According to Talking Points Memo, the press is starting to catch on about how much McCain dislikes talking about his POW experience. So much so that he brings it up at every opportunity.
This is a problem for McCain. His whole narrative focuses on his POW experience, and the idea that he’s a basically decent person who’s not like “regular” politicians. If he’s seen using this as a political tool, I think it really cuts against that image. Bringing up the POW experience in non-related issues has been like a get out of jail free card for McCain. It's a way to stop an argument that is not going his way. I think they've been pretty cynical about using it so far. Like the article mentions, McCain is in danger of drifting into the same territory Rudy Gulliani did which Joe Biden described as "a noun, a verb and 9-11."
Friday, August 22, 2008
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Posts
2 comments:
As they say - A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words
That's hilarious. Thanks for pointing that out.
Post a Comment