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It was one of the most substantive debates in recent presidential campaign history and John McCain won it.

- Dave Yepsen of the Des Moines Register

Noting his service to America, his storied military record and his wisdom, 300 generals of the United States military have endorsed John McCain for President saying, “we unequivocally endorse him to continue his service to the country as the next President of the United States.”

Generals endorsing J-Mac include:

Rear Admiral John W. Adams, USN (Ret.)

Brigadier General Patrick O. Adams, USAF (Ret.)

Major General Albert B. Akers, USA (Ret.)

Brigadier General Paul Albritton, USA (Ret.)

Vice Admiral Richard Allen, USN (Ret.)

Rear Admiral James F. Amerault, USN (Ret.)

Rear Admiral Vincent J. Anzilotti, USN (Ret.)

Lieutenant General Charlie Bagnal, USA (Ret.)

Brigadier General John “Doc” Bahnsen, USA (Ret.)

Rear Admiral Kenneth P. Barausky, USN (Ret.)

Major General Barry D. Bates, USA (Ret.)

Major General Ron Beckwith, USMC (Ret.)

Lieutenant General Martin R. Berndt, USMC (Ret.)

Brigadier General Charles L. Bishop, USAF (Ret.)

Major General John Blatsos, USA (Ret.)

Brigadier General Ben Blaz, USMC (Ret.)

Lieutenant General Harry Blot, USMC (Ret.)

Brigadier General William A. “Art” Bloomer, USMC (Ret.)

Major General John L. Borling, USAF (Ret.)

Vice Admiral Mike Bowman, III, USN (Ret.)

Rear Admiral Roger Box, USN (Ret.)

Major General Patrick Brady, USA (Ret.)

Rear Admiral Jerry Breast, USN (Ret.)

Rear Admiral Bruce Bremner, USA (Ret.)

Brigadier General Jeremiah Brophy, USA (Ret.)

Rear Admiral Thomas Brown, III, USN (Ret.)

Brigadier General Richard A. Browning, USAF (Ret.)

Brigadier General Tom Bruner, USA (Ret.)

Rear Admiral Lyle Bull, USN (Ret.)

Vice Admiral E.A. Burkhalter, Jr., USN (Ret.)

Rear Admiral Jay Campbell, USN (Ret.)

Rear Admiral Jim Carey, USN (Ret.)

Brigadier General Jimmy Cash, USAF (Ret.)

Major General George Cates, USMC (Ret.)

Rear Admiral Steve Chadwick, USN (Ret.)

Rear Admiral Steve Clarey, USN (Ret.)

Lieutenant General Albert P. Clark, USAF (Ret.)

Brigadier General Clifton “Tip” Clark, USAF (Ret.)

Brigadier General Wes Clark, USAF (Ret.)

Vice Admiral Edward Clexton, Jr., USN (Ret.)

Brigadier General Richard A. Coleman, USAF (Ret.)

Rear Admiral Leroy Collins, Jr., USN (Ret.)

Lieutenant General John B. Conaway, USAF (Ret.)

Rear Admiral Ralph Cook, USN (Ret.)

Major General Richard M. Cooke, USMC (Ret.)

Lieutenant General Matthew T. “Terry” Cooper, USMC (Ret.)

Major General Mike Coyne, USMC (Ret.)

Rear Admiral Robert C. Crates, USN (Ret.)

Lieutenant General Howard, Jr. Crowell, USA (Ret.)

Brigadier General Robert Dastin, USAF (Ret.)

General James B. Davis, USAF (Ret.)

Vice Admiral Walter J. Davis, Jr., USN (Ret.)

Rear Admiral James P. Davidson, USN (Ret.)

Major General Hollis Davidson, USMC (Ret.)

Rear Admiral Kevin Delaney, USN (Ret.)

Rear Admiral Jerry Denton, USN (Ret.)

Brigadier General Chip Diehl, USAF (Ret.)

Rear Admiral Richard F. Donnelly, USN (Ret.)

Vice Admiral Frank Donovan, USN (Ret.)

Vice Admiral Bill Dougherty, USN (Ret.)

Major General George Douglas, USAF (Ret.)

Lieutenant General Walter D. Druen, USAF (Ret.)

Rear Admiral Phillip J. Duffy, USN (Ret.)

Vice Admiral Richard M. Dunleavy, USN (Ret.)

Vice Admiral Robert F. Dunn, USN (Ret.)

Rear Admiral James W. Eastwood, USN (Ret.)

Rear Admiral James E. Eckelberger, USN (Ret.)

