\u00a0John McCain performed a miracle tonight.<\/p>\n
He made Bob Dole\u2019s 1996 Republican presidential acceptance speech look downright eloquent.<\/p>\n
Shizam, McCain\u2019s performance – at least for the first 40 minutes of the speech – made Bob Dole sound the combination of Daniel Webster, John F. Kennedy, and Cicero thrown in for good measure.<\/p>\n
McCain seemed to be reciting lame lines – until he got to near the end, when he immersed\u00a0himself and his\u00a0slavish audience with\u00a0the real\u00a0 reason why he is entitled to rule America and the world.<\/p>\n
And his riff on Georgia? I hope the media and commentators focus on his falsehood that Russia initiated the conflict. How many American mothers and fathers are willing to sacrifice their sons and daughters to move a boundary line a few miles in the Caucasus? And what do McCain or his top aides expect to receive in return for risking American security for Georgia?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\u00a0John McCain performed a miracle tonight. He made Bob Dole\u2019s 1996 Republican presidential acceptance speech look downright eloquent. Shizam, McCain\u2019s performance – at least for the first 40 minutes of the speech – made Bob Dole sound the combination of Daniel Webster, John F. Kennedy, and Cicero thrown in for good measure. McCain seemed to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-477","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n