 Senator
John McCain's campaign has "abruptly
canceled" a fundraiser that had been
set to take place at the home of a Texas oilman.
The host had run for governor back in 1990
and, during the campaign, unfortunately at
one point compared the weather to a rape --
"as long as it's inevitable, you might
as well lie back and enjoy it." He was
trying to be funny. It wasn't.
There's a long and proud American tradition
of political figures getting torpedoed by
words and deeds from the past. While there
are many things that a campaign ought to know,
there are just as many things about supporters
that campaigns can't know. Candidates need
to both up their game and prepare for the
mistakes they will definitely make. It won't
pass muster to say you didn't know something
anyone can find out in less than a minute.
How will the campaigns respond? Circle
the wagons?
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