His turn: McCain at the RNC – open thread; Anti-war disrupters sabotage McCain’s speech
Scroll for updates…anti-war loons disrupt McCain’s speech…full text added below…Memorable line: “I’m not running for president because I think I’m blessed with such personal greatness that history has anointed me to save our country in its hour of need. My country saved me. My country saved me, and I cannot forget it. And I will fight for her for as long as I draw breath, so help me God.”
My bottom line on the speech:
McCain is McCain. He was who he’s always been tonight: a war hero with an unabashed love of country who acknowledges his flaws, gives too much benefit of the doubt to his political opponents, and bends over backwards to reach out to the other side of the aisle in misguidedly mistaking partisanship for evil. But he’s also a man who has taken many risks, desires victory over surrender in the War on Terror, and, after dissing the GOP base time and again, stands beside a vice presidential nominee who breathes new life and hope into grass-roots, outside-the-Beltway conservatism.
Originally posted at 9:04pm Eastern.
It’s true. I can’t work up the same amount of enthusiasm for John McCain’s speech tonight as I had last night for Gov. Palin.
But Gov. Palin has given us conservatives Hope.
Yesterday’s euphoria is significantly dampened by the presence of Lindsay Grahamnesty, who is currently on stage talking Iraq and the surge.
Waiting to see if he Hispanders…
Grahamnesty is such a mediocre speaker. What a buzzkill, as commenter PBoilermaker put it, to stick him in prime time.
The biggest cheer of his speech so far came when he mentioned Sarah Palin.
Thanks to our friends at UStream, you can watch the streaming video of tonight’s speeches over at Hot Air. Allah’s got details of the “no negativity” speech McCain has planned. Stay tuned.
If anyone watched Obama/O’Reilly, give us your thoughts.
In other news: Keith Olbermann’s head explodes for the 9,999th time over a 9/11 tribute video shown at the convention.
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Here’s the Sarah Palin bio video that got bumped yesterday:
10:20pm Eastern. McCain’s on. Anti-war protesters are in the stands. McCain says he has “respect” for Obama and his supporters.
The gigantic screen behind him is a weird green. Now, it’s a cornfield. Now, it’s sky blue with a huge flag waving.
Sorry, it’s quite distracting.
McCain declares: “We’re going to win this election.” Big applause.
10:23pm Eastern. Un-freaking-believable. More disrupters in the crowd.
Crowd chants “USA!”
McCain: “Please don’t be diverted by the ground noise and the static.”
He’s handling it well. But how the hell did they get in?
“Americans want us to stop yelling at each other, ok?”
AGAIN, more disrupters.
McCain salutes Palin.
HUGE, HUGE applause.
10:32pm Eastern. Another disruption.
Here’s the full text of the speech. No, not a word about immigration and border security:
Thank you all very much. Tonight, I have a privilege given few Americans — the privilege of accepting our party’s nomination for President of the United States. And I accept it with gratitude, humility and confidence.
In my life, no success has come without a good fight, and this nomination wasn’t any different. That’s a tribute to the candidates who opposed me and their supporters. They’re leaders of great ability, who love our country, and wished to lead it to better days. Their support is an honor I won’t forget.
I’m grateful to the President for leading us in those dark days following the worst attack on American soil in our history, and keeping us safe from another attack many thought was inevitable; and to the First Lady, Laura Bush, a model of grace and kindness in public and in private. And I’m grateful to the 41st President and his bride of 63 years, and for their outstanding example of honorable service to our country.
As always, I’m indebted to my wife, Cindy, and my seven children. The pleasures of family life can seem like a brief holiday from the crowded calendar of our nation’s business. But I have treasured them all the more, and can’t imagine a life without the happiness you give me. Cindy said a lot of nice things about me tonight. But, in truth, she’s more my inspiration than I am hers. Her concern for those less blessed than we are — victims of land mines, children born in poverty and with birth defects — shows the measure of her humanity. I know she will make a great First Lady.
