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Clarence Claus, one of our friends at Race42008.com, was an avid supporter of Mitt Romney.  Clarence has now made an exceptionally eloquent case for Senator McCain in the general election.  You can read the full text of John McCain for President at Race42008.com…. here are some highlights:

… Some people are supporting John McCain because he is a Republican. Others are supporting him out of dislike for the Clintons and disagreement with Obama’s ultra-liberal philosophy. I am supporting him for neither of those reasons. On the birthday of America’s greatest President, Abraham Lincoln, I am announcing my support of John McCain, not in spite of, but because of the fact I am a conservative ideologue.

Prior to John McCain’s support for campaign finance reform and his run for President in 2000, nobody questioned his conservative credentials. During the 80s he was actually considered one of the more conservative members of the Republican caucus. He was a strong advocate for a defense build-up which was helpful to winning the Cold War. He voted for Ronald Reagan twice which was two more times than his harshest critic, Rush Limbaugh, did…

In the late 90s and for most of this decade, John McCain has sometimes had a different opinion on certain issues than that of most conservatives. Sometimes I have agreed with him. Other times I have not. However, a tried and true cliche is that if two people agree on every single issue, one of them is not thinking.

John McCain cares about many of the same issues I care about. He thinks it is immoral to pass on an enormous debt to future generations. If Hillary Clinton is the nominee, she will say that we had a surplus when her husband was President, and we do not have one now. John McCain will come right back and say he agrees with her. He will say that that is why he has led the fight against pork barrel spending and has angered many of his colleagues. He believes many of his colleagues in Congress have tarnished the Republican party’s reputation by putting their own interests to secure money for their states and Congressional districts over the interests of future generations to not be saddled with debt. While the deficit will undoubtedly go down under either Hillary Clinton or John McCain, the key difference is Clinton will do it just as her husband did, by simply raising taxes on wealthy Americans, while McCain will reduce the deficit by reducing wasteful spending.

Senator McCain has also made it a priority to track down Osama Bin Laden and bring him to justice. If he is successful, that will be pleasing news to all Americans, especially those who lost friends or family on 9/11.

This election will be the first since 1972 where both party’s nominees have served in Congress either currently or previously. This means both nominees will have voting records. In a way, this makes it easier for the public to decide. People will have close to nine months to compare the voting record of John McCain to that of Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama. If everyone in the country who plans to vote spends some time looking up how these people have voted in the Senate over the years, John McCain will win in a landslide. Unfortunately, many people do not look at candidates’ records and simply rely on what the traditional media or talk radio tells them about these people. My advice to everyone who cares about the future of this country is to not go by conventional wisdom, perception, or the way in which the media portrays these candidates but to look more at voting records, biographical sketches, and stated issue positions of both party’s nominees…

Barring extreme circumstances such as the selection of a running mate I find abhorrent or a catastrophic revelation, on Tuesday November 4, I will proudly cast my vote for the Republican nominee and the next President of the United States, American hero and conservative Republican John McCain, and all voters who genuinely care about the future of conservatism in America will do the same.

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