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McCain is making me cry.

I see glimmers of the McCain I respect.  I'm so glad he is coming back.

Re: McCain is making me cry.

  • Same. ?I think he's very classy right now.
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  • I pph this McCain.  We need offer our goodwill and earnest effort to come together!  So, so true!!!!
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  • Agreed, this is the McCain I was leaning towards before August.  This is a great concession speech.
  • Okay, now I am crying "the failure was mine and not yours".  Ugh where was this McCain?
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  • i agree, he is doing a great job. a+ concession speech.
  • I honestly believe this is the authentic McCain.
  • imageTefLepOM:
    Okay, now I am crying "the failure was mine and not yours".  Ugh where was this McCain?

    that really stuck out to me too! What a class act.

  • Agreed. A good speech. This is the McCain democrats were afraid of.

    But this crowd is very unklassy. 

  • imageLittleMissWifey:

    Agreed. A good speech. This is the McCain democrats were afraid of.

    But this crowd is very unklassy. 

    I don't like the booing, but they're disappointed, and conveying it in really the only way they can. 

  • Hey, I remember 2004. ?When you're that hurt, I understand the booing. ?It's really, really hard. ?
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  • What an awesome speech. Very humble and gracious.
  • imagebunnybean:
    Hey, I remember 2004.  When you're that hurt, I understand the booing.  It's really, really hard.

    Ditto---it is not unclassy to be disappointed.  It is real.

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  • It's unclassy to boo at this moment. It's not any election. It's not two white guys running against each other. This is history and it deserves a little reverence. If the Reps put up a winning black man, I wouldn't boo as a D.
  • imageLittleMissWifey:

    Agreed. A good speech. This is the McCain democrats were afraid of.

    But this crowd is very unklassy. 

    100% agree with this.

  • McCain gave a great speech. Palin seemed visibly choked up. I wonder what the future will hold for her.

    I don't have a problem with people booing -their candidate didn't win - that's all.

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  • This is the McCain that I saw on Sunday.  Ok, he wasn't congratulating Obama at the time.  I think this is him but his campaign didn't put this image out.  It's sad.  Sad
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  • imagepvillewife06:
    This is the McCain that I saw on Sunday.  Ok, he wasn't congratulating Obama at the time.  I think this is him but his campaign didn't put this image out.  It's sad.  Sad

    Agreed.

  • I was really unhappy at the beginning. ?It sounded like a "blame the blacks" type of speech while trying to be proud of the accomplishment. ?He just didn't pull it off.

    But he totally had me at the end. ?What a great finish.?

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  • It was definitely a different McCain and it made me a little sad too.
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  • imageLittleMissWifey:
    It's unclassy to boo at this moment. It's not any election. It's not two white guys running against each other. This is history and it deserves a little reverence. If the Reps put up a winning black man, I wouldn't boo as a D.

    Their candidate lost, though, it has nothing to do with who won. They will think of the historical context later.  I just don't agree that it is unclassy for it is so raw, sorry.

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  • (a) THIS is the McCain that I would have come close to voting for in 2000.  Where the hell was he this campaign season?  I can imagine the race being A LOT closer if people had seen THIS guy (with a different running mate, of course)...

    (b) I am NOT okay with the booing.  It's fine to boo the idea of concession, it's fine to be disappointed.  It is NOT okay to constantly boo the other candidate or to boo your "leader's" congratulations of him.  Sad  And to be honest, I blame McCain's campaign for their behavior.  You can't spend an entire campaigning implying that your opponent is a terrorist, hoping that voters pick up on this reference, and then expect your supporters to immediately embrace your 360 description of your opponent.

  • I don't believe this is the Real McCain.  The Real McCain trots out this version of McCain when it is politically expedient.  The Real McCain knows he's built a reputation for honesty, and he plays on it when he needs to.  The Real McCain acts first -- and badly -- and apologizes later, knowing people will forgive him. The Real McCain knew he could make terrible choices and then convince people "he had to do it".  

    Sorry to sound so cynical, but he's clearly playing us all.  If he were truly the honest, bipartisan, integrity-filled man we want him to be, he wouldn't have made the choices he made in this election cycle. 

    He wasn't forced.  He chose this.

  • Actually, as I ruminate over it this morning, I realize he was relieved.  I've been thinking for some time that he's been feeling like he's in over his head. 
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