When I was growing up, my father was often at sea, and the job of raising my brother, sister and me would fall to my mother alone. Roberta McCain gave us her love of life, her deep interest in the world, her strength, and her belief we are all meant to use our opportunities to make ourselves useful to our country. I wouldn’t be here tonight but for the strength of her character.
My heartfelt thanks to all of you, who helped me win this nomination, and stood by me when the odds were long. I won’t let you down. To Americans who have yet to decide who to vote for, thank you for your consideration and the opportunity to win your trust. I intend to earn it.
Finally, a word to Senator Obama and his supporters. We’ll go at it over the next two months. That’s the nature of these contests, and there are big differences between us. But you have my respect and admiration. Despite our differences, much more unites us than divides us. We are fellow Americans, an association that means more to me than any other. We’re dedicated to the proposition that all people are created equal and endowed by our Creator with inalienable rights. No country ever had a greater cause than that. And I wouldn’t be an American worthy of the name if I didn’t honor Senator Obama and his supporters for their achievement.
But let there be no doubt, my friends, we’re going to win this election. And after we’ve won, we’re going to reach out our hand to any willing patriot, make this government start working for you again, and get this country back on the road to prosperity and peace.
These are tough times for many of you. You’re worried about keeping your job or finding a new one, and are struggling to put food on the table and stay in your home. All you ever asked of government is to stand on your side, not in your way. And that’s just what I intend to do: stand on your side and fight for your future.
And I’ve found just the right partner to help me shake up Washington, Governor Sarah Palin of Alaska. She has executive experience and a real record of accomplishment. She’s tackled tough problems like energy independence and corruption. She’s balanced a budget, cut taxes, and taken on the special interests. She’s reached across the aisle and asked Republicans, Democrats and Independents to serve in her administration. She’s the mother of five children. She’s helped run a small business, worked with her hands and knows what it’s like to worry about mortgage payments and health care and the cost of gasoline and groceries.
She knows where she comes from and she knows who she works for. She stands up for what’s right, and she doesn’t let anyone tell her to sit down. I’m very proud to have introduced our next Vice President to the country. But I can’t wait until I introduce her to Washington. And let me offer an advance warning to the old, big spending, do nothing, me first, country second Washington crowd: change is coming.
I’m not in the habit of breaking promises to my country and neither is Governor Palin. And when we tell you we’re going to change Washington, and stop leaving our country’s problems for some unluckier generation to fix, you can count on it. We’ve got a record of doing just that, and the strength, experience, judgment and backbone to keep our word to you.
You know, I’ve been called a maverick; someone who marches to the beat of his own drum. Sometimes it’s meant as a compliment and sometimes it’s not. What it really means is I understand who I work for. I don’t work for a party. I don’t work for a special interest. I don’t work for myself. I work for you.
I’ve fought corruption, and it didn’t matter if the culprits were Democrats or Republicans. They violated their public trust, and had to be held accountable. I’ve fought big spenders in both parties, who waste your money on things you neither need nor want, while you struggle to buy groceries, fill your gas tank and make your mortgage payment. I’ve fought to get million dollar checks out of our elections. I’ve fought lobbyists who stole from Indian tribes. I fought crooked deals in the Pentagon. I fought tobacco companies and trial lawyers, drug companies and union bosses.
I fought for the right strategy and more troops in Iraq, when it wasn’t a popular thing to do. And when the pundits said my campaign was finished, I said I’d rather lose an election than see my country lose a war.
Thanks to the leadership of a brilliant general, David Petreaus, and the brave men and women he has the honor to command, that strategy succeeded and rescued us from a defeat that would have demoralized our military, risked a wider war and threatened the security of all Americans.
I don’t mind a good fight. For reasons known only to God, I’ve had quite a few tough ones in my life. But I learned an important lesson along the way. In the end, it matters less that you can fight. What you fight for is the real test.
I fight for Americans. I fight for you. I fight for Bill and Sue Nebe from Farmington Hills, Michigan, who lost their real estate investments in the bad housing market. Bill got a temporary job after he was out of work for seven months. Sue works three jobs to help pay the bills.
