Thursday night I passed on watching football and stayed in to watch McCain's nomination acceptance speech at the RNC. His personal story is amazing and every time you hear it, you can't help but know that there is no way you can understand what it was like for him as a POW. His story, however, isn't what I'm voting on, it is his policies and ideology. I thought it was interesting how Bush was never named in the speech and appreciated him taking some responsibility for the last 8 years, but there were no new ideas. It was the same Republican talk we have heard for years. I don't understand how he will be different and how he will cause his party to be different. Remember when America was promised, "Compassionate Conservatism"? That worked out great. What about the working class? Will tax cuts to the rich help them out?
I've been citing a lot of news articles this week, which has been mainly what my entries have consisted of, but I'm just sharing the news I have found interesting along the way. I'll probably get back to blogging about cats and movies soon enough. Note, I try to cite everything I'm including and use different colors as to give the true authors credit.
Jeff Toobin Rips McCain Speech: "Shockingly Bad": Shortly after McCain's speech wrapped up, Toobin told Wolf Blitzer:
I thought it was the worst speech by a nominee that I've heard since Jimmy Carter in 1980.I thought it was disorganized, themeless, I thought it was very, very boring until the end when he started talking about his personal story, which is, of course, remarkable and always important to hear. I personally cannot remember a single policy proposal that he made because they had nothing connecting them. I found it shockingly bad.
Wallter Reed background at speech: I can't wait to see Colbert's new green screen challenge. This really did brighten up my day. The close-up at the podium made it appear to be a giant green screen, but the arena audience was treated to a much different image. It turns out the green screen was only part of the story. And what building could possibly deserve such a prominent role as the main backdrop of McCain's nomination speech? According to TPM readers, it is Walter Reed. As in Walter Reed Middle School in North Hollywood, California.
Here is the Walter Reed Medical Center:
You have to love the religious right and the awful things they pray for: Theocrats to pray for McCain’s death: I on the other hand would be praying that he not have to give up the presidency if elected, even though there is a 1 in 3 chance it will happen. Talk about an undemocratic way of becoming President. I don't want an evangelical zealot as our president.
That said, at least two people have written in recent days that hope that McCain/Palin are elected so that they can pray for God to crush John McCain and to elevate Sarah Palin to her rendevous with destiny.
Antiabortion militant and all-round theocratic activist Jay Rogers of Florida, whose blog is calledThe Forerunner, writes:
Pray for John McCain's salvation and speedy death.
And then there is this guy, a self-described Christian Reconstructionist:
McCain's VP choice, Sarah Palin, suddenly made me want to vote for him, as long as the LORD smites him while he's in office. She's consistently conservative on all the issues, and if she's good enough for The Forerunner, she's good enough for me. The Forerunner agrees with me that McCain must be smitten, as well, so I'm obviously not alone in my viewpoints.
McCain's Neverending War in Iraq: His Judgment on Display. This video gives a good overview in McCain's own words on why I disagree with him.
I can't wait for the debates.
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