McCain is solid, maybe not spectacular

And complaining about "continuous partisan rancor"? Really? Did he watch his running mate's speech last night?

As for the speech, big deal. He wasn't trying to be Obama, was being himself. Not coming across as too joking. I liked that, very Presidential.

I thought he came across very well. And it was very presidential moving out into the crowd. Great atmosphere. Republicans know how to have fun!

Cedarburg, Wisconsin here they come! Great town, just off the lake. Been there many times.

McCain sure seems to like community organizers!

It is very clear those white people on the convention floor loved Palin more than McCain.

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!

"It is very clear those white people on the convention floor loved Palin more than McCain."

Drum, I didn't watch. Could you please explain. Seriously.

"White" people on the convention floor. Is that code for something?

Where's your female candidate, Drum? 56% of voters will be female.

they were cheering because the speech was ending.

There's a difference. I said this on another blog thread that has since disappeared, the audience was not fired up tonight.

It's as if they sobered up and remembered who their presidential nominee was.

The first blogger to make a culturally divisive comment was a liberal.

Old Drum. Surprise, surprise.

Governor Palin, Cindy McCain, knocked it our of the park...Johnny "the Maverick" just had to be cute...Well F**k him, I am sick of that candie azz weenine BS....

My guys had a code...."Rangers lead the way?" This azzhole has a code too, "I am a Maverick"

Tell you what John Boy, I am voting for Obama....I know he is a lying sunubitch, but he is honest about it.....

One and all, Edie, Inter Face, etc...I have seen the light....

My party can kiss my old broke d#ck Airborne Ass...

Okie dokey! (smile)

I didn't think the speech was that bad.

They beat up a protestor during the speech. Isn't that enough for you, rogue?

I didn't think the speech was that bad.

They beat up a protestor during the speech. Isn't that enough for you, rogue?

Wow, Rogue, just Wow.

Pass. The conservatives can keep him.

I saw that speech and the commentators are saying what I remembered: the biggest applause lines from that overwhelming white audience was when McCain mentioned Palin.

And, this convention not exactly America. Consider the following:

According to polls of delegates conducted by The New York Times and CBS News, 93 percent of the Republican delegates are white (compared with 85 percent in 2004 and 89 percent in 2000), while 5 percent are Hispanic and 2 percent are black. The Democratic delegate pool in Denver, according to the survey, was 65 percent white, 23 percent black and 11 percent Hispanic, roughly the same as at other recent Democratic conventions.

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Those numbers show the Republican Big Tent (the party of Lincoln) isn't so big for the diversity in our country.

Tomorrow's another day. And think about this...

Think how fun it is to laugh at Midtown Guy & Old Drum. Can you really see yourself carrying singing in the choir with them? ( smile)

Although I will admit Rogue it would be fun to see what name you come with for me, if that's the case.

I want something more unique than potlicker or wussy.

You a-holes put this caving Squid SOB on the top of the tcket,,,well forget you! I would not vote for this (ten letter word starting with C) if someone held a gun on me....

I am voting for Yomama to remind those A-holes in the NE and E, that us poor schmucks have a vote here in flyover land....

Now your a weasel trying to weasel your way out.

Everyone in the world knew the real racists would be liberals and you proved it with your first post.

He who castes the first stone -- You & Sebelius.

Don't give me your blah, blah, blah excuse. You're as big as liar as Obama.

If you're going to the dark side, I want a unique name, but not like potlicker or wussy.

Something really savage. So savage me. (smile0

Gal Damn, I still have some honor to uphold.....I mean, Crap I cannot get Stilleto heels in size 12!!

I just cannot abide this cringing, wailing, lame ass squid getting my vote....Screw him and Screw the Repulicans....

You bastards have quit me, I have not quit you...

You are a man of your word. I don't quite understand your hatred of McCain, but then again, I am not a right winger.
Vote for who you want, for whatever reason you want.

Old Drum is blah, blah, blah ...

Back on topic: OK, so McCain was so craptacular he drove at least one far right-winger out of the party.

Not sure how ...

Anyway, the question is will Gov. Palin drop Sen. McCain from the ticket after tonight's abysmal performance?

Rogue,
We will welcome you back if you change your mind. We won't even call you a flip-flopper. We truly are the "big-tent" party. If you don't want to come back, so be it.

"You bastards have quit me, I have not quit you..."

Wasn't that a line from Brokeback Mountain?

Continue, Rogue, you were in the midst of stamping your feet in an ineffectual hissy fit.

The Republican Party is the party of white people. The numbers I cited above show that this convention is whiter than it was four years ago.

This convention does not reflect the diversity I know in America.

