The Mad Irishman's Conservative Consortium
In President Lincolns Second Inaugural Address he stated "With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in; to bind up the nation's wounds; to care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow and his orphan - to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace, among ourselves, and with all nations."
Monday, December 31, 2007
We're gonna win!!! New Events & New Endorsements for John McCain Plus You Are Going To Chat With Us Live At The Debate!!!
Ok, This is a long one . . . get ready!We'll start with a bit o' news.http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071230/OPINION01/228549063Nashua Telegraph: McCain Our Choice For GOP NominationEditorialEight years ago, when he was running as a political maverick against Republican establishment candidate George W. Bush, we endorsed John McCain for the GOP nomination for president of the United States.We did so because of his integrity.We did so because of his leadership.We did so because of his forthrightness and his refusal to pander to voters by telling them what they wanted to hear.A lot of things have changed in this country during these last eight years, starting with the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, which resulted in the tragic deaths of nearly 3,000 Americans and led to the invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq.But not everything has changed. McCain is here once again, crisscrossing the Granite State in his Straight Talk Express tour bus, displaying the same integrity, vision and, yes, straight talk that marked his earlier, unsuccessful run for the presidency.Oh, and one more thing hasn't changed: our support. READ MORE HERE
Union Leader: Where's Reagan? Alas, He Is No MoreEditorial
Republicans searching for a Ronald Reagan among the presidential nominees have not found one because there isn't one. Yet they still seek him.
We understand. We endorsed Ronald Reagan in 1976, 1980 and 1984. Since he exited the stage, America has missed his strength, vision and leadership.
The Republican presidential candidates all have invoked Reagan's name. Perhaps there is a little Reagan in each of them. But there is only one candidate who really reminds us of Ronald Reagan.
We agree with conservative critics who say John McCain has strayed on some issues, including immigration. But they forget that Reagan did, too. He supported amnesty for illegal aliens, and he even called it that.
No candidate in this race is a pure Reaganite. Mitt Romney claims to be one, but we have our doubts. What we see in Romney does not remind us of Ronald Reagan. What we see in John McCain does.McCain is a leader of the Reagan school. READ MORE HEREConcord Monitor: Republicans' Best Choice Is John McCain EditorialLike the gyroscopes that keep ships and planes on course, firm principles and a profound sense of honor guide Sen. John McCain. He learns from his mistakes, but he does not abandon long-held beliefs, even when his stands could cost him the presidency.McCain's willingness to break with his party on issues like climate change and immigration, his honesty and his refusal to pander make him the Monitor's choice in the Jan. 8 Republican presidential primary. READ MORE HERE*HIGH PRIORITY: NEW event*Tuesday January 1st1:30pmRichard Brothers Home23 Overlook DriveTilton, NHRSVP: 603-703-3496Monday, December 31, 2007House Party11:00am119 Antrim RoadHancock, New HampshireHouse Party2:00pm9 Premier DriveLondonderry, New HampshireHouse Party5:00pm30 Sea RoadRye, New HampshireHouse Party8:15pm205 East Side DriveConcord, New HampshireTuesday, January 1, 2008Laconia Town Hall Meeting6:00pmLaconia VFW143 Court StreetLaconia, New HampshireWednesday, January 2, 2008Pembroke Town Hall Meeting8:30amPembroke Academy209 Academy Ave.Pembroke, New HampshireCOMING SOON!!! ***(YES I'LL BE THERE!!! COME SAY HELLO!!!, Slainte' MAD)***The Veterans for McCain Tour: One More MissionJoining Us For The Tour: Orson Swindle, POW; Mike Cronin, POW; Navy Rear Admiral Bob Shumaker, second longest held POW in American history; Captain Frank Gamboa, USN, and many other combat decorated veterans.With Special Guest Vietnam Veteran and Former National Security Advisor to Ronald Reagan, Bud McFarlane!FRIDAY, JANUARY 4, 20076:00pm Town Hall Meeting with John McCainHudson Memorial, VFW Post 579115 Bockes Rd.Hudson, NH6:30pm “Operation United Reveille IV”The Alpine Club 175 Putnam St.Manchester, NHSATURDAY, JANUARY 5, 