Maine's Collins Tells McCain to Back Off

U.S. Senator Susan Collins, R-Maine, has told GOP Presidential candidate John McCain to 'back off.'

Apparently the Senator is facing a tightening race for re-election this year, and she is upset that the McCain campaign has been running ads and making phone calls to residents questioning Barack Obama's character because of his associations with the likes of terrorist Bill Ayers.

Collins fears the tactic will hurt her chances for re-election in a year when everything with an 'R' beside its name is subject to be tarred-and-feathered and cast into the midst of the sea, even the rutabagas.

And this may actually be the case in Maine, although I am not certain that the Senator is not overreacting.

In actuality, in a Constitutional Republic, having the moral authority to govern is key to the success of our form of republican democracy. Once that moral authority is lost, then the viability of that government is easily questioned, leading to the conclusion by the people that they can no longer trust their government to be guided by the overarching principles of liberty that keep us all free.

Thus, it is not only acceptable but essential that the public is able to discern the moral/ethical character of the ones they are considering electing to public office.

Barack Obama's past and present associations are highly troublesome for someone seeking the highest office in the land. Never before in the history of this nation has someone with so many disreputable friends and colleagues come so close to the White House, other than Warren G. Harding in the early 1920s, who was elected by the people and who proved to be an unmitigated disaster for the nation.

A man who has consistently associated himself with Socialists, Communists, terrorists, convicted felons, CEOs of Fannie and Freddie who essentially raped the American public, the corrupt
Chicago political machine, and far-Left anti-American religious leaders, has no business being elected President.

It is thus not only appropriate but essential for McCain to be running those ads in Maine.

The people have the right to know the truth.