John and Cindy McCain
toured the Philadelphia area
over a two-day period recently
in hopes of jump-starting
McCain’s campaign at a time
when he lags behind in the
polls.
With Pennsylvania being
one of the battleground states
needed to win the election,
Cindy McCain, along with
Rudy Giuliani, visited Shady
Brook Farm in Lower
Makefield on Oct. 20. Also
there were Tom Manion, candidate
for U.S. Congress,
Supriya Jindal, wife of Gov.
Bobby Jindal of Louisiana,
Kitty Martinez, wife of Sen.
Mel Martinez of Florida, and
Greta Van Susteren, host of
the Fox News show, “On the
Record.”
The next morning, at T.C.
Millwork in Bensalem, John
McCain made an appearance
along with his wife. The
packed crowd was enthusiastic
from the very beginning,
even hours before McCain
took the stage.
Once the music was done
playing and the crowd was
ready to listen, Manion took
the stage to introduce himself
and the McCains.
“The McCain-Palin-Manion
ticket shows a clear difference
from that of our
opponents,” said
Manion. “We
will keep our
promises and
change America
in the best way.
Because of all the
courage and hope
the McCains
exhibit, John and
Cindy McCain
are the poster
family for
America.”
Soon after,
Cindy McCain
took the podium
as her husband
stood to her side.
“We need a
president with
the character to
lead and John has
the character to
lead,” she said,
which followed
with an uproar of
cheers and applause. “We
don’t need any more empty
hopes and promises! We
teach our children the values
we stand for. Between Gov.
Palin, John and I, we have
three sons serving and protecting
our country in Iraq.”
After Cindy McCain, Sen.
Lindsey Graham of South
Carolina, took the podium.
He discussed the controversial
comments Sen. Joseph
Biden made in recent days
about the experience of Sen.
Barack Obama.
“Joe Biden said this past
weekend that Obama will be
tested with an international
crisis within six months of
taking office,” said Graham.
“We shouldn’t have to test
the next president. We
should know for sure that
they will be able to lead!”
“Barack Obama said recently,
if there would be a crisis,
he would need the backing of
his supporters. We need a
man to be president who can
lead alone,” said Graham,
which was again met with
enthusiasm by the audience.
John McCain then took the
stage.
After a long period of
cheers and applause, McCain
stated his plan for America.
“We can’t wait around
another eight years for
Washington to clean itself
up,” he said. “We need to
take action! I will return
America to be first place in
the world.”
Next, McCain criticized his
opponent on multiple issues.
“Senator Obama’s plan to
raise taxes on some in order
to give checks to others isn’t a
tax cut, it’s just another government
giveaway,” said
McCain. “We don’t want a
president who invites testing
from the world, in a time
when our economy is in crisis
and Americans are already
fighting in two wars.”
In addition he said, “Sen.
Obama is more interested in
controlling who gets your
piece of pie, than he is in
growing the pie.”
Critics have charged that
McCain’s attacks on Obama
have become increasingly
negative as McCain has fallen
behind Obama in most polls.
McCain went on to discuss
the need for alternative fuels
for America. “We need to
stop sending $700 billion a
year to countries that don’t
like us that much,” said
McCain. “We need to find a
solution, and we need to find
it now! Clean coal is the
answer we are looking for!”
McCain pointed to people
in the crowd wearing “Clean
Coal” t-shirts and hats, shouting,
“Clean coal!”