Video: Meet your nominee
posted at 11:40 pm on September 4, 2008 by Allahpundit
And behold your transcript. Sometimes I like him, rarely do I love him, but I’ll always respect him for making it here from Hanoi. How anyone doesn’t, I can’t fathom.
Feel free to use this thread for 2012 conjecture. Fearless pessimistic big A prediction: Palin’s out of politics by then, leading a forlorn party to turn its lonely eyes south towards Louisiana…
Total number of speeches watched this year from either convention: Donut.
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McCain gave a better speech than Obama did at mile high stadium
bnelson44 on September 5, 2008 at 12:09 AM
The last minute of the McCain speech was more powerful than any Obama speech I’ve seen, and I’ve seen too many.
Cardiganfox on September 5, 2008 at 12:09 AM
Dayton Ohio
William Amos on September 5, 2008 at 12:10 AM
You just described all political campaign speeches.
bnelson44 on September 5, 2008 at 12:11 AM
Im not down about this election. No matter what Sarah has given me hope for the GOP. The John McCain is the old guard passing on the torch. No matter the outcome I say we have a brighter future.
William Amos on September 5, 2008 at 12:11 AM
Governor Palin made me feel hopeful for another Morning in America.
Senator McCain made me feel that I will be able to sleep safely at night until that morning dawns.
Loxodonta on September 5, 2008 at 12:12 AM
The Corner reported that they couldn’t hear the speech over the cheering in the hall though. It played better at home. My wife and I loved it.
bnelson44 on September 5, 2008 at 12:12 AM
“Faith of My Fathers”
I bought the DVD and showed it to my little guys a couple of months ago.
Showing them what an American hero was all about…not just a so called “Community Organizer” was.
Over.
1GooDDaDDy on September 5, 2008 at 12:13 AM
whoever is in charge of the background pics should be fired. Sure it was nice for those in attendance. For the rest of America it looked like crap on TV.
jp on September 5, 2008 at 12:14 AM
Had no idea…
Go to Young’s and feed the magic goats for me….
if that stumped you….eat a cassano’s pizza and think happy thoughts towards Iraq…God I miss home.
sven10077 on September 5, 2008 at 12:14 AM
Methinks you listen to a bit much Micheal Savage, AP…
bains on September 5, 2008 at 12:15 AM
Ditto.
And isn’t that so much better than feeling that America must be completely remade in some bizarre unproven socialist experiment that refuses to acknowledge the blessings of our founders and prior generations?
Maquis on September 5, 2008 at 12:16 AM
Is it wrong of me to say that Sarah is one gawddayum good-looking woman? Hooooo…she looked better than last night and that is saying something.
Bishop on September 5, 2008 at 12:17 AM
I’m afraid McCain will put me to sleep till then. If Palin revved up the ticket, drawing even with Obama, I’m afraid McCain just let the air back out of tires.
Roller Coaster!
trailboss on September 5, 2008 at 12:17 AM
Time for a palate cleanser:
They especially captured Obama perfectly.
Dagnar on September 5, 2008 at 12:17 AM
Obama is treacle with a hint of hard-edged militancy. McCain is played-out bravado with a touch of earnestness.
Obama has no ideas. He has nothing to communicate but sentiment. He is not as likable as folks make him out to be. As some have put it, he has a “chilly earnestness” (read zealousness for socialist purity) that will eventually chill the electorate, in spite of the continual hagiography (perhaps partially because of it).
In the end, if either side wins, all things being equal from here out, they will win in a squeaker. Likely somewhere between 2000 and 2004 results.
spmat on September 5, 2008 at 12:18 AM
In case Allah is still reading:
Allah, under what circumstances do we get to see Humping Robot?
McCain actually winning? A loss of a single digit number of seats in the House? Coleman beating Stuart Smalley?
I think we need to start laying out some guidelines here – you know, in case something slightly positive happens. Not that I’m saying it will or anything. You know.
fiatboomer on September 5, 2008 at 12:19 AM
Of course. Except that the socialist experiment is not unproven. It’s been proven wrong.
Loxodonta on September 5, 2008 at 12:20 AM
If it’s a squeaker then Mac better blast the socks off Obama in Ohio and Pennsylvania and convince those people that Obama won’t be able to revive long-gone factories.
