As usual, an American journalist's ignorance becomes evident. Anyone who has read what John McCain suffered would never question his character. Unless, of course, she were a "liberal". "Liberal" is a synonym for ignorance.

NEVER,NEVER trust a "liberal"

Good advice McFadden - Let us "go back and think a little harder."

Do I want a President that was ten minutes late entering his cone of silence....or a President that was twenty years late leaving his racist mentor?

Yeah Cynthia, let us take a closer look at the character of both candidates. 

McCain doesn't have any character!  None!  Zero!  Nilch!  And cut the whining about the "five years of torture" already!  By his own account in a 1973 interview he did for US News and World Report he admitted that he freely offered to trade military information for medical care four days after his shoot down, and that was before they even laid a hand on him.  He is, and always has been, an opportunist who only looks out for himself.  Don't be fooled!!!

John McCain will show true character by picking a strong anti abortion running mate. Any decision to pick a pro abort will be the kiss of death. He will lose a large number of states as GOP voters stay at home or peel off to a third party candidate. Many southern states will be lost especially as Obama will benefit from a massive African American turn out.

 He will destroy the party if he chooses  Tom Ridge. Large numbers of Catholics and Evangelicals  are just  not prepared to accept a pro abort. There are some in the GOP floating Tom Ridges name working on the assumption that Catholics will vote for a McCain/Ridge ticket  because Ridge is a Catholic. Forget it. Ridge is at odds with Catholic teaching on abortion consequently  he will frighten off millions of potential GOP voters. 

He has plenty of potential running mates who will attract votes instead of frightening them off. Sarah Palin is a fiscal conservative with a strong pro life record. As a woman candidate she would attract female voters in droves. Many women voters both Independent and Democratic are smarting at the defeat of Hillary Clinton. In protest some of these will vote for McCain especially if  there is a woman on the ticket. Other potential running mates such as Mike Huckabee, Mitt Romney, Bobby Jindal and Tim Pawlenty amongst others are safer bets than Tom Ridge.

The Democrats are the party of death. The GOP up to now has been the party of life. There is no room for a second party of death.

John McCain needs to remember that Christian conservatives are not prepared to compromise on the abortion issue.

In 1992  third party candidate  Ross Perot received  18.9% of the popular vote - approximately 19,741,065 votes.  George Bush Senior lost this election to Bill Clinton.

A similar fate awaits John McCain unless he listens to the grass roots.

He may gain a few pro abort votes by choosing Ridge but these will not compensate for the millions who will leave the party. 

McFadden needs to be imprisoned in some filthy jail with broken bones and beaten daily with truncheons and rubber hoses for 5 1/2 years.  This will give her a whole new outlook on character and John McCain.