Wow. What a gracious concession speech by McCain...

[BrklynLiberal]

I am amazed.

[Dorian Gray]

1. I'm still listening

It is gracious. The mention of the grandma just now made me teary eyed.

[sweettater]

2. Yes

I think he is a good man.

[Fenris]

3. Goddammit, where was this guy for the past year?

That was a wonderful speech.

[Lucy Goosey]

22. Yeah, no kidding, eh?

He was being suffocated by bad advisors.

[Dinger]

36. Yeah, I'm Kinda Glad He Waited Till Tonight (nt)

[trudyco]

47. me too! It might have been closer -nt

[RPM]

59. Yeah - that was a candidate that could have pulled it off

Instead he ran to the nutcase wing of his party...

[nini]

4. agreed

.

[Smuckies]

5. Agreed.

[blueraven95]

6. I agree

very gracious.

[EastTennesseeDem]

7. I hope his cult is watching

and are taking his words seriously.

[MassLiberal]

8. yes

He's doing the right thing.

[Seen the light]

9. I can finally say this without fear since Obama has won: McCain is a good guy

I don't care what any DUers say, there is some good there. When my family was in a horrific wreck a decade ago, he wrote us the nicest, personal, handwritten note I've ever read.

There I said it. Fuck whoever wants to flame me. Go smoke a joint instead of flaming me k? President Obama yo.

[renate]

66. why flame you for giving credit where credit is due?

That was a nice thing for him to do, and it's not surprising, especially in light of his speech tonight. When my family and I were listening to him we were all looking at each other in amazement, wondering where this McCain had been, because he was incredibly gracious--and it really did seem sincere tonight, as though he'd been pretending during the campaign to be someone he wasn't in order to appeal to the blood-craving Republican base.

I'm very, very sorry about the wreck. It must have been terrible. :hug:

[nc4bo]

10. My goodness. Very gracious. nt

[seemunkee]

11. He's had a long time to write it.

[Jane Austin]

12. He doesn't seem to be too happy about saying

what he's saying.

Credit, though, where credit is due.

At least the words are right.

[No DUplicitous DUpe]

13. agreed.

Classy

[indie_voter]

14. This is a great concession speech

I'm very impressed. Where was this man for the last 2 years?

[Lucy Goosey]

15. Agreed.

[demo dutch]

16. The McCain of 2000?

[PseudoIntellect]

17. and what gracious McCain fans

:sarcasm:

But yeah, it's been nice so far.

[undeterred]

18. What a relief for him.

He can stop being an ass.

[Phoonzang]

19. Honestly, I can't manage to feel any ill will for him anymore.

Now Palin....that's different.

[NYC Liberal]

20. Yes. Palin I am sure would not be so gracious. Good for McCain.

[Borgnine]

21. I think McCain is relieved.

He can stop being the guy he hated becoming. I don't respect him, but I respect what he's saying right now. Good for him.

[Martin Eden]

He's a skillfull politician.

Anything but a gracious speech would make him look like a real asshole.

(yes, I know)

[mainegreen]

23. Yup.

[HughMoran]

24. I had to mute him - he was spoiling my cry

It's been a long time coming.

[politicat]

25. Make good on it, Senator -- crack skulls on the Senate Floor.

Your words are pretty, gracious and appropriate.... back it up with behavior.

I want to see you whacking the neo-cons up the backside of the head. You had courage and integrity when I lived in your state -- find it again.

[Mojambo]

26. It's as good as he's been in the entire campaign. n/t

[FloridaJudy]

27. Thank you, Senator.

That was a very decent thing that you just did.

[FreeperSux]

28. McCain a contradiction

By all accounts an honorable man in most respects. His shift to the far right depressed me in this election, but a fine closing speech, and a healing one.

[jefferson_dem]

29. I salute Senator McCain.

Great speech. Real leadership.

[qanda]

30. Kind of reminds me of the Hillary Clinton concession speech

I was thinking then, as I am now, if she had spoken like that during the campaign she may have won.

[Starry Messenger]

31. I'm not surprised.

This is more in line with his old narrative. I'm just shocked how far his campaign took him away from his usual line.

[tinrobot]

32. He looks happy once again

Good speech.

[grannylib]

33. He's being very gracious. I hope his supporters will do the same.

[RNdaSilva]

64. Agree...and some here also. Gracious that is.

It it time for unity, a brave new world.

[grannylib]

68. I'm sure we'll do our best, after we get a LITTLE gloating out of our systems...

It's been a LOOOOONG eight years, and two stolen elections...

[Blue_Tires]

34. more booing

you lowlife freep scum WILL kiss the ring come January....

[TheDonkey]

35. He allows the crowd to boo Obama. The fucker has no class.

FUCK HIM.

