SubscribeThe Hive - John McCain’s Big(ish) Speech
Probably not. And not that he has to.
But here is hoping he does a good job — for all our sakes.
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September 4th, 2008 at 8:22 pm
One thing is for sure: with Palin getting over 50% more viewers than Biden, McCain will certainly have more viewers than Obama.
I just got done watching Larry Kudlow, and he and I both think that McCain needs to lay off the “reaching across the aisle” and “maverick” rhetoric and talk about the economy. The only time he should reach across the aisle is to slap Kennedy in his fat face.
September 4th, 2008 at 8:28 pm
Ah studmuffin, sadly the Liberal Lion, Ted ‘abridgetoofar’ Kennedy is not going to be much of a threat any longer and I applaud this ticket for many reasons - most having do with Mrs. Palin - but there is a bigger one - McCain will be out of the Senate forever. Maybe then We The People can work with Mrs. Palin to really clean out DC and get back to being the America we know and love.
McCain must use his energy, insight (whether from him or an advisor - to select Mrs. Palin) and indeed his maverick attitude - to hit this one out of the park - then the next 60 days will be a cake walk for them both.
Sadly Palin and McCain won’t get the numbers as Biden and Obama did - simply because the RC isn’t being run on or for as long as the DC was on tv, most especially the networks (can’t have the poor people hearing reality before being fed their daily talking points).
September 4th, 2008 at 9:30 pm
the ratings will be low, his speech is competing with the NFL kickoff game.
September 4th, 2008 at 9:55 pm
“the ratings will be low, his speech is competing with the NFL kickoff game.”
Which is how we end up with people like Barack Obama this close to the Presidency.
September 4th, 2008 at 10:00 pm
The game will be over in plenty of time. Beats listening to Lindsey and Ridge daring to be dull in the Twin Cities.
Yup over–Giants Win 16 to 7.
And he’ll have the New York and DC audiences ready to go.
September 4th, 2008 at 10:04 pm
I can’t believe I didn’t get my bets in for the Giants game in time…how are they not a lock to cover that -4? Oh well.
September 4th, 2008 at 10:17 pm
Showing some anti-war twerps again. Yawn. In professional sports they never show the freaks who run out on the field, why show these gutless wonders?
September 4th, 2008 at 10:21 pm
“Showing some anti-war twerps again. Yawn. In professional sports they never show the freaks who run out on the field, why show these gutless wonders?”
Good question.
Of course they don’t show them during sports events to discourage copycats.
Hmmm.
September 4th, 2008 at 10:24 pm
Speaking of gutless wonders.
What a beastly wench!
September 4th, 2008 at 10:28 pm
“USA…USA…USA”
Funnt, I don’t remember hearing that at the democrat convention.
September 4th, 2008 at 10:29 pm
Good line: ‘to the do nothing, me first, country second crowd–Change is coming!
September 4th, 2008 at 10:46 pm
Big Mac doing fine–youngjim hitting the rack.
September 4th, 2008 at 10:56 pm
McCain is “reaching out his hand to anyone who will help (him) get this country moving again.”
Harry is waiting to bite it.
September 4th, 2008 at 11:35 pm
It was a decent speech, but all in all, after thinking about it, I don’t think he had to have an Obama like moment. Stirring speeches (like last night) are best for people not known. Obama, Palin, still have to introduce themselves to the people. McCain is better known, so he can afford a more workman like, almost State of the Union kinda speech instead. Best way to describe it is Obama gave a Sermon on the Mount, while Mac was off to the side, giving a lecture on how the hell to get out of the desert. It all depends on who the crowd drifts to.
September 5th, 2008 at 12:38 am
McCain following Palin was a bit like the dog act that followed the Beatles on the Ed Sullivan show.
September 5th, 2008 at 7:28 am
OBAMA’08 HEADQUARTERS
CONFIDENTIAL MEMORANDAM
FROM: Kevin Shitt, Senior Campaign Operative
TO: Brad Lyer, Campaign Operative
DATE: Sept 5, 2008
SUBJECT: Panic!
MEMO STATUS: Super Duper Highly Confidential! Eyes Only!
Read, Memorize, Eat, Excrete and Eat Again
1. Brad, as we discussed over dinner, after the last two nights I’m really concerned – Walter Mondale concerned – about how things are going with the campaign.
