More Civility
by digby
... from one of our Republican "Values" candidates:
Play of the Day: McCain Names Mannequin
SPARTANBURG, S.C. (AP) — Republican presidential candidate John McCain took one look at a nursing school's training mannequin and asked if the dummy's name was Hillary.
Campaigning Thursday at the University of South Carolina Upstate nursing school, McCain couldn't resist a swipe at Democratic front-runner Hillary Rodham Clinton.
"I was very glad to meet the dummy, named 'Hillary,'" McCain said to laughter after a tour of the school. "Is that the name?"
It wasn't. The dummy, or human simulator, doesn't have a name.
You'll note that the Associate Press calls it "The play of the day," which is not surprising since this is exactly the kind of bitchy,sophomoric humor the Village press love. And it's also why they love them some McCain, who's back in good graces with the DC press corps.
Joe Klein:
There is only one American politician who sounds like this: "With my usual suicidal, masochistic tendencies, I spoke at the Detroit Economic Club last week and supported increased fuel-efficiency standards."Yes, yes, it's John McCain, rising from the crypt, but not as a zombie. The foolishly conventional Republican McCain of last year was the zombie. No, this is the funny, free-range McCain reincarnated, the independent who dares speak to an environmental forum in New Hampshire, touting his green credentials, actually supporting a return to the Kyoto global-warming negotiations, which is anathema to most Republicans. That guy — the interesting one — is back.
He's a funny, interesting guy alright. He's also a jackass. Always has been.
H/T to BB
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