is why is a front runner. I voted for Obama, but McCain is an
exemplary human being. He was tortured and nearly killed defending
his troops. He was offered a special deal and instead chose to be
tortured to help his troops.
Martin Levi
--- In Dems2008@yahoogroups.com, lilgeorgiehas2go <no_reply@...>
wrote:
>
> This morning the McCain campaign helpfully circulated a column
Oliver
> North had penned in the Washington Times, extolling the senator's
> virtues, under the heading "In Case You Missed It: Oliver North on
John
> McCain." The e-mail made a point of pulling out the key laudatory
quote
> and placing it in bold, making it even easier for reporters to read:
> "Neither John McCain, nor anyone in his campaign asked me to write
this
> column. But I cannot sit silently while my fellow conservatives do
to
> John McCain what GOP 'moderates' did to me. Today, the stakes for
our
> country are far higher, the implications for the future far greater
than
> who sits in one of 100 U.S. Senate seats. Now, our nation is at war
> against a vicious foe. We need a president who has proven how to win
> it."
>
> That prompted The Trail to ponder a simple question: Is McCain
pleased
> to receive North's endorsement, given the fact that the failed GOP
> senatorial candidate was convicted in 1989 of shredding documents,
> accepting an illegal gratuity and aiding and abetting in the
obstruction
> of Congress? Of course, a three-judge panel vacated North's
conviction
> the following year on a technicality, calling for proceedings to
> determine whether North's immunized testimony influenced witnesses
in
> his trial. And after the Supreme Court declined to review the case,
U.S.
> District Judge Gerhard A. Gesell -- who had earlier sentenced North
to a
> three-year suspended prison term, two years' probation, $150,000 in
> fines and 1,200 hours' community service -- dismissed it. Still,
McCain
> was serving in Congress when North was conducting the activities in
> question, so it seemed like a reasonable question to ask.
>
> The McCain campaign's response? "We'll let the comments in the
release
> stand," wrote spokeswoman Jill Hazelbaker in an e-mail. "Thanks."
>
> John McCain was also a bit player in Ollie's 1994 Senate race. In
June,
> just after Ollie was nominated by a Republican convention to take on
> Chuck Robb, many Republicans balked and refused to support North.
Bob
> Dole and John McCain were both interviewed on CBS's "Face the
Nation" on
> June 5. Dole said he wouldn't support North and would instead meet
with
> J. Marshall Coleman, a former Republican attorney general running
as an
> independent. That sent huge shock waves through Virginia. McCain
said he
> would support North but offered disparaging words about his chances
of
> winning that were seen as an additional shot by national
Republicans who
> clearly didn't want him. Here's what McCain said on the show:
>
> "I know nothing illegal or unconstitutional that took place in the
> Virginia Republican Party's process of selecting their nominee. I'll
> support their nominee and it's -- clearly, it's Colonel North at
this
> time. And by the way, I'm the person that called for the
resignation of
> the governor of this state, who was of my party. But I don't see
> anything wrong with the process. I think from a clear political
> standpoint, our chances of winning that seat are dramatically
> diminished. There's no doubt about that. But I respect the views and
> decision of the Virginia Republican Party."
> http://journals.democraticunderground.com/seafan/1810
> <http://journals.democraticunderground.com/seafan/1810>
>
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