[mukto-mona] A girl’s journey to the White House

Dear Editor,   Hope you are doing well and thanks for publishing my previous write-ups   This is an article titled "A girl's journey to the White House". I will be highly honoured if you publish this article. I apprecite your time to read this article.   Thanks   Have a nice time   With Best Regards   Ripan Kumar Biswas New York, U.S.A ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A girl's journey to the White House   Ripan Kumar Biswas Ripan.biswas@yahoo.com   Although this quality does not qualify them for a free pass to the White House, but the new life they dawned on Bridget, is a great story and goes a long way to show that the McCain family is a family of honor and kindness.   The job requirement for the White House is completely different and just a kind heart wont do it. Bridget learned of her role in 2000 South Carolina primary, how her color was used to fuel race-baiting rumors that helped sink her father's campaign. But she was present with her mother Cindy McCain, wife of Republican presidential nominee U.S. Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), along with her siblings Jack, James, and Meghan during a walk thru on day three of the Republican National Convention (RNC) at the Xcel Energy Center on September 3, 2008 in St. Paul, Minnesota. The Republican or Grand Old Party (GOP) has nominated Sen. John McCain as the Republican choice for U.S. President on September 4, 2008.   It's a remarkable story, one that probably doesn't get told enough. John McCain is the father of seven children - three of them adopted. The story of his daughter, Bridget McCain, is especially touching and tells a lot about what kind of people John and Cindy McCain are. According toWes Gullett, a former aide to McCain, told the audience in St. Paul that Mrs. McCain had spotted Bridget and another child among 160 abandoned babies at a centre run by the late Mother Teresa in Dhaka, Bangladesh.   Although she didn't go to Bangladesh with the intention of adopting a child, but sometime in 1991 after the devastating April 29th cyclone in Bangladesh, Cindy McCain spent a month there with her charity, the American Voluntary Medical Team (AVMT). There were two little baby girls – one with a heart problem and the other with a severe cleft palate. She immediately decided to get both of them back to US with her as she was primarily concerned about their medical treatment and their survival. Bridget McCain suffered from a severe cleft pallet, and Nicole Gullett Petersen, who was born prematurely, was dangerously malnourished. Wes Gullett and his wife Deborah adopted Nicole Gullett Petersen, who is a high school sophomore now.   There's a lot of really nasty stuff out there about both the Obama and the McCain's family. The good stuff is rarely discussed. Bridget McCain had become a sort of an issue during the campaign for the Republican Presidential nomination in South Carolina during the year 2000. John was criticized and was accused of having an affair with another woman. There was lot of prejudice and the reason for accusation was because Bridget's skin was darker. She was called as illegitimate black daughter of McCain born to a prostitute. This had a strong effect on the conservative South Carolina republicans. In addition, a lot of phone calls were made by people who said McCain's family should be very ashamed about her, about the color of her skin. Such hurtful and vile things were said about her.   According to an article in the New York Times that focuses on Cindy McCain's money, Meghan, Jack, and James, the biological children of Mr. and Mrs. McCain, each have 7.73 percent of Hensley & Company. But Bridget McCain, the McCain's adopted daughter, has shares worth 3.4 percent. As a teenager, she likes to attend school in Phoenix, plays basketball and volleyball, and hang out with friends rather caring how much money she is getting from her parents.   In his first look at Bridget in Phoenix airport, McCain was not the tough war hero senator, Cindy says. He was like every other new father, full of love and emotion. However, the McCain family had to go through an extraordinary process, rather an intrusive process by the bureaucrats to adopt Bridget McCain. The adoption agency officials came to their home rifled through their drawers and even asked John about his sex life.   Believing people are people are people, many Americans are satisfied as they don't hear the McCain's bragging about their humanitarian efforts. They are not trying to make a big deal out of having a multi-racial family. But critics are active against Obama or McCain. Why is it necessary to make their daughter a topic in the convention? Is it to score cheap political points? Why didn't they talk about the birth of Jimmy, or the pregnancy of Meaghan? How the now very wealthy Senator Obama has stepped into help his own flesh and blood brother who lives on one dollar a month? He hasn't helped him, as he's too busy pontificating on how Americans aren't a giving enough people.   Families are involved in campaigns. The Obama campaign uses their daughters. But there has been very little coverage about Bridget McCain. People can hardly accuse the McCain family of sacrificing their daughter's well being for the sake of the campaign. Though all seven McCain children (including two Sen. McCain adopted from his first marriage) are supportive of their father, but they prefer their privacy to the glare of the campaign trail. The McCain family wants to make sure their boys get no special treatment and same goes for their five other children. Their 21-year-old son, Jack, is poised to graduate from Annapolis and also could join the Marines as a Second Lieutenant and their 19-year-old Marine, Jimmy, is preparing for his second tour of duty in gulf countries.   Many well wishers of Democrats think that if Obama wins and the U.S. becomes even more multicultural than it already is, then Bridget could have quite a good life. Maybe an interview would shed some light on how she has been treated or until she writes her memoir what she feels. But the Republicans are saying that the girl has all the things Democrats are screaming they want for all and just because a republican has chosen to give her the best the question motives.   John McCain is not in cahoots with Bush and Cheney. As a republican, Bush and Cheney are, of course, backing him. But, Bush and John McCain have a long track record of butting heads. Claims that McCain is just another George W Bush are ludicrous, especially since the two of them haven't been the best of friends in the past. They've not had a wholly amicable relationship and they disagree on a lot of major issues. Many Americans believe that McCain isn't a typical republican, by any means. That's how he got the nickname "maverick" - he's different. And according to the many supporters of McCain, if he becomes president, he'll shake things up in Washington just like he has been doing for years.   Similarly, according to the many well wishers of Republican, if these people don't deserve to be in the White House, then who does. But whatever, I feel proud while I was in front of the White House as a visitor last weekend. September 5, 2008, Washington Ripan Kumar Biswas is a freelance writer based in New York

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