when Grandpa can't remember the kids' names and thinks Eisenhower is still president, you don't give him the car keys and ask him to run to the store for you.
*dies laughing*
omg I love you.
Ahem. Anyway.
I saw the bit where Palin's talking and McCain's watching, from her first announcement/introduction (where she's booed), and it reminded me of how my father looks when we're together and I'm talking to friends of his. It's something I guess you get used to as a daughter, and will accept from your father (if no one else): that kind of proud, "I did that" expression. Although I could just be ultra-sensitive to it, having seen it on my father's face enough over the years... but I don't know if McCain really has any other means to interact with a woman that much his junior, other than as father or husband. I dunno.
I guess what I twigged on the most was first, that the power dynamics were clearly waaaaay off-balance. And second, that he didn't leave the stage but continued to stand awfully close to her (or maybe that's just depth-of-field in the camera, but hey, it looked like he was close). At least Obama sat far over on the right after introducing Biden, and let Biden have center stage, so to speak -- which is pretty usual for such introductions. McCain didn't. He stayed real close by. Don't know exactly why I didn't like that, but I didn't.
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Date: 2 Sep 2008 04:46 pm (UTC)*dies laughing*
omg I love you.
Ahem. Anyway.
I saw the bit where Palin's talking and McCain's watching, from her first announcement/introduction (where she's booed), and it reminded me of how my father looks when we're together and I'm talking to friends of his. It's something I guess you get used to as a daughter, and will accept from your father (if no one else): that kind of proud, "I did that" expression. Although I could just be ultra-sensitive to it, having seen it on my father's face enough over the years... but I don't know if McCain really has any other means to interact with a woman that much his junior, other than as father or husband. I dunno.
I guess what I twigged on the most was first, that the power dynamics were clearly waaaaay off-balance. And second, that he didn't leave the stage but continued to stand awfully close to her (or maybe that's just depth-of-field in the camera, but hey, it looked like he was close). At least Obama sat far over on the right after introducing Biden, and let Biden have center stage, so to speak -- which is pretty usual for such introductions. McCain didn't. He stayed real close by. Don't know exactly why I didn't like that, but I didn't.