Frances' response, below, from a libertarian perspective, doesn't make sense to me, and I think it misses the big points (I've responded in detail in a comment).
My view is that this was a historic speech; both thoughtful and direct. I don't have time tonight to do an in-depth analysis, so expect that either tomorrow morning or tomorrow night.
UPDATE: Hoh hoh, I have the luxury of waiting until tomorrow to formulate an analysis of the speech, but the McCain campaign apparently doesn't have that luxury.
"Tonight, Americans witnessed a misleading speech that was so fundamentally at odds with the meager record of Barack Obama," spokesman Tucker Bounds said. "When the temple comes down, the fireworks end, and the words are over, the facts remain: Senator Obama still has no record of bipartisanship, still opposes offshore drilling, still voted to raise taxes on those making just $42,000 per year, and still voted against funds for American troops in harm's way. The fact remains: Barack Obama is still not ready to be President."
Does this strike anyone else as really, really weak when you measure it up against the speech that Obama just gave? I heard a TV commentator say that McCain "might as well have been speechless."
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written by Nicholas Krasney, August 28, 2008
Ho Tuan and I will be in Minneapolis to find out! Stay tuned to CampusPundit.com
I think that all would agree that McCain has a new challenge: somehow matching, with rhetoric, the flare and pageantry of Obama's speech, especially on the heels of the Olympics and the DNC. McCain's speaking ability has also depreciated a lot as of late, so we'll see how well he is able to do that.
I heard on NBC that, as soon as the speech was over, the McCain camp had a line-by-line rebuttal of the speech. I haven't been able to find it yet. But I look forward to seeing how a newly-aggressive Obama fares against a raging, assertive McCain.
I think that all would agree that McCain has a new challenge: somehow matching, with rhetoric, the flare and pageantry of Obama's speech, especially on the heels of the Olympics and the DNC. McCain's speaking ability has also depreciated a lot as of late, so we'll see how well he is able to do that.
I heard on NBC that, as soon as the speech was over, the McCain camp had a line-by-line rebuttal of the speech. I haven't been able to find it yet. But I look forward to seeing how a newly-aggressive Obama fares against a raging, assertive McCain.
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Your Rachel Maddow to my Pat Buchanan?