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About 'john mccain vietnam story'|A fellow Vietnam War POW discusses John McCain’s history and character







About 'john mccain vietnam story'|A fellow Vietnam War POW discusses John McCain’s history and character








Miami               --               With               only               three               days               left               until               the               end               of               early               voting               and               four               until               perhaps               one               of               the               most               highly-anticipated               presidential               elections               in               U.S.

history,               Florida,               with               its               27               electoral               votes,               has               been               barnstormed               by               the               dueling               campaigns               of               Sen.

Barack               Obama               (D-IL)               and               Sen.

John               McCain               (R-AZ),               clearly               reflecting               its               status               as               a               battleground               state.

Over               the               past               few               days,               all               four               candidates               -               Obama,               McCain,               and               their               respective               running               mates,               Sen.

Joe               Biden               (D-DE)               and               Gov.

Sarah               Palin               (R-AK)               have               made               stump               speeches               in               front               of               thousands               of               their               supporters,               each               one               trying               to               make               his               or               her               case               for               why               he               (or               in               Palin's               case,               she)               should               win               Floridians'               hearts,               minds,               and               votes               in               their               bid               to               succeed               President               George               W.

Bush               and               Vice               President               Dick               Cheney               on               Jan.

20,               2009.
               As               a               long-time               Floridian,               I               remember               a               time               when               the               state               was               not               necessarily               a               "battleground"               state.

Throughout               my               lifetime,               Florida               has               been               a               reliably               Republican               stronghold,               particularly               in               North               Florida,               in               a               stretch               known               as               the               "I-4               Corridor,"               and               in               Miami-Dade               County,               where               a               large               and               very               conservative               Cuban-American               community               has               consistently               voted               for               GOP               presidential               candidates               since               the               1968               election.
               Indeed,               the               Republican               grip               on               Florida               has               been               so               strong               (the               party               has               a               majority               in               the               Legislature,               and               Gov.

Charlie               Crist               is               one               of               the               most               popular               politicians               in               the               Republicans'               dimming               constellation               of               "stars")               that               although               Sen.

Obama               is               leading               in               the               polls,               the               margin               is               very               narrow.
               For               instance,               the               latest               available               poll               from               CNN/Time/ORC               (Oct.

22-28)               shows               Obama               leading               McCain               48%               to               45%               ,               and               7%               of               the               respondents               still               saying               "Not               Sure."
               Obviously,               both               sides               have               been               waging               an               all-out               war               of               ideas,               mostly               focused               on               "pocketbook"               issues               that               have               emerged               as               a               result               of               the               global               economic               crisis               and               surprisingly               eclipsed               the               previous               hot-button               issue               -               the               war               in               Iraq.
               The               way               I               see               the               match-up               goes               something               like               this:
               The               McCain-Palin               ticket               will               win               big               in               the               Cuban-American               community,               particularly               among               the               exilio               original               crowd               which               arrived               between               1959               and               1969.

Strongly               conservative,               mostly               of               white               European               ancestry,               and               staunchly               anti-Castro,               the               first               generation               of               Cuban-Americans               tends               to               be               elderly               and               unwilling               to               vote               for               any               Democratic               candidate,               much               less               one               with               African-American               and               foreign               roots.

McCain               and               the               three               South               Florida               Republican               Congressional               candidates               (incumbents               all)               can               count               on               their               support               not               just               because               they               are               worried               that               an               Obama               Administration               will               raise               taxes               and/or               be               willing               to               sit               down               with               the               Castro               brothers,               Venezuela's               leftist               leader               Hugo               Chavez,               and               Iran's               radical               President               Mahmoud               Ahmadinejad,               but               also               that               he               will               kick               all               the               Cubans               out               of               the               United               States.
               The               Republicans               can               also               count               on               many               conservative               white               voters,               even               though               the               Evangelical               Christian               right               is               suspicious               of               the               sometimes               independent               "maverick"               Arizona               Senator.