200712:00pm Peterborough TH Meeting with John McCainPeterborough Town Hall1 Grove St.Peterborough, NHNote: This event should be the 100th NH Town Hall Style Event of the Campaign.2:30pm Bar BingoKeene Post 79959 Winchester St.Keene, NH 03431-0024SUNDAY, JANUARY 6, 20079:00am Concord CoffeeConcord VFW Post #16316 Court St., Concord, NH12:00pm Salem Town Hall with John McCainSalem High School44 Geremonty DrSalem, NH2:00pm Nashua CoffeeNashua, VFW Post 4832 Quincy St.MONDAY, JANUARY 7, 20078:00am Littleton VFW CoffeeHoward Shawney, Post 816600 Cottage St.Littleton, NH 0356110:00am Lancaster VFW CoffeeJohn W. Weeks, Post 3041259 Main St.Lancaster, NH 0358411:45am Lunch at Tea Birds101 Main StBerlin, NH 035702:00pm Conway Coffee at the American LegionRalph W. Shirley47 Tasker Hill RdConway, NH5:00pm Exeter Rally with John McCainTown Center Gazebo (Old Town Hall)6:00pm Portsmouth Rally with John McCain (Our final event of the NH Primary!)Frank Jones Center - Portsmouth400 US Highway 1 BypPortsmouth NH, 03801Strafford County: John McCain Needs YOU!What a great weekend for John McCain!The senator received a record crowd of 500 people in Dover on a rainy Saturday morning, yet the excitement didn't end there! Huge crowds continued throughout the day with supporters peering through windows just to get a glimpse of our next president! We signed up lots of new volunteers and picked up the endorsement of the Concord Monitor and Nashua Telegraph! The word is out: John McCain is campaigning harder here than ANY other candidate and WE WILL win New Hampshire, but we need YOUR help!Super Saturday!Dover Sign Wave9:30-11:00AMWeak's Crossing, Park at Chili'sPhone Bank11:30AM-3:00PMRemax Realty Center, 472 High Street, Somersworth, NHSign Patrol--put out big 4x8 and yard signs throughout Strafford County!3:00PM-5:00PMSuper Sunday!Literature Drop11:30-2:00PMMeet at Remax Realty Center, 472 High Street, Somersworth, NHPhone Bank2:30-6:00PMRemax Realty Center, 472 High Street, Somersworth, NHOther Ways You Can Help Out!· Poll Standing on Election Day--WE'VE FILLED MANY WARDS, BUT WE NEED TO FILL THEM ALL!· Tell ALL your friends, family members and everyone you know why John McCain is the only candidate ready to lead on day one!· Write a letter to the editor and submit expressing your strong support for Sen. McCain and submit it to Foster's Daily Democrat letters@fosters.com.MOST IMPORTANTLY, DON'T FORGET TO CAST YOUR VOTE FOR JOHN MCCAIN ON JANUARY 8th!AND OF COURSE THE EVENT ALL YOU ONLINE MCCAINIACS AND PRIMARY JUNKIES HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR ......THE LIVE BLOGGING WEBCAST DIRECT FROM THE SPIN ROOM AT THE JANUARY 5TH REPUBLICAN DEBATE FROM OUR VERY OWN BRAD MARSTON!!!LIVE Webcast/Chat/Blog From The Spin Room at the NH DebateI will be Webcasting/Blogging LIVE from the Spin Room at the ABC News/Facebook/WMUR sponsored debate from St. Anselms College in Manchester NH on Saturday, January 5th starting at 6pm.From 6pm to 7pm I will have pre-nalysis of the Republican Candidates Debate which starts at 7pm and the Denocratic Candidates Debate which starts at approximately 8:45pm.From 10:15 to midnight I will have post debate analysis, interviews with senior campaign staffers and even a candidate or two.The best part is, it is set up as a LIVE CHAT in REAL TIME so YOU can be part of the action and analysis!I will have streaming audio/video from the Spin Room from 6pm until Midnight.The Link to the webchat is here. Or you can simply come back to AzaMatteroFact on Saturday, January 5th and click on the Userplane live chat in the upper right hand corner. Sign up or enter as a guest.This chat/blog/webcast will be THE place to be for the upcoming debate that will launch some candidates towards Michigan, South Carolina and Super Duper Tuesday.Posted by Brad Marston at 8:52 PM Labels: Candidates, elections, NH PrimaryCrossPosted From AzamatterofactSlainte'MadShared with my fellow Straight Talking Bloggers at Ali Akbar,AzaMatterofact, AzaMatteroPrinciple, Blogs4McCain, BroadSideoftheBarn, ElectionNightHQ, Hoosiers4McCain, Iowa4McCain, McCain Blogettes, McCain States, McCain Talk, McCainVictory08, McCain Campaign Blog, McCain08HQ@Yahoo, Metaxupolis, My McCain Blog, NH4McCain, NJ4McCain, Pardon My French, Partisan American, PoliticoMafioso, Purple People Vote, Reality Bytes, Respectfully Republican, Stand Up For McCain>The Mad Irishman, The McCain Times, Vote McCain, With Both Hands, Porter County Politics, and But I am a Liberal.
