Finally, John McCain was … John McCain. I thought the speech he gave was adequate. He’s never great off of a prompter or off of paper… he is much better off the cuff (Obama’s weak area). Unlike Palin who started off strong and then meandered a bit, McCain took an even approach. In the end though, his tales of youth and arrogance within the scope of a lesson learned in war, were undeniably moving. The pundits and hacks like Jeff Tubin and Keith Olbermann wanted one liners and angry banter. They wanted the placating rhetoric of that Obama delivers. McCain didn’t deliver that, he was even handed. He stated a case as to how it was that government (both parties) have failed this country, and I found that compelling and HONEST. He isn’t this country’s savior, he is this country’s agent.
In the end the speech reached a crescendo, with McCain asking people to stand with him. He did not come off as the messianic ego that is Obama. He did not make himself the road to righting every wrong. He said it like it is, WE AS A COUNTRY MUST OVERCOME OUR TRIALS, no man, no matter how well meaning can stem the tide and change this nation. McCain is wisdom, where Obama is rhetoric.
The fact that McCain delivered the good (despite some quirks and glitches) came in the menace etched on the faces of the liberal pundits and their media cohorts. As I said, Tubin looked shell shocked, offering some ridiculous critique in which he compared the speech to Jimmy Carter’s and called it the worst acceptance speech he’d ever heard. Surely this guy must have been inhaling helium. On MSNBC, Olbermann was busy stressing that while McCain never mentioned Bush by name… he did exit the stage and shake the hand of Bush Labor Secretary Chao first. HUH? The woman just had a seat right next to the stairs off of the stage. If THOSE are the observations that political enemies of McCain are making, that says it all.
McCain will be leading this time next week, as the bounce settles in. That will be huge and signal a tide shift that Obama will have to try to overcome. Unfortunately for Obama, when he goes aggressive he tends to alienate and to bungle… and that might just add to his woes. Here’s hoping anyway!
Honorable mention of the night goes to… the idiot with the “mavrick” sign. Oh my.
