President Bush Officially Endorses John McCain

March 6, 2008

(Long Island, N.Y.) President George W. Bush gave a warm welcome at the White House to Sen. John McCain who secured the GOP nomination in dominating fashion to officially seal the Republican Party candidacy for the Oval Office and possibly take over the reins from the President in November.

Ironically, it was George Bush who defeated McCain eight years ago for the GOP nomination for the 2000 Presidential Elections in which Bush secured the Presidency with a victory against Democrat Al Gore. Along with President Bush’s endorsement comes the financial support and machinery to run a nationwide campaign for the White House.

“If my showing up and endorsing him helps him — or if I’m against him and it helps him — either way, I want him to win,” the president said. “This is an age-old question that every president has had to answer, and there is an appropriate amount of campaigning for me to do. But they’re not going to be voting for me. I’ve got a lot to do, but I’m going to find ample time to help,” Bush said. “I can help raise him money, and if he wants my pretty face standing by his side at one of these rallies, I’ll be glad to show up.”

Republican Party insiders and political experts fear that the President’s support for Sen. McCain could cause more damage than intended as Bush’s tenure as the current US leader is filled with negativity be it economically as witnessed by the fledgling US economy, increased gasoline prices, threats of Recession and Inflation or humanitarianism reasons as the War of Iraq wages on for year five. President Bush currently dwells with a low public approval rating and matches Harry Truman as the most unpopular president in history.

“McCain’s got to make it very clear that this is not a third Bush term, but a John McCain presidency,” said Republican pollster David Winston. “As long as he can make that clear separation, then having a president of the United States on the road, helping with fundraising, going around and talking to people is a very different thing,”

Meanwhile, Sen. McCain expressed his gratitude towards the President as he accepted his approval in a speech at the White House in saying. “I hope that the president will find time from his busy schedule to be out on the campaign trail with me, and I will be very privileged to have the opportunity of being again on the campaign trail with him — only slightly different roles this time.”

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