vta38 said…

Maybe you didn't listen very closely! He said he would drill for new oil, something the democrats don't want to do.  He said he would open new avenues for energy use, like nuclear energy plants, something the democrats won't do. He said he would help people out of work with new job training. He said he would remove corruption in government and stop ear marks on new bills. He said he stood up to his captors in time of war and would defend America first and always in the future. Try to take the Democrat or Republican label off the candidate and measure him as a future President by his experience. Try to stop listening to the liberal media of NBC, CBS, ABC, and CNN and use your own native intelligence to decide. Good Luck.

 

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Despite the fact that I feel asleep for part of the speech, I heard enough!  Yes, he wants to drill for oil, but drilling for new oil will not yield enough of the black stuff to even come close to ending our dependence on foreign sources of oil.  What is needed, and what has been advocated by the "Democrats" is a comprehensive energy policy that DOES include drilling for new oil and pursuing as well as funding other (renewable) sources of energy.  And any comprehensive energy policy MUST include a plan to move the nation's automobiles away from fossil fuels, lacking that ANY energy plan will fail and; DRILLING ALONE WILL NOT GET IT DONE!

I am an advocate of nuclear energy, but until we move forward with new nuclear power plants we have to deal with the problem of nuclear waste.  As a retired sailor who served on a number of nuclear submarines I have a healthy respect for the dangers spent nuclear waste presents.  We have to have a plan for dealing with nuclear waste; ignoring the problem will not make it go away!  Barak Obama has said as much in several speeches.     

How is McCain going to stop ear-marks; by the veto?  Veto enough bills and nothing gets done.  And eventually he will be over-written by Congress, a democratically controlled Congress that is likely to swing even further towards Democratic control come November.  He can't end government corruption alone and it is misguided to believe he can.

I will venture out on a limb and state that John McCain is not the only American willing to defend America.  Being a prisoner of war does not bestow McCain with more love of country than the rest of us.  Millions of us have worn the cloth of our country's military and millions us have fought to defend this nation! 

As far as experience is concerned, McCain has no more or less (Executive) practice than any other candidate on the ticket save Mrs. Palin.  Should she instead of McCain be at the top of the ticket given her vast governing experience?    

Just because a media outlook reports both sides of the story in a (truly) objective fashion doesn't make it Liberal, it makes the outlet credible!