McCain Campaign "Schizophrenic"

Washington Post: "One GOP strategist with close ties to McCain's campaign said the new line of attack reflected the operation's "schizophrenic" nature. He said that tendency was also on display last week, as McCain spoke at length about media coverage of Obama rather than sticking with his plan to focus on the economy."

The strategist said, "They couldn't help themselves," adding that McCain's ad about Obama's visit to a hospital was "churlish and unlike McCain, and hardly will resonate with the swing voters who are going to decide this election. They're doing it because the candidate, and the campaign, is not happy with where they are and they're lashing out."

Oh, I don't know know. Angry, abusive old men need love too! Look, McCain's doing just fine. Everyone lay off McCain. Didn't he get pretty good coverage at the Sausage Haus? And his tour of a grocery store seemed to go fine, or at least it would have if all the apple sauce hadn't fallen off the shelf. There's nothing wrong with his campaign.

I might suggest some other activities to keep the old guy busy for the next couple weeks. Maybe a checkers tournament somewhere, schedule that. He could find a factory somewhere where they make shuffleboard equipment and go there. He'd look great in his hardhat, playing shuffleboard with some of the employees after the tour. And to brush up his "common man" bonafides -- for which the grocery store visit was a good start -- maybe let him visit a gas station or a laundromat.

Churlish. That's a good word for McCain.