Need a laugh? William Kristol

[underpants]

I think Kristol is serious with this piece. Enjoy.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/10/opinion/10kristol.html?ref=opinion

Still, he’ll have to take risks. He could embrace a “Sam’s Club” domestic-policy reform agenda, oriented toward the legitimate concerns of middle-class and working-class families, even if it gives country-club Republicans heartburn. (He could also criticize corporate boards that have rewarded C.E.O.’s lavishly as they’ve managed their companies into the ground.)

He could explain forthrightly that we’ll have to stay in Iraq for quite a while, even if this means challenging the American people to spurn the feel-good promises of irresponsible Democrats. And he could mock the narcissism of the Obama supporters, who think they’re the ones we’ve been waiting for — by pointing out that their contemporaries serving in the armed forces are the ones making real sacrifices on our behalf.

Perhaps the most obvious way McCain could upend the normal dynamics of this year’s election would be a bold vice presidential choice. He could pick a hawkish and principled Democrat like Joe Lieberman. He could reach beyond the usual bevy of elected officials by tapping either David Petraeus or Raymond Odierno — the two generals who together, in an amazing demonstration of leadership and competence, turned the war in Iraq around last year. He could persuade the most impressive conservative in American public life, Clarence Thomas, to join the ticket. There are other unorthodox possibilities.

[LaurenG]

1. a hawkish and principled Democrat like Joe Lieberman??

oxymoron - principled democrat/Joe Lieberman

[WyLoochka]

2. Clarence Thomas for Veep?

"the most impressive conservative in American public life"?

Oh, I so hope McCain takes Kristol's advice and picks Clarence Thomas for Veep.