Saturday Night Concession
by Jon on Nov.02, 2008, under Arts & Entertainment, Babble, Humor, Politics, TV & Movies
Not quite sure what to make of McCain’s appearance on SNL:
It was funny, certainly, and McCain definitely brings back his likable side. But what strikes me — by appearing with Tina Fey, and allowing her to do the whole “going rogue” bit and all — he seems to be basically admitting what has so far been a back-door whisper about the internal fissure in the campaign, throwing Palin under the bus in the process, and … well, sort of seeming to concede the race.
Eh, I don’t know, I don’t want to over analyze. It just seemed a lot more like the sketch you expect a week after the election, as the candidate tries to humbly restore his public image, rather than one fitting for the weekend prior, when the candidate is not supposed to yet admit the mess that has been made.
Of course maybe it’s all just his mavericky way of using reverse psychology and lowered expectations.
November 3rd, 2008 on 8:59 am
I agree with you about how strange it seemed, and it worried me a little, honestly, especially when he started to rally in the polls a bit yesterday. I mean, in the sense that, if a funny but kind of sad and lost appearance on SNL can turn the polls in his favor, that reflects pretty poorly on the voting populace.
November 3rd, 2008 on 10:07 am
I hear ya. Of course my faith in the voting populace was on pretty shaky ground to begin with :)
But yeah, I’m nervous. I may develop an ulcer by tomorrow night.