All About McCain

[Alex]

Listened to NPR on my drive in. They'll be dismissed as slanted but they were rather perplexed by the choice not seeing much benefit to McCain in it (except for possibly shoring up centrist-right women and being some mollification for the pro-life crowd) and a fair amount of questions (similar to what I was saying in that many of the barbs they throw at Obama would apply to Palin).

Didn't hear her entire speech (got to work) but was pleased that she didn't milk her new child having Down's Syndrome -- let the media do that for you -- and did milk her son going to Iraq (which is smart and I still wonder why Biden didn't do it). She also did not, though I'm guessing she literally could right now, milk herself.

People who get pissy at nukular and Eye-rack and Eye-ran will be grinding their teeth.

[BarTopDancer]

Originally Posted by Alex

and did milk her son going to Iraq (which is smart and I still wonder why Biden didn't do it).

Perhaps Biden didn't because it doesn't make him that different from a lot of America these days. Though it could have been done in a "I'm a parent with a child in Iraq like you folks with kids over there" way instead of a feel sorry for me, my child is in Iraq way. Or perhaps it's because his child isn't on the front lines and it could alienate people or prompt people to start claiming special treatment for his son (though if I understand correctly, his son is a JAG lawyer, which generally isn't a front line position and isn't obtainable through favors).