Bishop on September 5, 2008 at 12:21 AM
Swen do I know you from Madcows forum ? And I take it your in Iraq now ?
William Amos on September 5, 2008 at 12:21 AM
I LOVE when McCain talks about his love of country, how we need to fight and never give up and how America is the greatest country in the world. Yeah, the POW talk makes some people roll their eyes but when he went into that last part of his speech it damn near brought a tear to my eye. SAy what you will about the Mav, and I don’t have a problem with those who disagree with him, his life story is absolutely incredible and a powerful testament to the value of never giving up in the face of evil.
I’ve read some comments that it lacked specifics, but thats almost always said about these kind of speeches. His delivery isn’t the best and never will be in this format. I enjoyed hisspeech and thought it came across well. The last part of it made me want to go back to active duty so I can try and give back a fraction of what this man has given for this great country.
Now lets get out there and kick some community organizin’ ass!
hump1201 on September 5, 2008 at 12:23 AM
Yes, and no….
I have not been a soldier since before the war….my wife on the other hand.
I literally had no idea you were in Dayton all these years. Wow. I grew up about fifteen miles down the street.
Keep safe, hope things are okay
sven
p.s. I know the Miami Valley is in hard times, but I have faith in home…
Home is never cheap, but would we want it to be.,
sven10077 on September 5, 2008 at 12:26 AM
I knew I’d get nailed on that! You’re quite right, it’s been proven wrong to the tune of over 100 million deaths and untold misery, as you well know. It’s amazing that Marxists keep playing that flute and mindless folks keep following, so certain their greater wisdom and deeper compassion will provide a different outcome. That’s how we got the sweetness and light blog know as Daily Kos, right?
Maquis on September 5, 2008 at 12:27 AM
I’ll rank it a good speech and great summary of who he is provided this fulfills his plan to tell the American people who he is. The only way the general public could get to know him better would be to move in with he and Cindy.
As for the “Stand and fight!”, I hate that crap. He isn’t going to fight. Nobody fights in politics. They talk, talk, talk the voters to death. Heck, at least the Dems throw verbal low blows by insulting their opposition regularly which is the closest thing to fighting any of these pols do. McCain’s is the worst argument, though, in that he proposes that we fight by joining together with the opposition?
Just who are we fighting then? Ourselves? Am I supposed to fight myself because I have strong opinions on how government should work and it is at odds with my lefty countrymen and unless I do, I can’t join together with them to fight, um, something or someone else? Hell, why shouldn’t that argument also apply for my corrupt countrymen who rob the treasury for their own selfish purposes — that’s their concept of government so why shouldn’t we cross the aisle to meet them half way, too?
I say it makes no sense. I say drive our opposition before us, hear their lamentations of our policies, and enjoy those sweet sounds. They damn well will, if they win.
Dusty on September 5, 2008 at 12:28 AM
Im actually from WV just moved to Dayton so Im still learning the area. Thought I recognized you but didnt want to point out the fact that I invited some conservatives from other BBS to come here.
William Amos on September 5, 2008 at 12:30 AM
PBS, our tax dollars at work, of course went on & on about the lack of “diversity” in the crowd.
jgapinoy on September 5, 2008 at 12:30 AM
I’m still pissed. I just got laid off from my job and he didn’t tell me how he was going to get me a new one.
Cracker.
rockmom on September 5, 2008 at 12:30 AM
actually I am a CQ refugee….
if you need help finding your feet PM me over there I’ve ben making a cameo of late….
At any rate the area while not at its peak may rise again.
sven10077 on September 5, 2008 at 12:32 AM
I thought the whole night, except for a few moments in McCain’s speech and the very end, stunk it up.
However…there is no question John McCain is a patriot, and the one thing I kept thinking was that anyone watching it must realize this is a man of substance, in contrast to the empty suit the Democrats are running.
I think this will be even more apparent in the debates. When McCain is directly contrasted with Obamuuuuuuuhh…watch out.
capitalist piglet on September 5, 2008 at 12:32 AM
4-8 years and effort friend….
we lost our way placating the RiNOs…
sven10077 on September 5, 2008 at 12:35 AM
Great Speech? No.