Brigadier General Russ Eggers, USAF (Ret.)

Major General James N. Ellis, USA (Ret.)

Rear Admiral Paul Engel, USN (Ret.)

Major General Bill Eshelman, USMC (Ret.)

Rear Admiral Marsha Johnson Evans, USN (Ret.)

Major General Merrill Evans, USA (Ret.)

Rear Admiral James H. Flatley, III, USN (Ret.)

Admiral S. Robert Foley, USN (Ret.)

General John W. Foss, USA (Ret.)

Major General Stuart French, USAF (Ret.)

Rear Admiral Ronne Froman, USN (Ret.)

Rear Admiral Vance H. Fry, USN (Ret.)

Rear Admiral Robert Byron Fuller, USN (Ret.)

Rear Admiral Skip Furlong, USN (Ret.)

Brigadier General Barton Gilbert, USA (Ret.)

Brigadier General Wendell Gilbert, USA (Ret.)

Vice Admiral Hank Giffin, USN (Ret.)

Rear Admiral Andrew Giordano, USN (Ret.)

Major General Rick Goddard, USAF (Ret.)

Rear Admiral Ted Gordon, USN (Ret.)

Rear Admiral Russell W. Gorman, USN (Ret.)

Rear Admiral H.E. “Rick” Grant, USN (Ret.)

Lieutenant General Thomas N. Griffin, USA (Ret.)

Major General Jeffery R. Grime, USAF (Ret.)

Brigadier General Tom Hall, USAF (Ret.)

Admiral Ronald J. Hays, USN (Ret.)

Admiral Thomas B. Hayward, USN (Ret.)

Major General Guy Hecker, USAF (Ret.)

Lieutenant General Rolland Heiser, USA (Ret.)

Vice Admiral Dick Herr, USCG (Ret.)

Rear Admiral Robert P. Hickey, USN (Ret.)

Major General Geoffrey Higginbotham, USMC (Ret.)

Major General Don Hilbert, USA (Ret.)

Rear Admiral Virgil Hill, USN (Ret.)

Major General Kent Hillhouse, USA (Ret.)

Rear Admiral Edward J. “Ned” Hogan, USN (Ret.)

Rear Admiral A. Byron Holderby, USN (Ret.)

Rear Admiral Grant T. Hollett, Jr., USN (Ret.)

Admiral James L. Holloway, USN (Ret.)

Major General William Hoover, USAF (Ret.)

General Charles A. “Chuck” Horner, USAF (Ret.)

Brigadier General James Hourin, USAF (Ret.)

Lieutenant General Jefferson D. Howell, Jr., USMC (Ret.)

Lieutenant General John I. Hudson, USMC (Ret.)

Vice Admiral James D. Hull, USN (Ret.)

Major General Evan Hultman, USA (Ret.)

Major General Charles A. Ingram, USA (Ret.)

Admiral Bobby R. Inman, USN (Ret.)

Major General Harry Jenkins, USMC (Ret.)

Rear Admiral Ronald H. Jesberg, USN (Ret.)

Admiral Gregory G. “Grog” Johnson, USN (Ret.)

Admiral Jerome Johnson, USN (Ret.)

Rear Admiral J. Michael “Carlos” Johnson, USN (Ret.)

Rear Admiral Steve Kantrowitz, USNR (Ret.)

Vice Admiral Douglas Katz, USN (Ret.)

General P.X. Kelley, USMC (Ret.)

Admiral Robert J. “Barney” Kelly, USN (Ret.)

Admiral Frank B. Kelso II, USN (Ret.)

Rear Admiral John Kerr, USNR (Ret.)

Lieutenant General Claude M. “Mick” Kicklighter, USA (Ret.)

Major General Phillip G. Killey, USAF (Ret.)

Admiral George E.R. “Gus” Kinnear II, USN (Ret.)

Lieutenant General Jack W. Klimp, USMC (Ret.)

Vice Admiral Hal Koenig, USN (Ret.)

Vice Admiral Alexander J. Krekich, USN (Ret.)

Rear Admiral Ed Kristensen, USN (Ret.)

Lieutenant General Derald Lary, USAF (Ret.)

Admiral Charles R. “Chuck” Larson, USN (Ret.)

Brigadier General Rufus C. Lazzell, USA (Ret.)

Brigadier General Ward M. LeHardy, USA (Ret.)

Vice Admiral Tony Less, USN (Ret.)

Rear Admiral Frederick L. Lewis, USN (Ret.)

Lieutenant General Frank Libutti, USMC (Ret.)

