McCain's speech

Sorry I didn't live blog this one - I was eating, since I just got home from class. I must say though 70% of what he said he plans to do are the SAME THINGS that Senator Obama has been saying since 2006. 10% of his speech was about his time as a POW and how that automatically qualifies him to be president. Another 10% was jabs at Senator Obama. The last 10% was praise for Gov. Palin, said in creepy intonation. "I can't wait to introduce her to Washington...*hee hee hee*"

Lol, overall, the speech was poorly delivered, and I'm not sure how well-written it was, since he kept stumbling over it. Karl Rove called it, "the best speech [Sen. McCain's] ever given off of a teleprompter."

He kept referring to "you." By "you," he meant the economic top 20% that would see an increase in taxes by President Obama and wouldn't vote for a Democrat anyway. A former Bush speechwriter, Michael Gershon, said it was a failed speech. He said the personal aspects of McCain's speech were the strong points, but the policy parts were very typical of Republicans, and "tonight was not particularly innovative...or promising." Ann Curry asked, "Was it the speech of a maverick?" MG:"It was a speech of a past maverick, not the speech of a future reformer."

We've got to take back this country for all Americans, not just the top 20%. We've got to elect officials who will help the "haves" and the "have-nots." We've got to work together as a country to do what is right and what is best for us domestically and abroad, and to better the world we live in.