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in the more remarkable because only a few mthn fa Sen. John McCain, keg best prepared to become our 44th president seemed hkrfy to be elected m Nov. 4k This newspaper endorsed bis election last April* Our opinion of him has not changed. Our measare of Barack Obama, a bright and articulate man witb no record of accomplishing anything in public: lib, ia that he is not yet prepared ferthejoh
McCain* a man who has met* survived and won more tough military and political tests than any of his countrymen today noy fidiy understand* now bees 1 etill another challenge unexpectedly created by the ' current economy and voters suddenly brightened for tmr nature*
Despite his positive record of successfully working across die able* he b suddenly being widely seen as guilty by association with Republican President George Bush* That b not a just measure of the independent campaign which John McCain has waged over a apaa of many years* On the issues of our times* it is not a keel playing field*
McCain b in a way like one of those men in the Itorfett Storm film* suddenly seen unexpectedly facing a hugely challenging effort to drive a once unsinkable strong boat over a massive wave crest just ahead*
And eo the choke of our next president* with Obama now widely predicted to be the winner* will likely be determined over the next two weeks by entirely unpredictable happenings* such as a promising turnaround of the financial marketplace*
In any event* the Rappahannock News endorses John McCain* with a few minor reservations* as for foe better candidate to become our 44th president* He b limply the right man at the right time for the chalThb
newspaper has now also endorsed former Virginia governor and party Democrat Mark Warner to fill the US* Senate seat next January of Virginia^ immensely respected Republican John Warner* a strong supporter of John McCain* More to the point* Mark Warner may well in times ahead become the ninth CIS* president from Virginia and 45th president sf the United States* Wishful proud Virginia thinking? Wall see*
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