Yes, we can.

[Alex]

With McCain the Iraq-Pakistan border thing doesn't really bother me. Nor does the 57 states thing. I don't really think that McCain believed there is such a border or that he wasn't aware of the splitting of Czechoslovakia than I think Obama isn't aware of how many states we have.

When you speak in public for several hours a day all kinds of stupid things are going to fall out of your mouth.

I'm a little more put out by McCain's misstatement of timelines around the surge simply because he was using the correctness of the misstatement (if that is what it was) as a building block of a case.

[wendybeth]

Visible mojo for Alex. I made nearly the very same statement to my sis today; as Alex said, it's got to be hard to be under that sort of microscope for that long without screwing up along the way. I couldn't do it- that's for sure.

[Motorboat Cruiser]

Originally Posted by Alex

When you speak in public for several hours a day all kinds of stupid things are going to fall out of your mouth.

Point well taken. Although it does raise a question in my mind as to whether McCain's frequent slips are a result of the normal stress of the campaign trail, or if age is also a factor. I'm not trying to accuse him of anything but it seems a valid concern.

I'm a little more put out by McCain's misstatement of timelines around the surge simply because he was using the correctness of the misstatement (if that is what it was) as a building block of a case.

I'm also finding it interesting that on three occasions this week, McCain's staff has had to jump in and make a statement saying that something McCain just said somewhere doesn't reflect his actual views. I often wonder if he has any idea what his actual positions are, for he often seems very confused. When asked about contraception, for example, he literally had no idea where he stood.