Bill Schneider analyzes McCain's speech
For CNN:
My view is: It was a simple and sincere speech that gave testimony to his character, avoiding most divisive social issues. But it did not seem to answer the question, "What are you going to do about the nation's terrible economic problems?"
Labels: economy, election2008
posted by michael at 11:15 PM
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Bill Schneider has missed the boat completely. You have a man in John NcCain with a proven record and ample expereince, and you have another man, quite younger, in Obama, with nothing but soring rhetoric and a dismal hitory as a legislator in terms of getting anything done, much less actually shoing up to vote once in a while. McCain will be able to work with Congress on both sied - as he has done - to solve our economic problems; health care issues; attack the energy crisis; protect our security; and provide fiscal responsibility again and get our terrible deficit and our deflated Dollar back to good health. I will take the experience and the record of reaching across the aisle to make the changes needed in Washington. I will not take the rhetoric of blind change for the sake of change with more taxes and more spending - and that is what Obama offers. On balance, McCain is better for the US. Amd leding Senators like Kenedy, Clinton, Biden, Kerry, and others who have sought out McCain's help in the past know full well that they can take their agenda to President McCain, and if that agenda is good for America, John will work with them. Don;t be fooled into believeing that it is either a Democratic agenda or a Republican agenda with McCain, it is an American agenda with him, and everbody knows it.
Federal overspending and Iraq go hand-in-hand. If McCain wants to cut federal overspending then he needs to get our troops out of Iraq. Let us hear him say THAT!
That is because he isn't going to help us little people. He will help the rich, just as Bush did. And he doesn't think there is anything wrong with that because he is rich beyond imagination. Even Bill Schneider, who I watch on CNN and I being an African-American, thought was leaning to the right, is not pleased with McCain. That is very telling.
I think that Bill Schneider and the media in general greatly underestimated McCain's speech -- and I'm an Obama supporter. The "fight with me" line was tremendously effective; the reason the crowd cheered is that they may not have heard that trick for a long time; the orator continuing to speak against the roar of the crowd, just keeping going. It reminded me of the Network "I'm not going to take it any more" speech.
It is hard to understand, however, what form this fight will take. Is McCain going to fight to throw out the Republicans that have been in power the last eight years?
Traditionally, one fights for change by throwing the current bums out and putting other bums in. I'm for that -- there is something about punishing a party by throwing it out of office that sobers everyone up and encourages new thinking. That's one reason I'm for Obama.
I'm reading information on Republican VP Palin from the media and newspapers. It is very revealing that the media bias on a Gov. Palin selection is not taking the same road in the national media for a female that could be President of the United States as a vice president.
Gov. Palin was selected to be on the 2008 Republican Presidential Party Ticket. The female Democratic Presidential contender Hillary Clinton was challenged by Barrack Obama. Eventually Obama was elected to be the nominee for the 2008 Democratic Presidential ticket.
Palin could become a greater celebrity than even Obama. Palin is even shadowing McCain in the media. Yes McCain is the actual Presidential candidate for the Republicans. My wife a so called independent was insulted that someone like Senator Elizabeth Dole who has more experience to defend this country should have been the better choice. A white male VP candidate would receive greater scrutiny with the same background as Governor Palin for a 2008 VP selection.
I don't care about how Sarah Palin or John McCain takes care of their families. I care about how their policy choices affect my family and millions of other Americans.
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