I did. I found it wierd and a bit out of place when McCain announced he HE was sending a delegation to Georgia. I thought first to myself, isn’t he only a senator. Then I said obviously it is an election year. Then I looked at Chimpy McFlag at the Olympics and said, well Maverific is taking charge. Seemed odd to me though. Sort of stepped up to the plate when the bases were loaded and it wasn’t his turn at bat.
Standing behind a lectern in Michigan this week, with two trusted senators ready to do his bidding, John McCain seemed to forget for a moment that he was only running for president.
I’m no tough guy blogger that challenges other bloggers to fights but my “this seems out of line” radar did ping a little.
Asked about his tough rhetoric on the ongoing conflict in Georgia, McCain began: “If I may be so bold, there was another president . . .”
WOW. Projecting a little are we Mr. President?
The extent of McCain’s involvement in the military conflict in Georgia appears remarkable among presidential candidates, who traditionally have kept some distance from unfolding crises out of deference to whoever is occupying the White House.
“We talk about how there’s only one president at a time, so the idea that you would send your own emissaries and really interfere with the process is remarkable,” said Lawrence Korb, a Reagan Defense Department official who now acts as an informal adviser to the Obama campaign. “It’s very risky and can send mixed messages to foreign governments. . . . They accused Obama of being presumptuous, but he didn’t do anything close to this.”
What a joke.