Video: McCain concedes
posted at 12:03 am on November 5, 2008 by Allahpundit
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The recriminations begin tomorrow. Tonight, this.
Update: Here’s the transcript, if you prefer.
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Good game sir.
JHC on November 5, 2008 at 12:03 AM
Some good news to share
49% precincts reporting
Bachmann 98,568 48%
Tinklenberg 87,471 42%
William Amos on November 5, 2008 at 12:04 AM
Not my first choice.
But he got my vote.
Kini on November 5, 2008 at 12:04 AM
An American Hero…
d1carter on November 5, 2008 at 12:05 AM
Mccain is a good guy but he isnt the cause of this defeat SOROS is. That and GOP apathy.
We need a new leader for the GOP. I want FRED THOMPSON as RNC cheif !
William Amos on November 5, 2008 at 12:06 AM
“Barack Obama”
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
gumble on November 5, 2008 at 12:06 AM
How crappy was McCain’s internal polling to suggest that he even had a chance today?
lorien1973 on November 5, 2008 at 12:06 AM
John McCain is a good man, but he was a horrible candidate. Let us choose more wisely next time.
greggriffith on November 5, 2008 at 12:07 AM
how is coleman doing?
ousoonerfan15 on November 5, 2008 at 12:07 AM
Didn’t his campaign show you that he does not have the “fire in his belly” for a prolonged fight?
lorien1973 on November 5, 2008 at 12:07 AM
No, lousy game, sir! The man who showed up at the last debate was needed at the first. And damn the media for helping Obama lie and obfuscate his way into the presidency. A media that could, within 24 hours, expose all of Joe the Plumber’s secrets, consciously avoided critical scrutiny and exposure of Obama’s background and have made this man our president. Without their complicity Obama would have puffed away in the wind as the shallow fabrication he is.
EasyEight on November 5, 2008 at 12:07 AM
A good man. Too good in many ways. I just know we can’t count on him to stop Obama in the Senate. He will help Obama achieve *something*, so god help us all.
SouthernGent on November 5, 2008 at 12:07 AM
Coleman 616,024 42%
Franken 604,227 41%
52% precincts reporting
William Amos on November 5, 2008 at 12:08 AM
I guess this proves that a liberal Republican can’t ride the Apron Strings of a Republican Governor into the White House..
Delta Wild Man on November 5, 2008 at 12:08 AM
Listening to Obama speech. Doom and Gloom.
Kini on November 5, 2008 at 12:08 AM
No comment.
CanadianGuy on November 5, 2008 at 12:08 AM
Running for President is a very different job than RNC cheif. Traveling all over and meeting lost of people
Fred isnt good at that but he can give leadership
William Amos on November 5, 2008 at 12:09 AM
Best speech he’s ever given. Unfortunately.
Jim Treacher on November 5, 2008 at 12:09 AM
I’m an BHO troll. Was trying to say something nice. I actually like JMac, and would have voted for the 2000 JMac.
JHC on November 5, 2008 at 12:09 AM
Probably one of the most honorable men we will ever have running for President.
Thank you John McCain for making it easy to vote for you. In any other election cycle you would have been elected by a landslide.
God Bless you and your family.
gophergirl on November 5, 2008 at 12:11 AM
McCain was the man I voted for and he would have been a good president. He is a man who has spent his entire life in the service of his country. We should refrain from petty cheap shots.
I don’t think any Republican could have won this election. If the stock market had not crashed, maybe, but that was the end of it.
Terrye on November 5, 2008 at 12:12 AM
Damn this sucks!!
Baxter Greene on November 5, 2008 at 12:12 AM
I’m really going to miss Governor Palin. She deserved better than the way she was treated. I really wanted to see her in the White House.
Rose on November 5, 2008 at 12:12 AM
I never liked you. I voted against Obama/for Palin. You handed the socialist all 3 branches of government this year because you’re an unguided, weak and backstabbing headline chaser. I hope you retire in disgrace before your term is up and you are forever remembered as the republican Jimmy Carter thrust upon us by a bunch of weak-kneed Nancies.
Let all GOP’ers who utter the word “bipartisan” and “work with democrats” suffer boils and vermin.
I want conservatives. Political deatn to the RINOs.
Steele-Jindal 2012!
Mr Snuggle Bunny on November 5, 2008 at 12:13 AM
God, Barry’s speech is an astonishing testament to his ego. He gave a shout out to be around the world “huddled next to old radios” listening to him gibber-jabber. Hubris, thy name is Obama.
