I don't want a response candidate
John McCain's speech last night was ... awful. He wore way too much make-up, the green screen behind him just kept reminding me that he is liable to vote for the Warren-Lieberman bill in some form, and the crowd was ... lackluster at best.
In contrast, now (finally) the Dem Nominee Senator Obama spoke before a roaring 20,000+ crowd, talking about monumental moments in history, and his place in that history. You couldn't have gotten starker contrast if Dean had set-up the Republican nominee's podium.
McCain's speech felt like a "okay, now that we have a general election, I have to say something. I have to come out fighting!" But it wasn't so much a fight as it was reactionary.
McCain doesn't even has his own tag line. Obama's "Change We Can Believe In" is met with "A Leader You Can Believe In."
Every other paragraph in McCain's speech was, "That's not change we can believe in."
I don't want a reactionary, response candidate. I want a candidate that believes in something. That believes that Washington can cut the spending, can save social security, can protect our nation, and can support our troops. I don't want activist judges, on either side of the party line, and I don't want new taxes designed to redistribute wealth. Someone that would say those things, instead of plagerizing Obama's lines, would be awesome.
And it just felt ... dishonest. He says Obama thinks government is the answer. Well, so does McCain, as he has voted several times in the past. During the ridiculous oil exec hearings last month, McCain said he didn't like windfall profits. He fell short of saying he thought the government should take some of that money, mostly because he knew the cameras lens was on him.
He spoke last night of cutting descretionary spending ... but instead of voting against the pork laden Iraq Supplemental package, he didn't show up. Not exactly the strong opponent of descretionary funds he's claiming to be.
I have no confidence that spending will go down even a little bit with John McCain. Last night he spoke of reviewing all government programs and funding to see which programs work and which don't. It seemed like pandering and lies. He's been in the Senate for how many years? And he's never been able to get an investigation of that level accomplished, and I don't know if he's even talked about it.
John McCain has made it no secret that he's going after moderate democrats and independents in this general election. He talks about global warming and carbon credits and windfall profit taxes and amnesty for illegal aliens. He wants to be the Enviornmental Republican. But that will prove problematic for him I think, and I think we'll see inconsistent messaging in his speeches. Pandering to the leftists in San Francisco, talking about gun control in Kentucky, and securing the border in Texas.
He proved himself last night to be a response candidate that had no substance of his own. And while I'm sure I do agree with him on several issues (supporting our troops), he does not inspire me. A secondhand message in front of 20 people does not inspire anyone.
His campaign better learn that real quick.
In contrast, now (finally) the Dem Nominee Senator Obama spoke before a roaring 20,000+ crowd, talking about monumental moments in history, and his place in that history. You couldn't have gotten starker contrast if Dean had set-up the Republican nominee's podium.
McCain's speech felt like a "okay, now that we have a general election, I have to say something. I have to come out fighting!" But it wasn't so much a fight as it was reactionary.
McCain doesn't even has his own tag line. Obama's "Change We Can Believe In" is met with "A Leader You Can Believe In."
Every other paragraph in McCain's speech was, "That's not change we can believe in."
I don't want a reactionary, response candidate. I want a candidate that believes in something. That believes that Washington can cut the spending, can save social security, can protect our nation, and can support our troops. I don't want activist judges, on either side of the party line, and I don't want new taxes designed to redistribute wealth. Someone that would say those things, instead of plagerizing Obama's lines, would be awesome.
And it just felt ... dishonest. He says Obama thinks government is the answer. Well, so does McCain, as he has voted several times in the past. During the ridiculous oil exec hearings last month, McCain said he didn't like windfall profits. He fell short of saying he thought the government should take some of that money, mostly because he knew the cameras lens was on him.
He spoke last night of cutting descretionary spending ... but instead of voting against the pork laden Iraq Supplemental package, he didn't show up. Not exactly the strong opponent of descretionary funds he's claiming to be.
I have no confidence that spending will go down even a little bit with John McCain. Last night he spoke of reviewing all government programs and funding to see which programs work and which don't. It seemed like pandering and lies. He's been in the Senate for how many years? And he's never been able to get an investigation of that level accomplished, and I don't know if he's even talked about it.
John McCain has made it no secret that he's going after moderate democrats and independents in this general election. He talks about global warming and carbon credits and windfall profit taxes and amnesty for illegal aliens. He wants to be the Enviornmental Republican. But that will prove problematic for him I think, and I think we'll see inconsistent messaging in his speeches. Pandering to the leftists in San Francisco, talking about gun control in Kentucky, and securing the border in Texas.
He proved himself last night to be a response candidate that had no substance of his own. And while I'm sure I do agree with him on several issues (supporting our troops), he does not inspire me. A secondhand message in front of 20 people does not inspire anyone.
His campaign better learn that real quick.
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