[baldguy]

37. Good speech - the yahoos in the audience are ruining it.

[TlalocW]

38. Allow me to interject some realism

And, no, I don't care about karma or being humble in victory, etc. McCain is and always has been a douchebag. He discarded his wife for one that could finance his political goals. When he got caught with his hand in the cookie jar with Keating, he was able to turn around his image to be a maverick fighting government corruption by sponsoring some toothless legislation that ultimately did nothing. He learned how to manipulate the media and hide his temper. The maverick act didn't work in 2000 so he adopted the same behavior used against him, sucked up to the extremists in the base, and used the same bunch of people who attacked him to attack Obama. To top it off, he showed what he really thinks about women by thinking that by putting an unqualified woman whose political views are diametrically opposed to those of Hillary that her female supporters would be shallow and/or stupid enough to be blinded by the fact they share the same kind of sex organs to vote for them.

TlalocW

[EstimatedProphet]

39. It really was

[lilsourgoose]

41. it was a great concession speech

And I'm sure he realizes in his heart that most of his supporters need to have Dunce Caps permanently affixed.

[GetTheRightVote]

40. That was an excellent speech on his behalf for Pres. Obama, just beautiful really.

:kick:

[sampsonblk]

42. He's not one of them

He is not a RW wacko. That's why he picked Palin. The guy is definitely not as bad as the former GOP base

[Az_lefty]

43. if he had exhibited that kind of character through out the campaign, he would have won this

at least he went out with some dignity

[tbyg52]

45. Well, maybe there *is* a plan - if he'd won we'd be in deep @#$%..... nt

[TheCoxwain]

44. I agree ....this was the John McCain we knew

[bigwillq]

46. It was indeed.

Thank you Sen. McCain.

[FVZA_Colonel]

48. This could have been a contest between gentleman.

Two men who both felt they ought be President over the other, but still respected each other.

[ohtransplant]

49. Truly an excellent speech!

magnanimous gracious, humble and inspiring.

This is the guy I respected years ago. Welcome back Senator.

Time for you to reach across the aisle and work with our new President

[Naturyl]

50. It was a very decent speech.

I don't hate McCain. I'm just glad we won and can start getting things done.

Palin can take a hike, though.

[AlecBGreen]

51. an excellent speech

and i noticed how he shushed the boos, genuinely looking pissed that his team would boo our next president

[2bfree]

52. I cried for both speeches.

McCain was amazing and I think that he will reach across the isle and go back to being the same guy so many of us liked from 8 years ago. I was also glad that Sarah didn't give a speech and I am crossing my fingers that we won't ever hear from her again. :)

[flygal]

53. Me too - that's the McCain I would have voted for in 2000

before georgie got to him.

[jzodda]

54. Same

Its a shame he didn't run this entire campaign in that mode. I think we would have won anyway but it would probably not only have been closer, but all those luny right wingers would not have gotten all stirred up.

[CarbonDate]

55. Um, I predicted this.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=7126171&mesg_id=7126444

[iamincali83]

56. McCain sold his soul!

McCain wanted it so bad that he even ran a dirty and racist campaign! Even though he had said before that he would NEVER run a campaign like that! Look where it got him! Screw him and the bimbo!!

[Momgonepostal]

57. I thought that, too...very classy

And Obama's victory speech wasn't as gloating as some I've heard.

[AzNick]

58. Audience = Assholes, very representative

Note how the Obama crowd was gracious towards McCain, even silent when he conceded.

McCain's crowd booing Obama, chanting USA, whatever.

And I am sorry to say it, but you know what I mean, when you look at someone and you can tell by a look at his face that the elevator does not go to the top?

Well that's what I thought when I looked at the faces of the McCain crowd.

And the lack of diversity... Look at Obama's crowd, what a diverse bunch.

[ClayZ]

60. K and R

[oxymoron]

61. Oh, puhleez. Completely self-serving and total bullshit. (nt)

[trayfoot]

62. Yes, it was! Sounded like the "old" McCain anti-2000!

Bet he wishes he would have run that kind of campaign......now!

[Uzybone]

63. It was a gracious speech, but he ruined his reputation in my eyes

He said many ridiculous things during this campaign. He epitomized "do and say anything to win" politics. At the end of the day fuck John McCain. You served your country well...thats the best I can say.

[happychatter]

65. nothing mean intended, but my theory is that after congratulating President Elect Obama...

Senator McCain asked for some pointers on the concession speech

[rl6214]

67. My son is at the Naval Academy

McCain is a Naval Academy graduate and this is the type of concession speach I would expect from someone that came from the academy. Bravo!!!

[Crowman1979]

69. I think he had tears of joy because he won't have to be around Palin anymore.

And Palin is crying because her next campaign stop will be in an orange jumpsuit while boarding the paddy wagon.

[eppur_se_muova]

70. So nice that others in his party are being similarly gracious ...

:sarcasm: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=4386199&mesg_id=4386199