I fight for Jake and Toni Wimmer of Franklin County, Pennsylvania. Jake works on a loading dock; coaches Little League, and raises money for the mentally and physically disabled. Toni is a schoolteacher, working toward her Master’s Degree. They have two sons, the youngest, Luke, has been diagnosed with autism. Their lives should matter to the people they elect to office. They matter to me.
I fight for the family of Matthew Stanley of Wolfboro, New Hampshire, who died serving our country in Iraq. I wear his bracelet and think of him every day. I intend to honor their sacrifice by making sure the country their son loved so well and never returned to, remains safe from its enemies.
I fight to restore the pride and principles of our party. We were elected to change Washington, and we let Washington change us. We lost the trust of the American people when some Republicans gave in to the temptations of corruption. We lost their trust when rather than reform government, both parties made it bigger. We lost their trust when instead of freeing ourselves from a dangerous dependence on foreign oil, both parties and Senator Obama passed another corporate welfare bill for oil companies. We lost their trust, when we valued our power over our principles.
We’re going to change that. We’re going to recover the people’s trust by standing up again for the values Americans admire. The party of Lincoln, Roosevelt and Reagan is going to get back to basics.
We believe everyone has something to contribute and deserves the opportunity to reach their God-given potential from the boy whose descendents arrived on the Mayflower to the Latina daughter of migrant workers. We’re all God’s children and we’re all Americans.
We believe in low taxes; spending discipline, and open markets. We believe in rewarding hard work and risk takers and letting people keep the fruits of their labor.
We believe in a strong defense, work, faith, service, a culture of life, personal responsibility, the rule of law, and judges who dispense justice impartially and don’t legislate from the bench. We believe in the values of families, neighborhoods and communities.
We believe in a government that unleashes the creativity and initiative of Americans. Government that doesn’t make your choices for you, but works to make sure you have more choices to make for yourself.
I will keep taxes low and cut them where I can. My opponent will raise them. I will open new markets to our goods and services. My opponent will close them. I will cut government spending. He will increase it.
My tax cuts will create jobs. His tax increases will eliminate them. My health care plan will make it easier for more Americans to find and keep good health care insurance. His plan will force small businesses to cut jobs, reduce wages, and force families into a government run health care system where a bureaucrat stands between you and your doctor.
Keeping taxes low helps small businesses grow and create new jobs. Cutting the second highest business tax rate in the world will help American companies compete and keep jobs from moving overseas. Doubling the child tax exemption from $3500 to $7000 will improve the lives of millions of American families. Reducing government spending and getting rid of failed programs will let you keep more of your own money to save, spend and invest as you see fit. Opening new markets and preparing workers to compete in the world economy is essential to our future prosperity.
I know some of you have been left behind in the changing economy and it often seems your government hasn’t even noticed. Government assistance for unemployed workers was designed for the economy of the 1950s. That’s going to change on my watch. My opponent promises to bring back old jobs by wishing away the global economy. We’re going to help workers who’ve lost a job that won’t come back, find a new one that won’t go away.
We will prepare them for the jobs of today. We will use our community colleges to help train people for new opportunities in their communities. For workers in industries that have been hard hit, we’ll help make up part of the difference in wages between their old job and a temporary, lower paid one while they receive retraining that will help them find secure new employment at a decent wage.
Education is the civil rights issue of this century. Equal access to public education has been gained. But what is the value of access to a failing school? We need to shake up failed school bureaucracies with competition, empower parents with choice, remove barriers to qualified instructors, attract and reward good teachers, and help bad teachers find another line of work.
When a public school fails to meet its obligations to students, parents deserve a choice in the education of their children. And I intend to give it to them. Some may choose a better public school. Some may choose a private one. Many will choose a charter school. But they will have that choice and their children will have that opportunity.
Senator Obama wants our schools to answer to unions and entrenched bureaucracies. I want schools to answer to parents and students. And when I’m President, they will.
