In his 50-minute acceptance speech at the Republican convention last night, 25-year veteran U.S. Senator John McCain talked about himself almost to the exclusion of any other topic. And on nothing -- absolutely nothing -- did he offer specifics.
David Corn and My DD did the counting:
Number of sentences about McCain's experience as a POW in Vietnam: 43On the economy, Jonathan Cohn writes in the New Republic that McCain merely noted "people's economic struggles." But what did he actually propose to do? "Nothing terribly useful."
Number of sentences about his 25 years in the House and Senate: 8
Climate Change:0
Health Care/Insurance (okay, one sentence): 1
Torture: 0
Abortion: 0
Police Work/Crime/Illegal Drugs: 0
Same-Sex issues (marriage, benefits, etc.): 0
The War in Afghanistan: 0
Pakistan (or the Taliban): 0
Counterinsurgency doctrine: 0
[drumroll, please...] Osama bin Laden: 0
NATO: 0
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