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A few months back I wrote a blog post in which I gave several reasons why I would not support John McCain for president. I had and still have several issues with which I disagree with McCain.

However, since that posting, several factors have changed my stance. The biggest thing that has led me to re-evaluate my position is that fact that Barack Obama has emerged as the most dangerous candidate to ever run for the presidency. His political ideology is so far to the left as to be considered Marxist, and his ties to unsavory characters such as William Ayers can only lead one to conclude that he would forever change our country in such a way that the founding fathers would be turning over in their graves. And in an age in which we are fighting a global war on Islamic extremism, Obama's willingness to sit down with leaders of terrorist sponsoring nations absolutely sends shivers up my spine.

Recently, John McCain and Barack Obama sat down with Rick Warren for a civil forum at his Saddleback Church. Both were asked a series of questions which raised issues of concern to social and religious conservatives. Obama failed to make his case in such things as the rights of the unborn and how to deal with evil in the world. McCain, on the other hand acquitted himself well, leading most to conclude that he clearly won the night, and would most likely do well in the upcoming presidential debates.

Then, this past Friday, McCain made a stunning announcement. He had selected Sarah Palin, the governor of Alaska to be his running mate.

Palin has an impressive resume which is pleasing to the palette of virtually all conservatives. She is pro life, pro gun, a mother of five whose oldest son is about to be deployed in Iraq. She took on her own party in Alaska and fought corruption. She is a fiscal conservative who has the credentials and the integrity needed to assume the highest office in the land. To those critics who will challenge her lack of gravitas, it can easily be argued that she has more executive experience under her belt than Barack Obama. As a governor, she has had to make more decisions than Obama has as a legislator. Also keep in mind that with the McCain campaign, Palin is at the bottom of the ticket. The one running for president has plenty of knowledge regarding foreign policy, and Palin will be a quick study. With the Obama campaign, the weakness is at the top of the ticket, relying on Joe Biden's acumen on foreign relations to carry the day.

Actually, the only thing Sarah Palin has to remember is that you don't sit around the campfire and roast marshmallows with Mahmoud Ahmadinejad while discussing Iran's nuclear program. She will do just fine, thank you.

Biden is also a loose cannon, a plagiarist, bigot and a sexist. Any attempt in the upcoming vice presidential debates to take a shot at Palin will blow up in his face and make him look like a complete idiot.

In recent weeks, the McCain campaign has done everything right. They have offered olive branches to Obama, praising him on becoming the first African-American candidate to get this far in a presidential race, while going after the jugular on his celebrity status and lack of experience. They have presented their candidate as a maverick who is not a Bush clone, while remaining true to his conservative roots. And they have brought us a running mate who has energized the base, and made us believe once again.

We still have a long way to go and a tough fight ahead, but the eighth inning of this game, McCain has hit a home run.

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