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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 ...
Your Abbreviated Pundit Round-up
Daily Kos —
More of what people thought about McCain's speech: Political Wire: We've now heard McCain's personal story as a prisoner of war dozens of times in just three days and he included again in his speech. It's truly inspiring. No one would ever doubt that McCain loves his country. But no matter the content, McCain had serious delivery problems with this speech. Starting with the awful lime green background (that later turned to blue) and continuing through McCain's difficulties reading from the teleprompter, the speech was very disjointed and hard to follow. To top it off, the crowd reaction at the end of ...
The AP saw McCain's alternate reality speech
Daily Kos —
Bush speechwriter Michael Gerson gets it right: he policy in the speech was rather typical for a Republican. Pretty disappointing. It didn't do a lot of outreach to moderates and independents on issues that they care about. The Associated Press' Liz Sidoti, apparently, saw a different speech: Not merely a Republican. Not merely a candidate. John McCain cast himself as a leader for all Americans, regardless of party or status. After several days of Democratic bashing by his supporters, the Arizona senator struck a nonpartisan stance and promised that he wouldn't be ...
