# McCain finally draws a line on slander **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 11, 2008, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mccain-finally-draws-a-line-on-slander/467405 "2008-10-11T01:50:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![monstro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2008, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mccain-finally-draws-a-line-on-slander/467405/141 "2008-10-12T22:58:35Z")
She sucks for bringing the little girl out there with her. ---
**Author:** ![SmartAleq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smartaleq/32/163_2.png) [@SmartAleq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmartAleq)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2008, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mccain-finally-draws-a-line-on-slander/467405/142 "2008-10-12T23:04:38Z")
> [@monstro](#): > > She sucks for bringing the little girl out there with her. Looks like she [brought the girl just to cover her own ass](http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/10/12/1536699.aspx). What a sweetheart–figure she’d grab one of her kids to use as a shield if someone drew a pistol on her? ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2008, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mccain-finally-draws-a-line-on-slander/467405/143 "2008-10-12T23:05:38Z")
> [@monstro](#): > > She sucks for bringing the little girl out there with her. On purpose… From [Fox News](http://embeds.blogs.foxnews.com/2008/10/11/palin-drops-puck-at-flyers-game-receives-mixed-reaction/), so people know the cite isn’t some kind of lefty place: > [@](#): > > A carpet was laid down and Palin, dressed in a beige trench, walked on to the ice joined by her daughters Willow and Piper. The GOP Vice-Presidential nominee said at an earlier fundraiser that she would stop some of the booing from the rowdy Philadelphia fans by putting her seven year old daughter, Piper in a Flyers jersey. She said, “How dare they boo Piper!” ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2008, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mccain-finally-draws-a-line-on-slander/467405/144 "2008-10-12T23:23:57Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > On purpose… > > From [Fox News](http://embeds.blogs.foxnews.com/2008/10/11/palin-drops-puck-at-flyers-game-receives-mixed-reaction/), so people know the cite isn’t some kind of lefty place: That is about the most distasteful way I’ve ever heard of a politician using one of their own children as a political tool. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2008, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mccain-finally-draws-a-line-on-slander/467405/145 "2008-10-12T23:29:22Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > That is about the most distasteful way I’ve ever heard of a politician using one of their own children as a political tool. Did you miss the whole “Let’s tell the whole world about our 17-year-old daughter’s unplanned pregnancy in order to squelch rumors that my youngest disabled child isn’t mine and parade her and the father around while promising a pre-election wedding extravaganza publicity opportunity”? ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2008, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mccain-finally-draws-a-line-on-slander/467405/146 "2008-10-12T23:51:56Z")
> [@SmartAleq](#): > > Looks like she [brought the girl just to cover her own ass](http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/10/12/1536699.aspx). What a sweetheart–figure she’d grab one of her kids to use as a shield if someone drew a pistol on her? Based on [this pic](http://punditkitchen.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/political-pictures-sarah-palin-fine-example-family-values.jpg), I’m thinking lil’ Piper can handle herself. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2008, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mccain-finally-draws-a-line-on-slander/467405/147 "2008-10-12T23:59:57Z")
> [@Tuckerfan](#): > > Based on [this pic](http://punditkitchen.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/political-pictures-sarah-palin-fine-example-family-values.jpg), I’m thinking lil’ Piper can handle herself. 😉 That’s hilarious!! Can you IMAGINE the outrage we’d be seeing if one of Obama’s daughters had flipped off anyone on camera? Was that a not-very-pregnant-looking Bristol there with them in the video? ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2008, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mccain-finally-draws-a-line-on-slander/467405/148 "2008-10-13T00:14:06Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > Did you miss the whole “Let’s tell the whole world about our 17-year-old daughter’s unplanned pregnancy in order to squelch rumors that my youngest disabled child isn’t mine and parade her and the father around while promising a pre-election wedding extravaganza publicity opportunity”? Oops, I forgot. Sooo, the TWO most distasteful things done to kids from the same politician mom. Wow, I’m beginning to like Sarah. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Rand\_Rover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/db5fbb/32.png) [@Rand\_Rover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rand_Rover)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2008, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mccain-finally-draws-a-line-on-slander/467405/149 "2008-10-13T00:17:20Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > What **C3** said, but also, I was being sardonic. I don’t think she’d literally do that. I think she wouldn’t mind if it happened by itself, though. The post above makes you look like even more of an idiot than the original post did. Next time you say something completely stupid, I guess I have to wait a day or so to see if you really meant it or were “being sardonic.” ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2008, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mccain-finally-draws-a-line-on-slander/467405/150 "2008-10-13T00:39:24Z")
