The Verdict on the McCain Speech?
As noted elsewhere, why McCain’s people decided to have him speak on the same night to be compared to two really gifted speakers is beyond understanding. Not just did McCain look not ready for prime time (much less for any leadership position whatsoever), he was in a venue that diminished his message with a crowd who couldn’t much rouse themselves except for the BushCo 28% deadenders. So much for distancing yourself from the Third Term of BushCo, when your supporters are in it for exactly those things that BushCo failed at. On top of that, McCain keeps talking about running a respectful campaign, while continuing to just plain lie about Obama’s positions. So much for respect.
(Credit for that image to Vappid at dKos.)
Tags: 2008 Presidential, 3rd Term of BushCo, John McCain, The Audacity of Nope
That is flat out awesome.
I know a lot of Republicans heard that speech and said, “What the fuck have we done?”
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Try 30 people listening to McCain.
30,000 listening to Obama.
We may be witnessing the end of the Republican party.
Honestly, what was the McCain camp thinking? If that was their idea of a preemptive strike… Oh my.
Comparisons were drawn last night.
Love the pic, Cassandra.
Who told him to plaster that smarmy smile on his face whenever he said, “That is not change we can believe in”? His eyes gave away how uncomfortable he was saying what was supposed to be his signature line. He looked positively reptilian.
Here’s some reviews from Rolling Stone and FOX. (h/t kos)
Rolling Stone
Worst. Speech. Ever.
6/3/08, 9:25 pm EST
Good God, John McCain gives bad podium.
It’s like watching the out-takes from an Andy Rooney kvetch.
UPDATE:
The cruel reviews are coming in even from Fox:
MORT KONDRACKE: Well, John McCain had better start working on his speechmaking and learn how to use a teleprompter. I mean, the gap, the rhetorical gap between this speech and…Oratorical gap between this speech and John McCain’s was vast. John McCain sounded old. This sounded fresh and new and exciting and visionary. And he was enlisting the country to join him in a great cause. This is our moment, all of that.