Taxes will go up and down, the economy will go up and down, but the country, if it goes down to terrorism, will it rise again? I agree with author Anis Shorrosh and others that radical Islamists have a 20-year plan to take over the United States. When people vote Nov. 4, they should consider, are they voting for their money, which is a medium of exchange, or do they vote for their county, its soil, its soul, that essence of freedom that is America and American?

Country first. McCain.

Margaret E. Matthews, Auburn