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One On One With Sen. John McCain: Mitt Romney And North Escamiba
January 28, 2012
In 2008, Arizona Sen. John McCain was the Republican presidential nominee, edging out Mitt Romney to face off against Democrat Barack Obama. Now, McCain’s on the campaign trail singing Romney’s praises.
Friday afternoon, McCain took the time for a one-on-one phone interview with NorthEscambia.com.
“Mitt Romney has the experience in the public and private sector to be the next president and lead this country,” McCain said. “With a win in the Florida primary, he will have the wind at his back and the momentum needed to win.”
McCain said Romney is the best chance that Republicans have of beating Obama. And once in the White House, “he knows how to work with Democrats across the aisle,” the Arizona senator said, to accomplish the Romney agenda.
As for a Romney running mate — McCain said he’s looking toward Florida’s own Marco Rubio because “he’s top tier and has the experience”.
McCain said a Romney administration would be a good thing for areas like North Escambia. There is an answer, he said, to the financial ills like unemployment and business failures in North Escambia.
“We need to give businesses large and small the kind of certainty about the future that they need to invest and light a fire in your communities,” he said. “But that’s not happening now. They never know when the next regulation is coming down from Washington.”
“It’s the same with the smalls cities and towns; there’s too much regulation,” McCain said.
McCain said he feels a special bond with Escambia County where he and other McCain family members attended flight training in Pensacola.
“National security and defense spending is very important,” McCain said, turning back from reminiscing about Escambia County to the campaign at hand. “And Mitt Romney understands that national security is important in this community.”
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21 Responses to “One On One With Sen. John McCain: Mitt Romney And North Escamiba”
Good post, Tuf. Well said.
Let the people pick, don’t put new restrictions limiting choices of candidates.
although,
Martin Van Buren – president during the first American depression (actually caused by Andrew Jackson‘s policies but he got the blame), also namesake of my grandfather, Martin Van Buren Green
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Woodrow Wilson – favored a league of nations and entwinement in foreign affairs such as are known to get Americans killed
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Warren Harding – appointed people who used federal forces to benefit Teapot Dome bribers.
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Calvin Coolidge – no complaint, just remembering a lady once came up to Silent Cal and said, “Mr. President, I have a bet I can get you to say three or more words.” To which he replied: “You lose.”
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Herbert Hoover – blamed for a world wide depression, not guilty but blamed
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Franklin Roosevelt-believed by some to have extended the Great Depression by his well intended policies.
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Bill Clinton – somewhat unreliable, practically dishonest, misused our military in Somalia, turning a humanitarian mission into a nation building fiasco into dead Americans
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Barrack Obama-a fine American with a lovely wife and means well, not too sure about his decisions to act on his own whenever Congress doesn’t give him what he wants, though.
Who’s to say others might not have been better or worse?
David for perfect presidents
After the pick of Sarah Palin, I really question his (McCain) judgement.
James B., I agree with you. That is exactly what I am saying.
To Tuf, I disagree that military service should dictate an ability to be a leader of the United States. We need the best person in office not someone that was in the military as a requirement to be President. I can think of several off your list that made significant contributions to the United States without military service.
“I agree with your comment concerning the requirement of serving in the military in order to become president. That pretty much had always been required, until 2008.”
And…
“People need to educate themselves about all candidates and not just believe things that someone popular may say.”
Hmmm, both comments from same person. Well, let’s educate ourselves, shall we?
According to The University of North Carolina’s website called “American Diplomacy” publication, the following US presidents NEVER served in the military:
John Adams
Thomas Jefferson
James Madison
John Q. Adams
Martin Van Buren
John Tyler
James Polk
Franklin Pierce
Millard Fillmore
Grover Cleveland
William H. Taft
Woodrow Wilson
Warren Harding
Calvin Cooledge
Herbert Hoover
Franklin Roosevelt
Bill Clinton
Barak Obama
http://www.unc.edu/depts/diplomat/AD_Issues/amdipl_1/milsvc_T1.html is the reference.
I wonder what our nation would be like today if these people had been excluded by a constitutional requirement of military service?
VIcki, there was more than one president who was not in the military, perhaps thinking would be a good idea. Try the 1990’s try 1940’s. Being military doesn’t make someone a better president. It doesn’t say anything of value about a person running for the office. Look at George W. he was a what reservist who never served? Drank and drugged his way through his service. Look how well President Obama has done leading the best military in the world. Pretty darn well. It must really bother you more. John McCain is supporting who the party machine told him to, oh well guess that is military, fall in line do what yo are told.
