McCain gave a good concession speech last night.

[mmonk]

It was starkly different from his core supporters (and Palin) in tone.

[stray cat]

1. He really did - that was the McCain I thought he was in 2000

[salbi]

15. I thought he almost looked relieved

No matter how much he may have wanted to be president, I think all the campaigning took a toll on him. He looked awful, and was grumpy most of the last few months. The country's economy is in terrible shape and he was stuck with a VP that he no longer even liked, let alone wanted to be stuck working with for the next 4 years. He couldn't come out and admit it but I couldn't help thinking a part of him was relieved he didn't win and that's why he was able to give such a good speech.

[Pavlovs DiOgie]

2. And yet his supporters were still jerks

Imagine that. Too bad he didn't encourage a more positive tone in his campaign. Fortunately Obama took the reigns during his speech and welcomed the entire country aboard the train heading to the White House.

[mmonk]

3. Maybe the combination will help.

[godai]

4. He read a speech. I won't soon forget the negative tactics they used.

He and Palin still believe the things they were saying over the past week. They need to just go away. Obama can be polite with McCain but Palin needs to be marginalized.

[SheWhoMustBeObeyed]

8. Yes. He dumped another load of bullshit on everyone.

Now he gets to be McCain the bipartisan healer. I don't think so.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

24. Thankfully, McCranky is history. Agree with you on Palin.

[bunnies]

5. Yeah. Whoever wrote it did a good job.

If he had used *that* personality the whole time we might have been in trouble. Oh well! :)

[catgirl]

6. I agree

It was genuine too. His audience seemed to get it, which is hopeful.

[DawgHouse]

7. It was very good.

[bigwillq]

9. He really did.

Good on you, John.

[Mariana]

10. I think he's trying to avoid being shunned in the Senate.

Also, I'm sure he's known for weeks that he was going to lose, so he's had plenty of time to get used to the idea.

I think he should be shunned anyway. Slimy two-faced backstabbing lying bastard.

[mmonk]

14. In his defense, his party is rough on conciliatory candidates

and have in the past, worked against such Republicans cutting off support.

[jefferson_dem]

11. I salute Senator McCain.

He was as gracious as anyone could imagine last night. Far more classy than his knuckle-dragging supporters.

[surrealAmerican]

12. It was the speech of his life.

Too bad the audience was booing. (I guess that answers why he couldn't speak like that during the campaign. He'd have lost his "base".)

[nomaco-10]

13. Yeah, he had a really good speech writer and read it from the prompter really well. n/t

[coalition_unwilling]

16. Have you forgotten the Rev. Wright ads

(with their thinly-veiled racism and blatant McCarthy-esque guilt by association tactics) that the 527s were running nationally in the days and even hours leading up to the voting???

"Country First," my ass. Sorry, but I am in no mood to be conciliatory or gracious. The entire lot of Repukes need to be bundled off to insane asylums or war crimes tribunals.

[mmonk]

19. No. Just commenting on the speech.

I expect nothing less from the republican election machine.

[coalition_unwilling]

20. OK, I've got you. I kept expecting McBush to denounce or

repudiate the tactics employed on his behalf by various surrogates. Instead, he constantly seemed to be engaging in the "wind-n-nod" stance towards those tactics. So I found his words last night hollow and devoid of any meaning that would engage the "better angels" of my nature.

[TalkingDog]

17. He was a statesman. He was a gentleman. He showed grace.

I am glad he lost. He was running from an untenable platform.

But hopefully he will live up to the promise of his concession speech and work to get this country back on track. Now he is unencumbered by the "Politics of the Right" and can work across the aisle as he has done before.

I always admire someone who can concede with grace.

[Mike Daniels]

18. He doesn't have to kowtow to anyone for the next 2 years.

I doubt he'll run for reelection so the next few years are his chance to do whatever the hell he wants. It'll be interesting to see how he votes on certain issues now that he doesn't have to feed the beast.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

21. I'm sick and tired of people putting lipstick on a pig.

John McCain was a televangelist, crying about how he sinned against the Lord.

[happychatter]

22. When he called to congratulate Obama... he got some pointers

just kidding

that's my tin foil hat theory

it WAS an impressive speech

[ronnykmarshall]

23. It was very moving.

He showed a lot of class.

He was the old John McCain from 2000.

[JoePhilly]

25. Too much "race" in the speech ... I sensed he was using it as a crutch!!

[galaxy21]

26. I liked that he admitted it was his fault, and not anyboy else's

Its pretty damned odd to hear a republican take responsibility for anything.

[ObamaKerryDem]

27. I agree. He was surprisingly gracious. And what's sad is that it was probably his best..

in the whole campaign. He allowed the fundie right of his party to take the wheel of the Straight Talk Express and it cost him big time. And, judging from his tone last night, I think he knows and regrets it. Ah well...

[Cha]

28. Good..'cause if he had won he'd be

ready to make your life miserable.

<snip>

"25 Things I Will Not Miss About McCain, Palin and the GOP"
by Andy Ostroy..


1. I will not miss McCain and Palin's repeated lies about Obama's tax policies

2. I will not miss the phrase "spreading the wealth"

3. I will not miss McCain constantly saying that Obama is "measuring the drapes"

4. I will not miss McCain incessantly reSURGEitating that we're winning the Iraq war

5. I will not miss being told I live in the "unpatriotic" part of the USA

6. I will not miss hearing that trickle down economics is the way to keep America strong despite the fact that it's nearly destroyed us financially during the past eight years

7. I will not miss Cindy McCain standing behind her man at rallies nodding approvingly like a sedated Stepford Wife

8. I will not miss McCain and Palin's brand of McCarthyism, as they relentlessly refer to Obama as a socialist, elitist, terrorist and any other slur that ends in "ist"

9. I will not miss the reprehensible propaganda that Obama's a Muslim

10. I will not miss McCain and Palin twisting Biden's words about Obama being tested

11. I will not miss McCain and Palin's non-stop nastiness, sarcasm and
condescension

12. I will not miss all the "maverick" talk

13. I will not miss the nonsense about McCain and Palin "cleaning up Washington"

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http://ostroyreport.blogspot.com/2008/10/25-things-i-will-not-miss-about-mccain.html