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I don’t think in my lifetime I have ever witnessed quite a campaign in which the wife of the Presidential candidate has been sequestered lest she voice yet another sweeping generalization that can be rightfully interpreted as denigrating both the American system at large or the values of other Americans; or in which the Vice […]

I don’t think in my lifetime I have ever witnessed quite a campaign in which the wife of the Presidential candidate has been sequestered lest she voice yet another sweeping generalization that can be rightfully interpreted as denigrating both the American system at large or the values of other Americans; or in which the Vice Presidential candidate has been sequestered from press questioning lest…once again in an interview or an impromptu says something that either is so bizarre that it makes no sense at all or serves as a good argument not to vote for [the] running mate [bold mine-DL]; or in which the Presidential nominee himself knows that if he stays on the teleprompter he has a good chance of winning, but if he wades in to banter wtih the crowd there is equally a good chance that he may say something so disturbing that the entire facade that he has so carefully constructed simply collapses. ~Victor Davis Hanson

Guess which campaign Hanson is talking about.  Except for the line about “the American system,” almost this exact thing could be and has been said as a criticism of the McCain campaign over the past two months.  Are McCain supporters seriously going to start complaining about the other party’s seclusion of a VP candidate or the inaccessibility of the candidate’s wife?  Of course, with McCain the problem is a little different: he says disturbing things when he sticks to the script, and when speaking from a teleprompter keeps smiling in that creepy way we have all come to fear.

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