Before               the               financial               meltdown               early               this               fall,               McCain               appealed               mostly               to               supporters               of               the               war               in               Iraq               and               people               who               see               the               Democratic               Party               as               weak               on               national               defense               and               foreign               policy               and               being               the               "tax               and               spend"               crowd.
               McCain               will               also               get               support               from               veterans,               particularly               in               the               Pensacola               area;               the               Navy               has               a               famous               flight               school               there,               and               a               young               Ensign               McCain,               son               and               grandson               of               admirals,               earned               his               wings               there               in               the               late               1950s               after               graduating               from               Annapolis.

Some               conservative               African-American               voters               will               likely               support               the               ex-pilot               and               Vietnam               War               POW,               too.
               Meanwhile,               the               Obama-Biden               ticket               should               win               big               among               the               mostly-Democratic               African-American               constituency,               partly               because               of               his               roots               (his               father               was               a               black               man               from               Kenya,               and               his               mother               was               a               white               woman               from               Kansas),               and               partly               because               South               Florida's               black               community               has               tended               to               vote               Democratic               since               that               party               became               more               liberal               as               a               result               of               the               civil               rights               movement               and               the               Vietnam               War/Watergate               era.

Normally               a               segment               of               the               population               that               tends               to               have               low               turn               out               on               Election               Day,               if               what               I               see               on               TV               newsscasts               about               early               voting               is               any               indication,               Florida's               black               voters               will               overwhelmingly               vote               for               Obama.
               The               young,               especially               first-time               voters               who               are               fired               up               by               the               charismatic               Senator               from               Illinois'               speeches               and               relative               youth,               should               seal               the               deal               for               Barack               Obama.

The               question               is               if               many               of               those               who               registered               to               vote               in               2008               will               actually               show               up               to               the               polls               -               either               for               early               voting               or               on               Tuesday.

As               an               article               in               today's               Miami               Herald               says:
               "In               the               final               days               of               the               2008               presidential               campaign,               supporters               of               Democrat               Barack               Obama               are               counting               on               young               voters,               many               of               them               newly               registered,               to               help               put               their               candidate               in               the               White               House.

But               that               will               require               young               people               to               actually               turn               out               at               the               polls,               something               they               haven't               done               as               reliably               as               senior               voters,               who               tilt               in               favor               of               Republican               John               McCain."
               That               article               does               go               on               to               say               that               young               voters               have               taken               this               election               more               seriously,               with               a               13%               turnout               so               far               in               the               primaries,               compared               to               a               paltry               4%               in               the               now-infamous               elections,               as               well               as               emphasizing               the               Republican               Party's               concerted               efforts               to               reach               out               to               the               18-30               demographic               group               now               being               aggressively               wooed               by               the               Obama               campaign.
               The               South               Florida               Hispanic               community               which               is               not               Cuban-American               will               more               than               likely               give               Obama               a               substantial               boost               in               votes,               although               not               by               a               decisively               large               margin.

Colombian-Americans               resent               Obama's               refusal               to               support               the               free               trade               agreeement               between               the               U.S.

and               Colombia               (the               Democratic               Party               is               taking               its               cues               from               the               AFL-CIO               and               other               unions               which               oppose               the               treaty               for               various               reasons),               so               few               will               vote               for               him.

Some               Venezuelans               feel               the               same               way               about               Obama               as               the               Cubans;               they               think               the               Democrats               are               leftist-leaning               and               will               turn               the               U.S.

into               a               communist               state.

But               by               and               large,               many               other               Latinos               will               vote               against               McCain,               whom               they               see               as               siding               with               anti-immigrant               whites               and               the               extreme               right               wing               of               the               Republican.
               Lastly,               Florida's               Jewish               community,               which               traditionally               supports               the               Democratic               Party,               will               give               much               of               its               support               to               the               Obama-Biden               ticket               despite               allegations               -               false               at               that               -               that               the               Presidential               candidate               is               Muslim               and               anti-Israel.

There               will               be,               of               course,               some               Jewish               voters               who               will               vote               Republican               because               they               agree               with               McCain's               foreign               policy               and               tax               proposals,               but               John               Kerry               carried               Miami-Dade               County               in               the               2004               election               partly               because               of               the               Jewish               community's               strong               turnout               and               adherence               to               political               affinity               toward               liberal               social               policies.






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