No doubt but unfortunately that service & sacrifice does not equate to leadership and decision making skills. If were just electing a figurehead then he might be the perfect guy, especially with his trophy VP, but America is in desperate need of leadership to bring us back from the 8 disastrous years of the Bush administration and McCain simply promises more of the same failed Bush agenda.
To me, a political leader is not someone who just goes with the polls. Sure, the polls (may) indicate what the people want, but people, usually, don’t know what they need.
A leader, in the political sense, has to have clear plans and ideas and goals and a plan to change things from how they are to where he thinks they should be. Then, he has to teach, educate and inspire the people to follow him (because a leader is always in front) in his plans and towards his goal.
Reagan had clear ideas and a plan to implement them, He spoke to the people and explained his goals. Then, he got out in front and lead. Sure, many said that he was wrong and “wouldn’t compromise”, but a leader does not “compromise” (at east not very much) because to do so would be to compromise his goals. Reagan went above his political opponents and the press (which hated him) and spoke directly to the people. He lead.
Clinton, on the other hand, had great support from the politicians and chattering classes, but had no read plan for himself. He kept changing his mind depending upon what the polls showed. The people had no clear idea of what they wanted or how to get there (they rarely do) and so Clinton kept following whatever was “popular” and kept changing his direction, never to have a clear direction or goal.
I would hope, and it it not yet proved, that McCain would be able to do this. He knows what he wants to accomplish and has a plan to do it. His is stubborn enough to get it done, even in the face of the chattering classes and the press.
It is as obvious as the nose on your face… We can choose change or four more years of the same failed Bush policies, as in McSame.
Your candidate has no message of his own so he has chosen to cloak himself in red-white-&-blue nationalism peppered with religious innuendo, may the best candidate win.
I do not claim any political association. With that said, I would be cautious about anyone making predictions. What if you are wrong? That is a lot of crow to eat, and served by many.