Great Convention? Yes.
Mission Accomplished.
Next Mission? College Campi.
aquaviva on September 5, 2008 at 12:35 AM
It’s okay Allah, a little cold water from you always feels better than from Donna Brazile. Yecch. I swear it looked like she was constantly sucking on a lemon. And the Softballs from The Mole! Jeez. I hafta change the channel every time I see her. She can find absolutely nothing nice to say about this convention, unlike someone we know.
Stay classy, Donna. Please look up the term “loyal opposition”.
JeffWeimer on September 5, 2008 at 12:35 AM
Debates! Oh yeah, unless ZerO has a teleprompter installed on his eyelids, he’s toast there!
But will Allah watch?
Maquis on September 5, 2008 at 12:35 AM
Contradictory quotes from two posts of our host, the venerable AP.
jgapinoy on September 5, 2008 at 12:36 AM
BBC World News just started their program with the last five minutes of McCain’s speech. The roar of the crowd almost….a l m o s t….drowned out the BBC reporter who said the speech didn’t really ‘inspire’ the crowd.
Limerick on September 5, 2008 at 12:38 AM
Anyone looking to a 2012 consolation prize in missing the boat. If McCain/ Palin lose, we will be lucky to have a country by 2012. I am not trying to be sarcastic or alarmist- but Obama truly scares me.
Imagine and Obama Presidency for a moment
- Reid and Pelosi will roll him and he’ll thank them for it.
- The entire world- friends and enemies will love him… because they will be able to play him like a harp.
- Our country will be attacked again. It’s a matter of time. Might be in 50 years, might be 1. If he is in office, it WILL be within 4 years because EVERYONE knows he will be clueless.
- Community organizers will run our country- and I am not talking about the one in the Whitehouse pretending to be President. Let that sink in- the Plagers, Wrights and Al Sharptons and Jesse Jackcons of the world will be in charge.
- Depression by the end of 2010, bank on it.
- Jerusalem/ Iran was before the end of 2009. Obama will start at it mystified; trying to figure out why they won’t talk to him.
- Iraq will be an Iranian suburb.
- Russia will start making Europe it’s b**ch.
- Energy crisis by Memorial Day 2009- gas lines, closed stations… 1970s all over again.
And that is off the top of my head.
We need to make sure McCain wins.
Damiano on September 5, 2008 at 12:39 AM
…or the optimistic pessimist. What a dude you are.
You mean center of donut. Most of them were theater, as they usually are. However, they are a nice part of our country.
Entelechy on September 5, 2008 at 12:40 AM
BBC: “He just the word fight twenty five times. Russia, China and Europe will have a hard time with that.”
Limerick on September 5, 2008 at 12:40 AM
Well, thanks for throwing an slow one down the middle. I’m glad I can still hit those.
As to why people keep falling for those false promises, I wish I knew the answer to that one.
Loxodonta on September 5, 2008 at 12:41 AM
Limerick, then he did his job well. Regards to you and family,
Entelechy on September 5, 2008 at 12:41 AM
Where’s alphie tonight?
Entelechy on September 5, 2008 at 12:42 AM
Yep! (and to you and yours)
Limerick on September 5, 2008 at 12:42 AM
Thanks Lim – I wish csdeven would come back. I would like to get his political temperature.
Entelechy on September 5, 2008 at 12:43 AM
It’s been over a week on Drudge. He has not had a positive Obama photo nor a positive Obama story a single time. The picture today of Obama is just terrible. Keep an eye out. I think Drudge has something planned for Obama :P
lorien1973 on September 5, 2008 at 12:44 AM
LOL…
BBC: “The world has learned about the Obamas, the Clintons, the McCains, and the Palins. Especially the Palins.”
Limerick on September 5, 2008 at 12:45 AM
Lim, the BBC, the MSNBC, and all their brethrens are very nervous. They’re idealistic, but they’re not all dumb. They know.
Entelechy on September 5, 2008 at 12:50 AM
In spite of my mini rant above, I do think McCain’s speech was top shelf. He did what he needed to do in differentiating his and Palins vision from Obama’s and Biden’s for the path the country should take. And it is a sharp contrast.
