Serving a cause greater than yourself.
Hi folks,
As I have mentioned a time or twenty, I was the youngest council member in Arizona history when I first met John McCain. The only U.S. Senator from either side of the drawn out party lines that ever cared enough to spend a day in small tow Quartzsite AZ. Population 2005.
There was little in the way of a press corps there that day, a couple local papers had a brief photo op and around 40 locals turned out to ask and get questions answered by this amazingly striking man of men. I call him that because John seemed comfortable and spoke with us as if he had lived there all his life. He didn’t have a huge following of servants and aids as I had seen many times in Pheonix. He was John, didn’t care for us calling him Senator McCain.
Later we got to talk one on one before he left. I thanked him for accepting my invite on the first asking and told him I was surprised when I got his aids call and follow up letter to set up the event. He said “How could I refuse?” and the conversation went on about the needs and goals of our community and the advice he gave really helped. I was practically floored when he said ” Young people like you seeking office are my hero’s. It is in awe as I watch so many young leaders these day stepping out with a firm understanding of what it means to serve a cause greater than yourself.” yep he said it and it has stuck with me all these years.
Tonight I teared up at his speech when I heard those words again, in his acceptance speech. My friend in Washington, the proud service man was back and in a big way. He took on the bad of the party and brought new hope. He etched a landscape of change, prosperity, and American pride like i have prayed for in our modern world for years.
Tomorrow the DNC and the left wing media will pick it apart and try to find some evil in all it’s goodness, but tonight we saw the real John S. McCain. A proud and servant American hero, a maverick of change, a reformer attacking the very people who tried to pull him more to the right of center first before sharing his vision of a new tomorrow.
He laid out plans for working with all sides and all views and leading through strength, honor, and commitment to the American people. He spoke of inclusion and a vision for a party of many colors and where all are viewed as equals, and all serve a cause greater than self. My friend John spoke to us as equals and spoke with a wisdom and grace about him.
Tomorrow when you read the news and watch the analist, called them that for a reason tear the speech apart and add twist and turns, slants and angles please do me a favor. Look into the eyes of John mcCain and see the honesty and hope in those eyes. Look at the humbled and almost unworthy look when the crowd cheered and chanted his name. Listen to the pride and integrity in his voice, and feel the sorrow in his heart as he speaks of his proud friends who didn’t come home from Vietnam.
This is a man I can respect, a leader I will follow, and the greatest person I have ever had the pleasure to meet. Forget the media slant, and all the DNC hype and listen to your heart. Let your American Pride flow and stand with me. I was a proud supporter of John McCain even before the speech, but I will say this now I have missed this John McCain, the John McCain that made a brief stop in a small town and left a big impressions. A man that when I look back on my own life and compare myself to I feel small and weak, but a man who’s catching spirit, and All American Pride lifts me up from that feeling and makes me look forward to a day when again I can serve a cause greater than myself.
Thank you John, and I will be proud to salute you as our next American President. Pride and integrity are back in a big way. God Bless America!!!
Andy Zeus Anderson
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