> [@Equipoise](#): > > Can you IMAGINE the outrage we’d be seeing if one of Obama’s daughters had flipped off anyone on camera? Ah, damn, I just found out that the picture is faked. [Here’s the original](http://www.gov.state.ak.us/large_photo.php?id=175). ---
**Author:** ![ladyfoxfyre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ad7895/32.png) [@ladyfoxfyre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ladyfoxfyre)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2008, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mccain-finally-draws-a-line-on-slander/467405/151 "2008-10-13T00:42:59Z")
> [@Equipoise](#): > > Ah, damn, I just found out that the picture is faked. [Here’s the original](http://www.gov.state.ak.us/large_photo.php?id=175). I think that one is faked too. I don’t believe for a second that’s not Tina Fey… ---
**Author:** ![Merijeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2008, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mccain-finally-draws-a-line-on-slander/467405/152 "2008-10-13T00:44:29Z")
> [@Equipoise](#): > > Can you IMAGINE the outrage we’d be seeing if one of Obama’s daughters had flipped off anyone on camera? In that case, it would be a “Terrorist Finger Wave”. -Joe ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2008, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mccain-finally-draws-a-line-on-slander/467405/153 "2008-10-13T00:55:02Z")
> [@Equipoise](#): > > Ah, damn, I just found out that the picture is faked. [Here’s the original](http://www.gov.state.ak.us/large_photo.php?id=175). Obviously, as Gov. Palin is an expert on furriners, she has taught her daughter the British standard of the U.S. finger. Humourosity aside, I find it despicable that she attempts to use her children to shield herself. “Oh well,” I can only assume she thinks, “there’s more where that came from!” ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2008, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mccain-finally-draws-a-line-on-slander/467405/154 "2008-10-13T00:56:42Z")
> [@Tuckerfan](#): > > Based on [this pic](http://punditkitchen.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/political-pictures-sarah-palin-fine-example-family-values.jpg), I’m thinking lil’ Piper can handle herself. 😉 Whoa! Go Piper! I think I might like this kid! > [@jayjay](#): > > Did you miss the whole “Let’s tell the whole world about our 17-year-old daughter’s unplanned pregnancy in order to squelch rumors that my youngest disabled child isn’t mine and parade her and the father around while promising a pre-election wedding extravaganza publicity opportunity”? My Dad thinks that if McCain loses, Bristol isn’t going to be getting married after all-that it’s soully (soly? Solly?) tied to the election. For her sake, I hope so. Seventeen is way too young to get married and shotgun weddings in this day and age? Damn. ETA: Just read that it was faked-ah well. ---
**Author:** ![Terrifel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c68b51/32.png) [@Terrifel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terrifel)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2008, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mccain-finally-draws-a-line-on-slander/467405/155 "2008-10-13T01:01:04Z")
Solely. ---
**Author:** ![shantih](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f6c823/32.png) [@shantih](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shantih)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2008, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mccain-finally-draws-a-line-on-slander/467405/156 "2008-10-13T01:05:26Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > I don’t know what she or the campaign or Ed Snider were thinking! > > A) Philly is NOT a Republican stronghold > B) Philadelphia sports fans booed SANTA CLAUS! > > Bible Spice didn’t stand a chance. Wait, seriously? They booed _Santa?_ Whoa. Although, economy being what it is, I suppose the extra coal in the stocking could come in very handy. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2008, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mccain-finally-draws-a-line-on-slander/467405/157 "2008-10-13T01:10:56Z")
> [@shantih](#): > > Wait, seriously? They booed _Santa?_ > > Whoa. [ESPN](http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/wire?section=nfl&id=1980880) ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2008, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mccain-finally-draws-a-line-on-slander/467405/158 "2008-10-13T01:11:44Z")
> [@Equipoise](#): > > Ah, damn, I just found out that the picture is faked. [Here’s the original](http://www.gov.state.ak.us/large_photo.php?id=175). Judging by the expression on Piper’s face, I’d say the Photoshopped version more correctly matches her feelings. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2008, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mccain-finally-draws-a-line-on-slander/467405/159 "2008-10-13T01:11:45Z")
> [@shantih](#): > > Wait, seriously? They booed _Santa?_ Yes, in 1968, during halftime of an Eagles game. They have also booed the Phlly Phanatic (for dropping a ball). They have not, however - to the best of my knowledge - booed Kate Smith. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2008, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mccain-finally-draws-a-line-on-slander/467405/160 "2008-10-13T01:14:40Z")
> [@Frank](#): > > They have not, however - to the best of my knowledge - booed Kate Smith. Even Philadelphians have _some_ limits…booing Kate Smith would be like booing Shirley Temple. A massively overly-upholstered Shirley Temple, but… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mccain-finally-draws-a-line-on-slander/467405.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mccain-finally-draws-a-line-on-slander/467405.md?page=9)