We Are Living In Age Of Threat:George W Bush

Wednesday, September 3, 2008 at 3:56 pm

WASHINGTON: President Bush led a convention chorus of praise for John
McCain Tuesday night, hailing him as a “ready to lead this nation” and
a courageous candidate who risked his White House ambitions to support
an unpopular Iraq war.

Republicans rallied behind vice
presidential running mate Sarah Palin in the face of fresh controversy.
McCain was in Pennsylvania and Ohio during the day, campaigning his way
into the convention city where the 72-year-old Arizona senator will
deliver his formal acceptance speech on Thursday night.

Bush reprised the national security themes that propelled him to a second term as he spoke briefly from the White House.

“We
need a president who understands the lessons of Sept. 11, 2001,” he
said in prepared remarks. “That to protect America, we must stay on
offense, stop attacks before they happen and not wait to be hit again.
The man we need is John McCain.”

Inside the convention hall,
former Tennessee Sen. Fred Thompson delivered a strong defense of
Palin. He said the Alaska governor, was “from a small town, with small
town values, but that’s not good enough for those folks who are
attacking her and her family.”

He said McCain’s decision to place her on the ticket “has the other side and their friends in the media in a state of panic.”