John McCain, for whom I save a warm spot in my heart because of his work on climate change, gave an surprisingly weak victory speech tonight. There were three major problems with the speech.
First, the audience hardly saw his eyes. How can someone who has been a politician for so long give one of the most important speeches of his life and read the speech?
Second, his voice was a monotone. Now, I’ve heard John McCain give inspirational speeches. There is no question that he is an extremely impressive individual and has the capacity to speak very well. This was not one of his better speeches. When he was speaking into his notes in a monotone, he came across as aged, tired, and lacking passion.
And lastly the speech was endless. Good political speeches have good editors. This was not such a speech. It included everything. I would love to know how that happened given how good McCain’s advisors are supposed to be.
On a night when McCain should be immensely proud of his victory, his campaign should be immensely concerned about how that speech was perceived by upcoming primary states.
3 responses so far ↓
1 Ari Cole // Jan 10, 2008 at 1:47 am
Dear Sirs and Madams,
ShALOHA.
Team McCain loved the speech in Nashua New Hampshire. Ya’ll needed to be there to hear the vibes in the room. Jealousy is a evil thang.
He’ll get to do more speeches for upcoming victories…Stay Tuned fellow political watchers.
Bless,
Ari Cole
KSG 2008
Independent for Team McCain
2 Eric Spiegelman // Jan 11, 2008 at 11:55 am
The real question is, why are so many candidates reading speeches at their finest hour? Hillary did the same thing, with the same unimpressive effect. You’d think that, at this point in the campaign, they’d have some stock material stored up in the quick recall centers of the brain.
Unless, of course, this is evidence that some candidates are tweaking their messages. That would explain the need for notes.
3 Ari Cole // Jan 26, 2008 at 6:01 pm
Aaron,
Did you like the South Carolina speech better.
Maybe check out Florida’s next?
ShALOHA,
Ari
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