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8.20.08 @ 12:01AM

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It is in lieu of the following that I am writing you to relate the aforementioned thoughts to your readers:

When John McCain last visited Columbia, S.C. for a major fundraiser hosted by the state Republican party, I was among the 40 or so attendees participating in the pre-event meet-and-greet with the candidate.

When presented the opportunity to engage Sen. McCain with a question, this cautiously optimistic 27-year-old asked: If you were president, how would your administration have responded to the parading of nuclear missiles across Red Square in the past 24 hours to augment inaugural celebrations officiating Medvedev's ascension to the presidency in Russia?

Sen. McCain acknowledged -- at that point -- it was his sense the Russians were menaces who liked to create problems for us here and there, but they were not exactly our nation's chief adversaries.

Lately it sounds like his tone is changing a bit. This young American is pleased with this change.

If one is to run as a "hawk," one must be a realist too.
-- Michael S. Smith II
Charleston, South Carolina

GRADE INFLATION
Re: Phil Klein's McCain's Finest Hour:

It's difficult to speak with clarity when you either have no principles underlying a position, or you must lie about your position. Obama has both problems.
-- Mary McLemore
Pike Road, Alabama

The Presidency...it's above Obama's pay grade.
-- Jerry
Marietta, Georgia

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