John McCain for President

1. John McCain for President An Elliott Daniel Presentation

2. Childhood • John McCain was born on August 29th, 1936 at a Naval air station located in the Panama Canal. He was born to John S. McCain Jr. and Roberta McCain. Combined, McCain attended around 20 schools. In 1951, he and his family moved to Northern Virginia. There, he went to Episcopal High School. McCain rocked at wrestling and finally graduated in 1954. McCain then entered the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis. At the school, he stood for kids being picked on by bullies, became a lightweight boxer, and did well in academic subjects like literature and history. McCain finally graduated in 1958.

3. Adulthood • McCain graduated flight school in 1960 and became a Naval pilot. McCain was sometimes careless during his flying, results such as colliding with power lines and crashing his plane at least twice. Fortunately, he did not receive major injury. Eventually, he became a good pilot and was noticed for his boldness out in the war zone. McCain then married Carol Shepp of Philadelphia on July 3rd, 1965. McCain adopted 2 children and named them Douglas and Andrew and then had a daughter that he named Sidney. McCain then accepted a combat assignment in which he was assigned to a bombing campaign over Vietnam during the time of the Vietnam war. On July 29th, 1967 McCain was near the center of the fire of the squadron leader’s jet. Escaping his own burning jet, McCain attempted to help another pilot escape when a bomb exploded. McCain was hit in the legs and chest by shards of shrapnel. A fire quickly ensued after the explosion killing 134 sailors and taking 24 hours to bring under control.

4. Preparation • McCain was captured and imprisoned on October 26th, 1967 after his plane was shot down flying over north Vietnam. There, he was put into solitary confinement and would stay there for the next 2 years. Finally, McCain was released from prison on March 14th, 1973. He had been imprisoned for 5 ½ years. The torture inside the prison has made him not able to raise his arms above his head. Soon after that, McCain set his eye on being a U.S. congressman. He went to work for a business known as Hensley and Co. He soon became Vice President of Public Relations and then gained political support from the company. He then won a major primary in the dense republican region. He was then elected to lead the incoming group of Republican representatives.

5. Political Experience • Having much more experience than Barack Obama, John McCain worked as a congressman for 4 years and was then a senator for 22 years. Soon after the start of his third term in the senate, McCain announced his presidential campaign on September 27th, 1999 in New Hampshire. Unfortunately, the leader of the Republican nomination turned out to be George Bush. McCain then completed his third senate term. In May of 2005, McCain was reelected to the senate and his fourth term began. McCain finally announced his second presidential campaign on April 25th, 2007.

6. McCain’s Policy on Economy • McCain’s plan is to turn the rapidly plunging stock market around. He also says he promises a break with Bush administrative policies. He says he will navigate a different course than Obama. McCain quotes “I will create millions of jobs through tax cuts that spur economic growth.” He states that the difference between him and Obama is that the McCain plan will create jobs, get the stock markets to rise again, secure a balanced housing market, growth in the economy and secure millions of new jobs. He promises numerous tax cuts but does not hide that he plans to tax universal health care benefits. He finally says that he will monitor government spending carefully and toughen rules on financial markets.

7. Foreign Policies (Nuclear Weaponry) • McCain, like Obama, does not like the idea of deploying numbers of nuclear weapons a day. McCain has agreed to talk with China on a temporary halt on manufacturing of nuclear weapons. He has also drawn up a treaty with Russia to eliminate more nuclear weapons. He hopes to cut the amount of nuclear weapons being produced in the world but did not set a specific goal. McCain has said that he has called an exploration with Russia to eliminate possible nuclear weapons in Europe. McCain has criticized previous parties (both Republican and Democrat) about not being able to slow the production of nuclear weapons. McCain hopes to do this unlike the previous parties failed to do.

8. The War • McCain feels it is important to keep funding troops in Iraq so that the country can exist on its own without the help of the U.S. He wishes to establish prosperity, peace, and government within Iraq. If we were to withdraw from Iraq now, like Senator Obama is suggesting, Iraq would soon be easily take over by Al Qaeda and would quickly become a safe house for terrorists. McCain believes that once Iraq can contribute to the defeat of the terrorists and defend its own country, American troops can return home.

9. McCain’s Promises • McCain promises that if he becomes president, he will fight “evil” such as religious persecution, human trafficking (slavery), and other problems. He promises to keep troops in Iraq until all is well instead of leading a quick withdrawal from the country. He also promises to reach out to U.S. allies and hope to make more over the coming years. McCain’s main promise, though, is to balance the federal budget by the conclusion of his first term. He hopes to cut back on unnecessary spending and “Overhauling entitlement programs such as social security.”-http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0708/11553.html

10. Bibliography • http://www.johnmccain.com/Informing/Issues/ • http://www.johnmccain.com/Informing/Issues/ • http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0708/11553.html • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mccain