Turtle candidate John McCain had fun with the fact that today is Friday the 13th by posing for the picture to the left. The picture refers to the Friday the 13th movie series that features Jason Voorhees, a masked serial killer who wears a hockey mask and uses a machete. Much like Jason, John McCain has a blank, expressionless face and limited emotion. Like Jason, he is also classified as a type of being referred to as the “walking dead;” however, as a turtle, he poses little threat to people, unlike Jason. McCain commented on the photo: “I can’t wait to dress up like Jason and hack at Barack Obama’s neck with a machete. My friends, this is a metaphor, as the machete represents my ability to cut down Barack’s flimsy ideas with the facts.”
However, McCain may want to start hacking at Barack’s neck with a real machete today. McCain’s campaign began chastising Obama for his inability to respond swiftly to McCain’s request for 10 town hall style meetings. According to the McCain camp, the Obama campaign has responded with a proposal for only one meeting prior to the Democratic Convention in Denver. Obama’s proposal includes the three normally scheduled debates, one debate on the economy in July and a foreign policy debate in August. Obama’s campaign manager, David Plouffe, responded by saying Obama had suggested five meetings prior to election day: “That package of five engagements would have been the most of any presidential campaign in the modern era — offering a broad range of formats — and representing a historic commitment to openness and transparency.”
McCain’s primary campaign was saved by his town hall meetings, where he performs better than during preplanned speeches. McCain held over 100 town hall meetings during his primary. If only John McCain’s turtle hands could hold on to a machete, I’m sure Barack would be his target for failing to acquiesce to McCain’s request.
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