McCain Starts Country First PAC
From an email John McCain sent out:
In the time since the 2008 presidential campaign ended I have had a chance to reflect on many things. And as I said on election night, I truly cannot adequately express how indebted I am to you, my entire campaign team and my running mate, Governor Sarah Palin.
The road was a difficult one from the outset. Yet, your faith, your support and friendship never wavered. Just as I have proudly served my country for more than half a century I am as committed as ever to helping see our mission through.
So to continue the movement, I have decided to launch a new grassroots organization called Country First.
Today, I’m asking you as a friend and supporter to renew your commitment to our common goals by becoming a Charter Member of Country First with an online contribution.
Country First will allow us to strengthen our Party, better define our Republican ideals and message, recruit and back strong, dedicated candidates and continue our efforts to bring real reform to government by always putting our country and the noble ideals she stands for first.
Together, we can make government more responsive to today’s problems and more answerable to the people. That’s why I hope you will become a Charter Member of Country First and support our cause by following this link to make a generous contribution of any amount today.
With your help we can work to elect these new leaders to Governorships, Statehouses, the U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives in 2010 and beyond. Once in office they will become fierce advocates for limited government, economic opportunity, personal responsibility and strong national security.
On Election Night last year, I called on all Americans not to despair of our present difficulties but to believe always in the promise and greatness of America, because nothing is inevitable here.
Today, I am asking you to join Country First to continue fighting for the worthy cause of revitalizing both our democracy and our Party.
Our goals will never be realized if your voice falls silent. You are the best hope for our country’s success. Please stay in this fight with me; our country needs your service now as much as ever.
I know that together we can make a difference – we already have. Again, I thank you for your unwavering friendship and support.
Interesting. So, you bombed the Presidential campaign. You’re entire party put you up as a martyr after the loss and now you want to “continue the movement”? Oh, and you want me to donate to the cause? I’ll get right on that. Or not.
I did support John McCain for President. He blew it. Now, he want’s my money for his PAC so he can keep on going with the good fight. I think I can find better ways to spend my money. Throwing more money at the problem isn’t going to fix it. Neither is continuing on with the same old fight on the same old topics. It’s time we changed everything instead of a little bit here and there and be contented with the status quo on everything else. Our President Elect ran on a campaign of Hope and Change. He has shown us neither and in four years we’ll have seen enough to know that we made a mistake. But a “good ‘ol boys” maverick PAC isn’t the embodyment of the hope or change we’re looking for either. I’ll let you know when I figure out what is though…