I kid. I'm sure we'll get more of that. But McCain also expects to say other stuff and apparently, he has some sort of vision. I wonder if they'll get some class tonight:
CNN: McCain is set to speak during the 10 p.m. ET hour and will lay out his vision for America.
Former Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Ridge, South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham and McCain's wife, Cindy McCain, will all have significant roles in the lead-up to McCain's speech.
Graham is one of McCain's closest friends in the Senate, while Ridge was said to have been on the Arizona senator's shortlist of vice presidential prospects.
According to prepared remarks, Ridge will discuss McCain's "unique qualifications for the presidency."
"I speak to you about a warrior who has sometimes stood alone ... and always shown the way ... in fighting for the most vulnerable of our citizens, for the country he so dearly loves and for the founding principles we all so deeply cherish," he is expected to say.
In the meantime, here are some media myths about McCain. Also heard at the convention today, McCain may not free Ms. Mooseburger for interviews. She may just do town halls. No Meet the Press, no TV news shows, no scrutiny.
That's according to Andrea Mitchell on Meet the Press. But the voters (and talk radio show hosts) wouldn't let him.
Some maverick.
He can't even make his own choice so he chooses someone he barely knows, one that Rush Limbaugh, a radio talk show host, pushed. He also called her a "babe."
The spin on John McCain's choice of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his running mate is that it reinforces his maverick credentials. I see it the opposite way: It undermines them. McCain looks like any other calculating politician, willing to do whatever it takes to win.
The maverick argument is that Palin is an outsider -- the only one of four on the November ballot. "She's not from these parts and she's not from Washington," McCain said in Dayton, Ohio. Palin complements McCain's reformer credentials, having spoken out against corruption and earmarks in a state that has an oversize share of both. She is a young, fresh and, yes, female face. "A running mate who can best help me shake up Washington," McCain said.
But fear not, a vice president under McCain won't be like Dick Cheney, who acted as the real president. It will be a public relations office.Charm is Palin's strongest suit.
Big foreign relations problem? Some old guy in McCain's cabinet will have it covered. McCain gets sick? Some old guy in McCain's cabinet will have it covered. She will be an overpaid token.
The story also points out that Geraldine Ferraro is still ignorant.
Palin's selection, though, feels like a disappointing retreat to the identity politics of 1984, when Geraldine Ferraro was picked for the Democratic ticket solely because Walter Mondale wanted a woman. On Friday, Ferraro was on Fox News, talking about how "people are looking for a historic campaign," and suggesting that the choice of Palin "might do it."
So women "who are disaffected by how Hillary was treated by the media, by how she was treated by the Obama campaign," as Ferraro sees it, are going to flock to McCain simply because he panders to them with Palin? Because Palin, who just a short time ago was describing Clinton's "whine," lauded her Friday for showing "such determination and grace"? Because, as Palin said, "it turns out the women of America aren't finished yet and we can shatter that glass ceiling once and for all"?
