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Others on this blog may disagree, but John McCain delivered the most gracious and heartfelt speech of his career tonight, and he walked off the stage with honor intact.
The American people have spoken, and tonight McCain honored them as much as he honored President-elect Obama.
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George Moneo| 11.5.08 @ 12:22AM
He. Lost. That is what is important, not his damned speech. This kind of thinking is why we (you) Republicans lose, because our party cannot get it through its head that you can't disable a tank by throwing creampuffs at it.
Doug Nanney| 11.5.08 @ 12:47AM
Both Mr. Bishop and Mr. Mineo are right. It WAS McCain's best speech, but, at the same time, that speech was so unnecessary. A stronger GOP nominee, instinctively able to fight fire with fire, would not have lost to such an inexperienced candidate.
Spicy Joker| 11.5.08 @ 12:59AM
McCain lost because there are just enough people in this country who fail to appreciate what a heavy price he paid for this country.
Blog Goliard| 11.5.08 @ 1:12AM
Was the speech so fine because this was the moment his campaign was consciously (or barely subconsciously) building up to for some time?
After we got whacked with the financial crisis, and McCain's gambit to swoop into Washington and save the day failed, one could argue that the campaign soon slipped into the honorable-loser groove. FNC's man on the scene tonight seemed to be saying as much...that McCain came to almost see it as his duty to lose with as much dignity as possible.
I've said before, and I've said again, that we won't break free of this until Republican leadership stops internalizing the lefty narrative of liberal=virtue, conservative=wickedness.
Old Soldier| 11.5.08 @ 2:13AM
He lost. With honor. So he got both his wishes. And took us with him.
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