My fellow Americans, when I’m President, we’re going to embark on the most ambitious national project in decades. We are going to stop sending $700 billion a year to countries that don’t like us very much. We will attack the problem on every front. We will produce more energy at home. We will drill new wells offshore, and we’ll drill them now. We will build more nuclear power plants. We will develop clean coal technology. We will increase the use of wind, tide, solar and natural gas. We will encourage the development and use of flex fuel, hybrid and electric automobiles.
Senator Obama thinks we can achieve energy independence without more drilling and without more nuclear power. But Americans know better than that. We must use all resources and develop all technologies necessary to rescue our economy from the damage caused by rising oil prices and to restore the health of our planet. It’s an ambitious plan, but Americans are ambitious by nature, and we have faced greater challenges. It’s time for us to show the world again how Americans lead.
This great national cause will create millions of new jobs, many in industries that will be the engine of our future prosperity; jobs that will be there when your children enter the workforce.
Today, the prospect of a better world remains within our reach. But we must see the threats to peace and liberty in our time clearly and face them, as Americans before us did, with confidence, wisdom and resolve.
We have dealt a serious blow to al Qaeda in recent years. But they are not defeated, and they’ll strike us again if they can. Iran remains the chief state sponsor of terrorism and on the path to acquiring nuclear weapons. Russia’s leaders, rich with oil wealth and corrupt with power, have rejected democratic ideals and the obligations of a responsible power. They invaded a small, democratic neighbor to gain more control over the world’s oil supply, intimidate other neighbors, and further their ambitions of reassembling the Russian empire. And the brave people of Georgia need our solidarity and prayers. As President I will work to establish good relations with Russia so we need not fear a return of the Cold War. But we can’t turn a blind eye to aggression and international lawlessness that threatens the peace and stability of the world and the security of the American people.
We face many threats in this dangerous world, but I’m not afraid of them. I’m prepared for them. I know how the military works, what it can do, what it can do better, and what it should not do. I know how the world works. I know the good and the evil in it. I know how to work with leaders who share our dreams of a freer, safer and more prosperous world, and how to stand up to those who don’t. I know how to secure the peace.
When I was five years old, a car pulled up in front of our house. A Navy officer rolled down the window, and shouted at my father that the Japanese had bombed Pearl Harbor. I rarely saw my father again for four years. My grandfather came home from that same war exhausted from the burdens he had borne, and died the next day. In Vietnam, where I formed the closest friendships of my life, some of those friends never came home with me. I hate war. It is terrible beyond imagination.
I’m running for President to keep the country I love safe, and prevent other families from risking their loved ones in war as my family has. I will draw on all my experience with the world and its leaders, and all the tools at our disposal — diplomatic, economic, military and the power of our ideals — to build the foundations for a stable and enduring peace.
In America, we change things that need to be changed. Each generation makes its contribution to our greatness. The work that is ours to do is plainly before us. We don’t need to search for it.
We need to change the way government does almost everything: from the way we protect our security to the way we compete in the world economy; from the way we respond to disasters to the way we fuel our transportation network; from the way we train our workers to the way we educate our children. All these functions of government were designed before the rise of the global economy, the information technology revolution and the end of the Cold War. We have to catch up to history, and we have to change the way we do business in Washington.
The constant partisan rancor that stops us from solving these problems isn’t a cause, it’s a symptom. It’s what happens when people go to Washington to work for themselves and not you.
Again and again, I’ve worked with members of both parties to fix problems that need to be fixed. That’s how I will govern as President. I will reach out my hand to anyone to help me get this country moving again. I have that record and the scars to prove it. Senator Obama does not.
Instead of rejecting good ideas because we didn’t think of them first, let’s use the best ideas from both sides. Instead of fighting over who gets the credit, let’s try sharing it. This amazing country can do anything we put our minds to. I will ask Democrats and Independents to serve with me. And my administration will set a new standard for transparency and accountability.
We’re going to finally start getting things done for the people who are counting on us, and I won’t care who gets the credit.
