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[Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>]

On Jul 20, 2008, at 9:30 PM, jmroll AT bellsouth.net wrote:

> This is very well written and I recommend everyone take a little
> time to read this entire write-up. You won't be disappointed!
>
> Dear Friends: My name is Joe Porter. I live in Champaign, Illinois.  
> I'm
> 46 years old, a born-again Christian, a husband, a father, a small
> business owner, a veteran, and a homeowner. I don't considerable  
> myself to be
> either conservative or liberal, and I vote for the person, not  
> Republican
> or Democrat. . . .
>
> I want a President who's qualified to lead.
>
> I want my country back, and I'm voting for John McCain.
>
> Joe Porter

Good for Joe. I think he is mistaken about many things; I think he has  
been reeled in by a lot of slimy baloney about Obama, but I support  
his right to vote as he believes he should.

I think John McCain is not qualified to lead the Senate, much less the  
country--he has been there a long time and has not done so. I don't  
think his mental capacities are up to the job. I think spending years  
in a brutal prison shows a stoic fortitude that is commendable. I  
think he deserves sympathy for what he endured. I think he has  
received that sympathy for decades. Stoicism is good for getting  
through ugly prison conditions. It is not qualification to leading a  
country in a very complicated world.