Reply #5: Today Daniel Ruth goes after John McCain. He is sparing no one. [View All]

[madfloridian]

Ruth excoriates McCain

It is probably a sign that things are hardly going gangbusters for your presidential campaign when your police escort is larger than the crowd of supporters who show up to cheer you on.

This had to be one of the dumber-than-a-box-of Brian-Blairs moments in this year's presidential campaign.

Republican John McCain is in the middle of a pitched battle with Democratic rival Barack Obama for Florida's 27 electoral votes. Every moment, every ballot is critical in the effort to win the state.

So what does McCain, who is quickly becoming the George Custer of modern American politics, do?

After attending a rally in Broward County, McCain, his entourage, his traveling press corps and his extensive security detail spent several hours traveling to the University of Tampa to appear at a contrived "For Your Eyes Only" national security briefing that was closed to the media, and attended by a small and somewhat bewildered invited guest list of hotsy-tot Republicans who had no earthly clue why they were there in the first place.

DOOMED!