I’ve been an imperfect servant of my country for many years. But I have been her servant first, last and always. And I’ve never lived a day, in good times or bad, that I didn’t thank God for the privilege.
Long ago, something unusual happened to me that taught me the most valuable lesson of my life. I was blessed by misfortune. I mean that sincerely. I was blessed because I served in the company of heroes, and I witnessed a thousand acts of courage, compassion and love.
On an October morning, in the Gulf of Tonkin, I prepared for my 23rd mission over North Vietnam. I hadn’t any worry I wouldn’t come back safe and sound. I thought I was tougher than anyone. I was pretty independent then, too. I liked to bend a few rules, and pick a few fights for the fun of it. But I did it for my own pleasure; my own pride. I didn’t think there was a cause more important than me.
Then I found myself falling toward the middle of a small lake in the city of Hanoi, with two broken arms, a broken leg, and an angry crowd waiting to greet me. I was dumped in a dark cell, and left to die. I didn’t feel so tough anymore. When they discovered my father was an admiral, they took me to a hospital. They couldn’t set my bones properly, so they just slapped a cast on me. When I didn’t get better, and was down to about a hundred pounds, they put me in a cell with two other Americans. I couldn’t do anything. I couldn’t even feed myself. They did it for me. I was beginning to learn the limits of my selfish independence. Those men saved my life.
I was in solitary confinement when my captors offered to release me. I knew why. If I went home, they would use it as propaganda to demoralize my fellow prisoners. Our Code said we could only go home in the order of our capture, and there were men who had been shot down before me. I thought about it, though. I wasn’t in great shape, and I missed everything about America. But I turned it down.
A lot of prisoners had it worse than I did. I’d been mistreated before, but not as badly as others. I always liked to strut a little after I’d been roughed up to show the other guys I was tough enough to take it. But after I turned down their offer, they worked me over harder than they ever had before. For a long time. And they broke me.
When they brought me back to my cell, I was hurt and ashamed, and I didn’t know how I could face my fellow prisoners. The good man in the cell next door, my friend, Bob Craner, saved me. Through taps on a wall he told me I had fought as hard as I could. No man can always stand alone. And then he told me to get back up and fight again for our country and for the men I had the honor to serve with. Because every day they fought for me.
I fell in love with my country when I was a prisoner in someone else’s. I loved it not just for the many comforts of life here. I loved it for its decency; for its faith in the wisdom, justice and goodness of its people. I loved it because it was not just a place, but an idea, a cause worth fighting for. I was never the same again. I wasn’t my own man anymore. I was my country’s.
I’m not running for president because I think I’m blessed with such personal greatness that history has anointed me to save our country in its hour of need. My country saved me. My country saved me, and I cannot forget it. And I will fight for her for as long as I draw breath, so help me God.
If you find faults with our country, make it a better one. If you’re disappointed with the mistakes of government, join its ranks and work to correct them. Enlist in our Armed Forces. Become a teacher. Enter the ministry. Run for public office. Feed a hungry child. Teach an illiterate adult to read. Comfort the afflicted. Defend the rights of the oppressed. Our country will be the better, and you will be the happier. Because nothing brings greater happiness in life than to serve a cause greater than yourself.
I’m going to fight for my cause every day as your President. I’m going to fight to make sure every American has every reason to thank God, as I thank Him: that I’m an American, a proud citizen of the greatest country on earth, and with hard work, strong faith and a little courage, great things are always within our reach. Fight with me. Fight with me.
Fight for what’s right for our country.
Fight for the ideals and character of a free people.
Fight for our children’s future.
Fight for justice and opportunity for all.
Stand up to defend our country from its enemies.
Stand up for each other; for beautiful, blessed, bountiful America.
Stand up, stand up, stand up and fight. Nothing is inevitable here. We’re Americans, and we never give up. We never quit. We never hide from history. We make history.
Thank you, and God Bless you.
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I give him a B-
He stepped on his own applause lines.
Let’s Roll!
Too bad the whole speech wasn’t like that. I think overall he did a good job.
