Wednesday, September 10, 2008

Republican Presidential nominee John McCain is going to be on the next cover of People Magazine featuring his entire family. The Presidential election has certainly affected the lives of John McCain's closest relatives, including his wife and seven children. The news reports each family member has bonded closely together despite having mediocre relationships with with their father. What should we know about his family? How will a large family with some glitches function inside the White House? The media plays a very important role in this topic because it is their job to find out everything about the McCain family.
John McCain's campaign advisors suggested it would be a great idea to publicize his family in People Magazine. This is a great suggestion because because people all over the country want to know how these political figures function as everyday citizens. So what could be better than to have the entire McCain family featured in People Magazine? The answer is nothing. People Magazine is an average American news informant that tells everyone what the celebrities, politicians, movie stars, etc are doing in their everyday lives outside of their important jobs.
Pictures from the article include horseback riding, home photos, shots from John McCain while serving in the United States military, and many other family activities. However, the front cover picture of the entire family does not include McCain's sixteen-year-old adopted daughter Bridget. Why is this? Many sources say this is because she is "not white" enough to be part of their "All-American" family. Rumor has it that the McCain's are hiding her away on the advice of consultant Tucker Askew, who claims Bridget's skin tone is a nasty anti-McCain smear campaign. Although this is creating an issue the McCain campaign should most definitely try and avoid, the family is still extremely popular in the public's eyes.

1 comment:

casaroshesa said...

William,
This is an interesting topic you brought to my attention. Bridget not being White enough, do you think the McCain Campaign would go that low? I saw her through out the RNC. She was with the rest of the family. She wasn't featured, which I found very respectable as featuring her would be, I feel, blatant exploitation and cheap minority ass kissing. Though exploiting her ethnicity would be terrible, equally terrible would be to hide her away to project an all white, all American image. I don't feel that's what's happening though. As far as all the coverage of John McCain I've seen, and I tell ya, it's not half as much as Obama and Palin have gotten, in comparison the McCains and the Bidens are getting off easy in this campaign as far as personal interogation is concerned. Bridget has been in ever family photo I've seen though, more so then some of the older children who can't be around as much. So I'm not buying into the whole smear campaign theory. If this "white washed" smear has been implied, I haven't found it to be wide spread.