McCain Leaves Fox Speechless
Read More About: 2008 Presidential Election, John McCain, Republicans,
What ever possessed McCain’s handlers to squeeze him into the lineup last night? In effect, the Senator became the warmup act for Hillary Clinton, who was, in turn, Obama’s warmup act.
And McCain’s speech made even Fox News cringe. It was only exceeded in its ineptitude by the stagecraft of it. It’s been said that politics is 70% how you look, 20% how you sound and 10% what you say. Translation: Last night, McCain laid an egg.
McCain appeared to have been inadequately defrosted before following the dotted line to the lectern. Not only did McCain’s performance lack the deep majesterial chords we associate with a veteran starfleet commander, but the color coordination seems to have been done by the former set designer for Three’s Company, the Jell-o-green backdrop making McCain’s head look like a cottage-cheese football…
Sen. McCain’s makeup was dreadful — it was the sort of caked on look you expect at Aunt Gertrude’s wake, not on camera for a major address. He looked pasty at the sides, flushed at the front, and as though they had spackled White-Out under his eyes to cover the bags and dark circles…The lighting was abysmal — it’s top down, which makes McCain’s neck look even more craggy than it already did in contrast to the smoothed and polished skin on his shiny forehead. (Botox, anyone?)
The Republicans are in big trouble. The RNC is going to have to shovel all its considerable financial resources into the McCain campaign to keep him viable. As a result, the House and Senate candidates are going to get nothing — nothing! — from the party. It’s going to be ugly.
