McSame's speech: little new, errors galore

No big surprises from McSame's speech last night - must more of the same dull, predictable rhetoric, and a whole host of inaccuracies. (Crooks & Liars has a lot of great examples Here.)

A couple of thoughts from this speech.

First, his opening sentence - could he possibly say "New Orleans" any dorkier? There are at least three or four other ways he could have said it that would have sounded better than the way he said it. But, I'm splitting hairs, and it's all irrelevant, anyway, because McCain was actually in Kenner, Louisiana! Oops.

I also didn't buy for a second his supposed sincere comments about Hillary Clinton. To begin with, he was almost certainly heaping praise on her to stick a finger in the eye of Barack Obama. Now that Hillary's effectively defeated for the Democratic nomination, now he heaps praise on her? Just a few short months ago, she was the fearful second coming of FDR, and now she's this great, courageous woman? Sure, Senator McCain, we believe you.

What's with McCain's slogan? Obama's is Change We Can Believe In, and McCain's is A Leader We Can Believe In. All the more reason to call him McSame - first with Bush and his policies, and now with Obama's slogan.

As C&L noted, here's another line worthy of mention from his speech:

Pundits and party elders have declared that Senator Obama will be my opponent. He will be a formidable one. But I'm ready for the challenge and determined to run this race in a way that does credit to our campaign and to the proud, decent and patriotic people [sic]that I ask to lead.

First of all, someone needs to wordsmith this man's speeches, and to explain to him that when you're referring to people (or a person), you never use the word "that" - it's "who" or "whom," senator.

Secondly, someone needs to inform McCain that the American people have actually determined WHO his opponent will be, not "pundits and party elders." Okay, "party elders" (super delegates) have played a role, but save that criticism for... actually never. If he wants to make super delegates an issue in this election, that discussion will last all of about 15 minutes.

McCain's ripe for the picking - I just hope Obama runs the sort of campaign that can do it. Most importantly, he needs to respond to the incessant attack ads against him that are sure to follow, starting today.