This is a very classy concession speech by John McCain

[book_worm]

Good for you, Senator.

[Dinger]

1. Yes It Is

And he does seem relieved. I predict he'll go back to being an independent, sort of.

[d_b]

2. it is

thus far.

[Longhorn]

3. Yes, it is.

I applaud him for that.

[nyc 4 Biden]

4. I agree.

[eshfemme]

5. It's too bad that the crowd is such a minus to it.

They're ruining it with their random shouts.

[Sal316]

6. Agreed....and it's genuine.

This is the McCain the appeals to a broad section of voters..... not the one that we saw in the last 6 months.

Good on ya, John... finish it with class.

[WritingIsMyReligion]

7. Too bad that his crowd is full of assbags.

Fuck you, GOP supporters.

[HowHasItComeToThis]

9. REAL LOWER CLASS SLIME

[RollWithIt]

He is really trying... in difficult circumstances....

Everything he has said is spot on. Perfect as a concession speech.

[uppityperson]

8. This is the Mccain of 2000 that would have beat bush.

good speech but no, let's not see any more of Palin.

[Okie4Obama]

18. Agreed.

I voted for him in the Republican primary of 2000. I was glad to see Palin cry.

[intheflow]

34. Palin cried?

Oh, it's days like these that I wish I had a tv set. I would love to have seen Palin cry about her dashed, delusional hopes! :woohoo:

[Patiod]

10. Absolutely - classy speech, crappy crowd

Good on him, finally

[KathieG]

13. I agree

[Lucian]

11. He refused to call Obama President.

Fuck McCain.

[Jackeens]

26. He called him "our President" - that was more than plenty. Be fair!

[Lucian]

32. Fuck that.

The Republicans weren't fair to us for the past eight years.

[Alpharetta]

12. Good job. I don't hate him any more

or fear him and his lies. Shopping in Iraq? Forgotten.

[Honeycombe8]

14. He had a lot of time to prepare it. nt

[Bucky]

15. I never doubted we'd see the real John McCain in his concession speech

Good on him

[Raschel]

21. Yep, that was the real McCain, phony all the way.

[nsd]

16. Agreed. It was.

[Eyes_wide_ open]

17. Yes it was

It certainly surprised me. I didn't think he had it in him. Palin, however, had no class at all but I expected no less.

[Titanothere]

19. Very well done

[FraDon]

20. Agreed • Ignore the asshats, and watch again for when the crowd ...

starts to applaud. I began to be proud of the growing members of his audience, as some heard McCain's heart felt concession.

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[Foolacious]

23. "Association"...

Did y'all catch that? "We are all Americans, and that association means more to me than any other." The closest I think we'll hear to an apology for the guilt-by-association tactics of his campaign... and perhaps an acknowledgment that it wasn't the way he wanted it run.

And yes, a good concession speech... made all the better because it was a CONCESSION speech!

[Jackeens]

24. I thought it was magnificent, especially in the face of that hate-filled crowd.

[olshak]

25. Classy speech, not so classy crowd

[tbyg52]

27. Yes, it was. Too bad some of his supporters were not so classy.

And he spent some period of time egging them on, or at least not stopping what was going on in general with his campaign, though not as much as Palin.

[MarthaMyDear]

28. NO...he sounded sarcastic when talking about Obama GM, etc...

...didn't like it...and his supporters were very disrepectful...yuck...all in all...yuck...

[Naturyl]

29. Agreed.

McCain's concession speech was the one he needed to give.

I may be in a minority here, but I hold no ill will toward him. His ideas and values are wrong, and they were rejected. Fair enough.

Palin can still go get bent, though.

[Joe the Revelator]

30. Very good speech by him

He made the right first step in repairing his reputation.

[amborin]

31. agreed

[knitter4democracy]

33. Was the last line code, though?

We never give up or surrender? There were a couple of comments there at the end that didn't sound so great.

[gratefultobelib]

35. I still don't like him and I never will.