McCain Accepts Nomination, Touts POW Experience
(CBS)
(ST. PAUL) Ceding the role of attack dog to his running mate, John McCain accepted the nomination of the Republican Party tonight by talking extensively about his military experience and criticizing Barack Obama’s policy positions. “I will keep taxes low and cut them where I can. My opponent will raise them. I will open new markets to our goods and services. My opponent will close them,” McCain said. “I will cut government spending. He will increase it.”
But in an attempt to bolster his maverick image, he criticized Republicans as well. “We lost the trust of the American people when some Republicans gave in to the temptations of corruption,” he said. “We're going to change that. We're going to recover the people's trust by standing up again for the values Americans admire.”
McCain spoke of his years as a POW in Vietnam and the appreciation it instilled in him for the United States. His record of service, he argued, uniquely qualifies him for his presidency. “I've worked with members of both parties to fix problems that need to be fixed. That's how I will govern as President,” he said. “I have that record and the scars to prove it. Sen. Obama does not.”
Imagine, a campaign that the McCain folks say is not going to be about issues, but biography, and they never mention the most impressive piece of McCain''s bio?
Go to your next job interview and talk about what you had for breakfast and why that makes you qualified and see how far that gets you.
Ok...on a different note. I love the Early Show. Julie is probably my favorite.
Maggie is wonderful if she only would ease up a bit on interviews. I don''t mind a journalist digging in to get answers, but she is just a little to much. She puts too much of her own sauce (opinions) into the mix. I think a journalist needs to focus on facts first. Her interviews are really unpleasant (especially when she doesn''t agree with someone to watch), but that''s just my opinion.
Ok...on a different note. I love the Early Show. Julie is probably my favorite.
Maggie is wonderful if she only would ease up a bit on interviews. I don''t mind a journalist digging in to get answers, but she is just a little to much. She puts too much of her own sauce (opinions) into the mix. I think a journalist needs to focus on facts first. Her interviews are really unpleasant (especially when she doesn''t agree with someone to watch), but that''s just my opinion.
(or, a pit bull with lipstick?)
1) Selects a secessionist VP at the last minute because Rove nixed Lieberman. Turns out, there was no vetting process.
2) The convention is cancelled to exploit a hurricane that fizzles. Cancels his planned acceptance speech on the ruins to restart the convention.
3) Bush is speaking. No he''s not. Yes he is, but by video.
4) Guiliani''s speech goes long and they have to scrub Palin''s bio video.
5) Campaign lies about botched teleprompter, the only thing that worked this convention.
5) The lime-green jell-o background returns during Cottage Cheese''s speech.
6) The green is actually the lawn of what appears to be one of McCain''s mansions. Turns out to be Walter Reed high school instead of Walter Reed Medical Center.
Do we really need four more years of incompetence?