Now those were endorsements…
I’m sitting here watching the Republican convention, and I’m struck by the powerful endorsements just given by Fred Thompson and Joe Lieberman for John McCain. I can’t help but contrast those endorsements with the tepid, self-absorbed “endorsment” that Hillary Clinton gave to Barack Obama just last week.
Listening to Hillary Clinton, I tried to keep track of the number of times she used self-describing pronouns like I and mine, but I lost count after about two minutes. She started her speech with an obligatory nod to Obama, and then launched into a long litany of why her campaign was so great and historic and ended by talking about all of the wonderful things that she saw during her campaign when she was running to get herself nominated.
Fred Thompson, who also ran for president this year (against John McCain), spent his entire speech talking about the remarkable life and character of John McCain. Then Joe Lieberman, of all people, stood up and gave an extremely compelling case for John McCain’s candidacy here and now. While the democratic surrogates spent their convention complaining about Bush, talking about themselves, and trying to convince everyone in America how much their lives suck, these two gave truly moving speeches in support of a candidate in whom they sincerely believe. Great stuff.
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Are you talking about Hillary’s “It Shoulda Been Me!” speech?
Thompson and Lieberman were fantastic! Rudy was spectacular tonight. Palin hit the homer. Waiting for McCains grand slam!