Now he needs to kick O/B’s butts by making it clear than their path will lead to the country’s ruin.
Dusty on September 5, 2008 at 12:50 AM
Miss E,
Nervous? I’d say it borders on the DTs. :)
Limerick on September 5, 2008 at 12:51 AM
HAHAHA
You remind me of Mr. Bill “Oh Nooooo!!!”
HAHAHA
BDU-33 on September 5, 2008 at 12:54 AM
Yes, Lim. Even Chris Matthews said tonight that the outcome is now not sure any more and that McCain is the only one who could win it for the republicans. Last night the ones at MSNBC looked like rigor mortis had set in. Tonight they were just resigned to the fact that it could happen that thei One might not be the one.
Entelechy on September 5, 2008 at 12:56 AM
?! Wow. That must have hurt.
Spirit of 1776 on September 5, 2008 at 12:57 AM
Everything is on the Barry reaction during the next week. Today on PBS he was playing defense (while trying like hell to play offense). McCain has them on their heels and Barry is hoping the bell rings soon.
Limerick on September 5, 2008 at 1:00 AM
McCain is lucky that you weren’t the person in the cell next to his. For heaven’s sake, this is a fight that has to be fought before it can be won! Grow a pair!
batman on September 5, 2008 at 1:05 AM
lorien1973 on September 5, 2008 at 12:44 AM
Drudge hates McCain. The crappy and blatantly unconstitutional McCain-Feingold was the last straw.
I used to listen to Drudge’s radio show (and earlier, watched his TV show) and from those two, you can divine the tea leaves.
Remember, he quit his television show when they tried to censor a photo on his site of a little fetal hand grasping a surgeons as they did some surgery on the tiny fetus in the womb.
Drudge is strongly pro-life and is a Jewish convert to (I believe) Catholicism.
I think that his Obama-love was more of an anti-Hillary reflex.
He used to sarcastically call Hillary, “The Lady of Our Hearts”, quoting some jerk-off Hollywood lib at a Hillary fundraiser.
TexasJew on September 5, 2008 at 1:05 AM
You know, I just thought of this…
Added bonus to a McCain Presidency- mass suicide of MSNBC cast.
They will all spike their Kool-Aid with cyanide and then we can play non stop re-runs of Wonder Woman on MSNBC for the next 4 years.
Damiano on September 5, 2008 at 1:06 AM
Wow…Elmer Fudd up 72 hours straight…z z z z z z.
Worst.acceptance.speach.evah.
alphie on September 5, 2008 at 1:08 AM
I feel sorry for Senator McCain. Once he becomes president he is going to realize that HE is a heartbeat away from working with malcontents in a restaurant who get paid minimum wage and could give a rat’s azz about anything other than geting out of the heat of the kitchen.
Oh well, as an old P51 pilot once told me. What goes around comes around.
Unfortunately that is not true anymore.
What goes around just keeps going, and the consequences just keep growing.
There will be another world war, and it won’t be McCains’s fault.
winemkr on September 5, 2008 at 1:13 AM
HATED that stupid giant screen throughout the convention. Whoever was in charge of the images on it was a moron. Very, very distracting, IMO.
McCain did fine. A very rousing ending and good enough not to bring the momentum Sarah established to a screeching halt. He had me convinced simultaneously that he sincerely has the best interests of this country at heart AND that he’s going to piss me off royally over the next four years by constantly trying to build bipartisan coalitions that get neither party’s goals accomplished but give the appearance of cooperation. No matter how hard he fights, though, I do not for a second believe that he’ll ever get the likes of Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid to work with him in any way whatsoever. Deadlock. But it’s better than Obama and a rubberstamp Dem Congress, so I’ll take it.
aero on September 5, 2008 at 1:14 AM
As opposed to what other formal political speech? All rhetoric is designed to do exactly that: appeal, by whatever means proper, to those who have the power to affect what change you deem necessary. Convention speeches just tend to be more rowdy.
spmat on September 5, 2008 at 1:15 AM
alphie..welcome…we saw you try to blitz the stage..nice work
sven10077 on September 5, 2008 at 1:19 AM
I don’t know why Allah is so pessimistic.
if there was a time to be pessimistic, it was over the past four months, when McCain basically pissed away his entire advantage, giving idiotic populist faux-Democrat speeches, such as his anti-Pharm and Carbon Credit crapola, attacking Romney for being in the “for-profit” world, and flailing around pathetically on numerous issues like energy and Global Warming. It has only been a couple of weeks since he turned into Mr. Drill. That’s my profession, by the way.
