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Day 1: McCain's Service to America Tour
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ABC News' Bret Hovell Reports from Meridian, Mississippi: For those members of the general electorate who have not read Faith of my Fathers, Sen. John McCain's bestselling memoir, worry not – the presumptive Republican nominee has delivered a speech for you.
In remarks Monday kicking off his "Service to America" tour in his ancestral home of Meridian, Mississippi, McCain told many of the stories in the early pages of his book, about the military service of his father and grandfather.
That the week-long campaign theme was initially billed by campaign officials as a "bio tour," is appropriate. McCain will spend the week traveling to the locations of significant events or time periods in his life as part of his tour. He will highlight formative experiences in his upbringing, and how they have shaped his character and political experience.
Monday's speech, focusing on his family, touched on many of the themes of his standard stump speech through that prism.
Taxes, McCain said, "must not rob parents of the means to care for their children."
Job training programs are important because "children learn as much from observation as instruction. The mother or father who has lost hope along with their job can unintentionally impart that hopelessness to their children."
And government spending "must not be squandered on things we don't need and can't afford, and which don't address a single American's concern for their family's security."
McCain's "Straight Talk Express" bus has been re-branded for the week with the words "Service to America." It is only the second time the campaign has changed the name of the bus; the first was during the "No Surrender Tour," in which McCain relaunched his campaign after a difficult summer of campaigning.
The Arizona Republican will visit Northern Virginia; Annapolis, Maryland; Pensacola and Jacksonville, Florida; and Prescott, Arizona, on the tour, which ends Saturday.
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'Vietnam veterans against McCain" John McCain's only service is to himself.
Posted by: cba | Mar 31, 2008 3:08:35 PM
McCain is doing something very very unusual for a American veterans, pandering for votes on the basis of experiences of LONG AGO!
Vietnam war has been over for almost two generations.
And while the nation applauds McCain, Al Gore, John Kerry, etc, etc for their services to the country, it is better for those who would be heroes to allow others to toot their horn.
Maybe John McCain is getting old and is forgetting the unwritten rule of VETS NOT BRAGGING on the graves of comrades?
Whatever the reason, McBush has to know that in the end, Americans will be CONCERNED ABOUT THE FUTURE OF AMERICA, not John McCain's PAST.
Maybe John McCain has not plans for America's future, foreclosures, economy, destructive and life-wasting Iraq war, etc, etc; and so McCain dwells ON HIS PAST as a substitute for solutions to America's pressing problems.
Posted by: New Yorker | Apr 1, 2008 2:52:26 PM
Maybe John McCain has not plans for America's future, foreclosures, economy, destructive and life-wasting Iraq war, etc, etc; and so McCain dwells ON HIS PAST as a substitute for solutions to America's pressing problems.
New Yorker, McCain doesn't have any more of an idea about America's future, economy or any of the other things you mention anymore than George W does. But why should he, it's just a continuation of George W's failed policies.
Posted by: Rotweil | Apr 2, 2008 3:27:11 AM
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