Now, I have been among the first to use terms like "George Bush's Third Term" and George W. McCain. I have been among the advance folks who have taken to criticing and lampooning McCain.
But the comparisons with Bush are not funny now.
I can't wait to see the first Obama-McCain debate. Since the night Obama clinched and accepted the Democratic Nomination the fight for the White House has been sort of officially underway. McCain has been making speeches. Obama has been making speeches.
Obama, whatever else one wants to bring up aside, can deliver a speech. The man speaks eloquently and radiates brightness when he does.
McCain can't do this. McCain's speech abilty is really terrible.
No... I mean really really awful. I didn't intend to make up things about the guy and I don't have to.
Check this clip out. Ignore the focus on his lying and ignorance, check out his diction and enunciation.
Is this an act? Is McCain actually trying to appear dumber than Bush? Is he actually as dumb as Bush?
I wasn't really serious about some of the jabs I take at him - it's politics. I, honestly, had tacitly assumed, at the very least, he had to be more eloquent than Bush. I really didn't even think about it.
But in a variety of speeches, his noted flip-flops and outright BS aside, I have noticed the man has a serious speaking issue. He's at least as bad at speaking as Bush is. That's really sort of amazing that the GOP would be so consistent in finding such incoherent candidates.
McCain just butchers the things he is supposed to say.
He stammers, he has memory problems, as in which word to put where when making a complex sentence and he tends to both butcher enunciation and the overall delivery of numerous lines.
The "veto the beer" comment everybody made fun of is a prime example. McCain has real difficulties with public speaking and this is huge a performance issue for something substantial like being President. Flying airplanes is not related to presidential job expectations: speaking to the public is a core element of the job.
In all seriousness John McCain is not fit for service in the capacity of President of the United States. He may think he's really tough but the election against Obama, even if he gets the complete media and Diebold treatment and wins, he's going be get trashed substantially in the process. IF he would win he will likely be clearly unfit for duty by the time he gets there.
A few trademark blow-ups in the media would be hard to spin, though God knows FOX et al would be spinning furiously.
McCain is the face the GOP chose. It didn't want him but he's literally all they had. A third of them still despise him and may not vote because of that. They will parade him around and go through the motions of campaigning and not care how it will damage him.
John McCain is not prepared to be a president, he is not psychologically fit for the insane stresses of the position and he cannot reliably perform one of the most basic duties - speaking to the public.
McCain is not qualified to be president of the United States or America.
