St. Paul, MN – Sen. John McCain of Arizona accepted the Republican presidential nomination Thursday night with a dual message: Sen. Barack Obama does not have the judgment to govern the nation, whereas he himself can reach across party divisions to “get this country moving again.”
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In an address at the party’s national convention in St. Paul, Minn. — briefly interrupted when three yelling anti-war protesters were hustled out of the hall as delegates chanted “U.S.A., U.S.A.” — McCain promised to “reach out my hand to anyone to help me.”
“Americans want us to stop yelling at each other,” McCain ad-libbed as he called for delegates to ignore the disruption.
It was the perfect segue for his main message of the evening.
“Again and again, I’ve worked with members of both parties to fix problems that need to be fixed,” McCain said in a call to end “the constant partisan rancor that stops us from solving these problems.”
“I have that record and the scars to prove it. Senator Obama does not,” he said.
At the same time, McCain offered his “respect and admiration” to Obama, the first African-American ever nominated for president by a major political party.
“I wouldn’t be an American worthy of the name if I didn’t honor Senator Obama and his supporters for their achievement,” he said.
See below the entire speech.
Who spoke better Mr. Mccain or Mrs. Palin ?
of course Palin – McCain isnt know as a great speaker and no one was expecting it. Regardless, he still made a great presentation.
If you enjoyed the last eight years, by all means, elect him. If not, you may want to reconsider.
1133 posting assumes that Mccain is the same. I investigated McCain’s senate voting record and on many issues, many major issues, he did not go with the president or with the republican platform. McCain is far more independent and far more capable than anyone in this administration.
McCain will work for Americans, not for Republicans, and surely not for Bush and the evil puppeteer.
I think the bottom line, rather than looking at the past 8 years, is more: if you trust Obama, and if you feel we should be taxed to provide the entitlements of a socialist state, and if you believe radical murderous elements in the world can be reasoned with and talked to, then you vote that way.
If you trust McCain, and if you feel businesses should be encouraged to create jobs and improve American life, and if you do not want America to become a socialist state, and if you would rather your money (and your mitzvot) go to charitable organizations that will help those in need rather than appointing the government to take care of everyone and everything, and if you believe that moral equivalency does not and should never apply in politics, that not every terrorist is a freedom fighter but rather a danger and rodef to be dealt with by action and not words, then you will vote accordingly.