IT’S A GENERATIONAL THING
After watching 72 year old John McCain yesterday…it really came down to a generational thing…
A “guy”…….. who when you meet him in the hall and say “how are you” still says “Fine ” and moves on headed down that hall to take care of business..rather than give you the new GQ “metro-man” details…
A “guy” ………who when asked about his cheating days….measures his words…but conveys that it was wrong in his demeanor…rather than give you the “Oprah couch” segment…
A “guy” …….who admits he struggled …learned lessons…reached out…but stays stoic …..in this public setting…rather than stretching out on the proverbial therapist’s couch…
So ……..he reads the teleprompter side to side with uncomfortable effort…. he is unable to raise his arms to wave with grace and ease… but the message…. his message……delivered a little stiff…like his movements…. is real….. the points he wants to convey are made with conviction….they are steady …they are stable….and they are smooth….because they are true….
When he jokes …with a little twinkle in his eye…..after being so rudely disrupted by the far left Democratic operatives… “Code Pink” Obama campaign “bundlers”……..it is like watching Spencer Tracy in Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner…commanding a low-key…. respectful response……..effectively swatting aside any real impact….they tried to attain….
Style….what is style….to him it means black or brown socks…with whatever shoes are worn that day….
Substance that’s where it’s at for him…friendships…who’s alongside him….and who is willing to do the right thing….politics be damned….take a look at who is beside him…on both sides of the political aisle….who stands behind him…how far back in time those friendships stretch…no apologies for his associations ..no distance required…no need to walk away …..
No 72 year old guy can measure up on the 60 inch LCD HD TVs ……the way a charismatic 47 year old can….ala Nixon VS Kennedy…..when those who watched it on TV said Kennedy won the debate …while the radio audience insisted it was Nixon….
He said what he meant…he meant what he said….he has the record…he has the experience….he has done it before….like others before him….from his generation…he states his case…..and leaves it at that…which truly is a …generational thing…that should continue….for every generation to come……
The Speech
http://elections.nytimes.com/2008/president/conventions/videos/20080904_MCCAIN_SPEECH.html?th&emc
CHANGE COMES FROM ACTUALLY MAKING CHANGE HAPPEN…..
Change comes from making changes…being a part of that change….not just talking about the change to come….sometime….
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/04/
AR2008090403057.html?hpid=topnews
IT’S HIS “COMMUNITY” ORGANIZING….EFFORT
All the angst and calls for his story to be put away once more….only heighten what a building block it was…a thumbs up…a wink…a tap on the wall…a dopey grin after torture…now that was a “Community Organizer”….
http://www.observer.com/2008/politics/mccains-heroism-could-save-undeserving-g-o-p
YES IT HAPPENED…
We have been told to remember the Holocaust ….to prevent it from happening again….Terrorist acts in this country….should be remembered…for the same purpose…..without shouts of “fear mongering”….it is the “hidden secret” for why we have economic problems….the “hidden secret” for why we need experience….
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/matthew-balan/2008/09/05/cnn-s-blitzer-
9-11-video-gop-provocative-brown-asks-about-fear
TAKING A GAMBLE……
I like Charles Krauthammer …in the same way I like John McCain….he is soft spoken…overcomes personal disabilities daily…….and is forceful in his thoughts and in his words….
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/04/AR2008090402845.html
BETTER TO BE “COUNTED OUT” THAN “A DONE DEAL”…..
Everyone roots for the underdog….much more compelling than a cat that has nine lives…..
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/election/s_586619.html
More to come………
Tags: McCain, Obama, palin, Politics
