Maggie's Farm

What John McCain needs to do now, I’m thinkin’, is make a request of all the media outlets from whom Øbama has purchased airtime for his ½ hour speech from the Øbal Office; humbly request that they honor the impending Fairness Doctrine under which they will labor after their Endorsee is flown into the White House on his tragic carpet ride to power. After all, this is what they want. McCain can say, “Let’s practice what The Øne preaches.”

Should he get the time, this is what he should say, I humbly opine:

“Tonight I want to speak to that group of people who make up my staff around the country, the volunteers, my supporters – those of you who have donated your time, and those who donate your money; those of you who have put up lawn signs, and those of you who quietly go about your business from day to day and plan to vote for Sarah and I on Election Day – and also I want to speak directly to the larger group of Americans who wish to listen to the grizzled war veteran who sits before you tonight asking for a half hour of your time – I want to speak to my fellow Americans.

I want to share something with you. I want to tell you that I am very concerned about the future of this country of ours. Not just our financial future, but the very future of our Republic.

Sure, the financial future is a very real concern, but I believe that this will pass. If we allow the free market system that gave birth to our nation and fueled our continued growth throughout our 232 years, then this will be like other challenges we have overcome throughout our history. Together, with hard work, sacrifice and perseverance, we will overcome this, like we have all our previous challenges. But make no mistake – this financial challenge that we now face lies squarely at the feet of the policies of my opponents Party and its leaders. Make no mistake about that, my friends. [Here he can name names at no extra cost, if time allows!]

The real threat to our nation, however, is not merely a matter of money. We face a more grave threat today, and those of you who have been paying attention to the campaign know of what I am speaking.

I am here tonight to tell you that I will not rest, I will not relent in my defense of this nation, I will not give up the battle begun so many years ago by men and women who pledged their sacred honor, sacrificed their security, indeed their very lives to give birth to a land of freedom and liberty that today finds itself under attack from enemies, both outside our borders and from within.

I will not stand idly by while people stream over our borders with the intent to change the fabric of our society, to change a nation rather than, as earlier waves of proud immigrants came, to be changed by a nation.

I will not give up the fight to protect this nation from the fundamentalist extremists who spend their every waking moment working to destroy America and all of Western Civilization. I will continue, as I have throughout my life, to live and breath for the future of my country.

My friends, we have a choice to make in a week, a very critical and historical choice. On Election Day this year, we all have an important choice to make.

We must determine together, as a nation, whether we will stand solidly upon the foundation that was so painstakingly crafted, hewn with the blood and promises of our Founding Fathers, and all the brave soldiers who fell into their footsteps, confident that they, too, were making the right choice.

Or we must choose to blow it all up and start over, as my opponent and his mentors, friends, and people that have influenced him throughout his life advocate doing. There should be no confusion about it, my friends, and there is no nice way to say it. And the harm in NOT saying it is too severe to try to avoid.

As my mother always says, “You are known by the company you keep.” The people that my opponent has kept, the people that have kept him – The company that Barack Obama has kept throughout his adult life are not people who stand solidly upon the foundation built by our Founding Fathers.

No, the nation that they envision, one resembling 1920’s Europe more than modern America, the nation of Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, of Barney Frank and John Kerry, the nation of Reverend Wright and William Ayers, of Louis Farakhan and Barack Obama – that nation does not stand on the building blocks of George Washington and John Adams. Their ideal nation does not have the best interests of Joe the Plumber at heart. It does not have the memories of Bunker Hill and Normandy at heart.

Theirs is a nation that needs to be knocked down and rebuilt according to their own socialist vision.

Our vision, our America, is a solid nation that needs our vigilance, that needs our hard work and sacrifice. And it needs it now.

Our country was built upon the ballot box. We need to protect this nation at the ballot box.

We have a choice, America.

Let’s choose America.

Or something like that... And if the networks refuse his request, he just does a youtube and sends the text out to his list.

Answer: Because I refuse to write more than four "My friends" into a single address.