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Friday, May 02, 2008

Even-Keeled McCain Foils Left's Classy Questioner

Posted by: Mary Katharine Ham at 11:20 AM

Well, everyone's talking about the "Baptist minister's" very un-Baptist question for McCain today.

As Matt pointed out, the man who asked McCain if he called his wife an unmentionable word was not just a Baptist minister, but a former Biden staffer and a current Obama supporter.

He's also, apparently, a Huffington Post contributor:

Parrish signed in as a Huffington Post contributor and was taking pictures at the town hall meeting.

Huffington Post is conveniently leaving that fact out of its write-up on l'affaire chatte, even though it excerpts other parts from the article linked above. I feel this coming to a Policing the 'Net segment near you.

Cliff Schecter, author of "The Real McCain" blogging at Firedoglake, calls the questioner "audacious," and celebrates it as an "everyday person taking democracy into their own hands." "The Real McCain" is the anti-McCain book that claims to have broken a story about McCain once calling his wife an expletive in front of press, which the McCain campaign calls a fabrication and "trash journalism."

Parrish reportedly asked the question because he's concerned about McCain's temper. If his intent was to reveal something about the candidate's temperament, he did just that. Much like the rest of the expletive-riddled, execrable ranting of the loony Left in the blogosphere, his behavior was ultimately self-defeating. He managed to make McCain look cool as a cucumber in a testy situation and make himself, his organization, his candidate, and the very premise of his question look ridiculous by contrast.

Here's McCain's response to the question, for which he is applauded:

McCain: Now, now. You don't want to... Um, you know that's the great thing about town hall meetings, sir, but we really don't, there's people here who don't respect that kind of language. So I'll move on to the next questioner in the back.

Well done, Mr. Parrish! Look at that temper roar!

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Joe writes:	Friday, May, 02, 2008 11:30 AM
Mr. Parrish, stick to Hillary
The Empire Strikes Barack! http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=MTdjZTFhNTQ1OTk1N TE3YWVlZWUzZTA4NjA3YWMyNzc=
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nita writes:	Friday, May, 02, 2008 12:48 PM
good for you john
how can anyone think that a man who survived what john mc cain did is easily trapped into saying something he did not want to say? how foolish you looked mr. p and go john go! i will vote for you. i would have flipped him.
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Steve-o writes:	Friday, May, 02, 2008 1:04 PM
Typical
"I've got nothing of substance, but look at me stretch the envelope!" This clown should start his own organization, "Code Stink."
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Virginia Patriot writes:	Friday, May, 02, 2008 1:36 PM
When Will Someone Ask
What comes after "Secure the borders first?"
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ScarletPimpernel writes:	Friday, May, 02, 2008 1:43 PM
normal language for the left
They're always referring to Michelle Malkin as one. An endearment as it were.
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mrbmrb writes:	Saturday, May, 03, 2008 2:14 AM
even keeled mccain
is it really such a remarkable event that it waranr a bold face ehadlind and 7 or 8 paragrphs to describe. one sentence woud have been enough for a good old liberal
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