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And the McCain Speech?
Shadow of the Hegemon —
Yep. It bombed. Jeffrey Toobin: Michael Gerson: David Gergen: I especially liked "retread of Republican ideas." Yep, sounds about right. So, that's where the Reps are in 2008, huh? Palin attacks using old-style Republican contempt for "do-gooders" like community organizers, and McCain hauls out the same-old, same-old platitudes about Washington, as if he were somehow outside of the party he now leads. Kinda sad, really.
Response To McCain's Pitiful Attempt To Address The Dregs Of The Republican Party
DownWithTyranny! —
There was actually a genuine Maverick moment in McCain's otherwise exploitive, turgid, boring speech last night: he defied the cease and desist order he got from Heart and played their song "Barracuda" when he was finished, as several men nearly as old as he is dosed off, dreaming happily of lower taxes and warm milk. I'm speechless. I don't know what to say. His speech was the product of a confused, crumbling mind that is sure of 3 things: it's his turn, he's owed the presidency, and his lobbyists have assured him they can use self-righteous right-wing resentment to capture it for him... as long as he doesn't try ...
