Legal Commentary

Don't Ask McCain to Discuss Things He Doesn't Want to Talk About

By Professor University of Miami School of Law

It seems you can get thrown out of a town meeting and questioned by the Secret Service for asking a Republican candidate to deny a published story that he once lost his temper and called his wife a bad name.

Ask a rude but nonetheless legal and reasonable question, get thrown out of a public meeting. Such is ‘democracy’ in these United States.

(Note, incidentally, that McCain didn’t deny it.)

It sounds as if McCain is trying to get into a Bush Bubble, where he’ll be protected from anything he doesn’t want to see or hear. Which makes sense if you consider he’s running to serve Bush’s third term. But definitely makes you wonder who he’ll find to reprise the Cheney role as veep….

Full post as published by Discourse.net on May 02, 2008 (boomark / email).