For McCain, this was one of his better efforts for sure.
We never give up….We never quit!
GREAT Ending!!!!!
YES!
McCain / Palin 2008!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Evabraun, we don’t have zap every skeeter from the swamp. All we have to do is turn off the porch light.
It’s over. Hey, where are the fireworks
?
All in all, a pretty solid speech. Sarah Palin was an impossible act to follow, but it was vintage John McCain.
He did fine. An entire speech like that would have scared too many people.
I thought t was amazing.
The ending to his speech was beyond fantastic!
I have to give him a B+ on this.
Whoa, some fire!
Game. Set. Match.
Battle begins.
roflmao!
From the matrix, I said:
Well, I’m a Palin fan.
BIG FAMILIES! YES!
That’s America.
I also think that, considering the number of interruptions(thanks losers!), he didn’t seem to distracted.
Why cant we have Palin McCain?
Very nice. The Silver Fox and the Arctic Fox together. Now are the foxes!!!
Barracuda!!!!!!
OOOOOHHHHHHH, BARRACUDA!!!!!!
He gave the speech of his life!!
They’re playing ‘Baracuda’!
I hate to tell ya’ll, some of ya’ll, but there are people (Americans) that originated south of the border. One of them lives next door to me an orphan from Tijuana that came to America about the time I was reaching 10. All alone but nevertheless he has all by himself achieved the American dream. He has become successful, through graduating HS and then going on to provide for his family, half of which are white. Do you think that our culture is so weak that it cannot stand the sotbs culture? Pretty weak who ever you are and I have to ask, how long have you been an American? Prolly not long in my estimation. otherwise you would know better. Remember the Alamo, Texans claim to fame, well there were Latinos there, how bout the California war, same thing. If you are an American that is all that is needed. It doesn’t matter what your surname is only your loyalty. Any who disagree, round up your own army whether latino, white, black, green, we ( our army) will crush you like the rats that you are.
Good stuff – we have a chance to win. Feeling better than last week and Sara ‘cuda is the future, no matter what happens in November.
Nite all!
NICE Barracuda’s playing!!
overall a solid speech…emphasis on US, not him.
wonder if the balloons are environmentally friendly
Barrrraaacuda!! Love it!!!
Shut… up… Brit… Hume…
hey….there are your fireworks!
That was a far better showing by McCain than I expected. I no longer have any reservation in voting for him.
As long as he keeps to his word and doesn’t start the McAmnesty nonsense again, he’s a slam dunk.
Barracuda, get it?
Thanks again Michelle, this was fun. Time to hit the rack, early start tomorrow. Good Night all.
John got his message out and it was a powerful message. As an old soldier that spent two years in the same war he did, I will say that I am very proud of John McCain.
Sarah Barricuda!
Thanks Michelle!
I was wondering how long it took to get to this song.
HAH! They’re playing “Barracuda!” Sara’Cuda, anyone? Oh damn, Brit beat me to it …
Excellent ending, better then the middle when he talked about cooperation. Overall pretty good speech. Definately better then Sen Obama’s. He contrasted differences between them instead of straight bashing.
And they are playing Heart’s “Baracuda” during the balloon drop, awesome.
Whiskey, Tango, Foxtrot, over?
McCain.
Palin.
Jindal.
We’ve got a future.
I have no problem with LEGAL IMMIGRANTS If you can’t respect our laws, then you don’t deserve the privilege of living here.
I’m sitting here with tears running down my cheeks…getting to be an old softie.
I don’t agree with a lot of his positions…but by God you can’t deny his Love of Country.
Apparently Brit thought he had to explain it. Sheesh.
Someone hose down tgusa. S/he is getting hot and lathered. And, not a little over-optomistic.
There’s Ole Abe again!!!
Party on dudes!!!
Can you imagine a 7 year old like Piper Palin looking up at all those balloons?
