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This post of mine just went up at HuffingtonPost:
John McCain singing "Bomb bomb bomb, Iran" to the tune of "Barbara Ann" wasn't even exactly a joke. He was clarifying a question from the audience that used euphemisms and circumlocutions to urge him to bomb Iran. Being famously quirky and ready to blurt out what he thinks, McCain not only said the words that the questioner had been afraid to utter, heturned them into a refrain.
A great moment in politics? A terrific witticism? A graceful Kennedy-esque use of humor? Nah. But in seizing on it, progressives are doing more harm than McCain's little ditty could have done even if we take it at its worst. We are dragging the process down, legitimizing the tactic, debasing understanding, and driving nuance out of the system. Frankly, taking McCain down a peg just isn't worth it.
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by D. Weinberger at April 21, 2007 04:14 PM
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