Posts from — September 2007

“[McCain] got back to the Granite State with his unique brand of straight talk coupled with unwavering conviction for causes he believes are in the nation’s best interest.”

Republican presidential hopeful John McCain said yesterday younger generations will suffer if politicians don’t curb spending in Washington.

John McCain attended what was more of a block party than a house party in Hollis Sunday.

McCain’s presidential campaign today announced that John McCain will return to South Carolina for a three-day campaign swing beginning Tuesday, October 2, 2007.

Thank you. It’s a great pleasure to be the guest of a group that has made a profound contribution to the Michigan economy. Hispanics comprise the fastest growing ethnic group in the Michigan workforce. In Michigan, as elsewhere, Hispanics are notable for their commitment to starting new businesses - almost 7 percent of our businesses are Hispanic-owned. Almost three-quarters of Hispanic business owners staked their personal savings on their success, and only one-and-half percent took the security of a government loan, the lowest percentage of any group in the country. The American economy is stronger for your courage, hard work and vision. In return, politicians owe our entrepreneurs the courage and wisdom to make sure their dreams are given a fighting chance.

John McCain “Is Back In New Hampshire” With “A Burst Of Momentum.”

John McCain’s address to the Hudson Institute on September 27, 2007.

America’s dependency on foreign oil is a major strategic vulnerability for our nation. One element in al Qaeda’s war against us is to target the U.S. economy by driving up the price of oil in the hope that severe recession and higher inflation will follow. Osama bin Laden and other al Qaeda terrorists have spoken many times about the need to “mount … operations accordingly” in order to hit energy supply points in the Middle East and other regions to spike oil prices. Moreover, while most of the world’s known reserves are in the Persian Gulf, oil supplies are no more secure elsewhere on the globe. In Russia and Venezuela, Vladimir Putin and Hugo Chavez have rolled back democracy and utilized oil and gas as foreign policy weapons. Nigerian supplies - our fifth-largest supplier - are endangered by internal strife. Oil’s availability is uncertain and its price at the mercy of countries where our values aren’t typically shared and our interests aren’t their first priority.

John McCain’s presidential campaign today announced a statewide New Hampshire ad buy.  The new ads highlight John McCain’s experience, character and judgment that Americans trust to lead our country and reform Washington.

John McCain’s presidential campaign will hold a press conference call at 10:30 a.m. EDT to announce a statewide ad buy in New Hampshire. The campaign will announce that it is launching two television ads and one radio ad, entitled “One Man,” “Live Free,” and “Courage,” respectively.

John McCain’s presidential campaign today announced that John McCain will return to New Hampshire this weekend for a series of campaign stops, including town hall meetings in Epping and Derry and house parties in Rye, Exeter and Hollis.

McCain’s presidential campaign today announced that the Arizona senator will speak to the Hudson Institute in New York City on Thursday, September 27th.

For Internet users, the scariest night of this year may fall on the evening after Halloween. On November 1, the federal Internet tax moratorium is due to expire, and no committee in Congress has acted to make it permanent.

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The better bill is the robust, permanent ban championed by Democrat Ron Wyden and Republicans Wayne Allard, John Sununu and John McCain.

John McCain’s presidential campaign today released its New Hampshire Military Families for McCain Coalition Co-Chairs. Keith and Elizabeth Farrar, Bill and Patricia Grimm, Mark and Deb Riss, along with Doug Domin and David and Anne Domin will serve as co-chairs of Military Families for McCain in the Granite State.

During the Republican debate earlier this month in Durham, Mark Riss critiqued former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney’s comment comparing his sons helping his campaign to military men and women serving their country.

John McCain’s presidential campaign today announced that John McCain will return to Michigan on Friday to deliver the keynote address at the 2007 Hispanic Business Expo and Economic Summit Luncheon and host a town hall meeting with voters in Macomb County.

John McCain first ran for the White House in 2000, when he made himself accessible to voters and reporters through his “Straight Talk Express.” But McCain’s devotion to retail politics began long before then — during his first run for Congress, in the early ’80s.

Isn’t this one of the biggest questions to come out of this? If Columbia can invite Ahmadinejad to the campus to say that homosexuality doesn’t exist in Iran–essentially that homosexuality is a Western disease, a symptom of cultural decadence and moral decay–how can the university at the same time refuse to allow the United States military to operate an ROTC unit on campus?

“I still find it astonishing and astounding that Columbia University would welcome the president of a country that has not only dedicated itself to a policy of extinction of the state of Israel, but as he is speaking, most of the lethal and explosive devices are being exported from Iran into Iraq, endangering and taking the lives of brave Americans who are serving.

John McCain “Won The Hearts Of The Mackinac Conference,” Delivering “A Powerful Address” That Received The “Loudest And Longest Applause Given Any Of The Half-Dozen Presidential Candidates”

McCain then launched into a powerful address on the importance of US troops winning in Iraq, an issue he has been closely identified with and has suffered for in polls. He likened failure to complete the Iraqi mission to Ronald Reagan not being elected President at the height of the Cold War and denounced Columbia University for inviting the Iranian President to speak but not inviting the Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC) to recruit officers on campus. McCain closed his remarks with a strong tribute to the fighting US soldiers he met in Iraq.

Thank you for that kind introduction.  It is an honor to speak to this 27th biennial Republican Leadership Conference.  I stand before you at a perilous time, a perilous time for our party but, far more important, a perilous time for our country.