America's collective eye has always been drawn by the new and different. It's a dynamic characteristic that has kept this country growing and innovating.
But there are times when the country is better served by the tried and tested, when the need for experience and reliability trumps a desire for change. These are such times.
That's why the nation needs John McCain as its president.
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Lancaster New Era:
There's been a lot of talk about change this presidential-election year. But promising change is one thing, delivering it is quite another.
The question for voters is this: Who between the two candidates is most likely to bring about meaningful change?
Since we don't have a crystal ball, the next best indicator is the candidates' records.
And by most any objective standard, John McCain's record of standing up against the special interests &tstr; and his own party when he felt it was the right thing to do &tstr; suggests he is more likely to break from the Washington that many Americans have come to disdain (Congress' approval is, what, 10 percent?).
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Grand Rapids Press:
Each major party candidate for president this year brings unique strengths to the urgent issues facing the nation.
But for sheer depth of experience, principled courage and unassailable independence, Republican John McCain stands out. The Arizona Senator offers the best hope for crafting a foreign policy that will stand strong against America's enemies without needlessly alienating allies. He is a budget hawk who could curb Congress' lavish ways, a particular need in these economic times. He has a proven ability to transcend the stunting political polarities that bedevil Washington.
For these reasons, we endorse Sen. JOHN McCAIN for president.
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Galveston County Daily News:
The Daily News recommends Republican nominee John McCain for president in 2008.
We base that recommendation on McCain’s proven track record in national defense, his legislative leadership ability and fiscally conservative economic policies. For moderates who seek measured steps back toward the middle of the American political spectrum, McCain is the right choice this year.
He represents a middle ground between George Bush-Karl Rove on the right and the ultra-liberal polices of Barack Obama and the current leadership of the Democratic Party.
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Bristol Herald Courier:
Centrist solutions are needed, and McCain is the right candidate at the right time to lead us through the most difficult time this nation has experienced in many generations. His five-plus years as a Vietnam prisoner of war give us a glimpse of how McCain responds when everything is on the line – with honor, bravery and dignity.
While Obama campaign commercials might portray McCain as Bush’s alter ego, the senator from Arizona is actually an antidote to our current president, under whom our national debt has nearly doubled through a combination of tax cuts for the nation’s wealthiest and unbridled spending.
Our government has never been larger and more unwieldy.
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The Centralia Chronicle has its list of endorsements, which includes John McCain.
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Claremont Eagle Times:
On Nov. 4 voters will have a distinct choice between the two candidates running for president and their proposed remedies for the ailing economy and confronting our enemies abroad.
On both fronts, Sen. John McCain, R-Arizona, provides America's best hope for restoring economic growth and keeping Americans safe. By comparison, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Illinois, proposes higher taxes and more government spending on the domestic front and an open invitation to diplomacy for any country, including our sworn enemies, in foreign policy. Neither will strengthen this country at home or abroad.
A few years after his election in 1992, Clinton declared the era of big government was over. Obama promises to resurrect it, and then some. He wrongly claims a deregulated market brought about the financial meltdown and is recommending a cure that punishes the producer and investor class through higher taxes and wealth transfers that he is calling refundable tax credits. Though he calls his tax policy a cut for 95 percent of Americans, closer examination shows his proposals would hurt those who are key to reviving the sluggish economy, primarily small businesses. McCain has not always been a believer in lower taxes but has changed his tune in recent years and endorses making the 2003 tax cuts of President Bush permanent. He also strongly rejects raising the capital gains tax and dividend tax, now at 15 percent, and leaving the top tax rate at 35 percent. He further proposes phasing out the alternative minimum tax.
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Rappahannock News:
Rarely in the more than 200 year history of this country and Rappahannock County have our people been tested by the remarkable coincidence of a sudden national economic collapse at the same moment in time as our election of a new president.
It is the more remarkable because only a few months ago Sen. John McCain, long best prepared to become our 44th president, seemed likely to be elected on Nov. 4. This newspaper endorsed his election last April. Our opinion of him has not changed. Our measure of Barack Obama, a bright and articulate man with no record of accomplishing anything in public life, is that he is not yet prepared for the job.
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Hudson Star-Observer:
John McCain is not the perfect presidential candidate. But he’s a better choice than Barack Obama.
McCain, the Republican senator from Arizona, embodies traditional conservative values, a streak of independence and the depth of experience that qualify him for the Oval Office. At a time when the nation faces extraordinarily difficult challenges at home and abroad, Americans should not put a rookie in the highest office in the land.
Obama, with not even a full term as a Democratic senator from Illinois, is a rookie. He’s articulate, charismatic and intelligent, but he’s not experienced. His domestic policy tilts socialistically toward unprecedented government control of almost every aspect of American life. His programs, if implemented, would plunge the nation into a deeper economic hole.
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Weirton Daily Times:
Troubling questions remain about the character of Obama. He was elected to the Senate only because of efforts by the Chicago political machine. His personal associations involved one - closer than Obama will admit - with a leader of the 1960s Weather Underground terrorist organization. That man, William Ayers, has commented that, "I don't regret setting bombs." And Obama's association of many years with his pastor, the anti-American Rev. Jeremiah Wright, ended only when the relationship was brought to light by the news media.
McCain's character, on the other hand, has been one of working closely with those who would build America up - not tear her down.
It is not too much to say that the contest for president this year pits a dedicated liberal politician, Obama, against a veteran servant of the public - McCain. Obama is easily the most liberal of the 100 senators. His running mate, Sen. Joseph Biden, is a close second.
Simply because McCain's character has been one of service to the people - not to a political party or the gigantic federal bureaucracy - we urge residents of our area to cast their ballots for John McCain, the leader Americans need.
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The Intermountain has the same editorial as the Weirton paper.
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The Charleston Gazette, but I can't find the editorial,which I believe is the same as the Weirton one.
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The Weirton editorial can be found at the Parkersburg News and Sentinel.
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