These are the policies I will pursue. And in the weeks ahead, I look forward to debating them with John McCain.But what I will not do is suggest that the Senator takes his positions for political purposes. Because one of the things that we have to change in our politics is the idea that people cannot disagree without challenging each other's character and patriotism.The times are too serious, the stakes are too high for this same partisan playbook.
So let us agree that patriotism has no party. I love this country, and so do you, and so does John McCain.
The men and women who serve in our battlefields may be Democrats and Republicans and Independents, but they have fought together and bled together and some died together under the same proud flag. They have not served a Red America or a Blue America - they have served the United States of America.So I've got news for you, John McCain. We all put our country first.
And from last night (Giuliani):
They would have acted in their self-interest, and they would have changed
their position in order to win an election. How many times have we seen Barack
Obama do this? [shortly after suggesting McCain would do no such thing]
Of course, we have seen multiple changes in McCain's position this year (on torture, campaign finance reform, immigration reform, tax cuts, Roe v. Wade, etc). We also see that the speeches at the Republican convention cannot rise above making it about mockery -- why? Why does it have to be about insult?
We'll see what the mocking does in the polls in the next few days and weeks.
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What I don't understand is why Demos get all wrapped up in it...the conclusion has already been written. Any "excitement" or "tension" between now and then is pure entertainment. The outcome will never change.
Oh....and when down we tend to try to make things hurt. When you can't win it is fun to watch others cry.
In other news though I was pretty disgusted with NPR's outwardly biased coverage of Palin's speech last night. Pathetic attempt at journalism....and I respect the agency. They did nothing to shield their disgust and outrage. The only thing the move did was help identify who was who.
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