2. We’ve tried everything and nothing’s working! We smeared her background and it didn’t work. We questioned her experience – a bit of a stretch for us but hey – and that didn’t work. We questioned the kid’s parentage – nothing. We attacked a 17 year old girl and an unborn baby and people, for some reason, thought we were just being mean.
3. Why is it that we, the party of decency and fairness, can’t seem to get our positive message across about what a disaster it would be to elect this half-crippled dotard, someone who lacks even the basic decency to apologize for his babykilling role in AmeriKKKa’s wars of imperialism, and his hick town, white bread running mate, with her teeming so called “family” of retards and bastards.
4. Every time we mention these urgent, unimpeachable facts it seems to damage us more – but why?
5. I think this “Palin Affair” rumor is our last chance – do we want her to have had it with a man or a woman? I think a woman’s better but –new idea – what about if we say it was with one of those caribou things they have up there? Now that would be a headline grabber and a vote-winner for us! I think the ordinary people would buy it too – they bought the “Michelle is Nice” thing, didn’t they? I’ve got our media friends all lined up once we’ve finalized the details.
6. If this affair thing doesn’t work, I see no alternative but to re-contact you-know-who (Hillary) about her taking on a “disposal contract” on our behalf but we’ll talk about that later.
7. Are we still on for tonight? Hope so. See you at The Manhole 730ish!
Kevin
September 5th, 2008 at 8:30 am
Hey artboy,
You want to know what’s really sad? Other than the role of Hillary as hit-person, you’re probably not too far off the mark from actual correspondence flying back and forth at BO HQ.
September 5th, 2008 at 10:38 am
The performance was atrocious. The speech was too long. That being said, I developed a new found respect for and understanding of John McCain.
http://conservativepolitics.to.....ht-i-knew/
September 5th, 2008 at 11:14 am
Curses on you, artboy! When I burst out laughing sitting alone at my desk my co-workers do begin to (again) question my sanity…
September 5th, 2008 at 11:16 am
Most of the speech seemed pedestrian at best; I’ve seen him deliver much, much better. So why not last night? The crowd seemed very out-of-sync, chanting USA USA (admirable sentiment, but…) in all the wrong places, which I think threw him off some. Some of what he said almost sounded like he’s still on board for amnesty for illegals–how can he say he wants to protect our country, and then throw away one of the most important factors of securing a country–the BORDERS?
I’ve said so many times I would never vote for the man, and I won’t vote “for” him–however, I see no choice but to cast a vote against Obama–and possibly FOR Palin.
September 5th, 2008 at 11:17 am
Laura Ingraham reporting that McCain’s numbers from last night beat Obambi’s from last week.
I didn’t get where she got this from
Lefties will say “ya it was the Giant’s game lead-in.”
September 5th, 2008 at 11:20 am
Obama 4.3, McCain 4.8. I knew it!
September 5th, 2008 at 12:19 pm
McCain did ok - I think that the USA chants/distract was the audience attempting to silence the Code Pinkos/activists that somehow got into the center and attempted (again) to run to the stage. Sad that people are not condeming them at all - also noted how not a word (other than the ABC camera man being arrested) about the goings on around the DC but the day to day melee at the RC even spilled over into the convention. To me it is just an example of the activists ‘pretending’ to protest the Dems, but actually out to destroy the Republicans.
Another example of the ’shouting at each other’ - that McCain spoke about.
I don’t care about the poll numbers - they are normally skewed Demward anyway - the election is ours to win - let’s go win it.
September 5th, 2008 at 2:20 pm
The crowd began chanting USA when protestors began making noise. McCain handled them well- I believe he said ignore the “noise and static.”
Why were protesters permitted in? I have no clue.
September 5th, 2008 at 2:37 pm
I love the fact that the DNC ‘talking points’ regarding McCain’s speech are:
1) McCain is George Bush (voted with George Bush 90% of the time, yadda, yadda, yadda…
2) Palin has very little experience.
