Thursday, March 27, 2008

John McCain's age

I agree that John McCain's age is going to be a huge problem for him in the general election, and that it's going to be virtually impossible for the Democratic nominee to effectively exploit. My (semi-serious) suggestion: plant reporters to ask McCain about cultural events from the 1940s. How did he spend WWII? Did he prefer Betty Grabel to Mae West? What sort of TV (or radio) shows did he enjoy as a kid? And so on. The old war stuff might be best for this, as I'm guessing he'd be more than happy to discuss WWII as part of his lifetime of service.
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The Man, The Myth, The Bio

East Bay, California, United States
Problem: I have lots of opinions on politics and culture that I need to vent. If I do not do this I will wind up muttering to myself, and that's only like one or two steps away from being a hobo. Solution: I write two blogs. A political blog that has some evident sympathies (pro-Obama, mostly liberal though I dissent on some issues, like guns and trade) and a culture blog that does, well, cultural essays in a more long-form manner. My particular thing is taking overrated things (movies, mostly, but other things too) down a peg and putting underrated things up a peg. I'm sort of the court of last resort, and I tend to focus on more obscure cultural phenomena.