Run Silent, Run Veep: The McCain Counterregnum
James Wolcott's Blog
Vanity Fair
Chelsea Clinton has gotten so Veronica Lake, it's a shame the camera can't cut to her every night at the Democratic convention. Perhaps she could play guest network correspondent and attend next week's Republican do, because they're going to need every golden thread of glamour they can borrow.
Today, during a particularly dull match at the US Open, I did a mental checklist of the possible vice presidential picks being floated in the media on the eve of McCain's announcement tomorrow, and it struck me that no one being mentioned caused me the slightest worry. Even the long shots lacked dramatic coup value.
Mitt Romney. An enamel figurine whose darty eyes betray anxiety whenever he's out of his depth, which is more often than not. He's already proven what a clay-feet campaigner he is, and if he couldn't fend off Mike Huckabee, how could he out-duel Joe Biden's shark grin?
Joe Lieberman. We saw what a lethargic, uninspired veep candidate he was in 2000 and he hasn't exactly picked up speed with age. His Joementum has pretty much come to a dead halt. Together on stage, he and McCain would look like a gay Metamucil ad.
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Vanity Fair
Chelsea Clinton has gotten so Veronica Lake, it's a shame the camera can't cut to her every night at the Democratic convention. Perhaps she could play guest network correspondent and attend next week's Republican do, because they're going to need every golden thread of glamour they can borrow.
Today, during a particularly dull match at the US Open, I did a mental checklist of the possible vice presidential picks being floated in the media on the eve of McCain's announcement tomorrow, and it struck me that no one being mentioned caused me the slightest worry. Even the long shots lacked dramatic coup value.
Mitt Romney. An enamel figurine whose darty eyes betray anxiety whenever he's out of his depth, which is more often than not. He's already proven what a clay-feet campaigner he is, and if he couldn't fend off Mike Huckabee, how could he out-duel Joe Biden's shark grin?
Joe Lieberman. We saw what a lethargic, uninspired veep candidate he was in 2000 and he hasn't exactly picked up speed with age. His Joementum has pretty much come to a dead halt. Together on stage, he and McCain would look like a gay Metamucil ad.
(Continued here.)
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