Nigerian Times

8 Feb 2008 00:41 Africa/Lagos Viguerie: Rhetoric Won't Do It McCain must convince skeptical conservatives by deeds, not words... and 'twere well it were done quickly MANASSAS, Va., Feb. 7 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A good conservative speech, no matter how stirring, will not solve the problems that grassroots conservatives have with John McCain, Richard A. Viguerie said today. Viguerie made his comments in response to John McCain's address today at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington, D.C. Prior to McCain's speech, various news reports suggested that the speech gave the Arizona senator a chance to make amends with conservatives and bring them on board his bandwagon. "Rhetoric isn't enough," Viguerie said. "To get the enthusiastic support of conservatives - support he must have, to win - Senator McCain must make his case with deeds, not just words." That's not just because of John McCain's recent record on imp...

The hypocrisy of the American news media has become more pronounced in the coverage of the American presidential campaign in 2008. Presidential candidates have been misquoted, their statements distorted and reported out of context for sensational headlines and to start controversies to perpetrate malicious campaigns and turn voters against the targets of their offensives and the Clintons have been at the receiving end. That is why David Runciman’s article “Vote Hypocrite” on the Boston Globe online edition of February 3, 2008, is a good analysis of the conflict of interests among the Democrats and Republicans in their power struggle for political supremacy. I have seen spurious endorsements of the leading presidential candidates by those who have personal grudges against their political rivals. Malice and prejudice are so evident that only an ignorant observer would be fooled. These dishonest and ill-conceived approval ratings have only exposed the rot in American Democracy. It is n...