John McCain Versus the 60s
One of the (few) gags that works in Al Franken's The Truth: With Jokes is a swipe at how John Kerry's campaign ordered speakers at the 2004 Democratic convention not to slash and attack George W. Bush. Instead, Team Shrum made the whole thing about Brave Vietnam Veteran John F. Kerry and His Band Of Brothers. "And so," Franken wrote, "as the Democrats organized their national convention around the positive, uniting, uplifting theme of "Reliving the Vietnam War," the fiendishly clever Republicans went with "9/11/24/7."
Which is a good way of introducing John McCain's new ad.
- There's the canned joke (McCain see-saws between canned jokes and moments of random sarcastic umbrage), which grows even staler with the addition of a visual aid for "tied up at the time." (The campaign's previously treated that footage with some seriousness.)
- There's the Vietnam nostalgia: More than that, the assumption that people are more nostalgiac for Vietnam than they are for drugs and 60s rock. The number of Americans who think Vietnam was worth fighting has ticked up since the 70s, of course, but it's still a minority. (Yes, yes, McCain is trying to win Republicans, but this is a New Hampshire ad and he only won last time because independents voted for him.)
Which is a good way of introducing John McCain's new ad.
- There's the canned joke (McCain see-saws between canned jokes and moments of random sarcastic umbrage), which grows even staler with the addition of a visual aid for "tied up at the time." (The campaign's previously treated that footage with some seriousness.)
- There's the Vietnam nostalgia: More than that, the assumption that people are more nostalgiac for Vietnam than they are for drugs and 60s rock. The number of Americans who think Vietnam was worth fighting has ticked up since the 70s, of course, but it's still a minority. (Yes, yes, McCain is trying to win Republicans, but this is a New Hampshire ad and he only won last time because independents voted for him.)
Edward Domain | October 29, 2007, 3:46pm | #
To me, John McCain is the only person running for President that actually inspires me. He continues the Regan tradition of saying (and actually believing) that America still is "the city on the hill" for the rest of the world to emulate.
John McCain's hero, like my own, is Theodore Roosevelt. Except for me, McCain is one of my personal heroes as well.
I am too young to know Vietnam except from what I have learned throughout the years growing up. I do know that John McCain has devoted his life to our country, and as a fellow veteran, I admire the man greatly.
Hillary Clinton is a cold, calculating person like her husband- she tests the political winds before making her mind up about anything. And often changes it days later.
When the man speaks, he is a voice reason that I trust, and one I believe in. I was disappointed in 2000 when he didn't get the nomination- I hope he gets it this time. I honestly believe he will go down as one of America's greatest Presidents
Ed hardy | November 24, 2009, 8:06pm | #
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