And, clearly this overwhelmingly white national convention best applause lines were for Palin.

Jeetz, why are you upset by these facts?

You're a race baiter. I knew you were a political whore and you're proving it

You're a race-baiter and that's what race-baiters do. Bring up the issue of a race. That's why you're continuing to be a political whore.

I'm not hurt. I'm just calling you a race baiter. You should wear that badge proudly.

I'm surprised you don't change your name to Old Race-baiter. At least then you'd be honest.

Our good reactionary friend Jeetz just wrote another incoherent post.

Jeetz, do you dispute the numbers about the ethnic make up of this convention?

Jeetz, do you dispute the fact that the greatest applause lines McCain got was mentioning Palin?

I feel your pain.

That's my answer.

Reach across the aisle? Nice canned words.

How does he really feel if someone doesn't agree with him and the GOP? He told you tonight.

You're just "ground noise and the static".

Thanks McSame. Love the true colors. You really reached out to many, many people.

Our good McCain apologist, Jeetz, has yet to talk about the speech McCain gave tonight.

Remember how excited he was about Palin? Not tonight.

I wonder why. I don't pretend to read our good reactionary friend's mind. Perhaps, someday he will share with us why Palin excited him more than McCain.

I suspect he is not alone among his ilk. Palin is more exciting than McCain.

...you'd see I made the second quote on this thread, race-baiter.

Palin is more exciting than McCain.

Yes, she has many of the old white males on the convention floor calling Bob Dole for extra Viagra.

Even Rush sounds like he's popping different pills for the new "babe" on their ticket.

Our good reactionary friend Jeetz just can't get excited about John McCain.

He has not praised McCain's performance tonight, but he was really, really excited by Sarah Palin.

Put the liquor down and read. Or pass out, whatever you choose. I've already answered you.

Mysogyny and race-baiting. Kennedy is rolling over in his grave at what the Democratic party has become.

You KNOW I'm Right

"Misogyny." It's the American spelling of "Obama." I apologize to my high school English teacher for my earlier spelling error.

If only "Barry" would apologize for his many errors, as opposed to just flip=flopping.

You KNOW I'm Right

Should go to the US people for the thousands of lost jobs, the fact that basic health and education (a fundamental human right in most Western countries) is just a dream for millions of Americans, an illegal war that killed thousands of innocent Iraqis and made the US more of a target for terrorists, the setting up of torture camps and the endless appeasement of foaming at the mouth right wing groups that somehow think that denying a woman the right to choose and the ability to line their own pockets with federal money is more important than any of the above.

As much as I'd hate to be a spokesman for the rest of the world, I can safely say that just about everyone outside the 'red' states on this planet is hoping for an Obama victory - for peace, for environmental stability (Palin wants to drill in national parks - need I say more) and for fairness.

American Pride - what would Lincoln say about an illegal war, tax cuts for your pals but not the poor, torture of enemy troops and leaving people to drown in New Orleans while the presdient flies overhead to play f*cking golf?

He wouldn't be turning, he'd be spinning in his grave. Like I say, humanity is keeping its fingers crossed for Obama. Best of luck to him. If the US doesn't vote for him, it deserves another four years of the misery it has inflected upon itself in the Bush years.

From a UK perspective, my view is that while JM has the right story (war hero, maverick etc) to run for president, at this time in America's history he is not what your country needs.

America needs to relocate its standing as the leader of the free world. It needs to reconnect with allies and peoples, and be respected, if not loved, again. The last 8 years have been a disaster for America's standing in the world as the holder of the torch of liberty and fairness.

You guys need a bodyswerve, someone who will reinvigorate America, open up a whole new seam of possibilities. You need someone to grasp the thorn of renewables and to build a green economy to wipe out dependency on unpredictable oil supplies.

You don't need JM - it's his last shot at the presidency and sentiment may say give him a try, but it's not what you and the world needs. You certainly DON'T need Palin - send her back to the backwoods.

Be bold, be brave. Barack is what America needs.

Rogue: I like McCain, but I know several people that feel the same way you do about his nomination. I would never question your conservative credentials because you pass on McCain. However, I am fascinated by the navy-name-calling. :)

cubgac and Isaac: No one cares about your ten page thesis(es) about why the speech was bad. Save them for someone that won't just skim over them to the next post like we all do.

Old Drum: I would like to give you the old "racism is wrong" spiel, but you bring up a good point. However, I think you should note that the improvement from the Democrats required a lot of work from the Obama camp AND a lot of jockeying from excited and determined blacks. This is one victory that I have looked for (somewhere, anywhere) for a long time!

