Originally Posted By Darkbeer Check out the video at this link... <a href="http://www.johnmccain.com/" target="_blank">http://www.johnmccain.com/</a> I think a lot of people will be surprised at the message...
Originally Posted By ecdc Maybe I'm just a sentimental old softy, but I loved it. Kudos to John McCain.
Originally Posted By ecdc And we've heard throughout the Democratic convention how John McCain is a friend and colleague of those speaking, but how they disagree. I was wondering where that kind of respect is on the other side. Now I've just seen it.
Originally Posted By mawnck Oh, don't mind me, I'm just a cynical sonofagun. It was indeed a very nice gesture.
Originally Posted By Mr X Wow, that WAS cool. I've no doubt it was calculated to a certain point (as mentioned in post 3...), but it was still pretty cool. Kind of expected him to go with "historic", but that'd probably be a lil too far.
Originally Posted By Mr X He did reference the historic day though, so yeah..please ignore my last paragraph.
Originally Posted By jdub Things can be all about what we read into them--and I was smelling subtext. I mean, when he was noting the historical significance of today's date, I was hearing, "how conVEEEEEENient!"
Originally Posted By ecdc And I have no doubt that there was some calculation on McCain's part. He's not going to spend valuable ad dollars on something to boost Obama's numbers. But of all the things he could've done to take away from Obama tonight, this was a pretty classy way to do it.
Originally Posted By barboy Civility and pleasantries...... nicely done John! ---now if only we could see that kind of discourse from both sides from here on
Originally Posted By Lisann22 I think John McCain is a very decent man, I just don't like his politics so this doesn't surprise me.
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan Part of me wants to say "Nice, classy, well done." But then I think back through all of the crap messages McCain "has approved of" this past month, and sorry, but it's a lot of bullfeathers. McCain has no interest in taking the high road, which disappoints me. He's shifted into a very Rove-ian approach the last month. Now he wants to momentarily make folks for get that? Nope, I'm not falling for it. Call me cynical, but this is just McCain trying to somehow nudge himself into the limelight. Phooeey.
Originally Posted By Mr X ***Call me cynical, but this is just McCain trying to somehow nudge himself into the limelight. Phooeey.*** I think there's more to it than that. There are plenty of ways to find the limelight. I'd bet that there must be some negative reaction going on regarding his reprehensible gutter politics, and I'm sure some of the motivation for this video was to address that.
Originally Posted By ecdc >>It was classy and hopefully Obama will return the favor.<< Uh, Obama's returned the favor non-stop. Obama can't mention McCain without acknowledging his service in Vietnam because he knows if he doesn't the right will have a seizure.
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan >>I think there's more to it than that.<< I hope you're right. But honestly, after a month of being mocked for appreciating a campaign built on "hope" and nonsense about supporters seeing Obama as some sort of messiah, "The One" and all that, er, stuff, I'm not in a particularly receptive mood for any "nice" gestures. I know, I should lighten up. But something tells me the ugliness will be cranked to full tilt next week.
Originally Posted By Mr X ***>>I think there's more to it than that.<< I hope you're right.*** Actually, I meant it in a negative sense. :O
