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Choreography
Talking Points Memo —
Since there is widespread agreement that the children of candidates should not become topics of campaign debate, it behooves us to note that the McCain campaign has almost singlehandedly made Sarah Palin's daughter a central figure in the Republican convention.
It was the McCain campaign that announced Palin's daughter's pregnancy. It was the McCain campaign, entirely on its own, that dished up unsubstantiated claims about maternity tests and all sorts of other lurid nonsense that had never been seen in print anywhere. And now the McCain campaign has staged a ceremonial laying-on-of-hands in which Sen. McCain has given ...
The story the campaign wants front and center
Political Animal —
THE STORY THE CAMPAIGN WANTS FRONT AND CENTER.... There was a carefully choreographed photo-op on an airport tarmac this afternoon, where John McCain greeted the Palin family. Watching the video ...
It just doesn’t stop: McCain stages photo op with Palin boyfriend
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by Pam Spaulding
Via Talking Points Memo, talk about exploitation. I guess the whole privacy thing was just a little fantasy, as John McCain held a photo op with Levi Johnston, the young man who knocked up Sarah Palin’s minor child. Shameless, I tell you. And now the McCain campaign has staged a ceremonial laying-on-of-hands on the tarmac in St. Paul in which Sen. McCain has given his official blessing to the young couple and embrace of Bristol’s boyfriend Levi.
Why would McCain engage in this public pimping of the ...
Memories
Talking Points Memo —
I was taking a few moments to think over the most surreal moments of the campaign so far. And this was certainly high on the list: John McCain's tarmac embrace of Levi Johnston, Wasilla's high school hockey star who impregnated Sarah Palin's daughter Bristol ...
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When Larry Met Levi
Talking Points Memo —
Would-be Palin son-in-law Levi Johnston makes his historic debut on Larry King Live ...
I'm trying to think how this compares to the iconic McCain laying-on-of-hands ceremony with Levi on the tarmac in St. Paul just before the beginning of the Republican convention.
You can relive those powerful memories here.
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