UK_calling: You are full of crap. The UK perspective is not what should influence our election choices, sorry. I just do not mind a cowboy that scares the crap out of foreign countries in the White House. Besides, they are always good to our Western allies - even when we are unhappy with their rhetoric. Plus, you're probably not from the UK - I just have these doubts about some UK guy really being into posting on the KC website.

P.S. The speech was fine. Obama and Palin were both better. He did handle the heckling okay though.

J

I'm looking out over the Gloucestershire countryside. its 1358 hours and pouring down.

I've got a right to comment. Your hayseed website is linked to by the BRITISH Broadcasting Corporation (for some strange reason)via its US blogger. It is the WORLD WIDE WEB after all (invented by a Brit in case you wondered)

You guys used to be respected. Now you're hated. That's the challenge for America.

Do you put a political corpse and a gunslinging housewife into the WH, or a guy who is going to put America back in the driving seat and set you up for the next 20 years ?

Whatever you think, fine. I think we in the UK have a duty and a right to comment on your rather bizarre political machinations - we are after all your prime ally in the WOT, and of course we did own you once.....

Have a few beers and chillllllllllllllllll.......

J - in a world where the US gets its oil from the Middle East, often violently so, borrows billions from China and uses migrants from all over the planet to prop up various parts of the faltering economy, to say that a perspective from outside America isn't relevant is a bit silly.

It's also the kind of attitude that has got the US into the trouble it's in now.

But, hey, why not carry on the way you are. Before long, the president of the US will be the equivalent of a retired, senile general in an old people's home, waving his stick at everyone and shouting the odd threat about his imaginary might.

Nope, this old "Grunt" calls his Navy buddies "squid" and his Marine Friends, "jarhead". Trust me no disrespect intened from me to them, and vice versa.

I just am sick to death of that "Maverick" bull crap which translates to caving in to the moonbats. Hell what I am supposed to do vote Obama, or "Obama light" with this guy?? First he gives us a cracker jack in Palin, and then he says "screw you base I don't need you". Hot flash for you Johnny Mack, we don't need you either. We survived 8 years of Hilly and Billy, we can survive another four years of "Jimma Yomama Carter".

I cannot say how much this moron pizzes me off. He is like an ex-wife, everty time he opens his mouth you know what he is going to say, and you are all ready steamed before he says it.

I am glad to see that the reps are giving up, but seriously. I don't think Obama is anything like McCain, otherwise we would all be more inclined to vote republican this time! (that's weird to say)

The problem I have is republicans have had the white house for 8 years (congress for 6 of those years) and look where the country is. One of cain's political ads touts No Balanced Budget, over spending, corruption, blah, blah and he blames the democrats. Granted neither party is any good, but to blame others for his own votes or lack of votes tells me just what kind of politicain he really is. What really bothers me the most is his NAY (or again, his lack of) votes for veterans - health care and benefits. WE do not need another 4 years of the same!

The same washington he has been a part of for 20+ years. What a blowhard...

Was he a POW?

Again, how can McCain espouse change when his own party has held the White House for all but eight years since 1981, and both Houses of Congress from 1995 through last year? If Republicans (and anyone else) are angry about the state of our union, as well they should be, their remedy is to vote the Democratic ticket. McCain simply represents a continuation of Bush family/Dick Cheney misgovernment.

I didn't post - why the attack? You must have felt the speech was bad.

I personally liked it. It was too long, a little boring and he still lacks a plan for the economy, but it was from heart. And that is why people like rogue hated it. Palin was mean-spirited, nasty and base - so base people loved it. McCain gained back some dignity with me anyway by speaking sincerely.

okay so ya,, he does not have the appeal when he speaks like Obama..
I think McCain is a little more humble because of his horrible experience. He has learned to say things quietly and softly with meaning,, which is what happens as you grow older with wisdom
I would rather have a man in office who knows what hes doing and has the background like John McCain then a smooth talking cocky guy like Obama who has NO NOTHING ZERO executive experience ..
Less then 143 days in the senate and a few books trying to convince the public he's wonderful, he needs to understand YOU GET RESPECT when it's due time and it is not his TIME, he has so much more to do and that he can do. He is in a hurry to be great and only time and experience makes you great.
If he is elected it will be a learning experience for him and America and a serious one at that.

What planet did this moron just fly in from????
Was he a POW??? YA THIS PERSON IS ON TOP AND THINGS AND SHOULD BE POSTING.. NOT!!!!

Hey, he is going to fix Washington!
Submitted by PeachPitKC on September 5, 2008 - 8:34am.
The same washington he has been a part of for 20+ years. What a blowhard...

Was he a POW?