Maybe that’s what Peggy Noonan was alluding to as things that Republicans do poorly. They sound idiotic and insincere whenever they morph into anti-business Populists.
McCain’s new management team is definitely top-drawer these days, compared to what he had before. He still does that “reach across the aisle” bull, but he’s listening to some smarter person’s instructions.
I personally don’t give a crap about McCain as a “Republican leader”; I’m a hard-ass free-market First and Second Amendment conservative and I like Palin and Jindal and Cantor and the other younger conservatives and wish that most of the old farts would just retire and get lost.
Otherwise, we’re stuck with Stevens and Craig and all those other sleazeballs. It’s time for a lot of new blood in the Party.
Instead of reaching across aisles and selling out the principal and stalwarts who may have just saved his ass, he needed to thank the Republican base for having to endure his unfocused stupidities.
In retrospect, I guess, however, that his one brilliant move – nominating Sarah Palin – may have done just that.
TexasJew on September 5, 2008 at 1:25 AM
McCain’s whole campaign is now leftover Hopey Changey stuff from Obama, TJ.
What a joke.
alphie on September 5, 2008 at 1:30 AM
And the joke is on Obama. He got beaten by someone he refers to as the Mayor of Wasilla:
More than 40 million people see Palin speech
Loxodonta on September 5, 2008 at 1:34 AM
David Axelrod just called. He’s revoking your liberal license for unauthorized use of the term “Hopey Changey.”
On the plus side, you may be able to fill in for Alan Colmes now.
fiatboomer on September 5, 2008 at 1:36 AM
I think he’s cooked. And I think he knows it. He knee-jerked twice now, once in picking Biden, now going on O’Reilly. He’s in trouble. He is out celebritized by Palin (America is going to love this woman) and out credential by McCain. He is stuck with no where to go but down.
Spirit of 1776 on September 5, 2008 at 1:36 AM
I like partisan politics because it’s good to have opposing ideas battle each other in a democracy. We don’t have some half-assed parliamentary system.
What is McCain advocating? Soviet-style single party rule?
Think about how stupid that idea is…
Hoorah for partisan politics!
TexasJew on September 5, 2008 at 1:38 AM
As a worrier, I can’t quite agree with that yet. I still think McCain/Palin can lose. (Mistakes happen.) But I don’t think that Obama/Biden can win.
Loxodonta on September 5, 2008 at 1:39 AM
alphie on September 5, 2008 at 1:30 AM
I can’t believe that I’m kinda-sorta agreeing with alphie on something. Oy..
I don’t think that its a joke, however.
Now, dorky useless overpriced wind turbines replacing gigawatt nuclear and coal electrical generation plants and petroleum energy for transportation – THAT’S a frigging joke.
TexasJew on September 5, 2008 at 1:43 AM
If I was psychology grad student I might do my dissertation on people like alphie. He derives some sort of satisfaction out of it. I just don’t get it, but there’s gotta be some basic need that’s being satisfied.
I’ve occasionally looked at forums of left-wing sites, but never taken that step to register and offer up bon mots to attract attention.
If you must, just post about him, not directly to him.
Aw crap, now he’s just gonna post again.
rockhead on September 5, 2008 at 1:45 AM
You’ve been working your ass off and haven’t had time?
jaime on September 5, 2008 at 1:50 AM
I can understand that. But Obama really hasn’t had momentum since Super Tuesday. Even as the “frontrunner” he couldn’t put her away. He needed to solidify during the DNC but he didn’t (addicted to love, etc) and I think he needed 10-12 points coming out. But I bet polls will be even after this week and the debates will be 3-1 in favor of McCain. He’s in a very good position now.
