McCready and McCain
Listening to Dan McCready got me thinking about John McCain.
Right after I posted yesterday’s blog, McCain and Trump, I went to a lunch for McCready. He’s running for Congress in the 9th District. When you hear 9th District, you probably think Charlotte. But the district stretches east to Robeson and Bladen counties. McCready had spent the weekend campaigning there, so he stopped in Raleigh for an event.
McCready has never run for office before. When I first met him about a year ago, I asked why he was running. He said the same thing then that he said Monday: “We need people in Congress who put country before party.”
People like John McCain. McCready said, “John McCain represented the absolute best of what this country can be.”
So does Dan McCready.
Like McCain, he’s a veteran. He told about joining the Marines right out of college after 9/11. Before enlisting, he hit the gym so he could pass the fitness test. At first, he could do only one pull-up. He worked up to the required 20.
He became a platoon leader in Iraq. In the Marines, “you fight for the person on your left, and you fight for the person on your right.”
He came back, married and had four kids. He started a solar energy company. Today, he told us, North Carolina has the second-most solar-energy groups of any state: 30,000. That’s more solar jobs than West Virginia has coal jobs.
In Congress, McCready wants to start a bipartisan caucus of post-9/11 veterans.
He’s as impressive a candidate as I’ve seen in a long time. He’s running a strong campaign, and his race against Mark Harris is rated one of the 20 top battleground races in the country. (Harris is the fellow who says women should stay in their place and not have careers.)
Regardless of where you live, you should help McCready. You can read more about him here and donate to his campaign here.
McCready talked at lunch about growing up in Charlotte, going to public schools and becoming an Eagle Scout. On the way out, I asked a scarred old political vet what he thought.
“He kind of struck me as an Eagle Scout,” the fellow said. Then he paused. “This country could use some Eagle Scouts.”
McCready and McCain
Listening to Dan McCready got me thinking about John McCain.
Right after I posted yesterday’s blog, McCain and Trump, I went to a lunch for McCready. He’s running for Congress in the 9th District. When you hear 9th District, you probably think Charlotte. But the district stretches east to Robeson and Bladen counties. McCready had spent the weekend campaigning there, so he stopped in Raleigh for an event.
McCready has never run for office before. When I first met him about a year ago, I asked why he was running. He said the same thing then that he said Monday: “We need people in Congress who put country before party.”
People like John McCain. McCready said, “John McCain represented the absolute best of what this country can be.”
So does Dan McCready.
Like McCain, he’s a veteran. He told about joining the Marines right out of college after 9/11. Before enlisting, he hit the gym so he could pass the fitness test. At first, he could do only one pull-up. He worked up to the required 20.
He became a platoon leader in Iraq. In the Marines, “you fight for the person on your left, and you fight for the person on your right.”
He came back, married and had four kids. He started a solar energy company. Today, he told us, North Carolina has the second-most solar-energy groups of any state: 30,000. That’s more solar jobs than West Virginia has coal jobs.
In Congress, McCready wants to start a bipartisan caucus of post-9/11 veterans.
He’s as impressive a candidate as I’ve seen in a long time. He’s running a strong campaign, and his race against Mark Harris is rated one of the 20 top battleground races in the country. (Harris is the fellow who says women should stay in their place and not have careers.)
Regardless of where you live, you should help McCready. You can read more about him here and donate to his campaign here.
McCready talked at lunch about growing up in Charlotte, going to public schools and becoming an Eagle Scout. On the way out, I asked a scarred old political vet what he thought.
“He kind of struck me as an Eagle Scout,” the fellow said. Then he paused. “This country could use some Eagle Scouts.”