posted on August 5, 2008 11:10:34 PM new
McCain speaks before his brain is in gear, but today he was actually reading his speech. He thought Cindy should be in the Miss Buffalo Chip beauty contest; I forget what redneck group he was addressing. Now we know that "contest" is extremely salacious and involves topless showings, too.
I'm sure you've seen this on the news already; I guess I just want to know why his speech writers are so careless.
He's, what, 73? If he's elected, he'd be 81 at the end of his second term.
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posted on August 6, 2008 06:03:47 AM new"I guess I just want to know why his speech writers are so careless."
All good speech writers must consider the interest of the audience. So they correctly came to the conclusion that this audience would rather see Cindy naked than hear McCain.
McCain's problem is that since he can't draw crowds such as Obama is able to attract, he is left to seek ready made crowds whose primary interest is not political, a group willing to let him read for a few minutes and then step aside for the real show.
The speech writers efforts were useful in producing a photo of McCain in front of a cheering crowd...after he offered up his wife to strut across the stage naked.
posted on August 6, 2008 09:08:59 AM new
Helen: I saw a clip on TV news about the phenomenon of McCain seeking out big crowds who will give him the time of day. I'm not crazy about the guy at all, but it's too bad for his sake that he didn't run when he was 20 or 25 years younger.
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posted on August 6, 2008 11:46:53 AM new" I'm not crazy about the guy at all, but it's too bad for his sake that he didn't run when he was 20 or 25 years younger."
Roadsmith, maybe we should make an acceptable IQ score and mental evaluation a prerequisite for presidential candidates. Then we could avoid the embarrassment of George Bush types and those with some degree of mental dysfunction which, like George Bush, McCain has already exhibited on several occassions recently. Even during those younger years that you mentioned he has had an emotional problem with anger.
His Own Wife, Cindy McCain - In his new book, The Real McCain, Cliff Schecter, a journalist and frequent contributor at the Huffington Post related perhaps the most disturbing of McCain's tirades. During his 2000 White House bid, the Senator was joined on the campaign trail by his wife, Cindy, his aides, and three journalists who spoke to Schecter on condition of anonymity, but independently confirmed each other's accounts of the incident. Cindy McCain playfully ran her fingers through the Senator's hair and teased, "You're getting a little thin up there." McCain reddened and fired back, "At least I don't plaster on the makeup like a trollop, you c__t" After he'd cooled down, McCain apologized, saying he'd had a long day.
posted on August 6, 2008 12:43:11 PM newAll good speech writers must consider the interest of the audience. So they correctly came to the conclusion that this audience would rather see Cindy naked than hear McCain.
posted on August 6, 2008 09:21:41 PM new
He was talking to a bunch of bikers. It was the Sturgis rally. The country's biggest annual orgy of beer, bikes and wet t-shirts.. A real class act. (although there are some mighty fine motorbikes there).