Spirit of 1776 on September 5, 2008 at 1:52 AM
Hey Allah, you know over the last year I’ve been coming over here, you’ve written about how Pallin is awesome and hot. I’m sure a few people could find some archives of that. Now, all of a sudden this?
Hmmf.
The interesting thing about it, Allah, is that now you got me feeling the same way about you that you do about these speeches. I just read the important ‘facts’ and use HA for the convenient links. When I get to your “appeal to niche constituencies” I just gloss right over it. “I don’t care about” your “larded up… crap designed to appeal” to the fiery masses. Yeah, I respond sometimes when it’s over the top but only because “every” other “pundit” is talking about it anyway. But thanks for the links and embedded videos, they work great for boning up on what to expect when I get home from work and turn on MSNBC, CNN, and FOX.
Sultry Beauty on September 5, 2008 at 2:04 AM
“Change is not a destination. Hope is not a strategy.”
capitalist piglet on September 5, 2008 at 2:08 AM
Spirit of 1776 on September 5, 2008 at 1:52 AM
I agree. Actually, I am much more optimistic than my previous post reads, as I re-read it.
Loxodonta on September 5, 2008 at 2:08 AM
I must admit, I wasn’t going to vote for McCain for the simple fact that I wanted someone else. But sitting this out means it only helps Obama.
Since I would rather have my eyes plucked out of their sockets with a rusty, metal spork than see him President, I’m happily voting McCain.
From one biracial guy to another, Obama dude…you are not the one.
Jesse on September 5, 2008 at 3:07 AM
I thought HE was the first black Bill Clinton?
Benjamin9 on September 5, 2008 at 4:22 AM
Alla would rather watch The View :) Havn’t you guys figured out yet that Alphie is Alla’s alter ego? Must…prevent…echo…chamber…
equanimous on September 5, 2008 at 5:49 AM
As Bart once said: “Man, that’s good Squshie”.
My hat is off to Senator McCain, the next President of the United States. :) :) :)
Theophile on September 5, 2008 at 5:55 AM
Then how can you possibly hold them accountable to what they have promised?
dominigan on September 5, 2008 at 6:11 AM
I was behind a car with a Texas Longhorns license plate holder yesterday. But for a moment I read it as “Texas Jews”. Thanks to you :)
mikeyboss on September 5, 2008 at 6:48 AM
The speech was sometimes inspiring, sometimes irritating but all-in-all still much better than the jibber-jabber that came out of Obama’s mouth as he delivered his ampitheater speech to the washed Greek masses.
As for your pessimistic prediction, Allah: Considering the way the polls are swinging these days, I tend to agree with Rush. If Obama isn’t up by at least 10 points come election time… he’s toast. If McCain continues to play his cards right, this election is his to lose. Palin only helps his cause in that respect. She’s managed to fire up the mainstream conservative base about this campaign far more than I could have had anticipated.
I will guarantee you this, Allah. The Obama campaign is panicking right now. They know that this election is no longer theirs for the taking and they’ve got a lot of ground to cover in the next 60 days to try and get Obama in the White House.
Jockolantern on September 5, 2008 at 6:57 AM
McCain is only saying what I hear pissy conservatives say all the time: Republicans in Congress broke their promise to bring fiscal conservatism and accountable government Washington.
I think that he and Palin really do want to try and shake things up. How much changing they will be able to accomplish with Dem majority is questionable.
So, I don’t think he stole Obama’s message, it was McCain’s message all along.
McCain is not Laurence Olivier, he is not an actor or an orator. But his speech was honest and straightforward and no one can doubt that he is a patriot. That is worth more than all the faux presidential seals and Greek columns of Obama’s campaign.
Terrye on September 5, 2008 at 7:15 AM
My feelings exactly.
Kafir on September 5, 2008 at 7:16 AM
Texas Jew:
I stopped looking at Drudge a long time ago. It is completely ridiculous for him to complain about what a horror McCain/Feingold was when he is obviously willing to suck up to a lefty like Obama. The United States Constitution survived McCain/Feingold just fine. McCain did not exactly slow down the hundreds of millions of dollars flowing into politics.
So for people like Drudge who think money and freedom of speech are one and the same they will be happy to know that both are alive and well in the USA.
