What says flip-flopping better than a wetsuit? This must have been the question George W. Bush's campaign strategists asked themselves before broadcasting the famous anti-Kerry commercial in '04 in which the unfortunate also-ran's windy hobbies were used against him. McCain, on the other hand, knows better than to subject himself to the elements. He takes the bus. While it remains to be seen if he will traverse the country in an updated version of the Straight Talk Express, we now know that he has hired the same brains behind those windsurfing ads to work on his '08 campaign, as reported by the New York Times today.
This is a smart move on McCain's part. He could use a little increased sensitivity to people who are for things before they are against them. What great ads he'll have! I mean, speaking of wind, remember the confederate flag in South Carolina? Who was that crazy guy who held at least two positions on that flag in a single speech? Maybe we can make a commercial about him! And what about the guy who was anti-Jerry Falwell before he started loving Jerry Falwell? And that guy who made campaign finance reform a top issue and never shut up about it until its most recent vote on the senate floor, when he was mysteriously absent from any/all debate?
John McCain is no stranger to the flip-flop. Good thing he's paying the right people to convince the electorate otherwise.
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Nice. Did you see Meet the Press yesterday? Russert totally cornered him on all this flipflopping (marriage stuff, finance reform for grass-roots groups) and he just avoided the question.
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