Who Loves America?

John McCain loves America. More than that other guy. Who was at Woodstock. Or something: This is not the first time McCain has taken on “Summer of Love” hippies, though the last time he was doing it Hillary Clinton was the intended target. (And isn’t it a little bit easier to imagine Clinton as part of the “Summer of Love” than Obama, who was about six years old at the time?) In any case, the end of this minute-long commercial is worth focusing in on. McCain, borrowing a page from Clinton, tacitly admits that Obama is a great orator but argues that words are not enough. Remember the “just words” refrain from the Clinton camp? It’s back, in slightly altered form, from the McCain camp: Beautiful words cannot make your lives better. But a man who has always put his country and his people before self, before politics, can. Don’t... [read full story]