I want to tell you a story that shows you exactly who I am – from where I started to what made me the man I am today. All I’m asking from you is that you read it all the way through. Thank you in advance.
I was the son of two working-class teachers. I spent my winters deer hunting and my summers trimming Christmas trees on our family farm. Throughout high school, I wrestled, which created opportunities I never thought possible – like going to West Point for college. At West Point, I continued to wrestle, but I also began a new journey in service to our country. I trained hard and became a paratrooper, working my way up to a 2nd Lieutenant.
One day I learned I was headed off to the Gulf War as part of Operation Desert Storm.
Because of the chaos and secrecy of the mission, we didn’t get a chance to call home and say goodbye to our families before deploying, and were only able to stay in touch by mail, so I sent my parents letters as often as I could. My mom even still has them in a box at home!
It became harder and harder to keep in touch.There were a lot of restrictions for security reasons, so we really didn’t get our mail very regularly.
Until one day shortly before Christmas.
A huge box showed up at our camp right before Christmas. My unit opened it up to find a Christmas tree that my dad had picked out from the farm. By some miracle – a Christmas miracle! – it somehow made it past all the censors and restrictions.
So for a few days in the middle of the Saudi desert, my camp had some proper Christmas cheer, and for me, I had a piece of home and a reminder of where I had come from.
This unexpected blessing made even the most hard bitten soldiers smile.
I tell you this story because it summarizes who I am and where I came from. My new book, Superpower in Peril, draws on experiences like these to set out on a new path toward America greatness.
America used to be a global superpower as recently as the 90s, but now, that status is in peril. When writing my plan for America, I drew on my childhood, growing up on a Pennsylvania Christmas tree farm, to my training days at West Point to fighting in Desert Storm to my experience as a job creator, ultimately crafting and creating my conservative agenda to renew America.
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This is the book that Fox News Anchor Mark Levin, UN Ambassador Nikki Haley, and 70th Secretary of State Mike Pompeo are all raving about, and you can get your copy signed.
I hope I’ll be signing your book soon! Thank you for being dedicated to restoring America to power.
Sincerely,
Dave McCormick |