2008 Republican Party presidential primaries 2008 Republican Party presidential primaries The 2008 Republican presidential primaries were the selection process by which voters of the Republican Party chose its nominee for President of the United States in the 2008 U.S. presidential election. Senator John McCain of Arizona was selected as the nominee through a series of primary elections and caucuses culminating in the 2008 Republican National Convention held from Monday, September 1, through Thursday, September 4, 2008, in St. Paul, Minnesota. President George W Bush was ineligible to be elected to a third term due to the term limits established by the 22nd Amendment. In a
Oliver Stone Oliver Stone William Oliver Stone (born September 15, 1946) is an American writer and filmmaker. Stone won an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay as writer of "Midnight Express" (1978). He also wrote the acclaimed gangster movie "Scarface" (1983). Stone achieved prominence as director/writer of the war drama "Platoon" (1986), for which he won the Academy Award for Best Director and the film received Best Picture. "Platoon" was the first in a trilogy of films based on the Vietnam War, in which Stone served as an infantry soldier. He continued the series with "Born on the Fourth of July" (1989)—for