The All-American family
So I was reading the article in People Magazine this week about John McCain and his family. You know, his son who recently served in Iraq as an enlisted Marine during the “surge”, the other son who is recent grad of Annapolis and is probably headed in that direction soon, his adopted daughter who was given to Cindy McCain while she visited Mother Theresa’s orphanage. That’s real riveting, tear jerking stuff about a real unique American family.
Oops, my bad. I was reading People, but it was a different kind of story…a boring-ass story about a boring-ass family in whom People thought you’d be more interested. From Michelle Malkin’s “The Brangelina-fication of the Obamas“;
I lost 15 IQ points reading the slavering profile: Michelle hula hoops with her daughters! They’re just like you and me! The kids have slumber parties! They’re just like you and me! Barack did laundry, but he didn’t fold! They’re just like you and me. The kids get small allowances. They’re just like you and me! The Obamas wear normal clothes doing normal things.
THEY’RE JUST LIKE YOU AND ME!
It’s supposed to be an “exclusive” first and last look at life at home with the Obamas.
OK, so they can pump up these people all they want, but what’s the damn story here? What do they show us about the Obama’s that we couldn’t have guessed for ourselves? Isn’t the story of the McCain family much more compelling than a couple of yuppy Ivy League parents doing their laundry and struggling with paying for piano lessons and summer camp? I see that crap everyday on my way to work on the subway, for pete’s sake. Tell me something I don’t know…that’s why they call it “news”.
Category: Barack Obama/Joe Biden, Media
Bet that on June 14th they all wear Che shirts to honor Che’s birthday. A day everyone else is celebrating US Flag Day and the US Army’s birthday.
They can’t be like me because I am bitter and cling to my guns and religion.
I actually have a gun IN my Bible… that I cling to bitterly.
Martino,
I think the correct procedure is to shoot them first, then throw the Bible on them, and say, “Go with God.”
Very good. I shoot corrected.
Now Jonn, be careful what you suggest. If People did a story on the McCain family, it would probably be a tale of a lily white American couple raising two militaristic fascist boys and kidnapping a daughter from a poor third world country, therefore denying her the experience of her culture.
Jonn wrote: Yeah, I should be careful what I wish for.