P.S. They let Jesse Jackson in to his speech, I wonder if they patted him down for scissors.
Rollie on November 5, 2008 at 12:14 AM
F$#$% F$%^ F$#&* F^&*O
I can not believe Prez elect O snowed so many people so badly.
F15Mech on November 5, 2008 at 12:14 AM
They need someone. A 70 year old Thompson isn’t it though. Dumping Martinez or whoever is the head now is a good first step.
I’d prefer a more libertarian direction myself. Someone who can truly articulate small government and personal freedoms.
I can’t think of anyone who can do it, unfortunately.
lorien1973 on November 5, 2008 at 12:14 AM
Thank you Senator McCain and Governor Palin for battling to the end. You showed class and courage and I thank you.
JustTruth101 on November 5, 2008 at 12:14 AM
Bullcrap. The Repubs had a terrible candidate and they’re terribly unorganized — lost their way, etc.
It’s no one’s fault but the ENTIRE Repub party — period.
Repub party is dead…
eanax on November 5, 2008 at 12:15 AM
Congrats to Obama.
It is a historic moment — if not the historic moment I was hoping for.]
ClintACK on November 5, 2008 at 12:15 AM
SouthernGent:
I think McCain will do his best to do his job in the Senate, what say we not accuse him of treacheries not yet committed?
Terrye on November 5, 2008 at 12:15 AM
I didn’t bother listening to Obama’s speech. Can’t stand to hear him speak, too choppy. My husband was listening but he kept changing the channel back and forth to NCIS.
Rose on November 5, 2008 at 12:16 AM
sad, sad day…
puppykicker on November 5, 2008 at 12:16 AM
As our country moves towards the darkness of socialism.
All I can hear, is yes we can :(
Kini on November 5, 2008 at 12:16 AM
The Irony is McCain could still win NC, VA, FL and OH after conceding.
manofaiki on November 5, 2008 at 12:16 AM
I can. Most people are stupid…or don’t care.
Atlas Shrugged…
eanax on November 5, 2008 at 12:16 AM
There was zero emotion in Mac’s speech.
Only applause line was when he mentioned Sarah.
Bipartisanship is a losing issue.
datadriver on November 5, 2008 at 12:17 AM
eanax:
My God, what crybabies. When Republicans lost in 1992 to Clinton was there this much bellyaching? I don’t remember such hysterics.
Terrye on November 5, 2008 at 12:17 AM
It feels like 1996 all over again. Time to throw all the liberal blue blood RINOs out on their ears.
Starting with Huckabee.
Tom Blogical on November 5, 2008 at 12:17 AM
I tried to watch Hussein’s speech but gave up after Jeremiah Wright came
on stage.
My brother lasted 60 seconds in until the gay agenda was mentioned
datadriver on November 5, 2008 at 12:18 AM
“Failure is mine, not yours”?
You lost a fight for the future of OUR nation.
The failure is all of ours, we will all have to endure it.
Bo on November 5, 2008 at 12:18 AM
wonder if levi will still be marrying the daughter…
wasilly on November 5, 2008 at 12:18 AM
You must’ve missed the aftermath of the 2000 and 2004 elections. Time for you to go to the library and crack open a history book.
Tom Blogical on November 5, 2008 at 12:18 AM
McCain is McCain. He is who we knew he is: An American hero, a decent man, who won a victory over evil in Vietnam but unfortunately never understood just how evil other Americans could be, and thought taking the high road would always turn out right. In another year he might have won; this year he just had too much to contend with. He did what he could.
And he did give us a new heroine in Sarah Palin. If she’s back in 2012 (or even before that — would it be possible to get her into Congress in 2010?) I will work my heart out for her.
Finally, Allahpundit, I do owe you an apology. We’ve been unfair to you at times. I hope you understand that some of us needed to hang onto hope just as long as we could.
Gina on November 5, 2008 at 12:19 AM
McCain went out with class, I’ll give him that.
I’m sorry Sir but it was your fault. Not enough fire. JM needed to act like he was going into Thunderdome not courtesy class.
Exit question, Do we take the high road as urged or give the Democraps the same BS we’ve taken for 8 yrs?
I can tell you I’m not going to follow the request.
VikingGoneWild on November 5, 2008 at 12:19 AM
Time to start figuring out where to hide my 401K and other inventment.
