Enough About McCain’s ‘Graciousness’ — It’s the Reason He Lost
There’s a point you can be gracious, however there’s a fine line to it as well. Okay, so McCain was gracious in defeat that’s not a big deal and actually says something about him. However, at times he stepped over the line in being too humble especially when he didn’t want to bring up Rev. Wright or some of Obama’s other savory characters. He should have been pressing the Ayers-Obama connection a lot more, he should have been pressing he Rezko-Obama situation a lot more as well as the ties liberals like Barney Frank and Chris Dodd had in the whole Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac ordeal.
The problem with the McCain campaign wasn’t that he was too gracious, it was the fact that 1 million Republicans didn’t show up in Ohio and overall turnout for Republicans was down from 2004. The problem with the campaign was McCain played to the moderate and liberal wing, went on Letterman and SNL and did everything but energize the conservative aspect of the Republican Party. And, let’s face it McCain’s a moderate to liberal, blue blood Republican. How can he attack Obama about giving driver’s licenses to illegals when he tried to pass the McCain Kennedy bill? He also didn’t have a clear, conscious vision on the economy and the current economic situation other than to support the bail out and want to add more to it.
Eventually, the buck stops with the Republican Party as a whole.
