Sen. John McCain is the right choice for United States president.
While we don’t love everything about McCain, we do believe that his leadership and policies will take the country toward a stable economic future at home and a sensible foreign policy abroad.
It’s time for significant change, not the sweeping change that Sen. Barack Obama is seeking. While Obama has strengths, McCain represents the right kind of change from which Americans will benefit. McCain also brings independence and a track record of crossing party lines for the good of the country.
Clearly, McCain’s economic plan, which involves cutting taxes and freezing government spending, stands out among the candidates. His plan will allow Americans to keep more of their money through tax cuts. And middle class Americans know better how to spend their money than the government does. Increasing taxes on the most successful Americans and corporations, as proposed by Obama, and distributing it to others will simply not create wealth. Instead, it will bring work force reductions and decreases in company profit sharing and capital investments. That is not what America needs today.
And McCain could go far to serve as a strong check and balance for some of the more liberal voices, such as Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid.
His experience, both as a veteran member of congress and as a POW, has brought him wisdom that his opponent may never gain.
What we don’t like about McCain has surfaced just in recent months. He has waged a campaign that has tolerated rumor mongering and his selection of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin for a running mate was a faulty strategic move.
That said, McCain remains the better candidate for moving America into the future.

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