Topic: John McCain
Iserbyt blows the whistle on John McCain The Reagan-era whistleblower has an urgent message for today's Republicans.by George Dance
(libertarian)
Wednesday, May 7, 2008
Last week, Republican Charlotte Iserbyt of Dresden, Maine, sent a letter to all 1500 of her fellow delegates attending the state convention.
Charlotte Thomson Iserbyt (Isser-bay) is the author of The Deliberate Dumbing Down of America (Conscience Books, 1999) a Barnes & Noble #1 bestseller in its category. A co-founder of Guardians of Education for Maine, she became a senior policy advisor of the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Educational Research and Improvement during the first Reagan administration, but was fired for whistleblowing. (Her webpage profile calls her the "consummate whistleblower.") Full disclosure: She has previously endorsed Ron Paul for the Republican nomination.
The following is Iserbyt's letter to the state delegates:
(A message from Charlotte Thomson Iserbyt, Sr. Policy Advisor, U.S. Dept. of Education during the Reagan Administration)
As a delegate to our state convention this coming weekend we have a solemn obligation to know the truth about the man who has been anointed the "presumptive nominee" of our party. Our job is not to be a rubber stamp for anyone else's agenda, no matter how "nobly" the cause is presented. The Republican establishment in Maine is counting on us not having the documented information on this sheet. It is counting on our willingness to be told what to think in the same way that the mainstream media has been telling us what to think throughout this entire election cycle. We are expected to suspend any other concerns we may have in the name of "party unity".
The truth is that a patriot who loves his country also makes it an ultimate priority to be well-educated about the decisions he or she must make. Unless we have come to understand how dominated by the leftist military-industrial complex America's major media has become, and done some research, we are not prepared to do our duty at the convention.
This letter, supported by many delegates to the Republican Convention, is literally about saving the party and the nation from a maniacal neoconservative war monger, who supports a United States presence in Iraq for 100 years, and who is not really even a Republican.
"War hero" image is a media creation not supported by the facts.
McCain graduated 894th of the 899 cadets in his class at the Naval Academy. Google It. Why would we want someone who was a failure and took his responsibilities so flippantly as our commander-in-chief?
McCain was an irresponsible pilot who crashed 6 planes, and started a major fire on an aircraft carrier through negligent action. Why would we want someone this reckless in the most-important office on the planet?
McCain collaborated with the enemy, was given "soft" treatment because his father was an admiral, and is known as "Songbird McCain" by those who were imprisoned with him. He is the MIA/POW family's worst enemy for his constant attempts to belittle their concerns and stifle their inquiries while serving in the Senate.
McCain ditched his ill wife to marry an heiress when he returned from Vietnam.
Is this the type of morality we Republicans condone? Is this type of heinous lack of loyalty we want in a President?
He also has a track record of shocking verbal abuse including screaming profanities against his Senate Republican colleagues. Senator Thad Cochran, MS, says "The thought of his being President sends a cold chill down my spine." Other Senators relate times when McCain screamed four-letter obscenities right in their faces in the Senate cloak room, like Dick Shelby, Rick Santorum or Jim Imhofe. "The man is unhinged," one senator said. "He is frighteneningly unfit to be commander-in-chief."
The truth is, John McCain is not even a Republican. He is a phony stalking horse who is a liberal in disguise. He not only can't win this fall because he is so out of step with the majority of Americans and with the principled stands of Republicanism, but if we support this person for our nominee, he will likely destroy our party. Consider:
He was intimately involved in the "Keating 5" Savings & Loan scandal
He has been endorsed by the liberal/leftist New York Times
He is a big advocate of the extreme "green" global warming scare, and the economically horrific "solutions" being proposed by people like Al Gore.
He has promoted illegal amnesty for millions of illegal aliens
His McCain-Feingold bill has destroyed much of the rights of people to take part in the political process the way they see fit. This bill remains un-Constitutional and a major affront to the First Amendment protections on the right of free speech.
He is a big-time gun grabber who is an extreme advocate of restrictions on 2nd Amendment rights.
He opposes repeal of Roe v. Wade, and opposes a Constitutional amendment to protect all life.
He is no fiscal conservative, and he supports raising taxes on Social Security benefits.
He continues his aggressive support for the Iraq War, which costs the U.S. taxpayer $12 billion a month, even though only 34% of Americans support the war. 4,538 Americans have died in the war. 29,780 have been wounded. 300,000 soldiers are suffering from major depression, and 320,000 received brain injuries, all as a result of this unconstitutional and immoral war.
We will hear much about "unity" at the Maine State Convention. However, it is very important that we understand that to unify behind this man is tantamount to nominating a Democrat. We can vote our consciences or abstain from voting.
John McCain did poorly in our Maine caucuses. By most estimates he got fewer than 20% of the delegates to the State Convention coming out of our caucuses and was soundly trounced by both Romney and Texas Congressman Ron Paul. McCain did not win a single county in the straw poll, with 15 counties going to Romney and one going to Dr. Paul. McCain has little support nationally ... there are never huge rallies for McCain, unless people are paid to show up. In short, he is a media creation and the darling of the Trotskyite neoconservative warmongers who have hijacked our party. He does not support our own platform!
Former Romney supporters who receive this info sheet DO NOT have to follow the "uncalled for" advice of the Massachusetts governor that you go over the cliff with support for this unstable man.
DO NOT ALLOW YOURSELF OR YOUR VOTE TO BE PROSTITUTED IN THE NAME OF PARTY UNITY. PUT YOUR COUNTRY FIRST!
Thank you for taking the time to read this letter and for being such an important part of our representative form of government - the envy of the world!
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Paid for by independent-minded Republicans and delegates to the Maine State Convention
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Posted By: Mike Huckabee 08\\\'
Date: 2008-05-07 12:22:42
Sounds like someone is trying to swiftboat John McCain. Ron Paul was never a POW and neither was I! You had you chance America! And you failed to nominate me for president. I still beat Ron Paul the other night and I dropped out of the race a long time ago!
There have been people trying to "swiftboat" McCain since the 80's. That's actually a really funny comparison when you realize that both McCain and Kerry "presided" over the POW/MIA congressional hearings and both WALKED OUT OF THE PROCEEDINGS rather than hear what the families had to say.
Personally I don't give a damn about his experiences and actions as a POW...duress gives a hypothetical freebie. But his actions towards the POW/MIA "You are not forgotten" crowd are completely unconscionable by any standard. If more people knew the truth about this there would be no "McCain '08" still standing...and if you don't think that it will all play out in the media after the jackasses seal the deal on who their nominee will be you are beyond help.
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