McCain tells convention, nation he’ll bring change
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Republican presidential nominee John McCain waves near the end of his acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minn., Thursday, Sept. 4, 2008. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — John McCain, a POW turned political rebel, vowed Thursday night to vanquish the ‘‘constant partisan rancor’’ that grips Washington as he launched his fall campaign for the White House. ‘‘Change is coming,’’ he promised the roaring Republican National Convention and a prime-time television audience.
‘‘Fight with me. Fight with me. Fight with me. Fight for what’s right for our country,’’ he urged in a convention crescendo.
To repeated cheers from his delegates, McCain made only passing reference to an unpopular George W. Bush and criticized fellow Republicans as well as Democratic rival Barack Obama in reaching out to independents and swing voters who will pick the next president.
‘‘We were elected to change Washington, and we let Washington change us,’’ he said of the Republicans who controlled Congress for a dozen years before they were voted out of office in 2006.
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