He did better than I thought..no one, but Ronald Reagan, could have followed Gov. Palin and held their own. I’ll second atheling’s ‘big families’ cheer!
now on this I can agree…couldn’t figure out the baracuda all by myself.
time for the talking heads, so goodnite all
Nite folks..this has been a ball…
Great story about his POW experience. Made me cry!
We’ve got a helluva future. We just have to fight the “slow creep of socialism” as one of our colleagues put it.
goodnight zorro.
Night BSR, I’m out, too.
I’ve got one word for the libs….
SARACUDA!!
It was a decent solid speech. Obviously, McCain isn’t great on several issues, but there is no questioning his love for his country. Even if you disagree with his positions, he is regardless an honorable man.
This razor-thin race will come down to the debates. These four debates will prove, I think, to be the most crucial since the 1960 debates, except in stark contrast, these will be substance over image, instead of vice versa 48 years ago.
Thank you for use of the server space Michelle
night all
Slow creep of Socialism?! Hell, it’s been a raging Gay Pride Parade of Socialism this past year and a half.
To quote Douglas MacArthur…DUTY…HONOR…COUNTRY!
night all! It’s been real!
Another early morning yet to come.
Good night all.
Sorry, underwhelmed by Juan, President of the World.
g’nite John-Boy….g’nite Grandpa…you old lech
Vote John McCain/Sarah Palin!!!
Between the two of them, this is the team we need to send to Washington. The other choice, Obama/ Biden is not. Remember that Republican votes cast for independents are votes for Obama.
It was better than I expected. Sure, he stumbled a couple times, but no big deal. He seemed pretty sharp actually.
I wonder if the goofballs over at MSLSD even recognized the Heart song? Probably not.
I like the man. Don’t agree with all of his positions, but I have enough in common to want to vote him as opposed to vote against Obama.
The debates should be interesting.
¡Hasta mañana, diente del oro!
My respect for Juan Williams’ intellectual honesty has been surprisingly growing over the last few months.
I’m glad the speech was well received here. As for me, I tuned out when he started his old “reaching across the aisle” song. I knew he couldn’t measure up to Palin, but I was hoping.
Yeah, it seems like she’s loving this time. I feel very protective about Sarah’s kids after the way the media tore into them.
Bastards. We need some serious reform.
He did okay – good enough. I wasn’t expecting a Palin-level performance, but he did have some really good lines. I loved the line –
Except when they are arrested.
If you haven’t read his book “Enough!” yet, I highly recommend you do so. That book, more than anything, earned him my respect.
Oh.. and Olberman should shut his pie-hole. That self-important dweeb needs a new line of work. I hear Code Pink has some openings…
That’s right, and speaking to all who are angry,
I must say only I am seeing an anti latino backlash that threatens to engulf us all like the Nazis of the past. It used to be that speaking Spanish was a part of being a North American as well as an American,spanish has been used since I was a kid and from the movies, even longer. I don’t think I like what I see going on and considering that I am a descendant of the original patriots, who do you think is right, who will you put your money on in the future? Tell me where I am wrong, don’t give me the w t f b s. I’m not talking about illegal invaders and you know it so don’t f u c k with me. Ok that was kinda mean, so I don’t apologize just pretend I take it back.
Lol!
The last part of the speech was the best. But for the most part he sounded like a left leaning republican which is why I will STILL sit this election out. He is NOT a conservative.
Oh man, Andrea Mitchell was completely drowned in balloons.
The Hill wears orange pantsuits…I think that was the allusion.
I may be a big fat sap, but the last couple minutes of that speech moved me. McCain just taped a great ad.
p.s. I’m listening to the commentariat on CNN. No one has yet pointed out that John McCain didn’t write this speech. I’m just sayin’ . . .
Immigration is what makes this country great. Without immigration this country cannot survive economically.
I have a Muslim friend, he immigrated 2 years ago and he is making something like $150,000 a year here in Maryland. The reason he immigrated to United States was that his company couldn’t find any qualified U.S. worker.
Well I don’t find it unbelievable that these lunatics would attempt to crash John McCain’s moment, after all we are dealing with an irrational culture of a new form of insanity. I laughed my ass off when John got a good jab at them.
