The sad campaign of John McCain
As his campaign rattles to an end, John McCain has never been better on the stump. Not a natural orator, McCain finally has found his voice. Full Story »
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Posted by Chris Finnie - Nov 4, 2008 - 8:27 AM PST
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Chris Finnie - Nov 4, 2008 - 8:27 AM PST
This piece started strong, but it quickly became disconnected. I wish the author would have stuck closer to the theme of John McCain "finding his voice" instead of deviating into the Cheney endorsement and those unnecessary quotes from Joe Wurzelbacher. Politico has done better than this lately.
Joe the Plumber has got to be the most asinine, rock-bottom, pointless aspect of this long and tiresome election. I do not understand the attention he has received.
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Sort of a confusing piece as Simon claims McCain has "found his voice," and then shows some of his campaign missteps. For those who think the campaign reflects the candidate as well as the speeches, Simon's piece will be an unconvincing argument.
I noticed something about McCain's voice last night--and not for the first time. Simon's quotes highlight part of it. While Obama talks constantly about "we" and working together, McCain chants "fight, fight, fight" and his big applause line is "the Mac is back!"--referring to himself. He throws in a few references to his audience or his fictional everyman Joe. But, like governor Palin, his speeches are largely about himself.
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