Monday, December 31, 2007
Saturday, December 29, 2007
Concord Monitor:
Concord Monitor: Republicans' Best Choice Is John McCain
Editorial
Like the gyroscopes that keep ships and planes on course, firm principles and a profound sense of honor guide Sen. John McCain. He learns from his mistakes, but he does not abandon long-held beliefs, even when his stands could cost him the presidency.
McCain's willingness to break with his party on issues like climate change and immigration, his honesty and his refusal to pander make him the Monitor's choice in the Jan. 8 Republican presidential primary.
Last summer in Concord, with his campaign broke and his unwavering support for the war in Iraq costing him politically, McCain said he would rather lose the presidential race than lose the war. No one in the room doubted that he meant exactly what he said. Since then, he has earned the support of New Hampshire voters by attending town meeting after town meeting, where he has invited tough questions and answered them.
McCain advocates an immigration policy that secures the border but stops short of the impossible task of summarily deporting the millions of people in the United States illegally. His attempt to pass immigration reform, McCain says, taught him that the American people won't trust politicians to deal with the issue unless they secure the borders first. This admission is proof that politicians can change for good reasons, not for expediency's sake.
Although his plan to address the nation's growing health insurance crisis is too modest to guarantee care for all, it is more reasonable than the plans of his opponents.
Unlike rivals who hide behind legalisms and caveats, McCain stands front and center to announce that American must never engage in waterboarding or any other form of torture. McCain spent more than five years as a prisoner of war in Vietnam. In one of the most stirring speeches of the presidential campaign, he said:
"We could never gain as much from that torture as we lose in world opinion. We do not torture people. When I was in Vietnam, one of the things that sustained us, as we underwent torture, is the knowledge that if we had our positions reversed, we would not impose that kind of treatment on them. It's not about the terrorists, it's about us. It's about what kind of country we are."
When McCain approaches a decision, his first battle is with his own conscience. He doesn't put his finger into the political wind but runs against it if need be to do what he thinks is right.
In his long career in public life, he has proved to be a fiscal conservative and a strong believer in personal responsibility. But he has also shown that he knows that life can be fickle and people frail, and that there are times when government must help people in need.
We do not agree with McCain on every issue. We doubted the wisdom of committing more American troops to a surge in Iraq, yet events may prove McCain right. Either way, we are secure in the knowledge that in coming to his decision, McCain put the well-being of the nation and the troops above all else.
As a soldier and a senator, McCain has proven that he can lead. His legislative history demonstrates his willingness to work in a bipartisan manner to achieve common ends. And because he has paid the price of war, he more than the other candidates can gauge whether putting troops in harm's way is worth the consequences.
Earlier in the campaign, when McCain was being counted out, a consultant might have urged a makeover: Lose the moral compass on torture and immigration, ditch the vision for a turnaround in Iraq.
Not a chance. John McCain held on to his principles and defended them with dignity.
New Hampshire residents who vote in the Republican primary should reward that integrity with their votes.
Editorial
Like the gyroscopes that keep ships and planes on course, firm principles and a profound sense of honor guide Sen. John McCain. He learns from his mistakes, but he does not abandon long-held beliefs, even when his stands could cost him the presidency.
McCain's willingness to break with his party on issues like climate change and immigration, his honesty and his refusal to pander make him the Monitor's choice in the Jan. 8 Republican presidential primary.
Last summer in Concord, with his campaign broke and his unwavering support for the war in Iraq costing him politically, McCain said he would rather lose the presidential race than lose the war. No one in the room doubted that he meant exactly what he said. Since then, he has earned the support of New Hampshire voters by attending town meeting after town meeting, where he has invited tough questions and answered them.
McCain advocates an immigration policy that secures the border but stops short of the impossible task of summarily deporting the millions of people in the United States illegally. His attempt to pass immigration reform, McCain says, taught him that the American people won't trust politicians to deal with the issue unless they secure the borders first. This admission is proof that politicians can change for good reasons, not for expediency's sake.
Although his plan to address the nation's growing health insurance crisis is too modest to guarantee care for all, it is more reasonable than the plans of his opponents.
