McCain was interviewed recently by WCSH’s John Caldwell in Portland Maine and had to answer some tough questions, and it’s clear he got a little testy at the end. Temper, temper John. I wonder if Charlie Gibson will be as tough on Sarah Palin… I doubt it. See clip below.
Unfortunately I’m not a full time blogger, at least not yet, and sometimes can’t turn on a dime as quickly as I would like. But last night when I watched Bill O’Reilly grill and berate Obama like a child, rarely allowing him to even complete a sentence, I knew that this “special” treatment was reserved especially for Obama, and him alone. I wondered aloud if O’Reilly treated other political luminaries — and I say with as much sarcasm as I can muster — like Bush, Rumsfeld, Cheney and even McCain, with the same lack of respect that they themselves, and not their office, deserve.
The answer of course, is an emphatic NO, as covered on Crooks & Liars this morning. After watching the clip again, I’m not sure what good will come of this. And there’s more to come next week. I think Barack handled himself as well as he possibly could, but it’s difficult against an individual who makes his entire living shouting over and belittling people. Check out the clip for yourself (for the record, I hate linking to Fox News in the clip below but it’s the only one I could find).
Just a quick note heading into Labor Day weekend. McCain’s announcement has caught most everyone by surprise, especially the media. And the more I look over her record, the more she frightens me, particularly if she’s one heart beat away from the presidency.
I’ve created a Facebook group called Citizens Against Sarah Palin. Hopefully it can capture the sentiment of those questioning her candidacy and focus attention on her failings and lack of qualifications. If your on Facebook, check it out.
Have a great Labor Day weekend!
The following analysis by Charles Babington came across the AP wire while Obama’s speech (more from me on that tomorrow) was still in progress. Is this guy really watching the same speech? Or is this a partisan hack job courtesy of AP Washington Bureau Chief Ron Fournier, friend of Karl Rove and John McCain?
Barack Obama, whose campaign theme is “change we can believe in,” promised Thursday to “spell out exactly what that change would mean.”
But instead of dwelling on specifics, he laced the crowning speech of his long campaign with the type of rhetorical flourishes that Republicans mock and the attacks on John McCain that Democrats cheer. The country saw a candidate confident in his existing campaign formula: tie McCain tightly to President Bush, and remind voters why they are unhappy with the incumbent.
Of course, no candidate can outline every initiative in a 35-minute speech – especially one that also must inspire voters, acknowledge key friends, and toss in some autobiography for the newly-interested. And Obama did touch on nitty-gritty subjects, such as the capital gains tax and biofuel investments.
He said he would “find ways to safely harness nuclear power,” a somewhat more receptive phrase than he typically uses for that subject.
But most of his address echoed and amplified the theme that dominated the four-day Democratic nominating convention here: George Bush.
The final and revised story can be viewed here.
Barack’s amazing speech below… you decide.