Like most wives, Kevin’s wife Chris is 100% correct about Wes Clark’s supposed “attack” on John McCain’s service record. Clark was merely parroting Bob Schieffer’s line back to him and making a wholly reasonable statement of fact.
Of course, a little detail like that didn’t stop McCain from milking the non-incident for all it’s worth. But if I were a Fox News body language analyst, I’d propose the following theory: McCain has trouble playing the victim card. Why? Because he’s a hothead; displays of stoic, self-serving dignity in the face of a (manufactured) insult come about as naturally to McCain as delivering a prepared speech. Before he can deliver a wounded victim line, he has to tamp down the snarling rage. While watching an example of this phenomenom (below), I finally figured out who McCain reminds me of when he’s struggling to contain the urge to go all batshit rage-o-holic—it’s Faye Dunaway as Joan Crawford in Mommie Dearest. Check her out right at the beginning, when her eyes first light on the wire hanger:
Now watch McCain, when a member of his base feeds him the line about Clark’s non-attack—the same blinky, disbelieving, bug-eyed reaction, followed by a stammering rebuke:
To McCain’s credit, he masters the urge to rip the microphone off its stand and thrash the nearest reporter with it. But you can tell it’s not easy, even though it was undoubtedly rehearsed. I say Obama should choose General Clark for VP and instruct him to continue to subtly question whether getting shot down in Vietnam is an automatic qualification for president. McCain would be sure to go all Daddie Dearest eventually in the face of such impertinent attacks on his sacred honor.
Great analysis. I hadn’t thought about it that way. This will be a difficult ride for him because Repubs are notorious for getting caseloads of the vapors.
I am glad Clark didn’t apologize and McCain is jerk for playing it up. Obama didn’t play up Nader’s words. He just let them slide off his back.
First Clark was set up by the question to make that comment. Secondly, he is RIGHT.
Speaking of offensive shoulder-brushing, I didn’t check the usual dens of Hillunacy for a reaction, but when I saw Obama describing (and pantomiming) HRC’s brushing off media attacks during the primary at their recent Unity rally, I thought to myself, “Uh-oh. That’s gotta drive ‘em apeshit.”
OK, this is too goddamned weird, Betty in Brooklyn? What’s next, McCain tending to the poor in Calcutta?
Betty’s been hammering this particular point beautifully for a while now, just watch McCain lose it, it’s gonna happen and then the Repubs are gonna have to go with Mittens (remember, just like Hillary, he only suspended his campaign) and that means KJ-Lo will develop carpal tunnel syndrome after a week-long marathon masturbation session in which she not only finds God, but Twinkies as well.
Comment by HumboldtBlue on 07/01/08 at 05:28 PM
Oh, and the vids don’t work ... typical fucking New Yorkers.
Comment by HumboldtBlue on 07/01/08 at 05:29 PM
Well, as long as he didn’t brush them off his shoulder. That would have been highly offensive.
or scratch his face, god forbid someone mention hillary’s name while scratching their face. Then it becomes the middle finger.
Could you imagine if he had had an itch down there?
Well Poppy Bush got shot down in WWII and I wouldn’t say he was exactly qualified to be prez either. Unfortunately, baby George didn’t get a chance to be shot down. If only he had been shipped over to Vietnam like he so desperately wanted.
Did Reagan get shot down in any movies? That would be the true indicator there.
