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1 posted on 09/04/2008 8:51:58 PM PDT by Perdogg
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To: Norman Bates

ping


2 posted on 09/04/2008 8:52:47 PM PDT by Perdogg (Maverick - Barracuda 2008)
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To: Perdogg

Okay, so he won me over. So sue me.


3 posted on 09/04/2008 8:55:48 PM PDT by Saundra Duffy (For victory & freedom!!!)
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To: Perdogg

This for me was the most striking part of the speech...that challenges are not to be avoided at all cost, but your character is how you respond to challenges.


4 posted on 09/04/2008 8:56:31 PM PDT by garbanzo (Government is not the solution to our problems. Government is the problem.)
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To: Perdogg

I thought he gave a very good speech


5 posted on 09/04/2008 8:57:51 PM PDT by Piers-the-Ploughman (Just say no to circular firing squads.)
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To: Perdogg

Great speech. McCain/Palin, a force to be reckoned with.


6 posted on 09/04/2008 9:00:58 PM PDT by davetex ("We are Americans, we don't hide from history, we make history" John McCain 9/4/2008)
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To: Perdogg

Who picked Tom Ridge to speak tonight?

I have a couple of killer dogs that would have been warmer than him.


7 posted on 09/04/2008 9:01:26 PM PDT by hadaclueonce (shoot low, they are riding Shetlands..)
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To: Perdogg
He knocked it out of the park. If he does even a quarter of the things he talked about as President, we will be in excellent shape.

What a contrast between Obama and McCain - one is like a whiny teenager who is mad that the world isn't "fair" - the other is a grown-up adult.

8 posted on 09/04/2008 9:02:27 PM PDT by ikka
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To: Perdogg

Also — “Do not be distracted by the ground noise and static!”

Standing ovation followed!


9 posted on 09/04/2008 9:02:49 PM PDT by Salvation (†With God all things are possible.†)
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To: Perdogg
McCain closed the sale tonight. He will be President.

The McCain/ Palin ticket is about real change. About changing the nature of government and government programs to match the needs of the 21st century. McCain sharply contasted himself to 0-bama with Mcain/ Palin being leaders of a better tomorrow not just some politician promising to spend and spend and spend our tax dollars.

I will be comfortable in the voting booth this November.

McCain/Palin will be my choice.

10 posted on 09/04/2008 9:03:21 PM PDT by A message (Governor Palin is a great choice for Vice-President. McCain/ Palin '08)
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To: Perdogg

Well done Senator (soon to be President) McCain. You are the man!


13 posted on 09/04/2008 9:10:25 PM PDT by janee (janee)
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To: Perdogg

I think the McCain/Palin ticket will unify the Republican party again after hearing tonight’s speech. The Dems are whining all over the TV & radio!

The great part is that there were no put-downs, just straight talk about who had more actual experience. I think this ticket will bring in a lot of Republican voters who were reticent about McCain a few weeks ago.


14 posted on 09/04/2008 9:12:35 PM PDT by senorita
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To: Perdogg

McCain’s da man and Palin is the W O M A N

What a team...If they are not a winning team i don’t know what is...I hope they win by a huge margin in November and then surprise Americans by restoring America and the Republican Party to it’s true good roots that benefits all.


18 posted on 09/04/2008 9:15:47 PM PDT by billmor (Friday:Red Shirt Day- silent no more..,McCain and Palin-the right team for '08)
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To: Perdogg

Let me just say that McCain was not my first, second, third, fourth, or even fifth choice.

I do not agree with him on a few issues. I am still pissed at him over a few things he’s done over the last 10 years.

But I do respect him and I am willing to trust him.

He won me over for good tonight.

Sarah Palin won me over 3 months ago, while she was just a political fantasy VP pick.


21 posted on 09/04/2008 9:20:41 PM PDT by EricT. (The tree of liberty needs to be watered...)
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I thought the speech was a solid "B". It wasn't a lot of red meat for social conservatives--though he did have a "right to life" line in there that was certainly appreciated. And there was a lot of gobbledeegook in there that sounded suspiciously like a laundry-list of things the government can do for us. But the speech made me feel comfortable with the idea of a president McCain--which is a long way from where I was last year at this time. So from that perspective, it was very effective.

