Any other political moderates out there think that McCain hit a decisive home run last night?

Question

Wow, he did such a great job. He conveyed openly whom he is and why, and weaved it into how he wishes to govern.

Really now, Obama looks the clever adolescent, McCain the wise father with the medicine not as tasty, but what we really need...

Answer 1

Yes, McCain is the middle of the road candidate that America needs at this point in its history. The nation is divided along political lines because of the partisan impasse that has consumed Washington D.C.

Answer 2

If only he told the truth.  I had to stop watching because i would be damned if i was going to watch some old geezer lie to me.  Do not get me started on this man's skeletons in his closet.  The GOP should have done better than Mccain

Answer 3

I don't know about home run but he's definitely a contender even in the face of the blatant, disgusting media bias.  

There is hope, I heard discussions of the Obama/Ayers history last night.  Voters deserve to know.

Answer 4

glad you agree

Answer 5

There are millions of us.

Obama is standing with his head in the strike zone trying to get a pass to first base.

Answer 6

I liked how he not only talked about his way of governing but he did also talk about some issues and how he would deal with them.

Answer 7

I wouldn't call it a home run, but I thought he did very well. He has never been big on the speeches and fanfare thing, from what I've seen. His record ( and life ) speaks for itsself. It's sad to see so many bashing him, when men like him are the only reason we're not in a communist state or speaking German or Japanese right now.

Answer 8

You've got to be kidding.I could not disagree more. Almost like we saw different speeches.

Many analysts including Republicans called McCain's speech incoherent and rambling. I have to agree.

And there's another thing I noticed. They've attacked Obama over and over for using too much empty rhetoric, I kinda agreed but he has cut back, Obama's acceptance speech was not overly filled with beautiful words, but honest concrete and factual in comparison to what McCain tried to sell yesterday.

http://www.zimbio.com/Democratic+Nationa...

Now Republicans turn around and offer nothing but a good story(pow) we were spoonfed more than a dozen times in great detail, virtually every speaker told it, Thompson, Giulliani, all of them and that's without mentioning the propaganda videos. And the other thing they offer is empty rhetoric .

". 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" "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."

http://portal.gopconvention2008.com/spee...

Just a few examples, the speech is filled with them. THAT's empty rethoric, beautiful words that could be said by any politician of any ideology at any time. Nothing concrete there, he even used the word change more than Obama did.

Any objective comparrision between the two acceptance speeches reveals the truth, a truth that defies the image of both candidates, image that's hard to overcome in the mediatized American society, the truth that Obama's speech was far more concrete and McCain offered little more than words. The delivery was horrible but there was no substance either.

Will the American people let McCain and the GOP get away with this?

After controlling the White House for all but eight out of the last 28 years, boasting a majority in the House of Representatives for 12 out of the last 14 years and in the Senate for more than eight out of the last 12, as well as having appointed seven out of the nine justices to the US Supreme Court, the attempt by the Republicans to masquerade as outsiders taking on Washington and its “elites” is quite simply ludicrous.

http://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/sep200...

EDIT If you are kidding, that's hilarious though and the more I read the Q the more I feel that's possible.

Answer 9

According to the tv morning shows this morning, Mccain not getting

that much praise. They saying it basically the same George Bush

ideas, etc....

Answer 10

You put that very nicely!  Yes, McCain is our man!!

JBuckeye - oh, and yes, I'd believe everything those TV morning shows say, right?  I listened to one of them this morning, and I only heard praise for McCains speech and how Palin is going to be a hard force to stop.  But then, that was Fox News and they aren't biased.  They are honest.  They said positive things about Obama's speech as well.  You really should think about switching channels if you want the truth.

Justgood - typical dem bias.  There are so many holes in your story, it's hard to know where to start in setting you straight.  It would be a waste of time anyway.  Anybody that watched Obama speak, like I did (don't think you did, though) knows he did more than his fair share of ranting and hyperbole.  He's been called on some of it and he just dances around it.  O'Reilly nailed him on the one part of his speech where he said he would follow Obama to the gates of h**l, but McCain would even follow him into a cave, or something like that.  What blabber and he had to admit that fact, too.  lol

Answer 11

Yes, he sure did and the addition of Palin certainly represents true change and not just rhetoric.  Indeed a breath of fresh air.

What terrifies me more than anything is allowing one party to have all of the power and we all saw what happened under the Bush administration for his first six years.  I can't imagine an Obama, Biden, Pelosi and Reid situation, with them in the majority.  

We need checks and balances.

Answer 12

There is a clear difference between Obama and McCain. I don't understand how Obama can claim to be the candidate of change when he has never gone against the corrupt Chicago political machine or the Democrats in Congress. He picked a VP who has been part of the Washington establishment for 35 years and Obama has never introduced any substantial legislation.  

Answer 13

Yes, he focused on the issues, how things would/should change, and why he's best qualified to be President. Combine that with with Palin's well-deserved b-slapping of the media the night before and there's a winning ticket for America.

I really think McCain-Palin is very close to being a 3rd Party.