That should read “Rush loved the speech...” (we know you did, Rose) ;)
Contrary to the Axis of Regret at CNN/MSNBC/PBS etc.,
I found the speech to be exactly what one would expect from John McCain. I wasn’t expecting the erudite expertise of Abraham Lincoln. And I sure as hell wasn’t expecting the cotton candy cartoon logic of Barrack Obama.
We had an average speech made by a great American, not a great speech made by a below-average politician. When the dust settles, character is what counts. And I believe the American public is going to weigh the characters of the two candidates and decide that the one who was willing not only to make the ultimate sacrifice, but make it for many years in a Vietnamese torture chamber, is the one who has earned the office of “President”. Make no mistake, this was not a dynamic oration. It was somewhat dull at points. But no slickness in speech can outshine the three minutes in which John McCain demonstrated that a man cannot be a leader unless he’s stared into the abyss. McCain became human last night. He was broken by a power stronger than him, and allowed himself to be carried by his compatriots. You can’t learn empathy for the suffering as an arm’s length “community organizer”. You learn it by sharing in suffering, and McCain knows what it is to suffer for a cause bigger than any political ambition.
This, I hope and believe, is what McCain accomplished last night.
Will anyone remember his speech?
No.
But they will remember the man.