The punditocrisy — or the portion that can be described as the purveyors of conventional wisdom — is gushing over John McCainls acceptance speech last night as if it erases the last eight years of his pandering to the rulers of his party.
The speech was a long — and rather tedious — exposition of cliches about his life, playing up his POW creds and revisiting the maverick motif. It was long on personality and short on substance– which makes sense, because personality is the turf on which he wants to battle for the White House.
This focus, of course, plays to the so-called McCain base (the media), which was the villain of Wednesday night's program.
But the base is fickle and only too glad to come home. So we get people like Chris Matthews gushing over the return of the maverick, convinced that McCain has now rewritten the campaign script, has transformed the political landscape and has taken the lead on points in what they are describing as a political boxing match.
I don't buy it. But then, I'm just one of those Eastern elitist Sarah Palin was railing against the other night.
(More on the speech later when I get the chance to digest it further — providing it doesn't give me indigestion.)
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Hank Kalet 