Posted on 09/03/2004 4:52:04 AM PDT by kattracks
NEW YORK -- Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), who has pushed for more civility in this year's presidential race, is warning that the biting, angry attack on Sen. John Kerry by a fellow Democrat at the Republican National Convention on Wednesday night might harm President Bush's efforts to woo swing voters.McCain said the keynote address by Sen. Zell Miller (D-Ga.) could prove as controversial as a speech by Patrick Buchanan at the 1992 GOP convention in Houston.
"I think it backfires," McCain said of Miller's rhetorical assault on Kerry. He added that it "makes Buchanan's speech look milquetoast."
McCain made his comments to reporters at a party he held after the convention's Wednesday session ended.
Buchanan's speech, in which he declared a "culture war" was under way in America, was thought by many Republicans to have hurt the re-election bid of Bush's father, then-President George H.W. Bush. The elder Bush lost the November vote to Democrat Bill Clinton.
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A thought comes to mind when listening to Johnnie boy Mcain
Tis better to keep ones mouth shut and be thought a fool, than to open ones mouth and remove all doubt.
Yeah. I thought as much.
Poor, poor McCain - Zell's stealing all your thunder.
Why do we like Zell better? Let me count the ways. He's a straight shooter - you're a media hog. He's going with his gut - you're an opportunist. He's standing up for America - you stand up for the cameras.
McLame needs to STFU.
McCain is trying to defend his friend. Miller did a great job and many Americans agree with him.
John McCain is a loose cannon and a very dangerous man.
His support for the anti-First Amendment McCain Feingold Campaign Finance Reform Bill and his studied oppostion to Second Amendment rights, demonstrate a total ignorance of Constitutional liberties and disqualify him from serious consideration for any higher office.
His analysis of the Swift Boat Veterans and condemnation of their right to justly call into question the action of Kerry for his military activities during the Viet Nam conflict is a further indication of his lack of judgement and autocratic nature.
McCain, like Giuliani and Pataki, is looking towards 2008 and plans to run for President. Neither he nor any other one of them is any better qualified for the Office of President than most Democrat candidates, and most certainly would NEVER, receive my support without demonstrating a serious redirection of political views.
McVain is just passing along the whining he had to endure from his "friend" John Kerry.
Nothing to see here - move along.
Patrick Buchanan's speech at the 1992 GOP convention in Houston was, back then, just about the best political speech I had ever heard.
And was the last time Mr Buchanan said anything of note and/or made perfect sense.
And Senator Miller's demeanor during his every bit as good speech was not "angry."
That's girly man talk.
Mr Miller's delivery was passionate!
ReFReshingly so.
Actually, what he's getting from the MSM is the Full Monica--and it's reciprocal, too.
We have our own little 'good-cop' 'bad-cop' thing going on....
"Make nice for the cameras" eh?
There's a BIG difference between calling a spade a spade and HATING the spade.
Perhaps you are of the opinion that the average American cannot make this distinction--or that the average American actually believes what the MSM tells him.
If you are correct, God help the USA.
McCain is trying to set the stage for 2008. He is a moderate RINO and he doesn't want anyone to bash him when the Republican nomination process starts. He is trying to get the nomination by coronation (ala John Kerry). He wants to not be mean to him like they were in 2000. He is one of the worst candidates for the Republican Party. I have a feeling he is already trying to get Dems involved in the Republican Primary process for 2008. He is a very dangerous many.
Once Bush wins another term, I hope Bush really blows McCain off and doesn't help him for 2008. I am afraid that Bush has already promised him some things.
Now you know what mc cain 's purpose for being there was.
To create dissention and sow discouragement.
I will gatuantee you that john kerry knew in advance every word that mc cain was going to say regarding him.
Why?
Because mc cain called kerry in advance and told him what he was saying.
From what I have seen of john mc cain I have learned two things:1. It is probably better to be his enemy than his friend.2. Anytime mc cain pats one on the back, there is a knife in his hand.
Also the odds of the people of Arizona re-electing him to the Senate should he decide to run are better that the odds that the sun will rise in the east on Saturday morning.
McVain is willing to say anything as long as the cameras are rolling and the media is trolling him with questions. He is more irrelevant every day, on a downward spiral.
I don't hear him as a voice of reason and balance any more. I hear the bitterness of a man who wants to be in the White House, and who will be exposed for his actions with the Keating scandal if he ever were to become the Rep nominee. He has more baggage than a 747 will hold. I also hold serious reservations about his overall health. I don't think he would make it 4 years in the WH, with his brain firing on all cylinders.
JFKerry must be McCain's secret "Keating", wonder what kind of deal McCain struck with JFKerry in establishing connections with Vietnam?
13 posted on 09/03/2004 4:57:11 AM PDT by Just mythoughts
Good question.
That was my thought as well.
The Zell speech was a knife to the heart of the Democratic party. It was scathing and it had the ring of self-evident truth. The Dems' long history of opportunistic defense cutting and pacifist posturing are coming back to haunt them.
There is NO WAY that Zell's message helps Kerry or the Dems.
Right, a spade is a spade and five of them are a flush, and the only time I hate a spade is when I have four other cards of a different suit.
Perhaps you are of the opinion that the average American cannot make this distinction--or that the average American actually believes what the MSM tells him.
The "average American" embraces a VERY wide array of people. The ones I was referring to are the ones who don't follow any of this stuff well enough to make that distinction, the ones that react viscerally to the soundbites, the ones who are turned off by anybody who "sounds mean".
We've been fortunate that this election cycle, it's mostly the Democrats whose rhetoric has been "over the top". That's how I like it.
And actually, the "average American" gets most of their news from the MSM, not conservative media. Remember, even though we may consider ourselves to represent "average Americans", there are lots more in this category who don't agree with us, especially when we are behaving in a very partisan manner. They are the Independants, and they take reason, not rhetoric, to gain their support. And NOBODY ever won an election without their support.
So yeah, when trying to convince the voters in the middle, you gotta "make nice". That's what they want. They want "nice".
Every time I hear McCain speak I get an uneasy feeling that he's about to lose it.
McCain needs competent mental health treatment. I don't hate the man, but I hate much of what he does and says. Too bad the people in AZ can't see him for the RINO that he has become.
Or maybe they do but like him that way. AZ, like FL, has become much more liberal recently as more retirees move in from the northeastern and upper midwestern states. Unfortunately that's happening all over the west. States that were rock solid conservative a few years ago are now in danger of becoming liberal, or at best moderate.
"Moderate", how I hate that word, it should read "liberal lite".
Here, I like this better:
God help BLESS the USA.
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