A tip for the McCain campaign
Written by Alex on February 1st, 2008John McCain will apparently attend CPAC next week. This is a tremendous move in the right direction for his campaign in its efforts to get the conservative base behind him.
But this will not be the first time McCain has attended CPAC. In 1974, Ronald Reagan gave the first of his many CPAC addresses, which is probably one of the finest speeches he ever gave in public life. But most importantly, it began with this:
There are three men here tonight I am very proud to introduce. It was a year ago this coming February when this country had its spirits lifted as they have never been lifted in many years. This happened when planes began landing on American soil and in the Philippines, bringing back men who had lived with honor for many miserable years in North Vietnam prisons. Three of those men are here tonight, John McCain, Bill Lawrence and Ed Martin. It is an honor to be here tonight. I am proud that you asked me and I feel more than a little humble in the presence of this distinguished company.
If John McCain leads by reminding CPAC attendees of this, then he will have the crowd from the moment his speech begins.
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He’s got a lot more work to do than just quote a Reagan speech. He’s been stabbing conservatives in the back for at least eight years, and it is going to take more than a Reagan quote to repair that.
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Rinker, I wish it were so. But I think most Republican voters are more forgiving than you suspect.
Maybe I’m wrong. I know myself and a few others who won’t vote for McCain. But I think when push comes to shove most Republicans will.
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McCain is a sh*tpile, but in a contest versus Hillary, Ill vote for him. At the very least, he may cut back some spending.