skippy the bush kangaroo: a man is known by the company he keeps

Sunday, February 12, 2006

a man is known by the company he keeps

for possible '08 run, mccain is courting bush loyalists - sen. john mccain (r-ariz.), a man in perpetual motion, flew to south carolina on jan. 16. his stops included a tribute to martin luther king jr. and speeches to local republican groups. but one of his most important events was not on the public schedule -- a 5 p.m. meeting at a spartanburg hotel with loyalists to president bush.

a dozen or so people were in attendance. at least two were among bush's major national fundraisers. virtually all had been on bush's side in the bitter 2000 south carolina primary that badly damaged mccain's chances of winning the presidential nomination and scarred the relationship between the two men and their rival political camps. mccain was there to woo them.*

when mccain starts playing his maverick card (with a big boost from the rightwing noise machine) around independents and moderates, would it be too much for us to note that the man has a bad case of fleas – he has, after all, been lying down with dogs.

*warning: the quote cited above is from the washington post. if you believe it is inaccurate, there's not a darn thing you can do about it. but if you bother to complain, the post's staff will insult you.

posted by Pudentilla at 7:50 AM |