Republican National Convention
On the final night of the Republican Convention, John McCain followed a number of underwhelming warm up acts to deliver a solid, but not spectacular, performance
South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham addresses the 2008 Republican National Convention on Sept. 4
The senator from South Carolina did his best to sell the success of the surge for his pal John McCain. The crowd, however, had to be coaxed into enthusiastic agreement on the prospects for victory in Iraq. In the stilted zingers department, he referred to Barack Obama's "buddies at moveon.org," and suggested the Democratic nominee was patronizing towards US troops. For all his Southern enthusiasm and moral certainty, he didn't have the audience in his hands at the beginning, middle, or end — when, of all things, they seemed relieved.
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