Brigadier General William Lindaman, USAF (Ret.)

General James J. Lindsay, USA (Ret.)

Lieutenant General James E. Livingston, USMC (Ret.)

Rear Admiral James W. Lisanby, USN (Ret.)

Brigadier General Dan Locker, USAF (Ret.)

Vice Admiral Stephen Loftus, USN (Ret.)

General John Michael Loh, USAF (Ret.)

Rear Admiral Noah H. Long, USNR (Ret.)

Admiral Joseph Lopez, USN (Ret.)

Lieutenant General Mike Luecke, USN (Ret.)

Rear Admiral Thomas C. Lynch, USN (Ret.)

Admiral James A. “Ace” Lyons, Jr., USN (Ret.)

General Robert Magnus, USMC (Ret.)

Vice Admiral Michael D. Malone, USN (Ret.)

Rear Admiral Daniel P. March, USN (Ret.)

Vice Admiral Edward H. Martin, USN (Ret.)

Vice Admiral John J. Mazach, USN (Ret.)

Vice Admiral Dan McCarthy, USN (Ret.)

Vice Admiral William “Scot” McCauley, USN (Ret.)

Major General James C. McCombs, USAF (Ret.)

Lieutenant General Fred McCorkle, USMC (Ret.)

Major General Billy McCoy, USAF (Ret.)

Rear Admiral Bill McDaniel, USN (Ret.)

Rear Admiral Craig O. McDonald, USN (Ret.)

Rear Admiral E.S. “Skip” McGinley, II, USN (Ret.)

Vice Admiral Denny McGinn, USN (Ret.)

Admiral Kinnard R. McKee, USN (Ret.)

Major General Ed Mechenbier, USAF (Ret.)

Rear Admiral George Meinig, USN (Ret.)

Major General Robert L. Menist, USA (Ret.)

Major General Stuart D. Menist, USA (Ret.)

Rear Admiral William F. Merlin, USCG (Ret.)

Admiral Paul David Miller, USN (Ret.)

Major General Robert W. Mixon, Jr., USA (Ret.)

Vice Admiral Joseph Mobley, USN (Ret.)

Rear Admiral Patrick D. Moneymaker, USN (Ret.)

Rear Admiral Benjamin Montoya, USN (Ret.)

Rear Admiral Charles J. Moore, USN (Ret.)

Rear Admiral Douglas Moore, Jr., USN (Ret.)

Major General W. Bruce Moore, USA (Ret.)

Major General Warren Moore, USAF (Ret.)

Vice Admiral Joseph P. Moorer, USN (Ret.)

Rear Admiral Paul Moses, USN (Ret.)

Rear Admiral Paul Mulloy, USN (Ret.)

Major General William L. Mundie, USA (Ret.)

General Carl E. Mundy, Jr., USMC (Ret.)

Major General Terry Murray, USMC (Ret.)

Vice Admiral Hank Mustin, USN (Ret.)

Lieutenant General Carol Mutter, USMC (Ret.)

Rear Admiral Jack Natter, USN (Ret.)

Brigadier General Jerry Neff, USA (Ret.)

Brigadier General Mike Neil, USMCR (Ret.)

Brigadier General Robert Henry Neitz, USAF (Ret.)

Brigadier General Ben Nelson, Jr., USAF (Ret.)

Rear Admiral Ed Nelson, USCG (Ret.)

Brigadier General Warren “Bud” Nelson, USAF (Ret.)

Brigadier General Eddie Newman, USA (Ret.)

Major General George W. Norwood, USAF (Ret.)

Rear Admiral Jacqueline “Jackie” O’Meara, USN (Ret.)

Lieutenant General Ira C. “Chuck” Owens, USA (Ret.)

Rear Admiral Robert S. “Rupe” Owens, USN (Ret.)

Lieutenant General Dave Palmer, USA (Ret.)

Brigadier General Robert V. Paschon, USAF (Ret.)

Lieutenant General Ellis D. “Don” Parker, USA (Ret.)

Vice Admiral Ted Parker, USN (Ret.)

Major General Earl G. Peck, USAF (Ret.)

Major General John Peppers, USA (Ret.)

Brigadier General Maurice Phillips, USA (Ret.)

Major General Paul A. Pochara, USAF (Ret.)

Rear Admiral David Polatty, USN (Ret.)

Rear Admiral Thomas J. Porter, USN (Ret.)

Rear Admiral Noel G. Preston, USN (Ret.)

Admiral Joseph W. Prueher, USN (Ret.)

