"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
Awesome.
Groovy!
Nascar fans would probably laugh and boo at metrosexuals Obama and Biden!
Panderer.
Here’s hoping we get a race in tomorrow. forecast is spotty .. Cindy’s a drift racer and has driven a pace car earlier this year.
I’m hoping McCain/Palin will be at PIR in November. Senator McCain usually shows up for the races. Same goes for Jon Kyl.
Remember when Obama was going to sponsor a car (or whatever). Someone must have showed him a picture of Cindy DRIVING.
We want Sarah!
We want Sarah!
We want Sarah!
We want Sarah!
We want Sarah!
By David Pevear, dpevear@lowellsun.com
Article Last Updated: 09/15/2008 09:33:32 AM EDT
Republican presidential candidate John McCain, right, and his wife, Cindy, greet NASCAR driver Jeff Gordon yesterday at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon during a campaign stop. Story, Page 10. AP PHOTO
LOUDON, N.H. -- More than 100,000 people were on the premises, making New Hampshire Motor Speedway the second-largest city in New Hampshire yesterday.
So this certainly was a campaign stop for Republican presidential nominee John McCain.
But McCain and his wife, Cindy, do have NASCAR credibility, particularly Cindy McCain, who once trained as a race-car driver and last month drove a Corvette pace car before the Pocono 500 in Long Pond, Pa. She also attended a NASCAR race in Indianapolis this year.
Her husband was grand marshal at Loudon in 2006 and, with Cindy, attended the Coca-Cola 600 at Lowe's Motor Speedway in Concord, N.C., in May 2007.
Petty were with Sen. McCain at the drivers' meeting in the garage area before the Sylvania 300. McCain thanked the drivers for supporting U.S. military personnel. He also shook hands with Joe Gibbs, a NASCAR team owner and former Washington Redskins head coach, who spoke at the Republican National Convention last month.
NASCAR's core fan base is considered to be strongly Republican.
McCain and his wife greeted each driver during driver introductions.
Cindy McCain wore a blue McCain-Palin jersey. "Glad to be back in the great state of New Hampshire," said Sen. McCain, who won the Republican primary here.
McCain asked NASCAR fans to keep in their "thoughts and prayers" those affected by Hurricane Ike, and thanked fans for their support of "the men and women who are in the military and serving on our behalf in defense of our freedom all over the world."
He then handed the microphone to Rick Leaman, CEO of Slyvania Global Automotive Lighting, who commanded, "Gentlemen, start your engines."
Fred Burbee, 52, of Warner, N.H., said he was leaning toward voting for McCain before yesterday and was pleased with what the candidate had to say in Loudon, especially about the victims of Ike.
"I thought it was well done, well handled," Burbee said. "I didn't see where he campaigned a lot here, like he has in the past. He was just here showing his face, and I thought that was good." "It was a good little point he put across," said Richard Curtis, 59, an undecided voter from Bennington, Vt., about McCain's Ike comments. "It was good for him to be here."
Curtis added that it doesn't hurt that McCain and his wife are NASCAR fans. "Oh, sure, that's always a good thing," he said.
McCain was headed to Florida today to speak at a rally in Jacksonville.
NASCAR's core fan base is considered to be strongly Republican. McCain and his wife g
reeted each driver during driver introductions. Cindy McCain wore a blue McCain-Palin jersey.
"Glad to be back in the great state of New Hampshire," said Sen. McCain, http://www.lowellsun.com/todaysheadlines/ci_10468619