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[lollardfish]

I need a John McCain speech from 2000 (or 1999) on internet video. I've found this, but could use other options if someone is feeling bored and wants to do some web searching!

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[creidylad.livejournal.com]

Endorsing Bush in 2000:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEFrKWeFTSo

Admitting he'd probably be too old in 2008 for a presidential run:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xt3Vk4AJwN4&feature=related

Random 1999 clips:
http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=mccain%202000&ie=UTF-8&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&sa=N&tab=wv#q=mccain%201999&emb=0

http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=mccain%202000&ie=UTF-8&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&sa=N&tab=wv#q=mccain%201999&emb=0

[lollardfish.livejournal.com]

Right. I actually needed positive speeches so we can consider him outside the bubble of the flip flopping he's done lately.

It's hard to teach contemporary politics!

[creidylad.livejournal.com]

I guess one man's "positive" is another man's... I can't even finish this metaphor. It is a mystery to me why anyone respects him at all, though lord am I trying to understand.

[creidylad.livejournal.com]

PS -- I just keep coming back to that 2004 study about how people refuse to process new truths when it comes to political candidates. All the information stimulates is their emotional processes, not the ones used for logical reasoning.

[lollardfish.livejournal.com]

Right. So first impressions matter. This is why we looked at McCain in 1999 and Obama in 2004.

[lollardfish.livejournal.com]

Watch that video I linked to and pretend (as I asked my students to), that this was your only exposure to McCain. It's pretty powerful in 1999.

[creidylad.livejournal.com]

Tried watching it, but the narration voice was so overly serious I started giggling too hard.

Also then I got to the bit about the angry mob that pulled him out of the water when he crashed his aircraft and got fed up. Angry mobs don't save your life to kill you. Brave individuals saved his ass that day, both from the water and from the mob.

Point taken of course.

(Gah, sorry I accidentally posted this anonymously first.)