McCain's Speech

[peacock2121]

I loved this line:

"Ignore the ground noise and static" It served it's purpose. I love a man who can do that.

I hated that the camera went to the protesters during his speech. Especially the guy with the banner. That was disrespectful and not necessary.

I appreciated the lack of snarkiness.

I felt badly that he was not good at pausing at the right time for reaction or applause.

I agreed very little with him, but that is not a surprise. What was a surprise was how few times I thought "You gotta be kidding me."

Oh - I didn't know he had 7 kids.

[dimmzy]

Oh - I didn't know he had 7 kids.

First marriage. Second marriage. Her first marriage. Adopted.

[dimmzy]

"Ignore the ground noise and static" It served its purpose. I love a man who can do that.

Many men do that -- especially when their infants need changing

[gsabc]

I agreed very little with him, but that is not a surprise. What was a surprise was how few times I thought "You gotta be kidding me."

I made up for you, pea. And the GOP had the nerve to say that Obama didn't have any specifics in HIS acceptance speech. I kept thinking, "Fine. These sound great. How much work have you put in toward achieving them during your 26 years in Congress?"

A telling point, from a news report I heard: McCain campaign raised one million dollars after Palin's speech. Obama campaign raised TEN million.

[Sir_Galahad]

I appreciated the lack of snarkiness.

I think I remember that he said that he wanted to keep the campaign as clean as possible. He did not want to get down in the dirt. Yes, some of his commercial spots provided some digs but. in watching the commercials, I did not see anything that was not true.

I felt badly that he was not good at pausing at the right time for reaction or applause.

The big stadium speeches and reading from the teleprompter is not his style or preferred method. He prefers the smaller "town hall" venues where he can see the people he is addressing.

I agreed very little with him, but that is not a surprise. What was a surprise was how few times I thought "You gotta be kidding me."

I wasn't so much watching to agree or disagree. I was watching to hear more specifics as to what his economic, immigration and education plans were. I did not hear too much of that. In that respect, I did not think his speech was all that different from Obama's.

[NellyLunatic1980]

From above, the runway upon which McCain gave his speech looked like a giant phallus. An appropriate symbol, given what the Republican Party has done to this country over the last 8 years. Of course, there's a connection between that and the logo for the convention, which is an elephant with a wide stance. Also, zoologists know that when an elephant stands on just its hind legs, it's prepared to mate.

PAGING DR. FREUD®!

[Sir_Galahad]

A telling point, from a news report I heard: McCain campaign raised one million dollars after Palin's speech. Obama campaign raised TEN million.

I heard it the other way around. McCain's campaign got the $10 Mil.

[NellyLunatic1980]

A telling point, from a news report I heard: McCain campaign raised one million dollars after Palin's speech. Obama campaign raised TEN million.

I heard it the other way around. McCain's campaign got the $10 Mil.

Wrong as usual.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080905/ap_ ... ma_money_1

[danielh41]

A telling point, from a news report I heard: McCain campaign raised one million dollars after Palin's speech. Obama campaign raised TEN million.

I heard it the other way around. McCain's campaign got the $10 Mil.

Wrong as usual.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080905/ap_ ... ma_money_1

Obama's campaign got 10 million because the liberals are panicking. Sarah Palin gave a knockout speech that appeals to a lot of the masses. They thought they had the election in the bag, and now they know that they don't. They are scared, and they should be scared...

[wbtravis007]

Everybody seems to think it wasn't a very good night. Maybe they're right, but I wasn't thinking that at the time.

I guess I tend to watch stuff through the eyes of the kind of people that they're trying to reach.

Even Lindsey Graham -- who's just getting uglier and uglier as the mean-spiritedness and bitterness ooze from his face -- was effective on some level, I thought.

Maybe I'm just easy.

[Bob Juch]

From above, the runway upon which McCain gave his speech looked like a giant phallus. An appropriate symbol, given what the Republican Party has done to this country over the last 8 years. Of course, there's a connection between that and the logo for the convention, which is an elephant with a wide stance. Also, zoologists know that when an elephant stands on just its hind legs, it's prepared to mate.

PAGING DR. FREUD®!

No, the stage looked like a middle finger with the ones on either side curved.

[Sir_Galahad]

A telling point, from a news report I heard: McCain campaign raised one million dollars after Palin's speech. Obama campaign raised TEN million.

I heard it the other way around. McCain's campaign got the $10 Mil.

Wrong as usual.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080905/ap_ ... ma_money_1

As usual?? I think maybe a gentle nudge towards your link would have been sufficient. But, I suppose I should expect nothing less from a loony leftist.

[JBillyGirl]

$25 of that $10 million for Obama was mine. I also gave $25 to Hillary Clinton as a goodwill gesture for her forthright support of her former opponent.

