An Awkward Ride in the Senate

The day after Senator Rand Paul's (R-KY) blockbuster 13 hour filibuster over Obama Administration ambiguity about launching drone attacks on American soil by non-immanent actors, senior Arizona Senator had some choice remarks on the Senate floor.




McCain could not voice these notes of dissent during the filibuster as he was otherwise engaged enjoying a fancy dinner at the Jefferson Hotel with President Barack Obama, Senator Lindsey Graham et ali.  Perhaps it was at the Cocktail Party that McCain procured his one liners to try to belittle Senator Rand Paul.

  After the former Republican Presidential campaign vocalized his venom at the McCain mutiny which detracted attention from his kabuki show of bipartisanship to the occupied Senate floor, McCain was faced with an awkward elevator ride.  None other than Senator Rand Paul joined him in the elevator.

It seems dubious that McCain and Paul had a rapprochement considering McCain's outburst on Twitter today.

Maybe Senator McCain can get some more material from his well placed daughter, MSNBC contributor Meghan McCain. 

In other news,  Senator Carl Levin (D-MI) has announced that he is retiring after he completes his sixth term in 2014.  Wonder if other "old birds" will follow that pattern and migrate South to Arizona  too.

And when does RINO hunting season start (sic)?

Obama's Vacation from Common Sense

Recently, it was reported that President Obama’s daughter Malia took a Spring break vacation to Oaxaca, Mexico. Although the Lamestream Media dutifully ignored the news item, but the White House prevailed on the press to scrub the story.

Coverage of children in the White House can be somewhat tricky. Whenever possible, all politicians want to project a positive family image, as it humanizes them and the photo ops create a warm fuzzy emotional connection with some voters. But children are not all cute and cuddly as they grow up and this is compounded when living in the penumbra of the national spotlight.

Generally, the private lives of political families should be respected if they are ancillary to the political process. As long as individuals are not stepping out into the spotlight on their own, like Meghan McCain’s media strip tease during the 2008 campaign until today, they should not receive celebrity scrutiny per se. But that does not mean that the First Family is immune to criticism either.

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