Unlike rivals who hide behind legalisms and caveats, McCain stands front and center to announce that American must never engage in waterboarding or any other form of torture. McCain spent more than five years as a prisoner of war in Vietnam. In one of the most stirring speeches of the presidential campaign, he said:
"We could never gain as much from that torture as we lose in world opinion. We do not torture people. When I was in Vietnam, one of the things that sustained us, as we underwent torture, is the knowledge that if we had our positions reversed, we would not impose that kind of treatment on them. It's not about the terrorists, it's about us. It's about what kind of country we are."
When McCain approaches a decision, his first battle is with his own conscience. He doesn't put his finger into the political wind but runs against it if need be to do what he thinks is right.
In his long career in public life, he has proved to be a fiscal conservative and a strong believer in personal responsibility. But he has also shown that he knows that life can be fickle and people frail, and that there are times when government must help people in need.
We do not agree with McCain on every issue. We doubted the wisdom of committing more American troops to a surge in Iraq, yet events may prove McCain right. Either way, we are secure in the knowledge that in coming to his decision, McCain put the well-being of the nation and the troops above all else.
As a soldier and a senator, McCain has proven that he can lead. His legislative history demonstrates his willingness to work in a bipartisan manner to achieve common ends. And because he has paid the price of war, he more than the other candidates can gauge whether putting troops in harm's way is worth the consequences.
Earlier in the campaign, when McCain was being counted out, a consultant might have urged a makeover: Lose the moral compass on torture and immigration, ditch the vision for a turnaround in Iraq.
Not a chance. John McCain held on to his principles and defended them with dignity.
New Hampshire residents who vote in the Republican primary should reward that integrity with their votes.
Friday, December 28, 2007
Phone Bank for McCain!
Phone Bank for McCain!!!December 27, 2007 by Seattle
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Thursday, December 27, 2007
From the desk of Joe Lieberman............
My Fellow American,
Last week I went to New Hampshire to ask Republican and Independent voters to support John McCain in the first-in-the-nation primary on January 8.
I know that it is unusual for someone who is not a Republican to endorse a Republican candidate for President. And if this were an ordinary time and an ordinary election, I probably would not have done so. But this is no ordinary time -- and this is no ordinary election -- and John McCain is no ordinary candidate.
In this critical election, no one should let party lines be a barrier to choosing the person we believe is best qualified to lead our nation forward. The problems that confront us are too great, the threats we face too real, and the opportunities we have too exciting for us to play partisan politics with the Presidency.
My friend John McCain is that candidate, and that is why I am so proud to endorse and support him for President.
I have worked closely with John for many years on many issues. I have seen John, time and again, rise above the negativism and smallness of our politics to get things done for this country we love so much. John McCain has proven that we can trust him to do what is right for our country, not only when it is easy, but when it is hard; to do what is necessary, not only when it is popular, but when it is not; and to tell us the truth, not only when it is easy to hear, but when it is not.
As President, John McCain will bring America together again. He will inspire a new American unity and a new American patriotism. He will push all of us to work together to solve our biggest problems, and defeat our most dangerous enemies.
Throughout our history, succeeding generations of brave Americans have risked their lives for the cause of freedom -- which is America's cause. Throughout his career, from the ranks of the military to halls of the Congress, John McCain has made freedom's cause his own. He learned the ideals of patriotism and service from his father, he taught them to his sons, and he will hold those ideals high as an inspiration for all Americans.
When others were silent, and it was thought politically unpopular, John had the courage and common sense to sound the alarm about the mistakes we were making in Iraq and to call for more troops and a new strategy there. And when others wavered, when others wanted to retreat from the field of battle, John had the courage and the common sense to stand against the tide of public opinion and support the surge in Iraq, where we are at last winning.
There are many fine people running for President. Many of them are good friends of mine. But I have concluded -- and I hope you will, as well -- that John McCain is the candidate who can best reunite our country and lead us to victory.
Now I ask you to do all that you can to elect John McCain the next President of the United States. Every one of us should make a contribution. You can follow this link and make a secure donation right now.
After you have contributed to the cause I want you to follow this link to volunteer to make phone calls into the early primary states on behalf of the campaign. John McCain is the right man for the times and we all need to do our part to further the cause of liberty and freedom for all Americans.
Sincerely, Joe LiebermanUnited States Senator
PS. When it comes to keeping America safe in this time of war, John has proven that he has the experience, the strength, and the character, to be our commander-in-chief from day one. I have traveled the world with John, so I can tell you how much he is liked and admired by leaders across the globe. He will be a President our friends will respect and our enemies will fear, and a President who will lead our nation on the world stage with purpose and principle. Please join me in doing all that we can to support the election of John McCain.
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