[silverscreenselect]

I got a letter yesterday allegedly from the Democratic National Committee. However, the return address on the front said "Barack Obama." I guess the committee must not want any Democratic candidates to get my money; not just Obama.

FWIW, I do plan to contribute directly to the campaign of Jim Martin, who is running for Senate against that sleazeball Saxby Chambless.

[BackInTex]

Many men do that -- especially when their infants need changing

Have you been talking to my wife????

[MarleysGh0st]

$25 of that $10 million for Obama was mine.

Were you panicking?

[JBillyGirl]

$25 of that $10 million for Obama was mine.

Were you panicking?

If danielh says so, then golly gee, I must have been.

[NellyLunatic1980]

$25 of that $10 million for Obama was mine.

Were you panicking?

If danielh says so, then golly gee, I must have been.

Now that both of the conventions are over, there should be a ton of state polls being conducted today, tomorrow, and Sunday. I'll start posting those state polls again starting on Monday and we'll see who panics.

[secondchance]

Did anyone notice how perky his 96 year old mother is- the way she sprung up so quickly when introduced, and stood up so straight? She's the most youthful looking almost-centenarian I've ever seen. They could almost be mistaken for spouses rather than mother and son.

Any fears of him croaking in office can be somewhat alleviated by the display of that half of his gene pool!

[Timsterino]

$25 of that $10 million for Obama was mine. I also gave $25 to Hillary Clinton as a goodwill gesture for her forthright support of her former opponent.

Me too on Obama, I think I should do the same for Clinton. Wait, does that mean I am panicing too?

Ohhh the sky is falling, all those damn liberals are going crazy.

[Thousandaire]

A telling point, from a news report I heard: McCain campaign raised one million dollars after Palin's speech. Obama campaign raised TEN million.

I heard it the other way around. McCain's campaign got the $10 Mil.

Wrong as usual.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080905/ap_ ... ma_money_1

"McCain can no longer raise private donations for his campaign because he has decided to accept $85 million in public financing for the fall campaign."

This makes the comparison meaningless. Obama should be way out in front. All that money isn't helping him.

[ToLiveIsToFly]

I heard it the other way around. McCain's campaign got the $10 Mil.

Wrong as usual.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080905/ap_ ... ma_money_1

"McCain can no longer raise private donations for his campaign because he has decided to accept $85 million in public financing for the fall campaign."

This makes the comparison meaningless. Obama should be way out in front. All that money isn't helping him.

The public financing thing doesn't kick in until today. And Obama's not really way out in front on financing. The RNC has a big enough money advantage over the DNC that it almost negates (I haven't looked at the numbers lately, maybe it's no longer almost) the Obama campaign's money advantage over McCain's.

People who can't give to McCain's campaign are just giving to the RNC instead.

If, as I think I read last somewhere, but can't find now, Obama's campaign raised $10M compared to the RNC raising $1M, that is not a meaningless comparison.

Also, Obama is spending record amounts on his ground game. Who knows if it'll turn out to work, but the theory is that a lot of that money won't show up in the polling but will show up in the final results.

[NellyLunatic1980]

$25 of that $10 million for Obama was mine. I also gave $25 to Hillary Clinton as a goodwill gesture for her forthright support of her former opponent.

Me too on Obama, I think I should do the same for Clinton. Wait, does that mean I am panicing too?

Ohhh the sky is falling, all those damn liberals are going crazy.

Over the last 13 months, I've given a total of $475 to the Obama campaign.

OH NOES!

I'll be on the fainting couch.

[Appa23]

Wrong as usual.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080905/ap_ ... ma_money_1

"McCain can no longer raise private donations for his campaign because he has decided to accept $85 million in public financing for the fall campaign."

This makes the comparison meaningless. Obama should be way out in front. All that money isn't helping him.

The public financing thing doesn't kick in until today. And Obama's not really way out in front on financing. The RNC has a big enough money advantage over the DNC that it almost negates (I haven't looked at the numbers lately, maybe it's no longer almost) the Obama campaign's money advantage over McCain's.

People who can't give to McCain's campaign are just giving to the RNC instead.

If, as I think I read last somewhere, but can't find now, Obama's campaign raised $10M compared to the RNC raising $1M, that is not a meaningless comparison.

Also, Obama is spending record amounts on his ground game. Who knows if it'll turn out to work, but the theory is that a lot of that money won't show up in the polling but will show up in the final results.

For specifically, all money raised before he accepted the nomination had to be used before he accepted the nomination.

So, why give money that he can not use. Is he really going to pay to run a bunch of ads when he is getting a free 1 hour ad on every major netowrk and cable station?

[etaoin22]

Well, the reality is...

You do not want a speech which energizes your base and energizes the other candidate's base.

You want a speech which energizes your base and puts the other candidate's base to sleep.

Bubba was good at that.

(From Canada, I had no horse in his race, and he tended to put me to sleep. Dems loved him IIRC)