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Sen. John McCain's full speech to the RNC (video)
youtube.com - 9/5/2008
Sen. John McCain's full speech to the RNC (video)
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Arizona Senator and Presidential candidate John McCain speaks to the Republican National Convention.

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Pundit Review:  McCain’s moment

News:  McCain's Convention Speech

The BRAD BLOG:  Green Screen Explained: RNC Planners Idiots

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McCain’s moment
Pundit Review — McCain’s moment John McCain was not speaking to the convention hall last night, he was speaking to the TV audience. Instead of a steady diet of red meat, McCain directly indicted the GOP and their failures in recent years. Here is my favorite part of the speech, starting at about the 2 minute mark, 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 ...

McCain's Convention Speech
News — McCain's Convention Speech In case you missed it, posted below is video of John McCain's speech at the Republican convention. In accepting his party's presidential nomination, McCain said that he has the record of leadership and bipartisanship that his opponent, Democrat Barack Obama, does not. "You know, I’ve been called a maverick, someone who marches to the beat of his own drum," McCain said. "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."

Green Screen Explained: RNC Planners Idiots
The BRAD BLOG — Last night, we noted, the bizarre choice of backdrop that led to the first five minutes, or so, of McCain's acceptance speech being given in front of a classic green screen. For those who watched the speech, they likely realize that the green in close-up was the lawn from a larger backdrop of what appeared to be a mansion. Our thought: One of McCain's?! Odd choice, that. Turns out, no, it wasn't one of his houses, it was an even dumber selection from the geniuses what run the GOP, who want you to entrust them to run the country... John Aravosis explains what that backdrop actually was... ...

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