Comments on: John McCain’s Stump Speech http://www.oliverwillis.com/2008/10/27/john-mccains-stump-speech/ Like Kryptonite To Stupid Sun, 22 Nov 2009 16:01:33 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Duros Hussein 62 http://www.oliverwillis.com/2008/10/27/john-mccains-stump-speech/#comment-123927 Duros Hussein 62 Mon, 27 Oct 2008 18:05:08 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/?p=10925#comment-123927 Perhaps "stump speech" means something else to him. More like "Stumped speech." Perhaps “stump speech” means something else to him. More like “Stumped speech.”

]]> By: Duros Hussein 62 http://www.oliverwillis.com/2008/10/27/john-mccains-stump-speech/#comment-123867 Duros Hussein 62 Mon, 27 Oct 2008 15:43:22 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/?p=10925#comment-123867 As a Democrat and an American, I'm really starting to get pissed off about this "Country First" bullshit. Is McCain implying that Democrats don't put country first? On what basis? Plus, isn't this just projection on the part of the "Party first, loyalty second, then coutnry" modern-day GOP? I'm an American citizen, dammit, and I consider myself patriotic, and I want my country back. As a Democrat and an American, I’m really starting to get pissed off about this “Country First” bullshit. Is McCain implying that Democrats don’t put country first? On what basis? Plus, isn’t this just projection on the part of the “Party first, loyalty second, then coutnry” modern-day GOP?
I’m an American citizen, dammit, and I consider myself patriotic, and I want my country back.

]]> By: ed http://www.oliverwillis.com/2008/10/27/john-mccains-stump-speech/#comment-123820 ed Mon, 27 Oct 2008 11:24:28 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/?p=10925#comment-123820 McCain's stump speech comes off as an unlikable Floyd R. Turbo. McCain’s stump speech comes off as an unlikable Floyd R. Turbo.

]]> By: MediaGlutton http://www.oliverwillis.com/2008/10/27/john-mccains-stump-speech/#comment-123808 MediaGlutton Mon, 27 Oct 2008 06:40:56 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/?p=10925#comment-123808 Yeah, it's a really good point. McCain has gone negative on Obama, but it really hasn't been as effectively negative as it could have been. I mean, the Rove machine made Kerry look like a traitor, and he was a <i>war hero</i>. Couldn't the Republicans make Obama look worse? That was always my fear. But no: McCain has been just simply ineffective with his lines of argument. Why is that the case? Is his heart not in it? Does he think certain attacks are off-bounds? It's going to be an interesting post-mortem of the campaign. And the fact that McCain hasn't hit as hard as Rove did in '04 is going to be fodder for the National Review folks to maintain going more conservative is the key in '12. Hence, Mitt Romney in '12. He's willing to attack like the right wants him to. Plus, he's a white male. Hits the Republcian demographic perfectly. Yeah, it’s a really good point. McCain has gone negative on Obama, but it really hasn’t been as effectively negative as it could have been.

I mean, the Rove machine made Kerry look like a traitor, and he was a war hero. Couldn’t the Republicans make Obama look worse? That was always my fear.

But no: McCain has been just simply ineffective with his lines of argument. Why is that the case? Is his heart not in it? Does he think certain attacks are off-bounds? It’s going to be an interesting post-mortem of the campaign.

And the fact that McCain hasn’t hit as hard as Rove did in ‘04 is going to be fodder for the National Review folks to maintain going more conservative is the key in ‘12.

Hence, Mitt Romney in ‘12. He’s willing to attack like the right wants him to. Plus, he’s a white male. Hits the Republcian demographic perfectly.

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