I was planning to do other things yesterday evening, but I ended up watching McCain's speech instead. For full disclosure I have not decided who I am going to vote for yet. In the past I have voted Republican but this time I am not so sure, partly because the Republicans don't seem to have any new or interesting ideas and they seem intently focused on abortion and banning gays from getting married. I think both of those issues are non issues. But back to McCain's speech.
First I was glad to see that McCain was not as harsh toward Obama as the other Republicans that spoke were. I'll talk more about this in another post that covers the GOP convention, but I thought Rudy Guliani's laughing at Obama's having been a community organizer was condescending and mean spirited. Second, I was glad to finally hear some specifics on what he plans to do if elected. Third, I got a really good laugh out of the part where McCain talked about hybrid and electric cars and then did an eyebrow raise, which was unintentional, which I took to mean that he either didn't know what he was saying or he didn't believe what he was saying. Either way it was not genuine.
Overall I think McCain's speech was a little long winded and he didn't didn't seem to have much of a set direction for his speech because it seemed to jump all over the place. He is not as good a public speaker as Obama, but he did talk about some of his experiences that I had not heard about before. There is no question that McCain is a hero with vast amounts of experience as a public servant. I think he serves for the right reasons, and I know that if elected he will uphold the honor and discipline of the Presidency. My biggest question is how tightly his hands will be tied by the rest of the Republican party? Will he, once in office, do only what he thinks is best for the country as a whole or will he continue to push forward the agenda of the worst parts of the Republican Party? I am going to do a lot more research on both candidates before I decide.
First I was glad to see that McCain was not as harsh toward Obama as the other Republicans that spoke were. I'll talk more about this in another post that covers the GOP convention, but I thought Rudy Guliani's laughing at Obama's having been a community organizer was condescending and mean spirited. Second, I was glad to finally hear some specifics on what he plans to do if elected. Third, I got a really good laugh out of the part where McCain talked about hybrid and electric cars and then did an eyebrow raise, which was unintentional, which I took to mean that he either didn't know what he was saying or he didn't believe what he was saying. Either way it was not genuine.
Overall I think McCain's speech was a little long winded and he didn't didn't seem to have much of a set direction for his speech because it seemed to jump all over the place. He is not as good a public speaker as Obama, but he did talk about some of his experiences that I had not heard about before. There is no question that McCain is a hero with vast amounts of experience as a public servant. I think he serves for the right reasons, and I know that if elected he will uphold the honor and discipline of the Presidency. My biggest question is how tightly his hands will be tied by the rest of the Republican party? Will he, once in office, do only what he thinks is best for the country as a whole or will he continue to push forward the agenda of the worst parts of the Republican Party? I am going to do a lot more research on both candidates before I decide.
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