McCain's RNC speech: Change is coming.

A noun, a verb, and POW is the description of McCain's speech last night. For those that watch the entire speech, you deserve a medal. To those who part of the speech, you deserve a cookie. I didn't watch it at all which I will probably accept the booby prize. I watched the video and immediate fast forwarded from his talk of his POW days and he is a man with scars. McCain got a lot of cheers and tears in his pounce on his POW. Oh, like we didn't know he was a POW. Don't get me wrong. I appreciate every military person who fought for this country, gave their life for this country, and who suffered or died from torture from our history of wars. But, McCain is laying is on too thick when the Iraq and Afghanistan war was an invasion on false pretenses and not a war. He has played that needle on that song too long. The question that I have longed waiting from the Maverick's debut speech last night is how are you going to dig this country out of the hole that Bush created. More importantly, McCain talked zip or nada about the economy. Yes, he talked about bringing back jobs? And where is the plan for that? Let's not forget the value of the dollar in this country and the lack of confidence from other countries to do business with the U.S. Lastly, he never touched on the failed and bankrupted banks and the bailouts from the larger banks and investment firms like Bear Stearns by the government. If you going to grade speech and participation of his pep rally speech on Country First and POW days, you rank him an A. For strategy and blueprint on how he as POTUS is going to rebuild this country from Bush's disaster for 8 years, I give him an F. Look forward to the Presidential debates because that is where both candidates have to walk the walk and not talk the talk.

Full speech: 'I have the scars,' McCain tells RNC
Excerpt from Raw Story:

"Fight with me. Fight with me. Fight with me. Fight for what's right for our country," he said in a convention crescendo.

To repeated cheers from his delegates, McCain made only passing reference to an unpopular George W. Bush and criticized fellow Republicans as well as Democratic rival Barack Obama in reaching out to independents and swing voters who will pick the next president.

"We were elected to change Washington, and we let Washington change us," he said of the Republicans who controlled Congress for a dozen years before they were voted out of office in 2006.

As for Obama, he said, "I will keep taxes low and cut them where I can. My opponent will raise them. I will cut government spending. He will increase it."

McCain's speech was preceded by a biographical video that focused heavily on his experience as a Vietnam prisoner of war. The Republican candidate touched on that experience -- the hallmark of his biography -- toward the end of his convention address as well and used it to set up a swipe at Obama.

"I'm not running for president because I think I'm blessed with such personal greatness that history has anointed me to save our country in its hour of need," McCain said in an apparent homage to ads his campaign has produced portraying Obama as "The One." "My country saved me. My country saved me, and I cannot forget it. And I will fight for her for as long as I draw breath, so help me God."

Before McCain's speech, the climax of the final night of the party convention, delegates awarded the vice presidential nomination to Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, the first female ticketmate in Republican history.

"She stands up for what's right and she doesn't let anyone tell her to sit down," McCain said of the woman who has faced intense scrutiny in the week since she was picked.

"And let me offer an advance warning to the old, big-spending, do-nothing, me-first, country-second Washington crowd: Change is coming," McCain declared.

On a side note: Inside in RNC, McCain was interrupted several times by anti-war protesters. Police hauled two women out of the arena. Also, McCain-Palin
head to Wisconsin for a morning campaign event and later in the day to Michigan and Colorado and on Saturday to New Mexico. Obama will campaign in Pennsylvania today. Biden was in Virginia yesterday.