Pointlets on McCain’s Speech

National Review ^ | [Jay Nordlinger]

[BufordP]

I figure you're not interested in reading the entire transcript, then. But you could read one paragraph from his speech I posted here if you want.

[null and void]

“Say what you will about the O-cropolis and so on — at least the Dems were professional and competent, in their conventioneering.”

I think the word he’s looking for is “tacky”...

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

In 1951 the Democrats and the Republicans were both trying to recruit Eisenhower to run for POTUS. Both parties believed, correctly, that Eisenhower would be practically a lock, on whichever ticket he selected.

They were both trying to recruit him because he was not declared as either Democrat or Republican, which was the traditional stance of the military officer. And a good tradition, at that.

I mention all the above by way of saying that in his speech it struck me that McCain was positioning himself as the second coming of Eisenhower.