Posts from — August 2007

Earlier this year, Bush essentially adopted McCain’s troop-increase strategy, and the senator’s political future became directly linked to the war’s outcome.

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Of the top-tier candidates in either party, McCain is the only one to have served in the military.

Later in the video, McCain says Islamic extremism will be the struggle of the 21st century. “I, with considerable ego, say I’m the best prepared and qualified to meet this challenge,” he says.

The video also includes interviews with McCain’s mom and two colonels he served with.

“I’m the luckiest guy I’ve ever known,” McCain says.

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This week John McCain’s presidential campaign released “Courageous Service,” a video look at how John McCain’s lifetime of service and sacrifice has prepared him to be Commander in Chief from day one. Please watch the video here, and pass the link on to your friends and family.

John McCain began this week by speaking to the 129th annual conference of the National Guard Association of the United States in Puerto Rico. In his remarks, McCain called the Guard “the best among us,” saluting their brave service and sacrifice in Iraq and Afghanistan and calling on America to make a new and lasting commitment to the Guard. McCain then travelled to California for campaign events and an appearance on The Tonight Show, where he joked with Jay Leno but also won warm applause in making the case for pursing our winning strategy in Iraq.

This Labor Day weekend, John McCain travels to Iowa for a slew of campaign events, including house parties with supporters, a Veterans Monument dedication, and Labor Day parades throughout the state. McCain then heads to New Hampshire for Town Hall Meetings and rallies with supporters before Wednesday’s Fox News Republican debate at the University of New Hampshire.

For more information, log on to www.JohnMcCain.com and please be sure to forward this newsletter on to family, friends and fellow John McCain supporters and invite them to watch “Courageous Service.”

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John McCain’s presidential campaign today announced that John McCain will campaign in Iowa this Labor Day weekend on Sunday, September 2nd and Monday, September 3rd.

Still the old combat pilot (McCain) battles on, and frankly I am in his corner. I have known him since the late 1980s and never seen in him anything but a gentleman, a cheerful gentleman at that.

The opening shot of a new video about Sen. John McCain shows a young Navy pilot encased in a giant, clumsy-looking plaster cast. With his one free hand, he smokes a cigarette as he gives a foreigner interviewer his name, rank and serial number.
From that image of McCain, badly injured from a plane crash and captive in a Vietnamese prisoner of war camp, the title flashes over the sound of a gong: Courageous service. Experienced leadership. Bold solutions.

Republican John McCain will use Seneca as a jumping off point for a four-day veterans-oriented tour of South Carolina next month.

The Arizona senator’s campaign will hold events in 14 cities and towns, most of them at American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars posts, said Trey Walker, McCain’s state strategist.

McCain, who was a career Navy pilot and spent nearly six years in a North Vietnamese prison, is billing the four days as a “No Surrender” aimed at underscoring his opposition to precipitous withdrawal from Iraq.

“On the second anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, we pause to remember the victims, family members, and all affected by the tragedy. Let us not forget the bravery and courageousness of everyday heroes who provided a sense of hope in a city of despair.”

“Today, we are reminded again about the consequences of failure in Iraq and why the surge and the current counterinsurgency campaign must continue.”

U.S. Senator John McCain (R-AZ) today addressed the National Guard Association of the United States conference in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The remarks, as prepared for delivery, are as follows.

John McCain’s presidential campaign today announced that the Honorable Robert Mosbacher will join Senator McCain’s team and serve as general chairman

John McCain is the most truthful and consistent leader among all the candidates. He is highly principled and will not change his opinion for the convenience of being elected.

John McCain started off the week with an appearance on CBS’s “Face The Nation” on Sunday morning. The following day Sen. McCain traveled to Kansas City to deliver the keynote speech at the annual convention of the Veterans of Foreign Wars before heading to Arizona.

Next week John McCain will address the National Guard before appearing on “The Tonight Show” with Jay Leno on Wednesday.

Make sure to wish Sen. McCain a Happy Birthday on August 29th. For more information, log on to
www.JohnMcCain.com and please be sure to forward this newsletter on to family, friends and fellow John McCain supporters.

The former POW offered no promises on increased benefits but railed against the shoddy treatment given homecoming troops at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. “It is a stain upon America’s honor,” McCain said.

John McCain, R-Ariz., is tussling with fellow presidential contender U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., over the Iraq War and progress of this year’s U.S. troop surge.

The fact that the New York senator can reverse her position on an issue of grave importance to our national security in a few days sends the wrong signal to our enemies in Iraq and our own troops on the ground.

John McCain’s presidential campaign today announced the Social Conservatives for McCain steering committee in the Granite State.

JOHN MCCAIN just spent two weekends in a row in New Hampshire. Unlike some of the candidates who didn’t run in 2000, he understands two important things about the state’s presidential primary contest. One is the importance of the August before the primary. In August 1999, McCain solidified his base in New Hampshire, while George W. Bush all but ignored the state. McCain won the primary, though not the nomination.

In their back-to-back speeches at the national convention of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Mrs. Clinton and Senator John McCain of Arizona, who seeks the Republican nomination, praised the fortitude of American forces, but presented starkly different views of the war and the strategy going forward.

In back-to-back speeches before an audience of military veterans here today, Senators Hillary Rodham Clinton and John McCain praised the fortitude of American troops fighting in Iraq, but presented starkly different assessments of the war and the strategy going forward.

McCain Offers Ringing Defense Of Iraq War

John McCain took his support of the war in Iraq to the National VFW Convention in KC today, saying defeat would be a “catastrophe” of “colossal historic proportions.”

Clinton and McCain spoke to hundreds of members of the VFW, which is holding its annual convention in Kansas City. On Tuesday, Democratic candidate Barack Obama and former GOP Sen. Fred Thompson are to speak. President Bush arrives Wednesday.

The hall where the candidates spoke can seat 6,000 people, and both Clinton and McCain drew about half that for their late-morning speeches. The crowd was mostly friendly to Clinton and offered polite applause throughout her speech. McCain, a former Vietnam War prisoner of war, received a warmer reception — and louder applause during his remarks.

John McCain (Ariz.), the only top-tier Republican presidential candidate who served in the military, highlighted his combat experience Monday in an address to the National Convention of the Veterans of Foreign Wars.

John McCain will deliver remarks to the 108th National Convention of the Veterans of Foreign Wars today, Monday, August 20th at 11:00 a.m. CDT.