Another Powers Boothe-narrated McCain ad promises "big ideas for serious problems." Of course, the ad doesn't actually discuss any of these "big ideas," unless "taxes: simpler. fairer." is a big idea. Or perhaps "energy: cleaner. cheaper." What's next? "war: longer. safer." or "puppies: cuter. cuddlier." or maybe "McCain: older. grouchier."
And speaking of Mr. Boothe, I think this snippet of dialog from Red Dawn pretty much sums up the McCain foreign policy approach:
Col. Andy Tanner: ...The Russians need to take us in one piece, and that's why they're here. That's why they won't use nukes anymore; and we won't either, not on our own soil. The whole damn thing's pretty conventional now. Who knows? Maybe next week will be swords.
Darryl Bates: What started it?
Col. Andy Tanner: I don't know. Two toughest kids on the block, I guess. Sooner or later, they're gonna fight.
Jed Eckert: That simple, is it?
Col. Andy Tanner: Or maybe somebody just forget what it was like.
What do you think, does McCain have what it takes to channel the Swayze?
--Mori Dinauer
