Bush, Thompson to praise McCain's judgment
In ringing endorsements of John McCain, President Bush will declare tonight that McCain understands the lessons of Sept. 11 and former rival Fred Thompson will extol McCain's courage.
"We live in a dangerous world," Bush plans to tell the Republican National Convention in a video message, according to excerpts released by the White House. "To protect America, we must stay on the offense, stop attacks before they happen and not wait to be hit again. The man we need is John McCain."
Bush also plans to highlight McCain's support for the troop surge in Iraq last year in the face of criticism: "That is the kind of courage and vision we need in our next commander in chief."
UPDATE: Responding to Bush's prepared remarks, Obama campaign manager David Plouffe said in a statement: “Tonight, George Bush enthusiastically passed the torch to the man who's earned it by voting with him 90% of the time, and who will continue this President's legacy for the next four years – his disastrous economic policies, his foreign policy that hasn’t made us safer, and his misguided war in Iraq that’s costing us $10 billion a month. The man George Bush needs may be John McCain, but the change America needs is Barack Obama.”
Thompson, the former senator from Tennessee, plans to say of McCain, "This is the kind of character that civilizations from the beginning of history have sought in their leaders. Strength. Courage. Humility. Wisdom. Duty. Honor. It's pretty clear there are two questions we will never have to ask ourselves, 'Who is this man?' and 'Can we trust this man with the presidency?' "
"He has been to Iraq eight times since 2003," Thompson will add, according to advance excerpts released by the Republican National Committee. "He went seeking truth, not publicity. When he travels abroad, he prefers quietly speaking to the troops amidst the heat and hardship of their daily lives. And the same character that marked John McCain's military career has also marked his political career. This man, John McCain, is not intimidated by what the polls say or by what is politically safe or popular."
I just saw the most laughable comment about Barrack Obama's qualification to lead. He cited his running his multi-million dollar campaign and supervising the many campaign employees/volunteers as qualifying him to be President. First of all, there is no measure of ROI or accountability of running a campaign. Second of all, if he has to cite running a campaign as validation of his qualifications, it really says he has no accomplishments that justifies him being President.
What was John McCain thinking? Did he know anything about Sarah Palin before he chose her to be his VP?
Is he trying to sink the GOP?
An endorsement from the man that made one of the biggest mistakes in the history of the United States! That ought help McCain. From the man they don't even want at the convention because he is reviled by the majority of Americans. Only rabid Republicavemen still support him. You here their propaganda spouted here and again.... 911 911 911 terrorist terrorist terrorist democrat weak democrat weak me strong me republicaveman vote me..... Come on, get a life. Fighting terrorism in multiple countries cannot be solved by stirring up a hornets nest in one.... Given where Bush has lead America, he either has no soul or no brain or both. McCain is indeed more of the same.
Hardworking - you couldn't be more wrong. Obama has run the most successful presidential campaign in the history of this country, which says something about the people he chose to manage the campaign. Good decisions, good judgment on what I would say is a pretty damn important endeavor. The ROI on his campaign will be paid on the night of November 4th in a landslide victory.
(If you're a GOP backer, I can't blame you for being miserable. A two-term sitting president and they have to think about whether he'll be in St. Paul in person or via satellite. Sad.)
The greatest measure of McCain's lack of judgment is his selection of Palin as his VP candidate.. He has taken incredible risk in the absence of any knowledge of the risk factors. This is the ultimate indicator of poor leadership. He didn't know what he didn't know and yet he jumped in with both feet. We don’t know Palin at all, and apparently neither does McCain. He had to look down at his cheat sheet to get her name when he introduced her. He spent about fifteen minutes in total speaking with her prior to the announcement of her candidacy. His decision to go along with this candidate speaks worlds about McCain’s poor judgment. Palin has not been thoroughly vetted, he just sent a team to Alaska to nose around, and this is a serious lapse in judgment. . If as claimed, McCain knew about the poor kid who is pregnant, as totally irrelevant as that is, he had to also have known there would be a huge media storm distracting from his campaign. Furthermore, she is deeply involved in a political scandal concerning abuse of her official powers. Is this the best the Republican Party has to offer?? A lightweight, anti-choice, creationist, anti-animal, anti-environment, pro-oil candidate who won her limited fame on right-wing radio talk shows? The thought that she would be a heartbeat away from the presidency in light of her gross inexperience and McCain's age and health- is absolutely terrifying. More importantly, McCain's clearly demonstrated lack of judgment disqualifies him for the for the highest office in the land.
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