3) McCain didn’t tell the American people what he was going to do for them (the economy, health care, etc…)
The fact that they are sticking to these just makes me smile with glee, because it’s so easy to defeat that silly, little strategy. All McCain has to do is:
1) Keep talking about his ‘maverick’ status - America knows he’s not George Bush. Reminding the American people that he’s been in the Senate, bucking party lines for a lot longer than George Bush has been in the White House, is a relatively easy task. The American people support the surge in Iraq - heck, there were Democrats calling for increased troop levels before they were against it (i.e. all they care about is political gain, not America…) By re-iterating his long-time ‘maverick’ status, he gains the high-ground of the ‘Change’ war, effectively taking the wind out of Obama’s (toy boat) sails regarding his ability to institute (unproven) ‘Change’. By doing this, McCain can effectively give the American voter an answer when they ask the question “We need change, so who are we going to pick?” The clear answer is the person who has made change through rock-solid actions, instead of the person who talks a bit about change but has no experience actually implementing it.
2) Oh, the Palin attacks - the Obama camp is really going to regret this one. They can’t complain about Palin’s experience level without highlighting their own (in)experience level. Now, I think the Obama camp might actually see the light on this one - they ran a pretty rancid campaign against Hillary Clinton, and that tactic isn’t going to work on McCain/Palin. If they talk about Palin, it immediately gets reflected back onto a comparison between Obama and Palin - but Palin is the VP pick, not the Presidential pick, which immedaitely brings into stark contrast the experience level between Obama and McCain. The Obama camp seems to recognize this quandry, so they are trying to attack her personally. They can’t do too much of that, because it brings out the sympathy vote and makes Obama look ‘mean’ - which demolishes his crafted image. They are trying to get the mercenaries to do it instead, making themselves ‘above the fray’; but once again, that doesn’t work for long because it still looks like Obama is not only ‘mean’, but ’sly’ and ‘underhanded’ - tie that into ‘Chicago-style politics’, and Obama looks untrustworthy, sneaky AND inexperienced. If the McCain camp plays this one even marginally right (the more they attack her, the more Palin should be out on the battlefield!), they coast into the White House.
3) This one is such a no-brainer, I expected it in last night’s speech - it didn’t happen though. I guess the McCain camp is waiting to spring the trap on the DNC at a more opportune time: The reason we don’t tell the American people what we are going to do is precisely because that is the problem with Washington, and the Obama camp - they want to tell the American people what to do, when to do it, and how much money Washington is going to take. And, after all that and they take the your money, it still won’t get done (or will get done so badly that you’ll wish you never brought it up in the first place…). John McCain believes that the American people are smarter than that - he believes Washington (and the do-nothing, tax-and-spend Congress) is the problem not the solution. Give the American people the freedom (smaller government) and opportunity (less taxes) to tackle a problem, and there is no problem they can’t solve.
While the speech last night was ‘workmanlike’ it set-up the direction that McCain wants to take this battle, and the Democrats are falling right in line - strategically, it was brilliant!
September 5th, 2008 at 4:35 pm
“Why were protesters permitted in? I have no clue.”
I read somewhere that they had MSNBC id tags. I guess Keith Oderman sent them.
September 5th, 2008 at 4:37 pm
I thought one of the women WAS Keith Olberman…
September 5th, 2008 at 4:43 pm
Those women weren’t that hideous…
September 5th, 2008 at 4:56 pm
Arctain; …..”Those women weren’t that hideous…”
I beg to differ. One of them had a face that could stop a freight train at midnight. Another had a face that would make that same train jump the track and turn up a dirt road just to avoid a head-on collision. All of them share a chromosome with a salamander.
Lest anyone think I’m being too harsh, let me assure you all that I’m really quite tolerant. While I feel it’s OK to be ugly, these harpies are overdoing it.
September 6th, 2008 at 7:47 am
Thanks, Lib and KV. The way these feminists are turning themselves inside out to dis Palin is amazing. The London Times correspondent thought her speech was “shrill” ( “shrill” = “tough” when a man says the same words), someone else didn’t like how little Trig was on stage, being “paraded” with the rest of the family. Of course, the Palins should keep him hidden away. In fact, why not lobotomize him right now and hide him in a convent or something for the rest of his life? That would be “Kennedyesque”, wouldn’t it?
Did you see Sally Quinn (the aging WP writer, not the “Medicine Woman”) on O’Reilly last night saying, in effect, that Palin should stay home with her family? Unbelievable! O’Reilly let her get away with it too, because he was too busy listening to himself shout.