McCain simply is not a great orator and never will be. He is, however, an American patriot who has sacrificed a lot for this country and that's exactly how he came across tonight.
25 posted on 09/04/2008 9:32:03 PM PDT by Antoninus (McCain/Palin -- The winning ticket!)
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To: Perdogg

I don’t like some of the things McCain has done. I am still FURIOUS with him over the Amnesty deal.

But, he has seemingly moved to the right. His choice of Palin GREATLY encourages me. Had he picked Ridge or Lieberman, I would have stayed home.

I have changed my mind and I will vote for McCain/Palin.


27 posted on 09/04/2008 9:36:01 PM PDT by Bryan24 (When in doubt, move to the right..........)
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I wasn't all that enthused with McCain's speech, especially when I heard....

"We believe everyone has something to contribute and deserves the opportunity to reach their God-given potential from the boy whose descendents arrived on the Mayflower to the Latina daughter of migrant workers. We’re all God’s children and we’re all Americans."

The way I take it, underneath the sugar coating and aside from the intoxicating distraction of adding Sarah to the ticket, he slipped in his intentions to continue his efforts toward shamnesty for illegals. 

I'm not happy about that and illegal immigration is still a hot issue in my book.  Or did we all forget about it?

28 posted on 09/04/2008 9:40:29 PM PDT by Outland (Liberalism is a mental disorder. Socialism is a deep psychosis. Communism is brain cancer.)
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To: TitansAFC; meandog; onyx; MARTIAL MONK; GulfBreeze; Kuksool; freespirited; Salvation; furquhart; ...
The McCain List.

Tonight, John McCain accepted his Party's nomination in a broad address of optimism and rich personal flourish. Let's stand up and fight together as he steps forward to win the Presidency of the United States!

Click here for the full text of John McCain's acceptance speech

JohnMcCain.com

P.S.: John and Sarah's plane just took off for Wisconsin! Onto the trail!

31 posted on 09/04/2008 9:45:41 PM PDT by Norman Bates (Freepmail me to be part of the McCain List!)
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He may struggle with the teleprompter but that doesn’t take away from the message that he presented. It was the exact opposite of the Democrats. It showed more pride in self-reliance (not really the word I want but its late. :-))and none of the whining and ‘woe is me’ that we saw last week.


33 posted on 09/04/2008 9:50:17 PM PDT by imskylark
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To: Perdogg
McCain has been my least favored pick on the GOP side for President. With McCain/Feingold, the Gang of Ten, Immigration "Reform" and a host of other issues, I differ with him. However, he is a man of courage and character and I will vote for him. At least he has a core. If Colonel Bud Day (who suffered with him in Hanoi) says he's sound, I'll listen to Bud Day - despite my personal reservations of his judgment! For one thing, I know Obama would be a disaster for America.

I think I figured out last night why McCain is always trying to "reach across the aisle" to make nice with the Democrats. Because of his POW experience he sees them as Americans first. He refuses to believe that deep down inside any American could be anything but a loyal American - despite differing political views. This is the paradigm he lived with and which sustained him through over five years of awful captivity. It was always "we Americans" against the enemy.

McCain has yet (and probably never will) to flesh out the notion that anyone with American citizenship can be just as much a part of the enemy to his beloved America as his torturers. To him, any American is "one of us". He just has to find the right key to unlock their good will and patriotism and he is more than willing to compromise with them and accept their differences to do so. Just like he had to do in captivity.

44 posted on 09/05/2008 6:19:19 AM PDT by Gritty (Liberals at the core have no sense of a moral 'true north'. Worse, they don't care-Kevin McCullough)
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To: Perdogg

For the first time since Fred Thompson dropped out of the race, I am not voting against someone. I am voting for someone. I didn’t plan to like John McCain last night... but he won me over. It was the end of the speech that did it.


45 posted on 09/05/2008 1:17:19 PM PDT by carton253 (www.headquartersanv.blogspot.com -- for conversations about the Army of Northern Virginia.)
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