The kids are off limits, the McCain campaign said as it booked a flight to put Alaska's hockey boy onstage in Minnesota with his "drill here, drill now" girlfriend.
So, we're not supposed to talk about these kids while you exploit them? The AP noticed some hypocrisy there.
Huh? The Republican message about the Palin offspring comes across as contradictory: Hey, media, leave those kids alone — so we can use them as we see fit.
Yeah, AP has done some crappy hit pieces on Obama, but the wire service seriously called bullshit on the McCain campaign's "save the children" schtick.
The story points out that:
-- Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's pregnant, unmarried 17-year-old daughter stood greeted McCain with her baby's putative daddy in a publicized airport receiving line.
-- Another kid made a cute "vote for McCain" video with Meghan McCain.
-- The pregnant child held hands with her boyfriend and took the stage after Sarah Palin's speech.
On Wednesday morning, a teenage boy from Alaska stood in a receiving line on an airport tarmac, being glad-handed by the potential next president of the United States — because he got his girlfriend pregnant. TV cameras were lined up in advance. The mind boggles.
Yeah. It does.