Senator John McCain accepted the Republican presidential nomination Thursday with a pledge to move the nation beyond “partisan rancor” and narrow self-interest in a speech in which he markedly toned down the blistering attacks on Senator Barack Obama that had filled the first nights of his convention.
Standing in the center of an arena here, surrounded by thousands of Republican delegates, McCain firmly signaled that he intended to seize the mantle of change Obama claimed in his own unlikely bid for his party’s nomination.
McCain suggested that his choice of Governor Sarah Palin of Alaska as his running mate gave him the license to run as an outsider against Washington, even though he has served in Congress for more than 25 years.
“Let me just offer an advance warning to the old, big-spending, do-nothing, me-first-country-second crowd: Change is coming,” McCain said.
[blockquote]a pledge to move the nation beyond “partisan rancor” [/blockquote]
If he can do it, more power to him. I remain skeptical that either candidate is going to be able to keep this promise.
[blockquote]”Let me just offer an advance warning to the old, big-spending, do-nothing, me-first-country-second crowd: Change is coming,” McCain said.[/blockquote]
Yep, if you want change, be sure to elect the guy from the party that’s held the White House for the last eight years and Congress for twelve of the last fourteen.
W. Bush tried that when he asked Ted Kennedy to help write the education bill. We all know how that turned out. Within a very short time the Dems had gone back to attacking Bush in very partisan attacks.
They all say that but it doesn’t happen and really, I don’t see the need for it. As long as there are opposing parties there will be rancor between them. And I’m not so sure that’s a bad thing. It’s always gotten nasty at times, too. Why Andrew Jackson was ready to shoot somebody b/c his opposition suggested that Jackson’s beloved wife, Rachel, was homely and a country bumpkin.
“End partisan rancor”????
After that speech by his VP pick?
He’s kidding, right?