With all due respect Mr. Daly, I think it was your response to Mr. Rhoades that missed the point. You were correct when you stated this country is hungry for reform. Since the Republican policies of the last 8 years have created the hunger, how can more of the same reform it? John McCain, the so-called maverick, voted in step with Bush/Cheney 90 percent of the time. That”s not reform.
To say there is no compromise in Senator McCain”s beliefs is ridiculous. For example, McCain twice voted against Bush”s tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans because (as he said publically) he considered them to be unfair to middle-class Americans.
Now he says he supports the tax cuts. That”s called a flip-flop sir. Republicans are constantly reminding us that John McCain is a war hero, yet they swift-boated John Kerry”s service in Viet Nam when he ran for president. That”s called a double-standard.
The stale air in Washington has been caused by a misguided war in Iraq with no end in sight, a record deficit, a failed economy, a crumbling environment, home foreclosures, high gas prices at the pump, record profits for oil companies, jobs shipped overseas, an education system in shambles, and a middle class struggling to make ends meet. These are the results of Republican policies.
John McCain”s team arrived in Alaska to begin the vetting Sarah Palin one day before he announced her as his running mate. Now he”s paying the price for his rash decision as Palin”s record comes to light.
Most Americans are terrified to think that Sarah Palin could be only a heartbeat away from becoming president – I know I am. Her so-called, “executive experience” doesn”t begin to soften that blow.
On the other hand, Senator Joe Biden has been on the Senate Foreign Relations Commitee for 28 years. Certainly his experience is more noteworthy than Sarah Palin”s.
You wrote that McCain and Palin are, “Two people who can put the country first.” What exactly does that mean? Isn”t it really just an empty campaign slogan straight from the Karl Rove playbook? The bottom line Mr. Daly, is that voting the McCain/Palin ticket isn”t going to reform Washington. It will only bring more of the same failed policies.
Steven MacDonald
Kelseyville
