At the Academy, aside being known as a "rowdy, raunchy, underachiever" who resented authority, Cadet McCain became infamous as a leader among his fellow midshipmen for organizing "off-Yard activities" and hard drinking parties. [..] While a pilot trainee, McCain continued to party hard. He drove a Corvette and dated an exotic dancer named "Marie the Flame of Florida." [..] McCain, the "below par" pilot, eventually lost 5 military aircraft, the first during a training flight in 1958 when he plunged into Corpus Christi Bay while trying to land.
Duck, JJ, duck!
Thursday, January 31, 2008
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Taranto paints a rather unflattering picture of McCain today. He refers to the debate last night -- I watched only bits, but I'm with Taranto on that. McCain comes across as a not very sympathetic figure, I gotta say that. He's just too full of himself, imho. So OK, they all are, but still. Even worse, he keeps pretending to be a straight talker, acts hurt when someone says something about him, but then he nags and throws darts in the back. Not a very pretty picture. And, let's not forget -- he does have skeletons in his closet, galore. The Keating bribery scandal is sure to come back and haunt him if anyone wants to play tough later on...
Clintons gonna bring up Keating? Don't bet on it.
Point taken -- she has far too many skeleta in her own closet to risk such a move (though the Clinton machine will find some dirt, that's for sure). But Obama would.
I should take that back. They'll all wage proxy wars so that Hill won't talk about Keating but someone will. She'll say that she has nothing to do with that kind of politics of personal destruction, but the cases of Louis Roe will get sent all the same...
Steyn echoes Taranto (and moi).
Just because McCain can poke Mitt in the eye is no indication he'll be as effective with Putin, a remarkable number of whose enemies wind up splattered on the sidewalk outside their apartment house after opting for a strangely uniform manner of fatal auto-defenestration. Ouchhh!
Interesting, and fun, but I don;t think Putin is going to defenestrate and US presidents any time soon.He might buy one of our Schroeder (Kennedy?) lookalikes though...
You're developing a taste for offed Russkies, JJ?
You mean polonium jokes, AI? I'm not sure what you mean.
My joke was too deep for you, JJ. I was referring, of course, to the Russian chick hanging on to her Porsche for dear life, and to AA's double entendre. Told you, those continental puns are hard to comprehend.
I'd caught it, AI.
OK, OK, very poor joke, mea culpa. But glad to see you caught it -- you're making progress, JJ.
So where's my VCP?
AI, politicians have to be a bit full of themselves to even enter the political realm. And this GodHatesJohnMcCain-style organization only further humanizes the man. If you want to vote for some Mormon Underpants, by all means. In my experience, though, it's the Mormons who have always taken the Holier than Thou attitude, every time I meet one of those black-tie, back-pack totting, 22-year-old Elders with their fucked-up version of history. That's another angle, as well: what's "Revisionist" history to Mormon Mitt?
I don't think I ever met in person a Mormon, though I assume I've bumped into some on occasion. From what I hear, their religion is kind of weird, but so what? They don't bother me, I don't bother them. Peace, man, peace!
As for the McCain-Romney current fight, I think Romney comes across as the more gentlemanly and balanced, McCain as the more snarky. This kind of reminds me of what happened back in the primaries in 2000, when he played the victim to the Bush's attacks -- it was all BS, of course, but he managed to be nasty while playing the victim. I don't know about you guys, but if there is one thing I don't like is that kind of stuff. You wanna be a saint? Fine. You wanna cut people at the kneecaps? Fine. Just don't mix and match the concepts.
Here is a middle-of-the-road (WSJ editorial board) view of the Mac-Mitt race. Clearly leaning towards Mac. The game is rigged, boys. No fair.
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