By Yael T. Abouhalkah, Kansas City Star Editorial Page columnist
John McCain says it upfront and does it in a classy way Tuesday night: He concedes to Barack Obama and praises him for becoming the nation's first black president.
McCain pledged to "do all in his power" to help Obama improve the country in these dangerous and fiscally challenging time.
He told his supporters to give Obama their help "to help restore our prosperity" and to defend the country.
"Whatever our differences, we are fellow Americans," McCain said.
If only McCain had been this classy on the campaign trail, he may have had a better shot at winning the presidency.
Remember, McCain will still be in the Senate in the coming years; he's not up for re-election until 2010.
So we'll see soon whether McCain will be true to his word when the next Congress meets in 2009.
As McCain said, there are still huge differences between the two parties.
But McCain could help America the most if he stays true to his classy words of Tuesday night.
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I don't trust you, Yael
I object to your comment that perhaps McCain wasn't honorable on the campaign trail. McCain, indeed, was dignified (classy) throughout his campaign. You were just so starry-eyed idolizing Obama you either couldn't see it or you simply refused to see it. Are we seeing a new Yael today in your comments about Pelosi (yes, she has to go) and Obama's subdued speech (I figured if the weight of the world just fell on his shoulders he SHOULD be a little somber) and then this post about the grace and good manners of the seasoned veteran McCain. I regret that this new Yael hadn't surfaced a few months ago. I grew weary of the daily sensational rants that you would post: HUGE leads for Obama, HORRIBLE campaign rhetoric by Palin. You were once a writer I admired, but I ceased to value your opinion because of your one-sided slant. Now you are beginning to lean the other way and I am quite distrustful and suspicious of your motives.
sorry, I meant "morale"...not "moral"
I was trying to point to the morale that might have been damaged amongst his followers....sorry
from context
I think he actually meant "morale" issues, not moral issues.
KC Maybe I'm misinterpreting your words
KC Maybe I'm misinterpreting your words but the use of "Mob" and "riot" in you earlier post implies to me distain for his supporters. When you wrote "an Obama loss causing serious moral issues amongst his supporters, who had already felt they didn't matter in the election process in the past" the phrase "moral issues" bothers me as in they are immoral. Would you make the same assumptions about the far right McCain supporters? I'll assume that, after a long, nasty campaign, I'm a little hyper-sensitive and that it wasn't intended as a slight. There are other dragons to slay.
Hold on a minute....
I'm not sure how we've gotten so off topic here. The point I was trying to make in my first post wasn't about riots and mobs going crazy, it was about the moral of the nation as a whole. I was talking about an Obama loss causing serious moral issues amongst his supporters, who had already felt they didn't matter in the election process in the past. Now in the most extreme case I could see some rioting and foulplay, but the main point I was trying to get across was the moral.
People needed a change in this country and Obama brought it for them. It gives people hope and newfound sense of national pride that many didn't have before. I have always been proud of this country, but there are many who have not felt the same way until now.
Now before you go off about how I'm some kind of nationalist clinging to my bible and gun Radicalizemoderate, realize that I'm not Republican, I'm not Democrat, and try to come up with something a little more original to back up your arguments with. If you couldn't sense the feelings of this country and what an Obama loss would have done to this nation, then you have been living on another planet for the last couple of years. This nation needed an Obama win, no matter how many people will gripe the next couple weeks of how this country is going to cease to exist now that he is in office.
We need to come together as a nation and as long as Obama keeps his agenda from going to the far left like many Republicans fear, we will all realize his victory at a time like this is what the country needed to become just a little more united and get things done.
Radicalizemoderate....
Is it that hard to believe....that's how passionate the obama followers are and it's too the man's credit. He rallied a nation, especially those that thought hope was lost and gave them a voice. I'm not sure what you are implying by your "telling" remark, but let me assure you I have nothing against the man or the Democratic party as a whole. When emotions run high, anyone is capable of anything.