Agent of change.
I am so pleased that John McCain has become an agent of change. This is a great change for him. He began his candidacy by ridiculing Obama for his policy of change then McCain found that Americans are tired of the status quo in Washington and guess what? John McCain changed to become an agent of change himself. Every man reserves the right to change his mind, right?
A recent Republican advert on TV slams Obama for a remark about putting lipstick on a pig but McCain is just changing his own position because he thought it very acceptable when he made similar remarks in regards to Hilary Clinton several months ago. Change is good.
Who is a Republican and perhaps a better question is "Exactly what is a Republican?" Is George Bush a Republican? You wouldn't have thought so at the "Republican" Convention when it was with a great sigh of relief that the McCain campaign accepted the story that Bush wouldn't be able to talk in person at the convention after all. It seems that the "New" Republicans didn't want their "Old" leader to taint their platform with his presence. Embarrassment is the word. This is a change - perhaps a good change. We are all embarrassed by the performance of the Republicans over the past 8 years and any change to the party can only be an improvement. Let's hope that we don't have the opportunity in 4 more years to explain how we are still embarrassed by the Republican Party. We need to make a change.
I still don't know what the platform of the Republican Party is. This is not a change. We need some change here. They now have an interesting VP candidate but they don't know or haven't admitted where the party stands on the issues. The sex of the VP is a change but the platform isn't. What gives here?
Change is good -change is needed. Real change and not the change of McCain changing from ridiculing change to embracing it. I want John McCain to change. I want him to tell me where he stands on the issues. Maybe he can just take Obama's platform and make it his own then call it the Republican platform of change.
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Bill, you have me confused.
You state that you don't know what the Republican Party platform is, then you say that, "the sex of the VP is a change, but the platform isn't". I thought that you just said that you don't know what the platform is.
Did you watch the Republican convention? Have you followed the news? Have you listened to any of John McCain's speeches? Seems to me that there is plenty of information there to help determine what the Party and the candidate stand for.
Personally, I am a conservative and so are some of the Democrats that I know. From conversations with them, we don't agree with some of the things that liberals stand for. But I have a pretty good idea of what the Democratic Party leaders stand for and the same holds true for the Republicans.
Certainly enough for me to feel comfortable in casting a vote.
Posted by Pete Cutler
September 11, 2008 05:13 PM
Cutler certainly is confused. At least he admits that.
Quite simply, Cutler, the Republicans haven't made their platform a priority or the subject of explanation. Fenn is right to point out that McCain has not spoken about it and indeed ignores the fact that he hasn't addressed the issue. It matters because the Platform is the same old, same old while McCain is pretending to offer change.
But until McCain talks about policy and makes specific comments about his priorities regarding your party's tired old platform, we can't know much other than that McCain's words are merely tired old words from a tired old man.
We know what Republicans do stand for: it's the stuff that has brought the financial markets to a screetching halt and makes the bullets fly at our troops stationed in war zones. It's the stuff of debt and deficit.
Republican policies have failed at home and overseas. It's bizarre to think that voting for an old school Republican with an inexperienced and unqualified running mate could do anything but make matters worse.
Posted by Tim
September 17, 2008 01:41 AM
On Sen. McCain's website he is indeed offers specifics on issues.
Some folks, on the other hand, may choose to vote for an inexperienced and unqualified Presidential candidate, along with an old school Democrat as his running mate.
Posted by Peter Cutler
September 19, 2008 05:12 PM
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