Whats wrong with Ron Paul? He is a strict constitutionalist unlike the others. And the only true Republican for smaller government and states rights. Republicans are always screaming ” Big government! ”
Well, he the guy that will change that for sure
John McCain is so old, dust comes out when he sneezes. We need fresh, new ideas for this country, not the same old opinions of career politicians who are merely concerned with being re-elected and padding their own pockets.
As for Rubio….chirp. ……. chirp…….. that is the silence heard when his name is mentioned. Who is he (literally, not figuritively? What has he done?
I am a registered “Independent” voter and will probably vote for President Obama again if the Republicans can’t do any better than the Gingrich/Romney garbage.
God help us all if Ron Paul was nominated………………………..
Why should we vote for someone who is endorsed by the last person who ran against Obama? John McCain was a much better military person than he was as a politician. I respect him for his service and know he went through a lot while in the Navy. Most people don’t know he was on the Forrestal when it had that horrific fire and the time he spent as a POW was horrific. But in this case I can’t agree with him in his endorsement.
If scary means more freedom, following the Constitution, ending wars that will never be won, putting an end to printing money that continuously depreciates the value of every dollar in our pockets, and making real cuts in the federal budget to pay down our 15 trillion dollar debt, then yes he is a really crazy dude!
Forget about all that though, the TV just told me that Romney is a shoe-in to win, guess I’ll just vote for him instead. I’ve never understood why they call the TV an idiot box, seems to me it makes everyone so much more informed of the facts! Enough of this, back to the Kardashians.
So the guy who lost to McCain will be taking advice form the guy who lost to Obama? Nice.
Ron Paul is the scariest candidate out there.
Wish McCain would run because we have the bottom of the barrel right now
One big-government statist endorsing another big-government statist– shocking…
The only true conservative running for the nomination is Ron Paul. He wants to shrink government and generally get it out of your life. Sadly, he’ll be lucky to get ten percent of the vote in NW Florida, which doesn’t say much for the state of the modern-day “conservative” movement.
I can’t even stand to listen to their mud slinging debates, sounds like a bunch
of kids on a playground with no adults present.
OH WAIT….THERE IS AN ADULT PRESENT…..
RON PAUL 2012
I find it interesting that McCain would support falsities. Of course, this seems to be commonplace now among our elected officials. Gov. Romney states that he has ALWAYS voted Republican; however, in March 1992, during the Massachusetts primary, he had the opportunity to vote for Republican Bush or even Buchannan, but instead he voted for Democrat Paul Tsongas in the Democratic party. When the Boston Globe asked him about this, he said he couldn’t remember who he voted for, but then later he claimed he liked Tsongas’ ideas better.
The National Journal is reporting that Romney is lying about all his funds being in Blind Trusts. He has at least one fund that has earned between 15,000 and 50,000, which included investments in Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
People need to educate themselves about all candidates and not just believe things that someone popular may say.
I agree with your comment concerning the requirement of serving in the military in order to become president. That pretty much had always been required, until 2008.
Clearly, Ron Paul is the only real republican running that wants small government and states rights.
Respect him for his service but that doesn’t make him right 100 percent of the time and he’s not right on this subject.
Romney is not a viable choice in this race and will not win the election.
Conservatives will not be spoon fed a candidate by the Republican establishment.
Romneys record in MA showed him to be at least as liberal as Ted Kennedy. He was pro abortion, pro gun control and was pro gay marriage. Some have said he had to take such positions in order to get elected there because it’s a liberal state. Really? So we should vote for a man who will say anything to get elected? Haven’t we had enough of that in our leaders?
It’s the typical trick the republican establishment tries on conservatives, the guy will run to the left but govern from the center. It’s time to deviate fr this norm.
Don’t believe the Romney attack machine that is flooding your television. Don’t let this guy buy the nomination in that he is doomed to lose. Obama can beat this guy simply by running on the concept that Romney is as liberal as he is.
Vote however you like, my vote is going for a true conservative , Gingrich.
This Man is owed a lot of respect, and would of made a great President, and still would.
Somewhat conservative, and liberal in ways.. He was a POW for years, beaten, tortured, etc. But, he chose to serve His Country after the Vietnam War.
I never agreed with all of his policies during his campaign against Obama, but he deserves credit for what he did.
I personally think that no one should be eligible to become President unless they served in some branch of the Military before.
When you have never huddled in a hole while being shot at, its easy to declare war .
Ron Paul 2012! The only non puppet candidate that will actually change things.