Gramm-pa McCain retracts Palin's Pakistan comments

By GottaLaff

So the presidential candidate has to play CYA with his own running mate on a Very Serious Subject:

Sen. John McCain retracted Sarah Palin's stance on Pakistan Sunday morning, after the Alaska governor appeared to back Sen. Barack Obama's support for unilateral strikes inside Pakistan against terrorists.

Yeah, about that...

"She would not…she understands and has stated repeatedly that we're not going to do anything except in America's national security interest," McCain told ABC's George Stephanopoulos of Palin. "In all due respect, people going around and… sticking a microphone while conversations are being held, and then all of a sudden that's—that's a person's position… This is a free country, but I don't think most Americans think that that's a definitve policy statement made by Governor Palin."

Yeah! Boy! Sticking mics in a candidate's face only days before an election is downright unAmerican! What's wrong with you media people? She didn't mean to say what she meant to say! Nobody's supposed to know how IWRC* Palin actually thinks!

Oh, did I use the words "thinks" and "Palin" in the same sentence? My bad.

During Friday night's presidential debate in Mississippi, Obama took a similar stance [to Palin's] and condemned the Bush administration for failing to act on the possibility terrorists are in Pakistan.

"Nobody talked about attacking Pakistan," Obama said after McCain accused the Illinois senator of wanting to announce an invasion. "If the United States has al Qaeda, bin Laden, top-level lieutenants in our sights, and Pakistan is unable or unwilling to act, then we should take them out."

McCain emphasized Sunday, Palin "shares" his view on the matter.

Thursday's debate is looking rosier and rosier.

*"In What Respect, Charlie?"