Little livebloggin'

JM - I know how the world works, just not 'the google'.

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After 2 decades in the Senate, having given thousands of speeches, having spent 4 years running for president, I still cannot use a teleprompter.

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This may be the most boring night of speech making ever.

Tom Ridge delivered an exceedingly boring speech well.

Cindy McCain talks with the voice at the other end of a sex line.....and is boring.

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"When I was young, I was a dick." like most of my audience.

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John McCain paid a terrible price serving his country, and should be honored for all time for that service. But, he is not owed the presidency because of it.

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Is it the lighting, or makeup - McCain's tie and face match. That is not an accident.

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If last night was red meat, tonight was the lima beans required for a balanced meal.

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Some dude in the crowd was just holding a sign that said MAVRICK.

One Child Left Behind.

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Fight him! Fight him!

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Ending with a bit of energy...I suppose he has a limited amount. Cindy takes a lot out of him.

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Spoke for 49 minutes? Said 20 minutes worth of nothing.

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Cindy McCain is sporting her third hair style of the week.

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Custom written country song, from the man with 4 ABBA songs in his top ten.

Raisin' McCain

Subtract that apostrophe and you're on to something.

His 96 year old mother is impressive. More limber than he is.

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Celebrating the Sarah Barracuda with Heart. Wonder if they got permission - they've been having some trouble with that. Now onto Kool and the Gang - more McCain's style.

(update - nope, Heart not happy - that makes 5 or 6 musical artists telling the McCain camp not to use their songs)

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PBS seems to think it was a good speech. It was ok, but man that is not his strength.

Not sure how the 'town hall' style made a shit's bit of difference - he was still standing at a podium reading from a teleprompter. The camera angles were almost universally tight shots of him in front of some colored background.

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And even crazier was how it started....with a Fred Thompson voice over (..in the criminal justice system....) with the lights completely out and something out of the beginning of a boxing match. There was a sort of weird rousing music ala Rocky, and then McCain standing in a spotlight. It was all downhill from there.

Goodnight.