“First, you may not like the fact that Grandma smokes in bed, and you may indeed want to get her attention. But if that message consists of letting her set the bed, the house and the grandchildren on fire, perhaps there was a better way to “send a message.”
I think of the Palin pick as a type of conservative bank account. Before the pick, balance in the account was right at the minimum to achieve interest but not enough to really invest.
Right after the Palin pick, the bank accounts balance soared when money piled in from conservatives around the country.
Bottom line, McCain owes a huge debt of gratitude to the conservative base who got on board with Palin long before the media tick off middle America.
This only shows that he owes the base a debt of gratitude and a return on our investment.
“McCain owes a huge debt of gratitude to the conservative base who got on board with Palin long before the media tick off middle America.”
“This only shows that he owes the base a debt of gratitude and a return on our investment.”
They both expressed gratitude for those who supported them before, and hopefully will after. Senator McCain took a pause in his speech, and asked for all Veterans to hold their hats high, after one veteran had been holding his hat high, and cheering, and gotten the Senator’s attention.
It wasn’t the fact that they both said what would be ‘expected’ at such a function, it was how they said it.
With openness, empathy, and sincerity. With that tone that “I mean it.”