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2008-09-05 Home Front: Politix

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Posted by Fred 2008-09-05 00:00|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 I was hoping for something pretty good (like Palin gave), but all I saw was promises of socialism, and empty promises. McCain offered little else than giving money to people who lost their jobs (last time I checked sending out resumes wasn't out of style), and saying he'll work on alt-fuel (isn't he a sitting senator that has the power to author laws?).

If he didn't have a strong stance on the GWOT, I'd just assume stay home this November. But, he's the only person running who actually understands the there are people in the world who want to kill other people like us, and in turn wants to kill them. So, he has my vote, and thanks to Palin, I'll only have to get half drunk to vote for him.

Posted by MoreScotch4Me 2008-09-05 00:20|| 2008-09-05 00:20|| Front Page Top

#2 The unemployment / job training bit was phrased in an interesting way. IIRC, and I don't have the text in front of me, he said something along the lines of helping retrain folks *while* they worked temporary jobs. It sounds like he's going to make folks work for their unemployment checks, that's a good thing.

Posted by AzCat 2008-09-05 00:46|| 2008-09-05 00:46|| Front Page Top

#3 At least he did say he'd go after corruption adn self-dealing (etc) in the GOP as well as the usual places- the GOP has been in dire need of a a clean out of the Beltway and Manhattan elites from the GOP for a while; those leeches have been killing the party and selling out principle for power for too long, as well as being in the pocket of K street. They completely dragged the party from "Jacksonianism" and "Reaganism" and conservatism, to some sort of Rockefeller elitist amorphous unprincipled blob headed by Lott, Delay and GWB. Time to drag it back.

So I give him credit for that.

A lot of this speech is to position himself as an outsider, and highlighting his opposition to Bush in many instances. That pulls the big "4 more years of Bush" garbage that Obama is banking will work. Palin pretty much drive a stake through that, and tonight's speech lopped off the head for good measure.

This speech was aimed that the "mushy middle" types, not conservatives or liberals. And as that sort of thing, from hearing about it, it seems to have been effective.

And unlike Obama who seems to have peaked, McCain still has room to grow in the public's eye.

Sop all in all, a decent speech, and a *great* convention, bringing the GOP back from the dead, and clearly setting a future course firmly toward Palin and Jindal's brand of Republicanism.

Posted by OldSpook 2008-09-05 00:47|| 2008-09-05 00:47|| Front Page Top

#4 Keeping in mind that now matter the "grand plan" it is Congress that disposes. What is on the bottom of the ticket matters.

Posted by tipover 2008-09-05 02:27|| 2008-09-05 02:27|| Front Page Top

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