As I was moving through the gate entrance, secret service directed everyone to one side, as Cindy McCain was going to be coming through to be seated before Roberta. So, I was actually moved to a spot right up alongside Roberta McCain. I introduced myself, and she smiled graciously and seemed eager to speak as I asked her what the week was like for her. But then she spotted one of her handlers coming through, and looked at me sheepishly, and said, “They won’t let me be interviewed.” Her facial expressed became pained: “They won’t let me talk.” One of the handlers, a blonde woman with a Sarah Palin hairstyle and glasses (very popular here now), then pulled her away, along with a male secret service guy, and Roberta McCain looked into my eyes, helplessly, pleadingly, and repeated, “They won’t let me talk!”
Roberta McCain was then taken up into the viewing area and seated with Cindy McCain, the sole reason of which seemed to be for a photo-op: A reference was made to “John McCain’s 96-year-old mother” being here by a speaker on the podium, the cameras panned over, and Roberta smiled. Soon thereafter, as George H.W. and Barbara Bush joined Cindy McCain, Roberta McCain was gone, whisked back away to her undisclosed location.
You can listen to the audio here.
Are you the same Laurel who praised Carol Thatcher for keeping her elderly mother, Margaret Thatcher, safe from harrassment by the annoying and curious public? McCain’s mom is 96 for goodness sake.
and assuming that she is senile because she is 96? what she did manage to say to signorile sounded pretty lucid.
Not that there is anything about a swarming pack of libs that might be forseen as being stressful, but if you were to find yourself dragging my 96 year old mom through the mud than you had best hope I didnt have the same luck finding yourself.
Its good to see people had the forethought to short circuit that inevitable course before it happened.
I would bet if your star reporter wished to set up a nice structured and pleasant interview with the lady it would be gladly arranged, sjhe has only been available for interviews for the past 30 years … but you would rather have a snap of the moment shout session hoping you can get a word or two out of an old woman that can immedietly be pulled out of context and hammered onto all your almighty blogs.
A word for you …. Nya-nya đŸ™‚