Last night’s speech was filled with platitudes and distortions. It offered little in the way of substance, which is not unusual for the Obama campaign. Here’s a few points:

• Sen. McCain did serve bravely in the United States Navy, but he also has a distinguished record as a United States Senator. He has consistently fought waste and corruption, sometimes to the chagrin of his own party. Sen. Obama failed to represent this accurately last night. Sen. Obama said that John McCain has voted 90% of the time with President George W. Bush. This is highly inaccurate. Presidents of the United States do not vote in Congress, despite what the Obama campaign tells you. The Vice President can cast a vote in the Senate, in the event of a tie, but this is not what the Obama campaign was alluding to.
• He said businesses and corporations should be creating new jobs. What Sen. Obama fails to realize is that his punitive tax plans will stymie growth. A punitive tax system hinders job creation; it does not facilitate it.
• Sen. Obama made some comment about John McCain being in Congress for almost three decades. He failed to mention that his running mate, Sen. Joe Biden, has been in the Senate longer than McCain.
• Sen. Obama made a bunch of over-the-top promises he can’t keep. My friend summed it up this way: “Everything for everyone.” More importantly, these promises can’t be found anywhere in the U.S. Constitution.

I could go on, but what I found most troubling was Sen. Obama’s continued proclamation that there is “something wrong with America.” America continues to be a land of unparalleled opportunity. In 2004, Barack Obama said himself that his story is possible in just one country–America.