as you have said - that this election is not just about you.
7. Finally, understand, as we do, that your choice of running mate is of paramount importance. The person you select could do much to heal divisions within our ranks and convince Americans that you are more than just another politican; that you are the statesman many of us believe you to be.
Senator McCain, remember that many in your own party are skeptical of you, but don’t flinch and don’t pander! Lead us. In the next 150 days, if we become convinced that you are the right man for this job, our efforts on your behalf can and will be formidable.
We know, as you surely must, that this election, more than any other in recent memory, represents a turning-point in our nation’s political fortunes. The stakes are high! We wish you well.
The primaries are now over and the battle lines are drawn. For better or for worse, you are now the standard-bearer for the Republican Party and our last, best hope to halt the Obama juggernaught. You and we are in the fight of our lives. Barack Obama is a formidable candidate. He is a uniquely gifted orator and he has the prevailing mood of the nation behind him. His adoption of the slogan ‘Change’ was a brilliant move.
Your challenge in this race is daunting. You must convince the nation that you are the right man to be president of The United State at a time when the GOP is out of favor, and you must heal the sharp divisions in your own party over it’s fractured ideology and you, yourself!
I do not presume to speak for anyone other than myself, but in my humble opinion, you can and must take the following steps to unite the party and the country and win this race.
1. Take the gloves off. Go after Senator Barack Obama in a civil but thoroughly aggressive campaign, for he and his minions will savage you relentlessly.
2. At every opportunity, define the vital differences between him and you. Inform us and the nation in clear terms why his presidency would be a disaster.
3. Hammer home the message that character and experience matters; that who you choose to call your associates and mentors for twenty years matters.
4. We are painfully aware that you are not a conservative in the classic sense of that word. But you can and do appeal to us on a number of key issues: The war on terror, the federal bench and the Supreme Court, the 2nd Amendment, Right to Life issues and lower taxes. Remind us constantly that you mean to defend those issues without flinching.
5. Where possible, rethink your energy policy as it relates to environmental issues. We need to hear you say uniquivocally that you favor tapping our own oil and coal resources, including ANWR, and that you want to make us free of dependence on foreign markets and ‘global warming’ hysteria.
6. Be visible and affirmative in your support of republican candidates across our land. Never forget - as you have said - that this election is not just about you.
7. Finally, understand, as we do, that your choice of running mate is of paramount importance. The person you select could do much to heal divisions within our ranks and convince Americans that you are more than just another politican; that you are the statesman many of us believe you to be.
Senator McCain, remember that many in your own party are skeptical of you, but don’t flinch and don’t pander! Lead us. In the next 150 days, if we become convinced that you are the right man for this job, our efforts on your behalf can and will be formidable.
We know, as you surely must, that this election, more than any other in recent memory, represents a turning-point in our nation’s political fortunes. The stakes are high! We wish you well.
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