Or should I just cash out and bury it in my back yard?
Kini on November 5, 2008 at 12:19 AM
Would it be mean of me to say that this has all turned out precisely as I told you all it would almost exactly eight months ago?
Palin and Plumber Joe were the only bright spots in all those days. Left on his own, McCain would have lost even bigger.
And now he goes back to his comfortable Senate seat, to watch as America goes down the drain.
LegendHasIt on November 5, 2008 at 12:19 AM
McCain ran a horrible campaign. He had to defining message. He was not brave enough or savvy enough to paint Obama as exactly as he is… a Chicago style of socialist politics.
The Republican party has lost its way. Where are the Newts to balance our budgets? We only had Bush who recklessly spent and forgot about he middle class American worker in the event of globalism in the American workplace.
While we talk about open markets and capitalism, jobs are being sent overseas and we are seeing the largest transfer of wealth (Oil) in world history. Where are our conservative Republicans?
Get back to basics conservative ideals.
Small government
Balance budget
Low taxes
Strong defense
Protect the American worker
Protect life.
msipes on November 5, 2008 at 12:19 AM
Good gravy McCain, spare us the sanctimonious BS. This will be a tragedy for this country and you stand up there acting like this was simply a healing moment between the races.
This election is, and has ALWAYS been about socialism. This country just took a huge step toward European socialism.
That is right, the failure is yours. You left Wright on the table and acted like holiness wins elections.
Dumbass.
csdeven on November 5, 2008 at 12:19 AM
Sarah’s face at 6:30 gets me torn up. Love ya, Sarahcuda. You got my vote.
hockey2k5 on November 5, 2008 at 12:19 AM
We just elected a perfect stranger to run our country for four years. How stupid is that? Whatever happens, we deserve it for being such idiots. See what 40 years of indoctrination can do to a nation? Ya ain’t seen nothing yet.
UnEasyRider on November 5, 2008 at 12:20 AM
Wasilly, “the daughter” has a name, and her marriage is none of your business.
Gina on November 5, 2008 at 12:20 AM
Well, Barack, lets see what you got. Jimmy Carter, round 2.
Meanwhile, we need to clean house of all the RINOs and get back to conservative basics. 4 years of this, and the country will be ready, provided we can survive 4 years of out and out socialism.
gstrickler on November 5, 2008 at 12:20 AM
Rose:
I try my best not to listen to Obama. I may not turn the TVnews on again for years.
Terrye on November 5, 2008 at 12:20 AM
I know most of us weren’t thrilled about McCain, but next to some of the arrogant, dishonest Democrats, he’s a class act.
And so is President Bush. The media spent the past five years convincing everyone his presidency is a failure, and on the whole, it was not. He got blamed for everything from causing hurricanes to the housing crisis, and he took it like a man. He didn’t even defend himself.
Say what you will about the decision to invade Iraq, once he made it, he did the right thing for Iraq and for our nation by staying there at the cost of his own legacy. That’s leadership.
jazz_piano on November 5, 2008 at 12:21 AM
Palin will be a national political figure for years and years to come. Not much arguing that. Hopefully she is the leader the GOP needs when 2012 comes around
ousoonerfan15 on November 5, 2008 at 12:21 AM
Whatever you do with it, don’t invest in the coal industry!
SPCOlympics on November 5, 2008 at 12:23 AM
Gina, you’re probably right, she probably does have a name, it just wasn’t that important to me. And this ticket made it my business by dragging her into the public light. Sorry, I was just wondering…
wasilly on November 5, 2008 at 12:23 AM
I feel most bad for Sarah Palin. She does not deserve the hate she has gotten and will get. Nor the blame.
SAZMD on November 5, 2008 at 12:23 AM
Classy McCain. What a statesman. May he live a long and happy life.
FrenchguyinTaiwan on November 5, 2008 at 12:24 AM
I fear the blind adulation of Barack Obama the man. It is a little frightening. This could lead us to things totally unAmerican. I pray my fears are unfounded. Time will tell…
d1carter on November 5, 2008 at 12:24 AM
No time for recriminations: time to start rebuilding is now! Planning for the new campaigns needs to start tomorrow.
michaelo on November 5, 2008 at 12:25 AM
cdeven:
I am so sick of that crap. No one gives a damn about Wright. Blaming McCain because he left Wright on the table is crazy. The country has been hearing about Wright since last March and they obviously do not give a damn. Hell I thought the remarks about killing coal would do more damage, but Obama is still close in Indiana and I can not even believe that. Wright was a waste of time.
