Tonight was our monthly tournament night in the Three Rivers Table Tennis club. I never do well in these tournament. One two and lost one tonight. I left just after 9 p.m., and on the radio, John McCain was just starting his victory speech. I listened for about ten minutes, then found myself drifting off. He just wasn’t holding my attention. I’d come back, then drift away again.
Finally, after about 20 minutes, my mind went back to the radio and I mused, “Is he still talking?”
I’m a McCain fan, and I’m delighted he won. But I tell you–his speechmaking abilities don’t exactly qualify as captivating. Maybe it was better on TV.
Wednesday morning postscript: On Morning Joe with Joe Scarborough, they savaged McCain’s speech. A clip showed that it definitely was not better on TV.
