John McCain v.2008 will now be running against John McCain v.1982-2007.5
And let me just offer an advance warning to the old, big- spending, do-nothing, me-first, country-second crowd: Change is coming.
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I'm not -- I'm not in the habit of breaking my promises to my country, and neither is Governor Palin. And when we tell you we're going to change Washington and stop leaving our country's problems for some unluckier generation to fix, you can count on it.
And we've...
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We've got a record of doing just that, and the strength, experience, judgment, and backbone to keep our word to you.
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You well know I've been called a maverick, someone who... someone who marches to the beat of his own drum. Sometimes it's meant as a compliment; sometimes it's not. What it really means is I understand who I work for. I don't work for a party. I don't work for a special interest. I don't work for myself. I work for you.
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I've fought corruption, and it didn't matter if the culprits were Democrats or Republicans. They violated their public trust, and they had to be held accountable.
You hear that John McCain the Senator? John McCain the candidate is coming for you! When he's done co-opting the Republican-lite version of Obama's 'people-first' message he'll get to work defeating who he thinks he used to maybe be, possibly.