"Jumping the Shark" Didn't Save Happy Days Either...

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Thursday August 14, 2008 · 6:12 AM PDT

2008/08/14 · 06:12

McCain: Lieberman and Graham are going to Georgia
posted at 7:31 pm on August 13, 2008 by Allahpundit

He’s (McCain) careful to say that Liebs and Graham will be going in their capacity as senators and members of the Armed Services Committee (and invites other members to go with them), but given the context and the fact that they’re his two most ardent supporters, it comes off like he’s dispatching them as envoys. Questions that pop to mind: Do Committee members really need to conduct their own fact-finding missions in the middle of a hot war? State and Defense briefings could probably get them up to speed. And what would the reaction have been if The One had made this move first with Bayh and Webb in the surrogate roles? Would have seemed to me like a transparent attempt to squeeze a photo op from a crisis that the administration’s already straining to manage without needing any extra distractions.

McCain's announcement that he is sending his chief lickspittles (Lieberman and Graham) to Georgia is so beyond beyond that even some of the most loyal Kool-Aid drinkers like Allahpundit feels compelled to point out how asinine it is.

In yet another pathetic attempt to appear "presidential", McCain comes across as more of an opportunistic grandstander than a serious contender for that office. His bathetic one-liner during one of his sleep-inducing town hall meetings that "Today, we are all Georgians" was so melodramatic and over the top that you expected to hear "dumdumdah" as background music.

While his little band of advisers, each and every one a graduate of the Karl Rove School of Gutter Politics, keeps churning out the next infantile schoolyard attack ad against Obama, McCain keeps wandering around the country trying to appear relevant and on top of every issue. But unfortunately for McCain, his persona, his age, and his teeth-grinding oratorical skills only serve to emphasize his short-comings.

McCain and Co. think that the magical solution to making his poll numbers move is to just get him on stage with Obama in a one-on-one debate. Uh-oh (dumdumdah)! They obviously didn't learn their lesson the last time they challenged Obama. Remember his trip to Iraq, Afghanistan and Europe? Rather they should be hoping for the least number of such confrontations. The visuals alone will be devastating to McCain's candidacy.

* Jumping the shark is a colloquialism used by U.S. TV critics and fans to denote that point in a TV show or movie series' history where the plot veers off into ridiculous story lines or out-of-the-ordinary characterizations, undergoing too many changes to retain the original appeal of the series. Shows that have "jumped the shark" are typically deemed to have passed their peak as after this point critical fans can point to a noticeable decline in the show's overall quality.

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