Time For Straight Talk From Washington
I have been away for 10 days over the Christmas period, but I am happy to be home to see what is going on in this primary race. My choice for President is John McCain. I stand in good company apparently. How about those endorsements sports fans! The Union Leader and the Boston Globe. There's some diversity. The Boston Herald, The Nashua Telegraph, The Keene Sentinel, The Portsmouth Herald and The Desmoine Register have all endorsed McCain. The Concord Monitor did not endorse John McCain, but they were very clear that Mitt Romney should not be President. Nearly a clean sweep for McCain. The beat goes on! Henry Kissinger and three other former Secretaries of State have endorsed Senator McCain. We need Senator McCain, who understands foreign affairs, to begin to mend fences with our traditional allies and begin to make new allies.
Sam Brownback, Lindsey Graham and many others from the US Congress have endorsed McCain. Even sports figure Kurt Schilling has endorsed John McCain. There are many others. I personally love Joe Lieberman even if his own party base doesn't. Joe Lieberman works for the people, apparently not for his party. How novel. Maybe that is why the Republican base is seaching for someone to beat John McCain. Think about it. Maybe when the party faithful are happy, apparently the country is not, ie W. Did you notice that the two Boston papers who know Mitt Romney's record the best, have endorsed McCain.
Idealogues on the extremes of the parties have been facing off for several years to the detriment of our country. Isn't it time to elect a pragmatist?
When the nation is asked who can best challenge the top three Democrats in the general election, John McCain runs best against each one of them. Can you picture a Democrat President with a majority Democrat House and Senate. I've been there and don't care to go there again.
The momentum is building and New Hampshire Independents can make this happen just as they did in 2000. I encourage them to take a Republican ballot and support John McCain.
PS. if you have not seen the film of Mitt Romney's debate with Ted Kennedy in 1994 that is circulating, search it out, it is a must see.
