McCain Suspends Campaign

In an unprecedented move, John McCain suspended his campaign to become the next President of the United States as of tomorrow morning. He has called on Barack Obama to do the same, and join him in returning to Washington to work on the economics bill, that he feels will not pass as it currently stands. This is a bold move on McCain’s part, and shows him for the leader he truly is. He could continue, as Obama has done, to focus on his own desire to be President, but instead, he is focused on the needs of this country, and is setting aside his campaign to work for us. How could we expect any more from a President? We need a leader, someone who would put America first, and he is doing just that.

Will Obama set his pride aside and follow John McCain’s lead? Why hasn’t he done the same, if he is the leader they claim he is to be? Why isn’t he working for us? Of course, they will claim they made the first actions to lead, since they don’t want us to see the differences between these two men for what they truly are. They will bash John McCain for taking action, and will try to diminish the significance of this point in history. It is important we see this with clear eyes, and not allow the media, or the Obama campaign, to belittle what this means. John McCain saw the need for this bill to get through Congress, and it is important that it is done properly, without additions from pork-barrel spending the democrats love so much. We can’t afford to waste time, and we need to support those like John McCain who are really working for us.

Honor & Integrity

One of the most important things in my life has been to maintain honor and integrity in all things that I do. I have had my share of challenges, and sometimes I have fallen, but I pick myself up and keep myself focused on making sure that no matter what comes against me, that I will do my best to fight honorably. But in this contest for President, this concept has gone out the windows on the left side. While the Republicans, except for a few small groups, have done an admirable job in keeping the fight to a minimum amount of low blows, the far left has done nothing but hit low. Just this week, I saw an ad for the “Hip-Hop Honors” on VH1 starring Tracey Morgan, where he joked about John McCain calling him a “short white dude that can only lift his arms this high” as he raised his arms tucked near his chest. Joking about a person’s disability is never funny in my book, and if this fool had ever had a disability, he would see just how much this ISN’T funny. It makes it even worse when you consider that John McCain received that disability through the years of torture in a Vietnamese prison camp. I bet Tracey Morgan wouldn’t be laughing so much if he had to endure a small percentage of time in that place.

If this were a remote example it wouldn’t be as much of a big deal to me, but all you have to do is pick up any magazine, from Time to People, and they are all obviously pushing Obama and slamming McCain. It is the same on TV and radio, except for a few islands of fairness, such as FOX News and, well, FOX News. Not one other channel has taken a stand for an unbiased and fair reporting standard. NBC has literally opened an Obama for President headquarters on their network, and everywhere you look, they are pushing his agenda. They don’t take issue with the fact that while he was supposed to be so strong on the economy, he failed to put forward a plan when the crisis is most dire. This is a time to put all ideas on the table, and Obama failed once more to decide how he would stand. Once more he simply voted “present” and didn’t contribute to the discussion. Instead, he is waiting the situation out, to see where the other opinions take us, and then he will either attack them, if they didn’t work, or support them, if they did.

Obama is nothing more than the common left-wing politician. He isn’t change, he is the same, tired song, just with a strong ability to stir the pot with a good speech. But we don’t need great speeches, we need solid leadership, and if there is anything this past week showed us, it is that Obama is a follower, not a leader. He does what his party tells him to do, and rarely breaks from partisan politics. I hope that the bulk of America does what we need them to do this year, and vote John McCain into office, and show a clear sign to the liberals in the media that we will not buy their lies and deceptions. We will stand up for what is right for America. We will make up our own minds, and we don’t need them telling us what to think.