The all American boyhood stories, lessons learned from loving family and the maverick-from-birth traits of the nominee were laid out before the adoring crowd. It is fair to say that Senator McCain’s heroism as a POW are moving regardless how it is relayed, but let Fred Thompson bounce you on his figurative knee as he tells it and it is hard not to get goose bumps.
The one distraction from this made for TV moment was the jumbo-tron that is the backdrop to the GOP’s glossy stage. As Thompson began to speak, a large baby with very crooked teeth loomed on the screen like the Stay Puff marshmallow monster in Ghostbusters. It was not clear whether the baby was Thompson or McCain and the subsequent pictures did not give many clues. One appeared to be the Karate Kid’s Ralph Macchio smiling innocently and another was a giant child who appeared to be licking the speaker’s head.
The one distraction from this made for TV moment was the jumbo-tron that is the backdrop to the GOP’s glossy stage. As Thompson began to speak, a large baby with very crooked teeth loomed on the screen like the Stay Puff marshmallow monster in Ghostbusters. It was not clear whether the baby was Thompson or McCain and the subsequent pictures did not give many clues. One appeared to be the Karate Kid’s Ralph Macchio smiling innocently and another was a giant child who appeared to be licking the speaker’s head.
Soon, it was obvious the pictures were from McCain’s life, but the final one was the one that confused me the most. It seemed Thompson’s speech delivery was slower than the slide show, so this one hovered much longer than the rest. As Thompson’s calming voice began to lull the audience into a trance, there stood a motionless, 25 foot John McCain with phone to his ear, looking out a window, his back turned to Fred Thompson. It was as if he too was still listening to the rhythm of southern dialect without concentrating on the content of the speech.
Tonight, all ears will be turned toward Governor Palin. I am betting there will be jumbo shots of her as a child, being Alaska’s CEO, visiting troops in Kuwait, shooting guns, being outdoorsy, and many of her as a devoted mother. I am just hoping there is at least one of her skinning a moose!
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