Since Obama and Biden saluted John McCain’s service, I’ve been surprised that the Republicans haven’t acknowledged or even celebrated the basic historic nature of Obama’s nomination as the first African-American. It was an easy way to look generous without fundamentally undermining their basic argument.
But Palin definitely didn’t, and other Republican speakers have actually mocked it:
Fred Thompson: “To deal with these challenges the Democrats present a history making nominee for president. History making in that he is the most liberal, most inexperienced nominee to ever run for President.”
Rudy Giuliani: After talking contemptuously about his career as a “community organizer” to senator, he joked: “His rise is remarkable in its own right – it’s the kind of thing that could happen only in America.”
Prediction: McCain will now come off as the generous one, and praise Obama’s achievement.