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Bridget McCain - Did anyone else squirm...
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Anonymous
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when Cindy McCain pointed out her internationally adopted daughter and made a big deal about how they rescued her? That poor girl seemed so uncomfortable when all the cameras turned to her while her mother scored political points off her story.
Thank goodness the Palin infant is too young to be aware of how his parents are exploiting him. |
Anonymous
| She seemed like the only sincere part of that speech. Who wouldn't squirm? |
Anonymous
| They used her. They do love her though, but it was very cheap. She rescued them! |
Anonymous
| Perhaps it's at least in part because in 2000, Bridget McCain was touted (by Karl Rove's operatives) as John McCain's illegitimate daughter by a black woman and Cindy McCain was accused of being part of a cover up. I'm amazed at the things you people find to cast stones at. Sometimes I feel like one of the very few Democrats on this board who's actually interested in policy differences rather than in cheap shots at the Republicans and their families. |
Anonymous
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I didn't see the part you're referring to but I think this is generally a practice of many politicians, Democratic and Republican, and they should all stop it. I was appalled when Gore discussed his son's car accident in a speech at the Democratic Convention many years ago.
From an Obama supporter |
Anonymous
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It was disgusting. And it will continue to be disgusting.
"Promoting Adoption" is second only after "Overturning Roe v. Wade" as a plank in his "Values" platform. http://www.johnmccain.com/Informing/Issues/95...0a2-12028d71df58.htm Followed closely by interfering with the ability of lesbian and gay people to protect their partner and their families... |
Anonymous
PP again, just so we're clear, promoting adoption is a wonderful thing - but, in this case, it is simply manipulative lip service to an important issue and an overt manipulation of their daughter to reach their political goals. |
Anonymous
11:11 here. And you know this, of course, because you know the McCains personally. I bet they adopted that girl just because they knew John would run for president sometime and they wanted a prop! 
Really, I'm with the poster who was appalled at Gore's use of his son and daughter in his speeches. You seem to think manipulation is the sole province of the Republican Party. |
Anonymous
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12:46 here, who mentioned Gore. Perhaps we can all agree that using children as political props (e.g., telling their stories in speeches as evidence of personal nobility or of having become a better person) is distasteful, regardless of political affiliation.
Okay, I think I still have both conventions on DVR. Now I have to do a search and find out what Cindy McCain said....what an annoyance just when I was about to clean house, which I soooo want to do! 
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Anonymous
| 11:11;14:57. Sorry, I meant Gore used his son and his sister. Both were distasteful to me. I agree with 15:09 that it's distasteful. I do understand the McCains' conundrum, though, since polls have shown some voters still believe the smear about his daughter. |
Anonymous
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Okay, 12:46 here again. Through the magic of the internet I was able to find the transcript of the speech (which I pasted below). I do have to say, this makes me uncomfortable. I would not want to put my kid in the position of having to sit and smile in the media spotlight while I showed off how wonderful I was.
So McCain was wrong and Gore was wrong. That's it for me. I don't think the McCains have an excuse for it, regardless of what the PP said. The guy is supposed to have integrity that other politicians lack. I think he is no different from the rest of them in the end. Cindy McCain's speech: We all come to that knowledge in different ways. For me, the great moment of clarity was when I became a mother. Something changed in me. I would never see my obligations the same way again. It was after that I was walking through the streets of Dhaka, Bangladesh, surrounded by terrible poverty and the devastation of a cyclone. All around me were the children and the desperate faces of their mothers. The pain was overwhelming, and I felt helpless. But then I visited an orphanage begun by Mother Teresa, and two very sick little girls captured my heart. There was something I could do. I could take them home, and so I did. (APPLAUSE) Today, both of those little girls are healthy and happy. And one of them you just met tonight: our beautiful daughter, Bridget. |
Anonymous
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Without any value judgment, I think she definitely looked ill-at-ease. But if they had told her not to come to her father's moment of triumph because she has not learned how to look cool before the cameras, then I would really be critical!
FWIW, I'm for Obama. |
Anonymous
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"Bridge" has been through this a lot of times. Supposedly she's shy in general and not to mention at that age when anything our parents do is beyond embarrassing. I kind of went through this as well as an adoptee, though not a celeb . So I feel for her on that front, but it does show how adoption is just like biological parenting. Parents believe it is our right to mortify our kids in public with the stuff we love, even if the kids hate it. OMG, I sound just like mey (adoptive) mother...lol
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