Terrye on September 5, 2008 at 7:18 AM
That’s a very good answer, and correct to boot. However, McCain’s been around a long time, so it is possible to have deduced this about him prior to tonight, and therefore chosen to skip the speech. That was how I saw it (or didn’t, actually.)
But I did make it a point to watch Palin’s speech, carefully. It was only the second time I’d seen her speak more than a sentence or two. I am trying to find out what lies, if any, she tells herself. It surprised me when AP said he didn’t watch her speech.
JiangxiDad on September 5, 2008 at 7:21 AM
Lol. I thought Bill Clinton was suppose to be the first black..well..Bill Clinton :|
Jesse on September 5, 2008 at 7:26 AM
Allahpundit, You may have conservative values, but you sure sound like the typical Doom and Gloom Liberal. Seruously consider seeking professional help.
mgtanner on September 5, 2008 at 7:29 AM
Join the club.
I’m still looking after being downsized in March. Nobody wants a guy that has been in the IT and engineering world for 30 years. I had an interview yesterday and it was the same old same old. You are impressive, maybe too impressive for our needs. All I keep wanting to ask is why the heck did you call me in then? I think lots and lots of people lie on their resume and they filter out how much they know at the interviews. In my case I don’t lie and when I get to the interview they are surprised that I am a lot more than what I claim rather than less.
jmarcure on September 5, 2008 at 8:14 AM
Skip your threads and just read Captain Ed’s?
Is that what you meant?
fossten on September 5, 2008 at 8:40 AM
I only wish the speech had been shortened for punch and focus, otherwise LOTS of good moments.
Lockstein13 on September 5, 2008 at 8:41 AM
So quote a speech that doesn’t fall into that description for reference. Jeez, Allah.
MadisonConservative on September 5, 2008 at 9:06 AM
Overall, I’d give McCain’s speech a B+ compared to Palin’s A+ performance.
One thing that did jump out that still worries me was the following:
Whoever wins the presidency, if we get amnesty shoved down our throats we’re done as a nation.
BowHuntingTexas on September 5, 2008 at 9:19 AM
The only thing missing was the Greek pillar backdrop.
On one hand,(the left one) we have a candidate whose background has more mysteries than credentials, an angry wife who just recently found her pride in her country, a list of relationships that stretch between a hateful, American hating preacher to a evil American hating terrorist bomber, with a Muslim criminal in between. And, a party that saw fit to choose this candidate.
On the other hand, we have a true American hero, whose background and contributions over a lifetime are beyond question, a man who has achieved more in his sleep than Obama has in his career, a man whose foresight and perseverance saved America from a devastating and dangerous defeat in Iraq.
What am I missing?
Syd B. on September 5, 2008 at 10:01 AM
A fine end to the week.
chiefeditor on September 5, 2008 at 11:11 AM
Palin is the finest glass of southern sweet tea. McCain is the turd floating on the top. From McCain’s speech last night …
I just pray he does not ruin the career of Palin. I cannot sip a glass of the finest tea with a floating turd (though I thought about it).
Valiant on September 5, 2008 at 11:26 AM
McCain Rawked da Hay-owz !!!
I’ve watched many of his speeches. They are generally very serious, and the content quietly powerful. But this one was different…
I have never seen a speech where a candidate criticizes his own party ! And, I haven’t seen a candidate stress the idea of one America, one that transcends party, race, gender, or ethnicity, since Ronald Reagan! McCain is onto some pretty powerful, old school, patriotic nationalism here. Let’s see how the ideals of American exceptionalism compete with the ideology of a declining and Evil America crowd…
While McCain managed to hit on this old school America theme, incidentally-one that the founders of our nation would have felt at ease with, he also was able to present it in a way that underscored him as the…MAVERICK!. This dovetails nicely with the rugged individualism empodied by his running mate Gov. Palin.
And, perhaps most shocking is the size of the viewing audience; greater than Obama’s Denver address!!
The Money part of the speech is the last minute or so. Although not known for soaring rhetoric, that part of the speech was better, and more meaningful, than any rhetorical flourish that Obama has spoken during his entire campaign!
Money, absolute Money, baby…
RocketmanBob on September 5, 2008 at 11:47 AM
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