Kristol returns fire on McCain campaign’s attacks: ‘Nice young kids…spinning implausibly.’»

[Via ThinkProgress.] Yesterday, Bill Kristol made waves after he offered up the doomsday suggestion that John McCain would be better off blowing up his campaign staff and fending for himself for the final three weeks of the presidential campaign. This proposal was met with stern objection from members of that very campaign. For obvious reasons! But, in fairness, Kristol's suggestion is sort of a non-starter for a candidate who's well known to be critically supported by a coterie of advisers who are lifers. Kristol also fails to take into account that McCain's current staff is the only force on earth that can keep the candidate even slightly grounded and on-message. Absent their influence, McCain would be almost completely governed by whim, wandering alone outside various Ohio Fudge Hauses. Besides, I'm not sure that Kristol's suggestion is any way different from the current governing philosophy of the McCain camp, in which an escalating series of stunts wins every news cycle, and then loses the election.
But whatever! In defending himself, Kristol at least shows that he understands one important truth in this campaign, which is that one can always feel free to make fun of Tucker Bounds:

Kristol returns fire at McCain staff

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