For John McCain, a Great American. Thank you!

Thank You John McCain!

Senator John McCain, you are a Great American. You gave your youth and devoted your life for the good of this country. You are one of the very few American politicians that we could know would put country first. We would sleep better at night knowing you were at the helm.

Thank you for giving us a glimpse of what kind of REAL change could have been brought to Washington. Thank you for your proven record of cleaning up corruption and courageously doing the ‘right thing’ in spite of the political risk to yourself. Thank you for your honor, courage, integrity and grit. You should be President. I truly believe you would be among the greatest of our Presidents.

You inspired many of us to stand up and fight, to work hard and to put country first. You reminded many of us that America still produces real heroes and real patriots. You gave many of us hope for a better future for our country.

As the mother of an American Soldier, I thank you for caring about our military and understanding the sacrifices made by those young men and women that so many in our country have put out of their minds. You, more than anyone, have understood how badly we need and should appreciate that thin green line that stands between us and danger. Thank you for never forgetting them. Thank you for never giving up and never giving in.

Many of our nation stand proudly with you.

Thank you and God bless you.

Beth, a Blue Star Mother

I’m going to fight to make sure every American has every reason to thank God, as I thank Him: that I’m an American, a proud citizen of the greatest country on earth, and with hard work, strong faith and a little courage, great things are always within our reach. Fight with me. Fight with me.

Fight for what’s right for our country.

Fight for the ideals and character of a free people.

Fight for our children’s future.

Fight for justice and opportunity for all.

Stand up to defend our country from its enemies.

Stand up for each other; for beautiful, blessed, bountiful America.

Stand up, stand up, stand up and fight. Nothing is inevitable here. We’re Americans, and we never give up. We never quit. We never hide from history. We make history.

Thank you, and God Bless you.

~ John McCain, September 2008

Marjorie Dannenfelser is the President of the Susan B. Anthony List Candidate Fund and Co-Founder of Team Sarah. She put out the statement below.

Sarah Palin

Marjorie Dannenfelser

“With the entire federal government under the control of one political party that is hostile to our values, clearly the women of Team Sarah face an intense battle on many fronts. If Governor Sarah Palin’s historic candidacy proved anything, it is that women can meet these challenges without sacrificing their femininity. And thanks to Gov, Palin’s leadership, there are more women in this battle than ever before. The very women whom the women’s movement had convinced were invisible now know their power.”

Well said.

Unfortunately, in the end, we also saw the visceral hostility towards a woman who exhibited the qualities not valued by the left. I have never seen a candidate treated with such aggressive efforts to discredit her, belittle her and spin her to be just ‘the little woman’. She’s anything but the way she has been portrayed in the media.

The talking heads are even debating whether she hurt or helped John McCain’s ticket. I don’t hear anyone questioning that about Joe Biden even though he told the country that Obama was not ready to lead. How can anyone question the excitement and energy Palin brought to the ticket? It was the perfect Presidential ticket in many ways.

Unfortunately, Sarah Palin took the wind out of the Obama campaign’s sails. She grabbed headlines and the country was enthralled. They had to get rid of her. They, the media and the Obama machine, went to work and did everything in their power to destroy her.

It is dumbfounding that exit polls showed that people said they felt McCain and Palin were more closely aligned to their own values, but still voted for Obama. People said they felt safer with McCain as President, but still voted for Obama. People said they felt Palin was better prepared to be President than Joe Biden, but still hammered us in the media that she was not prepared and still voted for Obama.

Palin was raked across the coals and worse, her family were raked across the coals. But people say that McCain ran a ‘dirty’ campaign. The media told us he did and apparently people believed that instead of seeing the horrific things that were done and said about Palin.

It was also astonishing that more women voted for Obama. I know that women tend to be harder on other women, but that was hard to understand. Jealousy? Distrust of a female in power? Self hatred? A need to be subservient to men?

Perhaps its a basic dislike of a woman who is strong and powerful but maintains her femininity.

We have missed an opportunity to put REAL change in Washington. We had two people who were willing to put honor and integrity and love of country above their own political careers. And that cost them the election. They didn’t wallow in the gutters with the opposition who was willing to attack them on every level … personally, professionally. The media took the accusations and ran with it.

Real change would have been ethics in politics. Instead, we have the same, someone who asks for more pork than another Senator, who owes political favors and who is willing to do anything to win.

McCain would have been a great President. He would have kept us safe and would have used his power in an ethical, responsible manner. Sarah Palin would have represented our country with dignity and grace as a Vice-President.

Now we can only pray that nothing happens to Obama, because then Joe Biden would be President and that is an even more discouraging thought.

Cpt. Gussie Jones was born in Arkansas and was one of eight children. She began her Army career by enlisting in 1988 as a personnel clerk and climbed to the rank of a sergeant.

In 1986, Jones earned a bachelors degree in business administration from Arkansas Central University. She was selected to attend the Army Enlisted Commissioning Program and earned her second bachelors degree from Syracuse University in 1998. It was in nursing.

Her career as a registered nurse and a commissioned officer began in September 1998 at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio. In 2002, after completing a course in critical-care nursing, she was assigned to Beaumont Army Medical Center, where she became a mentor.

“She was a very dedicated person and was always smiling, said a co-worker and friend, Capt. Susan Gilbert. If anyone asked her to do something, she would do it. And she was very kind and gentle and patient with the patients.”

Cpt. Jones died of a heart attack while on duty in Baghdad, Iraq. During her 15 years of military services, Jones received a Joint Service Commendation medal, four Army Commendation medals and three Army Achievement medals.

“She was so much a part of their team, and so her death must really affect their morale,” Gilbert said. “I’m very worried about the other soldiers because they’ve lost their battle buddy.”

All Information Was Found On And Copied From MilitaryCity.com

These brave men and women sacrifice so much in their lives so that others may enjoy the freedoms we get to enjoy everyday. For that, I am proud to call them Hero.

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