Posted on 09/03/2008 9:18:29 AM PDT by Sub-Driver
A Clear and Present Danger To the American Left September 3, 2008
St. Paul
Notes from the convention:
Drafts of John McCain's acceptance speech have been bopping around the inside of the campaign for at least a few days, and a question is whether or how much it will be changed to account for the hurricane in New Orleans and the Gulf coast. An early draft is said to have been direct to the point of rambunctious in drawing contrasts between the policies of Obama and McCain. "Lotta biography, lotta foreign policy, taking Obama straight on," said a GOP strategist Tuesday afternoon. The final draft may be different, softer.
Advice? By Thursday night rambunctious will be fine, and a relief. Great political parties must show compassion, but they don't want to wilt with the weight of it.
And: Wit, wit, wit. Humor. "A maid laughing is half taken," said a randy old Elizabethan poet. A voter laughing is half yours, and just received a line he can repeat next weekend over a beer at the barbecue or online at Starbucks. Here is a fact of American politics: If you make us laugh we spread your line for free.
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FMCDH(BITS)
Agreed. Check out this video of McCain being greeted (in Mpls. I presume). I thought it telling - the amount of time he gave to Bristol and her beau Levi. Didn't look to me like a man about to throw them under the bus.
http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/player/popup/?rn=3906861&cl=9574650&ch=4226716&src=news
As to the rhetorical question, "Can she take it?", I'm reminded of Governor Palin's joke, "What's the difference between a pit bull and a hockey mom?" Punchline: Lipstick.
I have the feeling that his lady will prove to be more than tough enough. I agree with Rush's comment that this attack on Governor Palin could backfire on the libs even more than the debacle at the Wellstone funeral did.
Posting, not reading - how can I believe anything she writes?
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