Terrye on November 5, 2008 at 12:25 AM
Does this mean Sen. McCain will be a Republican again?
sulla on November 5, 2008 at 12:25 AM
I pray you’re right. She’s ignited a passion for conservatism and for this country within me like never before.
Thanks, John, for trying your guts out, but thanks even more for introducing America to Sarah Palin.
hockey2k5 on November 5, 2008 at 12:25 AM
Nope. The media did that, while ignoring many inconvenient facts about Dear Leader.
Tom Blogical on November 5, 2008 at 12:25 AM
Ah, so now we get to talk trash about Obama’s children?
Yeah, I didn’t think so.
(For what it’s worth, I don’t want to. I just want you to see what you sound like.)
Gina on November 5, 2008 at 12:25 AM
Mccain is a good guy but he isnt the cause of this defeat SOROS is. That and GOP apathy.
We need a new leader for the GOP. I want FRED THOMPSON as RNC cheif !
William Amos on November 5, 2008 at 12:06 AM
Bullcrap. The Repubs had a terrible candidate and they’re terribly unorganized — lost their way, etc.
It’s no one’s fault but the ENTIRE Repub party — period.
Repub party is dead…
eanax on November 5, 2008 at 12:15 AM
Republicans are NOT dead. Sorry to disabuse you. We learn from our failures, figure out how we can learn from losses. Stand by for 2010.
JeffWeimer on November 5, 2008 at 12:26 AM
John McCain is an honorable man and a great American. Given that destiny was against him, he did as well as he could.
paul006 on November 5, 2008 at 12:26 AM
A true American hero and a great patriot. How sad that even people on his side can’t wait to knife him in the back still.
If republicans had stepped up and supported him once he was the nominee instead of the incessant backbiting, perhaps this election could have been different.
I think Hank Paulson handed the White House to Obama…talk about your September/October surprise.
Perhaps if McCain had voted against the bailout….
funky chicken on November 5, 2008 at 12:26 AM
Sounds good to me.
aikidoka on November 5, 2008 at 12:26 AM
McCain ran a surprisingly strong campaign, despite the apparent problems. For “an old guy,” McCain sure gave Obama a very strong run for the money. And it appears it was only money that got Obama ahead, that, and, his constant, ongoing harping on race (I had to mute the speech from moments ago, more of that same race-harping, can’t stand it).
Congrats to McCain and Palin for a very entertaining and commendable race.
S on November 5, 2008 at 12:26 AM
Oh there’s a lot of blame to go around but it doesn’t rest on the McCain or Palin doorstep.
My sincere respect and admiration to both McCain and Palin for taking up the good fight for America and our Founder’s values even when so called conservative pundits, bloggers and columnists (you know who you are) worked against you every step of the way and in the case of McCain for the last 3 years.
Me .. I’m going to move to a socialist country that has already worked through the glitches and perfected the system.
Texas Gal on November 5, 2008 at 12:27 AM
Does Tina Fay have any of those Palin 2012 T-shirts left over? I’ve got cash.
sulla on November 5, 2008 at 12:27 AM
Don’t blame mccain because you are a piece of shit. You thinking about her daughter and her fiance is your mental disorder, no one elses.
lorien1973 on November 5, 2008 at 12:28 AM
It was a decent fight, but we never stood much of a chance. I didn’t watch the video because I was sure it would depress me. I guess, after getting hyped up, I felt we could win, but I suppose Democrats deserve a chance in the White House, too. Just WHY did it have to be this one?
Achilles on November 5, 2008 at 12:28 AM
paul:
I have never said this before, but I agree with you.
Terrye on November 5, 2008 at 12:29 AM
Dear lord, make me cling to faith in you even more joyfully. Amen.
nyong_kupang on November 5, 2008 at 12:29 AM
This concession speech was exactly why McCain ran for president in the first place. He has been dying to stand up there and spout that BS since 2000. And amazingly he did just enough to fulfill that goal.
Go away John. Resign from the senate and disappear forever. We don’t need you and your attacks on conservative values.
csdeven on November 5, 2008 at 12:29 AM
Now for the fun part: not enough Republicans to blame anything on, so the Dems and the MSM will turn on each other when stuff goes south.
