This is what John McCain is currently mailing to voters in Iowa, via Jonathan Martin:
To which I reiterate: you're fucking kidding me, right?
(First, credit where due: Kossack Bryan Lefwitz was first on this two days ago, and you can view the full mailer, and hear the accompanying robo-call, in his diary).
So if I understand this correctly, McCain is taking pride in the fact that he came to a disaster area in Iowa and created a disruption to relief efforts, against the expressed wishes of Governor Culver, and that because Barack Obama didn't think that putting politics before rescue efforts was a good idea (and cancelled a scheduled stop in Iowa because the campaigns were asked not to come at that time) he should be attacked.
Anyone else reminded of the bailout negotiations, where McCain's ass just got in the way and nobody wanted him there but his personal ambitions trumped the need to avoid distractions?
That's putting country first, baby!
But all that is just enough to get me to a "you're kidding."
To get me to a "you're fucking kidding me, right?" needs a little extra "oomph."
So, just to refresh everyone's memory, here's John McCain's record on floods, encapsulated in a single photo:
This picture was taken literally while levees were breaching in New Orleans.
Does John McCain really want to hang his hat on his record on flood response? Because, if he does, I'm more than happy to help him with his fedora.
Sometimes ambition is a virtue, when it drives us to excel and achieve new heights. For John McCain, this campaign has most definitely not been one of those times. I hope he enjoys his new status as the pariah of the Senate, and that he won't be too bothered by the fact that his legacy is utterly destroyed.
This is beyond desperate. This is pathetic.