My father was a lieutenant in the United States Navy. He was second in command on a mine sweeper which was commanded by a colorful character by the name of Captain Zook.
This is why I was born in San Diego in 1957. It’s why my heart is always with Navy in the annual Army-Navy game.
My dad went on to become a lawyer and a judge after honorably serving in the Navy. This kind of sucked because I would have loved to have lived in San Diego as much as possible. With my dark skin I would have been a much easier cultural fit in San Diego versus Oklahoma. But it is what it is.
My father was a very non-political person… pretty much like I am. He was a registered Democrat and in 1976– I registered as a Republican. He never once lectured me on this until he saw the street where my wife and I built the house in Deer Creek. He said a few things then.
In 2000… I left the Republican Party and have been a registered Independent ever since. Just so we’re clear…Barack Obama is the president who along with John McCain are the two politicans who have shaped me the most as I’ve grown older and hopefully become wiser as the years have passed.
I’ve always loved the spirit of John McCain and have read several of his books.
I’ve come to love and respect Cindy McCain as well. From my prism of perspective it would appear to me she gets it. She understands what it means to be an American. What price has to be paid.
John McCain wasn’t perfect..none of us are. But in the end he more than any of us understood what it means to be free and an American.
Freedom doesn’t come free. Freedom doesn’t come from cowering from duty because of imaginary bone spurs.
God bless, Cindy McCain.