“But eloquence is no substitute for record.”
“But eloquence is no substitute for record.” I heard those words come through my television screen last night from Connecticut Senator Joe Lieberman. In my mind those words epitomize the election. As eloquent of an orator that I think Barack Obama is, and as much as his speeches can stir up many American’s hearts including mine, and as much as I think he can speak and rouse an audience with the best of them, I believe his downfall is the fact that Sen. Lieberman pointed out last night, and that is, Obama’s phenomenal, soul stirring, amazing, but empty rhetoric is no match for Senator McCain’s record.
As a republican I enjoyed Fred Thompson southern drawl partisan speech and I believe he believed in what he was saying. But when Senator Lieberman spoke I knew he was not speaking on a partisan side, he was speaking as an American. He was speaking as a concerned American who was concerned for his country and the direction she was headed. Last night I thought of myself not as a republican but a concerned American as well. Senator Lieberman moved me to want to vote for McCain not because I am a republican but because I am an American. He truly believed every word he said, and he said it with authority. He cared not what his party thought of him, nor what his political future would hold, last night he only cared about one thing and that was his country.
As Barack Obama parades across the country this fall like he has the last several months, and as he talks about change, and about what America needs, and when he gives speeches about how the republican party has destroyed our country, and how he is the man to lead our nation to new horizons, I will look back on what the Senator from Connecticut stated at the Republican convention, “But eloquence is no substitute for record.”
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By Bryan on September 4th, 2008 at
Nice post Jason! Welcome aboard.