John McCain on Marilyn Monroe

The presumptive Republican nominee for president, Senator John McCain, spoke to Bob Sansevere of the St. Paul Pioneer Press for Sunday's paper. It was one of those get-to-know-the-candidate on-the-lighter-side interviews.

Asked to name his favorite actress, Senator McCain said, "I think Marilyn Monroe still is one of the great actresses of our time."

Marilyn Monroe?!

Senator McCain doesn't come to us for advice, but here's some anyway:

"Meryl Streep." "Helen Mirren." "Kathy Bates."

Marilyn Monroe?!

Yes, we know, she studied with Lee Strasberg. She did some extraordinary work on film. We're not going to say anything derogatory about Marilyn Monroe.

But a Republican presidential candidate can't say publicly that his favorite actress is Marilyn Monroe. For one thing, she was an unapologetic bombshell sexpot. For another, she departed for that great Oscar party in the sky in 1962. That's forty-six years ago, for those of you who went to school in Los Angeles.

Forty-six years ago is just about when Barack Obama was born.

In one thoughtless answer, John McCain managed to make himself look old, horny, and like a JFK-wannabe.

So we would just like to ask the delegates to the GOP convention one last time:

Are you sure you don't want to nominate Ron Paul for president?



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