Day 1
Very tastefully done, considering the impact of Hurricane Gustav. Cindy McCain and Laura Bush make a great pair.
Day 2
Laura Bush
- This woman is just the picture of class and she has an exquisite awareness of the camera at all times.
- Great job differentiating opinions from facts about these successful endeavors
- Education test scores
- New Supreme Court Justices
- Faith-based initiatives
- AIDS relief
- I love that she used the Obama quote in her own way - "Change you can really believe in."
- Very eloquent "thank you" to veterans.
- Very nice tribute to Cindy McCain.
- Very nice thank you to the American people - gracious!
President Bush
- Great idea to start by referring to Gulf state governors and volunteers in light of Hurricane Gustav.
- I love that he thanked his mom and dad!
- Great segue to pumping up McCain for president.
- Quotes that I loved:
- "Service above self."
GREAT reminder! - "Arms had been broken but not honor."
If the Hanoi Hilton couldn't break McCain, the angry left never will. - "Make tax relief permanent!"
AMEN!! - Good point in reminder that McCain is not afraid to disagree - "Believe me, I know."
Very cute way of putting this! - "Rather lose an election than lose a war."
This is what the irrational left doesn't understand - it's much more important to work towards a lasting solution in the Middle East than to play politics during an election. - "Americans have always lived on the sunrise side of the mountain."
This is a lot more meaningful phrase than the Obama rhetoric on a future of hope. - Very nice to end with a tribute to his wife.
Fred Thompson
- Good enthusiasm.
- Made a great point about the Democrats thinking we're in a Great Depression, we're down and we're disrespected - what a load of bunk! We will always have challenges, but as Thompson said, we are the free-est, strongest and most generous nation in the world.
- Great comments about the media and great use of humor.
- Cute joke about McCain's Mom and the North Vietnamese.
- "John McCain knows about hope...that's all he had."
GREAT point! - Character you can believe in - FABULOUS!
- "A man who never quits is never defeated."
AMEN! - We don't need a president who feels the need to apologize for the US.
He's right - we don't. But with Obama, that's exactly what we'd get.
Joe Lieberman
- "It shouldn't take a hurricane to bring us together like this."
No foolin'! - Why are we "fighting each other than fighting for the American people."
GREAT question. - Liberman said he "supports McCain because country matters more than party."
Too bad more people haven't figured this out. - The "oops" comment about natural/unnatural disaster...he recovered ok, though.
- "God only made one John McCain and he is his own man."
And thank GOD for that! - Love the funny Michael Moore comment.
- Great observation on Obama: "Eloquence is not a substitute for a record."
- We "don't need more party unity but more national unity."
Again, too bad more people haven't realized this!!
Day 3
Mitt Romney
- Ok, this man's opening remarks were way too smooth...maybe that's why I couldn't have seen myself voting for him.
- Interesting comments on "Eastern elites" and now AZ and AK leaders. (Um, isn't Romney the former Governor of an EASTERN state?)
- Great points on Washington already being too liberal.
- "Time for the party of big ideas not Big Brother."
GREAT! - "This is no time for timid empty liberal gestures."
Are there any other type of liberal gestures? - "Let's keep Al Gore's private jet on the ground."
Hell, let's keep Al Gore in a closet. That man is a menace. - "There's never been a day when I was not proud to be an American."
Take that, Mrs. Obama!
Mike Huckabee
- Very nice humble start to his speech.
- "Tackier than a costume change at a Madonna concert."
This comment had me rolling! - "Excellent adventure to Europe" with bad ideas brought back.
Great slam on Obama's boondoggle. We don't need or want to be like Europe, TYVM! - Best quote: "I'm not a Republican because I grew up rich. I'm a Republican because I didn't want to spend the rest of my life poor waiting for the government to rescue me."
AMEN! - The school teacher story was touching - nice tie to the Oval office desk.
Rudy Giuliani
- This was strong: we select the President. Not the media; not Hollywood; but the people!
- Great description of the election being a job application. Obama's resume would definitely make my trash file!
- Isn't it great that no matter what he's discussing, Giuliani just sounds tough? I love this man!
- Giggling at the community organizer designation was funny!
- His facial expression when discussing the 130 times Obama couldn't vote yes or no was priceless - it's not good enough to be present - you have to make decisions!
Yes, but if you're a Democrat, you just wait for other people to do that for you! - Great point: Obama has never had to lead people in crisis.
- Substance over style; this is no time for on the job training!
- "Change is not a destination just as hope is not a strategy."
WELL STATED! - I'm still so disappointed that Giuliani's campaign went no where, but I thought his presence at the Convention was AWESOME!
Sarah Palin
- Made a great distinction between there being a time for politics and a time for leadership.
- I like the message to families of special needs kids.
- Her intro of her family was nice!
- What's the difference between a hockey mom and a pit bull? Lipstick!
- I loved, loved, loved the comparison between a community organizer and a mayor. Wasilia might be a small town, but she still did a helluva lot more there than Obama's ineffectual "organizing" in Chicago. Pfft.
- "The fact that drilling won't solve everything isn't an excuse to do nothing."
WELL STATED! - John McCain isn't a leader who is looking for a fight, but sure isn't afraid of one either. YES!
- "The American presidency is not supposed to be a journey of personal discovery."
Oh, so true! - "There is only one man in election who fought for you. For a season, a speaker can inspire with words. For a lifetime, a leader can inspire with deeds."
AWESOME! - I love Cindy McCain's excitement for Palin!!
Day 4
Tom Ridge
- Did a good job in focusing his speech on McCain instead of on himself.
- Ridge is a very stoic, firm speaker.
- Favorite quotes:
- "We need a leader who fits the times, not a candidate who thinks it's his time to lead."
- "It's not about building a record. It's having one. That's John McCain."
Cindy McCain
- Focusing first on the Hurricane was so appropriate.
- I loved her philosophy - if only the federal government would get under control and out of the way.
- Should we consider what other countries think of us or what would our forefathers would make of us...or what our children will say of us.
GREAT! - I loved her conviction in describing McCain as a good father and her enthusiasm in talking about Palin.
- Cindy is a bit bland - she seems to lack depth at times. She is definitely gracious, however.
John McCain
- "No success has come without a good fight."
AMEN! Too bad our country is filled with wusses who don't realize this. - I loved his thank you to President and First Lady Bush, as well as the former President and First Lady Bush!
- You can just tell that he adores Cindy!
- His mother is just the dang cutest - and I can only hope I'm that brisk when I'm 96! (Hell...when I'm 66!)
- Very nice messages to Obama and his supporters - "despite our differences, more unites us than divides us."
It's funny...but no one every seems to get that. - What was with the insano woman rushing the stage???
- Great description of Palin: "She stands up for what's right and she doesn't let anyone tell her to sit down."
Nobody puts Baby in the corner... - Great quotes that I loved:
- "In the end, it matters less that you can fight. What you fight for is the real test."
- "Government that doesn't make your choices for you but works to make sure you make more choices for yourself."
- "Education is the Civil Rights issue of this century."
- "What is the value of access to a failing school?"
- It's time to..."set a new standard for transparency and accountability."
- "I've been a servant first, last and always. I've never lived a day in good times and bad that I didn't thank God for the privilege."
- "I was blessed because I served in the country of heroes."
- "If you find faults with out country, make it a better one!"
- "Nothing brings us greater happiness in life than to join in a cause greater than yourself."
- You can just see this man's sincerity!
- It's interesting that even leftist CNN noted that John McCain had more specifics in his speech than Barack Obama.
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