Major General Bill Raines, USA (Ret.)

Vice Admiral William E. Ramsey, USN (Ret.)

Rear Admiral William Retz, USN (Ret.)

Brigadier General Jon A. Reynolds, USAF (Ret.)

Vice Admiral David C. Richardson, USN (Ret.)

Lieutenant General Thomas M. Rienzi, USA (Ret.)

Rear Admiral Stewart Andrew Ring, USN (Ret.)

Brigadier General Steve Ritchie, USAF (Ret.)

Major General James Milnor Roberts, Jr., USA (Ret.)

Vice Admiral David B. Robinson, USN (Ret.)

Brigadier General Bill Roll, USA (Ret.)

Brigadier General Wayne Rosenthal, USAF (Ret.)

Rear Admiral Pete Rots, USCG (Ret.)

Lieutenant General Ed Rowny, USA (Ret.)

Major General Michael D. Ryan, USMC (Ret.)

Vice Admiral John R. Ryan, USN (Ret.)

Brigadier General Luciano C. Salamone, USA (Ret.)

Rear Admiral Jim Schear, USNR (Ret.)

Major General Carl G. Schneider, USAF (Ret.)

Brigadier General Dennis Schulstad, USAF (Ret.)

Rear Admiral Hugh Scott, USN (Ret.)

Vice Admiral James E. Service, USN (Ret.)

Rear Admiral Bill Shawcross, USN (Ret.)

Rear Admiral Edward D. “Ted” Sheafer, Jr., USN (Ret.)

Brigadier General Mike Sheridan, USMC (Ret.)

Vice Admiral Robert F. “Dutch” Shoultz, USN (Ret.)

Rear Admiral Robert H. Shumaker, USN (Ret.)

Rear Admiral Bruce Smith, USN (Ret.)

Admiral Leighton “Snuffy” Smith, Jr., USN (Ret.)

Lieutenant General Norman Smith, USMC (Ret.)

Major General Richard D. Smith, USAF (Ret.)

Rear Admiral Robert (Bob) Smith, III, USN (Ret.)

Brigadier General Stan Smith, USAF (Ret.)

Rear Admiral Roy D. Snyder, USN (Ret.)

Major General J.R. Spalding, USAF (Ret.)

Major General Stanhope S. Spears, Adjutant General, South Carolina

Major General Ralph Spraker, USAF (Ret.)

Brigadier General Bill Spruance, USAF (Ret.)

Lieutenant General Hank Stackpole, USMC (Ret.)

Rear Admiral James Stark, USN (Ret.)

General Carl Stiner, USA (Ret.)

Vice Admiral Edward M. Straw, USN (Ret.)

Major General Ansel M. Stroud, USA (Ret.)

Major General Willam A. Studder, USAF (Ret.)

Major General Leroy N. Suddath, USA (Ret.)

Lieutenant General Gordon Sumner, Jr., USA (Ret.)

Rear Admiral Paul E. Sutherland, USN (Ret.)

Rear Admiral Bob Sutton, USN (Ret.)

Rear Admiral Jeremy Taylor, USN (Ret.)

Rear Admiral Jimmie Taylor, USN (Ret.)

Major General Robert C. Taylor, USAF (Ret.)

Rear Admiral William E. Terry, USN (Ret.)

Vice Admiral Deese Thompson, USCG (Ret.)

Vice Admiral Howie Thorsen, USCG (Ret.)

Major General Harold Timboe, M.D., USA (Ret.)

Rear Admiral Ernest E. Tissot, USN (Ret.)

Brigadier General Robert F. Titus, USAF (Ret.)

Vice Admiral John B. Totushek, USN (Ret.)

Major General Rockly Triantafellu, USAF (Ret.)

Admiral Carlyle A. H. Trost, USN (Ret.)

Vice Admiral Jerry Unruh, USN (Ret.)

Major General Alfred A. Valenzuela, USA (Ret.)

Major General Paul Vallely, USA (Ret.)

Rear Admiral Lloyd “Joe” Vasey, USN (Ret.)

Lieutenant General John Vines, USA (Ret.)

Major General John G. “Jack” Waggener, USA (Ret.)

Rear Admiral Edward K. Walker, Jr., USN (Ret.)

Lieutenant General John F. Wall, USA (Ret.)

Brigadier General W.L. “Bill” Wallace, USA (Ret.)

Admiral James D. Watkins, USN (Ret.)

Major General Gary Wattnem, USA (Ret.)

Rear Admiral Donald Weatherson, USN (Ret.)

