A good ole boy endorsement of John McCain and Sarah Palin

Well, my blog is about what I want it to be about so today as I sit through the rains and wind, I’ve decided to make my plug for Senator (Navy Captain) John McCain and Governor (Mayor) Sarah Palin.  I consider myself to be a good ole boy with somewhat of a practical thinking brain.

I’m an old retired Chief Petty Officer and I’ve seen and experienced all kinds of leadership.  I’ve suffered through green Navy Ensigns all the way up to experienced Admirals.  I’ve had to work with officers who were incompetent and didn’t make it in their Naval Career and I’ve worked with those who were darn hard workers and terrific Naval Officers / Leaders.  I believe John McCain to be one of those great Naval leaders.

One thing that is common sense to anyone should be the answer to this question.  Who do I want at the helm of my ship with a finger on the button to launch missles?  I don’t want the ‘green’ ensign with fresh book smarts but no practical leadership / executive decision making skills that’s for darn sure.

McCain knows the ravages of war.  He’ll be far more likely to try to work things out diplomatically because he doesn’t want anyone to go through what he went through at prisoner of war camps in Vietnam.

Executive split second decision making is what makes a leader, not a committee.  McCain / Palin has fundamental experience of LEADERSHIP.  Leadership experience is completely different.  It is something that you need to bring with you to the presidency.  “On the job leadership training” scares the HELL out of me about Obama and hopefully it scares you too!

Folks say that Senator McCain is just a senator too and that he too lacks the executive experience.  Well, uh, wrong.

U.S. Naval Captain McCain was a Navy leader (Navy Captain is the equivalent of a full bird Colonel which is an O-6 in the armed forces) .  In the Navy you don’t get promoted unless you can lead.  As a Navy Captain, you lead.  Navy Captain’s make executive decisions consistent with their rank.  Many Navy Captains are given large commands to lead.  A command can be a sub, ship, flight squadron, shore facility, etc.

Navy Captains have the experience to run a facility, sort of like a mayor of a town except with BIG GUNS.  The buck stops with the Navy Captain.   They are the decision making work horse rank of Naval Officers just prior to admiralty.

Though a Navy Captain has the chain of command to follow as well, he is at the rank where HIS finger is on the trigger and under maritime laws, he can and does make decisions consistent with the intentions and the wishes of the commander-in-chief of the United States.  If he makes a wrong decision, he’s fired.  Run a ship aground? FIRED.  Mishandle a multi-million dollar airplane?   FIRED.  Shoot something with your airplane that your not suppose to shoot?  FIRED.  Make any off duty mistake inconsistent with being a Naval officer and a gentleman? FIRED.

Yeah, McCain’s a leader.  Some of our best U.S. leaders have been Naval Officers.

Now say what you may but I’ll take a retired Navy Captain at the helm of the United States than someone who has made decisions by committee, written memoirs and spent his entire senatorial term of 4 years planning to be the president!

Yes, I’ll take a small town mayor and Governor that is ‘a heart beat away’ should something, God forbid, happen to McCain.  She’s got guts and she’s very smart.  She’ll surround herself with the best of advisors but won’t run our government by committee.  She’ll step up and make decisions like our youngest ever president (Kennedy, another former naval officer) did at the Cuban Missile crisis.

Today it was reported that Russia sent missles to that tyrant down in South America for “exercises”.  We have to be tough to maintain a balance on our continent.  God forbid we make decisions based on whether the United Nations approves!  Remember, Russia and China have full veto authority in the U.N..

Say what you may about how fresh Obama is and how he brings change but I assure you that a democratic president with a democratic congress is a prescription for trouble.  I don’t mind a democratic congress as long as I have a republican president or vice versa.

The way I see it is that they off set each other and real progress can and will be made.  Think about it.  With McCain / Palin being mavericks, they’ll work with democrats on issues that cross the lines of political parties yet they’ll be tough on terrorism and tyrants.  Our government will have a strong leader, not someone who leads best like a coach in a committee.

I’m no political authority but I have good ole boy common sense.  I want someone that has actually been in charge of something!  Someone who already has experience with: Signing off on or denying budgets, work orders, purchase orders, security measures, maintenance orders, troops, covert military missions, having pulled the trigger LITERALLY, etc.  Someone that has commanded both armed forces AND office staff.  You know, that’s what Navy Captains and Mayors / Governors do.  I ain’t no rocket scientist but I have a brain…folks, this is a no brainer.  John McCain and Sarah Palin.  A breath of fresh air and actual real life leadership experience.

Give that Brittany a treat for me, pat your dog on the head and tell ‘em “Dave says good dog!”