Anyways this convention hit much closer to home, much closer to the heart. McCain isn’t a yes man and it’s very clear his policies flat-out are not of all popularity at times but as it has been stated numerous times abroad this guy loves his country so much that Obama should feel blessed for being his main competition.
I sincerely hope that McCain and Palin win the electoral and go on to deliver on what they represent. I was particularly impressed that he pledged to put a stop to funding nation states that hate the US. Deliverance on this will mean big business is going to get pissed of but this man has got a plan and that plan is to make damn sure that money is properly spent on Americans and not a shit kingdom in the Middle East.
tgusa, you’re the only one here angry. The rest of us are pretty happy.
If I had my way, English would be the official language. But, if you want to speak Spanish, go ahead. No one’s stopping you.
By the way, wasn’t John’s speech the bees’ knees?
They’re saying this format is an awkward type of speech for him. He likes, they say, the free flowing, mic in hand town hall thing. Understandable.
Oh.. Michelle.. if you missed it, they said that weird green on the screen was a lawn in front of a high school in North Hollywood. For future trivia…
G’Nite y’all.
tgusa, I believe that most people have an issue with illegal invaders, not those who came here through legal channels. And those who did it the right and proper way should be equally outraged.
McCain is still committed to amnesty. He really needs a hearing aid. How deaf do you have to be to not get it?
Not voting for amnesty. Ever.
I hope Sarah Palin doesn’t start calling us bigots for wanting the laws enforced. She may have a future if she doesn’t.
Oh, man, that prayer was beautiful.
So true…
I don’t know what Obama was watching tonight… here’s the email that he just sent out to supporters…
lies, lies, obamable lies
Immigration helps this country. However, having our borders with out control is not healthy. I am all for LEGAL IMMIGRATION. We need to fix the Simpson-Mazzoli Law and the 1965 Kennedy predecessor. We had a chance for 6 years and we sat on our hands. Time to do it right!
LEGAL immigration edelweis… legal immigration. There is a HUGE distinction.
I was watching ABC . One reporter asks a delegate what he thought of Sen. Obama’s speech. Nobody says anything about his flub.
What a dweeb.
My jaw dropped when I saw protesters in the hall. I was under the impression that this place was locked down tighter than Fort Knox. How could they possibly have got in – and with BANNERS! Honestly, I missed most of the rest of the speech pondering the methods of their entry…
The cats’ whiskers is what it was.
I saw Trig there, but I didn’t see Piper. They zoomed in on Sarah right after the balloon drop, soaking up the scene and you could see her mouth “beautiful.”
What a nice finale in contrast to “The One’s” styrofoam temple. I’m proud the GOP made this look like an American event.
We need to stop legal immigration as well. At least for a decade.
With those credentials, it has to be from a campaign.
Would I put it past obama’s people? or the media in tow?
It IS one of them.
Chicago politics GOES NATIONAL!
Exactly who does Obama think ordinary people are? Ordinary liberals? Community organizees?
sheesh
Obama lacks any credibility. He’s become a caricature of his Messianic self.
I have no problem with legal and limited immigration. The problems arise when there is an uncontrolled flood of immigration–beyond what can be assimilated into the melting pot.
I also agree with others who say that this was also a better than expected speech.
To Roger:
I used the slow creep of socialism as an expression that another poster used a while back. I do believe, however, that it’s more pronounced, and if Obummer gets into office it will be even more pronounced.
One more thing… is anybody getting sick of the AARP, wah, I filed for bankruptcy because I couldn’t pay my healthcare bills commercials? I don’t mean to be harsh, but the AARP are really not pulling for bipartisanship, there’s more of that bemoaning tone of help me, I can’t help myself, gimme some freebies feel.
The healthcare industry needs a lot of reform but to socialize it would be a disaster. Don’t we have enough federal bureaucracy? Do we really need some more?
Gyack! I got one word for those who think socialized medicine is a panacea: Tricare.
Un-freakin’-believable