Rear Admiral Hugh Webster, USN (Ret.)

Brigadier General Arvid E. West, USA (Ret.)

Major General Drax Williams, USMC (Ret.)

Lieutenant General James A. Williams, USA (Ret.)

Brigadier General Mitchell M. Willoughby, USA (Ret.)

Rear Admiral Dennis Wisely, USN (Ret.)

Major General Herbert E. Wolff, USA (Ret.)

Major General John J. Womack, USA (Ret.)

Major General Dan Wood, USA (Ret.)

Lieutenant General John W. Woodmansee, USA (Ret.)

Rear Admiral George Worthington, USN (Ret.)

Rear Admiral Earl P. Yates, USN (Ret.)

Brigadier General Allan R. Zenotwitz, USA (Ret.)

Admiral Ronald J. Zlatoper, USN (Ret.)

Brigadier General Mitchell M. Zais, USA (Ret.)

The McCain campaign already has a new ad out, with footage from the debate.

What did you think of the debate? I thought that McCain did outstanding. He had the best knowledge of the issues and what is at stake. He also had the best one-liners. Clear and convincing win for McCain in my mind.

Mr. Swanson, writing in his capacity as CRNC Finance Director, requested an audience for the below piece discussing recent comments by College Democrats on CRNC fundraising efforts as well comments by College Republicans supporting, to an extent, the College Democrats’ comments.

Here is what Mr. Swanson had to say:

I normally don’t make posts, and am grateful to have the chance to do so. Some talk has come up recently about our fundraising apparatus – mostly due to misconceptions of outsiders. I am typing on a plane by myself en route to yet another donor meeting,and I just feel it’s necessary to give my two cents about a great group of people.

I have been a leader on each level of this organization, and during my chapter and state chair phases, the concept of the CRNC’s donor group seemed too unreachable and too mysterious for me to understand… and now that I do, I look back at my old assumptions with amazement on how much I have learned and wish somebody back then wrote a letter like this to me.

Like any successful volunteer-based entity, we have an amazing team of donors. Our grassroots base is of course the backbone – over 110,000 friends of our cause regularly provide what they are able to in order to sustain our operations. I love taking phone calls from them! They are as committed to the work we do as our members are in the trenches of grassroots politics, and whether you know it or not, their thoughts and prayers are with you and the rest of us every day.

We also have a core of high-level donors, and this is the group I am chiefly writing to defend since recent ludicrous talk of slush funds and ulterior motives have caught my attention. In high-dollar political fundraising, there are two types of contributors: those with climbing intentions, and those with ideological motives who care deeply about the future of our nation. Having met each supporter face to face, I say with no doubt that every major donor we have falls into the latter category.

These people are not faceless beings that magically give money – they are great Americans and many of them are heroes, politics aside. All have taken extensive measures in the non-partisan realm to improve our country, some are chief reasons why nations such as Israel remain free, and a few even bled on the sands of Omaha Beach.They are not just names on public reports – they are ardent believers in the cause you and I work toward every day.

Also, the idea that we have ease in obtaining funding is untrue. Our Chairman, Charlie Smith, could not be more dedicated toward raising money for our efforts. On a typical week, he is lucky to see his apartment… let alone his fiancé, because he is always on the fly ensuring that we continue to provide state-of-the-art resources for our membership. I know because I’m usually with him, and could not be more impressed by the devotion I see. Fundraising at this level does not mean golf courses and martinis – it means cheap lodging, bargain flights, and lots of fast food… okay, maybe some celebration drinks when we have a good day!

The point I am making is this: when members misunderstand our fundraising, they misunderstand the giants upon whose shoulders our operations rest. The College Dem who wrote that article clearly knew it was riddled with falsities when he penned it – but make no mistake what his intentions were: it was aimed to shake our donors, not our membership. His plan failed because most of our supporters don’t read the Lobo Gazette and frankly would laugh and probably donate again if they saw his piece, but it is NOT the last irrational attack that will happen. More of those will be written, because their tactics are to try to derail us through our lifeblood… it’s a campaign strategy: If you’re candidate can only provide the content-free issue of “hope” without substance, you have no option but to sabotage the other team.

To all College Republican leaders: please know that you have tens of thousands of contributors to our cause that would be fighting alongside you if they were still in school. They love what you do and view our youth outreach efforts as the most vital arena for our party to focus. At the very least, please take a few seconds to think about these supporters before you knock on doors or make candidate calls – though you will probably never meet them, they are your biggest fans and are proud of the work you do.