And then: Gingrich 2: The Quickening.
sulla on November 5, 2008 at 12:29 AM
Keep in mind that McCain wanted Tom Ridge or Joe Liebermann as VP.
Then think how bad it could have been.
William Amos on November 5, 2008 at 12:30 AM
Weakling. Loser. Fool.
For allowing a crypto-Marxist scumbag to kick your lazy ass and usurp power.
Lousy job, putz.
Retire with some decency.
profitsbeard on November 5, 2008 at 12:30 AM
I AGREE.
And, from this evening on, for the next four years, WE NOW HAVE THE DEMOCRATS TO BLAME. They should be grateful that the ugliness they’ve blasted all over the world about President Bush, Conservatives and Republicans is not going to be dealt back to them, because, contrary to the Left/Democrats, we on the Right have morals.
We’ll have a great reshaping in the next years. I’m rather relieved that we now have the Democrats to hold completely responsible for every bad deed, debt and misguided cruelty in this nation. It’ll be interesting to watch them continue to avoid responsibility.
So, somewhere tonight, our next Republican President is gathering the Right.
S on November 5, 2008 at 12:30 AM
I’m glad he isn’t president, but I’m totally disgusted that this farce Obama is.
winemkr on November 5, 2008 at 12:31 AM
He walked out on the high road that cost him a job, and our country everything.
I cannot find anything but disgust for a man I never liked, who stabbed conservatism in the back over and over again and who refused to even fight for the job.
I have said it before I will say it again. Soros Bankrolled McCain and his staff since 2000. McCain followed the media’s lead and left the voting populace in the dark as to who BO is and the threat he poses. He capped it with the swiftest nicest concession speech in history. What an A$$. I hope Arizona votes him out and this is the end of an ignominious career.
I never want to hear another word from him publicly and I definitely do not want to see him play a role in amnesty II. The only positive thing to come out of this is that we will hopefully never be plagued with “my friend” again!
America1st on November 5, 2008 at 12:31 AM
What might have been. Even if he just opposed it to improve it (like his mortgage suggestion for ex). Oh well.
I agree with that in it’s entirety.
Spirit of 1776 on November 5, 2008 at 12:31 AM
It’s great that the GOP isn’t going to wage our next Presidential campaign with graphics of Obama’s mouth dripping blood, thinking back to the imagery of President Bush the loathesome Obama campaign designer rendered.
S on November 5, 2008 at 12:31 AM
profitsbeard;
That was uncalled for. It really was.
Terrye on November 5, 2008 at 12:32 AM
Clean slate. Let’s get back to basics.
StartinOver on November 5, 2008 at 12:32 AM
Goodbye McCain! Time to head to Mexico with your true people! Can we get back to REAL Republicans now?
Nils2en on November 5, 2008 at 12:32 AM
America1st:
Another idiot.
Terrye on November 5, 2008 at 12:33 AM
Yep. He felt vindicated by winning the nomination.
lorien1973 on November 5, 2008 at 12:33 AM
Argh, Juan Williams is now quoting “white people” voting statistics, more of that woeful race-crap from the Left.
We now will have to listen to this crud for the next four years.
I assume, however, that after tonight, there will be no such thing continuing called “Affirmative Action.”
S on November 5, 2008 at 12:33 AM
Nil2en:
And yet another idiot. Why did McCain bother fighting for this country I wonder?
Terrye on November 5, 2008 at 12:34 AM
John McCain.
The candidate you “moderates” forced on me, telling me he was our only hope of victory in this election.
Obama 300+ EVs.
Eat crow, moderates.
HYTEAndy on November 5, 2008 at 12:35 AM
loreien1073, I agree with you.
Obama claiming he was “vindicated” was disgusting. But his “artful” admission that he was conniving in the negative, an antagonist of the U.S.A.
I note his wife tonight is dressed up like a poisonous snake or venomous insect.
S on November 5, 2008 at 12:35 AM
Most of you should be ashamed of yourselves.
funky chicken on November 5, 2008 at 12:35 AM
God bless you John McCain.
A flawed candidate, but a wonderful man.
Hawkins1701 on November 5, 2008 at 12:35 AM
It’s a shame that he had to be the pinata propped up against the Democrat this year. He came closer than any of the other guys could’ve. Now the attacks and blame will be piled on.
Typhonsentra on November 5, 2008 at 12:35 AM
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